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La Junta tribune., 1904-08-20
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d. = Bsieh yas in PsebIo Phi,
day.
The farmsss are hauling char
coal iron the ere sites. Use q
fos pigs dessert
w. n. Berry vas IN Pueblo
Friday.
l. D. AcPhilimy returned troo
Desvss Mosday nighe He hsd
bsea renewing old seqnaintaeces
a shs early days thsss- Dssvss
i not entirely unsophssciated vet
Nj. and Ass. Aagtiueoust and
daughters OF Butler. Pa. are visit
ing the A. S. Marshall family.
Ma Msrsineourt 10 . sister of
ri. Marshall.
The Fowler Drug store hiss
changed hands-A. N. Moody and
r. G. Blaksy being the nev pso-
psietors. They will retain NJ.
Noble in their employ.
Miss Hazel Sigafoos i visitiag
Frank Crozier's 10 Rocky Ford.
Fowler people are eongratuiat-
ing themselves over the almost
certain decision Of the Fowler
Lumber Company to rebuild and
that on 40 even larger ecale.
w. w. Lsmon expects to be
transferred to Rocky Ford ~ his
wosk with the sugar company takes
him there. Extremely sorry to
see both him and Mrs. Lamon
leave town.
Miss Anna BIakey expects to
visit relatives and see the Fair the
latter part Of the week.
The Husehison family are hav.
iag . seunion. All ase at hous
and some Of the s'lsw kinsnen.
Those from away are Mrs Shsp-
herd, Of Indiana. asd M. Hutch
ison and wife from Omaha.
A six months old babe Of NJ.
and Ass. S. p. Spencer. Of Omes.
died Sunday, the funeral bs;sg
held Monday. We are thaskful
10 learn that there are no Fowler.
ties on the county socialist ticket.
For once we are glad to be unrep-
resensed rather than misrepse-
seated.
Samuel Miller. Of Decatur. IIl..
has come to tsy the town.
NJ. and Mrs. Scott. Of Ken.
tucky. who have been visieing Rev.
c. n. Coopss's. started Wednesday
fos . short tour Of the state. after
which they return home.
Lawyers Sabis and Mcdaniel Of
La Junta. met in . lawsuit Tues
day. Didn't get - far - the IN.
eesessed crowd had hoped a. the
case was thrown out Of court on .
sechnieality.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-20
THE GIRL FROM MISSOURI
MARY McCRAE Cutter

"Have you travelled fsrf" be
questioned.
''Ail the way from Missouri"
''In this vsgonl"
"Yes."
"Do you not hnd that method of
travel very wearisome"
"Yes. At times. But then. one
can bear little present diseom-
fort when looking forward to
future good"
"And what do you call future
good"
He failed to see the sly glance
Of amusement which she shot st
him as she answered promptly:
20. most anything. Quarter
sections. and corner lots. and
frontier hardships and privasions.
II depends = good deal upon .
persons individual taste"
''And you have come intending
to make the run next Saturday,"
"Most certainly"
care you not afraid TO try such
= mad FideF'
She looked At him little scorn.
fully.
"You must remember that l
have been raised west OF the Mis-
sissippi river"
81 beg your pardon, he answ.r-
ed with little uncomfortable feel.
ing. "My acquaintance with the
west Is rather limited. My home
is in Chicago"
"You are . reportesf" she asked.
mo. What gives you that i'm.
psessionl"
81 saw you taking notes . while
ago. and guessed that you were
getting items for some papes."
Grant wondered whether she had
noted that his glances had been
bent in her direction.
"No." he replied. 81 was
merely making entries for my own
amusement" He had hardly
spoken the words before he wished
he could recall them. for he caught
an ominous fash in the bsows eyes
that surveyed him critically for an
instant.
"No doubt you see many things
to amuse you." the girl observed.
"Fos instance3"
"Ai these strange people With
their various Appearances and
belongings, their queer. uncoaven-
tional ways. and 'woolly western.
ISM May l ask your general
opinion Of the natives'f"
zone can hardly call these .peo.
pie natives. he answered. ''since
the majority oi them come from
distant localities. The general
impression. however. is similar 70
that experienced when ! walked
through The Midway At the
Worlds Fair. One enjoys being
in such = scene, aud yet not Of
IT,"
His tone was more patronizing
than he realized.
"Chicago is = pretty big town.
ISN'T itf" she asked iunocently.
A superior smile fitted across
the young mans face. 81
"A very fais. sized town" 81
''Aad the people are rich, aud
know almost evesythisg1" she
questioned.
"There are people and people.
you know. But when the average
IS taken. Chicago really is quite
superior in Intellectually"
"And you belong theres" with .
little sigh.
Eyes, I belong there. I am hap
py to say"
care you going to make the sun
next Saturday." she asked with .
sudden change Of subject.
"Well. yes. expect 10 60 q
least part Of the vav. % - 70 80
some of the iseidsess that befa1l
the headlong crowd"
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-20

~ T vas easiy morning.
but all was life and &C.
q tivity along the Kansas
1< border. There vas .
perfect Babel Of voices in all keys
and uationalsies. and along with il
came the neigh,ng OF horses. bray
ing Of mules. barking Of dogs and
rattle Of wheels The sun bad
hardly showed his head above the
eastern horizon. but already the
cloud Of dust-whieh had hardly
had time to setlle-hsd begun ris-
ing skyward. and there was prom
ise Of another long, hot. breath
less, dusty day. Long rows OF
weary men stood, sat or lay before
the registers booths. holding down
the places which some Of them had
occupied for many hours. The
owners OF swift horses were out on
the prairie. training their racers
for the mad dash that lay but .
couple OF days before them. The
smoke OF camphres rose on every
side. and the combination OF odors
arising from the various skiliets
and kettles dehed description.
Away to the south stretched the
eagerly desired "Land OF Prom
ise," toward which all eyes turned
with hopes Of homes OF "corner-
lot" profits. II was the one sub
ject Of thought and conversation.
and those who had ever passed
through il as hunters, traders or
cattlemen, were eagerly sought
after and anxiously questioned in
regard to the best localities. the
places where streams were ford.
able, and the safest and straig ghtest
routes to certain choice spots.
Howard Grant surveyed the
strange scene from his seat on a
wagon-tongue, while he smoked
his morning cigar.
"a typical wild west scene," he
murmured. alt will work up we'll,
and add a decided flavor to my
Western Romance. My kodak
has already supplied abundant
material for illustrations. Now /
must search for characters. l
want some decidedly original ones,
and these prairie schooness
certainly ought to contain =
miscellaneous assortment that
would furnish a life long stock
in trade. Let me see. I'll seek
a heroine hrst-some daring west.
ern girl who has come to take the
mad dash for land and riches, and
possibly cherishing a hope Of find.
ing a husband on these fertile
plains. wonder how that girl
yonder, beneath the spreading
cottonwood tree. would answer my
purpose. I'll jot down . descrip-
ton Of her "first appearance" and
surroundings. and then proceed to
make her acquaintance SO IS to
study her character"
He pulled out his notebook and
pencil, and any one looking over
his shoulder might have read:
"Scene; Kansas border, two days
before the "run." Girl seated on
a spriug seat beneath cottonwood
tree. Costume. q dust.eolored.
blazer, linen suit, and broad sun.
hat. Belongs to a typical prairie.
schooner outfit. Respectable. but
very common looking party. Ma.
tive OF Kansas or Missouri, I
should judge. Ordinarily intelli-
gent looking. Not . beauty by
any means"
Now for her acquaintance" he
muttered, as he closed his note.
book and slipped il and his pencil
into his pocket. "How shall I
beSinf Ali Fortune favors me.
One OF their horses has broken
looseT He rose from his seat and
walked toward the covered wagon
under the tree; but ere he reached
il the girl had risen and With, svtife
movements had caught the loose
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-20

claimed to hosooji. ''He thinks
that noshisg -bas povesty ssd
ignossnee are to be found bsneash
the canvas Of . covered veGoe-
He looks upon al thess ssss0bled
Thousands ~ merely beihgs OF .
loves easts Of society and isssl-
ligesee fson that occupied By hia.
sslf. and 10 goisg 70 '~sits sbso
up fos his ovn-ssd possibly de
public's-amusemens. ! saw hs0
sketehing me. and doubtless / en-
to have the honor Of figuring -
ooe OF his western hesoines. Oh,
what fun! Ill give him something
to write about. IL fostune favoss
me-" Aud fortune favored hes.
Howard Grans found many pre-
texts for conversation with his
neighbos during that day and The
next. and found her quite ~ pro.
nounced in originality and oddity
a. he could desire. Once o. tvics
he caught glance OF an expsss-
sion that disconeersed him. bat
the general innocence Of the girl
caused him quickly to forget it.
81 wonder whether she has not
= hope that ! am . part Of :he for
tune that is to come along with the
rest Of her future good. he thought
compIseently. "No doubt ehe
element Of romance Is not laeking
in her. even though she Is . native
of Missouri. and belongs under
the cover OF . campers wagos.
Such people frequently have -
pisstions above their social caste. :"
So fos two days he amused him
self studying her supposed chas-
aeses and ambitions. and At every
opportunity made eopious aoess
and quotations in his book.
'She'll work up 6neiy." be
thought. '.l'll make out . nice
little romance with all sorts oi
sdventuse in il. Have hes take =
claim somewhere in . Wild localisy.
get separated from her friends 10
the rush; be beiriended by an hoe-
est. kindly young farmer; and u last
ring down the curtain with . scese
Of domestic felicity in . sod shsnsy
on the Oklahoma prairie. Ah!
yes. Quite the appropriate thing.
and doubtless the very thing to-
ward which she 10 aiming"
And the girl. with . voman's
aeuteness. read his thoughts and
drew her own conclusions.
The eventful Saturday came. BY
noon all who intended to make the
run were ''lined up" along the
border Of the coveted land. An
intense electrical thrill Of excite
mens swept through the assembled
multieudes. asd every nerve was
tense ~ every ear vas strained to
catch the sound Of the carbine shot
which was to be the signal to
.go."
Howard Grant found his neigh
bos seated upon the back Of
clean limbed. slender -necked horse
really . superior animal-shat
ehaied and paved under the re-
strainiog rein. and showed = fiery
impasience to be Of.
The girl sat easily erect. cool in
manner. but with . color on her
cheek and . sparkle 10 her eye
that showed repcesssd excitement.
''And you are ready to goa"
Grant asked - he seised his horse
beside hers. "Wbse . fas mount
you have. He looks - il he
could Co."
''He can." she answered quietly.
"he is one Of my uncls's horses
"Not one Of these which l have
seen heref" he exclaimed in sur
prise.
20 no. Such hosses ss this
are never seshered to . wagon
wheel"
''This is n6 time fos eosvessa.
esr~ M~uA> ..:A -,
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-20

ess1ng farthes and fasehes apest -
|shsy vsss. iesviag bshia1 ths0 .
|esail Of lose os eass-oa srtisleS.
beoken wagons. MANNED o. dyiag
hesses. asd ssoe msioed - dyias
nen. No man cared ios his asigh-
[bos. no man stopped ics h,s seigh-
|hogs distress All gss,ssd eagerly
Sosward to grssp ths viil-o' the
|visp phantom q Fosssse.
For . nisuss Gsaas kept his
|hosse beside that Il his fsis neigh
| bos. thea he lose hss n the crowd.
ssd the girl and 6esy race horse
disappeared forever from his
sight
A few hours later he rode slow
/ ly up to his wagon which had re-
naiaed st the original camping
place under the care Of one Of bis
party.
THAT was . 6ne race. Did
you &c, = good view Of is. o.
borneT he asked ~ be threw him :
self weasily from his saddle.
"No. 1 had = better view Of
the dust you all left behind you.
Ny eyes are not clear yet." an
swered Osborne.
One by one the other members
Of the party came struggling up.
Grant looked about him. Many
wsg ons, tents. aud campers re-
manned. but the covered wagon TO
which his heroine belonged had
disappeared. A little smile curled
the corners OF his mustache.
81 wonder whether she has
found her rustic lover." he mur-
INJURED.
A yess lates. Howard Grant
stood in the pssloss Of one Of
Chicago's most wealthy and intel
iectual hostesses. He vas but .
|uni, amid . large number Of lites.
ary, scientific and cultured men
and women. A. . rising young
author. whose FIRST book had re-
ceived rather favorable notice. be
had been given 40 invitation that
formed his entsee into this charm
ed circle.
Have you met Miss Asheston
yet9" asked = friend At his side.
'.You semembsr you desired e.
pesially to see hes on account ol
those saey msgssine sssieles-
You1I forget the srtscles. however.
when you see the authosess. fos
she is beauty. and 40 heiress be-
side. But don't Ies her turn your
head. Such girls are not for such
poor fellows % you aud I. Come
on. Ill present you."
Grant accompanied his friend
dows the long psslors to where .
vision Of elegance was holding .
little court Of her own. he was
psssented in due form. and - he
talked with the belle Of the even.
isg be wondesed Why hss face.
voice and manner were 80 familiar
70 him. The amused smile which
he saw in her eyes puzzled him
still more. At length he said:
''Miss Ashesson. you bear .
strange and subtle resembisnce to
some one whom have seen in my
waooestngs. 10 u possible that
~ havs ever metf
"Yes," she answered. sit is pos
sibIs- am ''the girl from Mis-
soasi" whom you net snoag shs
oehss 'sataves' aloag The Kansas
border . year ago." A Aash os
sseeGaieios and huniiiaeioa swept
oves him.
Il shoaght-you said"-he began
ssaoneringly.
IL sosd the truth. Ny home
fsoo childhood has beea in Sc.
Lewis Fos several yeass have
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-20

Il shoaght-you said"-he began
seaonesingly.
II sold the truth. Ny home
f1oo childhood has been in Sc.
Lewis Fos several yess have
hsd lieesssy Aspirations. and I
seissd upes The vagos-esip %
Oklaheoa - ~ oppossusiey 6os
eaahesisg much valuable ossesial
~ ny wost- Usdes The care q
ny aac3e and aase de trip ~
os6ss asd proved qsiss suceess.
lsl u svssy Wy. learned .
essas nasy thiags Which sss a
ussejA bess6k, eAiei aaeag shsa
bsiag sbe fnes shas shs easvas q
0oay . eossssd vagsa - bensash
Il ahess whsse sseial - iaeel-
asGlua1 s1ak = ~ abovo ~ =
ue6eh psepse - jseiissd b gfvs
- esed;G, ed oasy . dussy
- ssoesd esas csvsss . -
|ulsn-A - kssv ~ ssssb-ws
eunaA - pseaA - e1ain . Z
ef1e1 Whet did - lssss. ~.
lslsls
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PHANTOM ISLES OF THE PACIFIC
Hundreds of Illusions Charted as Land.

was not thoroughly destroyed until the
eighteenth century; another was Bra
I'll Island, which did not appear to
have any fixed habitation. 1t seemed
to be a perfect derelict, when finally,
about forty years ago, the British Ad-
miralty removed it from the hydro
graphic charts.
OF all the tabled Atlantic islands
the most curious instance Of persist
ent survival is to be found in Jacquet
Island, which first made its appear
ance on the maps during. the Middle
Ages. On the old charts 1t is shown
off the Newfoundland coast at about
AZ degrees north and about 43 east.
The map reproduced on this page is
from a large atlas published by one
of the best map publishers in 1855.
Not only was it charted, but there
was a widespread belief in its exist
ence, owing, no doubt, to the fact that
it was shown in devery large atlas Of
the time. In spite of this belief there
was no record Of any ship having
seer the lonely island. When the sub
marine cable had been laid between
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Errors in Diet.

DR.. Robert Hutchinson, in a recent
lecture at the London Institute, called
attention to some Of the errors in the
national diet. His criticisms and rec
concentrations will apply equally well
to America. He says: 1--WE none Of
us seem to eat quite the right things,
at any rate not for the right easOnS-
The great mistake is that we are led
away by mere flavor. American cheese.
at siXpence a pound, Is dietetically as
good as Stllton Mt one shilling and
fourpence. The bloater yields rather
more nutriment than the sole or the
salmon. Margarine Is quite as nour-
ishing and as digestible rs butter.
Comparing the values Of different artl-
cles Of diet, DR.. Hutchinson said that
vegetable foods We're, on the whole, not
so easily digested as animal foods. 1t
would be a great mistake for n town
population to live entirely on the for
mer, even If town digestions were bet
ter than they are. At the same time
he thought we could all with advant-
age eat more of the pulses, such as
peas, beans and lentils. Dletetic sal
walton, he said, was not to be found
in brown bread. On paper brown
bread was superior to white, but the
whole of it was not absorbed "No, be-
lieve me-" said the lecturer, 1.-THE in
stlnct for white bread Is n sound in
stinct.' AS to oatmeal, 1t was rich
in building material, and in fact, in
iron and in phosphates. 1t was non
sense to say that oatmeal was the
cause Of appendicitis and other evils.
If it were, the Scotch nation would
hove nerished centuries ago..
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sional addenda printed and distribut-
ed, and in the photographic Office a
draughtsman is almost constantly en-
ployed erasing phantOms which have
been unveiled, and putting down new
islands" which may in turn prove to
be fabulous. Within the last four
years more than twenty-five mytholog-
ical land spots in the Pacific have been
taken off the charts, and about as
many more have been added.
One Of the latest reports received
by the office is dated Bremen, April
10. 1t is given as a specimen of the
fragmentary way In which these re-
ports are received: The Prinz Wal
demar Waltmas, on the voyage from
Banda to Berlinhafen, reports at GAO
a. M. on Dec. II, in latitude 1 degree
% minutes south, longitude 100 de-
grees 80 minutes east, saw a reef UNI
der water estimated to extend half a
sea mile from S. S. w. to n. n. e.,
about 100 meters broad" Straight
way this is entered on the records
and placed on the chart, for If it re-
ally does exist it Is a menace to navl-
CATION. 1t is something to be on the
lookout for, yet in a year or two II
may be reported as d myth, or in a
different position.
The question naturally arises, "How
comes it that NEUROLOGICAL islands are
reported? How can any one see an
island that has no e~xistence?" To
the lands man it appears inexplicable,
but to the sailor the explanation is
simplicity itself.
At times there appear in the sea
long, dark patches or bright, yellow.
lsh patches, which at a distance give
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of illusions, being jotted down in
ships logs as islands, reefs and
shoals. 1t is largely on account of
these reports of fabulous spots of land
sprinkled over oceans that hydro
graphic departments are a very neces-
sary part of the government Of every
maritime nation.
The Atlantic, being the first great
ocean highway frequently used and
also being Of lesser extent than the
Pacific, was the first to have its fabu-
lous islands dissipated. The Island Of
Antlllia, called Heptapolis by Merca-
tor a century later, chung on to the
maps with great tenacity almost down
to the nineteenth century. Antillia,
or the seven cities, was not only put
down as an established material fact,
but it was given a population. Ac-
cording to the stories then believed,
the Spanish, driven out by the Moors,
had taken possession. If the island
ever had an existence, there Is moth
ing now to prove it. There were also
several other equally popular and
equally fabulous islands in the Allan
tic, which n~avigators after the Middle
Ages proved to be existing only in the
lively imagination Of a darker time.
One of these was the island Of the
Irish Saint Brandon, belief In which
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The photographic Department of
the British Admiralty recently erased
from the charts a group in the South
Pacific known as the Royal Company's
Islands Every one of those large pro-
jectlOns of the world showing the
boundlessness of the British Empire
contains the name Royal Company's
Islands attached to several dots south
of Tasmania. Not only is the name
there, but to prevent any misunder-
standing or covetousness there Is usual
ly printed under the name a thick red
line to indicate that the territory is
British. But they are not British, or
American, or anything else but a fc-
ton, and hereafter the big empire will
be smaller by the loss of several ISL
ands.
About the same time the British
were removing the Royal Company's
Islands with a penknife, the United
States was sending out the cruiser Ia
coma to search, during the practice
cruise to Hawaii, for another island
which is charted on the tracks be-
tween San Francisco and the Sand
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SOME OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS WHOSE EXISTENCE is

England and France and in various
parts of the Mediterranean a cable to
connect both sides of the Atlantic was
naturally considered.
The stretch was about 5000 miles,
and there was doubt as to the prac-
ticability Of the scheme. While the
discussion was going on, in the later
4Os, the proposition was put forward
that by making a landing on Jacquet
Island, a good deal Of difficulty could
be avoided. Jacquet Island then came
in for a good deal of prominence, and
that was its undoing. A little investi-
cation proved Jacquet Island to be a
myth, and the Atlantic cable was laid
on the bottom of the ocean from n
continent to the other without the re-
lay intended. Notwithstanding this
terrible fall from power, the mythical
spot remained on many maps until
comparatively recent date.
SO numerous became recently dis
covered islands, reefs and shoals in
the Pacific that in 1857 the United
States photographic Office prepared a
register chart of these dangers to
navigation" The reason they were
so called was because of the uncer-
tainty of the existence of many of
them. Having been reported they
were presumed to exist, and, although
some of them were never again visi-
BILE, they remained on the chart, for
were they genuine and not noted on
the navigation charts a vessel might
strike one at night or on a misty day
and go to the bottom. That many Of
the islands do exist seems to be evil
dent from the fact that every little
while a ship is lost and never after
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ward heard of. The presumption is
that she has gone on II of the hidden
reefs that are not yet marked or are
incorrectly charted.
1t was not long after the chart of
the reported dangers to navigation in
the Pacific had been issued before
more information was brought, in one
way or another, to the photographic
Office, and by 1866 this information.
had increased to such an extent that
the chart became almost valueless,
and it also showed the impracticabili-
ty of issuing another chart. A volume
was then published giving all the de-
tails that had come to the knowledge
Of the office. In five years a new edi-
ton, taking note only Of the North
Pacific, was published.
In this volume there are described
nearly 1,2OO dangers reported in the
Pacific north of the equator, and the
greater number Of the dangers" are
mentioned as islands" of which sub
sequent inquiry has shown that the
majority are as fabulous as the ISL
and of Antillia or as Jacquet Island.
The South Pacific was the subject
of a volume issued in 1879, in which
1900 dangers were reported. AS in
the former case, most Of these were
islands, and opposite their names were
the words, in bold-faced type Position
Doubtful or Existence Doubtful
There had been by 1891 sufficient new
reports to fill a good-sized supplement
Since then there have been only occa
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witch Islands, but which, there seems
every reason to believe, is as much a
phantom as the Royal Company's ISL
ands.
These are only two recent incidents
connected with the fictitious islands
of the Pacific, which ocean seems to
be the favorite with those shippers
who see land in the broad expanse Of
water which is never again seen, al
though the Atlantic in earlier years
furnished perhaps as many examples