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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

Fruit growers should remember that
the Otero County Horticultural Society
meets at Rocky Ford at 80 p. m. mex.
Saturday, Aug. l. Fruit Inspector Ber.
ry will be present and make report OF
his recent tour through the county. r.
o. McClain will read paper on Market
ing Fruits. One very interesting feature
OK the summer meetings is the display
OF sensonable fruits brought by the mem.
bers. There should be full attendance
next Saturday.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

ALI indications point to IN unusually
good Fair and II large attendance. Tho
fame OF our Fairs and Watermelon Days
is constantly increasing and more people
than ever before will be in Rocky Ford
Sept, 2, 3 and 4.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30
For President.
WILLIAM j. BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
For Vice-Prcsidcnt.
ARTHUR SEWELL,
OF Maine.

"wc demand tho free and unlimited coin
age OF both silver and gold at the prescn,
legal ratio of 10 to l, without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation. We dc
mana that the standard silver dollar shall bt
full legal tender with gold for all debts
public and private, and We favor such logis.
lation as will prevent In tho future tho de-
monctizution of any kind OF legal tender
money by private contract"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

-Goldbugs suggest that more silver
bo put into the silver dollar to mike it
equal to tho gold dollar at present prices
Of bullion. How would it do to put less
gold in the gold dollar md bring the two
metals on parity in that way? However,
that will bo useless, as silver bullion will
be worth one-sixteenth it's weight in gold
as soon as silver is made legal tender
for all public and priyate obligations,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

j. @. Knin is setting his brothsr
farmers a good example. He has cut
down tho weeds and Russian thistle On
tho roadway outside his farm. He also
proposed to the Santa Fe to NOW The
snntlowers on their right-of-way opposite
his fnrm II tho company would remove
the Russian thistles. Proposition 70.
copied to the great improvement Of that
portion Of the road.
"A fow days since, when Geo. Neador
was finishing threshing at A. G. Corners,
bad accident happened to his machine.
By oversight boulder was run through
the machine making lively scene for Q
few seconds and doing $50 damages.
Tho first shipmant Of cantaIoupes
this year wus made by Jas ". Rice on
Monday morning, and he has shipped
every day since. Snm. Herdman shipped
on the Monday evening train.
1t is oil bosh about Friday being an
Gnl1eky day; Last Friday afternoon l.
cious watermelons. About the same
time an old-time subscriber came in and
paid e5 on subscription. We celebrated
thus unusual incident by setting up VII.
lermelons to the crowd, and from now
until Oct. LIST We ngree to treat to water
melons whenever n Is bill comes In Oh
subscription account.
David Best made us a short call Sat.
urlay afternoon and furnished us tho
following items: Grasshoppers have 40
greatly injured field Of alfalfa set apart
for seed that he is cutting IL for hay
Mrs. Best is not having az good luck with
turkeys this year as last, having now on
ly about 150. The coyotes have msde
some inroads on the hock.-His best
COW was killed by a Santa Fe train few
days since.
Frank Bingham tells GOOD story Al
Ine e1pense OF Col. Lockhart Of tho All.
MIA Land Il Cattle Go. At Rocky Ford
1ew days since, muscular Irishmsn
approached Mr. Bingham with this que
~: o., Are yom ncedin' any work in The
hay| Mr.. Bingham told him that ho
was putting up big lot of hay and IL no
would come out the next morning he
would set him to work. "But, hold on"
says Pat, I'D like to know first what
time you go to work in the morning, an
what time you quit, an how much you
payr MIR. Bingham sized him up 40
not tho man he wanted and 4put up .
1ob on him" in answer to his questions,
saying: Eve have breakfast promptly
at four o'clock, work until noon, have no
noon hour, and work until II 10 too dark
e! 70 sec longer. We pay Is cents per day"
y Inc lriehman quickly replied: "I'll take
the JOB. It's Ms good as I'm doin' at Col.
l.ockhnrts.' Col. Lockhart reports the
story in a wny to show that he holds no
malice against Mr.. Bingham for the joke.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30
Must Have Reservoirs.

The project for storage reservoirs at
Twin Lakes is receiving more attention
now than has ever been accorded it since
tho Legislative term when it was defeated.
II twill not down" until tho reservoirs
arc IN accomplished fact. - Florence
News
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

The Commissioners put in on equal
izatiop the full ten days allowed by law
but did not complete their work. They
arc keeping their eye on Arnpahoe coun-
ty and will not know how to finish their
work on assessments until it is seen what
reductions are to be given tho wealthy
Dcnyerites.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

On recent Sunday one OF the
Rocky Ford pulpits presented the theme
Of tho danger Of richcs-the hazzard Of
making haste to be rich. The salaries
paid by the average church 10 tho aver.
nge pastor relieves the preachers of much
responsibility in this direction. The
membership see to it that the pastors are
not put in the fires Of temptation in re-
gard to tho accumulation OF wealth. On
q line Of thought similar to the sermon,
ono OF our political exchanges last week
took as text for our article, that verse
Of scripture which speaks OF the task n
camel would have in going through the
oye OF q needle. Tho article closes as
follows:
mo man, self-ccntered and bent on
the acquisition Of wealth at his brothers
expense can be in that Kingdom. Curl
Gus sentiments to find in political pa.
per, you think? Yes, but You know they
nrc trnc, and that the world will never
be redeemed from sin and error until il
accepts them and lives up to them. That
will not be in my day or yours; but in
the fullness Of time it will be. And /
think it will make us better and not
worse citizens, more earnest than lees
Jealous workers for the worlds advance
ment, to realize daily and hourly that
the things that are seen are temporal
but the things that nrc not seen are eter.
nall"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

-Thcro is poor crop this year OF the
men who always vote straight, un-
scratched ticket. Boiling began with
the Proliibitionista and has been lead
ing feature Of all succeeding national
conventions except .hat OF the free silver.
tics. An exchange thus states the wel-
come fnct: "There is maximum OF
personal liberty IN politics this year."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30
Hits tho Nail on tho Ucoa

r., Inc ~ rocky Ford Enterprise, published
,', BARLEY, formerly in business IN pna
plo, is one OF the most interest;nu Loo,
eepSie Sn%rie. IN the Arkansas valley.-Puebio
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

In another column will be found the
attractive bicycle price offered by the
Arkansas Valley Fair Association. This
feature OF the coming Fair will deserve
the same popularity that has distin-
guished II in tho past.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30
The Electoral Vote.

Tho following table gives the Electoral
vote OF each state. During the cani.
paign you will find it handy to have this
table posted up for reference:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

Small in size. but great in results pv, h''t
Witt'a Little EARLY Risere not gently ;o pie
thoroughly, curing indigestion, dyspep;;iiir
and constipation. Small pill, snte p'sH
best pill, DIR, Kearby.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

DIR, Pnree, Of st. Louis, has located
permanently in Rocky Ford and l. pro.
pared to do all kinds Of dental WORK,
such as plate, crown and bridge work,
filling, ETC.. Office for the present at
Mrs. Bristol's, n
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

Pure blood means good health
De Wits Snrsapnrilla puril1es tho blood;
cures Eruptions, Eczema, Scrofula ana
al diseases arising from impure blood
DIR. kearby.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

Pass the good work along the limo.
Files can be quickly cured without al
operation by simply applying De Witts
Witch Hnzel Snlvc. Dr. Kearby.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

Think-Can you tell why there are AZ
many gray horses and no gray colts2
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

Woke up, Jacob, day is breakingr' 90
said De Wits Little Early Risers to the
man who had taken them TO arouse his
sluggish liver. DIR. Kesrby,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

Buy shoes at tho close Of the day whom
your feet aro at their maximum aize
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

It is ono thing to know whnt onght 70
be done, and quite another to do it.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

Do you lack faith and love health3
Let us establish your faith and restore
your health with De Wits Sarsaparills.
DIR. Kearby.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

10 dream Of flying indicates great in.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

For two or three years past. says the
Denver News, Wall Street bankers have
been drawing tho gold out OF tho treas
ury until tho reserve fell to s75, 600, 900 or
less. Then instead of paying out silver,
as the Inv warrants, the administration
would issue bonds, and tho bankers
would take the bonds and pay tho gold
back into the treasury. In this way the
treasury has been buncoed ont OF S2G2,-
1000 Of bonds, and the public, interest
bearing indebtedness increased by the
same amount, and as practical result
the bankers have both tho bonds and tho
gold. The drain on the reserve could
havo been prevented by following the ex-
ample Of France and rendering silver
whenever 1t was suspected that the gold
was wanted for export. But the Cleve-
lind administration preferred to make
warm friends Of the bankers instead Of
the people.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

III you want nice Hair Out, Sham.
poo or Shave, call on B. F. Knause.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

Shall there be three state tickets in
the fold or only one2 Shall there be
Democratic, Republican and Populist
candidates nominated, or shall there be
one fusion FREQ silver ticket? These are
questions which are now greatly agitnt.
ing the minds of the party managers
and prospective candidates. We suspect
hat real harmony would he promoted by
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30
Right now, before tho weeds 10 to
seed, cut them down.

MANY farmers could greatly improve
their premises by moving the high weeds
which the rich valley soil causes 10 grow
elopg the highways,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

"A ewarm Of flies seen in 4 dream II in.
dicative Of enemies.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

--Goldbugs claim Tint the inaugura.
ton OF free silver would cause injurious
initiation. A little initiation will not be
injurious. Money hns been gaining nm
increased value for number of years, to
the grent detrimont Of largo majority OF
the people. No harm, but great good
will bc done by providing such an
amount OF money aa shall give the debt.
ors and producing classcs chance.
They have had the short end of the lev
or for years and the free silver men only
propose to even mp business relations,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

"A leading Democrat Of Otero county
makes this political suggestion: Ho
proposes one joint free silver ticket with
tho following nominees: For Senator,
G. W. Swink; for representative, j. H.
Crowley; for commissioner F. NJ. Wei
land. Although the suggestion comes
from Democrat there is no one OF that
faith on the ticket. We presume that
this generosity is due TO the fact tLat the
Democracy are going to receive such q
remarkable amount OF help on the presi-
dentinl nominee. Our slate-making
Democrat says that the above ticket will
bo very strong one; that Swink and
Crowley will be wheel-horse legislators
in those matters in which the valley ia
most vitality interested, and that Weiland
possesses business qualifications which
would make him u good commissioner.
We do not hoist this ticket, but throw
out our friends suggestion as feeler.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

a trio of tickets. The three parties can
ell agree on one great issue like free sill
yer, but we doubt if they can be Gagged
as "happy family" on state and legis-
lGtiyo tickets.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-30

The present schedule Of Santa Fe
time is not liked by our shippers Of pro-
duce. There is no train going west in
the evening by which they may send wa-
termelone, cantaloupes, ETC., to Pueblo
Colorado Springs and Denver. The
Santa Fe is considering the problem and
will doubtless coon provide the desired
facilities. Ii it be found undesirable to
change tho time of present trains it is
probable that n special express train will
be put on, leaving Rocky Ford for the
west in the evening. AS the Illinois Cen
tral ruus special strawberry trains from
southern Illinois to Chicago, and
California fruit comes east by the train
load, why should not Rocky Ford have
special watarmalnn and cantaloupe train
to Denver? We hope to see it etarted
coon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-24
SUCCESS.

James A. Garfield said: "Young
men dismiss from your minds the idea
of luck Communism whispers an
equal division of property. A ma
jority of the merchant princes of New
York came from the country. They
asked no favors, believing that God
helps those that help themselves. They
came, saw and, in most instances, have
conquered. The road to success is
labor. A great many never achieve
success because they are afraid of
work. Some never achieve success be-
cause they allow evil influence to
draw them away from the goal of their
ambition. Some fail because they nev-
er have righteous ideal. The person
that has righteous ideal, a singleness
of purpose, erects on his banner vic
tory or death. That man who realizes
the value of time and money, that de-
termines to give society the benefit of
his talents, not hide his light under a
bushel, will succeed in life. The men
who believe in short cuts generally
never succeed. They don't deserve
success. He that succeeds must COM
ply with the conditions of success.
Pizarro said, "Soldiers! yonder lies the
rich gold fields of Peru, look in the op-
posite direction and you see starvation,
which will you choose? For my part
I choose that which becomes brave
Castilian, l go south" Think of the
perseverance of Demosthenes, Napo
leon and Caesar Success obtained at
the expense of principle is no success.
True success is not obtained at the ex-
pense of principle. To achieve sue
cess is not to be always whining about
fair chance Young man! act we'll
your part.-Renvile Star Farmer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-24

The ram slain instead of Isaac. Solo
mons ant, and his own mare and dog
will be there: they will provide many
with hash. So | will go there after
death. There will be no need for hash
in hell either, for the satanic cooks will
roast their meat, broil it, cook it all
manner of ways, except the making Of
hash. For no vegetables can grow in
the temperature of the lower internal
regions. So the "apprenticed stoker"
will be able to live on roast meat all
through eternity. The earth is the only
sphere where hash is known, and 1T has
come to stay until Time has given
place to Oblivion. 1t will be one of
the blessings of the millennium that
hash will be abolished forever; and the
inventors of hash will experience worse
than did Dante when he visited the in
fernal regions. For Dante went there
as visitor and the hasher will go there
as guest-to stay.
In conclusion will say this much in
favor of hash: that it is only found
within the borders of civilized nations.
Nations that are semi-civilized have
the nearest thing to civilized hash.
The Spanish, Mexicans, Chilians, Peru
vians, and all the Latin race have a
dish that is called "chile-con-carne.'
1t is fiery dish of meat finely chopped,
highly seasoned with red pepper and
mixed with beans etc. The Hindoos
Chinese, Persians, Japanese, Malays
and Lascars also have dish in com
mon called curry" (from the Persian
word khurdD often eaten with rice
The Russians, Firms and Lapps make
dish of herrings finely chopped with
onions, pepper and salt, the whole
soaked in vinegar. But we Americans
great in achievement, strong in con
ceit and exalted in dyspepsia alone o1
all nations hash our stomachs with
hash. SHAH.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-24

hood, while steady and progressive, has
been cursed with the rabid elements of
anarchy which has hindered it's healthy
development. Today, this element is
being measured at its true value and
their creed of violence frOWned upon as
the worst enemy of labor. In the place
of strikes, with their usual suffering
and disorder, arbitration as means of
settling disputes is being advocated
with vigor that promises we'll for the
future.
A step taken by an English firm is
indicative of what can be accomplished
when the right spirit prevails on both
sides. The Metropolitan Gas Co., of
London, after years of futile effort to
live in peace with its employees adopted
the share-holding plan and with sue
cess that has exceeded the most san
guine expectations. By this system
each man is, in addition to regular
salary, accorded percentage of the
earnings of the firm which is banked
and not to be touched until it reaches
a certain amount. This is move in
the right direction; it has tendency to
educate the workingman, place de-
gree of honor, trust, and influence with
in his reach, increase his independence
as we'll as his financial resources, and
above all unites man and man closer in
the bonds of social equality. In its
self it is feature Of arbitration, and.
if handled judiciously, can be made in
strumental in promoting feeling of
identity of interest that is the founda-
tion on which rest industrial peace and
good Twill. z. A. F.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-24
FORMATION OF CHARACTER.

In the minds of all there exist
consciousness of the need OF moral
standard of conduct to guide us
through life, and it is question of
serious import by what means the
mind and character of the young may
be fortified against the perils of temp
tation. Take the case of a father,
whose son, brought up more or less in
an atmosphere of advanced ideas and
who is showing a distrust of the ira
ditional supports and precepts of NOR
al safeguards, and what is his duty?
1t is plain that he should point out
that the vitality and worth of a moral
principle does not depend on the
strength of the ethical fortress that
man has erected for his ideal, but on
it's intrinsic value as an up-bullder OF
character; the principle is one thing,
the wall surrounding it another. The
time must come when all moral prin-
ciple will be left mainly to the reason
ing powers, and when protection suf-
fees even the ceremonial observance OF
society's dictates, artificial and over
strained as they may appear, will be
found the bulwarks of something that
is essential to the we'll being of men in
their social relations. The loosening
of religious restraints brings increase
of social misconduct and in its place
there developes rudeness and tiippancy
and the consequent liability to dis
cord
knowledge, as related to character,
does not always increase wisdom; it
may have an opposite result by nour-
ishing an undue self-confdence. The
wise parent, in directing his children,
will follow a just mean between incul-
eating Difference for established beliefs
and distrust for what appears wrong
on it's surface. Room must be left for
intellectual growth and the mind al
lowed to go on voyages of discovery OF
it's own. The character of every hu
man being will be largely shaped by
heredity and environment. In this
the function of education is to repress
the bad tendencies that has ingrafteC
their influence in the moral makeup.
The wise educator will not, however
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-24
TrpMe. S1.OOper year. in advance
Six Months so cents.

proceed on Procrustean lines. His
BILE and practical, with a respect for
individuality in the sense that he
knows that nature often does more at
one stroke than education can do in
life time. Therefore, the formation of
character is the most important prob
lem in education. Give us learning
and accomplishments if you will, but,
above all, give us men and women
fitted for life and its activities.
r. M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-24
THE HABIT OF BEING READY.

You may call it what you like
presence of mind. a cool head, quick
thinking, or an instinct to do what is
right the first time-the fact remains
that it is habit acquired by expert
ence, of being ready always to use
ones muscles and brains at moments
notice-the habit of being ready.
When you are on your wheel and a
tangle is ahead, what do you do. What
is a natural thing to do? Get off and
walk aside. When you are in a boat
and flaw comes against the sail, what
do you do? What is a reasonable
thing to do? Let the sheet and sail
go where the flaw cannot come against
it. When you are slipping on the
sidewalk, what do you do? Thrust
the other foot under you or turn your
self on pivot and come to the ground
on the hands. What do you do when
man stops you for the purpose of
robbing you or for one thing or an
other? Do the reasonable thing; walk
up to him and show him that you are
quite at your ease, and that he is at
tacking the wrong person. What do
you do i'm the room of burning house :?
Do the reasonable thing; crawl on the
floor, because smoke always rises, and
you can breathe far better. If you
must go through flames, pour water
over yourself before starting. If the
undertow in the surf catches you and
carries you out, do the reasonable
thing: toat-swimming is useless. BY
floating you will keep above water,
and in a moment somebody will come
in boat. Year after year women and
children drown within twenty yards
of hundred people. Why? Because
the average unpractised person is par
alyzed quite long enough to allow the
struggling victim to drown. Their
every one does the right thing, ano
rushes for the life boat ten feet away
too late. So we might go on for a week
The particular case is unimportant. Il
suffices you not if you know what tt
!. do and do not have the power to do it
Acquire the habit of responsibilit!
and prompt action by putting your
self in situations that require this, ant
when you have acquired the habit O
r being ready you are pretty sure to d.
, something that is reasonable in al
t emergency when it arises, even if yo'
. are not primed with all the knowledg
of this particular case-Mrs. Saral
Taylor in Harper's Bazar.