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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-02
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-02
To the Unfortunate.

N-1NN-- "a
lhea, Gieet, Structure 81 plIil., in all ita
ferns, Seminal Weakness, ImpotencY,
night losses by dreams, pimples on the
face and lost manhood can positively be
cured. The sick and afflicted should not
travelled extensively in Europe, and in
spected thoroughly The various hospitals
there, obtaining Il great deal of valuable
information, which he is competent to inn
pant to those in need of his services. DIR.
GlBhON will make no charge unless he
effect cure. Persons at distance may ~
cured at home. All communications
strictly confidential. You see no one but
the foctor.. send ten dollars for q pack
age OF medicine. Persons writing to the
Doctor will please state the name Of the
pape. - Y sac this advertisement in
Charges reasonable, Call or write. Ad,
dress Dir. j. L. GIBBON, Box 1887 San
Francisco.
May 2Sth, 1880. ly
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25
Bill Arp on Modern Courtship.

I am sorry for the little chaps of
this generation, for they are stuffed
and crammed with every good
thing before they arc old enough
to enjoy it, and their very cradles
are filled with marbles, and tops,
and pocket-knives, and balls, until
they are surfeited and get tired Of
everything and go about unhappy
and whining for something else.
Children amt children now.
The boys don't play bull-pen,
nor town-6all, nor chinkapins, nor
cat, and string 'em, and put 'em
around their sweethearts' necks
and steal kiss for pay. / remem-
ber-I will remember-I will al
ways remember the first sweet kiss
| got from mine. Ginger cakes
were mighty good in their way,
but they never thrilled me, nor
walked up the elysian joys that
slumbered in my aNtonished bosom.
Wonder if the like of that is to
come back to a mPn in beavenl /
hope 80, for love is heaven, and
that kind of love was innocent and
pure.
l honestly believe the boys of
the olden times loved the girls a
heap better than the boys do now,
and versa visa. There wasn't so
many things to distract their atten-
ton and scatter it around prolnis-
cnous. Why, when one Of them
old time boys loved a girl he loved
her as hard as a mule could kick.
Loved her all over; he just felt OK
actly like he could wade through
bloody seas to get to her.
But now there is SO many fine
clothes, so much jewelry to distract
a young girls attention, that she
thinks more of fashion aud clothes
than she does of the boy, and then
there are 50 many balls and round
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25
Land Office Evils.

An evil which has grown to great
proportions and for which remedy
is being eagerly sought is now en-
gaging the attention OF Commits
sioner Mcfarland, of the General
Land Office. 1t is to prevent per
sons who make what is known as
timber culture entries from dispos-
ing of their entry, without having
made some improvement as tho
law contemplatcs. Under the law
one year is allowed for improve
ment, but spectators have been in
the habit of disposing of the land
before that period elapses, thus
complying with the letter while
they violate the spirit Of the law.
The practice of clerks in the
land offices throughout the country
acting as attorneys for persons hav-
ing business before tho receivers
has grown to such an extent that
Commissioner Mcfarland has taken
the matter in hand, and to-day
Orlando Fletcher, a clerk in tho
receivers Office at Mitchell, D. T.,
was discharged for engaging in such
business.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25
A Woman o Way.

Woman, in reading a newspaper
has a distinct method of her own.
She takes it up hurriedly, and be-
gins to scan it over rapidly, as
though she were hunting some par
ticular thing, but she is not. She
is merely taking in the obscure
paragraphs, which, she believes,
were put in out-ofthe-way places
for the sake of keeping her from
seeing them.
Marriages and deaths are always
interesting reading to her, and ad-
vertisements are exciting and stim-
ulatirg. She cares but little. for
printed jokes unless they reflect
upon the men, and then she de-
lights in them and never forgets
them.
She pays particular attention to
anything inclosed in quotations,
and considers it rather better auth
ority than anything frst-handed.
The columns Ill which the editor
airs his opinions, in loaded hifalu-
tin, she rarely reads. Views are
of no Importance in her estimation
but facts are everything. She gen
orally reads the poetry. Sho
doesn't care for it, but makes a
practice Of reading it because she
thinks she ought to do so.
She reads sketches, and stories,
and paragraphs indiscriminately,
and believes every word of them.
After she has read all she wants,
she lays ohe paper down with an
air Of disappointment as she OBJ
serves that "there IL nothing in it. u
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25
The San Diego Ruins.

These are the most interesting
ruins on the American continent
for many reasons. No record ex-
lists Of their building er destruction.
In JGmez Pueblo there is a volume
known ~ the "Montezuma Book, "
which is history Of Spanish man
uscript of the Conquest by Cortez,
but it makes no allusion TO this
building. A tradition comes
through the Jemoz Indians to the
effect that their ancestors had been
used as slaves by the inmates of
the building, and that they rebelled
and massacred them, but they do
not seem to have any idea of how
long ago it happened.
Never have any ruins been found
of such stupendous proportions as
these. Walls nowhere less than
nine feet thick, Of solid stone, and
around the great tower fourteen
feet thick. The walls are yet stand
ing forty feet high, and the tower
seventy-hve. There are many
rooms in the building, and the one
apparently used for divine services
is one hundred and fifty feet long.
Adjoining the church there is a
large courtyard enclosed by high
stone wall Of equal thickness with
the walls Of the church, and there
are a dozen of ponderous stone
buildings near the church.
A large brick pavement that
stood in front of the entrance to
the church has been carried off I'M
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25
LITTLE PEOPLE.

The smallest babe was born in
Chandelaria, New, q few weeks
ago. The father and mother are
strong and healthy, weighing 100
and 160 pounds. The child is a
male, perfectly formed. When it
first saw the light it weighed eight
ounces. It's face is about the size
of a horse chestnut. The mothers
wedding ring was pulled over its
foot up to the knee. Three such
babies could play hide and seek in
a cigar box. 1t is in good health.
The smallest steam engine in the
world was made by D. A. A. Buck
of Waterbury, Conn. The engine,
boiler, governor and pumps stand
in a space seven-sixteenth of an inch
square or the area of a gold dollar
and five-eights of an inch high.
The engine has 148 distinct pieces
Of machinery, held together by fif-
ty-two screws. Three drops of
water fill the boiler to overfowing.
The diameter of the cylinders is a
sixteenth of an inch. The length
of the stroke three thirty
of an inch. The whole engine
weighs three grains.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25
Two eomersaults in a Car.

owe stopped suddenly" said
DIR. Raines, "whon the two trains
met on the track just this side of
Rome yesterday. For my part 1
went feet foremost under the seat
that was just in front of where I
was sitting. The most singular
thing that l Witnessed was done
just across the aisle from mo.
There were two men, sitting one
directly behind the other, and in
front Of them was an unoccupied
scat. When the engines struck,
the man in front turned a complete
somorsault and lit in the vacant
seat just exactly as he sat in the
other seat. The other man per-
formed exactly the same feat and
lit in the seat lately occupied by his
neighbor. ."-Roms Sentinel.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25
That Blessed Child.

One Of those unnaturally bright
children who are always getting
people in.o difficulties was at
prayer-meeting the other evening
with his mother, when he asked
aloud:
"Ma, say, who was Dinah Moore2"
"l1u-u-sh," whispered his moth
er, cautiously, "it's a hymn"
"No, it amt, ma" continued tho
hopeful, elisa woman say, whose
going home to Dinah Moore"
"Willie," said his mother, in
ghastly voice. "you're disturbing
the meeting. 1t means going to
Heaven to die no more"
'Dine no more ! Oh, ma; don't
they est anything thore2 | don't
want to go there if they don't have
any dinner !"
His mother explained as we'll as
she could, and Willie sat still for
half minute, his bright eyes row
ing about the church. Thon he
asked, in a shrill whisper.
''Ma, is God out of town 2"
"No-o-o, no-no," answered the
distracted woman, family.
"Then what's Mr.. Kelly running
this meeting for, MAJ" continued
the sweet child.
The choir sung him down, but
as the meeting closed with a mo-
ment Of silent prayer his gentle
voice was distinctly heard saying:
"Old Mrs. Jones' switch don't
match her hair like yours does,
ma W-DetrOH Post and Tribune.
A defective memory: "IIave
you ever before been punished by
the law" asked an Austin Justice
of a colored culprit. "Yes, / called
a man liar and had to pay fine"
'Is that the only time you have
come in conflict with the law 2"
"Now, dat yer speaks OBJ it, Jedge,
| bleeves | was in de penitentiary
for ten yeahs, if / disremcmber
myself. "-Ieras S,ftings,
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25
NUMBER s.

dances and so many promiscuous
arms swinging hOr around that sho
likes one fellow as woll as another,
and the trouble is after she gets
married she Keeps on loving 'em.
If was a young man now don't
think would mato with that sort
of girl, money or no money that
is if there was any other sort with
in marrying distance {; and if was
a girl would say, hands off, young
gentlemen, until the preacher
makes us better acquainted. These
are old-fashioned ideas | know, but
somehow old folks can't get rid
of 'em.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

til now not a vcstigo remains ex-
ccpting some broken pieces scat
tered through the debris. A few
Of the bricks have been secured by
the people here, and we will at
least have these to show to visitors.
They have withstood the viscissi-
tudes of the weather for upward of
three centuries, and arc as good as
the day they were made. They
have a uniform bright tint, and
when struck sharply emit a metallic
ring. They are far superior TO any
in the line of brick that is made at
the present day. 1t is a great pity
that the pavement has been dcs-
troyed, for the bricks were arrang-
ed in artistic manner, and were Of
different shapes, triangular, octa-
gon, square, oblong etc.
No underground rooms or vaults
have been found in the building,
but it is believed that such exist,
and also that there is treasure bur-
led somewhere about the place.
Around the church are the ruins
of an ancient city of considerable
dimensions, the houses of which
were built of porphyry, and somo
of the walls are yet in a:good state
of preservation.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25
Horse Trading and Theology.

A Hudson river farmer who
wanted II better horse than he pos
sessed, drove into Yonkers one day
with his nag, and hunting up cit
izen who had the sort of horse he
wanted, the farmer stated his de-
sire to exchange, and added: 81
understand that you are a Christian
MANI" Eyes, sir" "Belong to
the Baptist church Z" eyes" "
"One.of the deacons, I believe" "
81 am" A trade was made, and
the farmer drove home with the
new equine. But in the course of
three days he returned and began :
"See mere, deacon, what kind of a
man are you! You never told me
that horse l got of you had spavins
and ringbones and heaves?" "No,
l believe didn't" "Well, you arc
a apretty Christian, you are" "My
friend" placidly replied the good
man, "ifyou can find it anywhere
in the good book that a deacon in
the Baptist church must point out
the defects in his own horse, where
a sinner IS too ignorant to see for
himself, I'll admit my sin and trade
back. Come in and we'll hunt for
the passage.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

A steam generator has been de-
vised on a plan by which, at each
stroke of the piston of the engine, a
certain quantity of water is project
ed against two strongly heated
metal plates, the steam SO produo-
ed going directly into the cylinder
an arrangement by which not
only special generator, but also
the valve system for the entering
steam, is superhuous. In a de-
scription given of this mechanism
the vaporizing surface is said to
consist of two metallic cones, one
within the other, with an interval
of about 0.04 inch between the
hollow space is divided into two
chambers, each of which is connec-
ted with one side of the cylinder
and the gases play first on the inner
surface of the double cone, then on
the outer. This arrangement, as
far as tested, has given quite salts
factory results. ~ y Sun.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25
Herbert spencsr's Opinion Of Us.

New York, Nov. 9.-The Eng
lish philosopher and thinker, Her
bert Spencer, was rendered a com
plimentary dinner by over 200
gcntlorsen at Delmonico's tonight.
VIM. M. Evarts presided. Among
the guests were William Humbert,
Charles A. Dana and Henry Ward
Beecher.
After giving thanks for his cor
dial reception, Spencer said: 1t
seems to mo that in one respect
Americans have diverged too wide
ly from savages. do not mean to
say they are in general unduly civ
ilized. Throughout large parts Of
civilization, even in long settled re-
gions, there is no excess of those
virtues needed for the maintenance
of social harmony, especially out in
the West. Mems dealings do not
yet betray too much of the "sweet-
ness and light" which we are told
distinguish the cultured man from
barbarism, nevertheless there is a
sense in which any aSsertioni is true.
You know primitive man lacks
power of application Secured by
hunger or revenge, he can exert
himself energetically for time, but
his energy is spasmodic. Monot-
onous daily toll is impossible to
him. 1t is otherwise with the
moro developed man. The stern
discipline of social life has gradual
ly increased the craving for persis-
tent industry until among it, and
still more among you work has be-
come such passion
THAT TIE CONTRAST OF NATURE
has another aspect. The savage
thinks only Of present satisfactions
and lsaves future satisfactions un-
cared for. Otherwise the Ameri-
can, eagerly pursuing the future
good, almost ignores what good the
passing day offers him, and when
the future good is gained he neg
Tests that, whilst living for some
still remoter good. What 1 have
seen and heard during my stay a.
mong you has forced on me the be
lief that this slow change from hab-
itual inertness to persistent activi-
ty has reached the extreme from
which there must begin a counter
change, reaction everywhere. |
have been struck with the number
Of faces which told in strong lines
of burdens that had to be borne. |
have been struck too with the large
proportion of gray-haired men, and
inquiries have brought out the fact
that with you the hair commonly
begins to turn some ten years ear
lier than with us. Moreover in
every circle | have seen are men
who have themselves suffered from
nervous collapses due to the stress
of business, with friends who have
either killed themselves by over
work or have been permanently in
capacitated, or have wasted long
periods in endeavors to recover
health. do but echo the opinion
of all observing persons I have
spoken to when / say that immense
injury is being done by this high
pressure life. The physique is be-
ing undermined.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25
An interesting Decision.

A married woman, on her return
home at night, applied at the rail
road station at ten o'clock for the
ticket she offered to pay her fare,
but the agent was so careless and
inattentive that she failed to get
tie ticket, and he did not signal
the train to stop. She was then
forced to walk two miles over a
rough road, to find a lodging place,
and being delicate in health she fell
sick and suffered both in mind and
body. An action for damages was
brought by the husband, in his
own and hi wife's name, and
Judgment Of $500 recovered. The
company appealed, Houston and
Texas Central Railroad Company
VS., Frederika to the Supreme
court of Texas, who, III June, af-
firmed the judgment. Judge Will
son in the opinion, said that the
company was liable for the neglect
Of the ticket agent, and that the
damages should be sufficient to
cover all reasonable claims for in
juries, including as well the mental
as the physical suffering. Brad
street.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

A political article in a leading
newspaper is headed "The Decline
of the Stump" This may be
cheering news to those who smoke
five-ccnt cigars, but it is rough on
the hoodlums who pick the raw
material out of spittoons and gut
ters for two cents per pound.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

St. John, the Kansas apostle,
has got down and hid himself in
the dust of humiliation because he
was defeated for governor, while
McCabe, a neutral tinted African,
was elected auditor of state by a
good, rousing majority. Alas,
how soon are regulations made and
lost
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

The Governmentfr free-lunch policy
is said to have such an exhilirsting
effect on the Ute bucks that the
agent has about all he can do to
prevent them from going on a hair
lifting excursion.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

Brave Bear, who killed dis
charged soldier in 1877, was hanged
Wednesday 18th, the President
having failed to interfere with the
aims Of Justice.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

A young lady was lately quite
seriously injured in the streets of
St Louis by a COW, and now the
City Fathers arc at a loss to de-
termine whether to pen up the
cattle or the women. What bothers
them is to find out whether the
streets of that metropolis are better
calculated for a pasture than a
promenade.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

Two cranks of st. Johnsbury,
Vt, have started on a canoe voy-
age from Lake George intending to
be gone a year. At last accounts
they had got as far as Cincinnati,
andpropose to 60 from thence to the
Gulf, and around to New York,
continuing up the Hudson river to
the starting point, unless some
friendly wave should sooner cast
them up from the sea.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

A party of masked men under
took to rob and murder the Chinese
miners employed by the Carlisle
Mining Company, in the Steeple
Rock district, November 4, but
were driven off by Mr.. Parrish, the
superintendent, and a squad of
men. There seems to be bad
blood on the Gila over the Employ
ment of Chinese laborers in the
mines.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

Consul Stevens hastens to inform
the state department that double
headed tacks were used in China
over two thousand years ago. 1t
will be remembered that this variety
of tack is warranted to always stand
with the business end up, on the
top of the chair-bottom ; and now
the heart of the small boy is in
exprcssibly sad when he thinks OF
all the tun his pig-tailed anttype
must have had two thousand years
before he was born.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

Mrs. Stowe, of San Francisco, is
a dress-reformer who has given the
Chief of Police of that city notice
that on and after January 1st she
shall wear a males attire. The
chief has replied that he will arrest
her if she appears in the street in
that costume. In the meantime
the masculine world stands shiver>
ing with suspense until tits decided
who shall wear the breeches.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-11-25

An exchange tell the story of a
ten-year-old who was ordered by
his father to 60 and stand in a Ger
tain fence corner as punishment for
a slight offence. That was four
teen years ago, and the boy
has not been seen or heard
of since. Tho case seems plain
enough. The boy had heard of
Cassabainca and not finding any
peanuts in that particular fence
corner, went off to hunt for them,
and has had hard luck. Peanuts
have riz.