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AN ODD sIGNALMAs.
A Baboon That works Railroad
Switches and Makes No Mistakes

illustrated News,
Tho b,bonn wbtcb figures In the
I'LL no,.n oharao.
iiit's.' "''o" "o"" r,
ter IN the tape 'o'ony pu' "ioro
particularly In the neighborhood OF
Port Elizabeth. The history attach
ing to him Is u curious and probably
unique one. The slgnalmnn, his
owner, was, through no fault OF his
own, run over by passing train
and had To have both legs ampu-
tatcd, which would naturally In
capa citate him for work, but the
idea struck him to secure baboon
and train him to do his work. This
he has successfully accomplished,
and for many years tho one In ques-
tion has regularly looked after tho
levers and done the hard work of
his afflicted master. The animal is
possessed of extraordinary intelli-
gence and has never made mis-
take. OF course, the human servant
works the telcgraphs and the baboon
the levers, according to instructions; (;
and, taking into consideration the
fact that at the station In question,
, 1890-05-22

he called, did not last over five or
ak minutes. Although not un-
familiar with such things, ! was
conpletely bewlldered. HOW uid
Unrbert Kill the last two lndiansT
He surely did not strangle them 10
death for he did not take suflicient
limo and he certainly did not pos
sess The strength to dislocate mans
neck while using but one hand
Why did he not shoot them ike an
orijnar, man would have doney
Was he q wizard. and what unseen
no,yers did he possess? While try
In0 to settle these and other ques-
tions of II similar nature .which
rapidly came to my mind, l over.
took my companion, VINO nay
writhing on the ground In apparent
agony, while his horse was quietly
grazing OH the grass near BY. -
Believing that he had been
wounded, / sprang to his side TO
render what assistance l could,
when he turned his face toward ME
and fairly hissed;
"For Gods sake, man, don
touch me; itll kill youW :,
His laws set, his eyes rolled ana
his features gave evidence OF the
most intense pain; great BEADS Oh
pcrspiration stood out on his prov
His limbs were twitchlng and his
entire frame was cOnvulsed.
never saw anyone suffer such agony
as Harbert did for the next five or
six minutes, and when the throes
became less violent he sa ~ an pd
began rubbing and beating his right
arm, repeating over and over again,
In n low moan, "Oh, itll XIII me,
itll bust; it'll break some time IN
cut it ofl;-cut ii oiiT' IL was fuliy
half an hour before the suffering
man was able to mount his horse
and ride TO the station, but in the
mea ntime he assured me no had
not been wounded by the Indians.
We reached Prescott the next
evening without any further en-
counter with the Indians, and dur
ing the day Herbert explained 70
me reluctantly--for lie was averse to
talking ON the subject-the nature
of his peculiar gift or ailment. IL
seems that he had possessed II since
childhood, and WAS inclined to at
tribute II TO the painful circunl'
stances attaching to his birth. ~
was never thoroughly developed
until he came into the Indian
country, when he found that by th'
sensation in his right hand he was
able To detect the presence, at con
siderable distances of his IN
herent foe, and also that
OF other people II they were to tn,
right of him. When unduly eN
cited or angry his electric hand, VI
as Harbert himself called IL, becam,
an instrument an certain death, in
simultaneously killing anyone upon
whom 1t was laid. After such oc
casions he invariably suffered th'
agony l had witnessed the day
before.
Poor Harbert never reached Santf
Fe alive, his dead body-stripped q
its flesh by the coyotes-havint
been found near Navajo spring
some two months after our meeting
The cause Of his death still remains
mystery, and his premature dc
mise unfortunately closed to thu
medical fraternity all opportunity
of asccrtaining the cause and dc
termining the nature Of the storage
power which | saw him exercise.
, 1890-05-22


We have two distinct bases for our
currency, OF different intrinsic value.
The gold dollar and tho silver dollar are
declared by statute 10 bs equally tho
unit Of value. and to be equally vaiu-
able, yet everybody knows that this is a
fiction. Moreover, all experience shows
that there can not 10, for any consider
able length OF time, constant ratio De.
tween the exchangeable values oi gold
and silver The statutory ratio is one
TO sixteen; that is tD say, the law
likes the weight of silver DOL.
lar at sixteen tipies that oi
a gold dollar. The real ratio oi
their values in the worlds cpmmerc Is
about to 23at this time and may be hyc
years hence l to 80. for nuslIt We know,
or 10 II. In ancient Egypt the ruler
fixed 1t at l to 2ts throughout the East
in the nth century 1t varied from l 10 .,
to TO 3 Herodotus states y as 10 ~,
In tho time Of Plato and xenophon IN
Greece II was 70 10; this was about the
ratio In the sixteenth century, though
II was at times TO II or Ito ~. In the
eighteenth century II became about 70
IL. and In the earlier part oi the present
century II stood TO is or TO l6x.
These facts show the absolute iinpossi'
bility OF fixing by law ratio which
shall correspond continuously to tha'
fixed by the law of supply and demand.
, 1890-05-22

wAsusGroN. May i7.--Colonel W. p.
Cnnady, sergeant -at-arms of the senate,
has decided 10 resig his position, and
1t Is said tonight that the resignation
will be communicated TO tho senate
Monday. Colonel Canady will remain
in Washington to represent the inter
ests of several large corporations n,
Washington. He has been sergsant-st-
artus Of the senate since 1881. There
sro two prominent candidates for ths
position, x-Reprcsentstivs Valentine
OF Nebraska. and ex-Sherih Luds, o
Philadelphia.
, 1890-05-22
AWFUL SUFFERING.
Fun Psrtiouiars Of the Burning OF
Tomsk.

ST. PETERSBURG, May iT,-Horrible
scenes are reported to have occurred
during the burning of Tomsk. The
place was visited simultaneously by a
conllagration and q cyclone, the result
being the destruction OF three-quarters
OF the town and the loss OF hundreds of
lives, The cathedral Is in ashes. The
walls fell and crushed the
adjacent hospital, burying the
inmates, and they were roasted
allvo. The garrison brutally refused to
render assistance In saving lives and
property. Tho bishop aud the priests
marched through the burning city with
sacrcd emblems and administered abso-
luton to tho dying. and blessed the
dead. The panic stricken sufferers hnd.
died together In the streets and firmly
believed that the end Of tho world had
come and there abandoned themselves
to hopeless despair. The sto. IN was fol.
lowed by sudden fall In temperature.
and soon the devastated city was buried
beneath mantle Of snow, which added
stinglng cold to the Thousands OF shelter.
less men, women and children
, 1890-05-22

LosDos. May i6.--Mr. Gladstone
writes to explain the passage In his
speech at the Golden club Monday,
In which hc said that protection es-
tended In America not only to goods,
but to persons. instancinR the treatment
OF the Chinese. He says that his re-
marks only applied to those cases whore
Chinese have not congregated In large
numbers. He admits that restraint in
needed where masses of Chinese produce
. deplofable secial condition.
, 1890-05-22

MELIINt fALt-
Where the days are piping hot,
In the heart OF Atricay,
Lived a lite Hottentot
In his simple, artless way;
There he woed a merry maid
Who was full OF happy fun,
Though twas ninety in the shade
And two hundred in the sun.
or her frizzy, kinky locks
The little maid was proud;
And she had toiiet-box
Which used to murmur loud;
or monkey. grease pomado
The toilet-box was full,
And the dusky little jade
Would rub It on her wool.
But alas one fatal day
They left the palm trees shade
That HOttentot so gay
And the merry little maid;
And the blistering burning sun
On their kinky heads shone full,
Till II focused on the one
With pomade upon her wool.
Then than maiden slowly fried
on the sands Of Afrcay,
And in agony she died
In a most hcartrending way.
And here and there a stain
That leads toward the shade
Is all that doth remain
OF that foolish little maid.
SAN 4. CLOVER,
PsLLErs FROM VARIOUS rEsrLEs.
There Is always room at the bottom
Of the soup.
Among the public speakers II IS notice
able that those who lose their head
usually keep their feet.
Pepper and salt are the best seasoning
for oysters. The summer season doesn'
do oysters much good.
II takes a woman two seconds to max,
up her mind, and four hours TO mako vi
her toilet.
A young man who was recently cx.
pelled from social organization is sale
TO have observed that he never befor,
realized how much force there is In 4
lub. foot
, 1890-05-22

"Lets see, yesterday was Robinson's
wooden wedding anniversary, wasn't
iP"
"Yes."
wonder II anybody went aroundr"
"Ycs went around in the evening"
ANY thing going on2"
"You bet Mrs. Robinson had Just
broken mop-stick to pieces over Robin
sons head. The floor was all Uttered up
with his whittlings Somebody had
tipped the wood box over. The cat was
cavorting around with n clothes-pin on
her tail. The children were playing see
saw with the breadsvoard, and the baby
was eating q box of matches. came to
tho conclusion that the Robinsens were
fully able 10 celebrate their own wooden
wedding. and tina. had better give the
lemon .squeezer had bought for them to
my WIFE" PAUL PASTNoR.
, 1890-05-22

"By John Henderson, you are getting
tremendously stout"
"Yes. Pm thinking of making cor.
poration of myself"
Good idea; you ye started well. You
must have let out that stitch In your
side you complained OF the other day. !"
CARLYLE SMITH
, 1890-05-22

10 discussion conducted in whispers on
his part and q lound. harsh utterance on
the part Of the conductor, led to the sus-
pioion that the tall thin passenger edited
q weekly paper to I'LL long felt want
ROBERT J. BURDE1'TE.
, 1890-05-22
SCATTERING SMILES.
Quips and Quirks for the
Light-Hoarted.
SOME ORIGINAL COMICALITIES
Two Points of View in Rhyme
The Jungtrau-A Wooden
Wedding.
Written for the REVIEW,
TWO POINTS OF VIEW.

Tho sky shet down Jest like the roof thet
kivers UP hearse,
An mo q useless, livin' corpse In
berrid universe:
The clouds were Jest ike strips er Grape !
tue wins were walls or woe.
An all creation he'd the dumps wen
sallic toll mo "No"
wy, tbct one word fun thet one gal IL
made the sun turn black,
| lis'encd fer the crack er doom an
thought I'd hear her crack
Tho wins Jest boo b coed through the
trees, an III felt so mean
/ thought a fust-class funeral I'D liven
up the seene.
I felt so streakid an so blue, and life
wuz sech fiz,
AT / kneeled down an prayed an
prayed to hev the roomatiLi
For rooma,i1 is happiness beside the or
fnl ache
Thet soaks through all yer system wen
yer heart begins to break.
An then the sun an moon went down
thought twas their last trip,
The mighty Han thet hoP q the wofi IL
Jest let go its grip;
Like the chap thet called TO 0ailagher,
cried out, "l.et or gOl'
Tho hull roun' worl dropped into night
wen Sallie toll me NO"
III.
The shy wuz like a weddin' ring thet
went aroun' the wofp,
The sun wuz like dimon' pin on the
buzzum Nv girl;
The wins wen: fiddiin' through the
grass an struck the wilderness
Al y teller strikes a tambourine, wen
Sallie toll me Yes"
thought the worl' paradise, all free
from shame an sin,
An me o burniu' seraph an the angel
Gabriers twin;
My lips wuz like latin brook thet on y
hez to flow
Through tiger-lily medders where the
pussy willers grow
An thought 'twould How forever, flow
forever, Jest like this,
Till II struck the mighty oshun Nv ever
lastin' bliss;
! felt tibet heaven had come on earth an
wouldn' 20 OIL agin /
An Natur' nothin' else TO debut jest lay
back an grin.
A flower path to the end or Il me stretch
way ahead before US,
The mornin' stars they sung together
an fined in the chorus;
The mighty Han tibet hol's tho worl
felt Its gentle press
knew the universe wuz safe W EN- Sallie
toll me YES"
s, W. FOSS.
, 1890-05-22

PARIS. May 1.-THE Ru-munition fac-
tory at Etlenne has received an order
from Russia for cartridges loaded win
smoksless powder sufficient 70 supply
l,00u, 900 rihes. S3
, 1890-05-22

"why do they call this night train
The Tramp7'" asked the cross passun-
ger who was mad because he had lost
his ticket overpaid the hsckman, got an
upper berth, and broken the handle Of
his umbrella.
Because" replied Ganymede, tho
train boy, sit goes through without
change"
Ana while the convict in upper -Four
played breezy nocturne with his nose,
the tall thin passenger, much please p
bought box Of fresh kiln dried smyrna
fiss Of the boy, saying ho had prom iscd
70 bring the children home a set OF Jack
stones, but had forgotten all about II un.
I'll he heard the rafting OF these delIc-
ious bivaivcs Ms the boy passed by. The
use OF this expression, coupled with the
fact that the tall thin passenger went
clear down To the woodbox TO pay his
fare. and did 30 with an air Of great
mystery and diplomatic and telsphon-
, 1890-05-22

"Ah, my sirenl" said the dreamy.
looking young man, As he toyed with
the silk with which she was working a
pink bird on yellow slipper, do you
know what it was that first drew me to
your"
OF course she didn't!
''lt was your eyes-your beautiful be-
wildering eyes, There is something in
holds me, litte one, as the needle is
held by the pole.
"a case of hooks-and-eyes?" she
asked ne she threaded green bug in
the blue bill of the pink bird.
POLK SWAPS,
, 1890-05-22

Sam Johnsing twho, thanks TO his
LAWYER has just been acquitted of rob-
bling a smokchouse) - Use mighty
obleeged tor yer fer gittin' me outer dis
scrapc.
Lawyer-How about my fce9
Johnsing-l hain't got no money,
boss, but how Is yer oft fer baconp
, 1890-05-22

THEJusGFRAu.
Ont OF her mist wells, virgin fair,
The Jungfrau lowered in the Alpine air
While they. from the rustic bridge be-
low,
Admired hcr beauty of sun and snow.
When shall you leavO9" his friend in
quired.
WELL he said, my times expired
~ ought to have gone last week, yet
still
/ seem 10 linger, against my will;
~ can't see why-lt is really queer.
Butt think the Jungfrau Keeps me
here"
Then, suddenly turning, he bowed and
blushed-
Ills tourist cap TO his bosom crushed.
As a German maiden. with eyes of blue,
Walked by them, bowling and blushinu
too.
And after her form the young men
gazed,
While one Of them said, with eyebrow
raised:
MY boy, to me II is distinctly clear
That the 'jungirau' means TO keep you
here"
MADELINE S. BRIDGES.
foLK's JoKrs-wiLLiE 4 SAD SEA Doo.
81 see somebody has introduced u bill
in congress TO prevent this ocean racing
Good idea"
"Yes-hardly a week passes that the
rarorI ia not atit dawn "
, 1890-05-22

4 MOTHER ooosELrr-THE SIXTH cES-
TuRY BOYS AND GIRLS,
Boys and girls, come out to play
The moon is shining bright as day"
"Oh, no, indeed, doar sir, We shan't--
We much prefer perusing Kant,
10 spend u quiet, restful hour
With HOLMAN and with Schopenh Auer."
JOHN KEN DRICk BANGS,
, 1890-05-22

"Mr Rapid acts very queerly Of late.
I'm afraid there is screw loose some
where"
II can't imagine where. Hei usually
tight all over"
Al.EXAN DER r.. SWEET.
, 1890-05-22

The Folsom property at Omaha, Neb.,
In which Mrs Frances Cleveland has a
one-siztesnth interest, 10 valued ~
ssoo, 700.
, 1890-05-22

had become of him, and thus wit
messed one of the most extraordi-
nary and ineXplicable occurrences
In my life. Harbert was pursuing
In IA diagonal direction from me,
three Indians, who were endeavor-
ing to cross the ridge at the lower
point than those whom 1 attacked,
but, while within close range, did not
attempt to shoot. Just Ut this mo-
ment u buck, who was nearest TO
him, pulled up his weapan, but the
pistol In the left hand of my COM
panion cracked, aud the Indian fell
over dead. | could see that IIar-
berps horse had free rein, and
that II understood tho work in hand
as we'll as its master, for In another
moment II was alongside of the
second Indian. No shot was fired
this time. Harbert clutchcd the
Apache by the neck with his right
hand, aud threw him from the
pony he was riding, scarcely paus.
ing IN his mad chase after the third
savage.
Thinking that the Indian who
had been pulled from his horse was
simply stunned, rode rapidly
toward him, but was surprised
upon reaching the body TO see by
the distorted features and protrud.
ing tongue that life was extinct.
BY this time Harbert had come
up TO the last wretch; again his
right arm went out aud his hand
clutched the throat Of the Indian,
who rolled,lrom his horse as though
his skull had been cloven. Again
turning Into the road and shouting
to mo 10 follow, Harbert started ID
the direction we had been previ.
ously travelling at speed which my
pony could not begin to maintain.
The entire fght, II fight 1t might
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ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Mr.. G. \. Nies, assistant manager OF
the Escondido Land & Cattle company
with headquarters at San Diego, Cal, has
been visiting in this locality for some
weeks, looking over his ranch interests
near Santa Fe. He is greatly pleased
with this region, and, from what he in
Inmates in private conversation, it would
not be surprising to find him permanent
resident of this city before long There
is room in Santa 70 for such men as Mr.,
Viles.
Mulhatton, the champion newspaper
romancer OF America, has sold placer
mining claim in which Col, Ed. johnson,
the mayor of the city OF Espanola, has
two-tenths interest, and Henry Essinger
a one-tenth interest, to Louisville capital
lists. Mr.. johnson gets 5000 and 500
900 in mining shares Essenger 500, and
$40, 900 in mining shares. The placer
claims are on the Chama, in Rio Arrba
county, and machinery is already on the
ground preparing for work.
l.. NJ. Brown, deputy U. S. surveyor,
of Santa Fe, formerly OF this place, has
been in SoCorro county for some time
past making mineral surveys for pa
tents for f, W. Eaton.--Socorro Chief
tain
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the undoubted rule OF law which In matters OF
arriving at the viii OF the people III elections,
is that statutes must be literally construed is not
well taken, the return from precinct No. has
upon its face every indication of genuincness Il
is provided for by law and should be counted y
There II but one further consideration. 1t Is
urged that the writ OF mandamus only goes to
the purpose Of compelling a body to act where
they have judicial power and to act specifically
where this power is ministerial, and in this
case, as they must have used judicial power In
arriving at the determination as to whether the
alleged returns were returns or not, hence they
can not be compelled to do otherwise than they
have
THIS position confounds two things A body
Is either essentially ministerial or judicial, that
is in the very purpose for which 1t WIS created,
II that purpose W as judicial then wit of man.
damus will only compel them to act, but not i'll
any certain direction.
II however they are ministerial principally as
Is a canvas>ing board, the fact that as m aid to
their ministerial duty they must use discretion,
will not raise them to the dignity of judicial
body. The aid to a purpose must not be con
founded with the purpose My conclusion then
is, that percmptory writ OF mandamus issue
forthwith to the respondent board commanding
1t to convene and canvass and count the returns
now before them from precincts No. |, >, and
l6, OF Santa FG county, n. NJ
F0cir action n, 10 precinct No, II being cor,
rect Will stand, EDWARD !. Sees,
Associate Justice.
November Is, 1920
In the case Of Toas county the Court
late this afternoon ordered the county
board to count the entire vote, thus cleo
ting the entire republican ticket save
shCyH
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Treasury DEPARTMENT
Office Of Comptroller Of the Currency
Washington, November 1, 1890.

Washington, November 1, 1890.
WHEREAS, BY satisfactory
evidence presented to the UNDER
signed, 1t has been made 10 =, p
pear that the First National
Bank of Santa Fee, in the Gil Of
Santa Fe, in the county of santa
Fe, and territory Of New Mexico,
has compiled with all the pro-
visions Of the act of congress to
enable national banking assOcia-
tiOns to extent their cOrpnrate
existence and for other purposes,
approved July ~, 1882.
NOW THEREFOR e 7, Ed
ward S. Lacey, comptroller of
the currency, do hereby certify
tina. the First National Bank Of
Santa Fe, in the city of Santa
Fe, in the county of Santa Fee,
and territory Of New Mexico, is
authorized to have succession for
the period specified III its amend
ed articles of association, namely
until cl"se of business Oh Decem-
ber2. 1910.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF
witness my hand and seal of
Office this first day of November,
1890.
[sHAL e. s. LACEY.
Comptroller of the Currency.
mo. 1850
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CONNECTIONS.

ALBUQUERQUE A. 4 :. F. Railway for all
points east and south
PRESCOTT JCNCTION-Prescott IL Arizona
Central railway, for Fort nipple ahd FreS
colt,
BARSTOW { 8lifornia southern railway Tor 10y
Angeles, San Diego and other southern all
lornia points.
MOJAVE touthern Pacific for san Francisco,
Sacramento and northern. California points.
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To try to cure catarrh by using local ap-
plcations. Catarrh is not local but a
constitutional disease. 1t is not dis
ease OF the mans nose. Remove the
impure cause, and the local effect sub
sides. To do this, take Hoods Sarsapa-
rllla, the great blood purifier, which radi-
cally and permanently cures catarrh. 1t
also strengthens the nerves. Be sure TO
get only Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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BUCklep's ArDica SaIye,

The best Salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price % cents per
box For sale at A c. Irelands.
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Chateieinc with silver yinagrette and sill
yer and ivory writing tablet attached.
Finder will be rewarded on returning
same to Mrs. G. G.. Preston, Palace av-
enue.
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Pinking and stamping done at Miss A
Mugler's.
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John Mccullough Havana cigsr, Sc, at
Colorado saloon.
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Hill and Conway, Jr.
Type-writing and translating. Office,
Grifiin's block. Northeast corner plaza.
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Attorney and Counselor at Law, P. o. Box
"F,' Santa Fe n. NJ, practices III supreme aud
all district courts Of New Mexico. Special at
tention given to mining and Spanish AMI Men
lean land grant litigation.
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All kinds of Justice of the peace blanks
for sale at the New MEXICAN printing Of
fee.
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All kinds and sizes of wood for sale
cheap, at Abe Colds.
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Milk l0c quart; sc glass, at Colo
RADIO saloon.
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Every body admits we carry the
lorgest stock in the territory
in cur line, Consequently
We defy competition
quality or in prices.
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HENRY l.. WA

Attorney at Law. viii practice in the severa
courts of the territory. Pr0mpc attenti giveI
to all business intrusted to his care
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We have In stock line OF Toilet
Articles of every description;
also full line OF Import
ed Cigars & Imported
& California Wines
and Brandies.