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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

were operating in the town and that
unless the same left Mafeking by noon
Of the following day they would be APP
pretended and punished according to
the law governing all such cases.
The startling number OF times the
British forces have been led into am
buscades or have marched unsuspect-
ing against a BOer force thoroughly
prepared to meet them mas naturally
given her majesty's officers a very dis
agreeable consciousness that their
movement were only too we'll known
by the enemy. In fact, it is known
that Cape Town itself Is full of 3oer
spies, yet no effective move can be
made toward stopping their opera
tons. The knowledge which the
Boer possesses Of the country, his
well guarded means OF secret COM
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30
The 1deaI

Mold first her physical frame, and
then, as the strength she gains will
permit you, fill and temper her mind
with all knowledge and thoughts
which tend to confirm its natural in
stincts of justice and refine its natural
taste Of love. All such knowledge
should be given her as may enable her
to understand, and even to aid, the
work of men. 1t is of no moment, as
a matter Of pride or perfectness in
herself, whether she knows many Ian
guages or one, but it is Of the utmost
that she should be able to understand
the sweetness Of a strangers tongue.
It is of no moment to her own worth
or dignity that she should be acqualnt-
ed with this science or that; that 1t
is of the highest that she should be
trained in accurate thought. 1t is Of
little consequence how many positions
of cities she knows-it is not the OBJ
ject of education to turn a woman into
a Electromagnetic 1t is deeply import
ant that she be taught to extend the
limits of sympathy and to understand
the nothingness of the proportion
which that little world in which she
lives and loves bows to the world in
which God lives and loves."-John
Ruskin.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Transvaal." It Is said, indeed, that
some Of the most influential conti-
mental newspapers have been subsl-
died by the Transvaal government
through the willy Dr.. Leyds, and It Is
known that he approached Lisbon yer
and over again on the matter Of the
purchase OF Delogoa Bay, but could
not succeed in shaking Portugal's
friendship for Great Britain. 1t is a
recognized fact that Leyds, by some
means or other, has found It possible
to obtain audiences with European
rulers unwarranted by his own official
Importance or the Importance Of the
government which he represents. But
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30
WHY HUMAN BEINGS LAUGH.
CachInatiOn Is a Faculty We Acquire
with Increase OF Intelligence.

CachInatIon IL a Faculty We Acquire
with Increase of Intelligence.
Anthropologists say that the abili-
ty to laugh comes to the child as 1t
grows older. The first smile is OBJ
served when the child is about 40 to 90
days old, but it does not begin to laugh
until some time after that. According
to Mantegazza and others the power OF
laughing has to be acquired, just as a
child learns how to talk or walk.
Laughter is observed at the earliest
only after they are 3 months old.
Children and women laugh more than
men, not because the cares of life lie
less heavily upon them, but because
the former are more eXcitable, and be-
cause the m%oderating power Of the
cerebral hemisphere is less in them
than among men generally. Profound
study makes men serious, and so fool
ish people are sometimes noted for
laughing ~immoderately. Yet laughter
Is not so much an index to intelligence
as It is to the condition of health.
Healthy, vigorous people are of pro-
verbally good-humored, joyous, laugh
ing natures, while the "sallow, gloomy
eyed dyspeptic' is a description sci
entifcally accurate, although it has its
origin from the brain of a poet. The
envious, wicked and malevolent rarely
laugh, because, phrenolOgists say, they
are impregnated with bile, and are
therefore morose. The naughty, the
vain and the awkward also laugh very
little for fear Of losing their dignity.
| The Spanish people, who are proverbi-
ally grave, are a good example. Peo-
| pie who have lines extending down
ward from the angle Of the mouth to-
ward the chin well marked rarely
laugh, and, moreover, show a tendency
TO ~pensiveness I'm youth and melan-
| choly in after life. Those who have
4 lines raging outward from the eyes
are, OF the contrary, people who laugh
a good deal, especially when the upper
lip is framed by two deep furows run
ming down to the mouth, Lavater, the
noted physiognomist, states that a
frank. easy, %copious laughter indicates
"A good soul devoid Of vanity" Such
people often have a great many wrin-
kles running obliquely outward and
downward from the eyes. They also
have full, open lips and a round, large
forehead.-New York Herald.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

It may be noted that while the pro-
fessors are disputing as TO the com
mercial utility Of liquid air as a pow
er, the main engine work of the world
is still lone by steam. Electricity came
long before liquid air. 1t has been
put to commercial uses for twenty
years, and immense advances have
been made in its production and appli-
cation. Yet the extent to which 1t
has actually superseded steam as an
applied power is really trivial-and
there is a steam engine behind every
current of electricity that is put to
commercial uses. Within a few special
lines electricity is practicable as an
agency for distributing the power
originally generated in a steam engine;
but the day when steam shall cease
to be the driving power of the world
seems to be as far of as ever.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

One Of the applicants for a consulate
in Japan while James C. Blaine was
secretary Of state was the late Samuel
Kimberley Of Baltimore, who died in
the service in Central America, says
the Chicago News. After he had pre-
scented his credentials, Mr.. Blaine said;
Il should like to appoint you, Mr..
Kimberley, but / have made IL a rule
to recommend no one who does not
speak the language OF the country to
which he Is sent. DO you speak Japa-
nese?" Certainly. Mr.. Blaine said
Mr.. Kimberley. ASK me something
In Japanese, and I'll answer YOU" Mr..
Blaine had not a word to say. but the
japanese post went to another man,
all the same, and Kimberley went TO
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

The South African war has shown
one thing in which the Boer is supe-
rior to the English and that thing is
secret service. As a spy the Boer Of
the Transvaal has no equal, as the
English have found to their cost.
Since the opening Of hostilities there
has scarcely been a move made OF
the part of the British that did not
seem to be fully anticipated by the
Beers. In fact, the different signal
defeats which have befallen British
arms during the South African cam
paign may be attributed to the efi-
cheney Of the Boer secret service.
Dom Paul and Joubert, It is well
known, have spies everywhere, and
owing to the peculiar conditions under
which the war is being carried on, Il
is practically impossible for the Brit
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30
arss. salt Lake Drying up.

According to the Irrigation Age, the
waters of the Great Salt Lake in Utah
have receded a mile in the past year,
and some persons think that within
the coming century this wonderful
body Of water may be completely dried
up. The of the lowering Of the
water is ascribed to the rapid extension
of irrigation bitches, which draw their
supply from the streams emptying into
the lake. There is now a salt desert"
not far from the lake, which was once
covered with water. The salt deposit
on the floor of the lake itself is be-
lieved to be of great thickness.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

The bridge of boats which now forms
the only means Of crossing the Bos-
phorus is entirely insufficient to meet
the demands and it is suggested to
build a tubular tunnel from shore to
shore, so that traffic may go on with
OUT interruption. Because of the lack
OF a suitable foundation, this lube must
be suspended or iioated below the sur
face of the water. The scheme sounds
somewhat impracticable. but It is be-
ing seriously considered.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

munication, and the mobility of his
forces all unite to n%eutralize
the advantage which his enc
mics possess in their more perfect
organization, in discipline and in SUI
periority in numbers. 1t explains to
a great degree Just why the little re-
publics Of South Africa have been
able to make such an excellent show
ing when facing the most powerful and
the most aggressive empire in exist
ence at the present day.
While the Boer is by no means a
diplomat, he is in state and in mu-
nicipal affairs always a willy and foxy
schemer. This perhaps explains just
why the secret service system of the
Transvaal is the most extensive and
the most effective affair of its kind in
existence. When it is remembered
that the Simple minded veldt bur
CHER has such an adroit and expert
enced secret service agent on the con-
tinent as DR.. Leyds and it is borne in
mind that this official receives a salary
of $4,000 a year for his services, some
idea of the faith which Dom Peal
places in his spy system may be Sc
cured. DR.. Leyds goes about under the
official but delightfully."- ambiguous title
Of European representative Of the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Kuang-Hsu, the unhappy young Chi
nese emperor, still lives. In view Of
the expense attendant upon royal fun
erals It is quite possible that the I'm
press dowager decided not to kill him
until after the spring taxes had been
collected.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

The wife-It seems strange that Mrs.
Won Tooler. with an income Of $780,
900, should always be 20 deeply in
debt. The husband-The trouble Is.
my lear Hulda, that she has just
enough money to make her socially
ambitious, but not enough to live re-
spectably.-Life.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

No less than 1000. producers OF
verse entered a recent poetic competi-
ton. This is the unitarian age more
from the lack Of a Tennyson than from
a deficiency in the number OF aspir-
ants.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

The most de~plorable thing in connec-
ton with our present day congress
sional v~erbosity is the fact that it
comes largely from young men who
ought to know better.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Perry Patetick-Say, watts de mean
in OF dolce far nieHte?" It's in de
paper here. Harvard Hasben-Dat's
wat de world would call dis perfession
of ours II we only had money.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

The woman who thinks she is
marrying a novelist's hero and the
man who thinks he is marrying a
wingless angel invariably discover that
marriage is a failure.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

A New York nan claims to have
been driven into insanity by his W
humor. The prevailing inclination is
to shift the responsibility for such mis-
fortunes.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Pencils from slate dust nodded by
hydraulic pressure are now made in
large quantities. They are much more
popular than the solid-cut slate PEN
ellis. One factory last year made 25,-
900, 900 nodded pencils.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Central America. One day Kimberley
met a young woman. who threw her
arms impulsively around his neck and
kissed him. Seeing her mistake, she
drew back and angrily asked: Aren't
you Mr.. Jones?" mo, madam" re-
piled Kimberley, bowling, I'm not,
but l wish to thunder l was"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Senator Depew is an active member
in twenty-five clubs, the United States
senate, and eighty-two other corpora
tons.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

it is rumored that this same gov
eminent instructs its European
agent to scatter his gold lavishly
when once BE- has a~scertained where
such gold Will do the most good. It
is worth While noting that the
special expenditure, as such funds
are termed, of the Transvaal gov
eminent has amounted to 1885,
600 during She last fourteen years.
This goes to show that the secret ser
vice of even such a small republic as
the Transvaal is no insignificant af-
fair.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Just at the moment when the right
eous are in the greatest despair aid is
close at hand.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

You can learn more about a man in
ten minutes after it is too late than
you could in ten years before.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

The happening Of the unexpected
never worries people who are not pre-
pared for anything in particular.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Man needs truth and consolation;
but the truth may not be consoling, o
the c~onsoling true.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

An egotist Is a nan who thinks
himself better than his neighbors.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

II people could only get rid Of their
imaginary troubles they would be
fairly happy.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

A d can accomplish things at 20
that he would be ashamed to attempt
at 40.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

New York's canal commission, back
ed by Gov. Roosevelt, recommend the
deepening Of the Erie canal TO ten feet,
an improvement that viii cost the
state g62. OOO. 900. The question win be
submitted to voters at the next cleo
ffr0
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30
You Can Get AIlen's Toot- raao rroo.

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Write today to Allen S. Olmsted, lie
Roy, N. Y, for a free sample Of Aliens
Foot-Ease, q powder to shake into your
shoes. IC cures chilblains, sweating,
damp, swollen, aching feet. 1t makes
new or tight shoes easy. A certain
cure for Corns and Bunions. All drug
gists and shoe stores sell It; Csc.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Many a man would have a better
wife II he wasn't such a poor hus-
band.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Clotheslines are made much more
durable by boiling for ten minutes be-
fore they are used.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Any woman is worth her weight In
gold-so she thinks. .
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Two souls with but a single thought
surprise everybody by finding an awful
lot to talk about.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

A Pound to the Yard.
One pound Of sleeps wool is capable
of producing one yard Of cloth.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

He-'Women are very illogical" She
why do you say that?" He-'"rhey think
clothes are better II they cost a lot, and
II they get them at a bargain.n
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in-
nammation, alleys pain, cures wind colo. Csc bottle
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

MY reason was almost d%ethroned by
the excitement" 'That is an u%nrepubli-
can expression. You should say your
reason was almost gerrymandered out Of
Office
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

Lord s~alisbury's remarks to Parlia-
ment that I'VE must join together and
exercise all our powers in extricating
ourselves from a situation full Of hui
initiation and not free from danger.
The time for making light Of the task
IN hand has evideatly passed.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30
BRILLIANT SOLDIER.
TRAGIC. END OF a GREAT AND
BRAVE HERO.

Gen. Thomas Francis MeaEher, whose
Life u Recalled by the Finding a.
Hls Reputed Remains In Montana
Once Condemned to Death.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

When the British empire is at war,
as might be said of that empire during
the present time, the war Office Is able
to call upon subjects from all corners
Of the earth. Canadians, Australians,
Irlshmen, East Indians-all are ready
to respond to the call OF the homeland,
and curious indeed are some OF the
forces which go I o the front under the
union jack. Perhaps the most out
landish element In this motley army
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30
kindly Malcoma.

"Dicky, did you go in and speak nicely
to Mr.. Dobbs?" "Yes'm." what did you
say, Dicky?' "I said: Hello, Mr.. Dobbs;
wotcher got { gimme?"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

An intelligent master-printer is quot
ed as saying to the men of his W
trade, Whether we wish for 1t or not,
the eight-hour day is bound to come;
and instead of wasting our strength in
vain resistance, we shall find II wiser
to consider how we can adjust our bust
ness to the inevitable change" With
ont accepting or rejecting this prophe-
BY, we may saw with truth that the
present agitation seems to follow in
the track Of the movement of sixty
years ago. which reduced the working
day from twelve or more hours to ten.
Il Is urged by the same reasons; 1t Is
met by the same objections; It wins
by the same zigzag advances. In eight
states there has already been friendly
legislation; in Boston and Worcester
II has been approved by popular suf-
frage as a standard for all city en-
ployes. Il is for the interest OF both
capital and labor that so serious a
change should be made-if it is to be
made at all-with the least possible
disturbance 10 business.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-30

The Greek word corresponding 70
awful" was appropriately applied to
many things describing pain or beauty
or skill. English usage. however, would
practically eliminate the word from
youthful lips. Tennyson once read a
new poem to his guests, the Dunerins.
The daughter, a girl of fifteen, cried
out enthusiastically, How awfully
prettyl" upon which Tennyson put his
hand on her shoulder and said, MY
dear child, do not use that dreadful
word" In a voice Of deep compunc-
ton she exclaimed, "Oh, / am awfully
sorryl" to the amusement of all.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-03
His Imrronslre Loo Co.

TrumbuL's cradle was In Connect
cut. He came of the old Jonathan
Trumbull breed. AS a young man he
went south to teach school, but he
liked 1t not and dipped into lawbooks
As soon as he was equal to his exam
ination he was called to the Georgia
bar, but he never paused to practice
there. He migrated to Illinois. then
the utter west and settled at Belle
Vile, st. Clair county. in that part OF
the state known as Egypt
There he at once took leading place
at the bar. He was always courtly, nj
ways carefully polite. what one might
call a bit cold. yet he had great sway
with the juries. he was clear. cogeni
reasoner and had a trick OF admon
ishing with bis forennger. Sometimes
Il would seem as II that potent forefin
ger wOye a spell. l doubt not 1t has
brought many n jury In its time tC
frumbull's side Of the. question.
Such were the impressive looks oi
Trumbuli that l recall what Governor
Reynolds once said OF him as he CLOSED
his argument I'm law case. Trumbul
was on the other side.
"And now, gentlemen" said Reyn
olds as he prepared to close: 'I've an
swered his arguments. I've overturned
his statement of facts. I've undone tn,
fallacIous law he has announced t.
YOU: but, gentlemen. the man neveI
lived who can reply to his looks!''-Chi
cago Tribune.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-03

cheeks were wet with tears. Al
though so deeply affected. the
queen appeared to be enjoying
her usual health.
The reason why only three
companies of the Canadians
came back to England is that
shortly before the end Of the
year for which the Canadians
had volunteered expired, Col.
Otter communicated with Lord
Roberts, notifying him of the
fact. The commander-in.chief
said he would much like the
regiment to remain longer. and
asked Col. Otter to sound the
men. The colonel asked the
officers, who, without consulting
the men, enthusiastically guar
anteed their companies would
remain. When the men heard
o. this they took umbrage'at not
being consulted, ana in measur-
ed term informed the authori-
ties that they wished to return
in stipulated time. Lord Rob-
erts wrote a letter practically
begging them to stay q little
longer, but the regiment being
split up in various parts of the
country and the decision having
been made, they voted to 60 di.
rect to Canada, with the excep-
ton Of companies A and B.
Company l, being composed Of
regulars, was obliged to remain,
and companies A and B were
stationed at headquarters. As
reward for staying in South
Africa, Lord Roberts senabled
companies A, B and / to par
take in the Pretoria celebrations,
and then sent them home by the
way of England, only a month
later than their comrades. The
disintegration of the regiment ct
such a period caused the keenest
regrets and heart burnings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-03
Cock Shooting In Tai, Corn.

Cock shooting in tall corn is as easy
to the expert as it is puZzling to the
novice. You will, of course, work with
the rows, not across them, and IL you
are wise you will shoot at every
glimpse Of a bird and very frequently
after an instant's sight of him. when
you can only guess where he is. Sharp
work, say ye, my masters. Yes, in a
measure, but not so wonderful after all.
You certainly must be ever ready and
swift and smooth In action, but actual
sight of the bird at the instant of pull
ing trigger is not necessary.
Green corn won't stop even nne shot,
and your charge will give a pattern as
big as bushel basket: hence the shak-
ing of leaf, the flick OF a vanishing
wing, are enough for the master of the
art. In an instant his gun Is on the
spot where a species of lightning cal
culation tells him the bird should be,
and the trigger is pressed without the
slightest delay. The difficulty with the
novice is to get him to shoot at once in.
stead of waiting in vain for a clear
view. Experts kill bird after bird in
this way. The novice must dismiss all
thoughts Of empty shells. No good
sportsman worries over misses, though
he will learn from failures how to hold
next time. There is no royal road to
success in the field. Nothing but ex.
perience really counts. So let the nov.
ice crack sway, although he may only
get one bird in ten. We all know what
he'll get IL he doesn't shoot at all
Outing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-03

How truly pathetic was the
meeting of the queen and her
Canadian soldiers seems to have
escaped the English papers.
Sitting in a carriage, the queen
intently watched the men as
they marched by within a few
feet of her and she commenced
her speech in brave tones. Was
only few words, but before it
was finished tears rolled down
her maJesty's face and her voice
broke and at the end it was al.
most sob. 1t is not astonish-
ing, therefore, that when Col.
Otter replied it was in trembling
tones, and not one of the mer
whom he led into nearly fifty
engagements felt ashamed of the
grizzled colonel because his