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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-10-19

Memphis Is the fastest growing town
In the South. Twenty years ago. when
the tenth census WAS taken. Seattle,
Superior City and South Omaha did
not exist. Spokane had n population Of
$50 people. Butte hnd 3.:iEi. Portland.
Oregon. 1900; East ~. Louis. 5000.
and Los Angeles. li.1pp.
The only cities that have fallen on
In population during the last ten yeaTs
are the following:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-10-19

A full set of Audobon's "Birds OF
America" with life-size colorcd copper
plate cngravings, is for sale ut book
store in Denver. 1t is held Mt $500 and
should go into some school or public
library.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28

British. At first all is apparent CON-
fusion, but his is more imaginary than
real, for a few minutes after the bugle
has sounded, every man stands silent at
his post waiting for the order to COM
menec hCstilities.
everything else that it is not likely to be
of Use, for a good deal of harm might
be done by flying splinters, in addition
to the risk of the wood catching fire, as
was the case, it will be remembered,
with the ships which attempted to es-
cape from the Santiago harbor during
the Spanish-American war.
Steel splinters are to be guarded
against and accordingly steel wire splin-
ter nets are put up.
Perched up just in front of the enor-
NOUS guns forWard is a little round
house, called the conning-toWer, and here
the captain of the ship stands n directs
the mimic fight. The little house is heav-
lily armored and contains a steam steer
ing-wheel and tubes connecting with the
engine-room and gun houses III the
rooms from which the deadly torpedoes
are fired.
stationed behind the deadly Maxim and
other small quick-fring guns, on the
lookout for any torpedo-boat of "our
friend the enemy which is hardly
enough to venture within range.
A special lookout, too, is kept Tor any
of the men of the enemy's ship unlucky
enough to expose themselves. Should
they do so, the quick-firing guns in the
f~ghting-tops get ito work briskly.
Down on the main deck the four big
guns, the vessels main armament, are
at work splitting out shells weighing $50
pounds each at the rate of two per min
ute.
These guns are protected by the latest
Sruarfod ctaa1 armnT from IL TO Ia lnCneS
in thickness. The shells are supplied to
the great Aston guns by machinery, for
no man could possibly lift one of these
masses OF concentrated explosive matter
encased in a shell standing as high as
himself. A handle is turned here and a
lever pulled there and the giant shot goes
crashing through the sides of the enc
my's ships.
n the forecastle, the part of the yes
sci set aside more especially for the men,
blue Jackets are busy securing anchors
and cables, taking down rails, davits and
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JUGaLERs DOING THE CELEBRATED BASKET TRICK.

smacking his stomach, and 70 once he is
quiet M not a sound is heard. When
the juggler eats fire he lights a lot OF
paper and shove it with ~ohOpsticks far
down his throat. He pretends THAT the
fire does not go out, and tanning his
ears he cause his mouth and nostrils
to emit smoke like a small steamer.
This trick, if not prevented by con-
scientious Europeans, he will u into
one of his most disgusting, to the delight
of his Filipino audience.
The trick itself is simple and harm
less: the fire shoulders n when he
breathes hard the confined smoke es-
capes.
He can also make a full-grown rabbit
to come forth out Of la was known
to be a bundle of rags and make it walk
about your steps.
A very clever trick is that of swallow
ing ten or more needles. The juggler
follows them with a piece of silk thread
one end of which remains outside. Pull
out the thread and you will feel it move
through the eyes Of all the needles. The
most Of the jugglers are accompanied
by little boys with 1.-THE limbs, h do
wonderful acrobatic feats.
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tiful as ever. And the same witt the
odds n ends of wash silks that are
new with they year. Have you ever heard
of laundering hats?. Maybe not. yet they
do 1t this season.
It is during the holiday period that
"chiffons' are SO useful, as they give a
dressy character to the plainest garb
when properly chosen. "Chiffons" is a
French term applied to the dainty tri-
fies which adorn, yet are not strict
"necessaries" of toilette. Yet how nee
essary they are to a woman of taste
with an eye to identifying herself! 1t
may be added that If 'chiffons" are a
delight in the hands of the tasteful. they
are verftable horrors wnen selected and
manipulated by the vulgar.
1t Is when we are touring that "chff-
fons' are SO desirable. Say that we own
a plain tailor coat and skirt of royal
blue cloth, we'll cut. we'll made. Worn
with a plain sailor hat n an ordinary
Bingham shirt. with plain satin tile this
Is a severe everyday costume. But let
the wearer select a charming front OF
satin, lace or muslin: let her don a
smart neck-finish or lace tie; let her
put on an elegant straw hat of-say-the
shade of her ~en-tout-cas and of her silk
petticoat and she Is fit for almost any
country occasion short OF an important
visit, a flower shcw or a garden party
society functions which call for our.
lightest muslins, our prettiest silks
LII "tS 49, ~ S~o
ready-made. But they car be turned out
cheaply enough at home, with a little
taste, a little trouble, a few minuNes
thought and some odds and ends of silk
and lace. Be careful though, to purchase
one to use as a pattern or your work
will have that sad, "all but" appearance
which so often marks homemade neck
wear.
AS to materials, we have revived ere
pom, and idealized it until it looks IKE
crepe de Chiee. but it is more durable
and attainable in price; fancy plque
'stoile a voile"-a coarse and effective
make of Observation-Disclosures mohairs.
embroidered muslin. colrred linen, and
every variety f fulard, some of the pref
test of which have stripes o. shepherds
plaid, alternating with floral sprays,
spots mixed with flowers, and some
loosely wove woolens, known under the
name of "Bure canvas" Vatican linen.
hair lines in every color of silk on a
KHAKI ground, zigzag stripes. hinese
silk, printed with fresh floral designs
others with spiders webs and tiny spots.
ar | flowerlets or leaves in black on
everything.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28
FILIPINO FAKIR 0F
THE PHILIPPINES
The Entertaining Half-Breed Who
Makes His Living by Doing Won
derful Tricks in Our Colo
NAL Possessions.

Manila, June 15.-The Filipino juggler
is, to use a ~Yankeeeism, a sleek thing!
Born of Japanese parents, with a rae
of Chinese blood wandering through his
veins, nursed in the hills of the islands
that, within recent history, have never
been at peace, and compelled to carr his
livelihood as best as he can, he has
brought the art Of juggling up to one Of
the exact sciences.
In juggling a be. counted all the
tricks. generally known as those belong
ing to the Hindoo fakir, and those won-
derful personal feats which have made
the juggler of the Orient famous from
time without date.
In the very heart Of the Philippines,
wherever you find a white settlement,
you see these jugglers. They are a vii
lainou looking lot, thin faced, with
spidery legs n bodies so dirty that
you wonder If the air yer penetrates
the cells of the skin.
Wretched in morals, apparently with
out one trace at that natural senti-
ment which prevails among human ma
ture, they live and thrive % at least con-
tinue to exist, n all through the mar
Vicious feats which provoke a foreigner
to exclamationS of amazement and make
even the Spanish who have seen them
forver. stop and look on with interest.
Happening the other day to pass
through a tiny American settlement not
far from the city of Manila, your cor
respondent saw a group of white people
and, in the midst, a couple of these half
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28
SHAPED
SUMMER SLEEVES
THEY CAN BE WORN WITH THY
OLD FASHIONED LACE UNDER
SLEEVE OR WITH ONLY THE
JINGLING BRACELETS.

Paris, July 27.-It has been positively
chilly here when you consider that the
goddess of hummer is accustomed to
demand her homage of discomfort and
background, except as coquettish toys,
and the parasol has been carried as a
picturesque addition to the toilette. Cool
breezes nave blown from the Seine, and
the Eiffel tower, with it's pretty balco-
MES, has been quite the coolest spo this
side of Norway, where, by the way,
many of the fashionable people Aave
have gone for the month";
Incited to fresh effort by the weather
and the throngs of well attired folk the
and inventing( scheming and planning
until they have actually brought inmid-
summer modes and fancies. fads n re-
alities that are new n pretty n some
of them very comnendable.
Perhaps the greatest change is in the
give a renewed lease of life to the bolero
and the Elton.
Picturesque "Frondeuse'' sleeves are
made to reach bow the elbow, n are
turned up with a jaunty rever whence
comes a puff Of lace to imprison the
elbow, and q jabot or frill of lace, mar
row at the bend of the elbow and length
ening gradually into a deep frill. This
is the smartest sleeve Of ali. 1t is quite
feasible for outdoor wear with a long
ruffled suede glove, but there are end
less other varieties.
THE NEW SLEEVE.
The most poplar, perhaps, will be the
plain sleeve cut away a good deal below
tn elbow, and finished with a puff and
tlounce of transparent lace. The bell
sleeve is bein successfully revived. 1t is
made plain or finely Killed. and opens
piece lace, gathered into a wrists or
on an under-sleeve of white muslin "r
band of black velvet. Sleeves tucked
lengthwise nave the fitness escaping &c
the elbow into a puff, which goes pack
into it's former tucked condition as far
as the wrist where it spreads into the
funnel-shaped cuff. The gret art in the
very long sleeves is to make them as
close fitting as a glove at The wrist, al
lowing the funnel" to spread out like
the petals of a lily round the hand itself.
The ''mitaine' sleeve fits the arm
closely, and comes over the hand to form
a lace mitten. The sleeve is often made
to droop at the shoulder, showing the top
of the arm
In tea gowns, fanciful sleeves have
full scope; three soft puffs and a rrill
of lace. or a ruffled elbow sleeve with
a deep fall of lace ar much seen. The
elbow sleeve, however. does not always
imply a frill or a ruffle, it is often fin
ished off with a simple rever, a drapery.
or a garter of black velvet ribbon tied
in a bow.
We also have a sleeve which is of
lace or pleated silk muslin
from elbow to wrist. and another, not
quite SO new, showing a transparent
lace top, whence the material Is softly
draped. A more matronly style has d
wide bow of lace and ribbon tied across
the elbow.
Some OF the boleros are the smartest
things Imaginable. They are made OF
bias-shaped pieces of silk. Your CORE
spondent has just seen one in black glace
silk. Every piece was edged with a tiny
embroidery of black chenille, and the el-
bow sleeves, embroidered with chenille,
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ENGLANDS bATTLEsH|PS ARE READY FOR ACTION
GUS WHITES SQUADRON INDUCES DALI IN HI SPIRITED WAR DRILLS LAT HAv
A ENGLAND FAMOUS

It is universally acknowledged In ma
val circles that England expects to go
tc war with China, not a mild warfare as
at present, in which it is one of the sew
eral powers hat aim to bring the Celes-
tails into a proper line of conduct with
the CIVILIZED world; but alone, by itself, it
will fight China and the powers may or
may not join in.
And the conflict will be upon the sea.
China's great seacoast will be lined with
Chinese warships and, bombarding them
and breaking through them, will be Eng
lands mighty men-of-war.
And England is getting ready for the
occasion Always in good laval discipline,
she is now practicing as seldom, If ever,
before. Once a week and sometimes oft
ener, the well-known beautiful call
"Quarters for Action" rings out on every
British warship in active service and
every man on board, from the captain
d~ownwards, Immediately prepares to give
the imaginary foe as warm a reception
as the strength in the guns and men of
the steel built monster will permit.
The foe is supposed to be attacking
hotly, and every effort is made to pre-
vent his guns, torpedoes and ann from
doing their deadly work and to bring
into play to the best advantage these
weapons of destruction carried by the
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find the secret Of the trick. II there Is
any. The performer is always naked
t o the waist, the matches are genuine,
and the trick is performed every day In
almost every street at every theater and
market place. Even tOUAics who have
only one or two days, or. as sometimes
is the case, but a few hours time in the
town can witness on the hotel steps all
and more tricks than have been men,
toned.
Every juggler carries a sword, and
every n of them is able to fill his stom-
ach with cold iron when rice is not han
dy. Not fancy and flexible pieces Of
FURNISHED steel that accommodatingly
wind and twist to the wishes of the Eu-
ropean slight -of-hand performer, but a
rude. rusty, Jagged piece of metal re-
sembling hoop iron, Is the sword of the
Filipino juggler. They are two and
sometimes three feet long, and are
thrust far downward into the body.
The performer then struts about
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into the basket and the basket pulled
apart strand by strand. When the work
of destroying the basket was completed
the rabbits and the boy hal disappeared.
A very common but dangerous trick
is that of swallowing iron balls, usually
performed by the street fakir or beggar.
1t is sometimes kept until the last, as it
usually leaves the performer in an un-
enviable and miserable state of health.
The iron balls used are usually about
one and a half to two inches in diam
eter, made of rough cast iron. One is
swallowed and it's progress down the
throat is easily traced by the huge lump
that appears. Another ball is entered
into the mouth and made to ollow
The performer now begins to feel I'M
comfortable, the pupils of his eyes di-
late and his face changes color under
the dirt. The next ball, the third, is sent
on it's dark way, and is seen to go very
slowly down the throat. Now comes the
disgusting part to watch his antics as
he exerts all his energy and force to get
it down.
A DANGEROUS FEAT.
After the lump caused by this ball
again disappears, he gives a great
sharply on his feet, when can be easily
heard the sharp click as the third ball
comes in contact with its fellows,
Then follows the minute of horrible
agony as he strains himself In great
pain, his hands Pressing his stomach and
badly bent almost double. He coughs and
forces until one, then two, then the last
ball all roll from the mouth into the
dirt. Not long ago one of this class of
men was doing a trick outside of Manila.
One of the iron pills preferred to remain
in his tomach rather than come out in
the open air again, in of
which the victim died in fearful agony
before our eyes.
The trick of the match sticks IDS as
follows: The juggler takes three or four
common sulphu matches and enters
them one by one into his ear. After a
few seconds of facial contortions he
brings the matches out of his nostrils
or up through his mouth. He them pro-
ceeds to lift his eyelids and slowly but
steadily pushes the splinters7 over the
eyeballs into his head, when they, find
their way out through his ears.
Perhaps some of the readers Of this
will exclaim "a physical inapossibility!!"
All the writer can say is that men with
sharper eyes than mine have failed to
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%broidered or finely braided with silk

prolueIeu OF Hnely DralQeQ with SILK
cords.
They make the little coat Of plain or
fancy silk. satin-faced cloth. cachemire
wolfe. glace silk or fancy sateen. There
are so many new materials from which
to choose: after all 1T is the cut not the
cloth that make the coat.
FOR THE NECK.
Let not your heart be troubled, If neck
garniture seem expensive. and If they
are frail and can be worn but a day.
Many are he devices for prolonging
their lives. not the least of which is the
employment Of wash silks and wash
laces. These are combined and made up
together in pretty ways, so attractive
as to be quite irresistible, yet, contrary
to the general run of pretty things, they
are not so very frail.
French ingenuity, with fairylike fin-
gers. has taken these bits Of lace and
silk and made them into things OF beau
ty. But when soiled they can be laun-
dered. yes, thrown into the tub and
washed. You would be amazed were you
to see Marie, the French maid. at work
upon them.
With brown, but shapely fingers she
scrubs and manipulates them, pounds
m turns them, squeezes and uips them,
until they come forth white r beau
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everything else which might possibly OBJ
struct the fire of the big turret guns.
Great steel hawsers six inches thick are
mad ready to be passed to another ves-
sci in case the enemy succeeds in disa-
bling the engines. All the boats are
drawn up inboard, covered with canvas,
and hawsers wound around them, so that
should a shell from the enemy's gun hap
pen to strike them, the risk of injury to
the men from flying %splinters is reduced
to a. minimum.
Down on the next deck are about a
dozen siX-inch quick-firers-that is. guns
ethrowing shot nearly six inches in diam
ter, and weighing 100 pounds each at the
rate of about II or Is per n u
The ammunition is supplied to the guns
by means of ammunition hoists. and a
special party is usually told off to see
that this work is one with the greatest
promptitude, for everything depends up
on the guns not being kept waiting for
food"
In another part of the vessel, in the tor
pedo rooms, small knots of men stand
ready to release these messengers OF
death, each one of which is able to &C
count for a first-class battleship.
Away in the sick bay another grim
scene is enacted. Spread out on ampu-
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were finished or with garters Of black
velvet ribbon. This was a useful little
garment. destined to be worn with
sleeveless blouses of lace or chiffon.
Mrs. Ambassador Porter recentlv wcra
n which could not be equalled for
smartness. 1t was of black glace silk,
tucked front and back. the most brilliant
white satin lining cleaning at the wrists,
the collar and at the lapels which were
overland with guipure lace
White cloth is immensely worn, so are
fancy silks. The general tendency Is
towards the large cape collars Of 1880.
They are made in white MORE. double
or single. in lace and in muslin with
tiny tucks and lace insertion, or In fine
colored silk linen. The smarteset coats
have them as revers, coming we'll over
the shoulders and fastened with links
and chains. They also grace many of the
boleros. which are made of the richest
gold embroidered materials. Some in
very pale fawn cloth are entirely en-
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A GREAT TRICK.
Right there, in The open ground. with
no shelter aroun them. seated upon
nothing more than a little heap Of Qirt.
one of the men tool long strips OF &eed
and braiding them deftly, quickly TUNED
them into a basket. When the ba3ket
was completed it vas oun that deere
had been left no opening at the Top.
Running his knife around it, one ofsthe
jugglers quickly slit it open. when
what should appear, but a rabbit, cloeely
followed by a little boy. Apparentlysen-
ragged at the appearance of these uhin-
vited guests upon the scene, the juggler
took the basket and throwing 1t upon
the ground. stamped upon it and bent It
n turned it with his hands. Then lay
ing it on the ground. he straightened it
out, and behold it was a basket again
but with no opening. The slit had dis
appeared.
Without a seconds hesitation n
dark-browed fellow ran his knife again
along the edge of the basket and laid It
open, when out popped another rabbit,
followed by a third, n a fourth. All
dirty looking specimens. Finally all the
rabbits and the boy were stuffed again
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SHE WAS SENSITIVE.

Baltimore American: ''Your face Is like
an open book sighed Mr.. Softeigh to Miss
Gooph, accompanying the remark with
what he though was his most Winnins
smile.
IF had as big a mouth as yours. I
would not talk about other peoples.
shifted the young lady as she founced out
of the room, thus teaching the young man
to cling to the good, old, unmistakable
taffy-talk when he desires to be compii'
mentary.
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Eating tables are cases of instruments
ready for use on the wounde as they are
lowered by means of chutes into this part
of the vessel.
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A GREAT TRICK.

breed ~jugglers. They were performing
the basket trick.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-02-09
Hicks Forecast for February.

Snow will fall in most sections of
the north about the End to 4th and a
general change tOrising barometer and
much colder will follow the storm and
last for three or four days. From the
9th to 9Th look for reaction to warmer,
for return of falling barometer and
more rain, turning to snow in the
northern parts Of the country. The
regular Vulcan storm period is also
central on the 18th, affecting the 11th
to 10Th. About Tuesday the 18th, to
Friday the 18th, look for a marked
and general fall of the barometer, end
ing in severe storms, being charac-
terized by rain. wind and thunder in
southern sections, turning to general
and heavy sleet northward and end
ing with a cold wave and February
blizzard over much of the country CEN
trail and northward.
February, as a rule, is a dirty, disa-
greeable month, furries of rain. sleet
and snow being Of very frequent occur
renee, and cloudiness often prevails
almost!conStantly. The present month
will not be an exception to the general
rule, except that more real winter cold
will. in all probability, prevail. 1t is
perfectly natural that unstable and
disagreeable weather should charac.
terizes this month. To agreat extent
it is the battle ground between real
winter and advancing spring. High
and low temperature contend con-
for the supremacy, the ad-
vancing warmth from the south fight
its way in the face of the receding
winter to the north. Hence wind
current fuctuate and tendency to
precipitation in one or other form pre-.
walls. In central to southern sections
February usually brings the breaking
up of frozen streams and rivers often
life and property in the
rash, gOrging and overflow that fol-
The month goes out with grow
ng restlesses of the atmosphere. and
endency to electrical storms, such be-
ng the rule with Moon perigee and on
he equator, the former on February
9Th and the latter on March first.