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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-14
Something New,

A pair of embroidered fancy-looking
suspenders hung in front of Michi-
gan avenue store yesterday, and a
young farmer halted to examine them.
something new?" he asked, as the
proprietor came out.
"Shust oudt, my frendt. Dose lsh
batent suspenders."
"Are you the sole agent?"
II vhas. Dot batent came oudt about
two vheeks ago, und my brudder in
New York sends me a shob lot yoster-
day. You can't puy dem no blaze else. :"
"They don't look very strong"
"What? Ifyou can preak dose sus-
penders py snumping over nine fences
l gif you ten bairs!"
II wonder how they'll wear?"
"Shust like iron. Here ish bair of
dot batent," he replied as he unbutton-
ed his vest, "dot l haf worn over two
y'arsT
The farmer had gone before the deal
er saw where he had made the slip, and
then he looked after the retreating fig
ure and said:
81 guess l let de batent bart alone
und go in heafy on der embroidery
peesnees l"-Denver Tribune.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-14

been put to test.

DteH put 10 test.
So well are these facts recognized by
experts and capitalists, that a very
good mine Will often be refused if not
patented. The parties who would buy
unpatented mines now, insist on re-
tanning part of the purchase money un-
til the patent is forthcoming. And this
is no more than just. If there Is any
flaw it will come out during the patent
application proceedings, though none
may have been apparent during many
years of undisputed possession. Instan-
ces are so numerous where flaws have
appeared, that purchasers are not safe
unless they protect themselves in some
way like this. Every miner with a
claim worth working, ought to consider
it worth patenting. A good mine with
IA poor title is not very enviable pro-
perty; better have comparatively
poor mine with a good title. a man
with a promising location. which is
patented will stand more chances of
seeing it sold than one of which he has
merely possessory title. These ques-
tions should be seriously considered
by all miners, who while developing
good property. should see to it that they
perfect their title aso.-Mining and
Scientific Press.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-14
FOOLISHNESS.

No matter how peaceable a meeting
is the people composing it always haye
10 be called to order.
The man who sleeps on an old-fash-
ed feather bed generally feels down in
the mouth in the morning.
Sign in shop window: boy wanted r
Young wife to her husband: any dear
isn't that too bad; suppose they have
all girls"
When poor widow finds a load of
wood left gratuitously at her door, she
can conclude that she has struck a
sympathetic chord somewhere.
"My Willie struck your johnny yel-
led Mrs. Smithers to Mrs. Jepso over
the back fence; "you are mistaken; my
gentle lamb would not strike match.
A new liar has been awarded the sur
cingle. He tells of winter 80 severe
that the springs in mems watches froze
tight. We know man who has such
cold-looking eye that it once froze a
cataract that appeared on his eyeball.
what do you say, Harry, when the
lady gives you cake?" said a mother to
her offspring whom she wished to teach
few manners. why" was the re-
ply, IF it's good, say gimme some
more"
Little Aggie's sister had invited her
best young man to tea. There was a
lull in the conversation which was bro
ken by the inquisitlve Aggie: Papa,
is dose fedders ober Mr.. Woodson's
mout?"
A young man having asked girl to
permit him to go home with her from
singing class, and been refused, said
you are as full of airs as a music box
perhaps so" she retorted, "but don't
go with a crank"
"Do you ever gamble? ?" she asked as
they sat together, her hand held in his,
He replied, mo; but if l wanted to
now would be my time." "How SOP"
Because l hold winning hand" The
engagement is announced.
"Yes," said fashionable lady, II
think Mary has made good match. !
hear that her husband is one of the
shrewdest and most unprinclpled law
yers iii the profession, and of course he
can afford to crafty her every wish.
"Who held the pass of Thermopyla
against the Persian host?" demanded
the teacher. And the editors boy at
the foot of the class spoke up and said
Father, l reckon; he holds an annual
on every road in the country that runs
a passenger train He went up head
after the rest of the class went home
as it a fact?" asked Gilhooley of Gu.
De Smith, that you recently inherited
$5O.0OO?" Fifty thousandr' said Gus
''why, have just inherited 100000. a
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-14

Take eve lamb to the house and
make a pet of it. Use nothing but
kindness, and give it a name, teaching
it to come at the call. Whenever the
lamb obeys, give it something as a re-
ward. such AS grain of corn, piece of
bread, or anything that is acceptable,
but never give it blow. When the
lamb is grown place it in the flock, and
you will need only to call that one
sheep, when all the others will follow.
AS sheep follow their leader, the train
ing of one is the training of all. and it
is saving of time and labor to do so.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-14
Patenting Mines.

So much has been said about the ben
efits of patenting mining claims that it
would be as well if all miners would
recognize them. 1t is fact however.
that too many neglect this important
duty. and when the time comes when
they have an opportunity to sell. it is
lost through inability to guarantee title
A government patent is accepted as a
guarantee of good title. Before it
can be procured certain forms must be
gone through, and adverse claims set
tied. so that patented claim Is free
from possible legal ENHANCEMENT, too
apt to encircle those which haye not
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-14
Save the Old Paper.

Never throw away an old paper. If
you have no wish to sell it, use it in the
house. Some housekeepers prefer it
to cloth for cleaning many articles of
furniture. For instance, volume
written by lady says: "After a stove
has been blackened it can be kept look
ing very we'll for a long time by rub
bing it with paper every morning. Rub
blng with paper Is much nicer way of
keeping tea-kettle, coffee-pot and tea
pot bright and clean than the old way
of washing them in suds. Rubbing
with paper is also the best way of pol
ishing knives, tinware and spoons they
shine like new silver. For polishing
mirrors, windows, lamp-chimneys, etc.,
paper is better than dry cloth, Preserves
and pickles keep much better if brown
paper instead of cloth is tied over the
jar. Canned fruit is not so apt to mold
if a piece of writing paper, cut to nt the
can, is laid directly on the fruit. Pa
per is much better to put under car
pet than straw. l is warmer, thinner
and makes less noise when one walks
over it,
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-14

"Got on your husbands cravat have
MT you?" asked a neighbor of Mrs.
Bilkins. EYES," replied Mrs. B. sadly,
"It's the only tie there is between us
now"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09
The Uselessness Of United State,
diers ON the Frontier.

| met one of the Texas Rangers. !,
had been in all the great Indian & ~
and had killed one Of Victories Is.Mas
when the remnant of that dashino cI;O
tain's followers made their final stne
in the Sierra Diablo. ''9al|
what do you rangers do out how, y,
inquired my friend.
1--WE protect the frontier" answo,.
the ranger. 'ea
But" expostulated the newsnoa.
man, ~ thought the United Sts,el
troops were sent out for frontier nra
lection" pro-
$50 they were, and the rangers cam,
out to protect the troops"
He was not far from right. TIL,
rangers have borne the brunt Of ,%s
battle in advance. The blue-coats bar'
very d%iscreetly brought up the 1r,,
WhenVictorio dashed along the frontia,
at the head of 25O chosen warriors
superbly mounted and armed in H.,
most approved manner, he showed
great contempt for the soldiers, and had
more real fear of Capts. Baylor AMI
Newill and their insignificant force oa
rangers than of the whole United Stato1
army.
%"Carrajo" he would say when AMI
one spoke of the soldiers, 81 shall
sweep them away as the sun dissolyeJ
the morning mists on the mountain"
After his death in the CandelerJ
Mountains what was left of Victories
band made their way across the Rial
Grande, and, being holly pursued brI
the rangers, took refuge in the rocky|
canyons of Ell Sierra Diablo. Tn|
rangers followed them, and hunting ot|
their hiding place, boldly attacked them
The charge was made early in THAI
morning. Some Of the rangers woro|
the regulation blue uniform. When
the Indians first saw them, as theycame
running down a rocky hill toward their|
camp, they thought it was a party oil
soldiers and prepared to make fight. mol
doubt considerably surprised that thel
troops dared attack them so openly.
When the rangers were $50 yards disl
tant one of the bucks recognized them.
He dropped his rifle and took to hid
heels, shouting as he ram.
Chem no soldiers! Big Texans1
Ugh!"
In conversation with a very intell;l
gent colored sergeant of one of thd
troops of the Tenth Cavalry, the othe1
day, l asked him this question:
"Why don't your command 90 lntd
the Gaudaloupe Mountains and hunt
for the camp of the renegades?"
"De Lawd Dress you, sah" he gufl
fawed; 'we hain't los no r~enegadesl
Wha' for you askin' me hunt for semg:|
Fort Dauis (ze1.) Cor. Philadelphia
Times,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09

were as typical of her nationality as .
Du Maurier drawing. On u own bal
cony there was such a spirit of jollity
and %vivacious enjoyment in the sport as
make the American girl the ideal of q
mans responsiveness in fun. The crowd
below, despite its camaiWe character, was
now full of enchanting Italian gayety.
There were laughter and mirth, and
quick return charges of confetti fire;
there were young French art students
filing their bags with shot, and young
German officers bringing Won Moltke's
tactics to bear on their tin-ladle throw
ing. Even Romans themselves, much
as they may scorn Carnival sports, can
not resist this last riot of mimic fighting.
Italian officers, at least, are men before
they are Romans, too much men not to
try their luck before the battery of dis
eliminating eyes,. For the hail of con-
fetti is to be taken as something per-
sonal and complimentary. Its inten-
sity is in proportion to the attraction of
the object. A white-washed coat and
battered hat are.to be looked upon as
proofs of the %sincerest f1attery.
Few features of the fun are more
amusing to watch than the tlirtations
that grow out Of it. On the balcony on
my right there was a young Italian
whose admirable shooting announced
him an expert. His fire had been at
first indiscriminate in it's aim, hitting
the Neapolitan model in the head as un-
erringly as he had pelted a pretty con-
tadina in the nose. But soon his prac-
ticed eye discovered a target worthy of
his skill. Half hidden behind the a
let curtains draping a box directly OPP
posite was the figure of q beautiful
young woman, whose nationality be-
trayed itself in the dusky glory of her
dark eyes, and the child-like naivete
with which she abandoned herself to the
enjoyment of the scene. She was quite
unprotected. Her wire mask lay in her
lap, her dipper beside it, and behind her
huge feather fan she was laughing
heartily at some of the nonsense before
her. With the aim of true science my
young neighbor covered the beauty with
a shower like hail. She, with the quick
ness of the italian temperament to take
fire, dropped her fan, seized her dipper,
and seeing then what manner of man
her antagonist was, loaded it to the full
and returned a shot as effective as his
own For the next half-hour the fight
went on, the most serious damage re-
sulting from the now equally active
interchange of glances. There is moth
ing more characteristic of the Carnival
season than these swiftly-born mimic
fights, beneath the a%rtitice of which
there as suddenly leaps into life the
flashing fire of q t1irtation.-Anna Bow-
man Blake, IN Harper's MAGAZINE.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09
Power Of Explosives.

The subject of explosives is beind
very thoroughly canvassed in England
at present. Any grain of comfort thai
can be discovered in all the phenomena
brought to light is eagerly seized upod
and enjoyed to the utmost. The eN|
perts and scientists are doing their beJ|
to supply sedatives for the overstraine(
nerves Of the public. Thus the 'techj
nical manager for Nobel's explosives
assures the British people that the ed
plosion of a % of dynamite develops 4
power only adequate to lift As, $50 tola
n foot. He admits, however, that !
ton of nitro-glycerine would elevate
GASP tons the same distance. lie
further adds that if a ton of these ex-
p~losives were set off in a London street
the effects would be '.felt severely, in
the immediate neighborhood, but at d
little distance would only be manifested
in the breaking of windows. No ex1
plosion could ley waste more than al
very small area. He himself once witt
messed the explosion of a ton blast Of
nitro-glycerine from a distance of only1
sixty yards. The blast was covered
with only ten feet of loose sand, and hs|
sustained no injury. He has often ex-|
ploded a pound of dynamite suspended
by a string from the end OF q tishing7
rod which he held in his hand, receiy7
ing no injury, though he could feel d
smart puff of air. The explosive must
encounter resistance to exert its full
force. To simply throw it down and
leave it to go off in the open sir con-
fines its destructiveness to a very mar
row area. All these strange facts are
being read by the English people with
avidity, and some Of them are begin
ming to breathe easier. But it would
seem that the facts given are sophis.
tically stated for the purpose of giving
the most reassuring impression to be
got out OF them. Why did not this d!y-
Mantle expert, instead of saying that
ton blast would only lift $4,000 tons one
foot, show that the power exerted would
moist n ton $4,000 feet. And why
didn't he say that if it should happen TO
go off under the feet of a pedestrian
who only weighs one-fourteenth of .
ton, that it would send him kiting alott
$4,000 feet or 175 miles? Taken in
this way the figures are not quite SO re.
assuring: The figures can't lie, Of
course, but they may be most dread
fully misleading.-St. Louis RepuDh.
cHV. @
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09
Cardinal Richelieu's Remains,

An article in a recent number of the
Gazette des BeauD A4ts reminds the
world of the fate OF Cardinal Richelieu's
remains: '.The King of the King" as
the people had nicknamed him, when
he had crushed the noblesse, disarmed
the Protestants, humbled the house of
Austria, founded the French Assembly,
built the Palace of the Cardinal and the
Chateau Richelieu, the two first
museums of the Seventeenth century;
when he had put French finance on a
sound basis, created the nav given to
France Canada, St. Domingo, Guiana
and Senegal, was entombed in the full
ness of his glory in the vaults of the
Sorbonne Church. One day, some
a little village in Britanny pre-
sented himself before the Emperor Ma
poleon III. He opened a small box
which he brought under his arm, un-
wrapped the parcel which it contained,
and drew from it a human mask. The
skin was dried up and wrinkled, the
eyes deeply buried in their sockets, tho
mouth contracted, the teeth perfect.
The beard, mustache and eyebrows
were still in their places, and the whole
was covered with a yellow varnish like
an anatomical specimen. ,"Sire," said
the Mayor, ''you behold all that remains
of Cardinal Richelieu." The article,
which is accompanied by an excellent
reproduction Of a sketch of the mask
taken at the time to which we refer,
goes on to state that in the month of
December, 1898, when a revolutionary
party pillaged the tombs of the Sorbon-
ne, n of the soldiers entered the vault
which contained the body of the Car
dinal, and finding that the mask of the
face, doubtless in order to facilitate
some process of embalming, had been
avn of from the rest of the head, pos
sessed himself Of it and displayed it in
triumph to the spectators, who thought
that he had himself cut off the great
mans head. Subsequently a hat
ter named Cheval possessed him
self of the trophy, and hid it
in a cupboard at the back of his shop.
The ninth Thermidor came. The hat
ter, in alarm, gave the mask in charge
to n of his customers, the Able
Armez, who carried it with him to Brit
tany and gave it to his brother. The
brother, finding that insects were at
lacking the relic, consulted the
village a%pothecary, by whose ad-
vice it was vanished. 1t was
this gentleman's son who brought
it to Paris in 1866, and in December of
that year it was restored with great GER
emory to its place under the monument
of the Cardinal, in the presence of the
Archbishop of Paris, Monsignor Darboy,
the Duke of Richelieu, and great gath
ering of notabi!ities. Since that day the
Emperor has died in exile, the Arch
bishop of Paris has been shot, and the
last of the name of Richelieu has died
without issue. The drawing is by M.
Maurice Cottier, who died last wear.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09
A "Retainer" Explained,

The following anecdote is related of
Daniel Webster: When Webster was at
the zenith OF his career, n day a gen
tleman waited upon him to engage him
for the defense in an important case at
law-the amount at stake in the suit
being $3.50, OO0. Having stated the case
from his point of view, MI. Webster
said he was willing to take it; but the
client could not tell exactly when the
case would come On. Every WE'LL" said
Webster, ..if you retain me for the de-
Tense, | will hold myself in readiness,
and not engag for the plaintiff" The
gentleman asked what the retaining fee
would be? ga thousand dollars."o ga
thousand dollars!" exclaimed the zen
tleman. Eyes. Only think, for a
moment, what l engage to do, sir. l
do not only hold myself at your service
in the matter, perhaps for a month or
more, but l debar myself from accept
ing any offer, no matter how large,
from the plaintiff" The applicant Was
satisfied with this explanation, wrote
out a check for the amount, and gave
it to the great expounder, who, after he
had put it into his pocket, said: Il will
now give you u bit OF advice, gratis. If
you compromise this business upon
fair terms with the plaintiff you had
better do So" The client acknowl-
edged his thanks, and took his leave.
In a few days after the gentleman
called upon Mr.. Webster again and told
him that a compromise had been
effected, and the matter was satisfac-
torily settled. Mr.. Webster duly con
graduated his visitor on the result, and
would have turned to other business.
but the visitor seemed to have some
thing further on his mind. t.Of course.n
he ventured after a pause. II shall not
require your services, Mr.. Webster"
Certainly not, sir" "And-and how
about the $1,000 I paid you?n family
asked the gentleman, who was not quite
r%econciled to paying such a sum. for
services which We're never to be rem
dered. "Oh, ah!' responded Daniel.
with a bland smile; ''you don't seem to
understand. 1t is very simple. That
was a retaining fee-called in law q
retainer. By virtue of the contract I
also became a retainer. What should
l retain, if not my fee?"
The gentleman went away, it is said
thoroughly instructed, if not quite salts
fed, with this practical illustration of
a retainer
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09
Kate Field has a v~ioorors wav .,

Kate Field has a vigorous way of
expressing an opinion that leaves no
doubt as to her meaning. She says
something to the point about that new
anomaly, the dude. "The dude is nv
horror-a creature who fills me with
disgust. OF all the social excrescences
inflicted upon that peculiar American
bulb called society I deem him the
most useless kind of fungus. Has he
N redeeming point? If he has, pray
tell me, for l a not find it. He has no
individuality, no manhood, no quality,
even of the most incipient order, and
all that l can see that he is good for is to
nurse his ane and t1atten his nose at a
club window."-N. Y. Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09
Hamilton S. White, of Syracuse.

Hamilton S. White, of Syracuse. .
nephew of President Andrew d. White,
and a millionaire, amuses himself BY
going to all the fires in the city, and the
other day rescued two children froma
burning house with the aid of a fire.
man. With his own money he buIl'
and supports a splendidly-equipped en-.
gine-house, and is such q favorite win
The tiremen that he has been electeu
assistant chief engineer of the fire dr|
partment.--Syracuse IN. ~ Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09

The shutting out of American n ~
products from Germany is evidently ~
tended to stimulate and protect slo.'
raising in that empire. German fal nr
ers are enabled to raise their W NV
When freed from the competition !; +:
America. 1t may work some nara', -
upon the laboring classes there, Oh. ~
farmers II made happy.-N. 7. 1a&s'