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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

sity. The latter has a national repu-
tation as a geOlOgist and paleologist,
and added much to the pleasure of the
company by his description of the diff
ferent formations they examined. All
of the above gentlemen exerted them
selves to the utmost to make the trip
a pleasant n to their guests, and We
believe have the assurance that their
efforts were fully appreciated.
The train only moved in the day
time. The first night was spent in
Cheyenne. After breakfast Wednes-
day morning the whole crowd found
seats in the observation car, which
was pushed in front of the engine,
with superintendent Parke's private
a between them, and prepared them
selves ito be shown"
Heretofore one Of the most difficult
pieces of track on the entire line was
that between Cheyenne and Laramie.
Cheyenne has an elevation of $3.50
feet above sea level. Sherman, thirty
three miles west, the top of the divide,
and the highest point between Omaha
and Ogden, Las an elevation of 8,247
feet. This made a rise of 1900 feet
in thirty-three miles, an average grade
of sixty-six feet to the mile, while the
maximum was over Lightweight feet.
Although even this is less thai that
encountered by any other railroad
crossing the mountains, still it is a
pretty stiff climb, and a large number
of extra engines were kept constantly
employed in helping trains over the
hill. AS will be seen by the map &C
companying this article, a very large
part of this line was entirely rebuilt.
The work required the handling and
moving of 5000, 900 cubic yards of
Sherman gravel and 100000 cubic
yards Of hard granite rock, and the
boring of a tunnel 1900 feet long. To
the average reader these figures con-
vey but little meaning. Some idea of
the Immensely OF the work may, how
ever, be obtained when one is told that
there are three fills within a single
mile of track which contain enough
rock and d-isintegrated granite to bal
last the New York Central road from
New York to Chicago. Some idea Of
the cost may also be realized when
we are told that the contractors who
bored the tunnel received a bonus Of
100000 more than the contract called
for, because they competed the work
several months earlier than was
specified in the contract. AS a result
of all this change the grade has been
reduced to forty-thTee feet to the mile.
An engine that before required a
helper to haul twenty freight cars
over the hill can now pull forty with
out help. The saving in fuel, in wages
and in repairsof rolling stock is pro-
digious.
Like changes, with grade revisions,
have been made between Howell and
Hutton's station, Lookout station and
Medicine Bow, Hanna and Dana,
Cooper's Lake and Lookout, Walcott
and Fort Steele, Rawlins and Upton,
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as a pigeons egg. It makes an abso-
lutely perfect ballast for a railroad.
as it will not blow away o slip and
slide, but packs into a solid, homo
geneous mass. It is gradually coming
into use also for paving city streets.
Denver has several so paved, Omaha
is experimenting with 1t, and recently
an expert from far-off Buffalo visited
the deposits for the purpose of deter
mining whether it would stand trans
portation so great a distance as to
that city.
Wednesday night was passed at
Rawlins, and on Thursday the train
got as far west as Spring Valley. The
principal stops we're made at Rock
Springs and Green River. At the
former place are worked the most ex-
tensive coal mines in the West. Be
tween two and three hundred car
loads a day are shipped out the year
around. The company were taken
through one of the larger mines and
saw for themselves how the thing was
done. A short stop vas also made at
Fish Cut, a little west of Green River,
where there are wonderful fossil beds.
It was here Professor Marsh Of Yale
college made his principal discoveries.
Near this point is one of the most re-
markable cuts on the entire line, the
whole face of a mountain having been
sliced off to get o for the track.
AS noted above, Thursday night was
passed at Spring Valley, a new town
that has sprung up at the eastern end
of the Aspen mountain tunnel. This
G,.-,,T - ~ vr,A oar,w1nknH fhn head
ings being about 600 feet apart, but
both ends were visited by the party
on Friday morning. This tunnel is
the most expensive Improvement on
the entire line, and It's completion will
save a greater distance than any
other. Il isR very remarkable tunnel
in malE respects. In fact II is claimed
by the railroad officials to be the most
daring piece of railroad engineering
ever attempted on this continent.
They make this claim on account OF
the difficulties encountered In prose.
cutting the work. II vas supposed the
mountain through which the tunnel
passes was of ordinary granite and
the contract was let on this basis. II
has proven, however. to be a veritable
museum of wonders, each of which
taxed to the utmost the ingenuity OF
the contractors. The first serious diff.
iculty was a huge mass of moving
shale, struck within 500 feet of the
western entrance to the tunnel. This
shale when exposed to the air swelled
up like a sponge, and it's expansive
power was simply irresistible, Great
Oregon timbers twelve inches square
set as close together as they would
stand were snapped off like pipestems
It was impossible to brace them SO
they would hold. The floor Of the tun.
mel would sometimes bulge up -four
feet in a single night. 1t was finally
found necessary to replace the tim
bers with heavy steel beams, and be
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0ramophons Amu.s. TurLI.h LadIsa

GrnmOphons Amusss Turkish LadieL
The gramophOne is a great source OF
pleasure to Turkish ladies. For some
years It was strictly forbidden; now
nearly every house is provided with
one, and the fades sit around and roar
with laughter every night at its pro-
auctions. Nearly all are fitted with
cylinders giving Turkish songs and
stories. II the ladies w..h their
gramophones would only stop at home
no one would object; but what they
delight in is to get into a boat with
their friends and float slowly down the
Bosporus. with the g-ramophone
shrieking in the middle. The Bos-
porus on a moonlight night Is the most
romantic place imaginable. Sitting on
a balcony o~verhanging the water, with
no sounds but the soft lappinig Of the
waves and the uneeaslng songs of the
nightingales which swarm all along
the shore. one gets lost In all sorts OF
imaginations, and it is too bad when
a boat suddenly drifts close by with a
gramophone %squeaking out DAISY" OF
something equally incOngruous.
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INSECT PEsrs OF HAWAII.
Destroyers OF Humanity's Peace Come
From other Lands.

Destroyers OF Humanity's Peace Come
From Other Lands.
No spot on earth has suffered so
much from the importation OF Insect
pests as the islands composing the Ha-
wailan group. Time was when 1t was
a pleasure to live there because Of the
absence Of such plaques; now it Is
different.
The two chief products Of these
islands are sugar and coffee, while a
considerable amount Of fruit is also
grown. Along with the imported trees
came their insect enemies, notably the
scale insect and the aphis. In the
course Of time these increased so pro-
digiously that they threatened to de
stroy the industries of the country.
Man Is doomed to a constant struggle
against nature and he Is often COM
pelled. so to speak, to fight her with
her own weapons. So IL was In this
case. The trees were being destroyed
bv insects; remedy, import more IN
scots. So I'm 1890 a certain ladyblrd
fvedolla cardlnalisl was sent over from
Australia. II became completely ma
tnrallzed and Increased prodigiously,
feeding on the scale insects, which II
soon reduced IN numbers until they De-
came comparatively scarce.
But there were other Insect plaques
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Those Who Arc Nervous Arc a. zen
simple Rules.

NA"NNA" MUS
when you are asleep. It is 20 be-
hoped that you are still. Few people
are when they are awake. II one OBJ
serves the crowd in the streets, It Is
curious and most dlsagreeable to see
how small the number is who are not
constantly making g-imaces and work.
ing their faces or jaws in some man
ner. 1 have heard 1t said it was bash-
fulness that caused this, but It has not
been my observation that bashfulness
was SO WIDELY distributed an Amerl-
can trait; besides, how does twisting
the face help to keep one in counte-
nance? No, 1t is not b%ashfulness; il is
misdirected nervous energy, which
ought to be aiding the movements Of
their legs or getting stored up some
where in the central nervous reser-
vOirs for future use. Learn to keep
still when you rest; when you move,
move with the part of the body need
ed; do not waste your force by walk
ing with your arms and face as we'll
as with you legs. II circumstances
Iorce an unusual and fatiguing amount
OF exertion upon you, break 1t now
and then by periods of absolute rest.
No matter how brief they are. they
viii be useful II you make them COM
plete and perfect in the way described.
This is true Of mental as we'll as bod
lily exertion. A minute or two minutes
OF quiet, with closed eyes il possible,
with your tension relaxed and the
gearing Of the machinery thrown on
for the moment, will help and refresh
you greatly. Here, again, more may be
gained if the ability to relax mentally
can be secured, in a fashion similar to
the withdrawing Of muscular tension.
Learn to empty your mind when not
using it-Dr. John Mitchell in Har-
per's Bazaar.
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A sound that is heard only to a linn.
tied extent in American speech is the
sound Of e in person. Of 1 In girl, OF c
In word. Of Il In murder and Of y IN
myrtle. Previous to about fifteen
years ago the sound was seldom heard
from the lips Of American actors. Nov
there are few Of them that do moi
make It properly. Five vowels. e, /. O
"a and y in certain words have precise.
ly the same sound. This sound Is
easily learned. but 1t must be learned
orally; It cannot be described to any
practical purpose The making Of It is
a very important matter n one would
have ones u,terance con ,Orm TO refine
ed usage. The sound commonly heard
trenches closely 20 the borderlard o.
the vulgar.-Harper's Magazine.
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Green River and Bryan. lie Roy and
Evanston Altogether there have been
built 156 miles OF absolutely new
track, there has been a saving Of
thirty-one miles in distance and the
grade has been reduced to forty-three
feet to the mile.
All of Wednesday was spent in ex-
aiming the improvements between
Cheyenne and Rawlins. OF especial
interest to all was the powerful steam
shovel which was at work on Sherman
hill filling a long train of freight cars
with the wonderful d~isinteerated
granite with which that region
abounds. Nearly a cubic yard would
be taken at one scoop. and a freight
a would be filled every two minutes.
This disintegrated granite is wonder
full material. It is not rotten rock. as
some may suppose, but live, bright
granite with sharp edges. II has sim
ply been subjected by nature to an
enormous crushing and grinding force,
which has broken it in bits varying in
size from small shot to pieces as large
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13
10 SALT LANE CITY
VIA THE UNION PACIFIC RY.

We doubt II a more sumutuouslv
equipped train ever left Denver than
that which pulled out Of the Union
depot Tuesday evening. July 28d. con.
tanning about fifty newspaper men.
mostly from eastern cities. who had
been invited by the Union Pacific rail.
way to be their guests on a trip from
Denver to Salt Lake City and return.
with the special object Of noting the
improvements recently completed and
in progress along that line. The train
consisted of three Pullman ~sleepers.
q dining car and the private car of
General Passenger Agent Lomax. At
Cheyenne the next morning there was
added an observation a and the pri-
vate car Of Superintendent Parke. AS
thus composed the train was carried
unbrOken to Salt Lake City. Accom-.
panying the party there were, in ad-
dirion to Mr.. Lomax and Mr.. Parke.
Mr.. Griffin, the general agent of the
company at Denver, Mr.. Darlow. the
advertising agent of the road. and
Professor Knight of Wyoming univer-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13
OVER THE TELEPHONE

-
Mother and Daughter Enjoy a Sweet
Moment.
The mystery Of the telephone is yet
but imperfectly understood by many,
vet two women, with no scientific
knowledge whatever, were made to
feel how great a boon to humanity it
is.
Only a few days ago a man In Chica-
go decided to give his wife a novel sur
prise on her birthday anniversary, He
arranged that at a certain moment her
mother, whom she had not seen for
years, should be at the long-distanee
telephone Office In Philadelphia and
should call up the daughter In Chica-
60. There was a telephone In the Chi
cagO house and the husband answered
the p%rearranged call. Turning from
the instrument he said to his wife;
"Helen-bere's your mother on the
wire In Philadelphia"
The wife seated herself at the in
strument and heard the familiar voice
Of her mother. 1t uttered II word;
"Daughter!"
Suddenly the young matrOn In Chi
cago gripped the instrument and
poured out her heart in the response:
"Oh, mother, motherv'
Then, as she heard the sob that came
over the wire from her aged mother,
she answered In kind, still keeping the
receiver at her ear. Speaking liter
ally, those two women cried TO each
other until the tolls amounted to $40.
Later they both said that It was the
sweetest experience they lad NOW
since their long separation beganl
Nothing could more effectively demon
strate the sympathetic possibilities OF
the telephone on better illustrate the
vital point Of realizing the personality
behind the voice.
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tween the steel and the walls on all
sides to make a thick backing of Port
land cement. The bore of this part Of
the tunnel was also changed to an egg
shape form, as being best able to re-
sist pressure. This shale extended
for 200 feet, and increased the cost Of
the tunnel by hundreds of thousands
Of dollars. The visitors were shown a
hve-acre lot which was covered over
thick with the broken and twisted
beams taken from this part of the tun-
mel.
Soon after the shale had been
passed through a large flow of water
was encountered. and as in this end
of the tunnel the grade is toward the
breast, an expensive pumping plant
had to be installed.
The next obstacle was a strong vein
Of oil, accompanied by dangerous
gases. Notwithstanding the utmost
precautions, several serious explo-
sions have already occurred. It gath
ers in dense clouds along the roof Of
the tunnel, where a spark struck by a
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

The Kansas City Journal tells this
story: Frank Anderson was for years
a well-known commercial traveller who
made Galena. He was p~assionately
fond Of honey. and the proprietor Of
the hotel at Galena, at which he al
ways stopped, always had some on
hand for him. On one trip Anderson
took his wife along, and as they APP
preached Galena he mentioned to her
that he was getting to a place where
they could have some honey. When the
pair we're sitting at the supper table
that night no honey appeared, and An
derson said sharply to the head waiter:
Where is my honey? The waiter smil-
ed and said: You NEAR the little
b~lack-haired enc? Oh, she don't
work here now
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FAVOR THE ToRREN's LAW.
System Meeting Commentator From Cor
porations and Others.

- ~ I..AHA 49,
pOratiOns and Others.
While the Torrens law has had an
uphill course, 1t is gradually meeting
with strong favor on the part Of cor
pOratiOns and property owners, evil
dence of which is to be found In the
report Of William A. Bond, made at
the monthly meeting Of the Chicago
Real Estate Board. Mr.. Bond is a
member Of. a committee which has the
promotion Of the law In its, charge.
He said that he had received letters
from 541 lawyers, including the pres
idents Of all the law colleges In the
city; $50 real estate and mortgage
houses, nineteen building and loan as
~sociations and 142 property owners
and taxpayers, who expressed their
opinion strongly in favor Of this sys-
TEN Of the registration Of land titles.
Among the corporations from which
letters were received was the Penn
sylvania railroad; also the attorney for
the Chicago & Western Indiana rail-
road, in which they expressed their
willingness to accept and adopt this
system.
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HuNr FoR KIpp.s rREAsuRE.
People of an Island ON Connecticut Go
Money Mad.

People of an Island on Connecticut Go
Money Mad.
A dispatch from Stony Creek, Con-
necticut, says that the entire popula-
ton Of Money Island, one Of the Thin
Bile group, which lies a mile and a half
of shore, is at a high pitch Of excite
ment. Both summer and winter pOpu-
latiOn, armed with trOwel and clam
~excavator, are digging up the shores
of the island In quest Of treasure be-
lieved to have been buried by that
bloody-minded old %buccaneer, Captain
Kidd. All this comes to pass because
Mike Luchla, for thirty years a sailor
before the mast, but now the factotum
of DIR. ID. G. Davis. a New York ply
siclan, whose summer home rises on
the bluff western shore Of the island,
dreamed Of money and che dream
came true. Mike Luchia Is exhibiting
doubloons and other pieces Of money
which he dug up after a dream re-
veaIed their whereabouts. They are
blackened and worn, but things OF
beauty to the excited islanders.
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Inju lous to Coal

II n load Of coal is left out Of doors,
exposed to the weather-say, for a
month-it loses One-third Of its heating
qualities. II a tOu of coal Is placed on
the ground and left there and another
ton Is placed under a shed, the latter
loses about twenty-five per cent. Of Its
heating force, the former about forty
seven per cent. Hence Il is a great
saving OF coal to have It In a dry place,
covered over and on all sides. The
softer the coal the more heating power
Il loses, because the volatile and valu-
able constituents undergo a slow COM
bustiOn.
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-aphides and others of different or
ders. The government therefore en-
ployed a naturalist to import more in
sects. These were brought from Aus
tralia and many Of them We're lady
birds. Several OF them have estab-
lished themselves and done good ser
vice. One Of the most useful Is a lady
bird which feeds on the aphides,
which had seriously attacked the SUI
gar canes. It has done such good
work that there is every prospect Of
the me being speedily cured.
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CHRIST HoNoRED BY JEWS.
Tribute Paid the Founder Of Christianity
by American Rabbits,

A beautiful tribute paid to the
founder of Christianity was the i'm
pressive feature of the session of the
recent conference of American fabbis
at the Temple Keneseth Israel IN Phil
adelphia. The incident was brought
about through the representation OF a
report Beoparel hv Rahhis David Phil
fps, G.. Dutsch apd Joseph Kr1uskopf.
The object Of the report was to define
the attitude of the Jewish Church to
the religion Of Jesus and to decide
whether it should be taught in Jewish
theological schools. The report set
forth that Judaism could not accept
Jesus as part of its theological creed,
but commended the beauty and moral
view Of the teachings attributed to
him.
The sincerity Of the applause that
greeted the reading of the report was
evidenced by its unanimous adoption.
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Judge Rice Of Novena Is perhaps
lacking IN a sense Of humor, but he is
the most punctual man In Indiana.
When made superintendent Of the Sun
day school be at once set about to re-
form in the matter OF attendance and
%punctuality. "a few Sundays g he
had the pleasure OF making the follow
ing statement MY dear fellow-work-
ers and children, I am able to am
nounce today that out OF the entire
school only pne person IS absent
little Maggie Wynn. Let lbs all hope
that she IS siog."
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MHE5MHR9E5Ro OF FROM sANHP5MLcH
Cured of Catarrh of the Stomach
by Pe=ru-na.
by Pe=ru-na.

people who are suffering from catarrh
Of the stomach who are wasting preci-
GUS time, and enduring needless suffer-
ing. The remedies they try only tenn
porarily palliate the distress. but never
effect a cure. Remedies for dyspepsia
have multiplied so rapidly that they
are becoming as numerous as the leaves
OF the forest, and yet dyspepsia con-
tinues to flourish In spite Of them all.
This Is due to the fact that the cause Of
dyspepsia is not recognized as catarrh.
If there is a remedy in the whole
range Of medicinal preparations that 10
In every particular adapted to dyspep-
sia, that remedy is Peruna. This REM
edy is well nigh invinclble in these
cases.
Dr.. Hartman, President Of The Hart
man Sanitarium, Columbus, O., says:
I'm my large practice and correspon-
dence 1 have yet to learn Of a single
case Of atomic dyspepsia which has not
either been greatly benefited or cured
by Peruna."
No one suffering with catarrh of the
stomach or dyspepsia. however slight,
can be well or happy. It is the cause
Of so many distressing symptoms that
It Is a most dreaded disease. Peruna
acts Immediately on the seat OF the
trouble. the infamed mucous mem
branes lining the stomach and a last
ing cure is effected.
II you do not derive prompt and SAT-
isfactory results from the use Of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement Of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, o.
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There are portable churches, as well
as schoolhouses, and the Reformed
church in Pennsylvania is thinking Sc
riously Of adopting them for congrega-
lions not yet financially able to erect
permanent buildings. These movable
churches are made Of corrugated gal
vanised iron, fastended to a wooden
framework, which framework ig COW
cred on the inside with a wainscotihg
lining the hole side and ceiling. The
churches can be made any size and on
any plan. One seating 800 persons can
be put up ready for use at a cost OF
81, 5000.
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It is said that Gladstone one day
said TO the witty Father Healey:
"When / was In Italy the other day i
saw a notice Ia one of your churches
TO the effect that a plenary indulgence
could be had for a sum Of about 30
shilings. How do you explain that?'
If" answered the father, "my
church We're prepared 70 give You a
plenary indulgence for all the sins you
have been guilty Of for 80 shillings !
think you would be let on uncomm0n-
ly cheap"
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Hon. Robert W. Wilcox. Delegate
to Congress from Hawaii and the Sand
witch Islands, in a recent letter from
Washington, d. c.. writes:
81 have used Peruna for dyspepsia
and , ~cheenfuLIy give you this fesd-
n1OniaL Am satisfied If IL Is used
properly II viii be of CREST benefit TO
our people. lean cOnscien1iOusIy rec
Ommend IL TO anyone who Is suffering
with stomach or catarrhal troubles. "
R. w. Wilcox.
All over this country are hundreds Of
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13

An army officer cOngratulates himself
on not having 20 manage the recent en-
campment Of Denver high school cadets
at Idaho SPRINGS. He saws they are too
young to be court-martialed and almost
TO old to be spanked-as mother used to
do Il.
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"Pittsburg Phil" put spectacIes on his
race horse on the Gravesend track In
New York during the recent races and
created quite a sensation. II the horse
had been from Boston no one would have
wondered.