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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-04-21
NUMBER 80
- SANTAFE1t.
April l6, 1855.


DEAB HAJeA:
In accordance with your request
madesen the occasion of your re-
cent'pleasant visitito.the" ancient,
submit herewith a few points in
reference to the,bannerspost,of the
Grand Army of thesERepubhc in
New Mexico.
Carleton Post No. 3was organic.
ed Nays, 1888, asEPost i39 IDe-
department of Colorado, with 19
charter members, all of whom ARE
now alive except two, and none of
the seventeen Fare 1kicking, for
"kickers''e arei not admitted into
this organization.
During it's existenceSCarleton
Post has had 100 members onIits
muster rolls, divided as to service
asstollows;5 NewsY Y ork'16, iOhio 10,
California II, Pennsylvania II, L.
S. Regulars 10, New Mexico 8,
Illinois s, Colorado S, us. Navy
4, Indiana'4, ermont, wisconsin,
Missouri, Observation-Disclosures 3
each; Nebraska and Maryland Q
each; and Maine, Massachusetts,,
IowaFand aTennessceE Zone each. 1t
has lost by sdeath nine members,
twoHotsw swhomat tamongsEthe charter
members were old and very dear
friends of YOURS and mine of many
years standing. | refer to Gen.
IL. NJ. Atkinson whosdied Oct II
1886, aand .Gen.lG. A. Smith who
died Dec. II, 1885. The others
have been M. "A. sGold, 1st N. M.
Inf. died May 8, 1884, E. Fal' LIST
N. NJ. Inf. died Oct.7, 1883, EMajor
George W. Rowland 2nd U. S.
Cav. died Dec. 81, 1856, Peter
Muneeh 14rh N. Y. Cavalry killed
by Indians in Arizona June s, 'S5
while serving in the 4th U. S. Cav,
w. II. Becker S9th N. i. Vols.
died Dec. 10, 1884, Louis Jockle
was drowned in Texas last year,
and genial Joe Burke of the old
"Scott's 900" only dropped off a
few weeks ago. Joe had host Of
friends in Lincoln andyGrantIcoun-
ties as well as in9Santa Fe, where
he had recently made his home.
Among the other earlier members
of c. r eton z s W o have lett us
was Col. jeff j. Hibbutts. form.
er gallant officer of the 32nd Ohio
Int. who died a few months ago in
KantaslCity.
Carleton Post is in fiOurishing
conditien,w ,withsnearly eighty mem
bers in good standing, and the boys
under the efficient management Of
Captain Hiram Champion as post
commander, promise to have
hundred members before his term
Of office expires. They have a
finely furnished hall with a library
OF several hundred volumes, and
their latch-string hangs out to all
visitors on Wednesday, and Satur-
day nights in each week. To the com
rades who meet them in +. G. and
L. they will checrtully show as per
feet a set OF records, and as united
an organization as any in the coun-
try. Come and see us and bring
yeur friends with you. | will try
and have something more to say
hereafter in reference to the De
partmental organization.
Yours in f. g. and L.,
~
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-04-21

White Oaks will not only have
r. r., but it will be the end of
division and the junction of two
or more Roads. This can be re.
lied upon.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-04-21

A STORY half told had better moi
he commenced. The Democrats
endeavOr to make capital by as.
severating that the minority report
of the Committee on Territories,
which so maligned New Mexico,
was signed exclusively by Repub-
licans and for material with which
to nail it they dug into a past gen
Grafton, bringing forth the SANDER
and presented in nearly the Ian
guage originally used. But they
fail to tell us that the original liar
who misled the minority commit
tee was a democratic federal offic-
ial here in 1855, whose name was
Davis. u e it was hewho through the
columns of paper called the "El
Gringo," incubated the slander and
sent it full tledged over the CONT
nent. And this same Davis was
by Cleveland, and now
occupies the honorable and lucra-
tive position of Pension Agent of
Philadelphia. Who is yelling now?
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-04-21

RosCo CoNKLING has been hover
ing between life and death TOR two
weeks past. Death foreclosed IT'S
mortgage on Wednesday last.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-04-21

Louisiana gave Democratic
majority of 10000 at it's election
last Tuesday.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-04-21

@. W. GREENE, now travelling
through Lincoln county in the in
terest of the Santa Fe New Mexi-
can, writes from Lincoln to said
paper:
This is a county of vast resources, as
we'll as of vast extent, just in the first
stage of development and as l accumu-
late the data for the final review, which
will be made after completing the tour of
the principle districts, its magnitude
grows upon me. The distances are truly
magnificent, when you consider that trav-
ell has to be made either by stage. buck
ninety miles from Carthage to White
Oaks, half in Lincoln county, forty miles
from White Oaks to Lincoln. sixty-fvc
miles from here to Roswell 80 miles, or
more, north from Roswell to Fort Sum
ner, just over the northern edge of the
county line; 80 miles east from Roswell to
the Four Lakes in the eastern part of the
county; So miles south from Roswell to
Seven Rivers, then 40 miles to Lookout,
and that not within Is of the southern
line; 100 miles, or more. up the Penasco,
and 80 miles from there here again. 1t
will require over 900 miles of slow travel
ing to make the contemplated trip, and
then will only have seen few streaks
through the more than 95 900 square miles
of territory. This singl ecounty Is more
than five times as large as the state of
Connecticut and more than half as large
as the state of New York. 1t has as great
natural resources as either of them, and
yet has not a population of 10000 to de-
volope them"
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-04-21

Subscribe tor the LINCOLN
COUNTY LEADER.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
The merican at Dinner.

Americans are hospitable, in a certain
way, that approaches lavishness. Whenever
they give dinners at clubs, or at home, they
display their hospitality by elaborate menus
which comprise too many dishes for a mans
taste or digestion. This is not the epicurean
idea There is more merit in dinner where
tho quality Of food, its cookery and service
are attended to, and the most enjoyable ban
quet is that where not five courses are ex-
ceeded. Look at the menus of some large
banquets. and you will find that they aver
age ten courses, and it is not uncommon to
see dinner at a club OF house exceed twelve
courses, with every procurable dish In the
market. The American is not heavy eater,
and his digestion is more frequently than
not imperfect. He can, consequently, but
simply taste the various dishes, or else gorge
himself like q child at Christmaa Such
elaborate dinners are often considered bores
because one cannot leave the table with salts
faction.
1t is no little art TO give a real enjoyable
dinner. The people here are too busy to be
come good dinner givers, for il requires an
idler to b successful at this. Our wealthy
men DO not entertain at home, and at the
clubs they are often lavish without approach
Ing epicurianism More attention is now
paid than formerly to menu cards and ser
vice. A menu card should be original, sim
pie and elegant. So many Of them arc
gaudy and over ambitious that they destroy
the effect desired 1t is pleasant TO begin
dinner after glancing at a refreshing menu
card 1t should always be typical, If posi-
bic, Of the object of the dinner, and then a
dinner should never be served without flow
ers, which are important features of table
arrnngements.-W Lucas in Globe
Democrat
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
Commerce of the Congo.

The fact that fifteen to twenty-five steam
ers month are now arriving at the mouth
Of the Congo illustrates the growth of COM
merce in that region since Stanley showed
the Importance of the great river. One
ocean steamer has already assembled the river
to Bona, fifty miles from the sea, and the
best channels are being marked by buoys, so
that deep draught vessels may safely navi-
gate the lower river. Little hotels for the
entertainment Of travellers have been built
at banana and Bona One reason why the
whites ON the lower river enjoy far better
health than formerly is said to be because
they have discarded canned meats, and row
raise their own beef. Cattle thrive finely at
Bona, and il takes steer every three days
to feed the whites who are now living at that
station-New York Sun
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
Cinnamon Of Victoria.

In Victoria found distinct class Of Chi
namen Of sort have only seen in the east
in the retinues of corsuls or ambassadors
from their country. These were of the rich,
educated, mercantile class, born of families
long in the possession Of means and cultiva-
ton. They were as little like tho Cinnamon
of the eastern states as those Cinnamon are
like negroes. These we'll born men have fine
and regular features, delicate, almost ferni-
nine compilations and the most graceful
manners. 1t was also revelation to me to
find them perfectly frank, hospitable and
communicative. Their stores make the
chinatown" of Victoria place worth long
journey to see. Each store was embellished
with handsome lakewood chairs ornateJy
carved, with extensive stocks of fine goods
and little altar like niche in the rear wall
opposite the door where the merchant sat in
state and kept his accounts with a paint
brush and India ink, instead of pen and
our sort of ink.
On each counter was a jar Of opium al
ready mixed with molasses for smoking, and
without any attempt at concealment. The
merchants wore cunning skull caps of blue
or lilac colored satin and handsome silk
coats and padded silken vests. They looked
very quaint, indeed, wearing great black
bono trimmed goggles and weighing out
goods on the oldest sort of scales or else
smoking tobacco in pipes that were made Of
brass and looked for all the world like Alad-
din's lamps. Over each store was private
apartment, like club room, furnished with
many tcakwood chairs around lockwood
table hung with bannerets displaying mot
toes and good wishes for all who ente.od. In
these rooms the merchants entertain their
customers, serving precious cups of caravan
tea, without either milk or sugar, and in the
tiniest little cups, to their Chinese friends,
and big, foamins glasses of champagne to
American or other Caucasian friends.-Jul-
ian Ralph.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
The WAYS of tho Reporter.

Reporters differ in many ways. Some are
purely descriptive, in some bump of humor
is maGnificentiy developed, some permeate a
story, short or long, with induces of person
ality. Others are cast iron in recital, and
make their stories rs piquant as an algebraic
problem. A good reporter, gifted with natu-
raj spirits and health, is g thing of beauty
and JOY forever in any well regulated news
paper Office. Every door is open to him, and
the field of life is spread before him with its
sunshine and its shadow In the course of an
evening he talks with presidents and walks
with princes He sits with the sorrow
full and mourns with the humble. In church
to-day. in jail tomorrow; merrily dancing
with Arion this evening, deep down in coal
pits with striking miners some other even
ing Now he interviews magnate of the
land, and now takes the dying deposition of
o butchered thief. Part of an evening is
spent at cathedral fair, part in a political
meeting, part in police headquarters, part in
the debris of a railroad collision. No place
is too sacred, none too lowly, no man too
high, too rich, too great for him to ap-
proach; none too poor, too humble for him
TO serve
He is as much at home in the palace of q
millionaire as in a hospital ward of prison.
He writes with equal readiness the glib utter
ances of a befrillcd bishop, and the harrow
ing confessions of poor devil in the Tombs.
a good reporter must be discreet. How
much he hears that he cannot tell; how much
he knows that il would not be fair for him to
reveal-Joe Howard in New York Graphic.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07

had previously been developed, nodded his
thanks and hurried toward the finish.
Catching glimpse of tho old sawdust ring
in the flames, he was carried of to Texas.
"Of course you've been to a circus he con-
tinued, giancing across at his listener. The
latter nodded and smiled. "WeH. then.n
continued the old man, may be you have no
ticed that just as jumper touches the
ground after making somerset, or two or
three of EN-, the man with the bass drum
hits it hard-once" The listener nodded
again ''You may have thought that the
bass drum might just as well have been kept
out of the actI No! Oh, you didn't think
anything about it That shows how much
talent is thrown away in this world Let me
tell you the jumpers expect that thump and
listen for it. and when man has taken two
somersets off high springboard he doesn't
feel safe until he hears the notes Of the bass
drum Then he knows be has landed, and.
if he has struck on his feet, that he is all
right.
The 'Leaping Deer was our prize Jumper.
His name on the bills was the 'Leapinc Deer
His own name was Bill Mccarthy. His
great act was to jump off the board and turn
three sonersets before he reached the saw.
dust. He never could do his act without
the bass drum. Even at rehearsals had
to be on hand to give him his cue He
always wound up the jumping performance
with his three somerset act. When he made
his spring was all ready for him, had the
stick poised and ready to strike saw him
turn in the air and said to myself: Once
Then I watched him turn again end said:
Twice always did this as sort of pre-
caution. l saw him turn the third time and
thought to myself that he never did the act
in better shape, and them don't know
what made me do it, hit the drum with all
my might l could feel my hair rise a.
heard tho old drum boom, for the 'Leaping
Deer wasn't within two feet Of the ground.
He heard it too, and the effect on him was
worse than on me- He had been coming
down all right until he heard the drum.
The sound seemed to throw him all out Of
shape and he turned again and struck on
his head"
"Hurt" asked the listener.
"Coliar bone and an arm broken" replied
the old man, land he didn't come to for half
an hour. 1t wound up the performance for
that night, and it wound me up to date.
How! Why, when the show closed the wo-
man with the steel Jaw said 1t was my fault
that she bungled. The elephant trainer said
my work on the drum had driven his beast
crazy, and everybody in the show blamed me
for McCarthy's accident. He didn't bear me
any illwill, but he said if hadn't hit the
drum ahead of time he'd nave landed all
right. The management said l had to go,
and went l soon got another job, but my
nerve was gone. l couldn't play in correct
time, and pretty nearly broke up tho show.
had to 60 again, but my reputation got the
start Of me and l couldn't get job.
haven't had decent job since. Why9 Well,
if you had played the bass drum for thirty
years you'd find trouble in accommodating
yourself to anything else, and that's my
case"
One more glass, and the old cx-bass drum
mer went his way.-New York Times.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
4ssSS.NNilaM
Daily &C Eagle
TO NY CELL.

II you could speak, prison cell,
What wild, sad stories you could tell!
OF broken hearts and Iaaddened brains,
OF wasted lives and quilts deep stains,
OF instructed energies, of talents iiung away
OF mental agonizing pains, Of physical decay.
The youth who started in LIES fight
With courage high and young hopes bright,
His fathers hope. his mothers pride,
Perchance upon your bed has died
DiSgraced, degraded, il his prime,
Wrecked Oh the fatal rocks OF crime.
May be n murderer HIS lain
With bursting heart and frenzied braiS
And seen upon your walls so white
His CORY victim through the night,
Till, with his deadly terror's yell,
You'd ring and echo, dismal cell.
You may have held man whose name
For honor once had goody fame,
BY all respected and loved well;
Yet in his gray Old age he fell.
And. perhaps. at thoughts Of happier years,
The floor was wet by his hot tears
The thief's pale corpse. the murderers yell,
The old mans tears, O Greary cell.
Seem lowering, floating through my gloom,
Like ghosts around some haunted tomb,
Whiic in my ears the days last bell
Ee-echoes like funeral kuell
C. II. O'Neil, q Prisoner.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
Buying q Pony in Thibse.

Traveler-Oh, Aga (nastsry Of horses
wilt thou sell ponyi Master Of the String
tbluniy)-We are going TO Calcutta and ask
Loo rupees each. What viii the gentleman
offeri Trs-eler-Ask him how much q
pound-mane and tail included-bs viii take
Syce Gin ecstasies Of laughter, almost unable
to articulate to the shikari-The sahio wishes
to know how many pice . sssr the pony is
worth Master Cooking poset-The pony is
Of iron legs and fat abdomen; be il . RAJ ah :
bora I will take 500 ruPeea Traveller
Toll him the horse squints and dos not talk
Hindos.ani How can an English gentleman
ride such an animali Master beginning
dimly 70 spprehend JOKE and breaking into
. Thibeeau sEuile,-very well, viii reduce
his price to $50 rupees. Traveler-Tell him
win give him 10 rupees and a choguI Of
millet besr.-The Highlands Of India, by Ma.
Gen d. J. F. Nswall
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
HEWITT ON PHYSICAL CULTURE.

Opposed to Pusilistic Resorts. but in
Favor of Boxing Gloves.
One of the vital questions affecting the ris-
ing generation which fathers and mothers
often consider, and are in great doubt about,
is what form Of exercise their boys and
young men should be encouraged to take.
The Herald advised its correspondents some
time ago to get opinions on the subject from
men Of prominence.
Mayor Abram s. Hewitt said: 81 am q
physical wreck, and ought to have been in
my grave ten years ago. Yet l made o
speech, as you recall to me, a few seasons
ago to the members Of the Young Mems
Christian association on the subject of physi-
cal culture. believe that would today be
a strong, hearty man if had early acquired,
and constantly practiced, reasonable ath-
letic exercises / was instrumental In estab-
Listing the gymnasium in the Christian asso-
cations building, and / decidedly coun-
teEanced the introduction there Of boxing
gloves at a time when the innovation was
opposed. Sparring is now a countenanced
sport there, but bumners, loafers and fight
ers don't get into the premises, and the spar
ring is as gent!emanly a. checkers.
''But since I have been tho mayor have
cleaned New York city Of pugilistic resorts.
You remember that the Bowery used to be
dotted with drinking saloons with roped
rings at their rcars, wherein nightly boxing
matches were tho attraction for gatherings
Of buns and novices. There shall be no pub
lie exhibitions in this town by professional
pugilists, except Of SO mild sort that the
law is not violated thereby. Any senblance
Of fights, no matter if the gloves are as big
as pillows, shall DO prevented. But sparrins
for exercise is quite another thing. l see no
good reason for the discontinuance Of spar
ring by boys and young men in reputable
gymnasiums, in their homes, or anywhere
that it is not surrounded by vicious persons
Our incest girls dance in their parents par
lors and at approved balls, but thnt does not
imply desire or their part to go to disrepu-
table dance halls for the diversion. The same
should be true of boxing By tho boys. No,
no; don't forbid the boxing gloves. Encour-
age all manly and becoming sports, and only
stop them within the borders Of propriety."
Boston Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
Cure for Germs.

For corns put a small quantity q strong
vinegar into tea cup and cruUable some
bread into it; let it stand half an hour, then
put . little On . strip Of cloth and bind
around the toe, with the pouisice over tbs
corn; it can Be taken out the next morning,
but if the corn Is an obstinate one it viii 70
quire two or three applications to eject q
curA-Beston Budget
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
The German ReichstaS.

The relative strength of parties in the Ger
man rc;chstag. which differs very little from
what it was at the beginning Of the last sss-
sion. is: Conservatives, including Imperial
lists and Free Conservatives, HI; Clericals or
Center, 1Ol; Poles, Is: National Liberals, %,
LiberaliStS ProgresSists, or Radicals, "a;
Social Democrats, II; Independents, includ-
ing the Alsace-Lorrainers, %; total. 3e7.-
Chicago News
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
An Unjust Criticism.

Countryman lin q Bowery picture gallery,
The cows is ell right, an the trees look
kinder material. but the river there behind
'em is painted mighty poor.
Dealer-If you are up in art at all my
friend, you. will know it is impossible to
make water and oil mix well.
Countryman is convinced and buys the
picture-New y rk Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
Training Cats and Rats

A trainer Of animals in Paris gives the fol.
lowing account of the way il which he trains
cats and rats 60 live on friendly terms. Tax.
ing cat and a rat each by the back Of the
neck he bring their heads nearer and nearer
together. accustoning them gradually to
each other until finally their noses meet.
This practice at length seems 70 please them
Chicago Times.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07

Inquirine Child-Nauma, MrA Biinfs
calls herself Hrs John Thomas Blinks, and
Mrs.. Minis calls kerseH Mn. CA;herins
Blank Minks Which u right
Fashionable AAmma-Both arc right
both arer
yes A married lady retains her father
name II be Is greater man than Der hus-
band. and takes her husbands nanae IL BE
is . greater 1aAu than keT father. @-Oraahs
World
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07

Wax piece OF butsonhols twist about two
and . half feet long. Tie each end strongly
70 snail peg and thrust tbs peg down ths
c-svics between the two sashss Of your south
ern or wesssrn window, stretching the silk ~
tight Is possible II VIII surprise you with
the sweetness aad variety OF the tones tie
wind viii bring from it-Boston BudxSk
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
OLD OCEAN SPEAKS.

!, with my hammer pounding evermore
The rocky coast, smite Andes into dust,
Strewing my bed, and, in another age,
Rebuild q continent Of better men.
Then unbar the doors; my paths lead out
The exodus Of nations: disperse
Men to all shores that front the hoary main.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
BROKEN ANCHORS.

Where the junk shops shadows sleep
And the spiders brood and spin,
Broken anchors rusting lie
With the wreckage OF the deep.
Silent here the streets loud din:
Silent here the roar of sea;
But uprise strange wraiths to me.
And imploring voices cry:
let us lie and rust and mold,
Human junk shops everywhere
Foster meath your outer sky.
In the crazy race for gold
Human ships are looted bare!
Deadlier wrecks, in sadder fate,
Break beneath the storms Of hate;
While despairing voices cry!'
Edgar L. Wakeman.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07

Some of the Californians use Calf In
stead Of Gal as an abbreTiation Of theil
states name, being thus oddly inpelled by
the similarity of Gal to Col"
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
Letting Well Enough Aloue,

Landlady-Jane, pass Mr.. Dumley the salt
for his egg.
Dumley-Thanks. not any salt This egg
Is none too fresh as it is.-New York Sun
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07

A teaspoonful of borax put in the Last
water in which clothes are rinse<i will whiten
them surprisingly. Pound the borax 50 il
will dissolve easily
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07

Cold black tea is said to be good for keep
ING the hair in curl
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
Excursion :. Tickets

To San Diego, Los Angeles San
Francisco and all California
points, via the Great Southern
Route, good for Ex months with
stop over privileges and
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07

Gen. Sheridan's children are among the
prettiest and most simply dressed in Wash
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07
CHOICE OF ROUTES RETURNING.

For time tables and Information
write or call at City Ticket office.
l27 4 ain St, Wichita, Kan.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07

Plate, Window, Ornamental d
Stained GlAss, ana painter SUD
nUea %
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07

On all trains 70 Kansas City
and st. Louis. Through Pullman
Sleeping Cars to Kansas City on
all night trains also through
pullman sleeping cars daily TO
St Louis on the morning train
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-07

n. G. KEERAE.
Pass q T!cke. Agent.