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The daily sentinel., 1901-04-19

WupA D. WALLACE, Secretary.
Try The Progress. Next to Hardy's.
Watch Gourley's window for cut in
carpets.
"Cleanliness is Next to Godliness. y
Try the Star Laundry.
Full line of fancy groceries at The
Progress. Fruits in season.
Have you been to the Bazaar? II you
have not you are losing money.
Furnished rooms at Fairlawn, with or
without board. New management.
Get ready and attend the grand Calico
ball by the Turner's Wednesday, Apr. "a.
Everything in fresh meats at The En-
terprise, new corner grocery Currie block.
For Sale-No l all round team and
some choice fruit land. Inquire at city
hall.
For Rent. - Nicely furnished front
room, for one or two gentlemen. Apply
at this Office.
"The cheapest store in town." That's
what they say of the Bazaar. Come and
see for yourself.
Finest line OF strictly elegant canned
and b titled goods at The Enterprise, new
grocery, corner store. Currie
New store, new goods, up-to-date in
every particular. The Enterprise, new
grocery corner store, Currie block.
Don't get your dates mixed-the May
Day ball will be at the Armory on April
Both by the Women OF Woodcrait.
New people, but old hands at the gro
Gerry and meat business. The Enter
PRISE new corner grocery, Currie block.
Twenty.four OF Grand Junction's most
beautiful young ladies will participate in
the Maypole dance at the Armory on
April 80.
Mrs. A. A. Hawley, state president oi
W. G. T. u, will deliver her free lect
ure on "Seed and Fruit" Monday even
iog, All are invited.
1t is cheaper to buy your bread than
it is to make it, il you count your time
and labor worth anything. Try The
Progress home made bread.
All ladies who attend the Calico SO
cial OF the Turner's are requested to
bring a necktie, corresponding with their
d,ae. Extra ladies' are charged twenty
five cents.
House Cleaning-Wm. Avenger will dc
house cleaning in all it's branches. Drop
postal or leave call at Wadsworth's on
slate. Wall paper cleaning specially
Fret class work.
For Sale or Trade-20 acres OF imp row
ed Fruit Ridge land, one mile from CITY;
clear title; one horse, implements, etc.
INQUIRE 362 South street.
NIX. McCsbe
Bake days have ceased to worry many
a buay housewife since The Progress has
made it possible for them to buy just as
GOOD cakes and pies as they could possi-
blv make at home. Free delivery.
The Grand Junction IoWn q De'eioP
ment company have some fine residence
and business lots for sale cheap on the
installment plan. For further informe-
: Ramey Brothers, Agents.
You'll find our goods nothing but farst
class. Everything kept in drst class
grocery, we will keep. Our meat mar
ket will be run IN an up-to-date manner.
Try us aud see. The Enterprise
grocery, Currie block.
There is no class Of goods where poor
material and workmanship are GOV sred
up and passed of as first class, 30 much
as upholstered goods. You can get No.
l workmanship and select your own ma
tsrisl at Gourley's store for chairs,
lounges, couches, parlor furniture and
avapvthinu in tho upholat0YinR line.
The daily sentinel., 1901-04-19
Our Work is Our Existence

Therefore it stands us in hand
to be extremely careful in what
manner we do our work. A thor
ough knowledge of the manner in
which Laundry Work ought to be
done is first of all absolutely nee
cessary. This we have acquired
by practical study and years of
experience in the laundry business
That we do the work right is evi-
dent by the fact that our business
is steadily increasing. Having
lately again largely increased our
capacity we wish to say to all
those who have not yet tried our
laundry to do SO at their earliest
convenience. We treat everybody
right and positively guarantee all
our work. No shrinking of fan
nels, 10 fading of colors. Our
wagon will call on request.
Gloss or dull finish, as desired.
EXCELSIOR
STEAM LAUNDRY,
FRANK BUKHRINa,
Proprietor. 9Th & MAIN SITS.
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
The Coming of Mint Juieps.

This is my birthday. and in celebration of 1t my wife made me mint julep with mint received this morning fresh from Virginia said a gentleman, scholar and philosopher last night
 ''The jiiIep was divine. There was never before any drink comparable to it, and as I slipped mine with my nose buried in the most fragrant green that ever grew upon the green earth, the mint from the sweet Virginian fields, a score of years seemed to lift their weight from me. and I felt even younger than did on the day surrendered with Johnston's army at the Carolinian town of Greensboro, thereaf- ter to be for ever famous amongst the towns of the earth. six and thirty years ago; for I was a soldier, I can tell you became one at Alexandria when I was a boy of sixteen-and my uniform was grey. I shall receive the bronze cross of honor on Decoration Day and wear it proudly.
 But, I began to tell you about my birthday julep. The boys in Richmond sent me the mint, which was received by express this morning. I make to you the Solemn declaration that. 1t was the green est mint that ever came under my obser- cation. for 1t was from Virginia-Ely Vir-
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
Winter Wheat Conditions.

The condition of winter wheat is al.
 most beyond precedent, soil and weather both favoring the crop. The best reported April condition occurred in 1891, but experts say the outlook is better still, although the average at that time was 96.9. Expert Snow says the new century opens for the Amer ican farmer with a wheat condition never excelled, and an acreage the largest on record" A favorable and mild winter, and yet with little alter nate freezing and thawing, has been followed by spring months adapted to the crop. The month of March met every requirement, and at the opening of April good crop at least became assured.
 In no part of the wheat belt is there a want of moisture, not even in Texas, except in a few localities. As a rule there is abundant moisture. Beside drought the crop has to incur inroads of the Hessian fly, and damage from that source will doubtless be reported from Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee. No evidence of the presence of the fly has been found in the other winter wheat States. Great damage from this source is therefore considered improb- able.
 Texas sends the worst reports of all the States that grow wheat Besides a lack of moisture in some counties, both the Hessian fly and the aphis, or green louse, are found in considerable numbers. It is believed all the Texas counties now have suncient moisture, but the hope of crop equal to that of last year is probably lost The crops in Kentucky and Tennessee are not quite so good as those of States far ther north, but there is no reason to expect much shortage in either State.
 In the other States the crop as it stands leaves little to be desired. Missouri and Kansas promise to have even larger crops than they had last year, and the crop of the Pacific coast Will be very large. This means cheap bread unless indeed the>spring wheat crop should be unusually light. Noth- ing can be predicted as to the latter, as in most of the spring wheat States seeding has not been begun. A large acreage Is expected, and altogether the outlook favors cheap bread throughout another year.
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
GIFTS FOR 1900, s47,5oo, ,ooo.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 In the new volume of Appleton's An nual Encyclopedia, now preparing, it will be recorded that the gifts and bequests for distinctively public purposes in the United States in 1900 amounted to ST. 100000. The Times, in reviewing the en- cyclopedia collations, notes that the gifts themselves were more numerous than in 1899, though the total fell more than $15,- 100000 short of the s62. 75O,OOO contributed in the previous twelvemonth. The third highest amount in donations for any year in the eight years beginning with 1893 was s45, GOO. 900. given in 1S97. The grand total for the eight years is $314, ,O5O.0Oo.
 It is to be noted that the listed gifts are those representing 5000 or more Further there are included none of the ordinary benevolent funds raised by denomina- tions, none of the state or municipal ap- propriations to sectarian institutions and none of the grants by Congress for relief purposes.
 2 surprising feature of these annual lists of public gifts is the large propor- tion of comparatively obscure givers. So striking Is this as to almost suggest that people of modest wealth are more gener- ous in ratio to their means than the mem bers of the multi-millionaire group In last years list Mir. Rockefeller and Mir Carnegie are the leaders in amounts given. The latest donations of the Stand ard oil man to his pet University of Chi cago bring the aggregate of his gifts to that institution up to t9.1S3.S74 MT. Nor gan is represented in the list by gifts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art valued at about s20O,00O .9.t
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
An Arcadian Farm.

"I give you a farm. and I earnestly wish you to live on, for you would do good work there and be happy" said the original and distinguished developer of Walker County, whom the world knows and honors, speaking to hireling of the press yesterday when the sun was at its brightest and the day seemed gladdest.
 Literally I give you forty iacres and a mule In fact it is a little more than for ty acres, with fifteen acres of cleared land. When you see the farm you'll go wild over it's wonderful beauty and rural pict- uresqueness. The land lies in a low green valley between high wooded hills. The summit of one hill is bare of trees, just as if 1t had been arranged that you might climb there to see the sun rise and rest there in the sunsets radiant glow.
 "The house consists of two hewn log pens with a wide passageway between, and in front wide veranda, at either end of which is a great wealth of wild heneysuckle vines that have grown to the top of the board roof and covering nearly the entire front side. There are dozens of ancient peach trees that look just now as if they were covered over with immense pink sheets, and under widespread green apple boughs you may lie and hear the bees droning and the birds singing. There Is an immense white scuppernong vine trained on scaffoldng and covering as much ground as the house you'll live in In the vegetable garden are pear trees, and down in one corner of 1t barrels of plums ripen upon old trees and young bushes every year.
 Morning glories by the million blos- som In their season. and with them every variety of old-fashioned flowers loved by your mother on the old plantation, togeth- CT with old-fashioned roses in noble pro- fusion.
 Q roses, roses. roses. love you so.'
 This farm house is built upon mound that rises almost abruptly out of the val ley to a height of ten or fifteen feet, and that lends to it a rare picturesqueness which is most charming.
 Take 1t all in all, 1t Is the most attrac- tive little farm in hundred miles of Birmingham, and I am going to stock 1t and furnish the house comfortably. So you may go pack your earpetbag and get a free pass over the railroad, and run away to happiness.'
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
Labor War Is On.

Columbus, O., April 1O.-The Amalga- mated Sheet Iron Workers International Association will wage war on the Amerl- can Federation of Labor and the National Building Trades Council unless certain alleged wrongs are lighted. It was claimed on the floor of the convention of the association this afternoon that the two major organizations were accepting the per capita tax of the association and still permitting several locals In large cities to affiliate with them directly.
 The exactions of both the large organi- cations, it is claimed, provide that ell sheet workers shall affiliate with amal- gamated workers through their locals.
 The independents refuse to do this, and a bitter feeling at present exists.
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
President loubet Thankful.

Toulon. April 10.-President Loubet tel egraphed to King Victor Emmanuel of Italy as follows:
 "Sir-FIis Royal Highness. monsigneur, the Duke of Genoa, has Just presented me in your majesty's name the colors of the Order of the Annunciata. hasten to of- fer my most sincere thanks for this very high mark of esteem and friendship beg your majesty to accept my ardent wishes for the glory of your reign and for the welfare of her majesty the Queen, for the happy realization now appearing of the hope of the royal house and finally for the prosperity of Italy. the friend of France" ~
 President Loubet concluded his mes sage saying he has directed M Delcasse, the French minister of foreign affairs, to present the Duke of Genoa with the grand cordon of the Legion of Honor.
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
MR. KNOX'S VIEWS ON
 THE NEW CONSTITUTION
Montgomery, April 5.

Montgomery, April 5. My Dear MT. Craighead:
 I received your letter, for which please accept thanks.
 With reference to my views in the mat ter of the constitutional convention, beg to hand you a copy of some remarks made by me before the state executive committee in the session held at Birming- ham on April B. 1901. You can publish or make use of them, as you see fit. With kindest regards. JOHN B. KNOX. MT. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con-
 mittee:
 I don't know that I can add anything to the suggestions that have been made by those who have preceded me, but will say that I think we should be cautious in undertaking to define just what provis- ions we propose to embody In the new constitution. When made and placed be- fore the people 1t will be the result of the united wisdom and experience of the members of the convention. If one went to the convention with a constitution al- ready written out. and his mind made up as to what it's provisions should be, he would clearly not be in a condition to consult or confer with his fellow mepbers on the subject
 There is one thing, however. that we ought to fully understand and that Is, that we are going to stand by the pledges of the platform; that we are go- ing to uphold the restrictions which the act calling the convention embodies, and which have been reaffirmed In the plat form. Whether, as individuals, we ap- prove of these restrictions or not, the party, in convention assembled, has. act ed, and we must feel concluded thereby In reference to the campaign in favor of call for a constitutional convention, say that there are both benefits and dan gers to be encountered by an active can- vass of the state. When you send out one hundred or more speakers throughout the State. each one of whom undertakes to tell the people what kind of a consti- tuition We are going to adopt, you are apt to have as many constitutions as you have speakers, and the people are apt to say, even those who originally favored the movement: "I was in favor of a con- stitutional convention, but if that Is the kind of a constitution you are going to give us, am opposed to it." Now, all of you remember, so far as the suffrage plank is concerned, that when this movement was first inaugurated and it was attempted to incorporate in the act calling the convention the pro vision that was intended to be em-
The age-herald., 1901-04-11

prove to be the solution of the vehicle problem, for nothing but light and comparatively inexpensive electric motor seems to be equal to full so- lution of it. The people will never ac- cept either gasoline or steam motor, partly because of tho risks involved and partly because of complicated con struction involving both weight and expense. The storage battery has long been considered the thing from which the true solution must come.
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
Import Duties in Russia.

A dispatch from St. Petersburg an nounces that import duties at Vladivo- stock on all American iron, steel and machinery have been raised. It is scarcely possible that American goods have been discriminated against, and German or British goods favored. This would not be international comity, and the dispatch is misleading in that re- spect.
 The meaning of it is plain. The Russian policy is to build up home manufactures, and the duties on all iron, steel and machinery made else where have been raised. Russian mer chants and Russian manufacturers never have been able to compete sue cessfully with the rest of the world and perhaps never will be- They were readily driven to the wall by the Jews, and they cannot hold their own against German or British or American mer- chants, and the order recently issued is in accordance with the long estab- lisned policy of giving them protection at home. The new duties are un- doubtedly practically prohibitive.
 If Russia continues to hold Man ah rrio t1.A fIat hnC an piled at Vladivostock will be applied there also-probably is already in force there. ''The open door" that Secretary Hay once claimed to have secured has come to this in the prov. ince that took the most American goods. Russia has driven, or soon will drive America out.
 True, we cannot logically complain of the Russian policy The Dingley- Mckinley tariff is built on like lines. The Russian tariff cannot readily out run the Dingley scheme for creating trusts and robbing consumers. We must first get rid of Dingleyism be- fore we can accomplish much in gain ing wider markets for American goods. The trusts are becoming so strong that Dlngleyism may have come to stay, and in that case we can only make faces at Russia and grumble over the fate that drives us out of that coun- try, including Manchuria.
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
KHAKI TENTS REPLACE WHITE.

From Washington Letter.
 Hereafter the tented field" which art ists and poets have never tired of DOT traying will lose much of its vividncss but gain in military security. The white tents have been ordered in and will no longer be used in military service. White tentage Is now regarded as obsolete for army use, and the quartermasters have adopted canvas of the shade of khaki. This does not offer such a glaring target when an enemy is in the vicinity of a camp ground and the occupants of tents are better protected from the raps of the sun when yellowish hue Is used In the tentage Instead of the white. The old tents will be turned into the quartermas- ters' depots, and it is probable they will be stored there for future emergency. In the meantime they will be available for use by the militia.
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
SHADOWS ON THE GRASS.

Elizabeth w. King in Harper's Magazine. A little life, soon ended-grave or gay.
 Souls born Hs'r't To veal or woe-but in the end to die. Like shadows on the grass-that in the
 morn Begin to tremble meath smiling sun,
 and lie ts r. s-. Till noon all deep and dark-astir with
 every breath That sways a branch of murmurs thro'
 the leaves. No thing at Il to pressage death, Forever thus it is, the gracious hour
 deceives. When cometh night, and OCT the earth
 creeps slow it's chill, The shadows fade, all quivering with
 woe
 To feel the sun depart, that on the dis
 tant hill H. One moment fingers. and the next is
 gonei Nor may we know When measure of our time is full. Today
 Is OCT.
 Tomorrow-wil be o ne for us? Alas Who dares to say? Iris only God He
 makes His law ~. Our destiny We are but shadows on
 lhe grass.
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
Sonic Trusts and the Local Deal.

We received today notice to the effect that anything we might need in the way of manufactured tin, from tiny ointment boxes to big bathtubs, we should order from New York, ao every tin manufac- turer in the country had gone into the tin trust" said one of the leading merchants of Birmingham yesterday.
 Heretofore we have been constantly visited by three or four travelling sales men of manufactured tin. Now we are bidden to send our orders direct to the tin trusts head office in New York, or send there for price lists, if we desire them. Thus we shall see no more travel ing salesmen of tin. The notice sent us is very plain and matter-of-fact. even blunt It Is not so much as by your leave, sir but is plainly you must. I am not surprised. Everything is being put in trust. Consolidation is in the air
 Formerly our house received constant visits from six travelling salesmen who sold chewing gum, each representing a large gum factory. Now we occasionally have a call from one man in that trade. He has taken the place of the other five who were all thrown out of employment. All the chewinggum factories of the United States were united in a trust. That is the way it goes.
 "It was said in 1900 that 10000 traveling salesmen were thrown out of employ ment by the formation of trusts. That number of unemployed drummers may be doubled this year
 "The pending consolidation of the Ten nessee and the Sloss-Sheffield companies is giving Birmingham business anxious concern, for they do not know what to look for as the local result of the consol- idation. There is danger, it seems to me, in the probability that the great interests involved will cease entirely to.be local The absorption of the Sloss-Sheffield and other great properties by the Tennessee company will mean that all will become purely eastern interests and managed and conducted from New York. The order has already issued for the removal of the Tennessee Company's treasury from Bir- mingham the change to take place. . believe, on the first of May. That is, l fear, the beginning of the end. So far as Birmingham is concerned. The great min eral properties of the Birmingham dis trict are not likely to be much longer of Birmingham as regards their manage ment a.+.
 "The result of such changes would be most unhappy If the public of Birming- ham and the district obtained the inn pression that all the profits of these great industries were to be sent to New York. The moral effect would be deplor- able for the public would strongly re- sent the complete alienation of these in terests, and inevitably the effect of this resentment would be seen.'
The age-herald., 1901-04-11
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Though Love use Reason for his phvsio- Ian, he admits him not for his counsellor.
 Merry Wives of Windsor.
Our Relations With Cuba.

Doubtless Cuba's reported rejection of the Platt amendment has string tied to it. and in the long run the hungry office seekers who control the Cuban constitutional convention will accept it without amendment of any sort. They do not like to be placed under the supervision of this country. but they will accept such supervision rather than lose the offices that go with the establishment of the new republic.
 When they see that refusal to accept the Platt programme simply means prolonged American occupation, and that this country does not care how long occupation is prolonged, they will begin to find a road to acceptance of the terms laid down by Congress. h. quiry, too, doubtless has, or will, con- vince them that the next Congress will not grant better terms. The right s- of intervention when intervention is needed in order to protect lives and property must be conceded; for there is altogether too much American cap- ital involved, and Cuba is too close to this country, to let things go without some assurance of order and good gov ernment. But what is good for this country and the outside world in gen. aIal is good for Cuba, and intelligent Cubans will take this view of the case.
 President Mckinley cannot change the terms. What Congress has de- clared in the army appropriation bill is law to him, and he must stand by it. Congress does not meet until De- cember, and there is no prospect that the terms of the Platt amendment will be materially modified Cuba cannot be absolutely free and sover- eign, but it can be as free and sover- eign as the circumstances admit of. The United States can afford to wait -is willing in fact to wait,, and this fact will convince the Cubans that the Platt amendment is better than continued military occupation.
The age-herald., 1901-04-11

ginia-and 1t revived memories tender and infinitely dear.
 The mint julep. as you are aware, Is an invention of Virginia, and none but Virginians know perfectly how to make a perfect julep. It is the most enticing aliuring, and inspiring drink that ever man devised-it is the real nectar of the gods. And how I did enjoy that one I had today, the creation of a gentlewom- ans delft skill I assure you it requires a well-bred person. best of all South ern woman. to properly prepare a genuine mint julep."