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EXPENSIVE LIVING.
High Cost of Many of the Necessities
in Sicily.


Consul +. F. Chase writes from, c,t,,,i,
that the popular impression in Americ, thar
living is cheap IN Italy is far from corre,t
II the prices in other parts OF the kingdom
are the same as in that city.
The necessities Of life from the mos; or
diPary American standpoint are so exnen-
sive that even with the American wages the
laoorers could not buy them. ana here. viii
the wages ranging from ~ to 80 cents Der
DAY 1t is an absolute impossibility. and tn
native laborer must live on chc4p bread
macaroni, native wine and fruits. 4 pc
culiarity of trade here is that there is no
reduction IN price for larger quantities. a
sack OF -four costs at the same rate 4
bought at one time ii bought by the kiIo
or fifth OF kiio. and the same is true q,
all other articles of food The result is thai
purchases are always Of small quantities
and made from day to day. The necessary
cost of living each day IN the plainest
American style is greater than it costs IL
the usual hrst-class hotels in America.
The following are the current prices for
the most common articles OF food and for
household use. stated in kllos of = 2OiG
pounds or In lters of A5tS,iS quarts. Per
kilo, flour. 10 cents; sugar (beeu 30 10 "a
cents; coffee, $.2O; tea. $50; beans dried
Ii cents; butter. not sailed. rs cents; oat-
60 cents; potatoes. Old. cents: new. :!
cents; apples. 10 cents; rice. II cents: pease
ii cents; raisins, 80 cents; figs, I6 cents
dates, 40 cents; almonds u cents; hazle-
nuts, Is cents; pumpkin. raw cents mac
aroni, to u cents, according to quality
bread, poorest quality, cents; bread
French quality, II cents: beef with bone
80 cents: beef, without bone. 30 cents: lamb
30 cents; kid. 30 cents. chicken 20 cents
bacon, 40 cents; lard. 30 cents; eggs. -
cents per dozen oranges. Maltese. l cent
each; mandarins. in season. for l cent;
lemons. for l cent; strawberries. 35 cents
per kilo; per liter, wine, native IL cents
olive OIL 20 cents; vinegar. 10 cents; milk
(cowsD, L cents; milk tgoatsD. i6 cents
kerosene, $2.2s per can of 1917 ltters. OF
about IS cents per gallon; charcoal. $2.3
per 100 kilos or 220.46 pounds
The price of fresh meat is fixed by the
sindaco (maYor) by a decree and there are
many particulars in the decree but the
above prices are correct for the best quail
ties. The general articles of clothing are
no cheaper here than In America when
quality is considered, and some OF them are
much dearer.
The contrast between the high price OF
living and the low rate of wages may eX-
plain in a measure why italy is being de-
populated by the thousand. In the first
three months of the present year over CO.
600 Italians emigrated to the United States
alone. while many go to South American
countries and to other parts of the world.
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to assume responsibility for the conduct
of its subjects wherever they might roam.
If one of It's people had been so i'll ad-
vised to participate in rebellion against
a friendly power he thereby rendered him
self amenable to its military laws and had
placed himself beyond the pale of the pro-
lection of his own government. That end
ed the diplomatic negotiations, and the
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No Visible Signs.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Rambo-" Absaiom, have you been
drinking AGAIN."
Mr.. Ramho-"yesh. How ju guesh it.
Nanshyr'
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government contented itself with
placing a price on the head of the man
suspected of being a Japanese who was
fighting with the rebels.
:.
\
OF course, the Jap did not know at that
time that he had been repudiated by his
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own government, but ii would have made
no difference to him If he had; he was still
Obeying orders. He heard of the reward
| that had been offered for his capture dead
or alive, but he kept on fighting as hard
as ever and working as hard as ever to get
the information for which he had been
dispatched on his dangerous mission. That
was to learn everything possible about the
| topography of the country, the enemy
| plan and scheme of operations, his tactics
and his strategy, his Notifications and his
| defense works.
The rebels were subdued at last as they
always are when pitted against white men,
| and the young ex-officer. after many hair
breadth escapes, succeeded in eluding all
| efforts to capture him and made his way
| back to Japan. with Il voluminous report
| of all that he had learned. There he found
| that the great general to whose orders he
! had yielded such implicit obedience had
| died during his absence. He had been
| heard to mutter something during his last
illness about somebody he had sent some
| where to do something so difficult and
| dangerous that it would be doubtful if he
| ever came back, but nobody had paid much
| attention to it.
| When the former lieutenant told his story
to the minister of war that official pro-
| fessed to place no credence whatever in
his story and refused TO regard him in any
other light than that of man who had
been dismissed from the army in disgrace
and had therefore rendered himself ineli-
gible for any future service. Other min
listers and other high state officials treated
him with similar Indifference. There was
some excuse for this shabby treatment The
all-paramount interests of the state de-
manded it,. Japan was then putting it's
finishing touches to its prepara lions for
the death struggle with Russia, and any
thing that might be construed as an open
recognition of the services of a man for
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and under the belief that his death WAS
near without telling of her little peccadlIlo
Sir Alan S complete recovery, however, has
complicated matters, and these are soon
made radically worse by the appearance of
Prince Charlie. who, pursued by English
soldiers, takes refuge at Castle Bairness
Ihen follows a quarrel between Sir Alan
and the prince, in the course of which the
heroine's guilty secret" leaks out but at
last the royal youth takes himself off the
lady is forgiven by her husband and an
ends happily. The wonder is thar Mrs
Patrick Campbell thought the play worth
producing, but perhaps its authors dis
tinguished social position made the tempta-
ton irresistible. Two failures in success
sion, however, are likely to bring an end
TO this actress present season at the Cri-
English production Of THE Prince Chap"
which will be presented by A. H Candy,
with a London company, including Hilda
Treyelyan.
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Winners of Prizes.

The Sunday Stars amateur photo
graphic contest for last week was
limited to vacation scenes in the
woods and mountains. The prizes
were awarded as follows:
First Prize, $500:
Mrs. H. G. Dill, 2204 Decatur place.
Second Prize, $500:
Nelson j Jewett, 1924 Il r street
northwest,
Third Prize, $500:
s. williamson 1110 r street north
west.
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Although DR.. Emil Reich recently as
! sured US that society women have brains
and even lots of brafns-it has yet to be
demonstrated that any fair member of Lon
dons smart world Is capable of giving US
an effective play. The Duchess of Suther-
land, every one will remember was to the
fore not long ago with an ambitious blank
verse drama which Forbes Robertson pro-
duced, but alas it was a most amateuriSfl
and short-lived affair. Even harsher things
had to be said of the play which Lady
Troubridge recently had produced at a spe-
cial matinee in London and there have
been half dozen other pieces within the
last couple of years which not even the
fact that they were written by the smartest
or the feminine smart set could save them
from speedy disappearance into the limbo
of theatrical non-successes.
When. however, Mrs. Alfred Lyttel-
ton. whose husband is eX-Secretary for the
colonies, had her play Warp and Woof''
produced by Mrs. Patrick Campbell last
year 1t really began TO look as if here was
a feminine member of the aristocracy who
would do things as a dramatist. This pur-
poSeful little play was not a success, 1t is
true but the picture 1t painted of the sell
fshness of the rich at the expense of the
poor was vivid, at any rate. So when Mrs.
Campbell who recently started manage
ment at the Criterion with a feeble and
foredoome6 adaptation from the French.
announced that she would follow ii with
an historical play by Mrs, Lyttelton most
pieasurable antieipations were aroused. 1t
was generally hoped that THE Macleans
of Bairness," as the authoress called her
piece, might fulfill the promise OF Warp
and Woof,' but unfortunately all the good
qualities which the first piece possessed a re
absent from the new one, and so 1t is man
ifestly too early yet to hail Mrs. Lyttelton
as tlle feminine Pinero of fashionable Bel
gravfa.
''The Macleans of Bairness,'' in fact, is
likely to be withdrawn from the Criterion
before fortnight has passed, and no
lengthy description is called for. It may
be said however, that Edith Lyttelton's"
new effort Is all about Bonnie Prince Char
lie and lady whose innocence he has
stolen" to use the language of the play.
When the drama opens, however we find
the heroine married to Sir Alan Maclean.
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Charles Frohman's recent experiment of
Turing Huntley Wright away from George
Edwardes-whose chief funmaker he had
been for so long-and presenting him in
farce-comedy proved such disastrous one
that it is no surprise to find Wright back
again under the Edwardes banner It is
true his appearance in the new Chinese
opera. See-See or the Third Moon is bill
ed as by arrangement with Mr. Charles
Frohman, but. it is rather doubtful if this
clever comedians association with the
American manager win be renewed after
his present contract terminates AS for
'See-See, in which Huntley Wright re-
turns to his original line of work 1t is an
operate adaptation of the French ''Troi-
sieme Lune" and was expected to prove
another "Geisha," especially as the score is
by Sidney Jones, who composed the most
successful of London musical plays. Well
'See-See' is by no means as tuneful nor
as funny as The Geisha." but it has the
advantage of an unusually coherent plot
and in three months time should have been
made into a genuinely attractive entertain
ment. Meanwhile it has been given as Law
ish setting as perhaps any musical piece
yet produced by George Edwardes.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21
THE ADVERTISING FAKIR.

Members of the order of Elks in
Colorado complain that advertisine
fakirs are making an effort TO secure
contracts for ADVERTISING in what pur-
ports to be an official program of the
Elks' reunion in Denver next July.
There will be no advertising in the
official program published by the Elks
and the program provided for the oc-
easion will be given away at the
Elks Headquarters, SO that there will
be no demand for any program except
the one of the Elks prepare them
selves.
Luther NJ. Goddard. chairman of
the general committee on reunion in
Denver. asks that anyone in Colorado
who is approached In the name of the
Elks. and asked to pay for advertis-
ing in a program Of the reunion to in
form him at once. as all such agents
are trying to secure money under
false pretenses. and their arrest will
probably follow.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21
THE BOND Is GIVEN.
Contractors for the New Mountain
Water System al Fruita Give
Big Bond of $50, 900.

Messrs. Hanley and Richardson. OF
Colorado Springs. who have taken
the contract TO build the mountain
water system for The town OF Fruita
have put up their bond guarantee
ing the satisfactory completion Of
the big undertaking
The bond is for 100000 or one
fourth of the amount of the value Of
the contract which is $50. 900. Il is
one OF the largest bonds executed in
The county in several years. The bond
has been forwarded to Mayor Carl
Osborne Of Frulta. and will be sent to
Attorney John II. Fry of this city.
who is the city attorney of Fruita for
his approval
The bond will doubtless prove sat
isfaotory and as soon as it is Official
N accepted and filed the work on the
new system viii be started
Messrs. Hanley and Richardson
represent the Washington Pipe com
pany, of Spokane Washington.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21
HIGH WATER At DELTA.

Reports from Delta on Saturday
night state that the Gunnison river
in that section is now on rampage
much destruction has already been
done to n number of ranches loeal-
ed along its course. North Delta is
practically under wafer, and the
stream is still on the rise. The river
is already as high as at any time last
year.
on the north fork of the river. near
Paonia. the Cline ranch has been dam
aged to the extent of several thou
sands of dollars. Other ranchmeh
have also suffered heavily. The
county bridge at Paonia is entirely
surrounded by water and gangs OF
men are working like Troians in what
al this time seems to be a hopeless ei-
fort TO keep the raging waters WIN
In bounds. The flood is caused by the
sudden advent of warm weather,
which has melted large quantities oil
snow in the mountains.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21

We can sell you new or old bug.
giles and harness we also trade new
for old .-Fred Mantey.
Large congregations attended the
revival services held by the Dunkards
la their tent at Seventh aud Main
street Saturday night and Sunday
The revival promises TO be very sue
cessiul.
The Argyle. under new manage
ment. corner of Second and Rood.
Dining room in connection. All
modern conyenienoes. Special rate
to regular hoarders. Transients so
licited
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21
THE CLASS DAY.
The Class Play and Program of Other
Features will be given tomor-
rev Night nj the Opera
House. Large Aud
fence Assured.

Tomorrow is class day with the
high school graduates and tomorrow
evening at the park opera house the
class day program consisting of two
parts. the first pare being made up
of the presidents address. the class
history. class poem and other featur-
rs by individual graduates and the
second parry being the class PLAY
Men Maids and Matchmakers. -
The young ladies and gentlemen
who will take part In the play have
been rehearsing faithfully ard a pref
~ and pleasing performance Is as
sured- OF course the other class day
features Will be just as enjoyable.
There has been heavy sale OF
seats and "A crowded house is prac-
tically assured
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21

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4. Grand junction House Cleaning.
: Company
+ II. W. McQUARRY, Prop
I. Successor to V. A. Tharp & Coz
r We are carrying on the regu- 1
: lar line of business-Carpets I
!. cleaned by steam or without
4. speeialties. wall paper cleaning 4
+ cleaning. wall paper washed. I
4. carpets scrubbed and stoves set
= up or taken down and polished Z
+ Phone Black 49,
a Il L u Il 4 l. L 4 4 L L 4 L 4 4
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21
W0dSVMtD
and Sons
Groceries
and Meat,

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
l. Grand Junction Camp No. :
: and 4th Thursday nights OF .
|. each month In new /. o. o. f. .
|. hall. Cor. 9Th and Rood SITS. .
|. Visiting neighbors are al .
|. ways welcome. :
: bors always welcome. =
!. S. r. VOLS. Clerk. :
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21

Thomas owen and c. w. FisheL
of Aspen. were Sunday visitors
prof. j w. Thompson has been re
employed as principal of the PaliSaue
lanes NJ. silcox, joint agent for the
railroads at Aspen spent SaturIas
and sunday In the city with irlenus,
The big smoker OF the Eagles taxes
Mace this evening at the PARK opera
house Morgan Williams ana pay
in ten-round bout Will be the prih-
The Excelsior laundry is better
eoninped than ever before with us
new machinery. and water condenser
for doing all kinds OF laundry WORK,
First class work guaranteed al an
Mr. and Mrs Ingram ana MFs'
Hammond arrived Saturday on -
. from Denver for n visit with MI
II n Vorbeck and family. Mrs. Ham .,, !.
n,ond is n sister of Mr.. Norbeck- IN,
visitors win be in the city Tor a.
days. ,-.,,, ,,,roueb
rho chancellor Of the diocese nav
sent $500 to Archbishop Rloia IN.
Of San Francisco. to aid in reDnlluln5 !
The churches, hospitals schoois ~ ~
colleges which were destroy "a ~ ~,
fires and earthquake. Oh inns ~, l,ii''
The local Catholic ehnrch con Ii'"'
ed $1,000 .t..t- In the
,...,s,ht denortment of the union de
- ~, ,,nd one or the best known rail-
Ia Do men in the city Will leave 10
,,,errow on an extended eastern va
hiot "" rTis itinerary includes.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21

Generally fair tonight and Tues
day is the weather forecast. The
maximum temperature yesterday was
81 degrees. The minimum temporal
ture yesterday was 81 degrees. Pre-
citpitation trace.
The crowd of young people who
spent Sunday picknicking on the
Book Cliffs returned at a late hour
Saturday afternoon. having greatly
enjoyed their outing w. S. Phillips.
manager of the Book Gin railroad,
was the host of the occasion, he hay
ing invited the ladies and gentlemen
to make the trip on his road and with
this genial gentleman in charge the
day was naturally a most delightful
one.
GA Saturday May 2G the Montrose
Bowling team viii go to Grand June
tion TO play a match game with the
Junction team on the alleys ia the
New Auditorium building in that CIV
The hovs here have been pract.cns
faithfully for the past few DAYS AMI
by The time the match comes off the,
VII lie N excellent shape Grand
Junction people say the boys in that
burg are all crack bowlcrs and this
goes to show the match viii be "A
warm one. the team has not bcan
picked as yet but II is probable that
i've man team will-go down Mont
rose Enterprise.
call over phone Red 1851 will
put YOU In connection with Lewis &
Salee. plumbers of the first class.
When You need work in this line call
on them. They carry a big stock of
hnth rom, Bxturos .,1 otba. z.,.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21
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The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21
SeaSonable
Fruits Always
in Stock
Oranges,
Bananas,
Apples, etc.
Crisp Celery,
Farm Produce
of all kinds.
bee Our Bargains!


'flyeroom house with lawn and
stable. a nice home on White St,
at Sl,650.
|Seven-room modern house on N. 9Th
street, 2 lots, nice shade and lawn
A beautiful home at $4,000.
Two lots on Bedford with Groom
house. Can be sold for a small
payment down and $3.50 per
month. Price $425.0O
zen acres of raw land miles north
east from town. all cleared OFF. in
hne shape, price $1,000.
en- acres, on Orchard Mesa. all set
to fruit and acres In bearing.
price $4,000.
We have some money to loan at
d per cent on good real estate secur-
y. We want to See you in regard to
that Insurance.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-21

o. II. shoup and l.. b. Boyle. both
Of Colorado Springs. are in the city
today looking after their business IN
terests.
Tuesday, May 10Th has been deeid-
ed upon AS the date of the Phldela
Rice recital to be given at the Meth
odisi church under the auspices OF
the Epworth League This VIII pc
Mr. Rice's frst exclusive entertain
mont since his return from the east.
and IL viii be eagerly awaited by the
public. .s4ia iEezsf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27
Clothes In Paris.

Flora Mcdonald Thompson, in Harper's
 Bazaar.
 It is rare indeed that one sees an untldy Frenchwoman. This is because oaretaking is the first principle of her art of attrac- tive dress. To be perfectly neat in ap- pearance is the first aim of her coquetry, and among women of every class one finds the hair always beautifully coiffed, the shoes and gloves irreproachabIe in point of cleanliness, and gowns trimly adjusted, always in good order-whole, smooth, spot less. Labor necessary to kSep the toil- cites in this tidy state attains a high degree of skill here, and is available, even to people of small means, in servants and business houses performing such labor at small cost. Amer>cans are universally famed for being sans gene (unconvention- aD in the matter of dress. The indiffer- ence we manifest to our appearance, 8 heritage of pioneer days, is made almost impossible of reform by the difficulty one everywhere in the United States experi- ences of possessing the means of taking proper care of dress after one Is so happy as to acquire it. l have thought that, among the devices of self-help which in. genious American girls adopt for paying their way through college, those who have the taste and skill might profltably cre- ate a new profession--that of earetaker of their more fortunate sisters wardrobes, The menial character of such labor may be easily changed by doing 1t in a busi ness way on profitably business terms, and, beyond the self-help so secured there would result an improvement of ideals and of methods for the care of American girls toilettes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27
Auctioneer as Missionary.

From the New York World,
 It Is said of William B. Norman, the auctioneer who died a week ago, that he was responsible more than any other man for stripping the south of it's old furniture. His auction room was a clearing house for aneeseSy mahogany from below Mason and Dixon's line, and to look about while a sale was in progress was to bring to mind all the glamor of before-the-war hospital ity. Merely to estimate the number of sideboards ana high-boys, the Dutch tea tables and ''ladder-back" dining chairs, the wine coasters and girandoes disposed of there in a decade, is to stagger the powers of computation There the choic- est heirlooms of the old south found a temporary lodgment while in transit to houses of newer wealth in the west and north These sales accomplished mission ary work by the influence they exerted on taste in housefurnishing. By making buy CTS familiar with the simple lines of the cabinet-makers of a former century. the Chippendales and Sheratons and Hepple- whites, they encouraged a demand which furniture manufacturers found 1t profita- ble to meet with reproductions. In a meas ure this and other auction rooms for old furniture thus brought about revolution in American household decoration only less important in It's way than which Will liam Morris effected in England