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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-23
FIRED or The DEPUTIES.
TWO Tennessee Hurasrers Swear They
viii Not Be Taken.

Knoxville. Nov. ga special 70
The Sentinel from SneedvilIe. Tenn
says James Wright and John Temple
ton, alleged UurdeTers Of Deputy
Sheriff Clinton LeEear. shot and Sc
Ti3usly wounded Elgch and John Gil
lem late yesterday afternoon.
The Gillems hac been deputized 70
armed. When they came upon Wright
and TemDlsgon the latter two fired
about ~ shots at them. seven OF
which took effect in the Gillems. TEN
pletou and Wright then escaped. They
have been bounded since last August
when Leg=ar was killed. and they
swear they vii not be taken
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-23

szaL Organ Of TIE CITY Of Americas.
O16zl Organ Of SUMTER CozntT.
Ozcfzl Organ O Webster Cozut7.-
o7ctzl Organ O. Railroad Commission Of
GeorEiz for tie d CozgrezzzozzI Dss-rEct.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13
H0sO knights Are Created.

The ceremony Of the investiture Of a
knight by the British sovereign is an
exceedingly quaint one. In most cases
the order followed was identical, there
fore that Of a knight commander Of
the order OF the Bath may be taken
as typical. On being admitted into the
royal presence the knight commander
to be invested made reverence to the
king by bowling three times-once on
entering the throne-room, another in
the middle, and again on approaching
his majesty. He then knelt on his
right knee. In comforting the honor
Of knighthood the king placed a sword
on both the candidates shoulders. The
knight, for by that time be had be-
come such, raised his right arm hori-
zontally and his majesty placed his
hand on the knights wrist, who then
raised It to his lips. While the knight
still remained kneeling the king pro
ceeded to his investiture by placing
the riband and badge Of the order
round his neck. and afterward present
ed his hand 10 the knight. who kissed
It. The ceremony being concluded, the
knight would rise and, retiring, make
Bimilar reverence as that with which
he was admitted.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13
A Boomerang,
BY MARY MARSHALL PARKS.

BY MARY MARSHALL PARKS.
Copyright, 1901. Daily story Pub. Coz
When Jared Peters went west to help
the country grow up, Rose Hawthorne
thought her heart was broken. This
was a logical sequence Of the firm con-
viction that she could not live without
Jared, which had led her to engage
herself to him. In accordance with this
fixed idea, she, for a day or two, re-
fused food, and mournfully contem-
plated the prospect of an early demise.
But an immature mind cannot long
dominate a young and healthy phy-
sique. On the third day h made sew
eral surreptitious visits to the pantry;
On the fourth day she dined openly and
heartily; and the day after she was
startled by the discovery that she a
not thought Of Jared for several hours.
The Sunday following Jared's de-
parture, she permitted Harold Winter
set. the son of a wealthy manufacturer
from a neighboring city, to accompany
her home from church and llnger for
an hour at the gate; and she was again
startled by the discovery that she en-
ioyed his society quite as much as
Jared's.
Then she went upstairs and sat down
In the moonlit window to consider.
She had all the rules of love a her
fingers ends. She knew that Absence
makes the heart grow fonder," that
true love never forgets or wavers for
the fraction OF a second. She was
therefore forced to the conclusion that
she did not love Jared; that she never
bad loved him; and the manufacturers
son was allowed to call regularly.
Jared's letters were intensely inter-
4 sting The littty wEsterR taRpayhtRf
be had taken under his wing was on q
boom" He had already doubled his
small capital and was proceeding tC
double it again. Rose had all the rules
Of arithmetic also at her fingers ends
She knew something OF geometrica'
progression; and having become, in
view Of her large experience, skepticaI
In regard to the tender passion, she
planned her future operations on
strictly commercial basis. After care.
full consideration, she decided that
budding Western capitalist in the
hand was worth more than a wealthy
manufacturers son in the bush; 30 she
did not break her engagement; anC
she did not mention Harold in her nu.
nervous and entirely satisfactory let.
ters to Jared.
Although his love was false, Jared
had one devoted admirer. From the
day It was declared that the red-faceC
mite Of humanity called Jared was the
Image of his grandfather, the old mar
had found his chief occupation in trac.
Ing his own characteristics in the
growing boy.
Hes a Peters, every inch of him,
gran'ther would shout when Jared'i
boyish achievements cr~editable OF
otherwise, came to his notice.
Gran'ther Peters had always liked
Rose; and OF all the girls in the coun.
try round, he would have chosen heI
for Jared. When, therefore, at the
age Of sixteen, Jared first walked homo
from church with her, gran'ther re
tired to the grape arbor and chuckleC
till he was black in the face. He die
all he could to foster the budding
romance; and when the engagement
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

You Cannot Make Hens Lay when They
Don't Want To.
With all that men Of science have
done to procure for our tables Injuries
without regard to season. so that all
most we say there is no season" no
one Of them has yet succeeded in
wheeling a hen into laying her best
and biggest eggs at any other season
OF the year than that at which the
primal hen SO distinguished herself.
There have been many experiments OF
all kinds tried with regard to Matching
chickens and they have all been more
or less successful, till the term Spring
chicken" has become a misnomer. Or
rather there are others beside spring
chickens. We have winter chickens,
thank to incubatOrs and breeders and
all sorts of appliances, and fall chick
ems and summer chickens, and chick
ems in between seasons, which is n
OF the compensations scattered all
through life If we look for them. But
the hen plods on in that tiresome up-
changing way andloOks untouched by
all the means that man has invented
for Matching her eggs for her, though
no n knows just what she thinks.
Probably her line OF thought takes the
stand that you may lead a hen to any
kind of artihcially warmed and lighter
nest, but o cannot make her lay;
and cold storage has done much to
make us Indifferent to the stubborn at
titude of the hen. The farmer who
doesn't know that he may by the care
he takes Of his hens influence the man
ner and kind of eggs they lay for him
does not deserve to succeed. Hens.like
clean, sunny houses, and they like
good wholesome food, and in variety.
They want a certain amount Of corn
and meal and they dearly love a flavor
Of meat in their food. Also they like
something in the nature OF oyster
shells that the shells OF the
eggs may be up to standard quality.
Housekeepers who receive day after
day from their grocer eggs of not only
a uniform size and of even tinting-
either all white or with a tinge Of
brown-take it as a matter of course,
and think perhaps that it is just so in
every case. But there are sorters
whose business it is to put into cases
eggs that match" IN color and size.
And they do say that in Boston the
b1ownish eggs have the first call, while
in New York the demand is for purest
white. 1t is this demand for uniform
ity in size and color that induces a
poultry farmer to have his hens all Of
one breed.-Epicure.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

Chickens Thrive 'sr the, Protection
Of an ~Inaafaatt Fostsr-Parent
Seven fluffy little chickens belonging
to a family living on Twelfth street,
near Broadway, have a queer mother,
says the Louisville Courier-Journal.
For the past two weeks the only pro-
lection they have had has been a big
feather duster. The substitute for the
mother has served it's purpose so well
that the family expects to raise chick
ems in the same way every year. The
chickens were Matched about three
weeks ago, their mother being an old
hen which the family had bought in
market and had intended to fatten and
eat. Before she arrived at the proper
condition to be baked she took a no
ton to set. AS is usual in such cases
persuasion was vain, and she held to
her determination to raise a family.
A dozen eggs were given her and she
Matched out eight chicks. OF these she
was very proud. About two weeks ago
a number of friends from out Of town
visited the family Unexpectedly. The
problem Of what to have for dinner
was a serious one, as it was Sunday
and no groceries we're open. It was
suggested that the hen be killed, but
the children were not willing that the
chickens should be left to shift for
themselves at so tender an age. The
problem was solved by the boy, who
suggested that the hen be killed and
the big feather duster be substituted
for the hen. The buster was suspend
ed just above the floor in the corner
Of the kitchen, and the chickens
placed under it in a box. There they
have remained ever since and are
growing rapidly. They seem to take
kindly to the innovation, and at The
first sign Of danger they all retreat
to the buster, nesting among the
feathers.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

Some idea Of the value Of the coal
deposits in Indian Territory can be
gained when It is known that the aver
age thickness of the vein Is four feet.
which will produce 1000 tons an acre.
These lands are leased in lots of 800
acres each, which a that $500, 900
to 1000, 900 tons can be produced by
those leasing the land. On this out
put the lessees pay a royalty Of 8 cents
a ton. The output during the last
year was 1900. 1877, as against 1.4OO. 442
toni the previous year, The interests
of the Chickasaw and Choctaw In
dams are protected.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

The biennial report of the Kansas
board Of agriculture shows that in
twenty years the state has produced
712,4S7. 55S bushels Of wheat-a yearly
average of 5 1924 1878 bushels. The
crop last year reached n, S39, O91 bush
els, and this years crop will not fall
below 10000, 900 bushels. The total
value of the twenty years production
of wheat was $42S,O SS, 1893. The TO-
900, 900 bushel crop of the current year
has been grow upon one-tenth of the
arabic land of Kansas; or, to be exact,
upon 5000, 900 of it's 81, 200, 900 acres Of
surface. leaving the remainder to be
devoted to the cultivation of other
crops. The corn crop Of the state,
taken one year with another, is doubt
less quite as valuable as its wheat
crop.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

moon ignores the yellow dog that bays
It.
Gran'ther's face was c%onvulsed with
delight. Tears OF Joy meandered un-
needed down his wrinkled cheeks, as,
glaring at the discounted Harold, he
raised his stan and brought II down
with a force that split It In twain.
She's a Peters. every inch Of her,
he roared. "Leastways. she SOC Will
be-"
Rose was somewhat shocked when
she learned that Jared's woes we're al
assumed; and that he had p%rudently
escaped from the ~collapsing boom With
the neat little nest egg Of n hundred
thousand dollars; but she became
reconciled to the situation in time.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13
whore Cold Rslrna Lonre,t.

The longest cold seaso In the Unit
ed States is found in the Rocky moan
tain region, where It exceeds the warn
by about ten days. The warm season
in Texas and the lower Missouri val
ley opens about ten days earlier than
in the region near the middle Atlantic
coast, and from twenty to twenty-five
days earlier than on the southern coast
of California In the Northwest the
warm season opens from twenty 20
twenty-five days earlier than in the
lake region and from hfteen to tVen-
ty days earlier than in the north Pa
cihc coast region.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

girl friends. By return mail he re-
ceived a spicy and perhaps not unex-
aggerated account OF Roses carry
lngs on"
Now Jared, absorbed in speculation
As he was, had kept a little corner
Of his heart for Rose; and thought
himself a miracle of constancy because
ne had not allowed another to share
it. There are pretty girls in Kansas;
and there was ons in particular, with
wondrous dimples. that he had noticed,
just barely noticed, you know-so he
made the customary remarks about fe-
male perfdy. He wrote Rose a biting
letter-and tore it up; for a subtler
revenge had occurred to him. He di-
Yined that Rose preferred him to
Harold-if he succeeded in making
money; and he plotted accordingly.
From this date his correspondence
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

Success In war lies I'm preparation
These were the significant words II
tered at the recent opening of the M
val War College at Newport by tll
gecretdry Of the navy. While 1t mai
he true that the era of the universal
peace among nations and the bloodles4
adjustment of international difficulties.
will dawn some day, It has not yet ar.
rived.
If Is an axiom that the next great
war will be won by the nation whose
army and navy are best equipped with
fphfing And that is why
me performance of the new rapid fire
gun. described on this page, are of in
tense interest the world over.
There is now building in the United
States one Of the most effective and
murderous long range pieces of artil.
lery in the world, which is exciting all
strategists, both here and abroad.
This new weapon will hurl n steel
projectile weighing fifty-hve pounds,
having the length Of an average man,
the enormous distance Of twenty-fOur
miles, with a velocity of nearly 1900
feet per second.
It's extreme range Is twenty-five
miles.
At the highest point Of its flight the
projectile win rise 51,S53 feet above
the firing point, or about ten miles in
the air.
Taking Mount Everest as the highest
mountain in the world, this shell will
90 nearly four miles above it's highest
peak.
The rapidity Of fire Of this gun is
said to be about ten shots a minute,
and that it would be possible to fire
eighteen shells and have them all In
the air before the first one struck the
earth t%wenty-four miles from the gun.
The time of flight of the prOjectile
is 10S $40 seconds.
After travelling through this unparal
leled distance of space the shell has a
striking velocity left sufficient to pen.
citrate five inches of steel, while its
bursting fragments would kill and de.
mOralize a regiment Of men in no time.
The new guns, as designed, will rev.
O%lutionize the science of Sunnery, as
it will likewise ~outclass in its far.
reaching and destructive qualities all
existing types Of army and navy guns
now in use by any power.
This marvellous, deadly engine Of
war is an improved type Of the Brown
segmental tube wire gun Of four and q
half-inch caliber. The United States
government is now testing two Of
these guns, a five and a ten-inch, Of
similar make, at Sandy Hook. Though
these do not embody some of the new
secret features Of construction, as the
present gun will, yet they have made
unequaled achievements as to range,
pressures and velocities in tests so far
held over the regular built up guns OF
the government. The new gun under
construction is Endorsed by the worlds
greatest ballistic engineer, Lieutenant
Colonel James NJ. Ingalls,, U. S. A., re.
tired, who computed the velocities, en-.
ergy and range of the gun. Colonel
ingalls, calculations are used and &C.
cepted without question by all foreign
gun makers, while his text books are
used by all expert and technical insti.
tutions.
1t is now conceded by military tao.
ticians that future warfare on land
and sea will be fought at long range.
The nation possessing the most formid.
gabla-Hq in. velocity and range will
surely Uo. Victorious.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

took on a dismal hue. The boom was
declining; and there were vague hints
OF pitfalls that ensare the unwar and
the inexperienced. Close on the heels
Of these dire forebodings, followed a
m that Jared had come home un-
expectedly, looking very seedy; and it
was surmised, dead broke"
Friends and neighbors, Rose and
Harold among them. promptly gath
cred on the broad piazza to greet the
home conner, and learn the truth Of the
matter. One glance at the young
mans doleful face was enough. Dis
aster was written on it.
At first he seemed Gisinclined to
talk; but numerous well put queries
finally loosened his unwilling tongue.
Among the friends Jared made Ia the
west vas one who had been born IN
der an unlucky star. He was intelli-
gent and shrewd; but everything he
touched turned to ashes. Where others
reaped golden ~harvests, he reaped mis-
fortune, and his affairs became serious
ly involved. He was too young to
know that while there is life there is
hope; and one night, Jared, who room
ed with him, came home to find his
friend stretched on the floor with a
bullet through his head, and the
empty revolver in his own s~tiffenlng
right hand.
With the callousness Of youth, Jared
adapted this young fellows story to his
own uses. Up to the eliminating
tragedy, he told it as his own, and told
II we'll. He was a clever actor, and
fully realized the dramatic possibili-
ties Of the situation.
The stage setting was perfect. A
rising thunder storm had dyed the
summer twilight an inky black; and
continual flashes Of lightning illum-
mated Jared's handsome, melancholy
face and sombFe eyes. He sat oppo-
site his false. sweetheart and Harold;
and behind him, the old man, white
faced but hrm-lipped, glared yer his
boys head like a wounded lion.
AS Jared's sad, mellow voice died
away with a little break-he felt a
pang OF genuine emotion as he remem-
bered poor Wiley's face with the bull
let hole In the forehead-ROse's heart
melted. All that was sweet and wom-
anly and good in her untutored soul
rose to the surface. She crossed the
piazza. and laying her hand on Jared's
shoulder, resolutely faced her froWn-
ing parents and the chagrlned Harold.
Il shall stand by Jared" she said,
In ringing tones.
Jared started to his feet In dismay.
This climax was precisely the opposite
OF the one he had courted and ex-
pected. The face OF the dimpled Kan
sas girl fitted across his memory, and
then disappeared forever. The boom
erang he had launched buried itself
in his own heart The two young
things who had been playing with the
eternal verities Of love and death.
looked into each others eyes. and, by
the white light OF the approaching
storm, saw there that which made
them afraid and ashamed Of what they
had been doing-saw the dawn Of az
everlasting ahection-the affection thai
mocks disaster. and calmly Ignores
doubtsrs and ~detractorH. as the plaeit
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13
Sailors LoUe Baseball :

More ardent lovers of baseball than
the members Of our navy would be
hard to find" remarked a well-known
sporting writer at New York. And it
is true. At every game, either at the
Polo grounds in New York or at the
Brooklyn baseball park, is found a lib
eral sprinkling of the blue uniforms
of Uncle Sans Jackies. There are no
more enthusiastic rooters than are the
sailors, and none who seem to better
appreciate the fine points Of the game.
Every man-of-war has its ball team,
and regulations and traditions are
winked at in so far that the officers
often doff their dignity and take a
hand in the game with the men before
the mast. Some Of them, with An
napolis experience behind them, are
clever at the sport. 1t is to the play
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

ing of the naval mines at ports of call
that the introduction of the game in
foreign countries is due, for as fierce
rivalry exists between the ball teams
Of the various vessels when they come
together as between the boat crews. To
the landsman that statement may not
seem to count as much, but to him
who knows the navy, he knows that
there Is nothing that arouses more
rivalry or causes more prohigacy in
betting than a meeting of the crack
crews of a couple Of vessels. When
these meet "Jackies" will bet the last
dollar in his clothes and half the con-
tents Of his kit on the crew of his YES
sci. Nothing else arouses him quite
so much as this, the nearest thing to
it being a meeting Of the mines of two
vessels of a feet in a game Of baseball.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

A tunnel to Monte Crlsto's Prison
Marseilles talks Of having a tube Oh
a new description. This Will be a
submarine line connecting he town
with the celebrated Chateau diff, made
famous by Dumas pere's Monte Girls
to-" The railway will be Of the cleo
trio tubular type. The distance be-
+wen Marseilles' old port and the is
land on which the castle stands is a
little under one mile, and the steam
ers take half an hour to do the trip.
As visitors would effect an immense
saving Of time by the tube, the pro-
FOUNDER Of the scheme fully believes
that he may count upon carrying 500
passengers to and fro per diem. and IL
this sanguine estimate is realized, he
will thus be enabled to the enor-
nous expense Of the tunnellng works
and make a proht-Paris Letter.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13
Japane.e Empro.. zinc LookIng.

The empress of Japan is just about
a year older than the emperor, al
though she seems younger. She is
rather fine looking from a japanese
standpoint, being short and petite. She
now dresses in European style, al
though when first married she wore
Japanese clothes and BACKED her
teeth, as did all good japanese wives
thirty years ago. Today her teeth are
as white as those of any American
beauty and her clothes are of the lat
est Paris fashion.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

The fondness for spring chickens is
not confined to Methodist preachers
out in the country. In or about Coles
burg there Is a horse that is equal to
a whole Methodist conference In his
favages upon a poultry yard. The
horse belongs to Mr.. ]. r. stovay and
It Is no unusual thing for him to eat
a half dozen spring chickens at a
meal. Last Sunday for dinner he on
sumed fourteen. He runs after them
and as he catches them devours them.
feathers and all. The appetite on the
part Of the equine has only recently
developed. but It has been sufficiently
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13
Indian Art Sur
rounded by curious
SUperstitions.

and an untoward circumstance Affect
ing its weaving is believed to ahect
the life Of the child. So with prayers
incantations and sacrifices the basket
Is made and is laid away carefully
rolled in a piece Of bark or skim a aa-
cred. and to be used only on cere-
monial occasions. for even the little
children take part in certain OF the
dances and ceremonies. Should the
child die the basket Is burned upon It's
grave. that its shade may accompany
him in the next world. Should the
child live to reach the age Of seven or
eight years. a new and larger basket
is made with equal care and ceremony
New York Sun.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

The omcial board Of the First Meth
odist church Of Omaha. Neb.. recently
passed the following resolution:
Whereas, the wearing OF hats In
church by the ladies greatly obstructs
the view. causing others both incon-
venience and annoyance. thereby de-
tracing from the enjoyment Of the SER
vices, to which all are equally enti-
tied; therefore. be It resolved, that It
81 the desire Of the omciary OF this
church that at all the public services
the ladies remove their hats after en-
eering the pews.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13
Telephones Replace speaklnr Tubes.

N"I0TWUW"9 WTTI"V" "FEWHIWE Nuu1I'
Telephones are replacing speaking
tubes In most Of the new mansions,
and also connect with stables and
other outbuildings. II power from a
waterfall or windmill is available the
owner Of a house can install an cleo
trio plant Of his wi at small cost. In
many large country houses the dyna-
mo is run by a gasoline engine.-New
York Gun