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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29
DOG AND PARROT CASE.

Partisan Libel suits Growing Out OF
Actions of Pet Animals.
Two worthy wives mutually sued
each other for what they called libel
before the Correctional chamber.
Plaintiff No. l, being asked to state
her case, said it all came about ow-
ing to a parrot. The bird had a vic
ious disposition, and its mistress 1.-THE
defendant) egged it on to be even
worse than it was by nature. The
plaintiff could notAput her head out Of
the window without the bird shout
ing o%pprobrious epithets at her and
generally libeling her character. Be
fore deciding the case, the judge said
he would hear the other. whereupon
the second matron stated that what
she had to complain of was her neigh
boris dog. 1t had been taught to bark
at her whenever she went out, and so
maliciously clever was the animal that
at the instigation OF its mistress it
actually threw stones at her window
panes by tossing them up with its
paws. By this time the people in
court were convulsed with laughter,
but the judge remained serious. In
commenting upon the two cases, he
pointed out that neither action had
been correctly described as a suit for
libel. Then he rendered his decision
which was worthy of a Solomon. One
of the plaintiffs, he said, should have
prosecuted the dog, the other should
have cited the parrot. Both actions
having been wrongly Instituted. he
should, therefore, dismiss them both.
Paris Correspondence London Tele-
graph.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

There is a very marked difference
in the working methods Of the United
States congress and the British par
lament which strike the visitor from
one country to the other. Some of the
things that seems peculiar to the
American is the absence of clerks in
the British assembly and the practice
Of members in wearing hats during
the session. Some recent proposals
that the hour Of converting the Brit
ish parliament be changed call atten-
zion to the striking difference between
the working methods Of hat body and
our own congress. Parliamentary ses-
sions begin late and last far into the
night. The parliamentary hours, in
deed, have undergone a good many
changes and II Is only twelve years
since a radical change was made in
them-the house meeting at 3 instead
OK 4, and a%diourning. nominally, at II
Instead Of at some hour in the morn
ing.
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Year for FrsaE solnnoa

Experimental chemistry has been
having a lively time an over the coun-
try. but the reports that come to us
inspire the idea that, after all, this
may be the silly season for science. as
well as for the summer resorts. Graft
ing snakes Is a pretty device. but cur-
ing lockjaw with in%fusions Of rabbits'
brains savers Of some OF the preserip-
lions Of the physicians of the middle
ages. Our friends, the three witches.
might well have added rabbits brains
to their famous decoction, and / have
not the slightest doubt some book
worm will unearth this lockjaw REM
edy from black letter tones, where IL
has hidden since the earliest days OF
magic and witchcraft. There Is moth
ing new under the sun. unless Il 10
wireless telegraphy.-Boston Herald.
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taH 1t Is as perfect today as when It
left the factory, and as to the date Of
its manufacture ,here can be no ques-
ton, since it is clearly indicated by a
red mark on the back of each piece.
Whether the emperor used it much or
little is not known, but after his death
1t passed into the possession OF his heirs
and thus IN time became the property
of Louis Napoleon During his reign
1t remained In Paris, but after his
death It was purchased by an Austrian
merchant from the executors Of his
estate at Chiselhurst, in England. The
Austrian took It to Vienna and soon
received a handsome offer for II from
a firm of jewelers. IN Mexico city.
which he accepted The new owners
retained it IN their possession for sew
eral years, but finally disposed Of Il to
Mr.. f.. b. McKercher, assistant general
manager Of the Mexican Central Rail-
way.
For the last few years many admir-
ers OF Napoleon ia Europe and else
where have been wondering what be-
came Of his beautiful tea set. and the
news 81 It's being located has attracted
unusual attention and Is impeliing sew
eral persons 70 ask whether there may
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

Volcanic action. coral deposits and
shell formations produced the founda-
tons upon which rest the coming new
possessions Of the United states-the
Danish West Indies. They are COM
posed Of the islands Of st. John. St.
Thomas and st. Croix and cost this
government S4.02O.000 It IS assumed
by biologists that at no very late date
an the islands Of the West Indies
group formed a land connecting link
between North and South America.
The largest island Of the group in
question Is 81. Croix. having an area
Of 1876 square miles; 81. Thomas comes
with h~fty-three square miles. and St.
John last with thirty-hve square miles.
The population Of the three islands
Is about $4,000, chiefly composed Of
negroes.
AS early as 1900 all the West Indies
(called so by Columbus, because he
thought he had discovered the west
ward passage to India where he
touched at San salvador) we're
claimed by Spain. British and Dutch
explorers following in the spaniard's
wake heard strange stories of fabu-
lous wealth in the islands and attacked
the claims Of Spain. France sought a
foothold in 1925, England captured ia
maica In 1856 and has kept it ever
since. After various wars, years OF
domination by pirates and ~internecine
troubles, a final division Of the island.
was arranged between foreign powers
This division was as follows:
Spain-Cuba and Porto Rico.
England-Bahamas, Turks and Cal
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COS. Jamaica. ST. Lucia. st. Vincent.
Barbados. Grenada, Tobago, Virgin
group, st. Christopher, Nevis. Anti
qua, Montserrat, Dominica and Trlni-
dnd.
France-Guadeloupe, st. B%arthol6-
NEW and Martinique
Holland-Curacoa Bonaire, Aruba,
st. Eustatius, st. Martin and Saba.
Denmark-santa Cruz. st. Thomas
and St. John.
Hayti-Republics Of Hayti and San
Domingo.
In 1898 The Spanish-American war
removed Spain from her possessions
In the West Indies and introduced the
United States. This country. with tie
luther acquisition OF the Danish
group, in a military or naval ense,
becomes the mistress Of all the south
ern waters sweeping Central America.
the Isthmus Of Panama and the north
ern coast OF South America. The ma
val and military stations being estab-
lished in Cuba and Porto Rico will be
duplicated in the Danish West Indies
on a smaller scale. The government
secures three bases for future opera
tons not equalled by any in the island
possessions Of France or England.
Almost as important as this is the
fact that Hayti and San Domingo will
hereafter be ianked east and west by
American possessions, and when the
time comes that the two weak repub-
lies fail, as they must, they will easily
pass under the control Of this govern
ment and not that Of any foreign pow
er. The strategic advantage Of st.
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MEDICAL SCIENTISTS.
The. Are Not An Agreed ON the vaius
Of Medicines.


The. Are Not An Agreed ON the vaius
Of Medicines.
The sick man now always wants to
know too much. He wants to know
what Is the matter with him when it
is not possible to tell him; moreover.
he will have an answer and II not
he thinks the doctor an ignoramus and
calls In some n else. Oh, II men
would only think a little morei ANY
fool can give a name to a disease, II.
as is too often the case, the letter sat-
isdeth. But what If the name Is
wrong, and the name determines an
important line Of treatment? What II
the letter killeth? The public will
have the disease ticketed. even when
there is no means Of identification,
and, having got a name for his COM
plant, the patient thinks the physic
tumbles out of the same slot, and
that between the two he will be cured
onhand. There is no idea Of doubt
none that the powers Of medicine are
limited in all sorts Of ways, and that
waiting for developments or subsi-
dences is the only skillful course.
Waiting is described as Nothing is
being done for me" and some one else
is called in with a Cant you do some
thing?" What Is our position in re-
gard to that real and intimate knowl-
edge Of the action Of the liver, for x
ample, which we require to enable us
to treat its diseases. We still give our
blue pill and podophyiline, and so on,
and speak with early innocence OF
touching the liver, and so still per
petuate the idea that certain RENE
dies go for the liver and Increase its
various secretions. I don't say that
this is all wrong or that the remedies
are not valuable in the conditions for
which they are given, but all the posi-
tive experimental evidence that we
possess I think goes to show that
remedies are chiefly intestinal in their
effect. Coming then to drugs, why do
we give them? To cure disease, you
answer at once. and think the ques-
ton unnecessary. But wait a minute;
drugs are given for several other rea-
sons, some Of which are far less free
from criticism. Sometimes because
the patient will not be happy till he
gets them; sometimes to hide our ig-
n%orance, or to mark time while we
watch and walt; and then we often
give drugs as an experiment. That we
cannot help. Sc long as one man
differs from another 1t must be so.
Many an ailment badly needs a rem
edy, and who knows but what in each
new drug some human I'll may find
alienation? What / would discounte-
nance is the giving Of drugs by rule of
thumb.-Dr. Goodheart before British
Medical Association.
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A MODERN CINDERELLA.
"Litue Patsy" Returns TO Thank the
Police for Her Rescue.

"Littio Patsy" Returns to Thank the
Police for Her Rescue
A pretty little girl elegantly
dressed. a perfect ray Of sunshine,
stepped out Of a fine carriage that
stopped opposite the police barracks.
says the Atlanta Constitution, and
asked an officer to direct her to the
Office Of the chief Of police. There was
a lady ia the carriage. but she kept
out Of sight. The little girl tripped
lightly up the stone steps and walked
into Chief Balls Office. "Is this the
chief Of police?" a voice sweet enough
to belong TO a choir Of woodland
c%horisters asked. 81 am the chief,
replied Chief Ball, "and l will be
pleased to have my pretty little visitor
take a seat" "Oh, no" she replied
shaking her head until the golden hair
rippled like sun-kissed waves 81 can't
stay but q very little while. I came
here to tell you what a very thankful
little girl 7 am. You don't know me,
perhaps, but maybe you will remember
a poor little child who was taken from
a howell q few years ago by the good
policeman. She was known then as
Patsy, and she sold matches sometimes
and picked up rags and old papers at
other times. She was a poor. miser-
able and very, very wretched little
girl. Her mother died, and her father
had run away. and she was living with
an old woman on Marietta street who
drank whisky-fhe good policeman
found her and She was taken away
from the horrid old woman and placed
in a home. Then n day a kind lady
saw her and she said she wanted a
little girl. So she was adopted, and
since then sh4 has had a good home
and the dearest, sweetest mother in
all the world "And you were little
Patsy?" the chief asked. yes, I was
poor little PatsX." she replied as a
tear almost dimmed the bright blue
eyes,. And 1 came here to-day to tell
you how thankful / am for what the
good policeman did for me six years
ago. Mamma. who is downstairs in
the carriage, said she wanted me to
thank you for her, too" Il am sure"
said the chief, as his pretty visitor was
about to leave, that the police of At
lanta never did a better piece Of work,
and we are very proud and happy to
know that Patsy has been so bounti-
fully blessed" The child laid a bunch
Of roses on the chiefs desk and slip
ped away. It would not be right to
give her present name. She was once
poor little Patsy, a waif, but Patsy is
dead, and in her place there reigns as
happy a little girl as ever carried with
her sunshine into an Atlanta home.
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The spelling reformers are outdone
on their own line. d. G.. Porter os
Waterbury, Conn, not only favors the
revolutionizing Of spelling. but he
would radically reform the English
language every way. He would begin
with the alphabet and change the lone
sound Of the first three vowels to the
continental method Of pronunciation
Mr. Porter not only would have
words spelled as they are pronounced
but he would have words kindred IN
meaning conform to artificial rules ~
analogy. He would pronounce eobe-
dent" "%obadient" because obey
pronounced "obay." and so on tbropeb
the entire unabridged dictionary ia
gives a ding at the English Language
az having been formed by ean in
tensely ignorant and stupid peas.
antry.'
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oARYE NAMES oN TeRRAPIN.-
lne of These Animals serves M-Issourians
as Autograph Album.

One OF These Animals Serves NIlssourIans
as Autograph Album.
Southwestern Missouri has a terra
pin which has been utilized for TWEEN
ty years as an autograph album by
those citizens across whose path 1t
CHANGED to creep. It is also concluded
by late Investigators that this slow
going animal with the protected back
is given to revisiting the same places
at stated intervals Of sever years.
That these animals survive for an in
definite period and sometimes revisit
their former haunts is equally well es-
tablished by a curious find made by
Sheriff L. Copeland Of Mar!es county,
near Vienna. The sheriff CHANGED to
pick up a small land terrapin or land
tortoise, such as are common in the
Ozark country, by the roadside. On
examination the animal proved to be
a living, walking autograph album.
bearing the monograms OF a number
Of prominent citizens Of Maries coun-
ty and dating back over twenty years.
The shell was covered with initials
carved with a knife. Among them
were: "W.R. E."-William Ellis OF Ro-
liza. Mo, 1881; "B. H."-Bill Hoops.
1888, a well-known citizen. now dead;
y. p. Al. p. Anderson. 1897; ~.
P. B"-John Babe, 1897, ex-county Of
fetal. Other initials were those Of T..
]. Ellis and J. T. Hoops and one sP.
o." whose owner is unknown. Some
Of the monograms were we'll worn and
barely legible. Sheriff Copeland in
scribed his name with the rest and
started the terrapin out on another
journey.
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Palace cars for q king.

spain's little King Alfonso Is the
"magnate" who viii ride in a pair Of
palace cars recently shipped abroad
from Wilmington, Del. One of the
kings private cars Is a drawing room
coach. similar to a Pullman drawing
room, except that it is only thirty feet
long. Il is Of royal blue color, with
gold trimmings and lettering, with the
royal coat OF arms pm each side. The
interior Is hnisheaip hand-carved ma
hogany. It Is deliberately furnished.
The other is a dining car Of the same
size
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An honest farmer once led his two
turkeys into his granary and told
them to eat, drink and be merry. one
OF these turkeys was wise and 0ns was
foolish. The foolish bird at once in-
dulged excessively IN the pleasures 81
the stable, unsuspicious Of the future
but the wiser fowl, ia order that he
might not be fattened and slaughtered
tasted continually mortified his
flesh and devoted himself 20 gloomy
reflections upon the brevity of lie.
when Thanksgiving approached. ihe
honest farmer killed both turkeys. and
by placing a rock Ga the Interior Of tho.
prudent turkey made him weigh more
than his piumper brother Moral-Aa
we travel through life, let ua live hg
the Way-0eorge Lanisan.
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sparrors A,ola IIrs ~.

The Marion Tribune Is responsible
for the discovery that an Engl SD spar
row never clutches a live wire. Seem
ingly this wicked little migrate from a
foreign shore knows there is danger,
and while other members Of the feath-
cred tribe continue experimenting the
sparrow takes Il for granted that Il Is
not safe. and Is busy finding another
perch. In this the sparrow really dis
plays more sense than many human
beings, who frequently take hold Of a
live wire to satisfy their curiosity.
indianapolis News.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

one IS not accused Of p~lagiarizine
"Iago' in whole or In part Ia FOL
lette knew personally both Booth and
Barrett. They were touring the coun
try together and he determined to sub
init the matter to them and act as
they might decide. Barrett's reply
sent the statesman back to his native
state.
You have talent for the stage" he
said. There is no question about
that" But there are other things
to consider. Remember your law.
Don't take defeat so badly. Make n
other effort"
And la Toilette made another ef-
fort
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~

eral weeks promises to pass. But It
cannot pass from the history Of liter
allure that Colonel McNeery" was the
original Of Mr.. Dooley" and that but
for the genius of Finley Peter Dunno
meeting the quiet hum6r Of Jim" Nc
Garry the world might have lost tales
now famous from ocean to ocean.
Jim McGarry. dealer in spirituous
goods-he despises beer-frst indirect
ly suggested to Mr.. Dunno the creation
OF the series of papers now made fam
Gus under the name Of Mr.. Dooley."
Mr.. McGarry who is just recovering
from a serious illness, eight or nine
years ago, presided ovsza bar on Dear
born street, Chicago, where it was Gus
tomary for Judges, lawyers, newspaper
men and other bright lights Of the
town to meet. They came in pairs,
groups OF alone. They were as apt to
drop in early in the morning as late
at night. Mr.. McGarry's quaint phil
osophy passed among them, and while
enjoyed, neve suggested publicity
until Mr.. Dunno wrote mis- first story Of
Colonel McNeery's" whirl on the Fer
ris wheel. It appeared in a Chicago Sun
day paper. No one who knew him had
difficulty in recognizing that Colonel
McNeery' was Jim" McGarry, and
that Mr.. McKenna, his friend, was John
McKenna, famed in political circles.
"Tll kill you, Dunno" said McGarry.
when the town began to laugh over
his wit, IF you write me up again, and
I'll kill you if you don't" But Dunno
laughed and kept on with the stories
which appeared once every week. Nc
Garry was too rich a field to be neg
lected.
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defeated by a small majority by the
Democratic candidate. Bushnell. Hav-
ing been out Of the practice Of law
for six years la Toilette hated to set
tie down to the hard grind. During
bis four years course IN the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin he had made Shake
speare a study. A natural orator. he
captured the honors at Madison easily
Turning 20 new fields he won the In
tercollegiate contest 10 which four
states were represented. His Grafton
on "Iago' was a masterpiece. Luck
less and interruptions students IN
western universities have since fallen
a prey TO its charms to such an extent
that scarcely a year passes when some
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

was - years old, I
a there with my mother and father.
We played in an old warehouse or
penthouse. My father had organized
a company that was travelling through
The west.
Il shall always remember Terre
Haute, for it was there 1 heard one Of
shakespeare's plays read through for
the first time. After the performance
was over III night my mother read to
me by the light of a candle Much Ado
About Nothing How it all comes
back to me now-the penthouse, the
frame hotel, the bare parlor and sit
ling room combined, the well-thumbed
volume Of Shakespeare, and, best Of
all, the sweet face and low voice Of
my mother.
We went down by boat on the Wa
bash to V%incennes, where the company
was stranded Our last trunk was
left with the tavernkeeper for board.
How we got back east l do not remem-
Der, as 1 was too young then to appre-
ciate such a situation. Think of it,
There We were, utter strangers, with
out a dollar, a thousand miles from
home. in a country where a telegraph
and railroad had not been built.
Five or six years ago, while in
Fort Wayne, a gentleman introduced
himself to me at the hotel, and. taking
from his pocket a silver teaspoon, ask
ed me to look at the initials on 1t.
They were C. B. 1 said: Those are
my mothers initials, her maiden name
"a Catherine Burke In a few words
the gentleman informed me that the
lpoon was found in a trunk after that
disastrous visit to V%incennes. He pre-
tented the spoon to me, and It is one
of my treasures at Buzzard's Bay"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

pearance IN Terre
Haute, Ind.
How old are
you?' asked the
actor Mr.. Lamb
replied that he
was AZ e a old.
ooh, then, l was
In Terre Haute be-
fore you were"
said Mr.. Jefferson.
In the winter Of
i839-4O, when 1
90
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

A fossil skeleton OF a samotherlum
has been discovered az the Greek viz
lage OF Pikermi. thus proving that the
fossils are geologically Of the same
date as those found in samos.
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ened by one OF
Kentucky's falrest
daughters was bap-
tized with plain
cold water instead
Of with the red
and fiery liquor for
which the com
~monwealth Of Ken
tuckyl Is so celebrat-
ed in song and
story.
This baptizlng Of
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ert M. la Toilette.
In doing so they
lost to the theatre
cal world a a
The incident hap
pened less than
ten years ago.
La Toilette was a
candidate for re-
nomination to con
e for the
fourth time. After
a house to- house
camnaf0n ha woc
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

Senator Clark's Partisan house is
n Of the handsomest Ia that city and
gNnerauy regarded as second only b
that OF eg-Quenn Isabella OF Spain.
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AMERICA.
relic Of this kind has just been found
there.
IL Is a tea set, fashioned Of the fam
Gus sevres ware, which was manulac-
tnred for Napoleon 10 1906. Its color
is bIeu du roi and It Is stamped with
the imperial arms. the bees and deco
rations being in old gold. In every de-
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WATTERsON non A BETTOR-

One by one the Idols Of Kentucky are
slowly falling. First. the great battle
ship named after the state, and christ
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

To Lawrence Barrett and Edwin
Booth belongs the credit Of having
saved TO Wisconsin a governor-Rob-
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JEFFERSON IN TERRE HAuTg.

When ex-Congressman Lamb was in
Boston a few days ago he met Joseph
Jefferson. who told of his first ap-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

Mexico is hardly the country in
which one would expect to find any
souvenirs Of Napoleon, yet a notable
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

Laughter Is the sunny size Of q
mans existence
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

mot be other NaDoleonic relies In Next
co.
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q OrieinaI q ". DooLeY"i r IA 81

Colonel McNeery" will probably re-
cover from his present illness, says a