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The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1896-01-15
2l. SILVER CITY, N NJ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Is, 1896.

be assessed to the company or companies
owning or operating the same on the lst
day of March, A. b. 1895, for the pur-
pose of taxation, as follows, towit: Every
telephone company having a central
office in any city or town within the ter
ritory, with fifty phones or less, shall be
assessed at the rate of $50 per phone
this includes all poles and fixtures, and
each addition phone, shall be assessed
at the rate OF $50 per phone and at the
rate OF $l5 per mile of line Tor the
first wire OF telephone across the econntry
and at the rate OF s. per mile for each
additional wire.
1t is further ordered and decided by
this hoard that all railroads OF standard
guagc, situated south OF the north end
OF the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fc de-
pot, in the city OF Albuquerque, n. NJ.
including the Atlantic and Pacific rail-
road, the Southern Pacific railroad, and
all other standard guage railroads, south
oi said city OF Albuquerque, n. NJ, sub
ject to taxation on the first day OF
| March, A.. ID. 1896, shall be assessed and
valued for the purposes OF taxation, to
the company or companies owing or op-
Grating the same, in the county through
which they run, at the rate OF $4,000 per
mile for each and every mile OF main
line, and at the rate OF $4,000 per mile
for all branch lines, and at the rate OF
$500 per mile for all switches and side
tracks connected with said road, which
said valuation shall include all rolling
stock used by said company or compa-
nies, except Pullman Palace cars,Si con-
sisting of locomotive engines and cars OF
all descriptions, but shall not include
any buildings, tools or machinery used
in repair shops, or any other material
or supplies, nor telegraph lines.
1t is further ordered and decided by
this board that all narrow guage rail-
roads running through and being oper-
ated within this territory of New Mex
leo, and subject to taxation on the lst
day OF March, 1896, shall be valued for
the purposes OF taxation, in the various
counties through which they run at the
rate OF $4,000 per miles of m ain and
branch lines, and NJ the rate of $500
per mile on all switches and side tracks
$ connected Herewith, which said valu-
alton shall include all rolling stock con
sisting OF locomotive engines and cars OF
: all descriptions, except Pullman Palace
cars, but shall not include any buildings
y tools or machinery used in repair shops
II or mG'crial or err"liCs. or tclccrcrl
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1896-01-15

taxation as follows: All stock horses,
80 per head COW ponies, at $40 per head;
American horses, at $50 per head;
American mules, at $40 per head; Mex
lean mules, at $40 per head; burros, at
50 per head stock cattle. south OF the
the thirty-ffth parallel, 81 per head;
stock cattle north OF said parallel, at IS
per head; all improved sheep, at 81 per
head all unimproved sheep, at rs cents
per head; all Angora goats or graded
Angora goats that produce fleece that
is clipped for market shall he assessed
at $2 per head; all common goats that
produce no clip or fleece shall he assessed
at % cents per head; all improved cattle
that are suitable for dairy purposes shall
be assessed at $2j per head.
All railroads OF standard guage, which
shall be subject to taxation on the lst
OF March, A. d. 1895, in each county in
the territory of New Mexico, through
which they may run and are situated
and running north and east OF the Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad depot
in the city OF Albuquerque, n NJ, shall
be valued and assessed to the company
or companies owning or operating the
same, at the rate OF S7 900 per mile ior
each and every line OF main line, and at
the rate OF $500 per mile ior each and
every mile OF switch and side track, and
at the rate of 81 800 per mile iOr each
and every mile oi branch lines, and that
the assessment and value per mile on
the above stated main line, branch line
and switches, shall include all rolling
stock OF said company or companies
used thereon, except such cars as belong
to the Pullman Palace Car company anl
designated u. Pullman palace cars, anC
consisting OF locomotive engines and car'
OF all descriptions, but shall not includ,
any buildings, machinery or tools uSeC
in repair shops, or any supplies or ma
lerials, nor shall it include telegraph
lines.
It is ordered and decided by this boar,
that all telegraph lines that are com
pleted and in operation within the ter
ritory of New Mexico, on the lst day q
March, A. D., 1896, shall be valued an,
assessed to the company or companie
operating the same, within the countie
through which they are operated, at tn
rate of $25 per mile for the first wir
and So per mile for each and every ad
ditional wire.
1t is further ordered and decided b
this hoard that all telephone lines she
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
FACTS ABOUT OUR COINAGE.

Money Making Began in This Country Two
Hundred and Eighty-F Four Years Ago.
The earliest coinage of America was
made in 1912 for the Virginia company
at Somer's islands, now called the Rer-
nudas. In 1915 the assembly of Vir-
c.inia provided by law for the coinage
of copper pieces, but the law was not
carried into effect. The earliest reg
ular colonial coinage was in Massachu-
sets, in pursuance of an order of the
general court, passed May 81, 1862. The
coins, 12-pence, spence, and B.
pence pieces, were soon afterward put
into circulation. There was Massa-
chussetts 2-penny piece. One variety
of the Massachusetts coinage had what
is termed "a pine tree, another "a
willow" and the third IAN oak" The
first coinage of that colony was the
s'pine tree shilling of 1850; the open
ny and 1-penny pieces were coined ID
1852. In 1885 the congress of the con-
federation adopted the plan presented
by Thomas jefferson for the national
coinage, and in 1856 decided upon the
names and characters of the coins. In
1877 a contract was made with James
Jarvis for 800 of the copper coins au-
thorized by congress. These were
coined at New Haven and bore the
date of 1857. In 1892 code of laws was
enacted for the establishment and reg
Ilation of the mint, which was estab-
lished in 1898. The first issue of cents
from the mint in Philadelphia was in
1898. The regular issue of the half
dime was in 1894, but half-dime styled
the martha Washington" was coined
IN 1892 as an experimental or pattern
piece. The first issue of silver dollars
was in 1894, and of dimes in 1896. The
first golden coinage in eagles and half
eagles was in 1795.-N Y. Dispatch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
SOME DAY.

Some day, dear heart, 1t may be far or near,
Perhaps at bright ming morn or dark ming
night,
Some calling voice VIII faintly eaten my
And rouse within strangely dread de-
light.
And friends will ask, perchance, with quiv-
ering lips,
And 7 shall long for touch of finger tips,
Some loving hand to warmly clasp my
Perhaps in my distress you'll not be near,
The SHOWS may lie above you, colo ana
white;
The voice l love SO much may not hear,
Unless in spirit whispers through the
night.
Death never comes for naught, and I shall
Some day 1t will be soft comes to all;
And will you, Iistning, hear my faintest
cry,
Returning answer to my feeblest call?
Another's hand may gently stroke my hair,
And close my eyes and watch while life
endures;
But, Oh! my soul shall wander everywhere,
With ceaseless. longing cry in search Of
yours!
Then If the first you go the way alone,
Will you not waiting, listn ming ever be?
And when you hear the old, familiar tone,
Along with Heavens morning, come to
me?
E w butcher, in Banner Of Gold.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
Hygiene of Light.

A French scientist has been making
experiments with the growth of plants
under different conditions of colored
light Under the method of expert
ment the endeavor was made to keep
the plants under similar conditions of
temperature, moisture, soil, ETC., so
that it would be reasonable to infer
that any abnormal differences in
growth would be due to the difference
IN light conditions. It is reported, as a
result OF this experiment, that the red
light produced even more noteworthy
results than white light in the way OF
forcing growth. While the plants
were strong and rigorous under the in
laence OF white light, those under the
ted panes of glass grew to a greater
height and burst into bloom earlier.
TIE plants under the frame OF blue
glass showed little If any gro WITH, but
The leaves grew decidedly de cker.-De
rsoit Free Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
EVOLUTION OF THE WHISTLE.

Locomotive Screechers Were First Sug
gested by Tin Toy.
When the locomotives were first built
and began to trundle their small loads
up and down the newly and rudely con-
structed railways of England the pub
lie roads were, for the greatest part,
crossed at grade, and the engine driver
had no way of giving warning of his APP
proach except by blowing a tin horn.
But this, as may be imagined, was far
from being a sufficient warning. One
day in the year 1888, so runs a story of
the origin of the locomotive whistle,
farmer of Thornton was crossing the
railway track on one of the country
roads with a great load of eggs and
butter. Just as he came out upon
the track a train approached. The
engineman blew his tin horn Justify.
but the farmer did not hear it. Eighty
dozen eggs and so pounds of butter
were smashed into an indistinguish
able, unpleasant mass, and mingled
with the kindling wood to which the
wagon was reduced. The railway COM
pany had to pay the farmer the value
of his so pounds of butter, his 900 eggs,
his horse and his wagon. 1t was regard
ed as very serious matter, and
straightway director Of the company
went to Alton Grange, where George
Stephenson lived, to see if he could not
invent something that would give a
warning moro likely TO be heard. Steph-
enSOn went to work and the next Gay
had a contrivance which, when at
tached to the engine boiler and the
steam turned on, gave out shrill, dis
cordant sound. The railway directors.
greatly delighted, ordered similar con-
trivances to be attached to all the To-
lcomotives, and from that day TO this
the voice of the locomotive whistle has
never been Silent-CasSier'S Magazine
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07

There are plenty of dictionaries OF
French slang in existence, in which o
slang word is explained in good French,
and the first dictionary in which the
slang equivalents for good French
Paris. 1t iG needed apparently by the
writer's of stories.
A sister of the poet Longfellow,
Mrs. Pierce, is still living at an adj
yanced age in Portland, Me. She used
to be famous Sunday-school teacher,
and there are many women, some of
them grandmothers, who have bond
Of union in having been members of
Mrs. Pierce's class
-Heber M. Wells, the first governor
of the state of Utah, was born in Salt
Lake City 81 years ago, and was
educated in the University of Utah. He
was the republican nominee for mayor
of Salt Lake City in 1892, but was de-
feated by II. n. Basllin, the present in
cumbent. He has been for five years
cashier of the State bank of Utah. He
is a member of the Mormon church.
Lady Eastlake's letters and journal,
just published, are full of racy reading.
Here is one little tit-bit: ga lady was
telling me yesterday that she had met
Herbert Bismarck at the duke of West
minister's, and never came across a
more conceited prig. 1 should like to
tess Herbert Bismarck and Herbert
Gladstone in one blanket and their pa
pas in another. L must not venture to
say more, or will shock even you"
Clara Barton is the first woman
who ever held an official position under
the United States government. When
she was about "a years of age she was
appointed clerk in the patent office,
which had then been organized but a
few years, and she was still holding that
position when she commenced her phil
Rnthropic work at the outbreak of the
civil war in 1861.
Much has been written about the
home habits of the princess of Wales;
less is known about the prince. 1t is
stated that he is most ordinary and
mcthodical in all his arrangements. Out
OF doors a dead tree or branch unre-
moved, hedge unclipped, or a weedy
walk, are positive misery to him. Like
the princess, he loves animals, chiefly
dogs, and always has one special ia
Vorite.
"A London newspaper is authority
for the statement that since William K.
Gladstone's words of appreciation
served to make several recent English
novels famous he has been in receipt
Of nearly every new work of fiction
published in the English language.
Every day his mail contains Dovels
forwarded to him by publishers in
England and America. If he read
them all he would have no time to sleep
or eat.
In a book of "reminiscences of Con-
cord 80 years ago, by Frank Preston
Stearns, just published, the author re-
lates how Miss Alcott came to him one
day, and asked him to take her out row
ing. He complied, but he found it more
OF a job than he had anticipated. 'This
is the darndest boat / ever pulled" he
remarked. Frank said Miss Alcott,
never say darn. Much better to be
p1 diane than vulgar
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Lectures on journalism, on legis-
lation relating to the press, and on
Industrial legislation are among the
courses of the Catholic university OF
Lille.
Rev. G. NJ. Lowery, of Columbia,
Ala, killed IL hogs the other day which
netted 2,OoG pounds. He says he
is Independent if he has no money.
He has plenty of corn, meat, sor
ghum, peas, potatoes, enough old
clothes to last him year, and is out
of debt.
Eliza M. Mosher, NJ. D., who has
been unanimously appointed professor
of hygiene and woman's dean of the
literary department of the University
of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, has been
for ten years one of the leading physi-
clans of Brooklyn, connected prom
inently with it's various medical and
charitable institutions.
st. Peters in Rome had to be re-
consecrated soon after New Years as
man chose to cut his throat before
the high altar during the noon high
mass. The services were Immediately
stopped. The last suicide in the
church was in 1867, when it was not
thought necessary to bless the build
ing again, as Pope Plus TX. was in it
at the time.
ID. L. Moody, the evangelist, told
q story in Philadelphia the other day
about his life before his conversion,
when boy of II. He said that whilo
he was a pretty bad boy in his unre-
generate days, deep in the follies and
errors of the world, he never broke
SO far away from his early religious
training as to forget to say his prayers
every night. 81 used to sleep with
my brother" he said, land if either
one of us happened to jump into bed
without first getting on his knees, the
other would swear at him vigorously
and kick him out on the floor
A census of the gypsies in Hun
gary has just been taken. They num-
Der 274, $40, about half settlers in towns
and villages, while the other half keep
up nomadic life. Of the total num-
Der 82,045 can only speak the Tsigany
or Romany language, 104,75o spoke
Hungarian, too, as their mother
tongue, 67,O46 Roumanian, 9,857 Slo-
walk, 5,S61 Servian, 1896 German and
2,0O8 Ruthenian; but of the nomadid
gypsies 90 per cent. could speak no IAN
guage but Romany. Out of $4,000 chill
dren of school age 10000 managed to
escape all schooling, although the law
requiring attendance is very stringent
AS to religion, 48 per cent. are Roman
Catholics, II per cent. Greek Catholics,
IS per cent. Orthodox Greek and %
per cent. Protestants of various de-
nominations
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
HUMOROUS.

-Willie-"Will teacher go to Heav-
en- when she dies, MAJ" Mrs. Ferry
''Yes, DEAR But will they let her
in ?"-Cincinati Enquirer.
"A Redeeming Trait - Bashful--
isn't that Stickative a bore; Away
dragging in his tiresome chestnuts -
Miss Waiting-"Yes,b but chestnuts POI
sometimes, don't you ow."-Detroit
Free Press.
Excuse me, sir" said Barker, to-
a boorish traveller, but what is your
business" Il am gentleman, sir.
That's my business ''Ah,' said Bar.
ker. 81 see. You are taking vaca-
ton" -Harper's Bazaar.
-Hobson-''I dOa't hear you nova.
days expressing the wish that it would
snow good and hard. Haven't you got
your cutter stiIL2" n. Peck-''No, I'nh
married now, and we have a snow SHOW.
Ell in the cellar. "-Philadelphia Record.
Officer McGobb-"Here, nowl II
ycz really bought tn chicken, pfwy
are yez hidin' it under your coat?'
Kastus-''Kase do want to git sand
bagged on de way home. / guess.
knows NAH neighbors!" - Indianap-
oils Journal.
john said the frightened wife
in the middle of the night, there's
something moving down cellar. I'pb
sure. John listening intentiy1--
"Oh, it's nothing but the gas meter
pegging away he said, with. a sigh oh
rehabilitation Life.
-Wife-.'They say that Sarah's suit
or is a man Of very indolent habits. IL
that so?" Husband-"On the con-
trary, my deaS, he is hard worker
Wife-'-In what line?" Husband
''WeII he has the hardest kind of work
trying to live without doing anything
Richmond Dispatch.
An enthusiastic horticuIturist,
when he heard of the massacre of the
English missionaries in China, wgrota
in his farm journal: while we deEIore
nloodshed, it must Sc confessed that
the English and American missionaries
are selfish lot, lacking in patriotism.
They have never sent seed of the
famous melons of Asia back TO their
own country
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
BROUGHT HIM TO TIME.
An English Breach of Promise Case
Based on Curious Document.

An English Breach OF Promise Case
Based on a Curious Document.
Miss Jane Ashton, of Hollingwood,
near Manchester, has discovered an en-
tirely novel use for penny postage
stamps.
Courted by Mr.. Samuel Scholes, a
farmer of that part, and growing
wearied of her lovers procrastinating
habits, Miss Ashton determined at last
to bring matters to an issue. She was
moved thereto by more than one con-
sideration. It was not merely the
farmers persistent neglect to name
the wedding day, pleading the cotton
strike, agricultural depression and
other insufficient excuses; it was the
fact that, after ten years of this sort of
sbilly-shaliying Mr.. Scholes had be-
gun to pay marked attention to an
dilatory sutton had attained to the age
of go, and Miss Ashton was herself get
ting on that way.
Il will do anything in reason" said
the farmer.
'"Then let us have it in writing" said
the lady.
Thereupon Miss Ashton wrote on a
sheet. of paper: ''Wil1 you marry me if
l keep company with you?" and the
farmer, being thus eornered, appended
the words: 81 WILL" but added the in
sidious proviso:" / will if ever marry"
Naturally, Miss Ashton saw in this
act need for extra caution. She knew
her man, and therefore pulled out
penny postage stamp, stuck it firmly
on the document, wrote across it the
date. and put it in her pocket. Then it
was that Mr.. Scholes, impressed by
this legal formality, begged piteonsly
to have the fatal paper, stamp and all,
handed over to him. lie would give
sovereign for it, he said, and when tha
lady asked him: Are you going to get
married or are you not?' he wildly
gasped out the words: whether or
not, want thee to set me free"
The closing scene of the little drama
was enacted at the Manchester assizes,
where Miss Ashton appeared as the
plaintiff III breach of promise action.
The postage stamp may have lacked
the sovereign virtues that Miss Ashton
had attributed to it; this little object
which had caused Mr.. Scholes' teeth to
chatter with fear may have been
mere bugbear, but the jury looked to
the facts of the case and gave the lady
verdict, though with what seems to
be the rather paltry sum of g dam
ayes-Iond0n News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
an African Kingdom.

Uganda is an immense tract Of land
in Africa situated west of the lake Vic
toria Nyanza and is about COO miles
from the coast. Great Britain has oc-
cupied it for six years, ever since an
invitation to enter was afforded by the
king and his people. It IS about 10000
miles square, and the natives are a fine,
intelligent race of men and women.
although woman suffrage has not sss
yet penetrated the borders. Mwaneessa,
the king, has no sons, and his successor
will be one of his three nephews, two
of whom are Catholics and the other
a AIohammedan. There are about 500.
600 subjects oTer whom to rule, ant
there will probably be strife on tht
death of the king. A British protecto
rate has been proclaimed or some time
but only recently have active steps beer
taken in that direction San FRANCHISES
Argonaut.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
study Your Dress.

Girls ought to study harmony in
dressing. The hair fiuffed out over the
ears is very becoming, but that style Is
not correct with sailor hat. 1t makes
the face looks ridiculous. Moreover.
nautical headgear should not be orna-
mented with flowers, feathers or rhine
stone buckles. Speaking of ineongrui-
ties in dress, saw woman in a Fourth
avenue car dressed in deep mourning.
or / presume she intended to be, but
she missed the point by wearing a pair
of big solitaire diamond earrings. She
might as well have had a red feather nc
her Grape bonnet.-N. Y. Recorder.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
Uses nor Hahn.

Most people believe that fishing
tackle makers ara the only persons WIG
have any employment for the barbex>'
clippings. A fact that has receneiY
come to light however shows new
use to which human hair has been put.
During the last year or two tons ofhai-
have been packed between the plates
OF certain part of war vessels. Hair
is very elastic, and thus affords moss
effective backing to metal. Again. il
Is being Gsed very satisfactorily TO form
a kind of fender, which is thrown over
the side of vessel to prevent her
scrubbing against the doclS-to take
the place, in fact, of more commoul,
nsed rope coils.-Ch Chicago Chroniole.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
A FUNNY BATTLE.
One Woman Against a Company of
Trained Soldiers.

One Woman Against a Company of
Trained Soldiers.
M. Paul Deroulede, a French poet
who has recently achieved success, was
captain of company in the service of
the Versailles government of national
defense, in 1871. AT one time he had to
lead his company against a street bar
ricade in Paris, raised by communists.
Some signs of resistance had been
observed behind. AS Deroulede
marched his men on, a woman sprang
to the top of the barricade, aimed a
Chassepot rifle at the leader, and fired.
The soldiers ducl1ed their heads, but
no one was hit. They marched on.
Deroulede iii advance. He smiled, eying
calmly the woman, who levelled her
gun at him and fired again. Once more
no one was hit. On went the soldiers
steadily. their captain smiling, the
woman on the barricade continuing to
charge her piece and to fire each time
as nearly as she could at Deroulede.
Presently, however. the soldiers were
On the barricade. The woman threw
away her gun and stood with folded
arms. She was one of the petroleuses-
the famous fighting women of the COM
mune. Deroulede looked behind the
barricade to see who else was defending
it. No one was there; the woman was
alone.
Then the captain took off his cap,
bowed low to the woman, and said very
politely: Madame, T regret exceed
ingly that am unable to congratulate
you; but really. in view of your marks
manship. ! annot!"-Youth's Conn
panion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
watch MONOPOLY IN svttzer,and.

Switzerland proposes to have O
state match monopoly. The monopoly
is not for profit, but is merely the pre-
text for the total suppression of the
manufacture of PHOSPHORUS matches.
an industry which means painful dis
case and an untimely death to the poor
work people engaged in it. The hor-
rors of the phosphorus disease are an
revolving as those OF leprosy.-C hica-
go Chronicle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-07
Definition.

Johnny-Papa, what is honest pride ?
Papa-Honest pride is the Kind that
don't deny its own existencs-Broaao
lyn Life.