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The daily sentinel., 1900-04-03
THE PAGES DIFFICULTY.
An Amusing Incident At = Georgia
WeddinE-HorriAed Mamma

Northumberland Mamma.
An amusing story comes from At
lanta, but tho incident happened sew
eral seasons ago. says the Gales burg
(Ga.) Mail. The occasion was swell
church wedding. The ediflce had been
gloriously decorated. The bride, sur
rounded by company of pages, flower
girls and maids Of honor, was slowly
passing down the aisle, while the pros
pective bridegroom and his best man
and the officiating clergyman were TAX
ing their places. The church organ
was pealing forth the sounds as OF
Joyous wedding bells. Fashionable
people dressed for the occasion occu-
pied the seats of the handsome church.
1t SO happened that one of the pages
had in the rush of business prepara-
tory to dressing for the occasion been
turned over to the care OF a nurse. AS
he proceeded down the main aisle of
youngsters, who, in white satin suits,
were doing the honors Of each respec-
tive household. he suddenly espied his
mother seated in one Of the pews. At
this point the organist began playing
softly as the wedding party passed to
the altar. Then, above the gentle
strains of music. clear az bird. could
be heard the voice Of the aforesaid
small boy: Mamma" he shrilly cried,
nurse put on my panties wrong side
before and I can't hardly walk" OF
course the Mortified mamma could do
nothing but blush scarlet. but lifted a
prayer to heaven that the young scion
would keep still from that time on.
And he did and received hearty kiss
from the bride at the close of the cere-
mony. This is true story and can be
vouched for by those who attended the
wedding.
The daily sentinel., 1900-04-03
Not in the Trust

We are selling the Smell lines of wheels
under any wheel that is contracted by
the American Bicycle trust. We can
show you points of improvement on all
other make of wheels. Call and see
them and get catalogue. P. A. Whistler.
The daily sentinel., 1900-04-03
New Time Card.

BY the new schedule Grand junction
has three trains to Denver on the broad
guage and one OH the narrow guage and
has four arriving trains.
ARRIVE.
Train No. 5, 11:16 p. m.
l, 1:15 a. N.
3, 1870
LEAVE.
Train No. 4, 500 a. N.
6, $50 p. m.
2, 12:49 a. NJ.
Midland Time Card.
Arrives Leaves
No. 105, 11:O9 pm No. 104, 6:O6 m
" l03, IO:4O m No. lO6. $40 p m
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Office.

To the patrons and water takers Of the
Grand Junction Water Co., in the city
Of Grand junction, Colorado,
Gentlemen:-On and after the first
day OF April next, the Grand junction
Water Company. will furnish water free
to it's consumers for private use during
the term OF the schedule made by the
city OF Grand Junction, whether it be for
one day or five years.
The Grand Junction Water Co.,
L. M. Miller, Supt.
All the delinquent consumers Of the
Water Company will please call at office
and settle their account up to April 1st.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09
There.Il Como a Dax.

There'll come day when the supremes
splendor
OF earth, or sky, or sea,
Whateer their miracles, sublime or ten
der,
VIII wake no JOY in me-
There'i come a day when all the as
pration
Now with ch fervor fraught
AS lifts to heights Of GREATNESS exalta-
tion,
VIII seem a thing of naught
Therell come a day when riches. hon
or, glory,
Music and song and art.
VIII look like puppets in worn-out
story,
Where each has played his part.
There'll come a day when human love,
the sweetest
Gift that includes the whole
or GODS grand ing-sovereignest COM
pletest-
Shall fail to fill my soul
Hhere'l come day. shall not care
how passes
The cloud across my sight
vi only lark-like. from earth's nested
grasses
1 spring to meet its light.
Margaret Junkin Preston.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09
Labor Agitation In cnhn.


Advices from Havana, Cuba, are that
the stonemasons have rejected the Of
fers of the employers of $3.50 per day
and nine hours work. The men said
they would go to work for SO a day and
eight hours work A committee of Gu
ban fishermen and boatmen has issNed
a manifesto, saying that by union they
can get better prices for their fish.
They also called upon the owners OF
fishing boats to pay a part of the ex-
penses for salt and other charges. The
omnibus and street car conductors and
drivers threaten to strike If their wages
are not increased to $72 a month for
conductors and $50 for drivers. Be-
fore American rule came to Cuba,
strikes were not nearly so numerous as
they have been since then This does
not mean that the condition OF the
toiler has changed for the worse it
means that the gag has been taken
from his mouth, the handcuff from
his wrist. It means, also, that there
is very little il any substance in the
danger discerned by anti-expansionists
that prices Of American labor would
be depressed by an underpaid COMPETE
ton in our newly acquired possessions
The underpaid chaps appear to be
scrambling quite lively to get on top
OF the heap; they certainly manifest
no disposition to remain content while
underpaid
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09


A better picture of existing condi-
fions cannot be painted than that in the
little story where two men recently
investigated the literary taste of 200
men and women employed in a mill.
an order that they might get ideas for
the establishment of a public library.
According to the Philadelphia Record
they found that not a single one of
these 200 had ever read a line of
Dickens, Thackeray or Scott. to saw
nothing of the equally great but less
known novelists. No poet was thor
oughly known, though Longfellow's
Psalm of Life" Poe's Raven" and
Tennyson's Charge of the Light Bri-
gade" were mentioned by II. Among
the women certain books-novels-
were cited as being very good, but the
names OF these books had never been
heard OF by the Investigators before
and none of the readers themselves
knew the names of the authors. Some
of the men professed to be fond of read
ing history, but if they were asked
whose history they would say. "Oh
the history of this country or England
or ancient history" so it was evident
that their historical taste was not very
strong, after all. Kipling had been
heard of as sick man. Stephen Crane
was unknown, as was Thomas Hardy
Meredith, Howeils, James and the rest
Of the principal novelists. Rider Hag-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09
salvation Army Farm.

The Darkest England scheme fol
raising the submerged tenth" is d.
Nided into three branches-city shelf
ers, farm colony in England and an
oversee colony Hadleigh farm col
ony, about 38 miles from London, is
beautifully situated on an estuary oil
the Thames some five miles from
bouthend, and comprises 1850 acres OF
ali sorts of land, which about II
years ago was quite a wilderness. But
under the skillful management and
the labor OF men who heretofore were
a loss and a danger to the community
great change has been made in the
vast area of derelict Essex farms, so
great indeed that last year the gross
turnover was $125,000 Brick kilns
show that the army is engaged in
other pursuits as well as farming. At
the base Of the hill, which starts al
most at the railway embankment, are
three brick fields, whose total output
for last year was 100000 bricks. yield
tng to the credit of the colony $23, 500.
AT present this wide-reaching estate
Us worked by 300 men, clad in motley
garments, but nearly all wearing good,
strong, serviceable boots. The hous-
tng OF the 'colonists" is simply ar
ranged. There are two larger dormi-
tories, with 80 or 40 beds in each,
where new arrivals are lodged. AS
they prove themselves ready and will
ing workers, they go up a grade to
another building, occupying a room
where there are ten beds and then
TO room with only three, and lastly,
some few get small rooms to them
selves. A newcomer is given any work
to do, and allowed one shilling a day
for the first fortnight or so, even If
he does not earn it, This payment is
made in colony coins brass discs,
marked 4d., 3D., Id. and I'D, of no
value outside the farm. If the worker
proves energetic and quick he can earn
Anything up to four shillings or five
lshillings day, and when he leaves he
gets in return for savings he may have
accumulated equivalent current coin of
the realm, amounting sometimes to as
much as ga, or $40. Last year out OF
l775 men drafted to the farm 909 were
restored to their friends and helped
into good situations, and all of them
are still apparently doing we'll, Down
here" said the manager, I'VE begin
work at o'clock in the morning, and
go on till 6 in the evening, with an
hour and three-quarters off for meals.
III fresh hand seems inclined to loaf
I'VE give him less food and let him know
why he has been locked Our laborers
can have what they like to buy for
meals. For breakfast the charges are
Tea, Id. per pint; bread and jam or
Butter, I'D per slice; spiced meat, Id.
per plate; timed salmon, lid; three
sardines, Id; ham or beef, I'd; cheese,
Id. Dinner Hot roast beef or mutton.
Sd; stewed meat, hash or pie, 3D.;
cold or hot bacon, 3D.; potatoes, I'D;
seasonable vegetables, Nd; pudding,
Id; bread, I'D; tea, I'D per pint
Tea is the same as at breakfast. Thus
a man can make good breakfast and
tea for Sd. meal. and a dinner for 4d
or Cd"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

Organized labor in Kansas City, Mo-,
proposes to build a labor temple, to
cost $4,000. The site, corner of Tenth
street and Baltimore avenue, is to cost
100000. The unions have issued an
appeal, saying they will pay for the
temple if the public will pay for the
lot. Just why the public should donate
a town lot to organized labor is not
clear. Organized labor is the best-paid
labor in the world. A labor organiza-
ton is not philantnropic institution,
like hospital or an asylum. 1t is
business proposition, first and foremost,
aiming to get the greatest compensa-
ton for the least exertion. 1 suppose
1t is all right to get lot that way
If one can, just as 1t would be all right
for me to induce someone to give me
lot, If | could. Can organized labor
really afford to proclaim that it cannot
build itself home unless the charit-
able assist?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09


st. Paul horseshoers have raised
their prices.
Japan's tea crop is enormous and
prices will be low.
Milwaukee is now the largest manu-
facturer of bicycles.
Southern cotton mills find it diff
cult to obtain sufficient labor.
American timber is being used for
sleepers on Japanese railways.
More than 1000 kinds of rubber
shoes are made in the United States.
The output of the East Indian cotton
mills last year was in excess of the de-
mand.
Exclusion of inferior tea from the
United States has increased its sale in
Great Britain.
The new mining law of Illinois is
satisfactory to miners. Every mine
now has certified mine examiner.
The furniture manufacturers of Wis
consin have Joined the national trust
and raised prices of chamber suits 81
and more.
A great day is awaiting to descend,
great day of God, in which we will
not use men to make money, but will
use money to make men. Edwin
Markham.
Georgia's increase in aggregate val
ues returned for taxation to the Office
of the controller general for the year
1899 is sS,sOS,674 over the amount for
last year.
Harlem fiat owners are talking about
organizing an association which shall
have for its object the securing of leg
islation that will give them the right
to hold the furniture Of a tenant who
tries to leave without paying rent.
Coal men throughout the country are
watching with interest coal channel
ing machine recently patented by a
Bellaire (O) man, for which it is
claimed that it combines the qualities
OF speed. facility of operation and dura-
bility.
Professor Ely once said: "The trou-
BILE lies in what to do with the twenti-
eth man. Nineteen employers win
grant fair conditions to their work
men; the twentieth, only considering
his profits, refuses, and ultimately
forces the other nineteen to his level.
The Midland Mechanic, Kansas Citv
tells a true story when it says some
union men can assess themselves 81 a
day for booze, but when a 1O-cent as
sessment Is levied by his union for
some worthy purpose a howl goes nm
that would put hungry wolf in the
shade.
Ninety per cent. of the zinc producers
in the Joplin (Mo.) district have sbnt
down in compliance with an order
from the Missouri and Kansas Zinc
Miners association, in an effort to force
the shelters to pay schedule of prices
laid down by the association a few
weeks since, and to which the smelters
refused to accede.
In the big sewers being dug In Chi
cago machine is boring sewers forty
feet beneath the surface of the streets
faster than three gangs of brick-layers
can lay the brick to enclose the sewer
The machine requires only 1OO-horse-
power engine, and It's work is wholly
automatic from the moving Of itsei,
10 the hauling away of the earth and
dumping 1t on the outside.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

Your Uncle Samuel is an inquisitiye
fellow. No sooner does he get a new
nation or country to play with than
fgurately speaking, he takes it apart
to see what it is made of. While he
isn't exactly like the boy who pulled
up his seeds after they had been plant
ed week to see why they didn't begin
to show above ground, still he likes to
find out all there is to learn about his
new possessions. That's one way the
Anglo-Saxon differs from the Latin.
When did Spain ever bother herself Of
ficially about the natural and scientific
aspects of her far-away islands?
Uncle Sam, on the other hand, has
sent his servants into Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines to find out actually
if "any good thing can come out OF
Nazareth" 1t won't be long before all
these islands will be made to pay, the
same as man who buys horse makes
him work and bring in money.
The department of agriculture sent
into Porto Rico Robert T. Hill, geolo-
gist, to find out something about the
forest conditions of the island Mr..
Hill went down there, got what he
went after and, having returned, the
results of his examinations are printed
by the department almost as much
with the object of informing Porto
Ricans about their own island as to
tell the people of the United States
what kind of property we bought
with our blood money.
Condensed, here are some of the
most important and interesting parts
of Mr.. Hills report
Porto Rico originally was mantled
by forests from the level of the sea to
the summit of its mountains. 1t is
doubtful if there was single foot of
it's area which was not at some time
covered by tree growth, varying in
height from the diminutive mangrove
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09
The Small Rov

The small boy refused 70 co., -,
Paa sine tne other night on going to
ped. Don't you wish God to t,ts
care ca OF your asked his mother. "wsIl
u uneIe no use in asking him to- He
t WIN anyway IN, replied the young hone.
Iul: The next day the small bov wan,
q, SUI with his father, and the event
Oh MS life happened. He caueht y
tnree,pound pickerel. "Therer" 10
salu' beating his little sides with low 10
mere mere, daddy what do you thin,S q,
mat tor boy with only ono nocls. a.
his n nrauoer DC, and who won't say
MS prayers% Boston Herald "'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09
IN FAR FAMED PORTO RICO.

ouil. Ecuador. they use no Other
ralking material in repairing vessels.
Beneath this exterior fbrous covering
is another. the color % chestnuts,
which is hard. and, although elastic,
is broken easily. \ fine oil Is made
from the meat Of the cocoanut, which
is used for lighting and cooking. The
Indians make an intoxicating drink
from the sap Of the cocoanut tree.
which at inst has a bitter-sweet taste,
afterward becoming sour. In Porto
Rico the nuts are utilized by drinking
the water from them when young, by
making sweetmeats from the meat,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

IUIest' IHe IsIdIIu, though wood
ed in the sense that it is
still dotted by many beautiful
trees, is largely deforested from com
mercial point of view. Porto Rico at
the time of its discovery, undoubtedly
was covered completely by forests of
many species of trees, but these hardly
can be said to exist at present. A few
insignificant patches of culled forest
also occur in the central and north
western portions of the island.
To the casual observer the aspect of
Porto Rico in places is still that of an
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09
DEFoREsTER MOUNTAIN. soUrHoF ABINTo

summit by leaves. A green shoot, deli
cate and pointed, from ten to twelve
leet IN length, constitutes the upper
end OF the trunk. At the base of this
terminal portion a fruit cluster from
three to four hands in length, divided
into different branchlets, grows out
ABOUT once month. This cluster is
iull OF a green, olive-shaped fruit.
larger than the filbert, the interior nut
being covered with a green substance.
Ihis fruit of the royal palm is useful in
lattenlng swine, which is the only use
made of it. In the other islands tbev
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

species of palm upon the island,
and these trees are perhaps the
most used by the natives of all
the forest products. Combined in
them are sustenance clothing and
utensils for the natives of the tropics.
In Porto Rico the leaf of the palm is
used largely for thatch and sheathing
of the houses of the poor, and its
broad leaves for washtubs and other
domestic utensils.
The palm priced most highly by the
Porto Rieans is called the Palma de
gravia" Cor grana0, the Royal
palm" Growing to 100 feet or more,
its slender trunk is crowned near its
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09
PLAYA PLAIN.

and by manufacturing drinking cups
and other utensils from the outside
shell. From the trunks of the trees
the best palm boards are made for
houses because of their resistance to
the inclemencies of the weather.
There are masses of fiber at the base
of the leaves, which appear like
punches of tow or bast These are
the fibrous remains of dried leaves
which have lost their fleshy portion,
and appear like pieces of cloth woven
from thick tow. This is used for filter
ing and sitting.
Hardly secondary to the palms In
point of usefulness is the bamboo cane.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09
Printing In Colors.

An improved method of printing col
orsd Illustrations in books has been
invented by Ivan Orloff, the manager
of the government printing Office in
st. petersburg. Instead of applying
the successive colors one after another
allowing each to dry before the next
is used, the orloff machine prints ALI
the colors with one turn of the ovlin
der. On the curved surface of the evil
inder are arranged IS many blocks &c
there are colors to be employed. Az
zach block passes particular point a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09
NEW OCCUPATION FOR Al DOC.
he was Being Effectively Used In a Pc
culIar Wav

n
cullar Way.
Dlcyclists riding in the country not
many miles from New York have re-
Ientiy been startled by hearing the
barking of dog in fields which thew
were passing, says the New Yorl
imes' They invariably put spurs to
'heir pedals, as it were, and got out of
.he way as quickly as possible This
nau occurred to certain party Of cy-
ciists SO frequently that one of them
polder than the rest, dismounted IN in,
vestigate. He found in the center NJ a
newly planted field a small shade
.natcn' and nearby a stake. to which
was attached rope, at the other end
VI winch collie dog was prancing ana
Darklng. There was not a human bo-
ing IN sight, and the dog could certain
~ not nave been confined there with
.ne luea of soaring away tramns for
iis ahtlcs showed that he was ovor-
Joyeu TO behold the stranger As tba
sun was very hot in the field the ia
tSoiis' concluded to rest awhile under
me me 'natch' still marveling at the situa-
, raon u ms canine acquaintance. A few
moments later lonesome cav cav
o Jaw was heard in the air. The dog at
onoe became attentive; he Law close 10
ene ground, with his head cooked nm
one SIDE. A family of crows nresent1v
algnted IN the field, but before tbev
could c begin their meal the dog was m
and at them. The mystery was then
e@pialned' The collie was used as q
proved to be. one ne
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

CARDS "she" and Stevensop's Treas
u-e Island" had been read by q small
fraction OF the people in the mill. The
investigators decided that a library
was badly needed in that locality. The
mill hands wondered if. with the books,
they would also be given the time to
read them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

> Taper spufge irni
a. upper half Of plan, ! We
'i'ei D. seed capsule, natuasa q
The three-seeded fruit i sme
1t is a common garden ,Iera
iy introduced into wet mes
itornia and Texas. and unta
states from New JERSEY end
ginia and North Carolln fut
Poisonous Propertla. TWEED
milky juice is exceedirh lny
the fruit is highly pun.,t al
sonous. When used q i'd.
remedy it often pur ed
trouble. Women and ehsmfoj
infrequently poisoned b. Jtify|
plant and getting the jua Gets
Cattle are quite reslsnn ,uslt
ence, but they are somstrsod
Goats will eat the plant zeets|
nothing better presents zee
is said that their milk ~ sh|
all of the yenomous pr at
plant. When applied to q
mice causes rednss. a.,lnkd
and sometimes gangrsns "a
often lasting more than { NC
seed taken internally in "a ~ ~.
inhame the mouth and d
cause intense diarrhoea d ! Fl
If the dose is suficieai z 81
nervous disorders, ul1- 81
general collapse and isi1. IN
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

ms beautiful plant may be seen
everywhere, growing in graceful,
ieathery clumps. Its stem is used for
renee posts, telegraph posts, and con-
., OF the huts of the peasant.
Inc individual joints are also used for
utensils flower pots, and for propagat-
Ing the coeoanut seed
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

roller. CARRYING the appropriate color
Ia rails upon it and smears it with inI,
Inc surfaces thus linked transfer th ah,
designs, In passing, to a comnosition
roiier' which, in turn, transfers tbo
entire combination to a "form - en-. me
single stroke. n'eu al a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

forest. while most
of them have been
planted for shade
or fruit. Orange
trees. mangoes, ag-
uacates, breadfruit,
mameys and other
stately trees are
common, while, as
in our own defor-
ested region, there
are a few timber
making trees which
have been spared
the ak. Besides
these larger trees,
flamboyanntes, mis-
peros and guanabo-
mas of smaller
growth add their
foliage to the wood
ed aspect of the is
land.
There are many
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

extract an oil from
the fruit which is
good for lights and
other uses. The
central part (the
heart) of this palm
is cooked and eaten
like cabbage, and is
sometimes prepared
as a salad. The
Indians call it the
pira" (pile or
pyre). In Porto
Rico it is used
rarely, although it
mas an agreeable
taste.
The coco palm is
found in great
numbers on the
plains and coasts
and is a profitable
plant for cultiya-
ton. The external
sheath of the CO.
coanut is composed
OF a multitude of
nbers which form
a nap of a reddish
color, which is ex-
cellent for calking
boats, as it resists
Watap ho4A
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

Scions should come tftseet
ing trees. We insist ihr com
ness or disposition to ior the
buds and runners Is n in|
therefore no tree or plA.ge 4
be unfruitful should eTg ped
propagation. 1t is a vel n 4
of nature that when az
faculty is not used for . q
it ~ become dormant Z. I y
disA Aer, and when a PEus
bad r,.sASgation or othsTf vi
an a1 wood bud nAget
easily & Riaded by any y q
age to rSurn to frultsg wv
felt that the practice Of D =
from nursery rows thToaa -
erations without ALLOWING
fruit is wrong. Such u@ kes
only late in coming lnw ,ird
they are easily exhausta j
weakened condition readll ID
tim to insects or fungi all
express my conviction lis
contributed more to lH lie
plorable condition Of Nrch
than any other one thlns-s 4
logg. 'rti