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NEW BUILDING PLANS

Bond-st No g. for eght-story brick 6S business mess
building 2.xg5. Catherine Taylor. No 3O6 Vest
H55t-s,, osii sI5teit ii''p" SEQ 900
VS. Tos Is and = No 10 20 100 Broad-st
and and is Fr7nt-st. for seven-s,oty
br.,k office building and factory, li5SNss.2x
767. Flbr dge T Gerry. Newport l. owner. ...
f,opb Townsend arch ia. 1914
1st-ave " ~ II Il - io9th-st for 8 one-story
frsr,c shed SIX. Jennie Roberts, No i5i East 49,
sofnst owner; \ Aullner. architect ........ 1.4Oo
Gosrck-st No l31. for nve-sioty ans basement
hrick tenenlent-house with stores 25X90; Ab-a-
ham Perelman. SO 1G1 Orchard owner; .oo
r4orerb1rgrr Strauh. architects 1900
Alen-st Nos los and 100 for a sx-story b.tk
rathruse with stores. 40x7Gs: Jacob Flsche.
10 1917 Henry-st. owner, Horenburger Siraub. .
architects .............. ooVo
XII ave W = 100 II Of 1leh-st, for TWO i've
story brick hahouses. ~ eiores 2'll1sI:
SajGe E Bagse srchiteots .................. 10000
&. 1av.re-re-ave. s. 135 Z West Farms
Road Tor 0ne-story fame shed lSNlo; II
y-ok,na7 owner. Charles Knauf, architect...... 10
1rtervale-ave ~ ~ It of Freeman-st tor
I'VE three-stoly frame tenement houses. 2ox'W;
dDre1. Gussv scSwarz. architect ...... 1900
r-emont-ave = g 81 = of Latontalne-a FOR
o0e-story frare store. 1cXl5. Kountze Bros,
ovrers: Arthur Boehmer. architect. 100
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DODtS BARGAINS

>|>D~O~~~~~~-~~-Nc>~~>>,c~
'AIIENTlDN." Book Buyers and Book
Levers We have JUST purchased over
10000 Miscellaneous Medical Books. val
ued from 200 "a So 90 each. which We
viii sell az 10 cents on the dollar $1,000
Popular So.rls and works OF standard
authors We ofer al &c.. 100. l5c and 25-..
worth nNe tines this price and among
DINERS We secured over 300 sets ~ the best
Encyciopfeis including Britannica. Ap-
plct u. Chambers. /elIs. Peoples aad The
standard, which we Will seli Al about 1O
cents on the dollar. call and see US. no
caNl gues sent. LOVERING'S NEW
YORK BOOK EXCHANGE. Isl Broad
way. between ON ard 10Th sis open
evenings. Libraries and second hand hooks
bought
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Bell, James W. to Mutual It, Insurance Com $1,000
I-aner Barssia 70 irvns & T+niIyeave year 10000
sullivan jeremiah TO Charles Charles Conner NO 40 1900
Goodman Israel D. to Moses Pyns Vars. 1900
Same {. Louisa Koker' eteeutr1' DeiAhoes 1000
1snrSTi,s So II 0i Leon sas" and Mcf. Fin. Harris
Mandeesum End snSsseT' hou''0'' h'..... 1900
Same to same Hous'on-st s. i'."o "o.ii II $4,000
HtSs HSRe'f FTede de- y'a5 to North River sayings Bank
weer iIier''s Augusta ~ to Tius guarantee and Trust
Sns3 Si 94Snls 6S Pes'os FS1s or 1900
Hahn Vioia to he1ree NAB PIacs Years 10000
NSsi.r %s.. i2ss jaeoS ana Bernard wes Gustav
Falk ist-ave. s. 266 Z, OF s5th-st' install ,aooo
sleSer. siSn:' Eus,aoh and Frieds saac and Max
s. Rsfs sso os St q to 2 map Ursane
Robinson julius United S,sss Trust fjS1 GS@-
MerceT-'t corner Westminster f'a 1oN7
s.d i5S 1y:y to cs:. dc ao
man St Nicholas 1870 IT Of 18TH ,,ooo
MssPhsyTsSn. yson james 70 isidore and Max Korn
Js.4 5S4-'t :: lot s'. map ,; n; D''.o@ SS .SSS
savlnss Bank Gexinston-ave corner s'h- =, ,co
H:6vsr 3: ysas yfaanliin P to iit tqase. Lte As;uT-
S sSss soSi'Sf ot 7thlaye ri as 05'y, years 12co
Johnston. Margaret r to .esH. nenry Years 1900
.l tSeves Aitredo to andrew CUTE trustee % ~
ei ogdenIaTe Etss 20 TnIteS States LIE
ance Company. Manhattan-ave corner 5000
Same 70 sane Manhattan-ave es' 'oii :. 5000
Sane i2S'ns to same y''Ims maniat,an-ave It Of 5000
.rsSr.t ,?a1nand yyr TO American Mortsas. C'm
psny 4th-st 1874 T, Of Avenue a. 1900
saes near 10 same same property year. ; %""
Iess Louis e Aneroan M0T.Fsse TenpA year 10000
Same to same 75th-st. s. 100 IT OF avenue avenue $500
Le1ted Pnsgs and M another 10 Corn hAonAas 1900
Bank sd 1.1.5 A9 40 Mofisass MOST Company No 40
East 70 Sas3 .s5e Ne ?7s Madison-a 1000
same 70 same same property. year @o0V
s.; q: 'n-.' ,.s r ,:,, q i:'-'' s sssS
another trustees etc No Ss East i-is-s' 1900
saHe Ss'i 70 ss Rector ETC. q s. James. Church. ., 90
l2st-st n Us II OF 2d-aVe van van sac,r -i'
2 sSd fa'c Trat compan2 No is s'hs
r@sfy Sya'j John and 1e9oos: II. APaTm.nt
Il H'i' cSHpany RTo'd'ay' oors! ''.'.' 2oSooo
Grim Matte J and charles: H 70 U9top Mon Dime
Savings Institution No PIP West So'h-st a2noo
xochkener sJd;e Edward to United states Li,e In
surance Company. Maahat,an-ave. E. 20 It o. M
smGo acraS aSd Michael Nontag to Fred
er tx W Meyer lI2th-st, ;. $50 IT " Of Sh- ,7ooo
same 70 same same property year. ....:;..:.. 1000
Kaiz Ga6Tiei s, TO Joan Limo. Washington ,ooon
GORE Marin Le B. 20 Lawyers Mortgage In
syan5e sy, ,ears 3pany 40 10000
Wobarst. Bernard 70 David Bloorn. No 1o4 Mad- o.,
The se- Columbia Rea5y Company chsris. season
sS.S.t ie5sehoa i9staimen5s 1.'io.,.. 1900
Fi5Saer 9SI Fssi '1a5Iy gIst 24oOO
same ~ .sma 10 POI Fast 3d-st YEAR,. 1000
Wnlerbros John and Sophie. 20 William Oest.
mrs Ig; u An" .,,......',.o 1900
Rersoan d9a;u: sc u K3sslaRe ,Ss3%s a
Jear. Wg5see' o'-D-s' .e..."..'.."., 10000
R6lisneyer Albert II. Frank Johnson. as
qua ,esrs i.s' 10 900
B?ssp CENT e'S'Ses wears. 225oo
Runkel Hermann ard Victoria 70 the En- grant
inoosr'@i o''''ss '4- ........4.... 1900
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Cedcbers.


TAR W O NOVEL;. private tutor AZ pupils homes or
| } at III f. sad ST. Two pupils received In family
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sTON AGE.

~~~~-~~~>~yo>~~~c~~0>~~~ >~~~S>~-~1>~N4~~~oNNr~N-~
hETROPOLTTA y Storage Warehouse and
Vans 20a and "a Nercer-st.. branch Of
hce 1905 Broadway. corner 4ith ST., tur-
niture removed. boxed aad shipped. Iele-
phone. Spring 4Go
The CENTRAL STORAGE WARE
HOUSES i6s-fs7- iS9 West 32d-st.. Stor-
age. moving Telephone 76i 3St'-st
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!
MACitisEtY.

AT REDUCED PRICES 500 second hand
wood and iron working machines. FUZZY
Guaranteed. machinery bought ami eN-
changed. GEORGE B EDDY. 3Gs Madl-
son -
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DIEss AND ACCoRDIOS PLEAT'

ACCORDION and side pleauns. buttons
covered while you Wait: pink.nc. French
huting. feathers and Noas cDiled BUR
CESS $40 6th-ave.. corner 2lst-st Ses
sirns
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TyPENRITERS.

TYPEWRII ERS- S-BARGAINs.-New ma
chimes cheap Reningtons. Srit-s. ~
guaranteed. rentals redu ed. CpNSOi IL.
DATED TYPEWRITER E%CHANEE' 10
Broadway
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5tbonl Apcr1ies.

. xERIcAN AND FOREIGN TEACHERS AGENCY
svDrle~ Professors 1ca-hers. Tutors Go,ernesses.
q - 10 college, Sch. OLE and Familes. Apply 10
Mrs ] YOr' NG-FI'IToN - Union S7uars
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iJroposaIs.

OFFICE or THE COMMISSIONERS or
- THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Washington. jan
uarv 2s ls9a.-SEALED PROPOSALS will received a,
this Office until y O'Clock noon at-rday March 1899
tor ravlng street northwest from 9h i2fh streets
with vitried blocks Form of proposal spec and
ell necessary Information be Obtained the office =
the Engineer Commissioner. ID. C.-JOlIN u WIGHT
John W. ROSS LANSING II BEACH CommissIoners
n
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Dantiug 6tbools.


A LEXANDRp MACGRBGOR.
\ Fifth Avenue above 42d 81.
Private lessons and classes In dancing see crcuars
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Madison-s. " Al 25xs2 Lippe and Jacob Unit 81
va 5 s. :, of Charies-st % $x92 aH
2i.s1s7 70. Edward Mcclure to Ehzapen Il 200
:. -i-s1e ; W oornsr Sorh-st. ls5x6' aiz9 %os
1s ana sr.;her executors. to Elizabeth g mn
- y 2'' 2t9Ts, g. Jonas wen a.. 5000
.itt5-y, no & 7iS West 2osNlv'ii 'onn 2eo5o
s,S-ays. $ a, centre Of b9ck between a2i and
l5d sis ruas l'CS $4ex .Sesys 10 70 1ss 2ys3
l rs paii Emma Shepard ct al TO FrsderoR ,so nm
s,i[aIe s al centre line b!ock between s2d and
8sa SIS nuns l5ox "a eX " 80 10 70 aye 9rsx
i-8 part. Frederick W Sharon 70 william oooooo
,55d-st. n :. 500 II p. Of Amsterdan-ave, runs
- Lydia IL T'Fiaslsy' Fe9Ss E, al to jacob
Maaiss1-st Snss5 47s Il e o, catharn.-.t e5xloo:
Clarence Conser. TO julius DTey- ~ ooo
s1rGfs st-rn.ny.r enc 10 To- BsrnSsr6 Knsensen 2lloo
SnmmS5s 81 a TO George schenk and wife. 1o4oo
Loaiss Koksr .. eSecutria TO srae Good
2othrSt t55n N0t s06 VIE sHo IN Maria Dosn 1880
Mses9@aEe a .s.dgor Nc to W Wo8dsury IsHsdon $4,000
eSI5 5.y res9.t }S to 4 a1f2 ae1S 1oS f $500
Masison-s No i94 25xioo: David Bloom 90 o.o
s,ssvs sna we e. S45 2ssioo Har1stt Ez
,,3sta s9s,9 SSs 2Io ana 2l2 West 5oxloo IL John
,sss s's s No 70 3y loi wc Ssn'ns e Tboma,
Bess ~ snd t. We Fss to 4 Aa5s 4sea Wam A:o1
*n-st 20 -. - tscSs.l ............... 16 400
"'ih-s'' \, .,si,,. 90 D,Tban '.......... $500
sn.sVs, s,rs cDTn 10 ROE, D Evans - 10000
4ff-st No 1875 East. 25X962 william w Astor ~.
- Fe d,nand Arrnbrust ana wife. lfVVo
BROADWAY n " corner 51st-s lOSx
70 b2d-st lO3 Il 70
Broadwav $ 2ol T. Apartment Hotel Com ...
pany 20 Emery and snoiher -. -. oloooO
''a-s.e No yyf,e 70 EilzsSsh sc6le5,'> 10000
r1yington- ave n { corner 95th-st % sxS4; Isaac
AMER anu A''''.. ',.... ~. 1000
..,sa.s = 2,o II o. shave 25xiOo5
Tosenhine NJ Brustein Thomas Gihney. 1880
;6 WIu,Sn II csswei .............,.."-. A5oo
s5atSeT to Annie Fr5elicH. 5000
yo6se, 80 r wes:cot, ..-.4,'"' 800
Ayspne Ipo Fc,b on1 srotier 1880
12s,h-st No 1913 East e. l6Iee II Adde L Bird -
an Thoroas A Fr r~s ll,UO
4,t-st No lac East "a llxoe 2 william " Astor $500
Leopold Schneider -. .:..-..;..... 1880
y-,t-st. %o 10 e 2exioo Aualia November 20 .
Jacob KnFenstein ....... .-.---...- Ze'OoO
sd-st 90 Fast 2lNfS ?; Jacob klingenstenn -.
q Nove~ her ZoZoo
ss,h-st " p4T West 2sx1oo5. Alorzo shotwell 20 ~
ro,1rotrs-avc No ga 2exio4 sK2oxlo55;
Tstsan Sachs 70 Teresa W on 1o'ue. $4,000
.s'r-st = 2cO . - 3d-ave 25xas 8. John NJ -
Lewis 70 Louis Drewes 1000
RECORDED MORTGAGES.
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cOACUMAN.- married man: best city
references regarding honesty, sobriety
and capsblity Address JOHN. ~ East
34th-sf
New-York tribune., 1899-02-02

->.r,(N<[ ~ I'm |~~ON~rN~NoCNrr|r
'HffE y Cleaned by steam. by hsnd %
on the floor Careful Carpet Ciesnir 4
Co. .oas Broadway 42i Fast 4Sth-s..
0flF NRAAnT TN ia2- -asth
New-York tribune., 1899-02-02

T AsE1L SEMINARY FOR YOUNG WOMEN.
AUBURNDALE. MASS
In your walking and sitting much erect IN
vour general health IN your conversations in your o
meeting people IN innumerable could the
benefit YOU sre receiving your training and esso-
Citations at Laseu. All this you must know Is very
gratifying 20 ne"
This is what father his daughter after her
return 70 school from the Christmas vacation at home
T. e unsolicited testimony Lases success IN
important lines.
places are now being taken the year beginning
september. 1900
e c. DRAGDON
Principal.
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>~~~~~~>~->~~|~~-S>~~e0>ss~ e0>ss~oS~o~~~O-~~,~o.oo
IoST.-Aluminum opera glasses On Broad
way. liberal reward offered. Return t.
CO Willow 81. Brooklyn
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miscellaneous.

DEARIS and Brilllants close 70 genuine tfst even
L experts can't tell sometimes the difference. Neck
laces made order. Lberts delicious perfumes and
sechets powders Jammes West 3Ih-st., near 5th-nve
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FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET

: -. '~-~>e~.~'S~~.--rN~- - -. <~-.-o-~
\ LAhSE front and back room. third
moor private house. large ciosefs. h,,h
$40 LeMngton-ave.. 3sth-st.
New-York tribune., 1899-02-02

l. r. hankho'k No. lu..ei4. issued by
th" Franklin savings Bank a. Enter+
bradley trustee Finder please rettrn t.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09

In Eastern Pennsylvania are a num-
Der OF distant relatives Of Abraham
Lincoln, and they are making ready
to celebrate his Goth birthday. which
is near at hand. These kinsfolk are
prosperous and we'll to DO. Some are
farmers, and those beyond middle life
great resemble the famous member Of
their family.
At Reading, the capital city OF the
Pennsylvania German county Of Berks.
IN a lot OF ancient, musty and almost
forgotten records stored away in the
court house, are many interesting facts
relating to the Lincolns. One thing not
known by many in this generation is
that an Abraham Lincoln was promi-
nent in that section during and after
the revolutionary war. Down the turn
pike. eight miles below Reading, is tn
ancient home Of the forefathers Of
President Abraham Lincoln. The
birthplace Of Daniel Boone, the famous
pioneer Of Kentucky, is a short dis
lance away. The house is still stand
Ing.
The Boones and Lincolns in those
days were on the most intimate terms.
They came from Exeter, England, and
the township where these old build
ings are located is called Exeter. They
we're Quakers, and generations Of tLe.n
are buried in the graveyard of the old
Exeter Friends meeting house not far
away.
Abraham Lincoln, 80 years old, lives
n Ch%urchtown, Lancaster. He is the
presidents cousin, and the only one
Of hat name in the country.
Samuel Lincoln settled in bingham,
Mass, near the close of the seven
teenth century. He had a son, Nor
decai, who also had a son, Mordecai,
who moved south to New Jersey. This
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09
A orssk Trads secret

The manufacture Of the India paper
used by the oxford Press, which has
revolutionized Bible-making. is a me-
chanical and a trade secret, known
only to three men. II is made at the
Wolvercote Mills Of the Oxford Press,
but, az no employee is in touch with
more than one stage Of the process
the complicated secret Is held In hand.
In 1912 an oxford graduate returned
from India with a paper peculiarly
thin, peculiarly tough, and peculiarly
Opaque. A few Bibles were made from
II, one Of which was presented to the
Queen. It's use reduced the thickness
Of the Bible by one-half. Every eff
fort was made TO obtain a supply Of
this paper, but without success. Mr..
Gladstone's ubiquity OF research was
drawn upon. but he could only recon-
mend a search In Japan. Papers equal
~ thin and equally tough we're OBJ
tained, but they were too transparent
II was not possible TO print them on
both sides Of the sheet. Finally, a
paper thin enough. and tough enough,
and Opaque enough Was developed, but
It was too yellow. Il was tried. but
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09

In common with many other trades,
the silk industry terminated a pros
porous year on December 81 last. Com
menting on the conditions governing
the trade, the SILK Association of
America, through its secretary, has
this to say: Rising prices in the
raw-silk markets Of the world have
produced a decided rise In the prices
OF raw silk In this market during the
last thirty days. This naturally nee
e~ssitates a rise In all silk products, and
some of the branches Of the trade have
formally agreed In an advance Of
prices. In this country at present
there are q 900 power looms for broad
silk weaving and 5000 for ribbon
weaving. During the year there have
been a number Of additional plants es-
tablished in this country by foreign
firms, and naturally there has been
some extension Of facilities by our old
er manufacturers. While additional
facilities Of manufacture Is a crafty
ing omen, 1t also carries with It an ap-
%prehension OF facilities unduly in
creased. It is hardly necessary to say
that overproduetion Is about as bad
as a sluggish market-in fact, It con-
duces to Il.
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Animal ~ PLAY.

Cats delight in racing about, but not
so often, I think. In circles as dogs do.
They prefer straight lines and sharp
turns with the genuine goat jump.
This sudden fight into the air, which
appears to take the place without the
animals knowledge or intention. can
not here be preparatory to life In the
mountains, but the cat finds the high
jump very useful, not only in bouncing
on its prey but In escaping it's hered-
itary enemy. Brehn records a move
ment play OF young channels. When
In summer the young channels climb
up to the perpetual snow, they delight
to play on it. They throw themselves
in a crouching position on the upper
end of a steep, -snow-covered incline,
work all four legs with a swimming
motion to get a start. and then slide
down on the surface Of the snow, often
traversing a distance Of from 100 to
$50 meters in this way, while the snow
flies up and covers them with a fne
powder. Arrived at the bottom, they
spring to their feet and slowly clam
Der up again the distance they have
slid down.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09

ladies won't handle any currency that
is not absolutely fresh and crisp, and
in the North all the banks that make a
speciality Of catering to women's Gus
tom keep a supply constantly on hand
for that particular purpose. Some
times the bills are hard to get, espe-
cially those of certain denominations,
and gold is unpopular on account Of
the danger of confusing the $3.50 coin
with a bright penny. 1t is not gener-
ally known, but bills can be washed
and ironed as easily as a pocket hand
kerchief. A wealthy lady of my ac-
quaintance has all her money laun-
dered before she uses it. She turns
the notes over to her maid, who
washes them thoroughly in hot water
with ordinary soap suds and spreads
them out on a table to dry. Then she
dampens them slightly and presses
them with a medium hot smoothing
iron. If the bill is not frayed this
process will make it as bright and
crisp as when it first left the treasury,
It is astonishing how dirty money
gets. If one could see the water in
which a dozen commonly circulated
bills were washed it would give them
a permanent aversion to the trade Of
teller"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09
THE SUPPLY OF BABIES.
A Few Statistics That Make One Fairly
Gasp.

4aNh
It has been computed that about &c..
O0O,0 babies are born into the world
each year, says Woman's Life. The
rate Of production is, therefore, about
seventy per minute, or more than one
for every beat Of the clock. With the
one-a-second calculation every reader
is familiar. but it is not every one
who stops to calculate what this means
when it comes to a years supply. It
will, therefore, probably startle a good
many persons to find, on the authority
Of a well-known statistician, that.
could the infants of a year be ranged
In a line in cradles the cradles would
extend around the world. The same
writer looks at the matter in a more
picturesque light. He imagines the
babies being carried past a given point
in their mothers arms, one by one,
and the procession being kept I'D night
and day until the last hour in the
twelfth month had passed by. A suf-
hicently liberal rate is allowed. but
even in going past at the rate Of TWEEN
ty a minute. 1900 an hour, during the
entire year, the reviewer at his post
would have seen only the sixth part OF
the infantile host. In other words, the
babe that had to be carried when the
tramp began would be able to walk
when but a mere fraction OF its com
rades had reached the reviewers post.
and when the years supply Of babies
was drawing to a close there would De
a rear guard, not of infants, but Of
romping ~6-year-old boys and girls.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09

The National Carbon Company was
organized during January under
the laws of New Jersey. with a capital
OF $40, OOO, 900. S4,5OO.O 900 Of which is
in z per cent non-cumulative pre-
ferred stock and $780, 900 in COMMON
stock. The corporation will absorb
the principal manufacturers Of carbon
supplies. particularly electric light car
bons. carbon brushes for motors and
electrolytic carbons for all varieties Of
smelling purposes. Arthur J. Eddy Of
Chicago. who was prominent in the or
|ganization Of the American Linseed
Company recently, is the promoter Of
the enterprise, and Chicago capital is
interested. These companies are said
to include the entire active carbon in
dustry of the United States and three
quarters Of the carbon industry of the
world. In addition to the United
States industries the new company will
own a half interest in the Ottawa Car
bon Company of Ottawa, Canada,
which company controls the carbon in
dustry OF Canada.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09

The Americanization Of Puerto Rico
is in an encouragingly progressive
state. The inhabitants seem to well
come and appreciate all measures de-
signed to further their social and civic
well-being. It is almost pathetically
suggestive that a people so long under
the domination OF Spanish law, in
whose methods Of Jurisprudence ha-
beas corpus had no place, and of whose
gracious meaning they we're practically
ignorant should request its application
throughout the island. Much to their
rejoicing, the system Of direct taxa
ton is to be abolished. Under Spanish
rule, it's workins were bitterly oppres-
sive and the visit OF the tax collector
was the prelude OF cruelty and despoil-
ment.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09

an by birth.
Through five successive generations
of the Lincolns, beginning with Nor
decai, the original settlers in Berks
county, to the lamented President,
there were at least three Mordecais,
three Abrahams, four Johns and four
Thomases.
The records show that the most in
innate associations existed between
the Lincoln, Boone and Hanks fami-
lies. In Berks county they lived
within half a mile of each other, when
the country was a wilderness. The
Lincolns and the Boones were close
ly related by many intermarriages in
Berks county.
At this time, and almost within
hailing distance OF the Lincoln home
stead in Exeter, lived another family,
the descendants Of which were also
destined to play an important part in
the history of the President. This
was the Hanks family, from which
Nancy Hanks, the mother of the Pres
ident, directly descended. The pre-
else name of the head Of the Hanks
family is uncertain, but it is gener-
ally believed to have been John.
In 1850, at the same time when the
Boones and the Hankses set off from
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09

The census bureau ought to be made
a permanent institution. organized as
the army and navy are. for the efficient
doing of the work intrusted to its
charge. Its members should be chosen,
after due examination, for fitness
alone, and once in ten years this per-
manen organization should adopt
lean of its own for adding to its
working force. for temporary service,
only the most capable persons it can
find for subordinate work. So only
shall we be rid of a decennial spoils
scandal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09

have at all times been sworn enemies
to corsets, possibly ignoring the fact
that they were invented-or said to
be invented-by one OF their own sex.
It Is said Of the celebrated natural
list, M. Cuvier, that he met a pale and
fragile beauty in the Garden Of Plants.
She admired a full-blown rose. Mad
ame,' said the savant. this flower Is
your image. You were like It yester-
day; It will resemble you tomorrow.
The next day the naturalist brought
her to look at the same flower, which
was now dying on its stem. Without a
word he showed her a ligature made
in the center OF the stem, which was
the cause Of the sudden catastrophe.
But women have never given up n
probably never will give up, their ia
vorite instrument Of torture"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09
OLD BARBARIAN.
Invented the Corset for the Purpose Of
smencIng his wife.

Invented the Corset for the Purpose of
suencIng His wife.
AS a gray and obliging old mer-
chant prince Of Fourth street sat with
his feet comfortably bunked against a
sobbing radiator in his Office, last
Tuesday, one of his clerks stole in to
ask something about a big shipment
of corsets just in from France. When
the clerk had Withdrawn the obliging
old prince remarked: Now, there is
an ever-swelling and ever-tightening
subject for you. Corsets! An old ira
dition runs to the effect that a butcher
in the thirteenth century invented a
corset as a modkof punishment for his
wife. It seer hat he was at his
wits end to put a stop to the loquac-
ity of his better half, and the bar
barian invented an instrument of tor
ture in the corset line which literally
took the breath out Of her. Other
husbands followed his example, and