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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13
nirnm Mnxim,s Yonth.

When Hiram Maxim, tho famous in
ventor, lived in Sangerville, anxious
mammas used to warn their hopefuls
not TO play with that wicked Maxim
boy" In fact, young Maxim grew up
under the doubtful reputation Of being
the very worst boy in the neighborhood.
This isn't said for tho purpose of en-
couraging any other Maine incorrigibles
who I in the depths of their misdeeds.
If Hiram had been a perfectly good lit
tie boy and had devoted his time to
studying his lessons, he might have had
that flying machine all completed by
this time.
Hiram used to work at carriage
painting in Abbot and wos hired by
d. ID. Flynt. He was an artist with the
brush. One day a man called to see
Flynt while the latter was out. "Thore
has been a man IN TO see you, " said
young Maxim. WHATS his manner"
II don't know, but that's how he
looks, and the boy pointed to a board
On which he had roughly daubed a face.
Il forgot to ask him his name, " said
the boy, land so / drew that" Flynt
knew his man.-Lewiston Journal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13

THE matter of the disposition of
delinquent taxes was again brought
before Judge Fall last Wednesday
by Sheriff Lohman, of Dona Ana
county, The matter is a highly
complicated one, as the law is very
ambiguous; but the new presenta-
ton Of the case has brought for
ward circumstance which have in
duced Judge Fall to reconsider and
alter his decision. The delinquent
taxes collected will therefore under
this last decision be apportioned to
the funds for which they never
assessed. We will publish the full
text of the decision next week.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13

CoURT is in session at Las
Cruces and His Honor, A. b. Fall,
is on the bench. Wonder if this
will convince some OF our doubt
ing republican friends that Judge
Fall has not yet resigned? It is
sincerely 20 be hoped that he will
continue to serve throughout his
term of Office. He has made so
excellent a Judge that if he we're
to resign later on it would be a
distinct loss to the 3rd judicial
district.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13
Table Manner. In ArrentInn.

I'VE encamped e a swamp" says
a gentleman, describing a meal he had
with some cart drivers in South Amer
lea, land supped on sliced pumpkins
boiled with bits Of meat and seasoned
with salt. The meal was served in
genuine pampa fashion. One iron spoon
and two cows horns split in halves
were passed around the group, the mem
bers Of which squatted upon their
launches and freely helped themselves
from the kettle. Even in this most un-
civilized form Of satisfying hunger
there is a peculiar etiquette which the
most lowly person invariably observes.
Each member of the company ia turn
dips his spoon, OF horn, into the center
of the stew and draws it in a direct
line toward him, never allowing it to de-
viate to the right or left. By observing
this rule each person eats without in
terfering with his neighbor. Being
ignorant of this custom, l dipped my
horn into the mess at random and fished
about for some of the nice bits. My
companions regarded this horrid breach
Of politeness with scowls of impotence.
They declared with some warmth TO
the cook the foreigners did not know
how to eat. / apologized as well as
could and endeavored thereafter to eat
according to gaucho etiquette. New
York World.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13
wnAr wlL la 90 mrA lrl
The VanderbiIts, who Are Not sportsmen.
Buying Up the A~dirondnoks.

49,
Buying Up d A~dirondnoks.
II win soon be impossible for a fellow
TO go into the Adirondacks without a
permit from the Vanderbilts. That en-.
terprising family seems bent on buying
up the entire region, to what end no one
seems to know. There Is not a sports.
man in the entire Vanderbilt family
mean the kind Of sportsman that likes to
work for his game.
Cornelius, the eldest son, never pulled
a trigger in his life or got on top Of a
horse. Willie X. can cast a fly out Of
his parlor window and might be able &c
kill a pheasant if it sat very still. Fred
is a good fisherman, but doesn't shoot OF
ride, and George is a dilettante in books.
OF course there Is great profit in Adj.
rondack lands. They can be let out to
''parties" who do love to fish and shoot,
but there is also profit in suburban pro-
perty where the only game is goat OF
yaller dog. Why should the Vanderbilts
go in for sporting property when they do
not sport?-Cholly XII ickerbocker in New
York Recorder.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13

a stately row Of elms at Cambridge,
which for many decades have formed n
picturesque border to the Harvard college
grounds, are to be cut down. Twenty
two in number, only two or three show
any sign Of decay. These trees arc TO fall
before the widening Of Harvard street,
which is much too narrow FOR the street
cara aud trucks wEieh In great number
traverse II AZ al hours Of the day. The
city council has appropriated $4,000 for
the improvement. and Harvard college
gives a strip of land 10 feet wide on con-
diuon that tho college shall not be called
o. 10 pay anything for bettermonts.-
Boston Commonwealth.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13
u PUBLIC sPIRIr.
Lives Of Human Beings May be Sacrificed,
but Not nIvldends.

Lives OF human beings May BE Sacrificed,
but Not Dividends.
The wild speed OF the Brooklyn trolley
traction system is beginning to pinch
where it hurts-in the pockets of CAPT.
talists. 1t is cutting down the profits
and ever draining the surplus Of the
Brooklyn Elevated Railway company.
AT the annual meeting Of the stock
holders of that elevated railway compa-
ny it's president, Mr.. Adolph Ladenburg.
told a heartrending tale as to the ruth
~lessness of tho aggressions Of the trolley
upon tho innocent and long suffering
capitalist. The elevated road, with three
more miles In operation, has carried
1880, 900 fewer passengers in 1893 than In
1892. It's surpluo has diminished from
&105, 900 to s178, $50.
why" exclaims President Laden
burg, should a carriage coming faster
than six miles an hour be stopped and a
street car be allowed to run at 10 miles
an hour legallya and 10 miles per hour &C
tuallyy"
Why, to be sure2
This is a question which the public
may now reiterate.
The Brooklyn public has 200 patiently
seen its first citizens, its hrstborn babes,
its gentle old ladies and it's children with
dolls or other toys ia their grasp felled
and crushed ont Of life by the reckless
speed Of tho surface trolley cars. Now
that it finds this speed a menace 10 the
%solvency Of corporations and to the diyi-
dends Of capitalists, it possibly may be
aroused to some effective action.-New
York Telegram.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13

The SOUTHWEST SENTINEL heart
lily congratulates its old friends
Messrs. John ID. Bryan and James
2. Ascarate on their appointments
as register and receiver Of the u. S.
land Office at Las Cruces. Mr..
Bryan is a member Of the Las
Cruces bar, and from his long
practice in land cases is already
well qualified to fill the Office to
which he has been appointed. The
many Grant County people whom
business has carried to Las Cruces
will remember the courteous and
affable Sheriff Ascarate Of 'S6 and
'87 who will hereafter be Receiver
Ascarate. Good luck to them both.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13

Delicate tints prevail in the arehitec-
ture Of the California Midwinter fair,
and an effort has been made TO so dis
tribute and arrange them that the pc
culiar atmospheric effects Of the climate
shall be utilized to enhance the harmony
and increase the beauty. Warm tones
are not necessary. and the darkness Of
the background afforded by the almost
black foliage is a magnificent setting.
Much gold has been nsed-San Francis
co ArgonauG.
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LovE ANp I

Once I found Love sleeping
And Gagged him With O aaiia
snow that J have caught you
You must stay awhile"
But ho pinned and frcttcd.
Signing ccasclcssly.
Az no beat against the bara
"Givo me liberty"
Touched BY his lamentinr.
/ set wide the door;
Out he few and vanished,
And / was as before.
BY my lonely h%carthstono
Bitterly / wcpt.
When with tgilight's shadows
Through the door Love crept.
"rhoueh I die when prisoned,"
He whispered, "yet when FREQ
Oil woman heed the Lesson
straight return 10 thee"
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13

"A powder made from q fossil smell
known as 1.-THE DEVILS thumb" is re-
gardod both as a cure and a preventive
Of ~whooping cough In many parts Of
ENGLAND and Ireland.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13
The BAR AT LIVERPOOL.
Its Removal, a Gigantic Task, Now Almost
an Accomplished Fact.

Its Removal, n Gigantic Task, Now Almost
an Accomplished Fact.
The brief announcement the other day
that the White Star line steamship Ma
jectic, drawing "a feet, had passed over
the bar at Liverpool with three feet Of
water under her keel shows that the
great work of removing the chief inn
pedimeut to navigation in tho BIersey is
nearly accomplished. The engineers Of
the Liverpool dock board state that un-
der the worst possible conditions there
is a depth of 20 feet Of water over the
bar, the great sandbank having been cut
down no less than nine feet, and tho
debris bodily transported and dumped
far from the channel on a site where it
a do no possible harm.
During tho three years that the work
has been going on no less than 3,3sS, 900
tons of sand have been removed. Allow
ing the rough measurement of ahundred
weight of sand to a cubic foot, it appears
that no less than 1928, SeS cubic yards Of
material have been shifted. This is said to
be a record in the matter of dredging
operations, and many other startling fig
ures are quoted.
During a recent week, for instance,
the three dredgers working at the bar
removed no less than $4,000 tons Of
sand, a machine called the Brancker
alone lifting and dumping 100. 600 tons out
Of this enormous total. while in a little
over hreemonths almost 1000, 900 tons Of
sand We're dredged and placed on the
dumping site. The arrival of the Branck-
er changed all calculations, the effect Of
the continuous working Of a vessel capa-
ble Of filling herself with 5000 tons Of
sand in less than an hour being some
thing observation-disclosures Times.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13

tive as a strength-restOrer and neah-maker
Is known 10 medical science. Filthy Cod
Liver on and all its disguised compounds
can't compare with Il.
They build up fat, not healthy flesh.
Practically, you can get the " Discovery"
LIN purifying the blood, and building up the
flesh and atrength-if Il ever fails to benefit
or cure, you have your money back.
Onthese terms, Is any substitute that may
pay a dealer better 10 urge and sell, likely 70
Be- % just a. gOodn for you to buzz
Nothing else, at any price, Is really as
cheap. You pay only Tor tho good you get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-07

afternoon the cadet officer of the day in
Srccts all of the 40 rooms in barracks to
see that those cadets not in recitation are
IN their own rooms. and are not in bed
The regulations forbid any cadet to be On
MS bed between revellle in the morning
ana tattoo (9:30) at night. II a cadet
'hinkS That he can snare the time from his
studies he has to steal his nap between in
-pectons, and, If caught, suffer punish
"leut At O'Clock Tecit tons are over
ana ten minutes later the drum. cali. ali
the cadets - scrIt Kind Of drill for an hour
and quarter. He returns from this with
Just littie feeling OF WEAKNESS, but again
ne ineSprdblc dTuln beats. and he puts on
His dress Uniform, and, sun in hand goes
10 retreat or evening parade. This lasts
or about thirty minutes, and at its CON
ciuSipn the companies are marched back
across the plain at the double time for
ABOUT a quarter of mile. Line is reform
eel IL rear Of barra cIs the general public
excluded, and tn cadet adjutant publishes
the de!inque1cies Of The day previous
When = cadet is detected in a breach of
the regulations his name is entered on a
company biotter, together with a brief de
5cript!on Of his Offense, and the name Of
the officer or cadet superior in rank who
does the reporting. All these are consoii-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-07
About Soda Water.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
THE good, old-fashioned drink, soda
water, is said to have first been made by a
man named Austin Thwoites Of Dublin. in
1906" said DR.. l.. e. Venire Of Philadel-
phia at the Laclede last night, but IT has
been vastly improved upon during the last
thirty or forty years. In few other depart
ments Of inventive taste and skill have
greater strides been made toward perfec
ton. American ingenuity seems to lead the
van in this march Of Improvement for even
the French, with all their skill in matters
bibulous. learned something new when an
enterprising Yankee set up an American
soda fountain" at the great exposition in
1867, which was a decided novelty to the
Parisians and their guests, and met with a
hearty welcome from all. Asmany as 1000
glasses were sold in one day, and the crowd
that collected around the fountain was so
great that they had to be formed into line
by the police and after first receiving
checks, went up and took their drinks by
turns"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-07
G. A ID EFT ARRAC KS.

half, but his contemporary at college IS still
in bed.
After breakfast the thirty or more cadets
detailed for guard gel ready for guard
mounting at T15, and that ceremony occu-
pies them for a half lIour. In camp guard
is maintained day and night but in bar
racks, owing to the requirements Of the
the Only cadet on duty during recita zion
time. The others are excused after guard
mounting and no aenti1sls are posted until
after supper. During the three hours from
supper until tattoo each cadet private
guard walks post fer an hour in q hail of
the barracks and secs that the other cadets
remain in their rooms ard study. The next
morning the old guard have t. fall in ana
march Oft, so that about two mornings in
the week the cadet has guard duty to &C.
cUpy him. From ! ill 3 IS release from
quayter3." Those cadets who . e not n
guard spend about half of this hour in at
tending TO various little err..nds. such as
visiting The cadet store. SuSI1itt'Ey permits
CT explanations, interviewing the command
ant. &c. few find tirnc to r1a! sAe
morning papers OF to indulge in recreation,
but nearly all put in at least d halt hour of
study during this time.
They study ,.-th.
At 8 o'clock one-half the corts nlarcA to
recitation in ''math' and the other half to
their rooms to "bone nlatn." 'Msth" is the
generic t. rm in which the cadet Includes the
heaviest subject of the day. whether it be
pure applied mathematics, mechanics or
engineering.
At 9:3O the sections come marching back
| to study and the other half so to recite il
! their places. The aftermath" OF the
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and playing cards. The first means dismiss
sal, the second a sentence to confinement in
the light prison. Cards, for even so inno-
cent a game as ''old maid" are absolutely
prohibited to cadets. Fortunately liquor
and cards seldom find their way among the
cadets. and no body of young men in the
country is freer from their influence The
principal duty of the inspecting officer is to
see that the rooms are in immaculate con-
dition, and mis- practiced eye is quick to note
any defects.
At l O'Clock the cadets march to dinner.
returning forty minutes later. Until .
O'Clock there is release from quarters"
but only those who attend drawing the
second and third class men, have time to
enjoy themselves. The first and fourth
class men have to put in every minute in
study for the afternoon recitation, which
is from till 3 or from till f. During the
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plebes is fencing and gymnastics, but the
other three classes have another recitation
from IL till II or IL till l. All have to put
in every available minute until l O'Clock in
study in their rooms. Some time between
and 10 comes the hardest inspection of the
day. Each army officer in command of a
cadet company visits and infinitely inspects
the forty rooms under his charge. He raps
en- each door, and by the time he has en-
tered the room its occupants have sprung to
their feet, and stand at the rigid ''atten-
ton" of the soldier. The officer has been a
cadet himself, and the knowledge gained at
that time assists him in detecting any short
comings. Inspecting officers have been
known to take the small mirror before
which the cadet shaves himself, for no cadet
Is allowed to wear a beard or mustache.
and placing it in the fire place detect the
&C ntraband cake and fruit concealed in the
chimney On rare occasions too. the floors
and base boards are examined for hidden
caverns containing candy or tobacco. The
worst things that can be found are liquor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-07

site of the old academy and the latter was
torn down.
The new building is constructed Of gray
granite and the design is pleasing. 1t fronts
the plain, It's windows overlooking the pa
rade ground and commanding a view Of
the river and surrounding landscape It
l. four stories in height and is fifty-two
feet high. There are two wings. The north
wing Is 100 feet long and the south wing
has e frontage Of 10 feet. A feature Of the
central portion is q tower which rises TO
the height of 2l2 feet. There is q clock in
the tower which will strike the hours On a
bell. The halls and recitation rooms are
larger and better equipped in every way
than those in the old building.
Glass Rooms nnd Laboratories.
On the first floor of the south wing there
is a hall IS by 63 feet, which will be used
as a chemical laboratory. The same floor
contains lecture room, in which instcuc-
tons will be given in electricity and chem
istry. The hall on the second floor IS 81 by
- feet, and it will be used for an electrical
laboratory. There are on this floor three
ICONS for chemical lectures. The third floor
contains a hall 10 feet by - feet, which
VIII be appropriated to geological exhibits.
room for chemical rec: tatons, library
and room for the storage of geological
specimens are also oil this floor. The hail
OF natural philosophy is on the fourth tloor.
Three lecture rooms for engineering are
also on this floor
tatns ten recitation rooms, each p feet
long. A similar number Of recitation rooms
are found on the next floor. The fourth
noor contains q large lecture rcem. The
fourth floor of the north wing is set apart
for the study of drawing, WHEN the future
guardians of the country'3 defenses VIII be
educated in The science of forming breast
works. forts and ether engineering work.
The first, second and third floors of this
/ wing will be devoted TO examination hats.
The old academy building did not haze halls
large enough TO accommodate the visitors
who wished to attSnd the closing exercises
In June. The new building win remedy this
defect, ana the result Will no doubt ne that
sti!l larger number of visitors will attend
! the annual exercises.
EIic Gynua.iuTi-
! The nov gymnasium building, just com
! pletel, forms another ha nasorle addition to
! the Gtee West Poiat improvements. 1t il
! also built of granite Provision fer its
/ erection was made in 1899, when Congress
voted an appropriation of s9n.o09 The new
, building contains a swimming, pool on thu
fret floor, an arrnory for pra ct.cinsS fencing
/ on the second roor and shooting gallery
| in the basement. There Is also visitors
| room. which is used by the cadets as a re-
cep,ion parlor where they receive their
| friends and relatives.
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RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
ugIDMoNT AIR LINE.

Schedule IN eject Jul. a. sS9f.
All trains a. rive aal iea~p Al Pennsylvania Pas-
senger station. Washington. ID. =.
500 am. cally-LOcai fo- Danville and inter
mediate stations, and connects NJ lynchburg With
ne Norfolk and Western railroad westward daily,
day.
OF en-. THE GREAT SOUTHERN FAST
N-AL--Dally. operates Pullman BG.feg Slrcn,.rs.
lah1ia 10 savannah aud Jacksonville, uniting at
Charlotte with sleeper for Augusta, also aries
through Pullman Bcfet Sleeper New York 20 Mont
solnery, with connections for Now Orleans C,in-
us ~ Atlanta for Birmingham, Ala. Columbus
AS p-m.-Daily for Orange and inter
nhedate stations, and through train for Front
io.4s ' ig aeiS, ekcsy, sgn sy; vrSr
EltN NESllhtihD LIMITED. composed of Pull
MAJ NrstiiIled Seopcrs and Dining Cars. via
1Lhotte ana toumSia to Augusta. Savannah.
Jacksonville and Tampa. carving Pullman Sleeper
sleeper New York 20 New Orleans via Atlanta and
noitgonleTy, New York 20 Asheville via Salisbury,
wwaAtlhgton 10 Memphis via Birmingham. and
washington 10 Augusta via Columbia. DINING car
Sreeilsl,cro' TO Montgomery.
,lnMAiNS On WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIvI-
siON leave Washington At $40 an Tally, 4.se
am m cali, ssseit sunday, and SIS pm Sundays
SUM-, i1r Lccsburg, and 6:3s pm. daily. fs
y eLnooh Ia turning arrive Washington &c q. m,
80 PIN, daily. from Round Hill s34 an,
m, daily. except sunday. from Herndon oniy.
Ihronsn trains from the south arrive WASH
lnstyn .:ls an, 30 pm. and $50 pm. Manas-
$40 Dn n s:4e an daily. except Sunday. ana
1lchets, sleeping Car reservations and fnforms-
tcn FURNISHED az Offices, Sill and 1900 pennsvlye-
MA avenue. and at Passenger station Pennsylvs-
MIA Railroad, Washington, u. C.
w. II. GREEN, Gen. Man.
w. A. TURK. Gen. Pass. AT.
L. = BkoWN. Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept. tua
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cadet at West Point never has to trouble
himself with inquiries as to these particu-
lars. His dress Is prescribed in the orders
Tor the particular season. and his conduct
II regulated by an iron discipline that never
expands with heat nor contracts with cold.
No servant calls the cadet in the morning.
The sound OF the morning gun awakens
him from slumber, and the notes of the I'M
welcome revcille from fife and drum
arouse him to activity. The regulations
read: mo cadet shall keep a waiter.
horse or a dog" and. that there may be no
misinterpretation. another paragraph says:
THE marriage OF any cadet shall be con-
sidei ed equivalent TO his resignation
The sounding Of the reveille. the quick
steps and the marches consumes about
seven minutes. The plebes and a few en-
terprising old cadets spring up at the first
note All make hssty toilet, and in the
three or four minutes remaining the old
cadet carefully makes his bed, while the
plebes, in their anxiety not to be late. go
down in the area and SILVER until roll call.
The average old cadet, however. regards
the gun fire as signal for turning over
Not until his practiced ear instinctively de-
tects a certain note does he jump into his
clothes and start on a rapid journey down
stairs. Like the tiny little insect, he gets
there all the same, and. arriving in time to
fall in ranks. he answers to his name as
Justify as those who were on hand several
minutes before.
They Make Their Beds.
For purposes of administration and dis
eiplfhe the corps of cadets is organized into
IN infantry battalion Of four companies,