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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-06
A BOGUS CONCERN,

The NEW MEXICAN is informed that
London broker named Frazer, working
through unknown American parties, is
meeting with very great success in secur-
ing subscriptions for what he calls the
Toltec Irrigation company, to bring
under cultivation large tracts of land in
the Rio Grande valley, in New Mexico.
He claims to have his canal project COM
pleted and in operation "as far as Albu-
querque," and on the strength of some
sort of pledge to guarantee enormous
profits he is said to be picking up any
number of subscribers. Indeed, private
letter, under date of the 18th inst, states
it as fact that e25OOO has been raised
and lodged in banks in London, and the
American end of the concern, shrewdly
using this subscription as a basis, has
gone to Glasgow, Scotland, where hi
hopes to raise 100000 additional
As far as the New MEXICAN can ascertain
by inquiry this ID fraud of the rankes
sort. There are any number of Legitimate
enterprises of this nature in New Mexico
that go begging for capital to make then
yield phenomenal profits, and it seems /
pity that bogus concern should NEE
with such ready success among our Eng
fish cousins. Untold harm is done worth.
enterprises by such methods.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-06

MANY of the territorial papers, notably
those of Albuquerque, steal column after
column of readable matter from the New
MEXICAN these days, never thinking of
giving proper credit. Well, that's all
right, the New MEXICAN is newspaper
published for all the people.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-06

Irrigation ths Pes and Valleys between Ration
Springer Hundred miles Of large svlgatnR Canals have
boon built These lands with perpetual fights sold cheap and
the annual payments with cont interest
there 100000 land for sae
sing mainly Of Agricultural Coat and Timber Lands. Tbs
alfalfa and fruit Of all kinds grow
perfection and ia abundance
wishing view the Lands special rates rail
The should leo
The famous Cold Mining Camps Ezbethown and Bady
Government land Mining regulations sent application
Springer
Sundays Badly and and leave these points
every morning, Sundays excepted for Springer
A. F u. p. d. railroads this property
WARRANTY DEEDS GIVEN For full particulars apply to
THE MAXWELL LAND GRANT co.
Ration. New Mexico.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-06

The passage of house bill No. so would
forever put a stop to the construction of
water storage reservoirs in New Mexico.
It would be worse than the alien act for
shutting out investments.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-06

By the way, what's become of the bill
to repeal that iniq uitous change of venue
act?
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-06
All contracts and bills for advertising pay.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6.

THE news, chr. Well, you'll find it in
the New MEXICAN these days.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-06
T. F, CONWAY.
E. A. FISKE.

Attorney and counselor at law, P. o. Box
"F," Santa Fe, N. NJ, practices in su-
preme and all district courts of New Mex
leo.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24
THE DUCK FARMS OF CHINA.

We expected to see something won
derfully fine when we came to Soo-
chow; for does not the ancient proverb
read, "Above are the halls of heaven;
below are Soo-chow and Hang chow?
But we only saw what afterward seemed
to us typical Chinese city. and it is
not to the cities that would especially
recommend sightseers to go. The fame
and splepdor of Chinese city lie not
upon its being any cleaner than others,
or upon it's having wider streets. but
upon the wealth of its merchants, the
number of it's pagodas, the gorgeous
ness of it's temples, the beauty of its tea
gardens, and the like. Thus 500 chow
is great, and it's women are called the
bellies of the world. There the floating
duck farms and the multitudes of river
craft interested US most! In a quiet
reach of water beside the walls we saw
many hocks of ducks. each containing
FIVE hundred to a thousand birds. The
shores were covered. and the water was
alive with them. The herders sat idly in
small boats, while the ducks swan freely
about, each flock making a great tremu-
lous brown spot upon the water. We
watched to see one flock join another,
and to discover how the owners would
separate them atterward. but they did
not join forces, and l doubt whether
they ever would. The brakes led thsir
followers away whenever two herds came
too near. On another day. near 500
chow, we saw a duck farm bigger than
all these put together.
What would the reader think of see-
ing farmer travelling to market with
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24
Proper Time to Give Medicines.

The following is good advice as to the
best time to administer acids. alkalies,
and other classes of remedies: Alkalies
should be given before food. Iodine and
iodides should be given on an empty
stomach, when they rapidly diffuse into
the blood. II given during digestion
the acids and starch alter and weaken
the action. Acids, as rule. should be
given between the digestive acts. be.
cause the mucous membrane of the
stomach is in favorable condition for
the diffusion of the acid into the blood.
Acids may be given before food when
prescribed to check the excessive forma.
ton OF the acids of the gastric juice.
Irritating and dangerous drugs. such as
the salts of arsenic, copper, zinc, and
iron, should be given directly after food,
except where local conditions require
their administration in small doses be-
fore food. Oxide and nitrate of silver
should be given after the process of d.
gestion is ended; if given during food,
chemical reactions destroy or impair
their special attributes. and defeat the
object for which they were prescribed.
Metallic salts. especially corrosive subli-
mate, also tannin and pure alcohol, i'm
pair the digestive power of the active
principle of the gastric juice. SO should
appear in the stomach during it's period
of inactivity. Malt extracts, cod liver
oil. phosphates, ETC., should be given
with or directly after food so that they
enter the blood with the products of d.
gestion.-Medical and Surgical Report
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24
LAFAYETTE's GRAVE.

while in Paris a short while ago."
said traveller recently to Washington
Post reporter, sit occurred that it was
fitting act to make pilgrimage to the
tomb of that illustrious Frenchman dear
to the hearts of American patriots.
Marquis de Lafayette. / asked num-
Der of people before / could find anyone
to enlighten me as to the spot, but after
repeated inquiry ascertained the loca-
ton. The grave is situated in old Paris,
within the grounds of a convent that the
ancestors of Lafayette founded, and
where repose the remains of many of
the French nobility. The first thing
that attracted my attention in connec-
ton with the hero's tomb was that
above it floated silken flag bearing the
stars and stripes. 1t seems that good
many years ago an American gentleman
left in his will sum of money to be used
for the special purpose of keeping an
American flag forever flying over the
grave of Lafayette. 1t has done so
without intermission from the day the
will went into effect, and whenever,
through the wear Of the elements, one
flag becomes unserviceable, new one
straightway takes its place. Through
untold centuries the emblem of the
country which in it's early struggles
for liberty had his beneficent aid will
wave above his ashes.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24
Wellington's Last Words.

When the Duke of Wellington was
sick the last thing he took was little
tea. On his servant holding it to him on
saucer, and asking him if he would
have it, the duke replied: Eyes. il you
please" These were his last words.
How much kindness and courtesy is ex-
pressed in them! He who had COM
manded the great armies in Europe. and
had long used the throne of authority,
did not despise nor overlook the small
courtesies of life. All, how many boys
do! What rude tone of command they
often use to their little brothers and sis
ters, and sometimes to their mothersl
This is ill-bred and unchristian, and
shows a coarse nature and hard heart.
In all your home talk remember IF you
please" To all who wait upon you and
serve you. believe that "If you please"
will make you better served than all the
cross or ordering words in the whole
dictionary. Don't forget three little
words-"If you please" Life is made
up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but
of little things, of which smiles and
kindness and small obligations given
habitually are what win and preserve
the heart and secure comfort.-Sir
Humphrey DaUy.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24
AN ORIENTAL STORY.

An Eastern king was once in need of
faithful servant and friend. He gave
notice that he wanted man to do a
days work, and two men came and asked
to be employed. He engaged them both
for certain fixed wages, and set them
to work to fill basket with water from
neighboring we'll, saying he would
come in the evening and see their work.
He then left them to themselves, and
went away. After putting in one or two
bucketfuls, one of the men said:-
WHATS the good of doing this useless
work? AS soon as we put the water in
on one side, it runs out on the other"
The other man answered.
But we have our days wages, haven't
we? The use of the work is the mas
ter's business, not ours"
II am not going to do such FOOLS
work." replied the other; and. throwing
down his bucket, he went away.
The other man continued his work
till about sunset he exhausted the we'll
Looking down into it, he saw something
shining at the bottom. He let down his
bucket once more, and drew up pre-
cious diamond ring.
Now / see the use of pouring water
into basket" he exclaimed to himself.
eff the bucket had brought up the ring
before the we'll was dry, it would have
been found in the basket. The labor
was not useless, after ALL"
But he had yet to learn why the king
had ordered this apparently useless task.
1t was to test their capacity for perfect
obedience, without which no servant is
reliable.
At this moment the king came up to
him; and, as he babe the man keep the
ring. he said:-
Thou hast been flithful in little
thing: now l see / can trust thee in
great things. Henceforward thou shalt
stand at my hand. THE Sunday
Hour.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24

they improve the top soil, as is well
known. The foliage of some trees de-
composes more readily than that of 9TH
ers. and forming humus of more or less
desirable composition, this beneficial
effect varies with the species; thus,
while the conifers, especially larch and
spruce, as we'll as the beech, are among
the greatest improvers of soils, the hui
mus from catalpas. black locust. etc., is
OF little use, while the foliage of the
oaks decays but slowly, and hence does
less for the improvement of the soil.
But the saying that red oak and black
walnut poison the soil is probably an
overstatementAat least, we have no
knowledge that this is really so or any
reason to believe it; they are simply less
useful in making humus.
"Of much more moment to tree life
than the minerals is the water Of the soil,
and in respect to the amount of water
transpired, trees differ very widely, SO
that, in general, deciduous-leaved leaves
may transpire six times as much as con-
ferrous trees. The pines especially are
moderate users of water. These latter
are satisfied with such small amounts
that they can occupy the dry sands of
the pine barrens to the exclusion Of
other species. The deterioration of soil
under given trees, then. depends upon
ho ro,,sA ovho,,et;ov, - a coil osof,,ro
This exhaustion is, however, much less
due to the Transportation by the trees
themselves than to the surface evapora-
ton, and this again is dependent upon
the amount of shade which the trees
exert. Under dense growth of the
shady beech, hemlock, spruce, sugar
maple, ETC., no exhaustion of moisture
takes place, while under the light-fol-
iage birch or oak, especially in later life
when the crowns become thinned out,
the sun reaches the soil readily and
much water is evaporated. In addition,
If these trees stand alone in field. the
raindrops readilyfall through the foliage
upon the soil and compact it; thus much
less water can percolate and the evapor-
alton from the compacted soil is increas-
ed, as every farmer will understand who
cultivates his crop in order to reduce
evaporation.
Gas far as influence upon neighboring
crops is concerned, trees exert deleter-
ious influence upon the Immediately
adjoining portions of either by their
shade-and some species are harder
than others, hence difference in degree
of effect-or by their competition for
moisture. Some kinds, like cotton woods.
willows. and elms, require not only more
water than others, but their root sys-
TENS are capable Of rapid and enormous
extention in search Of water, so that
their influence is far-reaching. Grape
vines are of the same nature, 30 that it
is almost useless to cultivate in the
neighborhood of vineyard, unless the
soil contains superabundance of moist
ure. The taproot trees are less injuri-
GUS, because they supply themselves
from greater depths, while the shallow
rooted ones. like black locust, beech,
spruce, ETC., compete on the same level
with the annual crops."-Garden and
Forest.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24
NOT ALWAYS AT WORK.

Sometimes it seems impossible for
people, especially young people, to imag-
inc that the men who write books and
make stories live with and love their
children just as their own fathers love
them and play with them. I know one
writer of books who loves music, and
yet his singing voice is like crows; he
cannot carry tune. When he attempts
to sing, his children run to him and try
to cover his mouth; they put their fingers
in their ears, and treat him most uncer-
enormously. I think you would be as.
tonished if you should see this writer
with his children. He cannot dance
and yet he tries, and such teaching and
attempts at learning you never saw. His
singing and dancing resemble each other
in their complete failure of success, and
their sufficiency to make fun for the
family. You might be shocked if you
should see this writer at home playing;
but to his children he is papa, and to
them he is far more important as papa"
than as writer.
The son of Charles Dickens tells of
the interest his father had in toy the
alter. In the North American Review"
he says:
"My first experience, think, of my
fathers extraordinary energy and of the
thoroughness-the even alarming thor
oughness-with which he always threw
himself into everything he had occasion
to take up, was in connection with toy
theater of which was the proud pos
SCISSOR somewhere about the middle of
the forties. Toy theaters, with scenery
and sheets of the characters only requir-
ing painting and cutting out-one Skelt
was the principal artist for such things
were very popular indeed in my very
early youth, and it was the aim of every
self respecting boy to be the manager of
one or more of them. Greater even than
pleasures of the ultimate performances
and the accompanying delights of set
ting out the evil-smelling little foot
lights, which Iavished their oil over
everything with which it was most de-
sirable they should not come in contact
we're the preparations-the painting the
scenery. the painting and cutting out
the characters. the FASTING, the cumming
the thousand and one messes and snip
pings, and general causes Of litter and
untidiness, which we're so dear to the
boys of my time. Skelt, am afraid, has
long since vanished. and toy theaters
are 80 seldom to be seen that suppose
the taste for them has gone out. too.
Perhaps the boys of today know too
much abe ut the real theater to care very
much about toy one. and are not so
ready to make believe as we were. But
in my time toy theater was about the
most popular present you could give
boy. and when some philanthropist pre-
sented me with an unusually fine speci-
men. a perfect Drury Lane among its
brethren, / anticipated an endless round
of delights. "-Otatlook.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24

to you. Peg is worth dozen of me.
You love her; you simply are fasci-
mated by me. Dear Peg has been
foolish, unselfish, blind darling. She
has toiled from early till late to make
your home pretty, to cater to your
tastes and yet spend no more than
would keep a much simpler table.
She is almost wreck of her former
self-all from mistaken idea of
wifely duty.
"Mr. Silverthorn, it is not the
sparkling women that wear as wivesl
Oh, l know it we'll! 1 inherit my
powers and gifts from my poor moth
er, and l vowed years ago that would
never marry. have not the patience,
the unselfishness, that married life
demands. But, thank God, am OF
sunk so low as to be untrue to my
friend, untrue to you as well; for you
would soon get over your present
foolish fancies. l go tomorrow; 1 beg
you to get leave of absence for week
or two, and take Peg on a wedding
trip. believe the end of this will
be a brighter, truer life for both of
YOU"
They walked home with no words.
What had been said was bitter ton
ic and took immediate effect. At
last the pretty cottage was reached,
and there lay Peg, asleep in the ham
mock, her face looking pale and, to
his awakened conscience, full of re-
proach.
81 am going in the back way"
said Sally, "you can wake her." and
slipped away.
"Ned! Ned! It is you'll Not
dream7"
"You are half asleep, darling. Ger
tainly, it is 1; and we are going off
on wedding trip tomorrow; Miss
Sally has had orders to start, so we
can go tomorrow as we'll as not. And
Peg, dear, my wedding present is an
increase of allowance by one half"
"Oh, Ned mother was right! Ours
is true marriage, the first five years
will end in peace Interior.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24

as many ducks as could be crowded into
more than the space of the park between
the City Hall and the Postofice in New
York city-a mass of perhaps two city
blocks of duck flesh and feathers? That
was what was driven past us on the
Grand Canal one dap. Two men in two
boats were driving the ducks before
them, all as thick upon the water as they
could swim. Each man carried long
slender bamboo rod with the heart of a
palm leaf on the end of it, With this he
kept the red and gray squawking mass in
order. He whipped back into its place
every duck that sagged out of the mass,
or that Jagged behind, or showed dis
position to make for the shore. Sudden
ly several boats came along in the OPP
posite direction-a big chop-boat and
two or three smaller vessels. They were
sailing swiftly before fresh breeze di-
rectly down upon the acre or two of
ducks. There seemed no way Of pre-.
venting terrible slaughter of poultry.
The big chop-boat like house blown
before gale. sped toward the advanc
ing feathered host, and at last the birds
that were in the way were almost under
her bows. Then flutter seized many
square yards of ducks. the immense flock
broke apart, crack in it opened before
the chop boat, and widened until the
boat swept through canal that divided
the flock. Not one duck was run over
Julian Ralph in Harpers Magazine for
august.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24
ELEMENTS TAKEN FROM THE
SOIL BY TREES.

A correspondent of the Country Gen.
tIemap writes as to the comparative
exhaustive power Of different kinds Of
forest trees upon the soils where they
have grown. He had heard that the pine
barrens are so called because pine woods
make land barren and that certain ma
tive species are poison to land. The let
ter was referred to Mr.. B. E. Fernow.
chief of the Forestry Division of the
Department of Agriculture, and we
quote the main points in his reply:
"As far as exhaustion of minerals
from the soil is concerned, no fear need
be entertained, since forest trees require
only the smallest quantity Of the COM
moner kinds of minerals from the soil,
and, in addition. they return the bulk OF
these to the soil in a more soluble form
by the fall of leaves and twigs; hence
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24

"Oh, Ned! hear what Sally says: 4
can spend a few weeks with you
in September, if convenient. At
last you two are to meet! No Ned,
I really must do my sewing If
Sally is coming to visit us. How
she will enjoy the shore, and the boat
ing and fishingl"
''I don't see that you enjoy them
any more. If you have so much sew
ing hire it done"
Peg made no reply. Did Ned mean
that he would pay for seamstress!
They had agreed upon what they
ought to spend on the housekeeping
when they first came to live in Win
throp, but there was no little daugh-
ter then, and do what she would, Peg
was always running behindhand.
But he had praised her management,
and as she had some savings from her
surplus of the salary she had earned
before her marriage, she had made
good her deficiency and said moth
ing. But that surplus was almost ex-
hausted, and Peg was getting nervous
and overweight, with the terrible
strain of making two ends meet that
were Just little short. How little
husbands know what is going on right
beneath their eyes! Peg, resolving to
sew the next morning, while Ned
slept, donned her hat and coat, and
they we're off.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silverthorn met as
teachers in a preparatory school for
boys; they had much in common,
and married with high resolves as to
keeping abreast of the times, having
study together etc. Mr.. Silverthorn
had a position as principal of the
Academy in the pretty seaport of
Winthrop, and nearly five happy
years had gone by. These years had
developed the husband; he had
plenty of leisure to keep in touch with
all the newest thought as to educa-
tional matters. A Summer Confer
ence, held in an adjacent town, at
which he read a paper Peg and he had
worked over for months, brought
him into good deal of notice among
the best people. Peg was kept at
home with the baby, and could only
hear of all his good times. Peg
could never have believed how en-
crossing housekeeping could become,
especially when one keeps house on
fixed allowance. 1t took so much
thought and time to make three
meals each day nutritious, inviting
and not too expensive.
Ned enjoyed inviting friend home
to dinner; he did not know that the
frequent visitors were the cause of