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The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
THE OMEN OF The
BLACK BUTTERFLY
HIRTY-FoUR wears AGO the house @

HIRTY-FOUR years ago the house of
one Tokeo Hirose was gay with
u hags. Large paper fish floated in
the wind. and many pretty mousmes
lifted about the garden, decked in their
finest clothes.
Such rejoicing could have but one ex-
PLANTATION in Tokyo. And all who saw
nodded their heads and said: Surely a
son is born at last to Tokeo Hirose, for,
see' he flies carp at every masthead"
A few weeks later the same house was
again decorated. and everyone knew that
on that day the son of Tokeo Hirose
would be "christened."
After the ceremony the little baby was
laid In his cot, basking under the name
Of his father. Tokeo Hirose.
AS the guests and relations gathered
around the cradle to look at the tiny
infant whose birth had occasioned SO
much rejoicing. a great. black butterfly
sailed into the room. Round and round
over the heads of all 1t circled. seem
alight 0- ~
Those near stood spellbound. wondering
what the black butterfly was seeking.
Presently II hovered over the cot. then.
dropping suddenly, alighted on the chub.
by fist Of little Tokeo
Everyone now pressed forward to gain
a closer glimpse OF the strange insect.
None spoke. but all wondered what The
incident could portend.
AT last the nurse looked up and smiled.
What does II signify?" they asked her
eagerly. for she was well versed In such
mysteries.
"Ohi tits a lucky omen for my young
MASTER" the woman answered The
spirit OF his warrior grandfather has en-
tered into the black butterfly. 1t has
come to tell him that he, too, will die.
fighting for his country.
Thhty-four years had passed since the
black butterfly settled on the hand of
the baby. Tokeo Hirose.
An old woman. bent and wrfnkled.
walked slowly down a narrow street in
Tokyo. As she moved along the sound
OF shouting reached her ears There was
so much more shouting in the streets
now the terrible war was raging.
Why do they shout?" she inquired of
They shout because news has coma
OF great victory" the rikshaboy replied.
But, alas! bad news has also come. We
have lost another ship"
The old woman's face paled
"A ship lost" She gasped what
name did II bear?'
1T is not big one. mother" the man
answered. 1T is the Asahi II was
blown up by mine or torpedo But. alas
its brave captain. Commander Tokeo HI
rose, is lost with II. May all the gods OF
our illustrious ancestors strike Russia -
The old woman buried her wrinkled
terly.
II knew it," she walled. ct knew that
he would die fighting for his country.
And said IL, too. on the day that the
black butterfly alighted on my dear mas
ter's hand"
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
STRANGE DRINKS BRING yAGS TO
NATIVES OF FOREIGN LANDS

made from the crushed flower. home
Drewed 1t is mixed with liquors and
noldS the delicious flavor of the flower.
Inc cordial brewed from wild honey in
Aoyssinia is also delicious The
Aoyssinlans make the best mead in the
World from barley and wild honey.
Fhey live on the other side of the
earth, so, perhaps, everything is back
ward there-at least the temperance
cranks rave about the drinking of milk
ana coffee, and forbid it by law, and the
lps OF any native who smokes are cut
Off
The Admiralty islanders know MOTH
ing or Intoxicating drinks. The near
est they come to them is a cocoanut
milk mixture. served in carved tor
toise shells, beautifully mounted on
trldacna shells. The contrast is fur
nlshed by the Apono tribe in French
congo, which uses huge quantities of
palm wine. These people drink, quar-
rel and fight, and give huge banouets
at which everybody gets a beautiful
bun on" The palm wine is MADE by
cutting the leaf stems of the palm
trees and catching the drippings. which
are allowed to ferment. The native
squeezes lime juice into the wine, max
ing it kind of ricky
The tribes of India" writes the bar
keep historian, 'all drink There are
ilz different drinks given in the Brit
Ism reports besides those imported
Ten Drops Means "Jas"
The most deadly drink on earth
thal is used commonly as a beverage
is lsltshimiyana, used in Natal. 1t is
slxty-two times as strong as any
known alcohol and ten drops means
a jag
The Todas-the supposed Jews OF
Upper Upper lnoie.drlnk neat brandy out Of
mugs, and the Samoyedes, in Siberia.
swallow brandy by half pints. The
Moors. whose national drink is tea.
make delicious brandy from figs and
wines from grapes and dates-alI be-
ing mildly Intoxicating. Opium is add
ed to some of the drinks The natives
OF New Guinea, since civilization ar
rived. have learned to make beverages
from yams and sugar cane and mix
the sugar cane drink with a cordial
made from the flower ike honey suckle.
The Katos of India are all drunkards,
making an excellent palm wine. The
Ishegos, in French Congo make n
fermented drink from palm sap and
excellent plantain wine. The Mongols
drink grape wines and brandy made
from fruits and mix the brandy with
fermented camel's milk. The New Gale
DOMAINS, besides their native wines. are
addicted to French drinks, especially
abslnthe. The Moros in the Philippines
drink bino and palm wine. There are
Hfty-three different kinds of milIet
drinks known in Africa and all or most
or them are mixed with honey, palm
or banana lamentations.
The best use of drink have found"
concludes the bartender, 'is of the
eleusine, made by the Mann Mans in
equatorial Africa. This is matted into
an Intoxicating beer and used to drive
devils and goblins away from the
towns. l received from a French ex-
plorer one quart of eleusine and can
guarantee 1T to serve the purpose"
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
Gen. SpinoIa's Mistake


Poker? That recalls to my mind Gen.
man from Oskaloosa. 1.-The general like
all other great poker players, used always
TO squeeze his hand-that is, arrange them
so that the indicators only were Visible: |:
put one day at Saratoga he was cured OF
that habit forever.
"A straight was dealt to him pat-the
seven of hearts and the four, five, six and
eight or spades. When the call was made
Two OF the players stood pat. Realizing
that his hand as 1t stood was well nigh
hopeless, he threw away his seven of
hearts and drew one card He mixed HIS
CARDS and glanced over his indicators.
AT the corner of the card he had drawn
was the ngure seven and just below fl a
space; He had exchanged a simple
straight for a straight flush,
me betting ran high. All but the gen
eral and another player We're driven out.
Finally the other called.
Four trays!' he said.
I've got you beat said the general
spreading out his hand on the table.
The other reached forward and exam
med Ihe generals hand carefully.
doesn't win A straight doesn't beat
fours-not by any means.i'
The general took look at the cards
as they were spread out. and there. in
stead OF the seven of spades he found the
seven OF clubs. although the Indicator
plainly told him it was the seven of
How the mistake could have happened
was never explained. Cards are printed
time. .
Gen. Spinola carried this card around
with him, and / remember to have seen
MIN exhibit 1t after telling the story"
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
Good Reason

why did you not accept Jacks invi-
tation to go for a ride i'm his new auto?"
Il didn't have my walking skirt on
Houston Post.
La Junta tribune., 1905-09-09
SCHOOLS OF Ia JuNTA
Fee looS.Iooo
PROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF Work.

= EXT Monday morning. Sep
tember llth. the sound Of
the school bell will again
be heard in La Junta, bear,
ing the sad tidings to the ears Of the
average school boy that vacation
days are over and he must go back
to books and the school room for
another nine long months.
Everything has been put in read
iness and the years work will begin
in earnest right from the start. The
buildings have been given thorough
cleaning and all the rooms are ready
for occupancy. The kindergarten
building has been repainted. varnish-
ed and kalsomined. fixing the place
up in fine style for the reception Of
the little ones. The teachers. old
and new. have been assigned and the
outlines Of each days work arranged.
so that when the doors open Monday
there will be no delay in getting
under good headway for the work
of the coming term.
A large increase in attendance is
expected by the authorities. Espec-
tally is this true of the high school
department. many letters having
been received from people outside
the city. asking for information re-
gariing entrance 10 the high school.
The overcrowded condition Of the
rooms will be partially lessened by
the securing Of room in the Com
La Junta tribune., 1905-09-09
oes0 Nuotiug season.

The game laws of Colorado. re-
vised up to date and complete in
condensed form, are as follows:
For trout, not less than seven
inches long. and other fish. June lst
to October 3lst.
For one deer with horns. Septem-
ber 25th to October 10th.
For ducks. geese. snipes. curlews.
brants. swans and all other water
fowls and shore birds, September
10th to April 18th. next ensuing.
For prairie chickens and grouse,
September lst to October 10th, next
ensuing.
No open season on elk. mountain
sheep. antelope. wild turkeys or
quail.
No person permitted to hunt with
out first securing license. either
from county clerk or game commits
sioner. Such license permits hunt
ing during open season only. Cost
Of license one dollar each.
All violators of the game law will
be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law, and no fine shall be collect
ed for less than SIS and costs.
La Junta tribune., 1905-09-09

mercial College Block. where part of
the fourth grade pupils will be ac-
commodated. Miss Lotta Davis has
been assigned to this room.
The curriculum for the coming
term will be about the same as last
year. With one exception. no i'm
portant change he's been made. In
the high school. the Latin require
ments have been modified for the
benefit Of those who intend to enter
upon . strictly business career at
the close Of their high school course.
Sloyd. or manual training. will be
introduced in the public schools this
year. In recent years the greatest
educators have been brought to rec
ognize the importance Of training
the hands - well as the minds of the
scholars and the manual training
movement he's become very popular.
especially in the large cities. 1t is
afe to say, however. that few towns
tie sine Of La Junta can boast of
such . course. Superintendent
Blakesaey spent much Of his time
this pest summer IN eastern schools
getting practical knowledge and ex-
pefience in sloyd. fitting himself to
BE able to supervise the establish
ment Of. the work in our public
schools Soyd is something COM
passtively new in this country. and
~ nsay people know exactly what
Il nen1s. 20 tie following explana-
tisA vh;cA Pruf. Blake.ley has fur
ni.1sd the rhsBUNE viii not be out
q places
8syd = Q Sws1iuh word meaning
I'm, aextesity; especially, mechan-
icnl skiu- In e1ucntion it is the
La Junta tribune., 1905-09-09

Mary B. English. history and book
keeping. Ida B. Dawson; English.
Grace A. Garrett This will be the
first year for Miss Garrett. who is a
graduate of Denver University.
School Building No. One-Princi-
pal and eighth grade, Elizabeth
McFaddan; first and low second.
Clara Hill: first, Elizabeth Sebree;
low third, Alice Wieland, a new
teacher; strong third, Sarah Ham
mond: fourth. Mabel Ferguson.
new. a graduate Of State Normal;
fourth. Adella NJ. Kiley; fifth. Flor
ence Knox; sixth. Helen Lamb.
Columbian Building Mar
ion Higgins, new teacher from
Moorehead. Mimi. a graduate of
Kansas State Normal; second, Mabel
Shannon, new teacher from Kansas
City. graduate of Kansas State Nor
NAL; strong sixth. Florence Cook.
new. graduate Of State Normal;
seventh, Lena Gwynn.
Kindergarten Building-Low first.
Elizabeth Gibbs; head Of kinder
garten, Jennie Dean, new, graduate
of kindergarten Training School.
Grand Rapids. Mich; assistant,
Frances Robinson. new, graduate
of State Normal.
North La Junta Mackie.
South La Junta-katie Jordan,
new. graduate of State Normal.
Room in Commercial College Block
Fourth grade. Lotta Davis.
Manual Training John o. STEM
dahl
Sewing and Drawing Reid.
new, graduate of State Normal.
Music-Vina Lusk.
Among the new teachers Misses
Robinson. Mackie. Jordan and Vie
land are all residents of La Junta
and graduates of our city high
school.
La Junta tribune., 1905-09-09

name given to a system Of manual
training which originated in Sweden.
1t is work with the hands and with
simple tools. II is designed to de-
velop the pupils mentally and
physically. Its aim is not special
training. but general development.
Sloyd work consists of manual ex-
ercises, carefully graduated in diff
Guilty from the simplest tool-manipu-
lation to the most complete kinds of
jOinery. These manual exercises
are embodied in complete and use
full objects from the very outset.
The aim of Sloyd is to give the
pupil, by manual exercise and the
USE of the creative instinct, such
general training as will tend to fit
him for any subsequent special
training. Sloyd aims to instil a
taste for. and a love of, labor in
general; to instil respect for honest
bodily labor; to develop indepen-
dence and self-reliance: to train to
habits of order. exactness. cleanli-
ness and neatness: TO train the eye.
and to cultivate dexterity Of hand
and develop touch.
Usually there are forty-seven
tools used in Sloyd. An exercise is
the use Of a certain tool or tools.
Saving with the grain Of wood is
one tool exercise; saving against the
grain is another. Seventy-twO diff
ferent exercises are used. carefully
La Junta tribune., 1905-09-09

adjusted for the manual training.
Twenty-four single benches, accom-
modating twenty-four pupils at q
time. have been placed with tools
for each and a large supply Of extras
for special use. These tools include
SAWS, chisels, mallets, screwdrivers.
planes. knives, eompasses, gauges,
squares, hammers, etc. The equip
ment is the gift of T. T. Woodruff.
Mr.. Woodruff has long felt that the
child is entitled to the eminently
practical efforts of such subjects as
manual training and sewing with
other industrial work and has taken
this liberal method of showing his
interest. at the same time relieving
the board and taxpayers from this
first expense in opening the work.
All boys from the fifth to the tenth
and perhaps the eleventh grades will
have two hours of shop work each
week. 1t is also hoped that the girls
of some of the grades may have one
hour a week in the use of tools. At
the time that the boys are in the
shop the girls will take sewing under
the direction of the teacher of this
subject. Below the fifth grade the
pupils will have knife work and sew
ing in their own rooms. Weaving,
basketry. etc. will have a place in
the lower grades.
The authorities have secured a
competent instructor to take charge
of this new work in the person of
John D. Stendahl. of Menomonie.
Wis, a graduate of the Stout
Manual Training School. Mr.. STEM
dahl has been in the city for several
days, and supervised the fitting up
Of the work-room.
The new order of things will in
terfere with the gymnasium work
under Prof. Morris, but that will
be carried on as well as possible
until suitable quarters can be OBJ
tanned. The football work will not
be hindered. of course. but basket
ball practice will take place outdoors
as long as the weather permits.
Dumb-bell and Indian club drills
will not be entirely abandoned.
either. and the children in the
grades will be given an opportunity
to go through the exercises when
ever it is practicable to do so.
In the scientific and chemical
laboratory of the high school new
equipment and appliances to the ex-
tent of $500 worth have been added
recently. The most important Of
these additions are an expen-
sive electrical machine and an i'm
proved air pump. Four new COM
pound microscopes have been pur-
chased. making a total Of twelve of
these instruments now in use. New
reference books costing $50 have
also been added to the school Ii
brary.
The assignment of teachers for
the year l9O5-l9O6 is as follows:
High School-Principal. o. J.
Blakesley; sciences, Charles f.
Griffin; mathematics and athletics.
John S. Morris; Latin and German,
La Junta tribune., 1905-09-09
graduated in difficulty.

graduated in difficulty.
In fsur years course there are
fifty models or objects made by
the pupils and these models are
graduated in difficulty of construc-
ton and tool work 50 that each
prepares the way for its successor.
A finished model should plainly
show the amount of mental and
physical effort put forth in making
it.
All work is done to scale and in
this fractions are largely used.
From an original model the child
takes measurements and makes a
working drawing. This drawing he
uses - q guide in the construction
Of his own model.
The course in this work comprises
drawing, measurements, scale work
Involving fractions). geometrical
constructions, making of original
plans. construction Of original mod
els. Sharpening Of tools, tool work,
and tool work review.
The method used combines class
recitations with individual instruc-
ton. Special attention is paid to
tie development Of any child's
special abilities, mental and physi-
cal. Discipline takes care Of itself.
The interest Of children in this work
= assutaneous; il does not have to
be created.
Il would not be possible, of course.
to psovide . full course right at the
start. but . good beginning has been
ma1e and N equipment sufficient
for the present needs has been pur-
eAnsed md placed IN rendine8.
he Gymnnsium building he's been
La Junta tribune., 1905-09-09
Cheapest Article on the Market

. DVICE is the cheapest article on
the market in La Junta to-day.
sbut our friends say that we are up
to snuff. When il comes to SELLING
FURNITURE. don't forget that we will
trade or buy anything. and sell cheaper
for cash or easy payments. We have
furniture at any price wanted: and
complete stock Of other household
goods: any old thing you want: come
and see US. EQUAL RIGHTS TO
NONE.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-31
An Old Cure for ScurYY.

Scurvy used to be regularly treated
when it was possible by burying the
patients up to their necks in fresh
earth. a practice officially recommend
ed in the British navy less than a CEN
fury ago. Twenty of the crew of the
frigate BlonGe were so treated on the
shore of Donna Maria Bay, Santo DO
mingo. Holes were dug in the softest
soil on the beach Into each Of these
a man was put and buried to his chin,
while a detachment of their shipmates
was told off to keep the flies from
their faces. They were kept in this
position for two hours, and the treat
ment was so effective that four days
later all the sufferers were able to re-
Join the frigate.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-31
Peonle Killed In RAILROAD wreok,.

People Killed in Railroad Wrecks.
A report recently issued by the In
terstate Commerce Commission shows
that the total number of casualties to
persons on railroads in the United
States, during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1904, was 55,13O, comprising
2,7S7 killed and 51,343 injured. This
shows a large increase over any other
year. 1t is a large total, and, in COM
parison, may be said to be similar to
the complete destruction Of any one of
such cities as Salt Lake City, Utah;
San Antonio, Texas; Racine, Wis; To-
peka, Kan; Waterbury, Conn; Wilkes
barre, Pa, or Augusta, Ga, neither of
which has anything like $1,000 inhabi-
tants. In both the American and Brit
ish armies, Sept 10, and Oct. Z, II, and
II, 1777, in the series of fights and
movements around Saratoga, as in
cluded by E. S. Greasy, in his Eff
teen Decisive Battles of the World"
there were less than 10000 men; while
the highest total given by c. X. Adams
in Johnson's encyclopedias" Of the kill
ed, wounded. and missing ON both
sides at Waterloo, one of the greatest
battles of all time, is 54,42S men-not
SO many by 702 as last years total of
United States railroad casualties The
number of collisions and derailments
during the past year was 1921, in
yolyinp 50 3S3 O97 in damages to roll.
ing stock and roadbeds. This gives the
astounding increase of GAS collisions
and derailments over 1903-astounding
but for the reduction of employees, in
1904, by 75,0O0.-Frederck Upham
Adams, in Success Magazine.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-31
Remarkable Cures Effected by Pe-ru-na

Under date OF January 10, 1897, DR..
Hartman received the following letter:
"My wife has been sufferer from a
complication of diseases for the past
twenty-five years. Her case has battled
the skill OF some OF the most noted ply
sicians. One OF her worst troubles
was chronic constipation of several
years standing. She was also passing
through that most critical period in
the life of woman-change of life.
'In June, 1895, wrote to you about
her case. You advised course of Pc
runa and Manalin, which we at once
commenced, and have to say it COM
pletely cured her.
"About the same time / wrote you
about my own case of catarrh, which
had been of twenty-five years stand
ing. At times l was almost past going
| commenced to use Peruna according to
your instructions and continued its use for
about year, and il has completely cured
me. John o. Atkinson.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-31
ENGLISH GOLD LEAF.
The Reason It's Manufacturers Pacl
1t III Bibles.

James," said the English gold man
downtown and buy six Dozen"
James in due course returned with
the Bibles in handcart. They were
taken from him by three men, their
covers We're torn off, and the pages
were trimmed with sharp knives down
to a certain small size. Then these
little reduced papers were sewed> to-
gether into multitude of small books.
The small books We're distributed
among the hands, and in them the
firms output of gold leaf was packed
between every two Biblical leaves a
leaf of gold.
ut seems irreverent not to say sac
rilegious, l know" said the head of
the firm, but we Railways do So We
have done so for generations. Gold
leaf is Railways put on the market in
little books made of Bibles.
why? I'll tell you why. Gold leaf
must be packed between "rinted in
stead Of plain pages. for the reason
tnat it would slip out of plain pages,
which are too smooth for it, whereas
the indentations made by the types on
the printed pages are just sufficient
to hold the leaf in place firmly. That's
why printed pages are used.
I'VE choose among all printed pages
Bible ones, for the reason that the Bi-
BILE is the best printed book a-going
The type is more evenly set, and the
printing is finer than in any other
work, and we need the best typeset-
ting and printing in our business, you
know, for any roughness or uneven
ness is apt to tear the gold leaf.
That's why all English gold leaf is
packed in Bibles. It's n necessary
thing to do, but all the same I've Of
ten wondered that the churches ave
never gotten after us gold leaf manu-
facturers for our Lon
don Chronicle.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-31

Representative. Hay of Virginia tells
of an alteration in a colored club in
Richmond that resulted in nearly all the
members being hailed before police mag
istrate.
You were present during this trou-
bleY asked the magistrate of a wit
ness.
Yes, 20 honah."
''Then tell us, in a few words, just
how the difficulty began"
well, yo' honah," replied the darky,
with much gravity, II think it was when
the chairman of de entertainment COM
mittee swatted de secretary ovah de head
wifi de lovin' cup."-Collier's Weekly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-31
500 Reward, 500,

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all It's
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tional disease, requires constitutional treat
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send Tor lls'
Address. F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.