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"Oh. / don't know-perhaps MISS
Bligh." replied his mother, thinking OF
the contrast he would find between the
chill touch of Miss Bligh's virginia. I'm
gers and her own motherly caress.
when will the holidays come,
mother?'' he asked in tight little voice
"Oh, before very long" answered
Betty remorsefully, conscious of being
lying prophet"
Whats that? Asking about holl-
days,' exclaimed the sharp, metallic
voice of Miss Bligh at the door. why
we're only just beginning work; 1t IS
idle boys who want holidays directly.
| TT is all so new to him. faltered
Betty.
.Well. Mrs. Travers. the little ones
are going to have a game in the play
ground. Suppose 1 take Robert to join
them, while you have cup of tea be-
fore you leave. l think you said you
must catch the $40 train?"
| "Oh. mother don't go yet whispered
Bobbie, his eyes getting moist.
Not just yet, darling. You go with
Miss Bligh and have a nice game said
Betty. disengaging the child's clingins
fingers. Il won't go without saying
goodby to you
But Bobbie refused to go unless his
mother went with him, and so, having
landed him in the midst of a number of
little fellows about his own age or
rather older, Betty was escorted back
to the drawing-room.
She felt as if her tea would choke her,
and answered Miss Bligh's remarks on
the Eastern question utterly at random.
Her heart was with the pathetic little
figure in the playground, looking on at
the games, in the condition likened by
King Solomon to vinegar upon nitre.
Il mustn't let you lose your train.
Mrs. Travers.'' said Miss Bligh present
ly. 1.-THE time" glancing at the clock,
lis getting ON. l will see where my
brother has got to; you would like to
speak to him again, 1 expect
/ Betty acquiesced. Left alone in the
large, handsomely furnished drawing
room, she felt ready to cry. 81 hope I
have done right she murmured to her
self.
Just then her eye fell on large Bible
on table at her elbow She recalled the
old-fashioned method of finding a text
to settle difficulty, and with the hope
of lighting upon some words to COM
fort her she opened it at Job, as it hap
pened, and saw these lines:
She is hardened against her young
ones as though they We're not hers
! She shut it again speedily, with a
! flush of dismay as the principal and
his sister returned leading Bobbe by
/, the hand
Here is the little man come to say
goodby to his mother said Mr.. Bligh
cheerfully.
"Oh, can't co. thought Betty. Bob
bic was pale and his lips quivered pitt
fully; he looked the picture of despair.
A sudden thought struck Betty-a
lengthening by a few moments of the
precious remaining time.
Mr.. Bligh, may Bobbie--I ask it as q
great favor-may he come to the sta
ton with me?"
''Oh, 1 think"-began Miss Bligh in a
deterrent tone.
The Principal looked annoyed. Ell
is quite out of order. Mrs Travers," he
replied, "but 1 suppose / must say yes. "
who is to bring him back?" asked
his sister in the manner Of one propos-
ing an insurmountable difficulty.
"Oh, WELL perhaps yoN would accom-
pany Mrs. Travers, Helen" was the
reply.
Very we'll I shall oy ertake you di-
rectly, Mrs Travers You go on witt
the boy
Betty needed no secord bidding, am
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n tapestry
Couch, So. so.

61apestry
Couch, So. so.
An ap-to-date couch, with good spring work
and we'll upholstered in fancy colored tapestry A
fringe to match extends all around the bottom OF
the couch One would hardly believe did they not
see the price ticket that this couch is but $3.50.
KNpecial Lace
III Curtains at SEC Pair.
Nottingham lace curtains 3 yards long and 80
inches wide Well bound edges. Special price, SIC
pair.
NhiIdren's
~ S1.5O Suits.
BOYS neat chevot vestee SUITS, ages TO g.
$3.50
Medium brown mixed cheviot REFER suits, tor
to 10 years, so.
Medium brown mixed double breasted chevlot
suit, for to IA years, $I.5o.
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she and her little son left the house t,

she and her little son left the house to-
gether
They had scarcely reached tine station
before the unwelcome figure of Miss
Bligh appeared pursuing them along the
platform.
Mother you won't forget to feed
my rabbits and white mice, will your
asked Bobbie, still holding tight to his
mothers hand.
NO, oh no, darling. Stand back. h re
comes the train" Betty spoke in
gasps, her lips were dry, her face white
and drawn.
The train dashed in, there was loud
throbbing and Kissing of steam from
the engine and a banging of opening
and shutting doors.
Betty thought with dread of he, les-
olate return journey-of home without
Bobbie for thirteen dreary week.
Are you going on by this train,
ma amp" asked a guard.
Yes, yes" answered Betty. A wild
idea had just seized her. Close by Miss
Bligh was standing, all ready to take
possession of her brothers new pupil.
Il have nothing to read cried Bet
ty Miss Bligh, would you mind get
Ting me a paper Ol d IudSdZllt- L lie
Graphic or illustrated
Il doubt if there is time, but l will
try Come. Bobbie.'
mo, let him stay here said Betty
feverishly. There was a look in her
eyes as of hunted animal.
Miss Bhgh hurried away, nearly
knocking over a porter in her haste.
The man. recovering himself, came up
to where Betty was, holding the child S
| hands in a grasp of iron
This young gentleman going.
ma amp" he asked. his hand on the
carriage door.
Betty was watching Miss Bligh's re-
treating figure. She had reached the
books stall; in a moment she would be
back
Yes" she said, in a desperate voice.
lift him in, please"
But mother, are l go.rg'" asked tn >
little man. astonished, the tears which
had gathered stopping short
Betty breathed hard; she held the door
handle firmly.
Miss Bligh had snatched 1.-The Graph
ic" and was flying back along the plat
form.
Don't let her get me, mother!'
cried Bobbie; please don't let her!''
The guard shouted "All right" the
train began to move. Stay! was it 60
ing to stop again?
Miss Bhgh was waving wildly, but
Betty put her head out of the window.
1T is all right she shouted. y
have changed my mind; Robbie is 60
ing back with me-
She Just saw Miss Bligh's face of
Thunder and surprise, and the platform
receded from view. They We're fairly
/ off
My darling, my darling" cried Bet
| ty casping Bobbie to her heart, Il
won't send you to school after all
Thank God. I have got you safe, safe
safe!" she sobbed.
Mother. don't squeeze me 50 tight,
gasped Bobbe.
A gentleman in the fa.i:aes. corner
glared at Betty as if he tan6inc she
might be an escaped luna.ic. AMI al
the rext stopping place lie changed
carriages.
|
mo. my dear little wife. I am too fal
away from you to scold yosl." wrote the
Major a few weeks later, '''ut l think
you allowed yourself to be governed by
your feelings. However as you say
you are verv strict With Poboie now,
hope NO harm is done. You must teaci
the boy to be obedient and whateve.
/ you do-don't make feather-bed sol
der of him!"-Sunday Magazine.
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a venerable deacon who had served his
time in New England. Those who 10
nate want something for their money,
and. not satisfied with disturbing the
peace and quiet of the parsons home
and giving his furniture and carpets
more wear than they would ordinarily
have in a year, they stay to have some
thing, and to eat UP what they have
brought for the minister and what lit
tie else there is in the house, and go
away proud because they did the right
thing by the dominic"
III the communities where fortune has
favored the congregations a donation
party has enough pleasant features to
make up for the inconvenience, and
plethoric coal bins, we'll filled larders
and an enlarged balance in the bank
are some of the tangible results.
But. these cases are shining exceptions
to the rule and where there is one of
that kind there are hundreds which
leave only an unpleasant recollection.
In the backwoods towns donations are
sometimes appraised, in order to as
certain how near the congress cation came
to filling it's contract with the minis
ter member of the church in speak
ing of that side of the question said:
Churches often promise to pay a min
lister a certain sum, and then find out
that the funds are inadequate. Then
they come together and figure up the
large items which have been donated.
Coal, wood, hay, poultry and other live
stock are appraised, and if the value
of these items makes up the deficit the
congregation feels that its contract has
been lived UP to, and if the amount is
still short they-wel, they say nothing
about it,"
In connection with the system of APP
praising donations all sorts of stories
have been told. One of these which
gained wide circulation spoke of an
invalid who wished to show her graft
tude to the pastor for kindness shown
to her, and sent him a piece of hand
embroidery which she had worked 1t
happened to reach the parsons house
about the time when the regular dona-
lions We're being appraised for the pur-
pose of determining whether the parson
had received the full amount promised
him, and the poor wcmans gift was
added to the other donations and taken
in stock for $10.-New York Tribune.
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[.NeW Wash
lA Silks, 25c Yard.

The extraordinary demand for wash silk Tor
Summer waists has induced us to purchase another
large lot OF these pretty silks. While our price IS
the lowest quality is excellent. In the new lot
several entirely combinations OF color also
all staple combinations. Special price, 25c yard
The record-union., 1899-05-01

Second love is bliss, but it's only for
the sixteenth part of minute.
The record-union., 1899-05-01

Great riches are as hard to lose as a
good name-and just as easy
The record-union., 1899-05-01

1t often happens that the man who is
his own boss sees but few pay days.
The record-union., 1899-05-01

The most efficacious stimulant to ex-
cite the appetite is Angostura Bitters
the genuine of DR.. j. G. B. Siegert &
Sons At your druggists.
The record-union., 1899-05-01

More than so per cent. of the ships of
the world are built in the British Isles.
The record-union., 1899-05-01

One short year of married life turns
auburn tresses carmine.
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ITEMS AT RANDOM FROM ALL PAR
W 0 Reck 9ak

Some entirely new rocking chairs in handsome
saddle scat rockers, in golden oak finish. lnlaid
pearl in back high brace arms and would be an or
nament to almost any parlor. So.
The record-union., 1899-05-01
Cream Gloria, S1.25 Yard.

Beautiful lustrous finished silk and wool ma
teral for Summer waists. Can be readily cleansed
and is for this reason often given the preference in
this color over taffeta Width AZ inches Price,
$I.25 yad.
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T1andSOme
SidebOards, $14.

We have some new sideboards, with degree
of style and finish seldom found in pieces at this
price. Made from handsome figured ash in antique
finish. The base and top is neatly carved and all
the cabinet work we'll done. Fitted with heavy
beve plate mirror, size IA by "a inches with fancy
ornamented shelf below the mirror. Our special
price is ST..
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21
Harrison and AItqeId.

Carter Harrison took good care to
separate himself from the Altgeld crowd
by declining to speak at the Auditorium
meeting last night. But the temptation
could not be resisted by Colonel Bryan,
although his appearance at the meet
ing might be construed as an expression
of sympathy with the Altgeld people
and against Harrison. Harrison hopes
to be president some day, but is sup
posed to be more than willing to have
the nomination go to Bryan next year,
under the belief that the Nebraska Or
ator will be shelved and cease to be a
factor. To outsiders it looks as if Har-
rison has too little strength outside of
Chicago to be justified in posing as SUI
perior to other Democratic leaders, and
drawing the line against meetings his
rivals originate, on the ground that they
are Obscure"
The Altgeld element stand for re-en-
actment of the resolution of 1896 in re-
gard to free silver, while the Harrison
people are not enthusiastic upon the
subject, and believe that a candidate
who runs upon that issue will find less
enthusiastic support than in the pre-
vious campaign.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21
Future Ot Railways.

Vice President Paul Morton, of the
Santa Fe, says hat there are three So
lutions to the railway question: Rail-
ways must be allowed to pool, fix rates
and divide business; great systems
must absorb the less and thus do away
with undue competition; or the govern
ment must own the lines. The people
will never consent for congress to rec
ognize combinations and authorize di-
vision. The Jul of events all &c to
show that the great companies will Sc
r control Of lesser lines, and that
more railways will be operated by a
few systems. This absorbing process
will go on until the time arrives when
the government concludes to operate the
lines. Some way will be found to ac-
quire them, and all the more easily be-
cause there will be fewer interests with
which to deal. Or else the corporations
will be under close supervision by the
government, with the rates fixed by the
latter.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21
SCIENTIFIC IRRIGATION.
Director True on Ways Of Securing Gov
eminent Aid.

C1uAlOuV Alus
DR.. A. c. True, director of experiment
stations of the department of agricul-
ture, who has been in attendance at the
annual meeting of representatives of
agricultural colleges in California, says
the work is becoming extended rapidly
over the entire irrigated district of the
west, and that irrigation will soon be
placed upon a scientific basis in this
country. The work of the investigation
Is greatly aided by the general interest
taken in the various experiments and
tests by the people of the west.
In reference to government aid for ir-
rigation, DR.. True says the people of the
east and congress require more educa-
ton upon irrigation matters before this
can be secured. 1t is, however, becom-
ing plain that under the present system
of land administration in the west, the
best results are not being obtained for
the government, the state or the indi-
vidual. Concentration on the part of the
representatives in congress from the
west upon any n line of action for
changing the present conditions for bet
ter will probably meet with success.
When the west unites upon some prac-
teal easur of reform in land matters
reform will be secured.
The stand taken by Senator Warren
at the last session of congress in the eff
fort to secure an appropriation for a
storage reservoir in the west did much
to attract the attention of the east to
the needs of the west, and served to i'm
press the fact upon congress that the
west cannot be overlooked much longer.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21
Democracy Weak in New Mexico.

The few Democrats in whose bosoms
may blossom a little hope that New
Mexico may after all return to the
Democratic fold should look over the
journalistic field to be convinced that
the territory is no longer a fertile spot
for Democratic political aspirations. AS
a rule, newspapers rather reflect than
mold public opinion, and if there were
any Democratic public opinion there
would be an abundance of journals to
show it. But as a matter of fact, there
is not a single Democratic daily paper
in the territory, and the outspoken
Democratic weeklies can be counted on
the fingers of one hand. On the other
hand, really all of the daily papers
in the territory but one nondescript are
thoroughly Republican in their opinions,
and the majority of weekly papers fol-
low their lead.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21

In New Orleans recently there was a
peculiar outrage which has not attract
ed very much attention principally be-
cause the victim was a mulatto, and
one mulatto more or less counts for lit
tie in that city. A young man hired a
livery rig to take his best girl riding.
He was gone longer than the period for
which he engaged the team, a circum-
stance that happens with the whitest of
SWANS. The owner of the vehicle con-
cluded that his property had been stolen
and infamed a lot of people concerning
the wrong. When the %youngster finally
returned with the rig he met a mob
awaiting him that, having assembled to
do mischief, went at him vindictively.
The youth fled, and was chased into the
river and drowned.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21
Growth Of Cities.

During the last half year $500 new
buildings We're constructed in New
York, 4,026 in Philadelphia, 1858 in
Louisville, 2,11S in Chicago, 1906 in
Kansas City, 1920 in Minneapolis, 1,49O
in Cleveland, 1885 in Washington, 1888
in Detroit, 1,150 in st. Louis, LAO in
Cincinnati, 1854 in Pittsburg, S75 in Los
Angeles, 1854 in New Orleans, S13 in st
Paul, 410 in Omaha, and 1862 in Allie
gheny. Building operations are to a GER
tain extent indications Of the growth OF
a city, and ACCORDING to the above sta.
tistics Chicago is falling far behind New
York and Philadelphia, and cities like
Denver and San Francisco must have
stopped building altogether, as they die
not get into the ranks of the twenty
that led, including even Allegheny, with
ago.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21
RESERVOIRS.

albuquerque Journal-Democrat.)
The people Of this valley might as well
look the fact in the face first as last
that there will not henceforth be water
enough in this portion Of the stream for
purposes Of irrigation curing the sum-
mer, even in the best of years, while in
the average year there will be none at
all during the season when it is most
needed, and when it is necessary to in
sure a crop. We must depend hereaft-
err upon storage reservoirs, and these
mean an outlay of more capital than
private enterprise can be induced to
risk in such a work. Hence our hope is
in congress, and since the general gov
eminent has permitted a neighboring
state to appropriate the water which
belongs to the people of this valley, and
has been theirs by u%ndisputed right for
centuries. we believe a strong case can
be made before congress for the storage
reservoir, at least so far as this valley
is concerned.
We would not ask the government to
go into the business of distributing wa
ter, but simply to construct the reser-
voirs necessary to impound the water
at times when it is abundant, and let
the people construct their own canals
for carrying it to the land.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21

The New York Herald calls upon
President Mckinley to appoint Govern
or Roosevelt to succeed Alger, that
there may be some ginger put into the
war. The paper declares that it is the
duty of the president to do this, wheth-
er it is pleasing to him and the governor
or not, There are few politicians who
would resign the ~governorship of New
York to become an assistant to the pres
ident, but Roosevelt is quite capable of
doing it if assured that he would be al
lowed to handle the war in his own
way, and if he thought it his duty to do
this. He is not in the ordinary sense a
place hunter, and would have the dis
tinct purpose of success to influence him
to accent.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21
Application for Bids for Bonds of Otero
County, New Mexico.

The undersigned will receive sealed
bids up to 10 o'clock a. H., on the 18th
day Of July, A. D. 1899, for the purchase
at not less than 95 per cent % the par
value Of principal of the whole or any
part of the issue, which will be for five
thousand dollars $4,000. Said bon is
will be issued for a period of twenty
years with the option on the part of
Otero county to redeem the same or
part thereof after ten years from is
anc They will bear interest at six
per cent per annum from date of issue,
National Bank Of New York City, said
interest payments to be evidenced by
coupons attached to the bonds.
This issue of bonds will be made un-
der authority of an act passed by the
S3d legislative assembly of New Mexico,
providing therefor, approved the 3Oth
day of January, A. d. 1899, in denomi-
nations of one hundred dollars or null
tiples thereof. Sales will be made of
the entire issue, or in parts of the is
sue, to the highest and best bidder for
cash, delivery to be made at the First
National Bank of Santa Fe, N. M. The
board of county commissioners of Otero
county reserves the right to reject any
or all bids made for this issue of county
bonds, if deemed for the best interest Of
the county. For further particulars ad-
dress the undersigned at his office in
~Alamogordo, New Mexico.
w. S. SHEPHERD,
Clerk of the Board of County Commits
%sioners, Otero County, N. M.
July s. July %
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21
A Silent Hero,

Kansas has developed another hero,
but as he is dead now he will not rival
killed in the civil war returned to his
old home at the close of the struggle to
find that his wife, having received Off
cial notice of his death, had remarked.
So in order not to make her unhappy
the soldier kept his secret, and never
saw his wife and children, hiding him
self far away. In his old age he failed
to seek a needed pension, because in
making the proofs the secret would
have necessarily been disclosed to his
wife. Only upon his deathbed recently
was the story told, after thirty-five
years of silence upon this subject.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21

In Germany an institution to which
out the approval Of the emperor. Re
Gently a wealthy brewer left SIS, 900 to a
library, but consent for acceptance was
refused until the institution should
provide literally for poor relatives Of
the deceased. The emperor believes that
charity should begin at home. A crank
should not be allowed to bestow his
money upon outsiders to spite relatives
IL by so doing he causes suffering and
makes them a charge upon the public.
Evidently the emperor's heart IS soft. If
his head is hard.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21

Another famous saying has been add
ed to the collection of u%tterances by war
generals, but it does not sound very
well. A correspondent in Manila writes
that in a letter he submitted to be ca
bled to an American paper was a para
graph praising one of the subordinates,
and that in cutting this out the COM
mander said: 81 propose to make all
the heroes that are made in this war"
Which was to say that he did not pro-
pose for correspondents to have the
pleasure of praising officers whom they
deemed worthy, and that only those
should have commentator who met the
favor Of the general. If General Otis
said that he is a good deal of an auto
cratic ass,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21
APOSTLE Brigham Young. son q

Apostle Brigham Young, son of the
prophet" declares that polygamous
marriages are not 10Y contracted in
Utah, but that most of the muchly-
married will not be made to dese~t the
plural wives they had before po,yga-
nous unions were forbidden. He init
mates that the Mormons will respect
the new order Of things SO long as they
are not prosecuted, but that persecu-
tion would cause them to commit Of
lenses. The old sinners seek to make
a virtue Of their practices. It Is a fool
Ish claim that persecution always in
creases an evil. The anarchists of Chi
claimed that they were ~persecuted.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-21
Low Rates to Mexico CITY.

The Mexican Central Railway will sell
round-trip excursion tickets from Ell
Paso to Mexico City on July %, 90, 20,
80, August s, 6, IL and 10, at $500, Unit
ed States currency, for the round trip.
Tickets good for thirty days from date
of sale, and allow stop-overs. For fur
Their information address
B. j. KUHN, Commercial Agent,
Ell Paso, Tex.