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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

What a French service paper calls
a remarkable feat" was the ride Of
Lieutenant De saint-Bdn OF the First
hussars Of the French army. On May
"a at I y. m. he was ordered to make
reconnaissance in the valley OF the
Romanche. He left Valence on horse
back at ? o'clock with two men. They
were in field uniform and equipment.
At 10 a. m. the next day he had contact
with the enemy, having traversed sew
enty-six miles In nineteen hours, de-
spite tempests, which caused three
stops and soaked the roads, On May
"a the party returned to Valence, hav-
ing covered 1852 miles IN slHty-six
hours.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
How Uncle sam Keeps Ia

How Uncle sam Keeps Tab on Crops.
There are in the United States, ap-
proximately. 1850 counties of agricul-
tural Importance. In each of these
counties the agricultural department
has a principal county correspondent,
who maintains an organization Of
three assistants, each covering a speci-
fed territory. Facilities are furnished
the principal correspondent to enable
him to obtain regular reports from his
assistants. These reports he tabulates
at the end of each month, supplement-
ing the information thus obtained by
his own observation and knowledge of
the situation, and the consolidated re-
port is submitted to the statisticlan at
tached to the position, an average Of
about 80 per cent Of them reports
monthly w Times.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

Books that sell by the hundred thou
sand are not common. yet there are
some instances that are not modern.
It is now just about two hundred and
forty years since one John Bunyan
was shut up in Bedford Jail He stayed
there twelve years. but a book OF
his went free. and no man since tina.
day could have suppressed OF imprls-
oned tt, ever had he wished. Millions
Of copies Of it have been printed. Prob
ably more copies are sold in any one
month, now, than could have been dis
posed Of I'm a year during the au-
thor's lifetime. and the book is as
vital a part Of this twentieth century
as it was of any preceding time. There
are excellent books among the "popu-
Tar novels" b~ut--spite OF an the
adulatory comment-it would be hard
to point out one that seems likely to
weather two centuries and more as
brayely as has Pilgrims Progress"
During a recent French duel n Of
the comhatants ~asidentally touched the
point Of his sword to the ground. The
seconds Immediately stopped the com
bat until the sword could be sterilized.
One cannot help recalling the famous
cartoon IN Punch which represented
the two Irishmen waiting behind a
rock for their landlord. one with a
shotgun. the other with a club. "sure
The master do be very late" says one.
%anxiously. "He IS" says the other. II
hope ne have met wild no accident. %
After this one cannot regard that car
o o as merely a humorous fancy.
The public schools Of Nebraska have
an endowment 90 lands duplicated IN
no other State. The securities held
by the State ia the permanent school
fund are Ia amount 1896. 5l4.633 the
landed endowment consists OF 454.854
acres under contract OF sale. l.848.0l2
acres under lease and 1896 acres va.
can't From the Interest on securities.
interest o. sale and lease rentals.
1898. 205.58 was realized in 1900. None
Of the endowment crn ever be divert.
"a. and as the lands appreciate In
value the annual receipts Wil be aug.
mentad
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
80 IaIse IL Na.a nleaalnr.

D.. BENJAMIN Edson says in the Med
zeal World that lemon juice is a rem
edy for nose bleeding. One part Of the
juice to three or four Of water Is usea
by Insulation after clearing the noe
triis by blowing In emergencies he
has used the lemon Juice undiluted, but
would not advise thig procedure In or
binary cases. The author claims no
credit for the method; he picked II
up many years ago, he says. and he
does not know who IS entitled to the
credit for hfst using It.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
THEIR snoE TROUBLES.
viennese Boot and shoemakors Fear
American Composition.

viennese Boot and shoemakors Fear
American Composition.
The question of whether or not
American boot and shoe shops are to
be opened in Vienna threatens to as
sumo international proportions. The
Viennese boot0and shot makers, hav-
ing appealed to the government to
prohibit the invasion Of American
competition, today received a reply to
the effect that the authorities decline
to interfere. So soon as the decision
Of the government became known rep
resentatives Of the American firm,
Messrs. Barthmann, who are waiting
in Vienna, concluded their arrange
meEts for taking suitable shops, six
teen in number Herr Bitz, president
of the Boot and Shoe Makers League,
told a representative of the "Fremden-
blatt" that the American invasion
means utter ruin for thousands of
Austrian shoemakers. American man
ufacturers can make shoes, send them
across the Atlantic, pay duty on them.
and sell them III Vienna at 4 shillings
a pair less than the Viennese shoemak-
ers can possibly supply them for. Herr
Bitza declared khat II M6ssrs. Barth-
mann benc bps M vienna there
would be trouble because the viennese.
shoemakers, driven to desperation, arc
fully determined to employ violence.
against the American invaders. Rep
resentatives Of Messrs. hartmann say
that they will place themselves under
the protection Of the American lega-
ton.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
Tha FIateher AffaIE.
In EnNA s RRAINERn-

BY EDNA s. BRAINERD.
Copyright. 1901. by Daily story Pub. Coz
We we're sitting az table over our
coffee and cigars when Bob fremont
asked, What ever became Of Theodore
Fletcher"
Haven't you hear67"
Heard? Q" echoed Fremont why,
no; you must remember that I have
been sweltering I'm the interior Of
Cuba for the past three years and that
I have heard nothing, and with the
exception Of you fellows whom met
by chance this morning, I know moth
ing Of the doings of the old crowds
whatever"
Tell fremont the story, Henry,
said Charlie Yates turning to me.
l watched the brandy burning on
the spoon in my cup and as | felt in
just the mood. l told the story. You
remember Eleanor Metcalf? Well,
after you left her popularity increased,
although it really seemed that she
would never lose her heart to any one
Of the numerous hangers-on who
courted her and hattered her and tried
to win her love and her fathers mil
lions.
CAS- you already know, Theodore
Fletcher came to town to settle up the
Mercantile Bank affair. He had no
sooner arrived than he was sought by
all the clubs and societies and was re-
ceived into the most exclusive Of
homes-in fact, he became a sort Of
Chesterfield to all the girls and ome
in our set, gained the respect and ad-
miration Of the older business men and
was the most popular man in town.
Eleanor Metcalf had received a
college education, and two years
abroad had given her a Travelled air;
there wasn't a man in town who would
not have thrown himself at her feet,
ever had she been a seamstress or gov
erness instead of the spoiled child Of
fortune that she was. She was really
so dainty, so pure, so beautiful was
in love with her myself, and some
times think / can never love any other
woman On earth.
swell someone took Theodore to
call on her n evening, and the mis-
-shief was dohe. He fell head ovef
heels in love with her and she with
him. OF course. all the other fellows
pulled out Of the race, and we watched
the society columns each morning to
see the announcement of EleanOr's en-
gagement to Fletcher.
after Fletcher had been one of us
for perhaps seven or eight months,
there was a hop at the country club.
and while each one of us made bold to
engage the company Of the proud FL
eanor, each was in turn sweetly told
by her that she was awfully sorry,
but she could not accept-she was go
ing with Mr.. Fletcher
about this time Edward Metcalf,
the only SON., and in whom old Met
calf's hopes were centered, was ex-
PEELED from Yale and coming home
was placed in the bank under the SUI
pervislon of Fletcher. Strange to say,
he never liked Fletcher and was more
than once heard to say at the club
things that were insinuating and de-
rogatory to Fletcher's character.
Young Metcalf was o popular him
self he was rather weak, and his hab-
its were none of the best.
"The night Of the hop, Eleanor came
in with Fletcher rather late. think
1 never saw her so beautiful and so
regal; there was a look in her eyes
that / would have given my SOU to
know had been inspired by me. and III
venture there wasn't a fellow In the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
rnnEE nnEAr roWERa
United states. Russia and china wa
Dominate tho world


United states. Russia and china WIN
Dominate thoW World
A vlonna dispatch says that Prof.
Edwin suess. the eminent publicist
and paleontologist, has given an inter-
view respecting the industrial and po-
lltical prepondernnce Of the United
States that attracts much attention,
especially as it confirms the anti-Amer-
lean Views of continental manufactur-
ors and economists.
The professor. surveying intcrna-
tional relations from the standpoint
of a political philosopher, observes
that while the French revolution was.
occasiOned by the abuses Of the priv
LEGGED classes, the present situation
has been caused by q revolution of ma-
terial conditions. The declining ma
tional sentiment should be replaced by
a movement for the common defense
Of the central European states against
the American trusts which are moving
to conquer the foreign markets more
surely than they could be conquered
by ba~ttleships. The American balance
of trade has reached an unparalleled
figure. 1t was n serious question II
the present political units of central
Europe were strong enough to make
an effective defense, taking into ac-
count the physical conditions. The
present shifting of the center of gray
ity of the worlds forces would create
three great units-China, Russia and
America. When China was equipped
with railroads the people would find
that she had the most capable mer-
chants and the cheapest labor. Rus
STA would have the largest army and
be the greatest peasant state. Euro
pean capital would flow to the United
States and would be an important in
crease of her economic prosperity. OF
the three the United States had decid-
edly the lead.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
Dislike American RUE

A peculiar result Of the American
conquest and rule in the Philippines
Is the exodus of o. large number Of the
better class Of Fllipinos to Japan. 1t
is reported from Yokohama that the
number of these emigrants. now ex-
Hes. from the Philippine islands is in
~creasing daily, aHf it is thought that
thousands Of the educated classes In
the archipelago Win permanently set
tie in the J~apanese empire. Most Of
the Filipinos who have gone to Japan
have at once taken up the task Of
learning %Japanese and Of availing
themselves Of every opportunity Of In
dustrial training.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

We run wild over the furnishings OF
a house; its furniture, carpets, hang
ings, pictures and music, and always
forget or neglect the most important
requisite. Something there should be
always on the shelf to provide against
sudden casualties or attacks of pain.
Such come like a thief in the night; a
sprain, strain, sudden backache, tooth
ache or neuralgia attack. There is
nothing easier to get than a bottle OF
St. Jacobs Oil, and nothing sursr to
cure quickly any form Of pain. The
horse is incomplete without Il. Com
plete it with a good supply.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

Elaborate experiments in feeding
wheat to farm animals and swine have
been made this year at the Kansas ex-
pertinent station. and also in other
states of the orn belt. The experts
conclude that wheat has greater nutri-
tive value than corn, and may be used
either crushed, mixed with oats or
corn, or in connection with straw in
time of extreme scarcity.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

The money value Of a title in other
than a matrimonial market IS illustrat-
ed by the policy of an old established
manufacturing business in New York
city which sells It's products all over
Europe. The present manager, like his
father. is very democratic, but for
business reasons he continues the poll
icy established by his father. No
agents are employed abroad except
men with titles. This is easily ar
ranged in Germany and France and
Russia. but it sometimes causes in
convenience in England. A titled
agent on the continent, no matter how
poor he may be, can usually get a
hearing in a business house easier
than a man without a title. No bogus
titles are allowed. and the company's
list Of foreign agents reads like a
court circular.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
All Things Considered
He Is Really 2 Beast of
Burden.

and in the clamper which holds the
cravat in place. There is glass over
the face Of his watch. Dye is used in
staining his clothes, and one may find
here all the colors-red, white, blue,
black, purple. yellow. brown and al
most every other tint. He has paper
in his pockets. There iG rubber in his
%suspenders and garters. Paint is found
in the figures on the face Of his watch.
nj po1sn IS oum IN his shoes.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
consumptIon ln cattIe md Nm.

Professor Koch recently startled the
world by announcing, at the congress
for the study Of tuberculosis, in Lon
don, that the tuberculosis of cattle is
an entirely distinct affection from con
sumption in man, n that the money
and labor that have been expended in
fighting the disease in COWS were vast
ed so far as the health of man is con-
cerned. This is no new doctrine. 1t
is not the doctrine generally held by
physicians, many of whom regard the
drinking of unstsrilized milk from tu-
b~erculous cows as me Of the most pro-
life sources of consumption of the
bowels and glands in young children.
It is in this country especially that the
belief IN the nUu-cOmmunicability OF
cattle consumption to man finds its
chief ~adherents. IL is based on the
facts that the incubation OF human
tubercle bacilli IA cattle has failed to
produce tuberculosis IN these animals,
and that dairymen and others who
may be in close contact with diseased
COWS suffer less frequently from con-
sumption than city jewellers who have
nothing to do with cattle and seldom
or never drink pilk.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
Would II Have Been
Successful h
Foreign Aid?

1000 years, are now being actively
worked by an English firm. There is
a steady demand for the marble. The
Pentelikon quarries are also in the
hands of an English company. At
present the Greek market takes most
Of the output. But already several
trial shiploads have been sent to
America and other countries. The new
statue Of Won Moltke in Berlin is to
be made from a block of marble re-
Gently taken from one Of the Grecian
quarries. The block weighs seventy
nye tons at present, but owing to the
nigh freight rates and other expenses
u VIII probably be roughly shaped
down" before shipment, to about thir-
ty-fve tons.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

Probably the most elaborate meer-
schaum pipe in this country is now in
process Of coloring by a New York
merchant, who bought It from a local
manufactures recently for $500. The
pipe is known as a character" pipe
to the trade, and is a wonderfully
carved reproduction CT the painting
"st. John at His Bath" 1t represents
six maidens grouped around a fountain
and either st. John is concealed be-
hind the fountain or in 81; he is not
In Sight, at any rdte. The figures are
chiseled from a solid niece OF meer-
schaum, which was imported from
Turkey. The labor expended upon it
extended over d period Of two years.
and the amber mouthpiece alone cost
$500.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

The tendency among the British
middle classes IS rather to live above
their incomes than within them. There
Is also a passion for luxury I'm London
and a desire to display. which seems
a peculiarly stupid and useless desire
In a huge city, where one seldom
knows ones neighbors. And so, too.
the cordial pot luck" dinners Of a
generation ago have given place to
ceremonial champagne functions, in
which a man out Of dress clothes is
out Of place.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
weight Of 4 Honey Bee.

Careful Weighing IL is said. shows
that an ordinary bee. moi loaded.
weighs the dve-thousandth part OF a
pound, so that IL tales 5000 bees to
make a pound. But the loaded bee.
when Il comes IN fresh from the field
and flowers, irelghted with honey.
often weighs nearly three timss gJ4e
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

I'm ready" shouted the speaker,
ito meet calmly any emergency that
may arise" At this moment the plat
form collapsed, and the speaker ex-
hibited great perturbation. How
about that one?" they asked him later.
"That one did o arise" be replied.
%mournfully.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

The first gold pens made in this
country were an manufactured by
hand, the gold being cut from strips Of
the metal by scissors. and every sub
sequeut operation being performed by
hand. These handmade gold pens
cost from s. to $50. and were far in
ferior TO the machine made article Of
the present day.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

A detective Of a big department
store said the other day: Winter is
by all means our busiest season. In
summer time the stores are bothered
but little by shoplifters, but as soon
as cool weather sets in their annual
temperance begins. Why? Well.
figure it this way. First, there are
fewer persons i'm the stores in hot
weather and the nlmble-hngered ones
run a greater risk of discovery. Then.
agfin. winter clothes-long ~overcoats
and wraps-are the best possible means
Of concealing their booty. That is prob
ably the main reason for the shop.
lifter's inactivity during the warm
month";
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

A commercial weekly. in reviewing
current prices. says that lemons are
stronger and ~raspberrios "nrmer
Unfortunately this does not mean
that a dozen lemons win make more
lemonade or that it will be harder TO
convert r~aspberries into jam.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

Fogg; Did / ever tell you Of the
wonderful case Of faith cure up at our
houseY Bass-"No; what was it?"
Fogg; MY Aunt Hannah never tires
OF telling how she preserved Ter furs
and woolens from moths last summer
by packing them with camphor balls.
II turned out that these camphor balls
were golf balls, but none of us nave
had the heart TO tell Aunt Hannah. -
Boston Iranserint.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
THE CHEAPESnP AINT

The economy in using
Devoe ready paint is in re-
suits more than price. It
covers more and lasts longer
than lead and oil, two to
one; ten to one of some paint.
Use Devoe; and figure cost
by the square yard, or year,
not by the gallon; it's the
cheapest paint made, figured
that way.
Ask the nearest dealer for Devoe;
insist on having IT. Our pamphlet on
PaaHsaa5 rrevrrYou n~rcl.eaOntHh pnpcr.
GOOD-PAINT DEvOE, CHICAGO
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

The sixth contract for American To-
comotives TO be delivered I'm Japan has
just been closed with the American
locomotive company and viii be filled
from Schenectady. It IS for eighteen
engines. An order for thirty locomo-
uves for the government railroads Of
New Zealand ia being filled at the
Baldwin works i'm Philadelphia.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson has
had a nre-prooi vault built In her San
Francisco house, where she keeps the
numerous unfinished or unpublished.
manuscripts Of her husband.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

Alters up aforc the sunrise
lt's shifless folks that stays IN bcd).
Douse my face On good cold water.
iortcr clears the eyes an head.
wilkins done an horscs'a harncascd.
Fraid they'n am get ovor-hct.
Way the sun shines on that cornnclI
> goin 20 be the hottest yet.
ll ON the key with right cold water
an set 10 In some shady spot
zen taste most powerful coolin'
When 7 get go awful hot.
How them shovois stir the weeds upi
Makes the heat rise from the dirt.
Got my shoes plum FUN OF corngtalkA
Amt n doin' a thing but hurt.
Calves are callin' for their mothers
Reckon an my work is done.
Stars are shinin' mighty purity
An the noon done killed the sun.
Divern0n, IN. Lawrence T. Dresse'
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

The old Grecian quarries Of green
clppolino marble I'm the southern por-
tion of the island Of Euboea. which
we're rediscovered after a rest Of nearly
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

Mother-"Where papa?" Flossie-
Hes downstairs" What's he doing?a
"His bicycle Is out OF brean, and he's
giving Il some moral"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

This actually happened-right In the
Troy Times office: Jack: "What is a
stationary engineer7" Ray: "A man
that runs an engine that stands stll
when Il goes"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

THAT mob scene was handled with
splendid effect" said the critic. "Oh.
yes" replied the manager. "You see.
we hire the villains creditors to 20 on.
Ia that scene. "-Tit-Bits.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01

why is Flicker drowning his sor-
rows in drinkY' ooh, because his
best girl threw him overheard"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-01
THE INDEx.

AzrOo NOW MEXICO
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-12-13
The Woalsack.

Back During the time of Queen Eliza.
beth an act of parliament was passed
prohibiting the expectation Of wool.
This product was one of the great
sources Of the natural wealth of Eng
land ut that time. and in accordance
with the economic notions of the age
the authorities attempted to keep 1t in
tho country. imagining that II it went
abroad, even though something more
valuable or desirable were exchanged
Tor 1t. the country would be the poorer.
In order to hold the Importance Of
this commodity before the minds Of the
national legislators woolsacks were
placed in the house Of lords, where the
Judges sat. Hence the lord chancellor,
who presides over the house of lords,
"sits on the woodstock" The woolsack,
according to q printed description, is a
large square bag Of wool without
back or arms and covered with red
cloth"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-12-13
ngotism Of Genius.

Dgotism II Genl1s.
A writer in the London Standardized
clares the idea that genius il usually
modest to be a popular delusion- Oni
the contrary. he alleges egotism to bel
the very essence Of true genius and
quotes many amusing examples.
When Wordsworth, Southey and,
Coler.dge were walking together and
Coleridge remarked that the day was
% fine 1T might have been ordered for.
three poees." the gentle WORDSWORTH
promptly exclaimed: Three poetsY
Who are the other twoY'
Disraei. then q mere youth. wrote to
his sister that he had heard Macauhy,
She'll and Grant speak. -but between
ourselves I could door them all" And
again he said, When I want to read a
good book. I write 0na"
Our own Joaquin Miller wrote to
Walt Whitman: you and I are over
the bead Of the rnbble. We know we
are great and II other people don't
know It It b their own fault.
It was President Grant who, being
told that q certain senator, an admit
ted genius who was very hostile to
him DID not believe the Bible, ex-
pressed bis estimate OF the senator's
eeotism b. r~e3oinine: why should he3
He didn't vrtte T. yoo know..-New
Xoek World. u a.