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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-01

Why the Nartiaua Must Have Dsvel-
opod Peculiar characteristics
Mars possesses SO many features in
common with the earth that it is inn
possible to resist the thought that It
also has inhabitants, says the National
Review. This Is, however, by no means
equivalent to saying that Marian folk
are constituted In the same way as
human beings; indeed, every consid-
Grafton points to the contrary. What
ever atmosphere exists on Mars must
be much thinner than ours, and far
too rare to sustain the life Of a o
pie with our limited lung capacity. A
race with immense chests could live
under such conditions, OF a folk with
gills like fishes could pass a comfort
able existence I'm spite Of the rarehed
air. The character Of life anywhere Is,
In fact, nodded by the external cir
eumstances, and as these are known
to be different on Mars from what they
are on the earth. Marian inhabitants
must have developed peculiar charac-
leristics in order to adapt themselves
70 their environments-the forms Of
life capable OF nourishing in attenuat-
ed air have survived, while those re-
curing denser air have dropped out Of
existence. The tenuity of the atmos-
phere of Mars is not the only fact
which suggests that the inhabitants
Of that planet are not fashioned after
the image Of man. It is known beyond
the possibility OF doubt that the force
with which a substance is attracted
to the surface Of Mars is but little
more than a third as strong as 1t is
on the earth; or. to express the point
in figures, 100 pounds on the earth
would only weigh 3S pounds on Mars
II tested In a spring balance. In con-
sequence Of this weaker pull, it would
be possible for a human being to per-
form astonishing feats on Mars with
out excessive muscular exertion. A
nan who could jump FIVE feet here
could top fifteen there; he could lift
three hundred-weight by putting out
the same strength as Il required to
raise n hundred-weight on the earth;
he could spring across a road as easily
as he now leaps over a mud puddle,
and a couple Of bounds would carry
him to the top Of a flight OF stairs. But,
paradoXical as II may seem, the small
er a planet and, consequently, the less
the pull Of gravity at its surface, the
greater is the probability that it's in
habitants are giants compared with us.
Terrestrial giants are generally weak in
the knees; they are crushed by their
own weight. But on Mars they would
only weigh one-third as much and
would therefore be able to move about
in a sprightly fashion, so that an ele-
plant there might be quite a nimble
animal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-01
The Consul's Cats.

Gen. Sir Herbert Chermside, who is
now in South Africa, was formerly a
consul in Asia Minor, where he was
very popular. Once, in a weak mo-
ment, he sent a couple of beautiful
Angora cats as a present to a lady in
Constantinople, The lady was SO
pleased that she asked him to send
some more. Sir Herbert gave his ma
tive servant some money and told him
to go and buy two or three. Then
came a demand for more cats from
the consul's friends, and he gave his
servant more money with which to
buy cats. This went on for two or
three months, and the native servant
waxed exceeding fat. One morning.
however, the general, on coming out
Of the consulate, vas surrounded by a
host of yelled women, who besought
Mahomet to curse him because he had
stolen all their cats. 1t appears that
the native servant had pocketed the
money for himself and gone round
with a sack and coniscated every cat
in the place.-COllier's Weekly.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-01

ware. Il is In these surroundings that
the couple live
Mr.. Robb is SO years Of age, intelii-
gent, bearing no, evidence Of dissipa-
ton. Everything my wife has said
Is true" said Robb to the writer. Il
was expelled from the union, and like
wise have been assaulted and severely
beaten on two. or three occasions. NJ
trouble with the union began in July,
1893, when I was working for Angus
g. Gindele on the street car power plant
at Twelfth street and Blue Island ave
nue..
The union made charges against
me, but I paid no attention to the first
notice I got to appear for trial. A few
nights after the day set, and after I
had been ordered to cease work aud
had refused, Chris Merry, the peddler
who was hanged for the murder Of lis
wife, with his gang, broke into the
building. Merry knocked FIVE or six
men down in my presence, and he with
his fifteen or twenty assailants assault
ed me. ] wasikioked and beaten into
insensibility. Two of my ribs were
broken. and 1t was a long time before
! was again we'll.
Il don't know what they will do
with my wife. They may murder her
/ I'm sorry she went before the com
mittee, and didn't know she was going
there. l would work and be more than
glad to II I had the chance. The
chance to work is all / want"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-01
SHE FIGHTS UNIONS.
CHICAGO WOMAN WINS SUD-
DEN NOToRIETY.
MrA ,. }. Robb, who Recently Appeared
Before the National Industrial Com
mission with a Tale Of woe-Who
she Ia



Mrs. J.. J.. Robb, who spoke her mind
Of labor unions and their alleged treat
ment Of non-union laboring men to
the members OF the Industrial subcom-
mission at the Auditorium the other
day, is a middle-aged woman Of not
unpleasant appearance. Despite her
bitterness toward the unions one can
readily see by a little talk with her
that she is not bitter toward everything
in the world.
Anyone who knew me as a little
girl would wonder at the way l talk
now, she said. Il was timid, ever to
an extreme, when / was little, and
l always was a retiring woman later,
but l have been forced by the wolf at
my door to cry out, and to assert my
rights as IN American woman, as the
mistress Of a home, to protection
against the men who take from my
husband the chance Of earning a liv-
ing"
Mrs. Robb dresses well, although she
make her own clothes. She appeared
before the commission in a red waist
and dark skirt, and not until she said,
Il come to you as the wife Of a me-
chanic-an outraged mechanic, would
anyone have believed that she was
other than some wOman's club member
with a general interest in reforms,
rather than with a special grievance
gnawing at her heart.
Il am a mechanics wife" she said,
"and l am proud Of it. My husband Is
as good a citizen as any in the city.
He is 4 irst-class workman, one of the
kind who always got irst-class wages
when he was employed, who never had
any complaint against him for inferior
work. Hasn't he, as an American citi-
zen, a right to work? Have any Amer
leans a right to say whether he shall
work or not, when he is willing to?
Haven't l as his wife and the mistress
of his home a right to have him earn
his living as he desires to? Are not
all the principles of republican gov
eminent outraged and vilihed and
abused and degraded by these unions,
that rob me of my home and my hus-
band Of his work, and society of our
services?"
Out Of breath, Mrs. Robb paused a
moment, and then more calmly contin-
ued to tell something of her husbands
history. HE was a member Of a union
Of painters and glaciers in good
standing" said she, and one day he
broke the unions rules in order to pro-
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come identified with the usual associa-
tons Of the ring because l wished to
remain in my former moral sphere,
and l sought such studies and associa-
tions as would naturally tend to ele-
Yate me-"
Rev. Mr.. Bean has several times
been taken to task by committees and
ministers of the gospel, who have en-
deavored to show him that he is com
hitting a sacrilege, but the eccentric
eXhorter has each time sent them
away bordering. That he is sincere in
his religion, no one that ever met him
doubts. He believes strongly in the
Biblical philosophy Of turning the
other cheek" but since the good book
does not prescribe for the sequel,
which is inevitable, the broad-minded
preacher usually acts upon his own
opinion, his belief being that there is
much religious merit In a pious right
and left swing.
"Parson" Beams athletic pursuits
are not confined to the limits Of the
ring. He has a number of gold med
ais won in such field contests as rum
ming, jumping, vaulting, putting shot
and hammer throwing. In a number
Of places he has been the instructor OF
athletic and gymnastic clubs, and
wherever he has been he has been uni
versally popular, both among his as
sociates Of the ring and In religious
circles.
In his ordinary conversation the
unique minister exhibits more Of his
wide scope pursuits than in his lee
lures or sermon In the pulpit his
English is the purest and choicest, and
is n%oticeably free from the commoner
expressions that have erept into the
language. "Parson" Bean does not be-
heve In mixing his professions. Among
his associates Of the athletic side OF his
life he speaks iuently that language
which is made up OF terms peculiar TO
the ring and which is absolutely unin-
telligible to the u%ninitiated. In his
ordinary conversation, however, there
are visible the Influences Of the two
extremes. From his ordinary street
dress it would be hard to classify him.
His wardrobe consists OF a rather curl
GUS assortment. The ministerial black.
with the dignihed tile, is companion to
the trunks and soft shoes Of the pugi-
list, and there is the compromise be-
tween the two which he dons for ordi-
nary wear-soft white sweater, shape
less cap and tweed suit Of careless,
comfortable cut.
Naturally Rev Mr.. Bean and his pc
culiarities have been the subject of
much comment and he has often been
called upon for an explanation OF his
philosophy. In an article which he
wrote for the current National Review
he sums up his ideas In the following
words:
When the body was intrusted to my
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-01

care It was perfect in its organism. I
am supposed to keep It free from all
contamination; to keep Il pure and un-
denled; to uniformly develop all my
faculties and all parts Of my body to
their highest capacity. that / mag
eventually bring my entire body to a
symmetrical shape and the highest
stage Of development, approaching as
nearly as possible hat which God has
designed it. a perfect specimen Of
manhood in the image Of my Maker,
filling natures measurements" Par
son" Bean wishes It to be understood
that he Is not identified with IN re-
ligious sect. Wherever the eccentric
minister has travelled he has left a
train Of newspaper comments in his
wake. One weekly sheet says Of him:
Willard Bean is certainly a genius.
Right on the heels Of putting Midget
Sandow' to sleep in a glove contest at
the opera house he delivers a well-se-
lected lecture before the Second ward
conioint NJ. /. A. Sunday evening. His
subject was Mans Development aud
a crowded house listened attentively to
every word"
Another weekly reports a contest;
zone Of the most mixed audiences
imaginable assembled at the opera
house last night to witness the spar
ring contest between willard Bean
and Morris Jacobs. There we're law
yers, doctors. laborers, capitalists,
farmers and church members, besides
the sports Of the city and elsewhere,
all mingling %joyously together. Par
SON Bean has friends in all circles,
and they were all there to see II his
lighting is equal to his sermons. He
did not %dissapoint them. The Cyclone
knows how to handle his man."
With all his pe%culiarities the ecce1-
trio gentleman seems to be anything
but a crank. His logic is forceful and
strong, his refinement and moral views
are unquestionable and there is that
in his manner and personality which
makes him warmly liked and awakens
interest everywhere he goes.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-01
COWS WRECKED
His Garden, nut Started Him on the
Road 70 Fortune.

His Garden, hut Started Him on the
Rcad TO Fortune.
About the narrowest escape from
financial embarrassment was expert
enced by a friend Of nine" said VIII
liam Reese Of Allentown, Penn. at
the Broadway-Centr Hotel. 1T was
like this: My friend and neighbor is
al inventor Of a window sash appli-
ance that is likely to make him a
rich man, but, like most inventors, he
was awfully hand UP for cash while he
was working 90 his idea. He Dor
rowed money from all his friends un-
til they got so they disliked to see him
coming, and he had really reached a
crisis in his career. He realized t,
but he told his wife that something
would happen to enable him to raise
$50 due the next day on a contract
that involved the loss or the preserva-
ton of his hold on his patent. He
didn't have the $50 on the night before
and when he went to bed that
night he was thoroughly d%iscour-
aged. He lived on a place that
had a large barn on it, and in
the garden were growing fruit and
a good garden. That night about
a dozen COWS, which in some parts OF
Pennsylvania run at liberty, broke into
his garden and ate up most of his crop.
besides destroying a number of choice
young fruit trees. He woke up in the
middle of the night and caught the
cows in the act. He was on the point
of soaring them out and blaming one
more unlucky incident to his long list
when a bright idea struck him.
Calling a neighbor, he quickly
drove the cows into a corner of the
yard, and repaired the fence. Then he
sat on the fence the remainder of the
night and allowed the COWS to COM
plete the destruction of his garden.
In the morning, with the help of his
neighhor, he 9sa the COWS up and
then sent word to the wne to come
and settle. By counting the cows he
calculated how much he would have to
get from each owner IN order to make
up $50. Under the Pennsylvania law
the owner must pay the damage caus-
ed by his COW or the damaged person
can hold the animal. The owners
came and pleaded, but 1t did not avail.
Ny neighbor was obdurate. Some Of
the owners were poor women, but II
made no difference. He pointed to his
ruined crops and wrecked garden,
and, like the absent minded beggar,
said: aPay, pay, pay To make a
long story short, he got together $50
and saved his patent. That was the
turning point in his fortunes. He's
got plenty of money now."-New York
Tribune.
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tect his employers property. There
was a strike on the job, and $1,000
worth of valuable machinery was lying
in a place under an open skylight,
where 1t might have been greatly dam
aged by a storm. The employer APP
pealed to hint was Charles W. Gin
dele-and he consented to put in the
glass. The union agents found It out.
They waited till he came out from
work. They attacked him. They
knocked him down and beat him over
the head until he was insensible. The
policeman who saw 1t looked the other
way. A %bystander interfered and
saved his life. Then they brought him
home to me. He was insensible for
days and days, and was sick a long
time. That's the way the city pro-
tects our rights"
What would you like to have done
for a remedy, Mrs. Robb?"
an tell you what I'd do. I'd go to
the governor Of the state and I'd get
him to annul the charter Of every cor
poration that abuses its powers. That's
what I'd do. There isn't any sense in
letting a lot Of selfish, corrupt men
dictate to American citizens the way
these men do. The state ought to
stop It as quick as 1t can"
Mrs. Robb is not sorry she spoke out
In the Industrial meeting, though she
says her husband fears that he will be
doomed to worse treatment than ever
by the unions In the future.
MY husband thinks, said she, chat
he will be a marked man for life. He
didn't know l was going to talk that
way. Neither did / till l got a chance,
and then l just had TO say what / said.
/ couldn't help 1t. But my husband
wants to leave the city right away, and
he would II he could. What's the use
Of staying In a place where he isn't
allowed to work? He don't need to
fear, though. Things can't be any
worse for him than they are now, In
this free land Of liberty"
The Robb home is at 655 Blooming
dale avenue. The street in front OF
the house is occupied by the tracks Of
the Chicago. Milwaukee G. st. Paul
road. They live In three small, dingy
rooms, at the east end OF a long, drab-
colored brick tenement. There are no
carpets to the floor. and an old
lounge and two rocking chairs, with a
small, square table, are all the signs
there are Of better and more prosper
u days, A bedstead stands In one
corner Of the room which answers for
the parlor. The kitchen is immediate
ly to the rear. and a small coal cook
stove Of antique pattern and in a state
OF delapidation serves, with an old
liable and two wooden chairs. 70 fur
hish the Dom The cooking utensils
are few and well ORR. The cupboard.
which serves az a china closet con-
tains little which could BE- called china
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Ths CsarIna nsIIsro. b. mnm.n

The Empress Of Russia is an ardent
believer in the influence and power of
women in public affairs. II she lived
in America it is probable that she
would be a leader in the woman's SUI
frage movement. Under her imperial
patronage societies for the higher Gull
ture Of women are rapidly increasing
in number in st. Petersburg and are
spreading throughout Russia. Owing
to her great interest in the work ne
Gar has ordered that full reports OF
the proceedings Of all such societies
shall be prepared for the perusaI OF the
empress, so that she can be able to de-
termine where her advice and assist
ance is the most necessary. The EN-
press has also instituted the English
fashion Of Offering her hand to be
kissed at presentations instead OF to he
shaken, as was the custom Of the dow
ager empress.
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HEARD WHEN LIGHT WENT OUT.
Strange Observations In a Church YES
tibule When the Dynamo Quit.

Strange Observations In n Church YES
tibule When the Dynamo Quit.
The other night in a Maine village
the dynamo at the electric light sta
ton had a fit all of a sudden, and
there was darkness on the face of the
land for a little while. A prayer meet
Ing was in progress in the vestry Of
the Methodist church. When the lights
went out all the people sat quiet,
thinking that in all probability the
current would flash back again right
away. All at once there were voices
in the vestibule. Two young men had
come in and were talking. This is
ID funny" quoth one of them pro-
fanely. why, I didn't know it was
anywhere near time for meeting to
be over. That minister is getting lazy.
/ told Gertie I'd be here at the door
when meeting let out. She'll be mad,
and between me and you l don't care
If she is. You never saw such a girl
as she is, never. Wants to go to all
the shows that come along, and even
went down and inquired Of the jeweler
how much the bracelet was worth that
l gave her for Christmas. She's get
ting altogether too fresh, that's what
she is. There are other pancakes on
the fire, don't you forget that" We'll,
I don't suppose there is n need of
waiting round here" remarked the
other young man in robust tones.
Come along up to my room with me.
l can furnish something more enter
tanning than walking home with a
girl. I've got a little bottle Of Scotch
whisky, and you take a little hot wa
ter, and " Just then the lights
flashed on in the vestry, and the peo-
pie within, in order to drown out the
conversation that was rapidly destroy
ing the devotional spirit of the as
sembly, struck up, Sinner, Oh Sinnerl
Turn from Thy Ways" And before
the chorus was reached there was the
rapid creak Of shoes on the snowy
walk outside-and two prominent
young men Of the village ~retreated to
think 1t over.
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Carried Eighty Miles with D Loss Not TX
ooeding 4 Ter Cent

Carried Eighty Miles with q Loss Not Fr
ooeding 4 Ter Cent
Electric power is being transmitted
over m aluminium cable t~hree-eiuhtha
OF an inch IN diameter over a circuit
eighty miles long at Provo, Utah, &C.
cording TO H. II. NeWcOmb, one OF the
large stockholders in the Telluride
Power Transmission Company, which
owns the Provo plant. Mr.. Newcomb
"a n banker Of Cleveland. Ohio. and he
is stopping IN Denver on his way home
from n trip to the two plants belonging
to his company at Telluride and at
Provo.
eve are generating about 2,OOO-horse
power" he said, land sending e to the
mines at Mercur and Tintic. We have
a demand for all the power we can
furnish. and shall enlarge our plant at
once to 5000 o S,0OO-hOrse power. It
is located I'm Provo canon, and has the
water Of Provo river, one of the largest
I'm Utah, to draw from, so we have no
scarcity to fear.
"Our wires II to Tintlc and TO Mer-
cur, and across between the two, max
ing a circuit eighty miles long. We
send power over them I'm both direc-
tons, so that If n break occurs, we can
supply any point from the other end OF
the loop. At the Provo plant we start
the current with O, voltage of 10000,
and the loss in transmitting forty
miles we find to be only something like
four per cent. We use a cable Of
aluminium. six strands, and the whole
is only a trihe more than three-eighths
Of an inch in diameter, but it carries
all the current we send over it, and I
presume would carry a great deal
more
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The largest band In the world is that
Of the Catholic Protectory Of New
York. II is made up OF boys belonging
in that institution, and has 200 mem
bers, They were In line st. Patrick's
day In New York and from the start to
the finish filled the air with melody.
One hundred boys are in the brass
and reed section, and another hundred
make up the martial section composed
Of hfers and drummers. The boys
play remarkably we'll and render the
popular airs Of the day with a spirit
and harmony that eyokes the applause
OF the spectators.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-01

Here Is a story which Is told at the
expense Of a certain scotchman. who
was knighted some years ago. Sir
Richard Cross had carefully enjoined
upon Sandy" that he was to take the
queens hand and reverently raise It
to his lips. All this with fear and
trembling the Draw Scot promised to
do, but 1t appears that at the critical
moment he forgot the lesson, and
seized the queens hand, gave It fervid
shake, exelaiming, Many thanks.your
maiesty-many thanks" Sir Richard
nearly tainted with horror. but her
majesty only smiled. and evidently aD-
preciated the hearty gratitude Of tho
oRender-London Tit-Bits.
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stnmn on the RIrht Hnnd Conc

The Postofice Department has sent
out a notice that the persons who write
letters must be careful in placing
stamps or the department will not be
responsible for any delay in transmits
sion. The rule of the government is
that the stamp must be firmly attached
to the upper right hand corner of the
letter. In all p~OstOffices of any size
the machine for stamp cancellation is
In use, and it is so constructed that il
cannot be used to cancel stamps that
are not placed as the rules direct. OF
course. the department. agrees to- deliv-
er all letters received that have the
postage paid, but it warns writer's that
delay Is possible if the rules are not OBJ
served. The next order is expected to
be that a special drop box shall be pro-
yided for letters having the stamp
placed in unauthorized corners and
that those having the stamp on the
back shall go with the third class mail.
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over $780, OO,O 600 has been invested
in electric lighting in the United states
in twelve years. The energy required
to make electric lights for the CITY Of
New York is o 10000 horse power. Since
1888, when the electric railway was
born, more than / ZOO. 900, 900 has
been invested in that industry, and
now n may travel by electric cars
from Paterson, N. j.. to Portland.Me
going via New York. with but three
small Interruptions that collectively
are about fourteen miles.