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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-14
MS IN VERSE.
A FOgy.

A FOgy.
OF course ! keep my Shakespeare near and
dote on Milton, too
Preserve my Homer from the dust and Dante
bright and new,
For some one might inquire, you know, about
these poets old
Who hid in mountain deeps of words their
scattered thoughts of gold.
But when I'm fain to spend awhile away from
traffic's mart
Like Longfellow, then seek some bard 'whose
songs gushed from his heart
"The Old Armchair by Hannah More, or
Lowells "First Snow FALL
Or "Highland Mary" by Bob Burns-these
please me more than all.
They seem to nurture sympathy and tighten
all my dole
And wash the dust of worldliness from off the
burdened soul.
Oh, yes, love my Shakespeare much and Mil
toms lines indeed.
keep the masters but to praise, the others but
to read
Will T. Hale.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-14
Pasteurized Cows.
Our Illustrated Dictionary.

Anxious Mother docking for summer
board) to Farmer-I suppose, Of course,
you pasteurize your milk?
Puzzled Farmer-Oh, yes, marin.
Leastways we pasteurize one cow
Wrinkles.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
TROLLEY WITHOUT WIRES
Paris to Have an Electric System
That In Robbed of Many DANGERS

Paris to Have an Electric System
That In Robbed of Many Dangers.
The electric trolley system to be in
.roduced in Paris in time for the inter
national exposition of 1000 is vastly diff
ferent from that commonly employed
in the United States, inasInuch as the
dangerous overhead wires are absolute
ly done away with. The new system,
says the Philadelphia Record is the in
vention of the French engineer Bochet,
and, while rather simple, it steers clear
of the objection on account of insight
ly obstruction, which is usually raised
when overhead wires have to go up.
Bochet establishes overhead contacts
from electric lamp posts belonging to
the city. The distance between posts
being somewhat smaller than the
length Of the electric train, con-
sisting of two or three cars, SO
that contact is always assured at
one point at least. Through fiex-
ible points OF contact suspended from
each electric light post along the pro-
posed line the current will be taken up
by means of a copper rail fastened
along the cage OF the roof OF the car
not less than Il or IS feet from the
ground. The contact point will slide
along that copper rail, and there is not
the slightest difficulty in establishing
q continuous current if the points of
contact are made sufficiently elastic.
The current is allowed to return to the
power station through the track of the
line as uSual This system offers all
the benefits of the overhead, as well as
of the underground systems, without
any of their shortcomings.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
FAR.SECING FATHERS.
Planned the Capital ut Washington
for the Nations Future Grcatness.

Planned the Capital at Washington
for the Nations Future Greatness.
Cci grcat-grandfnthers had some idea
of the future grandeur of this country
when they planned the great capitol
building at Washington. for, although
this magnificent structure is one OF the
noblest public buildings in the world,
there is reason to believe that its plan
is, in the main, what was projected by
Washington and his coadjutors. says
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The old
north wing was founded by Washing
ton in 1898 and finished in 1900; the
old south wing was founded in 1871
and very soon after completion both
were burned by Ross and the British
troops. Between 1917 and 1927 the edi-
flee was rebuilt, and the new eXten-
sions, forming the present chamber OF
the house of representatives and of the
senate, were begun in 1851, the house
moving into its new quarters in 1857 and
the senate not until 1859. The dome was
erected between 1856 and 1868. The
length of the capitol building is ISL
feet and inches. its breadth from 121
TO 324 feet, it covers 153, liz square feet;
from the base line to the top of the
statue its height is PSF feet and II
inches. 1t cost over $13,0O0,000
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
TWO WIVES.
One Given by the Church and One by
the State,

ohc UlVeh the ShuECn anu VIC ~
the state.
Italy enjoys at the present moment
the distinction of being the only CIV
iized country In Europe where it is pos
sible to commit bigamy without expos
ing ones self to any danger of punish
ment, says the New York Tribune.
Since the constitution of the kingdom
in 1870 the authorities have insisted that
only civil marriage is legally bind
ing. On the other hand, the church re-
fuses to recognize this form OF nIatri-
monial union as valid, and requires the
faithful to go through the religious
service, venting it's displeasure on those
who seek any civil sanction to their alli-
ance. The government has repeatedly
tried to secure the enactment of a law
providing for the punishment of any
priest who should have performed the
religious marriage service without the
latter having been preceded by -civi.
ceremony. But the vast body Of tho
people In Italy are Catholic to the core,
and would not tolerate any measure
which had the appearance Of encroach-
ing on the rights of the church. The
result Is that to-day large numbers OF
unscrupulous people take advantage of
the condition of affairs TO have two
wives, one in the eyes Of the church and
the other in the eyes OF the civil au.
thorities. And they can do this without
the slightest danger Of being called to
account or of being punished.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
Pay in the coal industries is really
a matter of miner Importance

When a man owns a blooded horse
be is always careful of it's health, He
looks after its diet and is particular
that the feeding shall be regular and
right. While he is doing this it is
likely as not that he is himself suffer
ing from some disease or disorder.
When the tr ouble gets so bad that he
cannot work, he will begin to give
himself the care he gave the horse at
the start. Good pure, rich, red blood
is the best insurance against disease
of any kind. Almost all diseasee
come from impure or impoverished
blood. Keep the blood pure and
strong and disease can find no foot
hold. That is the principle upon
which DR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery works. 1t cleanses, puri
ties and enriches the blood, puts and
keeps the whole body in perfect or
der; makes appetite good, digestion
strong, assimilation perfect. 1t brings
ruddy, virile health. 1t builds up
solid. wholesOme flesh mot fat) when,
from any cause, rednced below the
healthy standard
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
WOMEN LIVE LONGER.
More Centenarians Among Women
Than Among Men-Why Is II SO9

Ihnn Among Men-Why Is IL SOf
A report from the office of the regis
trar-general of England shows that
there are more female than male GEN.
tena rians, says the baltimore Sun. Out
of 100000 people 225 women reach the
age of 100 years, while only 50 men
round ont the century. Now, the great
conundrum which is proposed is: Why
is this SO? According to the popular
superstition. it takes much longer for
a woman to reach even the age of so
than it takes for "a man to reach that
age. If this is true. 1t makes the show
ing all the more remarkable. 1t has
even been asserted that association
with women makes a man live longer,
as shown by the fact that the average
life of the married man is longer than
the average life of "a single man. The
fact, however. is denied by the endmen
at the minstrels, who says that the life
of the married ma n is not really longer,
but only seems so.
So far there is no satisfactory eX
planation of the original proposition
why more women live to be 100. Some
say it is because women are less addict
ed to tobacco and strong drink, others
say that it isfDccause it is more healthy
to spend money than it is to earn it,
end so on. 1t may be many of the men
who would live to be 100 are killed al
an early age in casualties to which
women are not exposed. 1t may be
that tight lacing is life preserver, and
ii may be not a fact, after all. Possibly
the English registrar-general may be
mistaken. The situation is replete with
possibilities. m
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
GOOD SHOOTING UPTOWN.
1t Was Years Aback and the Spot
Was the Treasury Building.

Was the Treasury Building.
Some years ago." says an old gun
ner, according to the Washington
Star, Il had fine sport In pigeon shoot
ing on Fifteenth and F streets, north
west. l do not wonder you look sur
prised. / was employed in the treasury
at the time-a little before the war
and the pigeons that roasted on the cor
nice and about the capitals of the
colonnade had multiplied. and they
were so numerous as to Inconvenience
the employees. To those particularly
who were in the upper stories of the
building they were an intolerable nuis-
ance. The superintendent of the
building secured from the mayor a
suspension of the law prohibiting the
use Of firearms within the city limits
so as to allow cunning about the build
ing before seven o'clock in the morn
ing by such persons as he should desig-
nate. 1 having had the reputation of
being good shot and with mouth set
for pigeon pie dinner secured permis-
sion to shoot. One mornings shooting
was enough for me so far as the bird
pie dinner was concerned, for some of
the birds were SO aged and tough that
hide and feathers were too much for
the lead; and many of those killed who
found their way to kitchens were too
much for the teeth. The sport was
kept up for several days, more to the
benefit of the department in contract
ing the circulation of the birds than for
the pleasure of eating the game secured,
and thousands were slain.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
HELPING HIM OUT.
How a Wife Ruined Her Husband'a
Story.


Story.
Crawley and his wife were at a din
ner party the other night, observes the
New York World, and Crawley, who had
been waiting three-quarters of an hour
for the opportunity, suddenly burst out
with:
THAT reminds me of little story
heard the other day about an absent
minded man who was going to take a
bath one Saturday night and"
You are mistaken, my dear" said the
wife of Crawley's bosom across the
table i'll her calm yet firm voice. 1T was
not Saturday night, it was on Wednes'
day night. You always get it wrong
when you try to tell the story; and
think that even a simple little story
should be told correctly if at all, and
you are So apt to get muddled on the
main points of story that I'd better
help you out by telling the main points
myself, which were that the man was
very absent minded and one night when
he had flied his bath tub full of water
preparatory to taking bath, his head
was so full of other things that what
did he do but plunge right in without
taking off any of his clothes! Those
are the main points, and now you may
go on with the story, Mr.. Crawley."
And Crawley laughed lightly as he
said: Il guess there is nothing left t.
tell, my DEAR" but the thoughts and
strong desires that were hidden away
in the secret recesses of his heart only
Mr.. Crawley knew as they went on
their homeward way.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
TOWERS FOR LIGHTS.
Electric Lamps at q Great Height
Have Not Proved Successful.

Have Not Proved Successful.
When arc lights were first introduced
for street lighting there was a very ex-
aggerated idea of their lighting power,
says the Engineering News. A light of
1,000-candle power seemed such pow
erful illuminator that the idea was
very naturally conceived of placing
lamps on the top of tall towers and
lighting the whole area of city. Sew
eral municipalities adopted this tower
system of lighting, of which the best
known example is doubtless Detroit. 1t
was st once found. however, that a
cluste of arc lamps $50 feet or more
from the ground might be an excellent
plan for lighting the whole of a large
area, but was very poor plan for light
ing city streets. In the average Ameri
can city, with long blocks, the streets
comprise not more than third of
the area. Hence with the tower system
of lighting &c per cent or more of the
illuminating power is wasted in light
ing up house roofs. back yards and va
cant lots.
Nearly every city of which we have
information that originally adopted the
tower system of lighting has abandoned
it. 1t is therefore quite surprising to
learn that Des Moines. Ia. proposes to
put in municipal lstreet-Hghting plant
and to use the tower system. What con-
sideration Influenced the city authori-
ties to adopt this system we do not
know, but we would strongly urge
them tn invocfioafa tho %
Detroit and other cities with the tower
system of lighting before they con-
struct such plant in their own city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
THE CHINESE IN NEW YORK,
Industrious, Temperate Peaceful and
Charitable to One Another.

CnarftaDle TO one Another.
There is a Chinese population of near
ly 10000 in New York city, but it is a
rare sight to see any Chinaman apply
ing for help at any of the public charita-
BILE institutions of that city, says q
Gotham exchange. The Chinese are
always ready to assist each other In all
the emergencies of life. Most of them
belong to societies of mutual assistance
on the Chinese plan. When one of them
is penniless he can borrow money
When one is i'll nurses furnish the
needed service and if he dies the ex-
penses of the burial are always easily
obtained. Several hundreds of them
have become well off through the busi
ness of their washhouses. There are no
loafers among them; they are all noted
for their industrious lives. Few of
them are addicted to the opium habit.
though many of them occasionally in
dulge in the fumes of the drug. 1t is
mainly the wealthy men among them
who enjoy the luxury of Chinese wives,
but others who desire to form white
matches find no difficulty in doing so.
as far as obtaining mates is concerned.
As rule the children born of these
unions adopt the American style of
life. The Chinese of New York boast
that they produce proportionally fewer
criminals than any other element of
the population
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
Sharn Sc0fchmnn

The Scottish American tells story
of cobbler who was sentenced Ey a
Scottish magistrate to pay fine of half
& crown, or, in default, "a hours hard
labor. If he chose the latter he would
be taken to the Jail at Perth. "Then
I'll go to PERTH" he said, for l have
some business there" An official con-
veyed him to Perth, but when the cob
bier reached the Jail he said he would
pay the fine. The governor found he
would have to take it. "And now"
eaid the cobbler, Il want my fare
home" The governor demurred, but
discovered there was no alternative;
the prisoner must be sent at the pub
lie expense to the place he had been
brought from
ON lconOcIast-s story.
A British naval writer says that
neither Casabianca nor his father per
ished on burning ship They were
drowned while swimming for the boats
But as the iconoclast was not there
sfrs. Hemans will still be considered the
best authority.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
An Imnorfanf Omission.

At prayer meeting recently held in
one of the churches not thousand
miles from Utica there was manifested
u desire on the part of some of the par
Elephants to praise themselves. One
man, says the Utica Observer, even went
back to the days of his boyhood to
show how good he had been even at
that time. He said that ore day, while
walking along country road, he sud
denly discovered in one of his pockets
a dollar belonging 20 his employer,
which he had neglected to turn over to
the latter. With crushing force the
thought came to him that his employer
would miss the dollar and believe him
10 be dishonest. Overcome by that
thought he sat down by the roadside
and wept. There the story ended.
Those who heard the pathetic narra-
tive were deeply moved, and one of the
women present subsequently told her
young son about it, probably with the
intention to produce good effect upon
the youthful mind. But the youthful
mind didn't seem to be impressed. The
thoughtful boy remained silent for a
few moments, and then he burst out
with: Say, ma, did the man tell
whether he ever gave the dollar backf"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
Odd Varieties S< Matches

Among the odd varieties sf matches
now in vogue are the "vestas," of which
the splint is waxed cord; "fusees"
for lighting in a wind, with a short,
thick stick tipped with large mass Of
chlorate of potash composition, and
natural gas" matches, with very long
splint for lighting natural gas fires.
In former days the manufacture Of
phosphorus matches was attended with
great danger to the workmen from the
fumes, which caused a decay of the
bones of the jaw. Many persons were
poisoned from carelessness In hand
ling them, and numerous confagrations
occurred on account of the ease with
which they were ignited. The "parlor
match" had its origin with the manu-
facture, in 1s4s, of Schrotter's amor
phous PHOSPHORUS. This product has
neither odor nor taste, is not poisonous
and does not take fire at ordinary tenn
peratures.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
JUST LIKE WINGS.
4 Frenchmfn N Who IL EndeavorinH
Fly Against the Wind.

4 Frenchme n Who II EndeavOrinE te
Fly Against the Wind.
Louis Pierre Mouillard, a French res
ident of Cairo, has, says the Philadel-
phia Record. invented dying machine,
comprising an aeroplane of concave sur
faces, attached to the body of the avi-
ator and arranged to permit movement
of the planes in q horizontal direction
only with reference to the body of the
aviator, the apparatus depending sole
ly for support upon wind pressure, and
not upon any downward thrust upon
the air, either by tapping wings or re-
volving propeller wheels. To breast
plate, provided with an artificial stern
um. are hinged wings, each CD a vertical
axis, SO as to be capable of forward or
backward motion, the wing frames of
aluminium tubing being covered with
silk or other suitable fabric. When the
planes are thrust forward the aero
drome rises; when they are pulled back
it descends. The wings are controlled
by spring, upon which, the inventor
says. 1.-The life of the aviator depends"
and which must be strong enough to
hold the two wings with their edges on
a straight line at speed of % miles an
hour. The aeroplane can glide upon the
air by fall from Il height sufficient to
procure a speed which shall CD use the
air to support the apparatus. or. by
skillful utilization of the force of the
wind, which must blow at least ten
miles an hour. The weight of the APP
paratus should not exceed SIS pounds,
and it Is intended to sail with winds
varying between ten and twenty-five
miles an hour
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
Ancient ThermopNlae.

An officer of the English intelligence
department reports that i'll spite of the
fact, which is we'll known, that the sea
has receded since ancient times, the
strategical position of this ancient pass
is still immensely strong. The alter
native route by Deleghi, which crosses
the hills 1Hs miles north of the springs
by well-enginecred zigzags. is equally
capable of defense, and leads into a
country of most difficult character.
Either pass might be held indefinitely
by 5000 men. The coast road is alb
solutely commanded from the heights
so that comparatively small force
would render il impossible, while the
fiat lowiand lying near the sea is
marshy and intersected by dykes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
TOMMY WAS a STRATEGiST.
How He Recovered His Drumstfck
from the loftOm of the Well.

A little boy dropped his drumstick
into a well. In vain he entreated his
parents, the gardener, the footman. the
coachman, the cook, the housemaids to
go down into the well to recover his
drumstick. In his distress, says the
London Telegraph. a brilliant expedient
occurred to Master Tommy-he secret
ly carried off all the plate from the
sideboard and threw it into the well.
Great was the CONSERVATION when the
plate was missed, ard an active search
for the robbers took place In the midst
of the alarm and the confusion Master
Tommy ran with the news that he had
found the plate. "Where?" was the
cry. Down the WELL" replied Tommy.
II saw it quite plain shining at the
bottom-spoons, ladies', bread baskets,
salvers and all.' The housemaid hur-
ried to the well, at the bottom of which,
sure enough, the plate was seen. A
ladder was procured. servant descend
ed and the plate was brought up. Just
before the last article was fished up
Master Tommy whispered to him:
John, please bring up my drumstick
when you go down for the soup lad)e."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
MINED DURING HARD TIMES.
Total Value Of Minerals DuE Out In
This Country During 1890.

Total Value of Minerals Dus Out In
This Country During 1896.
The annual supplement of the Engi-
neering and Mining Journal shows that
the total amount of the mineral and
metal production of the United States
in 1896 was S751. 722, 732, an increase over
1897 of Sl8, ,791, ,264.
In gold the total production was $685.
660,637, or $ll, $3.50, ,437 more than 1895.
The production of silver was 56,222,
322 fine ounces or 1891 ,0S7 ounces more
than the previous year.
The pig iron production was $685.
127 long tons, decrease of s21 sol tons.
Coal production amounted to 1877 ,3T3, :
AT ions, being 1,922, 167 tons less than
1895.
The production of copper was the
largest ever reported, being 467 .s22, ,973
pounds. or 81 $50, 900 pounds increase.
The production of lead was 174,792
tons; of spelter, 1851 tons; of quick
silver, S33.460 TASKS; of alum, 77,700
tons; of cement, S,4S7,265 barrels, and
of salt, 15.354573 barrels.
The production of gold, silver, cop
PEI. and pig iron is greater than that
of any other country in the world, and
that of coal is exceeded only by Great
Britain
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-12
BELL WEIGHING 90 TONS.
Over Twelve Feet High and Raised So
That 7. MAY he RunE.

Ihat =. MAY lie HunE.
For some time past there has been a
sort of deadheat between the two big
gest bells IN the world, the one at the
catohdral in Moscow and the other in
the unfinished pagoda of Mengoon, a
little north of Mandalay, across the
river. If the former was the bigger of
the two, says the New York Journal,
is was cracked, and, therefore, useless
as bell, while the latter, though
whole, had dragged its supports down
till it rested on the ground, and would
not emit any sound. Now, however, it
has been rcswung, and can claim at
tention as the biggest bell, in working
order, In the world. It averages over
foot in thickness. The bell itself is
over 12 feet high, and the shackle, which
was intended for logs of timber. about
- feet. The pin in the shackle bas
diameter of 16 inches. The bell was
cast about the beginning of the CEN
fury by King Bodaw-paya as an ac-
compartment to the huge brick padoga
which he never finished. 1t is said to
have been cast on an island and RATED
across. No proper means yet exist for
striking the bell. but when hit with
heavy piece of wood it gives deep, vi
bratinp boom.