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for cSubcrancc OF vegetation and vari.
city of scenery.
Though the hand of civilization has
cut and marked the country. there 10
stili much that Is beautiful and pic
turcsduc. On the slope Of the Blus
mountains you may sec somc Of tho
finest and widest scenery OF tho Is.
land. Cataracts OF extreme beauty.
which pour into the Rio Grandc. Ja.
maica's finest river. And there arc
gladeg and kncll1 OF rare iovelincss;
the Serpcntinc Cobrc. with its fertile
tributaries, winds In and out amongst
most exquisite scenery. banks rich
with an exuberGnce OF ferns. palms,
bamboos. and every variety of exotic
vegetation. a West Indian traveller
OF note says: Jamaica may be ranked
among the most romantic and highly
diversified countries in the world. unit
ing rich, magnificent scenery. waving
forests. streams. with pure atmos.
phere and the glowing tints of tropi-
cal sun."-Westminster Review.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
Not Easy to Find a
Moral in This Fable

One cold and biustnry day grass
hopper. wearing a handsome panama
hat, strntted airily to the door OF the
residence of the ant and rang the bell
with an insistent elans.
Good morning." said the ant. as she
opened the door.
Good morning" answered the grass
hopper. resting one OF his legs against
the side OF the doorway. Have you
any coal."
II thIna," began the ant. in he. so
SeTest tones. THAT this is a nice time
Of year fer you to begin worrying
about the coal problem. have no
ticed you OF and on. all summer. gal
llvantlag around with that panama hat
on, and conducting yourself In a high,
y hilarious and rsprehensible man.
ner."
But. madam"-interrup,ed the
srasshopper.
Don't stop me-" advised the ant.
Don't try to come any paiayer over
me. Here you have hoped around
during the warm weather. AMI never
acted as II you had an idea that win.
ter was eomihs. And now you come
to me. TO my humble abode. which Is.
II ! do ray IL myself. the abode OF
industry and the hom. OF economy.
and you call my attention Indirectly
TO the fact that II is getting cold. oh.
yes. I know all about this go-tothe,
ant.,hou slussaTd business. but l want
to tell you that it's played out In this
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
Resourcefulness is
Trait of Americans,

I'VE reached that point waen noG
MAS . luxury. ! remember dime!
given by a prominent man who had
come To our town. There wer. m
olives. no blue points. no relishes, no'
soups. But the meat was baked pea
cock. and the dessert consisted OF fions
biscuit and sorghum molasses.
lit was the talk Of tire community
that enough fiOur had been found 10
make biscuit. Every day bread was
made cut OF prmpain, Ever eat an
pumpkin breads
"Of course. ycu know all about III 7.
Southern women who had been aeeus'
toned To their imported silk gowi- 5
before the war aad who. when old
Teeumseh Sherman was spluTsins
around in the South and Grant was
hammering his way through the VII
derness. went To their looms and woye
iinEeys. cut Of which they made their
gowns. went TO wedding in Ten
nessse where the brides dress Was a
hemespun iinsey. and one of tho pres
ents was a bolt OF calico. for which
the donor paid si..5 u yard.
"Oh. yes. those were dark days. bus
they contained lesson. and the last
chapter OF the lesson was that no mat
ter what an American went up against
n, the last he went over the obstacle
in some way. and II he didn't 80 over
IL he burrowed beneath it-he got
past IT,
And when this coal strike got to
It's worst. and some people thought We
were on the ragged edge OF famine.
never d.spaiFed. l knew We could
Ind some way out OF II.
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neck OF the VEGAS. Iaere is Iothins
doing. wha, little eosi l have III
tend to keep. and what ,.t''e panama
hat you have, you may keep. but let
IL be a lesson TO you next summer.
IL. indeed. you have it left to eonteIi'
plate by that time"
IF you have quite finished. madam.
smiled the grasshopper, removing tho
panama hat that the bracins breeze
might play upon his forehead. III you
have quite flashed your highly ediiy'
ing remarks. l beg TO be permitted u
say what had inteadei saylas. "
is that I am ROW In the coal business.
having decided that ! must set
hustle ON during the winter. As 10
the panama hat. yon will observe that
IL is felt,linei and very comfortable.
indeed. l might further add that
had a pretty good time last summer.
when didn't have to work. and that
my outlook for the winter Is rossate.
indeed. II you wish to favor US with
aay orders. We are at your ser''
Ice
With these few remarks hs took Ills
departure. leaving the ant spseeaicss-
This teaches us that We should not
rely entIre,y upon tradition but should
always be on the lookout for a sur
prise party OF some sort--Baitimors
American.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
USE OF FALSE TEETH.
Two Million Manufactured Annually in
the United States.

the United States.
Probably not less than two millions
of artificial teeth are manufactured
in this country each year. and still
the output goes on increasing. Never
before was such great care manifested
for teeth as has been exhibited during
the past five years. In this respect
Americans lead the world, not even
the fastidious French excelling the
people of the United States in their
solicitude for the preservation of nat
ural teeth and in their application of
the arts of dental science when sub
stitutes have to be provided for ma
ture's molars.
Englishmen are rotoriously careless
about their teeth, although in late
years great progress has been made in
this matter.
A prominent dentist Of New York
declares that nearly every patient with
mouthful of decayed teeth Is for
eigner. "They let things drift" he
says, "ard come only when pain drives
them here. Americans, and especially
Southerners, hasten to their dentist
Immediately they detect even the
] slightest signs of coming trouble, and
the result is that there are by far
more saved teeth in this country than
in any other. Englishmen. and Irish
men are remarkably apathetic about
their moars, and will go about for
years with hopelessly decayed teeth"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
Robbed Bank of France.

The recent robbery in the Bank .f
France is the first occurrence of the
sort in that institution since 1t was
founded by Napoleon in 1900. The
methods of guarding the enormous le-
posits in specie, jewels and notes,
comprising the entire war chest o: the
nation, and which, it is asserted, ION
atitute by far the greatest amouos of
treasure ever collected under single
roof. have long been regarded as in.
fallible; but other arts have progress.
ed almost hand in hand with those
preservative. and among these msy be
reckoned the delicate art of crsrs' :
a bank.
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Tried the Outdoor Cure.

Miss Ella Witchazel. young school
teacher of Villisca, Iowa, finding the
close confinement and arduous duties
of the schoolroom injuring her health,
tried the outdoor cure. Instead of
spending her winters salary and sum
mer vacation in crowded hotel at
the seashore. she went on farm. cut
twenty-five acres of prairie grass,
harvested forty acres of wheat. gained
twenty pounds in weight, a coat of
tan for her hands and face and rug.
gcd health
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Lived in God's Country,

DavtG b. Hill enjoys the retirement
of his country home, but is not
averse to an occasional trip to New
York, where he can indulge in the wit
and pleasure of the banquet table.
At one of these gatherings the even
Ing had gone by rapidly and the ex-
governor was enjoying himself. He
had responded to a toast earlier in
the evening, but was being prevailed
upon again to say a few words.
Gentlemen" he said, 81 have less
than half an hour in which to catch
a train for home
why don't you live in Gods coun-
try. Mr.. HIP" asked one of the
guests.
Il do responded the statesman,
quickly, "but find 1t unusually hard
tonight to leave my friends. gathered
here in the devils country"
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Rely uron the American people to
cross any bridge they come To. Coal
might have scared TO the altitude OF
the COW that Jumped over the moon.
but they would have found some way
to keep warm.
IL was so in the civil var.
"fon didn't feel il in the North. you
dian't have to come TO il as they did
in the South and West" said a man
who has been through several wars
and not few strikes. There came
time when gentlemen who had lived
beautifully had no coffee.
Somebody tried paEehed corn. II
made a fairly good breakfast liquid,
Oats had bitter favor. The man
who nrst used chicOry MAS pretty well
CT. Some people never went back
to coffee after using ehieOry.
The darkies IaTchei aeorns and
then pounded them into powder and
boiled u. and the plekaninrIes cried
for IL.
Then We fell upon the evil days
when We had no sugar. II required
more money to buy L pound OF sugar
than IL has OF late to buy ton Of
coal.
But somebody discovered sorghum.
II required season To produce IL. but
II was a splendid substitute. The man
who had sorghum m0lasses on his ia
BILE belonged TO the old aate-beilum
quality.
Sorghum was too hlsh fer the iaE-
kles- hut they had 10 have sWeei.n'
'ns. so they made some sort of sugar
cut OF watermelon Tind and reveied in
that
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
Record Year for City Building.

The calendar year 1901, according
TO n recent report of the United States
geological survey, was the greatest
IN the history of the country in city
building. Forty-two cities submitted
reports to the department in response
to inquiries; these showed that the
total number of permits issued in
those cities was S5,57l, as against 67..
AT for 1900. gain of 17,154, or 25.O7
per cent. The value of the buildings
erected on these permits in 1901 was
S372,173,631, compared with S241,51 g..
5S5 in 1900, gain of Sl30. 0.G57, ,O46, or
sI per cent.
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Harmless Pleasure.

AZ the railway stations In Russia
books arc kept In which passengers
may enter any complaint they wish to
make. Tia; is n good idea. II should
be adopted by the railroads and the
coal trust In this country. or course
1t is not supposed that the complaints
would do any good, but people like to
complain and we don't see why we
shouldn't have this privilege In the
lans Of the free and the home OF the
brave when they have 1t in despot!c
Russln.-pathflndor.
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TELLING THE EXACT TRUTH.
Irish Witness Gets the Better. of th,
Cross.Esamjpcr,

STOss-GSaFllNCT.
Mr.. Douglas Grand. who was tho
principal witness for the crown at the
remount trial at Ennis. tells n good
story regarding the examination of
one of the witnesses.
Did you sell Major Studdert q
horse?" asked the counsel.
mo, sorr." replied the witress.
did your father sell Major Stud
dert horse?"
mo, sorr."
We'll, then. did your grandfather
sell him horse?'
mo. sorr.'
did any member of your family
sell Major Studdert anything?"
Yes, sorr, | did," replied the wit
ness.
And what did you sell Major Stud
dert?"
81 sold him mare" replied the wit
ness. to the chagrin of counsel and
the delight Of the court.-Londcn Ex-
press.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
She Knew Better,

"Then," said the judge. summing up
the list of the female prisoners
crimes, "you admit that you deliber.
ately robbed this man: that you have
robbed many others; and that, in or
der to escape detection. you were even
prepared to administer poison to
him?"
The prisoner nodded.
.And what plea for mercy can there
possibly be for you-you. woman of
thirty-fve years of age. who"
Hold on minute, judge!" inter-
rupted the prison, an angry light in
her eyes. 81 deny that, at any rate"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14

The Doukhobors. who believe their
mission is To chris,ianize the world.
Fave left their homes and farms In
Manitoba. and started out on pill
rrimage through the Canadian North
west They made protTacted stay at
Yorkton.
Inspector Strickland. commanding
the northwest mounted police. will
have charge OF the military operations
In case the Doukhobors cause any
serious trouble, The officials praeti.
csily have decided to confinc the wan.
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hobors but on one point every per
son is unanimous. and that Is that
nothing is to ts feared from them
physically. Not In single instance
have they been reported as creating
an. disturbance or willfuiiy doing any
harm. They are simply on religious
tour.
The Northwest mounted police tried
to induce them to chang. their
quarters to position north of the
town OF Ylrkton. and succeeded in
inducing them TO come to the cehter
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Manayunk car they boarded at Ninth
and Vine streets was n little. weazen.
faced. thin-lipped, red.headed fellow.
but he was full of grit. He collected
the fares from the two toughs. and
then one of them pulled out short
clay pipe and filed 1t with tobacco.
The conductor eyed them as he came
in to collect fare from another pas
senger. "If I had a match I'd smoke
this" remarked the one with the pipe.
feeling in his pocket.
you'll smoke nothing on this car"
said the little conductor. emphati.
cally.
"If I had match I'd show you
whether | would or not" was the re-
ply.
"I'll just call that bluff" said the
conductor. and he handed the fellow
a match. Then he went to the front
of the car and pretended to study the
cash register. When he turned the
tough was putting away. filling the car
with smoke. With n swift movement
the conductor knocked the pipe from
the unruly passengers mouth, and be-
fore the passengers quite knew what
had happened he had run the fellow
off the car. Taking nickel from his
pocket he threw it after him, saying:
There's your fare
By this time the other tough had
recovered from his astonishment. and
as he, too. showed fight, the plucky
little conductor treated him in the
same manner.
I'm out two fares" he remarked.
but I've had more than 10 cents
worth of n."-Philadelphia
Record
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Route Of tho ooushobors' March.
OF the town. but they positively re-
fused TO move nor,hward. although OF.
fcrin. no other opposition. findin.
that 1, was impossible to induce them
TO go even In the direction OF their
villages. tho police determined to let
them have their way. as they are per.
iec,ly harmless.
The women and chiidrca are shci.
tered In town and are kept under
guard of special cona;ablcs to pre-
vent them Joining the men.
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sodv of Lion Cast o, Shore

Among the flotsam and jetsam
thrown up on the beach at Rhossilh
Glamorgan. recently. was the body of
full-grown lion, which has since
been buried by the cCast guard in
what is known as Fox's cave.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
American Honored bv Norv,,

DR.. Simon Newcomb, professor
emeritus of mathematics and ast,ono.
my in Johns Hopkins universits. has
just had the honorary degree o: doc.
tor of philosophy conferred upon him
by the Christinna university.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
Popularity of Memory.

1t is in5tanced as one of the curl.
osities of the memory that people who
know long pieces OF verse by heart
frequently cannot remember their tel.
V2hone number,
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How Hounds FoIIow Otter

The scent of an otter is conveyed
to the pursuing hound while under
water by the "chain" of bubbles
which marks its devious course.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14

There is similarity in the making
of salads and jokes They are more
likely to suit our nwn taste than the
tastes of others.
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ssweLL's TERM is FIXED.

New Governor to Rule Guam Three
Years and Live Aboard Ship.
Capt. William l.. Scwell. U. S. N.
who sailed with his family recently
on the station ship Supply from New
York for the island OF Guam. will re-
main there as governor three years.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
Champagne That Never Saw France

Champagne That Never Saw France,
Don't worry too much about the re
ported failure of the champagne vint.
age. Most Americans are drinking
the same "fiz" now which they will
continue to imbibe with convivial free
dom if France shorld never yield an
other ton Of champagne grapes. And
it gives a man just as big head the
next morning as the real article.
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Laugh. and the world laughs with
you: grcwi. and the world laughs n,
you.
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eerma,si, Central am.rio,

IVTHIdWS III CUNITd dT HTftcTICd.
German farms occupy nearly 1,000,-
coo acres in Central America, on
which over 20O0O,OOO coffee trees are
planted
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14

Not the least OF the things worth
cuItIva,ins In llfs Is ones forget
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
Life of a Locomotive.

a railway locomotive has sn aver
age life of fifteen years an@ IN earn
ing capacity Of 100000.
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Many Visitors to Rome.

Rome had $4,000 visitors during
the first six months of the year.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14

Though the ostrich may rot be q
gambler he has tips on many races.
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TOUGH MAN GOT MATCH
And Conductor Had Ten Cents Worth
Of Satisfaction.

They were both very tough; they
knew it, and, Furthermore. they were
proud of 1t. The conductor of the
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Missouri Falls Into Line.

Missouri has adopted sanitary laws
for BARRIERS.
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Can't. Scwell,

He will live aboard the Supply except
when he finds 1t necessary to send
TO Cavite for mail or supplies.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

put on the witness stand, and to ascertain
If he knew the nature of an oath the justice
interviewed him as follows: DO you know
the nature Of an oath?' Don't know
whether l do or not Well, II you should
tell a lie, do you know where you would go
when you die?' Yes, sir 'Where?' Well,
when we moved out here pap said If any of
us lied he would take us back to Arkansas
and I reckon he'll be as good as his word 4"
The late Judge Smyth, so much better
known as "The Recorder" says the New
York Times, used to have a Renaissance
of another lawyer who now enjoys much
distinction at the bar and for a time re-
joiced in judicial honors, but who was at
the time the managing clerk of a law office
on the same corridor with that Of the future
recorder.
81 met him in the hall one day" said the
old Judge, land he was evidently very much
agitated. l inquired the nature OF his
trouble. Almost weeping, he answered: q
have been discharged, discharged without
word Of explanation, after five yer = o.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

money l got in the roun' worl'. Eff you're
a-mind to take it, you kin, but I'll say
straightforward that ia done sot it aside
fer the honeymoon expenses"
who represents the defendant in this
case? % queried Justice Hall of Chicago after
he had announced that the case of the
People against Arid had been reached on
the docket.
II do" replied Stephen A. Douglas,
stepping before the bar.
"And the prosecution will be handled by?'
Robert f. Lee"
I'm more than glad to meet you, gentle
men," declared Justice Hall, warmly.
your names are quite familiar to me-"
The spectators in the court looked amazed
as they listened to the conversation.
Il tot them was both dead" remarked
a small boy.
Lee, a distant relative Of the confederate
general, is city prosecutor at the Harrison
street police court, and Attorney Douglas
son Of the Little Giant" represented the
defendant in a larceny case.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

service. 1t is very hard And then
he quite gave way and added, in tears:
And you know, Mr.. Smyth, you know what
af1davits l have made for that man."
In a certain case the judge ordered the
sheriff to call the roll of thirty-hve good
men and true" selected for jury duty, re-
lates the st. Louis Globe Democrat. Only
twenty-five answered to their names, and
the sheriff looked somewhat inquiringly at
the Judge, but the latter was calmly WHIP
ing his glasses while he uttered the Gus
tomary, ANY desiring to be excused from
service on this jury will now come for
ward" Twenty-Five men made a move
ment forward, and the clerk stopped in
his work of noting those who had failed TO
respond to the summons to look in wonder
at the entire venire desiring to escape,
"Well," said the Judge, speaking to a long
thin, nervous looking young man, why dc
you wish to be excused?" "If it please
your honor" answered the aforesaid thin
individual, I'D like to be excused ON &C
count Of illness. I'm suffering from some
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

1S4S, a mistake which has never been for
gotten by the negro and may yet be bitterly
regretted by our government. At that
time it was announced that slavery would
soon be abolished. AS was the case in all
the other islands, this news proved too
much for the negroes mental equilibrium.
As the appointed date drew near he re-
fused to work, and, taking first to drinking,
quite naturally wound up the celebration
by a bit of rioting. Had the disturbance
been put down with a strong hand no
permanent harm would have been done.
But, instead, against the protest of the
cooler heads, the government in a panic Of
unreasoning fear, proclaimed the liberia
ton of the slaves at once, ahead Of time.
The rioting Immediately ceased, but the
negroes had tasted the sweets Of power.
Though they had been but yesterday a
mass of whip-driven slaves, now they could
rule their former masters with the awful
scourge of the mob. Although they waited
thirty long years, they had not forgotten.
Slavery had been succeeded by the
labor law under which every negro was
compelled to sign a contract with some
planter on the LIST of each October, bind
ing himself to work through the ensuing
year for 10 cents in cash and 10 cents in
food a day. Any found after the I'd of Oc-
tober who had not signed such a contract
were punished.
Even this unsatisfactory arrangement
was SO much better than previous condi-
tions, that at first there were no COM
plants. Each October, however, dissatis-
faction grew stronger until, in 1877, the
mutterings of a gathering uprising against
the law were heard. The government an
nounced a repeal of the law to take effect
three years from date.
Beginning the Riot.
Again they had triumphed. The leaders
Of the uprising of 1S4S recalled the easy
victory of the past. Three years was a
long time to wait, but still they hesitated.
AS the first of October, 1878, drew near
however, it was noticed that a new spirit
Of insolence had appeared among the labor,
ers. AS they assembled in the towns where
the contracts were to be renewed, there
was much disorder. On the morning of the
first, the planters were surprised to fn(
! a well organized opposition to the renewa
Of the contracts. Arguments, threats, prom
) Uses, all proved unavailing. Every houi
fresh bands of negroes, armed with keel
machetes, marched into town, chanting
:. fragments of wild African melodies. To
;, ward dusk the merchants, fearing trouble
r put up their heavy shutters, and the towns
= folk returned to their homes. A swift sloo
e there was no cable hen-set sail for 81
h Thomas, bearing urgent appeals for hel
o from the tiny Danish garrison there.
d At first the mob was contented wit
marching up and down the deserted streets
n bowling the rallying cry: N more ]
IS cents a day" Shouting was a thirs!
II producing exercise; a rum shop door nigh
d perhaps, be broken in. Yes, it was quit
easy, there was refreshment for all at I
expense. The fambeaus of resiIfous woo
began to wave unsteadily in the hands
ly their bearers. How easy 1t would be mere
in to lay one of the torches against the hui