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The National tribune., 1903-06-25


ly placed the reins of their celebration in
the hands of rollicking, daredevil band
of cOwpunchers.
By some strange mistake of his watch,
Dave was late with the stage that morn
ing, when the train came in. But not to
disappeint the Judge, who had arrived, to
make a patriotic speech for the Flatters,
and the two heads of the prospective rail
road, Alkali and Ches Dolliver, appointed
| by the Improvement Society of the County
would be pleased to drive them over the
mountains to the celebration. Wen the
| Judge and the representatives of n great
railroad reached a busy camp In the noun
| tains, where the rich aroma of roasting
| beef and mutton greeted the nostrils, they
did not know that they had been decoyed
by their escorts from 1.-The Flat to Sliv-
er's Springs.
There was large gathering Of people
under group of large cottonwood trees,
where a platform, decorated in bunting of
the National colors, and small flags, by the
artistic fingers of Nellie Towner, was ar
ranged with a table and an organ on it.
A large flag floated from the tallest tree,
prOclaiming the eYer-welcOme 1ndepen-
dence Day, likewise the victory of Sliver's
Springs.
| At the same time that the Judge and
the railroad magnates were being driven
| toward Sliver's Springs, an invitation
committee, headed by Ratt!esnake Pete
and Tweezers, were over at "The Flat"
"We thought we'd be neighborly and ask
you over to our celebration, seein' as yours
has sort of fzzled out" Pete was saying
| to the Flatters. "You see, the Judge and
them railroad kings changed their minds,
just as Aliali bet Dave they'd do, and
have stopped at Sliyers Springs to talk to
the people. We're going to have n big
barbecue dinner-scads of roast beef and
mutton, and fireworks at night. Come
over and be sociable with u.s."
A good many of the Flatters swallowed
their defeat gracefully and followed Pete
and his delegation back to Demon Can
yon. All were in time to hear Nellie
open the program with a spirited march
on the organ. after which her well-drilled
pupils sang America" in which the audi
ence joined. The Judges speech was
warmly appiauded, and the exercises end
ed with good dinner under the trees.
After this Alkali showed the railroad
guests the canyon and expatiated judi
ciously ON the good points of Sliver's
Springs. A dance on the platform that
night and grand display of fireworks
finished the celebration in Demon Canyon.
The improvement Society slept peacefully
in its blankets the rest of the night, but
those who had nursed their wrath and re.
mained away from Demon Canyon-the
angry defeated Fiatters-when they tried
to shoot off their fireworks defantly, and
found how some persons had humbugged
them by filling the boxes with pine sticks
dressed in gay-colored paper in fine imita
ton of brilliantly-clad 'rockets" and "tor
pedoes," these enraged citizens did no,
sleep SO well, but kept awake to plot re-
venge.
Before the next Fourth came round
Slyer's Springs had the new railroad, ani
''The Flat" went without its revenge
Tweezers told Alkali that the way thing:
could happen in "Arizony" beat anythin:
he had ever seen in Tom Green County.
The National tribune., 1903-06-25
TIE FOURTH IN DEMON CANYON.
AkaI kes Ingenious Plan Whereby the Celebration Trans
ferred from Copper Flats to Sivers Springs
By AD H. GIBSON.

helped him load the boxes in the back of
the stage. On their way back, it further
happened that Dave stopped the stage at
little ut-Of-the-way adobe, where a
dozen of Alkali's friends We're congre-
gated. While Alkai and Dave divided the
contents of a bottle very familiar to the
fuil-hedEed cowboy, Rattlesnake Pete,
Tweczers and several others quickly rc-
moved the boxes from the rear of the
stage. Next day Dave returned for the
boxes, which he supposed that he had lost
ont of the stage during his "tussle with
that bottle" The boxes were noticeably
less weighty, but Dave had Il wise head,
and told the storekeeper ut 1.-The Flat
that was the way he got EN-" The mer-
chant was a retired rancher not up in the
mysteries of fireworks, so he was easily
satisfied with an inspection of the contents
of his boxes, and set them away for the
Fourth.
The Fourth ut last came. bright. hot
day up in the Santa Rita hills. The Fat
was in its glory, certain of defeating its
mighty rival, Sliver's Springs, whose citi-
zens had, as the Flatters deemed. unwise-
The National tribune., 1903-06-25
Sponge Fishing in Florida.
Country Life in America >

In sponging two men work together in a
skiff One sculls. The other leans over
the side, and buries his head in n wooden
bucket with a glass bottom. Through this
glass he can see every hsh, every bit OF
coral or sea feather, and every shell or
sponge upon the bottom His glance sweeps
indiferently past shark, ray or pomPano,
past single fish or fish i'll schools. past
big fish seeking dinner and little fish
seeking to escape making one. 1t hesitates
at every growth upon the bottom. and rests
for a moment upon every form Of sponge
which it encounters. When a sponge of
commercial value comes within range of
the sponger's vision his free hand reaches
behind him for the :'0-foot pole with its
sponge hook which lies across the gun
wales. The motion of the boat is check
ed by the sculler. the hook is lowered to
the roots of the sponge, which is then torn
from the bottom.
Sponges, after being cured, are put up
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moved back. uncovering the dismounted
skirmiShers. who. from behind trees. opened
fire with their Spencer carbines, while
the two mounted battalions also took part
in the engagement, checking Forests ad-
vance and killing his brother. Col Forrest.
The New Jersey battalions steadily held
their position until relieved by other
troops. the officer commanding them being
Maj. Z. ID. FroOm, now Colonel i'll lnspec-
tor-Generars Department, L. :. y. Two
of our officers and a number of men were
wounded: also, some of the 4th Mo. and
the Regulars. With the coming of dark
ness the fight ended.
On the 2Sd the column crossed the Tai
lahatchie River, the First Brigade hold
ing the crossing and then cutting loose the
pontoon bridge, blocking pursuit.
Now, the story rs to the corralling and
reorganizing the ID n. J. by the Iowans
is. of course. foolish nonsense. II Skaggs
went to 4 pack train to secure another
horse, he went so far in advance of the
column that he never heard a gun fired.
As to going into camp after crossing the
Tallahatchie. nothing of the kind occurred.
The river was crossed in the early morning e
and the march continued. If Skaggs went
to the Tombigbee River he must have
been running away-50 miles from his
brigade. He was evidently dreaming
when he wrote that one battalion OF his
brigade fought FORESTS whole command
at the Tombigbee River bridge, as the
bridge is a Columbus. Miss.
Skaggs says the % n. ]. was new reg
iment. COMPOSED of '.store clerks and pa
per-coliar fellows" The regiment went
from the Army of the Potomac to the
Army of the Tennessee. All the field and
many of tho line officers and enlistef! men
had been in service in various regiments
since 1861: and, certainly. n mans occu-
. = -. "a.
VIII Mr.. SkaGgs please explain: II the
81 n. J. was in the rear, and Forrest
| charged it through a narrow passage,
what was the I'd Iowa Battery doing
there. between the cavalry column and the
enemy, and il ne was far ahead with the
pack train, looking for horse, how did
he know what was going on in the rear
three miles away; and what was the I'd
Iowa doing at the head of the column
their battery being in the rear?-Is. Il
BARNARD. Commanding Co. G, I'd n. j.
| Cav, Newark, y. ].
The National tribune., 1903-06-25
WASHINGTON

don board of trade, showing that in 1890
we consumed 7.S3 pounds per capita,
which increased to 7.99 pounds the follow
ing year. jumped to 9.61 pounds the next
year, but decreased the next two years to
S.24 and sol, and went up again in 1895
to 9.22 pounds. Our consumption for 1898
was LAS pounds. but fell off the follow
ing year to 1885, although since it has
steadily increased. OF the 16O00, 600 bag
of coffee estimated as the worlds crop for
the year ending June 80, 1903, over
S.OOO,OOO bags were sold in the United
STATES
The National tribune., 1903-06-25
A Terrapin Story.
Murray Ky.) Tines J

In June, 1883, L. II. Robertson caught
a terrapin on his farm north of town and
cut his initials, 81. Ii. r., June, 1SS3."
ON its back and turned it loose. A few
days since the same terrapin was found
about the farm and brought to town, with
the marks still distinct on its back. Mr..
Robertson remarked his terrapinshiD and
again set him free to roam at his sweet
will on the farm, where he has no doubt
been meandering for the last 20 years.
and how much longer no one knows. He
found.
The National tribune., 1903-06-25
Women Seek Better Organization

The 10th Session of the Mortified
Young WOmen's Conference will take
place Mt East Northfield, Mass, July 7-15.
This Conference was established by the
great evangelist d. L. Moody, in 1892, and
has been largely attended by college wom-
en-. This year, however particular atten-
tion is paid to the interest of boarding
school pupils and young women not in col
lege. The list Of speakers is unusually
strong. President Mary Woolley, of Mt.
iiolyoke College, and Miss Margaret Slat-
terry, of Fitchburg, are the representative
women sneakers
The National tribune., 1903-06-25
Identified Booths Body.

Jos. E. Whitney, 50 Piquettc avenue,
Detroit, Mich, writes that he was with
Joseph Booth when he went to Baltimore
to identify the body upon its reburial. The
face was considerably mummificd, and the
hair had grown some after death, and had
changed from black to dull brown, dur
ing the four years intcrment. The body
riding boot was on one leg. The other
boot had been found at Dr.. Mudd's. Whit
ney had been intimate with John Booth
for several years, and conld not have been
mistaken in the belief that the body WAS
his.
The National tribune., 1903-06-25

in strings four feet eight inches long. and
sold in Key West, like everything else
there, at auction. In the fishing commun-
ity of the keys the sponge is a sort of So
cial wampum. Choice specimens are given
as tokens of regard, or as expressions of
gratitude for favors. They are available
in payment of compliments or debts, and
their value cannot always be measured by
their monetary equivalent.
The Coconino sun., 1903-12-19

1Aw hA. .r~a.4 In this new department we have IW UyVOI IIIICI|I everything to please the little -l- folks. All kinds of Mechanical Toys, Steam Engines, Metal Railroad Trains, Auto- mobiles, Fire Engines, Express Wagons, Rocking Horses, Doll Cabs, Doll Houses, Doll Furniture, Granite Cooking Outfits, Humpty Dumpty's Great Show, Punch and Judy Show. We wish you to the many articles shown here. Space will not permit us to mention all.
The Coconino sun., 1903-12-19
Our Dry Department 's::. a:;: 7: ::'.:'':. s': :s :'

for presents. Toilet Sets, Handkerchief Boxes, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Work Boxes-in Austrian Court fnsh Shaving Sets, Brc-a-Brac and Bronze Figures Ster- ing Silver Souvenir Spoons of the Peaks and the Cfs Sterling Silver Tableware, Beautiful Cut-Gass, and host of other useful and ornamental artclesust what you looking for.
The Coconino sun., 1903-12-19
FURNITURE DEPARTMENT.

 d A piece furniture is an in this dpamnt ha vii be us
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-04
Travelling is Dangerous.

Constant motion jars the kidneys
which are kept in place in the body by
delicate attachments. This is the rea-
son that travellers, trainmen. street car
men, teamsters and all who drive very
much, suffer from kidney disease in
some from. Foley's Kidney Cure
strengthens the kidneys and cures all
forms of kidney and bladder disease.
Geo. E. Hausan, locomotive engineer,
Lima. Ohio, writes, Constant vibra-
ton of the engine caused me a great
deal of trouble with my kidneys, and I
got no relief until l used Foley's Kid,
ney Cure" Alvarado Pharmacy.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-04
Caution!

This is not a gentle word-but when
you think how liable you are not to
purchase the only remedy universally
known and a remedy that has had the
largest sale of any medicine in the
world since 1868 for the cure and
treatment of consumption and throat
and lung troubles without losing its
great popularity all these years, you
will be thankful we called your atten.
ton to Boschee's German Syrup. There
are so many ordinary cough remedies
made by druggists and others that are
cheap and good for light colds perhaps,
but for sever coughs, bronchitis, Group
and especially for consumption,
where there is difficult e~xpectoration
and coughing during the nights and
lornings, there is nothing like German
Syrup. The 25-cent size has Just been
introduced this year. Regular size, rs
cents. At all druggists. J. H. O'Rielly
& Co.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-04
Wanted,

We would like to ask, through the
columns of your paper, il there is any
person who has used Green's August
Flower for the cure of indigestion,
dyspepsia, and liver troubles that has
not been cured-and we also mean
their results, such al sou stomach,
fermentation of food, habitual cos
t~iveness, nervous dyspepsia, head
aches, Respondent feelings, sleepless-
ness-in fact, any trouble connected
with the stomach or liver? This medi.
cine has been sold for many years in
all civilized countries, and we wish to
correspond with you and send you one
of u books free of cost. If you never
tried August Flower, try a ascent bot
tie first. We have never known Of its
failing. If SO, something more serious
is the matter with you. The 25-cent
size has Just been introduced this year.
Regular size, rs cents. At all druggists.
G. G. Green. Woodbury., N. j. j. H.
O'Rielly & Co.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-04
-O--
ENGINEER DANFElSOR.
His Death Saturday Morning at the
Railroad Hospital at Las Vegas.

Railroad men and people generally
in the city will regret hearing that En-
gineer B. Danfelsor died at the Santa
Fe hospital this morning, says the Las
Vegas Optic. Thursday Mr.. Danfelsor
became i'll and in the evening was TAX
en- to the hospital, where it was found
that that painful and almost universal
fatal disease, septic %peritonitis, had set
in. The hospital physicians gave the
most careful attention to the case, but
the poison continued to spread
throughout the system and the patient
to grow worse. Yesterday afternoon
AT Mr.. Danfelsor's request an operation
was performed, The physicians had
very little hope of saving the patients
life, The operation for general peri
tonitis in the septic stage Is one rarely
performed and still more rarely sue
c~essful. But upon this operation hung
the mans life by the slenderest thread
imaginable, and at the solicitation of
the patient the physicians performed
it quickly and neatly. The condition
OF the man was such that no general
anaesthetic could be administered.
The engineer was much relieved by
the operation and seemed to rally. but
the physicians had little hope. The
mans last hours were easier and the
span of life was heightened a little.
Shortly after 8 this morning he passed
10 the great beyond.
The engineers wife in Crawfords,
vile, Kan. has been notified and she
is on her way to gaze for the last time
upon the face OF the husband who was
idolized in life.
The superintendent office has no
record of Mr.. Danfelsor. as he came
recently to this division to take a
freight run between here and Albu-
querque. He had had several slight
attacks Of peritcnitis before. and this
accounts for the extreme virulence Of
the last attack. The engineer came
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-04

Trains run daily except Sunday.
Connections with the main line and
branches as follows:
At Antonito for Durango, Silyerton
and all points in the San Juan country.
At Alamosa with standard gauge)
for La Veta, Pueblo. Colorado Springs
and Denver, also with narrow gauge
or Monte Vista, Del Norte and Denver,
Creole and all points in the San Luis
valley. At Salida with main line
STANDARD gauge) for all points east
and west including Leadville and mar
row gauge points between Salida and
Grand Junction.
At Florence and Canon City for the
gold camps of Cripple Creek and Vic
tor. At Pueblo, Colorado Springs and
Denver with all Missouri river lines
for all points east.
For further information address the
undersigned.
Through passengers from Santa Fe
in standard gauge sleepers from Ala
osa can have berths reserved on APP
plicatiop
b. w. ROBBINS, Con. Agt.,
Santa Fe, n. NJ.
S. X. HOOPER. C. P. A., Denver, Colo.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-04
Engineer Averts Serious Accident.

What might have been a very seri.
Gus accident On the Santa Fe railway
early last Monday morning was avert.
ed by the coolness and bravery of En-
glneer A. V. Sober, will be seer by the
following account:
Early Monday morning as freight
train first SO. drawn by engine No. $50
with Engineer Sober at the throttle,
was going down the heavy grade be.
tween Azul and Las Vegas, the quad
rant stud blew out and in a moment
the cab of the engine was filled with
escaping steam and hot water. The
engineer called to his fireman, w. A.
Hewlett. to jump, while he CROPPED his
way .h;.teA the steam and not water
at great r.sx RI Lciir severely scald-
ed, and put the air brake in the
emergency" and then jumped off the
engine. Brakeman G.. r. Mcmahon
was also in great danger of being Sc
yerely scalded but saved himself by
getting on top of the cab. The engine
was going at Il high rate of speed. and
Fireman Hewlett sustained severe
bruises. lie was taken to the hospital
at Las VEGAS. and at last reports was
resting easy. Engineer Sober escaped
with a few slight bruises .-Raton Re
porter.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-04
The Waste Of thine Body.

Every seven days the blood, muscles
and bones of a man of average size
loses two pounds of wornout tissue.
This waste cannot be replenished and
the health and strength kept up with
out perfect digestion. When the stom.
ach and digestive organs fail to per-
form their functions, the strength let's
down. health gives way, and disease
set up, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure enables
the stomach and digestive organs to
digest and assimilate all of the whole
some food that may be eaten into the
kind of blood that rebuilds the tissues
and protects the health and strength
of the mind and body. Kodol cures
Indigestion, dyspepsia and all stmach
troucies. 1t is an ideal spring tonic.
Sold by B. H. Briggs & Co, S. Vann
& Son.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-04
New Grain Door.

The Santa Fe announces that 1t will
soon fit its grain cars with a newly
invented door, The new device is a
door within a door. The inside one.
which is made of boiler metal, is so
constructed that it can be opened
while the car is loaded without spill.
ing the grain or breaking the door.
The trouble with the doors that are
now in use is that they are hard to
open when the car is filed with grain
and it Cftcn require the use Of a
crow bar. For this reason more grain
car doors come into the shops for re-
pairs than any other kind, and it is
expected that the new door will reduce
the destruction at least IS per cent.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-04
O-
A GOOD SLEEPER.
Experience Which a Santa Fe Division
Superintendent Once Had.

The San Bernardino Sun tells the fol
lowing story on a man who now occu-
pies the position of division superin-
tendent on the Santa Fe:
Qnite a number of years ago when
the gentleman in question was a
freight conductor, he and his train
went onto a side track east of Need
les one night to meet a train which
had right of way over him. Having
been on the read quite a while and
the crew being about "pegged out, "
the boys laid Gown in the hunks TO
rest, leaving the conductor on watch.
The latter, who was not over fresh
determined on a scheme whereby he
would take a quiet little nap on his
W behalf. Accordingly he went out
and placed some torpedoes on the rail
as a means of warning, knowing that
they would be exploded by the passen-
ger train, which noise would waken
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-04

him and all would thereby be well.
Long after daylight some Of the boys
awoke, and wondering If by some mis-.
take the looked-for train had not
passed in the night. they reused the
"old man." asking him IL she had gone.
mo, no. she amt gone. for I put out
some caps to waken me when she
passed"
Thinking that something was wrong,
two of the crew strolled out of the car
to look around. Imagine their surprise
and the look on that conductors face
when it was found that he had placed
the caps on the sidetrack just behind
the caboose.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-04
OLD MINERS CLAIM.
Says he Owns Part Of Santa Fe Yards
at Barstow,

There is an interesting suit coming
up In the local courts, say the San
Bernardino Dispatch. 1t involves the
title to a portion Of the yards at Bar
stow. The Santa Fe railroad is the
| plaintiff and Charles O'Donnell. an old
miner, is the defendant. The company
| claims the land in dispute under an act
of congress-, which gave the railroads
the right to locate twenty acres for de-
pot grounds, every ten miles along the
route of the read. O'Donnell claims
the land under a mining location which
he took out over twenty years ago.
Ever since he has occupied the land,
having run a tunnel in the mountains
over 200 feet. His original filing was
destroyed by fire which burned down a
cabin, and in May, 1885, he recorded
another filing in the county clerks Of
fee, but sixteer days earlier the COM
pany had filed its depot location and
now has a patent in from the govern
ment. The portion in dispute is occu-
pied by numerous shacks built by the
section crew and there are also three
switch tracks on the property. The
company removed it's large water tank
from the land some time ago and had
intended to locate the shops there, but
the trouble over the title prevented
this. The late general manager, New
ms, had about made a settlement with
O'Donnell, but the formers death pre-
vented this going through, and since
then General Manager Wells has re-
fused to compromise. Attorney H. NJ.
Willis is O'Donnell's attorney, and was
in Los Angeles taking dispositions for
the case.