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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

EnvsstiGators say hat FORMER Partially
Avcris Latter
"A French scientist, Dr. Roche, thinks
that he has discovered an interesting
fact 10 regard to malaria. He declares
that the addition Of lime TO the soil
for purely agricultural purposes Will
redklco the amount Of malaria in that
vicinity. Another medical man, DR..
Grellet, echoes that opinion, and as
serts that the diminution Ia malaria is
proportional to the quality Of lime
used. Neither Of these writers offers
any explanation OF the alleged discovs
cry or shows why the lime should an
tagonize the malaria. The old notion
that so-called malarial fevers resulted
las the name implies) from bad air, a
miasm arising from the soil, and es-
pecially from wet places, is still enter
tanned by q number Of people. This
Is a theory which could be reconciled
easily with the belief which Drs. Roche
and Grellet now cherish. If both OF
these s%upposltions are correct no doubt
the lime checks the development OF
the miasmatic vapor in wet soil. But
It has recently been suspected that
malaria Is caused by a micro-organism
which gets into the victims blood, and
not by a gas which is inhaled. It is
also suspected that this microbe gets
into the blood through the bite Of an
infected mosquito. Now, II this un-
derstaDding Of the case should prove
10 be right, then It would not be easy
to see what lime has to do with sup
pressing malaria. Perhaps It kills
mosquitoes and Improves the sanitary
conditions Of a district in that manner.
Or It is remotely possible that the
disappearance OF malaria which has
been noticed in France is confined to
a limited region, and is due to some
other cause than the use Of lime as a
fertilizer. The two facts may have
been simultaneous, but unrelated. At
any rate, It viii be desirable to know
whether anything Of the kind has been
noticed in other places where malNia
once prevailed and where lime has
been employed by farmers. If so, there
is doubtless something In the idea.
Otherwise, t~he-French cases would APP
pear to be accidental and exceptional.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20
The Presidents
Sisters "a

While considerable gossip has re-
Gently been printed about President
Roosevelt's wife, children and mother,
little has been said about his two sis
terg. both charming ladies. Mrs.
Cowles, formerly Miss Anna Roosevelt,
has been married only a few years,
although she is older than her brother
Theodore. Her charitable work Is
known tie world over, and her BUSH
neHs ability Is striking. When her
cousin. j.. Roosevelt. was in charge Of
the British embassy in London she
went over as his guest and stayed with
him for a long time. taking charge Of
his household. Her success as a hos
tens was marvellous in London-in fact.
ln England. where she made countless
warm friends and where she met Com
mander Cowles. whom she married the
following year. She Is now living in
Washington and M nearer to hav-
ing a salon than any other American
woman.
Mrs. Douglas Robinson. the younger
sister. Is the wife OF a we'll known real
estate man in New York and consid-
cred one Of the cleverest ONE ia the
metropolis. Both M. Roosevelts sis
tiers are wide readers. They have been
from gery little children the most In
innate friends Of Mrs. Theodore Roose-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

One of the oiaest churches along the
South shore IS the First Baptist church
Of Marshheld. Mass. But a visitor to
the ancient town never hears the edi-
nee tailed by It's proper title. Ask al
most any resident of that section lying
west Of South M%arshheld, Where are
you going TO church today7" and the
reply will be. invariably. over to the
old skunk The "Old Skunk" meet
ing house, as II is locally known, has
an interesting history. Nearly half a
century ago, the story Is told by the
older residents. a family Of 1--WE healthy
skunks marched boldly into the church
one spring morning and took complete
possession. It was a bright, warm day;
the congregation marched quietly out,
the minister made his escape IN q hur-
~ through a convenient window, and
the service was continued on the lawn,
after but a slight delay. One Of the
animals was a handsome specimen. It
was one Of the largest ever seen in the
town, and the family remained In its
new home for several weeks, finding a
convenient place for a nest under the
pulpit. From this time on the church
vas called the "Old Skunk" meeting
house. Marshheld people, by the way,
still call their churches meeting houses
after the olden-time style. The church
was the first one OF Baptist denomina-
ton to be established in this section.
In 1884 six persons were baptized by
the Rev. Elder Elisha Calendar of
the First Baptist church of Boston, and
in 1748 several moreswere baptized. In
1873 the Rev. Isaac Backus Of Middle
borough" as It was then called, per-
formed some missionary labors in this
vicinity, and concerning Marshfeld,
wrote in his diary: deacon Josiah
Eames and his wife, Thomas Eames
and his wife, David Thomas, Jr., and
his wife, Thomas Joyce and his wife
and SOME others, seem not only to be
convinced that the present parish wor-
ship (CongregationaD is very corrupt
but that Baptist principles are right;
we're very thankful for my coming
and there is a hopeful prospect Of an
agreeable society being formed there
The Baptist Religious Society O
Marshheld was formed in 1888, at tn,
home of Jonathan Joyce, now the lat
Hewitt Simmons place, near the pres
ent church edihce. The movement wa.
begun while the Rev. William Shaw o
Bridgewater was pastor Of the Firs
Congregational church. The same yea.
a meeting house was built and 10 year
later, in 1897, the society was incorpo
rated, the charter members being
Thomas Joyce, Lucy Joyce, zena
Thomas, Abigail Thomas, IchaboI
Sherman, Rebecca Chase, Abigail
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

I ODD THANKSGIYINGS 'F ms st ss s.s { sss


Thanksgiving, though commonly re-
garded as being from It's earliest be-
ginning q distin0tively New England
festival and Puritan holiday, was
originally neither. The first New Eng
land Thanksgiving was observed by
the Popham ~colonists at Monhegan,
In the Thanksgiving service Of the
Church Of England, Giving God
thanks" for safe arrival and many
other liberal blessings. says Mrs. Earle
in her Customs Of Old New England"
Days set apart for thanksgiving
were known in Europe before the Ref
Ormation, and were in frequent use
by Protestants afterward. But the
FIRST New England Thanksgiving was
not a day OF religious observance, but
a day Of recreation. Edward Winslow
writing December II, 1921, to a friend
in England, says: "Our harvest be-
ing gotten In, M governor sent four
men out fowling so that we might,
after q special mann-r, reio CO together
after we had gathered the fruits Of
our labors. The four killed as much
fowl, as with a little help beside,
served the company about a week. At
which times among ~recreations
we exercised arms, many Of the
Indians coming amongst us. and
among the rest their greatest king,
Massasoyt, with some ninety men,
whom for three days we entertained
and Toasted, and they went out and
Nf11nI Hwa Iuma mrLHuL Nha~ hm-na.La
and bestowed on our governor, and
upon the captains and others" As
Governor Bradford recorded that dur
ing that autumn beside water fowle
Their was great store of wild turkies,"
the Pilgrims Jared better at their
Thanksgiving than their English cOus-
ms, for turkeys were not plentiful in
England at that date. The Indian
visitors Joined in the games. These
%recreations were doubtless competi-
tions in running, leaping, jumping and
perhaps stool-box. Probably the Wom-
en- of the colony had little time to
Join in the %recreations as the four
women, with the help Of one servant,
and a few young maids, had to. pre-
pare and COOK o Tor lHO hungry
men. There is no record Of any spec
ial religious service during this week
Of feasting. On February p, in 1880,
the first public thanksgiving was he'd
In Boston by the Bay State colony in
gratitude for the safe arrival of ships
bearing food and friends. On Novem-
Der 4, 1881, Thanksgiving day was
kept again in Boston. From that time
till 1884 there were at least % public
thanksgiving days appointed in Mas
%sachusetts, Rhode Island and Con-
necticut. People do not seem to have
celebrated Thanksgiving in the early
days. In Connecticut the festival was
not regularly observed until 1716.
Thanksgiving was not always appoint
ID in early days for the same token
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Great Britain has no distinctive and
exclusive throne. Instead, there are
eour-the wooden chair, with the slab
Of Scotch stone, in Westminster ABB
hey. which has served as the corona
ton seat OF the monarchs Of this realm
for seven centuries; the sumptuous
chair Of state In the House Of Lords
the chair on which the late queen sat
when holding a drawing o In Buck
lngham palace, and the gilt arm chair
at windsor, in which the sovereign sits
10 receive letters OF credence or recall
from foreign ENJOYS, or accord audi
ence to dusky p%otentates.
The Car of Russia Is even more
adversely throned. Each Of a dozen
chairs Of state are at various times
STYLED the Russian throne. The two
most remarkable are the chairs Of
ivan the Terrible and the one IN
ST. Georges Hall Of the Winter Palace
at ST. Petersburg. The former Is Of
%turouoises. In the back alone there
are 10000 Of these gems. The other
chair Is Of costly woods, with ivory
and gold. richly jeweled, and embossed
with the imperial eagle. The seat IS
Of ermine, and the arms are ivory
tnshs.
Further east. IN Teheran, the Shah
displays himself on a white marble
throne. looted from Delhi ia 1883. IL
e Of ivory. OVERLAND with gold, and
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Electrical Effects Of Thunder storms,
+. LarroQue. in Comics Rendus,
states that, being attracted by the pc
culiar effect thunder storms at a dis
lance Of many miles often have upon
persons afflicted with certain nervous
diseases long before any instrument
now in use indicates any atmospheric
disturbance, It occurred to him that
Hertzian waves emitted by thunder
storms might possibly be transmitted
owe enormous distances through the
middle and higher atmospher by some
means analogous to relays. In order
to test his idea he constructed q re-
ceiver made of a horizontal plate OF
zinc 40 en-. in diameter, earthed by a
thin copper wire containing a spark
gap located in a dark cellar. With
this device, in June, 1901, he made sew
eral series of nocturnal observations.
In one of them the manifestations CO
incided with the blizzard In the Gram
plans, and in another with the tbun-
der storm which on the night Of June
Is was visible over Corsica, the sky
being serene in both cases where the
observations were made. M. Larroque
points out the Importance of this char
acter OF meteorological observation,
but ventures no explanation of the
cause of the transmission Of Hertzian
waves over such enormous distances.
Philadelphia Times.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20
Cats Are
Her Hobby


Among the "fads'' to which English
ladies' OF wealth, leisure and high so
ciaI distinction are addicted there are
few yielding the fair devotees more
genuine pleasure and satisfaction than
the business Of breeding and rearing
cats, the speciality Of Lady Marcus
Beresford- At her home at Bishams-
gate, near Egham, Lady Beresford has
established what she calls her cat
cries" a word which fits the case, per-
haps. as we'll as any other. The es-
tabnshment is absolutely unique in
every feature. Here the happy and
fortunate pussies live, move, and have
their being amid surroundings At for
uueens and princes. One feature Of
the "catery" is a v~ine-covered cottage
with the rooms decorated ana supplied
with everything supposed TO be need
full for the comfort of the most fasti-
dious of felines. There is a small
kitchen for cooking food, racks to
hold the white enameled bowls and
plates used at feeding time, and a
large book wherein is inscribed the
family history of members Of the es-
adjustment. BY many men cats are
regarded as a nuisance, if nothing
worse, but by a specially fortunate cir
cumstance Lord Beresford is deeply
interested in felines himself, and is
in thorough sympathy with his wife's
hobby. He is one of the presidents Of
the London Cat Club, whose annual
exhibitions are a popular feature Of
each recurring season. and some Of the
prize-winning cats at these shows ey-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

OF Gods ~benencence. nor was Il all
ways set upon Thursday OF for any
special season, but the frequent APP
pointment IN gratitude for boUntiful
harvests finally made the autumn the
customary time. When the festival Of
Thanks became annual It assumed
many features Of the old English
Christmas. In the year 1877 the first
regular Thanksgiving proclamation
was printed. Neither chinaware nor
earthenware was plentiful in early
days. although ~earthenware IS mem
toned in early inventories. The table
furnishings consisted largely Of wood
en- trenchers. The time when America
was settled was the era when pewter
ware and a set Of "garnish" Of pew
ter was a source Of great pride to
every colonial ~housekeeper. A uni
versal table furnishing was the por-
ringer, which was usually of pewter.
When not in use these were hung by
their handles on the edge Of the dress
err shelf.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

The cultivation Of coco, says a wri-
ter in the Scientific American, is at
present an inviting agricultural pur-
suit in Trinidad and parts Of Venezu-
ella. The coco tree cannot Withstand
strong sunshine. and the young plants
have to be shaded by banana or plain
tain trees, and later. when they attain
their growth. by tall trees known as
"immortels," or the mother Of the
COCO" These make a kind Of canopy
over the entire plantation. The fruit
Of the coco tree is a pod, resembling
a cucumber and growing on the trunk.
or large branches. where it clocks as
though it were artihcially attached. %
The seeds are like large, thick Lima
beans embedded in pulp These form
the coco beans Of commerce. The
processes Of curing and drying require
much attention.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20
ono OF MANS odditlea.

Il really believe that men who wear
belts become attached to them just as
a man does to an old pipe" said a
Chestnut street haberdasher yester-
day. Haven't you ever noticed fell
lows who are otherwise dressed i'm
maculately wearing old belts, soiled
and discolored? One OF my regular
customers came In this morning and
Informed me. with a long face, that
his wife had positively demanded that
he discard the belt he had been wear-
ing for 1--WE or six summers and buy
a new one. showed him several, but
he seemed dissatisfied. They look so
horribly new, he said. Haven't you
got one that Is a little shabby and
s%hop-worn7 / finally unearthed one
that had been knocking around for a
long time. He took this and put II
on, after having crumpled II up as
much as possible. I don't suppose
you gant this, / said, picking up the
old belt that he had discarded. Yes,
1 DO, he replied quickly. He made
me wrap It up and he carried II away
with him"-Philadelphia Record.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Pennsylvania is called the key
stone State" Two explanations have
been given Of this name. According
to the first, the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence was trembling in the bal
ance, six colonies having voted for
and six against It, the vote Of Pennsyl-
vania was cast in favor Of the DECLARE
ton, and thus a majority was secured.
According to the other explanation the
name was purely an accident. When
the Rock creek bridge was constructed
near Washington, the stones Of the
great arch were Inscribed with the
names OF the states, and when II was
finished the discovery was made that
the name Of Pennsylvania was on the
keystone Of the arch, and thus was APP
piled afterward to the state.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Having found by personal expert
ence that Lydia 10. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Is a medi-
cine Of rare virtue, and having seen
dozens OF cures where my suffering
sisters have been dragged back to life
and usefulness from an untimely a
simply by the use Of a few bottles Of
h a Compound, I must proclaim its
virtues, or / should not be doing NV
duty TO suffering mothers and dragged
out housekeepcrs.
Dear Sister, Is your health poor,
DO You feel worn out and used ND
especially do you have "a Of TIE
troubles which beset our sex. take nv
advice let the doctors alone. try
lydia %. Finkham's Vegetable
Compound; IL IS better than any
and an doctors, for IL cures and thew
do not "-MHs. E c. SMITH, 1913 Oair
81, Iteasuror W.. C. n. U., Kansas
IVY Ao'-ssooo foJsH y obass tssaaoaia h
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo-
men free Address, Lyon. Ma
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Some people live in New York, 9TH
srs exist. It Is written that a major
ity Of our citizens never owned q
home. They live in rented flats or
houses all their lives, and do not know
the meaning OF possession. Many mil
~lionaires dwell IN hired residences.
Their homes are IN other states, but
they must be In Fifth enu during
the social season. and they must keep
house. Philadelphia has been spoken
Of as a Community Of homes" New
York Is a community Of rents. More
than half Of our people don't know
what 1t is to pay taxes. Their obliga-
lions Of citizenship are settled by the
landlord, who takes everything out In
the rent. We are becoming a charac-
terless mob.-New York Press.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20
Reverenee for sehooI renehsr..

Lift your hat r%everently when you
pass the teacher of a primary school, q"
says old Pap" Eckert. "She takes
the little bantling free from the home
nest and full Of his pouts and pas
sions, an ungovernabIe little wretch,
whose own mother admits thae she
sends him to school to get rid Of him.
This young woman, who knows her
business, takes a whole carload OF
these youngsters, half Of whom. sin
%gle-handed and alone, are more than a
match for their parents and puts them
in the way Of being useful and upright
citizens. And at what expense Of toll
and WEAKNESS. Here is the most re-
sponsible position in the whole school.
and II her salary were double she
would receive less than she earns "A
Kansas Note from Kansas City Star.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

The "Donau Zeitung,7 a Bavarian
newspaper, gives currency to the ru-
NOR that the Kaiser has instructed
the military authorities to remit all
sentences passed on soldiers Of the
China expeditionary force. His Males
ty, it is said, does not wish that the
men who went voluntarily to China to
fight for the Fatherland shall return
home to undergo punishment. Quite
a large number of soldiers Of the Ger
man forces have been sentenced to
more or less heavy punishment for
onenses against military discipline
committed in China and COR excuses
against the person and property Of the
Chinese.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20
UnexplaInabIe.

Hattie: 81 wish I knew some , ay
to make lots of money" Uncle George:
Easiest thing in the world, Hattie.
Go upon the stage, and when you re-
tire after twenty-five or thirty years
you can write your "reminiscences for
the next half century and get good
money for them. l don't know why; 4
only know you would."-Boston Tran
script.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

81 wonders, said Brother Dickey,
"ef Mister Roosevelt is gwine ter give
de culled race any mo- %rickernition
dan what dey been a'havin'? Dey sho'
needs it. Wy, 1 well erquainted wild a
member or my race what voted de
'publikin' ticket six times in n cleo
ton. en- dat MAJ amt eve got one
office ter his namel Now, eff dat'a
what dey calls rickernition hits mo-
dan l kin see!"-Atlanta Constitution
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Everybody has an opinion about
everything, the number Of the we'll
informed has enormously increased.
and the house of commons, though it
knows quite well that there must be
in most cases half a dozen good alter
native plans of which the minister can
only adopt one, usually listens with a
sort Of chuckle to well-worded de-
scriptions of the other five. A minis
ter nowadays requires the temper Of
an angel and even when he possesses
n he has to be patient under a tedi-
I'M, "the drip, drip, drip of dilatory
debate" among men th~ree-quarters in
formed, which is TO many a nearly I'M
bearable form Of mental torture. I'm
agine listening to a sermon Of six
hours on a text only too we'll known,
and then think what Mr.. Balfour has
to put up with on an education night,
or a night devoted to the comparative
merits of steamers boilers. The de-
mand made on the intellect and the
knowledge and the temper is almost
uncomfortable, and but that politicians
train themselves to a kind of self
control akin to that of an expert wit
ness under cross-examination, would
produce nightly explosions sometimes
witnessed in a vestry supected Of too
much tolerance for jobbing. The poll
tician has, in fact, ome to resemble
rather an ~overworked, underpaid and
much badgered professional rather
tnan the successful man who fifty
years ago was the envy not only Of his
rivals, but OF that whole upper crust
Of the nation which was capable of un-
d%erstanding his achievements.-The
Spectator.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

A New York newspaper recently
celebrated it's hftieth birthday by
bringing out a copy Of it's first issue.
That number contained, among many
musty and forgotten things. an arti-
Gle on the N%lcaraguan canal route, ex-
tracts from English papers on the SUI
periority Of American yachts, and an
article on the sympathy of Americans
with the Cubans, oppressed by Spain.
Verify, the thoughts we are think
ing our fathers did think"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

A line Of observation automobiles
Is to be run In Washington. ID. c., for
the benefit Of visitors. Each vehicle
carries twenty-five passengers and viii
be accompanied by a lecturer on points
OF interest at the capital. The fuel is
kerosene and the motive power steam.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

DR.. S. ]. Trexle Of Kutztown, Pa,
before his death, provided that every
one who attended his funeral should
have q free dinner, and over 1000
persons availed themselves of his Of
fer at the two leading hotels. where
arrangements had been made to feed
the multitude.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-20

Joyce, Mary Curtis. Rachel Joyce.
Prince Hatch. William Curtis. Lydia
Ford. zaccheus Lambert and Vashti
Bryant. The ediace was enlarged IN
1850, and 9 spire added, a bell being
given by Henry B. Glover Of Boston.
The new structure was dedicated Jan.
/, 1851, the Rev. w. r. stubbert Of
Arlington preaching the dedication ser
mon. A dwelling house and - acres
of land situated near the church we're
bought In 1882 for a parsonage. Two
branches Of the church society were
established in 1926. one holding serv-
ices in a school building In Duxbury.
and the other In a new meeting house
at North Marshheld. In 1888 the lat
ter became an Independent society. In
1906 there were II members dismissed
to form a Baptist church in Hanover.
and in 1925 nine were dismissed to
establish one at scituate Both these
organizations are now hourishing IN
their respective towns. In the early
days the "Old Skunk" church had fire.
quent occasions for discipline, aris-
ing from the habit Of drinking. Dur
ing the passionate Of the Rev. Thomas
Conant, known as Father Conant,
in 1911, several Of the most inhuen-
tial members we're excluded from the
church for the too free use Of spiritu-
GUS liquors" In 1923 an article was
introduced by DR.. Charles Macomber
that succeeded in stamping out this
trouble. The edifce is located about
three miles west Of South Marshheld
on the road to Pembroke and Han
over. It's present pastor is the Rev.
James Nobbs.-Boston Herald.