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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

Jas. W. Wilson and DR.. Wallace OF
the ditch company, will address a meet
ing Of the citizens of the La Plata on
Monday evening, May 20, at the school
house. All are invited.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO, I O.,
OnuntV Of San luan. p.

County Of San Juan. o.
To Tomas Cordova, Greeting You are
hereby notified that a writ has been Issued
against You, and your property attached, aud
that unless you appear before y e. Berry, j p d,
by whom said writ Of attachment was Issued
at his Office In Precinct No, 2, ia said county,
on the sd day Of June, 1901 az the hour OF ID
o'clock a. M. Of said day, Judgment will be
rendered against YOU, and your said property
sold 10 pay the debt,
Given under my hand this istn day OF May
1Q0i JOHN. W, BROWN.
Sheriff OF San Juan County, N. M.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

Exit Carson and son Of Pennington
visited Largo Sunday. In search of a
valuable horse. They found the horse
at Wilson's ranch at Alcatraz and re-
turned home Monday.
Sheep owners report good lamb crop,
though they do not expect it to exceed
last years.
ca. Snyder left for Colorado Sunday
10 be absent several weeks. He expects
70 locate an oil spouter which he has a
"cinch" on. The neighbors agreed that
il he would take along their oil cans and
bring them hack full Of genuine head
light oil, they would organize a stock
company ~muy prOnto." This the vet
eran blanket seller Indignantly refused.
Tuesdays rain was gladly welcomed
and all the ranehmen wear smiles, ae il
has greatly benefited both ranch and
range.
luis week the Torres brothers moved
the household efieees Of Rev. GARNER
from Blanco TO Alcatraz, where ha will
take up his abode Ter the present su-
perintending tho completion OF the
church at that place and looking after
the spiritual welfare Of his parishioners
on this side OF the river.
The Durango races, Nay %, o, "a and
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

DR.. j. A. Duff, the dentist, will visit
Aztec Monday. May 20, to attend to tbe
wants of his customers.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

The board Of regents Of the aIla-
raj college at Las Cruces
sion MONDAY and rnes5aj of l s5ls
and transacted arg amount busi.
b1Ws ior tbs comii year. ths following
conclusions were decided upon: DR.. F.
W. Sanders, as president, was not re.
elected. and his place will be filled when
the board meets in June, at the time
of the commencement. The remainder
Of the faculty were reelected with the
exceptions of Prof. r. L. Larkin, whose
position was given to Prof. D. M. Rich
ards, of Gallup; Miss Thornton, of the
preparatory department, who is sue
ceeded by Miss Blakeley, Of Las Cruces
and Prof. Holt, who has accepted a po
sition elsewhere.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

I)R. t. J.. WHIST.
PHYSICIAN. SURGEON. oBsTErmcIAX.
AEtcc New Mexico.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

The Durango races, Nay %, %, "a and
% promise to be Exceptionally inter.
esiing and q number Of our citizens vi.
doubtless attend.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
CHINESE INVENTIONS.
Remarkable Scientific Record of the
Sons of Confucius.
Boston Journal.

Boston Journal.
Occidentals have been inclined to give
the Chinese bare elbow room in the realm
of scientific achievement. yet DR. w. A T.
Martin, in his latest work, 1.-THE Love of
Cathay," afirms that the only people who
seriously contest the invention of gun
powder with the Chinese are the Hindus.
One OF the most learned men OF the Flow
cry Kingdom claims that firearms began
with the use of rockets in the dynasty of
Chou cTau)" Which began I'm the middle
of the twelfth century before Christ.
Twenty-Five centuries later a piratical feet
on the Yang-tse was destroyed by "thun-
der bomb Coubel. cited by Panther, says
that cannon firing stones were used in the
defense of T'ai-Yuan, a. ID. 76T.
But there is no contest over China
claim TO the invention of the mariner
compass. and DIR. Martin credits the state
ment that in 100 Is. c. magnetic needles
were given ambassadors from a southern
country TO help them to follow a straight
path home. Certain il is that Chinese ships
were provided with compasses in the fifth
century. a ID.
Or. Martin considers il almost a certainty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15

that the Chinese. in restoring the works of
Confucius. destroyed by Chin Shih Huang,
the builder OF the great wall made use OF
printing. THE Emperor Tai TsGng "a. b
6Z), resolving that the sacred inheritance
should never again be exposed to destruc-
ton by fire. caused the books TO DC en-
graVed on stone. That stone library IS
still eXtant. No sooner was that imperial
edition completed than the ioea occurred
of making il accessible TO scholars In all
parts of the country by means OF ruobings.
That was printing" Printing, surely; lit
orally. photography.
discovery of the art OF making porcelain;
of silk manufacture; TO the development of
alchemy and. later, chemistry; and to the
development of arithmetic. The Oldest chi
nese arithmetic, which is based upon the
decimal system, dates partly from the
aforementioned Chou dynasty. b. c. liz
90. The founder OF that dynasty wrote a
treatise on right-angled triangles. Twen-
ty-two centuries before the Christian era
the Chinese had astronomical board.
and they had fixed the length Of the year
more exactly than it was to be fixed by the
Romans of Numa's day. AS for the al
chemists, to this day they trace their line
age back TO mythical antiquity, and there
seems 10 be no doubt that the great Oh In
Shih Huang was a zeaot in the science.
Add to these achievements their skill IN
metallurgy. in the preparation OF dyestuns
and pigments, their early mastery of pyro-
technics. their ancient knowledge OF alco-
hOl arsenic. Glauber's salts, calOmel, cor
rosiVe sublimate. and asphyXia ting and
anaesthetic compounds-and there's rec
ord any nation might be proud of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
CHRISTMAS TREE CROP.
Demands for Evergreen Bigger
Than Ever.
New York World.

New York World.
The business of cutting Christmas trees
for the big city markets will put about
$50 eco into Names stocking this winter
is about two weeks ahead of the usual
time.
This early and increased call for Christ
mas trees is taken as evidence of great
prosperity. One of the most satisfactory
features of the business is the fact that
the young frs. which are almost exclusive
" used for Christmas trees, are good for
nothing else-in many sections being con-
sidered a nuisance. as they grow like bur
decks and crowd out better trees.
In some sections. where the fir is espe-
Cially prolific, the cutting and preparing
for market OF Christmas trees is made the
occasion of festive gatherings, correspond
ing to the huskings I'm the fall, whole fam
lilies going into the woods and taking their
dinners along.
and a boy strong girl clips away with
a sharp Ratchet the few dead branches
near the base. Women and boys tie the
trees into bundles of a dozen each. binding
them with strong cords. and then the har-
vest is piled into hayricks and taken 10 the
nearest railroad station.
The smaller children gather the trailing
creepers OF the ground pine. pluck punches
OF glossy wintergreen and gather the scar
let berries of the wild raisin shrub. all of
which are packed in boxes and sent away
10 the cities for the making of wreaths
and garlands.
The evergreen harvests are generally
bought by men who make a business in
winter of supplying the holiday green mar
kets of the large cities. although many
farmers ship their crops 10 market on their
own account. For trees five TO six feet tall
the buyers in Maine pay cents, and for
trees six to ten feet tall 10 to 10 cents. In
the city these trees bring . cents to 81.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
SIBERIAN PLACER MINES.
Much of the Finely Divided Gold Es-
capes.
Magazine.


A platform set on a staging of rough
logs is erected to "A height of twenty-five
feet above the ground. The platform is
twelve feet in width and built sufficiently
strong to support the weight of several
small carts, loaded with gravel, with
companying men and horses, at the same
time. An incline with gentle grade leads
from the bottom of the gravel bank which
is being worked TO the top of the platform.
Water sufficient for washing the gravel is
either led to the top of the structure from
some point higher up the stream, or raised
TO the required level by means of centrif
ugal pump, generally of small capacity.
hopper at the end of the platform opens
directly into horizontally revolving cylin-
drfcal screen, through the holes in which
the gold and fine material are allowed to
pass directly on to sluice tables, while the
large stones fall from the lower end of the
screen into a large bin, whence they are
carted away.
The actual saving of the gold on sluice
tables is done much in the fashion of
American placer mining, although the op-
erations are performed generally in a care
less manner. which allows most of the fine
ly divided gold to escape. From the time
when the gravel is dug from the bank with
pick and shovel, hauled up the long incline
in carts holding a quarter of a cubic yard,
and dumped into the hopper. the operation
involves the labor of men and horses en-
tirely with no mechanical assistance. The
rocks and worthless gravel called tail
fngS, also got rid of entirely by
hand labor in most cases, although at some
mines various forms of elevators of small
capacity are used. The result is that the
Siberian placer miner eXpends a large
share OF his working cost for the hand Ia
Dor involved in his operation. He never at
tempts to work gravels where the tenor
is less than 30 cents to the cubic yard in
gold Besides this. his daily product is
necessarily small. / know of no single
machine of the kind described whose ca
pacity exceeds 500 cubic yards in twenty
four hours. One proprietor with whose
operations | am familiar, in order to at
tain a product OF 100000 per annum in
gold uses 2,0G0 men and over 500 horses
The amount of gravel handled during the
year is very nearly 100000 cubic yards
and the cost of his operations amounts to
three-Quarters of the value of the gold pro-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
Carnegie's Exceptional Distinction.



Some individuals are content TO reach
that degree of fame which is represented
by the utilization of their cOgnomens in the
nomenclature of the Postal Guide, and
others rejoice in a popularity attested by
the application of their name TO distin-
guish new brand of cigars. 1t has re-
manned for the gentlemen associated in the
management of the Carnegie Institute. at
Pittsburg. to mark the very pinnacle of
fame by the choice of the name of -'DipIo-
docus CaTnegii for an animal of prehis-
tOric period which has been unearthed in
the fossil fields of Montana. Thus Mr.
Carnegie is vOuchsafed an honor the rarity
of which adds TO its value. The supply of
college degrees is unceasing and they may
be distributed with Lucullian lavishness:
crossroads settlements are numerous
that the prominent man who does not have
at least one named after him in every State
is not worth counting. and the, Valhalla
presented by the interior portion of the lids
of cigar boxes is as boundless as the frma-
ment. But specimens of animals lone hun
dred feet in length and Of corresponding
height are not found every day. and few
are the individuals who can boast of the
opportunity 20 have their names perpet-
uated by association with them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
"LUMMY-LUMMY."
Samoan Massage Responsible for the
TiIIey Court-MnrtiaI.

Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The innocent Samoans have a process of
treatment which they call lummy-lummy
Let it not be imagined that there is any
thing wrong about lummy-lummy. 1t is
not voodoo practice 1T is no kin to the
ouchee-couchee dance. 1t is not resur-
rected rite of Astarte. nor survival of the
Bacchanalian revel. II is simply the mas
sage treatment translated into the Samoan
language. 1t is in other words a desiccated
Turkish bath.
The United States has been represented
at Samoa by Captain Tilley. of the navy.
He has been known as a gallant and hon
Orable officer. who has served his country
well. few months ago Captain Tilley
succumbed to the Samoan climate, and, in
the absence of physician, sent for the
Samoan massage rubbers to attend him
They recommended a course of lummy-
lummy and the captain agreed that the
recommendation was good one.
Ii was a soft moonlight night, and the
captain disrobed himself and was placed
upon cot behind his shanty. There the
rubbers were kneading him into a
dOughnut or a dumping by the pale light
well; for the lummy-lummy was limbering
up the captains stiff joints and giving the
merry haha TO the rheumatism: But as
luck would have it, a few English mission
aries passed by just then, and they caught
gimpses of living picture in the moon
light which Mortified them greatly. They
at once jumped to the conclusion that the
captain was drunk, but not dressed up.
They accordingly formulated charges
against him; and the reverberations of the
Tilley jag went round the world. The Navy
Department had TO order a court martial.
Fighting Bob Evans was relieved from his
talk-verein in this country and sent across
the Pacific to investigate. Other naval Of
ficers were ordered over there. War vessels
were kept on the move. An outlay of So, 900
or SO, 600 was necessary on the part of the
government. And when the court convened
II promptly and honoraby acquitted Cap
tain Tilley
And all this happened because the cap
tain took the massage treatment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
A SHIP SUBSIDY ARGUMENT.
Senator Hanna's speech Open 10 Many
objections.

Detroit Journal.
In a speech in Boston last night Senator
Hanna. speaking in advocacy OF the ship
subsidy bill said that we are paying 800
100000 annually into the pockets of foreign
ship owners NO country on the face of
the globe but the United States could stand
that drain" he exclaimed. Senator Hanna
will be alarmed even more if he considers
the total value OF imports They drain
this country TO the amount Of nearly one
billion dollars annually. but we seem to
stand the bleeding process pretty we'll. Per
haps il is because. on the whole. the goods
imported are made for us by foreigners for
less money than we should expend if we
made them ourselves. This is true of ocean
freighting; the foreigners are glad TO do it
for us at lower rates than we could do il
for ourselves in many cases.
If the ship owner abroad is satisfied with
per cent on his investment. while we can
take amount equal 10 what he has in
vested and make or 10 per cent on it,
why invest our surplus in ships or ask aid
Of the national purse to build up a mer-
chant marine2
Senator Hanna said that vessels owned
In England had been taken for transport
service. while the raw materials from our
mines, etc, are lying on our docks await
Ing transportation
The fact is that ocean freights are low
and that ships out of commission can be
seen lying at our wharves unable to get
cargoes. This Is SO notorious that it is
charitable 10 suppose Senator Hanna sim
ply made up his argument without inquiry
into the facts.
Again his own contention defeats his oh
ject II subsidized English vessels can. for
war purposes. be Withdrawn from CARRYING
merchandise and raw materials TO the ex-
tent that commerce is interfeTed with the
primary Justification for subsidies Is de-
feated.
If We cannot build and sail ships in com
petition with the foreigner except at a loss
the fact Of loss Is not changed by forcing
the general taxpayer TO make up the dit
ference between the cost of running a for
eign-huilt ship and one built and manned
At home. The burden OF loss is simply
shifted from Few shoulders To many
shoulders II we are 10 Justify such an act
under the general welfare clause Of the
Constitution. u must be shown that an APP
propriat on in the form Of a subsidy is for
the general welfare and not merely for the
benefit Of a few.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
Awful Prospect.

Boston Transcript.
Fifty or a hundred years from now this
Sampson and Schley affair will be the
foundation of batch OF historical novels.
for they will be in fashion again by that
time. we now Witnessing their de-
cline. It's not difficult to tell even now
before the noval happens. which OF the two
men will wear all the honors. even IL the
facts indicate that good many were due
the other For one of them is invested
with that intangible. unacquirable some
thing called personal magnetism and with
all that this gift does for the living hero IL
does more for the dead one. leaving an un-
dying fragrance to linger about his name
as long rs il is ever written In history
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
THE CORONATION OF EDWARD.
Admission Regulated by Precedent
and Statutory Right.
London Truth.


The seats in the Abbey at the coronation
will not be distributed for the next five
months, at least, and no ticket issued will
be transferable. Indeed. each ticket will
bear the name of the person to whom it is
issued. l may add that no tickets can be
given to private persons.
Accommodation is required for all peers
and peeresses who have intimated their
intention to attend; for host of royal per
sonages-both home and foreign--with their
suites; for Indian princes, each with native
attendants; for colonial premiers: for the
whole of the corps diplomatique; for the
House of Commons, each member receiving
two tickets, the second one being for his
wife or some other lady of his family-sis-
ter or daughter; for representatives of GER
tain corporations; for convoca ton; for the
universities; for the army and navy, and
for many public bodies
II is also quite untrue that the King has
indicated his desire that the congregation
OF the coronation shall be British citizens"
for any such expression would be quite su-
perfuous- The fact is that this is a func
ton at which everything is strictly regu-
lated by precedent. and the host of persons
who have a statutory right TO be present
must be admitted. while others need not
concern themselves about the affair. The
King, | am glad to note. has decided that
Americans are not 10 be admitted TO the
coronation, even though they may come
arrayed in gorgeous vestments and ropes
of pearls and diamonds The space in
Westminster Abbey is limited. and until
every taxpayer who may wish TO view tht
ceremony finds a seat there must be no
admittance for the representa- tives-nale o.
female-of foreign shOddy6om. There is
the more reason for insisting upon this II
il be true. asserted. that some OF those
VINO claim right TO be present are offering
10 sell their tickets in New York TO the
highest bidder.
The Church Times is greatly disturbed at
the report that the King will not be anoinf-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
The Church Fair.
Central Christian Advocate.

Central Christian Advocate.
The season Of church bazaars is upon us
Church tazaars may be either good or bad
II they are organized IN the proper spirit :
e. they unite the church In a common ac-
tfvfty with commendable object. If they
promote acquaintance and good feeling: II
they eschew everything that is not Of the
highest suggestiveness. al gambling de-
vices all Overcharges. all pressure buy
they may be a blessing 90 the social help
OF the church. They give the seamstress
a clance 10 help she church ~ the work of
her needle All that may De wei. But II
there be rivalry. domineeFing. gambline
gossip. overcharging- pressure. they DO. a
damage 10 the church They strike dead
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15

they were about to duck a Western Re
serve youth in a pond when interrupted.
Fierce was the wrath of the Western Re
serve. The next night relatively mighty
host of undergraduates sailed out, cap
tured some unlucky Case lads ran them
into a cellar. whacked them previously
with sticks and painted them white and
red-cOOrs hateful to the Case eye and
soul. President Thwing. OF Western Re
serve finally succeeded in rescuing the cap
tives and terminating the exercises. but
not until after his hat had been violently
pressed down over his benevolent eyes.
We not Informed TO the where
abouts CT the Cleveland police during these
DrOCepdinVs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
WHERE WE'RE THE POLICE.
Comment the Case-Reserve Foot
ball Riot at Cleveland.
Hartford Courant.

NVtII
Our readers know what happened in
Nashville. Tenn, the other day when the
relations of the city's two ''universities'
became strained Cleveland. o.. also has
two institutions of learning Re
serve University and the Case School of
Applied Sciences. These recently contend
81 in the strenuous. glorious contentious OF
football. as the Nashville institutions have
done before them. Case won: we forget
the score. Her young brood started out
To celebrate the victory. They caught two
OF the Western Reserve professors and
made them do monkey shines; they pelted
Western Reserve building with stones:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15

ed The amounting. ii says. sis the one dis
unctive sacred act by which the King is
set apart for his holy office" This news
paper does not seem 10 be aware that a
British monarch has nothing beyond par
iamentary title TO his throne He is not
set apart FOR holy office The title would
neither be smaller nor greater were no oil
poured on him by an archbishop. or were
ne bathed in oil by the entire bench OF
hishons
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
A Handy Volume.
Boston Hera

Boston Herald.
Apparently the little postage stamp book
Issued by the Postoffice Department is a
mighty successful experiment According
10 the postmaster generals report no less
than 4.6yS,f2 OF them were sold last wear
and the demand for them exceeded The
supply. There's doubt that IL a. =
handy volume tn have in ones pocket