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La Junta tribune., 1900-06-20
Free Barbecue! Ladies Cow Boy Race!

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perhaps you'll give me some idea as to
what your business may be with me-
my business7 oh. yes. Well, you.
sees We Americans are always anxioua
to learn the views Of prominent Cana
diana
about wbat7''
"Oh. about-about annexation, you
know" +
II zee. Well. why don't you go and
ask Mr.. James Scott Aiuirheod ,r some
Of those other representative Canadi,
ans who are staying here. Why Do
you pitch ON me 7: ! suppose you haven't
been reporter for very long-haven,t
had much experience IT the businesss~
NO" said the other man eagerly.
That's 1t. haven't had much. expesi-
ence. understood you were sspso-
sentative Canadian"
"You. did. chr the 6orid young man
laughed Then. looking bis visitor
straight. in the face, be said. sWtat
paper do you happen to repesseat
Mr.
.Oh, you are Mr.. Jones Of the-what
paper did you say r
Il didn't say. represent quite .. 1T
Of papers. IT'S . sort q trsst yos
know"
4 sec. A news asency-New xork
papessT
siOh. no: western papers ehbeay.~
The clerk saw that ~ TIE eoevessssl
La Junta tribune., 1900-06-20
WANTED: A MILLION 4sAs1s.

All re who're r,csn; heut, 10 rrr. or sol,
Come bring them unto me-. rlI nav ve s-n
want them iarSr. want them deep and .trons.
want them broad and eehoing TO song
Bring me ne hearts TO bold the nl-sa or base.
Bring me no heart tbs; holds of sin trace;
bftnS me no heart that's raekeI eita jea fear,
Aor one that's e'cr been satura,e With s4srs
but good. clean. honest. empty hearts *;
Not t,ose that smile. yet tarSlu. rzss mask:
Nei those thar harbaf narilf- iife- s,-,i snail.
BIZ; pGre and swee, and ,rse--lll take 'eaa al.
And hurry too want tlTrm now, tod-y,
This very minute send them On their way
Is hoasc this love that from nv own c-crso,s.
fer ah. III not trll sou. but Phyllis knows,
John kendrick Bangs "a woulasa's Home Gem.
p4nion
La Junta tribune., 1900-06-20
she Didn., Appear.

One day not many years ago there
appeared on the bill of certain place
OF amusement the fact that Mr.. and
Mrs. Salvini would present an interest
Ing feature on. the programme. Mrs.
Salvini's part in the entertainment
was the task OF working the stereopti-
con from the gallery. while her hus-
band performed OH the stage Mrs
Salvini's work was well done and was
Just as Important as that of her hus-
band. reporter. who was to write
nm account OF the programme, how
ever. turned In something like this:
"Mr. and Mrs. Salvini were on the
Programme. Mr.. Salvini was present
and did excellent work. hut for some
nnnccountable reason. which was not
explained. Mrs. Salvini did not make
her Detroit Free Press.
La Junta tribune., 1900-06-20
Tiax IL e..

The travelling men wer, tatkips
about hard luck. ana one Of them ~.
ID: Ibid you hear about Murray He
went over to jacksonvilie ON his frst
hip with his little speech ail tsady.
but with fear and trembling - to the
result Of its delivery. HIS hrst vasit
was to ! Newspaper once, and be tat-
tied S6 ID good style his iines.
" what can SU6 Aeil mo thst batef
tory asked the niwsp6pet man rro-
ducins from ! pils 1 sheet U papef.
Now THOUGHT Murray. - he tiunl
tcs ne p Hike I hlme tor hnSslf =
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he pFsc6 Il ~ cshtk. q
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La Junta tribune., 1900-06-20
Z rriwhtf.il raee.

-As We put to sea.r says Captain
xounshushapd in his book on Japan,
we passed = sunken steamer, the An
9aia. aid aftfrward Aeerd the. GhastIy
eeoey of her los. She touched . annd
eask. heeled over ana cepsiaed n =
La Junta tribune., 1900-06-20

why Tower, Not Castle, of London.
London's most famous historical
building was named the ITO wer.' and
not the Castle" Of London. Most
fortresses OF Norman construction in
England keep the name OF castle Lon
don's Norman fortress alone bears an
other title. The reason is to be found
IN the methods Of Norman military ar
chitecture. A Norman fortress was
constructed of a tower or keep, with an
attendant castle. each having the same
relative importance. The first consta-
BILE OF the Tower called himself con
stable Of the Tower of London and its
attendant CASTLE Whereas in the
case Of most such buildings In England
the name castle has survived longest,
IN the cnse of the principal fortresses
at the capitnh Of Normandy and Of
Norman England the tower was the
chief part Of the Notifications. Thus
the castle at Rouen, like the castle at
London, always has been called the
Tour de Rouen. The white Tower
was 20 called because it, builder, Hen
r Ill. whitewashed II:
La Junta tribune., 1900-06-20
ChiIdrrn study TOO Much.

The examining system and Its ac-
campaigning evils are characterized us
"a National Crime at the Feet OF
American Parents'' by Edward Box In
The Ladies' Home Journal. mo child
under Is years of age" he contends.
Should be given any home study
whatever by his teachers. He should
have not more than from one hour to
four Of schooling each day. the hours
increasing with his years. Outside OF
school hours lie should have at least
three hours OF play. After 10 the brain
has another period Of rapid develop
ment. with special increase Of the
higher faculties. -Four hours OF school
Ing. then, is not too much. provided
the child's physical being is capable OF
1t. and in time an hour Of Isolated
study may be added But that is
enough.
= "Five hours OF brain work a day Is
the most that we should ask Of our
children. and the child should pass at
least two hours day In the open air.
Our boys and girls do not get enough
fresh air ana sunshine into their bodies
and natures. The higher institutions
OF learning understand the need of
physical development for brain growth
far better than do our lesser schools
and our homes-sad as It Is to acmit
It."
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-03
He Fights the Crows.

The king bird, most active and
pugnacious bird, may be found in
fields and along the roadsides. He is
commonly perched on a post or low
bough on the lookout for insects. His
sudden dart into the air or down to the
ground, followed by a return to the
post Of observation, is extremely char
acteristic. Sometimes one may even
hear the click of the bill which an
nounces the fate of the unhappy insect.
He is with us from May until Septem-
Der.
The king bird owes his name to tine
fact that he is the one small bird who
ventures to attack the marauding
crow, and that he always comes off
victorious Rising above his foe, he
drops upon his back, attacking him
with beak and claws until the unlucky
intruder makes off in ludicrous con-
sternation. The nest is usually placed
at moderate height on the horizontal
bOugh of a tree in the orchard or by
the wayside. Eggs are laid early in
June. The note is a sharp twitter, often
somewhat resembling that of the swal-
low.-Denver Republican.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-03

Among the stories told by certain
aged physicians at a reunion of mcdi-
cal men of the times when surgical op-
erations were conducted without an
aesthetics none was more touching
than the following:
A little girl, not more than years
old, was injured in such way that it
was necessary to amputate one of her
legs. She proved to be of wonderful
pluck, and instead Of binding her, as
was customary in such cases, she was
given her most cherished doll to hold
Pressing it in her arms, she submitted
to the amputation without single cry
When it was done, the physician in
charge, seeking to brighten matters up
with pleasantly, said, "And now, my
dear, we will amputate your dolls leg"
Then the little girl burst into tears.
mo, no" she gasped between her
sobs. "You shall notI 1t would hurt
her too muchy'
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-03
THE FEAR OF SOLITUDE.

] woke at dawn and, risen from my bed,
Gazed at the new born day serene and suave.
6lver and gold and pearl were overhead
Like shell! Garnered from the wave.
And such faint music from the morning sped
As mourners' singing by distant grave
Par out at a beating vessel bore
Westward with scarce discoverable speed,
Creeping athwart a distant island shore
That traced outline family fligreed
With creviced mountain whose low submits wore
cloudy chariot yoked with heecy steed
At foot little bay lay Graded deep
Whereon the idle fishing feet was drawn,
No ripple hurt the waters quiet sleep
That lay peaceful a garden lawn;
The lighthouse at the harbor mouth did peep
A flashing eye of red upon the dawn
10 voice heard any certain sound,
Save when the hungry seagull cried awhile;
All hushed and lonely that found
nameless fear in all this silent isle,
As though the very might rise and bound
~ And overwhelm me. 10, his treacherous smile
Some men there be who glory in such case,
mountain top immutable-a throne
I am such, and I face to face
With this fierce question now immediate grown
Am l afraid of God, who am base
/ dare not venture in such place alone?
Henry Bell in Spectator
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-03
The Original Brougham,

The original brougham, which was built
in 1888 under the personal supervision OF
Lord Chancellor Brougham, is now to be
seen in the machine and inventions divi
sion of the South Kensington museum
This small closed one horse carriage re-
placed the ponderous coach, but it has
some relics of bygone days. 1t has the
projecting case for holding swords which
could thus be accessible to the inside oc
cupant, "reminiscences of the days OF
highwaymen. 1t has also the inch thick
guard board in the rear, reminding one
of the days when defective police con
troll and other causes rendered polling by
the succeeding carriage a serious and i'm
fninent danger"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-03
Work,

Work is of a religious nature; work is
of brave nature which it is the aim of
all religion to be. "All work of man is as
the swimmer-a waste ocean threatens
to devour him; if he front it not bravcly
1t will keep it's word. By incessant wise
defiance of it, lusty rebuke and buffet of
it, behold how it Loyalty supports him.
bears him as its conqueror along. 1t is
So" says Goethe, with all things that
man undertakes In this world. "-Carlyle
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08

If one lands at Cape Town, the
capital of Cape Colony, and the
British outpost on the south coast of
Africa. he finds fruitful soil and a
delightful climate. For a hundred
miles from the coast conditions are
the same. Then, proceeding north
eastward, one reaches an area of
several hundred miles of desert and
mountain. Still farther on is the
"veld." or great rolling plain of the
Kimberley region, the Orange Free
State and Transvaal.
There are no trees Or bushes on the
weld. In the dry season, the grass is
burned down, and half covered with
yellow dust. A pitiless sun seems to
shoot perpendicular rays from the
sky. There is no comfort in the
landscape for man or beast. When
it begins, the Boer patriarch loads his
family into great canvas covered
wagons drawn by eight spans of oxen,
and driving his sheep and cattle be-
fore him, seeks watercourses that
have not dried up. While the drought
lasts, they all camp out. It ends with
weeks of steady and violent rains
that transform the weld into tropical
garden. Then the Boer goes to his
home.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08
DO you DRIFT?

Into every girls life and into every
woman's life comes a time when, con-
sciously, she decides whether she will
drift through it with definite aim in
view. To most that time arrives when
the girl leaves school and the routine
of the daily mental task and the daily
going to and fro at appointed houses
ceases to be obligatory.
The girl who must go to work to
earn money when she is through
school is not altogether to be pitied.
She has her course marked out and is
obliged to follow it, but it brings with
it unconsidered benefitin the acquire
ments of regular habits, trained hands
Or trained mind, and the enlarged
contact with the world outside of her
own narrow domestic and social cir
Gle.
The girl of rich or well-to do family
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08
An IMPORTANT SUGGESTION.

The Secretary of Agriculture touches
in his annual report, on an important
topic, when he points out the advan-
tage of establishing in the American
tropical islands some of the plants
whose products the United States i'm
ports from foreign countries to the
value of two hundred million dollars
a year. Nearly ali of them, the secre-
tary shows, can be produced in Porto
Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. Yet
the Importation of tropical products
into the country is four times as great
in value as the exports of all those is
lands.
In the islands mentioned there is
excellent opportunity, for instance,
to propagate and grow the trees and
shrubs which yield india-rubber. The
price of this article, which has grown
to be a necessity in American every
day life, has lately risen largely.
There is fear that before many years
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08
RAILROADS HAVE MADE 4 LARGE
INCREASE IN EQUIPMENT
DURING THE YEAR.

The wear 1899 was one of the most
| prosperous in the history of the rail-
roads of the country. 1t bas been
| difficult to meet the business offered.
There has been a large increase in
equipment and the returns to stock
holders have thereby been curtailed.
! The future, however, will demonstrate
! the wisdom of these expenditures.
During the year the traffic has been
great both ways on all roads, much OF
the freight being high class goods. 1t
| is stated that the passenger business
during the past eight months was in
volume only second to that establish
ed during the worlds fair.
Reviewing the business of the
western roads for the year just closed
Paul Norton, second vice president of
the Santa Fe says:
''The tonnage was expected to show
a handsome increase over 1898, and
has more than fulfilled it's promise.
The movement of live stock, coal,
lumber, manufactured articles and
general merchandise has been large
and particularly is this true of the
latter, which has demonstrated the
ability of the western country to pur-
chase and consume goods far beyond
| any previous history of the western
country.
"The outlook for business for 1900
is very propitious. There is every
reason to believe that the tonnage
for the new year will keep pace with
that of 1899. During the past year
there has been quite a good deal of
construction. Oklahoma and Indian
Territory both have more railroads
than they had a year ago. Northern
Iowa and Southern Minnesota have
both added to their mileage while
there are some new railroads being
built in California. Chicago will
benefit by the construction of most of
this new road because it opens up new
fields. Chicago is to be congratulated
on having railroad of it's own very
soon from Chicago to San Francisco
under the management of Chicago
people. Chicago and the railroad
entering the city are also to be con-
graduated on the operation of the
elevated tracks. There is every in
dication thai the railroads which have
already raised their tracks would not
go back to the old grade crossing at
any price,"
There were large increases in the
operating expenses of all western
railroads last month, which, it is
claimed, offset the gain in earnings.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08

The work of lynchers, notwithstand-
ing some instances of special
barbarity in Georgia, Louisiana and
Kentucky, has decreased during 1899,
being much smaller than in any year
since and including 1885. There were
1O7 lynched during the year.
The following figures show the
number of lynchings through series
of years: 1885, 1874; 1886, 1888; 1887; 1872;
1888, 142; 1889, 176; 1890, 1877; 1891, 1872;
1892, 2a5; 1898, 200; 1894, 100; 1895, III;
1896, 1871; 1897, 1866; 1898, 1877; 1899, 1O7.
Lynchings occurred only in the fol-
lowing States: Alabama 6; Arkansas,
IL; Florida, 6; Georgia, %; Kansas, 8;
North Carolina, 8; Pennsylvania, L;
South Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 4; Tex
as, 8; Kentucky, 8; Louisiana, 10;
Mississippi, IA; Missouri, 8; Virginia,
1: West Virginia, 1; Oklahoma, 1.
Of these lynchings, 103 occurred in
the South and four in the North. OF
the total number eighty-four were
negroes and twenty three whites.
The alleged crimes for whichitheywere
lynched were as follows: Murder, As;
completely in murder, II; assault, II;
bad reputation, s.; arson, 6; race pref
udice, 5; unknown offences, 4; aiding
criminals to escape, s.; suspected ar
son, 1; inf1ammatory language, 1; no
offence alleged, 1; mistaken identity,
l.; highway robbery. 1; arson and
murder, 1; robbery, 5.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08
the wild native product of Brazil will

be exhausted.
The cultivation of the rubber plant
is easy; and it has been propagated
with success by the English in Ceylon
and other colonies. To produce we'll,
the Brazilian rubber tree must grow
in the forest, under moist, shaded
conditions which are easily attainable
in the Philippine Islands. 1t is pos
sible that in the future the worlds
rubber supply may largely come from
the Philippines.
America might, Of course, buy it's
tropical products in foreign countries,
but if the production of all these
things were established largely in the
islands which have lately passed
under the United States, it would
be mostly in the hands of American
citizens, and would greatly extend
American industry and increase
American wealth. Youths Conapan-
ION.
1t is probable that the present
month will be marked by complete
reorganization of the military COM
mands in Cuba. The impression pre-
walls that there will be heavy re-
duction in these commands, and it is
intimated that the outcome will be
the creation of two departments, in
stead of six, which originally COM
prised Cuba, and the four into which
the island is now divided.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08

is not forced into course that leads
to self development, but can choose
either to go on with the training of
her mind by setting aside certain
hours of each day for systematic study,
reading, household tasks, music or
art, as her taste may suggest, or to
let herself drift, blown hither and
thither by each caprice and fancy.
Usually her one idea on leaving school
is to have what she calls a "good
time" She rises in the morning with
out any definite idea of how she is
going to spend the day; she dawdles
down to breakfast and dawdles over
it. She waits for suggestion from
without to guide the current of the day.
If no suggestion comes, she probably
spends the time with a little fancy
work, little novel reading and a
great deal of gossip. If she is fond of
active amusements, and goes into
society, she will lead buster life; but,
sooner or later, all this will pail upon
her. Amusement as spice to work
is wholesome and even necessary;
amusement as a pursuit is fatal to any
strength of character.
The girl without regular habits and
an unframed mind may marry. If
she does her household will probably
be scene of confusion, and her chill
dren Inbred. She may, if she is nat
urally a sensible girl, pull herself up
sharply when responsibilities are
thrust upon her, but it will be hard
pull up steep and stoney road, and
she will feel inclined to blame her
parents even more than herself for
her ignorance of the serious side of
life. But what of the purposeless
girl who does not marry? We all
know what becomes of the unsteered
boat. Are human lives of less account?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08

A Happy New Year in reality fell to
the lot of nearly every person en-
ployed in the great WOODEN industry
of New England Jan. 1st., when a
general advance of wages went into
effect. The increase takes effect in
all mills owned and operated by the
American Wooden company, which is
situated in six of the Eastern States.
All larger companies independent of
the combine have taken similar action
and there are few small independent
concerns in New England that have
not given their employees a raise yet.
It is estimated that the advance di-
rectly affects 10000 hands and in
directly nearly 200, 900 persons. There
are no figures available by which it
can be accurately stated just how
much the advance foots up, but it is
estimated that it will mean an addition
of from $4,000 to $35, 900 per week
to wooden operatives in New England.
The wooden industry at the present
time is in better condition than for
many years. AICAouSu PRICES VI "ooi
are higher, prices Of goods have been
raised considerably by the manufact-
urers and with good demand. The
mill men decided that the operatives
were entitled to voluntary advance.
1t is expected that after this wages in
the industry will be as high as in the
busy times prior to the great de-
preston which began early in 1899.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08
PROBATE BUSINESS.

The following business was transacted
by the probate court during the past week :
Jennie 1. Hall, insane, Irasburgh.
Guardian settles his final account.
Edmund Genest, minor, Derby. Adopt
ed and made heir! at law of Francis and
Carrie M. Mitchell, and name changed to
Walter E. Mitchell.
Charles w. Duke estate, Barton. Com
missioners' report returned and accepted.
John Miles estate, Bloomington. Ad-
ministrator's inventory returned and
accepted.
VIM. G. Hawkins, non compos. Barton.
Guardian applies for license to sell real es-
tate. Referred to Barton, Jan. 18th 1900.
Mary J. l.. Cleveland trust estate, Coven-
try. w. E. Niles appointed trustee in place
of Salmon Nye, former trustee, deceased.
A. G. Sleeper executor of s. Nye's estate
settles former trustees account.
B. F. Paine estate, Jay. Commissioners
report returned and accepted.
Russell P. Hitchcock estate, Albany.
istratrix. c. E. Rogers and G.F. Lawrence
appraisers and commissioners.
Cyrus G. Clark estate, Charleston. Last
will presented for probate by Maria Clark,
executrix therein named. Referred to Jan.
18th 1900.
Frances A. Blake estate, Barto Ad-
illustrators inventory returned and ac-
cepted.
Oscar J. Cook estate, Barton. Admins
traitors inventory returned and accepted.
Elmira Breer adoption. Newport.
Adopted and made heir at law of Frank I'll.
and Lucia A. Chapman of Westfeld, and
name changed to Ethel Margaret Chapman.