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La Junta tribune., 1904-06-18
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WANrED-To rent = secondhand
typewrites 10 good repair. In
quire At this Office.
When the new shops are COM
pleted the viaduct will be extended
over all the tracks to the round
house.
FoR SALE-Eiyht room house;
two lots; two cellars; fruit and
shrubbery; cistern. Inquire At
this Office.
Senator M. z. FaEweli requests
US to send the Tribune to Colorado
Springs. where he and his family
will be located for the summer.
]. NJ. McCune came down from
Pueblo Wednesday to visit his
family. who are visiting relatives
in this city. returning home Thurs
day morning. M
( Claude MeCaleb. stenographer
in the Office Of Mechanical Super.
intendent Taylor. has resigned his
position aud left last Wednesday
for Galveston, Texas. to reside
permanently.
]. Wesley Miller is taking in
the Worlds Fair At St Louis, and
writes home that he 10 having
fine time, 30 much 20 that he does
not expect to return home for two
or three months.
Miss Mayme Robinson won first
place in the Pueblo Chieftain sub
scsipeion contest Is the most pop
ular young lady in Oteso county,
and will visit the Worlds Fair At
the expense Of that paper.
Foreman Lee Giilen IS working
. force Of fifteen men on the scrap
bin, and keeps them all busy. This
new department has added quite
! number Of men to the list Of
Santa Fe employees At this point.
Two car loads Of eantaloupes
from coachella. Calf. shipped By
Dodge Hale to H. Woods, Of Chi
eago, passed through through Ia
Junta yesterday morning on No. 8.
ny request Of Mr.. Hale. County
CLERK Gaswood Inspected the ship
ment at this point and found the
canealoupes in first class shape.
Miss Frances Robinson 10 acting
chief operator Of the La Justa dis
esics during the absencs q her
sisses, Mayme Robissoo. Who =
|spending her vacation vith hst
sisees, Nm. William LockhasA ID
HI.es Aageles. Miss A!ice ksadsll
is assiseisg in The genssai oAles
dneiaR ne sush q bussnese- az
d. c. o. Kiahall will Pes1ch
- anaual sssnos % ths Odd
Rs3ious to-mosrow q II = M. =
d. Aetbodiss church. Odd Fel'
1pus ard Rsbskahs are peqnested
- - e Odd Fellows' hsll 81
sos3AG -, ~ mafch fson shese
Is DE ehsscA. An visiting GA
Hsuors - Rebskahe are invited
- aftead. ~
La Junta tribune., 1904-06-18

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
millinery, Suit Depdrf-
Sbce Department.

Sbce Department.
 School Shoes for boys and girls School Companion free with each pair of school shoes bought from We making special shoes for school wear and of d ing it through the quality of goods Every sell is solid leather and will stand the and of romp and play For Monday offer
 100 pairs of Boys good solid leather Shoes all szes $lO 100 pairs of Misses School Shoes good wea best quality $125
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
But when Maxwell entered he looked

But when Maxwell entered he looked grave
 'Eleanor you have not heard any thing from LaGrange lately?" he ask ed
 Not since we met him at the Summit house. whyT' Maxwell silently handed her an even- ing paper. She read: Tragic shooting affray in q New York hotel! Philip LaGrange shot while dining with an actress! His de- serted wife follows him and takes her revenge! He cannot live"
 The paper dropped.
 "Oh, Ted! The bracelet! The evil fate connected with 1t! I never wore 1t except when with him, and there were always blood stains" Eleanor! You are superstitous! exclaimed Maxwell "Iet me see this mysterious brace let" remarked her father. Eleanor touched the bell The maid brought 1t and Maxwell. taking the case, opened 1t and took out the brace l let
 ''Caeser's ghosti"
 What is it?'' exclaimed the others. Maxwell held out the case. On the l white satin lining was a crimson stain.
 At that moment the bracelet slipped from his fingers and struck the marble hearth. Maxwell picked it up.
 "Ah! It is broken again! Just where | 1t was before. What Is this7" He pass ed his finger over the broken place and a sticky red substance adhered to 1t. 1 'I see! The mystery is explained! Smith used some kind of red cement and did a poor job. The cement has ! gradually oozed out at the crevice. 1 causing your mysterious stains." 1 "Eleanor." said Maxwell, when they 1 were alone, "did you care for La- | Granger"
 'No. He had a peculiar fascination | for me and tried to make me care, but I never could have loved him." T wonder-eOuld you love-any any one?"
 "Yes; one, Teddy" [
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
INDIAN DOCTORS OF OLD.
Cold Water, Sweating, Purxlng, vomitin,
 and Bleeding Were Remedies.

and Bleeding Were Remedies.
 Kansas City Star.
 Undoubtedly the American Indian in his primeval state was Q fine specimen of phys ical manhood. Dr. F. J. Kempf. who has made a careful investigation into frontier history, has found that before the Indians were contaminated by the white race they were never afflicted with smallpox, measles, tuberculosis, gout scurvy. insanity. nervous diseases nor any other of the ills and blood affections which have In late years made such terrible inroacs upon the numbers and vitality of the red men of this country.
 The only bodily afflIctions which Dr. Kempf reports to "rhe Medical Record" that he found among the aborigines were levers and diseases produced by cold, such as pIeurlsy. pneumonia, rheumatism, dysen- tery and wounis from accidents or battle. Naturally the remedies of the Indians were simple and few in number. When sick an Indian refused all kinds of stimu- lating ailments. but drank profusely of cold water. Tn nd iition to this in proper cases the Indian resorted to sweating. purging. vomiting and bleeding and finally, when all remedies seemed to be intellectual. the medicine man was called in to try his amuIets and incantations the patient
 These methods of cure are still resorted to among blanket Indians who are removed from the influences of civilization. But before we smile or condemn these practices we should consider own history It was only @ few generations ago that our ideas of medicine were almost as crude as those of the Indians. The more intell- gent of the white people then. of course, did not resort to magic and incantations, but the connections which they manufae- tured to cure diseases almost pass belief. Oliver Wendell Holmes, in his Medical History of Massachusetts" has made a per mansnt record of some of the practices then prevailing among the colonists. Governor winthrop was a devout believer in the ef- ficacy of sowbugs while the Rev.. Cotton Mather used upon his sick friends such ab- surd and foul pellets and medicaments as no Indian ever dreamed of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
THE MYSTERY OF
 A BRACELET
BY JESSIE P. WHITAKER

fconvrirht. 1904, by Daily Story Pub. "cooS-by Ted. Would you mind talk ing my bracelet in to Smiths. It IS pro- ken"
 Eleanor Lansing stood on the veran- da of her summer home at Magnona' Theodore Maxwell, taking the praceleI smiled as he replied:
 ''It will serve as an excuse 70 come down here again. Nell"
 Ted! As if you needed an excuse.
 well, after last night" he began.
 What about last night1 Didn't l dance with you three times?
 Yes, but so you did with LaGrangs, and several times you sat out with him. He gave you this bracelet"
 Well, yes. he wanted me to accept it, but shall not keep 1t. I'll wear 1t awhile to please him. 1t Is family heirloom which has descended to him. Philip LaGrange comes of hne old family-Spanish, I believe"
 "Yes, he looks grand and gloomy enough to be Spanish grandee."
 T think he Is handsome with his dark. melancholy eyes"
 "This is a handsome thing, anyway examining the bracelet of heavy gold links with a clasp set with opals and diamonds "Good-by. Nell" and Max
 
 A week later the bracelet was re- turned with note expressing Max wells regret that he could not return it in person as he wished.
 Eleanor examined the bracelet, then leaving 1t lying on the snowy cover of her bureau, went to drive. When dressing for dinner she tossed it on the bed. where her dress of cream chiffon lay.
 "Oh. Anna! What is this red stain on my bureau scarf7"
 I'm sure it wasn't there when I put 1t on," replied her maid. While ar ranging the drapery of Eleanor's dress, Anna exclaimed: Why, here Is a blood stain on your dress! Where could 1t have come from?
 'Horrorsl cannot imaRine!' said Eleanor, with a shiver.
 That evening Philip LaGrange took Eleanor in to dinner. His dark face frightened when he saw her wearing his bracelet.
 That bracelet has been in our fam fly for a long time" he remarked. Tales of evil fate connected with 1t have been handed down, but I do not believe such sUna<stlttous nonsense or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
TlOtion Department.

When say Notions, things that upon you suddenly and world of annoyance The little things keep in here emergency bandages
 Chldrens Handkerchief colored border dozen 35c Ladies' hemsitched pure linen Handkerchies sc Ladies' hemstched embroidery Handkerchiefs SC Nail Files large and small sizes s.............10 10c Large Sheet of chamois skin Nail Brushes extra fine brse e..................10 10c Toilet Water fresh and violet large bottle with
 tent screw top 10c Steel Hair Pins large box box................... 4c Sweet Water Pear Buttons every perfect worth sc Mon
 day all sizes .................0 0c White Finishing Braid worth 12 12c and 15c; Monday 1Oc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
Great Catch of Mhnlen.

From some unknown cause whales are unusually plentiful on the west coast of Shetland. and the steam whai- CTS are reaping big harvests. It is only a few days since a great drive of whales, resulting in the slaughter of fifty, was recorded. and now 1t is re- ported that the weeks operations have resulted in the killing of no fewer than lO4. Among those killed were one sperm whale and one humpback, both very scarce In that Begion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
Our Daily Sport Story

I would never have asked you to wear it."
 Two months later the White Noun tains were glorious in autumn foliage.
 In the dining room of the Summit House Eleanor sat at dinner with Thso- odore Maxwell. who had just arrived. They had not met since she bade him farewell at Magnolia.
 Tonight she wore white satin; on her fair arm Elistened the bracelet"
 T see you are wearing the bracelet" right?"
 "oh. yes! I've not worn 1t before since the day it came back. Philip La- Grange dtned with us that night"
 By Jovei Excuse me-but there he Is now! exclaimed Maxwell
 Why, I thought he was in New York;" said Eleanor.
 Later in the evening La0range and Eleanor sat in sheltered corner of a piazza.
 T heard you were here and took a couple of days off to come up. You are wearing my bracelet" and bending to look at 1t in the dim light, he took hold of her wrist. Eleanor shivered as he touched her and drew away. LaGranRe seized her wrist more tightly, and the bracelet. becoming, unclasped, fell into her lap, where 1t lay until the went in- to the parlor.
 Eleanor stood chatting with friends, when suddenly. with a gasp, she ex- claimed: There's a stain on my drsas!''
 Mercy, Eleanori How frightened you look!' said Dorothy Allen. Has it spoiled your dressY' asked LaGrange examining the small red spot on the shining white satin.
 ''Will 1t not come out?" inquired Maxwell.
 ''Oh, dear! It isn't that, but 1t looks like blood" said Eleanor, shudderinR, 'Nonsensei" said Maxwell, drawing her away into Q small reading room. | Don't think any more about 1t, dear, You are nervous tonight"
 Really, Ted! How atrectionate you are, even for an old friend. I hardly know you tonight" 1 NO. Eleanor, I don't believe you do know me-" he replied, gravely. l oh' they are dancingi Come and have walts!" she exclaimed, hastily cutting short the tete-a-teta.
 It was a dreary evening in December. The wind swept along Beacon Street ana howled around the luxurious home where Eleanor Lansing and her father sat before a cheerful fire. "C4h. dear!" she remarked. T don't see why I feel so depressed tonight. I am glad Ted is coming. He'll cheer us up"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
Suit Department Opening.
second Floor.

tell all if 
 minute world containing such things 
  n military bouse .$22.SO blue black made :.. @3ZsSC in  n accordion pated Ae, Mon- ....... | the Fall Waists Madras, Linens, Silks displayed Price $3oS $4.SO, 
 children infants all the $.SO tO $lCC 
 
 n and $SS4CO
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

No" said Rimer. T haven't any use for people who never read poetry" q don't see why you should feel that way" replied Critiok. Why, the feel ing is natural enough, isn't it7" 'No, why should you care SO long as they read your stuH. H."-PhiladeIphIa Press.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

old Heidelberg possesses all the good qualities of the beSt standard beern, but has the exclusive distinction of being made at home. Think carefully what this means to you.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

cans Tomatoes. .. 2Se 3 bottles Good Ketchup. .......... .25c packages new Oatmeal. ........s. .25c cans New FesLAs. .'.s..s...s.. .2Se
 Phone eOG. Smith 4 WOrnum.
 We givs Erzatng atamDs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
Linen Department.

Linen household necessity; pure linen IS home beau- fer Our linen department keeps its prices always below the
 standard of its goods
 Silver Beached Damak GA inches wd very heavy worth 50c Silver Beached German Damask 72 inch extra heavy 85c
 value; Monday ...........'.. ......'' .''. .0O0 oO 72nch Bleach Mercerzed Damas, worth S0c Monday 60c Mercerzed Napkins to match, 22nch in assorted patterns
 worth $1.75; Monday .$A.40 72nch Bleached Irish and German Damak assorted patterns $1.OO and $1.1o values Monday ......... SSc shee-s1x9O made of very heavy goods nicely finished worth
 75c; Monday .. .. ......................... O0c Pillow Cases-36x45 inches, worth 2oc; Monday 1Sc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

Honestly when you drink a bottle you'll wonder how you got alonH so long without it. OIa HeadeHherx.-- pure, mellow, stimulafta@s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
WaSb Goods.

good supply of wash goods that you always have something We make Monday day of price spe cials.
 Shirt and Shirt Waist Madras newest patterns worth 2oc Mon
 dav .........,...............15 .15c Percae in all coors and stripes worth 1Oc; Monday Sc Fannelette shipment just received, worth 12 12c
 Monday ...::...."...'....-. .''...', AOO Double faced Outing beautiful patterns catchy worth 10c Special offering in pretty assortment of Ginghams, 12 12c
 value; Monday ........... .................0c 0c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
mems and Boys Furnishings.

We are making special offers for this week, and it's more than worth your while consider them It popular prices in this department that makes it popular 100 mems black sok the biggest drive of the season. Ties of every description and coored every hue Fourhand
 and Windsors in solid and fancy colors, only .25C 50 dozen Windsors in pads stripes and all cOor formerly
 25c: Monday ........... ............5 5c Boys Sweate light blue, navy red, solid coors and stripes
 Regular 75c value; Monday .SOc Ladies' fancy Paraso in green blue, and red absolutely fast
 coors and guaranteed for year. Steel frames real
 wood handles, worth from $500 to $5OO big reduction on each Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
millinery Opening.
Second Floor.

Monday Millinery Opening
  tha cannotb
  color combinations; and promise of enmen. for those wh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
HuSiery.

We have specials offer in this department, all of 1t special and cannot but please where beauty and desired
 Fancy Neckwea of every descriptions lace stocks and everything
 tidy, from .................&S &Sc to $x.OO Ladies' Bleached Le Lace Hose double heel and toe Qay ss<rg All that could wish in the Belts of every stylish
 description.
 Large line of Ladies' Silk lined Swede Gloves and coars
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

Buy Groceries of Smith & wornum and get Trading Stamps on cash pur- purchaae.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
Appropriate to the Day.

To the Christmas dinner let US
bring every good and wholesome
thought. kind hearts and the spirit Of
happiness. Let us call to us at that
hallowed hour the memory of loved
ones not with us now, whether they
be dead or living; let. US give a
thought to the Maynard, to the piis-
cper, about whose very cell the broad
charity of to-day twines a piece of
Folly; to the sick who lie on hospital
beds at this hour; to the men in
Khaki who bear the flag in our far-off
tropic isles, and who may only dream
tonight Of the snow and home cheer
they cannot share; to those on the sea
in peril among the winter storms Of
lake and ocean; ito the babes Just
breathing the first breath of life,
Christmas gifts indeed for pale, happy
mothers; to the aged who realize that
Christmas and death are coming very
close together about them; to the men
who labor in our great forests where
the snow banks up high among Gods
own Christmas trees; to all, men and
women and little children, shut out in
any way from the cheerful glow Of the
home IRE, or who. having homes, may
have but little fire to burn.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
In Norway and spain.

Norway has a beautiful Christmas
custom. In front of every home on
Christmas morning is fixed . pole and
from 1t are hung offerings of corn and
wheat for the winter birds. The Nor
wegian system Of giving at Christmas
tide Is peculiar. Presents wrapped in
huge trusses Of straw are thrown into
a house through windows or open
doors, and the recipients are left to
guess where the offerings come from
till the following Christmas day, when
there is general confession ali round.
In Spain all work ceases at noon ON
tie day before Christmas and the peo-
pie make readk for the great midnight
mass. Three hours before this every
prison in the land is visited by judges,
accompanied by advocates, and all
prisoners held for minor ofYenses are
released with benediction and a gift
of little money. Most Spanish fam
lilies employ physicians by the year,
and their doctors bills are all paid ON
Christmas day. In the morning tho
front door of every home is left open
and scavengers, porters and beggars
enter and ask for a Christmas offer
ing. which in most cases is freely
given.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

last year, and went to make your for
tune somewheres out in the wilder.
ness?"
Guess you're right" says l.
And so you didn't get your for
tune"
What makes you think that?"
why, natural enough: l figure that
no one that's ever left old man
Morse's will yearn particular to go
back except he's dead broke"
We'll. you're not SO far OF there"
says l: but then you e it's some
body besides Morse and his wife I'm
goin' to see."
Then I'm feared you won't see
him. leastways not tonight" says he.
for there amt no one elst Twin with
EN-"
Somehow. his words sent chill
through me. You don't mean" says
l. that there's no one at all Lvin'
with emf"
''Is there?" says he.
why, Nellie-Miss Wesley-you
know-isn't she stayin' with 'em
still?",
The old man looked at me . long
time before he finally shook his head.
My boy" says he, you won't ind
her there. And so you hadn't heard
of it? / guess it want very many
weeks after you'd left. Yes, my
daughter knew her q little. and after
hearin' she'd come down. used to ride
over occasionally to see her. The doc
tor said twas the typhoid was ailin'
her; but my girl thinks twas that an
somethin besides, somethin' that was
wearin' on her mind. reckon them
miserable Morses hadn't treated her
any too good: for though she didn't
complain. bein' of the gentle sort. my
daughter suspicioned the poor child
was dying, for some reason. of .
broken heart
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
The Children. Christmas.

II we are to keep Christmas day ut
for the children 1t must be full of sim
pie enjoyment. 1t is not the elabo-
rate celebration that counts. Better q
stocking with popcorn, nuts. raisins
and apples, and a rollicking good time
over \ thaa a conventional party or
. gorgeous tree and a cross family
In one Of the magazines last year there.
was "a amusing story of the Christ
mas celebration prepared for two or
three children by their admiring
grandparents. aunts and uncles. Com
plicated and expensive toys were in
profusion. There was beautiful tree
but the grown-ups were the ones
who enjoyed all this. and the little
boy retired to the servants quarters
for . sensible conversation with the
man, who had given him the one pres
emit that was valued.
After all, nothing In the world has
the same mysterious charm that in
vests the knobbed, unwleldy stocking.
You feel of 1t, and pinch it gingerly as
1t lies on the bed, and imagine what
the various punches are. The very
stocking lends itself to prolong the
uncertainty. How it muflies its con.
tents! It opens unexpected depths
and swallows the particular article
you were lingering. 1t twists itself
about reluctantly when you try to
hurry out . bulky object that you arc
almost bursting to see. But in the
end 1t is all ours for inspection and
consumption.
A stocking does have this advantage
over public tree that 1t does not
force on the youthful mind the sharp
lines drawn by the possession OF
worldly goods. Many a poor little
Eve has coveted, seeing that the fruit
of the tree was exceeding fair. only to
be told that Jennie Jones' father and
mother haven't 80 many little girls
and boys to get presents for as your
father and mother"-as If that were
any fault of hers!
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
NOTHING NEW IN SIGNS.
Custom Of Marking Business Houses
Goes Back to Ancient Greece.

-eS'N
The custom Of marking business
house by means of sign is Of very
ancient origin, says December st.
Nicholas. In the great cities OF the
East and among the ancient Egyp-
tians such practice must have been
unnecessary. as all trades were classi-
ned and confined to certain sections
OF the city, and then all wares were
exposed to full view. as they were
displayed in open booths.
The history of Grecian sign boards
il meager, yet the allusion of Aristo-
planes and Lucian to sign boards war
rants our belief In their use by the
Greeks. Athenaeus tells us He hung
the well-known sign IN front OF his
house."
Advancing to Roman times, there Is
abundant evidence of signs, as the
discoveries Of Pompeii and Hercula-
neum amply testify. In the Eternal
City some of the streets derived their
names from signs; just as hundreds
Of London streets have been so named.
The Roman street "vicus Ursi Pileati"
was named from the sign, for, as the
name indicates, 1t was the street OF
THE Bear with the Hat on" But it
was not until late in the fifteenth
century that the custom gained a
footing in England. first of all among
the taverns and ale houses. Later
came the necessity of distinguishing
between certain shops, brought about
by the fact that the houses were not
numbered, and the people could not
read word signs even If they had been
lettered in gold.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

employer. who wanted some help out
in the stock sheds, and was kept
longer'n I'd expected, and SO didn't
get to tell Nellie that night what I'd
finally decided would. Twas late
when got through an went back to
the house, an Nellie'd gone to her
room.
had to be up and OF early the
next mornin', for there was q long
walk to the station. and the train
went through about five o'clock. /
hung around, waitin' for Nellie to
come down, but she didn't appear.
Then l began to think she might be
stayin' back purposely, dreadin' to
meet me because she didn't care for
me after all, and was afraid of what
l might ask her. Fool again. was!
So didn't wait quite as long as l
might. but went away feelin' as II Id
lump Of lead in my heart.
Montana's a great country. My
brother'n worked side by side, day