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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17

In one OF the many and varied com
ments on the creation Of women in tho
Talmud, the Emperor Hadrian Is intro
duced as conversipg with Rabbi CANA
liel on several religious questions, With
the object Of casting ridiculo on the
Bible, Hadrian exclaims; why, your
God Is Represented therein as a thief
He surprised Adam In his sleep and
robbed him Of one Of his ribsr"
The rabbits daughter, who was pres
emit, Graves permission TO reply to the
emperor. This Is granted her. but
FIRST LET me implore thy imperial protec-
ton, puissant sireir she exclaims. "a
grave outrage has been perpetrated on
our house. "'"Who has dared to inhict
any harm on the abode Of a friendr'
asked the sovereign.
"Under cover of the night an auda-
cious thief broke into our house, took a
silver fagon from our chest and left a
golden one in its stead" what a well
come thiefr' cries Hadrian. would
that such robbers might visit my palace
every dayr' "And was not the Creator
even such a thief as this" srchly rejoins
the blushing damsel, ''who deprived
Adam Of a rib, and in lieu thereof gave
him a loving, lovely bridey-Chief Rab-
bi Adler in Nineteenth Century.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17

The "goober" industry of Norfolk is
unique. Here is a little city in Virginia
that has become the greatest distribut-
ing center of peanuts in the world. n
peanut Is a pretty small item, but an al
nual crop Of something like 5000 900
bushels, worth millions Of dollars,
makes q pretty big item.
The demand for COOLERS has doubled
within the last five years, and the sup
ply does not yet fill the growing demand.
Few people know the curious uses to
which the goober has been put in trade
quite Of late years. No other single
plant raised in this country is used in SO
many different ways. The Chinese say
the cocoanut palm has as many useful
properties as there are days in the year.
The goober is not 70 universal as that,
but it has as many valuable qualities as
there are days in the week. The solid
part of the nut is peculiarly nutritive
and supplies fruit and food for many a
family. The vines make fine fodder,
some say as good as clover hay, while
hogs fatten on what is left in the fields
after the crop has been gathered.-New
York independent.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17

The largest mammoth skeleton in the
world is ON exhibition at the Washing.
ton State building at the Chicago fair
In the spring Of 1873 Mr.. Copelin, a
farmer living in the southwestern part
of Spokane county, state of Washington,
was digging a drain through a muddy
hollow, about 90 feet square, when he
came upon some unusually large bones.
He wisely exercised great care in dig
ging out the bones, and the result was
that science secured a valuable prize.
Professor W. X. Higley has prepared a
brief record of this work, showing that
121 bones or their fragments had been
found, aggregating 700 pounds in weight.
The length of the tusks is 0 feet 10
inches; circumference Of the tusk at
base, 81 inches; number Of laminae Of
lower teeth, 10; breadth Of lower teeth,
81 inches; length of lower teeth, 10
inches; breadth of the lower jaw at the
condyles, % inches; breadth of atlas, 19
inches; height of atlas, 81 inches; height
of pelvis, "a inches; breadth of pelvis, o.
inches; height of scalpula, 20 inches;
length Of humerus at middle Of shaft, 10
inches. These are accurate measure
ments of the true bones in the mounted
skeleton. The height Of this skeleton as
it stands is 10 feet, while that of the fa-
nous st. Petersburg specimen is only 9
feet 3 inches. Toledo Blade.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17

l once took some Kafiirs from their
desolate island home in the Himalayan
gorge5 beyond the mountain ranges to
tho more civilized south. Like most
savages, they looked with stupid indif-
ference at tho marvels about them, and
once only were they excited by an incl
dent which opened their eyes to what
they considered a most extraordinary
and unnatural state of things.
They were descending a road when
one of them CHANGED to remark that he
was hungry, and the English ''sahib"
bought him some food at a wayside
shop. The Kafir saw the money change
hands.
"How is thisY' he inquired in sur
prise. DO you have to pay for food in
this country
Certainly"
"What a countryF cried the mar in
amazement. Then after bordering
awhile he continued doubtfully; "Sup-
pose a man had no money in this coun-
try. He might starveT'
ut is quite possible"
The Kafir shook with uncomfortable
laughter. 1t was the best joke he had
ever heard. He then explainedth ride
ulous system to his companions, and they
roared in chorus.-"Where Three EN-
pires Meet"
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17
A Contarion Of EpiIepsx.

A curious, well authenticated case Of
contagious epilepsy occurred among the
Northamptonshire rifle volunteers, who
returned home on Saturday after a
weeks camping out at Wakefield Lawn,
the Northamptonshire residence Of the
Duke Of Grafton. At $3.50 in the morn
ing, while in the act of changing
guard, q sergeant, overcome by the
heat, fell to the ground in an epileptic
fit. The bugle vas at once sounded for
the ambulance, and n or two stopped
to assist the sergeant. Almost imme-
diately another volunteer fell in a SINH
lar fit, and in the course of the next two
minutes five more dropped to the ground
insensible, leaving only five Of the -
men present unaffected. The ambu-
lance corps soon appeared and found
the remaining five men in a state of in
tense excitement. 1t was a long time
before several recovered from their fits.
One man, a corporal, insisted on return
ing at once to duty, but all the others
were invalided.-Cor. Westminster Ga
Zptte.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17

When Lord RawdOn was in South
Carolina, he had to send an express OF
great Importance through a part of the
country filed with continental troops.
A corporal of the Seventeenth dra-
goons, known for his courage and intel
ligence, was selected to escort it.
They had not proceeded far when they
were fired upon, the express was killed
and the corporal wounded in the side.
Careless of his wound, he thought only
of his duty. He snatched the dispatch
from the dying man and rode on till,
from the loss of blood, he fell. Then
fearing the dispatch would be taken by
his enemy, he thrust it into his wound
until the wound closed upon it and con-
cealed it. He was found next day by u
British patrol, with a smile of honorable
pride upon his countenance, and with
life just sufficient to point to the fatal
depository Of his secret.
In searching the body the cause Of his
death was found, for the surgeon de-
clared that the wound in itself was not
mortal, but was rendered so by the irri-
tation of the paper.
Thus fell this patriot soldier-in rank
a corporal, he was in mind a hero. His
name was O'Lavery, and he came from
the parish of MORA, in County Down,
Ireland.-Youth's Companion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17
nllsY,a EALING.


The noo-icr Poet mahes Confession Of n
Iroubicsome Weakness.
james Whitcomb Riley. the poet, de-
scribos himself as a train misser. A
friend thus relates how tho poet con-
fcssos his weakness;
found him occupying an easy chair
In o parlOr a that was attached to n
train leaving Chicago OF 1890 a. m. for
indianapolis. After the greetings, in
that quantity humorous strain that has
made the man and his writing 80 pop
ular, he described the trial he meets
with rs a traveller,
II have been in the depot three hours
waiting for this train TO start for In
~dianapolis."
"Why did You come here three hours
before traintime?-10:3O Is its leaving
Time"
"Well, you know l am a train misser.
l can't make a train. u doesn't make
any difference what precautions 1 take, /
miss 1t or take the wrong train. Igotuy
ticket yesterday-boughti it over the No
o route because / knew it went right
through without change. II 1 ever have
20 change cars, I'm lost. lam sure tomiss
the connection OF take the wrong train.
/ had a messenger boy go with me TO the
ticket Office. Never could have found
It myself. When 1 got TO the hotel after
the entertainment last night, Iasked the
clerk what time the Monon' train left
for indianapolis.
'Monon-Mouon,' said he; hasn't
that road got another nameP
d" 1T probably has. 1t would be just
like these railroads TO change the name
Immediately after I bought my ticket
Then he looked at one Of those brain
splitting time cards and said:
"'Yeslyes Monon route-that's L.,
N. A. and A. 9. railway, and it leaves at
ga. m
II left n call for ESQ, so I could have
my breakfast and be at the depot at 1880.
l always go TO the depot 80 minutes be-
fore the train leaves, and then / miss it
oftener than l catch it. When l pre-
sented my ticket to the gatekeeper, he
said: Your train leaves at 1880 That
was 20, and here l have been since 1880.
"Bill Nye says that when my head
was built they run out of gray matter
when they camc to fill my bump of loca-
ton, and they filed it with mayonnaise
dressing, and that's a pretty hard thing
for a mar to think with. "-Dctroit Free
Press.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17

The Weehawken tunnel Of the West
Shore railway in New Jersey, which is
4,2OO feet in length, has a novel block
signal system. The arrangement con-
sists Of q line Of incandescent electric
lamps about 300 feet apart and placed
on a level with the eye Of the engine
driver. When the lamps are all alight,
it Is an indication Of safety. Each train
passing through extinguishes the lamps
for a distance of 100 feet in it's rear, a
result which is automatically effected
by an electrically connected track cir
cult, whereby the lamps are kept under
the continuous control of the train. The
operators in the signal towers at each
end Of the tunnel can also extinguish the
lights in any section of the tunnel if oc-
casion requires. This system appears to
embody a number Of exceedingly valu-
able features, and if successful in prac-
tice cannot but increase the traffic ca
pacity Of a long tunnel largely beyond
that which is possible by the methods of
signaling heretofore in use.-Engineer-
ing Magazine.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17
A Cathedral Dungeon.

Chichester cathedral has n secret dun.
geon, having n heavy and massive door.
It is also provided with a secret en-.
trance. admission TO which is obtained
by n sliding panel in a room at one time
used as a library. The cathedral, found
ed in 1870, was renovated after a fire in
111i, and restored after another fire in
1871. Il consists Of a nave Of eight
bays and four a%isles, a transept with
chambers instead Of a%isles, u central
steeple and a southwest tower.
Carlisle cathedral, during the period
Of the Jacobite rebellion, was used as a
huge dungeon, and many rebels Were
imprisoned there in 1745. The chief Ell.
gineer in the royal forces even demand.
cd the bells as his perquisites, which
claim the dean and chapter successfully
resisted. Having been used for this
purpose, tho cathedral was left in such
an intOlerable state Of filth that not till
after six weeks cleansing and burning
Of much sulphur and tar could it be used
for service. London Tit-Bits.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17
CAUSE OF
Result Of tho Meeting of Head Wind,
From North and south.

Result Of tho Meeting OF Head Wind
From North and South.
From the gulf Of Mexico TO the north
pole and from the lakes to the Rocky
mountains is a vast extent Of country
crossed by no mountain chains TO inter-
cept or retard the velocity Of air cur
rents.
The extent Of this country is equaled
by none on earth. Cold air being heay-
Ter 70 the square inch than warm air,
tho cold air, when coming in contact
with a warm current from the south, al
ways predominates, forcing the warm
air into the upper currents.
The cause Of cyclones Is the meeting
Of a head wind from the north with a
head wind from the south. They meet
like two vast armies Of men.
The pressure at the point Of meeting is
30 great that the air. by compression,
becomes heavier TO the square inch than
wood or the human body. hence either
one viii float In the same manner that
wood viii float IN water-it floats be-
cause IL Is lighter to the square inch
than water.
Place water In IN ordinary wash bowl
and remove the plug, and It will be OBJ
served that in passing out the water
forms a circular reaction. Air being a
liquid does the same In passing either
upward or downward, hence the funnel
shaped spout Of the cyclone center.
When two immense bodies of air COM
ing from opposite directions meet, the
only egress is upward and sideways, and
IN passing upward Il forms the funnel
the same as water passing out Of a wash
bowl downward.
The theory that a cyclone forms a
vacuum Is absurd. Withdraw air from
q glass Jar with an air pumpand a feath-
CT within the formed will drop
with the same velocity as lead. or, on the
other hand, You can compress air until IL
81 heavier to the square inch than wood,
IA which case wood viii Goat ia the air.
The lifting power OF a cyclone Is
caused first by tho compression or
density of the cir, and second by its We
lociiy. Combining tho power Of density
with that Of velocity, which occurs al
tho center on funnel, no power can re.
sisti. The feeling Of sunocation or din.
Guilty IN breathing when near the track
Of a cyclone Is caused from tine cOnprc5-
hon Of air.-AlinneapQlis Tribune.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17

One Of the interesting results Of the
recent experiments in England in photo
graphing flying bullets has been to show
that tho disturbance in the air travels
faster than the bullet itself.
The photographs exhibit air waves in
advance Of the bullets, even when the
latter are moving faster than the veloc-
ity of sound.
In one case where the bullet was nov
ing considerably faster than sound trav-
els in the air it wa preceded by m at
mospheric disturbance which, at the
moment the photograph was taken, was
half an inch in advance of the point Of
the bullet. Even when the bullets were
travelling four times as fast as sound the
atmospheric disturbance kept ahead Of
them.-Youth's Companion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17
CaII for Irrlga.lon oonventlon.
TERRITORY OF NEW MExIcO,)
EXECUTIVE OFFICV.

TERRIroRY OF NEW MEuco,)
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
santa fE, n. NJ, August 2, 1893.
To the People Of New MEXICO, Arizona, Western
Texas, and Of the State of chihuahua, in the
Republic of Mexico:
WHEREAS, All of the citizens OF the above states
are actively interested in the irrigation industry,
and are, in a largo measure, dependent upon irri-
CATION for the, development Of their agricultural
resources and
WHEREks, A largo proportion of the people in
portion of tho state of Texas, and of the north
ern portion Of the state OF chihuahua are largely
dependent upon tho Rio Gundo river for their
water supply for irrigation purposes; and
WHEREAS, The greater portion OF eaid river
passes away during the season of the year when
not needed for purposes OF irrigation, which,
with a proper System of reservoirs, could be
saved and utilized, and wonld thereby greatly
add to the wealth and prosperity Of said regioni
WHEREAS, Large quantities of the water OF
said river which have for many years been
appfoprlqted and used by the citizens residing
Ia the valley thereof, south OF Albuquerque, Tor
the purposes Of irrigation, and upon the con-
tinual use OF which depends the life and pros
perity of the community, has been Wrongfully
appropriated and diverted to other uses by the
residents near tho OF said stream, in
Colorado, thus causing a water fumine in tho
lower valley, which from year 70 year grows
greater, until the agricultural interests are in
Imminent danger Of destruction unless such
diversion be checked.
Now, therefore, for the purpose Of oounsalling
together, and devieing ways and means 20 stop
such unlawful use and diversions Of the water OF
the Rio Grnnde, and Of storing and preserving In
reservoirs the spring and storm waters that now
go to waste annually, and Of discussing and con-
sidering all important questions relating to
irrigation laws, irrigation securities, irrigation
methods, and to devise and agree upon some
general and concerted plan Of action looking
to the development OF the agricultural Wnicul
tural and hOrticultuTul resources OF such region,
by saving and utilizing the waters thereof, a
mass convention OF the citizens residing in said
portion of said states and territories is hereby
called to meet at Doming, in tho territory Of
New Mexico, on Tuesday, November Z, 1898, and
subsequent days.
All persons resident within said portion Of
states and territories are respectfully requested
to attend and participate in tho deliberations OF
said convention, and all counties, municipal cor
porations, irrigation, acequia and canal corpora
tions, boards of trade and chambers Of INNER
are invited 20 send delegates thereto.
Done at Santa Fe, the capital OF New Mexico,
this the I'd day Of August, a, ID, 1893,
lsEALl w.. II. THORNTON,
Attest; Governor Of New Mexico.
s. ALEXANDER, Secretary Of Territory.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17

The use Of the bicycle for military
purposes, after having developed with
great rapidity in France, has suddenly
received a check. General Loizillon,
the minister of war, has, it appears, little
faith IN il. He has issued an order that
the cyclist corps are only to be used on
prepared ground.
In time of war, he says, their use.
even if no account is taken Of the liabili-
ty of the machines to break, is likely to
cause serious miscalculations, and they
can only rarely be substituted for men
ON horseback. The cyclists henceforth,
therefore, or until some successor to
General Loizillon more favorable to
them is appointed, will be reserved, by
his instructions, for garrison duty, for
the great maneuvers and in time Of war
for certain easy communications at the
rear Of the ces.-London News.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17

1t is a pleasing weakness of human ma
ture to assume that every good thing be-
longs in a peculiar to ones one country
or to ones own special part of it. A
Frenchman who had been spending a
considerabletim in Germany exclaimed
Immediately after crossing the frontier
back into his own country;
"There are birds singing in the trees.
We are in France againV
This story is matched by a true one of
a New England woman who spent two
years in Illinois, and returning to her
beloved home wrote as follows to a
friend in the east:
''It is so nice to be back in the east
and hear the l%ocusts, katydids and brown
thrushes once more"
All these creatures had made the sum-
mer air musical in the part of the coun-
try which she had been visiting, but
during her Punishment she had never
beard them.-Youth's Companion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-17

In the District Court
Of Grant County, New Mexico.
James Grenfell,
VS.. fNo. 1853.
The Mountain Key Mining Co.
no all whom IL may concern, notice Is here
/ by given That whereas James Grenfell as
complainant in a certain suit In chancery in the
District Court Of Grant County, New Mexico,
brought against the Mountain Key Mining
Company TO establish q mechanics claim OF lien
against the Mountain Key Mining Company, did
on the 2Sth day Of June, 1892, obtain in said
court a decree whereby his claim Of one humid
red and three dollars and five cents for labor (;
and twelve dollars and fifty cents for drafting,
verifying and recording claim; and nifty dollars
as attorneys fees aud fifty dollars as masters
fees was decreed 10 be a valid and snbSisting
lien against the Mountain Key Mine hereinafter
described; And whereby the said Mountain
Key ana appurtenances was ordered to be sold
In default In the payment OF the aforesaid sums
by the Mountain Key Mining Company and
whereby thomas s. Helm was appointed q
special Commissioner 10 sell said property IN the
event Of such default In payment Of said sums
Now therefore, /, Thomas s. HELM, the said
special commissioner, VIII on the 2bth day OF
October, 1893, between the hours of 10 O'Clock
and 4 o'clock OF said day, at the front door OF
the court house In the town OF Silver City, New
Mexico, under and by virtue Of said decree sell
The following described property to-wit; The
Mountain Key Mine or Mining Claim, the same
being fifteen hundred feet of Han In length by six
hundred feet In width. situated immediately
nOrthward from the Ohio mine and about one
mile west from the town OF Plnos Altos and Of
the eastern base OF the Big Mountain, IN the
PinOs Altos Mining District, IN the County OF
Grant and Territory Of New Mexico, together
with all ienements and appurtenances thereun-
to belonging or in any wise appertaining, for
cash to the highest bidder 10 satisfy said
decree.
THOMAS s. HEFLIN,
II. J.. PICKETT, Special Commissioners.
iowa Solicitor for Complainant.
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Pacto por Embargo.
NJ lAnL

- =
Goldschmidt Bros,
VS.. SPactO pOf Embargo.
VIM II. Kane. No. 1921.
IN dicho demandado, W. IT. Kane, es pOr es-
Ito nOtificadO que I'M pleitO de PactO pQr EN-
barge hR sidO commensurate en- contra de ell pOr el
dicho actor, GOldschlnidt Bros, en- In COrte del
Tercer DistrlctO Judicial, dentrO por Ell COnda-
do de Grant, y amenOS que el entire su a%pariencia
en- dichO pleitO. en- Ia Oficina del Escribano yReg-
istradOr EN- ChancIlleria en- dicha Corte. en- o an
ties del primer dia del p|rOxilno termlnO de Ia
dicha COrte, que Sera teTnida dentrO y pOr ell
dicha COndado de Grant, ell segundO Lunes de
NOvembre, A. ID. 1893, ell mismO siendO ell dia 10
de NOvembre A.. D.. 1898, sentenCia pOr falua
sera dadO Ell contra de ell.
Fl dichO demandadO W. H.. ZANE, cs ademas
nOtincade que encOnfOrmidad con un actO de
Embargo decendidO del la COrte dichO del Ter
Ger DistrlctO Judicial dentrO y pOr ell COndadO de
Grant, enlel Aguacil Mayor de dichO COndadO de
Grant, en- ell dia y de Mayo A. ID. 1893. Seques-
tro Harry W. Lucas, y embargo sobre de pro
piedad discribida en- sigulente, perteneciendO al
diehO ~demandado, W. II. Kane, sltuadO EN- dichO
Condado de Grant y Territorio antedicho Y mas
particularmente deseribidO como slgue :IOdOs
de los SOlaTes Nos, 12-14-i6-y ~, yal Casa de lad
rillO de l y lie PisOs sitlada sObre ell mismO en- ell
cUaTdrO No. i01 argrimensaciOn de Fraser, plaza
de Silver City NueYO Mexico.
q no ser que entire 81 cOmparencia en- diehO
pleit0 como aqui requerida. In dtchO prOpriedad
asi embargada como antedicha sera yendida
para satisfacer el iucio.
Clerk.
By p. S. FALL, Deputy,
8. B. GmLErT.
ATTY for Plaintiff. 4iw4.