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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01
RICH IN ART AND
ROYAL REMIN-
ISCENCE * x

placed In position and each is filled
with presents for the members Of the
royal family. With hundreds OF cam
dies burning the walls glisten until It
looks like fairyland.
The Emperor is opposed to modern
illumination in the palace. Conse-
quently his apartments rely on candles
for artificial light. Even in his gor-
geouc dining-room and ballroom cleo
tricity and gas have no part in the
lighting.
Opposite the palace is a building just
as mammoth and just as handsome as
the abode of the sovereign. You are
taken back when you ascertain this Is
devoted to cooking and an arsenal.
The dishes for the EmperOr's table are
prepared here, and there are under
ground palaces in which the food is
brought from one building TO another.
It is probably the largest kitchen in
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

An American circus has been visit
ing Germany, and the United States
consul at Aix-la-C hapelle gives an in
teresting account Of the way the Ger
nan received the show. The bill
posting was a revelation to them, both
in magnitude and character. The way
in which the tents we're erected and
the grodnd prepared astonished the
people. When the circus itself arrived,
not a workman went to the factories,
and the spindles were idle all day. At
every performance the tents were filled
and the vague antipathy against the
United States has been turned into re-
spect and awe. The people now con-
slider that anything is possible to Am
orleans.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

Victims of seasickness will be pleas
ed that a league for the suppression
of the evil has been formed in France.
The society proposes to collect docu-
ments, to deal with scientific expert.
ences and to publish any matter likely
to interest persons subject to seasick.
ness, to collect a band of medical spec
ialists ashore and ahoat, to bring pres
sure to bear upon public bodies, that
they may grant subventions only tc
well ventilated vessels, and to assist
inventors in the discovery Of rene
dies for counteracting the effect Of the
motion OF a vessel.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

town for several years. He had been
arrested for drunkenness and vagran-
cy times without number, but to no
purpose. Moral suasion had been tried
upon him without effect. He steadily
grew worse.
An impromptu vigilance committee
was formed one day and a lot Of citi-
zens whose patience had become ex-
hausted, and while they deprecated
mob violence, they agreed in the opin-
ion that it was time to shift the bur
den of this particular vagabond upon
some other place. Accordingly they
went to his lodgings one night, lifted
him up, put him on a rail, rode him
to the outskirts of the town, dumped
him into a shallow creek, and left him
there, with the injunction that Il
would be safest for him to get out on
the farther side and keep moving. icy
guml" he grumbled, as he cfawled out
on the bank, scraped the mud from his
clothes and looked back at the vanish
ing regulators" 81 don't b'lieve they
want me to live in this town any long
er!'-Youth's Companion.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01
DESERT Il FARMS.
But as the Lands Are Being Reclaimed
Danes Are Returning.

Danes Are Returning.
The Howard association has pub
lished an interesting leahet entitled
Back to the Land-Denmark's Ex-
ample" In that country there is an
exodus Of the population of the towns
back to the land, says the London
Truth. Partly by state aid and partly
by private enterprise 1000 square.
miles Of waste land have been re-
claimed, and fve-eighths Of the ma
tional territory is possessed by small
freeholders and peasants. Above a
hundred peoples high schools have
been established, where %peasantry and
working classes of ages from Is to %
get board and education for 10 shill-
ings per week. The Danish farmers
have formed cooperative societies for
the collection, sale and export of their
produce. Danish university and col
lege students have instituted through
out the rural districts free lectures,
evening lessons and committees for
promoting popular amusements. In al
most every village a public hall has
been erected for recreation and social
gatherings. In villages where the high
school has obtained influence neither
drinking, gambling nor gross breaches
of morals are to be met with; yet the
villages are fond of games, dancing,
sports and other ~recreatiOns. And
what is the result? Denmark has be-
come the second country in the world
in regard to average wealth per head,
although there are very few rich men.
She annually supplies the British mar
ket with more than 100000 huadred-
weight Of muttons, and the same
amount of bacon, about 20,000,00O
eggs and scores of thousands
Of pigs, cattle and horses.
Surely we might take example
by this. This produce might equally
well be brought into existence in Eng
land. But it never will be so long as
our wretched system of education pre-
walls in villages, so long as villagers
are divorced from all property in land
and so long as village life remains the
dull. dreary thing 1t is. Let anyone
only consider what might have been
done for the rural population at home
with the e1OO, OOO, 900 that have been
spent in relieving the oppressed mil
lionaires in the Transvaal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01


One Of the features Of an entertain
ment on a recent Sunday night in the
hudson county, New Jersey insane
asylum for the benefit Of the inmates
was a Geographic exhibition in which
the picture Of the empire state exress
was thrown upon a screen. AS the
swiftly moving train rounded a curve
ana apparently bore down on the gath
ering several lunatics screamed. jump
Cd from their seats and tried to get out
OF the way. DR.. Charles King, super
lntendent Of the asylum. made a little
speech, In which he told his patients
mat they were in no danger Of being
run down by the express and greatly
Gained their fears. The insane men
ana women gave a vote OF thanks to
the members Of the Brooklyn Dramat-
&c society, who were their chief
tertainers.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

Archduke Charles Of Austria. the
thirteen-year-old son Of Archduke OF
to, and as such heir-presumptive to the
throne. has just Joined the public
school in the Schotten district, at vi
emma, taking his place on the school
benches beside boys Of the humblest
~parentage. Indeed. lads from among
the poorer classes predominant in these
public schools, as people OF wealth and
position are accustomed to have their
children educated either at home, by
tutors, or else at expensive private
schools. Archduke Charles is the first
member Of the Imperial House OF
Hapsburg to be thus sent to a public
school, and the matter has caused a
great sensation in Austria, giving
great satisfaction to the masses.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01
EDITORIAL PRAISE AND APOLOGY

Speaking Of rejection slips, here is
one with which Chinese editors are
said to soften the feelings of their I'M
successful contributors, says the Book
World: Industrious Brother of the
Sun and Moon! Look upon thy Slave
who rolls at thy feet, who kisses the
earth before thee and demands Of thy
charity permission to speak and live.
We have read thy Manuscript with de-
light. BY the bones of our Ancestors
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01
Queer Facts about ''Oueer'' Animals.

A teacher in one OF the public
schools Of the Quaker City. who has a
sense Of humOr has culled some re-
markable bits Of information from her
examination papers. Questions bear
ing upon the habits Of animals were
found to be particularly amusing. One
small boy declared in a ht OF poesy.
thai ethe lion is the queen Of beasts"
From another, more practical, "the
lion has a great big mouth, and roars
something fearful" One evident ad-
mirer OF the world renowned hero,
Col. Cody. tells us "the bunalo is the
n animal Of the temperate zone
which belongs to the wild man." and
adds: "The horse is an animal what
plays and dances as soon as he hears
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

The longest electric railway in the
world is to be built in Montana. The
proposed line is from Billings to Great
Falls, some 200 miles, and the plan is
to operate it entirely by electric power,
which is to be supplied from general
ing stations on the Missouri and yell
lowstone rivers. The road would have
a considerable traffic in coal, ores, and
other heavy freight, and would be the
drst line with such traffic to be worked
by electricity.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

had a right to expect. I was pas
sionately grateful to her, and grieved
at the thought of disappointing her,
and yet-and yet, what else could /
do? Love had called me, and where
It led l could but follow.
So one day I kissed my aunt a tear
full goodbye. and Arthur and / slipped
away to the little church around the
corner, and were quietly married. and
went to live in the studio, where we
slept in beds that did duty as Turk
ssh couches by day, and cooked u
morning chop over a gas lamp that
masqueraded as a Pompeian vase, and
we made acquaintance with queer
Bohemian restaurants, and were as in
consequently happy as love and youth
could make US.
Arthur worked away like mad that
winter, and l would bring my sewing
in. and sit beside him. when I wasn't
posing for him. He used to say that
my hair was a color study, and he
sainted me as everything from a
solden-haired Lorelei to a Madonna
with a nimbus about my head. Some
Of those pictures are IN famous col
lections now, but in those days few
people found their way up the steep
studio stairs. where We sat a%nxiously
listening for the footsteps Of the buy
ers who never came.
Then Arthur fell III. and cheap and
inexpensive as our living had been.
that little was more than we could
a1ord. Piece by piece the quaint old
furniture and the bric-a-brac and the
souvenirs OF his old student days in
Paris went TO the auction room. and
1 endured daily that Gethsemano Of
the woman who sees the man she
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

music" Another brilliant one gives
the somewhat startling information
that the rhinoceros has a stone nose,
and that dogs is a domestic animal
which chews bones" We are also
told: 1.-THE llama is a beast of burden
and we get clothes of its back" An,
other animal, evidently in the cloth.
ing business Is the seal, which, we are
informed, makes coats" Upon other
subjects the swe were equally az
enlightening. The miner. VI learn
always had a donkey to pull hum Out
Of the mine. which is full Of gas and
chOkes him" One future citizen in.
forms us that "the chief occupation Of
Philadelphia is taking ferryboat'
across the river"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

The recent automobile show in New
York contained two exhibits. each OF
which gained an interest by the pres
ence Of the other. One was a practical
automobile made IN this country forty
years ago, still serviceable and In use
as a pleasure vehicle. II was built by
Richard Dudgeon Of Locust Valley.
Long Island, and is really a steam To-
connective for use on ordinary roads. It
weighs two and three-quarters tons.
yet 1t develops eight-horse power and
has frequently attained a speed Of
forty miles an hour. Beside this classic
automobile was shown the electric
hydrant" OF "el~ectrant," designed TO
stand on a street corner or by country
roads. from which the owner OF a
modern electric vehicle can draw a
certain moun Of electrice Juice" by
dropping a quarter I'm the slot.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

An old shell-back sailor, ~incapaci.
tated for sea duty by age and long
years of rough service, was recently
appointed sexton of the chapel at the
Naval Academy. The bureau of equip.
ment and supplies at the navy depart.
ment in Washington furnishes book;
as we'll as coal and salt horse" to the
sailors, and the new sexton applied
there for a Bible. There were plenty
Of them in the Dews Of the chapel, but
he wanted n for his personal use
and specified in his application tina
It should be "a good religious Bible
Correspondence Chicago Record.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

A young man named r. A. Russell,
of Birmingham. Ala, accompanied by
a friend, were fishing with the aid Of
dynamite, which was used to stun the
fish and force them to the surface.
Each held in his hand a stick of dyna-
mite, with the fuse lighted. 1t was
their intention to throw them into the
water when the fuses had burned close.
Russell, watching his friend, forgot
his own burning fuse, and the explo-
sive took fire and blew him into frag-
ments.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

The heavy Spanish immigration to
Cuba now taking place is a great com
pliment to "the American occupation"
Of that island. spaniards are going
there faster than when It was under
their own government; they find the
advantage Of similarity OF language,
without the abuses Of the old Spanish
regime. 1t is to be hoped that indie
pendent Cuba will prove equally at
tractive to European immigrants.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

At the coming session of the South
Dakota legislature a bill will be intro
duced setting aside a sum for the col
lection Of documents. relics, etc, bear
ing on the early history of the terri
tory now embraced by the state and
for the furnishing Of suitable quarters
for preserving the same. The first
Legislature of Dakota territory, which
met in 1862, incorporated a historical
society, which included among its
members many prominent pioneers.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

we swear that never have we encoun-
tered such a Masterpiece. Should we
print it His Majesty the Emperor
would order us to take it as a criterion
and never again to print anything that
was not equal to it. AS that would
not be possible before Ten Thousand
Years, all trembling We return thy
Manuscript and beg of thee Ten Thou
sand Pardons. See! my hand is at
my feet and l am thy Slave"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01
The Greatest Engineering Feat

The driving Of the Great Northern
railway tunnel through two and a half
miles Of solid granite In the Cascade
range Of mountains Is one Of the most
notable engineering feats OF the CEN
fury. Boring was started at each end
toward the center. and so accurate
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

The commission in charge OF the
erection Of Newark's new City hall,
which is to cost s. 1000. 900. has selected
Military park as lAe site. There IS
great opposition TO placing the big
building In the principal park 10 the
central part OF the city, and a hght
W. the courts Is expected.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

Juan Valera, the Spanish novelist
and statesman, has started a magazine
at Madrid with the name Genie Vieia
"Old Folks" Il is intended as a pro-
test against the eccentricities and self
advertisement Of the young school,
and will uphold the established stand
ards Of art and language. Editors and
contributors will all be i've 55 years
Of age.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

Next viii come the contests over the
election Of United States senators. The
legislatures Of most Of the thirty
states by which members Of the sena-
torial class Of 1907 are to be chosen
will assemble Don after New Years.
II there should be a special session Of
the senate called, as is usual after an
inauguration, these men would thus
begin TO act as senators soon after
their election, whereas the members
elect Of the house Of representatives
must wait thirteen months before their
election and their entry upon congress
siOnal duty.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01
THE INDEX.
AzTBo NOW MEXICO

There Is a lack Of uniformity IN the
thickness Of a Bank Of England note.
IL is thicker IN the lefthand corner
than in any other part. to enable it
to receive a sharper impression Of the
vignette there. This unevenness aids
in the discovery Of counterfeits, as the
latter are Invariably Of one thickness.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

were the engineers calculations thai
at the meeting point the difference OF
alignment was scarcely one inch. This
cutting through refractory material.
was accomplished IN 40 months by SOC
men. operating 80 compressed ait
drills.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

Against the superior attainment OF a
rival there IS no armor like generous
praise. The Duke Of the Abruzzi
reached a point farther north than did
Nansen. But Nansen achieved a not
able triumph IN leading the Norwe-
gian cheers which greeted his Italian
competitor IN the search for the pole.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

The apartment which the late King
Humbert Of Italy used TO occupy at the
Quirinal has been shut. Nothing will
be changed in H. and none but men,
bera Of the royal family win be allow
"a 70 Wait H.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01
MAUSOLEUM OF EMPEROR
FREDERICK.

(Where repose the ashes Of the man
who ruled Germany for three
months in 1889
the world If not the most expensive,
and it is used the nine months the inn
perial family spend in Potsdam.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

A TRAGIC BATTLE FOUGHT IN
BORNEO.

Fatal End Of an Encounter OF a Malay
Youth with n mai-as-monkey swings
tho Man by the Hair Of the Head ana
Then Harris Him to His Death.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

The mind Of the bigot is like the
pupil Of the eye; the more light you
pour upon it the more it will con.
tract.-O. W. Holmes.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01
CAsTLR on %BABELsRERa.

CASTLE OF BABELSBERG.
(Where Emperor William the First
Lived and Where He Counseled with
Bismarck
marble figure OF the Emperor in re-.
cumbent position. Adjoining is a slab
where will be placed the remains OF
his wife, Several Of his children are
buried in this chapel An altar and a
large crucihx are In the principal al
cove.
The New Palace.
The new palace Of Emperor William
is the largest n grandest in Pots
dam. The interior is finished in the
cOlors Of royalty, white and gold, and
the state rooms are unusually large.
The banquet hall Is capacious enough
to seat 1000 guests. but Is rarely called
upon to do so. The large grotto. or
shell-room, is most unique and, as no
other palace has this feature, original
The room Is round and low, and the
walls are covered with marble and pol-
ished stones, while shells r employed
to outline the forms Of the fishes Of
the sea-. A frost-like substance Is used
which gives a glittering and realistic
effect to the whole. The a-ubterranean
aspect prevails so strongly one can
readily imagine himselfin a grotto with
the hnny tribe. At holiday time this
Is made r%esplendent In honor Of good.
st. Nick. Nine Christmas trees arr
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

A worthless old vagabond had an
noyed the good people Of a western
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Pat sheedy. who Knows.

When Mr.. Patrick Sheedy is not in
New York he may sometimes be seen
in London. relates the London Daily
Mail. At other times he may be in
Paris or, should the croupier not have
cried ''rien ne va plus" in Monte Carlo
or Ostend. In the winter season, when
the English climate is bad for his chest,
He is perfect cosmopolitan. perfect
man of the world and the most enter
tanning of convcrsationalists.
He has never failing flow Of admi-
rable moral sentiments, which accord
well with his benevolent and simple as
pect. Once he engaged with n young
gentleman OF large means. newly ac-
CURED in disputation concerning the
! spelling of certain word in Webster
dictionary. From argument they got to
betting, and by increasing stakes to
heavy betting. When the dictionary
was produced and the wager decided,
Mr.. Sheedy was found, TO the young
gentlemans great surprise, to be the
winner. AS he pocketed the wad Of
notes which the loser handed over to
him he is said to have offered his oppo-
nent this piece of philosophic consola-
ton:
well" said he. latter all. money is
not everything in this world. 1t is
knowledge that counts, and now you
know something that you did not know
haforav
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
To Prevent Kitchen Odor..

A preventive OF the odors that arise
from cooking vegetables is a bread
crust. very hard and very stale Drop
1t into the water just as Il strikes a boil
and let II stay ten minutes, then skim
1t out. Most of the oil will come with
It. Further, the spOngy crust will have
kept 1t from yaporizing. Cauliilower
not quite fresh always smells tremen-
dously. The best thing for il is scald
In weak salt water, boiling hot, before
the cold soaking. If the heads are big,
cut them into pieces so as TO make sure
of removing every bit of discolored
curd
Even when summer heat puts an
open fireplace out of commission. a
quick flare as of straw, excelsior, light
shavings, even newspapers, Will set up
purifying draft and help TO free the
kitchen of unpleasant odOrs. Failing
an open fireplace. the kitchen ought to
have n range hood. There are hoods
and hoods, at almost any price you
choose, from the big FURNISHED copper
affairs in the great hotels TO the modest
sheet iron contrivance which is an in
tegral part of so many among the new
est stoves. There is movable hood,
working up and down like the shutter
of a roll top dcsk-that is i'm theory all n
hood ought to be-with something to
spare, but in practice has proved much
less satisfactory than the stationary
ones.
No mechanical contrivancc can Who'll
ly make up for the lack of care and in
telligence In the cook Notwithstanding
It is a fact that a hood well set in n
large measure carries away the fumes
| of food
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Corners In the Living Room.

A very pretty corner may be ar
ranged in any living room by means OF
a screen and n divan. Over the divan
there may be, if you choose, canopy,
and plenty of cushions are indispensa-
BILE to its easeful luxury. But screen
answers every purpose of retirement
and withdrawal and. being readily
portable lends itself to the housekeep-
er's requirements. In country cottages
where space is important not only cor
ners may be secured at pleasure and
furnished at discretion by the help of
the screen, but one room may be made
to do duty as several-as dining room,
library and drawing room, as one Of
these at time or as all three should
occasion suggest
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Eacts About Coins.

The use of the "E Pluribus Unum"
on coin was never authorized by law.
It's first known use was on New Jer-
sey cent struck off in 1776. The word
dollar came from the German thaler;
Dutch. daalder; Danish, daler, and
Italian. tallers. The word dime is from
the French dixieme "a tenth, express
ing the tenth part of the standard dol
lar, and first appeared on sample coins
made for congress and spelled "disme."
When our coinage took the place OF
Spanish coinage. the dimes supplanted
the real, known as shilling In New
York, in Virginia as levy and In
Louisiana as a bit. The word cent
comes from the French centlme hun-
dredth). derived from the Latin cen
tum Zone hundred.