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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-20

THE NORTHERN OHIO TRACTION
COMPANY.
A. B. @. Division.
Waiting room. 102 N Howard st.
Time card in effect Dec. 81 1000.
Cars for Cleveland leave corner N.
Howard and Market SITS. at $40 am.
and every hour to $40 pm. and at
1890 pm. Saturdays and Sundays
$40 am, $40 am. and every half
hour to TAO pm. and at $40 pm. and
1870 pm.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-20
GIee Club Concert.

The Adelbert Glee and Mandolin club
gave an excellent concert to very
small audience at the Grand Opera
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-20
@. Il. & V. r. II.
Going North.
East
PITTSBURG & WESTERN r. r.
Union Depot, Market st.


Union Depot, Market st.
Leave for the East.
Chicago and New York vesti-
bule limited ........... .%"2:00 am
Warren, Youngstown, Pitts
burg .................. ."*6:40 am
Warren. Youngstown, Pitts
burg .................... *1:10 pm
Pittshurg, Washington, Phil
adelphia, New York, de-
parts G. 7. & V. Ry, How
ard st. station ."*4:03 pm
Arrive from the East.
Washington. Pittsburg, Cleve-
land. arrive @. 4. & V. Ry,,
Howard st. station. .... .**9:50 am
Pittsburg and Akron ..."11:5S am
Pittsburg, Akron and Chica-
60. Pun
New York Washington, Pitts
burg and Chicago ...... .*"11:03 pm
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-12
(Hom esteAd Eutry No. $500
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION,
Department OF the Interior.
Land Office at Santa Fe, y. NJ
December . 1901.

Department OF the Interior.
Land Office at Santa Fe, y.
uecember5 1901.
Notice ~ hereby given that THE fol
lowing named settler has filed notice
Of Ills intention to make hual proof Ia
support of his claim, and that said
proof viii L. nude before Probate
Clerk Of rons Cnnuty ut Taos New
Mexico, % Jauu,ry 20. 1902, w: vi.
viana lie ArchuIeta wild " of Francisco
y. Archuleia. forilie 81 NEf lots 1
and , Of see. 3 n % NJ, r. u e
He names ihe following witnesses to
prove her continuous resid bee ~ on
and cultivation of said land, VIZ: Jesus
Maria Archleta, Bartola Cortez DOM
lingo. Gullogos. N,etoriaro Suluzar, all
OF Cerlo N. N.
Mannei Il Otero Register.
First Pubiic,tion Deeemcer 70, 1881.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-12
TAOS NEWS.
From Taos Creeset.

From -'aos CFeeset.
juan S%antisteran md T. p. Mar
tin returned front Santa Fe Teus-
day evening.
WORK is progressing rapidly on
the mill Of the Fraser Mountain
Copper Campany.
The County Commissioners held
a short Session this week. The
proceedings will appear in next
weeks Cresset.
Taxes have been coming in to
tie Treasured and Collector very
rapidly this week. Nearly three
hundred receipts have been issued,
A.. G.. Muller brought action
against w. McCune for obtaining
money under false preteuses. Mr..
Mcclure said to his landlord that
he was to tdeet his uncle In Santa
Fe, but would return in a week or
50. This statement, however, is
seemingly not believed by the
merchants, hence the complaint.
Grand Jury presents following
indictments.
Territory VS., Horton Tiee, viola
tioi Of gaming laws.
Territory We. j, II. Williams,
violation of gaming laws.
Territory VS.. Fl. $. Stevens viola
ton Of the gaming.
Territory VS.. Chas- Howard,
burglary With iutent to rape.
lerrilory vs.. Tomas Archuleta,
dischargirg pistol in hall
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-12
GLEANlNGs on FACT;

The province of Quebec is 29s years
old Montreal, $50; Toronto, 1O9.
The carat used in estimating the
weight Of gems is a grain of Indian
wheat.
Coffee is planted 400 trees to the
acre, and the yield averages a pound
a tree.
The cultivation Of sugar extended
from India to Persia some time in the
ninth century.
a floating bottle dropped in the
Gulf stream will cross the Atlantic
in about $50 days.
English beekeepers average sd
pounds OF honey from their hives.
American only 20 pounds.
rhe United States grants $4,000
patents d year, England only 5000.
Canada grants 1000 a year.
London's fire brigade puts out a
fire at an average cost Of Gao. New
York pays lbs for the same serv-
ice. and Cincinnati holds the record
with c2os per fire.
The only occasion upon which 4
peer or peerless wears a coronet is
AT the coronation Of a sovereign. At
the moment when the archbishop OF
Canterbury places the crown on the
head of the new monarch every peer
present DIT The eeremouy dons his
own coronet.
The invasion oi ipndon by Ameri-
can visitors has reached unprecedent-
ed proportions and never before have
there been SO many wealthy Ameri-
cans Ia the English Capital. At one
fashionable West END hotel a dozen
multimillionaires are staying with
their families, and money is being
spent with a prodigaiity which the
British "old nobility must regard as
demoraliling ANA flcfcsfable.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-12
Rev. frl Il, Hicks Is Not Dead

Notwithstanding a widely cur
rent rumdT that the Rev. Irl H..
Hicks was dead, he never was in
better health, and never did a
harder anil more successful years
work than that jast closing. He
has jusC completed his large and
SPLENDID Almanac for 1902 and
with his staH of able helpers, has
brought his journal, WOMB AND
WoRFs, Justly forword into inter
NATIONAL reputation For quarter
of a century Mr.. Hicks has grown
IN reputation and usefulness as the
peoples astronomer, and f%orecaster
of stoiTas and the character of
Nonaing seasons Never was his
weather forecasts SO sought after
As now, his timely vatning Of So
uois drodN, this year hagiag sav-
ed the people from loss ana snfer
ing. Millions Of bushels OF whrat
were harvested through his advice
t6 plant crops that wonld nature
early The American people will
certaialy stand by Prof. Hicss,
when H. costs So little aud the ben
elits are so great His 6oe Alma
mac Of 200 pages IS only Csc, ami
his splendid Family Journal is only
one dollar d year including fhe
Aimnnac. Send to WoEn ANp
NnRFs rab, o. 22ol Lpcust S
So touiS Ma.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-12


A. VI Phipps and son, Charies,
made q business trip to Quesia.
last week.
B9bt. Hatton was a visitor in
Questa, this week
Ropt. Fooler was up from Taos,
for q few days the past week
Both hotels in Taos, were crowd
ed during court week.
The social this week viii be held
on saturday evening at the home Of
Msssrs O.. T. Brake and B. A. viii
son. All are invited to be present
and enjoy the evening
The following company hes been
organized by citizens of Qhesta, TO
take the water from Red River
and irrigate the land around Cerro.
and Questa:
Last week, the Rio Colorado
Canal company filed Incorporation
papers in the office of the secreta
ry of Territory at Santa Fe, The
following persons are the incorpo
rators II. j. Youns,E, s.Redding,
p. Lopez, aud $. Duran. Capital
stock s30GNO0, divided INTO COCO
shares Henry j. Young, Ezra S,
Reddihg and Al Fl, Reynolds are
the tirectors with headquarters at
Qnest8.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-12
arand BAN.

Or Christmas night; Dec 25th,
there will grand ball at the Cen.
All are cordially invited to
be present and a good time is
guaranteed by the COMMITTEES.
Harry Helt.
Committee Earl b. Young.
GROVE O. Snow.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-12

First Public zion D4remerr u, 1881.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-12
TO TIE PEOPLE OF
RED RIVER.

just Received a GOOD sspply Of
Groceies, Provisions, Miners OAt-
1T cts. That J viii seii very caeep
Tor cash 10 hand 1 nave TIE Iarg-
Est stock ever caraed 80 this part
Of the country. 1 am ready a
all times, @ M any order c6Aiug
"a us sith great care aud will seil
cleeper thnu amy 'osr in QasstA
lbarkipe yor for lasf lAars
a.ni 5olieiiiaa sour fniure fatFon
4 Remsio,
sipcerly Yours,
frenzy Young
FL ir.13e2. Mauacer
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-12
LOCAL.

H G. Logan visited Questa tins
week.
District court at Taos, adorned
asst Saturday.
George Walters visited Questa,
last Teusday.
@ Fl. Brigham of the Edison,
VAS in town, Tuesday.
Ed. Hatton made a business trip
to Questa, last Saturday.
while District Court was IN
session, Red River went dry.
P. H. Hanson took out nutural-
zation papers at Taos last week
All Of the Red Riverites that
were attending court at Taos have
returned.
Rev, W. j. Wright preached a
very able sermon last Sunday
byening.
Merit Logan was in towh with
the Jorden's from Tres Piedras,the
past week.
Clarence Harvey Of Elizabeth
town, was in Red River, the first
,f the week.
The editor found the Red River
colony at Taos, all looking fine
and doing well.
Wilmot Brown of the Central
Tunnel, nea Anchor, was down
for his mail last Saturday
Remember h, Onion Sunday
school. II meets every Sabbath
morning at 10 A. Il. ia The school
building.
u. S. Deputy Snr}eyor William
Mexican and G. H. Kean are at
Espanola, on q surveying expedi-
tion
Mr.. and Mrs. l. 7 Burns are
fixing up one Of the neatest little
homes to be found III the Taos
valley
Loren W. Brown is still a yer,a
sick man at tie hbms Of his sister
at Ute creek. All his friends hopes
he VIII soon Is On the road to
%ecouycry.
The social al BE hottie Of Mi
and Mrs. b. J Young last Friday
evening. was another one of those
enjoyable aliails If whiGh Red
River IS becom' ng noted.
j l.. Ray Of Urbana, III, was in
town the first Of the week. Mr..
am up this far on his way to Red
River, when he was taken ill., He
came ON business conhected with
the estate Of his deceased brother,
who died about two years ago at
Red River. As Mr. Ray Was I'M.
able to proceed futher Ne lleld a
CONSULTATION with Attorney BIg
Kean and Sunday Afternoon went
to Cimarron on his way Is the rail
road, from whence he will leave for /,
his home III the east, Miner
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-12
nonaisoNs AINtNc RIGHT

Feutha edition, revised and enlarged.
~ q $ Morrison and Emiiio Dr-Soio
.ot the Coiorado inrA A camlleie
r'ri"r ~ the Statu,es, Dee'-tons
Fofnas Lani Oaice riai surv~,n,
Gensfar- itul"s. Issr.siang Complied
fnr ilr u-4 ID Profr efar. Aifaen.r-.
2 ''usp"rlf,'r- maj Suv nfs 400 ilt
l"'l Nin law -iesn. Pine a3. StDl
q rfet'ani alt r,,.ifr ~ tric..
lr nnffn- hrnek- rlp Gu. p0h
f-h,rs Denvst, Colo. ;
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-12


The llawing are the nanse5 81
the children having q perfect at.
tend Aue .at school, iagt month.
They being nsi.her absent MOI
tardy
Maadis Clnyn Williv Hotton
AGNES 8atan Elua Hatton
Iaa liatton Beulah Mallette.
Mable MeCollum. Bessie Phipps
Wilfred McCollum Bert Phipps,
Stella Young, Hoaee Putnam.
Lula loaug Alta Putnam,
Mamie Young.
Bertha Hambln,
Teacher
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-05
THE CLAY EATERS.
MISERABLE CREATURES OF
CAROLINA AND CEOROIR.
Whose wretched Habit Sets Thorn Apart
from Their Kind-Look Haggard and
Cadavsrous and Live In squalid
fsnacial Letter.

II may be a surprise for some to
know that within the limits of the
United States there exists class OF
people almost as uncouth and igno-
rant as the average inhabitant of the
Philippine archipelago, writes ]. Mont
gomery McGovern. They are the clay
eaters.
In the mountain ridges OF North
Carolina and the northwestern part OF
Georgia lnese people live today in the
same state Of civilization that their
ancestors did $50 years ago when
the majority Of them being English
fugitives from justice-they sought
refuge in these mountains. To stu
dent of ethnology these people, who
must in no way be COMPOUNDED with
the ordinary rural population of the
southern states, offer a most interest
ing study.
AS excessive cigarette smoking
leaves its indelible marks on its vic
tim, and the effect of alcoholism is
transmitted from father to child, SO
the dominating habit of these strange
people, which has given them their
name, has branded them to such an
extent that having once seen a clay
eater it is impossible to ever mistake
one. Instead of the sturdy red-faced
farmer, buoyant with health and
strength and vigor, that one meets on
every side in the southern mountains,
one suddenly comes upon man or
woman with face so worn and bag
gard, so cadaverous in its ashy white
ness, that it sends a shudder through
ones very soul. A clay eater has about
him distinctive marks which set him
apart from the rest of humanity as
unquestlonably as the marks of lep-
rosy condemns its victims to isolation
among che unclean. The countenance
of clay eater has a cast of its own,
which can be described by no other
word than unearthly. Even the little
children have peculiar, large eyes, set
deep in the head, and accumulated by
high skinny" cheekbones. Their eyes
lack luster, and they glare with leaden
stupidity from the cadaverous hollows
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-05
TRACING A LETTER
Uncle Sans way of Making Up for Our
CnreIessness.

OAreteS3ness'
Here is a good illustration OF how
assiduous the United States postofice
department is in following up mail
which it is requested to look for and
assure itself OF delivery. A lady in
Boston sent letter to her son In
Manila on Jan. 10, and as 1t occurred
to her, after she had mailed it that
the address was incomplete, in that 1t
did not contain the number Of the reg
iment in which her son served, she
wrote letter to the Boston postmas-
ter the same day, giving him the full
address and asking him to trace the
letter and supply the deficiency. This
afternoon or tomorrow evening she
will be informed that the letter, which
she said was important, has reached
it's destination, the authorities in Man
lila having isolated it from the bulk
of soldiers mail and completed the
address. After the necessary inves-
tigation In the Boston postoffice the
postmaster sent a communication to
the San Francisco Office, through
which most Of the military and naval
mail goes, and explained to the post
master, w. w. Montague. that the
address on a certain letter which was
dispatched from Boston via the Bos-
ton and Albany railroad postoftice
train No. 10, was insufficient for its
prompt delivery and he gave the full
address. At San Francisco the mat
ter went through the hands of the
postmaster and the superintendent OF
mails, and on Jan. Is 1t was referred
to the clerk in charge of the naval
and military mail. He made an in
vestigation inquiry in the office, and
found that the letter was probably re-
ceived on Jan. 16 from train No 8,
and dispatched by steamer to Manila
the same day. Consequently it could
not be intercepted on this side of the
water, but in the next dispatch to
Manila the postmaster Of San Fran
cisco sent all the papers relating to the
letter to the director general of posts
at Manila, P. l., so that the deficiency
in the address might be supplied there
if the letter were found unbelievable.
Now the Boston postmaster has re-
ceived a communication from Manila
stating that the letter in question has
been found. The addressee's letter
of inquiry with the inclosed stamp
for a reply, and all the papers which
have been made out in the various
postofices relating to this letter, have
been sent to her
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-05

whara a rofuon 81 @ne OF Two ioss
,'as boen rudely sawed away. These
@T,ndows" are gsiitieas not only OF
glass panes, but even Of wooden spat-
ters. wien it rains, or the WIND Is
more than usually fierce and cutting.
these holes in the wall are stuffed with
old rags and pieces of clothing.
have never seen a clay eaters
house that was not a saualid den. The
plank floor, laid directly on the ground.
Is usually broken in many Places
through which the green mold oozes
nm into the cabin OF furniture there
is none except a crude apology for
bed-a homemade wooden frame
covered with "corn-shuck" mattress
also homemade. A pile OF corncoba
in one corner, sometimes covered With
pine straw, usually serves as the sleep
ing place of the numerous family on
children.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-05
CLAY EATERS CABIN.

The clay eaters usually live in lit
tie settlements Of two or three-some-
times half a dozen-families in en-
forced isolation from the rest of the
mountaineers, for these simple folk,
crude as they are in their own manner
of living, look down upon the clay
eater as the pariah of the universe.
Even the half-savage moonshiner re-
CARDS with mingled contempt and pity
his 'clay-eating neighbor. Neverthe-
less the despised clay eater is not
without social instincts, and these
strange people have their own form of
rude entertainment There are fire.
quent visits from one settlement of
clay eaters to another, usually across
dozens Of miles of the toughest noun
tain country without road or path
way, where it would seem impossible
for anyone without the instinct of di-
rection of the savage or lower animal
to find way.
Each Of these settlements is always
located near peculiar geological for
nation. Instead of the usual red clay
which characterizes the soil of the
mountain and hill region of this sec
ton of the country, there are occa-
sional apparently spasmodic breaks"
in the land formation, where a radi-
cal change takes place for a short dis
lance in the character of the soil and
vegetation. The clay gives up its red
hue and takes on a loamy whiteness,
interspersed with sand-beds. 1t is
this white clay which is devoured by
the clay eaters. The white clay is of a
peculiar consistency, soft and rather
oily to the touch, and being found only
in certain localities is comparatively
rare. 1t is said to contain arsenic,
thus accounting Tor the force of the
habit upon those who have acquired
the taste for it, as well as for its Pc
culiar detrimental effect upon the sys-
TEN.
The clay eaters occasionally hold
festivals or give "dinings" among
themselves, the menu of which is
largely made up of clay, supplemented
in the summer by berries, or perhaps
a "ponep of the coarsest corn bread,
and always by jug of "moonshine"
corn whisky.
These beings make no attempt at
regular work. They exc out an ex-
istence in winter by selling kindling
wood in the nearest town or village:
during the summer the most energetic
pick and sell blackberries and hue
kleberries," which grow in profusion
in this region.
The home of the clay eater usually
consists of log cabin. or rather pen
made of unplaned pine saplings of ir-
regular size, through the cracks and
interstices of which the sun pours in
summer and the mountain wind whis-
tlas in winter. The windows consist
always of small openings IN the wall
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-05

that though science and skill have
minimized the perils of the sea there
is still no absolute security against the
dangers of the deep. The modern
ocean leviathan is as secure as money,
brains and Drawn could make it, but
in the end those that go down to the
sea in 1t have but a plank between
them and eternity just as in the days
OF shallops. barges and galleys. A
ship, like chain, is no stronger than
its weakest point. Watertight COM
partments, steam pumps ana similar
modern devices are ineffective once
the sea finds weak spotin the ships
armor. Fortunately the accident to
the Paul stopped short of disaster.
but we can readily conceive how 1t
might have become a horror. A few
seconds delay in turning off the steam
from the racing" engines-the dis
ability Of an engineer, the jamming OF
a valye-and the whirling, broken ma
chinery would have pounded the bot
tom out of the ship. What avail.
then, the watertight compartmentsI
OF what use the mighty pumps?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-05
USefuI "Governmenf by In
junction. -

A permanent injunction has been
granted by local judge in Cleveland
against the execution by that city of
a contract recently made by order Of
the council for the construction of a
new police signal system The judge
granted the injunction because evil
dence given in recent investigation
tends strongly to show that the coun-
Gil was influenced by money to award
the contract. Should this case be ap-
pealed. and should it be shown to the
satisfaction of the higher court that
the contract was secured by corrupt
methods, doubtless the action of the
lower court viii be affirmed. as 1t
should be. There are cases where
government by injunction" is legiti-
mate and proper, and where it is nee
essary for the protection of the citi-
zens that court should set aside the
fraudulent acts of the representatives
of those citizens.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-05
Casey Answered corrOotir

A Canadian gentleman, Casey by
name, was appointed to a government
place which technically had to be oc-
cupied by a lawyer, which Mr.. Casey
was not. The benchers of the Law
Society, however, undertook to obvi-
ate the technicality, and appointed
one OF their number as special ex-
aminer to examine him as 70 his
knowledge of the law. well, Casey'
said the examiner, what do Won lnov
about law, anyway" ITO tell the
truth" replied the candidate. II don't
know a single thing" The examiner
reported, stating in his affidavit chat
ne had examined Mr. Casey as to his
knowledge Of the law. and to the best
OF his information and belief he had
answered the questions that he nut
10 him correctly" The aspirant was
thereupon admitted to the bar.-Law
Notes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-05

Carp are plentiful in Delaware lust
now ana hundreds of men sit on the
cage OF the docks all day long angling
Tor them. 1t is common for one anr.
iei 70 eaten In day one hundred
POUNDS OF carp. The fish are thrown
aiive in tubs, beer barrels or wash
noiiers' and are carted about among
ene Russians of the down town wats,
Iont district. No other class OF neo-
s p,s osres ior carp, the feeh being
sUle, put the Russians rave over n
nhey VIII not buy it. though. unless
II is alive.-Philadelphia Record,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-05

Commenting on the late Mr.. Hunt
ington's assertion that there is great
danger OF over-educating the young,
Mr.. Abram Hewitt declares: III 1
were to have the choice OF one hun
bred million dollars or the pleasure
had In my college days and the
pleasure have had as the result OF
my education, would quickly choose
the latter. Were | to choose the mill
lions, l should receive, and should
expect to receive, the scorn OF my fell
lowmen"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-05
Saved Eighteen wounded Men.

A modern illustration of the apocry.
phal story Of how Queen Eleanor saved
the life of King Henry after that mon.
arch had been stabbed with a poisoned
dagger occurred recently in Africa. In
the recent fighting around Limu. in
Nigeria, in West Africa, detachment
of British were ambushed by a forcs
of natives, who poured in "a shove,
Of poisoned arrows upon them. Col
Lowry-Cole and Capts. Tbadie and
Bryan, three officers out of the -four
commanding the detachment, were hii
by arrows. The poison which the ma.
tiyes use for their arrows has beer
known to prove fatal in a few min.
utes. DR.. Thompson, the surgeon Of
the expedition, as coon as the oficers
were hit, sucked the blood from ths
wounds and with it the poison. Az
soon as he had attended the officer,
he looked after the men. and found
that fifteen had been hit. He gave the
same treatment to them. All recovered.
The doctor experienced no i'll effects
from his action.