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Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16
Ynnr Rent Ynnnr Man.

lyon can't always just tell what your
best young man is going to develop in
to, said the girl in the blue jacket
"Now, l know a young man, and when
first met him l said to myself; At
lastl Hero he isl A real live man
without fad. And l was happy in
the thought that he wouldn't talk foot
ball or theosophy to me. But it didn t
take me long to find out my mistake.
OF all the fads i ever heard Of that
mans fad is the very worst.
He does tricks with cards and can
juggle things, continued the girl in
the blue jacket, as her eyes grew bright
and her cheeks pinl5ish. "At luncheons
he fishes his handkerchief out of my
muft and finds his gloves in my jacket
pocket. If You hand him glass Of water,
he'll turn 1t upside down and ask you
blandly why the water doesn't run out
At home he makes life miserable for me,
and when no goes away / call in the
girl and have her sweep up the rem
nants Of the teacups that he breaks
He balances parasola, guitars, vases
in fact, everything that he can find-on
the end of his nose. | can't do any
thing with him. am trying very hard
to make him angry 30 he'll quit call
ing, but he is so absurdly good natured
that l fear / shall never succeed. "-%St.
Louis Republic
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16

stage Held Up and Maid Carried or
BY a Good Looking bad Man.

4 Stage Held Up and n Maid Carried on
BY Good Looking Had Man.
Aromantic case Of kidnapping occurred
the other day in the country back OF
Mazatlan. The stage between Rosario
and Mazatlan, which left the former
place. stopped at I a. m. the next day at
Aqua Caliente, where another passenger,
q young and pretty girl, was taken on.
She was Carlotta Newman, daughter OF
a poor blind woman living at Mazatlan.
There were two other passengers, man
and a woman.
The stage left Aqua Caliente at la. m.
and bad gone only a couple Of leagues
when the driver suddenly refined up at a
call from the roadside, where four men
on horseback sat coolly pointing re-
volvers at his head. There was no de-
mand for coin, and from the quiet man.
ner Of the highwaymen the driver could
draw no idea of the nature Of their de-
mands. While one man held a gun
pointed at the driver and another at
tended the horses heothers dismounted,
stepped to the end of the coach and
courteously requested the young lady to
come out The girl recognized the larger
man, q magnificent looking fellow, as
Jose Valdez, her rejected lover, and di-
vining the plot she begged the passengers
to save her. Valdez warned them to do
nothing, and as they had no firearms
they dared not protest against the ac-
tions of the bold robbers
After urging Miss Newman TO come
out without avail, Valdez and his COM
panion laid hold of her and carried her
to the horses, placing her upon one and
tying her to the saddle The girls
shrieks and tears had no effect either in
hurrying the men or arousing their
anger. When they were again mounted
and ready to leave, Valdez turned to the
driver and said calmly, go, friend,
and excuse me for molesting you"
The driver lost no time in accepting
the permission, and the agitated passen-
gers inside did not breathe easily until
they saw the party, with the girl in the
center, gallop over a hill. The driver
and passengers reported the matter on
arriving at Mazatlan and gave the
names of Librado and Bernardo Valdez
and Rufno Zatarain as the accomplices
Of Jose Valdez, the first two being his
cousins.
Valdez is dare devil and spendthrift,
and though of good family bears a very
bad reputation. He was rejected by Miss
Newman, who is a highly respected girl
Of American birth. Tine prefect of the
district of Concordia, in which Aqua Ca
liente is situated, has charge Of party
Of rurales searching for Valdez, and
strong efforts are being made to capture
the villain. His hiding place is unknown.
News Of her daughters capture pros
trated the mother in Mazatlan.-San
Diego Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16

Prominent Cinnamon on the Pacific
coast are predicting q big exodus Of their
countrymen from this continent and all
other lands to the Celestial empire within
year or two. They viii go TO be pres
ent at the big fair which occurs there
once IN 60 years and at which every sub
ject Of tho great emperor tries to be pres
ent Hundreds Of thousands, maybe
millions, Of Chinese from all parts Of the
empire aud the world viii be there, says
Interpreter Pom Sc Of San Francisco.
"All nations will be invited and every
body ought 10 go. for It viii be the sight
Of a lifetime" the fair, he says, was
founded many centuries ago and has been
held regularly since. He Is not sure Of
the exact date, butit Is within two years.
Great preparations are being made for II
all over the empire, and announcement
Of Il win soon be made 10 the world
San Francisco Examiner.
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16
Removinr Glnss stoppers.

Sometimes 1t Is very difficult to re-
move glass stopper from bottle. A
cloth wet in hot water generally is
sufficient, but IL this fails, remember
the principle is to expand the neck Of
the bottle by heat and not the stopper.
With hot water the latter is often heat
ed equally with the neck, and TINS the
desired effect is not produced. By hold
ing the neck of the bottle about half an
inch above the fame of lamp or can
die, however, In few seconds the most
obstinate cork viii generally come out.
Care must be taken to turn the bottle
rapidly and not allow the flames to
touch the glass, as 1t might crack it.
When the glass is thoroughly heated, a
steady pull and twist will almost al
ways bring out the stopper. er.-Exchange
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16
A THuRlFER GUILD.
English Clergymen Agitated Over the
Ouestfon of Incense BurnfnR

English C1ergymen Agitated Over the
Question of Incense Burning.
Two subjects are at present greatly ex-
ercising the minds of many clergymen
Of the Church of England-one is the
startling falling off in their incomes ow-
ing to the long continued and increasing
agricultural depression, and the other is
the use of incense in churches. The lat
ter is always a prominent topic of cler-
ical discussion about Christmas time,
but this year it seems to create more in
terest than usual, owing to the growing
prevalence of the practice.
There are now so many servers, AGO.
lytes and other altar assistants engaged
in lighting and swinging thurifers in the
churches of England that they seriously
propose to form themselves into a guild
or society for the promotion of incense
burning. The name suggested for it is
the "Thurifer Guild" One of its objects
will be a study of the history of the prac-
tice and the best manner of manufacture
ing orthodox and sweet smelling incense
In an expeditions and economic manner.
London Telegraph.
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16

Sons who Died 60 Avengo Thor Fathcra
The Forty-seven Ronina.

Sons who Died 60 Avengo Their Fathcrn
The Forty-seven Ronins.
No crusader Of the west, no viking
of the ncrth, cherished a higher ideal
Of loyalty and ,chivalry than the clans
men Of old Japan; no Corsican more
ruthlessly handed down feud from
generation TO generation or exacted from
son and brother the execution Of
sterner vendetta. Tho Satsuma men Of
today triumph In the fact that their
own swords have avenged in this gem
Grafton the defeat inflicted on their fore
fathers in the year 1 1000 by the Todu.
gawa clan.
Legend and drama recount every day
to eager cars the stories of sons who
died to avenge their fathers, clansmen
that they might slay the foemen who
I had caused the death Of their lord. The
| favorite heroes, who hold in popular
estimation the place assigned by us to
Robin Hood and his men, are the AZ rob-
ms, name given to men who have
lost their clanship.
Their lord was obliged to commit
hara kiri, OF judicial suicide, for hav-
ing within royal precincts drawn his
sword on noble who had insulted him,
and these staneh vassals devoted them
selves to the destruction of the insult
er, knowing assuredly that, having slain
him, they would be equally condemned
to take their own lives.
Still may be seen fresh incense sticks
burning before the graves of their lead
er and his young son and visiting cards
stuck into the little tablets above them
as tokens Of the respect in which they
are held by those who know their story
and deplore their doom.
Mr.. Black records that at a review
of British troops in 1864 at Yokohama
great daimio was watching with In
terest the maneuvers of their regiments
and batteries of artillery stationed there.
At the conclusion he was asked to al
low the escort of his retainers who had
accompanied him to go through their
drill and tactics, to which he readily
consented.
Turning to Sir Rutherford Alcock,
who was inspecting the troops, he proud
ly said:
My retinue Is small, and their tao
tics are not worthy of notice after what
we have seen, but there is not one man
among them who, if say die, will not
unhesitatingly sacrifice his life at my
command. "-Nineteenth Century.
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16

The opening of the first section Of the
Congo railroad passed almost unnoticed
in this country, chiefly because it is due
to Belgian enterprise. But for all that,
British traders already realize the vast
possibilities involved and are actively
preparing to obtain share Of the new
trade The road at present extends from
Matadi to Kenge, and thence will be
pushed as rapidly as possible to Stanley
pool. The list of freight charges has
been published in the chief European
ports, and two British and one German
steamship line have made Matadi port
Of call. 1t is confidently predicted that
a Congo boom is about to commence,
and that King Leopold win soon be
within measurable distance of reward
for his courage and patience. London
Letter.
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16
Hrnnsltion ReIIon.

A curious illustration of woman's
tendency to lose things is furnished by
the collection in the lost and found bu-
reau Of the Columbian exposition. There
remain In it 600 women's wraps, 520
gloves, 20 wells, a score Of portmanteaux
and handbags, to say nothing Of 800 um-
brellas, a good share of which were left
by women, and 200 pairs of spectaeles,
most Of which no doubt belonged to wo-
men. They lose things when away from
home because tney are more likely than
men to be carried away by new scenes
and to forget everything except what in
terests them for the moment.-Pittsburg
Timea
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16

One Of those coincidence that are as
mysterious as they are interesting oc-
CURED in connection with the death Of
John Nolan, an officer OF the superior
court Of New York. One day recently
be "took a notion" 20 make his will, and
as he was in excellent health was chafled
by friends whom he asked to witness It.
II was signed and sealed that afternoon,
and the next day he died Of heart dis
ease. New York News.
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16
hobby burns and The Mayor.

On one occasion, arriving at Carlisle
on horseback, Bobby Burns is said to
have turned his steed out to grass for q
while, and the animal strayed ON to a
meadow belonging to the corporation
an got impounded. Although the horse
was given up to him, the poet retaliated
upon the mayor, whose tenure of Office
was to expire on the very morrow OF
the incident, as follows;
Was or puir roet sac behtted2
The maister drunk-the horse committed;
Puir harmless beastl TAX thee nae care;
Thou't be horse when he's nae mair tnlayor).
Dundee News.
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16
arand Wolfu

The farmers Of Kossuth county, Ia,
had a grand wolf hunt on Christmas
day. They have lost hundreds Of sheep
this winter through the depredations Of
wolves and propose 10 exterminato the
pests. The county was secured by par
ties Of horsemen, who swept the Des
Moines valley from one end Of the coun-
ty to the other The scalps are worth
e5 each, and hundreds Of them were So
cured.
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16
Rev. PlInk PiunI, ON ResirnatIon.

Always be prepared for dc worst,
deah breddern, an den, If de best Is
wot falls to yer lot, YAH be able to en-
joy 1t doubly, an eben If yer luck
changes va won't hab dat all gone feel
IN dat dc man has who expecks cherry
thing an always finds hisself amongst
de great ahmy OBJ dc left.-New York
Herald
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16

Fifty carloads a day are now being
moved from jackson park by various
lines, aud at this rate throo months more
win b. required 70 remove the Worlds
fair exhibits. TIE railroads derive no
revenue fgom this irafic, having agreed
that exhibits brought 70 Chicago az full
rates should b returned FREQ Of charac.
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16

II is extraordinary how the Singer
family has managed to mix itself up with
the aristocracy of France. With moth
ing but huge fortune and a large stock
Of eccentricity the original old Singer
married no less than 10 women, cover
ing a wide range of position and charac-
ter. He numbered his descendants by
the score. and these it is who have man
aged TO ally Themselves with some of the
proudest families in Europe. At the re-
cent wedding of Mrs. Winnaretta Singer
in Paris to Prince Melchior de Polignac
there was great gathering Of the Singer
clans, and they bore such naDlea' as
Rochefoucauld, Decazes, Murat, h0dena
and Dudley. .-Cholly Kniekerbocker in
New York Recorder
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16

st. Johns vision of the celestial city
will almost apply to our great munich
palities in one respect, now that the
electric globe is turning night into day,
"And the city had no need Of the sun,
neither of the moon, to shine in IL. -
Boston Transcript.
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16

II Nv NNANNfAN AANN = ANANNA ~ ~ W
last Summers rains have helped
and are keeping us out locally dur
ing the hard times from which the
whole country is suffering. Not
only was our cattle industry saved
from ruin at the time but our cat
tle-men have been down here with
in the last few weeks looking for
animals when there were TO good
ones to be had elsewhere. These
sales have already put large sums
of money into the pockets of our
people. Besides this $4,000 is a
low estimate at which to put the
money kept in this part of Grant
County by the supply of native
hay. In Silver City alone follow
ing are some of the people who
have been making money by cut
ting and curing last summers
abundant growth of wild grass;
J. Reidlinger, $50 tons cut near
Florida; Leandro Gonzales, 200
tons cut at Crawford; John Nc
MILAN, 200 tons near Separ; John
Dickinson, over 100 ton from Cow
Springs; AIessrs Colson & German,
the Taylor outfit, and others. All
these have sold their hay in Silver
City This makes no account of
Hutchinson & Frost who are sell
ing in Central Hall, whose hay
goes to Fort Bay ard, Fleming and
De Long whose cut went to Mogol-
lon, and the many others supply
ing Deming, Lordsburg, Hadley,
Cooks, &c, and other local men
whose names we have been unable
to get. Some idea however may
be got of the amount cut when it
is known that one firm in Silver
City alone, Messrs. Cosgrove &
Brownell, has sold in small guam
titles 5000 lbs. of baling wire, and
has 5000 lbs. more on the road, all
Of which is contracted for. AS
about 8 lbs. of wire is used in bal
ing a ton ofhay this means that this
one firm has supplied small hay
cutting outfits with wire enough
for about 1,400 tons of hay.
This hay sells at from Sl3 to SIS.
a ton here, making about $4,000.
for this item. Those who cut on
large scale, such as the L. G. Com
pnny, buy their wire by wholesale
direct from the east; aud their
amounts and the amounts of wire
sold by other firms than the one
mentioned are not included in the
foregoing figures. Under ordinary
condition all the money now being
paid to our local haymakes would
have gone out to the country,
draining us Of badly-needed cash
to enrich the Kansas farmer. This
seasons hay cutting has given
work to many of our men who
would otherwise have been idle or
had to leave the country, and this
large amount of money is helping
us greatly to tide over the period of
universal depression through
which the business world is pass
ing. The only money sent out Of
here for hay this season has gone
to Las Cruces for alfalfa.
THE moral Of the foregoing is
that the more this part of the
country produces for its own con-
sumption the better off we will be.
Southern New Mexico can and
should produce all the hay and
corn, meats, wool, wine, dairy and
produce, poultry, &c that she
needs, instead Of sending the mon
ey elsewhere for them and paying
high freights to bring them in.
@----u
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16
The Costly Animal Goes Mad and Tears
ItseIf AImnat 10 Pleoen.

Aho Cobtiy animal toes mad ana AoiAra
Itself Almost TO Pieces.
J. e. Sechrist of this county lost his
fine stallion Fleetwood in peculiar and
terrible manner. The animal was a very
fine one, an inbred Hambletonian, both
powerful and speedy. A few days
ago 1t was taken with blind staggers,
and its sufferings were terrible. The
climax OF the disease was reached ON
Tuesday morning, when the animal went
crazy. He was tied in his stable, but in
his agony he broke the strong rope hall
ter as If it were thread, and driving
his head against the side Of the barn COW
cred everything with blood.
Finally he made a desperate effort at
the door, and tearing It from its hinges
went at a run through the field. His
speed was terrific, and he stopped not for
paling, board or wire fences, but took
everything in his mad run. He ran
through paling fence six times and
through four wire barbed fence 10
times, tearing his legs and body IN a hor-
rible manner. IL was just before day,
and Mr., Sechrist says that every time he
struck the wire the FIRE few, and the
ring Of the wire could DO heard a long
distance. Finally, from exhaustion and
loss Of blood, he fell and died. Mr. Se-
christ valued him at $1,000 and brought
him from Kentucky. Oklahoma Special
Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16

The Gazette Of Ph9nlx, in
speaking of a bunch of beef cattle
sold to a Los Angeles buyer by a
farmer near Phenix says, there
were in the bunch a four-year-old
COW that pushed down the scales
to 1880 pounds, and a two-year-old
steer That weighed 1910 pounds.
The baln Of the stock, lG head,
We're less than three years old and
averaged between l,lOO and 1000
pounds.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-15
WONDERFUL GLASSES.


Story ~ The Two Fairy Sisters Optic ano
Fessie.
Gnee apen time there lived two
fairies naued Optic and Pessie.
Now. Qptie and Pessie were sisters.
but rou never would have guessed it in
tie world. for they did not look one bit
alike.
Each o. these fairies had very
strange habit Of always carrying about
pair Of little glasses, through which
toloal5 al anything or anybody that in
tereste3 her
One day they started out for a walk,
taking theirrrecions glasses with them
They had not gone far when toad
hopnea across the path.
What is that?" they both exclaimed:
arc both put mp their glasses TO look.
oh. oh. OH, screamed Pcssie. 1T
lisa great big monster"
eNhv. no, answered Optic: 1T is a
very little thing, and quite harmless, /
am sure.
But Pessie had started to run away.
and Optics words could not stop her.
lt1N AttitSil' llApllE lab Olllts W
run for such a little thing and she
stood watching the toad as he hoped
away.
The next day they started for anoth-
er walk. When they reached the edge
Of the woods they began to pick up the
nuts which had fallen upon the ground
Suddenly Optic said, "Listen!" High
on the bough of tree sat a bird sing
ing as though his little throat would
burst Upwent both glasses at once.
What beautiful birdv said Optic
"and how charmingly he singsr
Pshaw" answered Pessie. do You
call that little speck "a beautiful bird?
am sure 1 can not see any beauty in
it and surely its songs can not be worth
listening to And she went on pick
ing up the nuts and paying no atten-
ton to the music which filled all the air.
Optic looked at her sister in surprise.
Then She exclaimed: II know, Pessie.
You looked through the wrong side of
your glasses"
No, | didn't snapped Pessie. II
meant to look through that side.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-15

away the pail Of water with which she
had been washing the glass floors of
their home, and one of the small Rain
bows fell into the water.
Optic ran to the scene of trouble and
her first thought was: what a care
less little maid. to be sure." But when
she had looked for a moment az the
pail and the dripping little Rainbow
through those powerful glasses. the
whole affair seemed so small that she
put Rainbow. Jr.. into dry clothing in
q twinlSling, and quietly reproved the
little maid who inwardly blessed her
and determined TO be very careful in
the future
At Pcssie's home matters were very
different
To begin with her husband was
called Indigo because he was always 50
very blue and no wonder! be had
found he could not please his wife, try
ii he would. and 50 he had long ago
given mp trying: and MS no man can be
Npccted to be happy who has not a
happy home, he was just about the
bluest man the world has ever seen.
Then there wore the little Indipos.
The only strealss Of real sunshine that
ever came into their unhappy lives
shoue when they were permitted to go
on a visit to their Aunt Optics
When they were at home, if dress
was torn or "a knee worn through, their
mother would look through her glasses
sharply and declare that it was done
on purpose to make her more work,
when goodness knew she had enough
to do, anyway" and the offending In
digo would be sent TO a closet or a cor
ner to mediate upon the great wrong
he had committed
No willing little maid could be found
to work for Pessie, although Mr.. Indi-
70 had secured the country TO find one
Pessie and her glasses were pretty
well known and people called her the
cross fairy.
After Optic and Pessie had used their
glasses for n long time, they became
enchanted SO that optics glasses would
magnify only the pleasant things and
make the unpleasant ones look very
small. and if used in any other way
would make everything look confused
and blurred.
Pessie's glasses. too, could only be
used as She had used them. and were
worthless If looked through in the OPP
posite way
One day a magician named Dispo
Sition disguised himself as beggar for
the purpose Of gaining possession Of
the wonderful glasses lie went to
both Optics and Pcssie's houses. and
soon afterward disappeared, and with
him disappeared the two pairs % magic
glasses.
He took them to his home. and made
a great many like them. and distrib-
uted them all over the world.
But everyone has the power of choos
ing one Of the two kinds. and those
who choose the kind like Optics are
called Optimists. while those who choose
the kind made like Pessie's are called
Pessimists
Which sort have you decided to
D. Cowles, in st. Nicho-
las.