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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27
"Cathode Rays" &c cigar. TIL
latest invention at Scheurich's.
Death OF Nj RS. f.. r. Pearson.


Mrs. l.. Bradford Prince received let.
ter from Fort Reno this morning an.
nouncing the sad news of the death OF
Mrs. E. p. Pearson, the estimable, accom-
plished and beloved wife of Col. Pearson
commanding officer of the 10th infantry,
so long stationed at Santa Fe.
The sorrowful event occurred on the
morning of August %, at or near Read
ing, Pa, the girlhood home of the
deceased, where she went from Fort
Reno last October on account of her i'm
paired health. The last letter received
from her in this city related that she was
quite an invalid, that Col. Pearson was
with her, and that they were most COM
fortably situated at the famous Walters
Park sanltarium, Wernersville, Pa, nine
miles from Reading. The sweetness and
hopefulness of the noble woman cleaned
through the simple words that told of her
long sickness and weakness, but gave no
hint of the near approach of the grim
messenger that sooner or later must sum-
mons all.
Mrs. Pearson was about so years old;
was born and brought up at Reading,
where she belonged to one of the best
families; and, besides her unspeakably
bereaved husband, leaves brother at
to mourn her loss.
During Mrs. Pearson's residence of
several years in this city she participated
actively and enthusiastically in all
womanly efforts to promote the we'll be-
ing of the community, and thus endeared
herself to very large circle of friends,
who witnessed her departure from the
city with sincere regret and will receive
the message that her kindly eyes have
been closed in the dreamless sleep of
death with inexpressible emotions of
SORROW
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27
Daming the Rio Erande,


Engineer W. W. Follett, of Denver, and
Engineer A. Flores, of Mexico, represent
ing respectively the United States and Mex.
lean governments, left here last night for
southern Colorado. Their mission is to
ascertain the number of bitches now tap
ping the Rio Grande and the quantity OF
water teken from the river by irrigation
bitches since 1880. The data is to be
used in connection with the official re.
port now being prepared by American
and Mexican engineers on the interna-
tional dam project near Ell Paso, which
work is now in preparation under the
direction of Senior Ybarrola, of Mexico,
and Capt. Derby of the U. s., engineers
1t ls said that before next March full
report as to the feasibility and probable
cost of the dam will be in the hands of the
secretary of state.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27
Auditor McKibben's Death.

As result of injuries received by his
horse falling on him while hunting near
New Castle, Colo, Auditor j. F. H. Nc
Kibben, of the Santa Fe railroad, died on
Tuesday. Mrs. McKibben was notified at
Topeka of the accident and in special
train made the trip between La Junta
and Colorado Springs, 100 miles in 100
minutes, but death came before her.
The dead official was one of the most
prominent of western railroad men. He
was 80 years old and began his railroad
service with the st. Louis & San Fran.
cisco railroad IN 1880, where for two years
he was general book-keeper. In 1890 he
entered the auditors office of the Santa
Fe at Topeka, being first special clerk
and then chief clerk. In 1898 he was
created auditor.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27
New Coal Company.

The Cerrillos Coal Mining company
filed articles of incorporation to day. The
incorporators are R. j. Palen, II. L.
Waldo, R. E. Twitchell; directors, E. P.
Ripley, g. M. Higginson, Chicago; L. A.
Hughes, R. j. Palen, Santa Fe; R. E.
Twitchell, Las Vegas. A meeting of d.
rectors was held at the First National
bank and E. P. Ripley was elected presi-
dent, g. NJ. Higginson, vice-president
and Edward Wilder, secretary and treas
urer. The capital stock is 100000. II
will operate in south Santa Fe county and
elsewhere throughout the territory as q
sub-corporation of the A., L. & s. F.
company.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27
u. -. Land Court.

The trial of the Barranca grant case
involving $4,000 acres of land in Rio Ar.
riba county, is in progress in the United
States court of private land claims. II
is claimed that the boundaries of the
confirmed Juan Jose Lobato grant in.
clude the Barranca grant and that hence
the latter is void. 7. B. Catron repre-.
SCENTS the claimant, Geo. Hill Howard
represents the Lobato grant, and W. H
Pope appears for the government.
The court sustained the motion of the
government that all adverse claimants be
served in the Salvador and Ojo del Apache
grant cases.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27

DR.. Knapp, who has been in camp on
the Santa Clara with party composed OF
DR.. Murrell and family, Mrs. Carver, Mrs
Upton and Miss Knapp for week, came
in yesterday afternoon and returned to
camp this morning. He reports that the
campers are hugely enjoying their outing
in the beautiful Santa Clara canon, have
caught 700 or 800 trout, killed number
of wild turkeys, and might have secured
deer if they had been sufficiently on the
alert, as fine buck passed within short
distance of their camp.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27

Look for Reber's bottling works sign.
He will sell you the finest carbonated
waters in New Mexico.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27

The tax collectors books might tell an
entirely different story. Taxpayers de-
mand that those bridges be repaired at
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27

The famous General Arthur" Cigar
sold at Fischer's.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27

WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Coronado Camp No. g. Woodmen of the
World, meets on the second Thursday even
ing OF each month at s o'clock, In Aztlan hall,
|. O.O.F. Visiting sovereigns are fraternal-
ly invited.
J. B. BRADY, Consul Comdr.
ADDISON WALKER, Clerk.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27
wenort From the santa CIorn.

Try that pepsin soda of Rebet's 1t
fine.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27

Reber buys all kinds of beer and soda
bottles. Next door to Candelario's Sec
ond hand store.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11
ANECDOTES OF POST OFFICE.

When Sir Rowland Hill revolutionized
the British post Office by introducing
cheap postage. one of his devices for ia
cilitating the operation OF his scheme
was the payment of letters and other
mailable matter by means of small adhe-
sive paper labels. representing duty Of
penny and two pence. Now two billions
six hundred and thirty-two millions
of bits Of paper are stamped, gummed,
and sent annually to the post off ,es of
the United Kingdom. Mr.. Baines, for
mer inspector general OF mails, tells this
anecdote about the indirect usefulness
Of postage stamps. 1t is known that
the blank margin of postage stamps is
useful in many ways. Once, at Midland
post Office, little girl came to the coun-
ter and asked for some plaster" from
the postage stamps.
What do you want it for?" the post
master asked.
please, sir. we want it for mending
feyther's nose." the little girl replied.
Mr.. Anthony Trollope, the novelist.
was post Office surveyor, and once be-
ing at an Irish post office on Sunday
wished to inspect the official books. The
postmaster suggested that as the day
was not one on which he transacted
business the inspection be deferred till
Monday.
"I'll sit where am until the books
are produced" said the irritated sur
veyor.
"Then, sir" answered the postmaster,
you'll just sit there till you de-" Exit
Mr.. Trollope.
Mr.. Baines also tells of an Irishman
who applied to postmaster for money
order. When the applicant gave his
name, the clerk, not catching it, asked:
"How do you spell it?"
Sure" answered the Irishman. land
il a fine clerk like you can't spell it. how
dye think poor man like me cant"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11
SOME DONT'S FOR BICYCLERS.

Don't wheel up steep hill. Leave
that sort of thing to fellows who haven't
enough sense to go in when it rains.
What gain is there in it, anyhow? You
can walk up and push your wheel just
as fast, and with one-quarter of the ex-
ertion. II too much wheeling on level
road is bad, too much hill climbing is
ten times worse. II you could look into
the minds OF the smart hill-climbers,
you would find that they half kill them
selves to make bystanders think they
are wonderful riders. Really, that sort
of thing is too silly to talk about with
patience.
Don't coast too much. If you feel
that life without coasting is a mockery,
then go to some hill that you are thor
oughly familiar with, where there are no
crossings, where you can watch the road
for at least one hundred miles ahead, and
then take care. No matter whether you
have coasted down hill hundred times
before or not, the danger is always just
as great. Perhaps we are never in such
a peril as when we think we know it all.
Don't "scorch" in the streets. At any
crossing you are liable to run over some
pedestrian or to collide with big truck
or carriage. Either one may mean a
life lost, or at least broken bones. You
wouldn't drive horse at 2:40 gait
through the streets. Remember bicycle
is quite as dangerous.
Don't ride on the left side of the street.
Your place is one the right side, because
bicycle is vehicle in the eyes of the
law, having the same rights and subject
to the same rules as any other vehicle.
If anything happens to you because you
are on the wrong side of the street you
cannot recover damages.
Don't think, because somebody you
know has wheeled a century," that
you must do it. too. There is really very
little satisfaction in riding one hundred
miles merely for the sake OF saying that
you have done it. II any other wheel
man chooses to tire his muscles and
overstrain his heart for a mere bit Of
Boosting, let him do it.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11
Curious Studies in English.

A London periodical recently offered
a prize for the best collection of unin-
tentionally amusing advertisements
Here is part of one list: annual sale
now going on. Don't go elsewhere to be
cheated-come in here" "a lady wants
to sell her piano. as she is going abroad
in strong iron Frame" Wanted, a
room for two gentlemen about thirty
feet long and twenty feet broad" "Lost,
a collie dog by a man on Saturday an
swering to Jim with brass collar round
his neck and muzzle." Wanted. by
respectable girl, her passage to New
York. willing to take care of children
and good sailor" Respectable widow
wants washing for Tuesday" For sale
pianoforte, the property of musician
with carved legs" "Mr. Brown. furrier
begs to announce that he will make up
gowns, capes. ETC., for ladies out Of their
own skin" "a boy wanted who can
open oysters with reference" Bull
dog for sale; will eat anything; very
fond of children" Wanted, an organist
and boy to blow the same" Wanted
boy to be partly outside and partly be.
hind the counter" Lost. near High
gate archway, an umbrella belonging to
a gentleman with bent rib and bone
handle" Widow in comfortable cir
cumstances wishes to marry two sons.''
ITO be disposed of, mail phReton. the
property of gentleman with a movable
headpieee as good as new"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11
GRANDMA-LAND.

There's wonderful country far away.
And its name Is Grandma-Land;
IT'S beautiful, glorious, witching place
With grandmas on every hand.
Everywhere you may look or go,
Everywhere that the breezes blow,
Just grandmammas! Just grandmammas!
In this wonderful country far away
Where grandmammas abide,
In this beautiful, wltching Grandma-Land
The Good Things wait on every side
Jam and jely-cake heaped in piles;
Tarts and candy round for miles;
Just Good Things herel Just Good Things
therel
In this wonderful country far afar,
Where blow the candy b. eezes,
In this beautiful, glorious pudding-land
Each child does just as he pleases.
All through the night, all through the day
Every single child has his way.
Each his own wayi just as he pleasesi
In this wonderful country far away
In this gorgeous grandma cline
When tired children can eat no Wore,
There are stories of "Once on Time."
Stories are told and songs are sung,
OF when the grandmanmas were young
<.Once on a Time!" Well let me see"
To this wonderful country far, afar,
Where only Good Things stay,
To this beautiful, glorious Grandma-Land
Good children only find the way.
But when they sleep and when they dream
Away they float on the gliding stream
To Grandma-Land To Grandma Land!
HAYDEN CARRUTH. in Harper's Round
Table
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11
Trees Five Centuries Old.

Gericke, the great German forester,
writes that the greatest ages to which
trees in Germany are positively known
to have lived are from 500 to $40 years.
For instance. the pine in Bohemia and
the pine in Norway and Sweden have
lived to the latter age. Next comes the
silver fir, which in the Bohemian forests
has stood and thrived for upward of 400
years. In Bavaria the larch has reached
the age of 275 years. OF foliage trees
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11

the oak appears to have survived the
longest. The best example is the ever
green oak at Aschaffenburg, which
reached the age of 410 years. Other
oaks in Germany have lived to be from
315 to 800 years old. At Aschaffenburg
the red beech has lived to the age of 245
years, and at other points to the age Of
DDS. or other trees the highest known
are ash, 10 years; birch, 160 to 200 years;
aspen, 900 years; mountain maple, 225
years: elm. 100 years, and red alder, 145
years.-London Public Opinion.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11
YAZOO DELTA
OF MISSISSIPPI

lying along and owned by the Yazoo & Missis
sippi Railroad Company, and which that Com.
pany offers at low prices and on long terms
Special inducements and facilities offered to &C
and examine these lands both in Southern I'LL.
nois and in the ''Yazoo Delta" Miss. For fur
Their description. map and any'information, ad
dress or call upon e. P. SKENE, Land Commits
sioner. No. Park Row. Chicago. Ill.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11


Time and again my patient father
forgave his severe treatment CT the
livestock of the farm, for the man
was useful, and hands 80 strong and
capable were hard to get in the West;
but when he dubbed our steers on the
head because they could not move a
large felled tree to which he had
hitched them, and broke horn from
one, my father, enraged at the brutal
ity of the man, discharged him at
once.
Give me my pay, and I'll be glad
enough to get rid of you," said Pow
ell. You'll pay me for the whole
month too"
81 won't pay you one cent" said
my father. There are nine dollars
due you. That l shall keep to pay
for the damage you've done to my
steer, you brute!"
Give me the money" roared Pow
ell, cor I'll break every bone in your
skinhint body!"
My father retreated before him, en-
tered the house, and quickly came
forth with Brother Jacks gun.
"Now come on and break my bones"
he said. Il tell you, Powell, if you
don't get off my place in five minutes
I'll have you arrested for abusing my
cattle and for threatening me. I'm
letting you off easy, man."
Then he went. But he went with
storm of abusive language, and his
last words We're, "I'll show you! I'll
be even with you, if it takes me ten
years to do it! Well see if you'll rob
Dick Powell and come out with
whole skin'
My brother Jack was not at home
when this occurred, else | should have
expected him to overpower Powell
on the spot. For to my ten year-old
mind Jack was an irresistible hero.
No doubt Powell was the bigger, and
Jack was only eighteen; but l saw
him through glamour of affection
and pride that magni6ed his prowess
to superiority over any conceivable
opponent or rival. 1t was not that l
had ever known Jack to fight; but
couldn't he run faster and jump
higher than anybody elses And
didn't it stand to reason that he could
do anything he chosei
There were six children in our fam
lily, and Jack was the eldest, while l
was the youngest. The others were
girls. When l was born, he, then
eight years old, jumped up and down
and clapped his hands with joy, cry
ing, "Oh, I've got little brother~
So mother had often told me.
was always Tip" or "Tippy" to
Jack, though my imposing name was
,Jerrold Leroy. My early recollec-
tions are of his devotion to me. He
never domineered over me, or snubb-
ed and deserted me for the boys who
jeered him as "nursemaid" because
he played with me for hours at a
time; and instead of rebuking me for
tagging after him" as l grew able on
my legs, he seemed to consider my
preference for him as great comp
liment.
swell, Tip" said Jack, some days
after Powell had gone, "you're big
boy now, big enough to go out for
little hunt with me. What do you
think of that, my lad?"
OF course / wanted to go. For
Jacks skill as hunter | had pro-
found admiration. He never came
back empty-handed, and l felt it was
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11
BIG BROTHER JACK.

[CK POWELL, from no
one knew where, came to
our farm seeking work at
harvest-tipae, and as he
was industrious, he stay
ed till October. No one
in the family liked the
man. His face was sui
len, his eyes shifty, end
his treatment of tn Q
horses and cattle always
bordered on cruelty.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11
VACATION TOURS
COLORADO, UTAH
YELLOWSTONE
lie. ., r.. Tour. PARK
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l:(!|IHI|3(!|I||

We desire to announce a series Of five Tours
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Chicago and St. Louis on the following dates:
Tuesday, June 20. Fifteen days. Through the
Rocky Mountains and New Mexico. Cost $50.
Tuesday, July 7. Nineteen days Through the
Black Hills and Yellowstone Park Cost SI75.
Tuesday, July Ia. Twenty days. Through
Colorado, Salt Lake City and Yellowstone Park.
Cost $3.50.
Tuesday, July Fl. Fifteen days. A complete
tour of Colorado the Switzerland of America.
Cost SI3o.
tuesday, luy 20. Eighteen days. Through
Yellowstone Park andth Black Hills. Cost sI75.
The price of ticket as given above includes
all expenses; railroad and sleeping-car fare,
hotel and livery bills etc.
The equipment, service and general character Of
these Tours will be strictly FIRST class in every parcul
Descriptive pamphlet will be sent on appl
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11
Santa Fe Route
Sunday School
HarnOnies,
A SERIAL MUSIC BOOK FOR
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

This work was prepared by COM
mission of Sunday School workers,
with the design of embOdying two fea-
lures: The production of the best
available music, and publication in Sc
rial parts. Numbers 1, 2 and 8, sold
separately.
Manila covers, SO per hundred.
Sample copies, 10 cents. Price of the
three combined: Manila covers, 500
per hundred. Sample copies, 20 cents.
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Western Branch. Chicago.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-12-17

isfy the greed Of his plebeian-born wife
Yet another nobleman who has mar.
ried a servant is Prince Gregory Stourd-
20, the Roumanian general, senator and
statesman. There are two instances Of
women occupying menial positions wed,
ding royalty-one being Rosina, the
morganntic wife of the late King Victor
Emmanuel of italy, who was n chamber
maid at an inn when she attracted his
attention. The other was that of the
consort of Peter the Great, who was ele-
vnted TO the dignity of empress Of Rus
sit, and from whom Is descended the
present occupant OF the throne.
Still more numerous are the Instances
of women Of rank seeking mates In the
kitchen or stable. Princess Adolph
Cbimay is married TO her English but
Ter, who rejoiced in the name of Jobson
before she purchased for him the italian
title of count; and the duke of Flies
sister, Lady Ida Hope, first eloped with
and then married her groom. Princess
Elizabeth IIohenlohe married one Of her
fathers assistant gamekeepers.
Besides these there are n good many
families of rank who are descended
from servants. Sir Horace Rambold,
the British envoy at The Hague. and
one of the most distinguished diplo
matists in the service of Queen Vic
toria, Is descended from n man who
worked his way up from the buffers
pantry of one of the clubs in London
to the post of governor of Madras, anc
Il was for his services In the latter ca
pacity that he was created baronet
the dignity now borne by Sir Horace
Then there is Marquise Hervey de Saint
Denis, one Of the leaders OF Partisan so
ciety, and an intimate friend Of the
comtesse de Paris, who is the daughter
of an English groom named Ward, who
commencing as a stable boy, ended by
becoming the prime minister Of the
duke Of Parma. Prince Henry of Batten
berg's sister-in-law, the now widowed
Princess Alexander of Battenberg and
countess of Hartenau, is the issue Of e
union between the valet and the ccob
of old Field Marshal Count Martini
The entirely princely house Of Murat ii
descended from King Joachim Of
Naples, who began life MS n stable boyi
while the first Prince Kutusoff, the
founder of the powerful Russian family
OF that name, achieved his greatness by
the skill which he displayed as valet and
barber to Gar Paul.
The dukes of Marlborough are de
scended from a chambermaid; while
the first duchess of Marlborough llvec
90 see a man who had been in her service
blossom into secretary of state and
postmaster gcneral.-N. Y. World.