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La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13
Tho Point.

"What's your position on this expan-
sion question:" said Qulzzleby.
THAT'S Just It," replied the chronic
ofiiceseeker. What position do l get?'
Philadelphia North American.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13
Arc You Using Aliens Foot-E"ss.

1t is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen 8. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13
PHANTOM SHIP
The Flying Dutchman.
<r-rY


sort to assist us in distress" But the
Batavia sailed in a smooth sea. and un-
der cloudless sky. and nothing was
seen. In a few weeks she arrived on
Java. and previous to entering the
splendid roads. the Batavia hove to for
the night. This was the last night
they would be under sail. and Phil
ip stirred not from the deck, but
walked to and fro, anxiously waiting
for the morning. The morning broke
the sun rose In splendor, and the Ba-
tavia steered into the roads. Before
noon she was at anchor, and Philip.
with his mind relieved. hastened down
to his cabin and took that repose
which he so much required.
He awoke refreshed, for great
weight had been taken of his mind.
1T does not follow. then" thought he.
that because am on board the vessel
that therefore the crew are doomed to
perish; 1t does not follow that the
Phantom Ship is to appear because
seek her. II so. have no further
weight on my conscience. seek her.
It Is true, and wish to meet with her;
I stand, however. but the same chance
as others; and 1t Is no way certain
that, because l seek. ] am sure to find.
That she brings disaster upon all she
meets may be true. but not that
bring with me the disaster OF meeting
her. Heaven, I thank Thee! Now can
/ prosecute my search without re-
morse"
Philip, restored to composure by
these reflections, went on deck. The
debarkation OF the troops was already
taking place, for they were as anxious
to be relieved from their long confine-
ment as the seamen were to regain a
little space and comfort. He surveyed
the scene. The town of Batavia lay
about one mile from them, low on the
beach: from behind 1t rose a lofty
chain OF mountains, brilliant with ver-
dure. and here and there peopled with
country seats belonging to the resi-
dents. delightfully."- embosomed in for
ests of trees. The panorama was beau
tiful; the vegetation was luxuriant.
and, from its vivid green, refreshing
to the eye. Near to the town lay large
and small vessels. a forest OF masts;
the water in the bay was OF bright
blue, and rippled to soft breeze;
here and there small islets Qike tufts
OF fresh verdure) broke the uniformity
OF the water line; even the town itself
was pleasing to the eye. the white col
or Of the houses being opposed to the
dark foliage of the trees, which grew
in the gardens and lined the streets.
Can It be possible" observed Philip
to the captain of the Batavia. who
stood by him, that this beautiful
spot can be so unhealthy? l should
form a very different opinion from it's
appearance"
Even" replied the captain. "as the
venomous snakes OF the country start
up from among its flowers. SO does
Death stalk about in this beautiful
and luxurlant lanGcape. Do you feel
better, Mynheer Vanderdecken?"
Much better" replied Philip.
still, in your enfeebled state, l
should recommend you to go on
Shore"
II shall avail myself of your permis-
sion with thanks. Eow long shall we
stay here?''
Not long. as we are ordered to run
back. Our cargo is all ready for us.
and will be on board soon after we
have discharged"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
a God-send to me.-Wm. B. Mcclellan,
Chester, Florida, Sept. Ia, 1895.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13
Halls Cstarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price, 75c.

John. John: wake up I hear burglars
downstairs. "Lemme lone. Laura: you
know I'm booked for that foot ball match:
I can't go down and get all banged up
by those fellows"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13
An Uo..in.h PRAYER.

When you are old, and quarrelsome,
and disagrceable. pray that 1t will be
your fate to live In the country, where
few will see you.-AtchisOn Globe.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13

Jack do you believe in palmistry?"
YES | do; when n man gives tho
tips of his fingers I know i can't borrow
money of him.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13

"Clcmentine is awfully matter of fact"
"She is?'' '.Yes; she quit speaking to me
because she dreamed ] said whole lot
of mean things about her"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13

FITS Permsn ntyC Cured. nts nervousness aftsi
krst days use OF DR.. khnss Great Nerve Restorsr.
send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13
no Your Fee. Aeh. ..a B.r.s

Shake into your shoes. Aliens Foot
Ease. a 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. Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13

"Tubbs. does spring make you lazy?"
NO; II makes so many other people lazy
that l show up as quite Industrious"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13
Ths Ideal Laxative.

No more ancient pill poisons and black draughti
hut up-to-dAte. scientinc. harmless palat BILE. pc
tent Ca.carets Candy Cathartc. druggists, l0c, Is,
5Oc.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13

"Your Chicago climate is unique
Isn't it. though? Nine months January
and three months July"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children tecthnR, softens the gums, reduces I'm
namAtion allays palm. cures wind collie Csc bottle.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13

How does your medical son like his
partner?" Hes immense: you see. my
son gets up new diseases. and his partner
cures them"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13

Aren't we going to pay the street
sprinkler this year Edmund?" NO.
those people ON each side of us wouldn't
employ him last year. and now that they
do sprinkle I'm going to let them see how
they like 1t"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13

..,The two-headed girl has had another
spat - .What now" Zone head has
decided to Join teh Audubon Club and the
other one won't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
ON LOngman's Magazine

rroih LohSmans Magazine.
AS to that famous thief in feather-tbo
maybe who stole the spoon while tho cir,
was nlrting, and got the daughter of H.
INTO deal OF trouble-it is altogether nm
hKely that the bird cared one grub wbatbar
the spoon was silver or electropiate H.
knew thdt ii would have a very fine az,
Pearance among the ragged sticks of his
uoHi ~ nest: and so, as no one was look
ing, ne drew 1t out from among the Others
JUST as gently as if he We're playing sneIi
cans gave three hops and a fan of his
wings. and the spoon and the girls renu
Iatlon FOR honesty went away over The
fields together. INC
other damning instances there are of
dchuaW ana magpie, the red-legged cbouqb
anu even, sad to say. the clericaI-gai,ad
raven, being decoyed from tn, straight natl
Oh Tecutude by the empty glitter of n pen,
thike Aesops moralizng cock. who bav.
ing scratched up necklace apostronbized
heaven of the uselessness of such strnI<a
or luck TO him, these sable solemn fowl
seem to have burglarioa twist in their
nature over which they have no control
IN proportion to their reverend ASPECT and
grave dearneanor in their serious suits of
black is their eagerness to purIoin. at All
costs any bit of tawdry metal ware to give
d caSh OF meretricious fnary to their bare
nests. ~ ''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
Ample Information.
From the Detroit Free Press.

FROM the Detroit Free Press.
Don't you worry about the loyalty of our
German-American citizens said one of a
few prominent Detroiters who were the
other day discussing the attitude of Ger
many during the time that We have been
having our differences with Spain. Il
know that they will stand by the govern
ment in whatever policy it may decide
upon, just as L would, though opposed to
Imperialism"
But the emperor is showing a DISPOSE
ton to interfere and dictate. He has very
strongly minated that we must not an
propriate the Philippines, and L have no
doubt that he is trying to ascertain the
sentiment of Germans on this side of the
water"
Il hope SO. The whole tenor of his in
lorna ton will be to make him cautious
L happen to know that some of the people
over here are being sounded, but Whet her
II Is at his inStisation, don't know Three
leading Germans in this city, not very long
since, received letters from an important
person in the empire, asking for the names
OF all professional and other citizens of in
1uence who would uphold the administra-
uon should Germany intervene with an ul-
umatum forbidding the United States to
own or control the Philippines"
We'll, what did the three do p"
They held a conference and as a result
sent . city directory to the inquirer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
Guards the Cars Life,

+ rom the London Chronicle.
The man who is the most important in
the whole domain of Russia from the point
of view of its ruler, is the outrider. The
car never travels by rail without the
gendarme, who is supposed to have the
keenest scent for nihilist weapons of any
one in his empire, going ahead of the train
on his peculiar railway bicycle. Travelling
slowly, with eyes and ears alert for the
presence of the enemies of his master and
their terrible weapons, this outrider carries
his own life in his hands and the life of
MIN who is considered of much more i'm
portance. the ruler of the Russian empire
incidentally, the outrider is on the look
out for defects in the railroad that might
play havoc with the royal train, but this is
not the primary object of his preceding the
imperial party He is an inconspicuoIIs OBJ
ject on his curious wheel and it is not
likely that his swift progress along the
road Will be observed until he is too near
complish his purpose.
A long experience with the nihist gangs
of Russia has taught the police of that
country that the bomb is the fayorite
weapon with the killer of kings Should
one of these be left on the track in such a
position that the wheels of the imperial
train would explode it, it must surely be
discovered by the outrider or if he were
unfortunate enough to overlook it. the
railway bicycle would cause the bomb to
blow up the riders life alone being sacri-
feed. Hence the Importance of the ont
rider.
He is continually in the proud position of
offering his life for his master.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
Fine'PeopIe in 1883.

FROM Chambers Journal.
My lady was as reckless as my lord and
ratified the diceboX and shuffied the cards
from dusk till morning, going home with
ruined fortunes, in her sedan cair, when
WorkTnen Were going home from lathe and
loom to breakfast. Family diamonds and
jewels and plate were staked when the
guineas were exhausted, and when these
possessions had gone farms and estates
were sacrificed. The amusements too. of
wealthy people We're of coarse and cruel
description. Rat-worrying, cock fighting
and badSer-baiting were favorite diver
slons. Prize lighting was regarded as es-
sentiai to keep up the courage of English
men EVen the clergy joined in these low
ana brutal pastimes and neglected their
spiritual duties, or cut short a Sunday af-
ternoon service sooner than miss being
present at "a main of cocks or seeing two
men entering the ring for the express pur-
pose of pommeiing one another breaking
RIBS, damaging noses, knocking out teeth
and cracking jaws.
The devotional life of the church was dis
ungulshed by all the dull apathy that nre-
vailed during the Georgian period: the sa
cred edilces were ~Ormitories for the living
as well as of the dead; but the work of
Whitehead and the two brothers Wesley
mad helped to breathe new life into the
dry bones of the establishment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
The kOotenay PROPRIETOR,

From the Victoria Colonist
- call that him. MN
That bundle of frozen clothing we fon,d T., +h H.; g.
AIM Jim. " 'e vi
Not The , jim as l knew-my partner-Jim, fit and
That thing without muscle or movement and nc
limb as my sodden socks, -
Leave that alone In the shadows and pile log or
jim gone guess, where the sparks go. a-clmbina
higher and higher.
Not that they get there neither That Ion. suc,-od
sunlight and dew a. II 7 ~
In bygone springs when It bided where the yellow
And now it's goin' to nqthin but ash and feeble
That S IaFers ava, tow. ID Heaven an roos ont 81
course, in the dark 50 ' "
climbn,: Is that all we're made for: Like the
$500 armies of the silent piIfn.
Which climb an climb FOREVER from the pul,l ia
the timber line? n ~
Not one in million gets there when they do they
See them! Whitened; withered, wind twisted
Prosrectin that s what they call II: hard labor an,
hunger an cold. L-1-7
That's , What i ssF,ospectin5 is, mate hunt for
Gold that buys women and whisky-hands shaky an
An lot Of bumlners to suck you dry, but never a
pal like Jim
That wasn't the way as Jim talked No. Tha,
wasn't the way jim thought "a
he worked COS he loved the labor; he was born to
=, hsht. so he fought; T7 IN
He loved the hardship, the danger, black canyon OF
.n shifting slide-- tp. :
Nv him laugh the risks he took at the very
place where he died.
An it game worth playing! Alone-at The
heart If the world
Where the mighty snowslidcs Numbered and the
long gray vap0rs curled
lions hold 91''5,
Staked our lives the blndest bluff an played the
World for her gold.
Climbed to the throne of Morning; sank shafts to
Till the hot air scorched our faces an water Kissed
as ii fell;
Worked like men in the daytime, slept meath the
sweet-breathed trees,
Lulled by the drone of the foaming crick an the
song of tho ctickadees
We had Great Things tten for or comrades The
Forces of Earth for foes.
There one of us down in the battle, an another
don t when he goes.
They laughed in our face in the cities: the fat
SNUG cities back East
Thought we were both Of us luny, something half
man, half-beast!
Citiesi Ny God. we build 'em. Do you mind how
ROssland rose?
Do You mind the first log shanty we built among
the SHOWS?
Do you mind how two wears later their iron horses
raced
From North and South the boundary line to the
. goal that he had placed.
Ana now theSR are twice three thousand, where
- then there were not hut three.
Though devil one in Rnssland town has heard of
Jim me.
Do you mind the fire at Kaslo the stora that
drowned her out?
We warmed hands at the blazing shacks and
rebuilt in II water spcut.
DO You mind well, of course you mind it, and that
my God. is the end
Neryeless. Vocfless, sightless and deaf to the
voice of its friend
No! No! 1t is not the reason. that the
But don't believe that the sparks go out-I know
mat they reach the star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14

From the London Mail.
New Year is the national paw day in
China Ali accounts must be squared up at
that time, and the man who can't raise
money enough TO pay his debts has to go in
to bankruptcy. The laws are such that the
creditor can enter the debtors house and
take what he pleases if there is no settle
ment. To prevent such action families club
together and ;laks ali sorts of compromises
to keep mp the business reputation of the
clan. New Year is great day for the
pawnbrokers- Their shops are crowded
with people who want to rede I'm their best
clothes before the New Year. There are
crowds, also. who want to pawn other
things in order to get money to pay their
debts. Pawnbrokers receive high rates of
interest, In which they are protected by the
government.
The Chinese paint the whole country red
on New Year day n more senses than one
Red is the celor which with them denotes
good luck and prosperity, and all the New
Year cards and invitations are on paper of
that color Every child gets its New Year
present wrapped In red paper, and red in
scriptions are Dasted over the doors Of the
houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
Largest Family on Record
he Lordon Woman's Life.

A'''H INC LoLuoh woman Life.
In the Harleian manuscript. Nos. rs and
$50, in the library of the British Museum.
mention is made of the most extraordinary
lamiiy that has ever been known in the
WORLDS history. The parties were a Scotch
weaver and his wife mot wives, who were
the father and mother of sixty-two chill
dren.
The majority of the offspring of this pro-
INC PAIR were boys-exactly how MANY is
not known-for the record mentions the
fact that forty-six of the male children
liVed TO reach manhood's estate and only
four of the daughters lived to be grown-,lp
women Thirty-nine of the Sons were still
living in the year 1880. the majority of them
then residing in and about Newcastle-on-
Tyne.
1t is recorded In one of the old histories
OF Newcastle that "a certyne gentleman of
large estaytes" rode thirty and three
miles beyond the Tyne to provo this won
derful story" 1t Is further related that
Sir j. Bowers adopted ten OF the sons, and
three other LANDED gentlemen" took ten
each. The remaining members of the ex-
traordinary family Were brought UP by the
parents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
MEALS IN OLD ENGLAND
Formerly Dinner Was Served at Eleven and
Supper at Five.
Only Recently That Breakfast Be.
came a Regular FunctiOn-Carv-
ing Fine Art.

| From the New York Ledger.
In olden times the English had three
| meals a day, of which the chief meal was
| taken when the work of the day was fin
| ished. The first meal was at 9, dinner was
| about B o'clock, and supper was taken just
| before bedtime The Normans dined at the
| old English breakfast time, or little later,
| and supped at pm. In Tudor times the
| higher classes dined at IL and supped al ;,
| but the merchants seldom took their meals
| before II and o'clock. The chief meals,
! dinner and supper, We're taken in the hall
| both by the old English and the Normans
| for the parlor did not come into use until
| the reign of Elizabeth.
| Breakfast did not become a regular meal
| until quite lately, and DR.. Murray, in the
| oxford dictionary. gave 1463 as the date
| of the earliest quotation in which the word
| occurred The meal did not become recog-
| nized until late in the seventeenth century,
| for Pepys habitually took his draught of
half pint of Rhenish wine or a drachm of
| strong waters in the place of a morning
meal. Dinner was always the great meal
| of the day, and from the accession of
Henry ~ to the death of Queen Eliza beth
the dinners were as Sumptuous and eXtraV
agant as any of those now served.
| Carving was then a fine art. Each guest
brought his own knife and spoon, for the
small fork was not introduced into England
until Thomas Coryate OF Odcome, pub
| lished his Crudities in 1911 Pepys took his
spoon and fork with him to the Lord May
or's feast in 1863. The absence of forks
led to much stress being laid upon the act
| of washing the hands before and after
meals and to the rule that the left hand
alone should be dipped into the common
| dish, the right hand being occupied with
| the knife. The perfect dinner at the best
time OF English cookery consisted of three
courses, each complete in itself and ter
minated by a subtlety or device the whole
| being rounded off with Ypocras, after
which the guests retired into another
| room, where pastry, sweetmeats and fruit
were served with the choicest wines
The English were essentially meat eat
ers, and it not until the time of the
commonwealth that pudding attained its
extraordinary popularity: indeed the first
mention of pudding in the menus of the
"Buckfeast at St. Bartholomew Hos
pitai did not occur until ITO, and in 1112
there is an item of five shillings for ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
HUGE OCEAN LINER.
Oceanic to BE Twenty-Four Fee
Longer Than the Great Eastern

From the New York Herald
The biggest ship the world has ever seen
will be launched at Belfast, Ireland. next
Saturday. She will be christened the
Oceanic, and is destined to be the queen of
the White Star fleet. Her total length is
104 feet and what this means may be gath
cred from comparison with the largest
ship now afioat, the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, whose length is CAS- feet. Her great
est predecessor was the world-famed Great
Eastern, whose length she exceeds by TWEEN
ty-four feet.
When the Great Eastern was launched.
nearly nail century ago, and proved such
d signal failure as a practical and paving
ocean carrier. shipbuilders the world around
predicted that no vessel approaching her
size would ever again be attempted They
seemed to be right. too, as for a decade or
more there was general return to shorter
models even than had prevailed up to that
ume, but at length courage revived, and
the liners, as general rule. began to be
built each a little larger than the last
1t was not until during the last ten or
twelve years that there was any general be-
lief that the famous British leviat han of the
seas would ever be surpassed. Then however,
bigger ships began to come, and now, at
last, with the launching of the Oceanic
from the yards of Harland & Wolff, a Bel
IaSt, ireland, on January H. the Great
Eastern unique place in history as the
longest ship Will be lost.
over all the Oceanic measures 1O4 feet
while the English monster was $50 feet
long However, the Great Eastern still re-
mains the largest ship, bulk being consid-
cred, for in the days when she was built
ten or eleven knots an hour was about the
utmost speed of steamships under steam
alone. anu as they all relied more or less on
san power to increase it they were built
broader and deeper
Officials of the " hite Star line in this city
are Very reticent in making predictions as
10 the probable speed of their new giant
Ihey say, however, that they hope she will
get IN regularly every Wednesday morning
no matter what the wea Their may be on the
voyage across. To have her reach the ba
in time to come up the bay Tuesday night
they say would involve an added consumn-
ton of coal and wear and tear that wouid
not be commensurate with the advantage
gained.
Her builders also are reticent about her
speed, declaring that their only object has
been 10 build a ship to reach New York
every Wednesday, no matter what the
weather. 'i'o
After the Oceanic and the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse, the Campania Lucania
Majestic and st. Louis are the largest az
the ocean liners built in recent years When
the Campania was launched. November ~
la9., she was regarded as probably the
limit, with her length of 62J feet
ne Lucanla. launched a wear LATER u-ac
only ilNe 1eet shorter. Then came tho 81
LOUIS monster as to tonnage but seven
" feet shorter than the Lucania Her "a
vent was thought by some to indicate tbet
d reaction against extreme length had cot
IN. But then came the Kaiser Wilhelm 5or
urosss, and now the Oceanic. What next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14

minds of the students that war is not so
much a science as art, which can be
best achieved by good sense and inspiration.
Gen. Maillard, one of the professors OF
tactics at the Ecole Superieure de Guerre,
says very wisely: Under the pretext that
the progress of science and industry will ne
used IN the coming fight between the ma
tons 1t is proclaimed that the conducting
OF war must be scientific. and that IL will
demand high mathemati teal knowledge
nothing Is more opposed to the spirit Of
war. The rule of three alone. up TO the
present, mas sufficed. and will suffice, for
an problems depending on calculation. put
to conduct a war means that the chiefs
must have high natural qualities a profess
sionat knowledge which must be constantly
advancing. strong, cultured intelligence
put above all, the spirit Of reflection. Of
caicuiation-in word, the philosophical
spirit