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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13
LATE NEW THINGS.

A handy scoop for moving heavy ma
terial has a small truck attached to the
rear portion, on which wheels are
mounted to permit the scoop to be
pushed along. instead Of being car
ried.
To prevent a pipe damper from ac-
cidentally turning in the pipe and
changing the draught an attachment
has been designed, which consists Of
a yoke to be slipped over the handle
Of the damper and clamp it in place.
An improved link cuff button has a
%telescoping shank, one of the members
having an interior projection which en-
cages a groove cut in the surface Of the
other shank to prevent removal until
a half-turn is given to either part OF
the button.
Lumber can be quickly piled by a
Michigan mans device. consisting OF
a frame held in place by extensions
entering the pile OF lumber. an adjust
able roller being attached TO the top
Of the frame to roll the boards instead
of sliding them.
Stamps and envelope flaps can be
easily moistened by an Oregonian's
invention, which slips on the finger
like a thimble, the end holding a piece
OF sponge or other absorbent material
to be dipped In a water cup and trans
fer the moisture to the gummed sur.
face.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13
QUE uNcRowNEp RULERS.

Give the children roasted apples to
eat frequently and as many oranges
as they wanE
H6w long saooid a child reIhaih in
a bath? This must, of course, depend
upon circumstances; the time must be
varied according to the age OF the
child. Fol the first four or five weeks
Of an infants life it should not be
kept in beyond three or four minutes,
and the duration must be gradually
prolonged as the child grows older un-
til it extends to a quarter of an hour,
a period which may be allowed after
it has attained the age of 8 years.
When the baby pokes an inuuiring
finger into the fire or tumbles against
a hot steam radiator a quick way to
relieve his shrieks is to cover the
burned surface with baking powder
till a preparation of equal parts Of
linseed oil and lime water can be ap-
piled and covered with soft cloths. If
the burn is slight covering with the
white of an egg or pure lard will re-
lieve the agony. Burns caused by lime
or I've or an alkali of any sort should
be treated by vinegar or lemon juice;
burns caused by acid should be treated
with water and moist earth.
There are households in which the
children are scarcely permitted to
speak above their breath. This is not
at all right. In the home there should
be freedom Of speech. Children should
be encouraged to express, in a modest
way, their opinions before their par
ents and to come to them for advice
and counsel in all their difficulties and
dilemmas. II this course is pursued
they will not be likely to take any
serious steps in after life without either
consulting the old folk at home or APP
plying the home standard of propriety
to whatever enterprise they may have
in view.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13
HAVE N

Considering that l love you-and that
you love someone else-it is rather
hard on me, isn't it,"
"Oh, don't, don't! II you olly knew
how I loathe myself for having said
all this to you. You are quite right to
refuse me. How dare l ask you-or
any man-to take me under such con-
ditions? You are quite right to refuse
me-"
Il don't know" he answered slow
ly. IF you did not love another man
already it might have been different.
But as it is-yes. l certainly won't
marry you. Miss Maitland; you have
humbled yourself to me unnecessarily.
You cannot know me very we'll when
you imagine that l had come to with
draw my support from your uncle at
such a time as this. Instead, l had
merely come to place the further sum
Of ESQ, 900 to my account. The public
knows it already, and the paying into
the bank Of such a large sum has re-
stored confidence"
Ere she had time to speak he was
gone.
But the bank was saved! The bank
was saved! A man she had always
despised in her heart had come for
ward and saved it. Why--why had
she never been able before to see the
fine nature which lurked beneath a
somewhat bocTish exterior.
The excitebent Of hat day was fol-
lowed by a long Illness for her. When
she returned to life once more It was
to find her uncle in better spirits than
she could ever remember him.
"All the doing Of Reginald Fairfax,
Elsie, my glrl!' the old banker said.
gleefully. "He stuck to me right
through, child, when everyone else
failed me, lnd his example saved the
bank.
He had further persuaded old John
Rivers TO make a partner OF his long
trusted manager. He was therefore in
a position al last to ask Elsle's hand
in marriage. When he asked her she
answered Yes"
Some months after their marriage
Elsie received another visit from her
brother Harold. He was altogether
a different person. He was going to
America, and had come to make a con-
fession to her.
He had sold his knowledge OF their
uncle and the bank to a CERTAIN gang OF
thieves for a large sum Of money. But
he had never known a happy minute
since, and he had never touched a
farthing Of the ill-gotten cash. He
was going to America now. to start
life In earnest. and when his sister
asked him where he had found the
necessary funds he told her that the
donor was Reginald Fairfax.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

clined to curl outward. His eyes were
a deep blue Of peculiar shade, without
a suggestion Of gray, and his long nose
was emphasized by a hump in the CEN
ter of the ridge, which lent to his
c-ountenance an expression of stern
ness, strongly impressive at first
glance. The lower part of his face
was covered with q beard that matched
his hair in color n concealed his
chin, but a picture Of him taken in
1862 showed a young man with a we'll
rounded chin, square-cut jaws and a
handsome mouth.
Judge Dunn had presided over this
circuit for two years and there was
no man more popular than he in Stall
worth county. A remark made by a
yankee farmer some years before had
become historical and was generally
accepted as a fair estimate Of the man.
Coll durn himp exclaimed this farmer,
after having gotten the worst Of an
argument, the jedge is as set in his
ways as a mule, but durn if his ways
amt bout kerrect.'"
Again, in the book, when the judge
is asked the question, Are you really
so much opposed to all corporations
as people say o are?" he replies:
THE question was a frank one and
shall have a frank answer. / am not
down on corporations in the abstract,
but / confess that in my opinion there
Is a decided tendency on their part
to assume powers beyond what the
trainers Of the constitution and the
early lawmakers intended and to make
use OF the wealth which they control
in ways which will not bear the scru-
tiny Of honest men. They take every
point which the law allows them and
add a few more obtained by the use Of
money-generally. I must confess, in
an indirect way, though none the less
b-lameworthy because they do not vlo-
late any law on the statute books. The
effect is the same on the poor litigant
who may be seeking justice with a cor
poration and all its forces arrayed
against him.
In so far as / have always tried IN
my court 10 preserve an equilibrium,
and to curtail as much as possible the
use q what deem iiuprorer advan-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

Inssot H~poreases Ia sizo Eaoh Eiaaa
she MoIta.

Inseot -IRoreasos Ia sizo Eaoh Ft-aa
She MOltu.
From the Country Gentleman: An
event OF more than ordinary interest
occurred in my office yesterday noon.
A large female tarantula shed its skin
for the second time since Il has been in
captivity. Those familiar with insects,
spiders and related creatures are aware
that they are incased by a hard,
yielding integument. Increase Of size
Is permissible only when the old skin
Is shed and one that has been newly
formed beneath expands to the requi-
site degree. This is a process con-
stantly occurring in nature, and ever
excltes interest in the beholder. When
a large spider three inches long throws
off the old integument it is a thrilling
sight. In the present case the taran-
tula had evidently been feeling unwell
for some days, a condition frequently
preceding this process among insects,
and yesterday morning she was found
lying on her back and apparently dead,
but moved a little upon being disturb
ed. She lay thus until about 1915,
when the rustling her movements made
excited attention. The old skin had
then ruptured around the thorax in
such a manner that the top could be
removed entire, and through this open
ing the giant spider was literally
working out of her old skin. This was
accomplished by the aid Of her eight
legs and the two leg-like palpi. At the
end Of an hour the change had been
effected. TIE spider lay upon her
back, beside the perfect skin, resting
from the severe exertion.
This tarantula was unusually large
before she molted, and is now of still
greater size. She came north in a
bunch of bananas about two and a half
years ago, and until last January was
the pet of DIR. j. NJ. Bigelow. While
under his care one skin was shed and
is now in my possession. An idea of
the increase in size attendant upon
molting may be gained by comparing
the dimensions Of the dorsal piece of
the skin shed about the latter part of
1896, when under the care of DR.. Bige-
low, and the one shed yesterday. The
first measures n inch and the sec
n measures one and a quarter inches.
Therefore, the present dorsal piece will
probably be proDortionately larger
when fully expanded.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

tages on the part Of corporations, I
have been down on corporations but
no farther" And he added: "The pre-
iudice that has grown mp In the minds
o. the people is the natural child OF the
corporation, begotten by the policy or
greed and oppression practiced by rich
corporations. What Is more, this child
grows stronger every ~day-christen II
what you will, virtuous indignation o.
prejudice"
WELL" resumed Gardwell, I'VE
would only be too willing to strangie
the child, and henceforth adjust all
differences according to the strict let
ter Of the law"
"The law is a broad term" replied
the Judge. Law is oftentimes not
equity and that which is not equity the
people will never accept as the law
even though It is crammed down their
threats by the supreme court"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

Consul Livingston at Cape Haytien,
Hayti, in a recent report to the State
Department, states that the currency
OF Hayti has become so deprecated as
TO be well-nigh worthless, and its daily
fluctuations seem the result of caprice.
Almost all business enterprises are
either bankrupt or on the verge OF
bankruptcy. Business is at a stand
still, and no one, either native or for
eigner. is able to see any way out Of
the difficulty. Such is the condition OF
a country with a soil the fertility Of
which probably surpasses that OF any
other in the world. Everything grows
without effort. There are dyewoods
and cabinet woods in abundance; even
virgin forests OF mahogany and other
hard woods; and the mineral wealth.
though unexplored, is said to be con-
siderable. The consul adds that he be-
lleves a tour Of the island, with a view
OF making a thorough inquiry into its
industrial condition, embracing the
principal settlements of the interior,
as well as the cities along the coast,
would reveal a field ripe for the invest
mNlt Of American capital.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

The rise Of a panic and the involved
method in which an absolute mon
archy compounds with truth to Quell it,
is aptly illustrated in an incident OF
the days preceding the riots in Con
stantinople in 1896. Two men got in
20 a quarrel in the street, and one
knocked the other down. The passers-
by ran to get out OF the way Of the
blows which followed, and others, see
ing the fight, ran also. Soon the wild
est confusion resulted. Outside shut
tsrs were put up, shoppers forced into
the street and swept along with the
crowd. The great bridge, over which
passes the most cosmopolitan crowd IN
the world, was a torrent Of rushing hu-
manity. Women failing In strength
dropped into doorways and alleys to
avoid being trampled to death. A
little later the government sent out
heralds announcing that a lion had es-
caped from a menagerie and caused
the panic; but that he had been re-
captured and all danger removed. A
few weeks afterwaTd occurred :he ter
ribIe riots and the massacre which
made orphans OF nearly four thousand
Armenian children.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13
HoodIa PIla cue an LIver Ina. . esnt..

In the first lnstailment OF his story OF
the "Merrimac'' In the December Gem
tury, which is to be an unusually attrac-
tive number, Lieutenant Hobson laws no
claim to having originated the idea OF
blocking the channel at Santiago. The
sinking Of the collier had been ordered by
Admiral Sampson, but the commanding
officer of Santiago had not executed the
vancouver when the flagship arrived,
and the working out OF the plan. as we'll
as its execution, was intrusted to Lieu
tenant Hobson. The preliminary steps
are detailed in this lumber Of the maga-
zine, and in later issues the story of the
sinking Of the ship and the capture and
imprisonment of her crew will be given
at first hand. This is the only account OF
his exploit that Mr.. Hobson has written
fer publication.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

connection with Gen. Grants fame for
the reason that he died before the gen
eral became famous. Simpson Grant
was the youngest of the Grant chill
dren. He was afflicted with consump-
ton and, to benefit his health, took a
wagon trip through the northwestern
prairies. He died in an obscure Iowa
town just before the war, and was
buried there among strangers. 1t was
many weeks before the Grant family
knew Of his fate or the place of his bur-
ial. A modest stone marks his grave
and his nanae was engraved on tho
Grant tombstone in Spring Grove Gem
etery, Cincinnati.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

She prayed ~farvently that she might
be able to keep the knowledge to her
self forever. safely hidden from the
fond old man who believed in her. Fate
would decide.
For hours she sat in a little room
over the bank, listening to the persist
ent clamOrings below for gold.
How much longer could II 20 on7
mot much ~longerl" John Rivers
said ejectedly to his suffering niece.
Not much longer, elsie, my girl. They
must have paid It nearly all out by
now. Soon they will have to close the
doors. Don't cry. child. It is the will OF
Providence, I suppose, but it's hard to
get such a blow as this at my time OF
lifei"
Presently there we're sounds OF
cheering in the street. A well-known
millionaire had driven up to the bank.
My God! muttered the old banker.
This is the last straw! Reginald Fair
fax has turned against me with the
rest; when he has withdrawn his mon
ey there won't be a penny left"
Go and see him, uncle" Elsie plead
ed. He is so rich he might be per
suaded to leave It."
mo, child. 1 could not speak to him
or any one else today"
Then / will, uncle. Oh, do go and
send him here to me! I must see himl
Reginald will save us!"
John Rivers went blindly out, and
Elsie waited for Reginald Fairfax to
come to her. Twice this self-made
man has asked her to marry him;
twice she had refused. He was rich,
but he was also coarse. Life with him
would be a nightmare, she had al
ways told herself. She did not love
him.
But now -
He was standing there in front OF
her, loudly dressed, and looking more
commonplace and vulgar than ever.
How could she appeal to this boorish
parvenu? She must. though; she had
worked the mischief, and she u
right 1t If possible.
At the end of another five minutes
she vas telling him everything-all
about her brother and her selling the
news of the robbery to the editor. lie
listened in silence. She humbled her
self to the dust before him, and begged
him not to withdraw his money from
the bank.
He smiled queerly.
You twice asked me to be your
wife," she wound up feverishly. land
l refused you. Would you still mar
ry me, Mr.. Fairfax? Oh, do answer
If l said yes would you still marry
me?"
The smile %broadened.
Am l to understand that you are
proposing to me, Miss Maitland? ?" he
asked.
Don't seek to humble me any more;
don't, DON'T" she cried. Il have fallen
far enough!"
Yes" he said; 1T must indeed be a
terrible fall for the proud Miss Matt
land to offer herself to me! You Of
fer to become my wife If l will only
leave my money in your uncle's bank.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

John Bull evidently means business.
He has notified the Canadian Steam
ship company that the Empress Of In
dia, the Empress Of China and Empress
Of Japan must prepare for immediate
war service. They will repair TO Hong
Kong. where guns and munitions OF
war are in readiness. These steam
ships were constructed Under direction
of the British government, and can be
converted into cruisers in twenty-four
hours after work begins.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

Mrs. Drayton-Ah, well, it has al
ways been nv acarest wish to grow old
gracefully. Mrs. Winston-Is that so,
dear? I'm awfully sorry for you. Mrs.
Drayton-You are sorry for me? Why?
Mrs. Winston-Because your dearest
wish has been to grow old gracefully.
OF course you'll never have a chance to
try it over and make use of the prac-
tice you've had.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

An Irish correspondent Of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph says that a coun-
tryman of his was badly wounded In
battle, and, as he lay on the ground a
wounded comrade near him kept up
a continual howl from pain, What
the devil are we shoutin' like that for"
said Pat; do We think that nobody's
kilt but yerself?" A sergeant In a
regiment Of light horse was both very
tall and very corpulent and often joked
with n of his men, an Irishman, as
to the %prOneness of his countrymen
to make bulls in the course of ordtn-
airy conversation. BE me sowl," said
the Irishman, ireland never made
such a bull as England did when she
made a light horseman of you
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

The man who acted for years as Jay
Gould's purchasing agent says of I'm
Gle Russell Sage: "He is the only man
in the world who manages to get
through the day without spending a
cent. He walks from his bouse to the
elevated station, at Forty-second
street, where the newsboy on the plat
form makes him a present of a morn
ing paper. He rides free, of curse.
The Western Union Company gives
him a splendid luncheon. He neither
drinks, eats nor smokes"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

An astonishing story that recalls to
mind the classic tale Of the battle OF
the a n and pygmies comes from
Macedonia, where it is said that a
pitched battle between some thousands
of eagles and storks, at a village with
a name that defes pronunciation or
photography, took place, with the re-
suit that the storks were defeated with
great slaughter and large numbers OF
their slain were Left on the field.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

When It m to handing bouquets
TO each other some of the country peo-
pers certainly carry of the prize Here
is one that the Maquoketa Qowa) Ex-
celsior deals out to a contemporary;
The grinning chump who comes here
10 solicit for the Clinton County Teas
er. the paper that is thrown into he
cutter as soon as It is taken from the
postomce by intelligent people was IN
town last week and sent back a lot OF
political rot to the swill tub he writes
FOR. but wrote it because It Is report
ed
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

watts see that a German scien-
fist asserts that the memory is strong
err In summer than in winter" Potts
II CUES he wrote that after hearing
some old fellow talking about the hot
summers Of forty years ago. "-ln-
dianapolis Journal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

Llamas are the chief freight carriers
in Central Peru. The usual load for
an animal is about 100 pounds. II you
put upon his back more than he can
easily carry he quietly kneels and will
not bulge until the load is reduced.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

In the Sandwich islands there is a
spot called the Rock Of Refuge. II
the criminal reaches this rock before
capture he is safe, so long as he re-
mains there. Usually his family sup
ply him with food until he is able to
make his escape. but he Is never al
lowed to return to his own tribe.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

Said Mrs. Fondmother to her son.
who is unduly partial TO the softer sex:
Don't you put any reliance on what
the girls tell you. They are awful
liars and will fool you every time. "
yes, but how nice they do IT," replied
the enamored youth. with a beatiho
smile.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

Porto Rico has now followed Hawaii
into the domain Of the United states
for better or for worse. II rests with
AS 10 make It for the better by assuring
these new territories good government
and that Is 10 be done only by assur-
Inc ourselves the best possible govern
ment az home.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

A current story. rhe description
given there of Judge Tracy Dunn fits
Judge Sawyer to a T, and the resem-
blance is so remarkable that many
people have assumed that the author
had Judge Sawyer in mind when
drawing the character. The Bowerville
OF the book might well be Hartford,
Judge Sawyer's home, and the envi.
ronment in every respect is remark
ably alike, The strongly anticorpora-
ton tendency as evidenced in Judge
Sawyer's record is a marked charac-
teristic Of Judge Dunn, though the re-
semblance stops with Judge Dunn's
elevation to the federal bench. AL
though it is not known that Judge
Sawyer has any particular penchant
for butterflies, like Judge Dunn, he is
remarkably fond of fishing and very
skillful with the rod, and can boast
Of the capture of many fine bass and
muskellunge.
This is the description which the au-
thor gives Of Judge Tracy Dunn, and
In which Judge Hiram w. Sawyer can
so plainly be seen.
Iuu5S Duhh was Slightly DelOW tue
average man of the West in height
which by no meal implies that he
was small Of stature, for what is lacked
In height he made up in breadth Of
shoulders and general ~massiveness Of
frame, from his large, well-rounded
head to his thick-soled boots, and
these were built on no common last.
His forehead was really higher than 1t
looked because his thick. iron-gray hair
had early overstepped the line of the
border plantations, as generally laid
out, and by nature had ~encroached
downward, until it left a somewhat
narrow space between itself and his
eyebrows, which were shaggy and in
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13
is TAKEN FROM LIFE
HIRAM WILSON SAWYER HERO
OF A NOVEL.
Was the Famous Wisconsin Judge the
Man7-Question as Co whether He
DID Not Figure In q story-Author
Takes some Liberty.
milwaukee letter.

N observing MIL
waukeean drew at
tention the other
day to the remark
a BILE resemblance
which Judge Saw
yer Of Hartford,
late d e m o C r attic
candidate for gov
n Of Wisconsin,
bears to the prin-
cipal character in
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

those who desplse fame seldom de-
serve a. We are apt to undervalue the
parcaase we cannot reach, 10 conceal
our puverty the better. II Is a spark
which kindles upon the best fuel, n
burns brightest IN the brayest breast
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

At forty a man doesn't think he
knows as much as he thought he knew
at twenty but he knows he knows
more.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

The thread Of an argument often i'm
plies that the whole thing is merely a
yarn.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

The pill Of adversely is never sugar
coated.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

Converting shirkers into workers,
absorbs more time than changing sin
ners into saints.