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INSTRUCTIVE FIGURES
New Mexican.

New Mexican.
Since the filing of the complete re-
turns of the recent election in New
Mexico with the territorial secretary,
tho New Mexican has carefully prepar.
ed an interesting and instructive state
ment concerning the vote on Legislative
tickets with that on delegate to con-
9ress. For the purpose Of this compar-
ative showing the average majority on
the legislative ticket in each county is
taken because those offices are purely
political aud less liable to be effected by
local Influences than the vote on such
offices as sheriff, coroner, probate judge
county commissioners, &C., and because
local popularity oittimes effects these
later county offices that does not extend
to the Legislative ticket.
The loss of Mr.. Cation would be
materially increased if the average of
the entire vote IN each county was
taken.
The averages shown in the following
ia BILE are obtained by adding in two
columns the total vote received by ali OF
the candidates for all tho legislative
| tickets in zach county--one column
democratic and one republican. These
are added up and the lesser taken from
the greater, leaving the balance to in
dIcate the democratic or republican
majority.
The aggregate majority is divided by
the number of legislative offices voted
for each county, and the sum thus ob
tain5d is credited in the column tC
which it belongs as the average legisla
tive majority.
Catron's loss or gain, compared will
the republican legislative vote, is founc
by taking the difference between tn,
average legislative vote and the number
Of votes by which he gained or lost eacl
county. Thus, in Bernalillo county
the average republican majority for th
legislative ticket is !, 200, and Catrou'
majority in that couny is 62O, shown,
him loss there of $50 Again, il
Santa Fe county, the average majort.
for the republican legislative ticket i
81, whereas Catron lost the county b,
81, making total loss in this county o
14i for Cairon. Below is the table:
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THE NEXT LEGISLATURE.

The returns being-complete it is now
apparent that each house in the next
Legislative Assembly of New Mexico
will be composed of the following
members
Council Democrats, G.
Geo. Curry Lincoln, Ch aves, Dona
Ana and Grant.
A. b. Fal.-Dona Ana AMI Grant.
j. S. Duncan.--S Miguel and Quad
alupe.
Placido Sandoval San Miguel and
Guadalupe.
Antonio Joseph.-Taos, Rio Arriba
and San Juan
Francisco Miera, ,-Colfax and Union.
Republicans, 6.
j. NJ. rchuleta-Taos, Rio Arriba
and San Juan.
Thomas Hughes
Il. A. Finley, Bernailo.
W. f. Martin, Socorro and Sierra.
&. A. Spiess, Santa Fe.
J. Francisco Chaves, Valencia.
And the house of the following:
Democrats, II.
U. S. Bateman, Lincoln, Chaves and
Eddy.
Joseph A. Mahoney, Dona Ana and
Grant.
F. A. Beynolds, Socorro and Sierra.
Clemente Castillo, Socorro and Sier-
ra.
Francisco Lucero, San Miguel.
Jose j Lujan, San Miguel.
Miguel A. Sanchez, San Miguel.
Ollin e. Smith, Union.
John Morrow, Cofax.
Felix Garcia, Taos, Rio Arriba and
| San Juan.
Juan N. Jaquez, Taos, Rio Arriba and
| San Juan.
Republicans, y.
Malaquias Martinez, Taos.
Vensesleo Joramilo, Rio Arriba.
j. ID. Sena, Santa Fe,
L. G. Read, Santa Fe.
Gus. Mulholland, Bernalillo.
Arculano Garcia. Bernalillo.
Antonio Ortiz, Jr., BernaliIlo.
w. II. II. Llewellyn, Dona Ana.
Max Luna, Valencia.
Dcsiderio Sandoval, Valencia.
Marcelno Martinez. Mora.
Jose Pablo Sandoval, Guadalupe.
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THAT REVIVAL OF BUSINESS.

st. Louis, Mo, Dec. 2.-The Provi-
dence Jewelry Company made an
assignment yesterday, No schedule of
assets or liabilities is made.
ID C. 2.-Whittier, Burdeit & CO.,
wholesale clothiers OF Boston, failed
Liabilities not stated
December i.-Peacock, Dunwody &
Haugh, Atlanta, Ga, assigned, with
liabilities $4,000.
W. c. Dupree. hardware and imple
ments, failed Liabilities, s25O,0)O.
Bradstreets report Of bank clearings
in the United States for the week,
shows loss Of 4 per cent as compared
with the corresponding week of 1895
Dec. l.-Julius Seidler, dry goods, at
Georgetown, Colo, closed. Liabilities,
$500.
Porteaus Il Mitchell dry goods, an
nounce that they will close their bust
ness at Middletown, Conn, March LIST.
Henry County Bank, at Clinton, Mo,
closed. No statement OF condition.
Armstrong Il Co. failed at FL Dorado,
Ark, for 100000. General Merchan-
disc.
Dec, 5-.-Bank at Baxter Springs,
Kan, closed ITS doors. Liabilities not
reported.
Bradslreets says:
General trade continues in moderate
volume, jobbers and Wholesalers being
agreed that there was no business revi.
val this year. There is some activity in
holiday goods,
There are $50 business failures re
ported throughout tho United States
this week, M increase Of G3 as com
pared with last week, 81 as compared
with the corresponding week a year ago
u as couirasted with 1891, but a falling
of Of II as compared with 1893"
Denver, Dec. 5-A special to the New,
FROM Tres Piedras, saysi Folk Grant
dealer 10 general merchandisc, fai!ec
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laiion. and yet the records show that
this has DOT been the case with states
heretofore admitted under similar con-
ditions They tell US that with admis.
sion capital will not be 81 timid aud will
flow in more freely. thereby increasing
our taxable wealth and reducing our
rates OF taxation, yet the experience Of
the states recently admitted proves the
reverse OF the proposition.
Tho EAGLE is unable to determine
why any democrat, even the office seek
er, o. the republican who seeks no off
cial position and only the greatest
measure Of prosperity for New Mexico,
should advocate or desire the admission
of this territory at the present time
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THERE ARE OTHERS

The Chicago Times Herald says:
Tom Watson is we believe, the first
one who ever conducted a political
joint debate alone
Oh no. You forget Bob Ingersoll,
John G.. Carise, VIM Mckinley, Hoke
Smith and several other leading men
who have attained to more than local
prominence, to say nothing of whole
corral full of New Mexico statesmen,
notably in this vicinity, who have been
r some years in Joint debate with them
selves on financial subjects and are
still trying to answer their former argu-
ments but without any marked measure
Of success
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DEMOCRATS AND STATEHOOD

We publish in another column re
view of the vote in tins territory at the
election for 1896, by that able and pains
takin daily, the Santa Fe NelU Mericdn
This important review, very clearly
shows that New Mexico is normally re
publican in its politics. Its Legislative
assemblies have heretofore shown that
fact beyond question, and only because
of mistakes on the part Of republican
conventions in making unpopular nomi-
nations for delegate to congress and
the wisdom Of democratic nominations,
have tho latter been able to carry the
territory, with one exception, for many
elections last past.
There are, no doubt, many persons,
both democrats and republicans, who
would be glad to seq New Mexico ad.
mitted to statehood, believing that con
ditions would he materially bettered
thereby, but there Is another class who
seek admission because Of the adyan-
tages which the conditions would pre-
sent for official preierment. These
reasons are personal and have no bear
ing upon the interests of the people as
whole, To the ambitious republican
we can see some force to his advocacy
of admission, but to the democrat
with like aspirations for office, none
il apparent.
Very few thinking people OF the ter.
ritory, aside from the politi ians with
cronic bees in their head gear, favor the
present admission Of New Mexico to
statehood. None such are in favor of il
unless it is under tho belief that this
course would induce larger develop
ment Of our resources and the attrac
tiou Of & desirable immigration TO help
build up aud advance society here to a
higher plane. Knowing this Tact, the
designing politician Destows most OF
his sentiment in presoItiuy this feature
ui the supposed advantages OF state
hood. Aud got, IN theiT argument there
is nothing but sentiment" as they
can produce no statistiual facts Ia
prove that tho results and advantages
that they proclaim and portray have
ever yct been realized under similar
conditions They expect us TO accept il
NJ ap established fact tha, with state.
hood, ae o consequence, we should r,al-
ile rapid increase oi desirable popn
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CHANCES GONE.

Mr.. Geo II. Wallace. whose name has
been prominently mentioned In connec-
tion with the office OF Governor OF New
Mexico, under the Mckinley admins
tration, has rushed into print with an
article on the tariff which will doubt
less settle his chances for tho appoint
ment. No man who wants an office
under Mckinley ought to have an
opinion on any public question. Mr.
Wallace has weakened his case by
talking too d much
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REHABILITATION.

Republican majorities on leg
Democratic majorities on leg
lSature. ................ y, lO3
Net Rep. majority on Legislature 1,2I7
Total vote for Ferguson .,... 1S,947
Total vote for Catron n.........l7Jl7
Ferguson s majority over Catron, $3.50
Majoritles for Ferguson in 10
counties ps................. 1, l6S
Majorities for Catron in
counties ................... .2,Z3S
Net Dem. mai for delegate. .... ,l30
Catron's loss in II counties $50
Catron's gain in county........ 6
Catron's net loss in territory .... 3,205
There was no democratic ticket voted
for in San Miguel county, the ticke s
there being Republican aud Union t,r
the local legislative offices. The aver
age Legislative Republican vote in that
county cannot therefore be given for
/ the purpose OF comparison; but, counting
the Union vote as democratic, thoul h
we know it contained many Of the
votes of men who are staunch Republi
cans and many of them leaders in that
party, the vote for delegate would re
main as above stat d, and the only
change it would make III the above
table is that it would reduce the total
republican majority on legislative ticket
10y 1876, aud the total number Of votes
which Catron ran behind the average
legislative ticket Of his party by 1914
Catron ran ahead OF his party's legis-
lative ticket in but one county, Eddy,
as above shown, and that solitary gain
is accounted for by the fact that the
Republican nominee Tor the council in
that county declined the nominati l
for that Office before election
and his place not being filed,
such republican votes as were cast il
that county for councilman, were cas-
tor Inan who was ayowedly not can
didate.
With this explanation the foregoing
table, carefully prepared from the oii
! al returns Of the November, 1896
! election in this territory, on file in th
secretary's office, shows that New Mex
leo went republican at that election b
l,277 votes, but against Catron, the re
publican candidate for delegate to con
gress, 10y ! $50 votes, and that Cairo
, rau behind the aggregate vote OF hi
party for the local legislative ticket 3
205 votes.
When it is considered that an unpoT
uIar candidate for delegate is a heav
load for the local Legislative ticket t
. carry aud that such candidate for de
. egate always tends TO drag the loc,
legislative ticket down with him, the n
suit of the last election is a remarkabl
showing oi how emphatically the voter
, Of this territory abandoned party line
: in their determination 10 defeat Cat
- ronism AID add responsibility 10 the
4 representation in congro ..
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MUST FOLLOW.

The amount cf money deposited by
the people Of the United States in the
banks OF the country exceeds the com.
bined deposits of Great Britain and
Germany, and yet they tell Us we must
follow these countries to gold stand
Rrd because we cannot maintain parity
between gold and silver without their
consent.
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at the general sction held 10 said ter
ritory on tue 81 day OF November. lS9t,
as declared by the secretary of New
Mexico and acting governor thereof, on
the 81 day Of Decen b T, 1896:
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A Handy Prospector's Furnace.

i
slyc n lead or re-
a
extension plates
ladies'
ou bullion
inside
e
e a great
owner IN nlnan IN ng OF IS O IN
whit of
smelling
small
the O
National Ore and Reduction Co.
572G Cheltenham Avenue, St. Louis, Mo-
FURNACE FOR MCkLE COPPER, GOLD SILVER AND LEAD ORES
Equipments of CalOric and Chemical Reduction Works
OSCAR L. KUAUSS, Agent for New Mexico.
RATION, N. NJ.
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CERTIFICATE ISSUED.

In compliance with the foregoing
figures Secretary Miller last evening
issued a certificate of election to Harvey
B. Ferguson as delegate elect to the
Fifty fifth congress. The issuance of
this important document recalls the
interesting circumstance that in 1886
Secretary Miller and Delegate-elect
Ferguson were respectively serving
under Judge Brinker as clerk of the
court and district attorney in the Albu-
querque judicial district and at that
early day Mr.. Miller began to advocate
and predict the election of his friend,
Harvey B. FERGUSON, as delegate to
congress, and naturally, he was very
much gratihed that the whirligg of
time has not only verified his prediction
but afforded him the exceptional salts,
faction OF preparing his friends certifi-
cate Of election.
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the expenses attending the advertise
mcnt. sale aud conveyance of same in
cludlng an attorneys fee of Fifty dol
lars $50 00) and the taxes now due
thereon, and will execute good and
sufficient deeds therefor.
j. EvERITT BIRD,
Mortagee.
BY J. f, WHARTON, his attorney.
N19-96
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Totals 2lO3 $3.50 isll1 i7Jli ii67 2lss sall q

Annexed is a complete statement Of
tho vote OF the territory o' New Mexico
for Delegate Ia tho Filty.i fih congress
~ the United Statee u America. cast
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21

main avenue OF the garden to the palace
and into the throneroom. On all SIDES
the guards fled at sight of him. The KING,
who was Just engaged in an audience with
the EN- mbassador of a subject prince, started
from his seat, and the mouse jumped IN
the throne and stood as upright as grena-
dier. AT the sight of his bright, cruel eyes
and cleaning teeth, the princesses tel
faintiRg.
Just as the mouse was going to declare
himself the monarch of the whole coun-
try, no one daring to oppose him, little
boy and girl entered the room and looked
about them with establishment. When they
perceived the mouse the whole matter was
explained, and the boy started forward
and with great boldness attacked the
tyrant. The mouse, which wa so fierce
with the elephants now showed itself as
great a coward, for it jumped down and
ran away faster even than the courtiers
had run. The little boy pursued it clear
out of the palace grounds. When he re-
turned he found the king overcome with
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21
Would Rather Work Than Be Idle

A gentleman once advertised for man
to look after his pony and to attend to the
garden as well. Several applied for the
place, out of which the gentleman picked
four, and told them to come the next
morning for an interview. Accordingly,
at the time appointed, they came; but
the gentleman, wishing to try them, told
his servant to say that he would see
them i'll half an hour. One said he could
not stand about all that time, so he went
off to the public-house; another said he
would have pipe, SO be sat down on the
doorstep and smoked the time away; the
third took out a book and read; but the
fourth, seeing some weeds growing up,
began to work, and cleared the yard by the
time the gentleman was ready for them.
The fourth was the one chosen. for, said
the gentleman, "a man who will willingly
work for another in his own time will be
sure not to waste his masters time"; and
so he got the situation, because he would
rather work than do nothing.
H. BERKELEY SCORE
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21
A Garter
Snake That Felt Like an
Electric Shock.
Told by E. W. Haughton of Duaut, Tulare Count

Z. w IL, v.
In the early SOS was placer mining on sher-
locks Creek in Mariposa County. One warm
summer morning, while engaged in what min
ers call stripping-i. e., clearing off a piece OF
BEDROCK uncovered an unusually brilliant
garter-snake. 1t represented all the colors of
the rainbow and was so bright and beautiful
that resolved to preserve it. tied it's head
and tail together and used it as a band for my
straw hat. l resumed my work and pretty
soon forgot all about the novel hatband was
wearing. My dress was in accord with the
warm weather, and consisted simply of pair
of blue overalls aud a loose hickory shirt.
Now, the snake being alive and naturally re.
senting its rather unusual position, in its en-
deavors to escape gradually twisted and
squirmed itself up over the crown of my nat
From there it fell to the brim and then dropped
down between my shirt and warm-perspiring
fesh long living coil of twisting ice.
shock from Edison's best and biggest
battery would pale into insignifcance in COM
parison. In the fraction of second that
shirt lay in ribbons at my feet and the poor
harmless snake became mangled mass under
the heavy soles of my big mining boots, prov
ing conclusively the inherent and utter de-
prayity OF man, also the latent tigerishness
that is ever ready to leap out on the least
provocation. In conclusion let me say that
this amusing and absurd piece OF folly is
perhaps excusable on the plea that at the
time was q mere boy.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21

take one year. Then on our way back we'd
stop at Cuba for four Jumps of sugar. We
could find little patch of land to raise
cane-that is, unless the insurgents were
too busy raising Cain themselves to give
us a chance. 1t would take year to raise
and grind it, and then for home and that
long delayed breakfast.
1.-THE ham is now about the only trouble
some thing left. We could buy a pig, kill
and dress him-or at least you could; you
are preparing this breakfast, you know
and cure a ham. Then we'd be nearly
ready. We'd only have to raise crop of
wheat, grind some of it, make some yeast
and finally loaf of bread. Then buy q
COW for milk and butter and hen for the
eggs and procure some salt. We could
dry little of the ocean for that.
'sThen I think we'd all be ready. OF
course could compel you by the terms of
our agreement to make all the plates, the
cutlery and the glasses, but I'll let you off,
for here comes the waiter"
l watched the professor anxiously as he
dived down into his pockets. I wondered
if he had enough money to pay so enor-
nous a bill.
"You see" he said with smile, "what
a lot so centa can buy"
''Some such calculation as that he OBJ
served as we rose to go, "helps one to real
ize these advantages of civilization that
we hear SO much about. There are thou
sands OF men all over this earth husily
working to furnish you with breakfast.
and believe that not one person in a
thousand ever thinks of it."
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21
1u SOY Ei$hty esntc.

"I'lI take you to my favorite restaurant" +"
SAID my friend, the professor, "and Well
have some breakfast. 1t isn't very ex-
pensive place, but it's clean, and that's all
l ask. It's just around the corner"
l assented, and we were soon seated at a
table with smiling waiter standing be-
side it.
"It's ham-and-eggs day, sir, he said.
l looked at him in surprise.
"You see," explained the professor, II
find it hard to make up my mind what to
eat. go choose seven things that 1 like
and have day in the week for EACH"
Gall right" said l, ''Ill take ham and
eggs, too."
1.-TWO cups of coffee, please, and oranges
first" my host added as the waiter hur-
ried off,
Ibid you ever stop to think, asked my
friend, "what lot of trouble it takes to
fix up such a breakfast"
no" said /, "but l suppose it does
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21

take some trouble. 1t has TO be cooked" "
''I like to think" he unused, ''of the
thousands of dollars it takes
Thousands of dollarsi i' l echoed.
Eyes, thousands of dollars and men and
years of time. And it always makes my
breakfast taste better when think of it. +"
81 wish you'd explain. haven't much
appetite"
"Just suppose, for instance, that you
were to set to work to prepare such a
breakfast with nobody to help you. That
will help you to realize the trouble that
other people take. Let's take these two
oranges to start with. These probably
came from California; most of the Florida
crop failed. That means trip out West"
"Why, how do you make that out?"
You must understand that you are to
have no planters or buyers or shippers or
anybody else. You are to do all that
work yourself. Now, an orange tree
yields good fruit in about seven or eight
years. So we can travel to California,
plant seed and wait, say seven years, for
our two oranges. While we are waiting
we can take ship and visit Hinuustan."
"Hindustan! What's that for?''
81 just noticed few black spots on top
of that egg. That's pepper and we must
get some. The pepper bush would be
ready in three years, and then we could
prepare our few grains of pepper and be
back in time for oranges. We'd go home
wiser and quite hungry but it wouldn't be
breakfast time yet.
"The next place would be Brazil, where
we'd raise few coffee-beans. That would
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21

square, was hanging from his left ear, and
his royal robe of purple velvet was all
awry. On the polished floor lay the royal
princesses extended, with their feet in the
air, for they had all tainted. On stools and
ottomans and divans stood the duchesses
and ladies OF honor TO the queen, with
their robes gathered up. They were all
trumpeting away as if to save their lives,
and the queen was leading the chorus. In
the distance the courtiers could be seen
flying across the fields, with the king
bodyguard well in advance.
- The cause of the panic was the invasion
of the palace by mouse. Elephants, as
is well known, dread mice. The boldest
and most warlike of them dare not con-
tend with mouse, therefore when
mouse appeared he sauntered down the
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21
A Little Shaver.

A gentleman was shaving himself, when
his little daughter, aged 6, found her way
into the room. Presently her elder sister
entered and said:
MAY, come out; you mustn't stay here
while papa is shaving"
II guess I can, them" replied the little
wit, quickly; II guess | can, cause papa
SAYS I'm little shaver"
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21
PDZZl4ES.

Answers to puzzles and questions of June Ia:
l. When it's ajar Ia jar).
II. The letter "M."
III. 1.-The Call speaks for ALL
". Kate, date, gate, late, rate, mate, hate,
fate, pate.
V. 'Old Glory
VI Time and tide wait for no man.
VII (a) Thimbleberry. (b) Strawberry.
(c) Gooseberry.
VIII. (a) Strain, train, rain. (b) Grace,
race, ace. (cl Wheat, heat, eat.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21
She Could Count.

A poorly clad little girl went into sta.
toners shop the other day. She wished
to buy some writing-p paper. and finally
was shown some at Is cents quire.
"How much will half q quire be?'' she
inquired in plaintive little voice.
dTen cents" replied the assistant.
"If you please, I'll take the other half"
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21
6Mo naiSenc.

/ know a winsome little maid,
So fair to see
II er face is like dainty flower
So lovingly
She looks upon this world Of ours,
And all who pass,
That sweet content makes beautiful
My little lass
know another maiden well,
She might be fair
Her cheek is like a rose leaf soft,
Like gold her hair.
But ah! her face is marred by frowns,
Her eyes by tears,
For none can please. I dread to think
OF coming years
Would you, dear, grow to beauty rare
In thought and deed?
Then learn the lesson these two teach
To those who heed,
And in your heart, a life begins,
Give this truth place:
'Iis only lovely thoughts can make
A lovely face. April st. Nicholas
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21
DamaS N E(epRa1lt
Lane.

The court was in state of terrible ex-
element. Chaboola Boola Khan, king of
the white elephants, trem bled as he cried
aloud for his guards till his gold-em bossed
tusks danced about like sunbeams. His
enormous crown, with jewels a foot