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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

(Circle City. Alaska, letter.
"a tale more narrowing in It's reve-
latlons has never emanated from the
gold regions than that OF the terrible
fate which has overtaken a party Of
gold-seekers IN the frozen regions OF
the Yukon. Death by freezing Is bad
enough, but when to this Is added
starvation and cannibalism In all It's
revolving details as a climax some idea
may be formed Of the tragic end Of
these un%fortunGtes.
on Dec. 5 three men left the Dahl
river for Jimtown. It is only a com
paratively short distance, about $50
miles, but it was long enough to be
replete with horrors. The men were
Michael DAILY, Victor Bdlar and Mr..
Provost, from Providence. r. l.,
Woonsocket, r. l., and Brocton, Mass,
respectively. Unfortunately they had
with them only three weeks supply
Of food, q piece of indiscretion for
which they paid the penalty Of their
lives. The scanty rations might have
sumced had they kept the trail, but the
latter was lost and closely upon It
followed privation and then starva-
ton.
The agony which these miners en-
dured will probably never be known.
but the condition in which their bodies
were found bears mute witness to what
they must have suffered, and to what
dire extremity they were reduced. The
corpse Of Daily was found lying on a
stone in a tent. The horrible discov-
cry was also made that the greater
part of it had been eaten. 1t was first
thought that animals might have per-
formed the shocking mutilations which
were visible, but from the position 81
the tent flaps It was evident that they
had been carefully closed by some one
from the outside. There is nc reason.
| able doubt that the companions o
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25
SEEKERS EAT A COMRADE.

to cords. A hardy native will stay in
the water. wadihg and diving, for a
couple OF hours, and then come out,
pretty thoroughly chilled, to sun him
self on the beach In readiness for an
other bout with the waves, meantime
solaclng himself with the inevitable
pipe or cigarette Hard work Is this
wood gathering by diving, what be-
tween the bufetings Of the waves, the
cold and the labor Of Juggling the logs
ashore. But for all that, shouts and
laughter I'LL the air. and one might
suppose the occasion was a summer
picnic. Whatever his faults, the Ko-
naka has not added to the gloom and
discomfort Of the world. He endures
disappointmentoah and misfortune with
equanimity, andsWhen the clouds pass
and the sun shi he is ready to laugh
and be glad.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25
TREES.
America.


It is estimated that 400, 900, 900 feet
Of logs will be cut in Maine this sea
son.
That wood will stand the passing Of
centuries as well as metal is proved by
the unearthing near the Nile Of some
Egyptian boats nearly 5000 years old,
which are in good condition.
Norway and Sweden export an inn
mense amount Of lumber. In one year
$4,000, 900 worth Of manufactured lum-
Der was sent out by Norway, while
Sweden exceeded this sum by 500, O00,-
600 worth of sawn and hewn lumber
alone.
The most noted grove of walnut
trees in the United States, containing
ifty-one black walnut trees, all of
them Of enormous size, was sold at
Cassopolis, Mich, for $40, 900 cash. The
purchasers were German and English
parties. The logs will be cut and
squared for shipment. 1t is estimated
that one of the trees will produce ST.
200 worth Of choice lumber. 1t was
over 100 feet Of good logging size, its
largest diameter was z feet, circumfer-
ence 21.99 feet and 1t would require
five men hand in hand to encirele It.
A curiosity exists near the Red Blur
Primitive Baptist church in Ware
county, Georgia. 1t is a mammoth
mulberry tree and the heart has long
since rotted. Out Of the heart Of the
mulberry grows a cherry and a peach
tree, both of which are eight inches
in diameter. They grow to a point ten
feet above the ground. AllA three OF
the trees are alive and bear fruit every
year.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

About forty years ago a rich and
handsome young woman, moved by a
spirit Of bravado, answered a per
sonal" advertisement in a city newspa-
per, and entered into a correspond
ence with a clever ad%venturer. She
was soon duped into marrying him and
m~ortgaging her property. Securing
the money, the man deserted his wife
and obtained a divorce. The woman,
broken-hearted and eBfeebled in mind,
lived for years on the charity Of
friends, and was recently taken to a
Connecticut poorhouse to end her days.
Happily. innocent indiscretion does not
invariably terminate In such a tragedy.
A girl escapes, perhaps, with only a
flush upon her cheek and a scar upon
her soul. She has learned by bitter
experience, however, that no true gem
tleman seeks a Woman's friendship
through an advertisement, and that to
enter into such an arrangement is to
invite moral disaster.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

The Standard Oil magnates having
entered as a dominant factor Ina sugar,
tobacco, copper. street railway and
electric vehicles, now control another
industry Of the United States. The
men who have just secured the whisky
business Of the country direct the
course Of the sugar business and are
now said to be attempting to combine
the warning elements. They dominate
tobacco and are moving spirits IN the
great copper combine Of which the
Amalgamated Copper Company 10 the
head and fore. They hold the con-
trolling interest In the street railway
systems OF New York, Philadelphia,
Pittsburg and Chicago, and they may
later take over others. They own and
control all Of the patents on storage
batteries and a majority Of other pat
ents applied to electric automobiles,
are the i-ncorporators Of seventeen
electric vehicle companies in as many
states and are planning for the control
Of that form of transportation IN every
state In the West, North and East
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

"Jubilaclon" is the convenient
euphuism for a Spanish custom which
has had a ~protracted existence in Cuba.
1t signifies the receipt OF a salary for
services which should be performed,
but are not-the recipient hiring a sub
stitute to do the work for which he
himself Is paid. A professor of the
Havana University. whose salary was
six thousand dollars a year, has been
living in Spain for the past seventeen
years, while his duties In Cuba were
performed by another for pitifully
small pay. It is said that nearly all
the professors Of Havana University
thus farm out" their chairs. A re-
cent decree Of the United States au-
thorities. however, has abolished this
dishonest practice, and henceforth sal
aries Will be paid only to those who
earn them.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

81 that the yearly contribution of the
taxpayers of New York to charity Is
nearly if not quite $1,000, 900, or about
10 per cent Of the direct expenses of the
city government. Some figures from
the budget for 1899 will show the rel
alive cost Of caring for the poor. The
city will pay for public education $1S.-
0 4,O52; for police, SILL 7,596; for the
Are department, $4,448, 664; for the
health department, s1.11O.5S8 for light
ing, $2,O OO,O 600; for water, $1,450, 817;
for cleaning the streets, $4,575,s 500; for
parks, S1,729, 2S5; for paving and re-
paving streets, s2.52O.O99, and for char
ity direct and indirect. $7,OOO,00
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

The city Of New York tried the ex-
pertinent of vacation schools last sum
mer with such gratifying results that
much larger provisions have been
made for the present season. Thirty
of the great school buildings with their
recreation grounds will be open for
eight weeks, from 8 a., NJ. till y m,
'-Ior tie accommodation or a succession
of classes, so that the aggregate at
tendance Of children may reach a hun
bred thousand. No textbooks will bC
used; the exercises win be chiefly in.
dustrial or manual; and there will b.
plenty Of play, A law permitting va.
cation schools has been adopted in Hi.
nois.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25
Consumption Of Almonds.

The people Of the United States con
sumo d. 900 pounds Of almonds
every year. The greater number are
used in the manufacture Of perfumery,
soar and havoring extracts. The
amount consumed on the table is COM
p%aratively small. California last year
furnished 1900, 900 pounds, 100000
pounds came from Spain, 100000
pounds from Italy and a considerable
quantity from Greece and Portugal.
At the same time we used about r.
100000 pounds Of c%ocOanuts, of which
about 100000 pounds were produced
in Florida. The remainder We're i'm
ported from the West India islands.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25
HELPING NV YoRK's POOR.

Taxpayers Contribute About e7,OOO,OOo
Annually 20 Their Maintenance.
These direct appropriations Of money
do not represent all Of the city's COR
tribution to the cause OF charity, says
Popular scienct lonthly. The prop
erty Of all the charitable institutions
and societies Is Exempt from taxation
and from assessments for public i'm
provements. Tie tax commissioners
report that the sessed value Of the
nropertv of INSTRUMENTATION is $70.-
7s7 500. At the present rate Of taxa
tion this means d loss to the city Of
more than S1,40nb00 a year. The as
sessments upon the same property for
public improvements exceed 100000 a
wear. which Is pe.a by the city. These
exemptions mad rally affect the tax
rate as well as tLP bonded Indebtedness
and annual interest charges Of the city,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

One of the courts at Bonn, Germany,
has fast been worrying over a long-drawn
out-ease in which one American cent was
the none of contention. A parcel-carrter
found a hVe%-pfenning piece in the market
place and told some ono Of the fact. AS
he was making his rounds a servant
claimed the money as hers. The carrier
told her to prove her ownership and she
should have It. The serving-maid went
off to the police station and the fellow
was In anger he went TO a
church and dropped the coin in the poor
box, but that did not end the matter. He
was hauled before a court, and It was
discharged for want Of evidence.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25
RnnlLod III Rennratlon.

The Union Pacific has added new. mod
ern equipment to its service both east
better satisfaction to its patrons than in
the past. 1t stands without a rival as the
accommodations to accommodate all
classes Of passengers. Only one night to
Chicago, st. Louis and st. Paul, and over
ten hours saved between Denver and the
Pacific coast. Ticket office 81 18th street.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

They have had a fist fight in the
Belgian chamber Of deputies and sew
eral members were badly hurt. The
Belgian deputies should learn a les
son from their brethren in France. Let
them settle their disputes by fighting
duels and thus avoid the danger Of be
ing injured.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

One Of the great northwestern rail-
roads has been fined 500 for not prop
erly watering and feeding stock in
trusted TO It's care. This case should
80 on record as both novel and unique.
Az a rule. the trouble Is that corpora
lions and individuals water their
stock too much.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

Should have beauty and vigor Of
health. A strong stomach Is the hrst
essential to beauty. Nine-tenths Of the
sickness ONE from weak digestion
Thousands OF people have tried Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters n regained
their health. There is nothing like it.
See that a private revenue stamp Gov
ers the neck of the bottle.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

Along the Adriatic Sea swallows and
other migratory birds are caught every
wear by the hundreds Of thousands and
eaten BY the Italians, who spread nets
In which as many as 800 to 500 Of the
tired birds are caught At once.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. 7.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

A physician has supplied a West
Virginia man with a set OF calves
brains. This sort Of thing may have
the effect Of bolstering up the Popu-
list cause in spots.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

notwithstanding the assertion OF
Parson Jenrles. the Lord did not look
after the financial part Of the Coney
Island tight. Bob walked OF with the
big end Of the gate receipts.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

Love may be blind, but it dictates a
lot OF fool letters that sooner OF later
get the writers into trouble.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25
charlie would Feel Il

she-"Father, would it hurt you
much II I married without your con-
sentg He-"It might hurt the young
man more. West End.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

It begins to look as If the peace con-
ference at The Hague will be an elabo-
rate performance Of Much Ado About
Nothing"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

He Is the best poet who constructs
the finest castle in the air.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

Widow Jack declines to marry her
husbands brother. Perhaps she ex-
poets to do a little better than Jacks
the next hand.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25
DIVING FoR

How a Scarce Commodity Is Secured in
Hawaii.
Upon the shores of Hawaii hrewood
is a scarce and precious commodity.
The present forests do not grow near
the sea, and the labor Of bringing wood
from the distant timber is great, espe-
cially as roads are few. Practically
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

If the march Of improvement keeps
up its lick they'll soon be changing
the name Of a sister southern city to
Auto-Mobile, Ala.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

Trust fighting will be harmless as
long as 1t is made a political club.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

When there Is talk IA Havana about
1narantining against New Orleans,
che public has a fair idea OF the im-
proved sanitary conditions Of the o.
nau capital.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

There are a few self-sacriicing men
in politics, but they don't even succeed
in getting their names in the news
papers.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

A Boer war would give Alfred Aus
tin . chance to change his pace and
break into some unique dialect verse.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

'"That clairvoyant said that for 81 she
would tell me how to get rid of the super
huous fesh.'
What did she say2'
"She told me to go to Manila and help
chase the FilipinOS."
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

It's always the man with the short
end OF It who advocates equality.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

Proof readers have an abomination
Of long sentences. Not so great. how
ever, as the criminal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

Glue may be obtained from pigs feet
and sugar from hogs-head.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

See that your linen is washed clean. Use
tFaultless STARCH clean irons, follow di-
%4 EEiFESsRRo 9@p RafssAASSSss agH seafPp ssfaR Unless sss
Starch, y large package, 10c.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

A little authority or a few dried ap-
pies will pun a small man up astonish-
ingly.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

II marriage makes one Of two II
must be a continuation Of single bless
edness.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25
Balrs Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.

Miss Bunk must be a thoroughbred:
she has such a lofty. scornful carriage"
"Oh, / don't knowl Some girls get hat
the work.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

The catch-as-catch-can %playwrights
will now turn their attention to Mr..
Jim'Jefries.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

The average man spends a lot Of time
searching for what he hopes he won't
and.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

We will forfeit 81 1000 IL any Of our pub
lished testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. Tue PIso Co. Warren, Pa.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

Many a man who claims TO be the
architect Of his own fortune tries to
build 4 $4,000 structure on p ba-cent
plan.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

you don't seem to have much faith
IN that reformer?' mo; he's q fraud.
Why, in this very town he has started
faiIed TO carrV ont
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

1--WE think Mrs. Bibbett ought to resign
from the presidency of our art club"
"Why?"
zone Of the members called on her and
found a crazy-patch sofa pillow In her
DarlOr."
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

willie, I hate to whip you. It hurts
me worse than it does you" Let ma do
it, then. She can't pound hard 'nough to
hurt me ner her either"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

Marietta, you had better write your
aunt Jane that we are coming out there
on the Fourth" "Why2" If you don't
here"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

The clotheslins ia the back yard Is
merely an out-line.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

we want an agent in every town TO take
subscriptions for Georges Weekly Cor
merly The Road). Liberal terms. Write
for particulars. Inclose &c stamp for
sample copies. Herbert George, Editor,
p. o. Drawer 1924, Denver, Colo.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25
VANITY FAIR.

The question Of evening drawing
rooms is being whispered about again
this year in London. but. OF course.
there is no likelihood az all Of the
queen s%anctioning any such innova-
tion, no matter how desirable, IN some
respects. It may appear. Her majesty
is a great stickier for precedent and no
such change win be entertained by her
for a moment.
The large herd Of fallow deer in
Birmingham park, the seat Of the late
Sir Frederick Milbank, neal Barnard
castle, has been sold en- bloc to Capt
Ormrod II Wyresdale park, Lanca-
shire. The herd is one Of the finest
in the north Of England. The deer
were caught the other day. and placed
in specially constructed wooden cages,
which we're driven in long carts to the
station at Barnard castle, whence they
were conveyed by train to Garstang.
Half a dozen Of the animals gave a
most exciting chase in the park, and
we're ultimately lassoed by a number
OF horsemen.
Il was stated some time ago that
Queen Victoria contemplates altering
the routine Of the court, which would
in the future go to Osborne from Wind
sor at W~hitsuntide, return to Wind
sor for July, and then proceed to BAL
moral until the middle OF November,
the result being that there would be
only one annual Journey for her maj
esty to Scotland and back. The change
will not be carried out this year, in
consequence Of the intended visit Of
the German emperor to Cowes, as her
majesty must be in residence at Os-
borne while her grandson is staying
in the Solent- The emperor is to be
accompanied to Cowes by the empress,
Prince William and Prince Bitel Fred
erick, and it is probable that they will
arrive from Kiel in the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern OF July "a.
II the origin Of golf dates as far
back as some authorities claim, the
game is not such a recent importation
as most people seem to think. Curl
ously enough. the earliest reference to
golf in America is found, as it is in
Scotland, in bylaws prohibiting it as
being a public nuisance. It certainly
must have been played in New York
state 24O years ago, for in hunting back
among the old ordinances of the New
Netherlands colony, Josiah Newman of
New York city has discovered the fol-
lowing reference, which seems to place
the origin of the game here beyond
question as early as 1863. 1t is a rather
remarkable passage, and is given here
in full: THE w. commissary and com
missarles of Fort Orange and village
Of Beverwyck, having heard divers
complaints the burghers Of this place,
against playing at golf along the
streets, which causes great damage to
the windows of the houses and exposes
] people to the danger of being wound
ed, ald is contrary to the freedom Of
the public streets; therefore their wor-
ships, wishing to prevent the same, for
bid all persons playing golf on the
streets. on nain Ct tprfeitingMA25 FAR
each person who shall be found doin
So" This certainly disposes Of tn
claim of the Montreal Golf club I
being the first to introduce golf i
America.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

A Cincinnati physician has been
making practical tests in cigar faeto-
ries on the eyes OF the employees. The
test is to discover the effect upon the
eyes Of persons addicted to excessive
smoking, also to see what effect the
fumes Of tobacco ia factories have on
the sight. He also intends to examine
the eyes Of le%tter-carriers and others
with reference to the enct Of smoking
on the eyes.
Prof. Morltz has Investigated the
conditions necessary for the absorp-
ton Of drugs, and finds that mediea-
ments are absorbed most speedily
when taken with plain water while
fasting. Soup. milk, wine, etc. retard
absorption, even when the medicine
b taken fasting. but abs0rptiog is still
more slow when the m~ediea1ent Is
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25
JoTrInos.

Prof. Wlnchell, state geologist Of
Minnesota, holds that the so-called
greenstones Of that state are the oldest
known rock, older than the Canadian
Laurentian. heretofore held to be the
dean of the faculty of rocks. He on
siders the %greenstones to be the bottom
rocks OF the geological series and the
representative of the original crust Of
the earth formed from the molten mass
by the earliest so%lidldcation.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

Keep clean inside as we'll as outside and you'll be
nearer Rodliness. Casearets Candy Cathartic cleans
and purify your body inside An druggists 0c,25e,bOO