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The Delta independent., 1902-05-30

and leave the same night. In the
harbor news was received OF the St
Pierre disaster. and. lying at anchor.
WAS all that was left OF the Roddam.
All St Lucia was in mourning and
the people were so distracted by the
daews from the neighboring island that
II was not until May IL that Capt
Cantell could obtain coal and pass on
his Journey. ST. Pierre WAS passed
at a distance OF about four miles and
all on board studied the land with
glasses.
The weather was clear and we had
a fine view said the captain. but
the old lines OF St Pierre were not
recognizable. Every thing was q mass
OF blue lava. and the formation OF
the land itself seomed To have
changed. When we wore about cirh;
miles OF the northern end OF the is
land Mont Pelcc began 20 bclch n
second time. Clouds of smoke and
lava shot into the mir and spread over
all the sea. darkeninE the sun. Our
decks in few minutes were COW
cred with substance that looked like
sand dyed brown. which smelled like
phosphorous.
Partial darkness cnme upon us.
and everybody on board the ship was
badly frightened. After the stories
we had heard and the sights we had
seen at st Lucia we did not know
but that we ourselves were to be bur
led under rcd.hot lava or cngulfed by
another udai wave. though we We're
then ten miles from shore.
"'Crowd on steam. whistled 10
Chief Engineer Parrish. and he need.
ed no urging Slowly we drew away
through suffocatin- atmosphere.
foot by foot. yard by yard. and ct last
the sun began shining. We had
passed outside the hailstorm of dust
and sand. when looked Mt my
watch found that we had been about
an hour reaching daylight.
.Our decks were covered two inches
with this matter" and the captain eS-
hibited box of volcanic dust, which
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Greeley Factory indepe ndent.

Denver. May 2T.7-Stockholders of the
Greeley Sugar Company met yesterday
at the office of c. s. Morey and elected
Il board of directors. The company.
according to Mr. Morey is independent
of the trust. Notwithstanding the re-
ports to the contrary.
I'VE have not sold out to the trust"
said Mr., Morey, 'and you are safe in
saying that at present, the trust is not
in our company. We will take care of
5000 acres of bects this year. Our
plant is nearly completed. Our prin-
cipal office will be located in Greeley
which will be the center of operations
of the company"
The officers of the company are:
President. c. s. Morey; vice president
and general manager. c. A. Granger;
treasurer. NJ. ID. Thatcher: secretary,
s. T. Saunders. The directors are N.
ID. Thatcher. c. A. Granger. :. II.
Maggie. L. s. Hills, G. s. Morey, +. f.
Dyer. s. T. Saunders, +. w. STANDARD.
+. f. Love.
The capital stock OF the company
was increased yesterday from $5O0,OO0
to 100000.
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BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF ST. VINCENT
Was Earthly raradise before the
Recent Awful pisnster

Was an Earthly Paradise Bsfors the
Recent Awful pisaster
st. Vincent, which has suffered from
the eruption OF its own soufriere vol
cano. is one Of the most beautiful and
picturesque islands in the British
West Indian group. 1t has an area of
l3l square miles and has been de-
scribed rs one OF the flashing Jewels
that lie like necklace around the
Caribbean sea. The last British CEN
sus credited It with population Of
$4,000, Of whom a large majority are
negroes engaged in the cultivation of
sugar cane. which Is the principal
crop. Two hundred years ago It was
the home OF the Carib Indians. who
were induced by the French to Join
In q revolution against England They
were crushed and thousands were
transported. Hundreds. rather than
submit. threw themselves into the
sea. A few descendants Of these orig
inal owners Of the island still exist
on lands granted to them by the Brit.
ish government.
81. Vincent, like all the islands in
The Delta independent., 1902-05-30

"Men on the Roraima were wiring
ing their hands and rushing about
frantically. Some of them jumped in
to the sea, where they must have died
instantly, Capt Freeman said. for the
water was boiling like a caldron. 1t
was like a mass of boiling mud. Many
of the Roddam's crew had disappeared.
probably swept overheard, and the rest
went one by one until only six were
left. Every one of them must have
died a terrible death.
After time the captain got the
steering gear working, the ship ans
wered her helm and he headed her out
The Delta independent., 1902-05-30

OF the Roddam, which escaped from
st. Pierre May s. The Waterman was
engaged in gathering up fragments of
human bodies and putting them away
in the locker. He discontinued the
work to show us around.
The Roddam presented an awful
spectacle. She looked as If she had
been thrust into soft, clinging mud
and pulled out again. The mud stuck
to her like cement and was two feet
deep on her decks. Awnings, stan
chions and boat covers had been
burned or swept away. Tarpaulins.
rails. stays, hatch covers and even
The Delta independent., 1902-05-30

First OF all the ships that passed
through the shower of ashes of Mont
Pe,ee and reached the American main
land to tell about it. the British Etona,
bound to New York from Monteyideo
and st. Lucia. has arrived at New
York. Her captain. John CanteIl, and
her passengers brought with them a
thrilling stors, not only OF their own
experience ia the second eruption of
Nartinique's destroyer, hut of the
Rsddam and her heroic captain, whom
they visited in the St Lucia hospital.
The Etona reached St Lucia on the
evening of May 10. expecting to coal
The Delta independent., 1902-05-30

frishtfui cataclysm known to the
world up to that time The whole
configuration Of the island was
changed. The eastern end sank into
the sea. and where 1t stood there is
now a great depth OF water. The vol.
canic forces remained Quiescent until
1889. and then the warning rumble
was heard again: but 1t was false
alarm. and the terrible scenes OF the
early part of the century were not re-
peated.
The island Of et. Vincent lies 100
The Delta independent., 1902-05-30

are possessed of melodious song. One
is sort of mountain oriole, which
has a note of peculiar sweetness and
wonderful penetration.
AS in most countries where earth
quakes are feared, the houses are.
as a rule, one story in height. The
more pretentious are two stories. and
the public buildings are three. but the
descendants of the Carib Indians re-
The Delta independent., 1902-05-30

ton of the seismic wave was not un-
like that which devastated Martinique
The disturbance in 1912 seemed to
pass under the bed OF the ocean to
Venezuela. Caracas. the capital of
that country. was partly destroyed by
an earthquake and lo.ooc persons per
ished. With the exception OF the
great Lisbon earthquake. the eruption
Of the mighty mountain was the most
The Delta independent., 1902-05-30

impalpable dust was carried by the
trade winds to the islands of Barba-
dos and st. Lucia and turned day into
night The inhabitants became panic
stricken with fear and abandoned
their ordinary vocations and devoted
themselves to prayer and fasting.
This was the closing period of a
series Of volcanic eruptions which
had lasted two years. and the direc-
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secretary shaw. E,.rcl...

Mounted on 'single-footer," Mr..
Shaw, secretary of the treasury. goes
for a ride nearly every afternoon. Tho
animals gait is SO smooth that ths
rider gets as much exercise as though
he was swinging in a hammock. But
then the secretary on such trips looks
more like a man doing his duty than
out for = pleasure ride.
The Delta independent., 1902-05-30

put on full steam. Some one responded
and the ship began to move. but ths
steering gear was iammed and would
not work. He kept the engines going
ahead and nstern alternately. hoping
to free the paddles. and in 80 doing
nearly struck the Quebec Line steamer
Rorsima. from which clouds Of steam
and flame were rising.
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to sea. Slowly the sky cleared. and
1t was possible for him to see about
him. Men in the red hot lava lay
dying all along his track. He him
self, though he stayed at the wheel,
was unable to lift his burned arms.
Blood from his forehead kept running
into his eyes. obscuring his vision. He
likened his escape to the passage from
he'll into heaven. AT last he reached
The Delta independent., 1902-05-30

had been saved by his crew. "You
can see the marks Of It yet about the
masts and our polished woodwork,
and I don't think my passengers are
Yet over their fright. No curiosity
Would ever TAXA US again near that
tsrrible place.
'sBsforc leaving st. Lucia" Capt.
Csutell said, I'VE visited tho wreck
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gard these as dangerous and cannot
be induced to enter them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-26
cooperative Housekeeping in Berth,

An interesting experiment in communal
life is to be tried in the Schlachtensee
suburb of Berlin. \ large house, com
tanning thirty rooms, situated in extern
siye grounds of twenty acres, has been
rented by a community of mutual ac-
quaintances. among whom are both mar
ried and single. a monthly rent of from
Is to 20 marks viii be levied for each
room occupied. The housekeeping viii
be in common, ana the kitchen also. One
lady and one gentleman will be elected
TO take charge of all the concerns of the
house. These officers will be changed
weekly. 4 bin of fare and all other
matters of interest connected with the
establishment viii be posted up in the
hall For food daily charge of / mark
will be made. Whether so moderate 4
charge will be increased later remains
to be seen. There will be a good library
and n common drawing room. writing
room, working room and dining room.
Arrangements are also being made for
a common playground and garden. THE
community will consist at first of forty
persons, mostly engaged in literary and
artistic pursuits. - London Chronicle 5
Berlin Telegram.
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Condemned in Missouri and Com
fiscated in New York.

Judge Clarke of st. Louis has convict
ed and fined heavily number OF grocers
for selling baking powders containing
alum.
The week before the Health Depart
ment of New York seized a quantity OF
stuff being sold for baking powder which
they found was made from alum mixed
with ground rock, and dumped it into the
river
The health authorities are thus taking
tion into our markets of injurious sub
stitutes in place of wholesome baking
powders.
As alum costs only cents a pound
there is great temptation for those
manufacturers who make substitutes and
imitation goods to use L. Alum hak-
ing powders can be detected by the
health authorities by cuemcai analysis,
but the ordinary housekeeper, whose as
sistanCe in protecting the health of the
people is important. cannot make q
chemical examination. She may easily
know the alum powders however. from
the fact that they are sold at from ten
to twenty cents for pound cam or that
some prize-like spoon, or glass, or
piece of crockery, or woodenware-is Civ
en- with the powder as an inducement.
As the people continue to realize the
Importance of this subject and consum-
ers insist on having baking powder of
established name and character. and as
the health authorities continue their Wig
orous crusades, the alum danger win. il
is hoped, finally be driven frpu' our
homes
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-26
Lived in Wife's Tomb tor the PAS
Nine ears.

Fer nine years Jonathan Reed. 50 years
old who lives in New York and is now
dying. has virtually lived in his wife's
tomb in the Evergreen cemetery. Devo-
ton to her memory has robbed the once
powerful man of all his physical strength
and his vitality. Slapped by years Of Bit
ter exposure. is ehbing away. lie has
always had n melancholy pleasure in sit
ting in the tomb by the side Of his dead
wife. and has found his only happiness
there, for he does not believe he viii meet
her in another world Lately he has be-
gun to wonder it his materialistic creed
il right or wrong. and il it is not possible
that he shall see her once more in the
spirit. Though he lives in the ;omb the
old man does not sleep there. lie leaves
the cemetery every night and goes to 4
little room in a house in williamsburg.
Early i'll the morning he creeps ont Of
his bed and goes To the cemetery. Good
morning. Mary" he always says 10 his
wife when he enters the tomb, Just rs ii
her dear ears could hear his voice
through the thick walls Of her metal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-26
WILL RENT UMBRELLAS.
scheme of a Concern that Proposes
Establish Stations Everywhcre.

scheme of a Concern that Proposes to
Establish Stations Every where.
An umbrella renting company with oil
authorized capital of $5,0O0,000 has be.
gun business in this city with eighty
stands or stations in drug stores, eigat
stores, shoe stores and barber shops.
with view to circulate umbrellas
Throughout the whole country in time
The company stocks up Il stand with
umbrellas ana checks. The checks are of
aluminium and are good only for tho cur
rent year With them is pocket di-
rectorS full OF the addresses Of the
stands, general information aud adger-
tisements.
The check is sold by the standkeeper
for 81 and entities the holder to an UNI
brella at any time ne produces it at any
stand in the country, but he must give
up the check when he takes the uIn-
brella. lie may start at Harlem in clear
weather, meet shower at Fourteenth
street and OH leaving the EAR can secure
an umbrella anywhere within a block by
delivering up his check.
IL the wind smashes the umbrella or 4
rib gives way he can take It to the near
est stand and get a new one. When the
shower clears up he can go to the near
est stand and exchange his umbrella for
one Of the company's checks, whiehsl l1.
can carry around in his pocket. THE
checks and umbrellas bear no distin
gushing numbers. but are rather oh
scurely marked with the name OF the
company.
1t may be asked how the umbrella
renter can expect to make any money
from such a transaction. Lapses through
loss of checks and thefts OF umbrellas
will be large factor of profit. Ii win
manufacture umbrellas for 60 or 20
cents which would retail ordinarily foe
over q dollar. The stand owners vii!
get about 10 per cent. for making tins
changes and get the benefit of additional
trade drawn by the renting plan.
Quite naturally the new scheme is or
posed by umbrella manufacturers and
dealers, but the renting company viii
manufacture for itself and keep out az
the open market rs much as possible.
The form of the checks will be changed
from year 10 year on the LIST Of January.
SO as 10 make it eyeryhody's business 10
have one of the umbrellas in hand at the
close of the season because he cannot ges
one with his old check after Decembee
81
The company originated in Boston and
was operated successfully there. An eX-
change is being established in Chicago
now and Manhattan borough is fairly
we'll covered between Wall street and
plications untitled and 800 in contempla-
ton. 1t is proposed to establish service
in every large city in this country and III
agent has been sent to London To see
what he can do there. Ii is contemplated
to meet the wants of travellers by MAX
ing the umbrella checks good in any ctr
in the grand circuit New York Sun.
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THE wTNnow SILL.

Behind the searlt bloom within
green and golden iardinigTe
! catch the glitter Of pin
Thrust In Knot OF shining hair.
4 hand disturbs the lilacs mist
That reaches up the window case
And checkers with It's amethyst
The border Of the curtain lace.
The shaken flower gobicts bend.
And waves of sweetness slowly spill.
As one, with freedom of a friend,
Leans lightly on the window sill.
The sun asceu1s the azule steep
Above, then dashes towards its edge
His golden spokes; and still they keep
The trysting at the window ledge,
Until q shadow. rosy gray,
Among the lilac branches slips
The young man, turning, gees his way,
A tender smile upon his lips.
Ha.f dropped. / see the shining knot
OF hair. a slender figure, still
As In a dream: and wonder what
Was told across the window sill
Hattie whitney ia Frank Lesiie's POEu
lar Monthly
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main young. ard that they will cease to
grow old when they cease to believe in
old age. The body is built up of beliefs
and our convictions are stamped upon
every fiber of our being. What we be-
lieve. what we think that we are: so
people who remain young in spirit never
grow old.
Not one Of a hundred students, Of
whom the writer was one, under Oliver
Wendell Holmes, at Harvard. ever
thought of him as an old man. although
be had then passed his eightieth birth
day. His spirit was so young, and he
was 50 buoyant so fresh and full Of life
that we always thought of him rs one of
ourselves. His vivacity and joyousneSs
were contagious. You could not be III
his presence five minutes without feeling
brighter and better for it. The genial
doctor never practiced medicine. yet he
did more to relieve human suffering than
many practicing physicians. His pres
enee was tonic: It was a perpetual de
light to be near him Success.
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ernoon recently We're very much enter
things spiritual by two colored pasSeu.
gers. As the debate waxed warmer. the
voices of the debaters grew louder until
what was said was plainly audible TO all
ia tile car After each had made con-
fession Of faith and given his views of
the means whereby mortal man could
gain salvation, enc Of the pair biurted
out. in Il tone that implied that all his
hope for the next world was embodied
in the words:
well, sab. / hlieve dat what's gwine
to he is sho'ly gwiue to be-
HUH grunted his companion, con
| temptuouSly. "peu yO' b'lieves in pre-
mcditashun. baltimore Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-26
DANGER IN YOUR POCKET.
Potash Tablets Ignite Safety Matches
in Mans Coat.


Flame and smoke in a crowded electric
car on upper Broadway the other even
ing caused panic among the WOMEN
passengers. 1t was soon discovered, how
ever. that it was not the car TINT was
on fire, but the clothing of man who
had been standing in the aisle for twen-
ty minutes The blaze, which was seri
Gus, had started from a box of safety
matches in the pocket of his inner coat.
What caused them to ignite? 1t Yves a
mystery He had for many years car
ried similar strike-ony-on box
matches with never a suspicion of spon-
taneous combustion. He solved the mys-
terry later when he remembered that be-
fore boarding the ear he entered a drug
gists to get something for a sore
throat" ard had been given some little
white tablets few OF which had been
thrust carelessly into the same pocket
with the box of matches.
The tablets were OF Ii kind in common
use, made Of sugar and chlorate OF
potash. The latter substance is the
chief ingredient in the heads Of safety
matches, while the boxes are smeared
with q composition containing red or
amorphouS phosphorus. Somebody
brushing past the passenger mad caused
the tablets In his pocket to rub against
the matchbox aud thus ignite the whole.
running Il suit of clothes and soaring a
carload of women. Considering the vast
number Of persons that carry such
matches and are liable 10 have throat
tablets in their pockets. it is surprising
that such accidents are not more fire.
quent. The incident is chronicled here
as a warning, Don't let thCs, little tab
lets get into the same pocket with your
matches. New York Herald
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PANE.

IN Pisa's baptistry the uttered word.
Sent upward winged with m..sic from the
grounds
Works In the dome a miracle Of sound
Most delicate. and all the air is stirred
With its vibrations: till, like some sweet
bird
Invisible, that circles ruand and round
singing o'erhead, then seeks the heavens
profound.
It fees away and is no longer heard
Thus, too il Is with word or song
Caught up and echoed through time
an4Dler hall:
1t charms awhile the listeners in the throng
But, with the days men never can recall,
1t faints and fades aIdn vanishes erei0ng
in the vast Silence that reeeiveth all
Samuel Valentine Cole fl the Critic.
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Matrimonial Casualties of the War

The South African war has .oceasioned
an enormous number of marriages. Of
ficers married hurriedly before they went
out: some have espoused the fair enemy
out there; many have succumbed TO the
charms of the plucky young military
nurses; great numbers invalided home
have been promptly welded by their pa
triotic and grateful contemporaries
Ladies' Field.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-26
You are Always as Young as You
Feel.

People grow old by thinking them,
selves old. When they reach the age of
40. 30 or 60, they imagine that they look
like others of the same age, and that
they soon viii be useless, unfit for work.
and unable to perform their wonted du-
ties. As surely MS they think this, it will
come true. for thought is creative. How
many of us can say. with Job. "The
thing which / greatly feared is come
upon me"
The time will come when children viii
not be allowed to celebrate their birth
days: when they will know that, by
thinking themselves young. they will re
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-26
Willis Moore's Niece will Loop the
loop Awheel.


Miss Ivy Moore, daughter of Les
ter y. Moore. p0Stofiice auditor
Id Washington. and the niece of
Willis i. Moore chief of the weather
bureau. is 10 loop the loop" ON her BIZ
cvele Ia Diavoio. The young woman
Vas recently tainted by 4 bevr of girl
friends when she laughiugly offered to
bet box of gloves that She could per-
form the thrilling feat. a girl friend
took the bet Hence her resolution to
risk her life in the loop The daring
Girl is only 10 years old. For two sea
sons she is said to have been the star
when amateur theatricals were given In
me national capital She recently ran
away from home, and her friends In
Washingtons upper ten" were shocked
rs hear that she had become pretty
maiden in the "Florodora" company.
4 series of nets is being constructed. 50
that Miss Moore can come to no harm,
even il the ride is not successful.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-26
Chum with the Children.

There are many conscientious fathers
and mothers who make themselves and
their children miserable by taking youth
full fObles too seriously 1t is an innate
propensity of child possessed OF the ay-
eragc good health and spirits TO make
older people laugh with hum; not at
him. but at the things that seem anus
ing to his own Sense. And the mother
who has the hlithe and ready humor to
entertain his fun becomes his most fas-
cinatin& companion.
He hee5s her rehukes aud bends TO her
correction without Ill feeling where stern
ness would arouse his pride and ire.- for
he is assured that she is ready, 20 share
all his innocent pranks, and that her dis
approval has no foundation in iInpa-
thence or injustice
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-26
You Can Get Aliens Foot Ease FREE

write to-day TO Allen S. 0lmste6. lie Roy.
n. Y. for FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease. a powder to shake into your shoes.
1t cures tired sweating, damp, swollen,
aching feet 1t makes new or tight shoes
easy. certain cure for Corns and Bunions.
All druggists and shoe stores sell it. 25c
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-26
FACTS AND FANCIES.

EARRINGS are still the fashion with
telephone girls.-Philadelphi Record.
Nightmares.-"I dream my stories, =
said Hicks. the author How You must
dread going to bed.' exclaimed Cynicns.
-Tit-Bits.
'In the Senate, of course. they always
adhere to parliamentary rules
Sometimes, and sometimes to Marquis
of Queensberry. "-P Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Youngwife-I want to get some
salad. Dealer-Yes'm. How many
heads? "Oh, goodness, I thought you
took the heads off. / Just want plaiu
chicken salad. Philadelphia Times.