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La Junta tribune., 1899-04-19

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four bids submitted to the com
missioners.
Automatic refrigerators at Cav
thron's.
Pure Kentucky blue grass seed
at Cawthron's.
For diamonds and fine Iewelry
go to Fisher & Larsens.
Fresh Jersey milch COW for sale.
Inquire of G. S. Thompson.
For fresh bread, pies or cakes go
to Fishers postoffice news stand.
Eight per cent money for city or
farm loans. w. II. Gibson, Central
block.
For highest cash price on hides
and pelts see ]. X. Klein, at Theits
& Dice meat market.
Don't forget that you can get
anything you need in the house of
The Valley Furniture and Carpet
Company.
Damon and Pythias" at the
opera house next Friday night un-
der the auspices of the local lodge
Knights of Pythias.
Get the best prices you can on
pianos and then come to us and
we will discount them. Two bar
gains in second hand pianos. s.-Guy
E. Smith.
A. McCargo has purchased the
interest of ]. F. Prinster, in the
firm of Hammill & Prinster, butch
ers, the change taking effect Mon
day morning.
A small sum Of money was
found in the postoffice Monday,
which the owner may secure by ap-
plying at the Office, describing and
proving property.
You can get one years subscrip-
tion to The Household free by
paying one year in advance to the
Semi Weekly Tribune. Both pa
pers one year for SI.5o.
Mrs. A. II. Paulsen left last Sat
urday morning for Denver to re-
side permanently. MIR. Paulsen
expects to leave about the 2oth to
assume the duties of his new posi-
ton as route agent for the Wells
Fargo Express Company on the
Colorado & Southern railway.
j. T. Lawless, OF the Lamar
Sparks, was in town for few
hours last Sunday morning. He
came up with delegation of La
mar citizens to meet Governor
Thomas and party, who were on
their way to inspect the 1900
acres of land which the Great
Plains Storage Company desire to
purchase from the state.
Charles S. Linn, former pub
Usher of the Rocky Ford Enter
prise, was in town last Saturday.
Mr.. Linn has just returned from
the Pecos Valley in New Mexico,
where he had been on an obser-
vation tour. He says that great
many people are going into that
country, but very few tarry long.
II il suffering from the effects of a
busted boom, and at the present
time is as dead as deceased mack
erel.
ga word to the wise is sufficient"
and a word from the wise should
be sufficient, but you ask, who are
the wiser Those who know. The
oft repeated experience Of trust
worthy persons may be taken for
knowledge. Mr.. w. M. Terry
says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
gives better satisfaction than any
other in the market. He has been
| in the drug business at Elkton,
KY, for twelve years, has sold
hundreds of bottles of this remedy
and nearly all other cough medi-
cines manufactured, which shows
| conclusively that Chamberlain's il
La Junta tribune., 1899-04-19

and ! uIly expected TO
lose another when. In
August 1897. ! learned Of
and began taking DR..
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scriptioa and took Il un-
til after baby was born
In November. With my
other children ! had SUI
fered everything that
desh could suffer but this
time I vas In perfect
health and had q very
easy time. Twas In labor
only Q abort time. can
NOT praise Dr. Pierce's
medicines enough for I
believe they certainly
saved my baby's life and
maybe my own life as
well. Itook the Favor
ite Prescription and ais
The plea A NJ pellexas ~
La Junta tribune., 1899-04-19
PHYSICIANS.

T. W. RAssDALE. ND.
Physician and Surgeon Once in Cen
trnI Block. La Juntn. Colorado.
La Junta tribune., 1899-04-19
REAL EsTATE.
,KEY & HART,

pUCKEy & HARr,
Abstracts OF title, real estate. loans and
insurance. The only complete records In
Otero county. Hoslses for rent. Invest
ments made. Business and interests Of
nOn-residents carefully looked after. All
letters of inquiry answ ,red. Reference:
First National Bank. La Junta. Colorado.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01
DOCTORS MISTAKES.

Many times women call ON their family
physicians, suffering, as they imagine,
one from dyspepsia, another from heart
disease, another from liver or kidney dis
ease another from nervous exhaustion or
prostratiOn, another with pain here and
there, and in this way they all present,
alike to themselves and their easy-going
and Indifferent, or over-busy doctor, sep
arate and distinct diseases, for which he
prescribes his pills and potions, assuming
them to be such, when, in reality, they
are all only symptoms caused by some
womb disorder. The physician ignorant
Of the cause of suffering, encourages his
practice" until large bills are made. The
suffering patient gets no better, but prob
ably worse, by reason Of the delay, wrong
treatment and consequent complications
A proper medicine, like DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription, directed to the cause
would have entirely removed the disease,
thereby dispelling all those distressing
symptoms, and instituting comfort in
stead OF prolonged misery. This medicine
enables a sensitive, modest woman to
avoid the unnecessary physicians "ex-
aminatlons" and his generally useless
and stereotyped "local application" treat
ment
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01

Gated without books II every pareD'
would obtain the necessary books for
their children, Just as soon as the teacher
classiies and grades the school, we wouIL
have less trouble In school, better schOols
and better scholars
Parents days and educational meetings
should be encouraged as there Is no better
way OF getting the people together and
obtaining their educational views The
teachers contract is in some localities
causing trouble. When a teacher signs
monthly contract, his influence and au-
thority are taken away he is afraid to
act, fearing the board would not bo salts
fed, and tn consequence, would have to
close the school at the end of the month.
School boards should be very careful
about hiring teachers, and people should
be very careful and select competent per
sons on the board
"A good teacher should be kept In one
school two or three years, for II this one
Is good, the next one poor and vice vers
your children will progress slowly. WI.
Is 1t most school boards know more about
the school than the teacher, when they
only visit the school once year, and that
on the last day Of school? Parents
should urge regular attendance at school.
A day lost Is lost forever, never to be re-
gained and It often happens that they
miss an explanation Of something which
may never be given again Teachers
should advance pupils slowly and surely,
have them learn instead of running over
pages in order to make a good public
appearance. There should be a more
earnest and perfect cooperation on the
part Of parents with teachers and pupils.
We would then advance faster, easier and
better, and far excel the progress that
has been made In the past.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01

did not seem to take any interest In his
studies and he wondered what was the
reason. The mother led the way to the
back yard and the principal saw that the
ground was streWn with bits Of machin-
cry In all stages Of construction. The
teacher at once recommended that the
boy be placed where he could study me-
chanical engineering and himself secured
him a position. Visitors at the Worlds
Fair may have seen one of the immense
travelling cranes In Machinery Hall. This
boy who was considered dull In school
designed one Of those intricate machines.
What a blunder 1t would have been had
the teacher insisted that this boy should
waste time over books that he did not
understand and that did not interest him.
The ideal teacher should be a we'll bal
anced man. Some teachers take so much
interest in the advanced pupils that the
primary scholars are neglected. Other
teachers are so interested In science that
they neglect the other and simpler
studies.
The real ideal teacher should be lady.
She never smokes cigars, nor cheWs to-
baccO. She never uses bad language nor
takes an occasional glass of beer.
The parents and school board should
use care In selecting the teacher. They
should never employ teacher whose
example they would not wish their chill
dren to follow in all things, whether in
language, department or habits The
pupils will pattern after the teacher more
or less, whether he be good or bad, and
whether he desires 1t or not, and for
that reason IL for no other he should
never use tobacco or liquor or bad langl-
age and should not by example or pre-
cept, cOuntenance any questionable
amusement.
The teacher who knows how to in
spire his pupils with love OF knowledge
has struck one Of the key notes to sue
cess. can well remember the time when
study ceased to a drudgery and shall al
ways remember with gratitude that
teacher who gave me thirst for knowl-
edge.
The really good teacher loves his work
and is not in 1t merely for money. No
person should ever attempt to teach
school who does not enjoy his work. /
heard teacher say that she didn't be-
lieve any teachers taught because they
liked to. They all taught for the money.
1t is needless to say that such a person
could not be an ideal teacher.
know teachers who possess the some
what rare faculty Of winning the love and
confidence of their pupils in such large
measure that the pupils obey the teacher,
not because they are told to do SO, but
because they have no desire to disobey
ana It is a pleasure Of love for them
to obey. There is no other attribute
equal to this: that Love wOrketh no iM
to his neighbor" and Love is the full
filing Of the law"
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01
FLORIDA.

A Superior Through Sleeping Car Line Between
50. Louis and Jacksonville.
Commencing December 18th the Louis
Vile Air Line will inaugurate for the
season the great through sleeping car
route to Florida. Through sleeping cars
will leave st, Louis 9:1E p. m. daily, pass
ing Louisville Z a. m, Lexington 10:6
q. m, reaching Chattanooga SOS p. m.
Atlanta 10:40 p. m. and Jacksonville $40
a. m. (second morning). Stop-overS al
lowed. This route is through large cities
and interesting country and is operated
over most superior and well-estabIlshed
lines Of railway. The schedules are fast
and most convenient.
In addition to the above schedule leav-
ing So. Louis at night, train leaving st.
Louis 8:08 a. m. will arrive In Jackson
Vile the next night at 9:3O p. m, making
only one night out from st. Louis to
Jacksonville.
This line affords passengers for Flor.
ida trip via Asheville, N. c., che greatest
American all-year-round resort.
Correspondence solicited and informa-
tiOn promptly furnished. r. A. Camp
bell, G. p. A., st. Louis, Mo.
This is also the best line to points IN
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and North
and South Carolina.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01

Professor Leonard Stejneger, an ex-
pert in the employment Of the United
States government, asserts that whisky is
an aggravation to snake bites instead Of
a cure. He says that 1t produces rapid
circulation Of the blood and forces the
poison through the veins and arteries
more quickly than it otherwise would be
carried. This information is Of no prac-
tical advantage to the residents Of pro-
hibition State like Kansas.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01

II you feel drowsy, dull, languid, mex
pressibIy tired or debilitated; IL you've no
appetite and frequent headaches or dig
illness, a furred or coated tongue--it
proves that you're bilious. In that case
you should use DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets. They are anti-bilous granules, which
act in a prompt and natural way without
gripping.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01

In 1898, 5,728 cars were required tc
transport the grape crop Of the LalN
Shore region Of New York, and its value
aggregated S1,17O,O0O.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01
THE IDEAL SCHOOL TEACHER.

Read BY Miss Nora Taylor at the Farmers In-
stltute. Berryton, Kans., February 3, 1893.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01
J AH4A 90 NA B D b ANNNNNNNNNNNNN NN NN
Parents Duties 10 Teachersand Pu-
pills and Why They Should
Work Together.

Read by Lawrence Sims 40 the Farmers nstl-
tute, Berryton, Kans., February 3, 1899.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-15

any of them were Of any value Most
of them, | knew, had what they call silk
1ushcs' in them.
We'll, a diamond merchant of my ac-
quaintance, to whom | went with my
sapphires, told me he wanted to intro
way met old Carrier in my friend S
back Office
"Afterward I improved the acquaint-
ance when / was in Paris. 1t turned
out that Carrier was a very remarkable
chemist. He would tell me a great many
things that I didn't know saying there
were no more mysteries about science in
these days-except one.
"NVhen / asked him what that one
mystery was, he said 1t was the mystery
by which he could make diamonds at
little more cost than the cost of making
glass buttons.
And don't you intend to profit by it?'
l asked him.
He chuckled and said that he intended
to make himself rich and many thousands
of rich people poor. But he wouldn't tell
me how he was going to do it, and there
was one corner Of his laboratory that he
always kept screened off and wouldn't let
me enter.
II had made up my mind that old Gar
rier was visionary. But one day he m ct
q cafe, and that was when he convinced
me that there was a great deal In what
he said He pulled out of his pocket what
took to be superb chain Of diamonds
about fifteen inches long, each stone
about as big as the top of pencil.
What Is that? he asked me, with a
"A very fine diamond necklace said.
Yes, my FRIEND said Carrier, but
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ITO tell the truth, I don't think old
Carrier made such a big sacrifice as il
would have been in your case or mine
lie didn't really care for making money;
what he did care for was science and
realizing the power it gave him.
Following on the Countess visit was
grand distribution of artificial diamonds
by old Carrier. The odd thing about it
was that he selected the Countess herself
to present that wonderful diamond neck
lace to. he gave me two stones one OF
which had set in ring. the other in a
collar button. / also had the satisfa ction
of seeing him dismantle the complicated
apparatus which he called his diamond
mill "
What did you do with the two dia-
''One gave to a lady" said Dudley, 'I
might tell you about that some other
day. The other l have here
He went to a drawer and. after rum
maging about for some time. produced a
leather case in which was large dia-
mond collar button.
And you mean to say that isn't a real
diamond?" / asked him
1T is not natural diamond he said.
1T is the work of old Carriers hands
made in his diamond mill. If it were
not for the association of it and the scar
city of Carriers masterpieces in these
days, would sell you that button for $40.
But, You see. poor old Carrier died not
long after he raised that little sensation
IN Paris, and the secret died with him"
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diamonds made by art, not by nature
and at a cost of 200 francs and some odd
centimes.'
Il tried as hard as I could not to offend
the OLD man, but my aStoniShment nearly
got the better of me. The idea of maxim e
those fifty stones at an average cost of 4
francs-S0 cents-apiece. The setting must
stones themselves at that rate.
"In order to convince me, which he
seemed to want to do, Carrier took me
next morning to a jeweler in the PaIais
Royal. He asked for the expert of the
establishment, paid a fee of 5 francs and
got the opinion of the eXpert-one of the
recognized experts of Paris-that the
stones were real.
They are not all perfectly matched I,
the expert said. Some are of a blush
tint and some are straw diamonds. But
they have fine luster.'
Then Carrier laughed and asked what
About $4,000 or 10000 francs
" Monsieur Carrier l said, do you
really mean that you made those stones
yourself?
g I mean it, he said. And in another
year the diamonds of the British crown.
the Russian crown and all the crowns in
the world will have fallen off in value at
least 50 per cent. Also my friend, the
great South African mines will not be
worth the trouble to work them
AS further proof he took me with
him to q pawnbroker's and there flung
his necklace on the counter, asking what
the man would give for them If they
were sold outright. The pawnbroker
said the Government rules would not al
low him to buy diamonds outright: but
ne was quite willing, after examining the
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Old Carriers Diamond Mi1I

mond that would take in even an expert"
you have. eh?" said Dudley. Then it
must have been a Carrier diamond"
And what in thunder is Carrier dia-
mond?" I asked Homan, knowing full
we'll that a story was coming.
Simply diamond-an imitation dia-
mond-made by Adolph Carrier Where
did you see the one you speak Of, Ho-
MANI"
"a pawnbroker of remarkable honesty
showed it to me- said Homan. And
when I asked him how much he would
take for 1t he laughed and said it was
not worth more than $50. 1 would have
thought it easily worth $780, He told me
it came from Paris. that was all, except
that he said there were no more made
like 1t now.
That's it," said Dudley. I have no
doubt it was one of old Adolphes pro-
ductions. The old fooli He might have
made an enormous fortune If his heart
hadn't been SO soft, and two enormous
fortunes If he. hadn't been so superhu
manly honest"
Where did you hear about him?"
Hear about him? Why, I knew the
man as well as ] know you, for short
time, at least. Probably no one else in
this part of the world can tell you the
secret Of Carriers stopping his manu-
facture Of diamonds. I'll tell 1t you now,
If you like 1t isn't long story.
II didn't make the old fellows acquain-
tance IN Paris, but in London. It was
when I first returned from Ceyion. I
had a bag Of sapphires that ] had pick
ed up at bargains in the bazaars out
there, and wanted to find out whether
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ese Bureau he has been brought in con-
tact with nearly all the different classes
and conditions represented by China's S
wandering sons, and from his own eX-
perience he has been able to evolve a
system of instruction so simple and yet
SO rich in results as to merit the high
est commendatiOn
Last October five interested and yet
doubtful persons gathered in the lee
ture room of the Hopkins Art Institute
one evening and listened to DR.. Gard
ner as he gave a brief outline Of the
manner in which he proposed to teach
Cantonese. After that first lesson
the class increased rapidly until twen-
ty-five met every other night during
the regular college terms and devoted
a short hour and a half to listening and
taking notes while their instructor pro-
ceeded, by a most original but emf
nently effective method, to impress up
on their minds the evident peculiarities
and the less evident but no less real
simplicity Of the language which they
were intent upon learning.
In this class there were six ladies,
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kind and another. When this Brazilian
count died he left his wife and her two
daughters nothing but her dowry and an
uncommonly fine collection of precious
stones, mostly diamonds. If she had
had more business sense she would have
sold the whole collection of diamonds at
the outset and invested the money. If
she had done that the price of diamonds
need not have troubled her. But woman
like, she must lock up her diamonds in
a bank-all except a few which she sold,
to put her daughters in a fashionable
convent school-and wait until the girls
should be marriageable before she would
realize on the bulk of the Jewels in order
to provide them with dowries In the
meantime she had been living on her own
doWry. And now her banker, or some
body, had warned her of the rumor of
Carriers discovery. She fully realized
that, If this old magician could turn out
artificial diamonds at a trifing cost. and
so good that experts could not tell them
from the real thing, her fortune would
soon cease to be worth mentioning
We'll, | believe the Countess went over
old Carrier, and he. being a soft-hearted.
simple old bachelor, was overcome by her
tears. He hadn't even the sense to think
of doing what | suggested to him when
he told me about it-promise the Countess
not to sell any artificial stones until she
had had year to dispose of her real
ones. What he did was to solemnly prom
ise her never to sell any diamonds of his
own making.
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ness of articulation but most confus-
ing variety Of infections and tones
prove most bewildering to any one who
does not possess a key to the mystery.
Many who are really good linguists hes
itate to take up the study of Chinese,
fearing that the time spent In the eff
fort to gain even a most unsatisfactory
knowledge of it's intricacies will be
simply wasted.
DR.. Gardner, however, has proved the
fallacy of this widely entertained be-
lief. for he has demonstrated that it is
possible, in one college year, for any
one of ordinary education and a real
desire TO learn to obtain practical
working knowledge of Cantonese-the
principal and most generally under
stood dialect of the Flowery Kingdom
together with a vocabulary extensive
enough for all ordinary conversational
and business purposes.
For years DR. Gardner has made a
close and exhaustive study of China
and the Chinese-their dialects, litera-
ture and business methods. AS official
interpreter of the Custom House Chin
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From Consul General t1o Vow to H. }. Rosencrontz

two of them medical students who see
a promising future before them as prac-
titfoners among the Chinese women and
children, and of the twenty-five stu
dents no less than eleven received GER
tificates of graduation at the end Of
the course on the 9th of last June.
Every one of these fortunate eleven is
able to converse intelligibly with almost
any Chinese whom he or she is likely
to meet in the ordinary course of events
either here or in China. While many
other dialects beside the Cantonese are
in use within the borders of the Chinese
empire a person who understands this
one dialect we'll can manage to com
municate quite easily with those who
speak any of the others, and for reason
of this Volapuk-like quality the Can
tonese is especially in favor with al!
who wish to use their acquaintance
with Mongolian speech and script
purely in a business way.
OF the eleven graduates Mr.. Hilliard
j. Rosencrantz stood highest. for he not
only received the regular diploma of the
University of California as reward for
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stones closely, to lend as much as 5000
francs on them.
At that Carrier laughed aloud, very
much to the disgust of the men behind
the counter. He plainly told the men
that the stones were manufactured. and
the men as plainly refused to believe it.
You see, If old Carrier had not been
honest he could then and there have got
a profit of at least $500 on his diamonds.
But he would not sell-or pawn-them
under any false pretenses. He was de-
termlned to do the whole business fairly.
He was so very fair and open about
the whole business that 1t very soon be-
gan to be talked about among the jewel
ers. The thing became nine days
wonder in Paris. And that was what
brought Carriers enterprise to an end
all through his kindness of heart.
one day card was sent up to him
In MS laboratory-the card of a count
ess. Carrier was not accustomed to re-
,ye oeiye ladies in his sanctum, so he was a.
little fiuStered.
when the countess entered she seemed
IN some distress. Good old Carrier asked
her what he could do for her. and her
only reply was: You are running me
Then she told him her tale of WOO
ana ne recognized it as genuine. for tha
Paris. eii Niio"h IN
She was a widow; Frenchwornar
herself, but the widow of a Brazilian who
had lost all his lands by gambling Of one