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White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15

peared in the Albuquerque Citizen, said:
"Bnt am going to introduce and strive
to pass a statehood bill. We are en-
titled TO statehood, under every con
sideration, and am going to demad it.,
as right | will, at least, bring ont
prominently the fact that the east, in its
control Of this country. is un American
and tyrannical as well rs avaricious aud
unpatriotic." The delegates views and
ideas are absolutely correct in this mat,
ter and he will have tho support of a
vast majority Of the citizens Of New
Mexico in his endeavor to obtain state
hood for the territory.-NCl0 MeGicdn.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15

According TO the government return
Just issued there are in Scotland 0,237
agricultural holdings Of one acre and
under, 201j0 Of from one TO five ucrcs.
33,02l Of from FIVE to 80 ceres, %, ,jGs of
above 80 acres, and 7G of more than 900
acres
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15
Eignt Gollcn yycddIngs,

Eight golden weddings were celc-
brated recently at Andcrlues, near
Brussels. The whole town turned out
in honor Of the occasion, they had n
public dinner and ball, and each one
Of the old people received the present Of
un armchair.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15

Concerning statehood Delegate Fer
gusson in a recent interview, which ap
The record-union., 1897-09-26

from her high vantage ground Of OBJ
servation or experience, calmly sug-
gestsa simple and practical beginning
out of all the trouble. 1t is only this:
Let the mother ignore for one brief
spell, if she can, the gaping stockings,
knees trousers, and rented
frocks of her growing brood-let her
close her eyes to her husbands button
less shirts, and frayed wristbands, and
holy glove-fingers; let her feed her
family on hasty pudding and milk, and
let her baby cry in its cradle and de-
prive herself Of even her half hour of
out-of-doors' rest or exercise-whfle she
teaches her maid how to make for her
self plain and attractive dresseSi' 1t
certainly reads as plain as a primer,
but if Miss Dow would ask her dress
maker how long it would take to teach
the ordinary country maid of -all-work
how to make a plain, attractive dress,
she might be better informed as to her
capacity for sewing even plain seam.
If these philanthropic ladies with
the best of intentions, no doubt, but
some of them, it must be confessed,
with very little practical sense) would
hit upon some economical angelic STRAIT
egy by which our American housewives
Of the great middle class could find
their burdens lightened, and the ways
of family raising and tending made
more smooth for their tired feet, /
would say aneni with all my heart.
But, for humanity's sake, don't pile any
more burdens onto their shoulders by
suggesting that they must apprentice
themselves to their maids, and hold
themselves responsible for the makeup
Of their attractive gowns! I am sick
of all this silly sentimentality about
the servant question.
Miss Dow suggests that we hold out
the 'fnducement of S4 to Sc a week as
a reward for faithful service. How can
We, when our weekly bills are paid, on
a 50 a week basis, we have not 75 cents
left to call our own? Are we to consid-
er first the claims Of our overworked
husbands and children, or are we to
pamper our servants? They are better
paid than the shop ladies who have to
the factory girls behind their scream
ing, greasy Wheels-yea, better even
than some of our educated school teach
eTs. If we respect ourselves sufficiently
to insist upon their proper performance
of duty, we shall best respect them;
and. in my humble opinion, the less
sentiment about it the better.
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THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE.
Shadows of Memory That Strike
Terror to the Soul.

There is a melancholy interest in the
news which comes from Boston that
Edward Parker Deacon has been sent to
an asylum violently insane. Five years
ago Mr.. Deacon took the law into his
own hands and shot the man who had
dishonored his home. His conduct was
of the sort which has been commended
recently from the bench in Kentucky
and by the Governor of West Virginia.
The murder of Abeille was Of the sort
which iuries have looked upon lightly
time out of mind, and the French tri-
bunal only sentenced Deacon to one
year in prison, of which he only served a
few months before he was pardoned by
President Carnot.
1t is difficult to condemn conduct like
Deacons. vet his fate shows that the
shooting which Judges and juries have
approved does not wipe out the stain nor
end the tragedy. There is such a thing
as moral law, and it's hold does not cas-
lily relax upon a man who has once been
thoroughly within its influence Deacon
has undoubtedly been made insane by
the accumulation of his woes, but he
must be essentially different from the
men of his class if the blood which he
himself shed has not been as disturbing
an element in his memory as the
wrongs of which he was the victim.
Memory is a vivid and tenacious power,
and its capacity to infiict torment is
beyond that of any human tribunal.
Remorse may not be all that the moral
novelists and the moral melodramat-
lists have painted it, and it is pretty
certain that there is a class of minds
in which it has been pictured as work
ing which never feels it al all. But
there are also minds on which its effect
is vivid, and it is likely to be aroused
by conduct far outside the natural or
bit of ones life. The total abstainer
who becomes intoxicated feels a re-
morse which the "rounder'' never
knows for the same offense, and it is
quite possible that the man accustomed
to the constant use of firearms may
shoot a fellowman with an equanimity
which one delicately reared like Dea-
con would never know, and that in his
case and that of men like him the effect
of private vengeance is greater than
would be expected in Kentucky or West
Virginia.
But whether or not his killing of
Abeille was a cause of his insanity,
right is right, and human conventions
cannot overcome the ordained law. The
killing of human being, whatever his
offense, for private vengeance, when
there are tribunals before which he
may be brought for punishment can
never be made right, whatever Cover
nors or Judges may say. The melan-
choly fate of Deacon indicates that
such an act cannot be made to seem
right to the man who committed it
when the thirst for vengeance is over.
and it suggests the weight of suffering
which such vengeance may entail on
it's perpetrator. AS such it is a salu-
tary lesson at this time-Brooklyn
Eagle.
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OTIS REMEDIES.

"3-DAY MALARIA CURE FOR MA
laria chills and fevers, 75c a bottle
otis Liver Pills for biliousness, con-
stipation, etc, 25c a bottle.
'FOtt's" Liver Cure, for the liver, stom-
ach and bowels. Price, soc a bottle.
OTIS Kidney Cure, for the kidneys,
bladder, urinary and genital organs.
"Ott's" Cough Cure for coughs, colds,
hoarSeness, etc. Price, 25c bottle
otis" Blood Cure, a sovereign remedy
in all cases where true Alternative is
needed. Price 81.
Otis Carbolic Ointment. the best
known for all sores and skin diseases.
.ott's" Corn Cure easily applied; for
corns and bunions. Large bottles, 25c.
otis Toothache Drops, stops tooth
ache instantly. Price, 25c.
"Ott's' Foot Powder, for tired sore,
fetid, swollen, sweating and aching feet
Per box, 25c.
"Ott's" Catarrh Balm, for catarrh, cold
in the head, hay fever, etc. Price per jar,
FRANCIS S. OFT.
Manufacturing Druggist. 200 K street,
south side Second and K, Sacramento,
Cal.
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Only an Old Mans Notion.

It's a woman, not a man, you see
in the moon!" shouted the female or
ator
Il guess she's bout right" inter
rupted a patriarch in the back part OF
the hall; that's the reason the blamed
things SO changeable' detroit Free
Press.
The record-union., 1897-09-26
Over the Alley Fence.

Say, kid, if I had as much chin as
you've got, I'd cut some of it off,
AN put it inside O. yer head. where
ye need somethin' to fill up with,
wouldn't yuh ?"-Chicago Tribune.
The record-union., 1897-09-26
A Two Spot.

Diddit-I'm in hard luck
Willett-What's up?
Didditt-Twins at the house.
Willett-That's deuced hard luck
Up to-Date.
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OF Course.

I love to hear the rattle
Of the mower on the lawn.
As it fficks away the verdent blades
The dewdrops rest upon!
1t comes as sweetest music,
From every stretch and turn
That is, of course, when some one else
Is pushing the concern
Cleveland Leader
The record-union., 1897-09-26

They talk about a womans sphere
AS though it was a limit.
There's not place on sea or shore,
There's not an office, shop or store,
There's not spot beneath the sun
Where aught worth while is being done
Without a woman in it.
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Cannot Save Them.

We quaff our wine, but we never pause.
As we fill the air with laughter.
To think how we'd like those CAV ha-
has
To use on the morning after.
PittSbf1rg News
The record-union., 1897-09-26

Here's a word OF warning,
It's altogether right
To rise with the lark in the morning.
But avoid a lark at night.
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N ANTWERP HIGH-CLASS THEA
TER

The Englishman who was afraid the
Cathedral spire might fall on him sug-
gested to me one evening that we go
to the theater together, and Twas quite
willing. But theaters in midsummer
are treacherous things and likely to be
closed, so we asked the landlord whether
any were open.
There are several he answered,
'*but hardly of the kind you would care
to go to. The only high-class theater
open at present is the Palais Indien."
That was precisely what we wanted,
something hi=h class. We knew the
street car that would carry us to it, and
in ten minutes we were there. 1t was
SIS, and the performance was adver-
tised to begin at 8.
There was a big door. and inside a big
hall. with just enough light to show a
stage at the further end, with two long
rows Of tables and chairs. And on one
side, near the door. bar with some
young women of the kind denominated
fairies lowering about it, waiting pa
tiently for customers.
We scented a beer garden at once
but before we could retire gracefully
up went the lights, and out to us came
one of the young women, and invited
US in good English to enter We sat
down at one of the tables. and the
cheerful young woman explained thai
as there was no charge for admission
we were expected to buy something to
drink or smoke. We were at that time
the only persons in the place besides
the young woman, but two more men
The record-union., 1897-09-26

A pretty sand for bric-a-brac is oc-
tagonal in shape, and has an inch-high
rail of mahogany about its edge. The
top is covered with old damask plain
The record-union., 1897-09-26

Professor Tyndall used to say that
his Alpine guides ate butter and honey
while climbing, as finding that they
supplied the greatest amount of heat
and nourishment. He himself n1bbled
a cake of chocolate every two hours
while on the mountains. These facts
supply hints to tourists everywhere.
Nowadays, one may easily, too, carry
soup-squares, or tea-tablets, to be read
lily made into a refreshing drink with
the addition Of hot water.
The record-union., 1897-09-26

A correspondent signing herself
.'Housekeeper," writes spiritedly in the
Springfield Republican" concerning
some advice to mistresses offered in
that newspaper. Does Miss Dow. =
she inquiries, happen to know how
much time a housekeeper, mother of
three or four Ito put it no higher boys
and girls. who are attending school. and
an infant thrown in, with q husband
who expects his three meals every day,
and is also prepared to crtieise an ill
kept, disorderly house, would have to
do her own sewing? Yet Miss Dow,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04

Wallisville Age.

NhlllsNlllc {tkS.
Houston. Texas, March 10. - Next
years elections are far off yet,
but the campaign may be said to have al
ready begun in Houston. H. Is. Rice, the
present incumbent. and y. \. Riesner and
Frank A. Reichardt are understood to be in
the field for mayor, Archie Anderson and
Charley Helm for marshal and several men
are throwing out feeers for the lucrative
position of assessor and collector. the du-
ties of which are now eNcellently well per-
formed by Justin C. White. Gus Railey' s
way of beating democratic nominees for
city recorder makes others Il little slow
about declaring for that office. Alderman
Kohlhauil is thought to have weather eye
on the secretaryship. II the charter is
amended so as to make the officer elective,
so. no doubt, Warner. the present incum-
bent. and other asplrants are likely to come
forward. Colonel Waties VIII probably give
JOHNNY Williams another tilt for district
clerk. and Il. +. Dupree ana A. l.. Como
way. both backed by hosts OF friends, will
likely try conclusions for county clerk. AL
bert Erickson has announced decision not
TO ask another term as sheriff, and that
fat take viii probably go to George Ellis.
He is understood to be a candidate, and is
regarded as an invincible. The juiciest
slice OF chicken pie that goes from the
presidential table to Houston is the post
mastership, and for that those most talked
OF are II. d. Johnson Sam T. Swnford,
ii. +. Mactiregor. Seth b. Strong, X. b.
Bacr and George p. Brown, and two col
ored politicians. Richard Allen and Emmett
Scott. II Wright Quincy can control repub-
lican Congressman IIawley, and Hawley
can control the appointment. Emmett Scott
will probably get the pie. Chump.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
THE RACE or THE FLOWERS.
The trees and the flowers seem running

The trees and the flowers seem running a
race,
But none treads down the other;
And neither thinks IL his disgrace
TO be later than his brother
Yet the pear tree shouts to the lilac tree,
Make haste, for the spring is laie,'
And the lilac tree whispers TO the chest
nut tree
because he is 80 greaD,
"Pray you, great sir. be quick be quick,
For down below we are biossoming thick"
Then the chestnut hears, and comes out in
bloom,
White or pink. 10 the tip-top boughs;
oh. why not grow higher, there's plenty
You beautiful tree with the sky for your
house,
Then. Ike music. they seem to burst out
together.
The little and the big, with a beautiful
burst.
They sweeten the wind. they paint the
weather.
And no one remembers which was first,
White rose. red rose.
Bud rose shed rose,
Larkspur and lily. and the restt
North south. east, west,
June. July, August. Septemberl
Ever SO late In the year will come
Many red geranium.
And chrysanthemums up to November.
Then the winter has oyertaken them all.
The focs and the rains begin to fall
And the flowers. after running their races.
Are weary, and shut up their faces,
And under the ground they 20 TO sleeD.
lis il very far down." "Yes. ever SO
Iron "Podes for Children"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
A LOVE MATCH.

Little Miss Pussy cat sat In the closet
AS white as n pure flake of snow.
Old Mistress Pussy-cat slept IN the sun.
shine
-, And bllnked now and then in its glow.
There crept through the hedge a feline
mlraudar
Seeking Iserchance a wife to we'd
Hearing so stately mien 50 uncommon,
kitty was captured heart ana head.
They purred and uhey langulshcd I'LL Pus-
Who saw a. n glance the danger;
Win proper docorm and natroniy airs
She asked the nere OF tho stranger.
81 non ~ Gilmalk'n." boldly spoke the
81 come from my home for bride"'
Sir Thomas Gr.malhn, l tNnkY sud
the dame.
mo, no, Madam Tabby. am not Sir,
Nor boast MY bioods azure hue;
As Thomas Grinlalkin I sue
Then up In an instant rose Tabithas back
For only with rank my Katrina shall wed
or else she a sp,nster shall b.
Alre1uy, tnr-cc over, her hand I've re-
10 knights Of tho order Of Malta,
For no one with less than a baronet's
rank
Shall Lead Katrina TO the altar"
But fancy her horror to soc little Kate.
Defiant, AT once turn the tide,
my enother can walt for Sir Thomas"
But you can have me for your bride"
"1 his charges the case Grlmaikin now
spoke,
.since you plain Thomas wall marry
We VIII hrs 10 the church at once 10 he
wed.
Not even an hour to tarry."
Miss Kitty dropped low on her knees in
the gHitss,
"Forglve me. dear mother" she said.
"You hnow ! must marry the one OF my
choice,
If ! would he happy when wed"
Grmalkin stood near. and looked very
grave,
Then he gave her his card, and on It sto
read
Lord Thomas Grmalbn OF Kent"
london Society.
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JIM.


for me IuSl,
/ knowed all the time that she loved him
AS hard as "bronc' could buck,
But Jim wuz sorter 'locoed''
And couldn't believe his luck;
For he WIZ as proud as thunder.
Though he didn't have much cash.
And his pride wouldn't let him knock under
To do what he said We're rash.
Pretty? Well. YOU can jest bet yer
She We're slick as a two year-old:
WHY even her voice would ketch yer
An her hair lest shone like gold.
An Jim wernt no SLOUGH nuthe..
Whor' YOU come to talk of looks.
He were lest as slick tOther.
An had read sight of books
But they KEEP on Il gitten further
An further apart. Ill | see
That tho they loved each other
Jim's pride wouldn't lei him be.
Then he were tuck down with the fever,
The wust dose man ever had.
were sure he'd cross over the river"
An you bet / felt powerful bad.
An when in his talkin' an rayin'
He KEEP on calm her name.
j thought AS last means of savin'
My pard ia play o bold game
So went an ! told her "Jin's dyin."
She kinder gasped for breath.
In a minute we too wuz a flynn
To whar Jim were rasslin' with death
An he didn't do no more ravin
When she dropped on her knees by his
bed
An he quit his cavortin' an Gavin
When she laid her soft hand on his head
Did they ever get married? Bet yer
ticker"
An is happy as folks can be
Les 70 In an get some ticker.
Talkin's dry work for me
win H. Moblev
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
MISS MlTFORD'S APRIL FOOL.

whatever happens, Elsie. don't forget
that you were Il child once yourself"
TINS was the parting advice given TO Elsie
Milford by her mother when she LEFT home
to teach her first district school. The
words came back to her now the first dav
OF April, as with heG finger sim lingering ON
the little silver bell she watched the
children marching up ana down the mar
row aisles ana through the open door
into the villa &c street II had been a hard
morning for her. There had been no real
n isdemeanor among the pupils, and yet
there was an indeiinable sense of mischief
brewing in the air Whlch disturbed Mss
Mitford's sensitive nerves more than an
open outbreak would have done. At re-
cess the pupils had formed little Whisper
ing conclaves from which bursts OF MS
chievous laughter sinote the teachers
ears with fresh annoyance.
When the pupils had all filed out. Miss
Milford opened "A door behind her ros-
trum ANA entered a back room, where her
overshoes and umbrella were slowed II
was "a queer apartment 10 open from a
schoolroom. /, was filled with rubbish
composed of boxes, barrels, crockery
crates signs and price cards, broken dish
es and battered tnware. Mingled with
tho loose straw and dust which Uttered
The floor were some highly deSsicated but
still odorous codflshes nni dry, yeast
cakes 1t was, indeed. the rubbish room
of an old grocery, In the front oil when
Miss Milford taught the pupils OF New
Town.
AS Miss Milford picked her way through
a soft "slush" of snow and EraVel 10
her boarding house. her mothers advice
still seemed ringing in her ears. Al me
dinner able she Sighed as she nodded
nnc hanioally 10 the waters "soup?,
but 10y the time she had swallowed .
few spoonfuls OF the hot. savory, LIQUID.
her nerves were so far soothed that she
said to herself:
cit is good advice. and | Will try 70
follow II today. After all. the hrst OF
April comes but once year, and Ibid
i make such simplcton OF myself over
II when | was child. ! wordc.f'
Then her face broke into real smile
as there came to her n memory of cot
ton-fil,ed pancakes sailed coffee. nailed
down pennies, bogus parcels and ne
number'.ss silly mtnes over which she
had made merry IN her happy childhood.
When she returned 10 the schoolroom
nearly all the pupils were assembled upfA
the old store platform outside, many OF
them with noses fattened against the
broad window panes, gazing intently Win
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
Insanity of English People.
New York Herald.


Professor j. Holt Schooling. fellow Of the
Royal Statistical society OF Great Britain,
has Just completed very interesting in
vestigation by which he has been enabled
TO show some curious facts relative to tho
insanity OF the British people. He tells us
how many persons 20 mad. and why they
do So He declares that one person in every
800 OF the population OF Britain Is a maniac.
and that the ratio promises to Increase.
The results of Professor Schooling Is
mathematical calculation. boiled down into
succinct facts. show that In every 10000 OF
.he English and Welsh population. 3l.i
people are lunatics. In every 10000 OF the
Scotch population, 1856 people are lunatics.
In every 10000 OF the Irish population. i0,3
people are lunatica.
Entering into the causes az to why men
go mad, Professor Schooling strikes a
mighty blow for the cause OF temperance
when he makes the statement. solely In
spired by his investigations and the scur-
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che Duke and Duchess of Marlborough,
who were early, were accompanied by the
Earl of Chesterfield. His grace wore
white satin. with lovely lace and magnIii-
cent pearls and diamonds. Lady Lurgan
wore pale yellow satin. with a silk musln
and lace fichu and fine diamond orna-
ments Lady Sophie Scott had a dress OF
silver tissue, yelled with white chiffon,
and deep blue satin sash Fastened with a
cluster of pink roses. She wore a collar
of diamonds and small aigrette of SINH
lar stones. Lady Angela Forbes was at
tired IN white satin, embroidered with
sprays of liles of the valley in tender
green and brlliants. high diamond and
pearl ornament was in her hair and she
countess Curzon was attired In white sat
in her dress being arranged IN two long
revers studded with Jet and the bodGce i'm
ished with lace.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
THE TuEsTEn mar LOCKED ur.
| How 81 New York opcrn House wilI
| Take Care of Womnn's Head Gear.

How New York Opera House VIII
Take Care of Womnn's Icnd Gear.
New York World
Manager George Blumcnthal of the Har-
lem opera house has declared war on the
theater haft-not in the old-fasMoned
method OF issuing u pronuncnmento OIL
the theater programmes. hut by adopting
a persuasive method worthy of imitation
by his fellow managers.
a portion of the great lobby of the
OPERA houso haas been set aside as the
atcr hat safe deposit vault 1T is being
lifted up with tiers of plush lined boxes.
big enough Tor the reception of the most
exaggerated GuinShorough and ncted
with Yale locks TO insure safety. The
woman patron Of the house viii hereafter
be expected 10 deposit her hat an one OF
these boxes, when viii then be locked.
The key. suspended from "A handsome gil
chain that may be carried bracelet fash
ion the wrist, viii be- handed to the
owner Of the hat, who may then enjoy the
performance in the happy owle1ge that
she h not interfering with anybody view
of the stage and that her millinery con-
fcction Is entirely safe. When the play
s over she viii not only get back her hat.
hut VIII have the assistance of an oblging
maid. full length mirrors and an unlim-
itcd number OF free HAIR pins In getting
the hat back into its proper place.
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Reflections of N Bachelor.

New York Press.
Some folks are like frogs--they cant sing
for cToaking.
Lots wife probably wouldn't have looked
back IL Lot hadn't kept hollering ut her
not 10.
A woman can land any man she wants to
II she can only make him think he is land
ing her,
The more hideous woman's hat Is the
easier she'll beliere you when you compli-
mept her on It.
No matter how watery her eyes get, a
girl Is never really crying until she puts
her hand over her mouth.
Women are born 10 hurt the thing they
love most; even n little girl likes a doll
best that Will cry when she pinchcs II.