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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08
Settled for Some Years,

Visiting Curate-Ah, my friend, you
should reflect on the fact that we are
here to-day and gone Tomorrow.
Convict-You may bel ain't.-Tit-
Bits.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08
The Ayeraxe.


PA, what's an average mani"
"One who thinks his employers bust.
ness would be run a good deal better II
he could have more to say about /,
himself."-Chicago Times-Herald.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08
Financial Luck.

.Did you find any bargains at that
pre.Lenten church bazaar, Simpkins?"
"BargainsY I got a two cent popcorn
ball for . dollar and q half."-Indianap.
oils Journal. 4
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08
1.-THE doctor said
I must not ride. In
fact I could not ride"

This is to certify that DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is the best
blood-purifer that l ever used" writes
Mrs. NJ. Hartrick, of Demster, Oswego,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08
potl, Modest.

Why cry for the moon. my wee laddis?
Is there, then, of toys such q dearth?
Why. child. you wapt more than pour
daddy,
For he only asks for the earth.
Detroit Free Press.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08

The Burlington Roups Changes Time
On and after
Sunday, February %,
the Burlington's Chicago Special
leaves Denver 900 q. m.
arriving Chicago and
st. Louis 2:15 p. m. ST.
NEXT DAY.
The service Is az good
as the time is fast
sleepers. diner,
library and chair cars.
One Of the sleepers
comes through from San Francisco.
You al get aboard 1t
in Colorado
AT YOUR OWN HOME
and go right through to Chicago
without q single change
of cars.
q. w. Vallery, Gen'l Agent,
1889 Seventeenth st.,
Denver, Colo.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08
He O

Husband-I was driven to drink.
Wife-Well, you didn't balk any,
John.-Town Topics.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08

This paper Ii for sale at. the
drug store Of j. Ross Forsyth,
CerrillOs, New MexicO.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08

"Why, how mean! Here ! notice
through the keyhole that my lady is
prying into the writing desk Of my
master-how a she be SO inquisi-
tive ?"-Jugend.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08
m0K TEA POSITIVELY CURES SICK
HEADACHE,

Indigestion and constipation. A delight
full herb drink. Removes all eruptions
Of the skin. producing a perfect COM
plexion, or money refunded. Is cts. and
80 cts.
For sale at Fischer's drug store.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08
The Interval Of Peace.

"Do.you do any penance during Lent,
aunt Minerva?"
Eyes; l quit mixing up with the
church rows indianapolis Journal.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08
The Rivals.

I've been taking lessons In skating
said the sweet thing.
Indeed! said the hateful thing.
Yes; l can cut figures, too.
Can you cut your age?
Oh, yes.
You must be pretty well along then,
was the parting shot of the hateful
thing.-Yonkers States man.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08
ACkER's ENGEISH REMEDY WILL STOP
A COUGH

At any time, and will cure the worst
cold in twelve hours, or money refund
ed. rs cts. and so cts.
For sale at Fischer's drug store.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08

Co., N. Y. at is
about three years since
my health began to fail.
Last September l gave
out entirely with ,
what the physi- J
clans pronounced N
enlargement of w.
the liver. Could al
not do anything ~ q
my back panied \
me all the time; ~
the doctor said l -
must not ride, in a.
fact I could not W
ride nor walk, nor =
hardly sit still
could not lie on
my right side. / con,
menced taking the Cole
Ell Medical Discovery an
Pellets took them 70
three months, and stiI
continue the Pellets
will be glad if I can sa
anything to help thos
who are suffering. Yol
can publish this letter !
you think best"
If Mrs. Hartricl
had begun the use o
DR.. Pierce's Colder
M edica1 Discover,
when her Hhea1t1
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-08
Season Of Meditatdo,

Season OF Meditation.
II suppose you and your wife will keep
Lent?"
Eyes; I'll think of the money I've spent
and she will think Of the money she in.
tends to spend. Chicago Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22

1t is generally supposed that despera.
does-men at war with society, and
with whom society is at war-make tho
best soldiers; but this is an error. Ac.
cording to the testimony of all expert
enced officers, men of bad character,
however brave, physically, are curse
to any army. Such men are generally
the prime movers of INSTRUMENTATION
and mutiny, and IL there is any treason
at work, are pretty sure to be at the
bottom of it. Moral courage is as es-
sential in military us in civil life, and
1T is not an attribute of the depraved
and vicious. He who goes into battle
with n clear conscience, confident in
the justice Of the cause for which he
risks his life, and believing that God is
on his side, is the only true hero. He
Is not bloodthirsty, he is not under the
domination of a sanguinary and brutal
instinct, but he is enthusiastic where
ardor is required, calm and collected
in emergencies, and can bear up cheer
fully against reverses, hardships and
privations, under which the desperate
would wilt down." or desert What
but moral courage, born of integrity of
purpose and confidence in Heaven, sus-
tained the ragged, half-starved, ill-paid
soldiers of u bankrupt republic, in their
desperate struggle with the wellap-
pointed legions of the enemy, during
the darkest hours of the American Rev
olution? The ice-obstructed Delaware
had not heen crossed, the battles of
Trenton and Princeton had never been
fought and won, the horrors of the win
ter bivouac at Valley Forge had never
been endured, the inestimable blessing
of our national independence had never
been attained, but for the moral cour-
age and fortltude of good and true men.
at peace with God and their own con-
sciences. Rowdies and desperadoes
never achieve such exploits, or submit
patiently to such hardships, as have
made the heroes of &c immortal in his
tory. 1t may be set down as an axiom
that bad men never make good soldiers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22
An Unbidden Guest,

On a certain day in May perplexity
reigned in Easton, Maryland. During
the previous night u stray muskrat
came to town, and in his wanderings
in the darkness fell five feet down
basement area, whence 1t was impossi-
BILE for him to escape without assist
ance. All the next day there was
crowd around the place discussing
what to do with the rat. Business was
not entirely suspended, but 1t was in
terfered with. Last winter the Legisla-
ture passed law making it an offense
punishable with heavy fine to catch
or have in possession muskrat during
the close season, therefore no one was
willing to liberate or "catch" the little
wanderer. AS half the fine goes to the
informer, half dozen people kept on
the alert to inform Oh the one who
lifted it. 1t having been ascertained
that it was not against the law to feed
a muskrat during the close season, food
and water were lowered into the area.
way, of which the no doubt astonished
creature was left in undisturbed pos
session until the legal difficulties sur
rounding its liberation We're adjusted.
A wonderful thing is red tape.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22


If farmers will consider that from one
to three tons of cured provender may be
grown on an acre, and they will take
advantage of the summer season for so
doing, they can greatly enlarge their
capacity for feeding stock during win
ter. Hungarian grass is crop that
grows more rapidly than millet, and it
is one of the most efficient weed de-
stroyers known, even the Canada thistle
being unable to make Roadway against
It, AS 1t soon reaches the cutting stage
of growth it will afford two or more
mowings, which Will destroy any weeds
that have the ability to compete with
the crop. The stubble remaining over
serves to protect the soil during the
winter. Rape may also be cut two or
three times, but requires good land.
The rule is to turn sheep on the rape,
using hurdles, and make profit on the
mutton. Cow-peas equal clover as a
hay crop. The plants also benefit the
soil by storing nitrogen therein. Many
ndvise the growing of cow-peas as a
green manurial crop entirely, but it is
more profitable to NOW and cure for
hay, MS the manure will return to the
sell that portion not shipped to market
III the forms of meat, milk or butter.
The cow-pea shades the land complete
ly when broadcasted and provides fa-
yorable conditions for the recuperation
Of the soil. Whether for hay or for
blowing under any of the crops men,
toned the farmer should not permit his
growing corn to take the whole of his
time from the summer crops.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22
NIGHT STREET WORK.
GANGS OF MEN LABOR WHILE
CHICAGO SLEEPS.
Necessary Repairs to the Pavemcnts
Cannot Be Made in the Day-street
Car and Telephone Companies Kept
Bu.y-Toilers Make Weird Spectacle.

When the roar and turmoil of bust
ness life in the city's downtown streets
;ubside every evening, says the Chicago
Chronicle, Il small army of workmen
takes possession. Flarlng torches, the
noise of pick and shovel, and the rattle
Of crowbars give weird appearance to
some otherwise deserted thoroughfare
that is temporarily in the hands Of the
street repairing gang.
During the summer season, from May
until October, regiment of night
workers is employed on the downtown
streets every night. Counting the city
gang of street repalrers and the cor
poratlon gangs, there are probably not
less than 200 brawny laborers on the
downtown streets every evening. Some
times nearly the whole force is en-
ployed on a rush job in single thor
oughfare, and at other times it is scat
tered over dozen streets. But the
street work never ceases while the rest
of the city is sleeping.
Outside the First Ward, which en-
braces all main business thorough
fares, practically all street repairing
is done in the daytime. In the down
town section the reverse is the rule.
The eongested arterial traffic of busi-
ness hours must not be Interrupted even
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22

Springs party had saddled up their
horses, ferried the river and had caught
up with the boys and the bear. One
of them threw a rope over him. Bruin
took 1t coolly and, seating himself on
his launches, commenced to draw In
the slack of the rope with his forepaws
hand over hand. He was SO strong
that he drew the frightened horse right
up to him, the rope being tied to the
horn Of the saddle, while the rider was
peppering the bears face with 3S-cal-
iber revolver, which caused the bear
to bat his eyes little, but had no other
effect.
The other boys, who stayed off a
short distance, had n good laugh at the
expense of the man who was being
pulled in by the bear, but 1t soon began
to look serious and the rider was call
ing for some one to shoot. Just as he
was getting too close for comfort the
horse made desperate plunge and got
back part Of the rope. Bruin COM
menced to haul in again, but before he
had accomplished this be changed his
mind and, to the relief of the man with
the lasso, he threw off the rope and
started to run. The four horsemen cir
cled around him and the two reyolvers
made life very unpleasant for the bear.
While these scenes were being enacted
two of Browns Park men, hearing the
shots, thought that fight with the
outlaws was in progress and with Win
chesters in hand rode up and assisted
in despatchlng the unfortunate grizzly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22

Surprising woodchopper in the
Maine forest l.. told to get out mast
for a yacht. He knows that he must
find a tree which is straight for sixty
feet below the branches. 1t would be
very troublesome to climb trees and
measure them with tape measure, so
he, without knowing it, uses practical
uigonometry. He measures off sixty
feet in straight line from the tree,
and then he cuts pole, which, when
upright in the ground, is exactly as tall
as himself. This he plants in the earth
his own length from the end of his
sixty feet.
For example if he is six feet tall, he
plants his siX-foot pole fifty-four feet
from the tree. Then he lies down on
his back, with his head at TIN end of
the line and his feet touching the pole,
and sights over the top of it. He
knows that where his eyes touch the
tree is almost exactly sixty feet from
the ground.-Weekly Bouquet.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22

.or day. So it happens that when
truck drivers have abandoned certain
street for the day and street car traffic
is at minimum the night gang takes
possession. Swift work is the rule. The
big gasoline or kerosene torches throw
a Pickering light over the deserted
pavement. Gr..ny workmen, like I'M
canny specters, toll and perspire in or
der that the traffic of the coming day
may be on better pavements. Whole
sections of block pavements are torn
up In night and replaced before the
morning dawns. The hoarse commands
of the gang inspector rouse the be-
lated traveller on the owl car. 1t is a
part of great city's nightly removal
ton.
The public works department long
since has discovered that the down
town streets can be cleaned at night
work in the daytime, besides avoiding
interruption to day traffic Hence the
STRENGTHENING gangs work invariably
after dark in the business section. The
same rule has been applied gradually
to street repairing. When corpora
ton seeks city permit for tearing up
street where traffic is heavy, such
permit is granted only on condition
that the work is done at night or on
holidays and Sundays. Repairers for
the various street car companies and
the telephone and electric light con-
Germs thus are limited to artificial light
when the surface of the street COM
paratiyely is deserted. The city's own
gang, which always follows the copo-
ration gangs, in order to replace pave
ments, perforce must work also at
night.
The Union Traction Company, the
Chicago City Railway Company, the Chi
cago Telephone Company and the Edi-
son Electric Light Company are tinker
ing the street surfaces necessarily.
The weight of street car traffic in the
downtown lines knocks the pavements
out of shape. The blocks sag and the
tracks follow. Switches get out of or
der. On the streets where there is O
cable conduit the tracks are especially
liable to sag. Thus it happens that at
Z o'clock in the evening n gang of re-
pairers can be found tearing up sec
ton of some block paving, lifting rails
aud laying new ones, to be followed in
turn by the city's repairers who put
III new block paving.
Tho telephone and electric light COM
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22

panies, as well as the street car cor
porations, have conduits to clean and
keep in repair, new wires to lay and
other troublesome work that would
embarrass seriously street traffic IL
done in the daytime. These corpora
tons have permission to use the city
manholes at any time day or night,
and sometimes they avail themselves
of the privilege to string wires in the
daytime. Thus it sometimes happens
that the whole traffic of thoroughfare
is interrupted by single individual,
half buried in a,manhole, with coil of
wire in his hand. The street inspectors
are constantly at war with the cor
porations on this ground. At night the
work goes on much more rapidly. 1t
is at night, also, that the cable COM
panies clean their conduits. The city
gangs attend to trenches and catch
basins and similar work when dusk
begins.
One of the picturesque sights of the
metropolis is the night gang of street
repairers at work. 1t moves with the
precision of an army. Its units make
a great deal OF noise, but the First Ward
is not given to quiet residential habits
or sound sleeping. When morning
brings the rushing tide of business the
night workers melt away with their
torches, picks and shovels, to await a
clear field of operations the coming
evening.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22

some months in the capitals and uni
versities Of the continent, his party
made journey to the Orient. The mis-
sion stations in India. China, Japan
and Hawaii We're visited, and every.
thing he saw only increased his long
and warmly cherished desire to enlist
himself among the active soldiers Of the
cross.
Returning to America he began his
ministerial career as student in the
Episcopal Seminary at Cambridge,
Mass. When his preparatory work was
done he put on the white robe of can.
didate for holy orders and his diacon-
ate was followed by u call to the pull
pit Of st. Paul's.
The Stokes family are among the
most arlstocratic and conservative
members Of New York society. The
country house at Lenox is one of the
finest Of its kind in America. 1t is sur
rounded by parterre and grounds 1000
acres in extent. The former master of
this demesne is only 25 years old, but
his friends, who at first regarded his
announced intention Of joining the min
istry Us joke, are now convinced that
he was in earnest. From the mansion
In Fifth avenue and the Lenox home,
which cost $4,000 he has changed his
residence to the old Pierpont house-a
frame building on Elm street. New Ha.
ven
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22

Speaking Of green reporters, Col. d.
g. Dodge, vice president of the Rio
Grande Western, upon the occasion of
his last visit here told story at the
expense of the fraternity that will bear
repeating. "Some time ago, after an
absence from Denver" he said, ~ was
approached by a young man whom l
had not seen before, to my recollection.
How are you, colonel| he said, by way
of introduction. 4 have been sent
down to interview YOU
eyes l answered, what do you
want to know?"
"'Well to tell you the truth, l don't
know myself answered the reporter
"'Well, that is strange said. The
Post man has been down here, and he
knew what to ask me, and answered
him.
"'Well, tell me just what you told
him, and we will call it square, said
the young fellow, in burst of conf.
dence."-Salt Lake Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22

1t is to be hoped that the fact that
Gov. Roosevelt has an aversion for red
books will not lead to a general Danish
ing of luridness from libraries. Red ia
n color that, for decorative purposes.
has lately come into great favor, and
the red room is quite as popular as the
blue room or green room. And people
who own red rooms like to preserve the
harmony by having few red books w.
ing around and, of course, the contents
of these may be of the most sober hues.
Yet, just as there are some colors that
suit some people, so there are covers
which seem appropriate for certain
authors. One would not care to have
Emerson done in red and gold or Mat
thew Arnold appearing in yellow
Spencer's philosophy presented In pink
would seem untittingly robed and Walt
Whitman in white would be equally ont
of place. On the other hand, 1t seems
fitting that the poems of that nunlike
figure, Emily Dickinson. should always
be clothed in gray, and that one who
loved greenness, as did Thoreau, should
have that color about his books. This
law of the eternal fitness of things is
one that is carefully observed by the
artful bookbinder.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22
THE pkKIN rn1przE,

whui, tributary of the Peiho. During
the winter months, when the water
ways are frozen over, sleighs are much
used by the Chinese for passenger
traffic in the city. Each sleigh will ac-
commodate four or five squatting Ce-
lcstials, and is drawn by ropes pulled
by one or two men, assisted, OCCASION
ally, by like number behind. The run
ners are shod with steel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22
A Perfect Winter Wheat

Up-to-date Farming tells what per-
feet winter wheat should be. 1t should
mature early, as few days delay in
harvesting may give rust, blight or in
sects chance to injure the crop, and
it must be prolific in yield. One vari-
ETY. Will often produce twenty bushels
or more above the yield of another on
same soil and similar conditions. 1t
should have stiff straw to prevent the
stems from falling or lodging before
harvest, which will result only in
shrunken and imperfectly matured
grain. 1t must be hardy in winter, as
some varieties winter kill much more
than others. and it should have thin
skin. Some kinds have SO thick a skin
that there will be several pounds more
of bran and less of -four than with 9TH
or thinner-skinned sorts, which makes
them undesirable for the miller. Can
ali these qualities be combined in one
variety. and who will first offer such
variety to the public?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22
Bronze Tablets in a Marsh.

Constantine Macs, the eminent Ital.
ian archaeologist, has submitted to his
government memorial in which lie
atiirms that 5000 bronze tables, consti-
tuting the records of ancient Rome,
from its foundation to the time of Yes
pasian, are buried in the marsh at Os-
tia, near Rome. He says that the ia
bles were carried to Ostia after having
been rescued from the fire which de-
stroyed the capital in the year SO A. ID.
Signor Macs wants the italian govern
ment to drain the marsh in order to re-
cover these invaluable records, and a
commission will be appointed to inves-
tigate the matter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22
Covers for Hay Stacks.

A farmer of Jewell County, Kansas,
says the covers lie made for his alfalfa
hay last fall cost him $50, and that they
preserved more hay than you could put
in a thousand-dollar barn. He sawed
sixteen-foot 2x4's in two, bolted the
ends together, placed them six feet
apart over his stacks and nailed on sid
ing, making complete roof in six-foot
panels. He bored holes in the down.
hanging ends of the 2x4's and tied
weights to them to keep the wind from
blowing them off. His alfalfa comes
out as green and bright as 1t was the
day it was put up. He says the covers
paid for themselves this season, and
they will last for years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-22

The labor question in its practical
phases was never before SO carefully
thought over as at present, both by
employers and employees and also by
political economists, who in recent
years have dropped their straw-stuffed
man for the real one. and in doing so
have given new lease of life to the
dismal science" In the practical
sphere one of the best illustrations of
the changed conditions brought about
by what some writers ON economics call
the "moralized labor contract is to be
found in what the Germans call "wel-
fare institutions" such as those now
found in connection with the great
krupp steel works and n few other es-
Establishments. These welfare institu-
tons" embrace pension funds, model
houses, restaurants, hospitals. schools,
savings banks, ETC., by which the good
of the employees is conserved by set
ting in operation for them of intelli-
gent effort on the part of their en-
ployers. This, of course, largely de-
pendS upon the philnnthropic character