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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13

for years. are now brought out TO decorate
the front OF evening gowns. being arranged
10 cover the tablIer or fesooncd across the
front at the bottom or falling In jabot efect
down either side. Lace and fur are used In
combination in evening gowns, ana one
very pretty dress Is Of pearl white Liberty
silk. very iiLe and only little thicker than
rauze. The under dress il OF rose SILK.
and rows Of yellow Melines lace Insertion,
headed with q tiny band of sable. trim tho
skIr, sleeves and bodice. which has b'rtha
MADE of alternate rows Of insertion and SILK
and edged with fur. Rose Pick velvet forms
| the belt. T.,
one of the most unusual novelties In
evening dress this season Is the long sleeve
| a, some gossamer material usually lisse.
with lace embroidery scattered over II
! mr. liase alone, fashioned into shape with
,nrnmerabIe ,uclls AID bouillones. pun at
,be ton and point over the hand with a
tare frill. This sort OF sleeve lis especially
Favored for dinner dresses. and can be
made with the lower part adjustable, 10 Do
.aEen out when a short sleeve Is desired.
pale yellow. shell pink and purple In
every tint, from mauve to the deepest shade
&c nonular colors for evening gowns, and
xailow made striking by touch OF greer
IL one of the new combinations.
Green gowns with violet belt ana hnlsf
IVA also wcrp and one Parislan costume y
=, yrasa green tulle over green SIX. WIZ
bsit Of white satin and black vs!vs| 1n'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13
cxApiE-soNG AT TWILIGHT.

Tho child no, ye, is lulled to rest,
Too young nurne. the slender Might
SO laxly holds MIN 20 hst D'eAS'
That throbs with flight.
He plays with her. and VIII not sleep.
var other payfellows she signs:
An unmaternal iondDess keep
"s' Alice MeynolL
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13

some way or other she has become imbued
with tho idea that II she bsthes In tho
blood Of young children aho Will escape the
terrible cunrs Of her ancestors.
9ho therefore ordered search to be
dren OF healthy appearance and without
marks OF any Kind upon their bodies. Even
those with pierced earn wcro not consider
cd suitable Before tho wrctched pensAn,s
OF AhyHsnia could take precautionary
measurco, dosoDe Of children we're ena.ch"d
from their homtv. 10 be put to death FOR
tho cake 81 tho Qucen's health. As aoon as
pnrents cnmo to know Of the danger men
aeing their little ones. they branded them
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y x
A philadelphia man bet bis wife cigars
against Ice cream In this way: II Mckinley
won tho husband would leave tho parlor
curtains untaintcd for year from TOBACCO
smoke. II Bryan won tho wife would eat
M ices nor pie for the sano period nc
husband now claims that beta made with
non-vo;er ore not valid.
lent that Just like n manf :.
One girl agreed that II the gold canoi-
dato won che would change her name 70
that OF tho man who held the othcr naH ..
tho wager. II Bryan had suoceeoed. u
would have been deferred four yeArs 70 per-
nit OF an elongated European TYP;
ia as pleased with election results ~ ~
himself. strfse tsl
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13

The present King Of belgium y LsSgSid ~:
wtr,s ~ ReIsium are successors Of the Princes
o, Orange. The first being Phlinsrt w, vac , sse.
eeoded 10 the throne IN itoS; Ter ions t'a's
th.y we're known ~ etadthoidsrss
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13

sery,an Kings were formerly all called
Elearars OF LazarS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13
||IH OPERA GOWNS
n DRESS FOR THE WINTER
DaeBouS WITH RICHNESS.
AND DEMI TRAINS.
nd Materials Arc Varied,
y de Sleeves of the Same
- Being Different

iuRK, Dec. 11,-Nov that tho OPP
M On for somo little tina, It is
~ sftts accurately about the actual
I ne evening gowns for the win
70 Delicate colors, with white in
NJ - usual. most favored. and
tlh, MORE, and satin brocades
hsGonable than plain satips this
eta gowns embroidered with Jet
deeus and black satin dresGcs
NM black Brussels net and finished
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19
Development of an Empire.

No section of the Rocky Mountain
plateau is just now exciting greater
interest than the Pecos valley, in south
eastern New Mexico; and for this there
is abundant warrant. In its broad,
smooth extent; in the depth and fertility
of it's soil; in the abundance and con-
stancy of it's water supply, as well as the
geniality, salubrity and health-restoring
qualities of it's climate it is without
counterpart in all this upland region.
To the problems of its reclamati have
been brought high engineering ill and
an unstinted expenditure of money. The
great work has been pushed forward
with untaging energy during the past
seven years; and the magnitude OF the
undertaking is shown by the results
achieved during this brief period. BY
the construction of massive dams, eX
tensive reservoirs and great canals at
intervals along the river for distance
of ITO miles, 100000 acres of land have
been rendered irrigable, and an abund-
ant and unfailing water supply provided,
not only for this large area, but for the
additional 100000 acres over which
these canals will be extended as rapidly
as may be necessary. Seventy.t1ve
thousand acres have already been settled
upon by farmers, more than half OF
which area has been brought under &C
tual cultivation. One hundred and sixty
four miles of standard gauge railway
have been built extending from con-
nection with the Texas 4 Pacific railway
at Pecos City, Texas through Eddy, the
principal town of the valley, grown in
four years from few cabins to a popu
lation of 1000, to Roswell, at the head
of the valley, where the railway finds its
present terminus. having been complet.
ed in October, 1894. Hundreds of thous.
ands of fruit and shade trees have been
planted. and large sums have already
been expended by the farmers in the
importation of improved live stock. The
Pecos valley, which six years ago was an
unbroken, barren plain, practically UNI
inhabited, is now dotted with farms, Or
chards and vineyards; while towns and
villages are springing up in many places
in which the foundation of prosperous
communities are being securely laid.
These results achieved in the Pecos
valley place it in the foremost rank OF
the worlds greatest irrigation systems
A soil of wonderful depth and richness
warm and sunny climate with long
growing seasons, supplemented by ar
ample and unfailing water supply, give
to this region an extremely wide range
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

labor of 300 to 400 additional farmers.
We have had space to refer but briefly
to the productions of the Pecos valley
and to it's capabilities as an agricultural
and horticultural region, but enough
has been said to show that it is one of
the most highly favored sections Of our
land. Behind the enterprise, too, is
money and energy sufficient to realize
all it's possibilities as rapidly as the best
interests of the region may demand. At
the head of this enterprise, in which
already 100000 have been expended,
is Mr.. j. j. Hagerman, of Colorado
Springs, to whose ability, energy and
splendid financial resources the present
accomplishments are chiefly due. In
addition to the enormous irrigation
works the largest in America, by which
100000 acres of land will ultimately be
reclaimed miles of standard guage
railway has been built, extending
through the valleys entire length. Not
content with this, 200 miles additional
are now projected, and there is little
doubt but that this new construction
will be begun early next year. This new
line, which will extend from Roswell to
Washburn or Amarillo in the Texas Pan
handle, will give the valley direct air.
line connection with Kansas City and
Chicago, as we'll as most advantageous
connection with Colorado and the north.
F, The reader will not be surprised to
learn that the Pecos valley is rapidly
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

settling and with most excellent class
of people. Eddy, the principal town,
though but little over six years old, has
a population of 1000 1t is surprise to
all visitors because of its substantial
buildings, its public Improvements and
the excellent class of educated and en-
ergetic people who compose its popula.
ton. 1t has $4,000 brick court house,
a $4,000 brick hotel, $4,000 public
school building, with graded schools en-
ploying six teachers. Episcopal, Baptist,
Catholic and Methodist churches and
handsome brick blocks, with Masonic
hall, club rooms and office apartments.
An artificial ice factory, with capacity
of fifteen tons per day, and an electric
light plant are in operation.
Roswell has population of 1000 and
is growing rapidly During the last two
years fully 100000 have been put into
business blocks and buildings, and $780,
600 into dwellings in the town and its
suburbs. Roswell must very soon be-
come large and prominent place, for
it is in the heart of fine and we'll
advanced part of the valley, and will
soon become an important railroad cen
ter. 1t has fine court house, "a bank,
good hotel, schools, churches and
pretty homes.
A Climate Unsurpassed.
The health giving and health restor-
ing climate of the Pecos valley consti.
tutes another of it's many attractions.
1t has long been known that the eli
mate of the elevated region at the east
ern base of the Rocky mountains pos
sesses wonderfully curative properties
in wide range OF chronic Diseases and
particularly those of the throat and
lungs. During the past twenty-five
years tens of thousands of people, most
of them consumptives, have come to this
region of pure, dry air and abundant
sunshine; and large majority OF these
have been cured or have found meas
ure of relief. 1t has, therefore, come to
be vast sanitarium, with an almost
world wide fame.
In no other part of this region are the
general conditions more favorable, from
the tand-point of health, than in the
Pecos valley. The altitude, which
ranges from 5000 to $500 feet, is that
best suited to the majority of health
seekers, being great enough to insure
dry and tonic atmosphere, and yet not
SO great as to develop any latent heart
trouble. While the latitude is far enough
south to make the climate practically
winterless, the altitude and dryness of
the air prevent any suffering from the
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

summer heats. The rainfall is slight,
and is confined, principally, to dashing
summer showers; the sun usually shines
from cloudless sky. delicate invalid
can spend out of doors most of the hours
of the average winter day There is an
exhilaration in the dry, light tonic and
electrical atmosphere, and a charm in
the continual sunshine that must be
experienced to be understood.
Consumption in its earlier stages,
bronchitis, asthma and diseases of the
throat and lungs in general. yield, in
most cases, to the curative properties
of this wonderful climate. 1t is also eff.
ficrcious in the various forms of nervous
prostration and dyspepsia. Sufferers
from rheumatism and neuralgia may
also expect relief. In short, most chronic
troubles are cured or helped Only those
persons affected with organic heart dis.
ease should hesitate to come into this
upland region.
No one can visit the Pecos valley with
out becoming inspired with. the magni-
tude of the work there being accom-.
plished. A very principally is being
wrested from the desert, converted into
wide stretches Of greenery and dotted
with the homes of prosperity and plenty.
Here 1O.OO0families will find opportunity
to achieve industrial independence.
Every lover of his fellow-men must give
to this noble and beneficent work q
hearty God speed.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

have visited the Pecos valley during
the past few months that the re-
suits achieved far surpass those in the
first year of any previous beet sugar en-
terprise; and, further, that the natural
conditions are more favorable than those
found in any other place of which they
have knowledge. Since the factory con
tracts to pay 81 per ton, delivered at any
station on the Pecos Valley railway, for
beets yielding IA per cent sugar, with an
extra IS cents per ton for each addi-
tional per cent OF sugar; and since,
moreover, the entire cost of raising the
beets, including seed, water rental and
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

ticular the Bartlett. Peaches, plums,
apricots. nectarines, ounces, grapes in
short, all kinds of fruits, except the cit
rus. flourish in this garden spot.
We have dwelt somewhat at length
upon the fruits of the Pecos valley, but
it is not to be understood by any means
that these are its only or even it's chief
products. Almost every production of
the temperate zone, and many of semi
tropical climes grow in prolific abund-
ance in this sun bathed land. All the
ordinary grains, grasses, berries and
vegetables grow in utmost luXuriance.
The yield of such forage crops as alfalfa,
sorghum and corn, both Indian and
Egyptian, are simply enormous. The
feeding of cattle and sheep, and the
raising and fattening of hogs, are among
the valleys extensive and profitable in
dustries, as is also be the culture of
the sugar beet and its conversion into
sugar.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

During the past two year. in particu-
lar large numbers of fruit trees have
been planted in the Pecos valley, con-
siderable portion of these consisting of
standard varieties of apples. The Pecos
Valley Orchard Company alone set out
800 acres of apple trees. This is the be-
ginning of what undoubtedly will be
the largest apple orchard in the world,
and will ultimately cover several thous-
and acres.
Equally successful is the growing of
standard varieties of pears, and in par
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

forbear making special mention of the
apple. Soil and climate here conspire
to produce apples of the most superb
quality; indeed. it is safe to say that no
finer can be grown in the world. This
is the verdict not only of every inhabit-
ant and well-informed visitor of the val
ley, but of high genealogical authority
as we'll. The capabilities Of the region
for fruit raising have been amply tested
during the past ten or twelve years. In
the famous Chisum orchard, for in
stance, in the vicinity of Roswell, the
apple trees are thirteen and fourteen
years old and have born nine consecu-
tive full crops. At the harvest time
these trees are literal masses of most
beautiful fruit. Walking between the
rows one seems literally walled in on
either side by these masses of apples
perfect in form and of.richest color.
ing with rare bloom which tells
of the absolute health and thrift
both of tree and fruit, every apple, Il
sound to the core and free from /
even the slightest blemish. (H
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

The Rocky Mountain plateau is re-
ceiving at the present time large share
of the attention of home seekers. This
is the result of the growing knowledge
of irrigation and a more general appre-
citation of the increasing value of irri-
gated lands and especially .of those
adapted to fruit raising The climatic
consideration has also been prominent
one; for these sun-b athed uplands of the
mid. continent enjoy the finest climate
in America, if not upon the globe, where
is to be found the cure or alienation of
a wide range of the chronic ills to which
flesh is heir.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

the United States or Europe. Well cul-
tivated fields throughout the valley
gave last year an average of IS per cent
sugar; and from ten feet in length of a
single row, twenty five beets were taken
which contained an average of 20.S7 per
cent sugar. The richest beet of the
twenty five contained 1915 per cent; and
the field was estimated to yield at the
rate of thirty-one tons per acre. The
significance of these results will be un-
derstood when it is learned that the av-
erage elsewhere in the United States
and Europe does not exceed y per cent.
sugar and twelve to fourteen tons per
acre.
The remarkable success of beet grow
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of productions. Here are grown in pro-
life abundance all the ordinary produc-
tons of the temperate and semi-tropic
zones; while it's fruit will dispute for
pre- eminence with those of California or
of the most highly favored sections of
our country. The limits Of this article
forbid particularizing, but we can not
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

daily, ana Will consume when
in full operation 10000 tons of
beets per annum. producing there
from fully 100000 pounds of re-
fined granulated sugar. This
first seasons crop, which is now
fully assured. will aggregate fully
$1,000, and possibly $4,000 tons,
of high grade beets-a remarkable
production considering the late
ness of the beginning of opera
tons and the obstacles which
are inseparable from the first
year of such an enterprise. The
fields which have received proper
and intelligent cultivation will
yield from fifteen to twenty tons
to the acre, and several will aver
age twenty five tons. 1t is the
unanimous verdict Of the several
experts and others experienced
in the beet sugar industry who
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19
Beet Sugar in the Pecos Valley.

The sugar beet is one of the very i'm
portant crops of the Pecos valley and is
deserving of more extended notice than
can be given it in this article. To it the
soil and climate of the Pecos valley are
wonderfully adapted, and it attains a
higher perfection, both as regards the
per centage of sacharrine matter and the
yield per acre. than anywhere else in
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

ing in the Pecos valley having been
demonstrated by several years. expert
ence, the development of the beet sugar
industry was begun in April last by the
organization of the Pecos Valley Beet
Sugar Company, which at once com
menced the erection of factory. At
this writing October l, 1885, the build
ing is completed and the installation of
machinery well under way, SO that the
factory will be in operation not later
than November 15 This factory
will have capacity of 225 tons of beets
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

all expenses, does not exceed S35 per
acre, it will be seen that the profit to
the farmer is a very handsome one
a much larger profit, it is safe to say,
than can be obtained from any other ag-
ricultural crop. This has been proved
in California, Utah and Nebraska, where
are situated the six factories already in
operation in the United States, and
where beet lands have trebled and quad
rupled in value in the past few years.
1t is safe to say that good beet lands in
the Pecos valley, which can now be
bought for about $40 to $50 per acre,
will be worth fully 500 per acre soon
after the sugar industry is fairly estab-
lished. The beet sugar industry admits
of very great expansion, and it
may confidently be expected that
Arizona republican., 1896-09-27
TERRAIN CATCHING.
Taken Most AbundantIy in Cold Weather
 Because of Their One Unvarying Habit.

Taken Most Abundantly in Cold Weather Because of Their One Unvarying Habit.
 No successful method Of catching ter rapin in large numbers has yet been de- vised. A kind of set net is sometimes used, but with no remarkable success The general statement holds that ter rapin are caught singly. At no season of the year do the fishermen, who make a side issue of terrapin, know ex- actly where to look for them. All their movements are aimless, and their only habit which can be depended on is that of burying themselves in the mud at the bottom of the water during the continuance of cold weather.
 Cruel Examiners.
 A reporter for the Cincinnati Trib- une lately overheard dialogue be- tween two suburban gentlemen.
 "How did your daughter pass her ex- animation for position as teacher 2" asked the first man.
 'Pass!" was the answer. "She didn't pass at all. Maybe you won't believe it, but they asked that poor girl about things that happened before she was born"
 The best table board in the city is now to be had at the Ivy Green res taurant Single meals. 25 cents.
Arizona republican., 1896-09-27
Won't Work There.

It is an odd fact that the telegraph lines will not work through the Hoosac tunnel. Messages have to be sent on wires strung on poles over the top of the mountains, fully nine miles. and that is the way ingoing and outcoming passenger and freight trains are her aided to the keepers of the two tunnel approaches. In order to maintain this overland mountain line a swath of woodland has to be kept clear of trees and bushes directly up the steep moun- tain side. There are supposed to be magnetic ores inside the mountain.
Arizona republican., 1896-09-27
NONE BUT AYERS AT THE
 WORLDS FAIR.

Ayers Sarsaparilla enjoys the ex- traordinary distinction of having been the only blood purifier allowed an ex- hibit at the Worlds Fair. Chicago. Manufacturers of other sarsaparillas sought by every means to obtain a showing of their goods, but they were all turned away under the application of the rule forbidding the entry of patent medicines and nostrums. The decision of the Worlds Fair authori- ties in favor of Ayers Sarsaparilla was in effect as follows: Ayers Sarsapa- rilla is not patent medicine. It does not belong to the list of nostrums. It is here on it's merits."
Arizona republican., 1896-09-27

There is no question that the pulpit is in politics this year. In York churches some twenty preachers took current American poli- tics as their theme, and none of them had any difficulty in finding texts with which to lash the free silverites. One of the ministers declared that gold was Gods standard, while all the oth- CTS condemned the attempt to make silver its equal as an attack on politi- cal and National morality.
Arizona republican., 1896-09-27

to be seen whether Mir. Hartin will ac- cept this third+handed nomination.
 
 Tombstone Prospector: Thousands of Republican votes in Arizona will i'm crease Our Marks majority.
 Tucson Star: Bryan seems to be mak- ing a sweeping march up the Atlantic coast. Enthusiasm takes hold on the pulse wherever his voice is heard. And he sways the people like cyclone bends the forest. Yet there be those who say he is weak man of no depth or force. If such be the fact, how weak must be the people who are such devout worshippers at his shrine