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The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23
A New Denver-St. Louis 3

Travellers destined for Ksl
City, St. Louis and points heJ
should be careful when they
there tickets to specify thai
must read "via the BurlinJ
route" If they do this and
east on the St. Louis Special.
Burlington's new Denver
Louis flyer, there will be
question about comfort en- 70
The St. Louis Special made
first trip June A. 1t leaves |
yer at LAO p. M, arriving at
Joseph and Kansas City
morning and ST. Louis next e.
ing
"oNLy ONE NIGHT ON THE 70
1t makes Union depot con
tons with all morning trains
of Kansas City and with all e.
ing trains out of St. Louis.
Through sleeping and recliI
chair cars, Denver to st. Jo.
and St. Louis. Chair car to |
sas city. Dining car and bu
smokinp-library car, Denver
Oxford. The latter is sonnet
which no other Denver-St. L
train has. G.. W. Vallery,
General Agel
1899 Seventeenth st. Denver.
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Notice.

All parties knowing themselves
indebted to the undersigned, or to
the old Florence Mercantile COM
pany, are requested to call and
settle their accounts, either in cash
or by note, on or before the first
day of January, 1900, at which
time all unsettled accounts will be
put into the hands of an officer for
collection
69tf JAMES A. MCCANDLEss.
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At Presbyterian Church.

The Christmas exercises at the
Presbyterian Sunday School will
be held in the church, Monday
evening at 1880. Trees and lad
ders laden with gifts will make the
occasion a joyous one All are
invited. Santa Claus will be
there.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23
Correspondents Interview.

1--WE know what it was to be a
rYank' in old Kentucky during the
first three years of that cruel war"
said Mrs. Lousia Edwards, when
we asked her to tell us about that
part of her life. II married n
Union man about two years before
the commencement of the war /
was but twelve years old. Ny
husband enlisted in the Union
army, and July, 1862, | was left
alone with two little children.
"On Oct. 8, 1862, the Confeder-
ates were defeated at Perryville,
Kentucky, and they retreated
through our neighborhood. With
my little girl and baby boy | was
ordered out of our home with
nothing but the clothing we had
on and we just got out when our
home was set on fire by them.
There before me, where my little
children were born, and where |
had spent so many happy days
with my faithful, true, Union
husband, was my home in ashes.
All was lost. ] started for my
brothers, GO miles away, tying my
little children to my back with my
apron, | travelled afoot nights and
hid in the woods daytime and
gathered fruit and nuts for us.
But that fright and fatigue proved
too much for my young life.
was thrown into brain fever and
lost all my children. Oh! what
sorrow. To carry my mind out of
that melancholy / enlisted as
nurse at Louisville, Kentu cky.
After the war was over my poor
broken-down husband came to me
without home and but little
money. We fell into each others
arms and wept bitterly over the
loss of our little children home and
health. My husband was soon
taken from me in death. A widow
at % years of age,
In time married Mr.. Edwards,
another old Kentucky Union SOL
dier. We have raised fourteen
children, of which nine are scatter
ed over this beloved country as
true and loyal men and women as
mother of my experience could
teach them. | am past 56 years
of age"
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23
The Through Pullman Service to
ST. Louis.

On juno 10Th the Great Rock
Island route inaugurated through
Pullman Sleeper from Denver to
ST. Louis via the Missouri Pacific
railway from Kansas City. The
car will leave Denver daily at 2:35
p. m, on the Colorado Flyer" ar
irving in st. Louis 6:l5 p. M, the
next day. One hour and forty
minutes faster than any other thro'
car line. Excellent connections
from Pueblo and Colorado Springs.
The cars are broad vestibuled, of
the latest pattern and most lux
urious type. Advantages in pat
ronizing this service will be: The
quickest time to ST. Louis, no
change of cars, absolute comfort.
The best dining car service in the
world. For full information write
w. H. Firth, Gen. Agt, Denver
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SCHOOL NOTES.

Mrs. Rood goes to Genital City
to visit her sister, Mrs F. H. CLARK.
Kittie Stillwell has been absent
for the past week on account of
sickness.
We were very disappointed this
morning when Marshal's Grafton
came up missing.
Miss Halle Woods leaves tonight
for Chicago, where she will remain
during the holidays.
The Misses Swanzey and David
son leave for Denver today to be
gone until January ID.
Blanche Dexter left this after
noon for Lytle, where she will
spend her Christmas vacation,
The pupils and teachers of the
Florence schools INDUCED, to
limited extent, in exchange of
treats yesterday.
Supt. Durfee will introduce the
first steps in algebra into the A
division of the Sth grade, after the
first of the year.
Pearl Mcdaniel delivered an
Grafton on "Christmas." Her sub
ject was very appropriate and was
well received by all.
Many are taking advantage of
vacation and will spend Christmas
out of town. Florence's Christ
mas is all right for us.
Cora Frey's recitation was deliv-
cred with exceptional ease and
grace, and was heartily applauded
midst signs and tears for the "Pil-
grim Fathers"
"'Tis dreadful thing in winter"
think Mabel and Lucia, when they
rush out into the cold, only to
catch fieeting glimpse of some
thing they care not to see.
During the holidays Frank Car
mody and Alfred Randall will
make a tour through the South.
They will visit Coal Greek, Will
liamsburg, Rockvale and other
southern points.
The high school listened to
most pleasing talk Wednesday
morning given by Mr.. Hanks. BY
way of remem brance Mr.. H. passed
around a basket of apples, of
which the pupils partook freely,
especially Mr.. Kenyon, who helped
himself to two.
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Auctioneer.

| will sell your goods for you on
reasonable commission, or l will
buy your goods and pay cash.
Blackmer, the new secondhand
man, II Main street. Gift
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23
New Telephone Numbers.

The following are additions to the
Florence telephone directory since
October l, 1899:
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23

Will sell the two magnificent
corner business lots, just west of
George Wilson's hardware store,
corner Santa Fe and Main. See
j. j. Fitzgerrell.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23

POI American Laundry.
42-4 Bank of Florence.
46 Champion d Meserve, Ats
Ga Durfee, Alfred, residence.
ll-2 English, R, w. Lumber Co.
9-3 Florence Pharmacy
1872 Grove, @. D., residence,
433 Hassler Bros, Cash Groc'y.
49-l Keller, Frank, residence,
81 Kinney, 9. n, residence.
3S-4 Oil Well Supply Co.
lib Paxton, R. H., physician.
AZ Refiner, The.
6-3 Sheridan, DR.. W. NJ. reside
20-3 Stephenson. DR.. w. C., reside
1872 Willett, Arthur, residence.
The new directory will be pub
lished some time next month, but
patrons can cut out the above list
and paste it in their books for ref
erence.
Manager Stratton says they are
very much crowded with business,
but there will soon be three new
outside circuits, which will very
much relieve the Denver line.
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First Church OF Christ, Scientist.
Every Sunday at the Rogers buildtns
Street: Sunday morning service lOa5;
ing at 7:i5; Sunday School II As; ~
meeting every Wednesday evening at ~
Dispensary open Saturday from to ?
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23
Classified Advertisements.

Advertisements will be run in this depart
ment ut the rate of 10 words in issues for 10
cents, payable in advance; no advertisement
will be taken for less than 10 cents. Here is
opportunity 10 advertise at minimum cost
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23

Frazer Methodist Episcopal Church,
Rev. j. c. HORN.
Cor. Second st. and Petroleum Ave. Par'
next door to the church.
Sunday School, 10 a. m. Morning Service
m. Glass meeting, IL M; junior Leage
p. M. Senior League, p. M: EVENING, ;
SIP. M: Prayermeeting every Wednesds
ing $50.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23

Christian Church.
ED. j. A. SHoPrAuGH, Pastor;
Preaching every Lords II a. m. and
Communion at IL, Sunday school at
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23
Church Services and Religious met
In Florence

First Baptist Church,
REV. ARTHUR WILLETTs.
sunday School, 10 a. M; preaching ili'
7 80
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23

st, Benedict's Roman Catholic Church,
FATHER EDMUND, o. S. B., Paste
sunday services, first and third Sundays il
month: high mass and sermon, 10 a. NJ
day School at 2 p. M; vespers and oei
ton of the blessed sacrament at I 80 p
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-23

First Presbyterian Church,
Sunday School, 10 a. M; Service and SCI
II a. M; Junior Endeavor,3 p. M; Y. n
E., 6 80 p. M; Evening service, 1850
Prayer meeting every "Wednesday ever
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Entered at the postofce at Florence, Colora-
do, Tor transmission through the mails matter
OF the second class.
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Z AS
ISANA(1FS Oh ruE
CONTINENT

mo puedo trabajar mas" was the re-
ply. -"El muchacho muy cansado. &
cannot work any more. The boy Is very
tired.')
Young Encinas meantime hung between
top and bottom, facing death. He raploly
surveyed the situation, but saw that ne
could do nothing Thanks to his precau-
ton in having the Indians In the Well'
he felt assured that the men at the wind
las would not dare to let him drop, thus
killing some of their own people. He
heard. nevertheless, with a great deal or
foreboding the mutterisgs of the saVages
above his head Finally, after an hour or
horrible suspense, the Indians returned TO
the creaking windlass and pulled him out.
Apparently their simple minds saw an
excellent chance to kill him, but they
could not devise the way to do 1t without
killing some of their own number.
Since the Seris murdered Captain George
Porter and Sailor John Johnson at Tibu-
ron Island something over year ago, the
bucks have kept away from the Mexican
ranches They stick close to the island,
and live on fish and turtle. The women
have only recently resumed their visits
to the ranches, to pick up little prop
erty in the way of cast-off clothing, etc.
On these visits they put on all their cloth
ing, leaving none at all on the island.
to hide their nakedness. In squalor and
depth of degradation they cannot be COM
pared with any other Indians of the West.
On one OF the women recently visiting
the ranch was large mantle made OF
pelican skin. The skins Of five or six
pelfcans are used to make their wraps.
With these and the hides of wildcats the
Indians manage to cover themselves in
very cold weather. At other seasons they
go naked. They have no houses whatever,
their abiding places being merely tempo
rary camps on the bare ground. with
campfire sometimes and sometimes not.
II they are hard pressed for shelter they
take the tops of two adjoining bushes
and draw them together and tie them,
finding a little shelter underneath.
Efforts have been made time and time
again by the Mexicans and by American
scientists to discover the tribal customs
and laws Of the Serfs. Very little infor-
nation is obtainable. This is for the rea-
son that no one man, Mexican or Ameri-
can, is safe among the Indians, and the
savages themselves give little light on
their home life. 1t is known that until
recently there were two chiefs, each ap-
parently with equal power-Mata de Maiz
Corn Stalk and Pelado Peeled). Pelado
is dead, and his successor is not known.
So far as ascertainable these chiefs are
the repository of all power. At the same
time the tribe has customs of unknown
antiquity over which the chiefs have no
control
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son, as soon as he left school, a place
want the younger boy also. for l like
the stock" The father Of these boys,
an orphan, and without any eXtraneous
aid, rose in England from direst pow
erty to competence. His sons, In this
land of larger opportunities and with
the heritage of their fathers good
name and the incalculable advantage of
his example and training, may become
aff1uent-ability commands success.
When A. T. Stewart was in the first
flush of enthusiasm over his plan Of
building a model city, he sent for a
skilled architect, relative Of mine, of
whose ability and honesty he had the
highest opinion. Laying before the man
his scheme, dilating on the beauty and
sanitation of which he proposed to
make his Garden City the incarnation,
he ended by saying: Now, / want you
to take entire charge of this thing and
carry 1t through. Make the contracts,
see that they. are correct and carried
out Alright, pay all bills etc" The arch
itect heard him through, then said
very quietly. Mr.. Stewart, the man
you want is doing business for himself"
''Who is hep" inquired Mr.. Stewart
with quick curiosity and the evident
intention of securing him at any price.
ANY man." said the architect, who
has the knowledge and ability to do
what YOU require is inevitably at the
head of an army of subordinates. Such
skill and executive ability never stays
in the ranks
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find your right vocation. But until you
do, take the advice Of the inscription
over the fireplace of Luther's house
and "do the next thynge."
Good Habits.
Keep your brain free from the fumes
Of alcohol, your blood free from its
taint Avoid tobacco, as the poison It
really is. Keep yourself clean physf-
cally and morally. Give your body the
care you would give to any machine Of
which you require good work.
Honesty the Best Policy.
There is no such thing as a trifiing
dishonesty, but there may be dishon-
esty for a trifling gain, and many a
man has ruined his financial future by
what he felt was very slight lapse.
tive position of trust which he had held
many years. when 1t was found that
he had had his private account for coal
incorporated in his employers bill. 1
myself discharged valuable assistant
who helped himself to my postage
stamps for his own correspondence. AT
one time I was about to embark in a
business venture of considerable mag
nitude with a man who had impressed
me favorably.
While our arrangements were pend
ing l gave him money to buy for him
self and me two theater tickets. U.s.
ing my name he secured complimentary
tickets, but took my money and let me
think he had bought them. A casual
glance at the tickets showed me man
ayers private mark which l recognized,
and l had no more dealings with a
man to whom 1 had been about to en-
trust hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. Large employers are obliged to
sift carefully their men and reject the
unreliable
A Good Name.
Make strictest integrity the rule of
every business art. Do this because it
is right and not solely and chiefly be-
cause honesty is the best policy" If
your word Is always your bond" If no
pleasure nor persuasion will induce you
to be in the smallest degree dishonest,
you have already one of the main ele-
ments of success. Strict integrity can
no more be hidden than love, a cough,
smoke and money, and commands
price in the labor market proportionate
to it's excellence and scarcity. How.
rare It is, Is perhaps only realized by
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,,---.... ,s a tide IN the affairs OF men
. which, taken at tho hooo' leaoS 0H ~
fortune"
r,4,,eas II Barnun-the greatest show
,,sn the world has ever known-tooK Ao-
,-s-taee of the "'tide in the AFFAIRS OF
.a.- - and II gave him fame and fortune.
r,o ,rea+ Snowman loved young people
He took keen enjoyment In making the
= oreatest snow on earth OF partlcula IL VA
Forest to children, and When the GILL
,6ren,, had grown to manhood and woman
boo6 ha took the same interest In lneHl'
'Fro,,+ A. was his interest In young men
i,,o+ led him. on his deathbed-belng ul-
% HE 10 wrfte-to dictate at the Closing Oh
Rte useful life his advice to young men
inst starting down the stream OF NE
tourney. In his last words to young men
he summed up the experience OF ms own
life The great Snowman was beieVer
q; .:bonestv Is the best policy" And an in
+a-es+inp incident is related Of him which
.ts timely now that his advice is published
for the first time, because Mr. 6arhuIh
dyyells much upon honesty.
.ryVell.' said Barnum to a fr1eno, IN
1s41 "I am going to buy the American
Museum. .o,,,hod
t-iend Who knew the Snowman had not
q SOLAR what do you intend to buy 1t
"Brass." was the prompt reply FOR
silver and gold have 1 none.
Francis Olmstead, who owned the nau-
scum building, consulted numerous reler-
ences all telling of good Snowman VINO
would do as he agreed and accepted
proposition to give security for the pur,
chaser. Six months later Mr. OiInsteao
hannened to enter the ticket office at noon
and found Barnum eating for dinner IeW
slices Of bread and some corned beer.
'Is this the way you eat your dinner
he asked.
"T have not eaten warm dinner since
j bought the museum. except on the Sab
bath; and intend never to eat anotner
until I get out of debt" was Barnun
reply.
Barnum paid for the museum before
that year was out.
The man who rode horse IN his youth
for 10 cents a day said that we live IN
new and exceptional age; that America
is another name for Opportunity; tnat
character II power-is influence; 1t makes
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friends, creates funds, draws pat
ronage and support and opens sure and
easy way to wealth, honor and happi-
ness. AS there is nothing IN the world
great but man, there is nothing truly
great in man but character
His object in writing his advice to
young men was to encourage, inspire and
stimulate those who long to be somebody,
to do something In the world, but feel
that they have no chance.
Barnum died on April 8. 1891. The man
uscript dictated and signed December 6,
1890, was held in the hope that he might
elaborate it by writing of other phases of
life After his death the manuscript was
slowed away and Barnum's last words
to young men have never reached them
until now The manuscript is now in a
New Workers. autograph collection
Young Americans will do we'll to follow
the great showman's advice, which is
printed exactly as he dictated and signed
it, including Mr. Barnum's own ''heads. ="
DID to your equipments typewrit-
~ ing and stenography, both Of
II which will be useful to you,
either as employe or employer.
/ believe the time Is not far dis
tant when both will be an integral part
of business educatioN just as much SO
as arithmetic.
Choice Of Business.
Choose carefully the work most con-
genial and for which you feel most
fitted. If you cannot find it at once
take the next best place you can get
and do your best in it, whatever it may
be- You will be forming habits Of sys-
tematic industry which will be invalu-
able to you when you find the right
thing, and you will prove to yourself
and to others the capacity for work
that is in you. Don't whit for the place
you want in an idleness which will NIL
YOU with chimerical ideas and visionary
longing for the impossible opportunities
to become rich at one bound. Idle wait
ing demoralizes the waiter, and no
body wants the man who is content to
wait.
''All things come to him who waits"
but it is the manner Of the waiting that
insures the coming of all things. If you
do your best always for your employer,
as much as for yourself, you Will surely
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take q common parlor match and stick
1t in the hole in the end of the cartridge.
They send their women over to the main
land, where they steal or trade for
matches. These cartridges are sometimes
slow in exploding, but they are really
quite successful.
The main weapons of the Seris, how
ever, are bows and arrows and a short
spear, used for catching fish as well as
hghtng. The bows are made of the gar
ambullo wood, fortified by rawhfde or
deerskin. The arrows are made of the car
rlso and are nowadays tipped with iron
or brass, which the Indians get from
wrecked boats, or pick up about the cat
tie ranches. They invariably poison their
arrows for killing their enemies. The poi
son is obtained by hanging up a cows
liver to putrefy, when the arrows tips
are dipped in the mass. Sometimes rat
tlesnake is excited into biting the liver,
thus making the poison more deadly
Like all wild people, the Seris are en-
dowed with strong bodies and great en-
durance. They literally run a deer to
death, and have been known to capture
horses the same way. They take the trail
and follow the animal until it drops Of
exhaustion. The Seris feet are long and
narrow, much unlike the Yaquis which
are broad. The Seris are of all sizes, some
of the men reaching height of almost
seven feet. Most of the men, in fact, are
tall and powerful, while the women are
not above medium height. All paint their
faces with ugly colors.
OF the squaws pictured here only one
could speak Spanish. She was the old
woman with the pelican mantle me
others spoke the savage tongue only 1t
is cultural and entirely unintelligible TO
the neighboring Indians. The women are
shrewd and bargain well. They are full
of laughter and profess the greatest
iprITff I'M
to the island and saying that no harm can
come to them. They are deft in weaving
baskets and bowls of the tender bark OBJ
tained from the roots of mesquite trees
Some Of these baskets are so made as 10
hold water without leaking.
The Seris have peculiar ideas regarding
sickness. They are in mortal terror or IL.
Some of them are pockmarked, wnlcn
shows that they have struggled through
smallpox unaided. When member OF the
tribe becomes Ill. no matter what MS
grade nor the number of his relatives, ne
is instantly deserted and left to Ole OF get
well as nature determines. On no ac-
count can a Seri be induced to stay ana
nurse the sick. At the Mexican ranches'
during smallpox scare, sen pecaIno
I'll. His wife, without an instants heslta-
ton. rolled up her bundle Of clothing ana
started for the island. Looking oack'
with tears streaming down her race sne
hade her husband farewell. Nothing could
induce her to remain. On the lslano the
sick are placed on q pelican-skln piahneI
and left in a secluded place, with an olla
of water near their hand. II they sur
vive. II is well; and If they die. the spot IS
visited after a weeks time and the body
burned. The heat renders the bodies COM
bustible. and 1t is said that they are TO-
tally consumed without the ala Oh any
fuel.
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80 PITY. DONOT
KILL YOUR OWN SON."
"THIs IS THE PITY 1
WILL GIVE YOU.

ried a rifle and six-shoeter constantly,
and never permitted a situation where
the Indians would have him at dis
advantage. For instance. he would never
descend into the we'll unless some of the
Indians preceded him. He knew he would
be stoned to death in an instant by the
treacherous brutes. But with some Of
their number In the well he felt safe. In
this manner the well was slowly sunk to
a depth of $50 feet. The only means of
hoisting was windlass
One day young Encinas had occasion
to ascend to the surface. He stuck his
foot in the rope and gave the signal.
There were two Indians IN the well. and
the others were at the top hosting When
the Seris had hoisted Encinas half way
they suddenly stopped.
The Mexican instantly fell chill OF
horror. He knew mischief was brewing,
with his life as the forfeit If the Indians
could catch him mapping. But, steady
ing his voice, he called out, asking why
they stopped.