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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07
NEW ARTIFICIAL SILK.
Late improvements in the Methods

Late improvements in the Methods Of
Manufacturing the Article.
The United States Consul Of Bremen
reports (adTance sheet Of Consular re-
ports No. 800 the following improve
ment in the methods Of producing i'm
ltation silk:A Artificial silk consists of
prepared cotton and wood fiber. and
mas been known to the trade under this
denominatio4 for the last nine years.
IL possesses hn extremely silky luster,
and can the efore be employed as an
imitation Of silk. Count C~hardonnet,
a Frenchman, the inventor Of this ma
terial, converted the %cellulose cotton
or purified Yood hber) by a process
described in German letters patent of
the year 1884. through nitrosulphuric
acid, into nitFocellulose. He then freed
the same from the acid and dissolved
1t in a mixture Of alcohol and ether.
The solution thus Standardization
lis pumped through glass pipes which
are provided with extremely fine holes
and these collodium threads are passed
through warm water (acidulated)which
causes the alcohol and ether to evan
crate, and only the fine nitrocellulose
threads remain. A number of these
fine threads are brought together,
slightly tYisiRd, and spoiled. This
extEemel RUsn-hut- also, easily in.
hammatory 4 even explosive - tissue
was put on the market at the time of
the Paris exhibition in 1889. Owing to
its liability to catch fire it did not come
into parctical use, but after this diff
Guilty was overcome by removing the
nitro groups "a process called deni-
trating) the harmless fibre was en-
ployed in the textile industry. BY
similar method artificial silk was pro-
duced by a certain chemist Of Augs-
burg, Germany-Dr. Lehner-who is
at present residing in Switzerland.
Lastly, however, a method has been
invented by DR.. Fremery and Civil
Engineer Urban, in which the use Of
the injurious nitro-cellulose is omit
ted. These two inventors dissolve cot
ton waste in copper oxide of ammonia
and pump this solution through fine
tubes. The delicate threads are passed
through diluted acid, which separates
the copper and ammonia, the result be-
ing an extremely fine. lustrous fibre.
which is employed as an imitation
silk. This process, patented in Ger
many ID. R. P. 9s.642) and in all other
civilized states, is said to have the fol-
lowing great advantages over those of
Chardonnet and Lehmer: That the
manufacture as well as the product is
in no way dangerous. That the pro-
duction is much simpler. AS a con-
sequence, that imitation silk can be
manufactured by this process at con-
siderably less cost.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07
CAN THIS BE U
Every Living Being Said to BE Partially
Blind,

Blind
1t will probably be a shock to many
to learn that, without any exception,
they are all partially blind and insen-
sible to pain. 1t has been clearly dem
o%nstrated by exhaustive experiments
that every human eye is blind in n
particular part, varying in locality and
size with the individual. This can be
easily proved by tracing 100 curved
and parallel lines on a large sheet of
paper, and passing up and down each
meridian in turn a disc of black paper
one inch in diameter, until the whole
of the sheet of paper has been
covered. In following the movements
of the disc it will be found that at GER
tain parts Of its progress it cannot be
seen at all, and this is when the blind
spot" in the eye is focused on it. This
blind spot, which is irregular in shape,
is caused by the optic nerve, which
enters the retina, and thus obscuras
part of the picture photographed (as
It were) on it. The entire scene looked
upon is clearly depicted with the ex-
CeplAuu VI the part WHICH SlOulu dp-
pear on the point Of the retina covered
by the optic nerve at its point of entry.
Similarly, scientific experiment proves
that there are thousands of minute
parts of the body which are incapable
of feeling. You may touch them with
a hot needle. or even, 10 push the ex-
pertinent further, you may thrust the
needle deeply into the part without
any pain being felt. All parts of the
body share this peculiar insensibility
to pain, but the unfortunate thing is
that these dead points" are so mixed
up with parts that r keenly alive
that, unless the point of contact is
confined to the dead point, the path is
all too manifest.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

Several members Of the United
States corps we're interested witnesses
of a feat of insect engineering near the
road on which they were working. One
of their number found a blue ground
wasp dragging along the ground a dead
swamp spider, one-quarter the size of
a full-grown tarantula. Whether the
wasp killed the spider or found it dead,
is a question beyond solution. He was
having a hard time dragging his prey
along. and presently left it to go pros
pecting for his abode.
The discoverer Of the wasp called his
companions, and n of them stepped
upon the wasp's ground hole, crushing
down some blades of dried grass across
it. This caused no little trouble to the
insect, which, upon locating the hole,
nipped away at the o%bstructing stalks
with his strong mandibles until he had
cleared a passage. Then he went back
and sized up the spider. walking
around the big body and surveying It
from all sides.
Hes reckoning that the hole isn't
big enough, said one Of the engineers.
That's all right; he'll tx It." said
another, as the insect went back and
commenced vigorously widening the
entrance to his domicile.
Again he returned to the spider,
seized it and dragged 1t to within a
foot Of the orifce. To the spectators
1t was evident that more work would
have to be done before the spider could
be dragged in. This struck the wasp,
too, for again he ran around the body,
examining it carefully, and returned to
the hole to take measurements. He
went to digging a second time.
Having dug for two minutes, he
brought his prey to the edge Of the
hole. nipped out a piece Of dirt here,
cut away a grass stem there. and after
fifteen minutes Of hard and skillful la
Dor disappeared underground, dragging
the spider after him, doubtless to form
the piece de resistance" in a winter
%storehouse. The engineers then re-
sumed their work. exchanging com
ments Of admiration.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07
MEDALS For HERoINEs.

The heroines of our late unpleasant
ness with Spain are about to be re-
warded for their memorable work by
congress. Miss Margaret Livingston
Chanler and Miss Anna Bouligny will
be presented with gold medals of their
work for i'll and wounded soldiers in
Porto Rico, If the recommendations Of
the war department are carried out.
The propriety Of suitable recognition
by congress Of the valuable work Of
these young women was first suggested
by a letter from Colonel Sharpe Of the
cCUmissary department in Porto Rico
to Colonel Black Of the engineer corps.
Colonel Black sent Colone. Sharpe'E
letter to the headquarters of the armF
with an Endorsement, in which he re-
cited the services of Miss Chanler and
Miss Bouligny. Colonel Black said the
young women landed from a transport
on July 81 and at once began caring
for the III in Ponce, in connection with
the Spanish Red Cross. Entire charge
of the nursing was soon in their hands.
Miss Chanler hired a house for use as
a hospital. It was too small, and she
hired a larger one, to which she after
ward added another. Misses Chanler
and BOuligny remained until Sept. T.,
cESauS for officers and men with no as
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

Mayor Jones Of Toledo has Just re-
turned home from a tour Of the east,
during which he made some speeches
in the interests Of the plain people.
which aroused a great deal Of discus
sion and which will result in good. In
an address delivered to the people of
Toledo on the occasion Of his return.
Mayor Jones told OF the hundreds Of
poor people who have for five years
assembled at midnight. in all sorts of
weather. to each get a half loaf Of
bread at a New York bakery. He
%contrasted this with the fortunes made
or the Stock Exchange, and said that
the system that tolerates such ex-
tremes Of wealth and poverty should
be denounced, and he would denounce
1t as long as he had breath. It was
unworthy a free people, should be
swept away. and would be swept away
for a system giving a more just and
equitable distribution Of the fruits Of
toll.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

The coronet Of a duke consists Of
alternate crosses and leaves, the leaves
being a representation Of the leaves Of
the parsley plant. The princes Of the
blood royal also a similar crown.
The state headgear of a marquis con-
sists Of a diadem surrounded by how-
ers and pearls placed alternately. An
earl, however, has neither flowers nor
leaves surrounding his c%irclet, but
only points rising each with a pearl on
the top. A viscount has neither flow
ers nor points, but only the plain cir
clet adorned with pearls, which, re-
gardless OF number. are placed on the
crown itself. A baron has only six
pearls on the golden border, not raised
70 distinguish him from an earl, and
She number Of pearls render his dia-
dem distinct from that Of a viscount.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

It all the way down the street, and the
well-heated electric cars dart by with
a clang and a rush.
And everything above the snow is
busy and alive. People wear an armor
Of fur from head to foot to guard
against the sharpened knives of vigi-
liant Jack Frost. The armor is most
becoming to their sparkling eyes and
glowing faces. The vestibules Of all
the houses are rendered almost impas-
sable with raccoon skin and blanket
coats, toboggans piled up, skis and
poles, snow shoes, moccasins, skates
and hockey sticks. This is the capital
Of a sporting country, the winter play
ground Of America.
And now that Lord and Lady Aber-
deem have taken their farewell. resign
ing Rideau hall and the Viceregal gov
eminent Of the country to Lord and
Lady MintoS there is an added charm
the charm of novelty and anticipa-
ton. lie roi est mort! Vive le roip'
And this king has already made him
self popular. He is a military man.
and the country adores a military man.
He was military secretary TO Lord
Lansdowne When that peer represented
her majesty in Canada. He was also
chief OF the STAFF during the North
west Indian rebellion, headed by Louis
Riel, in 1885.
Lord and Lady Aberdeen were the
souls Of hospitality, and
house doors have been open wide. The
toboggan slides and the rink were
there for invited ones every
Saturday afternoon all the winter
through, not to speak Of frequent skat-
ing and to%bogganing parties at night.
Then there were delightful mulled hot
things" in the large ballroom. and gem
eral good cheer. Lord Aberdeen was
a most enthusiastic tobogganer. and
looked carefully after the enjoyment of
his guests.
The nights, with moon and stars and
snow, are wonderful. The days have
skies as blue and ~cloudless as in June,
and the whole atmosphere is so exhil-
arating that. with the thermometer
many degrees below zero, n does not
feel the cold.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07
'Eva Dispositions
Are Early Sho0Un. I"

last so eVa tn the blood
comes ont IN shape of Soof-
ala, pimples, etc., IN children
and young people. Taken IN
time It can be eradicated By
using Hoods Sarsapanila.
In older people, the aftermath
of irregular LfVing ShouUS It.
self IN bilious conditions, a
heaVy head, a foul mouth,
~disordered kidneys, yellow eyes and
skin, with a general bad feeling.
It is the blood, the impure blood,
friends, which is the real cause. Purify
that with Hoods Sarsaparilla and
happiness will reign in your family.
Blood Polson-"I lived lin a bed Of FIRE
for years owing to blood poisoning that fol-
lowed small pox. It broke out all over my
body, itching intensely. Tried doctors and
bogpitais In vain. L tried Hoods Sarsapa-
riIla. It helped. / kept at 1t and was en-
tirely cured. / could go on the housetops
and shout about It." MRS. J. 7. WILLIAMS,
Carbonate, Pa.
Scrofuia Sores -" Ny baby at two
months had scrofula sores on cheek and
arm. Local applications and physicians
medicine did little or no good. Hoods Sar-
saparilla cured him permanently. he Is
now four, with smooth fair skin" MRS.
S. 8. WROTEN, Pennington, Del.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

Action is being taken by certain
enlightened natives to ameliorate the
shocking condition Of the average Hin
du widow, says the Bombay Advocate
of India. To begin with the Indian
widow is shaved bald, and can only
hide her badness with her cloth. She
is deprived Of all iewelry. wears coars-
er clothes than the rest OF women
kind, must fast on certain days and
every day has fewer meals than are
taken as a rule by the rest Of the fam
lily. The scheme Of relief afoot is
that no widow shall be shaved until
she IS p, the age at which It may be
supposed that she viii be able to show
a viii Of her own IN case she objects.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07
IN CANADA'S CAPITAL
THE SEAT OF HER WAJEsTY's
GOVERNOR.
People wear an Armor % FOR, and
Hospitality and Pleasures ARE
ths Unbrokon order o.
Day.
OTTAWA letter.

AOlNHMh LeLLeIsl
Ottawal The name rustles with tko
sound OF rushing water, OF limpid
brooks, OF pine woods signing. OF coves
and booms, RATS and log jams. Of birch
trees leaning toward the waters edge,
guarding their flesh and blood, the
bark canoe, Of lusty lumbermen shout
ing their songs and telling giant trees
with ak and muscle under the indigo
sky. But all is now silent about OF
tawa, for nature sleeps soundly under
her eiderdown of snow.
The silence Is wonderful, although
n hears the telegraph poles hum as
n passes them by, and the snow
makes a hard, metallic sound under
ones feet, and the sleighs. as they fly
past with the iingle-iangle Of the bells,
give a little creaking noise as the met
al Of the runners meets the snow.
Nearer TO town the snow plows plOd
heavily along the pavements, and the
electric sweeper whizzes past, sending
a powdery cloud OF white to right Of
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07
Borrowing HAnLrs IN eHlNA.
How q Person May see His own eoods
on . NeIEhbor's Table.

-
How q Person May see his own ooods
on . N~elEhbor's Table.
Chinese buffers have a way, when
their own supplies fall short, OF bor-
rowing from the nelghbors. At least,
this was a very common custom TWEEN
ty-6ve years ago, and goods changed
hands, over the garden wall, with as
tonishing celebrity, the buffers. mean
time. keeping a strict account. An
American lady residing IN China
writes thus In the Atlantic: At the
first large dinner party to which ! was
invited went as a bride-I found
myself eating with my own brand-new
knives, forks and spoons. 1 stared at
them very hard; there could be no
mistake, for 1 could see the fresh
monograms. 1 was dreadfully dis
tressed, but did not dare to say any
thing. When I reached home l told
my husband, rather tremblingly, for l
was quite sure they had been stolen
To my amazement he only laughed
and said: "Oh, you will get used 20
that soon, and when you have too
many guests you will ind that, Instead
Of asking you to get more supplies the
butler will borrow your n%eighbors' and
always make up the deficiency AND
so It proved. I can well remember
once when my husband had asked
eight guests in to dinner only half an
hour before the usual time Zone for
each Of the delicious first spring snipe
he had shot, that there appeared later
a splendid roast leg of mutton as one
OF our courses. Now 1 knew we had
no mutton, for earlier in the day the
cook had been bewailing the non-ar-
rival Of the Shanghai steamer, by
which it always came. Turning to the
gentleman on my left, I asked, Did
your teamer come from Shanghai to-
day?" Eyes, why?" I looked down to
the other end of the table, where my
husband was carving the unexpected
treasure-trove with very evident en-
joyment. We'll. ours did not" said
L land yet" He caught sight Of
the mutton. "Oh!" he laughed. II
suppose that is mine. No doubt, yours
will come tomorrow. and probably be
much better; so 1 shall be the gamer
this time, and enjoy it all the more"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

Arizona comes to the front now with
a gold mine which yields ore worth
$4,000 a ton. This reminds us that
the Ohio gold field has not been pan
ning'Out according to the advance no
tices. The mar who controls this par
ticular FL Dorado must have been ap-
pointed postmaster or found some
other way to make a living without
much effort.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07
PoErEss WHO oRINDs CORN.
Lives Near by in an Artistic Home and
Is KnOwn to Fame.

Lives near 10y IN an AFGistlc Home ana
Is KnOwn to Fame.
Mrs. Ada Granular Norton, poetess
and member of a famous literary fami-
ly, runs a gristmill at Hightstown,N.J
and thereby, with the addition Of what
is brought in by her pen, earns a good
living. Mrs. Norton is a daughter Of
Rowena Cary, eldest sister Of Alice
and Phoebe Cary, whose verses are
known throughout the world. She
owes most of her literary standing to
Alice Cary, who gave her much as
sistance and encouragement at the
start. In 1898 she moved with her
husband to Hightstown, N. j., and took
charge with him Of a quaint little
-four mill. built in such a fashion that
the machinery could be easily run by
a m Three years ago the hus-
band died, and since then Mrs. Norton
has had sole charge. She has built up
a reputation for herself and her mill
since then, and farmers for ten miles
around drive to the little mill with
their corn, although there are mills
nearer home to which they might go.
Unlike most mills, the one con-
Quoted by Mrs. Norton has the
water-wheel actually in the build
ing. The lower part is enclosed.
In its former days the wheel
and lower part we're open, and in win
ter the wheel was very apt to be frozen
and, becoming immovable, would cause
the poetess untold vexation. All this
is done away with by her little scheme
Of enclosing the wheel. Mrs. Norton
lives in a house scarcely 100 feet from
the mill-large, artistic and consid-
erably older than the mill. The mill
is in a peaceful, poetical place. The
poetess does not forget her literary
work, and even when engaged in her
duties at the mill her fancies keep
haagw
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

Two New York women are the high
est paid choir singers in the world.
They receive. respectively, $4,000 and
$4,000 a year. The men in the choir Of
Westminster Abbey receive salaries
ranging from $500 to $500. The choir
Of the great Mormon temple at Salt
Lake City is the largest IN the world.
numbering $50 trained voices.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

senatorPlatt's clever remark that for
a century we have been annexing ter
ritory. with a club or with a caress,
makes it appear that it was a far see
ing 10Y to select Hobson for Philip
pine duty.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

That English geographical sharp
who says that the earth is not round
but t%etrahedral won't get many con-
verts to his theory. It's hard for the
majority Of us to think the worlds
altogether square.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

In France and Italy chestnuts are
made into bread by the mountain
peasantry. After the nuts have been
blanched they are dried and ground.
From this -four a sweet heavy nat
cake Is made. Il resembles the oaten
cakes so popular among Scotch peas
ants.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

A circus that played in st. Louis
was Obliged to leave its elephant be-
hind when It went on to the next
town. One-night stands are always
very uncertain.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

ly or h~alf-yearly. Money deposited for
an annUitant 45 years old will yield
6 per cent; the rate increases to 8 per
cent when the beneficiary buys at 55
years. At IS the rate is equal to IL
per cent; at IS years, II per cent, and
at So years, % per cent"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

A good resolution affords the maker
great consolation, even though it only
lasts five minutes.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

At last reports every building
in Chicago had been robbed except
police headquarters. and the people
had not given up hope of that.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

The laundry trust fully expects to
collar the washing business and cum
the public into submission.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

1t is estimated that since the days
of the Trojan wal no fewer than
1000, 900 900 men have been sacrificed
on the altar of the god Of war. II it
were possible to gather together these
millions Of wars victims into one
CHASTITY army, they would form a col
umn, twenty-seven abreast, long enough
to clasp the earth at the equator, with
a residue Of ten similar columns
stretching from London across Europe
to Naples. II this file were to pass a
saluting point at the rate OF one every
second, night as well as day, the last
shade" would only become visible ia
the autumn Of 1886. Two and a half
million men fell in European battle
fields during the first half Of this cen
fury alone; and this slaughter cost Eu-
rope the colossal sum Of $3.50. 600, 900
Each victim cost $2,740 to kiln. A cal
culation as careful as is possible places
the total cost Of war during the last
5000 years at the appalling sum OF
$1,000 00, 900, 900. All the countries Of
Europe are spending on their armies
and navies at the rate of nearly $50 a
second, or the almost incredible sum Of
$4,000 900 a day.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

A registrar IN the east end Of Lon
don has recently recorded the birth Of
a child who has been named sirdar
Kitchener.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

In Prussia women do all the blowing
and harvesting. says an exchange. In
this country women do most Of the
sewing and grading.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

And now the hat manufacturers
are forming a trust and the combine
is pretty SUR to come to a head.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

Many an ignorant man Is credited
with superior intelligence simply be-
u he doesn't try to show it.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

United we stand. but divided wo arc
misunderstood.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

There really does not seem to be
much hope for Dreyfus. It is too easy
to establish new courts in France ap-
parently.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-07

The hen should not be blamed II
the egg is bad. II was good when she
marketed II.