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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-10-09

Goo9MAN, Iicgler & Co., are
daily receiving stacks of goods
which they declare will be sold
cheaper than any competitors can
pm ~hase them for. All they ask
$ for people to examine goods and
enquire prices.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-10-09
LOCAL ROUNDUPS.

tnct something's maker q name.
blf priut"r. iuk aN black and solemn.
WI Fire "a muu peculiar fumr.
when putin thi. peculiar column.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-10-09

TIE poetry on our third page
would apply to others than poor
Joseph.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-10-09

THH family of L. S. Allen ar
rived IN town this week. Allen IS
ia Santa Fe.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-10-09

VIII SroNG hove in sight yes
terday from Roswell.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-10-09

SOME time since we made q note
Of the fact that fine wheat had
been raised in Lincoln County,
without the aid of irrigation.
which note attracted attention, and
we have been called upon tor par
tlcuIars, iuaamuch as the point
is an important one, bearing upon
the future and present Of our Ter
ritory.
About q year since, Mr.. White
man. Of this camp, agreed to aj
vance two sacks Of wheat TO Il
Mexican living at Three Riv-
ers, conditional upon his re
turning Io0r sacks of the product.
The Mexican planted the tive
sacks early in last +, oruarr, an f.
harvested the same early in June.
before the rainy Seas,n set in. Mr.
NhiJeman docs mot know VIVA, the
aggregate crop was, but he does
know thati. wasa profitable yield.
as tho parry he gave the seed 20
repaid him according to contract.
with wheat carrying a plump berry
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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-10-09

THREE days came and went this
week without a mail. Washouts
appear to be the order Of the day
in this Territory. Let the y. r.
d. s. f. switch It's line ever this
way and thus avert such disagree
ahlc incidents.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-10-09

NOTICE is hcrohy given, hat we, the
undersigned. viii, Oh
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-09
PiTH AND POINT.

A man never fully realizes how in
significant he is until he attempts to de-
scribe to his wife the dress worn by an
other lady.-N. Y. Journal
A Kansas man "points with pride
to the fact that his wife has worn one
bonnet for twenty-five years. The feel
ing with which the wife points to the
husband has not been described. Cbica-
go Tribune.
-He-Speaking of their marriage: !
think they both made very good
match. She-How can you say SOP
Why, she's birthstone personified, and
he's perfect stick. He-Brimstone
and perfect stick-precisely the es-
sentials to good match. Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
About sixty patents are Issued to
women every year in the United States.
ANYBODY who will notice what curious
contrivances the dear creatures put
upon their heads and bodies need not be
told that woman is an inventive animal.
Boston Transcript.
-'.Robby," whispered young Feath-
erly, ''did your sister Sadie get note
from me last nightp 1t was written on
| pink paper" 81 guess she must have
got it,, said Robby, "cause when she
| came down to breakfast this morning
her hair was done up in pink curl-pa-
| pers. ."-Boston Post.
-"Then you are studying music this
year, are your inquired ayoung lady o. Of
her friend. .'How do you enjoy itP'
so, it is delightful. have such fun
practicing. / nearly drive Aunt Jane
crazy. Mother goes off neighborino
and have the house all to myself
Come down and hear me practice some
day." 30, dear, no, thank you. Tht
doctc. vs. / must avoid all unpleasan
things. " Toledo Blade.
I'll never saw such man in all m,
born days!m exclaimed Mrs. Crimson
beak to her husband. who had been i'm
posed upon in purchase she had re
quested him to make for her. 81 neye
knew you to get anything without be
ing cheated . "Wlat, never?" sal,
Crimsonbeak, chestnutically. !" No
never!" emphatically replied Mrs. Grim
sonbeak. s'Well, guess you are right
have always been suspicious of it sine
the day I was married" And then h
opened the window to see how far he
have to jump to the ground.-M ]
Mail.
-"As usual" said Fogg, ''the boy
took to ringing my bell last night.
went to the door the first time, t
see the young rascals runnin
around the corner. 1t wasn't long be
fore the bell rang a second time, br
they couldn't fool me twice. So | Il
the bcllring half a dozen times withot
answering it. This morning Mrs. +.
! mother dropped in, in a high state (
excitement She said she rang, an
: rang, last night, and couldn't raise
soul. Under the circumstances, didn
: feel quite so angry with the boys. ! W;
, a boy myself once, and you can't blan
! them for wanting little fun now an
then. ."-Bostoe Transcript
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-09

run into the bushes, frightened almost
to death, as you can well imagine.
Then the Turtles gather up all the
ponies and oxen, drive them off, burn
all the wigwams they can, and hurry
home with the cattle. Now these saw
ages think they have done quite fine
thing in robbing their neighbors OF
their cattle and plundering and burn
ing their homes. And they wish to let
other Indians know what clever rob-
bers they have been. So the Turtle
chief chooses piece of smooth, cream
colored birch-bark, chews up a little
tobacco to serve as ink, plucks twig
OF soft wood for pen, and with the
tobacco juice draws the following pict-
ures:
First comes turtle, and it is very
big turtle, because he thinks that he
and his clan are very great personages
indeed. Then he draws as many way
ing lines, to represent bows, as there
are Indians in the party, and perhaps
the same number of Indians with top
knots; his lines bend forward to show
in what direction the trail went. Fol-
lowing these, rising sun stands for
daybreak, and three lines under it
mean that three days went by in going
to the Bears. Next, he puts down as
many little pyramids as there were
Bear wigwams, and draws them upside
down to show that they were destroyed.
After that, he draws, as well as he can,
wee, wee bear, very small, in order
to show his contempt for the Bears.
Finally, he draws with the greatest
care as many oxen and ponies as he
has captured, because he is chiefly
proud of this part of his exploit and
wishes all the world of the woods to
know what great and successful rob
ber he is. He does not tell that the
Bear braves were away when he sur
prised the camp, and probably doe
, not care to tell that part of the story
We may understand it from the alb
sence of any sign for scalps. Ha'
$ there been resistance and men slain OF
either side, the exact number of dea
S would have been noted by drawin
+ just as many human figures withou
e their heads.-Henry Eckford, at s.
| N5chOlaS
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-09
A LAWYERS START.
How a Dead Cat Brought Him Both Fame
and Fortune.

and Fortune.
The narrator is prominent in his pro-
fession here, and had attained high po-
sition in the East before seeking the
West as far back as 1852 His gray
hairs and long contact with dusty prop
ositions have not quenched his love for
joke, and his keen eyes twinkled as
merrily as those of his auditors while he
was unreeling his yarn.
II learned my trade" he began, sin
q little New York village, but manifest
cd no particular aptness for the law,
and barely scratched through my exam
nation. My shingle was not honored
with call for many long weeks, and
when / did get one it was from a mem
ber of my own family. One of my broth
ers, Frank, had craze for poultry, and
raised fancy breeds with great success
until an old maid moved into the adioin-
ing house, and her predatory cat began
to decimate his costly chicks at a fearful
rate. Frank demonstrated, but in vain,
and finally, made desperate by the loss
of nearly an entire Matching. hepoisoned
the cat. The old vinegar-faced female
that owned the Thomas feline raised q
fearful row over her pets death, and as
Frank was rather loud in congratulate
ing himself ON getting rid of the chicken
destroyer, she had little trouble in trac-
| inc the cats fatal illness. There was
| only one way to reach Frank in law to
her mind, and that was by criminal pros
scution, and she accordingly caused his
arrest on charge of indictable misde-
| l,,n,,o.l,t ,,,la,. caotin,, of tba
| penal code similar to the one in this
State that provides that a person found
guilty of administering poison to an
animal the property of another shall
be punished by fine up to five hundred
dollars or to Imprisonment up to siS
months, or both. Well, the case looked
black. The cat was certainly an animal,
and Frank had freely admitted admins
tering the fatal dose.
''Nobody disputed the right of the cats
owner to prosecute, and counted the
pages of every statute book in the town,
hardly knowing what sought Finally
paragraph was found, setting fortl
that an animal, to be property, mus
nave valuation fixed bylaw. Turning
to the ratings of animals in the section
ON the larceny of live stock found tha
dogs were worth dollar in law, sheei
and pigs little more, and horses, cows
ETC., sufficient to make theft of then
grand larceny, but not a word was sai'
about cats. An idea struck me, and
braced up my miserable brother by tell
ing him that could easily wipe out tn
foul accusation that besmeared his fai
f,lnle, and we went into court. The oil
girl didn't shed tear, but she swoF
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-09
THE FUTURE FUEL.
A Combination of Gas and Glass Which wi
Displace Ashes and Kindling-Wood.

A Combination ofGas and Glass Which wi.
Displace Ashes and KindlingWood.
The house of the near future will have
no fireplace, steam pipes, chimmeys or
tiues. Wood, coal oil and other forms
of fuel are about to disappear altogether
in places having factories. Gas has be-
come so cheap that already it is sup
planting fuels. A single jet fairly hegts
n small room in cold weather. A Ne,Y
York artist has produced simple DO
sign for heating entirely by gas at a
nominal expense. 1t is well-known
fact that gas throws off no smoke, SCOT
or dirt. The artist filled brazier with
chunks of colored glass, and placed sew
eral jets beneath. The glass soon became
heated sufficiently to thoroughly warm
a room 10x30 feet in size. This design
does away with the necessity for CHM
neys, since there. is no smoke; the ven
tilation may be had at the window.
The heat may be raised or lowered by
simply regulating the flow of gas. The
colored glass gives all the appearance
of fire; there are black pieces to repre-
sent coal, red chunks for flames, yell
lowish white glass for white heat, blue
glass for blue flames, and hues for all
the remaining colors of spectrum. In
vention already is displacing the pres
ent fuels for furnaces and cooking
ranges, and glass is doing away with
delay and such disagreeable objects as
ashes, kindling wood, etc.-Boston Jour-
| nal of Commerce.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-09
3UDGY'S EXPERIENCE.
DolIy's Mistaken Idea That She Ws
UnIoved and Forgotten.

DolIy's Mistaken Idea That She Was
Unloved and Forgotten.
| "Oh, oh, my heart is broken!' and
Pudgy tried to turn over, but found
she could not.
"To think it's only two months
s,nce Christmas, and she loved and
kissed me all the time then, and now
she has forgotten ali about me-" And
a pitiful little sob sounded under the
! pink sunbonnet.
1T isn't my fault. I'm sure lei
her throw me on the floor, or sit on
me, or let Jip carry me round in his
mouth, without fretting or complain
ing the least bit. I'm just as whole as
| was at Christmas. Why did her
Uncle John bring that painted thing
from Paris, and spoil all my lovely
timesp Here I've been under the
stoop since yesterday before lunch,
, and she has never missed me. Oh,
dear, dearr' and. Pudgy tried again
to roll over on her face and wipe
her tears on the dead leaves under the
piazza. just then sweet baby voice
| called out: "Mamma, dom see her.
] Please, mamma, help me find my dar-
J ling Pudgy." The homely face under
, the piazza beamed with gladness.
! ..She loves me; I knew it, And Pudgy
8 forgot all her doubts.
4 ,'sYou must come in, darling. Well
: look in the house; and, at any rate,
. you have your new doll"
Y Mamma, I'll never love any doll as
I. / do Pudgy. / must find her. | know
q she's out-of-doors, and so cold;n and
J little Helens voice was as full of tears
h as Pudgy's had been. just then out
d flew Jip from under the piazza, with q
!. very draggled pink bundle in his
i mouth, and started across the lawn.
}. mamma, mamma! There, Jip has
o her!' and Helen started after her.
/. Fortunately for Pudgy, carriage
# passed just then, and Jip dropped
IS. Pudgy, who was picked up and hugged
d to her hearts delight, and was carried
$. into the house, Helen Whispering: II
@ love you best, Pudgy-you are so COM
TX ble."
ii Underneath the pink sunbonnet two
,e black, staring eyes tried to wink back
Il the tears that made ridge through
20 the dirt on the cheeks, and Pudgy tried
to put her head down on Helen's shoul-
der.
.le When Helen was seated in the
nursery she looked tPudgy's face and
We said: 'Why, mamma, she looks as
st though she had been crying-sae tht
a streaks."
Nv 81 guess it rained last night, and sl,'
,d must have lain out-of-doors. Did yol
All forget her when you came in yester
it dayP"
mn 81 'f'aid I did, mamma Darling
I precious Pudgyl I'll never fordit yol
nd adam. / love her best cause you mad
Of her, mamma. and can hug her close.
Pudgy was perfectly happy. y.-ChrSt
lis kan Union.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-09
AN UNPLEASANT DUTY.
Scotch Soldiers Who Have to Proclaim q
Warning Against Themselves.

Scotch Soldiers Who Have to Proclaim q
Warning Against Themselves.
Almost the first duty of a new regi-
ment stationed in Edinburgh Castle is
its only unpleasant one. Immediately
it gets into its quarters at the Castle il
has to dispatch a representative body
through the Oldest streets to cry out at
the top of their voices that the citizens
must be wary of the soldiers beguiling
ways. This is called "crying down the
credit of the regiment, and the cere-
mony has just been performed by the
Seaforth Highlanders. One Monday
forenoon a detachment of these, ac-
compansed by drum-major, paraded
High street and neighborhood to dis
charge what must be described as this
unpleasant duty. 1t consists of pro-
clamation to all whom il may concern,
that any one who is so foolish as to sup
ply the soldiers with goods on credit to
the amount of more than single days
pay does so at his own risk. At her
own risk, it might be said; for, owing to
some reason unknown, it is understood
that the proclamation is specially adj
dressed to shopkeepers of the softer
sex. .-lSt, james Gazette.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-09
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
THE SANDMAN

Ncu mildly mid nod. and mildly dee dee;
o where can that lettering sandman be?
This baby's eyes are bright as pins, heigh--
Now where is that sandman lingering so2
o sandman, dear sandman, wherever you be,
Hasten, pray, to this boy on my kneel
Perhaps he's at work far across the deep,
A-getting the little Jap boys to sleep;
Or tripping on through an Esuumaux town,
To fasten some winking eyelash down;
But sandman, dear sandman, what shall wo
To still this young tyrants shout of; "Goo.
goo2"
The bee is asleep in the crimson rose,
And mildly mid nod the poppy's head goes;
The yellow chicks sleep meath the old hens
breast
But here is my bird still out Of his nest;
So sandman, dear sandman, DER land and DER
sea,
Haste, sprinkle your grains in this young
rogue's ee
Soft the fringcs drop DER the bonny eyes,
Sparkling like the stars in the midnight skies;
Through the parted lips that two pearls dis
close,
How the sweet breath comes, how the sweet
breath goes.
Why SO quick and so light the sandman slept
We hardly knew when the baby sept
--Ailnie NJ Libby, in Good Housekeeping.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-09
INDIAN PICTURE WHITING.

How the Turtles Notify the World of
Their Achievements in War.
Let us see how an Indian of North
America goes to work to write. Sup
pose wild Indian belonging to the
great clan whose members call them
selves the Turtles, makes a raid on a
village of huts and wigwams owned by
enemies belonging to the widespread
clan called the Bear clan. Suppose it
has taken the Turtles three days of
hard travel through forests and over
the hills to reach the Bears. By means
Of their crafty spies, they find that the
brave men of the Bears are away hunt
ing moose, and that most of the squaws
and pappooses are either in the fields
of maize or in the woods, where the
berries are ripe, and only few Old
men and women ere left behind to keep
watch over some ponies and oypn.
Then the Turtles, each clutching his
bow, creep on the village under coyel
of the woods. and with terrific yel
rush Of ths wigwams. The old peopl'
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-09
Would Save Trouble.

A prominent citizen was seen digging
a large hole in his front yard.
"What are you doingP" some one
asked.
"Making pond"
"What, pond IN your front yardt
What do you meanP"
81 am doing it as an accommoda.
tion. 1t was so much trouble for the
boywho carries papers to- throw them i'll
a little puddle during wet weather that |
concluded to make pond for him. He
is gcntlemanly fellow, and want to
assist him all / can. This pond will
save him much trouble. ~ arkansas
Trageler.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-09
BASHFUL YOUTHS.
The Experience of One of the Most Elegant
Men of His Day.

The Experience of One of the Most Elegant
Men of His Day.
As a general thing young ladies are
much more self-possessed when they first
go into society than young gentlemen,
and while the girl of sixteen is helped
out by the kindness of older women and
the attention men always pay to ''the
rosebuds'' if they are pretty or pleasing,
the boy of eighteen or nineteen is left to
do the best he can for himself, and if he
is modest, well-bred and not conceited,
he often retires from society after few
brief plunges into it, with feeling that
he is not wanted there and will never be
fitted for it. Yet, after all, hollow as
society is, in many professions it is
necessary for a young man to hold his
own and appear well on social occa-
sions.
1t is also a relief to any one whose
feelings are strong and who is apt to
grow melancholy in solitude to have
sssome where to 60" l presume many
originally able men who have become
oddities, and grown careless in their
habits and offensive in their manners,
might have been comfortable and well
liked if they had taken little pains to
know few people, and to be sought
at least in some small circles of society.
Long ago Lord Chesterfield said to
his son: sYour figure is like other peo-
ple's; l hope. you will take care to
dress so, too. Why then should you be
ashamedp Why not go into mixed COM
pany as freely as into your own roomPn
And he adds:
81 remember that when, with all the
awkwardness of college about me, Twas
first introduced into good company, l
was frightened out of my wits. If saw
people whisper was sure it was about
me, and thought myself the object of
the censure or ridicule of the whole
company, who Heaven knows, did not
trouble themselves about me. In this
way suffered martyrdom, and should
certainly have renounced polite society
forever if had not been absolutely con-
vinced of the necessity of forming my
manners. remember at last gaining
intrepidity enough TO go up to fine
woman and tell her that [ thought il
was warm day. She answered me
very civilly that she thought SO, too
upon which the conversation on my
part ceased, until she remarked, good
naturedly resuming it: 81 see youl
embarrassment, and am sure the
few words you said to me cost you ;
good deal; but do not be discouraged
All you want is manner, and you dt
: not want that as much as you think yol
! do"
! Lord Chesterfield was supposed to b
! one of the most elegant men of his day
! and the bashful boy who made an effor
e to say, "It is warm day, madam t
lady, became Ambassador to th
Hague, Viceroy to Ireland, Secretary 0
State, and member of the cabinet. H
had all the elements of social success
q within him, and yet, no doubt, he migf
have gone to the wall but for that dc
: termination to form his manners in goo
society. And what was said SO man
! years ago to bashful English youth,
9 bashful boy of any nation may read wit
y benefit: ''Do not be discouraged. A
J. you want is manner, and you do M
II want that as much as you think yo
. do. IN Y. Ledger.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-09
A NUMERICAL FAMILY.
How Mrs. Beasley Saved Herself Lots and
Lots of Trouble.

How Mrs. Beasley Saved Herself Lots and
Lots of Trouble.
'Do you find in Arkansaw many
queer Christian namespn a gentleman
asked of friend who had just returned
from visit among the hills.
Eyes, for Christian names--or ratherir
this case given names, for some of them
are decidedly unchristian-have ever
been of interest to me. found, just
this side of Bear Wallow, young fell
low named Logdistillcd Peterson, and
little farther on | fell in with u gentle
man named Atwood Jones. Mr.. ALL
wool Jones was circuit rider, he in
formed me, and he asked me to stop at
small log church and hear him preach.
I did so and must say that Allwoors
sermon was something more than yard
wide. One afternoon / stopped at a
house and addressed a young fellow
| who sat on the fence:
".Who lives herep'
| "'We do
| eyes, butwho are we?'
"Pap, mur an the rost NV u.s.
''Just then man came out and, as he
approached, said: Six, git down often
that fence an hep Four chop some
wood. Stranger addressing me, won't
you git DOWN. AS was in much need
of rest | dsmounted. The man yelled:
Come here, Seven, an take the stran-
gers hoss.'
81 was conducted into the house and
in that cordial manner, the peculiar So
cial property of Southern backwoods-
men, was urged to make myself at home.
MY hosts name was Beasley and was
kin to old Ham Bledsoe what lived in
Middle Tennessy, near brakes creek
summers.' Mrs Beasley moved lot
of clothes which she had hung in front
of the fire, kicked cat, spanked with q
shovel an enormous brindle dog, and
told me to feel easy, for she would get g
snack to eat after awhile. | had never
seen so many children belonging to ono
family. Look which way / might,
caught sight of dirty faces and tow
heads.
"You have quite family said t.
Mr.. Beasley.
"Ruther. but we live in er big neigh
borhood whar we've all got ROOM
g 4 should think that you would hav,
found some trouble in selecting names
for all your children
:" Il didn't though. | know that {
great many folks have had trouble il
that way, an was determined to stee
cPar NV it, 50 'dopted a rule; an whel
the fust chic was born, we called hin
One. The next was named Two, tn
next Three an so on. Wy, it works
like charra an we didn't have bi
, NV trouble. l would advise ever bod
to 'dopt the rule. One is married to
sorter sloucl, NV a woman an live
down yam on the branch. Twois ahos
trader. All the rest air at home. Thre
thar turning to blushing girl, 'is oil
anuff TO git married. Eight, don't star
SO clost to she fire, you'll scorch ye
. britcbes. Muir, make Nine an Eleve
. behave tharselves.' Twelve, go on no.
1 an rock the cradle fur don't you hes
| Sixteen cryin'p'
c 'Yes, it was very large family, an
0 don't know how Mr.. Beasley coul
i have managed had he not adopted u
= numerical system, "--Arkaasas 4rai
eies,