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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-31
JOINED N1'GINTY.

JO1NED NJ G1Nl4.
This contains the names Of all Span
ish vessels destroyed by Dewey and
Schley, cruisers, gunboats, etc The
list is so arranged as to show the fate
of vessels:
Don Antonio de C71ina
1sLa de LuzOn.
1sLa de Cuba.
Hercules
Isabella.
Ell Veasco.
Ell COrreo.
Don Juan de Austria.
CrIstobal Colon.
Regina Christina.
Marques Del Duero
Infanta Maria.
Castillo
General Leo.
RapIdo.
Manila
AlmiranTe Oquendo.
NlZca4a.
-Times-Star
A shrewd tourist visited a lonely part
Of Ross-shire. He arrived late in the
evening at a quiet country railway sta
ton, ard, meeting native, inquired al
to where he could be put up for the
night. The Scot. like q man of business.
suggested his own house. but at a sharD
figure. 1t was rejected,
Very guild mOn,' said the Scot. 'Jist
tax a short cut room the brae, an keep
RIGHT on till We meet hOose on the same
veil be coy there
The tourist hurried on. and, after an
hours hard tramping without meeting Il
soul. came face TO face with his friend
the Scot at the door of the rejected house.
and. dlsIlklng rotary motion II company
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-31

Little Willie-''Pa. what is that saying
about its being better to have loved and
lost
Mr.. Hennypeck (feelinglyl-'It is bet
ter TO have loved and lost than never to
have lost at all."-Judge
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-31


Il thought 1 had him silenced." re-
marked the man whose mind stoops to
small things; but | hadn't"
ITO whom do you refer?''
That old inhabitant who is always de-
claring that it's the hottest day or the
coolest weather the city has known.
strolled up to him and said, This is very
moderate weather were having Yes
he said, to my personal knowledge it's
the noderatest weather we've had in
sixty years '-Washington Star
When Alexander Dumas, the younger.
was just out Of college his father took
him on a hunting trip. They put up at
farmhouse and occupied two little bed
rooms which opened into each other. LII
the middle of the night the son was
awakened and saw his father walking
back and forth.
What are you doing?" asked the boy.
You see / am walking
You are sick?'
Yes, l am in great pain, but I am
used to It, l have it every night"
ct is incura ble''
But can't it be -elieved?''
NO; when it takes me [ get up and
walk. If it is very bad, l go to read
ing"
And when it is insupportable:"
Il go to work
1t was true; and in later years his son
often saw him sitting at his desk writing.
How can you work always?" someone
asked him upon an occasion.
Il have nothing else to do" he an
swered.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Minnie-"What a monotonous time
those poor heather women who wear al
most no clothes must have
Manufactures 7 uOpSo,
find to worry over?'-The Indianapolis
journal
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30

true that dryness of the atmosphere is
one OF the conditions upon which we
have to depend for retarding the pro-
gress, and much more. for effectiug a
cure in its early stages, as is expert
enced here by consumptives. Expec-
tOratiOn is much less than in the east,
first on account of the dryness, and Sec
Ond, on account of a peculiar mildness
or balminess of the air.
TEMPERATENESS OF,THE ATMOPHERE.
By this it is understood, first, that a
climate ought not to be subject to great
extremes of heat or cold and not be
either rapid or extreme. Subtropical
America shows the facilitating effect
of great heat on the physical system,
while the suffering OF delicate people
in cold climates indicates the strain
produced by low temperatures. In a
general way, it may be said, that be-
tween the two extremes lie the cOndi-
tions most favorable to health.
In the early stages of consumption
bright dry climates. where the air is
pure and invigOrating, at varying
heights rising to 5000 feet above sea
level, where the rarefied air allows of
greater lung expansion and where life
with active exercise in the open air
may be engaged in, are those which
seem,likely to produce the most graft
flying results.
To sum up the requirements of
b ealth resort Alamogordo in southern
New Mexico is an ideal place. being
the happy medium, elevation 4 $3.50 it,,
no extreme of heat or cold, dry at
mosphere, mild balmy breezes, pure
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30
What to Expect.

No liquor is sold at AlamOgOrdO at
present and the chances are that there
| will be none sold there for some time
| to come. 1t is the intention Of those
having charge of affairs to reserve the
sale. of the liquor licenses to the very
| last. They will not tolerate dives and
for that reason this action has been
taken. "It is our intention" said one
of the officials, "some time in the fu-
ture to erect club house with all the
modern aud few of the ancient ap-
pliances. Sports of all kinds will be
amply provided for in this building,
such as tennis, cricket, bicycle riding
This will be a feature of the place
and one that will attract the attention
of eastern tourists. By this means we
propose to maintain order and thereby
secure the friendship and patronage of
the best people and that is the class we
are looking for. We will exert every
effort to bring the proposed club
world, and am more than positive
that we will succeed. Alamogordo is
bound to develop. We have no cheap
screws going in there pretending to
do something when they have no mon
ey to do it with. We are only doing
business at present with people who
have money with which to back up
buolT 6sSSFGIOuS- by OOluR LnlS COL
tend that we avoided great obstruc-
ton to the advancement of Alamo
gordo, and one that has killed many
town in its infancy.
''You see it's like this: Advertise
the advantages of q newly opened up
country and you will find the first to
rush there IS an element who seldom If
ever have.a cent. They go there. expect
ing to be held up by the boomers, and
whey they are disappointed in this
they return to the city condemning
everything in sight. Their expressions
are overheard by strangers who do
not know from what source it comes
and foolishly regard it as the truth
and govern their actions accordingly.
1t is safe to say that wrong impress
sions set afioat in this manner have
prevented the progress of many a
town in this southwest country, but 1
sssure you that we have not that ele-
ment to deal with because we have
offered them no encouragement what
ever"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30
As Seen From A Point In The
Mountain,

A man who viewed the surroundings
from "Sceuic point" in the Sacramen-
to Mountains, writes as follows:
Here we are at Scenic Point, one
of the grandest views ever seen by the
eye of man. Far out before US stretches
the vast plains of Lost River. in the
center of which are the lofty San An
dras range of mountains; to the south
west the Jarilla and Organ range. all
plain to be seen, while under your feet.
you can throw a stone into the unex-
plored walls of Box canyon, two thous-
and feet below. From Scenic Point to
the summit of the mountains, the
scenery along the line is varied and
enchanting. and while the road is being
constructed principally for the purpose
of reaching the great Sacramento
mountain timber belt, yet it is going
to become the greatest scenic and plea
sure line in the southwest.
"At many places the curves are so
short that with train of six cars the
engineer would be unable to see the
rear car, aud such large. heavy en-
glnes as are now used on the North
eastern could not pull one car around
these curves: special engines are being
manufactured for the road
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30
Not in the Least DISCOURAGED.

In an interview a La Luz business
man said: I'VE have no reason to be-
come discouraged from the fact that
the town of Alamogordo has been es-
tablished within elk miles of us. 1 as
! sure you, he continued very earnest
| ly, that we will move right along
with our procession, and when Alamo
gordo becomes great city of many
| thousands of Inhabitants and ten-story
buildings, we will be coming along
close behind. l agree with you in the
opinion that AlamOgordo is going to
the front rapidly and will continue to
improve until it is recognized as q
we should not catch portion of the
newcomers. This town has been
greatly handicapped owing to the fact
that we had no means by which to get
our produce out of this portion of coun-
try only by wagon; some Of our settlers
wore doing this before the railroad
reached here.
timber country in the Sacramento
mountains" he said. 81 believe there
is better timber and a greater supply
OF it to be found there than in any 9TH
err spot of equal size in this country.
This display of timber is most wonder
full to behold, and will keep the mills
running for years to come.
Then there are rock quarries to be
developed Gs up there which WI will doubt
too, is said to be of very fine quality.
Eventually the road will tap the
coal fields and then you will witness an
extraordinary rush of settlers in this
direction. | appreciate this as much
as any official OF the road. A chance
to develop this country is what we
have sincerely wished for for years
past. You notice the new buildings
going up here? Well, that does not
look much as if the La Luz people are |
A few of our people, I IL
admit, have moved their effects to Ala |
but others have taken their |
places here and that is about the way
it will continue from now on. With |
the completion of the Alamogordo & |
Sacramento line to the summit of the |
one of the best agriculture |
and stock raising sections will become |
accessible to the market. This is an
other advantage that should not be |
lost sight of. Two years ago cattle |
we're starving for the want of food in
Arizona, while hundreds of acres of |
good grazing land in the Sacramento |
were comparatively idle. |
Now things will be entirely differ
chit, however The railroad is here
tor the good of the people as we'll as
Tor the good of themselves, and the peo-
pie of La Luz will join with them in |
bringing Alamogordo, La Luz, and |
rularosa to the 'front.'"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30

turing plant yet built in the Rocky
mountain region.is now incourse of cons
truction at Alamogordo. The company
constructing this big saw mill plant is
the Alamogordo Lumber Company,
which IL simply branch enterprise
and closely connected with the great
Lackawanna Lumber Company, of
ident of the AlRMogordo Lum
Der Company being the super
inteudent OF the Lackawsnna company,
and We could mention many other
Pennsylvania capitalists who are in
terested in the new enterprise. The
Alamogordo Lumber Company like
the Ell Paso Il Northeastern Railway,
the Alamogordo & Sacramento MOur-
tain Railway and the Alsmogordo I'm
provement Company, outside of j. A.and
c. b. Eddy. of Ell Paso, the stockhold-
sylvan1a capitalists. The capital stock
of the company is largo and nearly all
paid in.
The mills of the AlamOgordO Lum
Der company are located on the west
side of the railroad track just west of
the depot at fIamOgordo. The main
building will be 36x165 feet, 81 feet
high: the boiler and engine will be
1Ox50 feet al joining the main building,
and there Will be large sheds erected
for drying and storing lumber, etc.
Two Sterling Water Tube boilers
with 80 horse power furnish the mo-
tive power for the machinery. The
mill will have the capacity of 1000 feet
of lumber per hour and will run %
hours per day. 1t will have "a single
band automatic feed for furnaces and
the saw dust and refuse from the mill
will be used for fuel. The buildings
and yards will cover eighty acres of
land, and more than one mile of rail
road sidiugs will required.
Logging cars made especially for the
purpose will be used to transport the
logs from the Sacramento mountains
and will run their own special trains
for this purpose. The logs will be
loaded on the cars by cable and en-
CINE and are then hauled to the mill.
Here the cars are placed over large
pool OF water and by machinery the en-
tire load is dropped into water and
from here fioated to the carriage which
carries them to the saw mill which
saws them into lumber of the required
dimensions. From here the lumber will
be carried to the drying shed Or be
loaded on the cars and shipped to mark
ct.
+. Z. Davidson is the general super
lntendent of the company and f. f..
Thrsll Is chief millwright.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30
AIamogordo as a Health Resort.

The following, taken from the Sacra-
| mento Chief, shows that Alamogordo
| is an ideal health resort:
OThe chief elements of the climate are
temperature, humidity, wind, rainfall,
and cloudiness. Temperature is per-
haps the most important of all climatic
what is the total amount of heat to
which he would be exposed, if he pro
posed to pass the year, or second, limit
the invalid of this feature of climate
cannot we'll be overestimated. Humi-
dity is in all cases one which demands
q degree of attention nearly as great
and properly belongs to the subject of
temperature. The connection which
subsists between the humidity of the
atmosphere and its capacity for absorb
ing moisture from bodies, is necessar-
lily q connection of the closest possible
description. the greater the humidity
the less is the evaporating power of
the atmosphere.
WIND.
The greater or less prevalence of
wind at any place selected by an in
valid as health resort is matter of
no little Importance. as is also the
character of the winds there prevail
ing. The,other elements than the char
acter of wind deserving attention are
its temperature, humidity and the ma
ture of the chemical or particular SUBJ
stance which it is liable to bring with
1t. These things are determined by
the surface over which it has passed
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30

and consequently upon the TOPOGRAPHY
ical relations and geographical situa-
ton of the place where the wind IL
felt.
RAINFALL.
The humidity of the atmosphere can
by no means be measured by the
amount of the rainfall. For invalids
the distribution of the rainfall is far
better index to climate than is the
amount OF such rainfall.
CLOUDINESS.
The greater or less degree of cloudi-
ness prevailing in the sky at any place
is we'll worthy of consideration, not
only as affecting the temperature of
that I place as intimately connected
ity and the evapOrating power of the
atmosphere, but also as regulating the
quality of direct sunlight which falls
upon the place.
CLIMATIC RELATIONS OF CONSUME
TION.
While however it is we'll to admit
that perfection of climate, as regards
immunity from consumption, is not to
be expected, there has neverthet Tess
been too much taught us by the health
fulness of the Inhabitants of, and by
the experience of invalids in regions
having certain climatic characteristics
to prevent US perceiving that there are
certain meteorological conditions more
conductive to freedom from consump-
tiop than are others. The nature of
the cause of the disease indicates, in a
great measure, in which direction the
favorable conditions must be looked
for. Most writer's in their remarks on
the failure of all climates to produce
cure in case of consumption have failed
to sufficiently discriminate between
hereditary and induced. 1t is manifest
ly unfair to expect that any climate
would be sufficient to undo what gen.
erations haveiproduced of imperfect
structural development of tissue; and
on the other hand, before pronouncing
against air cures for consumption, it is
only just to carefully weigh the in
fluences under which people without
consumption have lived. The
many reports of air cures along
with orbidity and mortuary stats
tics indicate very clearly. the special
qualities we are to look for in this eli
mate favorable to the prevention or
treatment of consum ptive diseases.
PURITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
This not only means that the air
ought to contain the normal amount of
its two principal constituents, but also
there shall not be an undue amount of
carbonic acid in it.
DRYNESS OF ATMOSPHERIC.
If it be true that purity of air is one
of the essential conditiens-ifc onsump-
ton is not to be prOduced-it is just as
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30

qualities of the fresh mountain air,
When an attempt is made to study the
effect of this or any other climate upon
consumptives, a very serious difficulty
is encountered. The fact is tn 1t con-
sumptives do not and will not remain
in the locality in which they might
get well. As general thing they
grow homesick, or perhaps, fail to find
employment, or they have business in
terests which they think are important
enough to demand their presence-and
away they go. The country mention
ed possesses the necessary curative
powers to cure consumption in certain
stages, but it will not supply q man
with new lungs should he arrive there
after his old ones are entirely eaten up
by the disease. Neither climate nor
medicine will do that.
Leaving Alamogordo at an elevation
of 1880 feet this mountain line goes
through La Luz, located at an altitude
of 40 feet and only five miles dis
tant from Alamogordo. At La Luz
the road enters the Fresnsl CANYON
and from there it takes an easterly
course. Seven miles east it leaves the
Fresnal canyon and after winding
around the hills and canyons of Salado
for distance of over three miles it
again returns to the Fresnal canyon,
and enters within half mile
from the point where it left, but 80
feet closer to the clouds. or, in other
words, the road travels 3 1-2 miles to
gain an actual distance of less than
half Q mile and an elevation of $50 feet.
This Is just one of the scenic effects of
this section which may be viewed from
the +. p. & N. E. car windows, and as
the construction goes on new and in
scenes are added.
The civil engineering of this line is
In charge OF ii. A. Summer, formerly
state engineer of Colorado, assisted by
f. G. Allen, Ed. Cowden, and j. n. Ro-
bertson.
1t would be overlooking q very i'm
portant matter should the E. P. & N.
Z. improvements at this end of the
ofssix hundred yards the following
buildings are under construction: First
Is the water tank, which Is located
south of the G.. II. roundhouse.
that comes the store house,
the dimensions of which are so by 20
feet, with Contractor Phelphey in
charge. Fifty feet farther east there
is we'll being sunk and next to the
we'll is a pump house 20 feet square,
with Contractor PhelPhey superin-
tending this work also. Following
without q doubt, the best of the kind
in the southwest. This table is 80 feet
and'rests on q foundation of
cement and brick. This, as we'll a
the roundhouse which follows it, is I'M
der the charge of Riley Il Miller, with
e. Roman as brick contractor. 1t is,
for the present only three-stall
undhouse, % feet long, 65 feet wide,
and % feet high. Just east of the round
house will be erected q machine shop
in which will be placed what is known
ss drop pit. This building will be
started as soon as the roundhouse Is
which will possibly be in
about two weeks. Tom Holland has
he contract for constructing the new
depot and freight house, and both
are well under way. The
depot is 36 feet wide and 40 feet long.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30
The Grade in the Mountains.

feet to an elevation Of 1000 feet above
sen level. IL will be on u maximum
grade of i've per cent and maximum
curvature OF 20 degrees. When the
terminus IL reached at the summit OF
the mountain, IL will be by far the
highest railroad point in the territory
OF New Mexico.
ride up this mountain is worth q
great deal to anyone who has
not made the trip. The scenery is
very picturesque and in itself sufficient
TO Interest all who visit there, not even
considering the health producing
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30

The freight house, which is directly on
the east of it, is "A by 431-2 sfeet. Mr..
Holland says that when these buildings
are completed they will make a very
attractive appearance.
The company have seven tracks al
ready constructed at this end of the
line and are preparing for the con-
struction of many more. 1t is inter-
esting To view the gang of workmen
employed on these buildings, where
mingled with the sound of the hammer
and saw is the hum of 10 men who are
busy constructing the yards.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30

Too much cannot be said In praise oil
the +. p. " N. Z. railroad, viewing II
from n general standpoint. The bes,
materials obtainable, in the hands OF
skilled men, were used in the construc.
tion OF this line and the result has been
most satisfactory to the travelling pub
lie as we'll rs to the officials of the road.
From FL Paso to Alamogordo the road
bed Is in fine condition which makes
the ride q most enjoyable one. No time
is lost between the points mentioned to
mar the pleasure of the ride.
The manifold advantages of the
country which this road taps begin to
manifest themselves q comparatively
short distance from Ell Paso where
hundreds Of acres of fine grazing land
meet the eye of the traveller. Border
ing this grazing land on the north,
about thirty miles from here is the
Jarilla mountain which is producing
valuable ores. The fact of this
mountain being rich in mineral is not
generally known. As natural result
the mountain is not filling up with
prospectors as fast rs it should. Those
who have gone there have been doubly
rewarded for their venture, and at pre-
sent one camp established there is
working as large force Is their ia
cilities will accommodate and the ore
shipped in here from that camp is said
to be of the richest kind.
So we find 1t all the way to the pros.
porous village OF Alamogordo-a
wealth of mineral, agricultural, aud
grazing lands opened by the Z. p. N N.
T.. railroad to the home seeker who,
when the advantages OF this country
become known to him, will not be slow
in profiting by the opportunities offer
ed.
When Alamogordo is reached, within
few miles OF the towering Sacramento
mountains, the traveller finds himself
In village only few
months old, and among . ousy
lot OF people. Residences
and business houses are being erected
rs fast as the contractors can possibly
get around. A $500, 900 saw mill is the
largest building at present under con-
struction, but there will be many more
equally rs large under construction
within few weeks. Two big build
ings soon to go up are the box factory,
which Is to be built by eastern capital,
and a general merchandise store.
The owners of the big saw nmill will
market their lumber largely in Next
co and In the mines of eastern Arizona.
There are surrounding Alamogordo
5000 acres of land to be placed under
cultivation and sufficient supply OF
water to irrigate the whole 5000 acres.
With this advantage alone Alsmogordo
would eventually become an attractive
business center, but this advantage is
not the only one by any means. Ala
mogordo will be the terminal OF two
divisions of the f. p. IL N. 4. railroad
one division north and one south.
The big saw mill will employ In the
mill and in the woods 1000 men, all
drawing fair wages, and many other
enterprises will shortly be begun
which will greatly advance the finan-
cial interests of Alamogordo.
From this point also runs the branch
road into the Sacramento mountains
which is q wonderful piece of railroad
construction. 1t extends n distance of
% miles and In this distance the road
will pass from an elevation OF 1850
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-30

shine, no dews, situated at the foot of
the Sacramento mountains where an
elevation of 5000 feet can be had with
in an hours ride by rail as soon as the
"A lamogordo q Sacramento Mountain
railroad is completed to the sum nit
(which is expected within 60 days The
routes to the Alamogordo and Sacra-
mento mountains are via Ell Paso,
Texas.
B. w. RICE, NJ. d.