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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08
THE LOCO HABIT.
AZ Deadly and Irresistible Among Horse,
as tho Opium Habit Among Men.

AZ Deadly and Irresistible Among Horses
NJ the Opium Habit Among Men.
1--WE have on the plains of Texas and
New Mexico what might appropriately
be called natural opium joints. where
horses and mules unexpectedly hit
the pipe" and become regular fiends,"
said former Texas ranchman. ''As a
matter of fact there is no opium nor
any pipe, but no joint ever offered bet
ter facilities for it's habitues to become
moral and physical wrecks than certain
localities on the plains do to the horses
and mules which are there exposed to
the temptation of the loco weed.
Now a good many plainsmen ridi-
cule the idea that the loco leads horses
and mules astray, and soon makes
wrecks of them, and / have heard
men say that they have known
their horses to pasture regular on what
they call the loco weed and thrive on
it II that is SO, the loco weed of Cali:
fornia is not the same as what we call
the loco weed of Texas and New Mex
leo. The California loco is what we
call the rattle weed, guess, because
it has a pod with seeds that makes
noise in the wind like live rattlesnake.
Some people out there call it the
vegetable rattlesnake. and declare
that its juice is deadly poison. Now the
loco weed of Texas and Mexico is differ
ent, and ] never knew a horse or a
mule to go away with it except in the
winter time. 1t has a light green
bunchy growth, and will have its fresh
looking leaves above the snow when no
other vegetation looks SO tempting, and
it is then the unsuspecting animals are
beguiled by it. After horse or mule
has taken his first crop of loco he will
give everything else the go by to get
more of it, and soon Becomes a con-
'firmed loco eater No opium fend ever
longed for or sought more persistently
for his pipe than horse or mule will
long and seek for the fatal loco lunches
II the animals can not obtain the plant
they will fall into a state of abiect
nervous collapse. They see things as
the drunkard suffering from delirium
tremens sees things. They will plunge
and rear and tremble at imaginary
things, and become utterly unmanage-
able and irresponsible. A few leaves of
loco will restore them to placidity, SO
far as their nervous system is concerned,
but they gradually lose in physical
vigor and intelligence. until at the end
of two or three months, they are vir-
tually imbeciles and physical wrecks.
They become thin and weak and die in
evident delirium.
MANY an excellent horse, Of the best
breeding and previous irreproachable
reputation as q herdsman's aid, have l
known to be led to ruin by the insidious
loco weed. and die rs pitiable a wreck
as any human being who ever fell
victim to the destinations Of opium"
IN Y Sun
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08

ways began them as q schoolgirl
might, no matter what might be the
nature of the forthcoming story. ..He.
he-he!" he would giggle. weakly, that
reminds me of little occurrence down
in New Mexico or when was in
Alaska" or during my last trip to
Europe"-and then he would proceed
for moment. look up, stammer,
smoker in childishly bashful way,
blush till he was almost black i'm the
face. and wind up his yarn hastily,
without much punctuation and without
looking up. Then he would relapse
into dignified silence which he would
maintain for some time, with an air
that seemed to say: Il know that you
know am bl AIMED liar. but why not
try to pretend that you appreciate my
stories instead Of looking so confound-
edly glum. It's rather embarrassing
The Lovely Liar was at the gulch
three years. and during two years and
a half Of this period nobody in camp
would believe him even if he merely
said he wished the weather would
change.
Then, one evening in June, when l
was sitting on the steps in front of our
engine house at the Tamarack mine,
heard footsteps, and, looking up. saw
the youthful face and figure of the
Lovely Liar coming toward me. He
looked the same as usual when not
lying-serenely and contentedly happy.
lie remarked. cheerfully: '.Hullo. old
chap" and sat down beside me. in re-
Spouse to my somewhat brief nod.
Seated. he filled his pipe. humming
unsteady to himself the while. Then
he turned to me with broad smile and
said.
well. I'm going IN the morning.
Going. Where? to Crecsote?"
"No-he-heh I'm going-er-er-
east. To the states. that's what And
the Lovely Liar looked up, got red in
the face, giggled. blushed some more,
and went on hastily:
Yes Been here three years, you
know. Come here to get out of the
way. Wife. you know-married when
! was twenty. Lived with her year
regular Nantippe. We quit. and
skipped to give her chance for divorce,
on ground Of dcsertion. She's got it.
and I'm going back. Be married this
month, too. Folks want me to marry
her-charming girl-lots of money
rather sweet on me, too. Pretty silky
prospect, after working in this hole.
eh? Well, good-by, old chap-hope I'll
see you acknowledgements y-come
and see us. old fell
And the Lovely Liar disappeared. l
didn't weep. but sat and pondered.
could see il all. The Lovely Liar,
probably the son of poor but respecta-
bic parents, had, three years before.
got into some trouble with his employ
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08
the OLD GIRLS.

What has become Of the old girls,
The jolly girls we knew
When life was all delightful
And the summer skies were blue.
Twas ring around rosy.
Twas tag and pussy cat.
Twas swinging on the beechen limb
And other things like that.
But now the girls are new girls.
They're not quite like the old
They know so much at sixteen
II turns mans heart cold.
In sciences they're mighty
The new girls who are here:
Dressed In their gowns and FUCKERS
They come out ey'ry year.
But then, you know. the old girls
We loved when we were young,
We like TO sing their praises
With lips and heart and tongue.
We can't forget the old girls.
Their smiles and wiles So sweet;
It's fitting we should place them
Upon the highest seat.
So. here IL 10 the old girls,
And one sits close beside
The singer who Is singing
His old.girl love betide.
The new girl-his new girl.
"A ckr-she's like the rest
She soon will be an old girl
And build another nest.
H. 5. Roller. in Goodalrs Sun.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08

belly. % loin, "a the flank, 25 sheath;
giving 25 out of $50, or 10 out of pos
sible 100. The hindquarter division
comprises: a6 hips, 81 quarters, %
Group, and % seton of tail; aggregat-
ing same as previous division, % and 10
respectively. The division relating to
the legs is subdivided into 80 forearm,
81 knee, b gaskin, 33 hook, 81 legs, 81
bone. 36 muscle, 81 pasterns. and 80
feet: and to this division is allotted SIS
points if judged by single points, or %
if the points are judged in groups, the
aggregates as before stated being $50
if judged by single points, or 100 if
judged in groups. The above is given
from an English contemporary from
which we have reproduced the engrav-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08

on the other hand. what time has the
average citizen of mining camp, who
properly attends to his everyday duties.
to cultivate the minor virtues or to
analyze character?
In the rowdy west. with its cos
mopolite and ever changing population.
life is too short to study ones neigh
bors. or to ascertain how many ances-
tors they had. One must accept them
In the same way one vessel at sea
recognizes another. which is. l believe,
to consider it an enemy until it proves
Itself otherwise. And after this one
has little more than appearances by
which to judge ones neighbors.
1t was after this manner that we
came to pass judgment on the Lovely
Lar, and to christen him thus. If he
was not . liar. then appearances were
greatly against him.
This being true appearances as
well as certain circumstances being
against him. do not think we were
SO much to blame.
1t was not that he was uniformly
successful in prevarication-far from
it. As matter Of fact. we considered
him the weakest liar in camp, for in
all his repertoire he only had three
stories which bore the semblance of
truth, and he had told these SO often
that nobody believed them, in spite of
the modest. impartial, truthful way in
which he related them.
No; it was not his ability as a ro-
mancer which gained him his title, for
he had none. 1t was his prolific mag
ination, and a plethora of supposedly
fictitious Renaissance which he was
prone to exhibit on all available occa-
sions, which earned for him his uncom-
plimentary sobriquet
The Lovely Liar had another name,
which we used only in his presence.
This was the one he had with him
when he struck the camp and went to
work as timekeeper for Walworth &
O'Higgins, the proprietors of the big
s'Norah" mine-Henry Shepard. When
he was near by we called him ''Shep,"
for short; on all other occasions he
was simply 1.-THE Lovely Liar
He was young man, apparently not
over twenty-five. with smooth face
and q modest, deprecating air quite
out of place in Bogardus Gulch. Still,
he was q frst-class accountant, very
gentlemanly, and got along with the
citizens of the gulch, including his
employers, very well. One could not,
as old Hi French said one day, help
likin' tn blame cuss-he's SO con-
founded pleasant" And yet, in the
eyes of every man in the camp, he was
the most miscellaneous and widely-in
formed truth distorter in the range.
Now ! think Of it, Shepard had a
very pleasant, well modulated, gentle
manly voice, and cannot really be
blamed for enjoying his own converse
tion; after all, maybe his principal
fault lay in his fondness for talking.
There was never a thing happened
that didn't remind Shepard of a SINH.
lar experience in which he had figured
prominently; never a social gathering
in Piatt's poker-room at which he did
not reminisce to greater and more
varied extent than anyone else pres
ent; never an exclusive little party Of
mine owners, stimekeepers, superin'
tendents and assayers. when the flow.
ing bowl circulated freely, that the
Lovely Liar did not relate, with great
impressiyeness in each instance. his
.ailroad wreck story, his story about
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08
THE HACKNEY HORSE.
Its Points. from an English Standpoint
Approximately Indicated.

It's Points, from an English Standpoint,
Approximately Indicated.
Our illustration represents a hackney
or trotting stallion. with the points APP
proximately indicated, from an English
standpoint. The head is judged under
6 points, namely: 8 ear, face, 10 eye
and expression, II jaws, II lips. and ID
nostril; giving a5 points if judged ac-
cording to single points, or 10 when
the points are arranged in groups. The
forequarter division comprises: IA neck.
Is breast, 16 withers. II shoulders, Is
fore ribs. and 10 chest; aggregating 35
in single points, or IA il the points are
grouped. The middle piece division in
cludes: 20 the back, 81 back ribs, %
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08
Some Startling Figures.

Discussing the magnitude of 'r,OoO.-
600 bushels of wheat" a broker is
quoted as saying: If 200, 600 bushels
were loaded on freight ears, 500 BUSH
els to car. it would fill train over
fifteen miles long. If transported by
wagon, forty-four bushels on wagon,
it would make row of teams lag miles
long. If made into bread, reckoning a
bushel to every sixty pounds of flour.
it would give each man, woman and
child in the United States two-pound
loaf. "-Colman's Rural World.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08

We WOULD PRETEND TO GO TO SLEEP.
capturing brace of bank robbers, and
the one in which he rescued lady from
. watery grave in Lake Erie.
And we would feign sleep, with a
rousing nasal accompaniment; would
groan and sigh. and try to change the
subject; but the Lovely Liar, oblivious,
would continue his tale to the bitter
end-modestly. it must be acknowl-
edged, but relentless, nevertheless.
The three stories mentioned we could
not impeach-they were faultlessly re-
lated, and always the same as regards
dstails-and yet they never seemed TO
carry the atmosphere Of veracity which
should surround a successful lie. Es-
pecially was this true of the Lovely
Liars impromptu anecdotes He al
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08
Absolutely Necessary.

~ have found out the crying need Of
the world"
whats that?"
"Tears!'-Puck.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08

If sheep are kept for mutton and
wool, take well-se,ected ewes and breed
to thoroughbred rams
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08
ueIrrgN roe rAIs Papa

D DOUBT we
were uncharit-
able as well as
lacking in per-
ception when
we SO chris
tened him. In
fact, | have a
very settled
conviction that
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08

MAPS and other publications
A'A sent free, and letters of in
quiry answered, by F. /. Whit
ney, 6. P & ]. A., G. N. Ry., St
Paul, MINI.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08

THE leading pleasure, fishing
: and hunting resorts of tho
Park Region of Minnesota, of Lake
Superior and the Rocky Mount
aims reached easiest on the vari-
GUS lines Of the Great Northern
from st. Paul.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08
= . . . . . . . 9 .
POINTERS.

MONTANA, Washington, Ore
Az gon and California reached
quickly and cheaply via Great
Northern Railway Line.
Ask your local ticket agent for
round trip tickets to any point In
the Weet or Pacific Coast via the
Great Northern.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08

THE Great Northern reaches
= more points in Minnesota
and North Dakota than any other
railway. 1t is the main route to
Lake Minnetonka and Hotel La
fayette.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08

FARMERS, stock raisers and
L business men will find choice
locations in the Red River, Milk
River and Sun River valleys, at
Great Falls, and in Belt mining
towns, the Sweet Grass Hills, and
along the Pacific extension of the
Great Northern in the Flathead
and other valleys of Montana.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-09-05
% oitsn .ssibsoa.

Tux CIrIzES il in receipt Of the FOL
loving marriage invitation;
"Mr. and Mrs. Charles r, Bailey re-
quest your presence at the marriage
ceremony % Sallis Killgora Gibson TO
Frederick liolton, Wednesday evening,
September nth, at 80 o'clock, Presby
tHrlan church, Albuquerque, New MeI-
ioo.
AT homo after September I'D, Silver
avenue aud Edith street, Albuquerque.
The couple ARE among the oltys pOpu
lar aud prominent young peo pie. Mr.,
Iiolton 10 the local agent Tor tho GallIp
Coal compsny'a coal; was Tor time dep.
uty internal revenue collector for thls
district under Col McGrorty, aud 10 An
agreeable, anabls young gentleman
Miss Sallls, the bri lie, has beon Visiting
her friend, MIRA Bailey, for the past year,
coming here from Evansville, Ind. She
IN y model young lady, poassssea re-
markably sweet disposition, charms and
wins those with whom she 10 thrown in
contact, and Mr.. Holton has captured n
young lady who will make him most
excellent wife. In advance, TnI CirI.
am oongratulstss Mr.. and Mrs. HoltoD.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-09-05

The headquarters Of the Jolly Ten 10.
cal club last night were taxed TO the ut.
most capacity tn hold the crowd OF dance.
loving young people who gathered there
Tor ,helr hepdomadd hop. The members
OF the club are just recovering from the
"enui" OF our tropical summer, but
Judging from their conduct last night
they have, during their forced vacation,
been laying up store ~ energy for the
coming fall. There we're about thirty ~
the members present, and the following
yltltcrs Mesdamcs Ray, Albright, KEEL.
cher, Collier, Cruise, Kern and Moore;
Misses Weidner, Gutierrez, Whitemau.
Strong, Talbot, Gregory, Albright. and
Mcssrs, Hall, Moore, Cruise, McGowHn,
kelsher, Morse, Gutierres, Maudell, vii.
ton aud Sulzer,
The Wis tore from distance, 81 Louis
aud III Paso, who leave TO night for their
respective homes, curry with them IA
pleasant memory ~ u few hours happily
spent with u society ~ Albuquerque
young people, who, whatever be their
troubles aud disappointment during the
week, can fGr n few hours every Friday
evening be worthy ~ their we'll chosen
name, THE Jolly Ten" The music by
Prois. Sodrlng aud Stever WAS perfect.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-09-05

Yesterday, Lutcrlu l|afeia. who rasidcs
al Los Barrlas, south ~ the city, loaded
hIa tank with Vile whisky aud lager beer,
aud sa,ed forth ol u genuine cutting
and sIRshug tour with u keen edged
pocket knife, In the afternoon, lie Was
at Mex Sanchez place in south Alhu
Iucrque and picked u quarrel with teY
erhl M-NIcHns They all adjourned 90
IT." streets AMI ou the way 10 LIS Bare.
las fight ersued IN which Manuel Gu.
tlerres received three cuts on the head
from iiareih'H handy knife. Not snt,s
fled with tho blood brought from the
Rubys place and hud,ng several Mex.
cans thUIc coon Inauguratrd another
tight a man named Sed,llo was has
special game, aud Sedlilo was treated To-
u black eye and several slight cuts \
general fight cnsued, aud two ur three
men received slight cuts from lilrrlR's
knife. Marshal Maston was informed
aud proceeding TO the scene brought the
SIGsher to the city jail, where he slcpt
las, night. Three warrants were sworn
out against him IN Justice DenhRm's
court, aud he IL being tried this after
noon. A warran, was also sworn out
against him before Justice Whiting u
old town,
liarela Was found guilty, as charged,
With cutting Sed,llo, and the other
charges are being heard against him.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-09-05
They Quarrel,

fuss, bordering on u general tight,
with blackened -yes and bloody noses,
ragged this morning in the sanctum OF FL
Deiensor del Pueblo, the Whtv Cap
paper, which il is alleged, Col. Childers
is putting up cash 10 see published.
There are two editors connected with
this newspaper concern that desires Ia
turn American institutions into the
worst state of nihllism known-even
woree than that which existed IN San
Miguel county year ago-snd this
morning when Editor Lama wished au
article published, Editor Herrera, the
leader Of White Capism, in,erposed a
serious objection, and thus, for time.
the air reverb.rated with blasphemy
and The two editors camo within an ace
Of colIidlng, Editor Lama grabbed the
head OF the paper stereotyped line
and sworn by all that was sacred that
he would withdraw from the paper II the
article Was not published, while Herrera
stamped the iioor like maddened bull
and declared in iorcible Spanish dialect
that he could not allow il to receive pub,
liclty For AN hour or more the two edi.
tors ranted and finally they agreed 10
leave II Tor settlement to n democratic
attorney. Late this afternoon the mat.
ter will ba Rmicably settled.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-09-05
~ tn o. " ArTRn
or the Appiiea,ie. or D u. Dunisp for
writ OF uabras Corpus

aWrtt OF uabras orpus
The case was submitted on an agreed
statement % facts. To the effect that
the applicant, + H. Dunlap, was charged
by the police oi the city of Albuquerque
q; violating an ordinance Tor running n
wagon Tor the transportation ~ goods
Tor hire without paying license there.
Tor, Tina, said Dunlap is commission
merchant, that he uses his wagon ard
team IN that business but does not
charge FOR the same That he also does
n storage business in connection with his
commission business, and that he charges
Tor transporting goods from the depot
aud other place. 10 hiH store houaa, and
from his store house To such other places
~ the owners may direct, and Tor such
hauling he charges dray age, aud that he
doea not haul Tor any other persona.
The ordinance provides that every per
son keeping or using IN the city public
dray Tor hire shall pay n license, etc and
described apubnc dray as ioIows "Evcry
cart, truck, wagon, dray or other vehicle
which shall be kept, used or driven and
employed Tor transportation " convey
Rnc" u anything whatever from place 20
place IN the town Tor hire shAll be deem.
ed public dray within The meaning OF
thls ordinance Every one that hauls
anything from one place 10 another Tor
hire IN any kind OF u vehicle kept by him
Tor that purpose comes within the pro.
VISIONS ~ this ordinance and therefore
would be liable.
The tacts ~ agreed upon shows the
defendant IN the case beiore the maggie
tratel VAS clearly violating the letter 10
not the intent ~ the ordinance. lie
kept h'a horsee and wagon, he hauled
thlrgs from one place 90 another ia the
town or city Tor hire, without taking out
llccnee, this constitutes the offence.
The extent Of his drayage business
wolld depend upon the amount OF his
storage business, II that was sufficient to
employ many teams, the violation would
be more apparent
II he had made his charge M for stor.
axe and delivered iree like the grocery
men, then he would come within the ex.
c"ptlon Of the ordinance and would not
require l,cense. Perhaps u distinction
without n difference.
lut It IL claimed The ordinance itself
IL vu,d because II imposes an unequal
tax, etc, Such would be the case il the
license war OF such proportions an would
indicate that revenue was the object OF
the ordinance. But when the amount
charged IL only sufficient 10 meet the OF
ponse Of controlling and regulating the
business It IL not subject "a that objec.
ton,
And courts will 40 long way To Gus.
tam beneficial police regulations.
The offence IL purely technical. and
the city should publish the construction
gwen to the ordinance before enforcing
the penalty.
Finding that the writer mad tech meal.
ly violated the ordinance, the writ will
be- denied. W. ID. Ike,
Judge
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-09-05
isss Lunas Delegates.

One Of the most enthusiastic meetings
ever held IN Los Lunas was the one Of
yesterday to select delegates to the great
railroad convention, which conyenes IN
this city on the 18th Of September, The
meeting was called to order by Sheriff
Luna, who nominated Louis hunIng az
chairman. After the object Of the meet
ing was plainly announced TO the meet
iug, q motion was made that the chair
man appoint the delegates apportioned
10 Los Luna", including himself ~ q
delegate. The motion was unan,mousl y
carried, and the following delegates val
represent Los LunSs here on the 18th
+. Il. Spears, A. N. Bergere, Solomon
Luna, Iranquilino Luna, Max Luna and
Louis Hunlng.