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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11
INDIA's PECULIAR PEOPLE.
The Bicycle Has Nearly Emanolpated
The Parsi Women.

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The most peculiar people of India
are the Parsis Cor "Parsees," meaning
"Persians"), who feed their dead to
the vultures upon the Towers of 81
lence, says Harper's Magazine. They
fed to India from Persia when that
land fell into the hands of the Arabs
twelve centuries ago. Their men are
the first very singular persons the
traveller sees on board the ship which
takes him to India, their singularity
consisting in their long, sallow faces
and large eyes, their shiny, patent
leather-looking, tubular hats and their
long and ugly coats. They are most
numerous In Bombay, but one meets
them In other cities on Bombay side"
and IN Madras and Calcutta on the
other shore. They are the richest ma
tiYes Of India, and have made and still
make their money In trade. They are
the only Indians who, as a body, ad-
mire and cultivate western progressive
ideas, who treat tn II women fairly
we'll according to our ideas), ard who
permit their widows to marry again.
Their first rule Of life is to practice
b%enevolence, and no people do this
more literally. They maintain nearly
two-score charitable institutions in
Bombay alone. They are the only peo-
pie in the world who do not smoke,
and this Is because they will not trihe
with IRE. which is sacred In their be-
lief. They never expectOrate and they
will not In any way contaminate the
earth or water or dedie the trees and
flowers. That is why they destroy
their dead without burning the bodies.
They have no beggars among them;
they are monogamists; they are not
easte-ridden Cor rooted, like the Kin
docs, for they acknowledge but two
claases-the priests and the people.
They keep new year day, not only as
a religious fete day. but, much a. we
DO. as a day for general visiting. Their
are not imprisoned with their
servants or otherwise degraded, but
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

may be met anywhere and everywhere
to the same Qtent az English women
In India. 81 often are these women
comely, and SO beautifully are they
clad-in such soft and exquisitely coll
ored silks that. as one writer says:
They appear as hourie floating about
the earth In silk balloons, with a ball
lasting Of anklets. necklaces, earrings
and jewelry' It is no more than fair
Of tho Parsi men to let this be as Il
Is, for they are the ugliest men that
crawl upon this globe. An English
lady advised me to go and see the rich
Parsi young women riding bicycles on
the road beside the sea at 4 o'clock OF
any afternoon. What an ideal. The
bicycle has so revolutionized young
womanhood in England that men who
return there after a short absence can
not credit their senses as they note
the change In the maidens and their
home government. What will It do
or not do-in India? Truly that mod
%est-looking toy has worked as much Of
the change IN this swift-bOoted cen
tury as many of our important inven-
lions. It has proved a steed which
leaps the highest bars Of prejudice,
runs away with the deepest-rooted con-
v~entions-even outpaces the plans Of
women for their own emancipation.
I try to fancy what It may do Ia India,
but, after ALL it has only a few thou
sands Of Parsis- upon whom to work.
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ell is the son of a minister. He Joined
the Thirteenth Hussars in 1876 and, as
adjutant, served with his regiment in
India and Afghanistan and in South
Africa. Early in his military career
he became familiar with the parts Of
the African continent with which his
name will hereafter be associated. In
1887 he was again at Cape Town as
assistant military secretary to Gen. Sir
Henry Smyth, and during his two
years stay there he served in the
zululand operations. After serving
three years at Malta, he again re-
turned to Africa, charged with the
special service Of raising and COM
handing the native levies in the Ash
antee operations. For his work in this
campaign he received the brevet rank
Of lieutenant colonel. After the jane
son raid, when the Matabeles rose a
second time, he was chosen as chief
staff officer of Gen. Sir Frederick Car
rington. At the beginning Of the
Transvaal wal he was selected to pro-
coed to South Africa to raise a mill
tary force on the spot and to drill It
into efficiency. That he succeeded in
doing so was attested by his long re-
sistance against a superior force.
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The Passion Flower.

The Passion Flower was so called by
the first Spanish settlers Of America
because they imagined that they saw
in its flower a representation of Our
Lords passion. the flamentous pro-
cesses being taken to represent the
row Of thorns; the nail-shaped
styles. the nails Of the cross; the an
theirs, the marks Of the five wounds;
the leaf, the spear that pierced the Sa-
vior's side; the tendrils, the cords or
whips by which He was scourged; the
column Of the ovary, the upright Of
the cross! the stamens, the hammers:
the caly1, the glory OF halo; the white
tint, purity; the blue tint, heaven. The
passion flower is a native of the warm
parts OF America, and its flowers are
large and beautiful.
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ArtInelnl Pnvlnr-stons..

A new method Of making a durable
artificial stone for paving purposes has
been successfully introduced in Ger
many, and is likely to find employment
in many countries. The basis Of the
pavement is, like that Of many other
systems, coal tar. This is mixed with
sulphur and heated, and to the plastic
mass is added a preparation Of lime.
When cold, the compound Is broken
into fragments and mixed with glass
or blast furnace glass Stag. Subjected
to heavy pressure, the powder is mold
ed to any form required; and II Is
found that it's resistance to wear and
tear is fully half as great as that Of
Swedish granite. The other advantages
claimed for the paving is that its
roughened surface gives a good foot
hold, that it resists changes OF temper
allure, is not noisy, and is easily Pept
clean.
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Here IS a description OF a Persian
dinner: The feast is preceded by
pipes, while tea and sweets are handed
about. Then the servants Of the house
appear, bringing in a long leather
sheet, which they spread In the middle
Of the floor; the guests squat round
this, tailor fashion. When all are
seated a fiat loaf OF bread is placed be-
fore every one, and the music begins.
The various dishes are brought in on
trays and arranged round the leather
sheet at intervals. The covers are then
removed, the host says "Bismilah" Tin
the name Of Cod, and without another
word they all fall to.-New Castle
(Eng.) Chronicle.
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ARsENeE sorreNs I'M.

Love roudernes, IN tho Relation ne
tween q soldier and Hls VIE.
The inevitable periods Of separation
which come to men and in
navy life act as presentations Of a
lover-like tenderness in the relation
between husband and wife that Is un-
speakably touching. Wives. even amid
the cares Of a growing family and an
all-engrossing thrlftiness Of living. find
time to write a batch Of six OF eight
letters. to b%eopened once a week at sea
by the departing husband bound on a
long cruise. And far out at sea he
draws his stateroom curtain for the
pathetic tryst, with a whispered Bless
her heartl' on his lips. Christmas
boxes are prepared months beforehand
by loving hands, and marked with the
warning, Not to be opened until
Christmas day'-a defendu for once
cheerfully respected, knowing how
dreary would be that day but for the
waiting box. Many an officer has con-
fessed to sitting up in his bunk bright
and early, hke the veriest boy, and un-
packing that box with hands that we're
not altogether steady and eyes not al
together dry. Half laughing, but with
tears not very far away, a farer-a
manly giant Of a fellow-took the wri-
ter to his stateroom (that cramped
repository Of an officers personal
aura), and from a drawer Of a So
called desk he drew forth an en-
yelope, and from it a wee bow Of baby
ribbon. Disappointed in his auditors
lack OF instantaneous enthusiasm, he
held it up against the electric light,
and there, sure enough, were two tiny
Whitish-yellow hairs tied together
all he had ever seen Of his irst-born,
thousands Of miles away across two
oceans.-Women's Home Companion.
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nInts for the Table.

Rapid eating is slow suicide. Plenty
Of time should be taken. Fish and oys-
ters are easily digested. An hour or
two Of rest should be taken after the
meal. Mere qualification of the appe-
tite Is very likely to shorten life. Din
ner should be of a lighter nature in
summer than in winter. A quart of
wheat contains more nutriment than
a bushel Of c%ucumbers. There is a hap
py mean between eating everything
and being squemish. 1t is not good to
dine when in a state of mental or phys
ical weakness. Two pounds Of pota-
toes contain as much nutriment as
thirteen pounds Of turnips. Light
soups, light desserts and light meats
should have the preference in warm
weather. Abuse of the stomach at din
ner will be repaid sooner or later by
that punishment which m to the
glutton. Vegetables and fruits are to
be used most generously at that c a
son Of the year in which they natural
ly mature.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

Ecumenical Conference on Foreign
Missions to be held at New YORK.
Bishop Ridley was sent to India in
1856 by the Church Missionary Society
Of England, to work on the confines Of
the Ameer of Afghanistan's domain,
and had his missionary training in
that most difficult field. A few years
later, however. his health Obliged him
to leave India, and he was appointed
chaplain to the British Church az
Dresden, Saxony. where he remained
two years. Afeer this he occupied
parishes in England a few years. In
1879 he was appointed the first bishop
of Caledonia, British Columbia, bring
ing to his work there the fruits Of his
experience in his previous fields. and
now for over twenty years he has ad-
ministered the affairs of that diocese
with singular ability.
Bishop Ridley is well known as a
scholar, and his contributions to
philology have been considerable. He
is the author Of a number of works on
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11
Quaint Function.

In the old Borough Of Guildford,
England, there survives, as the result
OF an eccentrically conditioned bequest
made some 200 years ago, a. quaint
function known as the distribution Of
The maids money" The gift, which
is administered by the municipal au-
thorities, amounts to twelve guineas,
representing the interest on the be-
quest. The giver specified that 1t was
to be given to a maid servant who
should have lived for two years or
upward in one service ia the old Dor
ough Of Guildford, and who should
throw the highest number with two
dice or cast lots with another maid
servant" The distribution for this
year took place recently, and Of the
two girls chosen tout Of many by the
trustees for the final appeal to the for
tune Of the dice the winner was de-
clared to be one Louisa Remnant She
threw eleven against eight thrown By
her unsuccessful cOmpetitor.-NeW
York Commercial Advertiser.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

be transformed into a new article OF
manufacture by al inventor Of New
York city. This patentee claims a
portable candle holder in which there
are two fixed wings for the support Of
the candle and an adjustable wing at
taehed to the handle. This arrange
ment permits Of the use of candles Of
different sizes, and Of the removal Of
the butt end which is left after the
candle has burned down as far as pos
sible. The simplicity of the design
permits of cheap manufacture. an es-
sential feature of such an article.
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HE SAVED lie srAKEs.
A Chinese Governor Gives the Engineers
a Lot of trouble.

A Chinese Governor Gives the Engineers
a Lot of Trouble.
There is a humorous side to the for
eign troubles in China. The chief en-
gineers of the railway that is being
built through Shang-tung province by
the Germans complained to a taOtOi,
or local governor, that the people pulled
up and carried off the stakes that sur
veyors had driven into the ground to
guide the construction gangs in grad
ing the right of way, so that he had
been compelled to do the work over
three or four times. The taotoi prom
Used that the mischief should stop, and
said that he would give the matter his
personal attention. The surveyors
went over the line again and marked
it out carefully with wooden pegs.
When they came back a few weeks
later they were Disguised to find that
every n of the markers for miles had
disappeared. The chief engineer in
the heat Of his wrath rushed off to the
taotOi to make complaint, and the lat
ter, with a smile that was childlike mad
bland, attempted to sOOthe him, saying:
The stakes are all right, every one
of them; ] had my men 90 out and take
them all up and keep them safely until
you returned, and / have got them tied
up in bundles for you"
The letter which brings this interest
ing anecdote all the way from Shang-
tung relates that the engineer grabbed
the mandarin by the throat and nearly
shook his head oR. althoughtthe late,
ter had done what he supposed to be a
great favor with the best of inten-
tiOns.
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Weather terms are elastic. Havana
was full of shlvering people, and the
visitation vas called a cold wave, when
the temperature lately fell to SO de-
grees. The Cuban style of wintry
blasts would be popular in regions
where boreal gales have no inclination
to mercy. The West Indian cold wave
Is almost matched by the London hot
wave, reported each summer, when
the mercury has risen only to a point
indicative to Americans of %seasonable
warmth.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

Some Of the experiments with wire
less telegraph apparatus for the use
Of the British army in South Africa
are said to indicate that the operation
Of the instruments is interrupted by
veins Of iron ore in the hills. This
recalls the recent report Of the United
States Naval Board on Marconi's sys-
tenn. to the effect that communication
might be entirely interrupted when
tall buildings with an iron framework
interviewed between the transmitting
and receiving stations.
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Modern HIrh ErpIosIrss.

Mr.. ]. S. S. Brame, T.. S. c., gave a
lecture at the London Institution.
Dundee, the other day, on Modern Ex-
pioslves." He began by showing, says
the Courier of that city, that an ex-
ploaion vas simply rapid combustion.
caused by the combination Of oxygen
with some indammable material, and
the application OF a light. A step on
ward led MIN to gunpowder-charcoal
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The magnificent armored trains used
by England In her war with the Beers
will protect her troops In about the
same way that HOstetter's stomach
Bitters drives dyspepsia from the hui
man stomach, and then mounts guard
that It does not return. The Bitters
has won in every case Of Indigestion,
constipation. liver and kidney trouble
for fifty years.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

Horse Power for the Great Exhibition.
Engineering mentions the surprising
fact that 10000 horsepower Of machin-
cry will be required for the Paris ex-
position. AS it is intended that the
processes of manufacture shall be dis
played side by side with exhibits Of
raw material. much machinery will be
distributed throughout the Champ de
Mars, and the transmission Of energy
Will be electrical. About 5000 horse
power will be needed for this purpose
besides $4,000 horsepower for light
ing, making a total Of 10000 horse
power. The steam producing plant
will be collected in two buildings plac-
ed parallel to the old Machinery hall.
OF course in each case the generators
supplying steam will constitute exhi5-
its, and payment made for the steam
supplied, with an allowance towards
the cost of installation. The coal sup
ply will be taken through underground
passages. The electrical units, consist
ing each Of an engine and direct
coupled dynamo, will be placed as near
as possible to the bo%iler-houses in a
gallery parallel to them.
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Gov. Roosevelt expressed a great
truth and urged a much-needed lesson
when he said, in a recent speech. that
while the commandment, Thou shalt
not steal" should be enforced upon
politicians, another commandment.
Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor," should I'm equal
Measure be enforced upon the critics
Of politicians.
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II there's a right thing to be done.
and we seem to pass through a wrong
thing on our way to it, depend upon
1t there's another way to Il. and a
better one, and it Is our fault, and
not Gods, that we do o find II.
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There are forty George washingtons
in Baltimore. Of whom thirtybaine are
colored and one is white. This recalls
the story Of the aged colored mar who
remarked. on hearing his son read
from ancient history Of Pompey and
Caesar, that all the great men Of an
tiquity u have been negroes. as
those names we're not commonly borne
by white people.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

The average loss by fire in the United
States has been reduced in ten years
from $6.922 to $1,86O. The insurance
loss in the same period was reduced
from 1898 to $1,O56. The prevailing
use Of electricity has Unexpectedly
brought about a large increase in fires,
owing to crossed wires. Ten years ago
there were only sixty-six such fires and
last year there was 95S. Defective
flues are responsible for over II per
cent Of the fires and incendiarism is
next as a cause. Last year 6,S91 in
cendiary fires occurred. Lightning
caused 3,479, spontaneous combustion,
1,179, friction in machinery 295, nat
ural gas "a. dust explosions IA, and five
were caused by the suns rays passing
through window glass. There was no
assignable aus for 12.2O4 fires OF last
year.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

A writer in a medical publication of
the Johns Hopkins University de-
scribes a case which, he says, is in
teresting because it suggests a new OPP
neutrality-suspicious. cy-
st~enterostomy, or hepatioocholecystos
tenterostomy." Every one will be re-
lieved to know that the treatment so
siUquenr1y described is only an ad-
vanced method of dealing with collie,
by which It will be seen that science
in its march Is encountered by the bag
gage It carries. Caesar called It i'm
pedimenta. which has taken a modern
that seems appropriate in this
case.
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cts your new boarding house pleas.
nnt2'
eyes. indeed; there's o woman at our
table who won't smile. jenkins and I
are working to see which viii make
her smile first, and an the other board
ers have heavy bets out on u.s."
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pupIIeats french nrlar.n

The German war authorities have
duplicates Of all bridges in France. II.
IN case Of war, any Of these bridges
were destroyed, they could be replaced
an six hours.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

Power sometimes forgets itself so
far as to imagine that It exists for It.
self, and not for The service Of hu-
manity.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

The worlds noblest work is in re-
claiming the fallen. in strengthening
the weak, in gaining victory over
temptation and in creating virtue.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11
TEE INDEX.
Azr4a ruw nrRIoo

II the government wants any armor
plate Carnegie and Prick are ono
In the field.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

Nothing to the inventor appears too
trivial for Improvement, and even the
modest candlestick that has remained
the same for generations is now to
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11
HOODS
SRFSaBaEaMa

Possesses the peculiar qualities
Peculiar to ItssB-which accom-
plish these good things for all
who take it. An unlimited list Of
wonderful cures prove its merit.
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BISHOP

There will be no more striking hg-
ure than William Ridley, bishop OF
Caledonia, British Columbia, at the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

daughter has received from the use Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. After beginning the use Of
your medicine she began to mend
rapidly and is now able to be at her
work. Her menses are regular and
almost painless. feel very thankful
to you and expect to always keep your
Vegetable Compound in my house. It
is the best medicine 1 ever knew. You
have my permission to publish this
letter if you wish, it may be the mean
of doing others good. Mus. MATILDA
A. CAMP, Manchester Mil, Macon, Ca,
September 10, 1899.
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Cleanse
Your Blood

The thing most desired of a Spring
Medicine is thorough publication Of
the blood. With this work Of
cleansing going on there is com
plete renovation Of every part Of
your system. Not only is the cor
rupt blood made fresh, bright and
lively, but the stomach also re-
spends in better digestion, its
readiness for food at proper times
gives sharp appetite, the kidneys
and liver properly perform their
allotted functions, and there is, in
short, new brain, nerve, mental and
digestive strength.
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It's a big insult to offer a man a
small sum Of money as a bride.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

What a man denominates o~bstiuaoy
In his wife no 6esignatas hrmness IN
himself.
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Or. d. X. P%earsons OF Chicago. who.
during the last ten years has given to
colleges and charitable institutions
gifts amounting to $500. 900, Is about
10 deed away the remainder OF his for
tune. f1,5OO,OOO in all. In similar be-
quests. For the maintenance Of him
self and his wife during the remainder
Of their lives Or. Pearsons viii stipu-
late that only an annuity OF 2 per cent
be paid by those who receive his gifts
hereafter. On the $780, 900 this will
mean a yearly income for the doctor
and hts wife OF $4,000. which will
cease when he and bis wife are dead
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DEAR MRS. N
A 1T affords me
great pleasure 20 tell
wov - Al. L.-.nA
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There is visible in the night sky, I'M
der favorable circumstances, a faint
light, rounded in outline, and situated
always exactly opposite to the place Of
the sun. It is called "gegenschein a"
and Is one Of the most inexplicable
objects known to astronomers. Re
Gently Prof. w. II. Pickering has sug-
gested a new explanation of the gegen-
schein. According to him It may be
"a sort Of cometary or meteoric
satellite" attending the earth. He sup
poses It to be composed of a cloud OF
meteors. situated about 1.OOO, 900 miles
from the earth. and revolving round It
in a period Of just one year, so that
the sun and the meteors are always
on opposite sides Of the earth. He es-
Inmates that the size OF this ghostly
satellite may be nearly the same as
that Of the planet Jupiter, viz, about
$4,000 miles in diameter.