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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-01

DROpOSALS FOR CONSTRU CTION
L OFONESErOF OFFICERS QUAR-
TIERS, AT FORT AtACHE, ARIZONA.
Headquarters Department of Arizona,
Office of Chef Qnartermaster, Los An
geles Cal, November IS, l89..-Sealed
proposals in duplicate, will be received at
this Office until II o'clock a. M, on the
Sd day of December, 1891, at which time
and place they will be opened IN the pres
ence of attending bidders, for the con-
struction at Fort Apache, Arizona, OF one
set of officers quarters, according to plans
and specifications on file i'll this office,
and the office of the post quartermaster at
that post which will be shown and blank
proposals and circulars giving full instruc-
tons as to manner of bidding, and terms
of contract furnished on application. The
government reserves the light to reject
any or all proposals. Envelopes contain
ing proposals should be marked, "l'ro-
posaIs for Construction at Fort Apache,
Arizona" and addressed to the under
signed. j. G. c. LEE, Major and Chief
Quartermaster.
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Milk punch 10 cts a glass at the Colora-
do sa'oCn
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comodations at Mr.. A. II. Dunning's, on
the west side Of the Animas river, anC
have returned expecting to send then
stock to San Juan county at once. These
gentlemen represent in the neighhorhood
OF 900 bead of cattle, and will bring
several hundred dollars i'll money to this
county.
Sunday evening, while Express Agent
T. A. Brady was busy performing the
duties OF his Office, prior to the arrival of
a train, at Fort Wingate, he was sudden
ly confronted by two masked men, who,
with drawn revolvers, ordered the agent
to step into an adjoining room. One Of
the robbers kept Mr.. Brady covered with
his guo, while his pal took care OF cow
boy who was in the waiting room. The
robbers got about $40 railroad funds and
about $l75 Wells Fargo x Cos. funds,
and an lS.karat hunting case gold watch
and chain and $75, my funds; chain,
small links, stone cat's-eye charm.
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Kelley Island Sweet Catawba $3.50 per
gallon at Colorado saloon.
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Fine McBrayer whisky at Colorado sa-
loon
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One dollar year will cover your doctor S
bill if you take Simmons Liver Regulator.
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German
Syrup"

For children a fned1-
A Cough cine should be abso-
andc,o,,n 1utely reliable. A
mother must be able to
Medicine. pin her faith to it as to
L.. Dill Il .,,..r4
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ne Favored it.

Pston Courier.
Seeker-Are you in favor of this
oman suffrage movement?
Sageman-y Very much in fnvor OF the
|oyement, yes The trouble is, how
Ter, they don't move it far enough. If
hey'd only settle it right where it'd fit
a dot.
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An Oregon Horse.

A recent issue of the Scientific AmeTi-
can contains picture and description OF
the Oregon horse Wonder which it saws.
has recently attracted much attention
Ito the extraordinary development of the
hair of his name, forelock and tail. The
|animal is very handsome. 1t is q stall
lion of French OF Percheron, Printer
land Clydesdale blood. He is 16 hands
high, weighs 1435 pounds, and is of ches-
nut color. The name and tail are of the
Same hue. He is now eight years old
and was foaled in Marion county, Ore
|gon. The name is fourteen feet, the
|foretop nine feet, and the tail twelve
feet long. When spread and drawn out
ito their full extent, the display of the
beautiful locks of bright hair is quite i'm
|pressive. The greatest care is taken of
the hair. 1t is washed out with cold
water, no tonics being applied to it..
|Before the horse is placed in his stall
the hair is drawn out and divided into
several thick strands. From his name
-Four such strands are made. Each
Strand is then tied around once every
|six inches about to the end. 1t is then
Folied up and put into bag. For his
imane and foretop alone five bags are re-
Auired. He is exercised in the same
gulse, blanket or sheet, if necessary,
.being thrown over him to conceal the
pendant bags. The greatest care il
faken of his health"
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A TOUCHING Instance .

A touching instance of insect instinct,
|vas related to us this week by one OF our
pest friends.
Il found cockroach struggling IN a
bowl of water took half a peanut shell
Tor boat. put him into it, and gave
him two wooden toothpicks for ores and
eft him. The next morning 1 visited
him, and he had a piece of white cotton
|hread ON one OF the toothpicks. and set
|he toothpick on end as signal of
distress. He had hair on the other
|oothpick, and there that cockroach sat
fishing. The cockroach exhausted.
ad fallen asleep. The sight melted me
p tears. had never to chew leather to
let soul; was Dor: with one. 1 took
bat cockroach out, gave him spoonful
Il Cruel, aud left. The animal never
Prgot my kindness, and now INV house
chock full of cockroaches. .''-Ey
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ono Consolation.

Ii it should prove true, as announced
by DIR. Hamilton, the well-known Phil
adelphia physician, that the grippe viii
prevail in this country this winter in a
serious and perhaps an epidemic form
there is some consolation in the fact that
another well-known physician, resi-
dent OF this city, announces that, the
best remedy for the disease is a warm
bed and hot toddy. - Louisville Times.
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Picturesque keformers.

Butte Miner:
'How to kill the lottery''is is discussed
learnedly and extensively in the New
York Press, but that bright journal
shoots wide of the mark. The way to
kill lotteries is to stop buying tickets.
Editors who write labored editorials on
how to kill the lottery, while at the same
time they have ticket for the drawing
in one pocket, the left hind foot of a
rabbit in another and rusty horseshoe
over the door, are brilliant and pictur-
esque reformers.
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MAINTAPPING UNDER PRESSURE.

We have purchased first class tam
ping machine and are now prepared to
DO main tapping under pressure, thereby
saving the expense and annoyance to
our customers of shutting off water to
tap the main. NAYS & CRowr
12-l2-tf
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The Springfield sawnill will soon shut
down for want OF logs.
The recent high waters have damaged
the new Albina bridge to the amount OF
$500.
! A man was sandbagged and robbed in
the city of La Grande last week for the
small sumsof 81 so.
About $50, Geo .of stock for the new
cannery and ice factory at Corvallis has
already been suscribed.
Captain Jack Crawford, the poet
scout, aspires to be put in charge of the
Indian exhibit at the worlds fair.
According to the official census re-
turns of Lane county, the population
has increased by 65 per cent. in the last
ten years.
The Corvallis Foundry and .Manufac-
turing company has just closed a con-
tract with Slate Brothers for the manu-
facture OF forty of their hay presses.
Malheur City, in Malheur county,
supports four dry goods stores, all doing
gooe business and while the town is
the center of an old mining district
there is not saloon in the place.
Wayman st. Clair. OF Corvallis, and
his entire family are Just recovering
from the effects Of being poisoned. The
cause is supposed to have been from
eating cabbage sprinkled with paris
green while growing.
At the Indian school at Chemawa,
there are twenty-one boys and twenty
four girls on the sick list, the majority
of whom suffer from la grippe The
only death during the recent spell of
sickness was Hoopa valley Indian, who
died from pneumonia.
A machine has been invented and is
in use in the east that cuts lumber with
out any waste. The new invention is
called the Bradley draw cutting ma
chine. 1t will cut thin boards and
planks in different thicknesses. from
one-thirty- second OF on inch up. All
kinds of wood have been cut by it with
perfect success.
convention OF all democratic clubs
or societies throughout the common
wealth of Oregon is announced to be
held in the city OF Portland on January
Sth and 9th, 1892. The call for the
convention is made by the Tamany So
ciety and young mems democratic
league. The object of the convention is
to organize the democratic party for the
coming campaign.
A certificate is on file with the Port
land health Office that perhaps give the
key to many deaths that occur in that
city. John Sederquist, Scandinavian
aged y years, died. DR.. E, o. Svenson,
who attended Sederquist, gave the cause
OF death as gastritis, following typhoid
lever, which was contracted by drinking
city water. DIR. Syenson could attribute
no other cause of death, and stated the
case frankly in his death certificate.
a surprise party was recently given j.
r. Peterson and wife, on the Cowlitz,
by a lot of his neighbors. Mrs. Oscar
oleson was one OF the guests She
weighs about 2So pounds, and when she
essayed skirt dance, it truly was a sur
prise party. TIE floor was weak, Mrs. |
Oleson was heavy, and in the midst of |
difficult figure the floor gave way and
the fair dancer disappeared into the cell
lar along with the kitchen stove. She |
was quickly extracted from her perilous'
position by the men Of the party by the
aid of levers and ropes, and was found
to be but little injured The stove.
fortunately, contained no fire, and did i
not fall upon her.
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The Deadly Cigarette.

|nkviIIe Star: tsl4n go 4
The death record of the cigarette is
Pill drawing tears from the recording
|ngel. The 14-year-old son of one of
|omona's prominent citizens went un-
Ter last week in delirium- tremens and
|orrible convulsions from overmuch
|se of the little paper smoke-wad. We
now of a few Linkyille kids who are
ping the same way. The time is fast
Pming, young lads, when you will wish
heaven it was the measles that caught
pu. When boy gets fairly into cigar
fte smoking, he can't break out.
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The Goldendale Sentinel says scheme
is on foot to construct an endless chain
railway from the summit of the hills
south of Goldendale to the rivers at
Rockland, by which cars loaded with
grain going down the mountain will
draw back the empty ones. The Senti-
mel thinks the scheme is practicable but
mot probable.
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Terms of subscription.
Fer Fer Year .<...,-..... SO 90
Single copy ....... 49, -, -. ~. 49,
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Gambling breaks suicide, says an ex-
change, as war breeds famine. The
click of the ivory chips and the crack of
the pistol go together the world over,
and will continue to keep company so
long as men covet the wealth of their
neighbors, which will probably be till
the end of time
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SOCIETIES.

A ssEpBL5 IL III, No 70 1877, < OF Meets in K.
days OF each month at 7:30 p m.
WASCO LODGE, NO. l5, A F. & A. M.-Meets
W first and third Monday of each month at z
P. N.
nALLES ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. O.
II Meets in Masonic Hall the third Wednesday
of each month at Z p NJ.
MODERN WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
WI Mt. Hood Camp No. SO, Meets Tuesday even
Ing OF each week in the X. OF p Hall, at 80 p NJ
COLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, L. o. o. F.-Meets
~ every Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in K
OF 7. hall, corner Second and Court streets
SoJournlng brothers are welcome.
H. cLouGH, sec'y. H. a. B1IGs,N. G.
FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. o., K. of P.-Meets
4 every Monday evening at 7:30 O'Clock, in
Schanno's building, corner of Court and Second
vited w 81 CAN
D.w.yAUsE, X. of R. and s. c. C.
NToSIEN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERENcE
4 ~ UNION Will meet every Friday afternoon
ats O'Clock at the reading room. Allare invited
T,EMPLE LODGE NO. 3, A. o. U. w Meets
Il at X. OF p Hall, Corner Second and Court
Streets, Thursday evenings at 7:SO.
VS. MYERS. Financier Il. ".
TAs. NEsMITH POST, No. 80. G. A R.-Neets
g every Saturday at 73o P. NJ, in the X of P
r OF 1: E. Meets every Sunday afternoon in
De the n. of p. Hall. -
~ EsANG yEREiN-Meets every sunday
~ evening in the X. of P. Halt
D OF L. F. DIVISION, No 167-Meets in tho
Ds K. of P. Hall the first and third WednaS usse
oay OF each month, st 7:3D P. NJ.
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THE CHURCHES.


CT. PETERS CHURCH-Rev. Father R,o,-s-
- GEEsT Pastor Low Mass every SUNDAY Mt
4. N. High Mass at 1880 A.. NJ Vespers at
81; PAULS CHURCH-Union Street opposite
- Futh Rev. Eli D. Sutclihe Rector Services
every SUNDAY at IL 4. NJ. and 7:30 p. NJ Sunday
scnooi 9;4o A. N. Evening Prayer on Friday at
ENIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-Rev. O. d. TAy
LoR, Pastor. Morning services every sab
bath at the academy at IL A. NJ sabbath
pcnooI P,,s - mlmlmied1ately after morning services
frayer meeting Friday evening at PASTORS resi-
ae9ee q Union services in the court house at :
{ CONGREGATIONAL CHU RCII-Rey. W G.
Iu9T7s, snd PASTOR: Services every Sunday at Ii
service Strangers cordially invited seats free
M +. CHCRCH-Rev. A. C. SPENCER. rastor
M Services every. Sunday morning SnnJa,.
School at 1920 o'clock p. N. A cordial Invitation
is extended by both pastor and people to all
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his Little joke.

ational Labor Tribune
A clergyman who was widower, had
nree grown-up daughters. Having oc-
asion 10 go away from home for few
eeks he wrote home from time to
me. In one of his letters he informed
pem that he had married strapping
iddow with six children;
You may imagine what a stir this
Eeated in the household. When the
lear returned homes one of his daughters,
er eyes red with weeping tears, said:
|"Where's the widow you married,
|ther?"
"Oh, / married her to another man.
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STATE OFFICIALS

The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
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RI N
New York, rotten as she is, has vet
among her vast population an element
possessed of conscience and moral pur-
pose which makes itself felt on OCCASION
Tweed died in jail, Jake Sharp was
Gagged in cell, and some of the alder
men whom he boodled were sent to the
penitentiary. Young Field embezzled
enormous sums of money intrusted to
him, and his family was able to exert
sufficient influence to have him de-
clared insane and be housed comfortably
in ah asylum. Yet in response to the
demand of the healthy element that all
thieves shall be equal before the law,
this son of a .multl-millionaire. and
nephew OF a Justice of the supreme court
of the United States, has been indicted
for his crimes, dragged out of his not
dishonorable retreat, and will be tried
like any other scoundrel. San Fran
cisco takes off her hat to New York.
We couldn't do such a thing as that
here The powers which rule us would
not permit gentleman of young Mr..
Field 8 financial and social connections
to come ts harm. though he were to run.
amuck on the streets with cutlass in
each hand. Doodle is king in San Fran
cisco.-S. r. ErdDiseT.
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short Andalusian jacket, showing the shirt
between the edge and the trousers belt.
They ordinarily wear the Catalonan bon-
net. head-dress Identical with what is gen.
orally called Liberty CAP" The women
dress in homespun, too. They are kindly
treated, but rather as Interiors to the men.
They never sit down to eat with their lords
and masters.
The Government is kind of landed aris-
tocracy. The legislative function is vested
IN a council of twenty-fo ur-four from each
of the six parishes into which the State is
divided. These elect a first and second
syndic, who are the executive officers. 1
send you picture of Don Gil Areny, the
present first syndir, as he appears in his
! official costume. 1t is the same that his
| predecessors have worn for a couple of ecu
turtles, so slow is change in this place The
long coat, the knee breeches and the won
derful hat are black, and the Syndic's waist
Is grit with crimson scarf.
When the council assemblies, as it does
about three times year, at Andorra, the
delegation from each parish brings a key
with 1t, and with these the six massive locks
on the old chest in the Casa del Walls, or
capitol" are unfastened so that access
may be had TO the ancient charters and the
old books of laws and traditions which con-
stitute the public records of the State. at
the close of the session of the council state
dinner is always held. 1t is cooked in the
public kitchen of the Casa del Vals, and
eaten in the old dining room, and quarter
OF a seethed kid is set before every guest.
But now, suppose. the era of simplicity
is over. Presently the Plaza of AndOrra,
with its pretty fountain, will be scene of
fashionable display. The old Casa del Vais
will be superseded by gorgeous modern
Hotel dc Ville. Some of the native land
holders Will reap bonanZas from the build
ing boom and others from the ludging-house
business. But l fear with the influx of
wealth not only much virtue but much
peaceful happiness will desert the valley.
(opyrighL KENYON JAMES.
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kept watch on US to see what effect the
scene would have. Father Mnter pretended
to weep, when Monsieur Vert jumped up.
and, running to him. crept into his
priest. "One rap of the tail shall
mean No and more than one Yes
Now, then, Germany?" The tail gave Wig
orous rap. mo? Then perhaps Tnrkey9'
Another single rap. well, say France?
Mop Then perhaps England?" At this
the lizard rolled over anu repeated the
ter called, "How about Ireland?" it turned
again and beat regular tattoo with its tail.
$50 that's it, NJ. Vert? But what have
you to say of the United States ?" When
the lizard expressed its enthusiasm BY turn
ing slow aud most impressive somersault,
that ended the performance. which had
not witnessed l would not have credited it,
but Father Minter assured me that it had
not been the trouble to train the little
creature that 1t was to teach tricks to dog.
The lizard made its home somewhere out
side the priests window, but spent most of
the time running or sleeping on It's ledge and
would often be for hourS watching its friend.
When he grew too weak to play with it, it
would creep into his hand and never stir I'M
til lie would command it to go home, when it
would start perhaps dozen times only to
return and try to steal back to him. The
day the grand priest died it could not be in
duced to leave him for moment, and when
lie had breathed his last had to remove
the poor thing from his cold fingers. l meant
to adopt the lizard for my own, but it fell a
victim to the foolish prejudice | spoke of
the day IF its masters funeral. An attend
ant, seeing the little creature crawling about
the couch where its dead friend lay, Knocked
it of and killed it with broom, but l had it
preserved as you see. New Orleans spe-
cial to Globe Democrat
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A REMARKABLE LIZARD.
The Devoted and Solitary Friend of n
Dying Man.

The Devoted and Solitary Friend of n
Dying Man.
Upon the office table of prominent
physician Of this city lies little green liz
ard with bright bead eyes, which guards
the papers on the desk, and is the subject of
a little story the doctor is very fond of tell
ing. That tiny creature, which is the object
OF one Of the sllliest aud most groundless
prejutices the human race cherishes from
generation to generation, was tile devoted
and solitary friend of dying man, showing
an Intelligence and love which would be
considered remarkable in dog.
1t was while spending month in the
little town Of Las Cruces, N. Mex. that I
made the acquaintance of Catholic priest.
Father Minter. who YVES dying of consump-
tion, and no longer in service, but lingering
in that warm climate hoping to so proloug
his life. He had no relatives in this country.
and was perhaps as solitary and frendless
human as exists. He was man of intelli-
gence and wide information, and | found
his society most pleasant. Visiting him one
day, was startled to see q little green head
w yrn,,, queer , google eyes peeping at me
my gaze, the father held out his hand
TO the lizard, which snuggled In it like xii
ten. My only frieDd.' he said, s'and the
learned and accomplished Nj. Vert-Mr.
Green. NOW, you must show the GENTLE
man what you can do. Mr.. Green" He here
produced little ladder made of straw.
which the lizard mounted at n word of com
mand, and then descended, carrying off the
ladder on Its back to the box in which it was
kept. Then, being hidden. 1t brought ont n
miniature wine glass. I'M Vert has had
habits, said the father. 'He is a toper." ut
which the little creature pretended to drain
the glass, and when les master Continued,
HE cant walk straight" began to wobble
from side to side in way that made me
laugh most heartily, There Is but one
END Tor drunkards." produced a sudden
founce oyer its back, stiffening of the
queer little feet, aud the poor topper WAS
presumably dead, Only one twinklipg eye
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attempted to carry on the Casino, but soon
abandoned the task. syndicate was
formed, the principal members of which
were her son, Edmond BLANC; Prince Rail
Louise: and later Prince Roland Bonaparte,
who married Mile. Marie Blanc, the second
daughter. and thus incurred family oStra-
cism. These three. fading their position in
Monaco no longer tenable, have Tor some
time been searching for place to transfer
their Casino to. The German Government
would not hear Of its return to one OF the
petty States of the empire. Belgrade and
Sofia were tried. but thei concessions could
not be obtained. King Humbert forbade a
settlement in the miniature republic OF San
Marine, In Italy. At last And0rra only re-
manned, and though it is at present one of
the most inaccessible places in Europe, ne
cessity finally determined the selection in
its favor. The three magnates formed q
new Incorporation, under the title of the
Cercle des strangers d'Andorre strangers
Club of Andorre). They have capitalized it
at 10000, 600 francs. and it is said that all
they offered for general subscription,
20,OO0oO0 francs. was gobbled no at pre-
MUM IN few days by Partisan rastag-
noueres and fast spectators ON the Bourse.
The plans contemplated the erection of a
Casino with theater and all other buildings
as at Monte Carlo and in addition a MAN.
moth hotel They are to be located at
Ercadts, a hot sulphur bath in the Andor-
ran Territory, near Anu0rra, Jne principal
village and seat of Government.
The territory of Andorra is about 100
square miles and cannot, therefore, be much
over twelve miles in length and breadth.
1t is rather on the French side of the Pyren-
ees. 1t remains almost unknown to the
rest Of the world and is itself ignorant of the
world to an incredible degree. The igno-
rance OF the population is dense. Not over
hundred persons can read, and not so
many can speak French. There is no book
can read do so as a rule in Catalonian The
men wear homespun knee breeches and the