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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25
EuRs ARE FINE.
Drought During the summer Was Good
for the Anfmafa.

Drought During the summer Was Good
for the Animals.
1T is truly an I'll wind that blows
good to no one" remarked a skin
buyer for one OF the big fur houses OF
the city, says a writer in the New York
Times. Take last summers drought
as an instance. 1t resulted badly to
the crops of farmers up in New Eng
land, where l have been securing the
country for a couple Of weeks past
Men who have a liking for fly fishing
bewailed the lack OF rain. for the
streams ran dry and trout persisted by
hundreds in some Of the mountain
streams. On the other hand, the
drought was a good thing for the
hunters and trappers that / have to
deal with. They have found that the
few mink they have caught this year
have an unusually rotund appearance.
They are as fat as butter and the fur
Is better than 1t has been for years.
Country weather prophets will tell you
that this is because we are going to
have a winter Of unusual severity.
AngAh may Ub auAuDAuAAk III budkt 4
won't deny It. But when II cOmes
down to hard facts the reason for the
better fur OF the mink Is due to the
fact that the animals have had better
feeding than they have had for years
past. They are great hsh eaters. With
the trout streams reduced to mere rib
bons Of water, the big trout all went
to the deep pools and became prison
ers there. With plenty Of water to
nov about In a trout is ab~undantly
able to take care OF itself against the
mink. But, imprisoned In the pools,
the mink had the trout at his mercy,
and the mink that has not had all the
trout he wanted this summer has been
a lazy beast. They have been able to
simply gorge themselves. and that is
why the mink are 80 fat and sleek this
fall. / think the catch Of mink skins
this winter, when the season Is really
on, will be the finest we have had In
a long time. So you see the drought
worked we'll for my business, even
though II was a little hard on the
farmer aud the fisherman"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25
woman. Rlrhts In England.

English women appear to have gone
daft on conventions. Gatherings for
every conceivable purpose are being
held continually and every woman who
aspires to social position is a delegate
to some OF these conventional mat
ters little to her, apparently, which
one, so long as she is a delegate. In
June last the English women attended
two conventions at the same time in
London, studying politics at the an
nual session Of the Women's Liberal
Federation and then rushing to dis
cussions at the worlds temperance
conference. Scarcely were these over
before she FASTENED by fast express up
to Edinburgh TO the Worlds Women's
Christian Temperance Union. Other
conventions followed in rapid success
sion up to the present time
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

the lack Of rain has been the forest
fires, which in the past few
years have ragged with unprecedented
violence and devastated hundreds of
square miles Of forest, which will not
reproduce themselves in a century.
In many parts Of California these
fires have occurred owing to the dry
conditions which have prevailed. Per-
haps the most remarkable fire, the
accompanying illustrations Of which
are reproduced from the Scientific Am
erican occurred near the town Of
Wrights, in the Santa Cruz Noun
tains, south Of San Francisco. Here
the fire was started, as in many other
instances, by an irresponsible rancher
who vas burning brush. The wind
sprang up suddenly, swept the flames
into the forest, and in a very short
time a fierce wall Of flame was rush
ing up the west slopes Of the Coast
Range, carrying destruction before it.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

Clara county. To protect it and the
homes in the vicinity the people Of the
surrounding country assembled en-
masse, organized themselves into an
efficient body Of fire fighters and began
a campaign in which striking acts Of
valor we're performed. 1t was impos-
sibie to stay the flames, and as they
went rushing down the canyon toward
the winery destruction of the valuable
property seemed inevitable, and the
result demonstrated the necessity Of
having in this and other states men
who will make a study Of fighting fire
as a science,
It was believed that the winery
could be say ed, when, without warn
ing, the WAGER gave out. Some large
trees, which were dropping in every di-
r%ection, had fallen upon the supply
pipes, crushing them and clogging the
reservoir. This was an unexpected
catastrophe. but the resources Of the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

At the recent meeting Of the Ameri-
can Ornithologists' union, the commit
tee on bird protection submitted an
encouraging report Of work lone dur
Ing the past year. With the co-opera-
ton Of Lighthouse keepers, captains OF
hfe-saving stations and owners OF is
lands Of which gulls and terms breed,
the plum hunters were kept away from
fields which have heretofore yielded
their largest returns. Under the Lacey
bill, passed at the last session Of con
gress, the society was able to seize
the bodies Of $500 birds from a Harry
land dealer. and to bring suit against
him. The good effect OF this action
was felt at once. All the wholesale
mililners IN Baltimore asked to have
their stock inspected, and offered to
withdraw whatever was held illegally.
Il is worth noting that among the
many ladies present at the meeting OF
the union, not one wore a hat trimmed
with birds or feathers. The members
evidently practice what they preach.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25
The Frame in Mourning.

BY MAURICE MONTEGUT.
~CCopyrighied. 1900. 10y Daily Story u COD
Sad with a poignant sadness was
that great frame Of gold, draped with
a large piece Of crepe in the middle
Of a panel surrounded by groups or
Joyous peasants and gayly colored
landscapes. On the day Of the open
ing Of the salons exhibition Of paint
ings the crowd thronged before the
frame in mourning from which looked
a portrait Of a beautiful woman with a
sweet face.
The story Of the portrait and It's
frame ran from mouth to mouth.
II was the portrait Of Madame Hol-
ling. wife Of the celebrated artist. She
had died several days before the open
ing Of the salon, and it was his crushed
life full Of despair that the artist
showed in exhibiting this memorial
Of his happiness and misery.
Already past middle g he had
loved with doting love that splendid
creature with deep eyes and locks as
r~esplendent as FURNISHED gold. Five
years Of marriage had not diminished
his autumnal passion. Holling loved
his wife with his eyes, with his heart
body and soul as artist and as hus-
band.
Then one evening a cold wind car
ried her away; she who had been so
full Of life was chilled in death. In
the morning she had sung joyously.
In the evening she was rigid and cold;
she slept in the eternal slumber.
The despair Of the painter had been
terrible. He sobbed for hours by the
side Of her bed. All Paris was moved
by the hopeless grief Of one Of her
dearest and most illustrious children.
But caring nothing for their sympathy
OF pity and isolated in his anguish,
since the tragic moment, he had gone
through his existence seeing and hear
ing nothing, inconso abe and not wish
ing to be consoled.
Every morning as 500 as the salon
opened Holling appeared ghostlike in
the gallery where hung the frame OF
gold with the drapery Of crepe. With
arms crossed, twenty PAGES before the
painting, he remained for an indefinite
period contemplating the smiling Wis.
age Of that young beauty, which was
all that remained Of her. He woult
say to himself.
Yes, yes, 1t is you, it is indeed you
There are your eyes, there is YOU
mouth. Those are the luxuriant tressei
In which l have plunged my hands. Al
my Godl Luciennel Yes; you look a
me. 1t is l. Oh, your hand so pale
with its almost imperceptible blu'
viens. It is your handl You arr
beautiful here as you were in truth
You are my masterpiece OF painting, a.
you we're my masterpiece Of love. Poo
child, where are you?"
And each morning on coming HI
spoke to the immObile portrait anC
sometimes it seemed to him that she
answered. The few visitors there II
the early hours respected his dementia
They saluted him in passing, but HI
answered them not or broke into sobs
One day upon his arrival he found {
man standing directly in front Of the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25
O EARNING.
More Patronage to Grinders Than to
Grand Opera.

More Patronage to Grinders Than to
Grand Opera.
The hand-organ grinders Of New
York get more patronage, measured by
actual receipts, than the grand opera
forces at the Metropolitan Opera
house, says the New York World. In
all the discussion( about a~boiishing the
street-organ this remarkable fact has
been overlooked. There are nearly 500
h~and-organs now in very active opera
ton in the city. There are many
more small machines used as a pre-
text for begging. After questioning
the manufacturers Of these organs and
the musicians themselves It was found
that the average daily receipts of one
OF these organizations, consisting OF
one organ and two musicians, are about
50. Some organs are accompanied by
women who perform on the tambou-
rine. The daily income OF these musi-
clans may be set down at about 5000.
Fol the year the contributions are in
round numbers S25O,0 The Metro
politan opera season lasts about ten
weeks. The exact cost Of supporting
the opera cannot be obtained. The
gentlemen in possession Of these fig
ures on being questioned say that they
are private property. A careful calcu-
lation Of the salaries Of the singers,
the cost Of staging, etc, would indie
cate that the cost was considerably be-
low the receipts Of the organ-grinders.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

There are doubtless in every large
city in the country larger and more
valuable collections OF bric-a-brac and
art furniture than that to be found In
the private apartments of the executive
mansion, but it is a question whether
there is in the length and breadth Of
the land any other half so interesting.
Rarity Is, OF course, a universal char
acteristic Of the artistic gems scatter
ed through the home Of the presidents,
but better than that is the fact that
almost every piece is fraught with
memories and associations that make
1t a priced possession. OF the whole
number probably half are the gifts Of
kings and rulers-tokens Of apprecia-
ton from friendly nations-and the
remainder, having been fashioned es-
pecially for the White House, have no
duplicates anywhere else In the world.
-Woman's Home Companion.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25
A rouoH
After Being Fourteen Days in an Ioeboz
II SIN Lived.

~ oAh LANoNa
A writer says Sir William Cory
told him some time ago that on one OF
his steamships coming from New zea-
land an al%batross, supposed to have
been choked dead, kept in an ice box
at a temperature which was always
much below freezing point, was found
TO be alive at the end of fourteen days.
Captain Reed, in command Of the yes
sci in question, supplements the story
with the statement that the bird was
supposed to be killed by being strang-
led with Irvine tied as tightly as pos
sible around the neck. This Irvine
was not removed. The beak was
closed and tied and the legs crossed
behind the tail and tied and the legs
crosses behind the tail and tied. It
was then wrapped In an old meat
cloth and put with three other birds
In the return box at the end Of the
port snow truck. II remained there
for certainly not less than ten days.
On the snow boy complaining that the
bird "grunted" when he went near It
the albatross was taken out, when Il
was found that 1t could move its neck
about and open its beak and the eyes
we're open and lifelike. The lower
half OF the body and the legs were
frozen hard. The fastening on the
beak had come on. 1t was alive for
two hours after being taken M and
was then strangled and put In the
snow box.-From Nature.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

fame was smothered at once, peculiar
clouds of smoke rising, telling that the
chemical combination was a success;
SO successful, indeed, so apparent, that
the exhausted men, who had been
working for hours, and whose clothing
and hair were charred, raised a cheer
and began the fight with renewed
vigor.
Four thousand gallons Of this wine
was thrown upon the flames in this
way before the building RAJ safe,
probably one Of the most remarkable
and successful methods Of fighting fire
known. The method was somewhat
expensive, as the wine retailed at five
cents per quart when bottled, and
$4,000 in wine was used, yet it saved
buildings and machinery worth many
thousand dollars and demonstrated
that a winery has a protective against
fire in it's watts If the owner has the
courage and temerity to use it. %
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

Few men are-or can be-more char
table than was the late Thomas X.
Beecher, d. D., Of Elmira His salary
was $500 per annum, and by far the
greater part Of this he gave away every.
year. On one occasion some members
OF his congregation, ashamed Of his
shabby appearance. sent him a new
o%vercoat. Dr.. Beecher promptly gave
Il to a poor man and repeated when
his friends sent him a second gar
ment Then they gave him a third.
but made him promise that he would
keep it. The reverend gentleman re-
l~uctantly agreed.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

1t was in the Little Shop of Signs,
that curious little place with its great
sign above, as large as the shop itself,
its bulletin and telephone and cigar
signs at either side and in the panels,
and with its windows of candies. toys
and papers, that stands there on JEFF
erson street. where it has stood since
the days before the modern stores
about 1t were thought Of. the club,
whose house is opposite, was inform
ed, and the art gallery, looking across,
was old st. Paul's. She was
& little tot with brown curls hang
ing down each side Of her face. but
she win rival the best Of the bargain
hunters before those curls are thin
and gray. She stood In front Of the
candy case and held her penny tight
in her fist, while she deliberately cal
culated her gains. 81 like that best, "
she said to the little man behind the
counter, who will some day wear a
crown for his goodness to the children
Of three wards and three generations.
~But there's more in that for a
penny" her pudgy fingers indicating
certain candies. And then she thought
again. and at last her artistic tastes
won over her selashness and greed
and she selected that which she liked
best-Milwaukee Journal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

Congress usually passes a general
River and Harbor" bill every other
year, and such a bill is due this win
ter. In the appropriations Of this sort
the people Of seaports and river towns
are naturally more interested than
are those Of inland regions. A sea-
port representative in personal CONVEX
sation the other day put the case thus,
In order to persuade his inland asso-
ciates that they had as much to gain
by a certain harbor improvement as
he: 1T is not the mouth that profits
by the food that goes into it, but the
whole body. The harbor Of my city is
but a mouth Of the nation; by making
access to 1t easier, goods going and
coming have less to pay for transpor-
tation. This leaves more remaining
as your share on what you have to
sell abroad. and also makes what you
have to buy cost less"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

California has for four or I'VE years
been visited by q short rain supply,
which has caused no little annoyance.
trouble and expense to almost every
industry In the southern part Of the
state, though certain regions have had
their normal rainfall In some locali-
ties water has almost entirely given
out, and small ranchers have deserted
their places and driven their stock to
more favored sections.
One OF the most serious results OF
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

Tho mountains here were covered
with a nne growth Of old oaks maaan-
IT'S and Observation-Disclosures In the
country, which fell like straw before
the destroyer. The wall Of fame swept
to the summit and descended into the
canyons. following these rivers Of YER
dure IN and out, rushing on in an ever
Increasing volume.
In the pathway Of the fire was the
ranch and Mare Vista winery Of 70. E.
Meyer. n Of the largest wine-making
establishments and vineyards in Santa
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25
Mrstsrr Of a Lost Ring.

Recently a well-known Boston So
ciety woman suddenly missed a valu-
able diamond ring from her finger.
II was a ring she seldom removed, but
all that could be remembered about
II was that she had just washed her
hands. Fearing It had slipped on In
the operation the plumber was quickly
called In and all the traps opened,
with the faint hope Of finding the
Jewel, but without avail, and sorrow
reigned in the household, for the dia-
mond was not only intrinsically valu-
able, but a dearly priced souvenir.
Some time later the set bowl In the
bathroom had to be replaced, and
when It was removed, 10 and behold.
crowded In behind the water pipes was
the skeleton of a mouse. and round the
skeletons thread Of a neck hung a
diamond ring. Identification was Inn
mediate and the mystery quickly
cleared up by the poor little beast.
He had Toasted on a box Of bran
which milady kept to whiten her fair
hands and into which she undoubtedly
dropped the ring. Mousie, through
vanity or accident. slipped It over his
head, but in trying to escape with the
loot he died a felon's death.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25
Tg,ttgFi

He sobbed for hours by the side OF her
bed.
portrait. He was wounded, and jeal-
GUS as II some one had stared at his
living wife. He stepped up and pushed
aside the man who moved a few steps
without ceasing to a at the portrait.
Then Holling regarded the intruder
and saw with surprise that he too had
tears In his eyes and upon his cheeks.
The painters first impulse was to
hold out his hand in appreciation Of
the spontaneous sympathy; but he
checked himself, seized with an evil
suspicion.
The man was young. handsome. and
he murmured "Lucienne."
Holling with his hands on his fore
head moved away. wishing TO reject
Not wishing to believe he doubted al
ready.
The next day at the same hour the
man was there again, gazing at the
frame Of mourning. The painter re-
membored that he was already an old
man when he married Lucienne. and
that the young man was handsome.
and he thought, alas, that everything
was possible In this terrible world.
Then he realized that In losing his
wife he had not yet suffered the great
est OF pains and that IN two days a
new born anguish had come to him.
In his double distress be felt Jealousy
Of the dead.
During the entire week he revisited
the place and each time he saw the
fancied rival AT last the painter
feisning indifference. naiYely and
dumsiiy observed:
Zine painting isn't itf"
The stranger turned slowly az ~
awakening with regrets from q dream.
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TO CARRY POWER.
Experiments with Aluminium as Con-
duotor for Electricity.

Experiments with Aluminium as Con-
duotor for Electricity.
The already practically foreshadowed
widening use of aluminium conductors
for electric transmission purposes adds
interest to Lord Kelvin's recently ex-
pressed opinion of them. The weight
Of aluminium required, he said, is al
most exactly one-half Of the copper
which would produce the same effect.
The diameter Of cable is % per cent
in excess Of n made Of copper, and
the cost Of Insulation for an under
ground cable is increased in about the
same propoH whenHwe pass from
the copper to aluminium. Aluminium
is not a pleasant metal to deal with,
but its high conductivity will make it
invaluable for overhead transmission,
says Casters Magazine. It is true
also that the weight to be supported
on posts is half Of copper, but the sur
face exposed to the wind is greater,
and its strength is not great. The
chief drawback to it's use, especially
overhead, is its liability to become rot
ten. This defect does not exist If
the metal be pure, and especially If
free from sodium. But exposure to
the atmosphere, especially near the
sea, induces deterioration. The fact
that aluminium is easily oxidized ought
not to condemn it. The same is true
Of iron and steel, and yet we do not
hesitate to place structures of these
metals in exposed positions. Only we
paint them; so Lord Kelvin proposes
that we paint or varnish aluminium
conductors wherever necessary. A few
hundred yards Of 1A-inch ALUMINIUM
wire were put up by Lord Kelvin on a
Scotch estate somewhat over a year
ago and on this line he is watching
the effects of weather.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

A society Is being organized by DR..
A. j.. austen Kelly. Of Brooklyn, for
he purpose Of establishing colonies for
sonsumptives in Northern New York
Something like 5000 acres Of land have
been bought in the foot hills Of the
Adirondacks. The purpose is to es-
tablish a number OF small farms. each
with its own house. and the patients
will be given light work out Of doors
when the weather is favorable.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25
PUT OUT with BUCKETS OF WINE

fire fighters we're by no means exhaust
ed. though a desperate eepbdient was
resorted to- The owner OF tho winery
gave the order TO attach the hose to the
great watts Of zinfandel wine which
were stored in the cellar and man the
wine pumps. This was promptly done.
Wine had been used In this way be-
fore. but the owner vas not aware, in
all probability Of the precedent. In a
few moments valuable wine was being
pumped upon the flames with remark
able effect. Wherever It struck the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

A Minneapolis widow fitted up a
room In her house. where for months
she nightly communed-or thought she
aid-with the spirit OF her dead hus-
band. Then a dashing young physi-
dan laid seige to her heart. Among
other good advice he said to her: 1T
Is your duty. Emma. t. turn your at
tention from the dead and seek hap
piness with the living" The spirit
chamber has been dismantled. and the
widow viii soon be cheered by a liv-
ing husband.
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Hx-Conglessman Jerry Simpson has
sold his ranch Ia Barber county, Kan
sas. and will buy p further west.
Barber county was becoming too
crowded for him. Next year he VIII
travel, working up business for a Kan-
sas City commission company in which
be b interested.
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A man In Philadelphia takes lve
iaily papers. just to read the patent
Medicine advertisements. He imagines,
when reading the symptoms Of n
disease, that that malady Is growing
Unseen within his body, and he skips
,6 to the drug store and buys a REM
,dy. During the past two years he has
aiken ~ bottles Of various proprle-
AIRY preparations.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25
THE INDEX.
AZTEC NEW MEXICO

the oldest duly Quanneu 8 yalolan
n the world resides at Carlsbad. In
he person Of Gallus Ritter G Hoe
berger. NJ ID. He Is % years old. He
has been in practice n years, and
Itill gives medical advice. but only
Tisits poor people who live in the re-
mote corners OF the town and on the
hills. The veteran doctor is a daily
visitor to the Carlsbad theatre.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-01-25

There Is talk Of pulling down the old
court house at Odel. Ia and Uncle
Billy Smith intends that when the
tearing down shall begin he wiz be
there. The old relic was built IN 1858.
and under Uncle Billy's directions q
gallon OF rye whisky was sealed up
and deposited Ia the corner stone.
Billy is determined that II there Is but
one drink left Of the 4~2-year-old rye
be wiz have IT,