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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-17
Court Note.

In the district court for Taos county,
Judgment has been rendered against
Guillermo Trujillo in favor of the
Johnson-Woodbury Hat Company in the
amount of $66.65, for money due on
account.
District court for Santa Fe county
will convene on Monday, December 10
The docket, both criminal and civil, is
large and the session will last several
weeks.
In the District court for Taos county,
the following suit has been filed: VIM.
Hughes VS.. r. w. Salmon ct SAL, gar
niShee. for breach of contract.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-17

Wanted-A good woman who is willing
will find a good home with a family of
two; wages, $12 per month; no washing.
Inquire at National cemetery.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-17
"Oyster and Fish Bay"

Go to the Bon Ton restaurant. They
can cook oysters and fish in any style
and at reasonable prices.
The Van Buren press., 1898-11-26
WIT AND WISDOM.

It Is hard work to do nothing, Tor
that is work which a man always att
tends to himself, personally.-Detroit
Journal.
Our respect for old age depends q
great deal on whether 1t be applied
10 men and women, or boarding house
poultry.-Chieago Daily News.
In No Hurry, Beasley, are
you going to Heayen?" asked the little
boy. II spose I'll have to, some day or
other" answered the old man.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
Artist Ljoyfully)-"Hurrahl sold
my masterpiece to-day for $500"
Friend--"Youd better lay low for q
few weeks until the trouble blows
er."--Town Topics.
Geraldne-"You have been sick,
haven't you?" Gerald-"Yes, | was
threatened with brain fever" Gerald
ine-"Well, you had one comforting
thought; you couldn't have it in any
thing but mild form. Town Topics.
A love story doesn't suit girl of 16
unless The lovers quarrel and part for
ever, at least once a week. After che
grows older she worries over the fear
that the man may not come back, and
is more in favor of peace.-Atchison
Globe.
"They say scribbleton, the novelist.
dictates all his stories to stenograph-
err" "Is that so? | didn't know he
was married" "Who said he was mar
ried?" Nobody; but surely man
who writes novels for a living can't af-
ford to hire Il stenographer. Chi
eago Daily News.
His Enviable Lot.-Mr. Pitt-"Since
your friend Blinkins married Miss
Bonds he has been leading the life of
dog" Mr.. Penn-''I'm sorry for him.
I'm not" Don't you sympathize with
him ?" "Not at all. He has nothing to
do but to eat, sleep and amuse himself.
It's the life of pet pug dog he leads V
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Van Buren press., 1898-11-26
WOOD MANTELS.
They Have Driven Out Marble OF
Late md Are Both Cheap
and Handsome.

Mantels nowadays are almost exclu-
sively made of wood. Marble is used
occasionally, but only for the most
costly of all mantels, costing perhaps
thousands of dollars. The marble
mante of the kind so familiar years
ago Is no longer made, and sometimes
marble mantels of fine quality that
cost from $500 to $500 are taken out
to be replaced with mantels of wood
costing perhaps 500. Slate mantels.
so widely and commonly used few
years ago, are now rarely set up.
They also have given place to wood.
Wood mantels may easily be costly.
They are made in hundreds of differ
ent styles and at all sorts of prices,
from 1000 down to a few dollars,
Many of them are beautiful, not a few
of them are of great beauty, and even
the cheapest may be tasteful and
graceful in design and finish. There
never was a time when so much art
and skill went into wood mantels as
now.
ne WOuuS ustu uhS ,
curly birch, quartered oak and other
hardwoods, whitewood and pine. Per-
haps more are made of whitewood
than of any other one material The
various woods are finished in great
variety. The oaks, for instance, are
stained in 10 or 80 different shades, to
match, If it should be desired, any fur
niture. Many mantels are painted and
enameled. In the fireplace fittings Of
the more costly mantels 1t is not un-
usual to find marble or onyx matching
the wood in color, with the result OF
producing a beautiful harmony in eff
feet.
In styles wood mantels are made in
colonial, Elizabethan, empire, clas-
sical, renaissance and other styles,
colonial being now most in demand.
Some colonial mantels are copies OF
mantels in old and perhaps familiar
houses. While mantels in hundreds
Of styles are to be found already de-
signed, many are made to order from
architects designs for single houses.
III is not UNUSUAL TO ndht luuuAtls "
order to match furniture; 1t might
be that a mantel would be made to
match a bureau or dining-room table.
New styles of mantels are constantly
being added to the great number reg
ularly produced,
The more costly wood mantels may
be massive in proportions and of fine
woods and elIborately handearved, or
IL not of great size they may be OF
fine woods and elaborate In detail OF
construction and finish; but beautiful
mantels can be bought for less than
500 Of fine woods and of imposing pro-
| portions, If that is desired. It is prob.
able that the large majority of the
mantels in natural woods now set up
] in houses cost less than 500, perhaps
considerably less; handsome mantels
can be bought, indeed, for much less
Tile mantels are made in variety o.
styles. such mantels and ireplaces be.
ing set when used principally in hall;
and libraries; occasionally tile man
tel Is placed in dining-room.-N. Y
| Sun.
The Van Buren press., 1898-11-26
Words Have Different Meanings.

The history of many words which
we are continually using, little think
iug how old and venerable they are
aud what they meant originally, is
curious. Take the word daughter"
This is an old, old word. Like father
and mother, brother and sister, it
takes us away back to the time long
before there was an Englsh-speaking
people or German people, before even
the Romans and the Greeks had be-
come distinct and separate peoples
md when our forefathers were still
simply "Aryans," living somewhere in
the heart of Asia. The Germans as
well as we use this word, but they
spell and pronounce it "tochter." The
ancient Greeks, who were likewise
"Aryans," used il, too, but they gave
it still another pronunciation-"thu-
pater"-while the ancient Hindoos,
who came also of this good old Aryan
stock. pronounced it "duitar." Now
the old Hiudoo language is in many
particulars more nearly like the orig
iual Aryan tongue than any other OF
the languages that descended from H.
and II has enabled scholars to explain
many words of which the meanings
could hardly otherwise have been
Guessed. Daughter is one of them
This word seems to have meant orig
inally "milker." Our forefathers IN
,o oro were berdsmen and
every daughter was milkmaid' An
other word which takes us back 10
scenes Of rustic life, though not so old
a word as daughter, ia the word pc
"rniarv" " We use the wordin relation
10 money matters.-Chieago Tribune
The Van Buren press., 1898-11-26
"Well, guess I'll go uptown. Don't
start the ear till | get seated"

"Well, guess I'll go uptown. Don't
start the car till get seated
"Now watch,' said the motorman, as
we started up.
At the next corner he got the bell,
and the woman slowly left the car, say
ing to the conductor that she had
changed her mind and would wait for
downtown car. He tried to say
something about the fare, but she shut
him up with wave of her hand and
walked through the mud to the curb
stone with great dignity.
Don't forget the old chap who want
ed to go to the depot" said the motor
man, as we started up. HE has for
gotten all about me-but won't he give
it to the conductor? The young man
who holds out his paw for nickels won't
be feelin' so gay five minutes from now
All conductors get the big head at
times, and it's the motorman who has
I'm always willing TO share the honors
of running a car but the conductor who
tries to make the public believe he Is
turnin' the earth around will soon feel
somethin' drop. Here we are at the
terminus. See the old chap lookin for
the depot?'
The ''old chap" got out and looked
around. He was two miles from where
he expected to be, and as the truth
dawned upon him he turned upon the
conductor and eyplaimed.
What in the Old Harry did you
bring me up here for?"
Because you got aboard the car, "
was the reply, as the trolley was shift
ed the other way.
"But I wanted to go to the depot,
SIR"
"Then you ought to have gone the
other way. When man boards my car
1 suppose be knows where he wants
tc CO."
you suppose, do your" shouted the
heavy man as the blood rushed to his
face and his hair tried to stand up.
"You heard me say l wanted to go to
the depot. You took my fare! You
never said | was on the wrong carl
Sir, will have you bounced! will
"All aboard going down." interrupt
ed the conductor
81 won't get aboard! I've lost my
train and an important engagement,
and you shall hear from me, sir-you
shall"
you see how it goes" said the mo-
torman with sad smile. always
always somethin' wrong. He'll
go to the office for sure, and both of us
will git hauled up and perhaps laid
off for week; but what's the use of
worryin' when you're happy? Hol you
peanut man, and there, boy-don't
try that again or I'll pick you up on
the cowcatcher and give you a free
ride"
The Van Buren press., 1898-11-26
WRECKS AND DERELICTS.
The Dynamite boat yesuvius Very
Successful In Removing These
Menaces 10 Navigation.

A stranded vessel is not menace to
navigation, and is therefore left Sc
verely atone; but a wreck sunk in
few fathoms of water, in the track OF
coastwise shipping, is a dangerous OBJ
struction The large, heavy masts
of surken coaster might rip up the
bottom of a colliding vessel, and
ledge of rock would not be more fatal
than the submerged hull. In one year
the United States photographic Of
flee, which is a branch of the bureau
of navigation of the navy department,
has received nearly 1000 reports OF
wrecks and dangerous distractions,
and ordered +he destruction of as
many Of these as was practicable. The
work is done with torpedoes. After the
explosion there is no torpedo left, but
there is also no wreck.
1t is impossible to say how much
damage has been done by collision
with wrecks and derelicts, as ships
abandoned at sea are called. Sunken
wrecks are hidden dangers. The sky
may be clear and the sea-way light;
they smlte the unsuspecting victim
from the depths, and add one more
to those disasters which are the more
tragic for the awful mystery that eur
rounds them. During the seven years,
from 1887 to 1894, 45 such collisions
nine, or nearly one-fourth, resulting
in total loss, the others in great dam
age-were reported to the United
States photographer. OF The fatal coli
lisions, five were with wrecks, and four
with derelcts.
The Yantic, the Despatch and The
dynamite cruiser Vesuyius are among
the vessels of the United States navy
which have most actively waged war
upon suuken wrecks. The United
States steamer San Francisco also has
the homer of having destroyed dere-
lict, in which operation she was, how
ever, obliged to resort to all usual
methods Of naval attack except board
ing--torpedoes, ramming and shelling.
Capt. Crowninshield, when command
ing the Kearsarge, removed curious
obstruction to navigation off Cape
May. a schooner was reported sunk
ihtIe VI IL ldlUOlLh VI water. Odpi.
Crowninshield was surprised, on
reaching the spot, to find the heels of
two masts-not the upper, but the
lower ends-protruding is feet above
water. In some ineonceivable man
ner, these masts must have become
unstepped from a sunken vessel, and
the heels had swung up, the ends of
the spars being held down by the rig
gins. One mast was shattered with
torpedoes, the ether pulled out by the
Kearsarge and then destroyed. 1t was
not necessary to break up the hull, as
there was enough water above IL.
The Vesuvius was very successful as
a wreck k-destroyer. Some of the OBJ
structions are difficult to locate. The
same wreck may be reported in three
different positions by as many differ
ent vessels; aid with so many elews
to follow, it is not easy to run down
the game. The Vesuvius has found
a wreck with only two feet Of spar
protruding above water-and two feet
of spar sticking out of the broad At
lantic is rather like the traditional
needle in the haystack. - Gustave
Kobbe, III st. Nicholas.
The Van Buren press., 1898-11-26
Town CrIer in Nantucket.

Nantucket, Mass, still has town
crier. who is engaged by the merchants
TO announce their auctions, and by
summer visitors 10 call attention to
social events. Once in awhile he has
spread the alarm when a child is lost.
On his own account he meets the
steamboats,, gets the newspapers, and
runs through the streets calling cut
the principal headings. The old resi-
dents can keep abreast Of the times
merely by listening 10 his cries.-Chi-
capo Chronicle.
The Van Buren press., 1898-11-26
No, n Bad Conclusion.

Little Berthe, aged FIVE, was ready ior
his bedtime bath and waiting i ,oi LIZ ri'
turn musingly, when he startled n''
mother with the question:
"Mother. isn't it awful hot IN Hea''
en?" ~
aWbv no; very far from it,
"Ob / think 1t must be awful not
"Why, whatever put thatinto your
head?" .,s over
v in pictures didn't wear any
aIotbes"-N. O. Times-Democra"
The Van Buren press., 1898-11-26

or six failures he let the corner fall.
jumped on the roll with both feet and
gave utterance to his feelings. Mrs.
Bowser was on hand to say;
Il told you not to try it. It would
take the strength of three men to get
the carpet over the line"
woman, am | running this carpet
or are you?' he demanded, as he
turned on her.
"But you can't lift it up
Then I'll die tryingl When I want
your advice about beating a carpet
III ask for it!'
She went hack into the house and he
figured little. He decided that if the
carpet were spread out on the ground
it could be beaten just as well as if
hung up, and he drew a long breath
and began unrolling it. He had un-
rolled about three yards when his feet
stepped on each other and be fell
down, and the number Of taeks wait
ing TO receive him was just II. He felt
every one of them at once, and was
surprised into a yell which brought a
dozen heads to as many back windows
to see who was being murdered. When
Mrs. Bowser got out he was trying to
climb the back fence, but she caught
him by the legs and pulled him down
and exclaimed:
Nov, then, have you gone crazy ?
ha tar.
"The blamed thing is full of tarantu-
las or buzz saws" he gasped, "and
abont a hundred of them got their
teeth into me at once!"
at was tacks, Mr.. Bowser. You
ought to have looked out for them.
Look at your hands! And your neck
and cars are bloody! told yon in the
beginning that"
He interrupted her with a gesture,
then rushed forward and kicked the
roll Until his legs could kick no longer.
She started to tell him that all the
neighbors were looking and laughing,
but lie froze her with a glare, and,
picking up the broomstick, pounded
away until ii was only splinter in his
hand Then he drew himself up and
walked into the kitchen and upstairs.
She knew what was coming, but could
not avoid it, He was waiting for her,
and promptly said:
woman, you have succeeded in
your plansl'
"My plans-how?'
''Tc get me almost butchered alive
and to make me the laughing stock of
the reighborhoodl"
"BLt didn't tell you"
"No, ma'am, you didn't-not a
word | see through the whole thing.
There is your internal old carpet out
there I am going out, I am going to
see my lawyer. l may never return.
| bid you ood-by-good-by foreverl"
But at midnight he came sneal1ing
back TO his home and his bed, and
next morning when four men drove up
10 a wagon 10 take the carpet away he
pretended neither to see nor to hear.
The Van Buren press., 1898-11-26
n-nn nrmocrncy.

pin-After all, do you suppose Wnen ,l
-nan,s elected he's really the eho''e
of the people? so-;t he's
Nip-Why, yes, ! fancy So So Iif., m
,rs1t enough money.-Brookiyn Aii~
The Van Buren press., 1898-11-26
Her Ambition. .

Claribel-They say he Is worth half
a million at least.
Matlea-How | should Ike to be hk,
widowl-Boston Transcript
The Van Buren press., 1898-11-26

In many cities the cream OF society
IL the richest part of it.-Philadelphis
Bulletin.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-22
THE NEWSPAPER LAW.
All Subscribers Should Read the
Following Law aud Avoid Trouble.

All Subscribers Should Read the
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.
1. AL subscribers who do not
give express notice to the contrary
are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. II subscribers order the discon-
tlnuance Of their periodical the pub
Usher may continue to send it until
all arrearages are paid.
3. II subscribers refuse or NEGLECT
to take their periodicals. from the
Office to which they are directed, they
are responsible until they have set
tied their bills and ordered them dis.
continued.
4. Subscribers moving to other
places without informing the pub
Usher, and the papers are sent to the
former address, they are held re-
sponsihle.
3. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the.
Office or removing and leaving them
mcalled for, is prima facie evidence
Of intended fraud.
g. II subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the.
end of the time they do not wish TO-
continue taking it, and the subscriber
will be responsible until an express
notice with all arrearages are sent to
the publisher. ..
Z. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fraud who take paper
and refuses to pay for it.
Under the law the man who allows
his subscription to run along some
time unpaid, and then orders the
postmaster to mark it refused" and
have postal card sent notifying the
publisher, leaves himself liable to ar
rest and fine, the same as for theft.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-22
NOVEL TREATMENT.

The Russians Take I'M Ant Bnth In
Cure Rheumatlsm.
The Russian peasants, more especial
Iy those residing in the neighhorhooi
OF Moscow, have n peculiar and original
method of treating themselves for that
bane OF mankind, rheumatism. MANY
cures, even in very bad cases, are, it
is claimed, effected by making the pa
t1ent take ant baths, says an exchange.
The manner of preparing these baths
Is as follows: An anthill is sought, and
when found, sack is flied with ants.
ants eggs, and if it be considered neces-
sary, n certain quantity of the earth
which composes the hill. The sack is
then closed Theoretically and carried to
the home Of the sufferer. a warm bath
is already prepared here, and the sack
is plunged bodily into the hot water.
Soon this latter begins to give Off Pc
culiar pungent odor, characteristic of
formic acid. The bath is now ready for
the patients immersion. The action of
the bath on the skin is one of intense
Irritation, and the result seems to be
drawing out of the evil, and the con-
sequent disappearance of the rheumatic
pains. ...
1t is advisable for anyone who may
be tempted to try this remedy to be
careful not to remain too long in the
ant bath, rs the consequences might be
n total disorganization of the skin,
which would peel Off, due to the violent
action of the acid.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-22
EASTWARD THROUGH
THE ROCKIES EsuwwS

The traveller, tourist or business
man ls wise when he selects the Rio
Grande Western Railway @Great Salt
Lake Route. for his route to the East.
1t ls the only transcontlnental line
passing directly through Salt Lake
City, and in addition to the glirn pse
it affords Of the Temple City, the
Great Salt Lake and picturesque
Salt Lake and Utah Valley, it afferds
the choice of three distinct routes
through the mountains and the most
magnificent scenery in the world.
On all classes of tickets stopovers
are granted at Ogden. Salt Lake
City, Glenwood Springs. Leadville,
Colorado Springs, Denver and other
points of interest. Double daily
train service and through Pullman
and Tourist sleening cars between
San Francisco and Denver. Tourist
cars through to Omaha, Chicago and
Boston.
For illustrated pamphlets descrip.
hve'o OF the "Great Salt Lake Route"
write to F. A WADLEIaH, General
Passenger Agent, Salt Lake City.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-22
SURGEONS DILEMMA.
Electric Light Went Out During a
Serious! Operation.

Electric Light Went Out During n
Serious Operation.
A Lewiston physician tells q story
about a surgical operation and an cleo
trio light, says the Journal of that
city
1t was IL o'clock at night" says he,
when L heard q thunderous knocking
at my door. and going to it found
man walking up and down the steps in
pain. He had an abseess under his left
arm and was suffering intensely. It
needed lancing, and we proceeded tordo
it. 1 got my instruments ready, placed
the man in a chair under the electric
light and made an incision- The armpit
Is very dangerous place, as many
large and small arteries gather there
L had just time to see that I had lanced
it, and had also severed a good-sized
blood vessel, when the electric light
went out. l had no kerosene lamp or
gasNght in the room- could hear the.
blood falling in little pool on the floor,
and my patient was terribly excited. 1
was scared. 1 seized a towel, made a.
wad of it, and, chuckfn2 it under the
mans arm, told him to hold it down at
MS SIDE. Then L ran to the telephone
and called up the power station. It'll
be an hour before we can get the light
on again. A belt has broken they said.
But L have just cut n man and he is
bleeding to death in the dark here
Sorry, but I can't help IT, came the an
swer. I then remembered a Kerosene
stove, and, lighting this. caught up
the blood vessel with thread and dressed
the u wound by its failing light. It was
the most startling and precarious op-
Grafton 1 ever performed.1 -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-22
To Whom it May Concern.
STATE LAND OFFICE,
CARSON CITY. New Dec % 19y

LARSON CITY. NeV., Dec %, 1897.
Notice Is hereby given that the State Of
Nevada. under the Act Of Congress approv-
ed June i6. 1880 (2l Stats. 2S7I, has flied in
the United States Land ONCE at Carson
City, Nevada, List No. 203 OF lands selected
under said Act, and has applied for pat
ent for said lands; that part of ssid list
ts open to the public for inspection, and O
copy thereof. by descriptive subdivisions
has been posted IN convenient place in
SAID United States Land Ofice for the in
speotton OF all persons interested and the
public generally.
Within the next sixty days following the
date OF this notice protests or contests
against the claim Of said State OF Nevada
70 any traot or subdivision described in
the list, on the ground that the same is
more valuable for mineral than agricultural
purposes. will be received and noted bv the
Register and Receiver Of the United States
Land ONCE at Carson City, Nevada for re-
port to the General Land ONCE at Wash
tngton, d. g.
The following are the subdivisions de-
scr1oed, TO wit: Lots 4 and 5 SEQ. 8, apd
Lot 2 &C, 1S, T. IS n r. 53 z. N. d. B. & M
1890 acres.
A. G. PRATT,
State Land Register of tho State
Of Nevada.
Date OF frst Insertion, Friday, Dec. "a, 1897.