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The St. Johns herald., 1889-07-11

A French savant, in curious in- vestigation, has discovered that red has been the most prominent color in literature from tbe time of Lucian to the present day. Writers show a marked tendency to discover red things, for the reason that "blue in nature is not very conspicuous, and yellow, though more common in flow CTS, has @ tendency to lose its individ- uality in whiteness; but red is so con- spicuous because of its contrast to green, which is the preponderating color in nature"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-07-11
THE FATAL SONNET.

Be wrote sonnet, short and sweet. About his lady's fairy feet
 And placed 1t where 'twould catch Ter cyl When she should enter, by and by. And he sang soft and he sang gay As from the house he went away; For he was glad of what he'd done, | And thus the little sonnet run: -' I hear my lady's footsteps fall, Upon the stairs and in the hall,
 As lightly as when the elves advance Upon the green in merry dance; It is my love, my love, my love, Descending from her bower above" A villain came upon the scene,
 Dark-browed was he as stormy night And raven were his locks, and green
 His eyes shone out V th jealous light; He spied the sonnet, and between
 Each open line he swiftly wrote, With pencil dipped in gail and spleen, What changed the tenor Of the note; Then no selessIy he went away, AS night does fee from bright-eyed day. Then came the maiden, richly dressed In silk and gold, and to her breast Her two white hands were lightly pressed; And when on tables spacious round She saw the sonnet from her lover,
 Her fond. true heart gave such bound lt made her blush bright red all over; Alas! her joy took wings and fed,
 F. this is what the maiden read: "' hear my lady's footsteps fall
 As loud as any dragon is- C. on the stairs and In the hall,
 Driving away my dream of bliss; AS lightly as when elves advance
 She thinks she steps, alackl aIack! Upon the green in merry dance,
 What elfn t.amps with such a whacki II Is my love, my love, my love,
 The goose, the golden egg shalllay, D.scending from her bower above,
 To name for me the fatal day" Twas deadlier than Egypt's asp, And. with a shv yer, shriek and gasp.
 She tore the sonnet thrice in twain, And loved a poet ne'er again.
 -J. P. Siolander, in Yankee Blade.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-07-11
CATTLE BRANDS.

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left ear, upperbit in right ear Wattle (varuga) on jaw, under mouth. C on left jaw (cheek2; bulls c on left cheek only. Flooded stock c on left cheek and c on left ribs.
 HENRY HUNING Post office: Show Low Arizona Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek, Laguna Ortega and iaguna SaladA.
 Horse brand C C left shoulder.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-07-11

A Yale graduate, who was a stu dent about thirty years ago. said. in speaking of changes that had taken place since his time: ''I never knew whether to attach any significance to it or not, but when I was there the law school adjoined the jail, the medical college was next the cemetery. and the divinity school was on the road to the poorhOuse
The St. Johns herald., 1889-07-11

-"Another lie nailed" said clerk as he nailed Selling Out at Cost |" sign on the door.-Life.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-05

Now that the browning glory OF the
postotlice department has been accom-
plished, carrying the mails from the At
lantic seaboard to the Pacific coast in los
hours, there is time to consider other i'm
proyements, and New Mexico and Colora-
do come under the latter head OF late the
postolfice department has been making
some changes in the railway mail service
down this way that ought to facilitate
business. Generally an excellent class Of
new postmasters is being named through
out New Mexico, and already the benef-
cent effects of this attention is being felt
and appreciated by the public.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-05

Mr.. G. A. HAMMOND, cashier of the
Central National bank at Pueblo, Colo,
and who is interested in Santa Fe real
estate, in renewing his subscription writes
to the New MEXICAN as follows:
81 feel that paper doing what You are
doing for the good of the community
should be supported.
You have large contract on hand to
straighten out Santa Fe county's manage
ment, but | wish you success"
Mr.. Hammond is a successful and well
known business man in Pueblo, and
holds very responsible position. Being
a tax payer here, he OF course watches
the good work the New MEXICAN is
doing, and, we are glad to see, appre-
ciates it. Praise from such sources is
praise indeed.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-05

For thirty years and moe the country
has been wrestling with the Mormon
problem. A good many laws have been
passed to meet the exgencies of the
case, or rather with that end in view
theorists have held the floor for the past
decade in all manner OF schemes for
downing the hydra-headed monster of
polygamy, and the combined wisdom Of
the land was long ago aroused against it.,
but the faith" seemed to prosper under
such persecution, as they style it. Now,
however, western judge has gone more
eff ctively into the business of knocking
out Mormonism than the whole myriad
OF his predecessors.
Judge Anderson, of Utah, declares that
Mormon aliens can not become citizens
of the United States. In deciding test
case he says: "rhe evidence in this
case establishes, unquestionably, that the
teachings and practices and purposes OF
the Mormon church are antagonistic to
the government of the United States,
and are utterly subYersiye Of the good
morals and the well baiin.s~ei ~se>i ctr, and
that its i''"E1Ders are animated by feel
ings OF hostility toward the government
and its laws; therefore, an alien who is
member Of said church is not fit per-
son to be made citizen OF the United
States" Nothing has so thoroughly
routed and put to shame the Mormon
leaders as has this decision. 1t is one OF
the severest blows ever dealtthe Church"
and its teachings. Take from them their
citizenship; relieve them OF their political
power, and they are done for. There's
light ahead for Utah.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-05

THE farmers of this country established
the protection policy when there was
hardly any ether class Of industrialists in
the country. They no longer hold the
same immense preponderance, but they
are still greatly in the majority and their
votes could do away with the prevailing
policy of protection whenever they so
choose. So far no such indication of any
such purpose is apparent.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-05
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5.
SEC. NORIElS REPORT.

The remarkable growth of the west and
the gradual clearing up of all the OBJ
Btacles now affecting that growth i'm
presses one while reading the report OF
the secretary Of the interior, just laid be-
fore congress. The land Office has been
brought out of the slough Of despond in
to which the vests arch enemy, Andrew
Jackson Sparks, had plunged it. During
the year patents were issued for twelve
and three quarter million acres OF land,
and the cash sales amounted to nearly
$9,500,000 The country's metal prod
ucts for the fiscal year were valued at
1858, PAS, 4O3, non-metallic productions
running these figures up to $685., 150, 1881.
The mineral product OF the country in
creases from year to year at a gratifying
rate.
The secretary speaks at length Of the
railroad land grant question, suggesting
that congress should certainly have the
moral courage to take definite action by
FORGETTING those lands unearned and per-
fecting title to those that have been
earned, and on the subject Of private land
grants the secretary also speaks in terms
that can not be misunderstood. "Legis-
lation is absolutely necessary on this sub
ject," says Sec. Noble. "The present
condition works constant private injury
and is national discredit."
Congress is asked to settle definitely its
course toward the arid lands and act
promptly and generously toward the peo-
pie OF the west. The education of the In
dian is treated with spirit that is fully
abreast of the times, and it is suggested
that the American common school system
should be afforded all Indians who are al
lotted land in severalty. Laws for the
better protection OF coal, mineral and tim
Der lands are recommended. Congress is
also urged to enact laws to better protect
Indian lands from unlawful intrusion and
to devise measures for investigating and
settling Indian depreciation claims. The
secretary dismisses the question OF pen
sions in few well chosen words; he
would have confined to well ascertained
limits the claims of those who demand
pensions. Regarding the increase Of PEN
sions for widows and children, partial dis
abilities and inequalities in rates regarding
the granting of pension to soldier who
had been dishonorably discharged, the
secretary says it was in strict construction
OF law, but recommends a distinct act be
passed affecting all cases hereafter, and
prohibiting pension to any one dishonora-
bly, discharged.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-05

and splinter. When Ross was governor
he only put son, daughter and Il
nephew into Office, besides import0tions
from Kansas. One of his appointees
held two Offices at the same time for years,
both being lucrative offices. And now
Ross howls stop thief" and tries to make
d mountain out of mole hill. But the
bubble of his pretentions is easily pune
tured, and when so punctured yanishes
quickly into air.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-05
PHYSICIANS.


TIT UT
Faculty Of Paris and Madrid. Diseases OF The
Eye specially. Office, pelgado building, low
eT Frisco street.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-05
THE AUSTRALIAN SYSTEM OF VOTING.

To the Editor of the New Mexican.
BosToN, Nov. 80, 1881 send you
herewith an Australian" ballot, think
ing you may not have seen one. The
system tried here at the last election has
met almost universal approval. The leg
isloture appropriated 100000 10 meet the
necessary expenses, and the authorities
spared no pains in preparing for its
successful inauguration, so that even the
small annoyances that usually attend g
new and complicated thing were mostly
avoided.
One ticket, as you see, contains all the
names to be voted for, and is prepared
and officially worked by the state. 1t in
cludes the names OF the regular party
nominees and any independent" who
can show a respectable following. The
voter marks with an in the prepared
margin the names he wishes to vote for.
Many more voting places are required
than by the old system, some 800 in
City VI llllo SlAc. n ldtiSC uulllbCl VI tIlt
school houses and other public buildings
were used in the recent election, and
where these were not available, light frame
buildings called booths, were set up in
streets and squares. These are portable,
and can be taken down and stored for
future use. The voter enters the build
ing and is admitted past the railing into
the sanctum sanctorum by guard sta
toned there. He announces his name,
and if it is found on the list, he is handed
a folded ticket. and this is the first time
he has ever seen the formidable document
He turns into one of the stalls at the side
of the room where are facilities for mark
ing, and, alone with his duty and his con-
science, if these enter into his make up,
he prepares his ballot. A rather lone
some and undressing moment for many
an old voter, you will say. OF ,urse, he
may have fresh 50 bill in his vest pocket,
but that is doubtful, as the delivery of
the goods" must be left to his quien sabe
honor. When his ballot is ready he puts
it folded as before into the ballot box, and
his name is called out by one of the in
spectors and checked from the list. He
has voted and returns to the open air re-
sponsible for what he has done. Whittier
must have had this kind of voting in mind
when he wrote the lines:
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-05

TERMS:
D ''lv per year. $1,000 Weekly pcr year. $500
SIX months ..... 500 Siy months .... LIST
Three months $50 Three months .... LOO
One month ...... 100
Daily delivered by carrier % cents per week.
hates for standing advertiser, 2lys made known
on application.
Al Communications intended for publication
must be accompanied by the writer's namo and
sddress-uot for publicattou-but as su evidence
of good faith, AM should be addressed to the
editor. Letters pertaining to business should
be addressed to NEW MEXICAN Printing Co.
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
EEsF- Entered as secoud Glass matter at the
Santa II Post Office.
GE<~1he NEW MEXICAN Is the Oldest news
paper in New Mexico. 1t is sent TO every Post
Office in the Territory and has a large and grow
ing circulation emong the intelligent and pro-
gressiva people OF the southwest.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-05

Ex-Gov. Ross, whose administration
was q stencil in the nostrils OF the people
of New Mexico, complains because U. S.
4 Marshal Romero appointed as one of his
deputies, in fact, as his chief deputy, his
son, Mr.. Serapio Romero. And thereat
the great gubernatorial failure howls nep-
otism. Another illustration of the beam
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-05
Ills ballot falls soft
AS snowflake on the sod.
ret executes the freemau's will
As lightning does the will OF God.

As lightning does the will OF God"
The proud privilege of "voting" your
fellow citizens in "blocks" or singly, or Of
doing ''hard days work at the polls" is
gone, and many a patriot las lost his
vocation.
Each voter is allowed five minutes in
which to vote, or more if no one is wait
ing. Ii he spols his ticket he can return
it and get another, but the third is the
last. All tickets furnished The inspectors
must be accounted for in the returns, and
the whole business must check up. Ii a
voter is blind or otherWisr incapacitated
he may be assisted by ti!e inspectors in
preparing his ballot. Several may be
preparing their ballots at the same time,
so that the process is not as slow as might
be supposed.
The booths are still standing and Boston
will vote again on the 10th of December
at the city election. The prospects for
the reelection of Mayor Hart are con-
sidered good, but it will require the same
rousing enthusiasm that carried the day
last year against the enemy of the schools
and honesty in the city government.
E. d. T.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-24
MIRED' In THE MUD.
No Chnncs to Ger Oil Well Supplies into
the Territory.

No Chnnce to Ger Oil Well Supplies into
the Territory.
There is but little chance to develop oil ter.
ritory now, except close to the railways. The
mud is axle deep in most places, owing to the
condition of the country roads. Material can
not be transported only when the mud is in a
thin fluid condition. The wind Of Sunday and
yesterdays sun, has for miles in the CHARTERS
Valley fields dried the mud to the consistency
of shoemaker's wax. The withdrawal of a
horses foot is followed by report as loud as a
pistol shot, and the revolution of wheels dis
places it SO that it is dangerous for horse to
navigate. Many thousands of dollars were
worse than wasted on these roads last year. and
the same has been the case each year for three
generations past. With their usual fatuity.
the supervisors are dumping a few broken
sandstone here and there, and the result is a
mixture somewhat resembling plum pudding.
and as bad for horse comfort as the pudding Is
for human digestion. Where the mud is still
roads, making driving as uncomfortable as it
was on the old-time corduroy road
In consequence of the situation but little
news could be had from the fields A com
missioner was sent on Sunday evening to
learn something of the operations on Montour
not heard of last evening apprehensions were
felt that he might have been swamped or. pos-
sibly, laid out by hard cider. the only stimulA.
ing beverage abundant in that section.
At the PittsburE CHARTERS and Youghio-
gheny Railway crossing. in CHARTERS, river
OF mud has been pushing its way down the
road for several weeks and gives employment
to squad of men, who shovel necessarily in
order to prevent the trains being swamped. 1t
might be good idea to assist all the mud off
the hill roads and use it to fill the overflow
land at CHARTERS. A solid hill would then be
left on which decent road might be made.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-24
GUN WAH IN TROUBLE.
The Chihese Physician Of Penn Avenue I'm.

The Chihese Physician Of Penn Avenue I'm.
INJURED In the Bastile.
The arrest of G. A. Bernard and the Chinese
physician, Gun Wah, who have for some time
been giving herbal decoctions as per advertise
ments in an Orientally- decorated place on Penn
avenue, caused no little excitement around the
Central station last evening. Gun Wah, or, as
the police, who have not yet perfected the study
of the signal code. called him, Gun Wad. was,
divested Of his Oriental robes in which he pre-
scribes mint tea and other sovereign remedies,
a very plain little Chinaman with wise look
and childlike and bland smile, the former be-
hind pair Of smoked spectacles and the latter
in front.
AS he pensively watched the bars Of the
Central station he was consulted by q DIS
PATCH reporter on the state of the latter's
health, and replied with the wise look and the
bland smile alternately on questions touching
pathological subjects. When asked where he
procured his diploma as q physician, the tech
nicalities did not seem to trouble him. and he
promptly answered China" In reply to the
question what part of China he came from, he
answered: Canton"
Mr.. Barnard, who was understood to be man.
aging the medical firm, was bailed out in 81 600
by Mr.. Taylor, one of the Hamilton House pro-
pristors, but the 1gurehead of the concern,
Mr. Gun Wah, remained behind the bars at
midnight. Inspector McAleese has made in
formation against both for practicing medicine
without diploma. and various other offenses
which they will have to explain before Judge
McKenna to-day,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-24
THE CHIEFS SAY so.
Comment Upon the Board of Under
writer's Action.
CHEF BROWN AND M'CANDLESs.
A Question as to q Conference Held Yes
terdsy.
CHEF EVANS MAKES A STATEMENT

It was rumored yesterday that Chief
Brown, of the Department of Public Safety,
had received letter from the Board of
Underwriters asking conference on the
subject of the Monongahela House fire, and,
it was said, asking the dismissal of Chief
Evans. Mr.. Brown, when asked about the
subject said that no conference had been held
and no committee had waited upon him on the
subject.
Major W. G. McCandless. President Of the
Board Of Underwriters. was sought several
times during the day, but was away from his
office each time on business, the last time hav-
ing started for Nimick station and thence
home. About IL P. M. he was asked by tele-
phone whether he had had a conference with
Chief Brown, and he said he had at least chat
on the subject of the fire in question The let
ter asking for the conference, be said, did not
sal of Chief Evans requested. He said the
general talk was on the protection from hre OF
the property of the citizens Noconclusion was
reached and no definite steps taken.
Chief Evans was seen last night, and said: "I
do not want to appear as boasting, or as putting
myself forward, but will say this that never
have seen better managed fire, and have
v1dicasoO OOU Of ths e men not q % myself of nO
man could have an eye on every side Of fire
like that. Had the people who frst discovered
the nre reported IL IN time, q BaDcOck womb
have extinguished it. You can inquire for
yourself from the man who gave the alarm"
John Paisley of Engine Company No. z said:
"a man ran over TO me on the morning OF the
fire about ll:30 and asked me to come over as
there was a blaze. I started with him, and
passed through the barroom running, when the
man behind the bar said: Don't make such a
noise, you will disturb the guests
'.Back of the bar met Mr.. Anderson, who
also said, Hush; don't make a disturbance
but went through and heard the fire whoop-
ing up one elevator shaft. didn't mind dis
turbing people, but rushed back, pulled the
box and skipped to the hotel again to find the
fire swooping up the other shaft, ana no Bah
cock could tackle it then. We did the best we
could with the blaze, and put the hose at the
source of the fire, as we were there first, which
accounts for the heavy engine having that work
to do, while the later arrivals had to attend to
the outside work"
"You can add" said Chief Evans, "to your
statements that with the smallest engine in the
we can throw water on top Of that
building or to any part of 1t. but as there is no
salvage corps here we directed our engines to
putting out the fire and succeeded with proba-
bly, as small a loss as any hotel fire ever
showed"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-24
HIS RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
DR.. Hays Relations With the Central
Church DissOIved-Rev. Hunter to Eli
the Pulpit Next Sunday.


DR.. Hays' Relations With the Central
Church DissOlved-Rev. Hunter to Fill
the Pulpit Next Sunday.
The resignation of DR.. ]. N. Hays as pastor
of the Central Presbyterian Church was ac-
cepted yesterday by the Presbytery and the re.
latiops between the pastor and that congrega-
tion dissolved. Rev. W. M. Hunter viii preach
the sermon in the church next Sunday.
An adjourned meeting of the Presbytery was
held yesterday afternoon to take action on the
requested dissolution. At the last meeting the
congregation of the Central Church was cited
to be represented at the next meeting and show
the reasons why the relations between them
selves and DR.. Hays should not be dissolved.
The meeting was opened by Rev. II. &. Fergu-
son. who acted as Moderator.
DR.. Hays stated that he asked the dissolution
of the relationship because the covenant had
been broken. he became pastor of the church
trustees that his salary for the next year would
be only s., 800. John Ogden, George Irwin and
W. z. Armstrong were present as Commis-
sioners of the Central Church.
Mr.. Irwin read the report of the meeting
which contained only the\ facts of the appoint
ment OF the commissioners and the concur
renee of the congregation in the request of
DR.. Hays. DR.. Robinson then stated that the
rest of the report should be dispensed with as
it would serve only to breed ill-feeling. and was
unnecessary as both parties were willing to
separate.
NJ. H. Tweed, member of the Presbytery.
also Of the Central Church, stated that in JUS
tiee to the congregation of his church, and to
the trustees. the report should be read. as it
cleared the action Of the trustees over which a
cloud of suspicion seemed to rest. The Ques-
ton OF the dissolution was put to the vote and
unanimously carried. The commissioners then
left the church.
Mr.. Tweed then asked that Rev. W. M. Hun
ter be made moderator, and preach the sermon
next Sunday at the Central Church, and also
declare the pulpit vacant. The request was
granted by the Presbytery.
DR.. Campbell offered q resolution which was
testimonial to the works. sincerity and high
moral qualities of nr. Hays. 1t was unani-
mously carried.
Rev. John Fox introduced the following sub
stltute resolution which was passd.
RESOLVED, That committee be appointed to
visit the Central Church and confer with the ses-
sion of the congregation so far as may be neces-
sary to learn whether there are any circumstances
connected with the dissolution of tho pastoral re-
lationship of DIR. Hays which requires the atten-
ton of the Presbytery.