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her curiosity ~ to what constituted her
charm over mon and stirred her woman's
vanity. The Innocence OF her mind was
disturbed BY her unfolding emotions and
her Evs-like desire for greater knowledge.
Never did q young girl 10 need \ mothers
sympathy and counsel NJ this one. l often
wonder why Goo permits I woman like that
TO be onzs a mother. 10 send such I girl
sway TO boarding sehool was dangerous NO
doubt. yet hardly ~ dangerous as leaving
her under tina care of such = blind M sta
pid mother.
l knew = brilliant lawyer whe was = villa
boy in his youth. He Was forever In trouble
OF some kind with the fair ssx and finally
married q girl who ran away from school to
bsooMe his wife. They arc the parents of
several children. the eldest a handsome.
dark-sysd girl who inherits her fathers
love Of adventure. She ID only IL, but has
already passed through a series of love az
fairs. known to all her friends and COM
mented upon by strangers, but the crimi-
nally blind parents are ignorant of ali this.
No ono daFss tell them that almost daily
on her way to and from the village school
their daughter Noes and talks TO and re-
ceivea notes from Young men, and. utterly
forgetting their own hazardous past, both
rather and mother imagine their daughter
TO be m innocent child in mind.
1t might prove to be- a moral salvation OF
tnis girl to send her away to a good board
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MIRACLE OF FATHER RAMIREZ.

north end of tho mesa, and the rest joined
the twelve, hiding behind the crags OF their
rock tower. Across the chasm. the Indians
were hiding, awaiting the attack:
At daybreak of the 23d q squad Of picked
men. at a signal, dashed from their con-
oealment with a log on their shoulders. and
by a lucky cast lodged its farther end on
tho opposite brink of the abyss. Out
dashed the Spaniards at their he sls and be-
gan to walk that dizzy bridge in the
very few had crossed when ono in his s1-
oitemsnt caught the rope and pulled the
log across after him!
1t was = fearful moment. There we're
less than u dozen spaniards thus left
standing alone On the brink of Acoma, cut
dreds of feet deep and surrounded by say
ago foes. The Indians. ~rallyinR from their
retreat, fell instantly upon them from
every hand. SO long as the Spanish soldier
could keep the Indians at a distance, even
his clumsy firearms and inefficient ar.
tage, but at such close quarters
these were u fatal impediment
by their weight and clumsiness. Now il
seemed AZ if the massacre OF the fall wero
to be repeated. and the cutoff Spaniards to
be cut to pieces. But at the very crisis a
deed Of surpassinR personal valor saved
them and the cause of Spain in New
Mexico. A slender, bright-faced young off.
cor, a college boy who was = special friend
and favorite of Onato, sprang from the
crowd of dismavsd Spanlnrds on the
farther bAuk-who dared not. FIRE into
that ndiacriminnte iostle Of friend and foo
and came running like a deer toward tho
ohnsm. As hs reached tho brink. his litho
body gathered. rose like a bird and cleared
the gulf. Selling tho log. no thrust it back
with desperate strength across the chasn,
until his comrades could clutch it from tho
farther brink and over the restored bridge
the Spanish soldiers rushed to retrieve the
day.
Then began one Of the most fearful hand
to-hand struggles in tho history Of Amer.
lea. Outnumhered nearly ten to one: lost
in a bowling mob OF savaRes, who fought
with the frenzy of despair: gashed with
ssw.Sdged knives. dszed with cruahiuR
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SPANISH PIONEERS.
BY CHARLES F. LUMMIs.


clubs, sisvsd with bristling arrows, spent
and faint and bleeding, Xaldivar and his
here handful fought their way. inch by
inch. step BY step. clubbing their heavy
GYM. IN A;wiss With their short swords, par
from their quivsrina flesh. On, On they
pressed, shouting the gallant warcry Of
Santiago, driving the stubborn fee BY still
more stubborn valor-until the Indians,
convinced At last that these were NO human
foes. fed TO the refuge of their fort-liks
houses, and there was room for the reeling
spanisrds to draw breath.
Then thrice again the SUMMONS to sur
render was duly read before those strange
tanements, each near = thousand feet long.
and looking like . flight of gigantic steps
cut from ono rock. Zsldivar even 0
wished to spare unnecessary bloodshsd, and
demanded only that ths assassins of his
brother and countrymsn should bs given
mp for punishment. All others who would
surrender should DO we'll treated. But the
logged Indians. like wounded wolves in
their den, stuck in their barricaded houses
and refused all terms.
The rock was captured, but the town re-
NAMED. A pueblo house is a fortress in it.
self; and now Zaldivar had to storm Aooma
house by house. room by room. The little
psdrsro was dragged before the first row Of
houses and began to deliver its slow fire.
Az the adobe walls orumblsd under the
oVo~Oy DSssoIluk VI buO DtOA0 cannon OAlla,
they only made great barbados of
slay, which even our modern artillery
would not pierce; and zach had to be
carried at the point Of the sword. Some
Of the fallen houses caught fire from their
own hearths, and soon a sitting smoke
hung over the town. from which issued tho
shrleks Of women and babes and the def
ant yslls Of warriors. The humane Zaldi-
var made every effort. at great personal
risk, TO save the women and children, but
numbers persisted beneath the falling walls
Of their own homes.
This fearful storming lasted until noon
OF Jan. "a. Now and then bands of war;
riors made sorties and tried to cut through
the Spanish line. Many sptanQ in dsspsra-
tion over the cliff and were dashed to pieces
at its foot; and two Indians who made that
incredible leap survived it a. ~miraculously
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First Efforts That Directed Some
Authors in the Line OF
Writing.
Peculiarities in the Manners of
Men and Women in Liter
ary Lines.
HslIamy Has No systeln-Mrs. Burnett's
Charactsristics-Mrs. Deland Led
Into POetry-Miss wilkins.

Written for THE HELENA INDEpEypENrI
"HE LITERARY METHODS OF
.\II successful writer's are NOT only inter-
~ ostlng to the curious, but are often
times helpful to other writer's, especially
younger ones. who have opportunity to
study them; for pirate az We may of inds-
psndenos and originality. We humans RELY
very mnch on each other and really do but
little that il not suggested to Us in one way
or another by our fellows.
To what extent Edward Bells my's plan Of
national reorganization 10 indebted to the
author of Utopia" Mr.. Ballamy himself
probably could not say. but he did say to
me tbs other day that when hs began TO
write Looking Backward' he had no in
tentiono OF mapping out q practical reform,
but rather intended to write a more fsnoi-
full sketch for his own amusement and for
the entertainment Of his readers. He had
begun q Literary GARCIA career Of litera-
ture for literaturs's sake-and expected to
pursue it to the end. He had had about
sixteen years Of traininRi in journalism, had
written three small books and q number OF
stories for magazines, and in the summer
OF 1887 sat down to write another bit Of
hction-a literary fantasy In which an ideal
condition of things was to be described
after tho manner though nowise in imits-
ton, Of Sir Thomas More's most famous
work.
To make his story interesting he must
make it plausible; must play that trick of
art which makes the ideal seem to be prac-
tical and real. And so he did-played it SO
we'll that he lured himself into the trap he
had set for others, and ended by believing
his own fairy tale to be true. In the six
months during which he was engaged in
writing this book his entire eareer was
changed. He sat down a poet and arose q
statesman. He went into his study to write
a fanciful yarn and came out 10 revolutions.
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THE TEXANS PET CENTIPEDES,

After They Got Loose Their Owner Had
the Car to Himself.
II was going to New York sometime ago."
said II. G. Forrest. as he took a seat in a
little experience meeting which the drum
mers were holding in the corridors Of the
Lindell. "At q way station in Indisna a
little old man entered the sleeper, carving
n wo den box bored full of small holes.
The car was crowded. aud nearly everybody
had gone to bed. The newcomer ordered
his berth made NJ, and retired to the
smoking compartment car for u few whiffs
on a black brierwood pipe that was strong
enough to cutl the hair on h wooden In
dian. When he started to retire he picked
up his perforated box. The cover had
come off, and the little man stood staring
at it with such a look OF hopeless. helpless
despair that l ventureu to ask him What
was the mater.
"'Matter?' he shrieked in his thin fal-
sstto that went through the car like tho
note of Il bGgpips, matter? l had six cen
pedes in that box which | was taking home
from Texas. and the last mothers sou of
'em has got eout"
"Well, sir, If you had exploded q pound
OF dynamite Ia that car you would not have
created Creator CONSERVATION. Men and
women came tumbiing out OF their berths
in their niIhtcaps and short-stop clothes.
One woman scratched herself on a pin. de
clared that n centipoie was in hor clothes
aud got rid of her scant habiliments in one
time and two motions. A fat man, who
was u victim of prickly heat, imag-
inod that he could feel u cent?
psde making its way down his sri-
nal column and could with diff
Guilty be restrained from jumping out OF the
window. Mosquito bites were maEniled
into deadly wounds and tho whole train
ransaeksd for doctors The oolored porter
stood on the rear platform and shook a.
though afflicted with the palsy. Everybody
crowded into the next car. shook out their
clothes g~inperly and made hasty but fear
full toilets in the presence of half a hun
bred Mortified passengers. There WAS no
more sleep that night. | had forgotten my
n,eerschaum pipe. and in fear and tgem,
bling wen back to recover it. | found the
wretchsd author of all our misery poking
roundw with his box. looking for his lost
pets and mourning because he found them
not, He said he paid ~ a piece for them
in Cisco. Tex: IL the very Thought OF be-
ing Sl2 loser nearly broke his heart
Globe-Dsmocrat.
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ART II.
mT DAYBREAK ON THE MORNING

PART II.
mT DAYBREAK ON THE MORNING
~ of Jan. %, 1888, Zsldivar gave the
III signal for the attack, and the main
, body Of the 6panisrds began firing
their few arqlsbusss and making = despsr-
ate assault at the north end of the great
rock-there absolutely imprsgnabls.% The
Indians, crowded along the olif above.
poured down . rain Of missiles. and many
of the Spsniards were wounded. Mean
while twelve picked men. who had hid
den during the sight under the over
hanging elf which screened them
alike from the fire and the obssr-
ing stealthily along under the rocks, drag
gine the pedrsro by ropes Most of these
twelve were arquebusiers; and. besides tbs
weight of the ridiculous little cannon. they
had their pondsrous fint-locks and their
clumsy armor-poor helps for scaling
heights which the uninsumbered athlete
finds most difficult. Pursuing their ardu-
ous way unobserved; pulling n another
and then tho pedrsro M the lodges,
they reach At last the top of = great
pinnacle Of rock separated from the
main cliff Of Aooma by a narrow bat awful
.hasm. Late in the afternoon they had
their bowitzer trained upon the town; and
it, report, as it, eobblestons ball few into
Acoma. signaled the main body at the north
end of the mesa that the first vantage
ground had been safely Rainsd-and at the
came time warned the savaRss of danger
from . new quarter.
That night little squads of Spaniards
climbed the great precipices which wall the
trough-like valley on east and west, cut
down small pines, and with infinite labor
dragged the logs down the cliffs, across the
valley and up the butte upon which the
twelve were stationed. About q score of
soldiers were left to guard the horses at the
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as had the four Spaniards in the early mas

as had the four Spaniards in the early mas
saors. and made their escape!
At noon Of the third day the old men
came forth to sue for mercy. which was at
once granted. The moment they surren-
dersd their rebellion was forgotten and
their treachery forgiven. There was no
need of further puniahment. The ring
leaders in the murder of Zaldivar's brother
were all dead; and so were most Of the
Navajo allies. 1t was tho most bloody
In this three days fight
the Indians lost 500 slain and
countless wounded; and of the surviving
Spaniards, not one but bore to his grave
many u CHASTITY scar for Acoma.
But they were proud scars; won in the
The town wss so nearly destroyed hat it
had all to be rebuilt; and the patient
people must repeat the infinite toll with
which they had brought by the baokful
up the cliff all the timbcrs and stones
and olay TO build a many storisd
crops, too. and all other supplies-sto, cd in
dark little rooms of the terraced houses
had boon destroyed, and they were sore in
need. Truly a bitter pay had been given
them by those above for their trsRchsry to
Junn de Zaldivhr!
When his men had sufficiently recovs,c Cd
from their wounds Vicente do ZAldivar
marched victorious back to San Gsbrisl do
los E%spanoles. What 4 shout must have
gone up from the gray walls of tho little
colony when its anxious watchers saw Al
last the wan tntters of that little army
pricking home across the enows on jadcd
steeds!
The est of the Pueblos-who had been
lying demure as cats, with claws sheathed
but every 1.-the muscle ebert to spring-wsrs
fairly paralyZcd with awe. They had
looked to ace the Apaniards defeated, II not
crushed. at Alcoms; and then = swift rising
Of Sll the tribes would have made short
work Of tho remaining invaders. But now
the impossible has happened. Ah-ko, the
proud sky city Of tho QUERIES; All, ko. ths
cliff -girt aud imprsRnsble, had fallen be-
fore the pale strangers! Its brave warriors
had come to nsught, its strong houses were
a chaos of smoking ruins. its wealth was
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gone. it, people we're nearly wiped from on
the saTth! What use struggle against such
nsn OF power--thsss wizards who must be
procious to Those Above. slse they
oould never have such s~uperhsman
ptowsss? The strung sinsws relaxed:
and the great cas began TO par A.
though she had never drsamsd Of nossing.
There was no more thought of = rebellion
against the spaniards; and the Indisns
even went ont Of their way to court ths
favor Of these awssoms strangers. Thay
Aeoma several days before ZaldivAr aad his
heroes got back to the little colony; and
were even mean snouQh to deliver 10 him
two Querss refugees from that dread field
who had sought refuge among them.
Thence forward. Gov. Onats had no fur
thsr trouble with the Pusblos.
Bat Asona itself seemed to take the les
son TO heart less than any Of them. Too
crushed ana broken to think Of further
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Where Cleanliness Prevails.

All travellers in Holland have noticed the
scrubbing capacity Of the Dutch house
keepers. With cHnals and sioots at their
doors, the women have plenty of material
for washing. Cleaning sssms to be- almost
an infection in the village. Never again
shall l SEQ 80 much out-of-door polishing
aud such brimful canals close ut hand.
The villagers 60 to church twice on sab
bath, and the whole place has a religious
aspect that ennobles its poverty and mean
ness and gives 1t right among the worlds
most worthy places.
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Fastest speed Attained by Elevators.

Tit maximum speed of the fastest pasaen-
ger elevators which have ever been built 10
l,bO0 feet rer minute, or u rate Of one mile
In three minutes aud u fraction. In Chi
cago the fastest elevators shoot Mp or down.
carrying 5000 pounds. at II speed Of COO feet
a minute. Chicago Tribune.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-31
A Heap Big Hunt.

During the past week big hunt
has been talked up. The plan is
for the the hunters to choose two
captains, they to select the gunners,
an equal number on each side, and
the entire party to hunt any time
between daylight and dark upon the
day selected. A list of game, with
the number of points each kind
counts, to be agreed upon. The sum
total of the counts of each side to
be found and the side having the
smallest number pay for the supper
prepared at one of the hotels. ALI
interested in town and out, are re-
quested to meet at the court room on
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock TO
make the necessary arrangements.
The valley is overrun with rabbits
and some good work can be done
toward thinning them out, as well as
having good time. Those who
cannot be present on Monday but
desire to take part in the hunt can
leave their names with A. N. Parrish
or at the REGISTER office.
Heaton's novelty store is the cheap
est place on earth to buy goods. More
than 300 useful articles at less than
half the usual prices. Call and see
what we have to offer whether you buy
or not. Something new every week.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-31
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

IN THE NATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LurELIous
MERRITT DECEASED.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on Monday the
IN 9th day of January, A. ID. 1898, being one Of
the regular days of the December term of the
County Court of Prowers County, in the State
Of Colorado, !. ]. H. Means, Administrator of
said estate, will appear before the Judge of said
Court, present my final settlement such Ad-
ministrator. pray the approval of the same, and
will then apply to be discharged as such Admin
istrator. At which time and place any person
in interest may appear and present objections to
the same il any there be-
Dated at Lamar, Colorado, December 7th, 1892.
j. II. MEANS,
Administrator OF the Estate Of Lutelious Mer-
ritt, deceased.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-31

" Mrs. NJ. j. Underwood has gone
to Burns, Kas., to spend several
weeks with relatives and friends.
Her two children accompanied her.
On Tuesday the city council
laid on the table the petition to
change the site of the artesian well.
The place selected seems to bs ia
vored by a large majority of the res
idents of the town.
An effort is being made to nave
the name ''Zuck" permanently re-
tired and Byron" substituted for
the postoffice at the east end. By
ron is the name of the station, and
is certainly preferable to the other.
A community that is oppressed with
such a name as ''Zuck" has a right
to make kick.
During the holiday season the
Santa Fe route will sell tickets to
any point in Colorado at one fare
for the round trip. Tickets will be
on sale December 81 and January ]
and 2, good returning until January
3, Tickets to points outside the
state distant not more than 200 miles
will be sold on the same dates and
with the same return limit at one
and one-thire fare for the round trip.
Last Friday being the birthday of
Of Ed Gordon, Frank Stinson and
Mrs. c. B. Jones, they had an anni-
versary dinner at the residence Of G.
B. Jones. 1t was one of the most
largely attended social events Of the
season on the north side. The DIN
ner was excellent, and as all the
guests seemed to think they must do
triple honor to the occasion, the tur-
keys and chickens disappeared with
frightful rapidity. A humber of fine
presents were given. 1t was Mrs.
Jones, 3Sth birthday.
To Our Friends and Patrons-We
appreciate your liberal patronage
since We have been in business
among you. Our prices on hard
ware and furniture are now lower
than they have ever been in Lamar,
and we propose to cut them still low
er In order to do this, however
We will be obliged to do STRICTLY
CASH BUSINESS. In order to make
it to your interest to pay cash we
will make the following reductions
from present prices: Shelf hard
ware, granite and tinware, 10 per
cent; furniture, stoves and barbed
wire, per cent. Yours truly,
MARKER Bros.
Early Monday morning an at
tempt was made to burn the Deming
hotel. A piece Of mating was taken
from the front door, saturated with
kerosene oil and thrown into one of
the back rooms by raising window.
The flames were seen by Marshal
Kelsey aud quickly put out. Three
families occupy the building and
there might have been loss Of life.
The perpetrator is unknown and the
motive is mystery. Only about
two weeks before fire was discover
ed about 10 p. IN. in small barn
near the same building. No punish
ment is too severe for the wretch
who would thus imperil lives and
property.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-31
LOCALS.

Judge Blodgctt is in Pueblo.
Ladies' Fine Shoes at Irwin's-
Clothing for everybody at John
sOn's-
Wesley Davis is visiting friends in
l0sA
N J. McMillen was up from Carl
k,a on Thursday.
Christmas week was a sociable and
lively one in Lamar.
The county commissioners will y
session on Monday.
We. Anderson was down from
.oeEy Ford ON Thursday.
Mss Anna Swift is visiting hH
:..er. Mrs. NJ. 5. Goodale.
Don't miss the immense reduction
kaIs- al Irwin'- this month
John Hess received more cattle
-on New Mexico this week.
c d. Baldwin returned last night
vru A visi. to eastern Kansas
FOR sALE-Sin fine pigs
Q. C. GoopuuE-
Special agent Webster OF the San
Fe vas in Lamar on Thursday.
Go to Johnston's for Tcnnent
sibbling school shoes Never MP.
Mr. and Mrs T. F. Seebergcr
fsu; Christmas with friends in La
~
John Hess on Thursday shipped a
!, losd of alfalfa to Albuquerque,
IN
Johnston has the largest line OF
FerooAts in the county. Cheap for
"a
III VI Myers, treasurer of Baca
panty, came up from Springfield on
ussdsy.
-.
The dramatic entertainment OF Kit
1rson Post has been postponed un-
January 4th-
Mr. and Mrs. p. NJ Keen, OF Pueb.
have been visiting relatives and
beads in Lamar.
A V. Grimsley, formerly Of Ora
lia, now of Caldwell, kas-. was in
Enar on Wednesday.
L l. Maxwell a few days ago
pPed upon a rusty nail and has =
d foot in consequences.
Sndge Doughty has discarded MS
|utehes-loaned them, one to Vat
p the other to Maxwell.
Everybody who trips the light
niastic should patronize the fire
ans ball Monday evening.
We learn that d. c. Marker is ne
plating for a car load Of baby car
'ses for next years trade.
Mrs. j. e. Kalb. Of Canton, Kansas,
Spending Christmas week with her
nghter, Mrs. W. q. Gould.
Alr Rouse is selling great m1ry
Election flour bins. Every well
gulated family should have one.
Iapt Cummings great war drama
ne Scout of Virginia" will be Civ
at the court house next Wednes-
evening.