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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-31

Call fer Heurieh's. demand Heuricll's, and see
TO it that you get Heurichs.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-31

There is no beer TO equal IIeurich's Maerzen.
Senate, or Lager. Phone 6S4, Arlington Bottlins
Co. for a case.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-31

Capt. w. Maynard has been detached
from the Examining Board at the Wash
ington Navy Yard and ordered to duty
with the Lighthouse Board as naval sec
retary upon detachment OF Captain Perry.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-31
OFFICE OF THE

OFFICE OF THE
WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
Washington, D. c., Jan. 49, 1901.
The annual meeting of the shareholders
of the Washington Gas Light Company for
the election of directors and for such
other business as may properly come be-
fore said meeting will be held at the Of
fee of the company All Tenth Street
northwest, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1901.
AT 12 O'CLOCK NJ
The polls will be open from II o'clock
noon to l o'clock p. m.
WILLIAM B. ORME, Secretary.
jalS-14t, ,m-sun ex
SPECIAL NOTICE-Bricklayer there
will be a special meeting OF BRICK
LAYERS UNION No. 1 at Typograp phical
Temple, 423 G st. NV, on THURSDAY.
JANUARY 81, at 7:30 p. NJ, for the con-
sideration of constitutional amendments.
m30-2 JAS. F. MURTAGH, Rec. Sec.
WE BUY UNDIVIDED INTERESTS IN
Real Estate and Perfect Titles.
Parties who failed to pay 1898 taxes. and
whose property was sold, can protect them
from maturing to deed and loss of prop
erty by calling at the office Of WASHING
TON LAW & CLAIMS CO.. Room Z. 472
Louisiana Avenue northwest, city.
nolS-tfem
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Inc principal governments Of the
world acknowledge the business ability
Of the cats by placing under their sur
Vigilance the unusual mail sacks and
grain bags belonging TO the different
departments. The maintenance Of an
army of cats, who catch the rats that
gnaw the sacks that hold the material
that the governments price, is duly
recorded by the United States postof-
hce. the Imperial printing Office of
France. the government printing office
in England and the municipality of
Vienna. The l~ast-named department Is
mindful Of a duty toward ami
mails than the others. for. after years
Of active service, the cats are placed
on the retired list" with a comfort
able pension. However, when a litter
OF FUZZY kittens duly arrives at Uncle
Sans postohoe, the local postmaster
informs the district superintendent Of
the fact. and an increase Is allowed in
cat ratiOns. IN France. the local stan
Is fed twice a day, and a man Is 10
ployed to look after these business
cats. 50 that milk aud cats meat may
be provided 70 al any deficiency that
may arrive when rats and mice fail to
al the larder. Many large establish
ments, like the Midland railway com
pany OF England. dock yards, shipping
and storing houses and public Offices.
employ cats for similar services At
b time the Midland company placed
between three and four hundred thou
sand empty corn sacks under the care
Of eight cats during the storage season
and they did their work successfully,
while az adjoining store house suffered
the entire loss OF their corn bags
through IKE ravages Of rats. However.
a can hardly BE- maintsinad that AM
me business eats are Toms. nor that
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Some rainy evening, when you feel
restless and do not know what to do
with yourself, get out your box Of dom
inoes any try this trick: Take from tbs
set any one domino-it must not be a
double one, with numbers alike at each
end-and hide it away. Toss all the
remaining dominoes on the table, mix
them up, and tell your friends that 81
they like to place the dominoes in a
line. In any way they like. provided
the numbers Tollow in proper order.
you WIN tell them, before they conc
menee. what numbers wiz occur at
both ends. This seems impossible, but
1t Is really true. The domino which Is
hidden away may be numbered 4 ard
6 or 2 and s.. No matter what it IL
(~provided it is not a double domino),
the numbers at the two ENDS of tho
line win be the same as those on the
domino which is hidden No one VIII
miss the domino which is concealed
from the others.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Several years have passed since the
practice Of allowing children to go
barefoot first started among the we'll
to-do classes in England. A consid-
cradle impulse was given to it by the
announcement in the press that little
Dorothy Drew, Mr., G~ladstone's favorite
grandchild, was allowed to run about
most of the time without either shoes
or stockings. Since then the fad seems
70 AVE spread in remarkable fashion.
and, judging from the latest reports.
it bids fair to assume the proportions
of a craze. Already 1t is the subject
Of correspondence in the wspape
and has provoked the solemn hilarity
Of Punch. Originally it was only in
the privacy of their homes or gardens
that the little daughters-of luxury frol-
licked with naked feet, but now it is no
uncommon experience, even in the
London streets, to see dainty toilets of
silk and satin ending, somewhat incon-
gruously in bare toes. As a protection
against broken glass and other dangers
of the sidewalks, scandals. of the old.
Roman pattern, are worn, and it is
49,
said that many of the principal shoe
stores are doing a lively business in
these articles. Perhaps the most Curl
GUS result Of this latest MIN is the
sharp conflict OF opinion, which it has
excited, among the physicians. Some
members Of the profession, adopting
the popular theory, maintain that tho
barefoot habit not only is h%ealthful.
but insures the proper development
and consequent beauty. Of the exposed
member. while others hold that it is a
dangerous and needlessly risky expert
ment, which, in n event, must pro-
duce large, ungainly, splay feet. In
support Of their theory, they argue that
the feet of savage races are generally
Of vast and unsightly proportions. That
is a question for the anthropologists;
but any one with eyes in his head may
be convinced that there are plenty OF
well-formed feet among the shoeless
urchins OF the cities.
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OF the United States that are regular
ly engaged in the passenger service Of
any Of the hrst-class lines. The Amer
lean engineer does not even pretend to
build his locomotive to stay"
Further inquiry revealed the fact
that the mo. 1" alluded to above Is
not the Oldest locomotive running
passenger trains in Great Britain. This
honor is claimed for an engine built by
Messrs. Bury Curtis & Kennedy Of Liv-
erpool in 1845, which is still in daily
use on the Waterford & Tramore rail-
way, in the southeast OF Ireland.
The railway on which It runs :. al
most as remarkable in its way as the
engine. It is only seven and a half
miles long, and is entirely isolated
from every other railway, its Water
ford terminus being ove a mile dis
tant from any of the other stations Of
unat town. There are no intermediate
stations, sidings or passing places, and
English built engine still running on
a French road,)
as the platforms at the two terminal
stations are both on the west side Of
the railway, the carriages are provided
win doors or only the n side.
Another British built engine which
dates from 1916 is stin running on the
Chemin de Fer du Mort Of France. 1t
was built by Messrs Robert Stephen
son & Co. and was fitted with coupled
driving wheels. This is the engine
shown herewith.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

the present cat fad originated through
an angle Of utility. or that n OF the
eastern or western cities have lncor-
Dorated batteries IN order to find m
ployment for the erstwhile unemployed
cat. For this Is not the case: merely
the fashionable world set It's seal Of
approval upon the feline family. and
now q well-conducted cattery, wherein
are reared idle Tabbies, is q source of
considerable income. with but little
outlay of trouble. Two rows Of ken
nels. in a sunny rear garden. Joined
overhead by wire netting, and thus In
closing q runway or playground, which
may be furnished with old trunks OF
trees. ladders and boxes, over which
the cats may climb, constitute a con-
v%enlent cattery. The male cats are kent
In close confinement. for the peace Of
tho neighborhood, and are only al
lowed to exchange oourtesies with each
other through wire netting, while the
mothers and kittens enjoy the runway
and are only put In their kennels al
night. Their natural food is raw meat
but now and then they peuuire a
change, such as boiled asparagus
stems. cabbage. lettuce. or some other
vegetable. either cooked or fresh. Some
cats can be taught to eat almost any
thing, while others, all their lives. win
refuse to eat anything but meat or
milk. Very peculiar prices were paid
for ordinary cats a thousand years ago.
as shown in Berwick's "Quadrupeds."
The price Of a kitten was one penny.
until proof could be had Of It's having
caught a mouse; then two pence: after
that it was rated at four pence. which
vas a great sum in those days. It was
likewise required to have good hear.
ing. and seeing, have whole claws, and.
IL a female, be a good nurse. If. after
being sold. it failed in any n Of these
qualities, the seller forfeited one-third
Of the price. II any n should steal
or kill a cat that guarded the kings
granary (Hoel the Good, king Of
Wales), he was either to forfeit a
milch eve, her fleece and lamb. or as
much wheat as when poured on the cat
suspended by its feet-its head touch
ing the hoor-would form a heap high
enough to cover the tips of its feet.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Naturally desire to see the grandest
and most impressive scenery en- route,
This you will do by selecting the Den
yer q Rio Grande and Rio Grande
Western, "The Scenic Line Of the
World" and "The Great Salt Lake
Route" in one or both directions, as
this line has two separate routes across
the Rocky mountains between Denver
and Ogden. Tickets reading via this
route are available either via its main
line through the Royal Gorge, Lead
vile, over Tennessee pass, through the
Canon Of the Grand river and Glen.
wood Springs, or via the line over
Marshall Pass and through the Black
Canon of the Gunnison, thus enabling
the traveller to use n Of the above
routes going and the other returning
Three %splendidly equipped fast trains
are operated to and from the Pacific
coast, which carry through standard
sleepers daily between Chicago, st,
Louis, Denver and San Francisco. Din.
Ing cars (service a Ia carte) on all
through trains. If you contemplate
such n trip, let us send you beautifully
Illustrated pamphlets, free. s. il.
Hooper, G. p. & +. A., Denver, Colo.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

I think-I really think / cried
A little bit, when Jimmie died.
You see, he was SO soft and gray.
And liked so very much to play,
That when / found him cold and still
Stretched out beside the b~arn-door sill
1t seemed as II he'd just forgot
To breathe a little minute. not
That he was dead. l smoothed the
paws
That covered up his cunning claws;
He did not stir. Then Helen found
A ribbon, and she tied Il round
His neck. Twas new and red.
But, ohi my Jimmie cat was dead.
And ribbons could not make him see,
Or give the kitty back to me.
And then we buried little Tim
Beneath the sunfowers, with a rim
OF pansies-purple ones and gold
Arodnd him, and let him hold
A favorite spool. his very own.
A little bit cause Jimmie diedi
I'm sure you think / might have cried
Then, when we left him there alone.
Philadelphia Times.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

can construction. They are Dragging
about their locomotives.
The famous ono. d" Great Northern
engine recently completed SIS four mill
lionth mile. 1t was built IN 1870 It
Is still regularly employed on express
passenger work.
The editor Of the Locomotive Maya
zine says. "rhe British built engine.
like the B"ritish-built bridge and the
British-constructed permanent way, Is
designed to stay There are plenty Of
engines running today on British rail-
ways-aye. and on continental ones.
too-that were constructed twenty.
thirty, forty and even more years ago,
and which are still perfectly reliable
In every way.
American builders a show moth
Ing even remotely akin to this. The
life Of a Yankee loco fay be as
short as 10 years. It certainly would
be considered aged at Is. And I should
Imagine there are not above a score
Of 2~O-year-old locomotives in the whole
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

h Defied Race Prejudice and Received
Colored Woman.

aAN 8NAAAA AHAAN AENIuNAN9 uAu Ae9GbANUM n
Colored Woman.
Queen Victoria, when she received at
Windsor the bishops and delegates to
the great convention of the Episcopal
church held in London a year or two
before her death, accorded just the
same amount of distinguished cOnsid-
Grafton to the negro race as to their
white English and American fellow
prelates. when some five years ago
the queen heard of the arrival in Lon
don of IN old cOlOred nanny from the
free state of Liberia, who had saved
up her money shilling by shilling for
the purpose of going to England to
see her majesty, she not only asked
her to visit her at Windsor castle, but
even invited her to take a seat on the
sofa beside her during the interview.
The late queen was accustomed to
keep even the greatest statesmen and
%grandest ladies in the land standing
in her presence.
This attitude Of Queen Victoria to-
ward the negro race, which is shared
by the present king and by the people
of the United Kingdom, likewise pre-
walls on the continent. At Lisbon
remember being present when the late
king solemniny and in the presence
of his whole court invested three full.
blOOded negrOes-two Of them from the
west coast Of Africa and n from the
east coast-with the dignity of knight
hood of the Order Of Christ, while one
Of the principal and certainly one OF
the most influential personages in the
Portuguese kingdom in those days
was an aged negress who had been
with Queen Pia ever since her mar.
riage, and who was the chief of her
majesty's attendants, besides being her
most trusted counselor and confident
the queen in her turn having her hus-
band, King Luis, entirely under her
thumb and blindly submissive to her
will.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20
TIE TREE.

Mahogany hunters in Central and
South America are men requiring ex-
perience, and in some districts the
revenues depend largely upon the sue
cess of their endeavOrs. Mahogany
trees do not grow in groups. but are
scattered and concealed in thickets.
It takes two men an entire day to
EEL a tree. On account OF the thick,
thorny growth about the base Of the
tree it Is the custom to build a scat
fold around It, and 10 cut the trunk
at a height of 10 or no feet from the
ground. By this wasteful method It
is said the best part OF the tree Is
lost. Freed from branches, the trunk
is hauled by oxen to the nearest river,
where RATS are made.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20


look carefully" said the kind nurse.
turning down a corner of the flannel
blanket. Don't touch her, dears, but
just look"
The children stood on tiptoe and
peeped into the tiny rcd face. They
were frightened at first, the baby was
SO very small, but Johnny took cour-
age in a moment.
Hasn't she got any eyes?" he asked.
'Or is she like kittens?"
yes, she has eyes, and very bright
ones, but she is fast asleep now"
Look at her little handsl" whis-
pered Lily. Aren't they lovely? Oh,
l do wish l could give her a hug"
mot yeti" said nurse. "She. is too
tender tC be Rugged. But mamma
sends word that you may give her
something-a name. She wants you
and Johnny to choose the baby's name,
only it must not be either Jemima.
keziah Or Karen-Happuch.
Then nurse went back into mammals
room and left Johnny and Lily staring
at each other, too proud and happy to
speak at first.
Let's sit right down on the floor
and think" said John. So down they
sat.
Il think Claribel is a lovely name,
said Lily, after a pause, Don't
your"
mo" replied Johnny, TITS too
girlyl"
But baby is a girl"
Il don't care! She needn't have such
a very girly name. How do you like
Ellen?9
20 JOHNNY Why, e%verybody's named
Ellenl We don't want her to be Just
like everybody! Now seraphina is not
common"
4 should hope not. 1 should need a
mouth a yard wide to say it. What do
you think Of Bessieg7
"Oh, Bessie is very well, only-well,
/ should be always thinking Of Bessie
Jones, and you know she isn't very
nice. IN tell you what, Johnny! Sup
pose we call her Vesta Geneva. after
that girl papa told us about yester-
day."
Lily, you are a perfect si1yg Why.
I wouldn't be seen with a sister called
that think Polly is a nice, jolly kind
Of a name"
well, I don't"
well" said nurse, coming in again
what is the name to be, dears? Nam
ma lis anxious 20 know
Two heads hung very low. and two
pairs Of eyes sought the floor and
stayed there. ~Shal / tell you" the
good nurse went on, taking no no
hce. what I think would be a very
good name for baby?"
"Oh, yes, yes, do tell us, cause W.
can't get the right one!"
We'll, I thought your mothers name
Mary, would be the very best name in
the world. What do you think?"
why, Of course 1t would! We never
thought of that! Oh, thank you
nurseT' cried both voices, joyously
Dear nursel win you tell mamma
please?"
Nurse nodded and went away smil-
ing, and Lily and John looked sheep
ishly at each other.
IL viii play with you. if you like
Johnny, dear.
IAN right, LII Come alongi"-
Laura p. Richards in Youths Com
panion-
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An rxrRAoRDINaaT ooMrr.

The great comet seen in the south
ern hemisphere last May presented
some unusual features. At the Cape
OF Good Hope it was observed to have
a f~an-shRpsd tail, consisting OF two
straight and narrow principal streaks
and a large, broad, but fainter, ap-
pendage toward the south. One re-
port says that ON May 9th the bright.
straight TAN was IA degrees In length,
while the enormous lateral emission
OF shimmering light flooded the south
west with a ghostly beam 40 degrees
long, 6 to 10 degrees broad, and the
whole space between this mighty ex-
tension and the more brilliant tail was
filled with a gauze-like sheen"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20


An injury resulting from any vio-
lent wrenching or twisting Of a Joint
without a fracture of bone Is termed
a sprain.
The term covers a very great va
riety OF injuries. as well as very vari-
u degrees Of injuries, OF a joint
Thus the ligaments. which stretch
from one bone to another, holding
them together and binding them In
place, may be merely stretched or
actually torn. The bad reputation
which a sprain has acquired, and
which is even worse than that Of a
broken bone is due to the fact that
the injury involves these guy ropes
Of the anatomy which heal slowly and
often imperfectly.
The lesser degrees OF spraln are Of
course the most common, an mad
vertent leap from on upon a moving
a being often sufficient to occasion
them. Sprains are sometimes ac-
CURED In the course Of outdoor sports
and often by workmen whose occupa-
tions bring them into Intimate con-
tact with heavy moving bodies or ma
chinery. Baseball furnishes many,
perhaps most, Of the ln%ger-sprains In
the United States.
Many Of the lesser strains are treat
ed at home without the supervision Of
a physician, as are likewise not a few
of severer degrees in the woods and
in other places where the services Of
a physician are not to be obtained.
Immediate attention is an impera-
tive necessity in sprains, since in no
injury do swelling and pain more
promptly intervene. The marked and
rapid swelling following a sprain is
usually o%ccasioned by the emulation
OF fluids, taking place not only around
the injured joint, but also within the
joint, the latter frequently to so great
an extent as to force the two articu-
lating surfaces apart
Any motion or weight upon the Joint
when in this condition is intollerable.
n In every case effort should be
made to check emulation promptly,
relieve the swelling and pain, and re-
lax the tension Of the muscles ada
cent.
Nothing meets the emergency better
than hot water-as hot as can be
borne-and this, fortunately, is usual
ly quickly at hand, even in the most
primitive camp. The joint and ada
cent limb should be plunged into the
water, which may be kept hot by the
addition OF small quantities from an
other vessel kept over the FIRE. This
treatment must be continued for hours
If necessary. It should continue, at
least, until the swelling and pain have
been reduced. An all-Iight treatment
lot i%nfrequently results in the posi-
bility Of using the limb the next day,
although such a procedure is not to
be recommended.
Cold water is nearly as eifectual as
hot in checking the symptoms; in
some 5 It seems equally as ef-
hcacious and even comforting.
Ia sifEer case the treatment must be
prolonged ard the temperature OF the
water faithfully kept at the point Of
greatest efficiency.
Other remedies are also valuable, II
the physician has them at hand; but
all are used with the same end in
view, of relaxing muscular tension,
combating the swelling and relieving
pain.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Among the hair ornaments some de-
cidediy novel and beautiful designs are
shown. says the Philadelphia TeIs-
graph. These are what the Parisians
win wear this winter, for they were
made to order but a few weeks ago.
The wreath q the thing this year. and
II comes IN all manner Of pretty de-
signs. Strands 81 pearls twisted aud
finished on with ornaments o. gowera
are much liked. ln these hair orna-
meats everything tanda 10 dalnfnesa
and oneness.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

The readers OF this paper will be pleased "a
iearn shat there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all It's
stages, and that Is CatArrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known TO the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a cuustitu-
tiOnal disease. requires q constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces Of the system. thereby destroying the
foundation OF thedisease, and giving the patient
prietOrs have so much faith IN its our0tive
powers that they OFFER one Hundred Dollars for
any case that IL fails % cure Send for list OF
Testimonials.
Address II. j. CHENEY g. CO, Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists zoe.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20
rREArrNa DISEASE BY 11onr.

The recent development Of this art,
called phototherapy, is due to Profess
sor Finsen Of Copenhagen. He dis
covered hat small pox patients, when
kept in red light, escape with little,
If any, soaring of the hands and face.
The reason small pox scars are found
principally on exposed parts Of the
skin is because the blue, or chemical,
rays of light promote the s%uppuration
Of the eruptions. Finsen next found
that the chemical rays, when concen-
trated by lenses cutting out the red
rays, viii cure superficial diseases OF
the skin such as lupus. Powerful
electric arc lights can, for this pur-
pose, be substituted for sunlight. The
success OF this treatment at the Light
Institute IL Copenhagen has led to its
Introduction in the London hospital.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Town children look at things from
their own experience OF everyday life.
In illustration Of this fact DIT. Man
dell Creighton, the bishop OF London.
once related a boys view OF the story
Of the prodigal son.. The teacher wag
telling in simple words the sufferings
the wanderer had gone through. TAll
his money was spent, he said. and
So he made up his mind 70 20 back 10
his father. What else could he dog'
Please, cir" answered a sharp-look-
ing lad, "he might have pawned his
little girls shoes!"