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The Delta independent., 1903-08-28
A Msmorx.

A Memory.
The Night walked down the sky
With the moon In her hand:
BY the light of that yellow lantern
i saw you stand.
The hair that swept your shoulders
Was yellow ton,
Your feet as they touched the grasses
Shamed the dew.
The Night wore all the Jewels.
And you wore none.
But your gown had the odor OF lilies
Drenched with sun.
And never was Eve OF the Garden
Or Mary the Maid
More pure than you as you stood there
Bold. yet afraid.
And the sleeping birds woke. trembling
And the folded flowers were aware.
And my sense was faint with the fra
grant
Gold Of your hair.
And our lips found ways OF speaking
What words cannot say.
TIL hundred nests gave music,
And the East was gray.
Frederic Lawrence Knowles in Boston
Transcript.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

Teachers wishing to prepare for ex-
aminations should write at once to Prof.
]. L. Graham. LII. D., l52 154 Randolph
Building. Memphis, Tennessee. for
particulars concerning his special
Teachers Examination Course.
This course -is taught by mail and
prepares teachers for examinsfion in
every state in the Union. Leading
educators pronounce Il the best course
ever offered to the teaching profession
and all teachers wishing to advance in
their profession should Immediately
avail themselves Of it. Enclose stamp
or reply.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

If the Colombian government
showed any disposition to 60
ahead and build the Panama canal
by itself, its obstructive tactics
against the canal treaty could be
readily understood. AS it has
neither the coin nor the credit, it
might as we'll understand that
if the canal is dug at all the Uni
ted States will do it.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

Judging from the decisive man
ner in which the Reliance took
the first two races Upton will go
back to England with the same
old tale to tell. But lie can raise
the price of tea, build better
boat and try again.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

From all indications the Paonia
Fruit Fair will be the whole thing
again this fall so far as Dslta conn
ty is concerned. 1t will be held
September 16, II and 18. This
will be about the middle of the
season and some fine fruit is sure
to be had.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

At the end Of the fiscal year of
1901 to 1902, the fund available
for government irrigation pur-
poses amounted to $7,7OO,OOO.
The money secured by the sale
Of public land during the last year
WAS the largest ever known and
brings this fund up to S15,0OO,-
900.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

Several dairymen of Denver
have been convicted for using for
maldehyde in milk to preserve it,
thereby causing the death of sew
eral small children. They were
fined $40 and cost.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28
c,ptaln,, cvrlou, coll.e.ion.

A collection Of pawntickets repre-
senting transactions In every civilized
country Of the globe. which was got
together by merchant captain. has
been sold by auction. As the lot 10
thought to be uni .ue It fetched .f40.
being aimost equivalent to the total
OF the sums advanced on the pawncd
items.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

The Elberta peach crop will be-
gin to move about ten days later
this season than usual. However,
the crop will he big one and
good prices will be secured for
the entire output.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

In the course c. :. %. u, tarnarvon
It was stated that In North Wales the
custom prevails of making a ccllec.
ton from those present at funerals,
the money being handed to the clergy
or ministers instead Of burial fees.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

Anything goes in Denver when
an election comes up. Graders
are being shipped in off the Moi
fat road and registered in an ef-
fort to defeat the new charter.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28
hone>SfI~ made
| Levi Strauss Coos
CoPPer-riveted
.OVeIa116
(&| N |<lg
A E.., hid.

j. P.Johnson has recently constructed
neat brick adjoining the Golden Rule
store.
1t is 25 feet with plate glass front and
is quite an addition to the north side OF
Main street.
Z. L. Underhill is occupying the main
etore room. while Gotf & johnson will
do real estate business in small
apartment cut of on the north side and
front.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

The 18th of next month the
taxpayers of Delta will settle the
mountain water question.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

The Delta County Fair Associ-
alton seems to have cotton lost in
the bunch.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY.
nt.e.lIsneeu. Ra,es.

Resolutions VI respect and coincidence. obitu-
aries. etc., Ave cents per line for each sddi-
nohai line over one inch.
Card Of thanks 81 90 for each insertion.
Display advertising rates made known on
application.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28

The Hearst boom for the pres
idency is cooling off some.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28
REPORT OF TINE CONDITION
First National Bank Of Delta
RESOURCES.

At Delta. in the State Of Colorado Mt the close Of
business, April 3. iSOo.
The Delta independent., 1903-08-28
r.seA.rs' I..ers,as. Exaniadsa cssrse.

GEORGE STEPHAN, Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
A COLLEGE FARM.
Fordham's Sixty Acres Within Limits
of New York City.
New York Times.

New York Times.
st. Johns College, at Fordhan, is one Of
the largest farmers of the Bronx. The
glebe lands of the college, closely bordering
Bronx Park, are about sixty acres In ex-
hay and corn for nearly a score of cows,
and keeps a walled garden In which are
grown fresh vegetables for the table. The
whole arrangement smacks OF the medi-
aeval monastery, only the clergy do not
work the glebe. Nevertheless, st. Johns is
the only college in New York city that IN
part supplies its own table from its own
land. The score of cows do not give enough
milk for the needs of the college, and the
products of the garden must be supple
mented from the markets. but the whole
situation serves to recall a time when St
Johns was really in the country, when the
great ugly town had not penetrated the
grounds. and the smiling glebe lands actu-
ally produced enough to feed both teachers
and pupils.
The long row OF farm buildings, and espe-
cially the old-fashioned barn, with its de-
pendent cowsheds, bespeak the earlier con-
ditions. A long. narrow farm lane lined with
giant elms leads eastward to the rear fields
of the glebe, and still looks as II must have
looked when all the region round was yet
unspoiled country. The farmer, of course a
sound Catholic, lives in one of the row of
farm buildings, and the strange imperti-
hence of a childs cart in the college gar
den indicates the presence of the lay ele-
ment. Oddly mixed with farming imple-
ments are old desks and chairs from the
schoolroom, and old furniture Of various
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

Elliot Flower. in May Critic.
AS matter of fact, no one can tell what
will be acceptable TO a certain editor. and
anyone who assumes that he can is an
impostor. I have disposed of manuscripts
where / least expected, and 1 have failed
to sell where thought it was a certainty.
Furthermore, / have discovered that
editors themselves, who presumably keep
careful watch OF what other editors are do
ing. know no more about 1t than / do.
L have had manuscripts returned to me
with the kindly suggestion that | submit
II 10 such-and-such a periodical, ito which
TO dispose OF an article by following this
well-meant advice. L appreciate the cour-
tesy that prompts ii, but the editors in
variably have guessed wrong in these
instances. The only thing to do Is TO use
ones best judgment and keep the article
going. If IL is reasonably good-or even
only fair-it Is practically a sure thing
that some editor wants IL, the problem be-
ing to find out which one, and that can
mean to say that manuscript should be
sent out haphazard to anyone. Judgment
and experience are Of value, but their
value Is distressingly uncertain, and even
the most experienced err with great fire.
quency. When l first started in, a friend
whose literary work had made him indie
pendent undertook TO help me with his
advice. but L found that he guessed
wrong" about as often as / did. He had
acquired a reputation that helped him to
dispose of his manuscripts-and there is
no gainsaying that reputation is wonder
full help, but mine had to go solely on their
merits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
Old Favorites RepubIished.
London Times.

London Times.
Strange as it may seem, success has at
tended the republication of the novels of
William Harrison Ainsworth in twenty vol
umes, and of G. p. r. James. Encouraged
especially by the reception accorded to the
voluminous series OF melodramatic and
flimsy historical romances which James
produced so rapidly, the publishers have
arranged to issue similar editions of the
novels of James Grant (ffty-two volumes)
and Capt Mayne Reid (fifty-two volumes.)
Old favoriteS such as these are not so neg
lected by modern English readers as most
people imagine. They still have a miscel-
laneous but faithful following, and their
books are in constant demand at the free
libraries. 1t is mainly to the Libraries that
these new editions will appeal Grant and
Mayne Reid were both prolific writer's
Grant, indeed, wrote a book, some
times two, every year for something like
fifty years-and both lived to the same age.
THE RomanceS of War;" Grants first book
and one of the best, has even now a steady
circulation, but most of his other novels
have long been out of print. Capt. Maype
Reid is still best remembered for his Scalp
Hunters" for which there has always been
a demand, with ''rhe Headless Horseman'
and THE Death Shot, next in order Of
popularity, but at least forty-five of his re-
naming novels have been out of print for
years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
The Position of a College President.

May Cosmopolitan.
A successful college president to-day oc-
cupies one Of the most enviable positions in
American society. A trusted specialist in
an American college is not only assured of
a respectful hearing when he writes or
speaks, but he is frequently called to the
seat of the state and national government
for advice by the Governor, legislative or
congressional committee, and also by the
President of the United States. During the
past twenty-five years the salary of super
Tor teachers In the service Of the State has
been nearly doubled. In the case of the
higher positions in many. of our municipali-
ties practically life-tenure has been es-
tablished. The salaries of not a few sec
ondary school masters now equal, and in
many cases exceed, those of the judges of
our state and federal courts. The supreme
ly desirable college professorships carry in
comes equal to and exceeding those of a
large proportion of the members of the med
ical and legal professions. Presidential sal
aries in our colleges and universities have
been advanced to as much as $751; 900 year.
Looking at the remaining consideration, it
may be said that the social standing and
influence of members of the teaching profess
sion have advanced more rapidly than has
been the case in many of the other careers
to which educated men devote themselves.
Reflection and observation along this line
present facts suggestive of revolution, not
only in our social life, but in religious
life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
Miss Daskam Talks.

Miss Josephine Daskam has long been
famous as an author who never had man
uscript returned. Now she has pricked this
bubble of reputation, and claims place
among the rejected. 81 have" she is
quoted as saying in a recent interview, but
II was my own fault. When my work be-
gan to have greater vogue / unlocked an
old desk and sent some very bad things
had written when / was at college to the
publishers. They were rejected. l don't
like writing" continued Miss Daskam- III
could do as wish l would evolve a plot
or two every day and have others work
them up-form a kind of syndicate. 1 en-
10y the results of my writing, but
the actual writing / find tiresome." Miss
Daskam says her fiction is almost entirely
pure invention. 81 don't find" she says,
that facts furnish good material for fic-
ton. Besides. when one writes of charac-
ters as they really are she gets hundreds
OF letters telling her they are overdrawn.
If she writes inventively, the letters tell
her how absolutely true they are, and ask
if she didn't know the writer's best friend
and draw the character from her"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
An Embarrassing Situation.

New York Tribune.
There is amusing tale in The Lon
don Outlook Of a ''well-known lady novel;
list, whose enemies accuse her of taking
herself somewhat too seriously" She was
entertaining party of her friends, and con-
versation ran largely upon her new book.
One young man in the circle had not read
the work.
Accordingly, on rising from the table,
and by way of abstracting himself from
the takers who were still worrying their
conversational bone. he fixed his eyes on a
female portrait which adorned the drawing
room wall. Coming softly behind him, the
lady novelist significantly said Il think L
know what you are thinking-that that pic
ture reminds you of Fredericka.' of Fred
ericka,' replied the young man blankly,
what Fredericka? My Fredericka,' return
ed the novelist, with surprise. for her latest
heroine bore that name. Then the unbe-
lever pulled himself together. No., said
he with a judicial head shake And he
plumed himself on having got well out of
the hobbe. But ii was yet early for self
graduation. Come, them returned his hos
tess, seductively, come and sit down here
beside me. and you shall tell me what your
notion of my Frederick is.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
The End of the word.

Simon Newcomb In May McClure's.
NOW let me tell you whs.t none but our
selves must hear. You all know that from
the beginning OF the recorded history stars
supposed TO be new have from time to time
blazed out in the heavensg The scientific
men know that these start were not real
ly new. They were Simply commonplace
stars which. through the action of some
cause that no one has yet brought TO light.
suddenly increased their heat and light
thousands OF times.
I'VE have also known ttat dark bodies
many times larger than thu earth are fiy-
ing through space like the stars them
selves. Now. my theory is that one OF
these objects chances TO 3tr.ke a star n
bursts through its outer esvelope and sets
free the enormous fires Dent up within
which burst forth In all their fury.
Next December one Of these objects "A
g ing TO fan into our SUM Now I do not
want TO brighten you UNNECESSARILY, but
think We may as well looS this matter IN
the face III my theory Is correct the light
creased thousands OF tines Should this re-
the consequences? The whole surface OF
the earth will be exposed b a radiation as
intense as that In the focus OF a burning
grass, which. you all kno~, will not only
set fire 10 wood. but melt from and crumbs
stone. The flood OF heat twill destroy all
the works OF man and every living being
that exists upon the earth. The polar
regions alone will be exempt from the
radiation. because the sun will not be shin
ing on them at the time of the collision.
But they Will be visited with such a flood
OF hot air and steam that their fate can
hardly be different from .the rest OF the
world"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
TRADE COMPETITION.
Europe Manufacturing American
Goods Even to the Name-PIates.


Goods Even to the Name-Plates.
Alexander Hume Ford, in Golfers Weekly.
American commerce, after a period of
foreign expansion that astonished our cit
European countries, suddenly finds itself
face to face with topping exports. Not
only is there an almost unprecedented fall
ing OFF of orders for machinery from
Europe, but we are once more importing
pig iron instead of sending it abroad. This
becomes possible again in our history be-
cause our marvellous prosperity abroad was
of the factories, foundries, mines and
machine shops with American machinery,
cheaply American tools and commodities,
even to our name plates on implements of
all kinds, equal In every respect to the
original article which they now supplant
everywhere, because owing to our lack OF
foreign banking facilities and lax methods
OF business in securing and holding foreign
trade. we fail to hold against those we
have enabled to compete with us for the
markets of the world.
The American manufacturer of ma
chinery seemingly has no fellow feeling for
the Yankee maker of commodities. Entire
shoemaking plants are sent to England for
installation. and leased on royalty to the
british manufacturer, and SO popular Is
the American boot as it is called abroad,
that the Yankee manufacturer of shoemak-
ing machinery is successful in compelling
the British shoemaker to abolish all other.
machinery from his factory. These Amerf-
can shoe plants in Great Britain, being
much nearer the continental market than
our own, are successfully ting in
many quarters where American shoes"
(made in England) are becoming quite as
popular as the genuine article.
When America began to lay down tools
in Valdivostok and Port Arthur for the
Russian government, at a less price than
it cost to manufacture the same articles in
Germany, there was an immediate over
hauling of German machine shops, and
while the process of re-equipment with
American installations progressed, our ex-
ports of machinery increased by leaps and
bounds. Now, however, it is Germany that
lays down tools in the Far East at the
price it costs US to manufacture them, and
we are doing the overhauling and installa-
ton of new machinery to compete with our
machinery in German workshops. The days
of our commercial walkover" have passed.
We did wake Europe up and she now fights
us with our own weapons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

full IL turned out to be Far from the Mad
ding Crowd and not THE Hand Of Ethel
berta. Mr.. Greenwood, who Is heard land
read far too little in these latter days,
succeeded Thackeray on the Cornhill. He
can also plume himself on being the dis
coverer of many notable authors, including
Grant Allen, Richard Jeffries and Mr.. Bar
rie.
We are all still waiting for Mr.. Hardy $
new novel. despite the fact that he has an
nounced his intention OF devoting himself
TO poetry. 1t Is probable that the reception
of his later books, particularly Jude the
Obscure" discouraged him. Even when
Tess OF the DUrbervilleS" appeared Sc
rally In an American magazine whole
chapter had TO be omitted. owing 20 its
supposed conflict with the tastes Of the
readers. This chapter. however. appeared
before the publication OF the novel in book
form, in the National Observer. under Mr..
Henley's editorship.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

kinds from the lodgings OF the teachers and
students. while priests in long robe and
biretta occasionally take their constitu-
tional along the farm lane in the wake OF
the farmer and his laborers.
How long St. Johns can maintain its old
farming traditions nobody can tell. but the
time must come when 1t will no longer be
profitable to keep the glebe under cultiva-
ton. The yearly growing beauty of Bronx
Park is constantly adding to the value of
the glebe, and the development of the whole
region round about is contributing to the
same thing. Already the extension of the
elevated railroad to the entrance of the
park has taken considerable slice off the
fine old college campus, and some years
ago the college authorities leveled bit of
their ground to the north of the campus
proper. as If in anticipation of a time when
the campus might be extended in that d.
rection. The time will surely come when
the glebe will be further narrowed by the
sale of portions not needed for ordinary
college purpose. and the farm will be
merely a tradition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
American Books I'm England.

London Letter In Washington Post.
Not one Of the books published In London
during the last month has been praised
more heartily by reviewers than that mix
ture Of American wit and ''horse sense"
Letters from a Self-made Merchant to
His Son." which recent reports from the
United States describe as one Of the best
six sellers there. This books fiattering re-
ception In England-where its vigorous,
slangy style might have been expected to
disturb readers a little-is worth recording,
because IL comes as another instance to-
ward the refutation OF the stock theory
that there is public I'm this country
for an American book. The fact Of the
matter seems to be that when an Ameri-
can book Is really good stuff'' IL is almost,
II not quite, as likely TO be a success here
as at home. 1t is true that many a book
that has been good seller" across the
Atlantic falls down over here. and the ex-
PLANTATION that is given usually is that the
novel In question was too local. to ap-
pea. to the. British public. But in nine
cases out or ten, the books popularity
at home was the result OF seductive and
tireless advertising, and its fate here the
thing that was to be expected in the abb
sence Of such booming"
AS q matter of fact the "atmosphere" of
an American book worries an English read
er little II any more than that of book
describing life In this country would con-
one Of the most local books ever written
but I never have talked with one Of it's
thousands OF English readers whom 1t has
not pleased The appreciative reviews of
every new "Dooley" book published In this
country are a revelation to Americans who
live here. Calumet X" by Merwin and
Webster. made an immense hit here because
that rousing story Of the building Of a grain
elevator was worth a round dozen of either
Janice Meredith" or Richard Carvel,"
which were failures in England. INC
league and 1.-THE Octopus were read with
delight in this country. and the English es-
Inmates OF 1.-The PITT were not less favora-
bic than those published in its authors own
country.
II Is true that an English publisher not
long ago started a series of American now
els and was obliged to discontinue IL, but il
Is also true that the books selected for pub
lication therein. with one or two exceptions
were far from up to the mark. Naturally
books like those OF George AIDE and Chin
mie Fadden's' author. which are made up
almost wholly OF American slang. are not
understood over here, but for the sort OF
book that makes a real and not a log-rbll-
ing hit at home there awaits in this country
q hearty welcome. and the delight that has
been manifested here over the admonitions
of the shrewd old Chicago pork packer TO
his festive heir makes the situation more
than ever apparent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
Pearl Under HI. ro,|ou. Plaster.
San Francisco Examiner.

Tam Quang wore ptsrous plaster on
his back when he landed fsrom the steamer
China few days ago. It. was a harmless
looking thing. but the customs inspectors
were suspicious. They rertoved the plaster
and a large and very valuable pearl drop
ped TO the floor Now Tfm Quang is In
custody.
the firm OF Quang. Tuck q Co. 9e5 Dupont
street. Besides the pears I'm the plaster
the inspectors found eight single stones
and two strings OF pearls sewed in the lin
ing OF his blouse. Anotftsr coat revealed
much duitable goods cofcealed cleverly
Inside the lining OF a gosgeous bedspread
was a bolt OF heavy embroidered silk
Deputy Surveyor St Jshn ordered the
man arrested. All his gd)ds were seized.
The contraband articlek are: Twelve
strings OF pearls eight single pearls. one
large pearl. one pair Of jade bracelets.
three jade stones. two FAT Jade stones.
three pairs OF jade earrings. three Jade
Bracelets. ten gold forkt one piece OF
embroidered silk. eight zen ivory chop
sticks, fifteen silver tip, ed chop stfcka
46 pieces OF cut Jade stcAes and ten gar
rnents OF wearing appare. The goods are
valued At slo4