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The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14
HALF PAY FOR MISS PAGE.

The action of the town board in
granting TO Miss Page half pay
during the time of her illness at
this place is one that will meet
with commentator on every hand.
Legally the lady was not entitled
TO this amount The board. how
ever, recognized the moral obliga-
ton that enters into the matter,
and considered that this was the
least it could do to manifest to APP
probation of the sacrifice the young
lady made. This was unsolicited
on the part of Miss Page, who pre-
scented bill for only the ten days
that she served as nurse In en-
dorsing the bill, however, Health
Officer DR. Richardson recon-
mended that the half pay be added,
and this received the approval of
the board. The public money
could never be appropriated out of
nobler motive or for more wor-
thy cause,
The people will say to the board,
well done
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14

Sir Henry Irving appeared at the
Theater ROYAL. Edinburgh, in 1857,
and two years later he went to Linlith-
gov to give a reading there. He was
delighted to see his name in big letters
on the posters on arriving in the town.
He went to the hall, but there was no
crowd therein fact, the caretaker had
not arrived, having forgotten all about
the reading. Irving went in search of
him. and things were got ready; $3.50
O'Clock arrived, but no one came to the
hall-not evon a small boy. In recallin.
the incident Sir Henry was wont t.
say, Il never slept better than did
that night. -
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14
MISS LOTTIE II. PAGE.

The town boards action in pre-
senting Miss Page with extra half
pay for the time she spent in this
city, culls to mind the sacrifices
made by the young lady in the per-
Torrance of what she felt to be her
professional and moral duty.
She was asked to come to Flor
ence and she promptly responded
to the call. When it was discov-
cred that she was not immune to
smallpox, she was urged not TO
needlessly expose herself to the
pestilence. She replied that she
was nurse and must 90 where she
could do good She could not be
dissuaded from her purpose, but
with a courage born of conscien-
tious sense of duty she braved the
terrors of the contagion' onl y TO be
stricken few days later by the
loathsome disease. During the
days that followed, when her life
hung only by thread, the hopes,
best wishes and prayers of sym
pathetic people went out for her.
Perhaps never before in the history
of our city was deeper interest
felt for total stranger coming in
to our midst. The hand of death
was stayed, but Miss Pages health
is permanently ruined. She is n
martyr to duty-She has laid upon
the altar of devotion to her profess
sion the great element that is SO
important in making life worth
living good health.
Miss Page made few acquaint-
ances while in Florence, but in
leaving she takes with her the
gratitude of many people graft
tude for what she attempted to do,
and her memory will live long in
the hearts of the appreciative peo-
pie of Florence.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14
DYED DIAMONDS.
yellow stones Can Re Made to Look
Like Gems of the FIRST Water.


There are tricks in every trade has
grown to he an adage and this proverb
holds especially good with regard to the
jewelry trade, which for ''ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain fair
ly takes the palm for roguery.
Although great deal of capital. time
and labor have been devoted to counter
feiting the diamond. very little success
has been obtained from fraudulent
point of view. as the diamond possesses
extraordinary qualities of hardness
and brilliancy, with which no imi-
tation. up TO now. can attempt to vie
Paste Of all kinds can be tested by
means Of sharp steel file, which
scratches its surface.
A method of successful imposition
with diamonds has, however. been dis
covered and the originator of this swim
die actually defrauded the pawnbrokers
Of London alone in one year CT upward
of $500. 900,
The general public, as well as jewel
ofs, are aware that diamonds of a yell
lnwish tinge. or. as they are called in
the trade, ''straws. are worth very lit
when weighing from 10 to 100 carats,
are quite common and will only fetch
in the market from So to $40 per carat.
the value. of course, increasing in ratio
with weight Diamonds of the same
weight if of the first water, or perfect
ly colorless would be worth from five
to ten times as much.
The methods of the individual refer
red to We're as follows; He purchased a
quantity of yellow stones and then
by simple yet ingenious process sue
ceeded in imparting to them an evanes-
cent purity of color This was done by
procuring two ordinary glasses, kettle
of boiling water and a threepenny
packet of mauve dye.
The yellow diamond which was
perhaps set in gold ring or pin. was
merely dipped in the glass containing
the dye, and then in clean boiling wa
ter half a dozen times, and allowed to
dry, when it presented all the appear
ance. even to the eye of an expert. of a
magnificent stone of the first water.
The next move was to place the ring
on the finger. and the well dressed dia-
ihohu uNtr Woulu sally ioitn, enter
pawnbroker and pledge the ring for at
least three times its worth. Within IL
hours, however. the effects of the dye
would have disappeared. and the pawn
broker could only wonder what on
earth was wrong with his eyes when he
advanced so much money ON such IA vel
low stone.
Fortunately, owing to the magnitude
of this individuals operations, the
fraud WAS discovered, and now pawn
brokers' if they are suspicious of a dia-
mond $ color, immerse it in nitric acid.
which destroys any dye that may bt
present without in any way injuring
the stone. London Mail
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14
The Arkansas Valley, for Instance

c. FL. Matthias came up from
Kentucky few months ago and
bought $50 acres of land in the
San Luis valley as an experiment.
What he thinks of the experiment
is told in two terse sentences. "A
small colony of people in the blue
grass region of Kentucky is wait
ing on results of my venture before
deciding on future moves. | am
ju going back to wind up my
business South and to tell that
there is not farming section in
the country that will compare with
the valleys of the Colorado.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14

was in the Office of an oculist. one of
the leading men in his profession in
Pittsburg. A big, strong and healthy
looking man entered. His appearance
indicated that he had many years of life
before him. He was well dressed. keen
ly intelligent and of pleasant counte-
nance.
Doctor, he said, "my eyes have
been troubling me, and l would like
you to make an examination of them
and treat them.
After a few preliminary questions the
doctor told him to strip himself TO the
waist He took off his clothes and stood
there, magnificent specimen of man
hood The doctor examined him. pay
ing particular attention to his back. for
reason of which | know nothing
Having finished. he said
.'Put On your clothes | can do moth.
ing for you. Your sight may last six
months. but no longer. Treatment viii
do no good. Blindness is sure to come
whats the matter doctorG'' he
asked quietly. with faint tremor in
his voice.
The doctor told him in technical Ian
guage and then explained that the trou-
BILE came from the wasting of nerve
leading from the spine.
whats Your bill, doctor p asked
the man when he got his clothes ON.
Five dollars, replied tine doctor.
He paid it and left the Office without
another word In the fullness of life h
walked out into the blessed hight OF day,
doomed within six months to dari-ncs.
until death. 1t was an incident to thC
doctor; to me it was tragedy Pitts
burg News
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14

Tue action now being taken by
the Denver Typographical Union
regarding the matter of state print
ing, orders for which it has been
customary, it seems, to place with
printing houses in eastern cities,
thereby robbing home industry of
its just due, is one that will meet
the hearty endorsement of every
printer, and should be endorsed by
every taxpayer and lover of fair
play in the state The Legislature
shoald see to it that Colorado pat
ronizes home industry and nothing
could be more appropriately used
as corner stone than that of
supporting Colorado printing es-
Establishments, by keeping all state
and county printing orders within
the confines of the state. We
urge the representatives and sem
ator from Fremont county to give
active support to senate bill No.
400 and house bill No. 366. when
the proper time comes to vote up
on these measures.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14

Much has been written and said
during the past few years regard
ing the selection, or rather the
election of mem hers of the United
States senate, and there is no rea-
sonable doubt as to the wish of a
very large majority of the people,
voters, on the subject. If the mat
ter were referred to the voters of
each state to decide, the present
syst m, that of an election bv leg
islatures, would soon become a
thing of the past. The contests
existing In several of the states at
the present writing are sufficient
evidence to condemn the system,
as its almost universal tendency is
that OF corrupting Legislators. The
system is also vicious in that it
so engrosses the attention of the
Legislators that matters of vital in
terest to the people are ignored.
Legislators in senatorial cleo
ton years rarely make good
public servants. West Virginia
has taken the initiative in the mat
ter when a few days ago, by an
almost unanimous vote it was de-
cided that United States senators
should be elected by the direct
vJte of the people,
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14

ABOUT seventy cars of coal are
being mined and shipped daily
from mines on the Rio Grnnde, as
follows: Coal Creek, from sixteen
to twenty cars; Bear Gulch, twenty;
Chandler, twenty; Brewster, three /;
other mines, about five cars daily.
No. | mine at Rockville, on the
Santa Fe, is shipping close to fifty
cars day, making over 100 cars
of coal mined and shipped daily
from adjacent mines. This is a
good showing, but the output could
be doubled without half trying.
a market is all that is lacking to
push the coal output of the coun-
ty to 200 cars, or 600 tons, daily.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14

For fine job printing be sure to
call at the TRIBUNE office.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14

What some people need more than
anything else is change they hava
dollars, and they need sense.-Jewish
Comment
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-14
GOOD MONEY FOR BAD NEWS

Prid to Learn That Sight Would
Leave Him In Six Months.
Somehow it made me feel bad. this
happening that l am about to relate.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04
Are You "Luny."

Owing to the general currency of
the superstition that the moon con-
trolls certain mundane matters, par
ticularly having charge of the weather,
scientists have lately put consider
able study on the matter and have
unanimously decided that there is no
more likelihood of frost in one quar-
ter of the moon than another, that
"wet" moons produce no more mois-
ture than do "dry" ones, and that
crops may be planted as safely when
the moon is waning as when it is wax
ing. Of course these results must
have been anticipated by all sensible
people, but scientific investigation
gives scoffers at superstition more ar
guments to use with sign readers and
weather prognosticators. -Anoka
Herald.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04
HANCOCK.
Mrs. Pat Holstrom is quite i'll.

Mrs. Pat Holstrom is quite ill.
Louis Johnson was over from Starbuck
Sunday.
Mrs. G. c. Thorpe is out again after her
illness of several weeks.
Mr.. Taplin and Miss Hobart, of Benson
were married last week.
The Ladies Aid Society met with Mrs.
Pape Wednesday afternoon.
G. c. Thorpe and H. @. Carpenter were
in Morris on business Friday.
The contract has been let for the new
windmill and it is to be finished by Nov.
18th.
Affairs are arriving at a point where
it is nothing new at all to say, there was
a free-for-all fight on Main street"
A merry party of boys and girls cele-
.brated Halloween at the residence of &C.
Thorpe with olden time games and pranks.
A very pleasant little reception was ten
.dered Mrs. VIM. Stewart by the 0. E. 5.
last Wednesday evening after the regular
meeting
John Hunter, one of our boys, made his
parents short visit Tuesday, He was on
his way to Mayville, N. D., where he has
been transferred from Hope, his last posi-
ton.
Quite procession of prairie schooners
passed through town Saturday. One of
them has been encamped in the vicinity
for some time while its owner has been
blowing.
v. NJ Babcock has at last decided to
give up the farm owned by Mr.. Cornish,
of st. Paul. He will probably retire this
fall and resume his former occupation on
the road.
The little friends of Hazel Eddy gave
her quite surprise Tuesday night by
gathering at her home for good time. A
lovely and much coveted ring was pre-
scented her as a souvenir of the occasion.
Mr.. Champlin. formerly of Blue Earth,
was visitor in town Monday He has
recently located at Benson where he will
practice his profession of law. A liberal
share of our patronage would be greatly
appreciated no doubt.
H. c. Carpenter, who spent the latter
part of the week here and and at Morris,
left Monday for Glenwood, his next point
He is evidently the right man
in the right place and Cornish & Co. may
be congratulated upon having so enthus-
iastic and efficient an agent. It will not be
his fault if every part of the country is not
supplied with cream ripeners.
1t is growing very muck in evidence
thata village council and marshal are
mere1yffi gureheads at the PROV of affairs
on Halloween. It was promised
the citizens that proper protection should
be given property that night, and no such
a n ~, n ora sho111d he done a was dnna last
year. OF course no one expected it, judg-
ing from the quality of the general super
vision given the town.
MYSTERY
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04

charged with some. t-l1trg c-.eLc2. Il
your Highness were to disgu Sc your
self as barmaid and come TO this tav-
ern tomorrow morning, ! would take
the Prince thither. also: and then II
would be an easy task for you to bring
the Prince, who is young and lner-
perienced in matters of beauty and
love, vanquishel to your fee. ms
would you obtain your revenge and at
the same time prevent a terrible war.
Out faltered the Princess.
"And." l urged, "he said such shame
full things about you. He said that
you were as ugly and fat as-as-and
he sang a ribald rhyme-whioh | blush
to repeat
She's cast in her eye,
And her mouths all awary,'
about you"
well, perhaps She hesitated.
"But are you sure the tavern IS
safe?"
"Your Highness," I answered, the
, tavern is wholly at your service. You
Mdy UIJuS Ivy OWA L0LAAnC'
"And how shall I know the Primer
"He will have a green patch on his
sleeve
"Then," she said, resuming all her
former haughtiness of demeanor, Il
shall consider your proposition. 10
prevent war l may DO as you desire
You may now co.
But before / reached the door she
called me back. and. bending down
anxiously asked:
did he really say those horrid
things about me"
I bowed.
"You may CO." she said, drawing
herself up frigidly.
At about ten O'Clock the next morn
ing the Prince was kneeling at the feet
of the Princess Clothilde in the little
side chamber of the BLACK Boar
By what means the Princess had
brought him to this position | cannos
say, for had been sitting in the la &c
guest chamber while she was practic-
ing her arts upon the Prince in the
room next. door.
Bupt just now, tired of waiting tu--
Their developments, l had. so to speak
taken matters into my own hands and
was peerlng through the doorway.
That is how I knew the Prince was
on his knees.
Evidently, the Princess had not re
vealed herself, for the Prince with out.
stretched hands and upturned face
was crying passionately, "Grisette
Grisette, l love you"
The Princess flung back her head
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04

and laughed snr1.i, mocKing laugh.
why, who would ever marry such
a ragged vagabond? My Karl is a
thousand times as pretty fellow as
you"
"And who is this Karl?" eagerly de-
manded the Prince.
"Oh!" she said, che is a master car
penter, and only twentythree of age.
And when he cones of a Sunday to
take me to church he wears line new
silken doublet and a long feather In
his cap. You," she said contemptuousIy
look like my old grandEother's patch
quilt with that great green patch Oh
your sleeve
But pleaded the Prince ardently,
eff it is honor and wealth and fine
clothes you desire, can give your more
than any one else in the country. II
you will marry me you will have your
own coach and four. and your own
maids to wait upon you
"Oh!" indeed" said the Princess
"I'll be glad if you do not run off with
out paying the reckoning. Why, tic
hear you, anyone would think you were
the Prince himself"
"And 1 am the Prince; / tell you
am Prince Amagon himself" said ne
proudly.
Again the Princess hooking laugh
ter rang through the room.
"That is a good joke she cried.
"Your Highness indeed" and she
swept him a hooking courtesy. why.
if you be the Prince Amagon, am the
Princess Clothilde."
But Stein, my Prime Minister, is
here. and he will bear witness that
speak the truth" persisted the Prince.
'And Stein will bear witness that 1.
too. speak the TRUTH" Knocked the
Princess.
"S' ein!" called the Prince.
Being nea. the door, l did not take
a long time answering his summons.
1 was in the room in an instant.
AS I entered the Prince caught me
by the sleeve.
Gam I not the Prince Amagon' he
Gem nd, d. : Do not spell tie truth?
Your H'g,- ness does, Indeed, sreaa
tie truth" answe ed bowling gravelP
And t. the Princess cried. Gluten.
ing me with mock eagerness by the
sleeve, "am l not the Princess Clio
thilde? Do I not speak the TRUTH"
Your Royal Highness also speaks
the truth, l repeated, with DOW tex
her.
The Prince started.
Suddenly the Princess broke out
singing shrilly: "
i've a cast in my eye, ,
And my mouths all awary.
Then the Prince understood, ana re
did the wisest thing that could be done
under the circumstances. He SAID
nothing; made no excuses or pTotesta.
tions; but silently he drew her, laugh.
ing, blushing and half resisting, to hif
breast.-L. Digby.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04
Money Found in the Mail Bags.

eft seems almost incredible that in
the neighoorhood of $4,000 in actual
cash should have been confded to let
tiers during the last year, and harder
still to credit that the most exhaustive
efforts failed to find the owners of one
fourth of that amount. The envelopes
which are addressed are kept on Tile
for four years, blank ones not so long,
but in either case liberal margin of
time is allowed for claimants to appear
before the money is finally turned IN
to the Treasury to the credit of the
Office Department. In addition
to the money contained in letters dur
ing the same period, something like
$4,000 was found loose in the mails
1t is officially styled loose money. -
Patti Lyle Collins. in The Ladies'
Homo Journal
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04

@ "A - TT % R ia.
Bears the HIh6 Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature q M1NAzlzae
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04
This Makes England Great.

Mr.. Chamberlain is being severely
criticised by large number of his
countrymen for having brought about
the war in Transvaal. These critics,
however, accompany their denucia-
lions of Mr.. Chamberlain with the
patriotic declaration that they stand
ready to support their government
during its present unhappy conflict.
Our own "antis" might learn some
thing from this.-Appleton Tribune.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04
Organ For Sale.

Ahigh grade Estey organ in good
condition for sale at reasonable
price. For partio nlars call at this Of
fee.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04

Beautiful women everywhere owe
their matchless loveliness to the use
of Rocky Mountain Tea. Plain
women made attractive. Hulburd q
johnson.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04
England's Aggresionsi in South Africa

EngIand's Aggresions in South Africa.
The aggression had been wholly on
England's part. A hypothetical pa
rallel will illustrate the point. We
have lately been discussing the mat
ter of boundary line between our
Alaskan coast strip and Canada. Let
us suppose that while the negotia-
tons were pending we had, without
the least pretense of covering up our
plans or intentions, informed the
world that We were protracting the
negotiations simply in order to give
US time to put 100000 men along the
Canadian boundary line, our entire
navy being held in readiness to oc-
cupy Canadian seaports. Our next
step would be to rep9diate and break
off pending negotiations, and then to
formulate a wholly new set of terri
torial claims, with various other de-
mands upon Canada as to tariffs and
the like. If these claims were not
instantly admitted, our progromme
would be to attack Canada all along
the line in order to abate or avenge
the grievances of our fellow -Ameri-
cans in the Klondike and other dis
tricts. The idea is too absurd to be.
amplified further. Yet this is exact
ly the way in which England has
been carrying on what she has been
pleased to call negotiations" with
the Transvaal. The intention was
either to secure the consent of the
Transyaal Government to English
dictation in matters of internal policy
or else-what was really hoped for
by some who are influential in the
shaping of British policy-to provoke
the Beers into fighting for their rights
which would give England the desir.
ed opportunity to take their country.
This last thing is what has happened. |
From "The Progress of the World, 2
in the American Monthly Review Of
Reviews for November.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04

Roadside fruit trees are a feature
of Europe. France first set the
example of planting fruit trees along
the highways. Germany and Bel
quinn have followed. On the high
ways of Wurtemburg the fruit har-
vest twenty years ago was valued at
over $4,000. Last year it was three
times as much. Tramps have some
chance there. Mower Co. Transcript.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04
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CURRENT COMMENT.
For the Farmer.

Lind's state railroad and warehouse
commission has just raised the in
spection fee for weighing and inspec
ting wheat Is per cent. All in the
interest of the farmer, of course
Mower Co. Transcript.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04
A Valuable Metal.

Geo. N. Jewell, of West Concord
has in his possession large silver
metal conferred by George III, of
England. 1t was found by Uncle
Moses Jewell many years ago in the
sands of the river near this city. 1t
is supposed to either have been lost
by some titled English explorer, or
to have been presented to some Indi-
an chief, for favors shown some ex-
ploring panty. It is undoubtedly a
valuable medal, perhaps worth many
hundreds of ars.-Pine Island
Record.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-11-04
PIeurisy

Pleurisy and pneumonia are IRE.
Quently developed, in q very short
space Of time, from q common cold /;
and. If such an acute Inflammation OF
the lungs is not promptly allayed,
the worst may happen. With the aid
of DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup, however,
you need not have any fear for this
great remedy speedily subdues the
Inflammation, eases the pain in
breathing and always effects cure
in q wonderfully short time.