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La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
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General Manager Underwood Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has L.
sued the following general notice to
station agents and frainmen: "Your
especial attention Ii directed to the
treatment OF patrons by employees Of
the company. Complaints have been
made from various sources Of discour-
tesy to freight and passenger patrons
on the part Of our agents. or their
representatives. at several OF our sta
tions, and also inattention OF conduct.
ors and brakemen to properly care for
the comfort OF passengers. There
should be no cause for such com
plants 1t is n part OF your duty to
see that our patrons are treated at all
times with politeness and courtesy. not
only by yourself but by employees un-
der your charge. One OF the valuable
assets OF a railroad company 10 uni.
form poiiteness and courtesy from all
Of its employees to its patrons. and
this capital must not be encroached
upon. 1t Is proper for you to UNDER
stand that advancement does not de-
pend wholly on your efficiency. but In
other directions also. and will be
measured in a great degree BY the
treatment accorded TO patrons"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

Darby followed. as closely ~ possible.
Mr.. Williams reached the ground with
out serious injury. but as he let 20
and fell. the thing happened which
should have been foreseen-the bal
loon. relieved OF his weight shot mp
ward. carrying poor Darby with It. He
let himself down to the very end OF
the rope. but this was now far above
the earth. II was impossible for him
70 climb up again Into the balloon,
and to do so. even II 1t were possible.
would only postpone the Inevitable
calamity. Even now he could hear
the washing OF the sea. he might at
that moment be above 1t. 1t was too
dark to see anything clearly. The bal
loon was still ascending. He conlo
hope to get no nearer the earth than
he was at that moment With death
above. and probably death below. he
had but a poor choice. Nevertheless
he chose to let 20 and fall. feeling that
his best chance lay In dropping to the
earth while there might stiil be the
earth below him. He let go and fell
into the darkness. He lost conscious
ness, and knew nothing OF what hap
pened after that Next day he was
found alive, but badly hurt, In marsh
close by the sea. His pneumatic or
air-cushioned clothing had broken his
fall. and he had proyidentially dropped
in such a position that the water oi
the marsh did not drown him He was
taken TO Brighton and received medi-
cal care. He could hardly have fallen
from height of less than one hun
dred and nifty feet,
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
A car,os. D.e,.. of nature.

A curious similltude runs through
the whole race OF swift-footed horned
mammals--deer. antelopes and goats
in that every one has more or less
white ahou, the tail and the adjacent
parts of the launches. and also ten
dency 20 decided marks on the face o!
throat. says a writer in New York
publication. In the elk. II Is a dull
yellowlsh disk surrounding the tall
In the mule-deer. or blacktail. OF our
west. the stern Is marked by two osa!
white patches. between which the gra :
tail ending In a black tuft. Is waggec
continuously when the animal leaps
away In alarm. by its peculiar elastiC
bounds. Our eastern deer. when quiet
iy feeding. betrays no more white be
hind than q mere V-shaped frings 10
the broad tall. Let something alarm
Il, however, and up go head and tall.
Tha.e are its private signals to either
friena or foe The white throat-patcb
an! small white edged ears Ere dis
played as house flag to tell is name;
the uprearing of the tail 4. "a ;isnge4
signal to all It's mates far ans GEAR.
Look out. something susp!rious!' And
these diamond shaped white STERN
patches and the distinctive carriage OF
the tail serve another important pnr-
pose for they form sure guides through
tall grass or thick woods or the ears-
ness OF night for the animals of
band to follow their leader. ard par
ticulariy to enable the fawns to tol-
low their fleeing dams. Men familiar
with deer hunting in the west have
told me more than once that deer o!
any sort, with fawns.will rush through
band OF cattle. or even through q
band OF differen, deer. In the darkest
night. and never one mistake stran-
ger for its own kin. guided only by the
white marks on the launches OF those
ahead.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
Cbimney-Tops.

"Ah, the morning Is gray:
And what kind OF day
Is II likely to be-
You mus, look up. and SEQ
What the chimney-pots say.
''If the smoke from the mouth
or the chimney goes south
'Tis the north wind. that blows
From tn. country OF SHOWS:
Look ou, for rough weather:
The cold and the north Wind
Are always together.
when the smoke pouring forth
From the chimney goes north.
A mild day {, Will be.
A warm time We shall see:
The south wind is blowing
From the lands where the orang'
And fig-tro-s are growing.
But. II west goes the smoke.
Get your waterproof cloak
And umbrella about:
It's the east wind that's out.
a wet day you Will md IL:
The east wind has always
A storm close behind IL.
''It Is east tn. smoke files
We may look for blue skies
Soon the clouds VIII take Night
Twill be sunny and bright:
The sweetest and best wind
Is. surely. tina; fair-wenther
Br.nScr. the west wind"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
USEFUL MICROBES.
rhsy Are UssA - Kil OsAss Ossns ssA
fhss DIE Ths0ssaves-

000
fhsa DIE Thsossaves-
The members Of the city corporation
Of Exeter, England. hearing that GER
tain microbes. under suitable condi-
tons. would consume sewage. put the
matter to the test. The result Is that
the sewage Of a district containing
population OF some 5000 people. after
passing through the sewage trans
formation works. flows into the adja-
cent river colorIcss and absolutely in
ocuous. There Is no mechanical or
chemical trea tment whatever. All that
the visitor secs are mound covered
with grass and shallow concrete lake.
neither OF which Is larger than an or
dinary dining room. The mound IL the
roof OF an air-tight and light-ti tank
into which the crude sewage flows. II
remains there for number Of hours.
The conditions are highly favorable
for the multiplication OF the bacteria
which fatten on corruption, and So rap
idly do they Increase and No voracious
are they that In very short time all
the solid organic matter In the sewage
IS dissolved into liquid Presently
the contents OF the tank escape through
IN automatically opened valve into n
little channel leading to the concrete
lake. the bed OF which Is covered with
small coke. or breeze" But in light
and mir the microbes lnnguIsh and
quickly die, consequently by the time
the stream from the tank has filtered
through the coke dust II has become
clear and inofIensive. As matter of
fact. II Is purer than the river into
which 1t falls. and fish will often swim
right up TO the edge of the discharging
fiieter. The process goes on without
any attention being needed
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
E.,r.ora,n.r, p.l,ooa Adventure.

Mr. Arthur Williams. professional
aeronaut. and Mr.. Sidney Darby a Jour
nalist. recently under took to cross the
English channel from London to
France. The appointed day was stormy
but the journalist. who. as 1t appears.
had the expedition in charge. was per-
suaded that this would be no disadvan-
tage. but rather the contrary. as the
wind would only serve to hasten the
passage. The men were provided with
carrier pigeons, provisions. pneumatic
blouses to aid them in swimming. in
case they were precipiiated into the
sea, and other appliances. BY the
time they reached the neighborhood Of
Brighton. on the coast, the aeronauts
tound that, on account OF the conden-
satson of the gas. they could keep
themselves up only by throwing out
ballast, and they perceived that, at the
rate they were throwing II out. that
they had not enough to carry them
across the channel. At the same time
the balloon was blowing very fast in
the direction Of the sea. Nothing re-
mained for them but to descend. by
whats-ver means they could. and at
once. II was now almost dark. Not
a moment was to be lost. I'VE have
got to 20 down the guide rope" said
williams he himself began the de-
scent nrst. letting himself down hand
over hand on the whiriinx rope- Mr..
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
A Thousand Miles.


The medical men at Wichita. Kas..
are discussing remarkable case OF
long-distance hypnotizing. William
Mack. a harnessmaker, was appre-
hended several weeks ago on a charge
of insanity. On coming before the
municipal examiners he insisted, In
coherent language, that he was not
crazy. but hypnotized 1t Is his state
ment that the owner OF the evil eye
was then at Portland. Ore. that con-
WINGED the physicians OF his mental in
equallties. He testified that he had
met ut a San Francisco hotel in 1891 a
certain Gertie Andrews. who claimed
TO be from Portland. Being very
fascinating woman. they, ar he.
had speedily fallen In love.
with, on his part. conse-
quent promise OF marriage. He re-
turned to Wichita. expecting TO wed IN
a short time, but his business dwin-
died. SO that when. on the appointed
day. she aligh,ed from an East-bound
train. he was obliged to confess that
he could not keep his word. The
woman thereupon flew into great
rage. although until after supper.
which they took alone In little res
taurant near the Santa Fe depot, she
made no open demonstration. She had
In San Francisco, during the first days
of their engagement. amused people In
the hotel by hypnotizing OF which she
had powerful knack. She now told
him that she meant to hypnotic him.
This was the last Mack knew until.
several days after. he found himself in
the cell of n police station at Denver
The woman has skipped. presumably.
To his astonishment and terror, how
ever, she came TO the cell soon after
he had come to. and. securing his re-
lease. took him to room. Here she
again threw him under a spell. forcing
him to telegraph to Wichita and sell
out his business at great sacrifice.
Having taken all he had she allowed
him to come back. giving him to un-
derstand. however. that she should
still. no matter how far OF he might
be, exercise baleful influence over
him. II was this threat that drove
him wild. He tried continually to kill
himself and when locked up In cell
performed the most demoniac actions.
tearing up the bed clothes. pulling his
hair and butting his head against the
wall. When committed to the asylum
at Ossawatomie he still imagined that
the Oregon woman was tormenting
him, and called aloud to her in heart
rending terms to have mercy. The
profession are pretty evenly divided as
to the cause OF his insanity. II is
thought by the more conservative that
the woman may while In his company
have so repeatedly hypnotized him
that his brain gave way. Others main
tain that a great discovery in mental
telcgraphy lies beneath the case. The
Oregon authorities have been unable
to locate the woman.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
Catching rsgus.

In n great city lAe London there
are many importers. who make = busi-
ness OF appealing to public sympathy
by shamming sickness. Not only do
they pretend to be crippled or blind.
but they also feign epilepsy and other
diseases, aud are taken to public hos
pitals In q state OF assumed uncon-
sciousness. One OF these imposters
was carried into a hospital from u po-
lice van and laid on sofa In the ex-
amining room. The resident surgeon
had a keen eye. and watched the pa
tient closely. As the apparently un-
conscious man was deposited on the
sofa a few pennies fell out OF his
pockets and rolled on the door. The
patient opened his eyes and made a
quick movement to recover the coins.
Then he bethought himself and drew
back
The doctor. accustomed to deal with
such pretenders. turned to an attend
ant and remarked:
you notice. probably, how limp the
man Is. and how heavily he is breath
Ing. 1t is bad case. and needs i'm
mediate and severe treatment Fetch
the battery"
There was n suspicious trembling OF
the patients hands. and the loud
breathing ceased. When the battery
was produced. the doctor added. brisk
ly:
He scarcely breathes. You must
be quick. Let him have the full power
Of the battery. Half charge will not
answer the purpose"
The patient by this time had opened
his eyes from sheer terror. and before
the wires were we'll in hand he had
found his voice. Sitting bolt upright
on the sofa. he shrieked:
Let me go. ! beg of you. There is
nothing the matter with me. am
only a poor sort OF humbug, that tries
to make few pennies by shamming.
Turn on your batteries and let me
co."
The patient was dismissed after he
had picked up the coins which had
fallen under the sofa
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

Miss Georgiana Dean was for three
years missionary In Liberia under the
NJ. e. Church from the training school
In Chicago. After her return she stud
led nursing. graduating from the pres
ent Frances E. Willard National Tenn
perance Hospital OF Chicago. She II an
enthusiastic friend of Pe-ru-na. - is
evident from the following letter:
Chicago. H.. Jan. 20. 1883.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg. Co.. Columbus. o.:
Gentiemen-You viii be glad 70
know OF the happy results obtained
from the use of Pe-ru-na among the
patients under my care whenever pre-
scribed by the physician. have seen
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

come very remarkable cures OF eases
OF very obstinate catarrh Of the stom-
ach. where Pe-ru-na was the only med
icine used. consider 1t . reliable
medicine. GEORGIANA DEAN.
The symptoms of catarrhal dyspepsia
are: Coated tongue. pain or heavy
feeling in the stomach. beiching of gas.
dizzy head. sometimes headache. de-
spondent feelings. loss OF appetite. pal
pitation OF the heart and irregularity
of the bowels.
Send for a free book written by DR..
Hartman. entitled Health and
Beauty" Address DR.. Hartman. Co
lumbus. o.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
orp, l,l. App,. orrh.ra..

The largest orchard In the world Is
In Kansas and belongs to Fred Well
house OF Topeka. He planted his first
orchard In 1876. and now has 1854
acres In apples alone. His largest sin
gle orchard consists OF 500 acres at
Wakarusa. Usage county, and his
smallest Is n patch OF III acres at the
villageof Glcnwood. near LcavenwOrth.
He has apple farms in four other coun-
ties, including altogether about 100000
trees.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
A x..s. Mistake.

The T. NJ. Roberts Supply House Of
Minneapolis. Mimi, which advertised
q remarkably liberal knife offer In .
recent issue Of our paper. wishes
to have II explained to our readers that
through a mistake In electrotyping.
the numbers over each Of the knives
were reversed. The Cattle knife
should be n 8. b.. and the Congress
knife Z 8. B. Their remarkable offer
to send 81 packages OF garden seeds
and the Congress knife for ~ cents.
or 81 packages of seeds and the Cattle
knife for 81 cents is one Of the most
liberal ever made.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
Nus. P.y for I.sorn.t,os.

When the city directory appears 1t
Will cost n cent to look at the one In
your corner drug store. The volume
VIII sell. It is said. mt $3.50, but copies
will also be supplied free to druggists
who accept with 1t the automatic cover
that will open with the Insertion Of O
copper The profits. Of course. go to
the publishers. but that gives the pa
tient drug store man no right to COM
plain. He can still go on selling post
age stamps at cost.-New York Com
mercial-Advertiser.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

wANTED-People to work for the fol-
lowing cash prizes which are offered to
Georges great weekly paper. The Road
10 in cash to the one getting the highest
number of subscribers before the LIST day
of July. 1888. Is IN cash to the next high
est: SIS to the next; SO to the next: S to
the next, and ten e 20 prizes to the next
ten ranging in order. and to conclude with
the next fifty In order will get 81 apiece.
For particulars address The Road Pub
fishing Company. Denver. Colorado.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
M. or,. Joke.

Band Leader-You wants us to play
nit der funeral? Ees It . military
funeral? Strangcr-No; it's the fu-
neral OF my brother. He was . private
citizen. He requested that your band
should play At his funeral. Band
Leader (proudly)-My pand. eh! w
he choose my pand? Stranser-He
said he wanted everybody to feel sorry
he died.-New York weakly.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
cs.., c.,,for,,. E...,,,.,

Over Santa Fe Route: one standard
fare rate for the round trip TO San
Francisco and return. May 18th to
18th: final limit July 18th; liberal stop
over privileges; choice Of routes re-
turning. Ask your agent for tickets
via this route. Full information OBJ
tnIned by addressing ]. r. Hall, Gen
eral Agent Santa Fe Route" Denver.
Colorado,
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
d. Year Y.ss A.h. ..A s.r.s

Shake into your shoes. Aliens Foot
Ease. q powder for the feet 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions. Swollen. Hot and
Sweating Feet At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. n. 7.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Il taken internally. Price, 7sc.

This shopping-ba bag. madam. I can rec
ommend See what durable handles u
has" ''GoodneAs. l want a bag that will
wear out before II goes out of style. SHOW
me one that hasn't got durable handles. .
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

"Are you amply compensated for your
| labors, Miss Judyy We'll. my employer
but have to put up with his horrid old
| puIfs for nothing"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

Two bottles Of Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton cured me OF bad lung trooble..Mrs
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

Mr. Windows 9oothing Syrup,
For chiIdren feethinx softens this gums reduees II
nammaiiou. Alays pan. cures Wind cole &c boetla
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

Won't II be very expensive to serve IN
entire dinner In the play7 No; I've
hxed II SO that the host will have apo
piexy during the second course.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

"W.lioughby: you seem to prefer golf to
bicycling Yes; you see II anybody gets
hurt at golf It is generally the caddie."
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

shortcake YETI NO: but our Iandiady
has told us how much money she would
lose on u II she gave II to ua- :"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

What is an Island. pap "An island
1t is a desirable piece OF land surrounded
by powder and shot
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

COW to eat cactus why? Did Il Kill
herr XIII her! We can't keep = yard
of barbed-wire fence around the place.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
Are Ys. Usiag Aiiea's Foot -EeesS

It II the only cure for Swollsa.
Smarting. Burning. Sweating Feet.
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's
Foot-Ease. . powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Adr
dress. Allen 8. Olmsted. Leroy. N. =.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

4 TLoss.sd MiIes Besvsss . uypsosse
woman .sd Her AnsssA vsesse-An
Extraordinary BsiIoos Advsassrs-A
Curious Decree of Nature.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

"Consistency's n jewel That's all
right: bat you can't work II on on any
girl instead of a diamond ring"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
A ao...hsla N-ce.s,ey.

Every home should have handy fcr uss . lltsi1
box OF Cascare.a Candy Caihartic, as . perfers
guardian Of the family health. All drssy1ssa. NC
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

xvuEy chufeA and ueAooahpaoo ahcuh -
eoatod eo1y With AlAba0Stno- H0160o1o
- to- ~ yonx1y - us WQfk O3In.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

Alahastine can b useA over rasne -
paper: paint Or paper can - uso6 ovor
AlahAsttne. Buy only In nve ppan6 eoeiE-
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

Susan. here's a two-column article OF
How to Make Garden - Hand Il q
me- Frederick III sit on the porch and
read It to you while you spade UP thu
bedx'.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06
CHARMING grandmother,

n CHARMING grandmother!
~ What q pleasant influence n DE house Is dehghe's
4 = full old lady in good health!
MRS MoLLrH BARsEH. ST. James. No. writes II took
fvdia Pnkhsms Vegetable Compound during change OF
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

Alaheetlne packaess Aavs fnu l1rse-
- Asysss eaa - G =. A. Rel.s
nssa. A1Assasetas c., osan1 HaSS6sL Lilish.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-06

Lydia E. P1nkn4ms Se8etSuis N0M
life. and have passed through that
critical period safely. I suffered fof
years with falling of the womb and
female weakness At times could
hardly stand on my feet. also had
leucorrhna. I tried several good
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
The BAILEY.

heavy enough to maintain her homer
tufp. otherwise she is likely to prove
an extravaganza and of questionable
value In time Of stress and conflict.
The construction Of the Bailey was
authorized by act Of congress-. ap-
proved March 9. 1891. and four months
later she was awarded to her builders,
the Gas Engine and Power company of
Norris Heights. N. j.. the contract
price being 100000. She is built after
the style OF the English destroyers and
%outclasses a majority Of Great Brit
aims boosted destroyer lotilla.
10 use an ancient. piratical dcscrip-
ton. she is. like others OF this class,
"a long. low and rakish craft" and
will be able to hold her own in the
teeth of a pretty good gale. She is 200
feet long. having a maximum beam OF
10 feet and a displacement of 235 tons.
She has q total bunker capacity Of SO
tons and q correspondingV big radius
Of action.
Like the other torpedo boats. she will
be driven by two triple expansion en-
gines operating twin screws and capa-
BILE Of developing an energy of 1900
horsepower when making 400 turns a
minute and inducing . speed Of 80
knots. Steam at an impulse Of 24O
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
From Cattle to Sheep.

Wyoming is fast becoming the sheep
mems country. and it is only a ques-
tion of a few years when they will
possess the state. Only five firms in
the western portion still range cattle
there. All the country south of Raw
Inns has been given up to the sheep.
men and firms that formerly ranged
cattle have been forced, to change their
holdings into sheep. One cattleman
says he is surrounded by sheep. but.
having purchased a large tract Of coun-
try from the Union Pacific, he has sue
ceeded in holding his range. The bust
ness is being Overdone in that section.
and there is a disposition on the part
Of some Of the sheepmen to sell and
get out. and It is probable that a large
number Of sheep will be thrown upon
the market this season.-National
StOckman.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
- lntnlala IL
e OUR NEW .
~DESTROYERS. q
" O
= High Speed Fighting Craft
" Which VIII Strength
@ en- the Navy. C
a " c.
By CAPTAIN n. D. FRANCIS. a
"a q q @ q o o q Q q q O.
BIZ CAPTAIN T. B. FRANCIS. ,
9 2 9 Q . Q 9 9 Z

The launching Of the so knot torpe-
do boat. or destroyer" Bailey calls at
tention to what is being done toward
strengthening this important arm of
our navy.
The Bailey is one Of a number of the
high speed craft which are being add
ed to the e fighting force Of Uncle
Sam, among the others being the Dahl
gren, the Craven and the Stringham.
This style of CRATE is one of the me-
chanical wonders Of the present gen
GRAFTON. The general name Of torpedo
boats is applied to all these swift,
death dealing vessels, though there are
some essential differences in their con-
struction and displacement. Among
naval meti, however, the larger and
more powerful of this type Of warships
are known as "destroyers."
The four vessels just mentioned are
we'll along toward completion and by
the end Of the year will be ready to sc
on the active list. Properly two of
them. the .Dahlgren and the Craven,
are torpedo boats OF exceptional speed,
while the Bailey and the Stringham
+ certainly entitled to the designa-
ton of '~destroyers," even though nc
such official classification exies.
Aside from the features common to
both types, the destroyer" earns its
title by reason of it's greater speed and
especially the power to maintain that
speed in the face Of a considerable sea
and then to the farther reach and
greater might of her guns. A craft
that may be able to do her so knots OF
a smooth stretch. If she be light, viii
certainly fall below that In a bump
ing seaway which brings her partly t,