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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-15
Circled the
World

That distressing ailment. influenza.
commonly known as the grip. did not,
like Verne's voyager, encircle the globe
in eighty days. but It has accomplished
the journey Just the same. much. to the
discomfort Of those whom It has at
tackled. II has been called the Russian
scourge, because 1t made its FIRST Eu-
ropean appearance I'm that country.
but properly It Is IN Asiatic distemper
and to that continent it returned by
way Of the United States. Japan has
caught this infection from San Fran
cisco and the little brown men and
women of the mikado's realm are hav-
Ing their days and nights Of p%rotracted
sneezing and coughing.
In countries where boreas blasts are
unknown the grip has forced a lodg-
ment. It has appeared in Calcutta In
the last eleven years and it has caused
an appreciate addition to the mortal
ity. Few Europeans or natives in the
large towns have escaped. In Per-
STA the grip came first about fourteen
years ago, in the winter of 1887 and
1888, when IL became epidemic and
raised the mortality by a large per-
centage. Since then there has been a
recurrence OF the disease nearly every
winter. In Persia the technical
name for grip is meshmesha, which
name originally WIS applied to inhu-
enza in horses. Still, in that coun-
try, the mortality from grip among
foreigners has been exceedingly low.
Within the last six months half the
people Of Sivas. Turkey, have been
down with the grip. Yet the mortality
was slight. The treatment for this. as
well as for most other diseases, con-
sists Of a Turkish bath. These baths
are public and the danger of infection
from them can be understood from the
fact that an orphanage containing
l2O inmates ffty-fve were taken sick
with influenza within three days after
a visit to the Turkish baths. In VAL
encia, Spain, the various epidemics Of
the grip have sent the mortality up
about 60 per cent. Last winter hav-
ing been exceptionally severe, inau-
enza appeared again in a mild, though
complicated form, affecting the weaker
organs, and this gave rise to classifca-
ton of death from some organic dis
ease rather than from the grip itself.
In G~othenburg. Sweden, the grip is an
old enemy, having appeared there for
the first time, so far as known, in
1882, and being known then as innu-
enza. The grip" years for this city
were 1900, 1904, 1888. 1897. 1851 and
1864, and did not appear in the city
again until 1889. the first year Of the
worldwide epidemic Of the disease.
Last winter again there we're many
cases Of grip, though of a mild type.
Switzerland had a heavy epidemic
Of the grip lasting from 1890 to 1894,
and since then the country has been
remarkably free from the disease.
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DIR. Leyds'
Strong Room

According to what European papers
gay DR.. Leyds. the confidential agent Of
Dom Paul Kruger, is the possessor Of
an extraordinary strong room in which
he keeps his enormous collection Of
books and papers connected with his
office.
The strong room has a romantic his
tory. 1t was made originally for an
Italian banker who alone knew the Sc
cret of the intricate locks and bolts.
One day this banker managed to shut
himself in this immense strong room,
and was unable to get out again. He
was missed by his relatives, but no one
dreamed of his being locked in his
W safe, which was made of such
thick and solid steel that no sound
could be heard through it. The belief
was that he had been captured by
brigands, and immense sums were Of
fered for his discovery. Many years
later the safe VAS forced open and the
body Of the banker found. His widow,
Of course, got rid Of this veritable
d~eath-trap, and 1t passed into the
hands of an English diamond mer-
chant, who. however, discovering It's
history, lost heart and had not the
courage to use It. Then a Dutch mer-
chant became the owner, but even
Dutch courage gave way and the un-
canny thing was in the market again.
DR.. Leyds, however, shrinks at moth
ing, as is we'll known, and It Is said
that his happiest hours are passed
within the steels walls Of this grue-
some chamber.
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Journey Of the Grip
Around This
Earth.

In various places IN Mexico the grip
appeared last winter. though not I'M
IN unusually severe form. In the City
Of Mexico It was complicated most FREE
quently with pneumonia and in the
Monterey the accompanying ailmcnt
seemed to be neuralgia, which some
times was diagnosed as the grip even
by the medical profession. No cases
Of the grip are reported from the de-
partment Of Iloilo. in the Philippines.
but in other new possessions. POr-
to Rico. the grip in a mild form HAS
been prevalent this spring. In san
Juan the grip appears every winter
about Jan. /, when the northern trade
winds begin to blow. Yet the attack
this spring has been unusually mild.
In Ponce last spring there was rather
a sharp epidemic and the months OF
March, April and May seem to be the
season of the greatest severity. Many
of the influenza cases and In a remit
tent, probably malarial fever. In
Mayaguez the grip has prevailed in a
mild type since the end Of January
this year. It seems in this neighbor-
hood as II the lack of north winds
early in the year accounts for the
mildness of the disease and the alb
Of complication. A mild cpl
demic OF the grip is reported from st.
John. Antigua. in the West Indies. Ina
Kingston. Jamaica, influenza appeared
last year for the first time in anything
like epidemic form. but since last No
vember there has been no cas- of the
disease. In San Salvador about Is per
cent Of the cases Of illness are due to
the grip, yet the mortality from this
cause for the last year has been
slight. Way down in the south Pa
cifc, on Norfolk island. a severe form
of the grip was imported last Sept
ember from Sydney. There we're two
lulls. followed by a recurrence Of the
disease, and at the end of the year
the health of the island was reported
as being fairly good.
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From the rim of that vortex. hope,
love, despair. fear, all fly like feeble
wisps of vapor. Through plunging arm;
through pressing foil; through pointed
eyes; through lifted lip; through sing
ing nostril, but one feeling surges-
the lust Of slaughter.
Lieut.. Summers Is at the side Of his
rival. and both fight with that cool
resolution and tremendous execution Of
fearless men exalted by a dual purpose.
Suddenly, without experiencing any
distinct pain, Lieut.. Summers felt the
strength flow from his great arms. Out
stretched, their weight overbalanced
him, and he dropped forward. Bells
sang in his ears a moment, but by ON
nipotent will force he struggled to his
all-fours, and then gained his feet by
the assistance of Capt. Blake. A feeble
thread Of smoke was then seen crawl
ing from his coat a little below the
heart.
MY laurels for my gravel" he grim
ly thought, and smiled.
The next instant a dim, straight OBJ
iect came plunging down through the
smoke, spearing toward the heart Of
Capt. Blake. In the snarl Of the crowd
and jam, he had no power to avoid it,
had he known it was coming. Would
neither brave man go back with lau-
rels?
Instantly Lieut.. Summers, with the
last squirting energy of a dying flame.
drove his shoulder, like a glut, between
the bayonet and its intended sheath.
Now the ddath-dealing monster had
blown its last breath. The great guns
died in sudden silence, and above the
ecloes arose the lusty shout Of vic
tory.
Lieut.. Summer saw laurels through
fading eyes. A great, strong hero, his
grimy face streaked with tears, bent
over him.
Forgive mel" he began.
ooh, don't mention that" spoke the
dying man Forgive me for my I'M
worthy suspicion. Now, go home with
laurelE-yours and mine. Take them
all TOTO her"
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There is a restaurant In the White
chapel district Of London where a rel
fishing and fairly substantial meal may
be had for a half-penny, OF 1 cent in
our money. This cheap repast is not
served up in the shape OF a cut from
a joint and two vegetables. II Is a
big brown pie. very juicy and very
hot. The absence Of beefsteak is evil
dent when you cut the pie, but you
find inside a liberal sprinkling Of
sleeps liver. onions and turnips and
a plentiful supply Of gravy. For a
~half-penny extra two slices OF bread
aud a cup Of tea are supplied Be-
tween the hours of ~ and 2 the poOr
and hungry from all parts Of the east
end Of the city flock to the dining
room. Most OF the patrons are shoe
blacks. penny-toy men, costermougers
and now and then young clerks whose
salaries will not permit them 70 in
dulge fin a more costly dinner-Chi-
cago News.
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In the East Indian archipelago salt
ed ducks eggs are an article Of diet,
says Pacific Rural Press. The new
laid eggs are packed for two or three
weeks in a mixture of clay. brick dust
and salt. They are eaten hard-boiled.
It is said that in this region and in
India turtle eggs are also preserved in
salt. These products, while unusual,
do not necessarily suggest an unpleas-
ant article Of diet. The same can
hardly be said of a Chinese product
which has often been described Ducks
eggs are buried in the ground for ten
or twelve months and undergo a pc
culiar fermentation. The hydrogen
sulphide formed breaks the shell and
escapes while the egg becomes hard in
texture. 1t is said that the final prod
uct does not possess a d~isagreeable
odor or taste. Eggs treated in this or
some similar way are on sale in the
Chinese quarter of San Francisco, and
very likely in other American cities.
A sample recently examined had the
appearance of an egg covered with
d~ark-colored clay or mud.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-15

An effort to determine the relative
value Of Bronze Grass and Timothy for
pasturage and hay was made last year
by the North Dakota Experiment sta
ton. Though the season was not a
very favorable one, much was learned
regarding the drought-reslsting quail
ties Of the two grasses. The land Sc
lected was a meadow that has been in
grass for several years in which the
soil had become very firm and filled
with a mass Of roots. penetrating in the
case Of the Bronze Grass to a great
depth. After the summer rains the
timothy came forward very rapidly and
for September yielded $50 pounds per
acre more pasture grass than did the
Bronze grass, but the total yield for
the entire season vas 556 pounds
feed per acre from the Bronze grass.
The experiments were under the direc-
ton Of Prof. Ladd, WHO has thus sum
married. the results:
1. Bronze grags Produced a fair
amount Of p%asturage In The dry year OF
1900, while timothy made very little
growth.
2. Animals prefer Bronze pasture to
timothy, as shown in their grazing for
1899, when there was an abundance Of
both grasses, and in 1900 we have like
results.
3. There was but little difference in
chemical composition between pasture
grass from Bronze and from timothy.
The total yield per acre was much in
favor Of the Bronze grass.
4. Bronze grass made a fair crop Of
hay in 1900, while timothy failed.
5. Bronze hay contains about twice
as much protein as timothy.
6. Bronze hay does not contain more
fiber than the average for timothy
grown in all parts Of the United States.
z. Bronze grass sends its roots down
deeper into the soil than timothy and
furnishes a great mass Of roots in the
first foot of soil and hence the soil may
be expected to blow less when plowed.
g.. Soils on which Bronze grass has
been grown contain more organic mat
ter and humus than those on which
timothy has been grown.
g.. Bronze grass is a better humus
former than timothy and leaves the
soil in better chemical and physical
condition than does the timothy.
Soil Rot of Sweet Potatoes .-Attack
is confined to the roots and tubers,
giving to them the appearance of a
string Of beads Of irregular size and
shape. Remedy-Rotate crops. Treat
the soil with sulphur 400 pounds to the
acre, sowed broadcast, and worked in.
To the sulphur may be added with adj
kvantage the same amount of kainit.
Dry Rot Of Sweet Potatoes.-Attacks
underground parts only, giving to them
a wrinkled, pimply appearance. In
terror Of diseased tubers becomes dry
and powdery. Rem9dy-Gather ant
burn all diseased roots at the time the
crop is harvested.
Leaf Mold OF 8 eet Potatoes
Leaves become sickly, brown spots ap.
pear upon their upper surfaces, anC
white spots upon the under surface
Remedy-Destroy all related weeds
Spray with Bordeaux mixture.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-15
FAKE" PHOTOGRAPHS.
How Some Women Obtain Bogus Nata-
toriaI Reputation.

How some women Obtain Bogus Nata-
torlaI Reputation.
Two years ago a series of alleged
photographs of extraordinary feats Of
skill on horseback attracted wide at
tention when published. Later it was
shown that these photographs were
clever fakes. In each case the horse
when photographed was standing in
a normal position on the ground, and
the result was obtained by hosting
the picture around and taking the
sky line. A similar Photographic fake
is working successfully at many of the
seaside resorts this summer, and the
patrons of it are young men and wo-
men who want swimming regulations
to which they are not entitled. For
instance, a girl viii stand on a post
two feet above the water line, posed
as for a dive. The photographer pro-
duces a picture in which the post Is
so high that it makes M dizzy to look
at it. This is Nc. 1 of the set. In the
second picture the girl is represented
in the act of diving from this post into
water thirty or forty feet below. AS a
matter Of fact, she makes an ordinary
dive from the low post, and the pho
tographer adds the distance. The two
pictures are proof enough of skill IN
high diving, for 1t is generally believed
that the camera does not lie, The
photographers who devised the scheme
are reaping a rich harvest, but the pie
lures do not pass for their face value
at the swimming beaches.-New York
Sun
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S
Between Heart and BayORst.
BY JAMES NOEL JOHNSON.

ID WhNAA0 ANOLA UOAAAN9AANa
Copyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Boys" cried the Colonel, dashing
up, edo you see that %redoubt?'
The Colonel paused but a second. He
had spoken with the air of n who Is
granting a favor rather than delivering
a command.
Capt. Blake and Lieut.. Summers
swered with an exultant shout that
echoed from every lip in their COM
pany.
A single impulse throbbed in each
heart simultaneously, and the leap Of
n foot was the movement Of all.
Until now the company had stood,
all their arteries %conduits Of burning
fame. Their faces gave evidence Of the
repressive struggle within them.
They had cast sullen, envious eyes
on other ranks Of men that, loosed
from restraint, were hurrying, like glad
streams, into the sea Of action.
Oh, the sickening agony, the soul
neuralgia Of the brave soldier who Is
compelled for a time to become h
passive objector Of roaring conflict!
The wild shouts Of his brother troop
ers in action ring in his ears, firing his
enthusiasm, but his feet are chained
to the ground.
All around him and through him
run the thrill Of battle. His nerves
are leaping and vibrating like strings
swept oy heroic melodies, but he Is
chained to passivity.
Ever and anon a shot strikes into
the human wall. A man detached drops
and lies on the ground. There is re-
proach in the fading Eyes, for the man
had been shot as he stood as helpless
as If tied to a tree.
But now the Colonel's word had cut
the thongs from Capt. Blake's impa-
tient men, and gave them the liberty
Of action. And each nan pressed for
ward as if victory sat on the hill to be
claimed by him alone.
An accommodating wind shouldered
aside the masses oi smoke and exposed
the rsdOubt
About the mouths Of the great guns
was blown the foaining clouds of death.
The redoubt seemed a great monster
idol, belching fame and destruction to
the feet Of which hundreds Of human
sacrifices were already being cast.
Capt. Blake and Lieut.. Summers
charged in front Of their exultant
troopers, their swords lifted in glitter
ing menace. They had no need to
cheer on their men. To keep free and
ahead Of the exultant rush was all the
officers needed to do.
Each Of the two officers knew that,
In that sublimed moment, his mind was
in many things the reflex Of the 9TH
er's.
Images in their respective minds
were flying as swiftly as the missiles
Of death that both w%orshiped with tho
frenzy Of idOlatry.
Above that instructive purpose Of
SCATTERING the monster on the hill,
each man saw %laurels, blood red, he
expected to clasp and carry away to
be proudly placed at the beautiful feet
OF Christine Egglestone.
She was at home-each saw her In
the same anxious attitude, at the door
way. a soft hand ~ooing her eyes, gaz-
Ing toward the south. The men rushed,
shoulder to shoulder, but at which was
she gazing most a%nxiously? Neither
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He'd see me die with secret Joy. I
believe he would kill me II be knew
he would never be suspected. 7 am too
magnaminous. Z am too chivalrous to
nourish such a thought respecting him.
but ! am sure he would kill me II he
could. I'll be between twin perils
throughout this action" This horri-
bic suspicion few through the Jealous
mind Of Capt. Blake, and, with refer
enee to the Captain, It sped on through
the Jealous heart Of Lieut.. Summers.
Each, in his present morbid state.
furious with two passions. wrongly felt
the other would connive at his deathl
Now the men are in the very teeth
Of the awful monster. Great mouths
open and squirt out tearing missiles Of
death. All sounds, small and tremen-
dous, run together I'm a continuous roHr
that becomes half silence. All passions
are reduced to n primal, elemental
desire-the lust Of slaughter. This is
the pressing, o%mnivorous instinct.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-15

An epidemic prevails among swine
in portions Of Cuba. Nearly all the
hogs in Northwest Matanzas have been
carried OF and a great many in North
west Santa Clara. some herds having
lost IS per cent.
Chicago's August top on hogs for
1901 to date Is 95c above the August
average for the last eleven years, there
being only one August higher since
1883. The top In August, 1896, was
only $3.50, while the same month Of
1882 they reached $3.50. In Septem-
Der, 1882. $685. was paid, being the
highest for any month in over thirty
I'VE years.
Eleven markets received 430. 900 hogs
during the week ending August 10th,
being 10000 less than the previous
week and 68 5000 more than a year ago.
This year eleven markets received 49,
$4,000 up to August 10th. the largest
combined receipts on record. The to-
tai for 1901 to that date increased
918. 900. compared with a year ago,
714,OO0 compared with two years &
and 1.319.000 compared with three
years ago.
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morrow. This treatment. instead of
discouraging. will encourage by incit-
ing the child toward even better work
and will early implant that spirit Of di-
vine discomfort which allows no alb
solute satisfaction in that which has
been accomplished until the achieve
ment reaches perfection. This Is the
discomfort which Emerson breaches
and which is holy II doubt is not al
lowed to creep in to mar the ascira-
tion.-Gertrude Dixie Gaskell. in Won
ans Home Companion.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-15

could tell-each had his hope and his
"a But the uncertainty of it all few
through the soul Of each like a sword.
Each officer had a clear p~remonition
that but one Of the two would escape
that eauldron Of death.
Blacker grew the clouds, and the
peals OF thunder fused into a continu-
aus roar. Vague lightning played
through the wall. Men dropped like
rips fruit from a shaken tree. Shouts
Of e~xultation often dropped into dying
eroaus. still unframed. side by side,
the rival officers fought the same Inn
pulses moving their bodies. the same
vision flaming In their minds.
But Il each oncer knew the others
mind wa engaged with the same
thoughts and images, he couldn't re-
sist the belief that the other held a
dark purpose In addition unworthy Of
himself but to be expected In the
other.
They were enemies. Of course In
.s~elf-deienso they couldn't wish each
other well.
He'd rather die than lose Christine.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-15

A heart IS lost In the gam OF golf
cupid has taken charge Of the green,
And hazards are frequent. nigh and of,
With a stymie constantly between.
The victim studies his charmer's play,
Follows her course with an anxious
eye.
Hoping she'n land IN the self-same way,
Making the game a li~ke~as-we-lie.
The parsons niblick would help them
then.
For TO the altar the course would be,
And when the game would begin again
A w~edding-ring would serve as the tee.
As single players no more arrayed
Against each other, but man and wife,
Their future would be a series played
or foursomes upon the links Of life.
Fl. W. W.
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Both in this country and in Europe
the school Of cooking has become a
fixture. A cooking center of the Lon
don school board is a place where
cooking is not only taught, but also
appreciated. Dinnerless children, as
far as possible, receive attention, and
many are the interesting stories told
in connection Herewith. A short time
since a mite of 5 years appeared at
the door and asked for "a tuppenny
dinner" "And what does your father
do?" she was asked. She did not un-
derstand. What does he work att
How does he get his living?" The lit
tie face became intelligent, as she
slowly and sadly replied, He gets
drunk
It is the early worm that catches
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Keep your children busy If you
would have them happy. When the oc-
cupation IS some daily labor which
has been wisely allotted, see that Sc
Is accomplished as well as it Is pos
sible for the child TO accomplish II
under existing circumstances. But
whether it be in work or play. let him
understand that, no matter how well
be may have done to-day-and do not
be chary of your praise-he has With
in himself that which viii make Il
possible for him 10 DO still better to-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-15

Keep your children busy II you
would have them happy. When the
occupation Is some daily labor which
has been wisely allotted, see that it is
accomplished as well as it is possible
for the child to accomplish it under
existing circumstances. But whether
it be in work or play, let him under
stand that no matter how we'll he
nay have done today-and do not be
chary OF your praise-he has within
himself that which will make 1t pos
sible for him to do stll better to-
morrow. This treatment, instead Of
discouraging, says Woman's Home
Companion, will encourage by incit-
ing the child toward even better work.
and will early implant that spirit OF
divine discomfort which allows Of no
absolute satisfaction in that which
has been accomplished until the
achievement reaches perfection. This
Is the discomfort which Emerson
breaches, and which is holy II doubt
Is not allowed to creep IN TO mar the
aspiration.
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room IS partly Of glass, and a large
window faces southwark so the tenn
porature viii run up TO 100 degrees.
The honey IS placed 10 tanks. JIG inches
deep, 8 feet long and 4 feet wide, lined
with the best OF tin plate. Thus a
large surface Is exposed to the drying
influence of this warm atmosphere.