II 6 VOLUME WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1902 NUMBER ; TERCIO, COLORADO &he Most Recent of C. F. (Si I. Camps

SIX MINE OPENINGS AND EXTENSIVE COKING WORKS SITUATED IN THE VALLEY OF THE PUEGATOIRE AMIDST BEAUTIFUL NATURAL SCENERY INTERESTING HISTORY OF THE REGION A MODEL AND SANITARY CAMP OF MODEL AND SANI- TARY HOMES AMPLE WATER SUPPLY THE MANAGEMENT THE MEN WORK OF THE MEDICAL AND SANITARY DEPARTMENT THE SOCIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.

ERCIO, the most recent gion is a part of the old Spanish conces- of The Colorado Fuel sion known as the Maxwell land grant. and Iron camps, is sit- The camp is situated in .the foothills of the uated in the valley of Sangre de Cristo range, close to the New the Purgatoire o r Mexico frontier. This country, known as Picketwire River at the Purgatoire, or Picketwire region, in the present terminus the past was called one of the "bad lands" of the Southern divis- of Colorado, not from its general geological ion of the Colorado formation, but primarily because of the con- and Wyoming Rail- stant warfare waged between the resident way, thirty-one and squatters, and the owners of the grant. one-half miles west Pour or five settlers finally obtained home- ~ by south of Trinidad, and but six miles from steads from the "grant" owners. The re- the New Mexico line. The camp was first mainder of this immense tract of land, with known as Torres, later Rincon, and then its rich coal fields and other natural min- Tercio. eral wealth and resources, was held by the History. owners without any attempt at develop- Historically, the situation of Tercio ap- ment, until the latter part of the year 1900. peals to the modern fact lover as this re- Tercio as a camp, came into existence about

The Snowy Range from Tercio, Colorado. J30 TERCIO, COLORADO.

November, 1901, and from a non-producing, Mine and another opening are situated isolated mountain valley, modern energy and about one and one-half miles south of the science have transformed it into a scene of camp. The coal from the Vega mine is to the means of steam bustling industrial activity. The bleating conveyed tipple by power, while the product of the other open- of sheep on the hillside has given place to ings reaches its objective point by means the whistle of the locomotive and the hum of inclined plains, the launched cars coming of machinery. The pine trees have taken down pulling the "empties" up. the form of neat houses, and the gray rock has been transformed into long rows of Coke Ovens.

ovens. it coke Where was possible formerly One of the most impressive sights about for only a few to make a living, thousands the camp are the long rows of coke ovens, may now find employment at good wages. extending three-quarters of a mile west

View About a Quarter of a Mile Above the Cottages at Tercio.

The Mines. from the "washer". The first series, which At present six openings are being worked is nearly completed, numbers six hundred, on veins varying from four to twelve feet. and six hundred similar ones are contem- The estimated daily output at present is plated by the company in the near future. about four hundred tons, but the tipple and The Washer and Tipple. screens have not as yet been completed. The washer, which is nearly completed, When this is done the output will be is situated at the entrance to the camp. greatly increased. The possible yield The tipple, also, is situated here, across is, howeyer, many times this amount, as the small opening formed by the situation the surrounding hills seem to be a vast of the surrounding hills. coal bed. The coal is pronounced to be Local Management. equal to the best formerly found in South- William Skidmore, formerly of Sopris, ern Colorado. The openings in the immedi- Colorado, is now supt. of the mine. Linsey ate vicinity of the camp are Nos. 1 and 2 Connors, formerly of Segundo, Colorado, is North, and Nos. 1 and 2 South. The Vega superintendent of construction. Joseph VIEW OF TERCIO. 131

o t UBJ J32 TERCIO, COLORADO.

Griffith, is "pit boss." J. L. McKee is guide books and railroad pamphlets call in charge of the office with the following "Colorado's beautiful climate," neither too staff: R. G. Nathan, L. F. Norton, J. R. hot nor too cold. Jameson and Ezra J. Snell. Water Supply. Postoffice. The Purgatoire, Purgatory, or Picketwire river winds its way through the camp in The postoffice is in charge of D. P. Jones. serpentine fashion, and supplies a reservoir The Colorado and Wyoming Railway. of 900,000 gallons capacity, about two miles The Colorado and Wyoming Railway, above the camp. The people of Tercio are which connects Tercio with the outside thus furnished a pure water from the per- world, runs two passenger trains daily. J. petual snow and ice beds of the Sangre de H. Bell is in charge of the office of the Cristo range. Another large reservoir lo- Colorado and Wyoming Railway. cated in a natural basin, one mile wide, is The Store. being built by the company as an additional The Colorado Supply Company store is source of supply for this and the lower in charge of D. P. Jones manager, C. C. Mc- camps. In the near future pipes will be Williams assistant manager, Walter Mc- laid to carry water to all the cottages, fur- Nett cashier, Jeff Ayers, Ed. Perkins, and nishing a plentiful supply for household and James Fleming clerks. The store building irrigating purposes. is to be of stone and is as noteworthy from As a Place of Residence. an artistic point of view as from the more The abundant water and the excellent practical standpoint of capacious size and market afforded by the local store consider- durability. ably simplify camp housekeeping. Com- Environment of Tercio. fortable modern cottages diversified in The environment of the camp is particu- architecture, and containing from three to larly attractive, even in a state far famed six rooms each, are provided at reasonable for its wondrous natural beauty. It is rent. One hundred cottages are already situated in one of the prettiest parks or built in well planned streets. In most in- valleys of Las Animas County, but six mfles stances these are surrounded by green from the New Mexico line, and is most lawns and gardens, which, owing to the abundantly watered by numerous springs scarcity of water elsewhere, are found in and branches, which gives it the appear- only a few Southern Colorado camps. The ance of a continuous green lawn, built on houses are not crowded, and it is the in- a generous scale. It is surrounded on all tention of the company to fence every yard. sides by hills, green and well wooded, prin- The tents and shacks, common to new cipally with firs and aspens, which suggest camps, are rapidly disappearing and giving the altitude of some eight thousand feet place to neat cottages. It is said that con- above sea level. The climate is very brac- tracts have been let for four hundred addi- ing and salubrious, and suggests what the tional dwellings. Every house is provided

After Dinner at the Colorado Supply Company Boarding House, Tercio. ITALIAN DEPARTMENT. J33 with a garbage box, which is emptied each day, and the con- tents carted out of camp. The objectionable pile of tin cans is conspicuous by its absence, and the camp is kept as clean as a well regulated city. Medical and Sanitary Depart- ment. The medical and sanitary de- partment is in charge of Dr. W. L. Conway. The clean yards and grounds and excellent health of the camp show that the work of this department has been not without results.

The Men Who Dig the Coal. The population is made up of Italians, Mexicans, Americans, in the order of numbers as Office Force and Temporary Office of C. F. & I. Co. at Tercio. named, besides a fair represen- tation of Germans, Scotch, Irish and Swedes. Africa has only one representative. Below the "tipple" is what is styled "Italy," or the Italian quarter. Here are houses built of Tercio, Colorado. stones and mud and inevitable car-roofed IERCIO, ii piu recente campo della which have not been shacks, yet replaced Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, by the cottages referred to above. The e situato nella vallata del flume large, dome-shaped out-door ovens recall Purgatorio o Picketwire, ed 6 il punto other lands. In this distinctive quarter on terminale della divisions sud della fer- a Saturday night, all restraint seems to be rovia Colorado & Wyoming, a 31% thrown off, and amusement holds entire sway. Strains of the concertina, chords miglia sopra Trinidad ed a sei mig- from the violin, laughter, shouts and danc- lia dai conflni del Nuovo Messico. Questo ing, further carry out the picture. campo che prima era conosciuto sotto il Educational. nome di Torres e poi di Rincon ora chi- amasi Tercio. A modern school house of four rooms I dintorni del veramente at- is now under course of construction, to sup- campo sono plant the old adobe building of last year. trattivi, circondato come e tutto all' intono It will open this fall with a competent staff da colline boschive con abeti e tremule sino of teachers. It is also proposed to estab- ad un altezza di 8,000 piedi. La vallata nella lish a night school and kindergarten. quale e situato il campo e una delle piu belle della Contea Las 1'abbondante Sociological. Animas, provvigione che in essa trovasi rende The company has not only generously d'acqua e al- provided for the physical comforts of the possibile 1'irrigazione dei prati degli community, but has further supplied a beri, cosa che per mancanza d'acqua si trova means of intellectual pleasure by the pro- solo in pochi campi del Colorado. Questa vision of a good library, accessible to all regione 6 parte della concessione Spagnuola alike, which we are pleased to say, is well conosciuta come "Maxwell Grant" del patronized. The Sociological Department Colorado. Per molti anni la sola at- is, furthermore, considering plans for the tivita esistente su questi terreni fu- erection of a club house with reading and rono le scaramuccie che costantemente ave- bath rooms, and hopes to see this a reality vano luogo fra coloro che abitavano su quei in the near future. W. L. C. terreni e gli agenti della compagnia, e non 134 ITALIAN DEPARTMENT. fu che nel 1891 che si cominciarono lavori Colorado, Wyoming e J. H. Bell, ed il Dot- di qualche importanza. tore del campo 6 il dottore W. L. Conway.

Le Mine ed I Forni Da Coke. La Colorado Supply Co. tiene un grande ne- Presentemente sei sono le bocche di gozio a Tercio del quale ne & Direttore D. quelle mine, che danno un prodotto totale di Jones con ad assistente C. C. McWilliams, 400 tonnellate al giorno, appena pero le mine a cassiere Walter McNett ed a comessi Jeff siano ben avviate il prodotto sara quatru- Ayers, E. Perkins e James Fleming. plicato. Le vene del carbone sono d'uno I Scavatori Del Carbone. spezzore da quattro a dodici piedi, e la qual- La popolazione del campo e composta di taa 6 una delle migliori mai trovata prima Italian!, Messicani, nativi Americani, Ted- nei sud del Colorado. Le bocche della mina eschi, Scozzesi, Irlandesi, Scandinavi e Neri. numero 1 e 2 al nord e numero 1 e 2 al sud II campo essendo come si puo dire nuovo e si trovano proprio nelle vicinanze del campo, costrutto con bellissime casette di ultima mentre 1'appertura della mina conosciuta costruzione delle quqali piu di cento sono

C. F. & I. Office, Boarding House, Washer and Tipple at Tercio. sotto il nome di Vega ed un altra, sono a occupate ed altre ancora si stanno costru- circa un miglia e mezzo dal campo. La endo. Non si vedono in questo campo casu- prima serie dei forni da Coke, 600 in numero pole o tende essendo state le medesime de- sono quasi finiti, di questi per6 molti sono molite appena le nuove case furono pronte in operazione. La seconda serie di altri 600 ad essere abitate. II campo pulitissimo forni vanno ad essere costrutti in breve. trovandosi un impiegato apposito per at- Amministratori. tendere alia pulizia, tutte le immondizie ven- abbruciate invece di William Skidmore gia di Sopris ne e il gono essere gettate Soprintendente e Linsey Connors gia di nelle correnti. Segundo il Soprintendente delle Costruzi- Scuole e Dipartimento Sociologies. oni; Joseph Griffith, Sr., ne 6 il capo mina- II dipartimento Sociologico ha provveduto tore, 1'ufficio 6 sotto la direzione di J. L. una buonissima libreria che 6 a disposizione McKee con ad assistenti; R. G. Nath- degli impiegati e loro famiglie, e si stanno an, L. F. Morton, J. R. Jameson, formando piani per costrurre una casa ad Ezra J. Snell, 1'impiegato della ferrovia uso Club da contenere sale di lettura, bagni SLAVONIC DEPARTMENT. 135 e salone per divertimenti. Una scuola mod- opkoljen je malim Crezuljcima povrh kojih erna di quattro camerate si sta ora costru- se vidi zeleni gaj firs i aspens drveca, koji endo al posto della vecchia che si usava se nalaze samo na visini od 8,000 noga nad 1'anno scorso. Oltre alia scuola regolare di morem. Perivoj, u kojemu ovi grad lezi, giorno, se i resident! del campo dimostre- jest jedan od najljepsih u Las Animas ok- ranno abbastanza interesse, si andra pure ruga i umjerena vlaznost zemlje daje dosta ad avere presto una scuola serale ed un zeleni i prijatni debeli hlad drveca, a po asilo infantile. drugim mjestimo Southern (juzne) Colo- rado tesko je dobiti takoo uzivanje, jer A Sheffield bootmaker displays this notice umjerenost zemlje ne dopusta. Ova strana in his window: "Don't you wish you were in je samo jedan dio od starog tako zvanog my shoes?" Tit-Bits. Spanskog posjednistva.

Another View of the Tipple, Washer and Coke Ovens at Tercio.

Maxwell zemlje koja je poslje ustupljena u Coloradski divizion, koyu je Colorado Fuel and Iron Comp. uzela pod koncesiju Tercio, Colorado. za vise godina; ona je to posjedovala za IERCIO je najnoviji konak Colo- vise godina samo sto su postojali mali ra- rado Fuel and Iron kompanije. tovi izmegju starosjedioca sjedne, i kum- on lezi u dolini tako zvano Pur- panijskih agenata s druge strane, a potpuni gatoire ili Picketwire rijeke na svrsetku uspjeh postignut je 1901. i stvarse umirila Southern (jusne) divizije Colorado & za neko vrijeme. Wyoming zeljezniee; 31% milja od Pri- mero, a samo 6 milja udaljeno od gran- Rudokopi i Koksove Peri. ice drzave New Mexico. Prvo se je zvao Sada jest otvorenih rudokopa davaju na- Torres, poslje Rincon a najposlje Tercio. dan 400_.. tona. Kad se__ rudokopif . mpotpuno,,m

Okolina ovoga konaka izvanredno je lijepa ;

Njehove vene razlikuju se od 4 do 12 nogu u Radnici Koji Vade Ugljen. opseju, ugljen je dobar koliko ijedan drugi Stanovnici su izmijesani Italjani, Meksi- u Southern ((juznoj) Coloradi. Ulazak kanci, rodjeni Amerikanci, Njemci, Skot- br. I. 12. zapadno, i br. I. i 2 juzno blizu su cosi, Irei i Skandinavci a ima i crnaca sa konaka a ulazak u Vega i druge rudokope svojem odjeljenjem. Konaci, Coduci da su 1 udaljen je I do l /^ milju od kona ka juzno. novi domovi od kojih je vise od stoline pos- prva serija koksovih peci, na Croju 600, go- jednuto a dosta se i novih gradi a stare, tovo je sversna. A velika kolicina dovrsuje kolibe i satori, sto ih na mnogo konaka ima, se. Druga serija, takodije 600, u skoro ce ovde su izbaceni iz upotrebe. Podneblje u otpoceti sradnjom. Tercio ne moze biti bolje ni zdravije, sacu- ovano je od svake nesistoce, svaka necistoca Upraviteljstvo. izgori se na vatru; ima ljudi koji isklju- William Skidmore, koji je bio u Sopris, civo paze na cistocu oko konaka. Lins u on je sada upravnik; Comors, prije Skole i Sociologoski Department. Segundo, upraxlja svim konstrukcijama; Sociologoski Department drzi jednu do- Joseph Griffith, Sr., glavni nastojnik; J. L. bro uregjenu knjizaru za radnice i njihove McKee je u slizbi pri kancelariji sa ovim fimilije, a sada se radi na tome da se po- pomocnicima; R. G. Nathan, L. F. Northon, digne jedna klubska kuca, u kojoj ce biti

J. R. Jameson i Ezra J. Snell. J. jedna citaonica i banja, i jedna dvorana za- H. Bell nalazi se u zdrevstvenoj sluzbi bove. Jedna moderna skola sad se po- pri konaku. Colorado Supply Co. drzi dize, koja se zauzeti mjesto stare skole u ovde jedan lijepo uregjeni ducan u Ter- presloj godini. Pored dnevne skole bice i cio kojm upravlja D. Jones, C. C. McWil- jedna nocna, tako isto i djecija basta, ako liams, pomvnik; Walter McNett, blagajnik se stanovnici budu za to zauzimali. Jeff Ayers, Edward Perkins i James Flem- ing pomvenici. A man who is easily satisfied has to be.

A Redstone Home. EMERGENCY TREATMENT. 137

EMERGENCY TREATMENT V. cells and then it becomes necessary to drill THE SKULL. a hole into the bone to remove the diseased portions. The skull contains twenty-two bones, di- vided as follows: Sphenoid. The resembles a bat and lies at I. Cranium Frontal, 1; occipital, 1; par- sphenoid the base of the brain. ietal, 2; temporal, 2; sphenoid, 1; eth- noid, 1. Nasal Bones. II. Face Nasal, 2; superior maxillary, 2; The nasal bones form the bridge of the lachrymal, 2; malar, 2; palate, 2; inferior nose. turbinated, 2; vomer, 1; inferior maxil- Superior Maxillary Bones. lary, 1. The large irregular bones holding the Frontal Bone. up- per teeth are the superior maxillaries. Be- The frontal bone forms the forehead. It hind the teeth they are prolonged backward is so thick that not infrequently it deflects as the hard palate, while above the teeth a bullet fired against it. From the eye- they extend to the frontal bone, lying be- brows it extends backward so horizontally tween the nasal and cheek bones. as to form the roof of the eye socket or Lachrymals. orbit. The upper surface of this portion are the smallest of forms part of the floor or base of the brain. The lachrymals bones the face. They are situated just at the inner Occipital Bone. edge of each eye. They help form a cavity The bone also consists of a ver- occipital through which tears drain into the nose. tical and horizontal portion the vertical Malar or Cheek Bones. forming the posterior part of the skull, the the malar bones is horizontal, the base of the skull behind. To due the prominence of the cheeks. Each Laterally placed are the two parietal bones palate bone, shaped which meet at the vertex of the skull. On like the letter L, extends from the orbit to the inner surface of these bones are grooves the palate, of which it forms the posterior in which lie large arteries. The latter are portion. Inferior Turbinated Bones. sometimes ruptured when the skull is frac- tured. The inferior turbinated bones are curled and lie the outer Temporal Bones. upon themselves against wall of the nasal cavity. Upon them lie the The temporal bones are very thin plates nerves of smell. Because of their extensive where they form the temples. From each surface they warm the air before it can plate three processes stretch out. One pass- reach the lungs. es forward and forms with a similar pro- or Bone Between the Nostrils. cess of the cheek bone the prominent ridge Vomer, The vomer the nostrils below in front of the ear. The second passes separates the where the ethnoid so acts. Be- inward and backward and within it lie the point low it with the hard delicate organs forming the internal ear. articulates palate. The third or mastoid process is behind the Lower Jaw Bone. ear, where it may easily be felt. Its in- The strongest bone of the face is the lower terior resembles a honeycomb, the cells of jaw or inferior maxillary. Its upper ends ar- which are connected with the ear. Some- ticulate with the temporal bones on either times disease of the ear spreads to these side. FRONT VIEW.

SIDB VIEW.

Bones of Skull. 1 Frontal. 2 Occipital. 3 Parietal. 4 Temporal. 5 Nasal. 6 Superior Maxillary. 7 Lachrymal. 8 Malar. 9 Vomer. 10 Inferior Maxillary. HINTS IN HYGIENE. 139

HINTS ON HYGIENE, V. carries them to the nearest source of water Typhoid Fever. supply. In these latter cases the germs are Since the spread of typhoid fever is so not killed by the exposure but may live for often caused by a contaminated water sup- months and may even increase in numbers ply, I shall digress here and speak of this by feeding on the materials in which they disease more at length. are found, or which they may find in the The direct cause of typhoid fever is a mi- soil. They increase rapidly in sewage also crobe or germ called the "bacillus of ty- and may be carried far away from their phoid." original place of deposit.

;\\* t \\ t ^o lO SHOW rCeA OR LASHES BY wrfkH THEY MOVE.

is has to use a It so small that one pow- Flies as Disseminators of Typhoid. erful microscope to see it, but there are Sometimes flies are the means of carrying millions on millions of them in the bowels the disease. They swarm about the closets of every person who has the disease. It and cesspools, and fecal matter, with its is in the excretions from the bowels that contained germs, adhere to their legs and they are most abundantly found, and hence wings, and may be deposited by them on these are most to be feared. articles of food. If you are inclined to dis- Typhoid Germs in Excretions from Fever believe this, cover some of these excretions Patient. with lime and then see if you cannot notice One need not be afraid to be in the same flies with the white lime sticking to their room with a typhoid patient, or to breathe legs, flying about your house soon after. the same air, provided the patient's body It has been observed time and time again. and clothing are kept clean and free from Sometimes the material may become dried fecal material. If the excretions from the and reduced to powder and then may be kidneys and the bowels of the patient are carried by the wind to be inhaled, or de- mixed with an antiseptic solution, before posited on food. But this is not nearly so being thrown into the vault or cesspool, the often the case nor is it to be so much feared danger of anyone else catching the disease as the before mentioned ways of infection. from the patient practically is done away How Typhoid Infection is Prevented in the with. If you remember only this one thing, Hospital. you may stamp out the disease from your In our hospital here in Pueblo, we have camp or village. regularly during certain months of the year, But when these materials are thrown out large numbers of cases of typhoid fever, unsterilized, often upon the surface of the most of which are sent in from surround- ground, they soak into the earth and are ing camps. Yet we do not get a single case taken up by the water which drains into a started or infected from these patients in nearby well or stream. Sometimes in dry the hospital. What is the reason? It is weather or during winter they may stay because the excretions from the bowels and where they are thrown till a rain causes kidneys of each patient are subjected thor- them to be washed away or the melting snow oughly to the action of antiseptics before J40 DOMESTIC SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE. being emptied into the sewers; and all or dirt, as is not uncommon in hot soiled linen is removed immediately and weather. To every cup of dry oatmeal add sterilized; and the patients' bodies kept two cups of salted water salt should be scrupulously clean. The nurses who have put in the first two cups of water and no charge of these cases know how to be care- more salt added. Water should be poured ful they understand the danger and are in as often as the mixture boils low. Cook able to avoid it. After giving a bath to a for eighteen hours, then remove from the typhoid patient they take pains to see that stove and from the boiler, if it is to be their own hands are not only thoroughly served hot. In this case one must calculate scrubbed, but some antiseptic wash is also the hours and allow it slowly to simmer used on them before touching anything in all night, and serve for breakfast. Serve the way of food or drink. with cream and sugar. If the cereal is to What You Should Do to Protect Yourself. be served cold remove it from the boiler Each of you should be as careful. If a and allow to cool in an open earthen bowl. case of typhoid fever breaks out in your It can be moulded and served with cream vicinity, first of all boil all your drinking and sugar, or fried in butter and served hot. water. If you are associated in any way Right here a bit of advice may not be his excre- with the patient see to it that out of place. If one is serving an article of with some tions are first mixed antiseptic food hot, serve it hot; if cold, make it as in before being disposed of, and general cold as possible; but never offer anything of. A follow out the precautions spoken lukewarm. As a man is judged by his carbolic acid made good antiseptic is up company, so is a cook or housekeeper by that its with glycerine and water so strength the foods she offers. is about 2 per cent., or, even better, car- SOCIAL SCIENCE: v. bol-cresol, a large tablespoonful to a quart of water. Both of these preparations are HOME DECORATION INTERIOR. of poisonous so they should be kept out If it is desirable to render attractive the members of the fam- reach of the younger exterior of our homes, it certainly is equally ily. important that we should give careful atten- All this may be hard and disagreeable tion to the decoration of the interior. How that not own work, but remember only your many a house, neat and pretty externally, the lives of others health but probably many is disappointing, not to say ugly, in the in- rest on your efforts. terior ornamentation! DOMESTIC SCIENCE: v. Furniture, carpets, wall paper, curtains VEGETABLE FOODS. and shades, pictures and bric-a-bric, all en- ter into the making of a pretty or an ugly foods, or at best many of them, Vegetable interior. are also starchy, and therefore principally Wall Decoration. require more cooking than most foods. Po- Let us first take up the matter of wall tatoes are largely starch, and should be decoration. Of course it is not necessary to carefully washed and cooked. Oftentimes say that the colors of wall paper, shades potatoes are spoiled by being allowed to and curtains should not quarrel with each remain in a kettle with too much water and other, but should harmonize. Nor need it to simmer, which makes them water-soaked be said that loud "patriotic" colors should and unfit to eat. be avoided and subdued; plain, restful col- Oatmeal. ors preferred. It is very seldom that one one of the Oatmeal, being cheapest and, sees the "red, white and blue" effect, but of the easiest cereals to most people, one when one does, it usually gives his sensi- or vegetables to cook, is very generally bilities such a shock that he does not at- used. Nevertheless, if correctly prepared, tempt to duplicate it. Patriotism is too it is one of the hardest cereals to cook and noble and beautiful a thing to be represent- serve. To be properly prepared oatmeal ed by an alarming display of noisy, "stren- should be allowed to cook for at least uous" colors. eighteen hours. First of all, it should The Selection of Pictures. be washed and carefully looked through We never feel "settled" in our home until to see that there are in it no worms we have at least a few pictures on the SOCIAL SCIENCE. J4J walls. The desire for some form of artistic reproducing processes, reproductions of the expression is inborn and as old as civiliza- world's greatest masterpieces can be bought tion itself. We love to see beautiful pic- at as small a cost as pictures by amateur tures and other ornaments, but too often "artists." Why put a cheap-looking senti- we are careless in making particular selec- mental picture, or a highly colored land- tions. It is as easy to have good pictures scape (which never existed outside of the as poor ones. In these days of wonderful so-called artist's imagination) in the place

The Sistine Madonna. 142 SOCIAL SCIENCE.

16 account of a of a clear, true reproduction of a master- ted to the hospital July on as is better. piece, when the latter can be bought contused head, getting as the for- cheaply and procured as easily Bassit, A. D., of Pictou, who was sent to the mer. Why not beautify and dignify the hospital July 25 with severe burns on walls of our rooms with noble pictures his face and hands, is doing well. children will learn to love and which our Brothers, Felix, of Tercio, who was ad- which their lives and understand, and by mitted to the hospital July 6 with a lacer- be ennobled and refined? characters may ated arm, went home July 21. The Sistine Madonna. A Suggestion Brown, William, of Brookside, who was accom- You will at once recognize in the sent to the hospital July 16 with a fractured "Sistine Ma- panying cut on page 141 the right tibia and left femur, is doing nicely. donna," Raphael's greatest Madonna and Brubaker, W. E., of Segundo, who was ad- the greatest painting in this perhaps mitted to the hospital July 9 on account of field ever executed. It is introduced merely a contused foot, is walking about and will as a for household decoration. It suggestion go home to Denver in a day or so. is a creation, not for any definite age, nor Chappetti, Pete, of Madrid, New Mexico, for any special religious views; it is for (Los Cerillos Mines), who was admitted to all times and all nations, because it stands the hospital July 2 with a hepatic abscess for an eternal truth in a form eternally (abscess of the liver), was operated upon acceptable. What could be more astonish- July 5, but is still seriously ill. ing, more superhuman, than that child with the meditative forehead, with the strong, Conzoni, James, of Brookside, who was 8 ill with serious mouth, with the fixed and penetrat- sent to the hospital July typhoid sick. ing eye? What could be more striking than fever, is still quite that indefinable look of the mother, mod- Conti, Dana, of Coalbasin, who was ad- est, grave, sweet, maternal, and the irre- mitted to the hospital March 21 with two sistible power of moral beauty which beams broken legs, had an operation to wire his from her face? What symmetry and variety! right leg, and is getting better. What noble attitudes! What wonderfully Davenport, Harry, of Segundo, who was Child! graceful positions of Virgin and sent to the hospital July 9 with lacerations mistake You can make no by introducing of the scalp, has returned to the hospital It not at this picture into your homes. may after a visit to Denver and Colorado Springs. first strongly appeal to you, but it is a pic- Dunali, James, of Tercio, who was admit- ture that grows upon one the more he stud- ted to the hospital July 8 on account of a ies it. burned eye, is getting better. The next article in this department will Framarme, Frank, of Trinidad, an em- continue the subject of interior decoration ploye of the Colorado & Wyoming Railway of the home. Letters or inquiries addressed (Southern Division), who entered the hos- to the Social Science Department of Camp pital July 9 and who is being treated for and Plant will receive careful attention and lacerations of his hand, is doing nicely. reply. Franzino, C., of Engleville, who was ad mitted to the hospital May 18, has gone home. Freil, James, of Coalbasjn, who was ad- mitted to the hospital July 7 on account of Alexander, Robert, of Walsenburg, who a broken forearm, is doing well. was sent to the 16 because of hospital May Gratt, Josie., of Primero, who was admit- an abscess the of an on stump amputated ted to the hospital June 8 on account of a and was on leg, who again operated upon fractured leg is now walking about. June is recovered. 10, nearly Hegedus, Joseph, of Primero, who came Anderson, S. P., of Sopris, who was ad- to the hospital March 29 for treatment of a mitted to the hospital March 12 on account compound dislocation of his ankle, is now of an injured hand, caused by a premature walking about the yard. explosion of dynamite, is nearly well. Hull, A. L., of Cardiff, mine clerk for the Areman, N., of Primero, who was admit- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, was ad- HOSPITAL BULLETIN. 143

mitted to the hospital July 28 with tuber- Vavra, Malachi, of Brookside, who was culosis. admitted to the hospital July 17, ill with better. Lobasti, August, of Lime, who was ad- typhoid fever, is getting mitted to the hospital July 7 with a sprained Vito, Cresto, of Sunrise, who was admitted back, is doing well. to the hospital May 4, on account of a broken Marola, John, of Spring Gulch, who came leg, is now doing well. to the hospital July 18 because of an in- Wallace, William, of Segundo, who was fected right arm, is doing well. admitted to the hospital July 5, on account of bruises about the body, caused by fall- Michel ich, George, of Coalbasin, who was ing down a shaft, is improving. admitted to the hospital May 3, on account of a fractured leg, is walking around. Watkin, William, of Rockvale, who was Moskita, Mike, of Coal Creek, who was ad- admitted to the hospital July 21 with a com- mitted to the hospital July 30, with a hypo- pound fracture of his right leg, is doing pyon ulcer, has gone home. well. Statements made in daily morning pa- Osterman, Andy, of the Laramie rolling pers to the effect that Watkin's leg was am- mills, who was admitted to the hospital putated were incorrect, as the leg has been June 15, on account of lacerations over his saved. eye, is doing well. Zambrano, Frank, of Tabasco, who was Pagnolta, Forte, of Segundo, who was ad- admitted to the hospital July 26 on account mitted to the hospital June 25, on account of typhoid fever, is quite ill. of a contused head, is doing well. Pergeroni, Angelo, of Primero, who came College Yell Good. to the 16 with a contused hospital July A young man once returned from college went 22. foot, home July with long hair, a sweater that had 11 dis- of was admit- Perrin, W. G., Tercio, who tinct colors in its fabric, a good opinion of ted to the 21 on account of hospital June himself and a college yell that was terrify- lumbago, is improving. ing, says a writer in Judge. Polhill, B. F., of Segundo, who was admit- His father sized him up and then com- ted to the hospital June 18, suffering from plained bitterly. His complaints were moro has to his brother's typhoid fever, gone bitter when he heard the college yell. in Pueblo. home "And I paid good money to have him ac- Rose, Peter, of Coalbasin, who was sent quire those clothes and that foghorn voice, to the hospital July 16 on account of a and exuberant throat development." compound fracture of the right arm, is do- And he groaned. ing well. "You don't care for the yell?" asked the Ruybalid, Lewis, of Orient, was admitted young man. to the hospital April 12 with a compound "I do not," replied the father. "It is as fracture of his left thigh. It was feared at valueless as the squeal of a pig, and that is first that his leg might have to be ampu- the one part of the animal which is lost tated, but it has been saved. Ruybalid is when he is butchered." walking a little on crutches. A few weeks later, while on a trip to a San Martina, Savina, of Sopris, who was new country, the father and son were at- sent to the hospital June 27 on account of tacked by a band of maraudering ruffians. a contused head, has gone home. The young man opened his mouth, threw Selmenia, Philip, of Tabasco, who was ad- the reverse lever away over in the corner, mitted to the hospital March 20 on account and emitted his college yell, which was sub of a broken leg, is walking about. He will stantially as follows: go home soon. "B-rr! Woof, woofwoofwoof ! Zip, zip, Serri, G., of Rouse, who was admitted to zippityzip! Oompah, Ooompah! Gurgoo, the hospital March 5 with a broken leg, and gurgoo! Wottell! wottell! Wheel" who developed an abscess of the back, went The members of the marauding band, home July 12. amazed at the sound and unable to under-

Silba, Chris, of Tabasco, who was sent stand it, turned and fled. to the hospital July 11 on account of ty- Moral A college education pays in var- phoid fever, is doing well. ious ways. J44 COALBASIN EL MORO FIERRO MINNEQUA.

CAMP AND PLANT L. A. Wynought of Boston is visiting his friend, Halliday, and is contemplating re- maining in the camp. A WEEKLY Surveyors Young and Stannard are doing PUBLISHED BY , THE SOCIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF some needed work in and about the mine. THE COLORADO FUEL AND IRON COMPANY W. E. A. AND DEVOTED TO NEWS FROM THE MINES AND MILLS

LAWRENCE LEWIS, EDITOR EL MORO.

OFFICES : A new terrace built by the Colorado Fuel DENVER Boston Building, Room 720 PUEBLO Minnequa Hospital and Iron Company is in process of con- struction, and will be ready for occupancy SUBSCRIPTION PRICE . $1 a Year, in Advance in about two weeks. Single Copies, Ten Cents. Miss Pratt has returned after an enjoy- able vacation in her home in Iowa. She is Subscriptions should be mailed to the Editor at either Office. News matter should be sent to the Pueblo accompanied by Mrs. Whitsell, mother of Office. Charles Whitsell, who will make a visit here. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1902 A new family by the name of Carnago has moved to camp.

U napryM svake nedyele u "Camp * N. M. * and Plant" nacese artikol Slovinski. * FIERRO,

T. H. O'Brien and J. B. Gilchrist came home Wednesday of last week from a trip NEWS ITEMS to California. c j Miss Bass, who has been spending a few weeks in Fierro, left Tuesday for California. Rain falls all around us, but none on COALBASIN. Fierro. Our "rainy season" evidently has forsaken us.

Coalbasin is enjoying sunshine and show- ers and generally delightful weather.

Mrs. Middleton and little son of Crested Butte, who have been visiting at Mr. Shaw's, have returned home.

E. P. Linsky is a very proud man just T. has now, and justly so a ten-pound girl arrived W. Rainey, floating gang foreman, to will this his recently. Ed will treat if you' will just call moved Pueblo, and make his attention to the custom of the times. future home. A. J. DeGroot, floating gang foreman, is Mr. Hedley made his departure for Crest- in Salt Lake City on a two weeks' visit. ed Butte, where he will spend a few days W. S. Middleton is wanted in Pueblo. visiting and shaking hands with old and Foreman F. T. Russell suffered a painful well tried friends. accident while retiring last week. He was S. M. Ingham and H. A. Warner of Den- going to bed without a light and encountered ver are putting the last touches on the un- a rocking chair. The chair was an easy win- finished houses of Coalbasin. The finishing ner. He is able to attend to his duties at up of these houses is a necessity for so the tool house. many families are moving into camp that Mrs. J. E. Hougland of Eldon, Iowa, is. there are not enough houses finished to visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. W. Roberts. accommodate the new comers. Our camp William Anderson of the mason depart- is growing very rapidly. ment, is off duty on account of sickness. MINNEQUA WORKS BASE BALL. 145

Between 3,500 and 4,000 people, a large pro- team, as the C. F. & I. team is prepared to portion of whom were employes at the Min- play any team in the state, for any amount nequa Works, and their families, visited and the Old Homestead preferred, inspected the magnificent new Minnequa The following is the tabulated score: hospital, under guidance of members of the C. F. & I. ab. r. Ib. po. a. e. hospital staff and sociological department, Spencer, ss 5 2 2 1 3 between three and nine o'clock p. m. on the Hahn, cf 3 3 2 opening day, Wednesday, August 6. Before Lee, Ib 4 2 2 11 visitors were conducted through the halls Derby, If 5 2 1 1 and wards and all the departments of this Mullen, 2b 5 2 1 2 2 most complete plant, R. W. Corwin, M. D., Shaw, 3b 5 2 2 2 1 chief surgeon, explained to the guests as Willis, rf 4 1 they gathered in groups at the entrance, Groves, c 5 010.1 some of the many points in which this hos- Kennedy, p 3 1 3 4 pital excels any other now in existence. Each visitor was also given as a souvenir, 39 14 13 27 12 a the copy of Minnequa hospital edition of Drey fuss. ab. r. Ib. po. a. e. Camp and Plant containing thirty-three Murphy, c 4 7 2 views and a large map of the hospital plant. Shoemaker, rf 4 Visitors were all present from parts of Colo- Shull, If. 400102 rado and a number of physicians from the Webster, cf 4 3 1 East who are spending the summer in Colo- Ashley, 2b 4 2 2 2 1 rado came to Pueblo for the opening. The Sumner, Ib 4 1 5 1 1 visiting days hereafter will be Thursdays Walbert, 3b 4 2 3 4 and Sundays during the afternoon hours. Mudhenk, p 3 1 4 All the patients were transferred from the Hemp, ss 3 3 1 old hospital on Abriendo Avenue to the new plant Monday, August 11. The old hospital 34 2 5 23* 10 9 has been closed, but no permanent disposi- *Willis out, hit by pitched ball while at- tion of the building has been decided on. tempting a strike. G. W. R. Score by innings: BASEBALL. 1 2 3 4 5 6.7 8 9

C. F. & I. 14; Dreyfuss, Denver, 2. Dreyfuss 0000001012 * C. F. & I 01306022 14 The Dreyfuss team of Denver made its _, a . _ , . ; Summary Stolen bases, Spencer, Shaw, appearance in Pueblo last Sunday with the _, ... T , .... Derby, Willis. Three-base hits, Lee, Derby, , intention of breaking the winning streak , , ,, ,. ,. Struck out, by Mudhenk, , _, , Kennedy, Ashley. of the F. I. . C. & team, but with no better . ,. 5, bv Kennedy, 10. Bases on balls, Mudhenk success than other teams from the . ... Capital , , T T , , 3. Earned runs, Dreyfuss 1, C. F. & I. 3. Left had. T in- have Indeed,' at the end of nine _ _ T _,. I. 6. ,. , . , on bases, Dreyfuss 3, C. F. & Time, nmgs they were a badly defeated lot, and _. , , , , ... .2:20. Umpire, Conway. Scorer, Righter. while they have been playing ball equal 2. to other teams of Denver they were entirely Minnequa Hospital 42; Druggists were outclassed by the home team. Kennedy Druggists of the city thought they of and as pitched his usual good game and had the masters pills spherical things a baseball until visitors completely at his mercy, and only larSe as Saturday, August 9 when their baseball team undertook to through his sympathy for them were they ' U of doctors from the allowed to score. On the other hand, Mud- Play the nine made P Nine full were henk, the opposing pitcher, suffered about Minnequa Hospital. innings art of the time the team the same gentle treatment that his prede- Played. P hospital left-handed and with one cessors from Denver have received, the batting fielding hand but the score was ended 44 to 2 in boys making thirteen hits off his delivery. > men. This, coupled with his poor support, made favor of tne medical department the Dreyfuss players look like pigmies. We Colorado Springs, (Professional), 5;

earnestly hope the next team from Denver C. F. & I., 0. will be better able to meet our own fast In one of the prettiest games ever played 146 C. F. & I. BASE. BALL NEWS.

on the home ground the C. F. & I. team Score by innings: met defeat at the hands of the Colorado 123456789 Springs (Western League) team on Friday, Colo. Springs 00001003 1 5

August 1. The home team played fast, C. F. & I 00000000 00 snappy ball but inabilty to hit Forman, the Summary Stolen bases, Fleming, Cong- for the loss of the '"professional" accounts alton, Lynch. 2-base hits, Hansen. 3-base the were more game. While Springs boys hits, Forman, Lynch, Kennedy. Double plays, successful, Kennedy kept the hits well scat- Hollingsworth. Bases on balls, Kennedy 3. tered and at no time did the they have game Hit by pitched ball, Kennedy 3. Struck out in hand. The brilliant to Ken- plays belong by Kennedy, 8; by Forman, 9. Time of nedy, who pitched one of the finest games game, 2:10. Umpire, Chesbrough. Scorer, he has put up in Pueblo, and so impressed Righter. the that Springs manager Kennedy has C. F. & I. 10; Littleton 7. since been offered a position with the Colo- Sunday, August 3, the Littleton team rado Springs team for the balance of the crossed bats with the C. F. & I. on the home season. Shaw's beautiful throw from deep grounds and the champions won their right, cutting off a runner at the plate, won thirteenth victory. The game was well the applause of the grand stand, as did Mul- played and looked as though it was to be len's single handed catch of a swift line a victory for the visitors; but the home hit in the seventh, retiring the side. Of the boys finally found Caley with excellent ef- visitors Hollingsworth's unassisted double fect. Shaw pitched his usual good game. play in the ninth inning was a feature. Round started to catch the game, but was Kennedy had eight strike-outs to his compelled to retire at the end of the fourth credit, which compares exceedingly favor- inning. This was Round's first appearance ably with the Western League record for behind the bat, since his illness. His being this season, which is only eleven. too weak to play the game of which he is Below is the tabulated score: capable accounts for his going to the bench. the is a Colorado Springs ab r 1b po a e Caley, visiting pitcher, good one, and the behind him is Fleming, If 5 1 3 poor support responsi- ble for of hits recorded. Hemphill, Ib 4 7 1 the great number score follows: Congalton, rf 4 1 The tabulated Littleton ab ,r 1b a e Hollingworth, 2b 5 1 3 1 po 5 2 2 1 3 Lynch, s s 5 1 3 2 2 Caley, p 4 1 1 3 1 1 Berrawald, c 5 112 1 Vassler, 2b 4 3 Newmeyer, cf 2 1 2 Watkins, ss 4 1 Hansen, 3b 4 1 1 2 Janner, rf If 4 3 Forman, p 3 1 1 1 1 Mahoney, Glaze, c 4 1 6 1 4 1 1 2 2 37 5 10 27 6 3 Page, 3b Lambert, Ib 4 2 2 9 C. F. & I. ab r 1b a e po Wimer, cf . .310111 Spencer, 3b 4 2 1 36 7 6 24 11 5 Hahn, cf 4 00300 C. F. & I. ab r 1b a e Robson, ss 4 1 2 1 po 5 2 2 2 Derby, If 4 1 Spencer, 3b c 5 2 3 Rounds, Ib 3 3 1 Hahn, s s 4 2 2 3 i Mullen, 2b 3 3 2 Robson, 1 b 5 1 3 10 2 Groves, c 3 110 1 Lee, If 4 1 1 1 Shaw, rf 3 1 Kennedy, rf 2 Kennedy, p 3 1 Willis, Rounds, c 2 5 1 3 2 2 1 1 31 3 24* 5 2 Mullen, 2b Groves, rf and c 4 1 2 9 *Lynch out two times for irregular base 4 1 1 3 running. Shaw, p *Forman hit by batted ball. 38 10 16 27 9 5 SOPRIS SUNRISE. J47

Score by innings: 123456789 SUNRISE, WYOMING. Littleton 200200201 7 * Mrs. May, who has been visiting superin- C. F. & 1 00112321 10 tendent and Mrs. Gilchrist for several Summary Stolen bases, Robson, Lam- weeks, has returned to her home in Wis- bert, Kennedy 2. 2-base hits, Lee. 3-base consin. hits, Spencer, Mullen, Robson, Caley. Home Corson W. Smith, assistant chemist for runs, Hahn, Groves, Lambert, Caley. Double the past year, his returned to his home in plays, Page to Vassler. Bases on balls, Duluth, Minnesota. Shaw 1, Caley 1. Hit by pitched ball, Caley W. B. Taylor of the Colorado Supply Com- 1. Struck out, by Shaw 13; by Caley 5. pany, left Friday with his family for Pueblo. Passed balls, Rounds 2, Glaze 2. Wild Mr. Thurston of Pueblo has taken Mr. pitches, Glaze 1. Earned runs, Littleton 3, Taylor's place here. C. F. & I. 4. Left on bases, Littleton 2, Charles Doty, switchman for the Colorado C. F. & I. 6. Umpire, Conway. and Wyoming railway, has resigned his The nine composed of physicians of the position. Minnequa hospital, Saturday afternoon, Mr. Adams of Oklahoma came in Tuesday August 2, defeated by a score of 13 to 9 the to visit his son, Foreman J. W. Adams. baseball team of the Philadelphia smelter. James Fitzgerald, master mechanic, has The game was interrupted by rain in the returned from a visit to his home in Minne- fifth inning, but the playing was resumed, sota. and the entire nine innings played. Our baseball team crossed bats with the Guernsey team Sunday, July 27, taking SOPRIS. from them the fourth straight victory. Both teams showed decidedly better work, the Miss Josephine Winters of Carbondale result being the best game by far, of the is visiting Superintendent Thompson and season, nine innings being played. The wife. final score was, Sunrise 14, Guernsey 3. The Giovanni Bianchi, a prominent business special feature of the game was the work man and old resident of Sopris, died here done by Pitcher Perry of Sunrise, who July 28, aged 48 years. A very large con- struck out eighteen men. Time of game, course of people and three secret societies one hour and forty minutes. H. C. L. attended the funeral. So Selfish of Him. Professor Williams, principal of Stark- He Darling, what do I have ville school for the coming year, and E. you suppose done Moyer made the ascent of Fisher's Peak today? She I couldn't in a hundred one day last week. guess years. He I have had my life insured. Mr. Rosenberg, late second office clerk She That's just like you, John Mann. All here, has been promoted to be head clerk you seem to think of is yourself. Boston at Tabasco. Clarence Williams, son of Transcript. the chief clerk, has been appointed his suc- cessor. "Clarence" is a young man of much The Difference. promise, and we feel assured he will make A correspondent, says Life, writes to know a success of his responsible position. the difference between a sanitarium and a W. T. Beeson, late washer boss, has left sanatorium. for San Francisco. In September he will Answer From twenty-five to one hundred go to Nicaragua, where he has a salaried dollars a week. position under Linkbell and Company on the canal construction works. A Peculiarity of Hens. Mrs. C. Yoder and daughter, Pearl Yoder, Barnes Funny, but when a lady is fully mother of Mrs. D. Eugene Moyer, is visiting dressed less of her body is covered than here from Zanesville, Ohio. when she is not. Charles Robertson has returned from Howes Not so very funny. It is the same Texas with his bride of sweet sixteen. way with poultry. Boston Transcript. J48 ITALIAN STORY. CRISTOFORO COLOMBO

Narrazione Storica compilata sulle opere di suo figlio Fernando; di Antonio Gallo, suo contemporaneo e sugli scritti degli storici e critic! posteriori: se- guita da un inno popolare Colombiano musicato dal M. Giovanni Basso.

XIV. la ignota strada che doveva percorrere; poi PRIMO DOCUMENT. aperto il grande scartafaccio che doveva di- B le caravel le filavano sull' onda dell' ventare il suo giornale di bordo, scrisse tut- oceano. to d' un fiato il seguente prologo, che e uno II mite vento vespertine gonfiava ancora dei pochi document! original! rimastici dell' le vele, spingendo sulle acque tranquille le immortale viaggiatore. E indirizzato al Re e alia di e dice cost: navi. E sull' ora del tramonto di quel pri- Regina Spagna, mo giorno di navigazione, i marinai rac- In Nomine D. N. Jesu Christ!. colti sul ponte guardavano in silenzio il "Altissimi, cristianissimi, eccellentissimi bellissimo spettacolo del mare, tutto tur- e poten-tissimi principi, nostro signore e chino fin dove 1' occhic si poteva spingere; nostra sovrana, Re e Regina delle Spagne guardavano gli ultimi lembi della terra a e delle isole del mare, questo presente anno cui il sole mandava gli estremi raggi. 1492. Una dolce brezza spirava nell' aria; qual- "Dal momento che le Altezze Vostre eb- che uccello marino dalle bianche ali aperte bero terminata la guerra contro i Mori, che veniva a posarsi nn memento in vetta ad signoreggiavano in Europa, gurra che fini un albero, poi spiccato il volo pigliava ra- nella grandissima citta di Granata, ove in pidamente la direzione della terra, alzan- quest anno, il dodicesimo giorno di gennaio dosi e abbassandosi in giri capricciosi nno vidi per forza d' armi inalberare i reali sten- a toccare la superficie dell' acqua. Una dardi delle Vostre Altezze sulle torri dell' grande calma nel cielo, un tranquillo movi- Alhambra, castello della predetta citta, e mento nel mare: una commozione accorata vidi il Re Moro, alle porte della medesima, in tutti, per quella prima sera che veniva baciare le mani delle Altezze Vostre e del a sorprenderli con i suoi misteriosi silenzi principe ereditario mio signore; di presente, sopra 1' immensity dell' Oceano. E quando in questo stesso mese, in conseguenza delle poi il sole fu sparito da un pezzo, e il mare informazioni che io aveva date alle Vostre aveva preso a poco a poco un piu tenero co- Altezze, rispetto alle terre dell' India e ad lore cinerino, la campanella delle preghiere un principe appellato Gran Can, nome che della sera mando i suoi miti squilli, e tutti nel nostro idioma signiflca Re dei Re, e di s' inginocchiarono scoprendosi il capo. cio che piu flate egli (non che i suoi prede- Cristoforo Colombo ad alta voce imploro cessor!) aveva inviato a Roma per chiedere dall' Altissimo propizi i venti alia spedizi- dottori di nostra santa fede, affinchg gliela one, pregd per la salute di tante umane vite insegnassero, e come il Santo Padre non che a lui si affidavano, e con parole di avevalo di ess! giammai provveduto, e che grande fervore religioso chiese a Dio che tanti popoli si perdevano nel credere alle gli fosse dato toccare la grande meta che idolatrie e ricevere presso di loro sette di era stata il sospiro di tutta la sua vita. dannazione; le Altezze Vostre pensarono Le tenebre calavano rapidamente; e le nella loro qualita di cattolici cristiani e di prime stelle, fulgide e lucentissime nel cielo principi amici e propagator! della santa fede che si vestiva a poco a poco del cupo az- cristiana, ed avversi alia setta di Maometto zurro della notte, pareva sorridessero tremo- ed a tutte le idolatrie ed eresie, d' inviarme lanti ai marinai che si disponevano al ri- Cristoforo Colombo alle precipite contrade poso. Furono accese le lanterne di servizio dell' India, per visitare i detti principi e a poppa ed a prora; e le navi continuarono popoli, osservare le loro inclinazioni, lostato in silenzio la rotta nella quieta oscurita e il modo che ivi usar si potrebbe per la loro d' una serena notte d' estate. conversione alia nostra santa fede: esse A bordo della Santa Maria un solo lume m' imposero di non andar per terra verso rimase acceso per lunghe ore nella cabina P Oriente, come sin qui fu praticato, ma di delP ammiraglio. Curvo sulle sue carte, prendere al contrario la via dell' Occidente, Colombo esaminava per la millesima volta per la quale inflno ad ora non sappiamo, in ITALIAN STORY. J49 modo positive, che alcuno sia mai passato. XV. "Quindi dopo avere cacciato tutti gli ebrei UNA BURRASCA. dai vostri regni e signorie, le Altezze Vostre, Fino al terzo giorno diretti navigarono e nel mese stesso di gennaio, m' imposero di senza incident!, come dice il prologo del partire, con una flotta sufficients, per le giornale di bordo, alle isole Canarie. Ma al dette contrade dell' India. E in questa con- 6 d' agosto il vento rinforzo, e le vele sbat- giuntura molte grazie m' accordarono, e la tendo negli alberi facevano cigolare male- nobilita mi compartirono, per cui da allora dettamente le corde: grosse nuvole correndo innanzi mi appellassi Don, e fossi grande per il cielo ora nascondevano, ora scopri- ammiraglio del mare Oceano, e vicere e vano il sole, e le acque fino allora calmis- governatore di tutte le isole e terre ferme, sime ebbero fremiti sordi e minacciosi. che scoprissi e conquistassi, e di quelle - Morte e dannazione! brontolava il pi- eziandio onde altri in seguito facesse la lota Inigo che gia conosciamo: Siamo invi- scoperta e la conquista nel detto mare Ocea- tati a ballare piu presto di quello che non no: e decretarono che mio flglio primogenito credevo....Ma che! che cosa succede laggiu? sarebbe mio successore, e che per sempre E fattosi colla mano riparo agli occhi per cosi fosse di generazione in generazione. veder meglio, guardo nella direzione della Partii dalla citta di Granata sabato 12 del nave che precedeva le altre, e che era la mese di maggio del medesimo anno 1492, e Pinta. Gli era parso di scorgere che di giunsi a Palos, che & porto di Mare, ove la partissero dei segnali. armai tre vascelli convenevolissimi per una E non s' fu il simile intrapresa, e spiegai le vele dal detto ingannava. Colombo primo ad ac correre sul alia notizia di porto, ben provvisto di viveri e di nocchieri, ponte quei e fu subito informato di che si il venerdi terzo giorno d' agosto dell' anno segnali, trattasse. II in suddetto, mezz' ora prima che sorgesse il timone della Pinta, quella sfuriata di vento si era e sole; ed il cammino seguii delle isole Ca- prima sfasciato, narie, che alle Altezze Vostre appartengono, il commandante mandava a dire che la nave e nel detto mare Oceano sono poste, per di non era in grado di andare avanti. la muovere e navigare infino a tanto che II primo pensiero di Colombo fu che v'en- non giungessi alle Indie, per ivi disimpeg- trasse un tantino la frode. Gia in quei narmi dell' ambasceria delle Altezze Vostre giorni che le navi si preparavano, incident! ed ad cosJ presso quei principi adempiere simili erano success! : e per 1' appunto quanto mi avevano commesso. quella faccenda un' altra volta a Palos, e si "Propongomi parimente di scrivere ques- scopri allora che era stata una marachella to viaggio diligentissimamente, e di riferire di operai messi su dai nemici di Colombo. cio che io faro e giorno per giorno tutto Rinnovava ora forse Io stesso giuoco? ora e m' accadra come piu in- vedro, quanto che il temerario viaggiatore era riuscito a nanzi vedremo. Di a piu, gran principe trionfare di tutte le opposizioni? grande principessa, oltre che ciascuna notte Colombo scese rapido nella scialuppa, e io mi propongo di scrivere cid che sara fatto vogare con forza ai robusti rematori avvenuto il giorno, ed il giorno la naviga- per vincere 1' agitazione delle onde, rag- zione notturna, ho anche 1* intenzione di giunse la Pinta, e vi sali a bordo a vedere fare una nuova carta marina, nella quale con gli occhi propri 1' entita del guaio. indichero la situazione di tutto il mare e II della Pinta Martin era di tutte le terre del mare Oceano, nelle loro capitano Alonzo, su tutte le furie: e in pretta lingua casti- proprie posizioni, sotto il lor vento e nelle gliana lanciava ai marinai che direzione ad esse relative; e voglio com- imprecazioni non riuscivano a rimediare la malafatta. pilare un libro, in cui rappresentero il tutto All' arrivo di Colombo si 1' ardore come in pittura, per latitudine della linea raddoppio del e alia il timone si raccon- equinoziale e longitudine dell' Occidente. lavoro, meglio ci6 e il fu "Soprattutto & di massima importanza che viaggio proseguito. io fugga il sonno, e con perseveranza studi Ma al seguente giorno il vento si scateno la mia navigazione, per adempiere tutti gli anche piu forte, e una vera burrasca scop- obblighi che mi furono impost!; la qual cosa pio. II timone della Pinta si ruppe una sec- sara gran fatica." onda volta, e Colombo risolvette di spedirla alia Grande Canaria, mentre egli con le altre J50 ITALIAN STORY. due caravelle avrebbe riparato all' isola ammiragli che comandano una flotta. Ma della Gomera. la regina Isabella, con la fede sicura delle S' incominciava male; e il pilota Inigo, in grand! e nobili anime, aveva fin da principio uno del soliti riposi in cui teneva cattedra creduto all' immancabile riuscita dell' im- ai piu giovani di lui, scrollando il capo sec- presa, e tutto quello che potesse agevolare ondo la sua abitudine diceva: gli arditi disegni del Colombo fu lei che - Non abbiamo ancora perduta affato di riusci a farglielo ottenere. vista la terra, e ci troviamo gia a questi Colombo rimase alia Gomera fino al 23 ferri. Per San Giacomo di Compostella, agosto, perchS il mare continuava ad essere vuol essere un osso di molto duro. agitato. Poi non sapendo piu nulla della ci riesca di roderlo! Purche rispondeva Pinta risolvette di andare a cercarla, e il che aveva borbottando giovane Rodrigo, giunse dopo due giorni alia Grande Canaria. nel cuore il della e gia germe nostalgia, Vi trovo la sua terza nave, ma di quell' al- niente di avrebbe desiderate che di meglio tra che egli destinava a sostituirla seppe e ritornarsene in riparare alia spiaggia, poi che era partita da qualche giorno, e che non senz' altre fisime di nuovi mondi da patria bisognava piu pensarci. scoprire....col pericolo di quel famoso capi- Sia fatta la volonta di Dio! esclamo Co- tombolo, quando si fosse per dar di volta lombo, e ora tutti all' opera per riparare co- dalla parte di la della terra. me meglio si potra la Pinta. Forse lo Prov- Mentre la Pinta si avviava alia Grande videnza ha decretato che sieno queste le tre Canaria, la Santa Maria e la Nina fecero navi destinate a scoprire il nuovo Mondo. vela verso la Gomera. La furia del vento E tirata sulla spiaggia la nave, tutti si era grandissima, n& alle due navi riusciva adoprarono a riattarla. spuntarla. Ballottate sul mare, costrette a Vegliava giorno e notte Colombo per sol- destreggiarsi per avvicinare il piu possibile lecitare, incoraggiare, ammonire. Egli ave- la terra, i comandanti presero essi stessi la va il dono dell' eloquenza, ave- direzione della manovra, e ci voile tuttu la privilegiato va di che convincono anche gl' loro abilita per uscirne a salvamento in un quelle parole ignoranti, che li scuotono, li animano, riem- mare seminato di scogli, fra i quali fu dav- vero miracolo se non andarono a sfasciarsi. piono d' insolito ardore i cuori. Ritornare indietro ora (diceva 1' ammi- XVI. raglio) sarebbe stata 1' abiezione piu grande DAL 12 AGOSTO AL 9 SETTEMBRE. che fosse possibile immaginare: e dalla ver- Ed ecco che verso la fine del giorno 12 gogna non basterebbe a lavarli neppure la agosto, schiarandosi a un tratto il cielo, risoluzione di rifornirsi meglio di tutto in furono vedute in distanza, illuminate dal patria, e tentare di nuovo 1' Oceano. Tutta colline dell' sole che tramontava, le piu alte la Spagna aveva gli occhi rivolti verso di le isola Gomera; e riuscendo caravelle a loro, da loro aspettarsi 1' adempimento delle il in di li pigliare vento poppa, a poche ore promesse, che egli con 1' aiuto del cielo gettarono le ancore nel porto. Si seppe non sentiva di poter mantenere. Ma il soc- costi che alia Grande Canaria era aspettata corso del cielo non bastargli, accorrergli una grossa e buona nave, che si sarebbe anche la cieca devozione di quanti ave- potuta sostituire alia Pinta per la prose- vano preso posto sulle navi. Egli gar- cuzione del viaggio. antiva due cose: che le terre di cui

Ed e bene si sappia che fra i diritti attri- andavano in traccia esistevano senza buiti dal governo spagnuolo all' ammiraglio alcun dubbio, ed essi sarebbero rius- Colombo c' era anche questo: che egli po- citi a raggiungerle: e che la via del ritorno, tesse servirsi delle navi che piu credesse d' un ritorno trionfale che la Spagna non addate al bisogno; e capirete che ci voleva solo ma il mondo tutto civile avrebbero una grande fiducia nel carattere e nella mor- voluto festeggiare sarebbe stata agli es- alita di un uomo straniero di origine, non perti marinai facilissima. Essere ora neces- accreditato, come oggi si direbbe, diplo- sario affrettarsi, finche la stagione autun- maticamente dal governo della sua patria nale perdurasse, e quanto piu presto si ripi- presso un altro governo, perch6 i regitori gliasse il cammino, e tanto maggiori diven- della Spagna accordassero questa facolta terebbero le probabilita della pronta rius- non attribuita che in tempo di guerra gli cita. ITALIAN STORY. J5J

Quando Dio voile, la Pinta fu lanciata in and one-half to three inches long, and the mare tutta rimessa a nuovo, e s' era al 2 di metal was melted to a white heat by the arc settembre. Tornarono tutti alia Gomera a between the metal and the carbon. The arc prendervi le provvigioni che v' erano state would burn a hole straight through the shell ordinate; seppero la che alcune navi por- in four and one-half seconds and cut the toghesi incrociavano a non molta distanza, shell at the rate of six inches per minute. per impedire, forse mosse da gelosie inter- On the average each carbon, costing twenty- nazionali, il viaggio di Colombo; sicche five cents, cut about 230 running feet of the tank. rotti gl' indugi, alia domenica mattina 9 set- The electric energy supplied was from tembre, sorgendo il sole in tutta la gloria a 110-volt continuous-current circuit, the dei suoi raggi ad illuminare le azzurre acque pressure being reduced to thirty volts by del mare tranquillo, 1' ammiraglio dette per chemical resistance. This use of the arc re-

1' ultima volta 1' ordine di partenza; e le quired seventy-five to eighty amperes of tre navi lanciate a tutta forza di vele las- current. ciarono, e questa volta per davvero la terra ospitale. Not a Fable. (Continua.) Two men, says Tom Masson, in Life, started out in life to seek what all men are Cutting up Iron Tanks With an Electric Arc. striving for, viz.: Notoriety and Misfortune. And one man An interesting use of the electric arc was chopped wood, which hap- to be the first that recently made in the removal of four pened thing offered wrought iron tanks from the Auditorium itself. The other man building, Chicago, says a writer in the Age thought. of Steel. Each of these tanks was twelve feet The first man, after he had gotten through high and eight feet in diameter, and they chopping wood, worked in a machine shop, were located on the fifteenth floor to operate carried water for "the gang," whistled a the hydraulic elevator service. Some years little, and perspired profusely. ago steam apparatus was substituted for The second man continued to reflect. the hydraulic machinery, to operate the ele- The first man drifted on to a railroad, vators, and since that time the water tanks where he got to be a brakeman on a fast have not been in use. The tanks were freight, then a fireman, and then an engin- placed in the tower at the time it was built, eer. And then he entered the army for a and an attempt to remove them in pieces change, and shot, and killed, and slept hard by ordinary mechanical means was not suc- when he was tired, and anywhere he hap- cessful. One of the difficulties was that the pened to be. plates comprising the shells were too large The second man still thought. to be carried down in the elevator after re- The first man, being now a major, came moving the rivets, and the location of a thea- back from the war, entered the political ter below would not permit the noise of ham- field, ran for Congress, and was elected. mering. It was finally decided to cut up the The second man was still at it. tank shell into pieces of convenient size by The first man fell asleep in Congress over means of an electric arc. By means of this the speeches of his confreres, and gave it process each tank was cut into eight pieces, up because there was nothing doing. He of which six were in the cylindrical shell, entered a railroad combination, got himself and then each of these pieces was cut in half on the reorganizing committee, and made a and the bottom piece cut loose from the million. base. The aggregate time of cutting up the The second man was still thinking. first tank, the shell being three-eighths of The first man now got married, raised a an inch thick, was seven hours. The appa- family and several millions more. Then ratus for producing the arc was an anthra- he entered his wife and children at Newport cite carbon one inch in diameter and twelve and they ran for first place, while he settled inches long. One terminal of the electric back and learned to play hearts and poker circuit was attached to the tank and the at the club, but kept away from whist be- other to the carbon, the latter being held cause it required too much thought. He al- in a suitable handle. The arc used was two so began to deal out his superfluous cash, J52 MISCELLANEOUS.

and to be a professional philanthropist. Also And then came the most fearful five min- he was a power. When he lifted his fin- utes we had ever experienced. At the end ger, the wheels began to turn, legislative, the doctor said: financial and international. He was the "Will you give up those names" (an awful Real Thing. pause), "or do you absolutely refuse to do In the meantime, where was the second so?" man? He had written a nice little book of We felt as if about to place a fusee at a poems, and got his name in the literary peri- given moment to a barrel of gunpowder, as odicals, and made fully two hundred dollars we replied: in cash, almost enough to pay his cigar "We refuse to give them up, sir." bill for a year. "Very well," said the doctor, in a voice of Immoral. thunder, "since that is the case, there is only- This shows us the great power of thought. one course to follow. Come up here, each of you, and let me" (another awful pause) "shake the hand and A Lesson for Informers. you by congratulate you on having held on as you have done, in the evils of and A lesson on talebearing spite of prospective penalties, as a matter schoolmaster it, how an English regarded of school-boy honor. I congratulate you, I the war is conveyed by Irving Montagu, say, on having refused to give up the names of his school artist, in a reminiscence days. of those other fellows, who, to save them- is considered Talebearing, or "peaching," selves, were only too ready to give up yours." dishonorable of offen- among boys the most How those rafters rang again, as the dear ses, and young Montagu was duly impressed old doctor gave us that never-to-be-forgotten by this fact, as the story goes on to show : lesson! When the excitement had some- had Ten fellows were absent; they gone what subsided, he concluded by addressing and were to Bradley's farm, out of bounds, the remaining seven: the of il- caught red-handed in possession "I have no punishment to give you, except "the doctor." Seven were licit stores by it be by expressing a hope that you may not laden with intercepted at the crossroads, be so ready on a future occasion to screen as to the supplies; they were interrogated yourselves at the expense of others." names of the other three, and with a sneak- ing hope of lightening their own punishment, at once gave them up. A CONGLOMERATE. The other three were Tom Beresford, Nip- on the Denver Office Force of the Colo- per Watkins and your humble servant, bet- One ter known in those days as Peg Montagu. rado Supply Company. Then came the query to the trembling No one was Gladwin this Joe-k Osborn in three : to a Paul the office. "Who were the other seven?" Miss Jones would Tapper Foote as she We fondly hoped that they had escaped, gazed with Love in her Meek eyes at the looked first at one another, then at the doc- Arch of the Wells, and it Tucker a long tor; no one spoke. Threats followed, but we time to Mac out that the Blackman was a stood to our guns, and returned to the school Pleasant Ladd. still in custody. Who Kindall what Meigs her Fan the The great bell was rung at an unwonted breeze and Howell, "Will Lizzie's name!" hour, and the silence was painful as the por- tentous step of the doctor was heard ap- Hard Work to Get it all for Himself and proaching. Mounting his rostrum, he called out: the Other Lawyer. "Beresford, Watkins, Montagu, stand out! First Lawyer How did you come out in Do you still refuse to give up the names of settling up old Gotrox's estate? those boys who were with you out of Second Lawyer It was a hard struggle. bounds?" First Lawyer No! "Yes, sir," in a sort of loud whisper. Second Lawyer Yes; I had hard work to "Very well, I give you five minutes to de- keep the heirs from getting part of the es- cide." tate. Ohio State Journal.