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La Junta tribune., 1905-02-25
s HARDING, the HaberdasheI

ny any more. Il b dreadful. 1t
makes me shiver. Let us get away
from this awful placs to the bright
neo and kfe Of the town. See!
Kathie il crying" exclaimed Cassie.
With hastened steps the girls went
back to the tallyho. and were soon
riding swiftly toward town. As the
graveyard was lost To view behind
the hill their spirits rose; and long
ere the town was reached their sad
ness was changed to laughter and
song.
At the top Of the hill above the
arroyo Professor Mills told the
driver to stop the horses.
Now, young ladies'" said he. Il
wish you would all look back to the
the west. while give you the lesson
for which I have brought you out
today
The girls looked back over the
the familiar view. Near at hand lay
the western part Of the town and
the busy brickyard with its eyes Of
fire. Beyond the town CLEANED the
shining rails Of the Santa Fe Road.
one branch leading away to the
northwest. toward Pixies Peak with
its crown Of snow, the other branch
turning away to the southwest,
towards the Spanish Peaks which
showed purple against the far
horizon.
You live in the town Of La
Junsa, which is Spanish for The
Junction It is the parting of the
roads. One leads upward. ever up
ward, toward the giorious noun
tains; the other creeps AWAY around
the valley. and leads you past the
end of the world"
ct does more than that" cried
Kathie, eagerly catching up the
idsA Il have been Over tisat rusd.
Not % very far away It eroDes the
PurE.foFy river, and DOWN n Ari-
zona Il Iesds along the brink of the
Devils Canyon and the 'Bottomles
Fit"
There was . chorus Of laughter.
"Kathie ID great on eorollaries,"
said Belle Andrews..
Her coro!.ary Is Q sOsd &C.," re-
piled the professor 1T odds force
to the lesson before Vs. While the
southern road leads By the bottoA-
les pit the northern ruod is tn
shortest path to tie Co31en Gate
La Junta tribune., 1905-02-25
Now listen to the application.

Now listen to the applic1tson.
A. you live in the town OF La
Junta, % also, you are at The
Junction of the ways which lead
through life. You may make the
most Of your powers Of body, mind,
and soul, Of the opportunities which
God gives to you each day, and by
setting your hopes. your desires,
your ambitions on higher things,
you my rise daily nearer the
shining heights Of life. until At last
you cume to the Golden Gate Of
eternity. That Is one rod.
The other = plainly marked All
you have to do b simply to NEGLECT
the povess and opportunities which
God ~ given yos. to cFesp around
the low paaces q life. avoiding the
sleeper gf.ds, and psessntly you
will rsaeh the ead Il tie world.
The eAojce = yusrs. Tie end =
sure.
La Junta tribune., 1905-02-25
Store Hou~e
wheel House
Main Shops

higher in thought, in word, in deed.
until you come into the fulness of
Gods perfect day which lies beyond
the shining heights
La Junta tribune., 1905-02-25


him to learn that at last you have
discovered the difference between 4
triangle and a polygon." said Belle.
Thus the light-hearted chatter
WAS banded back and forth. until
the horses were stopped. and Pro
fessOr Mill. swinging down from his
high seat. called:
Here you are"
The girls scrambled out of the
tallyho and looked about them.
Il see nothing but sage-brush and
tmstles and cactus, and-O. horrors!
There's graveyard! Is this what
Professor Mills does with his lazy
geOmetricians." cried Cassie. Pro
fessor. Ill be good. I'll have my
lesson perfect every day after this. :"
The professor laughed.
Il shall remember that promise.
he said.
Then Cassie hurried to join the
rest Of the girls. who had gone to
explore the graveyard. At sound
of their merry voices, q large grey
coyote went sinking out from his
hiding place between the graves.
then. breaking into . gallop. he soon
disappeared from view.
Thirty-five graves. varying in size
and arranged in two rows. COM
prised the extent Of the burying
ground. At the head and the foot
of each mound was little unmarked
board. and each grave was covered
with q heap Of small stones. Be-
tween and around the graves grew
sage-brush and the prickly Russian
thistle. with here and there thin
patches Of curly. brown buffalo
grass.
A deep feeling Of awe stole over
the merry girls as they examined
the desolate spot.
Il wonder who these people were.
and why they were buried here. in
stead Of in the cemetery" said
Kathie.
The graves are right beside the
railroad. Perhaps there was a camp
here when the road was being built.
and smallpox or mountain-fever be-
came epidemic among the laborers
and their families" suggested an
other girl.
Mercy! Let's get out of here"
cried nervous Cassie.
The professor was finally appealed
to.
This is the pauper graveyard"
he said. "Yonder. over the western
hill. you can just see the roof Of the
poorhouse.
DO they have little children in
the poorhouse?" asked Belle An
drews. ''Someway. ! had the idea
that paupers were all old people but
here are graves Of little children not
much more than babies.''
Bellies ideas were all taken from
Carleton's poem, Over the Hills to
the Poorhouse.' She needs enlight-
enment. said Sadie Stewart.
"All these people have died in the
poorhOuse?" asked Belle. looking
over the rows Of graves.
YES" answered the professor.
There was subdued silence for a
moment. and then Kathie asked: =
Professor. why do you call this
spot the end Of the world?' -
Cannot some of you suggest an
answer" asked the professor.
Because death is the end Of all
things" said one.
because the poorhouse means
that home and love and care have
all been lost, " sid another.
Because the peorhouse is the
end Of hope and ambition and pride
and comfort" added . third.
The girls looked inquiringly ut
their instructor.
Those are all good reasons, and
al are partially correct. Can no
one suggest another"
The girls shook their heads.
Look toward the railroad," sid
Professor Mills. "Yonder Is the
last switch on the road before
reaching town. The name is on the
switchboard. Do you see what it
~"
''OmeRa, cried q chorus Of
voices.
'.And Omega d the Greek word
La Junta tribune., 1905-02-25
La JUNTA
4 sreav ~
NARY oecaAg cslvtR
4 sreav ~

F ALL isoperimetric TRAN
giles having the same base.
the isosceles triangle is the
La Junta tribune., 1905-02-25

Good wool coat, stylish, full cut,
500 value as long as 4 Sn
they last t.............. V'OV
La Junta tribune., 1905-02-25

SHOES
We are closing out several lines,
including the we'll known No Rips;
all good serviceable shoes.
Mems No Rips, $40 value I 7S
Mt I.y5: > 10 value at. 1ssO
Bargain Of few sizes in , S0
$40 Patent Leathers, at SsOV
High cut box calf Shoes, = 1S
3. 30 at 2S5: 2.15 at. Ss6O
Our LA line of Boys Shoes 1M
to he closed out at usVV
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
Longing for Home.

l would go home and be a little boy
safe on the far hill paths. and that
gray shore
whereby the ships, slow passing, ever
more
Learned low to wish me JOY.
ONCE, once there was boy-my wonder is
II may find the way he knew. and
To light some priceless wayside Of the
spring
That was SO freely his.
swept
little doubt
A new. strange life awakes and moves
Where my brave pastures slept.
But should I venture yonder for an
And an. md d. one strip of shore the same
That something of the old enchantment
ways.de still in flower
With that one glimpse of home. then
would fare
Forth 70 the new ways, satisfied to
Some hearth god faithfully had kept
aglow
A tiny ember there.
Boston Transcript.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24

sro"th far In advance of any nom
ieguminous plant. II given > vood
supply OF moisture during the first six
weeks OF It's growth, 1t will withstand
ana continue to grow vigorously dur
lug the severe summer drought. It.
.'ae the COW peas, should be sown
"l ,,, the danger Of spring frosts. and
WIN probably give the best returns
mhen sown in drills, with the seeds
uiopped singly about three inches
apart the rows being from two to two
and half feet apart.
Mr.. Edward Z. Evans of West
sraneh, Mich, who has been growing
ooy Deans for green manure, forage
ana seed, writes regarding their Gull
lure as follows:
ON. rich soils cow peas and true
peas run to vines, producing very lit.
tie seed. On such soil the Soy pro-
uuces proportionately larger crop of
Dotn plant and seed. In growing
ooys the same general rules that ap-
ply 70 white field beans should be fol-
lowed. 1t must be borne In mind,
however, that Soys form their first
PODS about four or five inches from
the point at which the seed was plant
eu' For this reason they should be
covered only deep enough to insure
termination. They can be planted
with corn or bean planter, or grain
urlll. Michigan Station.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
The Growing Of SUGAR Beeta.


Inc sugar beet is not very particu-
lar as to the soil in which it grows
ana has wider range of service in
TINS regard than have the grains. The
pest soil Is one that is rich and loamy.
out as a general thing any kind of
SOIL that will produce grains will pro.
uuce Deets. Soils that have in them
SO much alkali that they will not pro.
duce good crops of grain may yet pro
duce good crops of beets.
FloWing may be done either spring
or fall, but the better plan is to pillow
IN the fall. On some of the lighter
soils subsoiling to depth of eighteen
inches is practiced. When the plow-
ing Is done in the spring it should
De Just before planting that the soil
may be fresh and moist for the re-
ception of the best seed. Subsoiling
is in vogue in some parts of the coun-
try, but has not seemed to give very
satisfactory results in others. At the
Colorado experiment station subsoil-
ing increased the yield eighteen per
cent.
The time to plant is as early as the
land can be well fitted and the dan
ger OF heavy frost is passed. II is
generally conceded that early planting
gives the largest crops. When the
soil Is in good condition the seed may
be planted to depth of from one
inch to an inch and half. 1t ia not
advisable to plant any deeper than
this. If the soil is very wet the seed
should be planted still nearer the sur
face of the ground
There are two ways OF planting
beets, one in single rows and one in
double rows. The single rows should
be about Is to 20 inches apart. If
double rows are used the usual prac-
tice is to have the two rows of the
double row about IL or IL inches
apart and have the double rows them.
selves from two feet to q inches
apart. This is chiefly advantageous
where the beets are to be irrigated.
One of the difficult things in beet
growing is to get a good stand OF
| beets. Experienced planters SOW as
high as eighteen and twenty pounds
| OF beet seed to the acre, though here
and there good crops have been OBJ
tanned by sowing as low as five
pounds Of seed. The larger quantity
is however safest.
Beets are not permitted to dry out
after being dug, as this decreases the
amount Of sugar in them. Also beets
should not be stored in a place where
they can sprout, as this process about
ruins them for sugar making.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
n Woman,s Relief corpa.

That the Woman's Relief Corps,
Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the
Republic. is a most successful organ
ization was fully proven at the twenty.
second national convention. which was
held at Boston during the Encamp-
ment of the G. A. R. The report of
the national secretary. Mrs. Jennie s.
Wright, shows that there are thirty
five departments. comprising 2.734
corps. The membership In good
standing numbers 149, 460. The report
on charitable work places the number
of persons assisted at 42,459 and the
amount expended for relief during
the year was $172.749.S6. The total
amount expended fer relief since the
organization of the order amounts to
the large sum of $2677, 1850. The
report of the national treasurer. Mrs.
Sarah E. Phillips, was most fattering.
1t showed the total assets of the Wom-
ans Relief Corps to be s20,376.96. with
no liabilities.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
Quit surninoSstraw.

The old wasteful habit OF burning
all the straw on the farm is still fol-
lowed on those farms that do not have
a good deal of stock. Even where it
is possible to utilize the straw by
hauling 1t to the barnyard 1t Is still
burned, because the owner does not
figure out that the fertility in the
straw is worth hauling the straw to
the barnyard for. He says that any
way the ash is left and there Is some
fertility in that. Taking all in all he
is under the impression that he is get
ting about as much out of his straw by
burning it as In any other way, un-
less he can sell 1t or feed II to stock.
But all investigations go to show
that humus plays a much larger part
in the matter of soil value than we
thought. Every pound of straw should
be brought back onto the land in
some form. A number of cattle will
trample up a good deal Of it If 1t is
thrown into the barnyard from time
to time. This would be especially the
case Will SOAbS bAi AAy al 10 We nave
seen and 1t would at the same time
greatly improve the condition OF the
barnyards.
Get the straw and the manure mixed
together in the shortest possible time.
When the straw is mixed with the ma
nure it is surprising how quickly Il
will go to pieces. One farmer has q
barnyard that does not cover more
than half an acre. yet into that every
wear he puts the cornstalks from forty
acres of land. The stalks become
quickly pulverized under the feet of
the farm animals and in the course OF
months one fails to recognize In the
manure any cornstalks.
OF course this means work, but It
means also the keeping up OF the pro-
ducing capacity of the land. 1t also
means the keeping up of the ability
~ the land to resist drouth. Get the
straw into the manure and then get
tbe manure into the field as quickly as
possible after 1t is fit to go there.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
Rain BROUGHT BY ARTILLERY Fire.

AS early in the war as the siege Of
Lexington Mo, which ended on Sept.
20, 1861, in the surrender of Col. Null
ligan to the Confederates, the fact
that heavy artillery firing was usually
followed by rain had already been
noticed in the west. On the 18th
the beleaguered garrison was cut OF
from the river and thus deprived of
water; but to encourage the soldiers
to hold out as long as possible for the
arrival of the expected reinforce
ments, it was represented to them by
their officers that the cannonading
would surely bring rain to quench
their thirst. And this prediction was
fulfilled; though, unfortunately, they
had no way to catch the water which
their firing had drawn from the sky
except by spreading their blankets
to the shower and then wringing them
out.
In the south, as well as in the east
and west, rain followed heavy can
nonading. One engagement rear Fort
Pickens, Florida. was an early in
stance. Flag officer William w. Nc
Kean, commanding the Gulf blockad-
ing squadron, in report to the Sec
rotary of the Navy. dated Nov. 20,
1861, thus mentions the circum-
stances. He says: "Sir-I have the
honor to inform you that on the 22d
inst. combined attack was rade
upon the rebels at this place by Col.
Brown of Fort Pickens. and the
United States ships Niagara and Rich
mord. under my command.
At 10 o'clock, at the firing of the first
gun from the fort 1.-THE signal agreed
upon). the Niagara stood in. followed
by the Richmond, and both ships
came to anchor We I'M
mediately opened fire. At !
p. m. sudden squall came up from
the northward and westward, the
wind blowing very fresh. with heavy
rain" etc.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
Best In the World.

Cream, Ark, Nov. Especial. y
liter eighteen months suffering from
Epilepsy, Backache and Kidney Com
ssint, Dir. w. H. Smith of this place
Il well man again and those who
Aaye watched his return to health
srhesitatingly give all the credit to
&odds Kidney Pills. In an interview
harding his cure, Mr.. Smith says:
4 had been low for eighteen months
Nth my back and kidneys and also
Epilepsy. had taken everything
blew Of, and nothing seemed to do
ke any good till friend of mine got
ks to send for Dodd's Kidney Pills.
! find that they are the greatest med
*he in the world, for now / am able
work and am in fact as stout and
prong as before | took sick"
DOdd's Kidney Pills cure the Kid.
Hers Cured Kidneys cleanse the
$OOd Of all impurities. Pure blood
Beans good health.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
MET AFTER TWENTY YEARa
Peculiar Circumstance In Which T~0
Sea Cantains FIGURE.

sea Captains Figure.
After rowing the seas for more han
twenty years as masters of sqJare-
rugged vessels two British shippers, A.
S. Hatfield and s. J. Hatfield, have at
last met in the port of Bangor and
s"aken hands.
The men are cousins, live In adi0in-
ing towns in the Provinces, and set,
although they have plowed every sea
in the world and nave visited all ports,
north and south, east and west, have
never come into actual contact They
have just missed each other several
times, once on the African west coast
and once in New York. But it remain
ed for the magnetism of Bangor to
bring them together Capt A. s. Hat
field is In the bark Osberga which
halls from Maitland. Capt. S. j. Hat
field is in the barkentine Eva Lynch
Of st. John.
The peculiar part is that after seek
ing each other for SO many years ia
SO many parts CT the world they
should show up in a comparatively
small harbor, loading from the same
dock, for the jibboom of the Lynch
swings over the taffrail of the Os-
berga.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
missouri Foxes in North carolina.

VIII Marshall and w. P. Parsons
last spring imported forty-two young
red foxes from Missouri, purchasing
them from r. G, Mason of Kirkyille,
in that state. gentleman who makes
a business of raising them. These
young Reynards were taken into the
country and released, and they are al
ready asserting their presence, one
farmer reporting that he has lost 125
chickens and eighty-seven turkeys.
Nearly all these original foxes are
alive, except a few that have been
shot by farmers. They have reared
families and are rapidly repopulating
the forest of Arson.
The red fox Is of an entirely differ
ent nature from the gray fox. and al
ways gives his pursuers a run for
their money, so TO speak. The gray
fox runs in wide circle, never going
very far from the place where he was
jumped; the red fox thinks of some
nook several hundred miles away ana
he strikes out for it in Decline and
fast must be the hounds that overtAke
him.
These Missouri foxes are said to be
long. lean and wiry, and the hunters
of Arson are anticipating some rare
chases.-Charlotte Observer.
Il
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
TALE OF POLLY BAKER.
- Benjamin Franklin That
La French Historian.

- Benjamin Franklin That
r. Fooled French Historian.
-, benjamin Franklin was on
VIZ s'a,ons mission In Paris he and
noone we're one day discussing
80 ',msrous errors they found In
l. Abe Raynals Historic des Deux
az Wien the author of that work
Rass, Pod TO come in upon them. They
" ppp ,so GOOD man the subject Of their
,orsatIon, and the able immediate.
Hn TED that there were any errors
~, ~ attention was called to the story
. certain Polly Baker, and an elo-
81 address which the able credit.
w. nor with making before a Massa-
/ tito court. The able insisted
=. y was true story. but admitted
he could not remember his au.
.,,y for 1t. DR.. Franklin was shak.
\ 9TH laughter during the protesta.
IT, ~ the learned Frenchman.
In !, last he said: Il will tell you.
M tbe origin of that story. When
rss q prlnter and editor of news
mar we we're sometimes slack OF
IT, and to amuse our customers /
"a 10 fill up our vacant columns
H. anecdotes and fables and fancies
4 NV own, and this tale Of Polly
.tor Is one OF my making"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
spanIeI an Expert ThIef.

An Edinburgh resident was embar~
raised to find that a spaniel he had
purchased from a dealer was continu
ally bringing home articles she had,
stolen from shops. He took to watch
ing her whenever he entered shop
and noticed that in the shop she af.
fected to know nothing of him. L.
however, he happened to lay his hand
casually upon any article it was GER
tain to be brought home TO him later,
The shop people, having been In
structed by him to watch her after
he had quilted the shop, said that she
would sit at the door, or stroll casu-
ally in and out, or sometimes lie down
in the shop itself, until she thought
the attention of the attendant was dis
tracted by a customer, when she
would seize the marked article and
bolt on with 1t.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
Wines cut AIsarisn Chiefs.

The Sublime Porte. tired. apparent.
If continuous fighting with the AL.
|,laps, without obtaining any result.
Eems to have adopted the more in.
Idops plan of wedding out the chiefs.
Isman Pasha, one OF the most power.
| chiefs in Albania, has just arrived
scutari, ostensibly on a visit to
u Governor of the province. He is
E,ted to be really. however, in a
|ndltion OF gilded exile, and many
|ber chiefs are believed to be threat.
'rei with similar treatment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
Soy Beans.
(Glycine hispida.)


Tho name Soy bean is used more
commonly than Sofa bean, although
either is correct. The Soy bean came
ORIGINALLY from Japan in the early part
~ the last century. but has received
M particular attention in this coun-
trv until within the past dozen years.
II has. however, more extenueu
re,rn in the northern states than the
oow nea. being little more hardy
ord ripening its seeds in a shorter
season. The Soy bean grows In an
outright branching stalk from one 10
throe feet high. The growth OF leaves
~ o,Ita luxuriant. They are irreg-
,,sr In shape and drop of when the
nIants become ripe. The numerous
mods are fiat, brown and FUZZY con
tanning from two to four seeds. Inc
saans are flattened, round, about the
name though smaller than the navy
and vary in color according to
the variety. There are great many
rarieties of this plant, from tne dWaEl
uh,cb grows short stalks bearing
wat n quantities of small seeds, to the
&C., sre branching sorts having a tenden'
~ 70 climb, and which do not proouce
.so,r seeds in northern latitudes' inc
cue Moan will grow well on any OF our
ss'cbiran soils, although It responds
Micn,s ss soiI moisture and favorable
70 s s,.,ons for growth. On light SANDY
soil 1t develops an immense me-, go sro"a
s 81 root tuhercles and Will make
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24

Ilen you preached the doctrine,
Put none but Americans on guard
II you had done that last night, it's
fine and dry I'd be this morning"
Col. Hincks looked a little nonpluss-
ed and said something soothing to the
sentry, handed out his canteen, and
Scannell had good drink of its con.
tents that drove away all fear of cold
and sharpened his appetite for break
fast.
At the battle of Cold Harbor, the
colors Of the regiment were snot
down, Scannel, then a corporal, pick
ed them up and carried them forward.
at the first halt Major Dunn, in COM
mand of the regiment said to Scan
nell: Mike. keep the colors." Not
as corporal" said Scannell. too many
corporals have been killed already
carrying the colors." Scannell was
made a sergeant on the spot.
Another Incident connected with
Scanrell which Capt. Adams used to
tell, was that while he was standing
on the street at Annapolis one day
soon after his discharge from Libby
prison, he saw squad of prisoners
marching along the street. He heard
a voice say: How are you captain
Looking up he saw white head stick
ing up through what appeared to be
a bundle Of rags and recognized it as
that of Mike Scanrell.
He had heard that Mike died in
prison. Are you dead, Mixer" in.
CURED Adams OF the old color ser,
geant. Not yet, but pretty near IT,
said Scannell, with a merry twinkle In
his eye.-Boston Globe.