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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19
The Pec0S Valley
& Northeastern
A New Road. Opening New Country
New TOWDsl New 0DD0rtuDitieS!

A New Road. Opening a New Country
New Towns! New Opportunities!
Last year l2O, 900 head of cattle passed
over this new thoroughfare. This
year the number will reach 200, 600
head.
Stations from Roswell east are within
thirty to thirty Eve hours of Kansas
feed lots and no iced of unloading
stock In transit.
Shipping stations On the line In perfec,
order. PORTALS, Bovina, Hereford
and Canon City can accommodate
with feed and water 5000 70 1000
head of cattle each.
Bons-fide settlers wanted. Every effort
will be made by the Railway to
assist them.
An abundance of water! Rich soilI
Cheap lands! Quick transportation
and fair. honest rates.
For particulars as to the various open
ings in the Pecos Valley and lite
neighborhood address
d. Fl. NICHOLS, Gen. Manager, or
e. W. MARTINDELL. g. F. & P. A..
Rn-well N NJ
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19
Key to tho PuEzler

No. 97.-Their Ages: 81, 80: K. so, and
Z, 80.
No. 9S.-Illustrated Acrostic: Boer
Wars; Bow. Orchestra. Ear. Rats.
No. 99.-Doublc Beheadings: 1. Lean.
2. Uneasy. 3. Cr-cpe. 4. Bland. 8.
Explain. 6. Vein. 7. Insight. 8. Into.
@. Small. 10. Soon. IL. Resolving.
IL. Un-bent. ID. Become. IL Attest.
Is. Lathe. 16. Appoint. II. Stand.
Is Approve. 10. Game. 20. Upright.
Fl. Brand. %. Bayou. %. Re-quite.
"a. Incompetent.
An easy one and plain in sight,
To all on solving bent;
Come test the point and prove me right
And you quite competent.
No. 1OO.-Charade: Wordsworth.
No. 1O1.-Termina1s: 1. Deep, deer. 2.
Pack. paca. 3. Pump, puma. 4. Fob.
fox. 5. Goad. goat.
No. 1O2.-Anagram: Pharmacist.
No. Matchmaking: 1. o. 2. Oh.
/. For. 2. Fort. 8. Forth. 4. Fourth.
No. 1O4.-What Ann Does: 1. Annui.
2. Anodyne. 8. Annoy. 4. Announce. 8.
Annex. 6. Anagram. z. Anneal. 8.
Annihilate. 8. Annotations. 10. Annu-
ity.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19

Night found Mr.. Ledbetter staring oUcr
the shining, UGcdnt sea.
ST. Vincent's, and from st. Vincents
he got, by the expenditure of his last
coins. to Kingston, in Jamaica. And
there he might have foundered. Even
nowadays he is not man of affairs,
and then he was singularly helpless
person. He had not the remotest idea
what he ought to do. The only thing
he seems to have done was to visit all
the ministers of religion he could find
in the place to borrow a passage home.
But he was much too dirty and inco-
herent and his story far too Incredible
for them. l met him quite by chance.
1t was close upon sunset. and l was
walking out after my siesta on the
road to Dunn's battery when l met
him. was rather bored and with a
whole evening on my hands, luckily
for him. He was trudging dismally
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19
No. 113.-NationS.

1. The nation from which we start.
2. The nation for teachers.
3. The nation for pupils.
4. The nation for actors.
8. The nation for a popular prince.
g. The nation for theological students.
z. The nation for politician.
8. The nation for the ungodly.
8. The nation for an unpopular official.
10. The nation opposed to darkness.
IL. The nation for contagious disease.
II. The nation for pests.
Is. The nation for the superstitious.
ii. The nation which monopolies de-
sire.
Is. The nation which indicates class.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19
Just For Fun.

Bess-So Jeanette married a farmer2 I
thought she said she would marry only a
man of culture? Nell-And so she did-a
man of agriculture.-Chicago News.
Maud-So you have accepted Tom
Mabel-Yes; he said he wouldn't marry
me if l didn't.-Moonshine.
Shall l charge up the amount the
cashier skipped with to profit and loss"
queried the bookkeeper. NO" replied
the head of the firm; put it down under
running expenses Philadelphia Record.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19
Cheese as n Relish.

Cheese is often eaten as a condiment
or relish. only In small quantities at a
time. 1t is chiefly the older aud stron-
ger tasting varieties that are SO used.
They are generally very wholesome
and dIgestible when taken in this way.
AS n dlgester. rs some call 1t, cheese
that which rs decayed and moidY being
preferred by connoisseursIs often
eaten after dinner.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19
No. 111.-Illustrate Rebus.
What travellers tell US.
No. 112-The Tardy Puzzle

1. AS he was ''tardy" the pupils Of his
eyes continued ito grow wide.'
2. Though "tardy," he was "spotless."
3. AS she is ''tardy" she will ''narrate"
the incident.
make "short and hasty ordinations"
8. Though 'tardy," she took time ito
mediate
8. Though "tardy,'' he managed t'to
grow to a great size.'
Z. Being ''tardy," she seemed inclined
''to sacrifice herself.
8. Though ''tardy," he wished "to re-
had received.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19
No. 1O6.-MetaErams.

No. 1O6.-MetaEram0.
Il. Change the first letter Of a vtsf-
bic sign of WEAKNESS, and the following
ansformations will appear:
2. The break of day.
3. A graceful young animal; to fattef
meanly.
4. a chessman; a pledge.
5. A delicate woven fabric; a grassy
plain.
6. Cut asunder.
IL. Thin, spare.
2. A place to keep money; a mound Of
earth.
3. A receptacle for water.
4. A high position In society.
5, Damp, moist.
g. A skein of silk or thread.
I'LL. An unpleasant state of atmos-
phere.
2. Giving artificial light.
8. To climb; to leap about.
4. A humorous character In a popular
novel.
5. The resting place of an army.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19

From 1 to 2, wholesome; to 8, afro
cious; to 4, part of ship; to 4. indi-
cation; 5 to 6, an aperture; to 2,
breakfast dish; 6 to s, breathing with
difficulty; Z to 8, going ahead; to 8. a
famous French novelist; to 2, color;
8 to 4, fierce; to Z, part of ship.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19
No. IO5.-CHrtailment.

Astronomers can clearly prove
My whole is ever on the move.
The words curtailed beyond dispute
A joiner's tool will constitute.
Curtailed again, and then, 1 ween.
A form or model will be seen.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19

No. 1O7-Charade.
A soldier and sailor met
One day upon the shore,
And one was my FIRST with coat OF
my LAST,
And my WHOLE the other wore.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19
Stage Connections.

At TuIarosa-For Mescalerc Indian AgeB.
cy and San Andreas mining region.
At Carflzosa-For White Oaks, JicarfllAs.
Gallinas and surrounding country.
At Walnut-For Nogal.
At Oapftan-For Eft. Stanton Santsariun
Gray, Lincoln. Richardson. Ruidoso AND
Bonito country.
At TobogRan-For Pine Springs. Elk, Weed.
Upper Penasco, Penasco and the entire Sac.
rament Mountain region.
For in formation of any kind regarding the
railroads, or the country adjacent thereto
call on write to
A. 8. GREI0
Gent Sup't s. Traffic Mgr, Alamogordo, N. NJ
h. ALEXANDER
Asst Genr f. & p, Agt., Alamogordo. N. n
II, z. MORRISS
Agent e. Pasn. Texas
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19

No. 1OS.-A Row of Stitches.
1. The folded edge Of a sheet.
2. Links of metal joined together.
3. A domestic animal.
4. The bone of a dried salt fish.
3. Sulky and pettish.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19

No. 1O9.-What Country
Oh u act is far.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19

every morning. July and August.
That's what Texans may enjoy
while camping during the Summer
In the mountains adjacent to the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

soon finds himself confronted by a wall
of salt twenty feet in height ana as
white, If not as hard, as marble. To
undermine and bring down this mass
Of salt Is a dangerous operation, and
involves long delays; ana To overcome
these difficulties. the companies have
used Compresscd.air driven spiral
lugcr, which Is ten inches I'm diameter
and provided with a double spoon
point. The augcr Is mounted on n
truck and the back end of the shaft
Is attached To thrcc-horsC-power rO-
tary air drill machine \ row of holes
Is driven into the salt wall AT n height
Of ten inches from the floor for dis
tance OF six feet into the mass, the
holes being drilled rs closely together
rs possible. After nn interval of one
10 three hours, fall of salt takes
place, mass equal To 400 or 800 bar
rcls Of salt being brought down in each
section. The saving of labor by the
use of the compreSScdair drill is shown
by the fact that sufficient salt can be
undermined and Caved in this manner
i'm one half day to keep the packers at
work for two or three days following.
Scientific American.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13
Good Luck and bad Luck.

"a man starting in business" re-
marked a successful young lawyer re-
Gently. should not depend upon any
thing i'm the way of favors or oppor-
tunities from either friends or rela-
tives, or expect any assistance from
them, for such reliance will prove to
be Il broken reed in the way of sup
port. Have you never heard the down
town adage?" he continued. 1t has
n great deal Of truth in it. Expect
advice from your friends, nothing from
your relatives. and help from stran-
gers"
1t is the unexpected that generally
happens Good luck aud bad luck,
happiness and sorrow, are all apt TO
come out of clear sky, so to speak,
and have apparently nothing To do
with our planning. This realization Of
abortive striving might paralyZe eff
fort were IL not for the fact that en-
ergy in one direction produces results
in another; that is, an active, resolute
man finds his failures are stepping
stones. after all, to better develop
ment. and. although his original plans
may have failed. the stronger and bet
ter phoenix rises from the ashes. The
chief factor IN success undoubtedly Is
not to become respondent, and not to
lose courage. 1t is n long lane that
has no turning. and sooner or later
the opportunity comes If we only have
the patience and courage to wait for
it-New York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13
Hints For the Housewife.


In preserving figs little sliced
lemon ill b. found n desirable addi'
tlOn.
Dry salt we'll rubbed on n knife that
has been used for pcCling onions Will
remove all trace of the onion tavor.
Eggs may be roughly tested by plac-
ing them in cold water; the fresher
the egg, the more rapidly will it sink.
All stone fruits are considered TO be
injurious for those who suffer from
the liver and should be used cautious
ly.
Mutton tallow TO which few drops
of carbolic acid is added will heal
sores or any raw surface on man or
beast.
\ cup of milk added to the water
with which an oilcloth or oiled floor
Is to he washed gives them lustre
like new.
The application of bit of soap on
the point of a lead pencil TO creaky
hinge will cure its stiffness and si-
lencc its complaints.
Hot bread will cut as well as n
stale loaf If tn, blade of the bread
knife Is heated Hot bread Is, by the
way, better broken.
New brass and copper kitchen unten.
sils should be cleaned with salt and
vinegar before they are used to avoid
poison from verdigris.
Plain boiled rice, served hot, with
strained honey, makes an appreciated
addition 10 the lunch table-or Is eX'
cellent for simple home dessert
4 small sponge saturated with oil
of lavender aud hung near the bed
or a handkerchief moistened and iaid
near an invalid's couch will be found
an efficient aid in driving away III
trusivc flies.
The best treatment for n cambria
or Bingham shirt waist that has been
faded with the strong alkali soap used
i'm lnund-ies is TO slip IT carefully In
a weak bath of vinegar and water
rinse well and iron 1t smooth at
once.
Hard soap is the housckeeper' $
friend. II door squeaks or drawer
sticks. IL piano pedal creaks or a bed
sprlng demonstrates. rub with common
hard soap. II corn complains of Ill
treatment. bend piece Of hard soap
on II.
An effective cement for mendnS
cracks in stove or oven Is made 10y
using wood ashes and salt In equal
quantities mixed with water to paste
This soon hardens with the heat. max
ing n surface almost as firm as the
original
\ cupful Of maple sugar grated OF
cut I'm bits stirred into an ordinary
quick buiscuit dough will give novel
sweet cake. The biscuits are then cut
as usual and baked quickly; the su
gar melts during the cooking and
glazcs the outside.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

There is vast amount of horse
nair annually used in the United States
for making and repairing violin, vto-
loncello and bass viol bows said n
wholesale dealer in such materials in
New York recently. "All OF the hair
comes from Germany and Russia, in
which countries the tails OF horses are
generally allowed To grow much longer
than here The foreign hair is also
coarser in texture and tougher than
that which grows on the American
horse. and these qualities make the
imported article more valuable than
the domestic product is for the pur-
pose.
There are only two kinds OF horse
hair suitable for making bows. and
they are OF the white and black varie-
ties The former Is used for violin
bows and the latter. which Is heavier
and stronger. Is the best material fog
making bows for cello and bass viols
because IL bites the larger strings bet.
ter. The imported hais Is put up in
hanks OF thlrtylsix inches long. which
Is 1--WE or six inches longer than the
standard violin bow A hank is suffi.
cient for one violin bow, while two
hanks are required 60 hair a cello OF
bass viol bow. There are about one
and one-half ounces OF hair In a hank.
which is worth from twenty 20 thirty
cents. according TO the quality Of the
hair."-washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

this purpose the salt Is dumped into
200 10 300 feet in length. ana the same
in width; the amount in store frequent
~ aggregated 400, 900 barrels. As these
rooms are from sixteen TO twenty feet
deep the salt becomes tightly packed,
with picks, shovels grubhoes, etc, who
proceed TO quarry break mp and pack
the salt into barrels. With the coarser
grades Of salt made in the graincrs
this Is not n difficult matter, but the
finer grained, vacuum-pan salt becomes
compact and very hard, and the packer
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

ed 10 the storage bins and dumped. II
Is customary 10 use the pans for not
longer than twelve consecutive hours,
at the end or which period they are
emptled, boiled out with fresh water,
and cleaned. one Of the pans Is run
during the day and the other during the
night, each pan making in n twelve
hour run from 600 10 700 barrels Of
salt, the combined production being
from 1900 TO 400 barrels a day.
In the manufacture OF salt II Is n
recognized necessity that large quan.
thy must be kept in storage, and for
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

turned on, the liquor soon acquires n
high temperature, and rapid cyapora
tion takes place. To assist the prcCipl-
tation of the grains of salt, the surface
of the brine Is agitatcd at frequent in
tCrvals by means Of a series of paddles
which are operated 10y lever at the
end of the graincr. The salt accumu-
latcs ut the bottom. until in the course
Of twenty-four hours there Will be a
layer from six to eight inches deep.
The salt is lifted from the graincr by
means of long handled, perforated
shovcls, and is deposited on the run
away. As soon rs II is thoroughly
drained, it Is shovclcd into carts. run
out over the storage bin, and dumped.
The plant under consideration con
slsts of five wells. three cistcrns each
eighteen feet wide by 100 feet long
and eight feet deep, and six settlers
twelve feet wide. 10 feet long, and
eight feet deep, capable of holding
about $4,000 barrels. when these els
terms and settlers are all fullthey hold
enough brine to manufacture over TO-
600 barrels of salt.
Part of the salt manufactured in this
plant is made by the vacuumpan pro
cess. In operating the plant the pans
are first filled by gravity, after which
the gravity supply pipe is closed, and
the valve in the pipe connecting with
the settlers is opened, the brine being
drawn into the pans by the vacuum
therein rs the evaporation proceeds.
The water and the air pumps are in
serted. steam is admitted To the steam
,, belt and the process Of manufacturing
salt begins The atmospheric pressure
being removed from the surface of the
brine the latter boils violently at n tenn
! pCraturc which seldom rises above lJO
| degrees Fahrenheit. The brine rushcs
! upward through the tubes, and under
the rapid evaporation the brine becomes
so dense that 1t can no longer hold the
| salt in solution. Fine crystal graine
are formed, as the liquid circulatcs
through the large thrce-foot opening IN
the steam belt, and falling TO the bot
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13
The Modern State oil
the Salt Industry.
Interesting Processes.
r ONSPICUOUS among the nat
ural resources OF the State of
Il Michigan are the forests which

+ ural resources OF the State of
W Michigan are the forests which
cover n considerable extent Of
its surface and the large deposits OF
salt which undcrlie n great portion Of
its area. In the vicinity Of Manistce
where the salt blocks" which form
the subject of the present article are
located, this deposit consists Of a stra-
tum OF rock salt, which Is from twenty
FIVE TO thirty feet In thickness. Salt
blocks are usually built I'm connection
with sawmill plants. with n view to
making use of the refuse as fuel. and
Cor this reason the city Of Manistec
has of late years become such large
producer of salt that about half of all
this commodity manufactured In the
State Is made at that point.
As soon as the site of n well has been
selected, a cellar Is cxcavatcd and
planked up and n derrick, usually
about eighty feet high Is erected and
the work Of driving commences. The
first operation is to sink a section Of
ten-inch pipe, by means of sand
pump, 10 a depth of about 400 feet
from which point the well Is continued
by inserting an eight-nch pipe within
the ten-inch pipe and driving II down
to the rock formation, the cight.nch
pipe extending from the rock up
through the ten-inch pipe TO the sur
face OF the ground. From the rock
formation down. the rock Is drilled
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

without any pipe casing, except
through such portions as are liable to
cave. Salt well No. , at Manstec.
which is described in the present ar
ticle, is fairly typical of the wells in
this vicinity. The ten-inch pipe reaches
to a depth of 400 feet, the elght.inch
pipe to a depth of GIG feet, where the
rock formation is encountered. The
bed OF rock salt. which is thirty feet
in thickness, reaches To a depth of
1885 feet, making a total depth of
2015 feet. The yield pumped from this
well amounts to from 2OO0 to 2iOO bar
rels Of brine in twenty-four hours.
The accompanying diagrams and
photographs represent the modern
state OF the art. As the brine is
pumped from the well. it is delivered to
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

were not removed. would form n coat
ing on the steam pipes In the graincrs,
Is prccipitatcd, ana as soon as prcclpi-
10 n long box running across the head
ends OF the grancrs. and from the box
II Is fed TO the granors as required. The
latter are long, shallow tanks, near
the bottom OF which, and extending
throughout their full length. Is n series
Of steam pipes. The brine being ad-
mttcd To- the graincrs, the steam is
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

principal
Forbidden forbidden sl palace Is
three walls First there the sxoo thick
Within
miles Within Forbid
Of the walls divide the
division the chief entrance the Wa Nun Meridian Gate Inside this
bridges scupturcd marble
Is Il
s
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13
Tough on the Joker.

The contributor wrote a joke abou,
a plumber whose bills were always
normal. That" said the editor. reject.
Ing Il, lis not Joke; it's lie"
The contributor tried again with n
story OF the plumber whose charges
left nothing to be- desired on the score
OF size. That" said the editor. who
had suffered. lis not a lie; neither is
Ii q joke. SCRAPS.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

It's heap sight better In this world
to start out with low ideals, said the
sewing circle philosopher. with high
ideals. you're sure to end up cynical
and disillusioned. Given sufficiently
low ideal. and you come TO have a
pretty optimistic view OF things. -
New York sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

tom Of the pan they pass TO the foot
of the elevator. whence they are taken
up and dumped into the drainage bins.
After the salt has remained in these
bins for a period OF sixteen to eighteen
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

Ahe storage cisterns, from which II falls
by gravity to the settlers, and from the
settlers to the gralners. In the settlers
81 Is heated to a temperature Of about
ITO degrees Fahrenheit. Upon being al
bowed to cool, the gypsum. which, IL IL
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

Until the time of the Revolution
children dressed precisely like their
parents. This goes 10 explain their
mature air in their portraits
In the illustration reproduced of the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

Blue paperlng or draperies in north
room Is n bad choice. GolseE brown
or sunny colOrs lend cheer and achieve
a comfortable effect Blue Is too cold.
Never recover n couch, is the advice
OF the Philadelphia Record. Buy II
I'm the white mot upholstered and get
one Of the lovely Bagdal or keche-
linn rugs as n cover. Nothing gives so
perfect an effect The summer ouch
drapery can replace it In a French
cretonne, which washes beautifully.
Cheap furniture Is generally very
expensive. as well as unsightly, ma
chine carving and glue being the re-
verse Of desirable Investments
Denim is 10 vie with the soft mat
tngs as floor coverings this summer
They wear froly, are cheap. VIII
wash. can be LIatched and cOm1 in
most effective colorings.
Good needlcwOmen are maxim:
lovely draw curtains" for their draw.
ing room windows Of creamy net, with
appliqued designs, and heavy borders
They a., very costly If purshased,
but very Inexpensive when made at
home.
Time was when chafng dishes saw
ored of bachelordom Now bride re-
ccives several. The best chafing dishes
are OF nickel, and they are very use
full utensils. both for rich and poor
to whom time is valuable or where
coal is scarce.
Lovely rugs, fluff rugs can be
made out of old carpcts-no matter
how shabby, whether ingram or will
ton. 1t takes two and One-half yards
OF old to make one yard Of new, or a
rug OF thirty.siX inches. The cost is
triaing.
Crystal cabinets should be kept for
cut glass, not mixed with China. One
extremely handsome plate richly dec
Grated will be effective. but one only.
Don't waste your money upon every
new freak i'm silver or linen.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

In buying carpets remember they
must take second place 10 what is put
upon them. They should be chosen
OF rich but non-assertiye colorings and
designs.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

There is never any hope for man
after his wife gets 80 sic thinks she
can pick out his clothes best for him.
New York Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13

boy In calico. we have one of the first
attempts at change. Cotton had come
into general use and was worn both
summer and winter. Figure calico IN
high colors is the material of this boys
suit.-New York World
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-13
THE INEXPERIENCED BUYER,

Pew Suggestions For Those sot Used
10 shopping.
A "freaky" home is not an artistic
one, as so many persons think. Cheap
brlc-a-brac and common draperics are
In very poor taste Buy cautiously.