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COTTON BELT NOTES. }

ing broad smiles. still the boys can't guess why.
 The large fly W heel which works the large fan broke recently and anot her put in it's place Fortunate ly no one was hurt.
 Rolling stock on this road has been tiourishiDg for the past week. Per- ishable freight traffic has also been heavy during the week.
 4 large bolt cutter with an auto matte air drum attached was re gently completed in the machinery department for the boiler shop.
 Mir. Claud Starch, 6 maehinist em ploYed in the machine shop, nas severed his connection here to ac- cept a similar position in ' Paso, Texas.
 Mi. Win Richardson, machinist recently employed in the back shops, has severed his connection here Billy" says the town is too slo W for him.
 A large frame was built in the cop. per department last week for the awning which is to be placed over the steam shovel to protect the fire man from the sun.
 The resignation of our 3uperin- tendent, Nr. Wm. Coughlin, was keenly felt by every employee on the entire system, especially among the trainmeu, as he was their friend at all times.
 Mir. Frank Kavanaugh. maehin- ist who recently served hls tlme in the tool room, left last Friday for Rusk, Texas, where he has accepted position.
 4 full description of che entire shops at this place will soon appear in one of our Sunday issues. Look out for 1 it, as it will be quite interesting to every body,
 MT. Sam Johnson, passenger brakeman on the north end who was recently sent to the n Ter hos pital on accoLn nt of ilress is reported to be greatly improved.
 Mir. Bart Lewis. formerly a maehinist at tue shops. but now ] engineering at Ladd,s mill, was in the city last week, en route to Mt. Nebo for bis health
 Mr. s. " Matthews. formerly an employe at these shops but recently nf Evansville, Ind, has again ac- cepted position here as timer and is expected to arrive today.
 The paint department has bee rushed during the past weei- and turned out coach 64, chair car 2l2 and railway post office ear 1O7 These three cars are now ready <. service.
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HIS WORK ENDS.
At Least for While to Come Sandy
 Benton Will Steal No Stock,

Saturday afternoon Constable Al Stewart arrested Sandy Bentoa, alias John Smith, a negro boy l9 or 20 years of age with large mule in his possession. He attempted to sell the mule to Alderman Joe Clem ants for $35, aud the animal if he is worth cent would doubtless bring $75 al a public auction at the least. MT. Clements asked him for bill of sale, but Sandy would not go into the house an2 write one. Mr. Clements suspicioned some. thing ard notified Constable Stew art who soon afterwards had the negro in charge. Naturally Sandy denied stealing the animal and said his father gave it to 10 three years ago. Q would rot tell where bis father resided or where he lived de answers the description os a man wanted It Scott's crossing and also Of negro wanted at Little Rock. Constable Stewart had him locked in Jail. He says he is posi-. tive Sandy is the same negro who stole two mules and sold tkem in Pine Bluff several months ago.
 The mu.e awaits it's owner at Clemen Is stable.
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A NATURAL BORN FISH STORY
< 200. Pound Alligator Gar Pulls a
 Woman Into the Water.

A party of Pipe BIuff citizens just returned frolr near Clarendon, where week vas spent in fishing, relate an experience o. unusual interest, had by fsherwoman of that vicini ty. A widow named Jones, who, since the death of be- husband, has taken charge of bis fish traps, lines, etc, and begun to make her own Livelihood, was inspecting the trot line Thursday afternoon when she noticed a demonstration at a part of the line. Pulling her boat to the place, she reached out to secure the fish when she was violently iarked from the boat and saved from drown ing only by her heavy dress which kept Ter sfoat up il her screams brought help, When help arrive q the woman had been paltd a cot siderable distance down stream, and it wa, with heroic and united efforts of several men that the fish vas pulled ashore after the woman nac been rescued. The fish was ao ali. gator gar, weighing 200 pounds, and being seven feet in length, one ot the largest of it's species ever can tured in that vicinity. It's hide was of hinty substance, and when struck with iron produced sparks in large volume.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-16

Mir. George Whitcombe foreman of the steam heating department, has resumed his duties after being confined to his room fer the past week suffering with cnilIs and fever.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-16

Engineer Garfield has resu med has cuties at the throttle after several days illness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-16


 Mir Arthur W. Mills. the hustling Associated and SpecIal Press Cor respondent in this city has accepted a position with the Cotton Belt magazine as trayeling representa- tive. He is one of the most enter prising yaung men in the city and is fully competent To fiji the position he has accepted Tx at artlst W hen t comes to Local wrtte-ups" and Editor Geo ge RH,r brown can feel ploud If seeuting hS services. Duriug AftHur's absence rom the q S ~hi, h will be ii fea days each month. his brother Tracy, will hhHdie tie eIeelal ttWtpeper work
 
 Superintendent F II. Bri.tun, of the Cotton Belt. scent Saturday morning in Pine B tiff. He was re turning 10 Tyler from Il northern tour of inspection. He Iraveled iii his private car, Texas Ranger, J and departed Saturday afternoon. accompanied by Mr William Cough lin, who went south on business,
 A prominent official of the Cotton Belt road at this place says Mir. c W. Gage, the popular general fore man ot the Cotton eli shops here has not resigned and he adds that from what h. can understand. h, ooes no ii.trnd 10 do 20 Mr. Gage has b'en done NJ ifjusrice " ou' ler"oon eohfefhl'orsry and thef shoutd thsrol2his i,fs fse~tiga'e msf- CT .n era " and ha>t'. Y et neN-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17

Secretary Wilson has already begun
planning for agricultural SCHOOLS in the
Philippines, and advocates such institu,
lions as Booker T.. Washington has found.
ed at Tuskagee.
The Maker Of the world" says Mr..
Wilson, will hold this nation RESPONSE
Bile for the welfare of 10, 900. 900 Of colored
people in the several islands now under
our nag. The very best service that car
be done by the United States to those
islands Is to teach their people to work.
Just as Booker Washington is teaching
the colored people of T~uskegee to work,
We have not had marked success with the
Indian, because he would not work. we
are working people ourselves. A man has
scarcely respectable standing in the
United States who does not contribute by
his head or his hands to the welfare OF
the republic. But the colored man Will
work, and just as rapidly as the people
of those stands can be helped in this al
rectlon success will come to the efforts OF
the United States In trying to do them
good. Just IN what way Congress may
deem It wise to manage those Islands nc
one can tell, Perhaps congressman can
not themselves tell. But education to-
ward the Industries is what the people OF
the islands are all needing"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17

NoNtGlhl leLLeEsJ
When Cheyenne was a much smaller
place than It is now, when, in fact, II
was so small that one had always to
speak Of the place as Cheyenne City or
stand the chance Of shooting, city life
was characterized by a familiarity
VITA the Indians which the town
would now blush to own. Much Of the
time the warriors of the Cheyenne
tribe were street l%oafers, who had to
be pushed out Of the way IL any one
was in a hurry, but there we're times
when the Cheyenne warrior drew his
allowance in cash from the Great
white Father, and then he was an OBJ
Ject OF consideration until he had
spent 1t. There was a society in Phil
adelphia which looked out for the
washington end of the transaction on
h o Of philanthropy and Indian
rights, and made sure that the Indian
got the cash. The citizens Of Chey-
enne and every other town which had
an Indian agent looked after the other
end Of the transaction and saw that
the indian restored the government
FUNDS to speedy circulation by spend
Ing quickly, II not well.
On one such pay day there was a
particularly large sum coming to each
Indian. Possibly some of his very
shadowy rights to something which he
did not use and never could use had
been purchased by the government.
At any rate there was a distribution
which turned each warrior loose upon
the business community Of Cheyenne
City with something in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000. In the early stages of
a plains community there are not many
specimens of the pleasure rig. The
rolling stock is for the most part COM
posed Of quartermasters' wagons and
the almost equally cumbrous ambu-
lances used by the officers at the post.
But 1t is never long before a commend
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17
(From a portrait painted by Mr.. E. A.
Burbank.)

and cipher about as well as a 7-year-
old boy. The three Rs are unfamil-
lar ground to him, as to the majority Of
his customers. Some of them pay cash;
they take their purchase, Plenty-Coups
drops the money into his box, and
both parties are satisfied, without any
written record of the transaction. For
the accommodation of people who do
not pay cash he keeps account in the
most primitive way. On a sheet of
common brown wrapping paper he
draws a picture of the customer, or
rather of the customers name. There
is no misleading the rude sketch
which stands for Walking-Bear or
Crazy-Crane. while the amount of the
gentleman's debt is plainly marked
over his efigy and hitched to it by a
wriggly pencil line. Suppose Mr.. Elk
or Mrs. Plenty-Shells-for, as in most
civilized communities, women do a
large part of the shopping-having
spent So at the store spends three
more, or pays two on account, Plenty
Coups rubs the original figure out and
WAaNG0 0AAg GhNAA0 ~ Va NAA
year all accounts are squared and all
ledgers-brown papers-burned. There
Is nothing in the world to prevent the
storekeeper from tampering with his
balance sheet. He can erase figures
at will and alter them to his own adj
vantage. The whole Crow nation,
however much they might suspect him,
could prove nothing. The simple fact
is that he does not betray his trust.
And they know he does not.
His store Is not a government
agency, but a private enterprise.
Plenty-Coups bought his own stock
and fixtures, such as they are. He,
his squaw and one other Indian deal
out the supplies and pocket the prof
its or losses with true Indian stolidity.
His squaw, by the way, is his second
wife, and might be called the third.
He had two when he came to the reser-
walton, was honestly attached to both,
and, when obliged to give up one,
went through a long period Of painful
indecision. After a month of hesita-
ton he finally conformed with the
white mans custom-kept the one who
was consumptive and reluctantly let
the other go. For five years he sup
ported the discarded wife and she
took no other husband. BY and by
Mrs. Plenty oupes fell i'll. Then did
the cast-oh squaw return to tend her
sick rival and faithfully wait upon
her former lord. The sick woman
died. One would now expect the long
separated pair to come together again.
Strange to say, Plenty-C Oups took n
to himself a new wife and the old one
still lives by herself. Here is a whole
notwithstanding Indian romance.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17

Captain Crowninshield, writing in
the January Century of the "Advan-
tages of the Nicaragua Canal" sum
marizes some Of them in this wise:
when the divide between the Allan
tic and the Pacific Is cut through, part
Of the waters of the lake, which for
untold ages have flowed east to the
Caribbean sea-, will flow west to the Pa
ciic. Lake Nicaragua, covering as it
does nearly 5000 square miles, be-
comes not only a part of the water
route itself, but a grand reservoir To-
Gated exactly where it is most needed
at the summit level. Thus it will be
seen that while nature has not quite
opened through Nicaragua a complete
water route to the Pacific, she has
come very near to it. In fact, Of all
the routes for an interoceanic canal
that have received consideration, it
must be admitted that so much has al
ready been accomplished by nature to-
ward this end that the work which re-
mains for man to do will be far less
than by any other route"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17

Kaiakaua was when It Came to Nue.
Mixing u Drlnka.

was when lt Game TO Much
Mixing Of Drinks.
Here is an episode in the career Of
the late King Kalakaua. says the San
Francisco Report. During one Of his
visits to this city he was taken to
Mare island on a naval vessel, and the
guests on this occasion included a doz-
en- or two army officers, some of whom
were young, lively and out for fun. The
navy officers and the army officers had
a quiet little talk and It was agreed
that, as the navy officers had their reg
ular work to do, they could not take a
social glass, and therefore it was the
duty Of the army officers to see that his
majesty was properly corned. and, If
possible, laid out on the trip to the
island. The fun waxed fast and flu
rious In the officers quarters and the
flowing bowl was kt1t IN constant mo-
ton toast after toast being onered, and
on every occasion Kalakaua drank to
the full limit, accepting every chal-
lenge from an army man.
BY the time the vessel rounded Mare
island light most Of the army officers
were resting on the touches of the
navy officers, but Kalakaua, steady as
a rock, bright, smiling and genial, still
the center of a group in the wardroom,
was ready, willing and even eager to
drink to every sentiment his hosts
might offer. Arrived at Mare island,
he walked ashore as dignihed as ever,
bowling %graciously to the right and left.
and in the reception hall he met the
officers and ladies in his easy, affable
way, and charmed one and all with
his courtly manners and happy style.
It was a glass Of champagne with Mrs.
So-and-So, a glass of punch with Mrs.
So-and-so, champagne with the admir-
al, punch with the other officers. and at
the close of the day he returned to the
ship, came back to the city, had his
dinner at the palace as usual, and in
the evening received q few visitors and
was the honor guest at a social gath
ering. In army circles to this day,
whenever any one says this mar or
that man can carry off a large amount
of hot and fiery liquors with ease and
comfort, there is almost always some
one to say; ooh, yes, he is a pretty
hard-headed man, but you should have
seen Kalakaua on the Mare island
trip"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17
-woMENspooroRs oF DID.
known in Europe Centuries Before tn
ChrIstIan Era Began.

Known in Europe Centuries Before the
Christian Era Began.
The medical profession, 1t may not
be generally known, has had many
skillful women practitioners since re-
mote antiquity. Women practitioners
have been practicing in Europe since
the third century before Christ aud
their genius has done much to develop
the science. The first regular qualified
woman physician in Europe on record
was Agnodice, a native Of Athens. At
that time 1t was against the law for a
women to study medicine. Agnodice
succeeded in passing through the COLI
lege, however, disguised as a man, and
graduated with honors in 300 B. G..
After receiving her degree she prac-
ticed among the women Of Athens with
extraordinary success. In time, how
ever, her secret leaked u and she
vas arrested and imprisoned. The
women Of Athens upon hearing this
raised such a torn of protest that she
vas finally released.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17

able spirit Of enterprise introduces
a hearse. At the time Of the great
payment to the Cheyennes the new
hearse was the only ornamental wheel
cd conveyance in Cheyenne City. This
hearse caught the eye Of a warrior
with more money under his blanket
than he had aver had before. From
catching his eye it was no long step to
exciting his desires to own that We
hicle and to celebrate in style. That's
Indian nature, at least the kind Of In
dian that people know on the plains.
II took very nearly all the money he
had, but he bought the hearse and a
team of six mules complete. There
wouldn't be n surplus for the Indian
but for a miscalculation on the part
Of the undertaken In setting his price.
He made allowance for the Indians
spending money a little more freely
than was actually the case. However,
the surplus was not lost to the gem
eral circulation of the currency. The
warrior and his squaw got on the box
seat OF the vehicle and drove of in
style. As other Indians Of standing in
the tribe were encountered the hearse
was stopped and they were invited to
get aboard. When they had filed
every available inch on the roof Of the
conveyance, other Indian passengers
were crowded into the box and sat be-
hind the glass panels looking solemn
" out upon the world. When the
hearse could not be made to hold an
other Indian the outfit set OF at a
gallop on a tour Of the business houses
which particularly appealed to their
custom.
AS their money gave out, or as they
succumbed to their too great purchas-
ing power. the first batch of Indians
dropped off the hearse and fell by the
Wayside, but there were others keen
to take their places, and the vehicle
passed from one Indian owner to an
other for a very small consideration.
Never before had a hearse been con-
cerned in such an orgie, But through
/. all some sort Of luck looked out for
It; It had fallen on disreputable uses,
but 1t came through the wild debauch
without serious damage. After the
spree was over the last Of its success
sion of Indian owners took the hearse
back to the undertaken. It was an ele-
plant on the Indians hands; there
was no use for such a wagon in the
Cheyenne village, and he was willing to
sell for a thousand dollars. for a hun
bred dollars, ten. Eve, two bits and a
bottle Of whisky. on which last terms
the transaction was completed. L. IS
not OF record that any Of the arst
citizens Of Cheyenne objected to being
carried In this %conveyence because OF
hs lapse from sobriety for a single
cay Of Indian extravaganza.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17
AND JOHN.

Should Jonathan and John fan out
The world would stagger from that bout.
With John and Jonathan as one
IN worlds great peace viii have begun.
with Jonathan and John az war
The hour that havoc hungers for
VIII strike I'm ruin Of blood n tears
The world set back a thousand years.
with ohm and jonathan sworn to stand
Bhoulder to shoulder, hand by hand,
Justice and peace shall uild their throne
From tropic sea to frozen zone.
When Jonathan and John forget
The scar Of an ancient wound to fret
And mile to think Of an ancient feud
Which the God Of the nations turned to
good,
when the bond Of a common creed and
speech,
And kindred binds them each to each,
And each in the others victories
The pride Of his own achievement sees
How paltry a thing they both will know
That grudge Of a hundred years ago
How small that blemish Of wrath and
blame
In the blazonry Of their common famei
Charles G. d. Roberts in the January
Century.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17

A new process is announced for sea-
soning wood by electrical action. The
timber to be treated is put into a quad
rangular tank Of liquid, immersed to
rather more than half its depth, and an
electric current applied through a met
tribute it throughout the area, and It is
stated that in a space Of four minutes
the sap begins to eXude at the lower
end Of the wood; in six hours it is all
extracted. The wood is then placed in
another tank from which a septic solu-
ton is forced into the pores by an cleo
tro-capillary method. If, says the
Builder, this process has successful re-
suits at n cost which will not be com
mercially %prohibitory, 1t may prove of
great importance.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17

All the French apers are caught by the
fact that the five American commission
ers appeared in evening dress at the last
nights session of the peace commission.
N@hen the American delegation first ar
throughout Europe the report that its
members were ~ill-mannered, addressed
and without personal servants-that, in a
word, they looked like a company Of per
sonally conducted" tourists. Ambassador
MonsOn's recent reference to American
diplomats had revived the French phrase.
'shirt-sleeve diplomacy" so that the
cOmme-il-faut appearance of the Amer
leans in the final scene of the negotia-
lions made quite an impression on the
public mind. The explanation is found IN
the simple fact hat the commissioner
had dressed, not for the signing Of the
treaty, but for a dinner party to which
they were invited for the same evening
has escaped the Partisan newspapers.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17
Trained Colored Nurses.

The Training School for Nurses at the
colored institute at Tuskagee furnished
four nurses for the army at Santiago and
MIN for the camp at Chickamauga. One
OF the most INTEREST," features of the
parade before the Pr dent down there
was a float representing the old kind of
nursing in the South compared with the
new. On the first float was the interior
OF a negro cabin, with an old NANNY"
In the chimney place, while her patient
lay on a pile Of straw in a corner, covered
with a ragged bedquilt. The other float
represented a neat bedroom, with an iron
uniform with a white cap, and the differ
ent appliances that are In common use In
Well-ordered hospitals. II made a very
ture.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17
INDIAN BOOKKEEPING
PICTORIAL STATEMENTS Ac-
CEPTED IN IMPLICIT FAITH.
Especial Letter.)

Keeping a ledger is altogether be-
yond an ordinary Indians power. An
Indian buys one dollars worth, OF two
dollars worth or Eve dollars worth;
he does not bother with the odd cents.
II he wants 25 cents worth Of chewing
tobacco he buys four packages for a
dollar rather than puzzle out the
change, which simplihes matters both
for customer and storekeeper. But
there are a few Indian storekeepers.
On the Grow reservation, near Pryor,
Mont, there is one. Some 20 miles
from the agency a store is kept by
Plenty-C oups, principal chief Of the
Crows. Now, Plenty-Coups can print
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-17

Every almshouse in the land is full
of old bachelors, pale, moping men,
who mediate on childhood and Its
memories of friends. If old age comes
with wealth then the bachelor realizes
that the sweetest things Of life cannot
be bought. His house is not a home.
Those who wait on him work not for
love, but for wages. He Is Ike n trav-
eler in a strange land, who wishes for
n genuine resting place, and some one
to look at whom he lOves.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.