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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

70 users Of water 10 AEteci Your assusnst
fofiaO0 10 8o per lot, 800 Scr house. slob o.
store and uO0ior hotel or livery stable. Tes
muit be- paid By June ist b. n. RATHER or
PRICE WALTERS
Sec. l.. Al Dff9h
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11
Notiee.

United States Land Office, Santa Fe, N NJ,
May 3, 1900. Notice is hereby given that the
plat Of Township 81. N. R. Is. W, New Mexico
Mer., will be 1led in this office Oh the 10th day
of June, 1900.
The western tier Of sections, Z. IS. 10, 30 and
81 will be suspended until further notice.
From and attA date applications for
tracts OF land 10 said township which are not
suspended viii he received and accepted by this
ofice. MANUEL r. OTERo, Register.
E.. +. HoBART, Receiver.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11
REWARD.

A reward Of 500 viii be paid by this Associs-
ton to any person or persons furnishing infor4
nation that will lead to the arrest and convic.
tion of any person or persons stealing, driving
away or feloniously handling any stock belong
ing to any member of this Association.
THE SAN JUAN COUNTY CATTLE GROW
Frs ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO,
headquarters at Aztec, San Juan County, New
Mexico; WI Wright, President; J. r. VIII
liams, Treasurer Granville Pendleton, Score.
tary; Board Of Directors, J. @. DOdson, K. R.
Stewart, II. B.. Milleson, 7. n. johnson, and
Frank MUIR.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11
val go.

Those desiring wall paper should sed
that elegant line Of samples at the drug
store, aud the prices are away
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11
Grand army Meetlna.

A meeting Of the old soldiers Of the
county will be held at Aztec at 2 o'clock
p. m, SATURDAY. May 70, for the purpose
Of organizing or recognizing a Grand
Army post here. All veterans are cor
daily invited to attend and participate
in the selection Of officers and the work
Of organization.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

Try this Office FOR Fob printing. QOiok
w1fk. Low prices
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

The stallion, Box Billy, the sire Of SILVER
Dick, win make the season at the Aztec Livery
stable. A. "a. HUBBARD.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

Attorney N. @. Miller come down from
Durango Wednesday and the hearing Of
the La Plata ditch cases was taken up
before Referee Stafford on that day. The
testimony is now all in.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

TERMS: Ali sums under
$500, cash; all sums over
$500, six months time.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11
DOWN

Mccormick Mowers and Binders do
better work and last longer than other
makes. Al Chapman'sj Durango.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

Twonty ceres Of choice land with house. fence
and somo %shrubbery. Also, permanent water
right Situated at Flora Vista. Terms low.
MRS W R.AfoDoNAfyD
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

MRS. W. r. MCDONALD.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

Mccormick all-stsei Rakes are bailt on
honor and at honest prices. At Chap.
mans Durango.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11

Id at private sale. Everything advertised will be offered
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23

Those to whom the term The yellow
PERIL has become familiar look upon
1t ~ a bugbear arising from the pres
ent situation. the idea that the despis-
I'd Oriental might even in the course OF
century become dominating world
power being considered not worth a
second thought. Neither the phrase
nor the idea. however. Is by any means
new. The words of Lord Wolseley.
which are today taken almost az
text by students of international af-
fairs. and upon which the novelists
are busily building fancsful tales, were
spoken nearly "a dozen years ago. but
In view Of recent developments are
more interesting than ever.
"A Yellow Peril menaces the world"
he said. THE coming battle of Arma-
geddon will be fought between the An
glo-Saxons and the Chinese. For 300
years past the Chinese have been un-
der Tartar tyranny. The Manchus
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23

There Is only one railroad and that II
controlled by Russia and could be de-
stroyed more rapidly than an army
could move The way is across coun-
try of wild mountains and frozen
plains that are almost unsettled. and
that could not furnish food, shelter or
provisions for an army, while the DIM
culties Of transport would make it i'm.
possible to carry supplies.
Russia is protected by the Ural'
mountains. the Caspian sea. Caucasus
mountains and the Black sea- A few
thousand men could defend the fords
of the Ural river from hosts To reach
Europe through Constantinople would
require vessels, which the Chinese
would not have. and even il they had.
the fleets of the nations assembled at
the Bosphorus. and artillery in tho
forts at Corstantinople could sink
them as fast as they were loaded with
troops. The possibility of the Chi
nese pouring down into India Is to be
dismissed The entire boundary Of In
dia Is defended by the Himalaya
mountains and again by the vast rich
table land of Thibet with another
range of mountains to the north OF
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23
Head ofLea6le Of - *
* - American Mothers.

chief OF police have decided that It Is
impossible to prevent the playing OF
draw and stud poker In rooms adtoin-
ing hotels They have decided there
fore to permit the violations OF the law
to continue. although they will draw
the line a. faro and crap shooting. The
licensing 10 to be done by 4 system
OF nnes- Once q month the keepers
OF all poker rooms will be arrested and
brought before the police justices and
hned $50 each No attempt will be
made to seize the paraphernalia OF the
gambling rooms. as Is required by
the law. The gamblers are naturally
well content with the system. inas-
much as 1t win, as they say. keep out
the small fry and shoestring gam
blers." giving a monopoly to those who
pay their fines regularly.
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23
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the lonely fellow whose trick It n to
guard the herd that night. for he Win
not forget you II you fail to remember
him.
But was writing about that night
It AIphonSo. AZ each heavy pack was
removed from the back Of mule. the
swearing animal moved out Of line.
shook himself with many satlsned
grunts. and then sank down noisily up
ON tho turf Of the plaza TO scratch his
numb and itching back In the only way
be knew. This process was performed
with many grunts Of intense pleasure.
and even after the killing day under
the packs. there was . gentle coltish
kicking in. the herd when the rolling
was over. After rolling the mules
gathered together about the beIl-mare
and raised their voices in mighty mag
nitude to the moon, demanding the
water and forage for which they had
worked hard all day. Oh. the din of
that midnight chorusi One would
think thEt big chain OF mountains
were dying with sins unforgiven. And
the bell-mare in the midst OF her noisy
adorers. kept up q coquettish and In
N-o.9aA AiCAAnk anu oiNAu8< nA1 ~
why she IL loved 30 and sought after.
the packers will tell you.
This lady Of the herd is very impor-
tant. and her knowledge Of the fact Il
apparent. She must have the temper
of Jezebel and the Icy soul Of q Phil
fppino female to hold her asccndency.
Should she warm little toward some
great shaggy head. which bends near
her adoringiy. there would be scandal
In the herd. and the bell-mAre and her
favored one would be kicked out Of
business promptly. But so long AZ she
kicks and squeals impartialiy toward
all, the great stupid burden bearers
follow whittier she leads
Beat woman" observed the pack
ers. with the large wisdom OF single
men and exiles from things feminine.
III you would have her love you,"
Those men achieve such heights Of
wisdom because they know mules and
beii-mares.
Tss lady OF the herd carries NO loads.
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23
wrnx,no HAS USES.
what the rw,schsng of the Ey.,sd Means
to . Man OF sessnee.

what the Twstching of the Eysifd Means
to Man OF ses>ne>.
No satisfactory determination has
been made OF the reason We wink.
Some suppose that the descent and re-
turn of the lid over the eye serves to
sweep or wash 1t OF; others that COW
ering of the eye gives 1t rest from
the labor OF vision. IL only for an in
appreciable instant This view bor-
rows some force from the fact that the
record Of winking is considerably used
by experimental psychologists to help
measure the fatigue which the eye suf-
fers. In another line OF Investigation
S. Carten has attempted to measure
the length OF time occupied by the
different phases Of a wink. He used a
specially arranged Photographic ap-
paratus and afixed piece Of white pa
per to the edge OF the eyelid for n
mark. He found that the lid descends
quickly and rcs;n little At the bottom
Of its movement. after which 1t rises.
bot more slowly than II fell The
mean duration OF the downward move
ment was from seventy-nve to ninety
one thoysandths OF a second: the rest
with the eye shut lasted variousiy. the
shortest durations being fifteen hun
dredfhs Of . second With one subject
and seventeen hundredths with anoth-
er. and the third phase Of the wink,
the rising of the lid. took seventeen
hundredths OF \ second more. making
the entire duration OF the wink about
forty hundrcdths. or four-tenths OF .
second. The interruption is not long
enough to interfere with distinct Vi
sion v. Henri says. In L'Annee
Psychologique. that different persons
wink diffcrentiy-some often. othe-s
rarely; some in groups of ten or 20 at
time. wien they rest \ while. and
Others regularly. once only 1t q time.
The movement is nodded by the de-
gree OF attention. Periods Of close in
terest. when re wink hardly II all.
may be followed By speedy making
up for lost time by rapid winking when
the tension Is relieved.
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23

Foot said 70 - tkat niSnt ana ~
wtIl ~ his W hsart:
- that big roam bruts With . hale
ii HI sidef'' ~ asked. well. that's
lGsnkiIlsr. the dead ringer for old
Aoon Eys. who killed herself today.
Don't 30 near that brute; he's Wicked
Ola Moon Eye was the shape Of that
brute. only he was gentleman He
had hole in his side. We haven't
packed him for three days. This
morning he was stif and couldn't fol-
low. He lost hisself from the herd
about noon. and saw him way MP on
Cop Of ciif. He was . pet Of mine
and / called TO him His front fsst vsro
right on the edge. He looked at me
kind Of sorrowful, and then pushed
himself over. He's A-layen out there
now in one Of them canons. bout 10
miles from hsre. LIKED Old Moon
Eye decent feIler."
An hour Aftcrward We were still
standing together watching the herd
Broken Foot and 1. He seemed T.
want to say something more. and -
waited. At. last It came
Say. rye got an old mother back In
St Louis. ! send her something every
pay day. but I hain't heard from her
for SIX months. VIII you ind out
about her. an write me when you get
back. Kid,--Broken Foot Bill Burd-
sell-Pack Train Thirteen"
promised. And after that there
was no sound .n the plaza save tie
crunching OF the mules at their forage
and an occasional coquettfsh sQueal
from the bell-mare. And the moon
swung over to the northeast. and hung
low and waited for the dawn
And the NEXT morning started to
hyke 9th the pack train. and durins
the next eight days learned to bs
proud of my strong new friends in
Train Thirteen. And saw wonderful
things watching General Schwan's big
campaign in the lower provinces Of
Luzon-frosn the back Of the bell
mare.
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23
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Dyspepsia IL the most common COM
plant Of all. and one for which diet
ing 10 . very insistent necessary. Ths
dyspeptic may take thin soup Of beef.
mutton or oysters, but must avoid rich
soups and chowders- The fish list Of
what to eat includes raw oysters. shad.
cod. perch. bass and fresh msckerel.
There 10 liberal choice In meats. beef.
mutton. chicken. lamb. tripe. tongue.
celfs head. brotled chopped meat,
sweethread. game and tender steak.
making up the list Eyes may be eat
en- boiled. poached or raw. Farlnaccoua
foods good for the dyspsptic are:
Cracked wheat. hom.ny. rolled oats.
rice. sAge. tapioca. crackers. dry toast.
stale bread. corn bread. whole wheAt
bread. graham bread. rice cakes. Spin
ach seeuns to be = much approved vege-
table, Il leads the list OF those allowed
in this course Of dieting and Is follow
ID By sweet corn. string beans. gresn
peas. lettuce. creeses. celery. chicosy.
Asparagua+ For the rest. the man o.
the woman who has fallen victim to
dyspspeiA nnAt conhne the tasts FOR
tsessrts to rico. tapfocs. or sarinA pud-
ding. 3unket custArds. baked apples,
apple snow. apple taploca. ripe sruits--
raw or stewsd. And for drinks to the
oSe cup Of weak tea. coffee. cocoa. milk
ana ssss water In equal parts, or one
glass Of xsSSss water slipped AFTER eating.
Nsw York kssastxx Sun.
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23
BRIDGE OF
A COMMON TYPE
IN PENN

have ruled by the simple expedient of
ctopp;ng on all the most advanced and
capable heads lest reformation should
begin
THAT the Chinese are the subject
race Of the Manchus should never be
forgotten The day OF the Tartar tyr
amy must reach its tether. A Chi
nese Aohammed or Napoleon. great
iavgiver or general. will arise. rouse
the Chinese hundreds OF millions from
their three centuries slumber. ard
lead them forward and onward They
will take to the profession OF arms,
and then will hurl themselves upon the
Russian empire Before the Chinese
armies-as they possess every military
virtue. are stoltdly Indifferent to
death, and capable OF inexhaustible
endurance-the Russians will 90 down
or will Join forces with them In the
capacity Of leaders
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23
Eyyn.rs lsAsl.a sxslElIeE.
na.ss q n cl..s1e 60. -

E1seD q - o1nq1e 4sns hy
Truxtun Beale ho1ds thet the evii
effects OF hot climates - ths white
man are b<ing oyereone ~ ecience.
Heretofore he has Had to J1hor hard.
and TINS reduce bis vitality. bat now
the rapidly increasing lnbor-say-
machinery II saving him mnch mus
culAr labor and shortening his hours
OF work Then clothing and hous-
Ing and drainage and All sanitaticn
have been greatly Improved, and prop
er ventilation and artinciaJ ice have
come TO lessen the detrimental innu-
ences Of the climate Mr.. BeAle cites
that many cases Of the Chinese adapt
ing themselves to an climates The
Philadelphia Medical Journal. not
falling Into line with this argument,
says: mo mechanical eoutrivance
for performing labor u likely to be
devised that will operate without hu-
man guidance. and II such machinery
IL operated by steam. gas. or electric-
ity, additional heat must % gener-
ated somewhere. It IL ~ much the
direct rays Of the sun n the work
that kills by sunstroke; this Is eyi-
dent from the large number OF team
sters who are affected during any
unusually hot days in summer in our
large cities 1t Is improbable that the
poor will ever be able to prunt much
by artificial ice or cooling apparatus.
and even II they could AFFORD it this
would necessitate some one 10 work
in intense heat to manage the power
needed to run such q plant The Chi
nese coolie can hardly be compared
with the white working man In the
Arst place he Is not white man, and
furthermore centuries of life like pack
horBes have given these men many of
the characteristics Of beasts. Then.
again, the heat and moisture OF the
tropics are most favorable TO germ
life. and unless some means - discov-
cred (which is very unlikely that will
destroy bacterial life without injur-
ing other forms OF life. the problem OF
combating disease In the tropics will
Eiways be a difficult one No doubt
conditions In the tropics viii be i'm
proved 30 that the more prosperous
classes can live with = fair degree of
safety and comfort. but It seems very
improbable that the working classes.
which constitute the great masses Of
the population, will ever be made OF
anything but native"
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23

Then the Chinese armies will
march westward They will overrun
India, sweeping the British into the
sea. Asia will belong to them. and
then. at last. English. Americans, Aus
tralians Will have to rally for last
desperate conflict So certain do re-
gard this that think one fixed point
of English policy should be to strain
every nerve and make every sacrifice
to keep on good terms with China
China is the coming power"
The German emperor considers this
yellow danger" a real and a great
one. and his cartoon of a few years ago
representing Europe at bay against the
yellow race represents his opinions to-
day as expressed in his recent speech
before the Reichstag- Chinese" God
don. who perhaps knew the Chinese
more intimately than any American or
European. held them in high esteem,
while admitting their defects The
latent possibilities of the SOC. .0o0. 900
of Chinese he declared to be illimi-
table.
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23
nfob Los. es Nfons1Ssil.

The citizens and onaeers at Mans
oeid, O.. who prevented four Dowieite
preachers from getting on the train
At that city last Sunday. have NO legal
defense for such an act. says the CHI
cago Tribune editoriAlly. mob OF
5000 persons apparently bent ON blood
sAed or violence OF some kind. is said
to have been awaiting the arrival OF
the elders at the station. The police
and deputy sheriffs are said to have
prevented the Zion preachers from en-
tsring the town by blocking the aisle
of the car and forcing them to be car
yasd past. when this operation had
been repeated on another train later
10 the day. the slders rave up their at
tempss end returned to ChicaEo. Mans
ssla had eArricd IL point Tor the time
bang. but ths procsdare = not to sts
srsdit.
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23
AcRosArs. TRICKS.

Many of Them BecAns President In
s.wnnIs Of shs Nershvsst-
Where do all the acrobats and tumb-
.ers come from, Where do they learn
their trade, There is no school. as
such. for the training of men who i'm
peril their lives for q living An old
acrobat solved these questions when
he told where he had learned to leap
and turn springs In the air and fali
on the back OF his neck without in
Suring himself Most of the circus ac-
robats. and not few Of the rough and
tumble comedians of the stage. who
have graduated from the ring. were
reared and learned the rudinents Of
their business in the lumber towns
OF the northwest In the ''husiness"
these are known ~ ''sawdust 5owns.-
on account OF the sawmills. which are
their chief industry. There are many
Of these in wisconsin and Michigan
and several in Iowa that have turned
out the bulk Of the acrobats and sumb-
lcrs In the buainess-
In the '-sawdust towns" the small
boys have exceptional faculties for
learning to turn handsprings In ths
great beds OF sawdust that surround
the miils: Soon they begin 10 try
the more dinacuit feats they see doas
in the shown that visit the tow Az
ter school hours they tumble until
II u time to 60 home and do TIE
-ehores-- From out of them all there
EeneraIly rise two or three boys Who
get the knack of the acrobatie fsats
and thess work In constant rivalry.
each trying 10 excel the other.
One day along comes = circus and
the best boy tumbler applies for . job
and shovs what he can do. Perhaps
he II given . chance as . -top
mounter.- or the top man in pyra-
mid act. because he Is light and ae-
tive. When he ge:s oder. heavier
and stronger he may become an ''un-
derstandcr." or one OF the men who
help to hold q mountain of men on
their shoulders And thus he gets
into the show business II he works
hard and studies he may become q
good acrobat In time But he got his
start on sawdust pile.-New York
Herald
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23
1.eckxcen IN xronhie.

Ferdinand W. Peck. Jr.. son OF the
United States commissioner general to
the Paris Exposition. got into fstic
alteration with an army oficer In a
cafe chantant the other night. and has
ever since been trying to recollect the
details Of the dispute. says Paris ca
biegram- In conjunction with Arthur
Bracket. son of Major Bracket, also
OF Chicago. young Peck has been do
ing his best to show Parisians how to
have a real hot time" Down the bril-
liant bouievards the jolly pair has
marched AZ Lords OF Creation %
ninging money to the four winds In
true western fashion. Tip seekers
marked the young men as easy" In
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23

that There would be only \ few
mountain passes. at most. to defend
The only way in which the Chimes
could ever overrun Europe Is by the
slow process OF migration. and that
could come only by the decay Of the
white races. In other words. the Chi
nese must nrst overtake US In point of
civilization and become mentally and
practically our superiors. befors ever
they could crowd us out and rule In
our places But If Russia should b.
come allied with China and Japang
All. that Is another question That
day will never come"
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23

In contrast to these views Ii the
opinion OF Capt Herman Hauptman.
Of Germany. who has made several
trips to China and has had excellent
opportunities to study the question
from every point of view:
The idea that the Chinese could
overrua Europe" he says. is rank
nonsense 1t might perhaps be = pos
sihility. but there are several reasons
why 1t could not occur-especially
without the helm of Russia.
1T is 1000 miles from Pekin to the
Russian frontier. q distance greater
than the breadth Of the United States.
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23
Edscesiea IN Eaxsanx.

The board OF education act. which
went into effect on April I. 1900. ere
ates central authority In education
OF all grades. primary. archaeological.
and secondary. and Ii the first stop to-
ward something systematic and scisn-
tine In educational methods in Eng
lard. A writer In the Contemporary
Review. who describes In detail tno
state OF education In England. com
ments upon the lack OF system. to
which hs attributes tho variety ana
spontanests'' OF tha English method
and ventures to hops that the new
act win not result In "a dead ana mo-
notcnous uniformity. ouch - follows
fron an ovsrcentralizsd systsm."
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23
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A petition for limited divorce which
was nled this week by Mrs. Belle Chai-
mer o. New York was the outcome OF
n most unusual demand made by her
husband. In the complaint Mrs. chai-
mer said that for two years she en-
dured without mnrmur all the abuses
she declares her husband heapcd upon
her. but when he required her to wear
his trousers In which to do Homework
she resolved to rebel They had been
married for Is years. and In the last 10
she had had only six drcsses. A shcrt
time since. being reduced to one dilap-
idatcd garment. she requested money
with which to purchase new dress.
and was told by her husband to wear
an old pair OF his trousers This she
did for a time. but eventually the &C
tion for divorce was instituted.
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23

and elected a choice vocabulary or
French profanity. Then there was .
psht Glasses. plates. knives and
forks new like a haiistorm. and the
Americans landed on the Sidewalk
with q half dozen walters on top. They
were arrested and when their Identity
was discovered the police politely rr-
leased them.
Cañon City record., 1900-08-23

During his rapii march fron nist-
fontsin 70 Bloemfontsin Lord Robert.
ncticsd the sudsrings of the builocns
- they totled alons with the tsxnspcee
wagons. their backs ssasn>d witk -
erusl 1ash q The Kaear driysss. WA
ths army Rovsd q froa R1osufna-
tsAA - iss~sd q wF1tasa ug6sr SnsAi6-
Atng ~ ksnn nem ns6G1lt -