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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02
A BEGGAR KINGDOM FAILS

the length Of the room. Overhead Zap
a few overalls and other stray gar
ments. the sole adornment Of the great
gloomy apartment.
The men SIT listlessly and silently, at
least when anyone is present. Some Of
them doze in half-sitting, half-reclin-
ing attitudes. Others rest their heads
upon their hands. their elbows on their
knees. and some tilt their chairs back
ward and clasp the back OF their heads
In their hands. There was a dirty old
checkerboard on a bench, nut no one
was playing. A listlessness that is
contagious and oppressive ~pervades the
room. One thinks Of the lotus-eaters.
or men affected by some deadly drug
in looking at them.
There Is one thing that rouses them
from their inertness and support is
the only event that marks one hour
as differing from another from dawn
until dusk-the time for serving the
simple %rations. Nothing could be less
inviting to a normal person than the
long, low, bare dining room; but to
the waiting tramps It Is an attractive
banquet hall. Two long uncovered ta-
bles run its entire length, fanked on
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

Why American runners Are the Best.
That the Workmanship Of the gun
nNs in the American navy is the best
in the world is admitted even by Brit
ism experts. A recent chart prepared
by one Of them compares the results
OF target praOice by the men Of the
United States battleship Texas, which
holds the record in the American navy
for 1898, and those Of her majesty's
protected cruiser %Imperieuse, the flag
ship Of the British Pacific squadron.
The record of the American gunners
Is SO per cent Of hits, while that of
tho English is only so per cent.
Credit for the superior workmanship
shown is given to the greater oppor-
tunities for target practice given by
the regulations Of the United States
navy. In 1898 we spent $1,000, 900 on
target practice, while for the much
larger English navy less than $3.50, 900
is allowed.
Under the present regulations each
United States war vessel is allowed
fourteen opportunities for practice FIR
Ahh az oNas Az AaAbGo NMAHAQgGu ny
the navy are from 500 yards for the
small guns to 5000 yards for the
large. The speed of the ship must ex-
coed eight knots. Under the regula-
lions in force prior to July, 1897, each
ship must be prepared as II for battle
on two occasions during the year, and
two prizes. one Of IS and $40, may be
awarded for every twenty-five men
who take part in the practice.
IN the English navy there is one
trial practice each month and an an
nual prize firing, but the allowances
Of ammunition are so small that the
practice Is small.
One reason for the greater percent
ages Of American hits below the water
line is due to the fact that American
gunners fire when the opposing ship
Is on the downward roll, while the
gunners OF other nations generally
cut loose" when their opponent is rls-
ing.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

John Simmons Of Boston, who died
about twenty-five years ago. left a
large fortune to his widow and chill
dren on such terms that, after a GER
tain time, a certain sum which was to
accumulate should be available for the
establishment OF a college for women.
The time has now expired. and ac-
cordingly the institution is to be estab-
lished in Boston, with an original en-
dowment Of 50, 900, 900. It's name. un-
less something a be done to prevent
It, will be Simmons Female college, %
and its purpose to furnish to women
instruction In such branches Of art,
seience and industry as win help them
to acquire an Independent livelihood.
Il will be nonsectarian.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02
THE BEGGAR KINGDOM THAT is TO BE BROKEN UP.


showed their sympathy by sending in
provisions for regaling the hoboes
with a fare that should at least APP
proach in quality that given to impris-
oned criminals.
Two cents a day, it was said by an
employe, would pay for the food sup
piled to each pauper on the island. It
takes $4,000 per annum to run the
place, but at two cents a day a very
small proportion Of mat sum evidently
is required to keep up the table.
The tramps bore the decrease in the
amount Of their food, f~inching per-
ceptibly, but some Of them weakened
when the no-tobacco edict was issued.
It might be sold beyond the confIles
Of tramp house, absolute idleness
might be an unattalnable luxury. but
there would at least be a chap to share
his plug with an unlucky fellow. so a
number Of devotees Of the weed de-
serted. Then came a rumor that the
able-bodied we're to be sent to the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02
oblongs Of toast like sandwich slices.
crisp and brown, and always hot"
maple syrup Nm ooal Morn.

People who like maple strip on their
buckwheat cakes are likely to pay a
higher price for It next winter. DIS.
patches from Vermont say that the
crop is this year a total failure. owing
to a plague Of caterplllars, which last
summer stripped the trees Of foliage.
In 1889 Vermont produced 4S per cent
Of all the maple sugar of the country.
The total amount produced IN that
year was 49, $50, 900 pounds, in add.,
ton TO 100000 gallons Of maple strip.
New York ranks second as a sugar
producing state with 80 per cent Of the
total amount to It's credit. New Hamp-
shire, Pennsylvania, Michigan and
Ohio follow in the order named. Al
present maple sugar of this years crop
is selling at twelve cents a pound,
while the strip brings thirty cents a
quart.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02


Tramp House. on Barnum Island.
IL O. beleagured garrison these days. its
inmates being pl,iably reduced In num-
bers and subdued In demeanor. but not
yet broken in spirit.
Ever since Nassau became lndepend-
ent OF Queens county the hobOes who
ind a winter residence On the island
have been a grievous burden to the Of
hoials Of the new county. Nassau COW
eted the 500 acres Of land on Barnum's
Island, and the buildings which went
with them, but they would have been
entirely willing to let Queens keep the
paupers.
Such a division. however, being i'm
practicable. the new officials sought
means Of making the retreat an unde-
sirable one, even for such hardened
men as found a refuge there. The ra-
tons were issued ~guardedly. There
was no temptation for a man to over
eat n no possibility of his doing 50
II ne were so disposed, and all comforts
were reduced to a minimum. The no.
DO garrison, however, refused to be
starved out. They knew their rights.
lhey did not submit supinely to the
methods employed by the new super
visors. In consequence q member of
the state board OF charities went down
TO the island on an investigating ex-
petition and warned the authorities
that there must be no starving or n
such mode OF attack, else the besieged
would be aided by an attack from an
other quarter on the county authorities
themselves.
Times were very bad all around on
the Island, what with the quarrel be-
tween the old and new supervisors. the
parent county and its offspring. the
governors and the governed. The
keeper and tSe county superintendent
had their troubles, too. Last week the
keeper delivered up his keys and a man
was temporarily put in charge by the
superintendent, who has an idea of
taking up his own summer residence
there, If the affairs OF the colony are
not soon wound up and the paupers
gotten rid of. The superintendent will
not have a bad place to pass the sum
mer in, for the keepers house is a most
commodious and comfortable one. It
is the first building that leads to Long
Beach. In front is the still water and
the breeze from the open ocean comes
across the salt meadows in the rear.
There Is a piazza across the front one
ONE upon as he turns the road and
many windows admit light and air to
the large, handsomely finished and
well furnished rooms. There are many
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

houses in that part Of Long Island not
at all superior in location, construc-
ton or furnishing to this one which
rent for a thousand dollars or more for
the season. Queens county not only
provided a fine residence for the keeper
OF the paupers, but supplied such lux
uries as an electric light plant, which
under the Nassau regime has fallen in
to %desuetude.
No wonder that hapless, helpless
creatures shake their heads, sadly or
sullenly, according to disposition, and
mutter Times has changed" Some
OF them found a comfortable berth
here for a score Of years, some Of them
discovered Il only in comparatively re-
cent times, but IS long as wealthy
Queens had charge Of the farm 1t was
a happy home for the wandering.
labor-hating fraternity. In those good
old days they were not turned out to
shift for themselves. They loafed un-
disturbed through all the unpleasant
months. going forth for a little vaca-
ton trip In the summer, II they were
so disposed. and then back again to
the shelter OF the island. Sometimes
there we're several hundred In the col
ony, where no worry. anxiety OF ap-
prehension Of hard times was ever
known.
II was an evil day for the peaceful
hoboes when the exigencies Of Greater
New York brought about the creation
Of the new county OF Nassau. There
are now about sixty persons in the col
ony. four OF them being ONE OF
the others. about twelve or fifteen are
too old or sick ever TO leave unless
they are taken to some other place to
be cared for. The a~ble-bodied. those
who are due to leave. and who Will
be gotten rid Of within a short time
II the officers have their will, spend
the day IN the tramp house, awaiting
and ~dreading the word that shall send
them forth.
This tramp place is as uninviting a
place as one could fancy, bare. desc
late and cherries. There are wooden
benches around the dull walls. and a
few hard chairs here and there, most
Of them on chilly days drawn around
the big stove with rs pipe running half
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02
VERY BIG SALARIES.
INCOME OF PROFESSIONAL MEN
Ministers Get Large sumo, But Physioiauu
and Lawyers DO Wuoh Better.

In Offering DR.. Emil q. Hirsch $751;
600 a year fdr fifteen years to remain
as It's pastor. Sinai congregation of
Chicago win pay him as large a sal
airy as Is received by any clergyman IN
the United States. II Is the same that
Is paid Bishop Potter Of New York,
who, however, has n rectOry furnished,
heated and lighted free Of cost, and IS
provided with a private secretary. The
late Rev. DR.. Hall Of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church Of New York,
during the last years Of his life, re-
ceived the largest salary ever paid to a
clergyman In the United States, which
was $4,000 n year, with a manse. Mr..
Beecher received $4,000, without the
manse. DR.. Halls salary proper was
SIS, 0O0. and $1,000 additional was con
tributed by Robert Bonner and two
other wealthy members of the cOngre-
CATION. His successor. Mr.. Cornell,
who from Regents Park Pres
byterian Church of London, Is offered
$4,000 and a residence. That is the
salary paid to DIR. Gregory, dean Of
st. PauPs cathedral, and DR.. Bradley,
dean Of Westminster abbey, London.
Dean Farrar receives $1,000 a year.
The hierarchy Of the Church of Eng
land enjoy enormous salaries, which
are necessary to maintain the large
establishments required of them. The
archbishop Of Canterbury received
100000 a year, but he needs every cent
of it to meet his social and ecclesias-
teal obligations at Lambeth palace,
the home Of the primate of the Church
of England. The average pay Of n
wfnuw In NffNnnnU nd fn 60 Enn nnafufHn tho
large cities. In the cities the salary
varies according to the wealth Of the
parish, from $500 to $4,000.
The editorial profession is not so
well paid. There are probably sixteen
editors In New York, not prOprietors
of newspapers. who receive $4,000 a
year or over. The Journal and World
have -four each, the Herald two, the
Times, Post and Brooklyn Eagle, one
each. The highest editorial salary paid
in the United States is $15,0
Editorial writers Of recognized abil-
ity. city editors. news editors and man
aging editors of the large daily papers
are paid from $4,000 to $500 a year.
A few physicians in New York make
very large fees. There are two or three
specialists whose income will exceed
$4,000 a year, perhaps ten make $25,-
900 and perhaps twenty make from
$4,000 to $4,000. Ten thousand dol
lars a year is considered a large prac-
tice.
We hear a great deal about the enor-
nous fees charged by city lawyers,
and many of the stories are no doubt
true. Nelson Cromwell Of New York
has the reputation of receiving the lar
gest single fee ever paid to an attorney
for a single service, which was $780,
900 cash for advising and assisting
Decker, Howell & Co, a firm Of brOk-
ers, during the panic caused by the
collapse of the Willard Northern Pa
cifie syndicate about twelve years ago.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02
NuRsE A HousE nLEesINo.
Great Boon TO The Helpless and Ami
loua Watohers.

Great boon TO abe Helpless and AnS-
ious Watchers.
The professional trained nurse Of
the present day Of proficiency teaches
many things besides care Of the sick.
1T Is a liberal education comElented
a oma recently, ito have a trained
nurse in the house for a few days. ]
learned much from watching one who
has just left us. For example, she
swept the sick room every morning
without a broom. She had a pail filled
with coarse towels wrung out Of cold
water, and with these she rapidly
wiped the carpet. I found that when
l did not have the things she was used
to she quickly substituted something
else. For instance, no light screen be-
ing at hand, she used an open umbrella
to protect the patient from air at one
time and from the light at aIpother.
She made a plate Of ice cream in ten
minutes in a pint pail and with what
seemed to me a handful Of Clipped ice.
OF course, she put Goals on tile fire
in paper bags, and when We did not
have a piece Of board that exactly 1T
ted in the window to permit ventila-
ton without a ,draught, she accom-
plished the same purpose by raising
the window from the bottom about five
inches and lacking a strip Of flannel
to the sill and sash with thumb nails.
Lastly and best, she made an oatmeal
Cruel that was the first that 1 have
ever really liked. She used the coarse
oatmeal, and pounded it, putting II
afterward into a bowl, which she filled
with cold water. This was stirred and
allowed to settle before the water was
carefully poured of, three different
times. This water made the Cruel,
after being boiled for about one-quar'
ter Of an hour, seasoned, drained and
mixed with a small %teacupful Of hot
cream. This she served to me with
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

The Mennonites select pastors by lo;.
and the ceremonies by which the selec-
tiOn Is made are conducted with great
elaboration and solemnity. The peo-
pie meet in church, and after prelim-
mary religious services. a committee
retires to an ante-room. A Bible for
each candidate for the pastoral ONCE
is procured, and into one Of the sacred
volumes a slip Of white paper is in
serted. The books are intermingled
and placed on a table, when each can
didate advances. selects a Bible and
seats himself. The Bibles are then ex-
COINED by the bishop. and the pos
SCISSOR OF the one in which the slip Of
paper is found becomes the apparently
predestined pastor. Ordination fol-
lows; the congregation unite I'm prise
and Thanksgiving. satisfied and happy
in the belief that the choice Is by Di-
vine appointment
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ME KINGn0M-

~penitentiary, the helpless distributed
In other institutions, and the place
closed. This rid the farm Of several
more. Several Of them had the luck
to get into the hospital. Most of them
we're too skeptical or too Indifferent
however, to be caught in this trap. An
other was set by the superintendent
All who would leave. on a certain day
were promised a new coat or a new
pair OF shoes. according to his most
desperate need. Fifteen more we're
bought on IN this way. But the SUI
pe~rintendent had once been caught by
a trick whereby eanarting trampa had
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

retreated, after getting their now APP
parel, to the tramp house, and DOMINIC
the old. had set forth with the new
one under their arm and carefully ex-
changed It at the first opportunity for
rum, thereby causing scandal in re-
gard to the methods practiced at the
farm. This TING each man shed his
coat or shoes. as the case might be, and
was driven forth without any oppor-
tunity for such double dealing.
No inducements to s~luggards are Of
fered by the cherries dormitoryr
where each man has a hard mattress
or an iron bedstead, a coarse blanket
and a pillow, no sheets or pillow case
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

Written examinations frequently
bring to light curious notions. 1t is
related that a recent school examina-
ton paper conveyed the information
that John Bright was chiefly distin-
lEuished for a disease. usually fatal.
Which he had discovered. and kat
Richard Wagner was the inventor Of
a sleeping car. Anthology in another
school vas described as the study of
insects" and for pedagogy these defni-
lions we're submitted by various pu-
pills: THE science of religion" THE
study OF the feet" and Learned pom
posity." Can It be that the author of
the last definition was an accomplish
ed satirist?
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

In removing altogether from the
Philippines and placing the lives and
property Of its subjects there under
the protection Of the United States,
Germany has exchanged a doubtful
for a solvent %guarantor. German
losses through disturbances in the
islands could not be directly collect
ed or the perpetrators Of the out
RACES punished without disregarding
the sovereign rights transferred by
Spain to the United States. A claim
against the natives would be a doubt
ful one, because it could not be col
Iected by distraint without coming into
collision with the United States. and
the cost Of collection would in that
case far exceed the AMOUNT Of the
claim.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

each side by wooden benches. A bell
gives the signal for beginning. With
out further invitation or ceremony the
hungry men fall upon the thick pieces
of bread, the beans, the potatoes and
turnips, or whatever it is hat makes
up their simple bill of fare. Some
times there is a bit of meat, and on
Fridays there is fish chowder, which
is anticipated with keen relish. These
meals are eaten in silence, save for
the Gathering Of the tinware and the
heavy knives and forks.
No one is permitted to speak, not
even If he, like oliver Twist, has a bold
desire for more" His hand must go
up. and in answer to this form Of sup
p~lication he may get another thick
slice Of bread-he is pretty sure to do
so since the visit of the member of
the state board of charities. Some OF
the townspeople, too, who had similar
views about the starving-out method,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02
Two valued OplnIona.

A prominent western railway man,
in speaking Of the passenger service
Of the New York Central, says: 1T
begins right, ends right, and is right
in the middle" An officer Of one of
the t%ranspaciic steamship lines says:
There is no train service in the world
comparable with that of the New
York Central's Lake Shore Limited. I"
The best is the cheapest, and the best
Is always best. The New York Central
stands at the head Of the passenger
lines of this country and has fairly
earned the title Of Americas Great
est Railroad Buffalo Commercial,
February IA. 1899.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

The popular idea Of the upper class
Frenchwoman is, that she is exceed
ingly fond Of dress and style, and the
devoted slave Of the latest fashions.
The serious side Of her nature is not
so well known. How many readers are
aware, for instance, that among the
Frenchwomen Of the better class there
is an order numbering eighty thousand
members, whose aim is the alienation
Of suffering and the general uplifting
of their unfortunate neighbors? It is
said that more than n hundred
thousand Frenchwomen are trained
and ready to go on the battlefield as
nurses or emergency sisters" in the
event OF war.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02
An ExcelIent Combinatlon.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects Of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF EIGs, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value Of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known TO be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them In the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. IL
Is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system efectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling n
TO overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make il the ideal
laxative.
In the process Of manufacturing hgs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities Of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known TO the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and TO avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
FIG r co.
SAN FRANCISCO. AL.
~LoU1sV1LLH. ky. NEW YORK, N. x.
For sale by all Druggists.-Price SOC. per bottle.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

without it. 1 never fail to recommend
it when an opportunity presents it.
self. H. Caldwell, Robeline, La.
Gilbert Hofer, Grays, KY, says in a
letter dated March 18th, 1894: Il have
used four bottles Of Pe-ru-na and l am
well of my catarrh, and 1t cured my
Bright's disease. I had been troubled
for two years. / weigh twenty pounds
more than I did before 1 was taken
sick. l shall never be without Peru
ma"
Send for free catarrh book. Address
DR.. Hartman, Columbus, o.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

You live fast. battling for humanity
against so many forms Of oppression.
None know what it is to live. till they
redeem life from its seeming monot-
ony, by laying it a sacrifice on the al
tar Of some great cause. There is
more happiness in one such hour than
in dwelling forever with the beautiful
and grand, which Angeles chisel has
redeemed from the marble chaos" or
the pencil Of Raphael has given to
immortality.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

The blonde type will have disaD-
peared from Europe in two centuries.
according to an English physician, who
declares that Of 100 blondes only 55
marry, while Of 100 %brunettes rs marry.
In Germany and Scandinavia also the
blonde type is much less predominant
than It used to be.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

nsst Method Of ventfiatiug p Room.
The best mode Of keeping n room con-
stantly ventilated without draught Is
to have the frame of the lower part Of
the window supplemented by an addi-
tlonal piece Of wood about Eve Inches
deep. This admits Of the lower sash
being raised without draueht from the
bottom Of the window. Air Is adj
mitted in the middle, where the lower
sash is raised above the end Of the top
one.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

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, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

This fad Of sending messenger boys
from London Is not accomplishing
much, but 1t is giving the boys a
chance to see a large and impressive
world.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-02

It Is the only cure for Swollen,
smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and BuniOns. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.