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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-23
For Over Fffty Years.

AT CD A ID WKLLTTRIED REMEDY.
20 US Soothing Syrup has
ls.l .at fct over fifty years by
~ o. o nc hers for their children
SO with perfect success.
o. J. clild, softens the gums,
g q, Dc Q, cures wind collie, and Is
e D. s.nedy for Diarrh1a. Is
} 49, C ne taste. Sold by Drug
. : avery part of the world,
- .h5y-dve cents a bottle. Its value is
,ncaiculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take no
other Kind.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-23

81 had chronic dlarrhoea for ten
years" says L. w. Kichleln, a justice
OF the peach at South Easton, Pa.
"No remedy afforded me real relief
until / was induced by Chas. p. XII
liam, the druggist, TO try Chamber
lain's colo, cholera and diarrhoea
remedy. 1t cured me aud for a year
/ have had no return of the trouble"
1t has also cured many others, among
them old soldiers who had contracted
the disease In the army and given, up
all hope Of recovery. For sale at the
Eagle drug store.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-23

When the railroad strike OCCUR ed
in this territory in 1893, Mr.. Ferguson
volunteered to prosecute the men,
while Mr.. Catron volunteered to de-
fend the men at Ration and other
points in the territory, and did so free
Of charge. Comment is unnecessary.
Albuquerque Citizen.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-23

To whom 1t May Concerni
That the undersigned Is a half owner. more
or less, In the Volcano Mining Claim. situate
in the Kimbell mining district, Grant eoun-
~, territory OF New Mexico. and hereby
gives notice that said interest shall not be
held responsible for any labor or debts con-
tracted or injuries received by any em
ployees employed by others than myself.
That no debts are valid against said interest
unless contracted by myself.
May End. 1903.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-23

THE record OF the sherif's office
does not cast any great glory on his
chief deputy, who is said to have been
practically in charge OF the Office laCe-
ly, and who Is now a candidate for
election to that office.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-23
PUBLISHED FRIDAYS.
ny DON, II. KEDzTE.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.


For Delegate to Congress.
THOMAS b. CATRON.
For Member Of the Council sth. District.
ALBERT L. CHRIsTY.
For Representative 18th. District.
RICHMOND p. BARNES.
For Representative 18th District,
DAVID p. CARR,
For Sheriff.
GEORGE o. PERRAULT.
For Assessor.
THOMAS n. CHILDERs.
Foe Collector,
Arthur 8. cOoDELL.
For PROBATE JuG e..
RICHARD 8. KNIGHT.
For PrObste Clerk.
WILLIAM WATSON.
For Treasurer.
WILLIAM d. MURRAY.
For SuDerinteDdent of Schools.
Ed. PENNINGTON.
Por Surveyor.
JAMES T. REL.
For Co ore.
Al. WA 5.
For Couriy CcS a. oners,
FIRST Dis, ict-JOHN sP LLER,
Second Dist-ict-M. +. FLEMING,
ID G. u. 4 LAIRE-
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-23

st Paul, Mimi. sedt 1854
Dear sis-I have beena tobacco endf for many years. md during the past w Years Me
smoked nfeen to ewnbc cigars regularly every day. My whole nervous system became
affected, until ny physician told me mustg give u the useo Oft tobacco for the time being
without success, until accidentally learned of your" BacoCuron Three weeks ago tMa
I o0mmencedu sng our preparations md todayI consider myselfc completely cured ami
perfect eath.a and the horrible craving for tobacco, which every nvehrates smoker full
pprecMe has completely left ne. ToondderyouT "BaooCuro" simply wonderful ma
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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-23

For County CcS a. oners,
Frst Dis, ict-JOHN sP LLER,
Second Distfict-M. +. FLEMING.
1hird ID C C. D. 4 .LAIRE.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-23

system will be as free from nicotine as the day before you took your first chew
or smoke. A ironclad written guarantee to absolutely cure the tobacco habit
10 AL its FORMS or money refunded. Price $lOO per box or 8 boxes 40 days
treatment and guaranteed cure) $3.50. For sale by all druggists or will be
sent by mail upon receipt OF price. SEND SIX TWO CENT STAMPS FOR
Eureka Chemical & Mfg Co, La Crosse, Wis.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-23

euro. 1t is purely veeeta-
BILE. You do not have to stop
using tobacco with BACO-
euro. 1t will notify YOU
when to stop and your desire
for tobacco will cease. Your
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-23

Which cure al Liver JUS. Price 26c.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15
AN ARCHITECTURAL CURIOSITY. !


The oldest house in Fresno County, and
possibly in the whole San Joaquin Valley,
is still standing not far from the ruins of
Millerton, the former county seat. Aside
from the interest that its age gives it. it is
also worthy of study as an architectural
curio, or monstrosity. The house is built
of adobe bricks. but the Spanish style Of
structure with which that cheap and ser
viceable building material is associated is
nowhere apparent. At first glance the
house would not appear so unusual, but a
few M minutes study will reveal the fact that
it is in q class by itself. There is a little of
several styles of architecture in the general
shape of the house, but they were never
before seen in an adobe structure. In fact
the more it is studied the more it seems
like an architects nightmare, and the
wonder is that 1t has not fallen down long
ago.
The house is said to have been built by
Mrs. Leech about fOrty-five years ago.
She was quite wealthy Eastern lady who
had her own ideas about everything.
From the general appearance of the struc-
ture it would seem as if she had one of the
old log cabins OF Illinois in view when she
gave her directions. This is apparent III
the two end walls, which run to peaks,
the outside and rises to a considerable
height above the roof. The doorway is of
enormous size. 1t has double doors of
heavy oak, something after the style of old
colonial houses. The ground plan is
square, each side being about forty feet.
The walls are about three feet thick. The
roof is of the old English thatched style,
and is still in good condition, although it
has received no attention for years. The
ridgepole is only a thin sapling, and in no
way adds to the strength of the structure.
The wonder is that the end walls have
stood so long with nothing to brace them.
How the beam across the top of the door
sustains the enormous weight of the adobe
wall above it is another thing past under
standing. The wall of the front is still
further weakened by what appears to be
q second-story window.
On the inside of the house as many
queer things can be seen as on the out
side. The whole front portion of the
house is one room about 25x35 feet. The
roof of the house is the ceiling of this
room. Directly under the window, which
can be seen from the outside, gallery is
built that looks as if it had been intended
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Ing, but is, of course, bright enough fer
all purposes. The lamp is fastened to the
pile by set of springs that clutch it
around the bottom and firmly hold it in
place. 1t is always removed for the pur-
pose OF being lighted, and afterward re-
placed.
Both of the Point San Bruno stake
lights are in charge of Captain Mariner,
the man who designed them and helped
put them up, and his job is at times a
wearisome and hazardous one. Unlike
most other lightkeepers, Captain Mariner
does his watching from shore. A II night
long, in all sorts of weather, he walks over
the hills, keeping close watch on the
beacons out on the water. If everything
goes we'll he has no trouble but if sud-
den storm comes up and one of the lights
is extinguished IL is his duty to relight it
if possible. To do this it is necessary to
take a small boat and row through the
breakers for over half mile, and should a
heavy sea be running this is most dan
gerous undertaking.
|. At one time Captain Mariner used to go
to the lights by himself, but now he al
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ways takes somebody with him in bad
weather. The reason for this is that on
one occasion he went out alone, and while
he was looking after the light the storm
increased so in fury that he was unable to
get ashore again for several hours. It was
an awful night, the captain says. The
tower was shaken so violently by waves
that almost reached the platform that he
thought each moment it would be carried
away. His boat at last went adrift, and
even after the storm had subsidized he had
to wait several hours until help came.
In nice weather the captains job is not
so bad, as there is little to do beyond
pleasant row each morning to fill and trim
the lamps. But the location of Point San
Bruno, at the foot of a range of hills,
makes the atmospheric conditions uncer-
tain, and many days when the sky is
cloudless and the weather warm a cold
wind will blow and the bay will be stirred
up by squalls.
The Point San Bruno lights are no longer
OF much use to the Baden Meat Company.
as cattle seldom come by steamer any
more. The lights, however, have become
of such importance to bay shipping that
the Government still maintains them.
Captain Mariner has had most inter-
esting career, He comes of a family of
sailors, being born in Portland, Maine.
at an early age he went to sea with his
father and in due time rose to the position
of master. He has had command of sew
eral packet ships that sailed between the
Atlantic coast and England. During the
war he did little work in the way of run
ming the blockade. Captain Mariner came
to California about 1866, but was unable to
get ship on account of the depression in
the shipping business. He at last accepted
position as superintendent of pile driver.
The pay was good and he liked the work
so we'll that he stuck to it and never went
to sea again.
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to the department as stake lights, but they
are in reality very different, and are called
by that name for want OF q better one.
In all there are three lights off Point
San Bruno, although one is within the
dredged channel and is of little import
ance. The two outer ones are each about
quarter of mile from land in com para
lively shallow water, but can only be
reached by small boat They are ex-
actly alike and were built at the same
time, SO that description of one will
answer for both.
The principal portion of the San Bruno
Point lights might be called tower. This
is a three-cornered structure built of piles
| driven in the mud that rise about twenty
| feet above the surface of the water at low
/ tide. On the top there is a triangular
| platform, each side of which measures
| about twelve feet. A small house is built
| on this platform that is used for filling and
| trimming the lamps and also for storing
extra material and tools. In the center of
the triangle of piles there is fourth pile
that rises ten feet above the platform. On
the top of this, which is thirty feet above
low tide, the lamp is fixed. This pile is
also used as ladder for the keeper.
To meet all requirements the lamp is of
peculiar construction. 1t is made to burn
eight days without attention. provided no
accident happens. This is necessary, as
IN Dau weather IL Is oIten Impossible to
get anywhere near the tower without
great danger. The lamps are allowed to
burn all the time, but are of course at
tended to every day if the weather permits
The lamp is what is known as tubular
lens lantern" 1t is about two feet high
and nine inches in diameter. 1t will give
light equalto about twenty candle-powers.
The oil reservoir is on top, so constructed
that it will not become heated from the
flame below. Mineral oil is used that is
fed to the wick much on the same principle
as in the old-fashioned student lamp.
The wick is made of such material that it
does not ''char" easily and will last long
time. The flame gradually gets DINNER
after two or three days continuous burn
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15

~ Q you know Kearny street? I
fancy most readers of THE CALL
giving an unhesltating and
~ affirmative answer to the ques-
ton. Nevertheless, l doubt if
many San Franciscans really know Kearny
street, queer, suggestive, businesslike.
sordld, splendid, repellant, fascinating
kearny street, wherein one jostles and
meets and passes in the course of an hours
walk all sorts and conditions of men. and
encounters the outward and visible evi-
dences OF nearly every known phase of
human existence.
Whether one starts from the fountain.
clrcled with newshoys and violet venders,
ana Climbs upward to the rookeries on the
hllI where the thoroughfare's aspirations
culm1nate, or starts from Telegraph Hill
and makes the descent to where its teem-
ing life unites with that of Market street.
the impression received will be much the
same. constant succession of strange
unfamiliar pictures, glimpses of quaint
foreign life, little touches of human nature
tnat pear witness to our human kinShip,
visions of fashion and wealth and beauty,
a suggestion of travel and keen SAVIOR of
adventure and the possibilities that lurk
IN the unexpected, all these are part and
parcel OF hearnv street from end to end.
4HOllA Tic SJ66D, Cl6dGeu WALKS IIldG
climb Telegraph Hill wander devious by
ways whence issue quaint and pictur-
esque, or startling and grotesque, pathetic,
laughable, sometimes even beautiful, and
always interesting figures. This City is
sometimes called colorless, but never by
HIM who has climbed Kearny street. The
old. weather-beaten houses are gray with
age, the premature age of houses early
fallen prey to change and vicissitude.
They are green with MOSES that flourish
In the damp air, showing rich reds and
yellOWs and browns where the tender Cali
fornia sun has kissed them into beauty and
bleached to a peculiar ashy whiteness by
the salt sea air. The people, too, add to
the bright kaleidoscope effect, even amid
their dinginess, and especially upon Tele-
graph Hill, the bending blue sky, the
rounding, curving outlines of the farther
green hills and the reds and browns of the
clayey roadway make wonderful setting
and background for the whole.
One gets, perhaps, better idea of this
most picturesque street in making the de-
scent from Telegraph Hill l climbed its
steep sides the other day, to where, about
the tall electric-light mast, group of boys
were flying their kites in the strong March
wind. A gang of men were at work ABOUT
some sheds that were being newly rooted,
and about them hoyered a throng of boys
and girls-sturdy street arabs-of all ma
tionaliues, bearing away old shingles and
stray bits of wood. One urchin had con-
trived a queer kite from a broad shingle,
and was endeavoring to raise 1t against
the breeze. He made pretty picture as
he ran backward down the hill, sure
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Telegrama to Women.

The telegraphic messenger who keeps
his eyes open has an opportunity to note
many curious phases of human nature.
One told recently that women never
opened telegram without turning pale,
and when the message was not alarming
they looked disappointed. He delivered
about two death messages a day, four birth
messages, a great many business mes
sages. and once in great while love mes
sage that makes him tired to carry it. He
carried one recently to young man in
town that read: "How are you to-day,
darling?' The answer went promptly
back by the boy, and was to the effect '.I
am better, love-" He once carried mes
sage of death to colored woman. and
after reading it her emotions overcame her
to such an extent that she caught the mes
senger in her arms and soundly boxed his
ears. Another colored woman refused to
open or sign for message, but walked the
floor and beat her breast and screamed
supposing it announced q death. When
all the neighbors had come in one more yen-
turesome than the rest read the message.
1t was simply notice that the woman's
sister would come in from Leavenworth
that evening to see her.-Atchison Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15

SONS, for in some strange fashion city
dwellers have awakened to the beauty of
the eucalyptus blossoms, and the strange,
delightful, fuzzy-wuzzy wonders of bloom
have suddenly acquired market value.
1t is all a curious, attractive, continuous
picture, this new-old busy street of pre-
maturely old yet ever new city. 1t is not
altogether lovely picture, and yet it is
one that is full of promise.
When we shall have awakened to a full
consciousness OF our City,s heritage OF
loveliness we will redeem Telegraph Hill
from its present squalid reproach and
make it the beautiful thing it ought to be.
We shall one day learn better solutions of
the problem of childhood in our streets.
and our duties and privileges toward it.
We shall some day love our City as we
ought and realize its beauty and its possi-
bilities, and then we shall set ourselves in
earnest to complete the picture nature
has begun for US. ADELINE KNAPP.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15

Col. Samuel stoutener, who would eat up to-
bacco like q cow eats hay, tried this wonderful
remedy, and even Samuel, after all his years Of
slavery, lost the desire.
J. c. Cobler, Lessing Evans, Frank Dell, Geo.
B. May, C. o. Skillington, Hanson Robinett,
Frank Hershberger, John Shinn and others
have since tried No Bac, and in every case
they report, not only a cure of the tobacco
habit, but wonderful improvement in their
general physical and mental condition, all Of
which goes to show that the use of tobacco had
been injurious to them in more ways than one.
All of the above gentlemen SO well
pleased with the results that we do not hesi.
tate to join them in recommending 1t to suffer-
ing humanity, as we have thoroughly .investi-
gated and are satisfied that Not Bac does the
work well and is boon to mankind.
The cost is trifing, and three boxes are guar.
anteed to cure any case, or money refunded.
One box in every instance stated above effected
q cure, with one or two exceptions. No-To-Bac
has q wonderful sale upon its merits alone.
and can be secured at almost any drugstore in
this country or Canada; 1t is made by the
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago, Montreal or
New York. Our readers are warned againss
Purchasing limitations, as there are several on
the market. Be sure you get NosTosRsc, Then
FsJopsIA Al l1ghts
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weak point in the climate. Like Alglers,
it is beautifully mild, there is no snow,
and for the majority of the winter there is
brilliant sunshine and very even temper
ature. In the summer, however. it is al
most uninhabitable. No one dreams of
staving there unless military or other
duty compels them. The heat is intense,
the water noxious, and snakes and scor-
pions abound whose bite often prove
deadly in an hour The country at this
period is subject to plaques of grasshop-
pers, the ruination of all verdure and pro-
duce. A very annoying maiady, called
"clou de Biskra," prevails, which is said
to resist most treatment except change of
Record.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15

Beautiful women richly dressed. bonny
Californian girls, well-groomed men,
handsome carriages, spirited horses and
solemn coachmen pass and repass on
pavement and walk. Crystal and silver.
silks, furs and all sorts and kinds of bril-
liant goods and objects fill the windows.
The c1angor of the cable-cars is added to
the whistle and rush of the electric road.
The air is full of street-calls. Vendors call
attention to the heaped-up latter-day gold
of California. mined from fragrant or
chards and heaped in wagons along the
curb. The perfume of flowers fills the air
as we near the fountain, where all these
rushing streams of life center, whence they
radiate.
This is the aspect of Kearny street that
we all know SO well we are often likely to
forget the wonder of it. Here are gathered
the newsboys, the dealers in violets and
roses. and this year the throng is swelled
by sellers of acacia and eucalyptus bios
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is, in fact, mystery from start to finish.
He has made arrangements with the Baden
Meat Company to take such parts of the
refuse from the animals they kill as he
wants. He comes over every day and care
fully examines the piles of offal, cutting off
pieces here and there. He has been watched,
but nobody has been able to detect Just
what it is that he takes. Some days he
will succeed in filling large basket, and
on Others will obtain only handful from
the same amount of refuse. All that he
takes is white in color.
Len then rows to his place just across
the channel and CO mmences work at once.
In a few minutes dense black smoke will
pour from his chimney and often from the
open windows. An awful stencil fills the
air that can be detected quarter of q mile
away. Fishermen who have been near
the place at these times say that Len
rushes about from room to room in the
widest manner, muttering incantations in
Chinese. He does not appear to mind the
mosphere. The preparation of even a
very small portion of refuse consumes at
least six hours.
About every two weeks Len takes q
basket filled with small packages to San
Francisco. He has told people that it was
delicate food preparation intended tor
wealthy people, but that is all he will
state. Three or four times year dele
CATION of elegantly dressed Cinnamon pay
Len visit and inspect his factory. It is
always great event and every member Of
the party seems in high spirits.
Few white men would care to pass .
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queerer collections of jewelry, Oriental
wares and amazing firearms. You can
buy almost anything along this part of
kearny street from needle to a South
American armadillo. The human curio is
Pors "y ~ to - Cui.o " .,a,, e..,sn =
into the windows. Monkeys scream and
iabber at them, the electricians clamor
and jangie through the streets. and there
is hustle of business. of buying and sell
ing and getting gain. But the glamour and
fascination that were part of the hill pic
ture still hang over the street. and its
character, though changed, is still indi-
vidual.
A few blocks farther on, past the mar
kets. the studios and the pawnshops, and
one is indeed sin the SWIM The build
ings have grown taller. The street is
cleaner, and the window displays are as
different as though one had crossed seas to
a distant city.
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AN OASIS WITH A CASINO.
A Bit OF Luxury to Be Met With in tn g
Great Sahara.

A Bit of Luxury to Be Met With in tn 9
Great Sahara.
The Biskran oasis, with its $50, 900 trees,
is only about two miles long, and extends
in half a dozen little villages by the Oued
ology, style it variously the desert
Queen" the "Queen of the Gases" and the
pearl of the Desert" Seen after two
days journey through barren, treeless
wastes, with its waving palms and brilliant
verdure, it is sight difficult to rival.
Biskra has several fine buildings, of which
the town hall, built in the oriental style,
with cleaning cupola and a forest of
dainty pillars, is the gem. It cost $4,000,
and is cheap at that figure, but, OF course,
labor here is had for song.
The Oued Biskra flows through the oasis
and causes much of its prosperity. The
chief industry is date-raising, and nearly
all the inhabitants own a little plat of
orally their only source of revenue. Biskra
owes much to the Compagnie de POued ell
R'irh, who bored artesian wells and laid
out vast date plantations. They also
erected q fine casino and constructed a
tramway to the celebrated Hammam Sala-
hine, about six miles distant-springs well
known to the Romans, whence Biskra was
called Ad Piscinam. In consideration of
all these benefits the company was granted
various privileges. They are to enjoy for
nirety-nine years the profits arising from
the springs and from 300 acres of land, be-
sides large town plat
Biskra is practically the 'key to the Sa-
hara," and hence ever since the French
entered, in 1874, has been an important
military station. The lover of Oriental
ism will find it here in much purer form
than in semi-Europeanized Algiers, and
can also enjoy an almost perfect climate.
The district, however, is not rainless, as is
often supposed; on the contrary, in winter
there is a fair share of rain, though not
so much as in Algiers. where this is the