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La Junta tribune., 1899-09-09

Coming Events

Next week school commences
and you will want to dress and
shoe your children. We are pre-
pared to fit them out from the top
of the head to the sole of the foot.
We have the largest and best
Ladies' and Children's shoe de-
partment in the state. and can sell
you shoes cheaper than you can
buy them in Denver or Pueblo.
For Watermelon Day you will
want suit of clothes. We have
just received new line for that
event, suits that we will sell at
from 81 up. We have also some
tailor made suits at about Soc on
the dollar.
There is no use of your paying
$35 or $40 for tailor made suit
when we can sell you one at from
$40 to $l7, made to fit you as we'll
as any tailor can make it.
We want to dress you up for the
fair and leave some money in your
pockets for you to spend and have
a good time. Don't forget that we
will do you all the good we can.
Price-Draper Clothing Co
La Junta tribune., 1899-09-09
Vehicle Talk No. |
~

What architect is building the designer is to
s. the vehicle To him look for beauty, strength
A and convenience.
1t the designer who originates those ideas which add
80 much your comfort and safety also the appear
of your 1t but little to build
vehicle designed by who understands his business
q than by who does not. a
The appearance of properly designed vehicle s pleas
ing every eye. It's thing Of beauty too light
y nor too heavy-ust right. When you enter such !
vehicle you find comfort and awaiting you seat
n Of proper width back that touches the right spot and
plenty Of leg Seems built expressly for you
d There vehicles that will be offered you built just
costly but there something about them that don look
Just right They don't @ they don't wear, they not
Il popular properly designed. They don have
d the manufacturers name plate them
properly designed vehicle is always popular. That
is the kind you get when you buy s Deere" I" The
n Deere line sell themselves because they noted for
= the correctness and originality Of the design.
Il Come in drop postal card and our salesman
- will call and show you what be accomplished by
designer who understands his business. Strength and
beauty displayed in every line.
4 BOMGARDNER s. O'NEIL. !
Ps our postofsee address is not subject to change
=, without notice
La Junta tribune., 1899-09-09
LOCAL Aao PERSONAL lrsns.
Smoke Trix.
Joys for jewelry.
Smoke Arkansas Valley.

Joys for jewelry.
Smoke Arkansas Valley.
Trade at the Palace drug store.
The best range for the least
money at Thompson's.
The best jewelry for the least
money at Fisher & Larsen's.
The open season for wild pigeons
and doves closes September goth.
Get prices at Thompson's on
anything you want to buy and save
money.
Denver's Festival OF Mountain
! and Plain is to be held during the
entire week of September 25th.
1t is reported that 446 passengers
arrived in Rocky Ford Thursday
morning on the train from Denver.
Mrs. ]. N. Beatty, OF Manzanola,
has been attending her sister, Mrs.
Katherine Lowe, during her ILL
ness.
DR.. ]. P. Kaster, Of Topeka,
chief surgeon OF the Santa Fe, was
, in town several days this week, &C
companied by his family.
The Boys Brigade, in charge Of
Commander Cole, left Wednesday
morning for Rocky Ford, where
they will give an exhibition drill
every day during the fair.
The grand lodge of Knights Of
Pythias meets in Florence next
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day. La Junta lodge, No. aS, win
have several representatives in Z
tendance.
The open season for wild duck8
geese, snipes, curlews, brant
swans, cranes and water fowls h
gan September Ist and closes An
18th next. One person is limi
to fifty ducks and twenty-five 0td0F
birds.
Express Messenger Will Nc
Nichols, accompanied by his wife
and mother-in-law, left last Tues
, day night on No. s for Humboldt,
Kan, to visit relatives and friends.
They expect to be absent about
three months.
Rev. w. E. Collett, Of Durango,
Colo, was in town this week, the
guest Of his sister, Mrs. ]. v.
Peoples. Rev. Collett was on his
. way home from the Denver con-
ference and has been assigned to
the Durango charge for the en-
suing year.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Dodge, Of
Beloit, Kan, who were the guests
of w. A. Watt last week, left Tues
day for Manitou to spend few
days in the mountains. On their
way home they will visit again in
La Junta for day or two. Mrs.
Dodge is sister Of Mrs. Watt. s.
The Dewey Gardens, of Rocky
,, Ford, have made the largest indi-
vidual shipments of the season.
Up to date they have shipped a,a5o
|, crates and 400 baskets Of canta-
loupes and 5000 watermelons.
There is great deal Of virtue, bull
luck, or something else unde6nable
in ! name sometimes.
Austin Joy received a telegram
from Washington. D. c., Wednes-
day morning from Mrs. Joy an
nouncing the Death Of Mrs. E. 2.
Farrar. Mrs. Farrar was a very
intimate friend Of Mr.. and Mrs.
II 10y, and the latter had been visit
ing her for several weeks previous
to her death. Mrs. Farrar visited
in La Junta several years ago.
|, The promotion Of Mr.. James
DIN, chief engineer of the Santa
Fe, to be consulting engineer Of
, the entire Santa Fe system, and
his transfer from Topeka to
Chicago, i one Of the results q
Z the appointment Of Nj. ]. N. Barr,
- third vice-president Of the road.
La Junta tribune., 1899-09-09
LA JUNTA SEPTEMBER

| Auc ldtSSSt dSSOttuCue "a SAoSA-
cry in town at Thompson's.
Why not own your own home and
save rentP Look at the list offered
by Buckley & Hart.
The open season for deer and
antelopes, having horns, began
August 18th and ends November
5th.
DR.. F. M. White has movedfrom
North La Junta and is now living
in the first house north of the Com
mercial College building.
Mrs. Katherine Lowe, who was
not expected to live through the
night last Tuesday, has greatly i'm
proved, and strong hopes are en-
tertained of her ultimate recovery.
The Mexican Central wants ma
chinists and shopmen OF all de-
scriptions at Chihuahua. The rail-
road has an immense amount of
work on hand and it is almost i'm
possible to secure competent help.
Miss Nora Hodges, of the milli-
merry firm OF Hodges & Crockett,
returned from Chicago last We'd
nesday morning. Next week they
will make an elegant display of fall
millinery in their new quarters in
the Commercial College building.
The Santa Fe railway has award
ed a contract to H. w. Krug, of
Trinidad, Col, for the erection Of
new passenger station at that
place. The contract calls for a
structure OF stone and brick, with
a 3oo-foot platform, all to be COM
pleted by October 5th.
The annual meeting of the stock
lholders Of the Arkansas Valley
Fair Association will beheld at the
Office Of the secretary on Saturday,
september 50, 1899. at 2 O'clock
p. M, for the purpose Of electing
uhirtees persons to serve as direct
ors for the ensuing year.
|. M. Miller, of Council Grove,
Kan, congressman elect from the
sixth district, was in town this
week, accompanied by his wife,
the guests OF r. A. Steen. Mr..
and Mrs. Miller have been spend
ling several weeks at Manitou, and
stopped over in La Junta on their
way home. Mrs. Miller is sister
OF Mrs. Steen.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Davidson
left on No. 6 Thursday night for
Saint Louis Park, Mimi, suburb
Of ST. Paul Mr.. Davidson has
resigned his position as principal
Of building No. to accept the
superintendency of the public
schools at Saint Louis Park. Mr..
Davidson is an instructor of ability
and will be greatly missed in the
La Junta schools, where he has
acceptably filled responsible po-
sition during the past three years.
Rev. H. B. Collins returned last
| "Wednesday morning from Denver,
where he had been attending the
M. E. conference for ten days past.
! Rev. Collins has been assigned to
the Fifth avenue church in Denver
for the ensuing year and expects to
leave for that city early next week.
Mr.. Collins has made many friends
during his two years pastorate in
this city, and the TRIBUNE joins
them in wishing him every success
and abundant prosperity in his new
field Of labor.
George Krants, peregrinating
tourist claiming to hail from st.
Louis, Mo-, applied to our local
officers Wednesday night for as
sistance. He claimed that while
sleeping in . barn near Las AMI
Emas the night previous he had been
bitten by : centipede. His foot
was swollen to immense propor-
tions, in corroboration Of his tale,
and was in bad condition from lack
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OTEER RTLES 1T HlRROW.
ON The London News.

From The London News.
"A Harrow Boy" communicates 10 the July
number OF The Captain some curious rules
laid down Oy Harrow boys, and more punctill-
Ously enforced and kept 1t is said. than many
instituted by the hcddmdStrr hibSSelf There are
two distinct classes Of HarroNians, l. e., those
who have been in the school three years, ana
those who have not. Wearers of cricket caps.
or football "fcZZes," for their house eevens are
exempt from rules altogether. \ "three-ycar"r
may generally be recognized by his standup col
lar and his tie pin. articles of dress which an
unfaVorcd 'tWo-yearer' may look and long for
but no more 1t is tn exclusive privilege OF
three ycarers' to walk in the road. or To carry
folded umbrellas. Only HarrOvans who have
seen their third summer at the school may open
their blue cricket coat fdmiliarly known as IN"
"blue-er." when they wear il on haf-hollday
afternoons. 1t is considered side for a mon
three ycareT" to enter another boys house. cN-
cept on special business i'm the masters study.
\ ''Sidy chap" is universally detcsted and every
chance is seized To take him down a peg. y
'sdy chap who sides. but has no right
TO do so. being neither "thrce-yearer nor a
cap" or "feZ" But when boy blossoms out
into "chokers" and tie pins by virtue OF having
been at Harrow for three years. or athletic "X-
CeeECc il is no longer considered side. nut
his due. Lastly. il boy change MS Sch"pl j.
house before II" becomes a "three-yearer, ne
has TO begin his three years all over again.
starting from the time he enters the ne" house.
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How do you know he can't"'

How do you know he can't?"
Because no such coin existed. This
story makes it a coin of Alfonso Kill If the
Spanish Government OF to-day changed the OLD
motto. Plus Ultra to Ne Plus Ultra, after
their recent collision with this Republic IL
would show a grim sense of humor, which would
be about the most remarkable example Of the
trait in history
DO you know what that design means he
went on, taking from his cabinet large ana
particularly clearly stamped Spanish dollar OF
the seventeenth century. "Well. the PlIlarS OF
Hercules marked the end Of Harcu.ess iabors
ard, according to the anclents, the end-one
end-of he earth. didn't they? one pillar was
the Rock OF Gibraltar, which they called Calpe'
and the other the Mount of Abyla, over the
way in Africa, across the strait wen, Wheh
the Emperor Charles found himself Emperor
Of Germany, which meant, in those days, sue
cessor of Augustus also King Of Leon. and cas-
tile and Aragon and Granada including Gibral-
tar. and Lord of Ceuta, which includes Abyla,
and King over most OF America that had been
explored so far. and master Of the indian com
me rec of that time he hit on the really brlillant
idea of putting those Pillars of Hercules on his
coins with the motto Plus Ultra which means
Further still
"Times have changed since then. But though
Spain lost all her American possessions, except
cuba and Porto Rico she still stuck to Plus
Ultra and the Pillars on her coins. even though
the British had one pillar and the Mo'rs the
other Now that you have to take a magnify
ing glass to find Spanish possession on the
map outside OF the Peninsula itself. IT might
be appropriate no doubt. to insert that niue
word Ne in the motto and make 1t mean. No
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CO. 30, M business to be out in the open
~,,, had OF course. we always put up our
,.,o.. tor q hurricane and a thick pine smut
ono ST Thomas house had a Spanish Tie
..o,, another house driven right through IL 'he
.uo .,rct there. so. you, see, the shutter was
.o,ne protection to the people lhsiue
ON ,ho, kent M for about three hours "A
~.,--;oa,o there generally includes four distinct
.,ou,s from the south east. north and west ana
.ho last one from the west. is the worst. les
- ,a,,a no difficulty in knowing when IL ; all
over That's easy enough.
..prt IL YOU want something to scare you Try
.dal wave like what we had AFTER mat hui-
;.re 7 saw it, and | am not hkely 10 lois''
. vo,,,ve seen ground swell haven't you :
,,u :, hogan like ground sweh. Inc hai"o
-. G, Thomas is like three-quarterS vi ci'ie'
", could see the open quarter Of the ctoie
..;,, nm with water and then IL CAME oh'
-, ar the town-a long, moving mountain VI
80 With the sun making all the coiors Vi 'ie
-ai,hoy in il. OF course. 1T was maJeS'ic anu
,,oa,,,if,I. know all that now Dut was ,oo
,-,ebtened to admire it then. IL caiie 81"
all the ships riding on It's crest anu 80
Them with it over the wharVes anu oNVi '"'
q, houses When it went Dach II Wv
- .,,,oa in the streets OF the city ana
or au,av = great many of the people VINO
had moi been able to run up the hi'''0
its reach A.. ,oob y, the
"I can distinctly remember the look OF 'he
empty basin Of the harbor after INC ~
had swept through it and out OF IT,
the tens Of thousands Of deep water H9"e' we
cling and sourming in masses. But "ha' Cd"
remember most wildly Is the dead bodies scat
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HOW A HURRICANE FEELS.
A DESCRIPTION FROM ONE WHO HAS
BEEN THERE.

Every weather phenomenon is sure to bring
an Oldest lnhabitant to the surface. Last
weeks hurricane talk revealed in one resort of
downtown business men an Oldest 1nhabitant
Of the West Indies. To be strictly accurate,
this man. a native Ct St Thomas is not senile,
though cares and the deceitfuness of riches
have cleared and polished the front of his era
mum He is not the Oldest Inhabitant of the
West Indies, but he happened to be the only
man present who had actually seen and heard
one of the historical West Indian hurricanes of
this century.
In my time The worst was at st. Thomas. in
October 1861 l am old enough to remember 1t
and the tidal wave which followed it. Does it
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each and each lin holds five gallons. so the l6S.-
600 cases contained 10000 gallons, or about
81 900 barrels.
The great tank steamers in which oil is sent
to Europe carry from seventeen thousand bar
rea to fifty thousand barrels each. These tank
vessels are never used for the transportation of
oil TO the Far East, because the loss by leakage
is greater when the oil is sent in that way or in
barrels than when it is packed in the five gallon
tins and these in wood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-20
A BIG SHIPMENT OF OIL.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT THOU
SAND CASES SENT TO JAPAN-PACKED
IN FIVE GALLON TINS

report in the dispatches from Philadelphia
the other day to the effect that the Acara had
sailed from that port with a cargo OF 16SOOO
cases Of oil for Japan, one Of the largest ship
ments ever made created considerable comment
in business circles. At the office of the Stand
ard Oil Company it was said that the cargo was
only eight thousand cases larger than one sent
to Bombay a few weeks ago, and that ship
ments Of one hundred thousand cases are Of fire.
uuent occurrence. The cases contain two tins
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-20
LIBRARY IMPROV EMENTS.
POPULAR CHANGES MADE: AT THE ASTOR
AND THE LENOX.

The Astcr and the Lenox libraries are enter
ing upon new era The circumstance is alto
gether too important to pass by. The old rooms
that hitherto never knew what rush and crowds
were are now taxed to their utmost capacity.
both as regards seats and book delivery. The
staff is very nearly tripled now numbering l-o
persons with the old days Of lack Of funds
and limited possibilities Of development over. 1t
has come to pass. at both the Astor ana the
Lenox, that there are now many convenlences
where there were few before. The increased at
tendance. the additional research, show that
scholars and others fully appreciate these
benefits
What is even more, the resources OF the TWO
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library's efficiency. eats up good portion OF the
running funds The seats are numbered as
are the seats in the British Museum ana at
tendants bring volumes in any number 10 the
reader Under the old regime the reader. otteher
tian otherwise. had to carry them away from
the delivery d SIX himself
LARGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
Such is the state Of affairs at the Lenox and
Astor libraries at present. and these are the I'M
provcments and conveniences that have brought
il all about Even now. i'm August. at what ~
usually the dullest month Of the year there ~
seldom an afternoon when all the seats are not
filed The daily average II readers calculated
in March: these figures have since been exceed
e,i) is lSS for both buildings. This is very near
" as many as the ramous British Museum
which places its daily average at 1l6 and sur
passes the Boston Public Library. whore the
average is al In January there were i'oD
books consulted: in February nearly 31Vt|
Fifty thousand volumes and pamphlets are the
average number of additions annually. though
this year the acces5ions will be three times that
probably fourth, Gordon J.. Ford Library
presented in January alone having about L
hundred thousand pieces So that the New-York
Public Library with some six hundred and ten
thousand volumes and pamphlets in March,
stands a good third among the Libraries Of the
United States. II is. Of course. exceeded by the
Library Of Congress which. according 10 The
Statrsman's Yearbook" contains DONO vol
umes 10 Oo pamphlets and 2lOoOO pieces Of
music The Boston Public Library stands sec
ond with 1000 Volumes. according 10 its an
nual report Just published This t"ta. does NOT
include. pamphlets. But II the present rate ~
increase OF the New York Public Library -
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"PLUS ULTRA" "FURTHER STILL
SIGNIFICANCE OF AN INSCRIPTION ON A
SPANISH COIN.

SPANISH IUIN.
Here's chance for somebody who wants to
make a safe bet" said a comfortable bachelor
who amuses himself with bicycle riding. collect
ing old violins, photography, game chickens and
not least-a very respectable numismatical
cabinet He was looking over a Sunday paper.
Here Go and find the nan who wrote this
story and offer to bet him 500 he can't show
Won a Spanish coin answering the description he
gives here"
The description referred to was Of a coin COM
ing from Porto Rico, marked with the Pillars
Of Hercules and-so the paper sai1-the motto
NE Plus Ultra"
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SUNDAY. AUGUST 20. 1899.

Further But it would be a sublimely stocal
jest, and you may safely go and bet your SlOo
that the Queen Regent and her Cabinet have
not seized that opportunity to immortalize
themselves"
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tered over the beach, and the wrecks Of ships
that were dotted about the shores Of the har-
Dor for months after that"
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buildings are now On
a different plane. II
is becoming possible
to get at the fine col
lectiOns on special and
general subjects ls
never before. In the
place Of the three
old catalogues, that
were incOnvenient and
mis- s G d much. one
great new card cata-
logue is growing up.
Every pamphlet and
every volume in these
Libraries is b e in Z
handled over again.
indeXed on modern
lines. by author and
subject. often a hall
dozen different cards
for one piece" The
claSsiiications Of the
collections have beeR
altered.
Three thousand peri
odicals are on file. thi
latest numbers are
available. and the
more important dTtl-
cles in these are in
deXed in the new card
catalogue. There ~
an electric light over
every seat. and tn"
rooms are kept open
from . to i o'clock.
instead Of being closed
at 4. In the new con
solidated library build
ing. which is to be- on
the FOrty-secOn1-St.
reservoir site. the
reading and reference
rooms will be kept
open until . p. III. at
least. and possibly
until 10 or II. but
there is not enough
income at the moment
to permit this now
The new catalogulng.
which is Of the great
est importance To the
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scarce you? We'll. yes,
some. But then out
there we are used 10
those things. and we
know what to expect
and what to do. And.
again. l was in a
house with Spanish
walls that thick
holding his hands
about a yard apart
.and that made all
he difference
1--WE did just what
everybody does there
before a hurricane.
Every business man
I'm the place shut up
his place of business
went home and barri-
caded himself in his
house Hurricanes
can go at one hum
dred and thirty miles
IN hour. but they
can't carry off those
al Spanish walls. We
SHUT all the windows
tight and waited.
Presently the noise
began. Oh, l can't
tell you what it sounds
like. Pan1emOnium
on a spree about
fits noise Of wind.
thunder. things blow
ing about and falling.
You see. the houses in
St. Thomas are rooied
with Spanish tiles or
American sheet iron.
Ours had the big,
heavy. terra Gotta
Spanish tiles Our
roof didn't come Off,
but plenty of our tiles
were ripped away ana
sent flying. When
those tiles once begin
To fly they fly like
cannon shot a negro
woman who was walk
ing along one OF the
,fraats had her head
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-01-14
Views between this person and var
lous Senator's

Views between this person and var.
lous Senator'S"
While not Openly accusing the mem.
bcrs Of the Legislature Of accepting
brlbes, the report from beginning to
end hints and insinuates that such
was the case.
1t denounces strongly those members
who pose before the public rs opposing
Yerkes, In the following words:
"Another hypocritlcal class which
deserves all the censure that an out
ragged community can bestOw upon
them are the popular set members OF
the Legislature, who pose as being op'
posed 10 Yerkes ana his street car
lines" The reason for this attack IL
found when the report says these men
refused to aid In defeating the ware
house bill. 1t then tells the directors
that the Board OF Trade as an instltu
tlon Is dlsliked at Springfield.
The report closes by saying, "and this
II n free country"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-01-14
HOW DO you LIKE YOUR eoss?


etpii zen ut work On The iiniaitteir, has sa.
cured evidence s6lHeient to send three
men TO the pen'tehtiary sure, ana prob.
ably two others.
The Eagle has secured aiildavits
from several members of the f.eslsla.
ture directly involving well.known
ChicagOans who were in Springfield
and who bought up that body for the
elevator bill.
Twelve other aiiidavits are in the
hands Of responsible parties, and
things will soon be ripe for action.
a big fund will be raised on the
Board Of Trade to prosecute the boOd-
lers, and along about spring We will
lose few Of our prominent citizens,
whose ability rs lobbyists has gotten
them into trouble.
Several copies Of the report Of the
Board of Trade Committee Of 1897,
with reference to the warehouse bill,
are extnnt. The report Is scathlng In
Its tone and language and will prove