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APPLES AND PEARS.
APPLES AND PEARS.

neigh5oring town about sixty miles
distant a natural gas well has recently
been sunk $50 feet which produces an
immense flow of fine quality OF gas. This
same company are going down 1900 feet,
with every Indication Of soon producing
flowing oil well. The same conditions
exist on this side of the mountain. Places
can be found whore tho earth will burn;
particles OF oil can be found at the water'e
edge of some streams. and it needs but
the drilling machine to bring It TO the
surface.
The system Of Irrigation OF Dclta coun-
ty as yet is not complete, but is well
advanced and in short time will be
perfected. The opportunities for irrigs-
ton are good, and within 3 short time all
viii be supplied. The natural facilities
are such that it makes it comparatively
easy TO convey water up to and over the
most elevated portions of the messs. This
is true OF California, Garnet and Rogers
inesas.
Along the valleys OF the Uncompahgre,
Gunnison, North Fork, Smiths Fork,
Muddy, lie Roux, Tongue and Surface
creeks, there is an abundance Of water
for alrpurposes. In addition to this,
complete system OF ofreservoirs have been
established along the Grand Mesa, which
afford sufficient wafer for purposes re-
quircd along the valleys or table lands
bordering thereon. The advantages to
be derived from the facilities for procur-
ing abs ndanco of water throughout the
county is Of incalculable value, and one
that should be talEen into confederation,
rs upon this depends largely the success
of the toiler.
Oae Of the latest markets which tho
valleys west Of the range mast supply Is
the Goose Greek gold camp. where the
new town Dubois has been started, and
which will doubtless surpass Cripple
Creek. All these mining camps do bust
ness on a cash basis at fabulous prices.
Old fruit growers,claim they can mako
monc raising fruit at one cent per pound,
and when from four to eight cents por
pound is realized an idea OF the profits
can bo realized.
In the consideration Of Delta's markets
much credit is Cue to G. Z. Wright, tie
leading commission man and his force Of
''huetling' employees. lie has brought
Delta county 10 the front as garden
spot whore the thonsandss OF thrifty
miners send for fruits and vegetables.
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kll-
prscaution to conceal his identity. lie
visits nobody but during the past few
years many people have been to see
him. He is u sort of local fad and the
folks thercabouts almost love him.
The old mans hair and beard are white
as snow. He delights 10 chat with
visitors, and on pleasant Sundays of
summer and autumn the grounds
around his little cottage are covered
with scores of teams and hundreds of
visitors.
For the time being the grounds arc
converted into picnic grove, and the
old man shares the hospitality of his
visitors, tells them quaint stories, and
in return they give him the remnants
of their feasts and little gratuities, and
purchase the photographs of himself
and his cats.
In the winter the old man isa genuine
hermit, so far as human beings are con.
cerned, but in and around his cabin he
has no less than dozen cats, to say
nothing of the wild cats that every lit
tie while are killed on the surrounding
bills, and he is as proud of Jim fisle'
and Lady Ann" as ever n fond mother
was Of her first-born twins.
The house which he occupies was for-
merly a woodchoppcr's shanty, and tits
little better now The boards inside the
living room are covered with playbills
and pictorial printing.
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mines of.this country and Mexico as z
reason for enforcing the disparity of
value, the bimetallists can restore the
balance by citing the fact that gold
measures nre now being developed in
South Africa which promise to yield
returns greater than those that were
ever realized from California and Aus
tralia.
What the world wants is that the
white metal should be restored to its
natural place on n parity with gold.
No reason, in fact, whatever, exists for
its demonetization except the greed of
tho creditor classes. The contraction
of circulation and the consequent in
poverishment of the masses, means n
long season of harvest and power and
rule to those who are enGeavoring to
bring about this fictitious era of calam-
ity, but the people everywhere should
resist to the bitter end this bold at
tempt to pass them over, bound hand
and foot, to the tender mercies of the
gold-bugs The brave little band of
United States senators who are now
resisting the unconditional repeal of
the Sherman act, is the only bulwarlS
that stands between the people of this
country and long era of national
miscry.-Los Angeles Herald.
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Their Military Expenses.

A comparative statement of the mil
itary outlay In different European coun-
tries shows the percentage of the cost
for the army and navy TO the budgetary
expenditure. The figures. which apply
to the fiscal year 1so2-'03, arc these:
Great Britain, 300; Russia, 20.1; France.
Ell; Italy, 2s.4; Germany, 17.e; and
Austria-llungary, l76 per cent. The
expenditure for the interest and sink
ing fnnd on the public debts of the diff
fercnt countries amounted in Italy to
43.s, in AuGtria-i Hungary TO 1913. in
France to 2s.i, in Great Britain to 279.
in Russia to s5.7 and in Germany to 1919
per cent Of the whole budget.
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Information gathered by the German
forestry commission assigns 20 the pine
tree life OF 800 to 700 years rs n MAXI
mum, 4a5 years to the silver fir, 275
years to the larch 2f5 years TO the red
beech, 80 years to the aspen, 200 years
to the birch, 10 years to the ash, li6
wears TO the alder and 13o years to the
elm. The heart Of the OIL; begins to re.
Mt about the age of 800 years. The
holm oak alone escapes this law. But
in England there are several famous old
oaks Of gigantic proportions, and with
ages vuriously estimated ut from 700 TO
1.soO years. The latter age, however,
seems incredible.
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Ten years ago when fruit trees were
first introduced into the valleys of the
Gunnison and Uncompahgre it was
somewhat of and open question whether
they would bring forth reward for the
labor. But it is no longer question.
From the time the first trees came into
bearing there has never been crop
failure, and every year has brought forth
an abundant harvest OF the very choicest
fruits which have commanded the high
est prices on every market where they
have boen introduced.
Thousands upon thousands OF trees and
vines are bearing every year producing
over 100000 pounds of choice fruit an
nually and this is but commencement.
AS nearly as the number can be conput-
ed by freight receipts and the output Of
home nurseries Delta county fruit-grow=
ers in 1893 planted over 100000 fruit trees,
not counting the many small fruits plant
ed. The planting for 1894 promises to
exceed 100000 trees; one firm alone hav-
ing contracted for 10000 trees. When
all these trees come to bearing the output
OF fruit will be beyond the grasp Of
imagination.
There is no fruit grown in the temper
ate zone which does not flourish in these
valleys. Among those in bearing arc
apples, pears, peaches, grapes, ounces,
aprcots, plums, nectarines, gooseberries
currants, blackberries, raspberries, null
berries, Strawberries, and all of finest
ha~or.
The natural resources which help the
fruit-grower are an abundance OF sun
shine; plenty of water; no insects; no
tornadoes; no hailstorms, and winters SO
mild no trees are killed by cold weather.
While the growth OF fruit is the parti-
cular industry in which Delta county
excels yet there are other industries in
which it ranks well with other commun
tiles. There will probably never be
silver mine located in Delta county.
There is not known to be any gold mines
at present in operation in tho county
except one or two placer diggings, but
as the head of the Gunnieon valley con
tains large amount Of float and gold
specimens no doubt leads will yet be
struck in the eastern portion Of the coun-
ty.
The area Of coal lands is not computed
by the acre, but by the mile, and .iic
entire side of the Grand Mesa for oyer
40 miles abounds in coal of the best
quality. But three mines are in opera
tion at present supplying local demand,
but additional railroad facilities will
bring wonderful output.
Recent develormen.s have made it
4.iloat thai 81 ana natural gas san be
Obtained by boring. At Grand Junction
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1T WAS DEAD ECONOMY.
The Way That CoIorcd Man Wanted to
Work the ..lfilen En-"

Tho Way That n Colorcd Man Wanted to
Work the ..Ifllen En-"
An excursion from birmingham to
Montgomery was run the other day,
says the birmingham (Ala.) Age-Her-
aid. A negro man appeared at the
ticket Office in the depot and purchased
ticket for himself. Then he said to
the ticket agent:
Boss, / want mother round trip
'scursion ticket for corpse"
The agent opened his eyes in aston
ishment. An excursion ticket for a
corpse was something new to him, even
with his varied experience.
The negro explained: "You see, boss,
my brudder died yesterd ay and want
ter take de corpse down to Montgorl-
cry and let de family view the mains,
and den bring 'cm back to Birming-
ham an bury EN-. Dis win be heap
cheaper den fur dc family TO cum up
here"
The agent saw ut once that this was
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The Town of Delta
Fruit Growing Section Of Colorado

Ar Peaches Pears Cherries. Aprcots Grapes
Of groacn pcrction ycs
since The t fruit trees into bearing there
pe IT Ia Delta bringing quotd
of Jiuit each ycGi.
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pestilences, over 100, 900 perishing in
1886 from cholera in the capital alone,
in less than two months.
Korea is one of the Oldest Eastern
nations. Although Japan has far out
slipped it in progress, Korean art was
the father, so to speak, of Japanese
art; and those Yankees of the East re-
ceived many other valuable sugges-
tions from the land of "the Ten
Thousand Isles" The present King
of Korea belongs to family which
ruled the country as far back as 1892
"a century before America was even
discovered-and can, therefore, COM
pare favorably with some of 'our
oldest families" so far as blue blood
Is concerned. He is a rather stalwart
looking man, considering the little ex-
ercise which he takes and the impure
air which he breathes, for he seldom
leaves his palace, and when he does 80
it is on the back of O royal donkey or
in great sedan chair of state. He
has aboat 1000 servants to wait upon
him, and these prevent his taking the
least exertion. In going up hill, even,
some of them put their hands to his
back so that he may not lose for mo-
ment his erect bearing. His Majesty
is now about thirty seven years old.
He is clever, intelligent man, con-
sidering his advantages, and he is in
favor of the introduction, so far as
possible, of American methods into
Korea. He is practically an absolute
monarch, chooses his Ministers and ex-
pels them at will, and he is not
bothered with Congress which holds
different views from himself. He is
treated with the greatest consideration
and respect by his subjects; even his
Ministers dare not look upon his face.
When they are admitted to an audi
ence, they approach the King, bow
and keep their heads in that position
until they are allowed to retire.
Only foreigners dare raise their eyes
to his. A story is told of the Joy of a
high official who was. permitted to
look at photograph of the King in
the possession of foreigner. 1t was
the first time he had ever seen his
face.
The Queen of Korea is an unusually
clever woman, and although, in ac-
cordance with Korean customs, no
man has ever looked upon her face
save her brothers., SONS and husband,
she has had great influence over the
destinies of her country. She often
attends conferences between His Maj
esty and the Ministers, it is said, al
though, of course, she does not appear
in the room. But she has had several
holes cut through the thin paper-like
partition separating her apartment
from the audience chamber, and
through these she makes her COM
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Power to conclude treaty with Korea,
and for this reason and by this act
gained in certain sense the ascend
ancy over the representatives Of other
Governments at Seoul.
But there are other reasons, too, to
excite the interest of Americans in
Korea. Americans are treated with
especial respect in that country;
American professors teach Koreans in
the royal school founded, as the name
indicates, by the King, and American
officers hold responsible places in the
Korean army, having been summoned
there to place it on afghting footing.
Another reason there is, too, rather
frivolous in way, but with the possi-
bilities of great advantages to certain
American manufacturers and trades
men-the Queen of Korea is, like most
people of her race, an inveterate
smoker, and she prefers American
cigarettes. .
Korea has we'll earned it's name of
the 'Hermit Kingdom. Although it
is only two days sail from Japan and
less than a days travel from the
harbor of Chefoo, in China, and al
most in the track of the lines of steam.
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CHAPTER II.
TURNED OUT TO PERISH.


A knock was heard at the door at this
moment, and one Of the merchants
clerks stepped hesitatingly into his pres
ence.
"If you please. Mr.. Skiddsr," he an
nounced, "here's young woman who
wishes to sec you"
The merchant glared at his dependent
so angrily that he retreated involun-
tarily step or two.
How dare you come to me with mes
sages from such creaturesP" he demand
ed. @The second offense will cost you
your place. If you had been longer in
my service, sir, you would know that
never see beggars."
He waved his hand imperatively, but
the clerk stood his ground, with the re-
mark:
"The young woman is no beggar, sir.
She's your own niece!"
ats false!" roared lhe merchant. II
have no niece! She's an impostor! Call
the police!"
The clerk withdrew, but the door had
scarcely closed when it opened again,
, and be raappeared with an agitated
face. Before he could speak, however,
the aperture widened, and a second per-
,, son entered the merchants presence.
The newcomer was the niece who had
just been so rudely repudiated.
What rare, witching girl she was!
She had the wild free grace Of fawn;
O slender, swaying figure; a sweet, pure,
girlish face, framed in flowing hair, and d
pair of lovely brown eyes, innocent,
truthful and unconciously appealing eyes
from which looked woman's Thoughtful
soul that had learned too early the bitter
ness of life.
She approached the merchant extend
ing her hand, as the clerk hastily re-
treated.
"Are you my uncle Hiram?" she asked.
u am Ellie Tower, your sisters only
daughter"
"Eliic Tower?" repeated the merchant,
with stare of surprise. "The daughter
Of my only sister Mary?"
"The same, uncle"
The merchant shook her hand feebly
! a single instant, and invited her by gcst-
! ure to te seated.
This is great SURPRISE, he said, re-
suminG his seat. "What brings you to
! Chicago? Come on little visit, eh?
Better have staid in the country"
II ain come to stay, Uncle Hiram,
announced the girl quietly 81 ain alone
| in the world"
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A Marvellous Little Linguist.

Not until January will little Fan;
Erdofy reach the mature age of f
years, and yet she is perhaps the M
accomplished young lady of her {.
in New York. Fannie illustrates
her charming little personality the
resistible law of heredity. She spei
fuently four languages, and when i
explained that her mother speaks d
writes six languages and that her fat
has a glib acquaintance with ten,
sides numerous allied dialects, this
traordinary infant is accounted for
Arthur Erdofy, who is a regid
clerk and interpreter at Ellis Isla
was born, thirty-two years ago.
Buda-P -Pesth, Hungary. His wife
also native of the same ancient G |
on the Danube. He has the CD :
acteristic Magyar features
we'll as that special linguls
aptitude which distinguishes
race. He speaks English W
great purity, and has the furtl
polyglot accomplishment Of speak
Hungarian, German, French, ltali
Spanish, Greek (Romanic), Turk
Finnish and that most turgid and !
ficult of all tongues, Basque. Nv
Erdofy speaks huently English, H
garian, German, French and 81
oman, and so little Fannie has IN
all her life in a pathological atm
phere, where the air was thick "
propositions, adverbs and conju
tions. She speaks German like g l
linese, French like Parisienne, 81
carian as would the daughter
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the leading statesmen we're present
and most of the foreign diplomats.
About the close of the dinner an alarm
of fire was sounded, and Min Yong TX,
general in command of the right bat
talon of the palace guard, had to leave
the table to 60 to the fire. There he
was pounced upon by conspirators and
almost instantly killed.
The Postmaster General and two OF
his guests, Kim Ok kim and PAX
Yong Hio, who, as it turned out, had
planned the assassination OF the
general, hastened to the palace and
persuaded the King to remove to q
smaller building, where he would be,
they deftly said, in greater safety.
Meanwhile, the three generals who,
with Min Yong Tx, commanded the
troops were summoned to the palace
and there murdered in cold blood.
With them also died Min Thai Ho, a
brother of the Queen by adoption.
The King fortunately began to mis-
trust his apparent protectors, and de-
parted. rather unceremoniously for a
person of majestic rank, by back
door and saved his life. The Queen
was also fortunate, but at the expense
of the life of one of the tairest daugh-
ters of Korea.
One of the Korean noblemep at-
tached to the palace had a daughter
whose figure was almost counterpart
OF that of Her Majesty. When the
conspiracy was ut its height and the
rebels were making for the Queens
apartments as rapidly as possible, this
nobleman and his daughter cut off
their approach long enough to give
the Queen time to- exchange garments
with the nobleman's daughter, and III
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ships which trade with I1entsln, 1t has
shut itself off from all other countries
for centuries. To keep out the hordes
from North China and Siberia, strip
of territory sixty miles wide was de-
vastated, and is to-day without set
tiers. The lands which lie nearest
the coast seldom feel the effects of the
Korean peasants plow or az, as there
has been, and is to-day, general de-
sire to give foreigners the impression
that the country is a barren spot.
Koreans in conversation, too, like to
speak of their poverty and the poverty
of their country.
Korea is often spoken of rs a pen
insula, though its narrowest part, be-
tween Gensan and Korea Bay, is
nearly two degrees south OF its north
ernmost point. 1t juts out from the
coastline much as does Florida. Its
area is estimated to be about 10000
square miles, or little more than that
of England, Scotland and Wales, and,
like them, it stretches over rather
more than eight degrees of latitude,
lying between the thirty-fourth and
forty-third parallels. On the east
side is the Sea of Japan; on the west,
the Yellow Sen, and on the south, the
Channel of Korea, separating it from
the japanese Archipelago. The east
ern coastline is well defined; but it is
almost indistinguishable on the west,
owing to the numberless islets which
adioin the mainland and toward which
there stretch miles of mud, of which
q large tract is left bare ut low tide.
The numerous inlets are hardly avail
able except for native boats, owing to
the violence of the tides and the mar
rowness of the channels. Few good
harbors are to be found.
The climate in winter is unusually
severe, and on the west coast the rivers
are frozen for months. On the east
coast the ports are open throughout
the winter. The advantage which
Korea has in her open ports on this
coast has been the cause of the fre-
quent reports that Russia intends to
seize one of them, from which base
her fleet in that ocean could be util-
ized AS it is, the fleet is frozen up
for months in her Siberian port Of
Vladivostock.
In the interior the whole of the
north down to the neck between Gen
san and the Yellow Sea is almost n
mass of mountains. Further toward
the south the mountains follow the
east coast is an almost continuous line,
and throw out feelers to the west,
breaking up the country into series
of valleys, debouchins OH the sea.
The chief rivers of Korea empty them
selves into the sea on the north and
west.
These are q few of the features OF
Korea, whose population is estimated
TO be about 10000, 900, of whom the
men are in the majority. The pre-
ponderance of the male sex is said to
be due to better treatment in early
youth, as the girls are not looked
upon MS so valuable to the country.
A too rapid increase in population is
checked by numerous famines and
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Uncle Hiram, but not. as nowi Now
am o poor, weak girl, without money or
friends. but l shall some day be rich and
powerful Some day, and perhaps at an
carly day, 1 believe as surely as God
lives, we shall meet again upon
changed footingl Until then, adieu!"
She bowed and withdrew, traversing
the outer store and gaining the street,
where she mingled with the throng.
Rejected by her kinsman, a stranger
in strange city, what was sho to do,
and where was she to 60?
She wandered on desolately, the world
all before her, the making of her whole
future in her own girlish hands.
She walked barely block, hardly
conscious of the direction she had'taken,
when hand touched her gently on the
arm from behind.
Turning quickly and halting, she
found herself face to face with a man
whose life was destined to be associated
with her own thenceforward and for
ever.
That man was, Perry Wynans-
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Envelopes Sealed BY Heat.

A number Of large wholesale houses have
been surprised by having returned to them
by the New York Postofflce for insufficient
postage, thousands OF envelopes containing
printed circulars.
It appears that the flaps OF the envelopes
were folded on the inside directly over the
contents. The moisture In the atmosphere
affected the mucilage on the flaps and they
adhered to the circulars. The Postofice De-
partment holds that in such cases the letter
Is to all intents and purposes sealed and is
drst-class matter, requiring a two-cent
stamp.
AS the circulars were sent ont with a one
cent stamp they were rejected for insufficient
postage.
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A Murderous Child.

Ottawa, Canada, has a human monster,
who rivals in blood-thirsty malice Jesse
Pomeroy, the boy murderer of Boston. His
name is Blanchard, and he is but thirteen
years old. A few days ago he induced lit
tie companion, eight years old, to 90 wading
In stream with him. Getting his victim
Into water deep enough to suit his murder
Gus purpose, he threw him down and stood
on him with his knees. holding him on the
bottom till life was extinct When he felt
sure that the other was dead, he ran away.
He has been arrested and will be put on trial
for murder. No possible motive for the
crime Is known, cave the nero desire to kill.