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Time Roll, Its Ces.eless Course.

T1mc ROLE lLo CeA8eleBs CouI1cs
Invention has been succeeded by invention,
tending to the benefit Of mankind; till tho
very elements have become subservient to his
will. Witness the winged lightning trained
to become feet and trusty messenger, the
placid water converted into power, the like
Of which surpasses the understanding.
The cunning, craft and ingenuity Of man
have achieved wonders for his amelioration,
comfort and requirements.
Under this connection 1t may not be out Of
place to note Of what service DR.. Railway has
been to his fellow men in discovering and
compounding, safe and reliable Medicines for
the Relief of pain, and for the cure of disease.
DR.. Railways Medicines, so long and favor
ably known to the public, have never been
more popular than of the present time. Their
excellence extends all over the world. They
ARE alike welcomed by the rich as by the poor.
in all properly stored homes Railways Ready
Relief, Sarsaparillian Resolvent or Railways
Pills are sure to be found. Dr; Radway,s
Medicines can at ell times be relied upon, each
to perform its proper function.
Railways Ready Relief is q sure antidote for
pain. is quicker in its operation, and more pow
serful than any other preparation; While II ls
entirely tres from the dangerous effects or
many which numb the senses and clog the cir
culation.
Railways Ready Relief is safe, reliable and
effectual because of the stimulating action
which it exerts over the nerves and vital pow
ers Of the body, adding tone to the one, and in
citing to renewed and increased vigor the
slumbering vitality of the physical structure,
and through this healthful stimulation and in
creased action, the cause of the Pain Is driven
away. and natural condition restored. It Is
thus that the Ready Relief is so admirably
adapted for the cure Of pain and without the
risk Of injury which is sure to result from the
use of many of the so.called pain remedies Of
the day.
Railways Sarsaparillian Resolvent is the
great Medical Discovery Of the age for the
cure Of chronic disease. such as Scrofula In all
dts forms, Syphilis with its tremendous train
of evils, and Cutareous diseases of oil kinds,
often so difficult to cure and yet so formidable
and antagonistic to good health and to good
looks. =
Railways Pills. the only reliable substitute
for Calomel OF Mercury. are still the peoples
favorite purgatives; and a sure cure for Co.'S
Siveness, indigestion, palpitation and the kin
dred diseases Of thu bowels, liver and stomach
that result from over eating or use of improper
food or improper use of stimulants, or over
t1ow Of bile in the blood, and all cases where a
purgative cathartic, aperient or laxative Med
icine is required.
DR.. Railways Medicines can be had Of any
Druggist or ut most of the country stores.
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the valuable machinery remained in sight.
The two upper portions of the works were
swept away almost entirely, and under the
pieces of fallen iron and wood could be seen
the bodies of more than forty workmen.
At this point there is a bend in the river
and the fiery furnace blazing for quarter of
a mile square above the stone bridge came
into view.
''My Godr screamed woman who was
fastening up the track, "can it be that any
are in there"
"Yes, over a thousand" ;" replied man who
had Just came from the neighborhood, and it
is now learned that he estimated the number
at one thousand too low.
The scenes of misery and suffering and
agony and despair can hardly be chronicled.
One man, a clerk named Woodruff, was reel
ing along intoxicated. Suddenly, with a
frantic shout, he threw himself over the
bank into the food and would have been
carried to his death had he not been caught
by some persons below. ''Let me die he eH-
claimed, when they rescued him. "My wife
and children are gone; have no use for my
life" An hour later I saw Woodruff lying
on the ground entirely overcome by liquor.
Persons who knew him said that he had
never tasted liquor before.
Toughs Invade the Stricken Town.
Probably fifty barrels Of whisky were
washed ashore Just below Johnstown, and
those men who had lost everything in this
world sought solace in the fiery liquid. So it
was that as early as 6 o'clock last night the
shrieks and cries of women were intermingled
with drunkards' howls and curses. What
was worse than anything, however, was the
fact that incoming trains from Pittsburg
brought hundreds Of toughs who Joined with
the Slavs and Bohemians in rifing the bodies,
stealing furniture, insulting women and en-
deavoring to assume control Of any rescuing
parties that tried to seek the bodies under the
bushes and in the limbs of trees. There was
no one in authority, no one to
axe command Of even a citizens posse
could it have been organized. A lawless
mob seemed to control this narrow neck OF
land that was the only approach to the city
of Johnstown. I saw persons take watches
from dead mems jackets and brutally tear
finger-rings from the hands of women. The
ruffians also climbed into the overturned
houses and ransacked the rooms, taking
whatever they thought valuable. No one
dared check them in this work, and con-
seuuently the scene was not as riotous as it
would have been if the toughs had not had
sway. In fact, they became beastly drunk
after time and were seen lying around in a
Stupor.
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A correspondent of the New York World,
who was among the first to reach Johns
town after the awful disaster, sent the fol-
lowing vivid description of what he saw:
I have just come from Johnstown proper,
over rope bridge which was completed this
afternoon. I reached there at o'clock last
night, and tell only what I did see and do
know.
The mighty wave that rushed through this
Conemaugh valley on Friday evening cut g.
swath of death thirteen miles long. In its
way lay one Of the most thickly popu-
lated centres of the Keystone State,
and within a few minutes from the
time the dam at Lake Conemaugh
broke houses were rolling over one another
in mad whirl as they were carried by the
seething waters down the gorge between the
Endless hills. At Johnstown the whole cen
ter of the city was cut as if a mammoth
scythe had passed over the land At that
place was a large stone bridge Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, one of the strongest
that that company owns. The Conemaugh
River is crossed by it at an angle. Into this
angle houses, trees and fences that came
down the left side of the river rushed and
were piled one on top of another until the
arches under the bridge were closed, the cur
rent of the Conemaugh was changed and the
wreckage began to pile on high until rafters
and timberS projected above the stone. Then
the houses, nearly all crowded with people,
crashed one after another until this terrible
wreckage extended a half mile up the stream
No pen can tell the horror of the shrieks of
the thousands who were in the mass of float
ingruin.
Shortly after the blockade had formed, the
dry tlmbers Of the houses caught fire and the
mass nearest the railroad bridge became a
glowing furnace. Hundreds of people who
had not been drowned or crushed in the mad
rush downstream were burned alive. Their
shriekS as the flames reached them made the
most stout-hearted wiring their hands in agony
at their inability to render assistance. The
wind blew from upstream. The air became
filled with the grueSome odorS of burning
human flesh until at last the horrors to sight,
hearing and smell became so great that per-
sons in the vicinity We're forced to leave the
place. Meanwhile the greater bulk of houses
had gone down along the right bank. One
bridge, and then the food bore down upon
the thousands of homes and floated them
further westward in the Conemaugh.
It was only little after five Friday after
noon when the first warning came, and as it
had been raining heavily all day the citizens
of Johnstown and the neighboring hamlets
thought that the slowly rising waters only
meant light flood. Thus the inhabitants
were either grouped in windows or in the
would be an imposing spectacle, but nothing
more. No one seemed to think it necessary
that they should take to the hills, and so all
were caught in the fearful rush.
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Dobbins's Electric Soap has been made forA
years. Each years sales have increased. In
i88S sales were 2,O17,820 bo1es. Superior quail
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Nasal Catarrh offered by the manufacturers of
DR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. so cents, by drug
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AFTER THE FLOOD.
Heartrending Scenesin Cone
maugh's Valley of Death.
Horrors Witnessed During a Walk
Along the Torrents Path.
Thrilling Stories and Pathetic
Incidents of the InundatiOn

A Swath Of Death Thirteen Miles
Long-Dead Bodies and Wrecked
Houses Everywhcre-The Survivors
Sleeping on the Ground-Roughs
Invade the Stricken Town-An Es-
innate of the Loss of Life.
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A Thrilling Story.

thrilling story. One of the most curious oc-
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THE sixteen buildings Of the Johns Hopkins
:Hcspital, o. Baltimore, have been finished at a
cost of S2Q5O00O.
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CHICAGO covers an area Of 81 square miles or
23. $50 acres, against 40 square miles in Phila-
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The Asgt esf-
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in tho wo ria
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KEY.

: KEY.
Conemaugh Lake and RESERVOIR tseu-
eral miles long and "A miles abo.e Johns
to,cn), whose broken dem flooded the vaNey.
B-To,p7p Of South Forks z, 600 inkabttants).
C-Minerat Point 900 tnhabitants. E
Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge, reported to
be s1Uept at0ay. D-Toror, of Coren1d'tgh
1850 inkabitants) 10 miles beloto the lake.
EWoodrale ECO inhabitantsI. G-Ldrge
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-05
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Messrs. r. W. Wootten, G. l.. Gould
W. c. Hurt, w. E. Dame and Attorney
Brydon, are up from Cerrillos on business
to-day.
Hon. W. r. Ritch, ex-secretary of New
Mexico, and now a prosperous cattle
raiser in Socorro county, came up last
night and will remain in the city several
days.
Hon. Tranquilino Luna, sheriff of Va
lencia county, is in the city from Las
Lunas. He stops at the Palace. His
many friends at the capital city bid him
welcome.
Capt. J. H. Riley, assessor of Dona
Ana county, who has been in the city
during the past week hobnobbing with
political and personal friends, leaves to-
night for Las Cruces, important business
calling him home.
Col. w. l.. Rynerson came up this
morning and will remain some little time.
He is here to look after some legislation
in which southern New Mexico is inter-
ested, and his presence means that it
will go through. His headquarters are at
the Palace hotel.
A private letter from Los Lunas an
nounces that Sol. Luna left there yester-
day for the Arizona line, taking with him
six men, who 60 to the rescue Of his sheep
herders. The latest concerning the fight
between the herders and cowboys is that
two of the herders were killed and four
wounded.
At the Methodist Episcopal church to-
morrow there will be the usual service at
ii a. IN. and 80 p. m. Sunday school
at 10 a. m. ; at 8 p. IN. a meeting will be
held at the church for the purpose of or
ganizing Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor. The week Of prayer
will be observed in this church. There
will be prayer service each evening OF
the coming week beginning at 1880. All
are cordially invited to the above services.
A new style of postal card comes in
with 1881. The new ones differ from the
old ones in that they furnish privacy to
the correspondence contained upon them.
They are very much like double card of
the present pattern. The back fold is
slit diagonally and opens square oil. The
four corners are folded and joined to-
gether in the center with q piece OF
gummed paper, when the card has been
written upon. The card weighs less than
half an ounce, and will contain the same
amount Of writing as those now in use.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-05

To enter into the spirit Of tho legends
and lore of the Gage Of Chivalry," We
must recall the various features and cere-
monies OF that period.
After the decline of the power of the
Roman empire the countries of northern
Europe remained for time destitute of
strong national governments and were
under the dominion of petty chiefs or
kings, who held local sway and sometimes
entered into alliances with each other for
the attainment Of some object of common
interest. In general they were opposed
to one another, the humber classes of
society were mertilessly oppressed by
their more powerful neighbors, and it soon
became apparent that some check must
be given to the aggressions of the lawless
power OF the chiefs or that society
must relapse into barbarism. The
chiefs imposed some limitation upon
each other by their mutual rivalries :;
the church exerted powerful influence
for the protection of the weak and from
the union of religious fervor and manly
generosity, courage and sense of right was
born what is called "chivalry"-a word
which stands to us for the ideal of the
heroic, in which We include our best con-
ceptions of human strength, valor, mod
esty, courtesy, justice, loyalty, compassion
for the weak, devotion to God and the
church. The word chivalry is derived
from cheval, the French for horse, and
was constituted Of knights. knight orr
ginally meant boy, or servant, but in
progress OF time was applied to young
man who was permitted to bear arms.
This privilege belonged only to youths of
families possessed Of influence or fortune,
the masses Of the people not beingallowed
the use OF arms. The knight then was q
mounted warrior, q man of rank, or in
the service of such Il man, and generally
possessed independent means of support.
In war he and his followers were in the
service Of his sovereign; in peace lie was
often at his sovereign's court, in atten-
dance at the banquets and tournaments
to which much of the leisure of princes
and men of fortune was given or he tray
ersed the land in quest Of adventure, pro-
fessedl righting wrongs and furnishing
oppressors and offenders or he devoted
himself to the fufllment of VOWS of reli-
gion and love. Thus wandering he was
called Il knight-errant and was a welcome
guest in the castles of the rich, but dis
dained not to rest in the hut of the peas
ant, or to stretch his wearied frame under
the starry sky wherever night overlook
him. Often, protesting to administer
Justice, these strolling warriors committed
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-05
EIlOcll.

The transition from long, lingering and
painful sickness to robust health marks an
epoch in the life of the individual. Such
remarkable event is treasured in the
memory and the agency whereby the
good health has been attained is CRATE
fully blessed Hence it is that so much
is heard in praise of Electric Bitters. SO
many feel they owe their restoration to
health to the use of the great alternative
and tonic. II you are troubled with any
disease of kidneys, liver or stomach OF
long or short standingyo you will surely find
relief by use of Electric Bitters. Sold at
30 cents and 81 4 bottle at c. NJ. Cream
er's drug store.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-05

New YORK, Jan. 5.--The following was
received by Richard X. Fox this morning
from st. Louis: Kilrain will sign articles
to fight John l.. Sullivan for $2J.00O and
the Championship Of the world at either
Toronto or Montreal. Both Mitchell and
Klrain emphatically deny that they have
any misunderstanding with Fox.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-05
Notice.

All persons indebted to or having claims
against w. 7. Blair formerly druggist
transacting business as such at Santa Fe,
N. NJ are hereby notified to pay such in
debtedness or present such claims to the
undersigned duly constituted trustee, at
his office in the Sena block, Palace avenue,
Santa Fe, N. NJ, without delay, and all
such claimants are hereby notified that it
will be necessary to have their claims so
presented before the LIST day of March, A.
D. 1889. GEO. w. kNAEBEL, Trustee.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-05

NJ. hrunSWlrk, esd, Il prominent cltl
zen OF Las Vegas. is in the city. He stop;
at the Palace.
Judge Elliott, C! Silver City, came il
this morning and viii he here some weeks
on legal business.
Miss Minnie Collier has this week been
the guest Of her friends, Misses May llud-
son and Anna Walker.
Mr.. A. Staab and family returned on
Wednesday last from six weeks very
pleasant visit to New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Gold leave to-mor-
row on pleasure trip to New York, ex-
pecting to be absent some weeks.
Col. Alex. Majors, Of Kansas City, lett
yesterday for a trip north over the narrow
gauge, expecting to return next week
Mr. and Mrs. +. w. Clancy, who have
been for the past two months on Il visit in
Washington, returned Oh Friday t. Santa
Fe.
Mrs. Rodey, wife OF the junior senator
from Bernalillo, is a guest at the Palace
hotel, and will be here throughout the
session.
Dudge John d. Bail, prominent and
we'll known lawyer Of Silver City, is in
the city to attend the sessions of the ter
ritorial supreme court.
Miss Mary Letton and C. A. Fox took
the prizes for the largest bubble" at the
soap bubble party at Mrs. j b. Schroe-
der's residence in Ration.
Miss Lottie Wlteman, daughter of
Hon. w. II. Whiteman, of Albuquerque,
has been visiting Santa Fe this week. She
left for home to-day and will return in a
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Phillips, who have
been on visit to Santa Fe for the past
two weeks, propose to return to their
home ut Morristown, N. j., during the
coming week.
| Representative Foster, of Sierra, pays
| our home talent Philharmonic Orchestra
very high compliment. He says he had
no idea Santa Fe could present such an
entertainment rs that of Thursday night
Santa Fe has now larger number Of
good musicians than ever before, and 9
general interest in musical matters Is
noted. Why can not we have Crane
choral and orchestral concert combined
Skating on the lake at Clarendon gar
den is most enjoyable in this delightful
weather. The ice is kept free from snow
rubbish, etc, and is in perfect condition
Mr.. Boyle makes very moderate charge
for the privilege Of skating and the rink
ought to be patronized by lovers of the
sport.
There is Il good deal of the old schoo
type OF craftsmanship about Hon. Pedr,
Perea. When he rises in the senate
everybody listens and he has an impress
sive way OF shaking his head, his right
hand on his watch chain, his left on the
desk, which reminds one of the histori,
lawmakers OF by-gone days.
Montezuma Lodge No. l, A. +. and A
Masons, has concluded to give reception
and dance to the Grand Lodge OF New
Mexico, on Tuesday evening, January Is
at the Palace hotel. The committee or
arrangements consists of Messrs Frost
Easley, Lindheim, Bartlett, S. Spiegel
berg and Gray. Invitations will be sen
out at an early date during the coming
week. The 10th infantry band will fur
nish the music.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-05
THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.

The concert given Thursday evening by
the Santa Fe Philharmonic orchestra was
in every way decided success. Too
much praise can not be given Mr.. Scho-
field, whose untiring energy and highly
cultivated musical taste, has done much
toward making this organization one Of
which every citizen may be justly proud.
The new members are great addition.
The playing Of Mr.. Lucca was exceedingly
fine, and was joy to the hearers, as was
that OF Mr.. Riddal. The cello solo was
exquisite, and the audience would have
gladly listened to its repetition. Miss
Schormoyer accompanied with great deli
cary and feeling Mrs. Frost's vocal solo
"Perplexity" was charmingly sung. Her
voice is very sweet of Il high, pure tone,
and merited the recall which the hearers
warmly gave. For an encore she sung
with much piquency and expression, the
pleasing Scotch ballad Somebody
Santa Fe hopes to hear her frequently.
The duet from "Iolanthe" by Messrs.
Hughes and Upton, was beautifully sung.
They were enthusiastically recalled and
charmed their hearers q second time by
Schubert's lovely "Serenade." Mrs. Z.
l.. Bartlett OBLIGATED at the piano
with her usual grace and effec-
tive INSTRUMENTATION. This has been
the most successful concert the or
chestra has yet given. The selections
were of that order usually only heard in
cities where the highest musical cultiva-
ton is attained. They were rendered
with taste, expression and brlliancy, and
citizens of Santa Fe should see to it that
whenever the Philharmonics appear they
should be. greeted with crowded houses,
and thus in measure receive the ell
couragement they so justly deserve.