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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05
FOUNDED A UNIQUE socIErY.

What is regarded by many as the
most unique society in the United
States is the Meese Matrimonial Asso-
citation, the members of which are
about to hold an annual meeting at
Auburn, Ind. The membership Of the
association is confined to no particular
section, but life members are more
plentiful in the middle west than else
where. The society is composed ex-
clusively of couples who have been
married by venerable Rev. W. L.
Meese. It's membership amounts to
about 600 and it is constantly increas-
ing.
Pastor Meese founded this unique
society. He is proud of the fact that
he can show a longer list Of couples
whom he has united than any other
rector in the United States and he con-
ceived the novel idea of holding an
nual reunions, in which the happy
married pairs would meet and be en-
tertained. The first reunion, which
took place August 20 last year was a
decided success and the coming meet
ing is expected to be more largely at
tended and a still greater success.
Rev. Meese was born in Ohio, where
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05

courses in agriculture But the lat
ter are being developed as never be-
fore. The agricultural papers tell Of
The improvements IN combining prac-
teal with theoretical knowledge.
There was mention some weeks ago in
n OF them of the demand for uniyer-
sity educated farmers for responsible
positions in experiment stations and
also on large ranches, whose managers
appreciate the advantages Of scientific
agriculture. One evidence OF this grow
ing interest is found at the University
at Missouri. That institution offered
a summer course for teachers and the
attendance has exceeded the expecta-
tions OF the most sanguine. In sew
eral counties in Missouri agriculture
has been made a part Of the public
schools courses and is treated In the
same manner as other studies. It Is
receiving as much attention as math-
ematies and will be made a require
ment, and no pupil is Judged thor
oughly equipped without a knowledge
Of modern methods OF agriculture.
That teachers may be fitted to give
such instruction the Missouri Normal
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05
Very Few Available
And Even Those
Are Inaccurate

tailed and accurate maps Of some parts
of the empire. Some of the British
ship owners associations have coast
maps which they have had prepared at
their own expense for the information
Of their W ships, but these have
never been published. 1t can be stated
without any exposure of official Sc
crets that the Navy Department has
recently had the series of letters print
ed in The Star several years ago. and
written by its correspondent Frank G..
Carpenter, carefully read and the in
formation contained therein plated as
accurately as possible for such future
use as may be necessary. Books of
travel by careful writer's, missionary
reports and other publications OF
that character are also being carefully
read in the desire to get the informa-
ton plated. But as far as the int
rlor Of China is concerned, it is all
a blank. for no one has been allowed
to go into 1t, and the Chinese govern
ment has furnished no information Of
its own IN the subject. This lack of
accurate information Is calculated 10
make a var of invasion q terribly ex-
pensiye operation, for the invaders to
be prepared for all the emergencies OF
invasion would have to take an enor-
nous amount Of material with them
on chance, and for which there may
be no necessity whatever. but which it
would be criminal IL thew did MT
take"
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land and shlne at the e~uperor's func-
tions. But he never got the appoint
ment and In 1897 he died. a broken
hearted Charley" Havemeyer,
his favorite son, followed him the next
year. disappointment led to the deaths
Of Moth.
The divorced wife Of william F..
Havemeyor, Jr, married an old lover,
who was, considered wealthy. but who
awoke n day to the fact that he was
penniless. He was taken with a severe
sickness and to support them his wife
went on the stage as a dancing girl
The play was a great hit. Thousands
of dollars came in at the box Office
from people of the 400" who wanted
to see "Clary" Bloodgood dance for her
dying husband. One night her place
was filled by an understudy. 'Jack"
B%loodgood was dead. The Havemeyers
had another tragedy on their hands.
The divorced wife Of William f.
Havemeyer, Jrs married an old lover.
who was considered wealthy, but who
awoke one day to the fact that he was
%penniless. He was taken with a severe
sickness and to support them his wife
went on the stage as a dancing girl
The play vas a great hit. Thousands
OF dollars came in at the box office
from people of the 400" who wanted
TO see "Clary~ Bloodgood dance for her
dying husband One night her place
was hlled by an nndcrstudy. Jack
%Bloodgood was dead. The Havemey-
ers had another tragedy on their
hands.
Mrs. Mary G. Havemeyer was the
widow Of Henry Havemeyer, one Of the
%millionaires Of the sugar trust. who
died peacefully in HIS bed. She left
many millions, but her will was not
left alone. She len twice as much to
her daughters as to her sons, and so
once more the family skeletons were
taken to court and trotted out to pub
lie view.
Hardly was the case done when
Henry Havemeyer, Jr., one Of the con-
testing heirs, made another tragedy
for his family by dying. He had $12,-
900 a year from his mother, and he
went to Paris to ePjoy it. And there,
before he could even spend a years
income. he fell i'll from appendicitis
a family ailment, which H. o. Have
meyer and his son, H. o. Havemeyer,
Jr., both had and nearly died.
The next of the Havemeyer tragedies
was the saddest of all. Charles F.
Havemeyer, b~etterVknown as "Carley"
handsome, polished, unaffected, man
ly, lovable-killed himself within ear
shot of his wife, the beautiful Camilla
Moss that was, and a little son, Ted
dy," named after his grandfather,
Theodore A. Havemeyer. He was one
of the richest of the Havemeyers, and
he could write his check for millions.
What he wanted was happiness and he
couldn't get it. Eight months after
his death another child was born. Not
long ago the widow married Frederick
o. Beach, another society man. They
are happy now, but the Havemeyers
have not forgot the tragedy that threw
the entire family into mourning again.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05
E A oE
It Shows Marked Deviatlons Near the
Coast of Eastern Maine.

It Shows Marked Devlatlons Near the
Coast of Eastern Maine.
The captain of the United States
lighthouse tender Myrtle, which was
here a few days ago, reports a peculiar
state of affairs in the eastern part OF
the state of Maine, says the Ports
mouth IN. H. Chronicle. He says
that while going through many OF the
passages he notices that the compass
swings around from one. to two points.
This is especially noticed in Deer is
land passage and in some places is
very dangerous to vessels, as in thick
weather the deviation is sufficient to
put them ashore. He says he has no.
ticed this deviation especially between
South Mark island and Dry Halibut
rock. In passing Mark island the de-
Walton is from thr~ee-fourths to n
and one-half points, and from the
time this trouble is first noticed until
the vessel passes out of the magnetic
belt requires about eight minutes.
Some of the residents of the islands
say hat magnetic ore on Camps is
land is the cause of the compass devil
alton, The captain of one steamer
told him that the ore is particularly
noticeable on MarshalPs island, and
he has observed that the greatest de-
Walton is at high water. The tripod
on Dry Halibut rock has been boarded
up solidly with heavy planks. This is
for the purpose of giving back an echo
in thick weather. The captains of
vessels have got so they can deter
mine their positions quite accurately
by this means. Some OF the old cap
tains say that fog win give back an
echo, but it seldom deceives an expe-
rienced mariner.
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A TRAGIC RECORD.
THE HAVEMEYERs AND THEIR
CHAPTER OF SORROWS.
A Favorite Son Killed by Accident and
Another by Disappoimtment--Divorcos
Heart Break and supposed Suicide. ~
A Cory Record.

The ninth in the list Of tragic deeds
that hTve brought sorrow to a family
prominent in the worlds financial
circles was the recent mysterious death
near Ridgewood, N. j., OF Mrs. Ma
talit Mayer. eldest daughter Of the late
Theodore Havemeyer, former sugar
king. One theory in the case is that
Mrs. Mayer committed suicide. but an
other is that she was murdered by a
woman as the result OF a quarrel. This
Is but another Of the many strange
and violent deeds and deaths which
have followed the Havemeyer millions
Tor four decades and have caused It to
be known az "the family of tragedies"
The FIRST Of the Havemeyer tragedies
was h death Of George Havemeyer.
handsome young son Of old f.. C.
HaYemeyer. Jr., son Of old F. C.
b great sugar house. It was day
In 1852. The young man had gone into
the great Williamsburg rehneries to
learn the sugar business from start to
finish. He was % years old when he
was killed in the ~rehneries. His father
saw him die. The boy fell down a great
shaft and never spoke again. The
fathers heart was broken. When the
building that lost him a son was
burned down later he said he was glad
Of 1t.
And that was the first tragedy to
come to the Havemeyers.
Henry o. Havemeyer became the
business head of the great sugar trust.
To better improve what he had inher-
tied, he married Miss Louise Elder.
daughter Of the Junior partner Of Have
meyer & Elder. All society was at the
wedding and a brilliant social career
was predicted for the happy pair. Chill
dren were born and everything
augured well for society's predictions,
but it was not to be. Despite their
millions, domestic contentment could
not be bought. Eighteen years ago
they were divorced, and the scandal
attending it tore deep into the hearts
Of the Havemeyers.
Fate threw Clara Stevens Sutton in
to the path Of william F. Havemeyer.
Jr., son of the former mayor Of New
York. The purse-proud family were
against the match. The son loved her,
but the family protested strenuously.
Clara Sutton hadn't a cent; he was
heir to millions. But she was beauti-
full and gifted. They elOped. The man
was old enough to be Clara Sutton's
father, but she was infatuated. In a
month the glamor was gone, and in a
year she was forced to divorce him.
The family swallowed their pride, but
the second divorce within the same
decade had cut them to the quick. 1t
was another Havemeyer tragedy.
On the heels of the divorce came the
death of the mother, Mrs. Sarah Have
meyer, and the contest of her will by
her son, Charles w. Havemeyer, of
Philadelphia, with whom the family
had not been on good terms forsmany
years.
Theodore A. Havemeyer, brother of
Henry o. Havemeyer, had spent all his
IS years of life battling for more
money. But there was one thing he
wanted that he couldn't get--the place
as United States minister to Austria.
His wife was the daughter of an Aus
trian. Chevalier de Loosely. Hers was
the ambition to go back to her fathers
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05
NOSE ElL ALL.


re- shape indicates Nuur Chnractor-
The Noses Of IA hterA
Physiognomists go so far as to assert
that the nose is the key to the man's
character. the index to his brain. And
so many ~people-great employers
among them-share the belief that IL
is almost as ucny for a child to b.
born with a good nose on It's face as
with tht proverbial spoon In It's mouth.
There are noses and noses, even
among the good specimens. There IS
the artistic nose (literary men and
painters have III; the constructive
nose peculiar to architects and eng
neers, and not the least important is
one labeled by physiognomists com
bative and organizing" This might
also be called the military nose. It
belongs to great commanders on sea
and land, and is so prominent that IL
can not be mistaken. wellington had
Il to an abnormal degree. In this as
in other respects he has never been
equaied by any other soldier. Yelling
ton was a great believer in noses. Ma
poleon also admired a good nose, and
was personally well endowed in that
particular, but nothing like TO the
same extent as his vanquisher at
Waterloo. Both are said to have
chosen their men for important posi-
tions by the size and shape Of their
noses. In short, wellington and Ma
poleon, for professional purposes,
practiced physiognomy. which was a
crime in the days Of Elizabeth. when
"all persons fayning to have knowl-
edge Of Phyisiognomie or like Fam
tastical Imaginacions" rendered them
selves liable to all manner Of perils.
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Bride Took the Best Man"

Great Falls (Mont.) Spe. New York
Times: Miss Hannah Meier came all
the way from Australia to Montana to
marry Christopher Schmidt. and then
welded his best man. Joseph Kunz.
Schmidt made SOS out OF the transac-
ton. Miss Meier's change Of mind
came at the altar. The wedding guests
had assembled, when she announced
that she didn't love schIaidt well
enough TO marry him. but preferred
Kunz. While the guests waited the
groom and best man negotiated. Kunz
finally agreed to pay Schmidt s65, and
the ceremony proceeded with the po-
sitions Of the two reversed.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05

II l were going to give you an or
ange," said Judge Foote Of Topeka to
d. o. McCray, 81 would simply say, 7
give o the orange; but should the
transaction be intrusted to a lawyer, to.
put in writing. he would adopt this
form: Il hereby give, grant and con-
vey to @ all my interest, right, title.
and advantage Of and in said orange,
together with its rind, skin, juice, pulp
and pits, and all right and advantage.
therein, with full power to bite. suck.
or otherwise eat the same, or give
away, with or without the rind. skin.
juice, pulp Of pits, anything herein
before. or in any other deed or deeds.
instruments OF any nature or kind.
whatsoever to the contrary In any.
wise Notwithstanding"
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he worked on the Ohio canal until
1855, when he moved to De Kalb coun-
ty. Indiana. In 1872 he was elected by
the Republican party as sheriff, and in
1874 he was reelected by that party
tc the same office. For many Years he
has been a successful and respected
pastor in De Kalb county, and his
matrimonial society has united him
more closely than ever to the people.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05
Where
Money
Goes.

More than $751; OO. 900 worth OF the
old fractional paper currency is still
outstanding. and, though some Of Il
has doubtless been destroyed, the
bulk Of IL is held by collectors and
private individuals. Every now and
then some old person dies. and the
heirs, finding a quantity Of shine
plasters" In a disused pocketbook or
some other hiding place, send them to
Washington 10 be redeemed, Occa-
sionally. too. banks forward quite a
lot Of the notes In unbroken sheets.
just a. they got them many years ago.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05
JUDGING STEERS IN A STOCK


a striking little woman of about five
feet in height. She is a decided blonde
with a wealth Of golden hair, which
she always arranges in a fluffy manner
about her rather small face. Her face
and manner are always bright and
pleasing. She is witty and vivacious,
quick at repartee, and is never at a
loss to hold her own among the best
in the profession. Her grace of man
ner, choice language and generally
pleasing demeanor quickly win for her
friends, which she numbers among the
hundreds.
When not on the road for a large
Western commission house she spends
her time quietly at her pretty home at
Sioux City, la. When not profession
ally employed, she is a woman among
women, and none of the coarseness of
her profession enters into her charm
ing personality in her quiet home life.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05
AFRICAN
First Discovered by an Irishman, John
O'ReiIly,

O'Reiuy.
Mr.. John O'Reilly, who had occasion
in the winter Of 1867 to do business in
the Hopetown District of Griqualand
West, OF the other side of the Vaal
river, first discovered diamonds in
South Africa. He passed a night at
the house of Schalk van Niekerk, a
Dutch farmer. While bartering with
the Boer and his wife O'Reiliy 5 at
tention was attracted by a game the
children were playing, being particu-
larly struck with the peculiar trans
parency Of one of the pebbles used in
the game. Though O'Reilly had never
seen a diamond in the rough he ex-
pressed an opinion that the pebble
played with by the children was really
the precious gem. The farmer ridi-
culed the idea, saying O'Reilly might
have 1t If he cared for the rubbish,
adding that there were plenty more OF
them in the river clay. O'Reilly accept
ed 1t on the understanding that IL It
turned out to be a diamond the farm
er should receive half the sum. At
Colesburg 1t was submitted to experts,
most OF whom denied II being OF much
value, but DR.. Atherstone, Of Grahams-
town, pronounced 1t to be a veritable
diamond weighing 2Sh karats and
worth $500. The then governor OF
the Cape, Sir Philip Wodehouse,
bought 1t for that sum. Diamonds
afterwards were found in the mud
walls of native huts. and this led to the
opening of the dry diggings where now
stand Du TOits Pan. De Beers, Kim
berley, Bultfontein and the Premier
mine.
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Millions Of Former Fractional
Paper Currency Held rs
SOuVenlrs....

At first these sheets had to be cut
apart with scissors, but afterward
they were perforated like postage
stamps, so as to be torn apart Not
long ago the Treasury received a
handkerchief full Of currency, OF the
first issue, each note being signed by
Treasurer Skinner with HIS own hand.
About $4,000. 900 worth Of this frac-
tional paper comes IN for redemption
each year and some OF the best OF It Is
saved out by the department to be
given away In response to applications
from collectors.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05

How to suppress needless noises has
now become a serious problem in our
large cities. The u~nceasing racket Of
wagons and cars, of gongs and
whistles, the nerves, no matter
how h%abituated one may have become
to these sounds. Many patient moth
ers and overworked school teachers
have long carried on a hopeless cam
paign against noise. Let us hope that
municipal ordinances will be more sue
cessful.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05

Like the French, the Chinese hive
but two regular meals in the day, one
at s or 10 in the morning. the other
ut 5 or 6. There are numerous dain-
ties on the table, which are eaten with
the chop sticks, and tea is the bever-
age. The Chinese sometimes make
their tea in teapots, much as we do,
but they also frequently make it sep
arately. directly IN each cup, throwins
in a few leaves and pouring on them
the boiling water. The cups, which are
as large as our breakfast cups, are pro-
Tided with lids. which are left on
while the tea Is brewing. Pipes are
smoked at intervals during the meal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05

AN EXPERT TELEGRAPH OPERA
TOR.
Even in these days we have the fight
ing nose at the front-where, OF
course, it should be. The finest speci-
men is the property Of Gen. Kelly
Kenny. 1t is quite Wellingtonian and
gives points to Napoleon. With such a
nose Gen. Kelly-Kenny ought to go
far. From his nose the physiognomist
would tell you that Gen. French is
possessed Of determination and perse-
verance. The same expert would, prob
ably describe Gen. Sir Redvers Buffers
nos as that of a "plodder," while. ac-
cording to Aristotle, who, versatile
man! professed some knowledge Of
p%hysiognomy, Lord Kitchener is Gin
sensitive" OF all the Boer command
ants in the field, Louis Botha is the
only n whose nose is of the military
model. Notwithstanding the reverses
he has suffered, he is generally cred
tied with being a very able soldier.
Lord Roberts-what Of his nose? It
must be confessed that it is not of the
fighting stamp. The face reader
would say hat it's owner possessed
great artistic instinct. Quite right!
Lord Roberts is an artisan artist in
war.-London Mail.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05
Lord John Manners.

More than forty7seven years nave
passed since the Duke of Argyll Joined
Lord Aberdeen's government, in De-
cer1ber, 1852, as lord Privy Seal, but
a member Of the Nious administra.
ton still survives, In the person of the
Duke of Rutland, who Gas Lord John
Manners) sat in Lord Derby's joint
cabinet March to December, 1852 as
Chief Commissioner of Works and
Public Buildings.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05
Ignored husband Fifteen Years.

Mrs. Therest Lynch, known in New
York city and the east generally as the
Queen of Diamonds" was in court the
other day, and it then became known
that for fifteen years she has not ex-
changed a word with her husband.
Mrs. Lynch is one of the best judges
of diamonds in America, and is several
times a millionaire by trading in the
gems.
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The situation at Cape Nome is an
other warning against leaping without
looking. Forty thousand people are
now crowded on a narrow strip of
beach in hat i|nhospitable climate.
threatened with typhoid fever and
smallpox. The claims for miles along
the shore are taken, and for miles in
land on the tundra. Even those who
took in great stores of provision and
miners supplies, with a view to trade.
find the stock so large and competition
so keen that they cannot sell their
goods even at cost. The appeal is now
made for medical officers and for gov
eminent transports to bring home
those whose funds are exhausted. It
is the same pitiful story Of reckless
and ignorant greed which every gold
mining camp repeats
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City authorities Of st. Petersburg
have resolved to raise a loan Of SILL
$4,000 for the purpose Of rebuilding.
repairing and improving the buildings,
streets, bridges, quays and pavements
Of the city by the year 1903, when the
two hundredth anniversary Of the
foundation Of st. Petersburg will be
celebrated.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05

Divorce records for the court year
Just closed at Cleveland indicate that
one Of every five marriages there is so
complete a failure as to lead to the ex-
treme resort. The number Of mar
riage licenses issued in that city dur
Ing the year ended June 80 last was
1926, and the number of divorce petit
tons filed in the same time was SAC.
1t is not stated how many Of the petit
tons we're granted.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05

A mandatory Of spurious Brazilian
bank notes has been discovered in
Paris and has resulted in the arrest Of
six forgers, including Horace Urban
Massard, son OF the engraver OF the
same name.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05

The English Notwithstanding I,
a German statistician who has mad,
a study Of the comparative wealth O
languages-heads the list with tn,
enormous vocabulary OF 260, coo words
German comes next with $4,000 words,
then Italian, with $4,000; French. viii
10000; Turkish, with % 500; and Span.
ish. with 10000.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05

A French law gives any person who
Is extensively mentioned in a periodical
publication the right to reply in the
next issue Of the publication, provided
that he does not use more than twice
the space Of the original article.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05

A credulous woman in Cincinnati.
suffering from rheumatism, went to a
faith-cure doctor. He exacted 500 in
advance, promising a certain relief
from her ailment. and then skipped.
She vas cured of her faith.
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Amelia e. Barr. who has been the
mother Of fourteen children, has writ
ten thirty-two books, prepared a pro-
fessor for Princeton college. and at
three score years Of age is a superb
picture Of vitality-as fresh and sweet
Of heart as a Il girl.