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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

The first place at which one of the
eensus-takers in the District Of Colum-
bia called on the morning of June 1
was the executive mansion. The presi-
dents secretary was prepared to tell
him Mr.. McKinley's age at his last
birthday, his color, occupation, and
whether he could write and speak
English. The president is one nan in
the country whose census questions a
great many other people could answer
for him with reasonable accuracy.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

Miss Augusta Cottlow. the young
pianist who made such a favorable i'm
preston before q large and fashion
able London audience the other night.
began her musical career In Chicago
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

Partisan woman,
who has the place
Of honor above the
principal entrance
to the exposition
The main archway
Is surmounted by a
cupolo bearing the
arms Of Paris above
which stands as a
colossal statue
browning the whole
the figure Of a
graceful woman,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

A war balloon. such as is used al
the present operations, car be inflated
and hoated IN not mor than twenty
minutes.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

ed, ana the news
papers Of VIII
helmshaven and
that vicinity pub
lish the original
version. Ia which
occurs the follow
ing:
n hope to re-es
tablish g a with
the sword and take
vengeance In a
manner v be-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

is about the same
rs that Of bis cele
brated spouse. The
countess was a
Miss Bump OF Mid
dleborough, Mass.
She met Charles S.
stratten CGen. Tom
Thumb) at the
house Of P. r. Bar
mum in 1855, and
married him in
1861. This little.
pair travelled over
al tkn mfo-Id owH
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

Owing TO the stubborn resistance Of
the Sultan the cities Of the west coast
Of Morocco are still without tele-
graphic connection.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

German Emperor Iufe aten uy me
world ] send you
to eradicate the dishonor done to the
fatherland BY barbarians. / shall not
rest until the German colors ay from
the pehin wall"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24
THE INDEX
AzTDo NEW MEXICO.

10 meet the great demand for new
guns the royal gun factory Of Wool
witch. England, Is being enlarged.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

The Princess Of Wales Do accused Of
having taken 70 herself credit Tor writ
Ing several lines Of poetry that were
composed by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

Indications have not been lacking
during the past year Of the anxiety OF
the French government and the
French press u obliterate the feeling
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

Mckinley has gone to Canton and
Hanna that the active Re
publican campaign will begin before
August. There is reason for this. In
the hrst place, he wants to fry a lot
Of fat, and he wants to have the po-
litical situation clear up. Prosperity
IS the principal card in the Republican
program, and prosperity is waning
with great rapidity for everybody ex-
cept the trusts.
The iron market, which Is always
the best indication Of commercial and
industrial activity has slumpad TO the
bottom. Pig iron has dropped from
S26 a ton 10 S17, and scarcely a pur-
chase Is made at the bottom figure.
over thirty furnaces have gone out
Of blast. and twice as many more will
shut down IN July.
Wheat has gone up because the crop
In the three states Of Minnesota and
North and South Dakota has prac-
tiealiy been destroyed.
Cotton has gone up because the ire
mendous foods and rains Of south
ern Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
have reduced the crop prospects a
million bales. The shoe business IL
the best possible barometer Of inds-
vldual prosperity. AID II Is In worse
condition than any time In ten years.
II Is estimated that over one-third OF
the shoe shops Ia the United States
are now closed down.
II Is a well-known fact that inter-
national Industrial and trade dis
turhances always react on the party
in power. The country has an three,
and II Is a bad year for Mckinley.
JACKSON DAY.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumb, who has Just
arrived ia New York from Europe Is
the most famous midget in the world
and has been such for forty years II
the single exception Of her late hus-
band be allowed. She Is now the
Countess Magri. and is accompanied
by her second husband, whose stature
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

the Russian story that the Chinese
army has 100000 Mausera ia important
u true. There % nothing very ateia
about that sort Of q layout.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24
Renr Adm1rnI x emnM.

Rear Admiral Kempff has just been
relieved Of command Of the American
feet in Chinese waters. Just previous
to the combined assault Of Europe's
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24
AHe6orieaI France.

That the French are a people given
to surprises and doing the wholly un-
expected cannot better be shown than
in their latest conception of the ideal
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

WHY ALL This russ OVER fN
CHINA.

zngiand's Chsstnpts simply being Rahod
Ont Of che Fire By Uncle SANS SOL
diers-anssi0naries Arc Far Away from
the Seat " War.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

HUH LHt ULHtI HU-
mirals decided to fight he withdrew the
American squadron and looked on. He
has been succeeded by Admiral Remey.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

J. j.. Burns. former sergeant IN the
Twentieth United States infantry, on
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-24

II village Improvement societies. to
make a town more beautiful, why not
public progress boards to make il more
busy? Such a society has Just been
organized in Castine, Maine, and lis
present purpose IS to induce some
bodybuilding firm 70 locate is plant
90 that pretty town, which is a great
deal more likely to get It's wish than
Il would be II It sat down and waited
90 be discovered. Many a decavine
place would be prosperous today il II
had sent its advantages 10 market in
stead Of expecting some capitalist 10
come after them with his own wagon.
Mexico "a the last nine years has
doubled lts revenues. doubled rs ex-
ports. doubled the number OF It's fac
tories. aud multiplied By three its
banking capital-and tho continuance
Of ihia great prosperity Is now az pro
nouHced as ever during the decade.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31
HOW TO LIKE WAGNER,
Scenic Accessories Are Necessary TO
n Perfect Realization.

Perfect Realization.
The strict Wagnerite refuses to hear
the music Of his favorite composer in
the concert room. 1t was never intend
ed, he will tell you, to be performed by
itself, but to be played as an accompa-
niment to the action, for the purpose
of heightening the effect of the intense
ly dramatic situations coupled with
gorgeous stage pictures that are in
separable from Wagner's famous art
work.
The most important part of a Wag-
ner opera, according to the composer
himself, is not the music, but the
drama, which, indeed, the beginner
should closely follow with the aid Of
the book of words, since the music is
usually sung in German words.
The intending Wagnerite should also
begin with the masters most popular
works, "Tannhauser' and "Lohengrin."
He will then at once recognize the IA
miliar music he has already heard so
often at concerts, and, struck by its
beauties, he will attend many perform
ances of these two. Next year he will
want to hear these again, supplement
ed by Christian und Isolde" that Won
derful music drama so charged with
intense emotion and passion. Having
heard Tristan" and liked it, he there
upon becomes full fledged Wagnerite
in the true sense, and the season after
he attends performances of the Ring
der Nibelungen," or he may make a
80 - D,t
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
Instances of Bird Strategy-Advice
For Little Brothers-Rescu-
Ing a Kitten.

The conduct of various birds during
the breeding season Is so different from
what it is at other times that to my
mind, 1t Is often very hard to say for
certain where distress ends and strate-
gy begins or to which of the two the
behavior Of the bird should be attrib-
uted. Birds disturbed off their eggs or
their newly hatched young often flut.
ter about as though they Were half par
alyZed. | cannot believe that this Is
always for the purpose of drawing the
unwelcome intruder away from the
precious nest. Birds that have been
sitting for long time are invariably
inactive when disturbed, and this
should be taken into account in consid-
ering the question of strategy.
On the other hand, one finds at times
both male and female behaving in a
way that suggests something like q
regular scheme on the part of the par
ent birds for resculng their young from
real or imaginary danger. l came up
on covey of very young partridges,
accompanied by their parents, on the
dusty highroad one July evening when
going with my rod to the riverside.
The cock bird, l had just time to OBJ
serve, hurried the young through a
gateway into n field, while the hen in
stantly started running along the road
dozen yards or so ahead of me. Once
or twice she stopped, apparently to al
low me to come up fairly close to her,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31
Advice For Little Brothers,

If brothers care to be popular with
their sisters, there is one thing they
should be particularly careful not to
do. When they have committed any
special mischief. such as breaking the
best plate glass window with ball or
smashing the pony carriage by furious
driving, they should not leave their SIS
ters to face the music" Girls may be
used to rows, but they are not any
more fond of them than boys are, and
they have quite enough to bear as 1t is.
Another thing that boys should try to
avoid Is making fun of their sisters
and ridiculing their appearance.
1t would also be quite as we'll not to
poke her best dolls eyes In If the boy
can refrain from doing so, because
some girls are rather spiteful, and it
might result in n pin being stuck into
his new football.
There are several other little things
it would be rs well to avoid. Don't,
for instance, put dead mice in her bed
because, although it may cause an i'm
mense amount of amusement, it is poor
sort of fun to frighten a girl who can't
even thrash you in return. Try very
hard not to feel contempt for your
sisters when they are clean, but re-
member that most girls prefer being
clean and that you are even clean your
self sometimes - on Sunday before
church, for instance.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31

A well known Boston architect has a
tender spot in his heart and once spent
several hours devising way to rescue
a kitten that had fallen into one of the
ventilating tlues in the walls of an
apartment in the postoffiee building.
The kitten had been Imprisoned sever
al days without food or water, and the
due was 40 feet in depth.
Notice of the matter was brought to
the architect late of u Saturday after
noon. The cries of the kitten could be
family heard, and the would be res.
cuer at first thought he would cut
through the marble facing of the apart.
ment in which the tiue was located.
Fortunately some one suggested that
perhaps the kitten might seize the end
of line If it We're weighted.
The experiment was made, and,
strange to say, the nearly starved crea-
ture almost instantly took fast hold
with its claws. The rope was very
carefully and slowly drawn up and the
kitten with it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31
THE OLD DAaUErReoTYPE.

Up in the attic found them locked in the cedar
chest,
Where the howercd gowns lie folded, which once
were brave the best,
And, like the queer old jackets and the waistcoats
gay with stripes,
They tell of wornout fashion, these old daguer-
reotypes.
Quaint little folding cases. fastened with tiny
hook,
Seemingly made to tempt one to lift up the latch
and look;
Innings of purple and velvet, odd little frames of
gold,
Circlng the faded faces brought from the days Of
old.
Grandpa and grandma, taken ever SO long ago,
Grandmas bonnet a marvel, grandpas collar q
Mother. a tiny todder, with rings on her baby
hands
Painted-lest none should notice-in glittering
gilded bands.
Aunts and uncles and cousins, a starchy and stiff
array,
Lovers and brides, then blooming, but now SO
wrinkled and gray,
Out through the misty glasses they gaze at me,
sitting here
Opening the quaint old cases with smile that is
half q tear.
will smile TO more, little pictures for heartess
1t was, in truth,
To drag to the cruel daylight these ghosts Of q
vanished youth.
Go back to your cedar chamber, your gowns and
your lavender,
And dream mid their bygpne graces of the won
derful days that were.
Saturday Evening Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31
A DIPLOMATIC LIBRARIAN.
He Pleased the Politician without
Giving His Friend n Position,

When Mr.. Putnam was the head of
the Public library in Boston, n ward
leader of that city called on him to rec
ommend henchman for place in the
library.
There was no reason why the libra
rlan should not have refused at once
and peremptorily to appoint him, but
he chose to follow another course.
After a few minutes talk with the
politician Mr.. Putnam asked him
whether he had ever been through all
the departments of the institution.
Il never have, but I'd like to see it."
replied the politician.
ut will give me much pleasure to go
with you," said Mr.. Putnam.
Mr.. Putnam took him behind the
counters and through the building
from top to bottom, explaining the
character and the magnitude of the
work in detail. He further pointed out,
without seeming to do so, the varied
duties of the employees and the attain
ments they must possess to do the
work. When the tour was ended, Mr..
Putnam said:
Pm pleased to have had chance
to show the library to you, and if your
friend will fill out an application blank
and send it, and If he passes the neces-
sary examination, 1 think there will
be no difficulty in placing his name on
the waiting list"
The politician, however, had seen
enough of library work to convince
him that his constituent could find no
place on the staff, and the blank was
never filled out. But to the day he left
Boston Mr. Putnam had no warmer ad-
mirer in that city than this same ward
leader.-Collier's Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31
Mexican Letter Writers.

Perhaps there is no more character
istic sight In Mexico than the so called
'evangelstas" who ply their trade in
the Plazuela de Belem and the Plaque
la of Santo Domingo. Those who oper-
ate in the former spot make n speciality
of writing letters to the inmates of the
prison for their illiterate relatives on
the outside but the ''evangelistas" who
may be seen any day in the Plazuela of
Santo Domingo do general business.
They write love letters, blackmailing
letters and all sorts of letters for those
who do not know how to write at a
rate of 3, 6, 0 or more cents, according
to the length of the missive They
also undertake without extra charge to
write the address on the envelope and
to attach the required stamp, but for
the latter they make an extra charge
of cent. 1t is hardly necessary to
state that only very ignorant people,
who are totally unacquainted even
with the simple formalities Of mailing
letter in addition to not knowing
how to write, have recourse to the
evangellstas for stamps. - Mexican
Herald
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31
Had Seen Them All Befare

Once while James Whitcomb Riley
was visiting a southern town where he
was booked to give reading COM
mittee called to take him in carriage
over the city. In acknowledging the
compliment he said:
'I'll go with you, gentlemen, provid-
ed you promise that you will not show
me the new courthouse, the new town
hall, the new bridge, the new gas well,
the new school building and the new
jail, for I've seen them all hundred
times In as many towns, and they In
variably wear me out before the time
arrives for the curtain to rise on the
evening Observation-Disclosures Con-
stitution,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31

Through all the pleasant meadowside
The grass grew shoulder high,
TIL the shining scythes went Tar and wide
And cut it down to dry,
These green aud sweetly smelling crops
They led In wagons home,
And they piled them here in mountain tops
Eor mo,intaineers to roam.
Here Is Mount Clear, Mount Rusty Nail,
Mount Eagle and Mount High;
The mice that in these mountains dwell
No happier are than II ,
oh, what joy to Chamber therel y r
oh, what place for play,
With the sweet, the din. the dusty air,
The happy bills Of hay,
Robert Louis Stevenson,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31

Take pane of glass-a broken one
will do-and secure 1t by placing the
ends between the leaves Of two large
books, letting the glass be two inches
from the table. Cut from light weight
writing paper or, better still, from tis-
sue paper dolls, dogs and other figures.
Place them on the table beneath the
glass. Rub the glass vigorously with a
silk handkerchief, and the figures will
nut oil kipdA of antics
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31

Miss A.-When I'm asked to sing,
don't say, mo, can't sing" nor wait
to be coaxed, but sit right down at the
piano and
Miss B.-Leave the company to find
1t out for themselves. - Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31

"Oh, my dear daughter" to n little
girl of @, "you should not be frighten.
ed and run from the goat. Don't you
know you are Christian ScientistT
But, mamma" excitedly, "the billy
goat doesn't know it."-Trained Moth.
erhood-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-31

|TIGGldllQ!
At the subscrip-
ton price of $l.5O per
year the Tribune costs
it's readers less than
one cent a copy.
Think of that
Less than one
cent a copy! And for
that you get all the
local news, truthfuIIy
reported and carefully
written up.
Besides all the
local news, the Tri-
bune gives the news
of the world in a con-
densed form.
Thus the busy
workman can keep in
formed as to what is
going on in the world
without buying any
other paper.
The Tribune is
essentially a neWspa-
per for the home cir
Gle. You can read it
yourself and then turn
it over to your chill
dren without fear of
putting anything OBJ
jeCtionable into their
hands.
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1900-01-20
Tree Burial in Ncp Zealand.

The recent fall of an enormous puketea
tree near Opotiki, New Zealand, disclosed
the fact that the hollow interior from the
roots to the first fork, about forty-6ve feet
from the ground, had been filled with human
bodies. A confused heap of skeletons burst
out at the butt of the tree when it fell. A
local paper Says "A more extraordinary
sight than this monarch of the forest lying
prone and dscharging perfect hecatomb of
human skeletons can scarcely be conceived.
Some are nearly perfect. while others are
mixed up in chaotic mass of heads, hands,
feet and arms, indscriminately. All the
Maoris here seem to have been quite unware
of this natural charnel house, and declare
that it must have been some hundreds of
years since this novel family vault was filled
with its CHASTITY occupants"
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1900-01-20
The Uses of the Cocoa Palm.


Of cocoa-palms there are several species.
The common cocoanut tree is the one con-
sidered of the most importance, however,
owing doubtless to the fact of the many
practical uses to which it has been put. The
meat Of the nut furnishes food while the
liquid from the shell yields a refreshing drink.
This liquid, if allowed to stand certain
length Of time, becomes milky and pungent,
which adds 20 its popularity. In time this
juice will coagulate, then it is mixed with
sugar and made out into bonbons.
The central bud that crowns the cocoanut.
tree if tapped will yield kind of wine that is
also popular as drink. When this wine is
allowed to ferment it produces vinegar, and,
when distilled, it makes brandy-another
highly relished drink. The Tagals use husk of
the cocoanut to make ropes and cords, also
material they use for calking their boats.
From the woody she'll are carved spoons,
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1900-01-20
Boston Sarcasm.

New York is accustomed to poke good
deal of fun at Boston's dining clubs, where
the menu is disposed of and the postprandia
exercises are gone through with by daylight
This scheme of procedure may have its draw
backs, but it will have to be allowed that it is
rather more attractive and advantageous to
all concerned than the New York way of
sitting down to dinner late in the evening and
beginning the intellectual entertainment just
before midnight. At the dinner of the New
England Society there the other night, for
instance, one of the distinguished gentlemen
who was on the programme to respond to a
toast retired and went to bed before his turn
came. And he is gentleman Of excellent
habits at the dinner table, too.-Bostom
Herald.
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1900-01-20
AusTtN's HAWAIIAN WEEKLY.

cups, beads for their rosaries, etc. The veins
and smaller ribs of the leaves are used for
brooms, the larger ribs furnish fuel from the
ashes Of which their soap is made, while the
remaining portion of the leaves cover their
roofs, making them thick and tight. There
is one disadvantage in this kind of roof, how.
ever, that they catch fire easily ; then there is
no saving the house. This is only portion
of the uses to which the cocoanut tree is put.
One more use, however, deserves mention.
Large quantities of cocoanut oil are manu-
featured and highly valued by the natives.
All the men, women and children are ad.
dicted to its use as hair OIL the demand
being so great that it always finds ready
sale at good price. The Filipinos are
noted for their thick growth of hair, and who
knows but this regular and frequent anoint-
ing has been the cause.
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1900-01-20

A man falling down in fit in front of the
Beaver restaurant on Friday morning Great.
ed short sensation. Some of the people
on the street said it was case of apoplexy,
whereupon one of Mr.. Notes steady board
ers remarked: "If the man has a2oplexy he
never got it here"
While removing earth from tram car on
Friday workmen found human skeleton.
The supposition is that it is the remains of
some passenger, who, years ago, falling
asleep at one of the Waikiki switches, be.
came buried alive under the street soil
brought into the car by many passengers
feet The moral is obvious: Don't 60 to
sleep on a switch.
cam in favor of a public crematory?
Well, should say so most decidedly" said
a doctor in answer to question propounded
by a WEEKLY man. "Incineration is the
proper way of disposing of dead body
whether in plague time or any other time.
1t is recommended on the lines of public
health and economy and know it will have
the hearty endorsement of all my colleagues
should the Government or any private cor
poraton build a crematory."
All the equipment for the electric car line
that is to run up Pacific Heights has been
ordered, and Mr.. Desky says he will treat
his friends to free excursion on the next
Fourth of July. The road will be little
more than two miles long. Mrs. S. N.
Castle has concluded to build a home on the
Heights. Her beautiful Manoa residence
will not be abandoned. 1t will be occupied
only at intervals. The Manoa zephyrs have
force at times that forbids all comfort liv-
ing in their path and Mrs. Castles Manoa
villa is so situated that it gets the full shock
of every gale that sweeps down the valley.