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La Junta tribune., 1898-12-31

tertainments the choicest wines, the
most expensive dishes. the costliest SER
vice and the sdmptuous arrangements
were in evidence. while the table dec
| orations consisted OF the rarest and
most expensive orchids and exotic
plants. All the walters and servants
were dressed in liveries and everything
betokened wealth and affiuence.
Such was the life OF Anita De Betten-
court. who today is penniless and starv-
| ing after spending millions Of dollars
obtained from the gullible public who
were willing to swallow her mythical
tales.
Little is known OF the true history
of this woman. Her birthplace Is said
to have been Barcelona and her early
life Is yelled in mystery. Forty years
ago she arrived in Philadelphia penni-
less and Ignorant of the English Ian
guage She had two children and was
known as Mrs. Folsom. To eke out ..
livelihood she worked an dishwasher
in clearinghouse on Race street, be-
low Second. There she met John Nc
Nurrow, an Industrious saiimaker. who
boarded at the house. When her
daughter died. McMurrow paid the fu-
neral expenses. and over the little ones
grave they became engaged. Soon az
terward she married her first benefac-
tor, and during her subsequent career
he was never heard OF. although she
evidently had some little regard for
him, as HIS painting in oil hung In the
parlor of her house. Just how she en-
tered into the field of adventures is
not known. and II was not until she
startled all Philadelphia by her lavish
expenditure OF money and wonderful
facility for borrowing that she came
under the public notice. Among the
goods which will be sold In Phfladei-
phia at NJ Thomas e. Sons on Nov 80
for settlement with the Atlas Storage
Company are some family portraits
and chest full of papers. 1t is the
latter that Is exciting the attention OF
the public at present. as the box is
supposed to contain the correspondence
OF her victims There is likely to be
some lively bidding for the possession
OF the chest. as ii is thought II VIII
d.vulge the names OF many prominent
persons who advanced her money in
support OF her claim whose connection
with the woman is at present unknown.
Since her arrest in 1892 the countess
has dropped from public view. At the
time she stored her pictures she was in
great need OF money and she borrowed
n small sum on the warehouse receipts.
La Junta tribune., 1898-12-31
LlFE-sAvER ASKS $4,000.

Capt. Thomas J. Reilly. formerly
professional life-saver at Balmer's
bathing pavilion, Coney Island. has
now gone to court to demand $4,000
La Junta tribune., 1898-12-31
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.

He Shot to kin-A Negro Troopers
Quick shot at shsrp.hoot-r-Church
Buiidiss soidiers-radsr Fire of =
savage Army.
La Junta tribune., 1898-12-31

Eleanor. when We are married, will
you love me enough to cook for me7"
Yes. dear Henry; but you will have
to hire somebody else to do my cook
ing."-Detroit Free Press.
La Junta tribune., 1898-12-31

A catalogue of 800 prizes suitable to
every taste and condition, mailed on
inquiry. Prizes given for saving Dia-
mond &C. Soap wrappers. Address
Cudahy Soap Works, South Omaha,
Nebraska.
La Junta tribune., 1898-12-31

A new bridge costing S1.OO0.OOO has
Just been built across the Rhine AT
Bonn
La Junta tribune., 1898-12-31

"Muggins called up his first wife ut the
seance last night. and what do you think
he said TO her.? Goodness knows. he
told her he wished she would give his So
ond wife her recipe for mincemeat."
The representative., 1898-05-04

under part Of the arch Is about fifty feet
above the floor in the highest part and
varies from that down to about thirty feet,
where 1t joins the supporting rocks. The
span Is from ten to twenty-five feet thick
and about fifteen feet wide. The pathway
across the top is a trif1e over three feet
wide In its narrowest place, and a cool
head Is needed to make the passage over
the span The person standing upon the
top Of the span is probably 100 feet above
the average level Of the surrounding coun-
try, and the scene spread before him Is one
OF rural Wisconsin scenery unsurpassed
Although the country has been settled for
many years, yet the ruggedness of the
scene seems hardly diminished by the hand
of man in his efforts to conquer the soil
and make for himself a home in these ro-
mantle surroundings. Except for the oc-
cas1onal loghOuse, or, rarely. it's frame sue
cessor, the place would seem as though in
its original condition. so completely hidden
from view by tangled underbrush and heavy
woods, are the titled lands Of the husband
men.
About the base Of the archway are signs
or human visitations, and the visitor learns
that here the people Of the surrounding
country come to celebrate the Fourth Of
July, and the remains Of rustic booths a
broken beer glass or two, and other signs
OF past pleasures are noted. Underneath
the floor of the arch Is huge cavern I
feet high. 25 feet deep, and from 80 to 50
feet long, created by the action of the
water rushing down the face of the hill
and under the archway after a heavy rain
This cavern makes natural beer cellar
which the inhabitants OF the region nearly
all of whom are Germans utilize as a bar
room upon the occasion of the celebration
referred to.
The Wisconsin natural bridge is certainly
worth travelling miles TO see.-Milwaukee
Sentinel.
The representative., 1898-05-04
My First Sweetheart.

She was the fairest, bonniest lass
That mortal ever knew;
The roses blush was on her cheeks
Her eyes had caught the blue
or June-time skies; around her head
Bright, golden ringlets danced
And when my sweetheart smiled on me
l felt my heart entranced.
found her sitting meath the trees
One glorious day in May;
The breeze with her dancing curls
Were merrily at play:
l looked at her with Steadfast gaze
She turned her eyes on me,
They brimmed with love, our warm lips met
In kisses one, two, three.
Ihat day was years and years ago,
But l can neer forget
My first sweetheart's bewitching eyes,
And. OH 1 love her yet
AS feverently as in those days
When first me she smiled:
And she loves me, I know it, for
am her only child.
Thomas B. Holmes, in the May Ladies'
Home Journal.
The representative., 1898-05-04
TRAINING A FRIENDHIP.
Or the Girl With Hot Chocolate and
Her Hard Lucy story.

They were standing at the counter, and
l couldn't help but hea".
Talk about hard luck" said the girl
with the hot chocolate, II know a woma n
who had an awful thing happen to her over
in New York
20. do tell me about it, gurgled the girl
with the ice cream soda.
Well" went on the chocolate girl. "she S
not wealthy at all. YOU know, and she
doesn't keep nurse SO one day when she
had to go down town shopping she took her
baby and left it at one OF these day nurs
ery-creche places. They Tave her a check
for it. and she Went off shopping. She
didn't cone back to the cieche till late in
the afternoon. and when she went to take
cut the check it was gone"
Good grac;ous:' said the girl with the
ice cream soda, looking shocked What
did she do?"
well" went Oh the chocolate gill. they
told her she couldn't take the baby with
the other babies were taken away, and
then she could have what was left. So she
waited foc hours and hours, till all the
babies were gone but one, and when she
went to get that-wall, the only baby left
was colored baby
80, how perfectly awful exclaimed the
girl with the ice cream soda, in accents
of horror. What did she do? Wasn't she
perfectly frantic? My goodness. how hor-
again? I should think she d have been per-
fectly crazy. What did she do?''
''O," said the chocolate girl, coolly, she
took the Colored baby. 1t was hers. She
was colCred, you know.
And in the silence which followed | could
hear the swapping of the bonds of a tender
and lifelong frendship.-Washingto Post.
The representative., 1898-05-04
Sun OR MOON.
The BesOtted Stranger Could Not Tell
the Difference.

the Difference.
Since the big trot has been in progress
at the Louisville Driving and Fair Asso-
citation track the town has been a little
fuller than usual of people and sad to re-
late. some at least, Of the people have been
little fuller than usual Two of the peO-
pie were staggering down Green street the
other night and of them, seeing the
electric light at the Jefferson street cross
ing remarked:
Its getting late Just look how low the
moon is"
why, you fool' responded his comma n
ion, that's the SUM-
This brought a heated discussion that
nearly resulted in personal encounter,
which was finally averted when one of the
men proposed to bet s. that he was right.
Here's tn money said he You hor
stakes"
"All right" said his companion, II
betcher. Here's my money. You hoT stakes.
How're we gOin' to settle it?"
1t was finally determined to leave it to
the first man who passed, and after wait
ing for quarter of an hour during which
the argument waXed hot and the partici-
pants became belligerent, finally another
besotted in iividual came along, claiming
all sides of the road.
Look here, m friend" said one Of the
two. slapping him on the shoulder
"All right" with a Fitzsimmons pose.
came the reply, eff yer want ter fight sail
in I'm ready fer yer
You are mistaken" said the first speak,
er. Il beg your pardon. Didn't mean no
harm. We had er bet an want you ter set
tie it. Is that the sun or the moon?"
The stranger felt his Importance gazed
long and earnestly, shading his eyes with
his hands.
You'll have ter excuse me, gents" he
said. II Dunno
Then he added alphabetically yer see
I'm stranger here myself"-Louisville
Courier Journal. 81
The representative., 1898-05-04
GREAT HORSE DETECTIVE.
Wanted u Piece Of q Hitching Strap In
Order to Catch q Thief

Order to Catch q Thief.
In the old days when the city hall was in
the old Rookery building and Jack Shea
Was chief of detectives he had assigned to
him by the powers then in charge of po-
lice matters a certain detective" who
could not be depended upon to detect the
lake from the Randolph street viaGuct.
Therefore, to give him job, where ne
could do as little mischief as possible, the
big chief Of sleuths assigned him on
"horses' that is, he gave him charge Of
the stolen horses cases. OF course a gooo
man can make a good record on horses
as on any other branch of detective work
as is the case with Sergeant Kelly, WHO
now runs down horse thieves. But horse
cases were scarce then, and Shea had to
make some disposition Of the man TO please
the political chiefs, and hence the story.
One day a citizen came in in great per-
turba ton to report that his horse and bug
gy had been driven away from in front of
the old postotfice, then in the Honcre
block, on Dearborn street. Shea called in
his horse detective, who was Of German
extraction very pompous and very much
impressed with his Sherlock Holmes abil-
it,. He listened gravely to the complaint
and then asked
which side of the street was dot horse
standing by?''
why, l said that it was right in front
Of the postof1ice. said the citizen.
"Oh yes" said the seuth. Did they un-
hitch him.
mo, they cut the hitching STRIP" was the
answer.
We'll, haf you got NIT you dot piece of
the strap what they left in the htching
ring?" he asked, mysteriously.
why, no; | didn't think it had anything
to do with it, said the owner
dot shows what you know about police
business said the great detective. You
bring me dot piece Of strap and | get yolIr
horse.
The man went away hErriedly for the
piece of strap. and brought it in in due
time, and the detective went out on tho
case But no trace was ever found of
the horse. buggy or the mutilated strap.
The representative., 1898-05-04
Read! Read! Read!
Are You Looking for a Book
on The Questions
of The Day?
Bond and Industrial Slavery. BY e. A.

Bond and Industrial Slavery. BY e. A.
Twitchel ........... Observation-Disclosures. 4
Seven Financial Conspiracies. BY 8. n.
Ten Men Of Money Island. By s. F: "
Government Ownership of Railroads.
By H. l.. LOuckS .,....................... Z
President John Smith. by l.. Z. Adams :.
Story Of the Buttons. by Prof. A. J..
Chittenden........ ........ .................. i.
Peril of the Republic. 5y Clark Erwin !.
Stockwells Bad Boy. :. ........... i.
The Dogs and the F1eaS.. g.
Scientific Money, by Jas. .raylor Rogers
Breakers Ahead, b, Edward lrving... .
Points for Thinkers, by l.. A SGockweli &.
Rachel's Pitiiul History. by Mrs Mar
St!H the Word Goes On. BY S. T. Nor
tcn..... .............. =.
Nellie EnSian fy Elatchtord. ......
Condition of the American Farmer. The
ydsn BY II; IT, IauneneGs prnainis Rv ;dd: !
Direct Legislation. By ]. w. Sullivan. 4
Imperialism, Its Rise and Progress. BY
8. r. V. Emery ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4
DR.. Huguet. BY Ignatius Donnelly..... &
American Peoples Money. BY Igna-
Battie slui DSnfsS Of the Standards. The Henry
Beneath the Dome BY Arnold Clark. :;
Erice's Financial Ca.echism. By Brice. {
Bondholders and Breadwinners. BY 8.
Golden Bottle by iienatius Donneiiiy.:... ::
Coins Financial School. BY w. II. Har-
colG Uey Facts. By Casca 81. jmn Cole. s
Concentration Of Wealth. The. BY Edw.
The Gigantic Conspiracy. Dy i. W: ". q
He'll Up to Date. BY Art. Young 4
An Indiana Man. BY Leroy Armstrong. ;;
Little Statesman. BY Armstrong. . 3
A New Monetary System. BY II. L.
our Money Wars. BY Sam Ieavitt. ( (
one Way to the Cooperative Common
wealth. BY. w; II. Mueller. M. D.. i
Railways Of Europe ana America. By
Mrs. Marion Tooo .....:.................. 4
The Science Of Legal Robbery. BY
Percy Kinnaird ........... ............ Z
A Tale Of TWO Nations BY W. II. q
A Tramp in Society. Robt. H. Cow: .
Uncle @ sam Wealth and Money. BY Bye. G. q
Whittier h Mflay Are We Drifting? by Wiley :! :!
Wealth Against Commonwealth. BY
H. D. Lloyd ................. .... 81. {
gimeta1l,sm. ,sm ana BY Mnnamsq Whar1o1 a
' Archbishop Walsh ........ .... Ds !;
Bimetallism. By Paul Vandervoort::. ! !
The Bankers Dream. BY Thos. H.
warner Money Chart. by Hon. Marvin Marvin :
The People vs. vs. the Cold Bugs. by Hon Hon. :
si4teen a en- to ' one, by Richard Lowry - .. q q
The Effects of he Gold Standard. by w.
1.SBt'R LABOR EsxxccHiANdE LirERATURH.& q
Labor Exchange Solutions .............. j
Progressive Hand Book .... ;;
Trials and Triumphs Of Labor.......... i
The representative., 1898-05-04
DOUBTFUL RISKS
People About Whom Insurance Agents
Are Cautioned.

People About Whom Insurance Agents
Are Cautioned.
recent publication showing how modern
architecture has effected the rates of fire
insurance and laymen who are interested
in the subject have asked what changes
have been made by the life insurance cor
porations as to risks. One of the popular
companies in it's instructions to agents
gives warning against writing applications
upon the following classes Of persons:
Those who engage In blasting, mining, sub
marine labor aeronautic ascensiOns. the
manufacture, handling or transportation Of
lnf1ammable or explosive substances, ser
vice In connection with any dynamo, or as
an electric lineman, as paid member
OF any fire department., in switching or
coupling railroad cars, or as a professional
gymnast, and those engaged in glassblow-
ing, or in the manufacture or sale Of liquor.
The company also warns its agents against
persons who in receipt Of pensions on
account Of disease, and persons who are
more than % per cent overweight; who
have lost relatives from apoplexy or heart
disease. All persons who are more than
81 per cent overweight are barred from
insurance.
The same precautions should be taken in
regard to persons who are more than IA
per cent under weight, and have lost rela-
tlves from consumption. Among the re-
cent additions to the list of "don'ts" is
lily JIG WHICH refers 10 persons who intend
visiting the Klondike region
Locomotive engineers, fremen, brake
men, baggagemen. expressmen and mail
clerks of passenger trains will be insured
Tor an amount not exceeding So 1000 on any
individual life. but at S. advance on every
$l,VW. Conductors, ticket agents. freight
agents. clerks and mechanics emploved in
the offices and manufacturing or repair
shops will be insured at regular rates. The
average weights given in the revised list
are as follows: feet inches. 143 pounds !;
. feet I inches. 145 pounds: feet 8 inches,
l4o pounds: feet inches, 155 pounds !:
feet 10 inches, 16O pounds; feet II
inches, 165 pounds; 6 feet, 40 pounds; 6
feet inch, IT'S pounds; 6 feet inches 1sO
pounds.-New York Tribune
The representative., 1898-05-04
w1scoNs1N.s NArukAE BRIDGE.
A Gigantic Archway in the Wilder
ness of the State Which Few People
Il IL
Have Seen,

Few people know that Wisconsin pos
sesses natural bridge. with nearly, if not
quite. as much attractiSeness as the one
in Virginia made famous by the visits of
George Washington. The Badger bridge Is
located in the town of Honey, Creek. about
twenty miles from this city and eight miles
east of Prairie du Sac. The bridge Is in
fact only a gigantic archway detached
from the face of rocky bluff facing the
Wisconsin river by theiacti1n of the ele-
ments but a natural curiosity has only
a local reputation so far. Few visitors
except from the immediater vicinity have
ever taken the trouble to make trip in
this direction, probably because this part
Of Sauk county was, until recent years. cut
off from railroads and not easy Of access
Even now it requires considerable pluck to
endure the long ride through the sands of
the Wisconsin river bottoms which lie be-
tween the old prairie of the Sac Indians
and the bluff. One Is amply repaid for a
visit by the attractvenes3 of the place.
A devious route through farmers
ploughed field is trod by guide in reaching
the face of the cliff where is found the
bridge. 1t is not until within short dis
tance of the bluff that the archway can
be seen because of the timber and under
brush partially conceaIlng 1t.
Upon stepping between the bluff and the
arch the immenseness Of the task which
nature has accomplished is apparent. The
The representative., 1898-05-04
lite maintained a steadier and stronger nro

vfte maintained steadier and stronger frc
upon Commodore Dewey's ships than in the
first encounter, but the American guns
were being used with telling effect.
AS the smoke lifted it was seen that the
flagship Reina Cristina was on fire. The
vessel was completely burned. In the in
terval between the two engagements Com
modor Montejo moved his flag from the
Reina Cristina to the smaller cruiser Isla
de Cuba. To the fact that he made this
change he doubtless owes his life.
The cruiser Castillo, next to the fla esh;n
the largest and most powerful OF the Span
ish squadron. was also burned. The cruiser
Don Antonio de Ulloa and the Mindanao
was also badly damaged in this encounter.
That the American squadron received Sc
we're damage in the engagement cannot be
coubted. Early reports had lit that five of
Commodore Dewey's ships had been sunk.
Later advices from Madrid put the number
at two.
There were undoubtedly heavy losses in
men on both sides. One apparently trust
worthy report states that the Spanish had
2O) killed and 400 wounded.
Trustworthy details of the American loss
of life will hardly be obtainable until Com
modore Dewey has taken Manila or has
sent vessel with dispatches to Hong
Kong.
The representative., 1898-05-04
DREAM LIKE THAT OF PHARAOH.
Louisville Man Sees in a Vision Five
Lean Hogs and Two Fat.

Mr.. Jacob Merriwether, a leading build
ing contractor of this city, is satisfied that
good times have come again-at least for
two years. He was convinced by a dream
ana, as latter events seemed to Justify the
remarkable vision, he is never tired Of
telling it.
1T was along in December" he said. land
business was mighty poor. You know there
wasn't much building in ST. Louis last
year and I thought we would have another
dull time Of 1t until that dream came T
dreamed l was going along Main street
Cne day. l was empty and quiet and when
l got down town l saw pole stretched
across 1t about four feet above the ground
and supported by forked sticks at each end
On the pole five hogs were hanging and a.
butcher was standing behind shaving them
down. l saw them just as plain as 1 see
you and | know exactly how they looked
thin and old as If they had been butchered
when not half fat or were incapable Of be-
ing fattened. I couldn't help watching
them but while 1 was sizing them up 7
looked and two live hogs standing
at the end Of the pole. These were great
big fellows-fat and sleek. and each look
ing as If he was about big as the whole
five that were hanging on that pole It did
me good to look at them. l stood there
some time and then l went on
when L woke up the next morning my
dream was plain as ever. and it kept
coming back to mind. l thought of il so
much that at last 1 Went to man to get
him to interpret it for me. When l told
him he shook his head and said he didn't
understand it. l went away thinking it
over and it at last came to me as plain as
could be.
1.-The five lean hogs were the five years of
hard times-1S93 1894, 1895, 1885, and 1887
which were already passed. The two fat
and unkilled hogs were two good years to
come-1S9S and 1S99 Perfectly plain isn't it -?
Business has been getting better with me
are rolling in and buildings are going up
everywhere. l talked to other builders and
they tell me the same things. It's Just
like this in other cities. I've told everyone
my dream and they all agree that it is
wonderful and true, and l know 1t is
just like Pharaohs."
The representative., 1898-05-04
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
The Engagement As Seen BY Another
COrreSDOndenf.

Correspondent.
NEW YORK. May "A dispatch to the
Herald from London says:
The Aslatic squadron OF the United States,
Commodore Dewey. commanding. Sunday
engaged and subsequently defeated the
squadron of Spain, in the Philippine Is
lands.
All the news of the great naval battle
thus far received is coming from Spanish
sources. This shows cOnclusively that
Manila has not yet been taken by the
American forces and that cable lines are
still under the control of SPAIN
From the fact that even the advces re-
ceived from Madrid show that the American
warships Jared the best, there is hardly any
doubt that when complete details are OBJ
tainable 1t will be learned that it was a
crushing defeat for Spain. Reports of the
battle thus far coming in piecemeal
During the two engagements that took
place Commodore MontejO, commanding
the Spanish fleet. lost three of his largest
ships. His flagship, the steel cruiser Reina
Crstina, and the armored cruiser Castillo
were burned and the cruiser Don Juan de
Austria was blown up. Several ether
Spanish vessels were badly damaged. Cne
report adds that several other Spanish
ships were sunk by their commanders to
prevent their falling into the hands of the
Americans.
There was heavy loss of life among the
spanish. Odpl ddISO, commanding the
Reina Cristina, was killed. Commodore
Montejo, commanding the fleet, shifted his
flag from the Reina Cristina to the isle de
Cuba, a much smaller steel protected
cruiser, just before the Cristina sank The
blowing up of the Don Juan de Austria.
was attended by great loss of life to
the crew. her commander also being Killed
Commodore Dewey's squadron leaving
Subig Bay, a few miles from Manila about
o'clock yesterday afternoon proceeded to-
ward Manila Under cover of darkness he
entered the harbor Of Manila, the batteries
located there announcing his arrival
Both fleets lined up for battle about day.
break-about O'clock-this morning. The
guns Of the American warships began
firing on the fortress of Cavite and the ar
senal of Manila. Under the protection of
the guns Of these fortiiications the Spanish
warships opened fire on the American feet
For several hours the harbor resounded with
the roar Of guns the crashing of steel and
timber the shrieks and groans of the
wounded. Thick clouds of smoke at times
almost obscured the opposing fleets from
each other.
a we'll directed shot reached the iron
cruiser Don Juan de Austria, a vessel of
1000 tons. terrific explosion followed and
the ship was blown up.
All the time during the first engagement
the American ships were under way, their
manoeuvering being intended to render the
marksmanshin of the Spanish gunners less
effective.
The American squadron about O'Clock,
drew off 10 the west sido Of the bay and
took refuge behind some foreign shipping
The ships had evid emily suffered consi lec-
able damage. After some hasty repairs
they returned to the conflict
During this engagement the guns Of Ca