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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-07
DR.. NANsEN's POLAR SHIP.
A Marvel of Solfdity Being Constructes
for the Use of the Explorer.

n Marvel OF SOIfdiUy Being ConSUruCteM
for the Use of the Explorer.
DR.. Nansen's polar ship has pro-
gressed so far in construction that one
can now form some idea of its general
outline, says the Folkebladet, of Chris
tiania. The slanting sides strike the
eye at once. Under the supposition
that the vessel will be screwed" by the
ice, care has been taken that no pro-
jecting points or fiat surfaces exist,
The peculiar design is based on the an
ticipation that all ice, when meeting
the vessel, will be forced down under
it, allowing it to be raised so much out
of the water. For the same reason the
bottom of the vessel is covered with
hard and smooth wood-greenheart,
three to six inches thick. Inside, the,
vessel is provided with horizontal, ver-
teal and diagonal cross beams, fastened
by hundreds of iron and wooden joints,
giving the impNess of great solidity,
The frame is mostly old oak. Besides.
the outermost covering of greenheart,
there are two oak skins. The vessel is
provided with steam engine of 1G2
horse power. 1t is rugged as three
master schooner and will mainly rely
on its sails when in the ice. Its dimen-.
sions are: Keel, 81 meters; greatest,
length of deck, 80 meters; greatest.
width of deck, II meters; height from
keel to deck, 5.25 meters; when loaded,
4.75 meters; displacement, 800 tons.
The hull will be extremely heavy on
account of the heavy material used in
its construction, yet it is estimated that
she will be able to carry 400 tons of coal
and provisions etc Besides the SMALL
er boats necessary for accommodating,
etc, two large boats are beng bpilt
able to hold the whole crew of twelye
men and provisions for three months.
If the polar currents are running as.
Nansen supposes, it becomes reason
able to expect that his expedition will
meet with success. His vessel is GER
tainly marvel of solidity.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-07
SOme tAMOuS OLD MOms~.
Fhe Countess of peznoAd Lfyed b Be
lf6 ana fhrn pied % an Apetaeptr
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II IS an acknowledged fact that a
great age is attained BY women 0fteReh
than by men. Tissot. with what tho
st. Louis Post-Disnateh calls doubtful
gallantry, accounts for this by declar-
ing that the large amount of talking
for which women are famous is very
healthy exercise and promotes tho cir
culation of the blood without overex-
erting the organs The true reason.
probably, lies in tho quieter and more
regular life usually led by women,
whose nervous system and brains are
consequently not worn opt so quickly.
as a rule, as those Of men. One of tho
most famous of female centenarians
was the countess of Desmond. who
lived to be one hundred and forty-hve
and died in the reign of James |. from
the effects of an accident. This won
derful woman found herself at the age
of one hundred so lively and strong as
to be able to take part in a dance, and
when she was one hundred and forty
she travelled all the way from Bristol to
Lopdon-no triAing journey in those
days-in order to attend personally to
some business affairs.
Lady Desmond is, however, quite
thrown into the shade by French
woman, Marie Prion, who died in st.
Colombo in June, 1888, it is said, at ths
wonderful age of one hundred and fifty
eight, Toward the end of her life she
lived exclusively on goats milk and
cheese Although her body was so
shrunk that she weighed only forty-siX
pounds, she retained all her mental
faculties to the last.
1t is an extraordinary but incon-
testable fact that some women at the
age when most people die undergo a
sort of natural process of rejuvenation
the hair and teeth grow again, the
wrinkles disappear from the skin, and
sight and hearing reacquire their
former sharpness. A marquise de liir-
abeau is an example of this rare and re-
markable phenomenon; she died at the
age of eighty-siy, but q few years be-
fore her death she became in appear
anco quite young again. The same
change happened to nun of Che name
of Marguerite Vertlur, who at the age
of sixty-two lost her wrinkles, regained
her sight and grew several new teeth
When she died, ten years later, her APP
pearance was almost that Of young
girl.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-07

Opening to the ranchman over million
acres of fertile land, to the stockgrower
vast ranges yet uuolai med, and to the
mine regions rich in the
precious metals.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-07
A BRIDGE OF AGATE.
A Petrified Tree Spans Chasm in Far
Away Arizona.

A Petriled Tree Spans Chasm in Far
Away Arizona.
A mining expert sent to investigate
some Arizona properties for Denver
capitalists recently returned and re.
ports the finding of a most remarka.
BILE natural bridge formed by tree OF
agatized wood spanning a canyon
forty-fve feet in width, says the Jew.
eler's Circular.
The tree had at some remote time
fallen when it became imbedded in
the silt of some great inland sea OF
mighty water overflow.
The silt became in time sandstone,
and the wood gradually passed
through the stages of naturalization
until it is now wonderful tree OF
solid agate.
In after years water washed and ate
away the sandstone until canyon
forty-fve feet in width has been
formed, the flinty like substance of
the agatized wood having resisted the
erosion of the waterflow.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-07
DEVELOPMENT OF GAS.

The Centenary Of Its Discovery In Corn
wall Being Celebrated This Year.
Among the many anniversaries which
are being celebrated this year is the
centenary of the invention of gas as an
illuminant. 1t was in 1899 that Will
liam Murdoch first lighted up his
humble home at Redruth, in duchy
of Cornwall by means of coal gas
made in an iron kettle, into which he
inserted a rough iron tube. 1t was not
until six years later that the invention
was developed on large scale, when
Murdoch was employed to establish a
gas lighting apparatus at the great
Soho foundry at birmingham. In 1903
the Lyceum theater in London was first
lighted by gas, and in 1916 the gas
lamps which had been used to illumi-
nate Piccadilly since 1907 became COM
mon throughout London. 1t was. at
this time, too, that David Melville, of
Newport, R.. l., first adapted gas, for
the manufacture of which he had Sc
cured a. patent in 1906, to the Beaver
Tail lighthouse, and it has since be-
come one of the principal illuminants
used in those watch towers which, in
imitation of the ancient Pharos, are
now scattered all over the globe for
the guidance and protection of ships
and mariners.
1t is doubtful, in the opinion of the
New York Tribune, whether hundred
years hence, on the occasion of the BIZ
centenary of the invention of gas, the
latter will still retain the commanding
position which it now occupies as an il
luminant On every side signs increase
which presage that the age of electric
/ ity is at hand-that age which is
far,more likely revolutiouize the civ
+ ilization of the world than any of its
predecessors. Gas will probably be
gradually forced into a back seat, and
its use confined to stoves and lireplaces,
which find such favor among the small
households OF crowded cities. 1t will
be entitled, however, 10 the grateful
remembrance of man q powerful
factor in the develgFN rs hes civili-
zation and Peogi ae past
hundred years
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Chnrch nunalnr IL eermnna.

One of the most notable features of
the reign of Emperor William is the
extraordinary impulse which has beea
given during the last few years ta the,
building of churches in various parts
of the empire. In Berlin alone no less
than twenty-six new churches hay
either beea erected or corNmcnced,
since the accession Of Emperor VII
liam, which added to the fdg,and-
twenty evangelical churches with
which the Piussian capital was prA-
viously provided, viii rcpder Berlin as
fully entitled % stgle ITSELF The CIV
OF Churches rs Brooklyn. These new.
chureAos represent money value of
twenty miit saorizs three millions,
OF w6et ase aeea ptQ ea BY the,
rmp 5as soteram ME ALI
ha 5eeBNa v8 av vni
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-07
Courr Of Private Land Claims.

Joseph R. Reed, of Iowa, Chief Justice.
Associate Justices Wilbur f stone, Of
Colorado.
Thomas G. Q Fuller, o NORTH CarolHa.
William NJ Murray 9t Tennessee
Henry O. Sluss, of Kansas.
Matthew G. Reynolds. ol saeagI g
Attorney.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-07
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-06-20
A Street Car Incideae.

It was in street car, and the usual
motley crowd gathered ON one of these
public conveyances was at its best. The
front part of the car was filled with men
who were coming from work-clerks,
most of them, and all fairly dressed.
One labOrer, with mud splashed overalls
and tin bucket in his hand, was squeez-
ed between two portly passengers and
was the only one of his class in the car.
Near the door sat a nurse with pink
bow in her white cap and her long white
apron showing her duties. The beauti.
fully clad child with her was restless,
after the manner Of children, and insist
ed In dragging the length Of her silk
coat up the car, looking into each face
as she passed with thekeenly inquisitive
look even in well bred youngsters.
Smiles were directed at her from all the
men, but she passed them by and went
directly to the laborer, holding out her
little arms and isped, "Tate me up F"
The man hesitated, looking at the nurse,
and then as the little girl repeated her
command he sat down his bucket and
took her ON his knee. She staid with
him to the end of her journey, the nurse
not interfering, and the mans evident
delight was only surpassed by her pleas
ure at being with him. When the car
came to her street, the little one got
down and said: "Doodby; I like you.
Come and see me some day." Then she
went out, and the man favored with he1
attentions was observed to smile dream
lily all the rest of the way home. -Pitts-
burg Post.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-06-20
A Colossal Rock Camel.

One of the most curious and interest
ing formations in rock in the world is to
be seen a short distance east of the stage
road between Tucson and Oracle, and
stands on knoll several feet above the
surrounding sand hills.
When first seen, we are told, the effect
is startling, and the mind has to get over
the shock before the peculiar object can
be comprehended. 1t is a most perfect
representation of camel and is formed
of one piece of granite. This curiosity
is of colossal size. but perfectly proper
toned. It is about 60 feet high and is
very white and smooth. There are very
few assures ON the surface, and they,
strangely, are in the proper places to
form features. The only real projection
from the surface is exactly placed for an
eyebrow. The two humps are plainly to
be seen, and the neck is curved beauti-
fully.
Perhaps some of the first discoveries
of the sphinx in modern times attrib-
uted its authorship to an upheaval of the
earth's crust, but everybody in this age
knows better. AS medieval man has
been traced to Arizona and his methods
and implements discovered there in pro-
fusion, why should we say that every
curious formation bearing the image of
some beast or other thing was not his
work thousand years or more ago?-
Salt Lake News.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-06-20
Got the sparrows Tipsy.

The English sparrows have proved a
nuisance in the cotton country, for as
soon as the hollis open they pick out the
cotton and carry it of, and some plant
ers have lost, as they claim, hundreds of
pounds in this way. There is one man,
however, on the Mississippi that has not
lost much. When he found the sparrows
were committing depredations, he pro-
cured quantity of wheat, soaked it in
sweetened whisky and strewed it along
the rows. The sparrows found it and
thought they had picnic.
So they had, but in 10 or 20 minutes
there was the tipsiest lot of English spar
rows ever seen on the face of this earth.
They rolled about on the ground, falling
on their sides and backs and kicking
their heels into the air like parcel Of
drunkards, all the while uttering the
most comical squeaks. They did not
have long to squeak, however, for the
boys gathered them up and threw them
into bags. The first day they gathered
two bushels of drunken sparrows. Three
or four days later the experiment was
repeated with almost equal success, and
from time to time since. They made
excellent potpie, but the survivors have
evidently come to regard the plantation
as hoodooed, for now very few come
about it.-St. Louis Exchange.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-06-20

We must have more Of the sense Of
beauty and aesthetic fitness entering into
our domestic, civic and national life.
The present municipal officers of our
different American cities care but little
about it. The condition of our Ameri-
can streets was the occasion Of the most
caustic comment from foreigners during
the Worlds fair period. Between ele-
CANT blocks Of buildings, on finely paved
streets, they saw oceans OF mud, old,
discolored papers blowing about, piles
of garbage and store sweepings, and
crushed cats and other matter fostering
in the sun. How are we to get rid Of
these things in our civic life? First, get
rid of them in your homes and school
rooms. Letters in the newspapers do not
prick the skin of the lazy, venal officials
whose duty it is to clean a city, but
who are only mindful to bring out the
hoe brigade just before elections semi
annually. You must go deeper for re-
form in these things. You must train
a new generation. The boys and girls in
your schools will make up the new city
boards and mayor and street commits
sioners. You must train in them high
er sense of home and municipal patriot
ism, based OH stronger love of fitness.
order and beauty. This reform is COM
ing in home and school and city. think
we shall sec some of it in our day
ga Bit of Psychology Applied" Edu.
eational Review
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-06-20
When Will it End.

The whole of this country has been
suffering for months from what is
known as the business stagnation. No
section, no State has been free from its
baneful influence. The Southern States
have suffered less than any other sec
ton of the country; but even in the
South the depression has been very dis
astrous in its effects. The question ev-
erybody is asking just now is, when
will it end? When will prosperity re-
turn? 1t would take a wise man to
give definite and positive answer to
that question. Yet facts will throw
some light on the subject. The depres-
sion is not due to natural causes. The
fertility of our soil is nndiminished.
The crops are as bountiful as ever. Our
people have lost none of their intelli-
gence, industry or enterprise. No war
drains the resources of our country.
No pestilence aff1icts our people. The
means of transportation are improving
year by year, and in fact all the circum
stances that surround US ought to in
sure activity and prosperity. The con-
clusion is inevitable. We ourselves are
responsible for the unsatisfactory con
dltions which environ us. If men have
brought these troubles upon them
selves, then men ought to be able to
apply the remedy.
In our opinion the tariff is the source
of all our troubles. The protective
system is an interference with the
natural laws of trade. 1t is forced
adjustment of trade to artificial con-
ditions. The high tariff policy has
continued long enough to produce its
legitimate effects. 1t has concentrated
wealth in the hands of comparatively
few individuals and reduced millions
to the verge of starvation, and this,
too, in country of sustaining in com,
fort 500,000,000 people
When Democratic Congress and a
Democratic President were elected it
was distinctly understood that the
tariff would be revised in the direction
of lower duties, and W hen Congress &C
tually began the work panic spread
throughout all the protected indus
tries. Nobody knew exactly what was
coming. A tariff bill is very compli-
Gated thing, embracing thousands of
articles and effecting in it's operations
every branch of business. The bill
now before Congress.fills 225 pages, and
no man can yet predict with certainty
what sort of tariff bill will finally be-
come law. In such state of uncertain
ty it is impossible for trade to revive.
Cautious business men are waiting to
see what Congress is going to do with
the tariff.-Ly1lehbIrg AdUance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-06-20
For the SPECTATOR.
yVOMAN'S SPHERE,

Woman! thou art angel, sent
To comfort man in service SPENT
helpmeet to him given
To wean him from the sin of earth,
To lead him to a life of worth,
And then to rest in heaven.
And would you leave the olden path,
And stir up all mans latent wrath,
And be his fierce opponent?
And then, would you for office run,
And use the sabre and the gnn,
And be strife's fair exponent?
Then man would lose domestic bliss.
And woman's sweet, confidIng kiss,
And sister, wife, and mother;
Then modesty would flee the earth,
And women cen would rue their birth,
And grieve for one another.
AS near six thousand years attest.
Gods plan and order are the best,
By inspiration given:-
Man was ordained to be the head;
Woman, his helpmeet, to be led,
And both, to live for heaven.
In Holy Scripture it is said
"As Christ is of the Church the Head,
$50 is the man of woman
And, las the Savior loves His Bride,
MAN must love woman at his side,"
Be he king, OF yeoman.
How sweet was that old-fashioned home
From which no daughter wished to roam
To be an agitator!!
And from whose sweet, religious peace,
No wife, or mother, sought release
To be of man dictator!
Longview, Texas. r. NJ. FUTILE
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-06-20
october Ally

JOHN BRowN.-It is seriously pro-
posed to erect a monument to John
Brown on the site of the old fort at
Harper's Ferry which was the scene of
his Infamous attempt to instigate in
surrection and civil war. The pro-
position is simply monstrous. In all
the checkered history of his country
there is not name that more richly
deserves to be covered with obloquy
than that of the old horse thief and
murderer, John Brown. Not even
Benedict Arnold reached a lower depth
of infamy, and yet there are men, and
women too, who regard John Brown
as hero. a saint, and martyr and
who are willing to contribute money
to erect monument to perpetuate his
memory on the very spot where his
crimes were committed.
If Harper's Ferry were still in Vir-
ginia it would be the duty of the Leg
islature to prohibit the Dissertation of
her soil by the erection of a monument
to glori " a man who received only his
just deserts when he persisted on the
gallows. -Lyaachburg AdU0nce.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-06-20
Boiled Peas Excellent.

An ancient story, tells of two un-
fortunates who were condemned to
make long pilgrimage with peas in
their shoes. The feet of one of them,
at the end of the journey were terribly
sore and swollen. His companions
were not hurt in the least. Being asked
the reason he replied. Il boiled my
peas.n Wise man. Why should men
and women and children make the
pilgrimage of life with pains and aches
troubling them, not only in their feet,
but all over, when a simple remedy
will effect cure. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is potent to cure
dyspepsia, oliver complaint" skin
disease and kindred troubles arising
from the same source.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-06-20
"KneWledge Is Power"
A MONKEY WHIPS A BULLDOG.


1.-The most novel fight 1 ever witness
ed, remarked traveller to a reporter,
was between bull dog and monkey,
down in Cuba A friend of mine had
dog that had licked every canine
on the island and he was very proud of
him. A gentleman from South Ameri-
ca said he had a monkey that could
whip the bulldog, and the owner OF
the latter laughed at the idea. AFTER
some talk a wager of $500 was made and
the only advantage that the monkey
was to have was that he was to be al
about the length of a policeman's club,
but not so heavy. The fight was in a
public place, and in pit that was sur
rounded by an iron grating. There
was big crowd out to see the fight.
OF course everybody thought the dog
would chew up the monkey. After
few minutes, however, the audience
was surprised at the sagacity displayed
by the monkey. The bulldog would
make rush at the monkey, and the
latter would jump aside and allow the
bulldog to hit his head against the iron
gratings. This was kept up for twenty
minutes or more, and then the dog be-
gan to get tired. The monkey began
to fight. He would let the dog make a
rush and then jump on the dogs back
and strike him several times with the
baton. This was kept up for an hour
or more, and finally the dog fell on the
floor completely exhausted, and the
monkey would strike the dog several
blows, and then place his ear to the ca
nine to see if he still breathed. Finally,
the owner of the dog agreed to give up
the fight, but the monkeys owner told
him that he was too late, as the mon
key would not quit until he had killed
the dog This was one of the peculiari
ties of the monkey. They always kill
Ell their victims. The owner of the
dog said he did not want his dog killed,
and insisted on taking the monkey off.
While they were talking the monkey
belted the dog several times with his
baton, placed his ear on the dog, and
with a sudden jump leaped on the
shoulder of his owner and commenced
to use monkey language. The dog was
examined and found to be dead. The
people applauded the victory of the
monkey, and it looked as if the monkey
understood it,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-06-20
A Jury Composed of Women.

Such an announcement may seem
strange, but it is fact. The jury was
an immense one too, and the trial has
lasted for many years. We refer to the
trial of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. AS to it's merits, there has been
a unanimous verdict rendered in its
favor. Indeed it would be impossible
to get together any number of ladies
who had given it trial who could
come to any other conclusion. 1t cures
alterations, displacements, removes
the tendency to cancerous affections
and corrects all unnatural discharges.
To those about to become mothers, it
is real boon, for it lessons the pains
and perils of childbirth, promotes the
secretion of an abundance of nOurish-
ment for the child and shortens the
period of confinement.