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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-14
Kurn Hattin's New Superintendent.

A Barre (Mass.) dispatch to the Wor-
cester Sunday Telegram says.
Mr. and Mrs. N W. Packard have been
appointed superintendent and matron Of
Kurn Hattin Homes at Westminster and
Saxtons River, VT, They will leave Barre
Mrs. Packard are receiving congratula-
tions on account of their appointment to
Kurn Hattin, which is boys home, sup
ported by benevolences. It is made up
Of two establishments, one of 20 boys and
the other of 50, of which Mr.. and Mrs.
Packard will have charge. The loss of Mr..
Packard in the community will be felt:
He is leader of the Stetson home boys
school of the Congregational church, and
leader Of the choir. He has been active
in the interests of the Worcester County
West Agricultural society, and for sew
eral years its chief marshal.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-14

In some parts of West Africa the girls
have long engagements. On the day of
their birth they are betrothed to baby
boy trifle older than themselves. and at
the age Of 20 they are married. The, girls
know no other way of getting husband,
and SO they are quite happy and salts
fed. As wives they are patterns OF obe-
dience, and the marriages usually turn
out successes.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-14
This Nav Interest You.

No one is immune from kidney trou-
BILE, SO just remember that Foley's Kid,
ney Cure will stop the irregularities and
cure any case of kidney and bladder trou-
Bile that is not beyond the reach Of medi-
cine. Sold by All Druggists.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-14

Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis, says: ~
have only taken four doses Of your Kidney
and Bladder Pills and they have done for
me more than any other medicine has ever
done. Mr.. Barber refers to DeWitt's Kid
ney and Bladder Pills. They are sold by
All Druggists.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-14

1t seems bit strange that the Indiana
death rate should have fallen off BIT
since some of the Indiana novelists quit
writing so much.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-14

Kodol is a scientific preparation OF vege
table acids with natural digestants and CON
tains the same juices found in healthy
stomach. Each dose will digest more than
5000 grains Of good food. Sold by All Drug
pists,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-14

Use Dewitt's Little Early Risers, pleasant
little pills. They are easy to take. Sold By
All Druggists
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-07-31
How to Cook a Carp.

Much has been said for and
against the carp as an edible
For those who favor this species
of fish, the following recipe is
recommended:
Clean the fish nicely, let it dry
for two days in the sun, nail the
fish to "A pine board, cover it with
salt and after standing in the sun
for two days longer, put it in the
oven and bake slowly for six
hours, Then draw out the nails.
throw the carp away, and eat the
nails and the board.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-07-31
Handsome Premium List.

That the Colorado Interstate
Fair and Exposition, the first ex-
hibition of which will be held in
Denver the second week in Sep
tember of this year, will do much
to encourage the improvement and
growth of western industries of
every character, is fully shown in
the premium list, copy of which
has been received from Mr.. q. C.
Fuller, acting secretary, Tabor
opera house building, Denver, who
writes that he will be pleased to
send a copy to anyone upon
request. The classifcations in the
list are extensive, covering the
products of every industry, and
the prizes offered are exceptionally
liberal.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-07-31
Filed For Record.
JULY BIRD


Mt. Blanca Drug Co. to st.
Louis Carbonating and Mfg. Co.,
m. soda fountain.
Jos. I. Sheridan, affidavit of
labor '07 and 'OS, Cornocopia ct al
Uncle Sam ct al lodes, Decatur
mining district.
Victoria F. Hunnicut to Knight
Campbell Music Co., lien note.
piano.
w. G. Boyle to Lane Pearl, q d,
W J Sc 1 l5-36-10.
H. O. Ellis ct al to public trustee,
d, lots 10, IL, II, block l9, La
Jara.
s. B. Scholz to Frank Coates,
W d, lots 3. 4, Alamosa Park Add
Martha E. Tyner to Michal E.
Morgan. d, lots 10, 20, block IA,
Alamosa.
Jesse Stephenson to Lizzie A.
Hirst, q C d, lots 5. 6, block S4,
Alamosa.
County treas. to Lizzie A. Hirst,
treas. deed, lots 13 to 16, block I3,
Alamosa.
j. H. Shemwell to j. A Nc
Daniel, C IN, horses, wagon, auto
mobile, etc
Mary E. Haskins to Mary J.
Cole, W d, part ne ! block 81, Ala
mosa.
Jose Ignacio Trujillo to Jose C.
Cantu, W d, e J sw /. 29-34-10.
Johanne NJ. Gilbert to Maria
Emelia Cantu, W d, lots 3, 4, block
40, Manassa.
Lillian Kirk ct al to r. E. Nor
W d, NV !, sec. 10 etc, 35-lO
r. Z. Mortensen to public
d as above.
r. f. Mortensen to j. T. Norton,
" d, n ] NV /, sec. IL etc, 35-10.
Martin G Price to Alfred Erland-
son, W d. lots 3. 4, etc, block s,
etc, Morgan.
JULY 18th
County treas. to w. H White
lead. treas. deed. Star ct al lode.
H. A. Burnham to Max Buch-
mann. m, cattle.
JULY ETH
A. X. Babb to Henry C. Rey-
holds, q c d. half interest in Platoro |
ode mining claim in Sc / of 1864.
Lewis A. Lee to public trustee,
d, lot %, block 80, Alamosa.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-07-31
Brakeman Injured.

Myer Skeen of Alamosa, young
man employed as brakeman, was
knocked from an east bound
freight train Sunday evening at
the Osier snow sheds and severely
injured. Skeen and his fellow
brakeman lay down on top of adj
joining box cars when the snow
sheds were reached. A low hang
ing timber struck him on the head
and he rolled from the top of the
car to the ground falling, FORUM
ately clear of the rails. 1t is said
that Skeen knew the timber was
there but forgot to dodge it as is
the custom. As quickly as posi-
bic the train was stopped and
Skeen placed in the caboose. The
engine was detached from the
freight, attached to the caboose,
and in very few minutes his
brother traiumen were running On
the back track, without orders, CON
veying the injured man to the
nearest hospital at Durango. The
freight train was too long for the
siding at Osier leaving a number of
cars projecting onto the main line
and brakeman was left to pro-
tect it against other trains At the
first telegraph station orders were
obtained for clear right of way.
Reports from Durango state that
Skeen has broken collar bone
and other bad Injuries but is doing
as well as could be expected.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-07-31
Good Returns.

W. G. Spencer has been hauling
alfalfa to La Jara this week from
his ranch near Sanford. Mr.. Spen-
Ger has 40 acres from which he cut
about 40 tons and the second cut
ting usually runs a little more or
between 45 and 80 tons to the
patch. This hay retails at 81 per
ton now and in the fall brings
about 50 or has brought that and
probably will this year on account
of the rather poor stand of wild
grass in the hay fields. The cash
income is then about SIT per acre.
Mr.. Spencer runs disc over his
field twice in the spring and then
gives it a good watering. The
alfalfa grows rapidly and no
weeds or fox-tail enter into the
product. Farmers in this vicinity
who complain of poor stand of
alfalfa should study Mr.. Spencer's
method and pay attention to the
kind of alfalfa which they attempt
to grow. Recent investigation by
the State Agricultural college of
the causes of poor yields of alfalfa
in the lower Arkansas valley has
determined that poor stands are
very largely owing to poor strains
of seed. Seed is now about the
same price as when it was first
introduced into the state and the
average quality not as good.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-07-31
FARM LOANS.

100000 or any part of it to loan
on Irrigated Lands in Conejos
county, five and ten years time.
This is No Dream but the Real
Thing, bring in your abstract and
we will make you think you are a
Missourian. See us for rates and
terms. THos. MCCUNNIFF d Son.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-07-31
New Real Estate Firm.

J F. Anstett & Co, of Grand
Island. Neb., have arranged with
me to open a land Office at La
Jara. We are prepared to list
your lands and sell them at a
reasonable commission. We get
the buyers and you get your cash
values.
THoS. MCCUNNIFF.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-07-31
SAVE YOUR HORSE.

Deacon's Collie Specific is abso-
lutely the best collie remedy known
to medical science. Guaranteed
under the pure food and drug law.
For sale by H. O. Ellis, La Jara, or
NJ. II. Deacon, Monte Vista, Colo.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-07-31
Notice Of Application to Lease
State Lands.

Office of the State Board of Land Commits
sioners.
Denver. Colorado. July I7th 1908
Notice is hereby given that Frank Purs-
ley. whose postoffice address is La lara
Colorado. has made application No. 5is3 to
lease the following described Internal
Improvement Lands. situate in Conejos
County, Colorado. to-wit:
u of Section g. Township d North
Range East.
No other application to lease the above
described lands will be considered after
August 18th. lsts.
JOHN +. VIVIAN,
Register state Board Land Commissioners
First pub July "a. 1906 last Aug. II. 1905.
The National tribune., 1908-07-16

President Castro responds to our
withdrawal of our diplomatic represen-
tatives from Venezuela by ordering his
representative in this country home He
could not do Otherwise, and the recall
was made quietly and without any Of
fensive demonstration. No provision
was made for any further communica-
ton between the two countries. 1t is
usual in such ruptures to designate the
representative of some other country
as a medium by which relations may
be resumed, but nothing of this kind
was done. Castro is said to be on the
eve of a similar break with Holland,
which has sent war vessel to take it's
Minister away. This will add greatly
to the isolation of the tyrant-ridden,
plague-desolated little country. Already
France, Colombia, the United States,
England and perhaps Italy have broken
off diplomatic relations. It is said that
this does not threaten war. but that it
cannot help having strongly monitory
effect upon the recalcitrant little Indian,
who has for the moment the power of
Venezuela in his hands It is altogether
likely that he will soon have troubles
enough at home to bring him sad re-
Elections. The people of Venezuela are
not going to submit to the terrible in
jury to their trade and commerce which
this diplomatic isolation involves.
The National tribune., 1908-07-16
!. NEW KIND OF CALAMITY.

StuyYesant Fish, who lost out in his
struggle with Hartman for the control
of the Illinois Central Railroad, might
be expected to take. somewhat gloomy
view of things. In an interview just
prior to sailing for Europe he dwelt at
length upon the hardships the million
aires who frequent Newport are suffer-
have had to cut their servant roll down
to 20 individuals, sell many of their
best autos, and suffer other unparalleled
privations. Undoubtedly it is hard for
gentry who a few years ago were mod
erate-salsried men, with their wives
being able to keep but one girl, but
who suddenly came into affiuence on
| watered stock, to have to come down
to a comparatively plain living. They
will be all the better for it, however;
there will be fewer divorces, and they
VIII undoubtedly live some years longer,
| If that is any object, which We doubt.
The rich idlers who frequent Newport
and splurge upon their money are OF
precious little use to the. world. and
what they do and when they die are of
the smallest consequence. We can bear
their privations with singularly calm
philosophy, even If, as Mr.. Fish says,
many of them have come down to a
regular diet Of ham and cabbage. There
are much worse things In the world
than ham and cabbage The amusing
part of Mr.. Fish's jeremiad is that he
has TO admit that the crops are album
dant. the prices high and there is going
to be great deal of money in the coun-
try, but he groans. "the farmers will
get all of it, and the railroads very lit
tle." This is another feature that we
can perhaps endure with a philosophy
that amounts to complacency.
The National tribune., 1908-07-16

'r President Garfield in one of his elo-
quent moments spoke of the social con-
ditions Of this country. and contrasted
them with Europe. He said that in
Europe the social divisions were like
the geological strata. where one layer
of rock oyerlaid another thru all eter-
nifty. without ally possibility of change.
In this country society was like the
ocean. where one layer came to the top
at one time to sink again at another
This is illustrated by the Geographic
news thatF Smith, the son of the bril-
liant clergyman who wrote the song
America" and who himself was at one
tine a man GfIdistinction and Mayor of
Davenport, Iowa, is asking for parole
from the Iowa Penitentiary at Anamosa,
where he is serving a term for cmbez-
element. While this is an extreme case,
it illustrates the constant movement in
American society, where everything is
possible to any man. In one generation
a man of exceptional force may rise
from the position of day iaborer to the
highest places in finance. business, the
professions or politics, and his children
or grandchildren sink again to the leycl
of day labor, with their children rising
in turn as he did.
The National tribune., 1908-07-16
THE SOCIALIST CANDIDATE.

The nominee of the Socialist Labor
Party for President is Martin r. Pres
ton, who is now serving out a 25-year
sentence in the Nevada penitentiary
for murder. In Placing him in nominal
ton Daniel De Leon spoke of him as
"the best type of an honest working
man, not a professional workingman,'
and said:
THE name of that man is Martin r
Preston, and he is now in Jail at Gold
field, Nevada. Preston is in Jail today
for conduct that is honorable and
which no working man should be
ashamed Of"
Mr. De Leon went on to explain that
Preston had been sentenced for shoot
ing a restaurant keeper in Goldfeld
while the latter was threatening his
life" This is a most convincing presen-
tation of the rebellion of the Socialists
against our system of justice which has
been painfully elaborated by the best
minds of the race for thousand years
Mr.. Preston. despite what De Leon
shall say, could not have done his ac,
in self-defense, and there was no miti-
CATION of the terrible crime which he
committed. We are certain of this, be-
cause all the facts connected with the
crime were carefully presented to a
jury composed of Proeston's fellow-citi-
zens, and all the arguments that could
be offered in extenuation of his crime
were undoubtedly made in strongest
force by the able lawyers secured for
his defense. Therefore, Mr. De Leon
in nominating Preston for President
must put his unsupported word as to
Preston's act AGAINST the solemnly pro-
nounced verdict Of IL quite as good
men as he, who had been given the
fullest knowledge possible of all the
circumstances connected with the
crime. They must have regarded it as
particularly heinous. The length of
the sentence imposed shows that. AT
the time the sentence was imposed il
was everywhere accepted as just and
proper. We recall no protest against
it. Therefore, the nomination must be
regarded as an act of open rebellion
against everything that good, orderly
citizens hold as essential to peace and
justice.
The National tribune., 1908-07-16

Official and Grand Army circles In
Washington were deeply startled last
week by the announcement that Capt
n. N. Brooks. for Sc years in the Bu-
reau of Foreign Mails, and for the
last IS years its Superintendent, had
= been removed and an unknown young
man appointed. Capt Brooks's ad-
ministration of the-Bureau of Foreign
Mails has been marked by signal abili-
ty and regarded as one of the most efii-
!. Gent records of work in the Civil Ser
vice. He has practically built up the
Bureau to its present efficiency and
has many achievements to his credit in
. the way of improvements of the SER
vice and the establishment of Interna-
tional Parcel Post Treaties. He has
been decorated by several foreign Gov
ernments, and received high COM
nendation from the different Post
master Generals, under whom he
served. He has a fine military record
having enlisted In the Sd N J., and
was in command of his company al
Hancock's famous charge at Spotsyl-
wanna, where he lost his leg. He is
Past Commander Of the Department OF
the Potomac, and very popular with
his comrades.
The National tribune., 1908-07-16

Comrade C. E. Finney, the Editor
of the Martinsville, Ind, Democrat,
wrote a most striking and interesting
editorial for his paper on the anniver-
sary of Gettysburg. The editorial con-
ciudes:
Victory was in the air-the old flag
floating over a SCARED field-the
bloodiest field of the war. From that
moment the Confederacy was doomed
it had lost the browning battle 1t
staked its dreamed-of nation on the
casting of the die. 1t lost, and it
won. Lost confederacy, but won a
reunited country, purified as by fire,
rehabilitated in freedom, ennobled by
the flag, broad to cover them, strong
to protect them from real foes, rich
in the blood of their own ancestors
and a heritage Tor them and theirs
thru all the coming years. But it was
a struggle-that Gettysburg, and to-
day is its anniversary"
The National tribune., 1908-07-16
THE NEGROES FOR THE PHILIP.
PINES.

M. ]. Denman, Democratic candidate
for Congress in the San Antonio. Tex.
District. is running on a plank of his
own. He says:
If sent to Congress as a represen-
tative of the people of the Fifteenth
District l will fight for the sending of
all negroes TO the Philippines. / would
also urge that all negro troops be sent
there. and when their terms of enlist
ment had expired muster them out in
the philippines and enlist more in
this country and Immediately send
them there"
This may sound well on the stump as
an ebullition of hot air, but If ii came
to any possibility of Mr.. Denman's plan
being realized he would find the plant
ers raising cyclone about him that
would make the previous race disputes
seem like gentle breezes The great
need of the South is labor, and the
planters are more keenly sensitive to
anything which disturbs the labor mar
ket than to anything else. Many labor
agents have found this fact out very
disagreeably when they have attempted
to take off large gangs of negroes to
work on railroads at some distant
point. There have been instances in
which these men have been whipped
and driven out of the country at the
point of the pistol. As Mr.. Denman's
project has not the slightest possibility
of ever being seriously considered, it is
Us well. however. to leave him to toy
with it as much as he pleases, for the
benefit of his little boom.
The National tribune., 1908-07-16
LINCOLN AND DAVIS.

Col. John S. Edwards had fearful
attack of mouth brash when trying te
raise the rebel yell at the Tooth ami.
versary celebration of the birthday OF
Jefferson Davis at Lakeland. Fla. 1t is
not worth while to criticise Col. Ed
wards's great exaggeration of Davis!
services i'm the Mexican War, since thai
was the natural fulsomeness of specia
oratory. AS a matter of history, Davis:
services in the Mexican War were quite
modest compared to the real fighting
which came in the war of the rebellion
Davis took part in two engagements
and behaved as American Colonies are
in the habit of doing, bravely and well
Some of his associates in the battle OF
EuGna Vista criticised his conduct pref
ty sharply, and one of them even went
so far as to denounce Davis on the
floor of the House of Representatives
We never took any stock in this, but
assumed, as said before, that Davis had
measured up to the standard of ar
American Colonel as set by several thou
sand good Americans who have worn
the silver eagles with credit.
Probably we should not be surprised
when Col. Edwards said that the Gov
eminent dismissed Davis without trial
because it dared not try him. This
shows how weak men like he mistake
magnanimity and mercy for timidity.
Col. Edwards passed all bounds, how
ever, when he declared:
And yet what pygmy Lincoln be-
comes by the side of Davis when the
true greatness of the two men is COM
pared. 1t has become a fashion to de-
clare the greatness of Abraham Lincoln;
but if you will show me one deed of
greatness done by Abraham Lincoln l
will show you score from the hands
of Jefferson Davis"
This extravagant talk will not find
any echo even in the South. While the
Southern people have much basis for
their eulogies upon Lee, this is painful
ly lacking for any exaltation of Jeffer-
son Davis. Davis was a man of ability
and force of character, yet he was an
intensely cold, selfish, self-seeking man,
and it is remarkable to note how his
long public career is unreIieved by a
single story of kind-hearted considera-
ton for others, generosity or unselfish-
ness. At every turn we come across
some story of this kind regarding Lin
coin, but the literature of the South
and the common talk of the people is
absolutely destitute of one of these
genial anecdotes as to Jefferson Davis.
Davis lived wholly for himself and for
his own ambitions. Gen. Lees nature
was full of kindness, and the men
who were associated with him, whether
Generals or private soldiers, are quick
with stories of little graceful acts, but
the South may be sought thru in vain
to find man who remembers anything
of this kind in connection with Davis.
The National tribune., 1908-07-16

Just what will follow the Pope's re-
moval of England, Scotland, Ireland,
Holland. Luxembourg, Canada and the
United States from the control of the
Sacred Propaganda is awaited with in
tense interest by the Roman Catholics
in those countries. They and their
priests and prelates have heretofore
been under the direct thumb of the
narrowest and most reaetionary circle
In the Church. Now they are given
some measure of independence and To-
cal self-government. Just how great
that measure will be remains to be de-
termined.e 80 .'.r-.
The National tribune., 1908-07-16

Mr.. Glenn, of the Georgia Legisla-
ture. is another of those numerous gen.
tlemen who believe that statute laws
can cure every evil and assuage every
complaint. Mr.. Glenn, 1t is said, has
recently come home from a seaside re-
sort, and 1t Is evident from his frame
Of mind that he has been playing in
hard luck with some Summer girl. He
has introduced bill in the Legislature
which has been favorably reported by
the committee to which it was referred
1t provides that If any woman, whether
maid or widow. shall betray into matri-
mony any unsuspecting male citizens
OF this State by scents, paints, powder
or perfumes, cosmetics. artificial teeth
false hair, iron stays, corsets, pads or
padding, hoops or high-heeled shoes,
low-cut waists, lingerie, lace, variegated
dropstitch Or rainbow hosiery, or by
any other deceitful means or artful
practices, the marriage, upon convic-
ton, shall be null and void. 1t is hard
iy likely that this bill will ever get be-
yond the Laughter" stage in the staid
and respectable Georgia Legislature,
but if by any chance it should become
law, the eyes of an amused world
would be turned upon the Empire
State of Georgia" to watch the fun
arising from any attempt to execute it.
There would be no use of having any
comic opera that year, as the fun in
Georgia would exceed ANYTHING IN he
seen on the stage
The National tribune., 1908-07-16
THE PENSION PLANK.

We are really much obliged to the
Denver Convention for the pension
plank. 1t is the best written and mos,
logical plank in the platform. 1t reads
eve favor generous pension policy
both as matter of justice to the sur.
viving veterans and their families and
because it relieves the country of the
necessity of maintaining large stand.
ing army
This is the first knowledge we have
had that Mr.. Bryan is constant read
er and student of The National Tribune
Our readers will at once recognize
where he got the idea and the language