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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06
The San Marcial Flood.


San Marcial was visited by a severe
flood Thursday night of last week.
We give the following account of the
affair as given IN press dispatches from
that place.
A heavy rain started about 7 O'clock
and continued until midnight.
The water came down the arroyo
west of town three feet deep about
two o'clock in the morning causing
great destruction to property.
The following is a partlal.list of the
losses, but the full extent of the DAM
age will not be learned until the water
recedes: Wah Sing laundry. $50 co.
Residence of A. B. Ely. occupied by
DR.. CruickshanS. $4,000; Mrs. Kuhn,
house, $4,000; Methodist parsonage
$4,000; Harry james, residence, $500;
G. F. Knauss, several combination
adobe houses and furniture, S1.O00.00;
Bird Dyer, residence, S500.O0; Don
Campbell, new residence, 81 100000; DIR
Cruickshank, barn and corral, $4,000.
Byron Dean, residence, $4,000; Har
vey house. corral damaged, feed dam
aged and stock damaged and stocl
drowned.
Broyles' floar mill, erected in Febru
arY Of this year at a cost of $4,000, i!
! endangered, the foundation being sey
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06

eral inches under water. The upper
part is adobe, and is liable 10 erRmble
at any time.
The old town Of San Mareial is near
" washed AWAY. About II eniv houses
are gone. tie ca, rs are ba'l.v Damaged,
and scores Of Mexican families lose
everything they bad.
IL is impossible IN give al iiemized
stateDent of the damage at this time,
but a conservative estimate places a. g
loss OF property between thirty thou
sand and forty thousad dollars, outside
of the railroad loss, which is quite
heavy.
No lives were lost, but undoubtedly
there would have been had not the
night force at the railroad Offices and
yards awakened the people in time to
let them escape.
Mrs. E. NJ. Comstock was confined at
about ! a. m, and at 80 a. m. hadto be
moved out, as the house was falling.
The mother and child are reported do
ing well at this time.
Abont one mile of track and one
bridge on the railroad was washed
away.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06

Silver City and Socorro have had
their floods. They came naturally and
are to be blamed to no one. But in
Santa Fe they are building a reservoir
just out back of the United States gov
eminent building that some day will
lay the washes of SocorrO and Silver
City in the shade. They have thrown
up il bit of an emhankment across an
arToya, the foundation of the whole
thing being on sand and + filing in
the back of this with silt from an
hydraulic giant. We we're up there
the other day, with Mr.. George Knae-
able, and saw a lot of boys sink down
IN the qulcksand almost totheir waists.
We asked a man in Santa Fe why this
thing was allowed and he said: "0h, it
will not do to say anything, you would
drive out eastern capital" We unused
and came away-eastern capital, a
reservoir on quicksand and the homes
of thousands of Gods people in the
track below it. The people of Santa
Fe will wake up some day with a hor-
ror that will be simply appalling and
then they will say, as they count the
new made graves by the hundreds
"Oh we must not say anything or you
will drive away eastern capital
Socorro Chieftain.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06
HERMOSA.

Billy Kendall started for Silver City
where he has been summoned TO act on
the jury.
The dance at Mrs. Anderson's board
ing house on Saturday evening had
%ouiteTa large attendance. Upper and
lower camp joined to enjoy themselves
there.
Look out for an old soldier when he
shoots. Philip Zoeller has been bonn
harding the country surrounding his
lease on the Humming Bird mine.
Spawls and fragments of rock hum
med through the air and made it lively
for the jiggers at the Young and Cas-
sidy jig.
The mail has been of the smallest
for a few days during the floods along
the Bio Bravo. One day those await
ing the coming of the mail. which ar
rived late. were treated to the sight OF
one letter and one postal card dropping
from the mouth of the upset sack,
which fluttered to the floor like the
last leaves from a lonely tree in the
autumn.
The whirlpool into which the falls OF
the Rio Palomas dash and the rocky
reaches of the river below have al
ways Leen a favorite swimming place
for the boys, and now tL@t there is
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06

plenty of water, they are daily visited
by a merry party who dispoFt them
selves in the river making the canyon
re-erho with their msrriment
Mss Alice Sanders and some friends
were expected to visit IIrT,aosa; bnt
the news was brought in that although
they started from Engle, when they
reached the Rio del Norte Miss San
ders, being OF horse back, started
across before her friends TO show them
the ford and determine if it was safe
for them 10 cross in the wagon, when a
surging lood came down the river and
Miss Sanders barely bad time to reach
the opposite bank. the food separating
Miss Sanders from her party, which re
turned to Engle. she going to Cnchillo
Negro where she has many friends.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06
LOCAL NEWS.

A good rain set the creek a-boOmin'
last Friday.
Jim Blain and family have moved
down from Camp Wing.
Chris Rugsegger is doing assessment
work or the Mail Line.
The warm wave that has prevailed
for some days is a scOrcter.
". NJ. Armour is doing assessments
on his claims up Chloride creek.
The final machinery for the Wing
stamp mill hove in sight of town last
night.
john Saucier has taken the contract
get out logs for lumber for the Wing
stanp mill.
Our usual weekly interesting news
letter from Hllisboro failed to reach US
in tine for publication this week.
Hon. Richard Mansfield White came
up from Hermosa last Tuesday. He re-
turned home Wednesday evening.
If this district intends sending an
exhibit of ore to the territorial fair, 1t
had best get a wiggle on itself. Time
is precious.
Sierra county will make a mineral
exhibit at the territorial fair. The
people of Hillsboro are rustling up an
exhibit. The camps of northern Sier-
ra county will probably make a show
ing.
1t has been mildly limited that in less
than sixty days Chloride will see better
times than we have had for several
years past. So mote it be. The people
of this district could stand a great IN
crease of better times and prosperity.
Last Sunday evening, just at dark,
puffs Of smoke, at regular intervals,
resembling Indian smoke signals, were
seen to shoot high %heavenward from
among the hills above the town on
kChlOride creek. UP to date the mYs-
cry has not been solved.
The eclipse CT the moon Tuesday
night was greedily observed by all
The night was perfect, nota cloud was
visible to obstruct the sight of the
noon-gazers, and to make the sill.
yer display of the night queen more
brilliant and Interesting, Mr.. Rich
ard Mansfield White. Sierra cOunty's
most active free coinage of silver
is to / advocate, produced a pair OF
powerful field glasses that enabled tht
gazers to closely seal the features Of
silver queen of night as she gradually
crept behind the dark vail that for a
time shut her from public view. Somt
of the gazers declared that the small
spots on the face of the noon resembl
ed bugs, but owing to their great dis
lance above the earth, their character
could not be clearly Unidentified; but. il
was observed by one bugologist thai
if it was possible for the gold-bugs t.
capture the earth and draw q mantl'
over the peoples money-silver-it wa
not improbable that they should at
tempt to- capture the silver moon ant
throw a black mantle over it; and tina
the eclipse represented the present con
dition of the financial fight. the gold
ties had gradually drawn the blacI
mantle of depression over the silver.
prosperity of the country, but like th
eclipse of the silver moon, it woul'
soon pass away and the people woul'
be free.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06
Stray Horses.

Black horse, white face, all feet white.
branded jill on right shoulder and R right
thigh. Bay horse. about 10 years old, brand
ed P-s left hip. Owner may have same by
proving property and paying charges. Adj
dress, ROBERT MARTIN. Engie. n. III.
Aug. Is, 1896.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06
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of arrangements sent the following letter % The Dispatch:
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Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15
This Dog Knows Money.

A man named Harrison, in Sioux City,
has a setter dog that is pretty valuable
animal, and good many people in Iowa
would be willing to pay a good, stiff price
for him, said ". W. MoCann Of Dea
Moines.
- He has brought his master on several
occasions money he has found in the street.
and quite recently he came in with tail
wagging proudly and pocketbook with
over $500 In 1t held in his mouth Shot
which is his name-seems to be as familiar
with the worth Of articles he may happen
TO come across in his skirmishes around
town as any human being, and It is the
result Of early training. His owner, when
the dog was puppy, patiently taught him
to retrieve various articles and frequent
~ used bills and coin in this practice. In
this way probably the animal learned to
distinguish the peculiar scent of money,
for it has an aroma that is acquired from
being carried on the person. Iatg no mat
ter what his secret is Shot u Wl8cky dog
In every sense Of the word, f.g 10 never
comes across money that he g NiiF; 9eager-
ly pick it up and race homo lisHi 10, and
he'll bring lots OF other thiU&isDht evil
IDENTIFY appear to him as useful Il there
is an old castoff hat IN hig ieiphlA hen
carry it to Harrison, and old fAyf.ifle cloth
ing are as dutifully taken the.1gtis way.
He's an excellent field dog aliigi iiss has
never been Known to retrieve hissiM So
Shct is a sort of canine paradox AliJss run
and fetch qualities Nv Washing gto;A slsoE.
Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15
PRoouclNe PEARLS.
How RIan Helps the Oyster to Lead Prof
table Existence.

How Man Helps the Oyster to Lead = Prof
table Existence.
Peeling pearls is a little trick which
Partisan jewellers have reduced to a science.
They will take a pearl which is apparent
ly so imperfect that it is scarcely market
able, and with skill bordering on the
marvellous will peel off the outer layer and
develop q lovely gem.
A pearl Is made up Of layers Of "nacre"
and animal tissue. The nacre is that beau
tiful iridescent substance which gives to
mother of pearl and the lining Of seashells
their chief beauty, and 1t is especially at
tractive In the pearl oyster The layers
of nacre and animal tissue alternate, SO
that the skilled jeweler can peel an ugly,
discolored pearl and make Of it quite an
other jewel. The tools employed are a
sharp knife, extremely delicate files, soft
leather and pearl powder The layer Of
nacre is hard and difficult to cut, but the
pearl renoyator chips it off bit by bit, feel
ing his way with the edge Of his knife, for
the layer is too thin to be seen by the un-
aided eye.
In one Of the workshops Of Chicago is
man who is specially devoted to pearls.
He claims that perfect pearl is the most
beautiful of gems and says that the time
is coming when pearls will be fashionable
again. He exhibits with some pride large
pink pearl and said that it had been arti-
fcially started This brought out the fact
that In China and Japan pearl oysters are
not only cultivated, but are forced to pro-
duce pearls
A pearl is the result Of an oysters efforts
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The s.olshoi. Of an ocean ..rllsr..

A glare of ligh1 breaks into our faces as
we emerge from the tunnel. Behind us is
the iron wall of bunkers, black and cold.
Before us is a wall of fire, 12 glowing
oraters, whose round red mouths, feet in
diameter, open and close with automatic,
weighted doors as six stokers feed them.
They always seem to snap their jaws
for coal. The two walls are parallel and
stretch from port to starboard They are
about 12 feet apart and form one of the
streets. In furnace land The iron floor is
heaped with heaps Of ashes, Stag and fresh
coal, which latter keeps arriving in the
wagons. At the men IS feet lie iron imple-
ments, long bars and rakes, some Of them
redhot at the ends.
Suddenly a man in the shadow puts a
whistle to his lips and sounds three calls.
The six stokers respond instantly. Every
furnace door flies open. Two men at the
right and two at the left begin shoveling
furiOusly, while two men in the middle
lift their 40 pound lances and thrust them
into the mass Of fire. Having buried the
lances eight feet deep in the GOALS the men
throw their weights full upon the ends as
levers and iftthe whole bank Of fire sew
eral inches Then they draw out the
lanoes, lenving a black hole through the
fire into which the draft is sucked with
an increasing roar. Three times they
thrust the lances. Each time they break
up the fires, first at the right, then at the
left and then down the center. When they
have finished, their grimy faces are
streaked with sweat, their bodies are
In the pauses Of their work |
they plunge their heads in buckets Of wa |
ter and take deep drafts from bottles of |
red wine. .-MoCInreIs MAGAZINE
Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15
A Dog who Was Not to BE Dared.

A dog story has come to the writer's ears,
which, though not within his personal
knowledge, is vouohed for to him in an
entirely trustworthy way. A certain dog,
which was growing old, was In barn one
day with his master. The two were upon
a haymow from which sloping ladder led
down to the barn floor. The master walked
down the ladder, but the dog went around
by another way. When the dog reached
the barn floor, his master began to say to
him somewhat tauntingly: Poor old fell
lowl Daren t walk down the ladder any
morel Daren't walk down the ladderr'
Whereupon the dog with a quick glance
at his master, walked clear up the ladder
to the top and then turned around and
walked down it again. The proceeding
locked very much like a deliberate demon
stration on the dogs part, to his master,
that he was still capable of walking up
and down a slanGing ladder Did the dog
understand the taunt, or did he merely
catch the words ''dOwn the ladder" and
take the utteranco for a command, which
he dutifully proceeded to obey2 No one
will ever know probably, since the dog
himself can give no account of the matter
Boston Transcript
Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15

to removed source Of irritation. II a grain
Of sand or some other hard substance finds
its way into the shell, the oyster begins
coating it with naore, which gives the ir-
ritating intruder a smooth exterior. The
oyster deposits naore over the offending
object as long as it remains a source Of II
ritation, and the Chinese have taken ad-
vantage Of this peculiarity Of the solitary
mollusk. They make little pellets Of earth
which has been dried and powdered with
the juice Of camphOr seeds, and during
May and June plant these in the oyster.
The shell is opened with mother OF pearl
knife, care being taken not to injure the
oyster, and the earth pills are laid under
the oysters beard. The treated mollusks
are then placed in canals and pools and
left undisturbed until November, when
they are dredged up, opened and the naore
covered pellets removed with sharp knives.
The pellets are usually found fastened
tightly TO the inner surface Of the shells.
The Chinese pearl farmer then turns
Ieweler. He drills a little hole into the |
pearl at the place where it was fastened to /
the shell and removes the dirt. The cav /
ity is filled with yellow rosin and the |
opening sealed neatly with a tiny bit Of
mother of pearl
But Frenohman has III proved on this
method. He found that the Chinese killed
many oysters by forcing the shell open TO
deposit the earth pellets. The ingenious
Frenohman bored holes in the shells Of
pearl oysters with a small drill and then
introduced through the opening little
globules Of glass. He plugged the holes
with corks and left the oysters alone to
manufacture pearls. In six months the
glass nucleus was covered with a pearly
deposit, and the Frenohman reaped a
beautiful harvest Of pearls. He did rot
have to bore holes in the pearls to remove
the center, and his product brought higher
prices than the pearls made by the Chi
nese.
These artificial pearls have much Of the
uster and beauty Of the real gems, but
are sold at a much lower rate by honest
jewelers. Experts can color pearls black. !
pink, gray and other oOlors by the use Of ,
chemicals For instance a pearl put in
nitrate of silver turns black. But pearl
'aiseSs know a trick worth two of that.
Certain kinds of fresh water mussels bear
'ink pearls, and pearl oysters produce diff s
erent colored pearls, according to the part y
4 the oyster which is irritated by the for c
ign substance. The artificial pearl pro- q
Iucer knows this and plants his seed ao
ordingly, In Washington is an artificial
ink pearl as large as a pigeons egg, and v
is heart is a bit of beeswax. 9
Perfectly round pearls which weigh {
yer 25 grains each are scarce and com
land large prices, but such pearls are nat Il
raj. Artificial pearls are usually fat on j.
ne side.-Chicago Record. .
Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15
Two ways to treat That Hsadaehs.

After the barber had begun shaving him
the man in the chair said:
II havea kind Of a headache this morn
ing. Would you please put cold cloth
across my foreheadf''
Certainly, replied the barber, but
wOnldn't you rather have the cloth. hotg''
Ny heads too hot want TO cool II
Very we'll You know what you want,
but you have head on you. The hot
towel will do more good than a cold one. -
Go ahead, then, and try It, but 1t seems
to me that cold water would be better. "
Some say one and some another. The
man who wants a cold towel says 1t sends
the blood away from the head and cools
the skin. The fellow who wants hot
towel says It draws the heat to the surface
and sort of relieves the fever, and in lit
tie while the head feels cool and clear. It's
funny that hot OF cold water should be
used for the same purpose. but it's fact. "
Chicago Record.
Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15
An Anectionate Mother.

1.-The most affeotionate mother I ever
knew, said Colonel Goslington, "and I
believe all mothers are affectionate, is the
wife of my young nephew, Claude Cos
lington. When their young child was
sick, its mother took its medicine for It.
1t was some sort Of bitter medicine, and
when it came time to take it the child said
/ can't take that. It's nastyp Well, 90
needn't take it, Reggie. Mamma viii take
it for co. And she did, and thereafter
at the appointed time she took Regie's
medicine for him regularly. Reggie got
we'll, notwithstanding that he didn't get
the medicine, but what child could stay
long sick with such a mother as thati"-
Now YORK Snn
Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15
Specimen Gases.

s. Il. ClihoId, New cassel, Wis, was troubled
with neuralgia and rhennatism. his stomach was
disordered. his liver was affected TO az alarming
degree,appetite fell sway and he wus terribly ~
ducsd ia aesn and strength Tnree bottles of Eiec-
Isle Bitters cured him.
Ed~sd Shepherd. Harrisburg, H. had run
ling sore OF eight years. standing Used three
bottles Of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Of
BneSien's Arnica Salve. and his log is sound and
we'll. John Speaker, cauwOa, y, had I've large
Fever sores on bis ieg. doctors said be was in
;nrabie. One bottle Rieetrc Bitlere aAd one box
Buckle 3 Arnica sslvs cared hin enurely sod
At Pierce a Plsasan t0n'a drag store
Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15
where Ignorance Is RealIv BIIs..

A correspondent from China writes: II
asked an innkeeper in the town Of Kotan-
Tish If he knew what country it was that
had dared to go to war against China, and
he dreamily replied that it was a foreign
country somewhere near England. As a
matter Of fact, there are thousands Of in
terror towns and villages whose people
may never hear of the existing troubles
until some years hence, when some timer
ant missionary may speak of the war in
j"
Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15
A chinaman's Tribute.

There was a touching incident at the fu-
neral of DR., A. J Gordon in Boston the
other day. With the floral tributes that
poured In upon the church officers in
charge came letter containing a sum Of
money. 1t was from pupil in the Chi
nese Sunday school and reud as follows;
"Goon Woy gives the inclosed for mis-
sions, instead Of flowers, as he thinks DR..
Gordon would have desired ''-Hartford
Courant.
Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15
BRANCH ROADS,

Delaware. MARYLAND & VRG1NIA R, R.
Leave Harrington for Franklin and way station
iO46 A. ~, and 6.25 p. m. weekdays returning
train leaves franklin City 552 aud 1888 a. m
Ieaye Franklin City for Chiacoteague (via
eteameD POI D. m. weekdays, Returning leave
Chiucoteague AZ n. m. week days
Leave Harrington Tor Georgetown ana LeWes
Al IO as a. m weekdays and 6--5 p n Wees days.
Returniug. leave Lewes 7.35 a. m, l.5l D. IN
weekdays.
For Berlin, leave HAN lngtOn 10. 10 a. m, week
days and 6.25 p. m. Tuesday, Thursdays and
Saturdays Returning. leave beihh 900 A. Ms
bud 1919 p, m week days.
QUEEN ANNE g. KENT X. R--Leave Townsend
for Centreville and way stations DO d m. and
.25 p. m. weekdays Returning leave Cehter-
Pie $50 a. M aHd 30 p. Ia. week days
DEL. & CHESAPEAKE X. R-Leave Clayton for
Oxford aud way stations at 9.45 a. IN. and 3.4O p
M weekdays. Returning, leave oxford 900 a. m'
Rnd So p. m. weekdays,
CAMBRIDaE & SEAFoRD r. R.-Leave 5eafor9
for Cambridge and intermediate stations at llS5
A. M week. days. and on Tuesdays, Thursday sand
SatsrdaYs 100 p. IN. Returning, leave CamOfl9ge
s. .2Oa m.,and on tuesdays, thursdays anu oat-
Hrdays 146 .. m.
CONNECTION AT Porser, with Newark y Del
aware CITY Railroad Al Townsend, with Queen
Annes q Kent Railroad. At Clayton with Del
aware a. Chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore q
Delaware Bay Railroad. AT Harrington, WIN
Delaware, Maryland S Virginia Railroad. AT
Seaford with Cambridge y ) atofd hailroad. At
Delmar, with New York, Pniladel fhla q Norfolk
WicomicO q POcOmOke. and Peninsula Railroads
S. NJ, PROVOST, General Manager.
= u mnnR Ganarat paasenoar AGENT
Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15
Bucklen's Arnioa salve.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Feve
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains.
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required It is guar
auteed to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price as cents per box Forsale
by PisrceS Pleasanton.