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La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-08-24

"soldier rubberneck" in strange
land. We came near getting lost
in the narrow streets and alleys,
but took in all there was to see
from cellar to garrett.
We do not know just when we
shall get away from here. but II
we go we will embark on the
Arizona. which is one of the larg-
est transports on the western
coast. We had orders to go
aboard las, Sunday, but the order
was changed and we are to hold
ourselves in readiness to go at
moments notice. When that will
be we have no idea, but hope It
will be soon. We are getting SO
..fat and sassy" that we want to do
little "scrapping, just to break
the monotony il nothing more. II
we go we will write you from
Honolulu or Manila. Tell Roy
Hayter he should be out here with
his "pio,ure machine" and get
few snap shots of us We are
food for the kodak fiends and there
is no doubt but what many an In
dependent fortune will be made
from the views they get OF the
"sojer boys" Hoping that all
our La Junta friends are well and
happy and that they will remember
us Watermelon Day, we are
Very Truly Yours,
DAVID BATES,
w. P. BAKER,
AMEs DoRNAN,
w. E. FRIEsNER,
WESLEY NANDIvIER.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-08-24
usosa the WHEELS.
leroy nsrshsii Fatally Injured u
LskIn last Saturday.

Leroy Marshall, young man in
the employ OF the Santa Fe as
brakeman, and brother Of Road
master Marshal, of this city, was
fatally injured in an accident at
Lakin last Saturday. The young
man was standing on the brake
beam OF the engine truck and en-
deavoring to unoouple the airhose
while the train was in motion. His
foo, slipped and he fell underneath
the wheels, the engine passing
over him and horribly mangling
his r,gh, leg and hip and crushing
the left ankle and foot.
He was Immediately brought to
La Junta and taken to the hospital,
bearing his great misfortune and
intense suffering on the way with
heroism and fortitude. While
lying on the operating table at the
hospital he was conscious and
talked with his brother, asking him
to urge the doctors TO do all in
their power to save the limb, and
apparently NOT being conscious
that one had been entirely severed
from his body. The shock TO his
system had been too great, how
ever, and he breathed his last
abou, $40 o'clock Saturday after
noon.
LEROY Marshall was born in
Fredrick, la, March II, 1874, and
at the time OF his death was in his
twenty fifth year He was well
and favorably known IN this city,
having been employed in the shops
and In the master mechanics office
in a clerical capacity. He was
also time keeper and in charge oi
the storehouse at Pueblo for some
time. He had been brakins or
the road about two years.
The funeral took place Monday
morning at 10 o'clock from the
Methods, church, the services be
ing conducted by the Rev. II. B.
Collins. The young mans father
and mother and all the members
OF the family, with the exception
OF TWO brothers, were present
They have the heartfelt symPa,h,
of a large circle OF friends IN thi'
community and along the line IL
their sad bereavement The in
termeut occurred at Riverviev
icemet.y-
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-08-24
Gard Of Thanks

We desire to express our sincere
appreciation of the many acts OF
kindness and tokens of friendship
extended during this hour of our
great bereavement, and to publicly
thank our many friends along the
line and the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen IN particular for
their interest, aid and sympathy.
c. P MARSHALL,
MS H. MARSHALL
AND FAMILY.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-08-24
rnsy NAVE GOOD Asperrrss.
q Letter From Our 0oys 1t So" Fran
cisco -Wiii 1robsbly Sail Soon.

San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 10, '9s'
Editors 7yt6an<-
DEAR FRIESDs-We pro M S d
some time ago to write you letter
and will now endeavor to make
good our promise First, we want
to thank you heartily for the TRIB-
uNE, which we have enjoyed very
much. 1t is almost like being at
home when we get it, and every
issue is the occasion OF a reunion
in which We review some OF the
many incidents that have occurred
in La Junta-
AS Warren Dameron and some
of the other boys have given a list
OF the equiments, which are about
the same throughout the United
States, we will not mention them
here, any further than that the
Red Cross society, OF this city,
have been very kind to US. They
have given us many little things
that were very useful, such as
chest protectors, abdomen band
ages, towels and "house wifes" or
comfort bags" We are very
well supplied with clothing, the
government providing us with
three suits, one OF blue, one OF
brown duck and one OF white duck.
| As far as eating is concerned we
fare pretty well. Besides the his
torical pork and beans which I'm
Gle Sam provides, the ladies oi
Frisco furnish US with pies, cakes,
jellies, puddings, fruits and a
whole lot of other things too nu'
merous to mention. We partake
of all the good things without any
hesitation, for our appetite Is
something that is ever present
| with us. Uncle Samuel can take
everything else, but he can moi
filch from US our good names Oh
our appetites-
| For good many OF the good
things which we receive We owe
our thanks to Mr.. A Burwell
of La Jun,a. His friends in ,hi:
city, Mr. and Mrs. Foster. whom
he SO kindly informed of oul
coming, met us on our arrival anc
gave US entire possession OF theil
home-inciuding the pantry. DE-
not forget that, for all we do i!
| drill and eat-then eat some mor'
and drill afterwards We hav'
permission to go out nearly ever,
evening and take in some part o
the city. Frisco IS ''poor TO
sport There are horse races, do;
races, bicycle races, and a cos
mopolitan representation of all III,
races OF earth, including III,
..heathen Chinee We took i,
| Chinatown the other night, ane
that IS quite '.poor, also, for tn,
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-08-24

The Dewey
1rade at Joys
Lion coffee TIC at Mosher'&
Fireman Robert Farley went to
Pueblo Monday morning having
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-08-24

The kidneys are small but i'm
portant organs. They need help
occasionally. PRicKLY ASH BIT-
TERs is a successful kidney tonic
and system regulator.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-08-24

A. E. Bent, OF Lamar, was a
La Junta visitor last Saturday.
For fresh bread, pies or cakes go
to Fishers. postofice news stand.
A secondhand gasoline stove;
good as new; for sale cheap at
THoMPsos's.
Why not own your own home
and save rent1 Look at the list
offered by Buckley & Hart.
Mrs. Chas- Tuggle left last night
for an extended visit with relatives
and friends in Louisville, Ky.
Master Mechanic Forster and
Stenographer FaiIchild were in
Denver Monday on official busi-
ness.
Senator G. w. Swiuk came
down from Rocky Ford yesterday
morning to look over the melon
situation hereabouts.
Cleanse the liver and bowels,
and regulate the system by using
PRIcKLY ASH BIrrERs 1t Gre
ates and sustains energy
Rev. II. B. Collins left on No 5
yesterday morning to attend the
annual conference of the NJ. E.
church, which meets at Greeley to-
morrow.
c. L. Seeley sold twenty-eighi
acres in the McCreery Gardens in
North La Junta yesterday to Bur
nett & Son. the archictects and
builders.
| A cane was lost BY an old soldie,
between this city and Rocky Ford
last Sunday. The finder will con-
fer favor by leaving the same al
this Office.
William Matthews, OF Rocky
Ford, visited the county seat Mon
day nigh, to witness the progress
Of the shipment of melons from
the local station.
| Miss Jennie Coltman left on No.
5 yesterday morning for Glen Parl
to visit her mother for few days
She viii leave shortly for the Pa
cifc Coast to embark for China.
| Bowen & Co. have
removed their tailoring business te
the store formerly occupied by II,
Brinkman, where they will bt
pleased to see all their old custom
ers and many new ones
| Indigestion is the direct cause o
diseases that kill thousands of peo
pie annually. Stop the trouble a
the outset with a little PRIcKL,
ASH BIrrERs; it strengthens the
stomach and aids digestion.
/ STsAYEp-From the Foley place
miles west OF La Junta, one rec
cow and calf. branded VIZ.
viii pay liberal reward for then
delivered to me a, La Junta- D.
!
| L. THOMAS, La Junta, Colo
I The following is taken from the
Victor Evening Times of Aug. IS;
"Dr- Rosche, the eye specialist,
has been at the Victor Hotel 10,
the pas, ten days and has been re
markably successful IN treating
eyes, removing rock splinters,
fitting glasses, etc The doctor i:
recognized throughout the entire
district as a man OF rare ability"
Within six weeks the Santa Fe
Will open its new steamship line
from San Diego. Cal, to China
and Japan When the Philippine
question IS settled these steamer:
Will call al Manila The line viii
run IN direct connection with the
Santa Fe and constitute a trans
continental, transoceanic transpor
tation line, beginning in Chicago
and ending in the Orient
About one month ago my child
, which IS fifteen months old, had al
attack of diarrhea accompanied b,
vomiting. gave IT such remedie.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
VARIOUS ITEMS.

Any evil that needs regulation needs
death.--Nashville Issue.
The people of Norway are greatly
alarmed at the spread of liquor drink
ing among them.
The drink traffic is the bane of civ
ilization, and the disgrace of Christian
ADMINISTRATIONS Temperance Advo-
cate.
When a man spends his wages for
something that is killing him, he is
working for the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Temperance Advocate.
The pastor of the Lutheran church
at Smithsburg, Md, recently preached
a strong temperance sermon. finding
occasion therefor in the fact that some
of his parishioners had signed the IL
cense bonds of a couple of saloon
keepers.
The blind tiger is still raging in
Beaver Dam and screaming in his den
He wants few Of our boys to ruin, and
the parents of this town are called on
to contribute few. Have you fur
nished your share? His army must
be recruited, and you should not muir
muir were your boy to be one of his
volunteers.-Kentucky Cleaner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22

method of reaching military results.
The ilimitabe gall of this youth de-
serves to be crystallized in history.
Murat and Lannes, by their capture of
the tete du pont at Vienna, have been
handed down as the typical Gascons,
but Mr.. Curtin mas outbraved them all.
The Army and Navy Journal, which ex-
poets to chronicle the official reports
of the battle 81 Armageddon, hardly
hopes to record anything hereafter
which for pure Impudence will exceed
this occurrence. The only thing which
could rival it would be for another en-
sign to send district messenger boy
to Sagasta with an ultimatum to be
answered in Is minutes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
THE RED CROSS SERVICE.
How TO Go About 1t to- EnIis as n
Soldier of the Army
of Nurses.

Many inquiries are received every
day as to How to Join the Red Cross"
For the benefit of those patriotic and
gentle women who desire such infor-
nation we print the following. taken
from the official circular as regards
the present war times. In time of
peace there are other requirements,
which are stricken out when there is
q great demand for nurses in the field:
in order to become sister of the
Red Cross the applicant must be of
unquestionable character"
In cases of emergency, such as that
of the prevailing Spanish-American
war, nurses may be enlisted for special
need upon presenta ton of certificates
from some reputable training school
for nurses without taking the six
months postgraduate course other
wise required; but it should be under
stood that at the close of the service
in question their relation with the Red
Cross ceases until they can be gradu-
ated in the regular way.
In this connection, however, credit
will be given for character of work
done during enlistment. The certif-
Gates mentioned are:
Gay. Certificate of health and char
acter.
(b). Certificate Of graduation from
traioihg scnool.
Sisters must be within call at all
times, ready to respond to any order
authorized by the president of the
American National Red Cross
The institution is absolutely neutral
and nonsectarian, not in the sense of
ignoring but of respecting every ma
tlonality and all religions.
No salary is paid but during actual
service the best available provision is
made for the support and require
ments of the sisters. In addition. the
applicant will be given blank. which
must be filled in with the age, nation
ality, source of education, Experience
in nursing, health, habits, etc.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22

struction? "The torpedo boat destroy
ers foundered," said the brave Span
ish Admiral Cervera, in his report to
Gen. Blanco. Yes; and the laundering
was brought about by the good practice
of the gunners of the Gloucester, a
smart armed yacht. Cervera's ships
were faster than those of Sampson, but
they did not get away; 13-inch guns can
hurl many tons of shot and shell into
the enemy before the advantage in
speed for few knots an hour will avail
for the emergency. The effect of arma-
ment on armor is not yet accurately
ascertained. Several points have, how
ever, been made clear by the naval en-
gagements, namely: % That modern
shells readily set fire to the woodwork
of warships and that, therefore, wood
must be avoided or made freproof;
(2) that speed is relatively more i'm
portant from strategical than from
fighting considerations; (3) that in a
fair fight superiority of craftsmanship
and quick firing means victory, and a.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
NO ROOM FOR TOPERS.
The Objection TO Drinking Employees
Growing More and More
Pronounced.

The best temperance lesson ever
preached is given in the annual report
of the United States commissioner of
labor. Mr.. Wright has been at pains
to ascertain the opinions of en-
Tloyers of labor as to the eff
feet of the use of Intoxicating
liquors by workmen. Even the most
ardent advocate of total abstinence
will be surprised to find that of 1925
establishments, employing 1852
men, 1893 employers reported that
they took into consideration the hab-
its of applicants for positions in re
gard to the use of intoxicating liquors.
1t was found that in some establish
mentS no one using Intoxicating
liquors was employed. In other cases
the prohibition applied to certain oc
equations only and in still other cases
to employees only when on duty. In all
more than one-half of the establish
ments reporting require in certain oc-
equations and under certain circum-
stances that employees shall not use
Intoxicating liquors.
The fact brought out most clearly
by the investigation is that employers
are growing more and more to require
strict sobriety from the men who do
their work, realizing that only thus
can faithful and good service be had
The time will soon come, if it has not
already arrived, when the man who
does not stay sober will be unable to
secure any employment whatever
Chicago Times Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
THE HELL-FIRE CLUB.
Faithful Picture of the Horrible
influence of Drunkenness Over
Some Mems Minds.

Some one has characterized intoxi-
eating liquors as liquid damnation."
The expression is a strong one, but is
fully justified by the awful results
which follow their use. Under the
pressure of the misery and crime that
have grown out of their use, laws have
been enacted seeking to restrict or
curtail their sale, and in some places
to prohibit it entirely. But in most
instances laws have proved Intellectual,
and have been evaded or nullified by
the INSCRIPTIONS and vicious. Would
to God that every liquor saloon in this
land, whether gilded or otherwise,
could be closed tomorrow, never to be
opened again o blast the moral world,
that those dens of crime and nurseries
of Indebtedness, where the harpies
prey upon the blood of broken-hearted
women, widowed before their hus-
bands death, and the life hopes of
children, worse than orphaned, could
be closed and closed forever.
Here is a fact which, incredible as it
may seem, is so well authenticated in
every particular that it cannot be
contradicted in any of its details,
which will serve to carry a faithful
picture of the horrible influences of
drunkenness over some mems minds.
In the chief town of the island of
Jamaica, in the West Indies, there was
some years ago a society of youngmen,
moving in respectable circles of soci-
ETY., whose professed and avowed OBJ
iect was to drink themselves to death.
They used to meet at frequent stated
occasions. In that hot climate it is, of
course, deliberate suicide to drink to
excess, and what would be compare
tive temperance here is wild immod-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
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NN -ES&N II
GROWTH OF A COFFEE-HOUSE.
How Thoughtful Woman Provided
Wholesome Drinking Place
for Workingmen.

About 40 years. ago man and woman
called Cozens lived in the city of
Kings Lynn, Norfolk. He was an in
yeterate drunkard but by laundry
work and self-denial the good wife
Kept the home together. One happy
day some workingmen induced Cozens
to sign the pledge, and wonderful
transformation took place, for this
was before the time of Bruce's act, and
in many towns public houses were
open all night, and few were the occa-
sions when Cozens arrived home be-
fore the early hours of the morning.
One night a number of these fellow
workmen who had induced him to sign
the pledge were visiting Cozens at his
home, and while sitting around the
cheerful fire they spoke of the cold
mornings, and of how they had to pass
the brightly-lighted public houses, but
could not call for warming drink, as
no tea or coffee was provided, and only
Intoxicating drink was to be had. Mrs
Cozens, on hearing this. quickly said:
at shall never again be said that the
men who induced my husband to sign
the pledge. and had to come near my
house at five o'clock in the morning
on their way to work, could not buy
a cup of tea or coffee. | will have both
ready every week day morning, and
you can come tomorrow" Accord
ingly, she sat up all night baking
buns, and had quite a number of Gus
toners the next morning.
The business grew so quickly that
soon she did the most important cater
ing in the town for the market people.
Then a complaint was made that
young teetotal commercial travellers
were not provided for outside or
binary liquor-selling hotels. Mrs.
Cozens then opened a hotel for them;
and at the same time provided stabling
for the horses of the market people.
So strict were the rules of her house
that if any person brought intoxicat-
ing drink into it he was promptly
turned away. Mrs. Cozens died few
years ago, after accumulating for
tune of $50, 000.-Alliance News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Tobacco seeds are SO minute that a
thimbleful will furnish enough plants
| for an acre of ground.
Prof. Alsnel says that between the
ticks of a watch ray of light could
more around the globe.
1t is estimated that Europe has as
| many as $4,000 match factories, with
an annual trade valued at over $780,
100000
1t is believed that lightning is visible
at a distance OF $50 miles. but opinions
still differ as to how far away thunder
| can be heard.
From December l, 1897, to July /,
1898, the company having the lease of
the Philadelphia gasworks paid to the
city $1,024,337.
Efforts are being made to revive the
flax industry in certain parts of Eng
land, where it has fallen into desue-
tude, especially in the county of Lin.
colnshire.
The most wonderful astronomical
photograph in the world has been pre-
pared by London, Berlin and Partisan
astronomers. 1t shows at least 6S ,0OO,-
600 stars.
How Quick Can a Man Wink ?-Ex-
periments have been going on with an
ingenious machine which shuts over a
mans eye so that the eyelid as it winks
opens and closes chronograph. So
far the quickest wink on record is
about sixth of a second.
Red light is not the lowest kind Wis
| ible to the eye. When a body is heated
up it emits first gray" glow and
then a red glow. Herr hummer finds
that this gray light is perceived by the
rod" formation and the real light by
the cone" formation in the nervous
structure of the eye.
Oysters are now being sent to Eu-
rope from New Zealand, being frozen
in solid blocks. The oysters are opened
and then frozen in blocks 70 inches
long, six inches wide and two inches
thick. The blocks are wrapped in pa
per and packed eight in case. Should
the experiment prove successful, a
new industry promises to be started
in the colony.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
|cURTIN'S ILLIMITABLE CHEEK.
he Is the Originator of the "HeIIO,'
Method of Reaching Mil
itary Results.

The absolute, real, undoubted hero
OF this war is not Admiral Dewey sink
ing all the Spanish fleet at Manila, nor
Hobson, sinking portion of the Amer
lean fieet at Santiago, nor Shafter driv-
ing out the fleet Ct Cervera and captur-
ing an army double that of his own,
nor Sampson ana his subordinatess send
ing Cervera to destruction, nor twenty
Others we could name, but it is Ensign
Curtin, landing at the port of Ponce,
and with inimitable chselt sending his
nltlmatum to the commander of the
Spanish forces at Ponce by telephone!
vi all the astonishing incidents of this
war nothing for novelty approaches
this, and Mr.. Curtin should go down in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
LESSONS IN NAVAL BATTLES.
English Comm N d a ton for the Good
Craftsmanship of Ameri-
can Gunners.

The lessons to be drawn from the
Spanish-American sea fights are not
clear, satisfactory and conclusive.
With the barely possible exception of
the sinking of the Merrimac, as sug-
gested by Lieut.. Hobson, the torpedo
has played no part in the naval engage
ments. and of ramming there has not
been any. 1t was even so at Yalu, and
throughout the war between China and
Japan, says the London Shipping
World. But are we satisfied that if the
conditions favored the use of torpedoes
or rams by the Americans there would
not have been fairly realized some of
the great expectations concerning one
or both of these instruments of de-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22

In the course of conversation be-
tween two workingmeD's wives, one
happened to remark tina, her husband
always put on a clean white shirt on
Sunday morning. The other replied;
well. | never care so much about Sa;.-
days; but I always see that he has
aclean shirt every Saturday afternoon,
because that's the time he generally
drinks. and if h. sho-sId take off his
coat to fight like him to look clean
and decent. "-ScottisE Reformer.