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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09
Powerful Party
clamors for His
Retirement. ~

ropean civilization and on his return
home he dismissed all his liberal min
listers, spent the nations money like
a drunken spendthrift, sent all over
the world for the most beautiful wom-
en- for his harem and devoted himself
entirely to pleasure. He developed a
mania for building palaces because OF
a prophecy that when he ceased build
ing then would he die. After five
years Of idle and licentlous life he
was aroused one day by being told
that he was Sultan no longer. He and
his mother and fourteen Of his wives
were conveyed to the old seraglio and
the Young Turkey party placed hls
nephew, Murat v, on the throre
A Second Dothronemsn.
Much was expected OF Murat He
had received a liberal education, was
known to be favorabiy inclined to
western civilization, and the reform
element conddcntly expected the es-
Enlistment Of a constitutional gov
eminent. But It was not TO be.
A few days after the ascension Of
Murat the e~x-sultan, Aziz, died. He
became Azizn't, either by assassina-
ton Or through suicide. The latter
theory was held by some, the former
by others, among them one Tcherkess
Hassan, whose sister was the favorite
wife Of Aziz. Hasson set out on a tour
Of revenge. He armed himself with a
revolver and a knife and forced an en-
trance into the Beylerbey Palace,
where the ministers of the Young
Turkey party we're in session. Be
fore he was disarmed he had killed
seven persons and wounded eight 9TH
ers. Next day he was hanged.
Reformers wiped Out.
The reform party was completely
d-isorganized by the killing and wound
ing Of so many Of their ableat mem
bers and the Old Turkey party, or
reactionaries, seized the reins of pow
err. They deposed Murat V and placed
Abdul Hamed, his brother, on the
throne. Murat has since been con-
fined in the Cheragan palace.
After the lapse of so many years the
reform party are plotting for the
forced retirement Of the present Sui
tan and the placing of Murat on the
trone. They have a fair chance Of sue
ceeding. Abdul Hamed has made a
sorry ruler, and there is a strong be-
lief in Turkey that a change Of rulers
would be beneficial. The present Sui
tan has spent more money on his har-
EN- than on his army and navy. He
has reduced the peasants to abject
poverty and the country has been go
ing from bad to worse since his en-
thronement. He lives in perpetual
fear of assassination and at any time
one may hear of his passing away
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09
SULTAN
I'm DANGER

The efforts now being made to re-
lease from captivity a former Sultan
Of Turkey, Murat v, who has been
confined in the palace Of Cheragan
since his disposition in 1876. recall an
interesting chapter Of political life IN
that wonderful city Of intrigue. ambi-
ton, love and cruelty. Constantinople.
From its very foundation, CONSTANT
nople has been the theater Of much
that was tragical and much that was
melodramatio, yet no period is of more
absorbing interest to the student Of
history than that covering the reign
Of the last three sultans, Abdul-Aziz,
Murat V and Abdul Hamid II, whom
an English poet has called Abdul the
Damned.
The Late sultan AEiz.
The story opens in 1861, when the
Sultan Aziz, the representative Of the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

The trucking industry in North
Carolina Is assuming immense proper
tons. The official figures show that
last year 66,495 packages of vegetables,
4,544,O $50 pounds, forty-eight cars, 12,-
504 crates Of cantaloupes; twenty-three
cars, 4.153 crates Of dewberries; fifty
FIVE cars, 22,s40 crates Of beans. and
34s,9 S crates, 1~7.499,45 pounds Of
strawberries were shipped from VIII
mington section alone.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09
The Manufacture Of wrItlnr Penn.


THE manufacture Of pens in the
United States is confined to only four
companies, although one might sup
pose there were many more" said a
Connecticut man who Is engaged in
that line Of work, the other day. THAT
does not include the making Of gold
pens, which is a separate industry.
but pens of steel. brass and German
silver. The steel for these pens is
brought chiefly from Sheffield, Eng,
as is the best blade steel. Many ex-
periments have been made with steel
manufactured over here, but it never
has sufficiently stood the test. The i'm
ported product comes in sheets about
three or four inches wide and from
sixteen to twenty feet long The inn
preston would be that such little ar
ticles so universally used as pens
would be entirely machine made. Not
so. From the moment the sheet steel
is started on its way into pens til
the flushed goods are boxed and label
ed 1t is handled by employees seventeen
different times. The points. even,
have to be ground twiee-ground and
e~ross-ground as We style It In the
factories"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

Twelve New Workers recently learn
ed that II is not always well to spring
a Joke On a Supreme Court Justice.
They formed a jury to try a damage
suit and returned a sealed verdict
which was found to be a disagreement.
The jurors took this as an excellent
joke and smiled broadly when the
judge opened the envelope. The smiles
ceased, however, when the judge Inn
posed a fine of S85 apiece and told them
TO produce the money or go to jail The
money was forthcoming and the gloom
was so thick In the Supreme Court
during the day that It could be cut
with a knife.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

There is a legend that the devil one
day asked st. Dunstan. who was noted
Tor his skin in shoeing horses, to shoe
his single hoof." Dunstan. knowins
who his customer was. tied him tightly
70 the wall and proceeded with his iob
but purposely put the devil to So much
pain that he roaFed for mercy. Tbe
raint at last consented to release Mn,
on condition that he would never enter
a place where he saw a horseshoe ais
played,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

One Of the interesting things at WE
iiamsburg, Va, Is a yeW tree, one OF
the few IN the United States, which
stands within the grounds Of the Vir-
ginia state insane asylum It was
planted by Martha Washington on the
day she became engaged to her hLs-
band. and symbolizes devotion and
consistency. The asylum occupies the
site Of her mansion. which was called
The Six Chimney House. and was one
OF the finest IN Virginia. but was burn
ed many years ago All that remains
Of e Is the cook house, which was
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

While his mother lay dead at her
home in Columbus, o., Col. A. B Colt
delivered a Memorial address to 1000
people at Delaware. He was chosen
orator Of the day some time ago, but
after he had written a speech his
mother was taken seriously i'll. On the
evening before Decoration day Mrs.
Colt called her son to her bedside and
requested that he read the speech to
her. After the colonel had finished his
mother said in a faint whisper: That
is a good speech, my son. Now, prom
Use me that no matter how III I am you
will not dlsappoint your Delaware
audience" The colonel gave his word
as requested, and though his mother
died before morning he delivered the
address according to the program.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09
JOHN BROWN U

detached. and thus escaped the flames.
1t is now used as a tool house for the
gardener. A pasture adjoining the
grounds Of the asylum is strewn with
charred brick which are said to have
been from the walls of Martha Wash
ington's house, and many of them have
been carried away as mementoes by
curious visitors.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

One morning our washerwoman a
lady of chlor-very dark color-oame
hastily in and, without any prelim-
inaries, exclaimed: "sparatualismi
What Is lparatuallsm. Miss Coraqr
Ny sister explained as wen as she
could and asked why she wished ~
know. Wei. you see" she went on
excitedly "sarah-she's my daughter.
You know and she went last week to
live with a lady what says she Is a
sparatuall 81 and she says II Sarah
takes any hing she'll know 1t. sarah's
going % leave Magazine.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

The influx Of settlers to the Kansas
wheat belt in the last three years
has caused Land to raise 20 per cent. in
price, and land which in 1892 sold for
$500 a quarter section cannot now be
had at $4,000. In and around Wichita
wheat belt farms sell for $4,000 each
and even higher.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

(rorrington, Con- letter.
The famous John Brown homestead
is to be saved from the hands Of the
vandal and relic hunter. The birthplace
Of the noted abolitionist will, II pres
ent plans carry, soon pass into the
hands Of the John Brown association.
This is an organization formed by
Dwight G. Kilbourn Of Litchheld. an
ardent admirer OF the man from
Ossawatomie. SUFFICIENT funds viii be
raised to purchase the prop
erty through the Issuance OF
stock OF the association. The
price asked is $500, which is consid-
cred a goodly sum-, in view Of the un-
remarkable condition Of the building.
About half a dozen acres OF stony
ground 90 with the dwelling.
Some time ago the Connecticut leg
islature was asked to appropriate the
necessary amount, but It declined on
the ground that 1t had other uses for
the money. It was urged that in a few
years there would be nothing left Of
the birthplace OF the famous aboli-
ZIONIST. Doors, windows, castings and
even boards from the floor have been
carried away by the relic hunter de-
spite the vigilance Of neighbors and
town authorities.
House Is in Ruins.
The house has been u~ntenantable for
some years, and we'll It might. It has
weathered the suns and storms Of a
century and a half, affording warmth
and shelter for families innumerable,
who have eventually given up the
struggle for a living from the next to
u%nproductive soil and moved to more
inviting locations. owen Brown, the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

Mrs. Laura Schwichtenberg. a
wealthy widow OF New York, has de-
cided to devote her life to the new
leper colony on the island Of Cebu, one
Of the Philippine group. Some time
III she received, at her own urgent
request, an appointment as govern
ment inspector Of hospitals in the
Philippines, at which time she visited
the leper colony. declaring that her
commission took that in. as the whole
colony was a hospital. She was great
~ impressed with the lack Of sanitary
conditions prevailing. with the hope
less condition OF the 10000 lepers con-
gregated there. and especially with
the large number OF sad children. IL
did not see a single happy-faeed child
there" she says. The GER still
haunt me. / long to return and take a
little sunshine into their lives"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

In the Mountain Of the Monks" on
the coast OF Macedonia. there are %.
monasteries. The place is sacred to
the male sex. and no woman is allow
ed to cross its borders.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

Howard Gould intends to build at
Sands Point, L. J., on a blum overlook
ing the sound the largest country
house in America. It Is to be modelled
after Kilkenny castle in ireland.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

While NJ. Waideck-Rousseau, the
premier Of France, and his wife were
riding along the streets at Hayre In an
auto-car a young rowdy threw a rot
ten orange. which hit Madame VALID
k-Rousseau in the face. The premier
became so enraged that he turned the
auto-car on to the man who threw the
missile. running him down in a short
distance. The man was seized and
handed over to the police. He proved
20 be a leading member in the Society
OF young Nationalist, an organization
bitterly hostile to the existing French
government
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

The next Democratic state conven-
tlon in Virginia viii perhaps beat the
states record in the matter OF mem
bership. as It will be composed Of
about lao delegates.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

Think of a Shetland pony so small
that a little girl can pick it up and car
ny it about as she would a pet dog.
And yet eat-iR-G HthEie- Center Iowa,
there is such a wee bit of a horse.
When it was fourteen days old it
weighed seventeen pounds, and Miss
Lulu Lemon, daughter of the owner,
carried it about in her arms as she
would a Kitten or a puppy.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

Even the young girls Of eighteen are
having Jackets, either IN tansta peau
de sole or liberty. made up IN girlish
effects, and trimmed with large plque
collar. made with hne embroidery
around the edge.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

Alvarez's The Carnival at Madrid'
brought $4,000 at the La Gandara sale
IN Naples.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

If you want to stir up the highway
commissioner to the performance Of
his duties, make him a present of a bi-
cycle. He will then have no difficulty
in finding the rough spots.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

"He Rests in Peace" is the inscrip-
ton the tombstone man suggested to
the newly-made widow for her hus-
bands monument. But she insisted
that it should read, 'He Rests in
Pieces" because he was blown up by
dynamite.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

DR.. Tubbs, the Kansas professor
who has been dismissed for holding
original views on Biblical questions,
doubtless believes in the old adage:
every tub should stand on its own
bottOm.'
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

Many old houses IN Holland have a
special door which is never opened
save on two occasions. when there Is
a marriage or q death in the family.
The bride and groom enter by this
door; ii r. then nailed or barred up
until de1th occurs. when Il is opened
and the body Is removed by this exit
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

Tho total fines collected Ia New
York police courts last year was $751;
b57. In 1893 it was 8lo0.6ST Prior 10
che establishment OF the present board
% ciiy magistrates tho average annual
collections we're from $4,000 20 f45, 0oo.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09
THE INDEX

AZTEC NEW MEXICO
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-09

The story opens in 1861, when the
Sultan Aziz, the representative of the
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M AND AMERICA.

CONCLUDED FROM NINTH PACE
sistance against the Threatening flood Of
American imports. Then came the first Nc
kinley tariff, and the misery without end
among the factory owners and workers of
big and little concerns caused by the neces-
sary closing down of works that could no
longer be run at a profit against the in
creased customs tax which the tariff i'm
posed. and with the misery grew a feeling
of acute Indignation against the injustice
of a big, rich country selling it's grain as
good as free. then practically excluding
the manufactures which are the only re-
turns the population-crammed. small Eu-
popular feeling was thus aroused by the
action Of the Americans themselves afford
Ing pressure to congressional deputies, az
forGing funds and whatever else was nee
essary TO set forward the work Of COM
bining Europe against the United States
commercially. The agitation went on dis
creetly, all the European countries being
about equally interested. Herr Betz. a dep
uty Of the Austrian State Congress. says
in his book on 1.-THE Politics of Trade"
that an understanding between the CONT
mental cabinets was nearly arrived at. but
failed at the end because of hesitation of
the French commissioners. due to the en-
nifty entertained by France against Ger
many. In the years between, therefore, one
OF the undertakings kept in view by CONT
mental departments OF m Is to
reconcile French public feeling towards
Germany sufficiently to suffer French
statesmen TO join the league Germany is
favoring with renewed energy, whose aim
is to protect European markets by a Pan
European customs tariff. hat a part OF
this work Of agitation consists, at present,
of running down American 'g~reediness,"
American "~selfshness.' American ma
terialism." and so forth, goes without say
ing. 1t Is a rule among politicians every
where to depict the party they intend to
fight as intolerably bad.
So, to sum up, we find the aristocracy Of
Germany an old, consistent enemy OF the
Republic; the people it's well-inclined friend.
while the idealists among the intellectual,
professional class. from singing praises Of
its unique character, have fallen TO derid-
ing It's pursuit of the almighty dollar"
Business men, on the other hand, seeing
a new danger in the ''almightust" trust
dollar. arouse themselves. and do what they
can to arouse the rest of Europe to defend
themselves. 1t Is more policy than senti-
ment that leads them to deprecate Ameri-
ca; still, they are depreciating 1t indis-
putably.
Politically, the open. unwavering (even
during the war with Spain, in face Of all
the rest Of the country devoted advocate
of Americanism is the radical party known
as Social Democrats; this party represents
a third of the population. On the whole.
therefore, there may be said to be more
friendly feeling among Germans for Ameri-
cans than positive dislike-a better balance,
perhaps. than America could show in re-
spect of the fatherland.
COUNTESS Aida Won KROCKOw.
Dresden, Germany.
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fancy ere my newborn soul was sent
Upon its little journey in the world,
An angel asked of God, Most High, Thy will,
What shall 1 place within this little heart.
A splendid talent. l-ove-compelling charm.
That wee white heart-nay. write it full of
And so. lowered but with dreams I started forth
Upon this bitter-sweet earth pilgrimage.
The world was beautiful to my young eyes.
And every fair and lovely thing around.
That filled the heart / brought from heaven with
I shared the robins rapture in the spring.
The wind that crooned and sighed and slipped
The secret of his p~laintive minstrelsy
Conhded 10 me. and when night came down
,TwaS soft and na tender sIos as my mothers theGbni arms sro. :,
The eager little lad who loved her so.
And still the heritage of dreams was mine.
And that was all my wealth The world that
Riches in golden coin and ample lands
Would deem me poor indeed. And yet what man
Who hath attained the worlds success doth live
More royalty than Il? sit me down
IN Are my SuP pSOT wi TG0m rics sna to, sse fins snT Ta from
The The p pa th1e C. sei Inn e frssI bsnss esns my swing'
1t is a palace and tbs l. am lord.
And then as quick as thought. Aladdin like.
I move it where my rowing fancy wills;
Perhaps to Persia In a garden old,
Heavy with sweetness Of the roses breath.
And vibrant with the song Of nightingale;
Or else. mayhap, by my dream-magicry.
My castle crowns serene Olympus height,
And Greece's gods come bear me company.
o all the world is free for my abode,
Nay, nay. / am not poor.
Nor lonely. no.
And II a shadow falls sthwart my heart
Sometimes because no love OF wife or child
Has blessed my life. and II another's home
Is like a bit OF heaven, earthward strayed.
And dreams seem chilly things to warm one at.
IT'S not for long. for how should I be lone
Whose friends know not the bounds of time and
For deathless flames elect. my comrades are.
Old Omar comes and sings me rhythmic songs
Serene and simple, from the Orient:
And Milton. stern and glorious. is my friend
And Shakespeare. wondrous Shakespeare. king OF
men,
Nay, nay, 1 am not alone.
Nor am I old.
Although this bent gray head would him
OF many winters SHOWS. These dreams
OF mine. they keep me young eternally.
The earth seems stlil a fair world beautiful.
The vision of the dawn is Just as rare
en-glimmer fields and rosy-kinded sky.
The first wind-nower of Apriis wee wet face.
These things still thrill me with the old delight.
All. yes. we're young. the world and j. still
o never deem one poor or lone or old
Who has Gods gift OF dreams.
And as I sit
Here. waiting. waiting in my life's soft dusk.
I think the fairest dreams of all have come tc
More splendid far. than sunrise or sunset.
Purer than dew that brims the lily's heart.
Sweeter than love. the love l have not known.
For they are not % earth. but come. i think,
To light my way when go out to meet
The sreats fast-falling dark. and when / wake
I'm sure they'll all come true.
Ethel Bowman. IN Marion Chronicle.
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REST CURES.
Doctors Would Often Rather Advise
Than to Give Medicine.
American Medicine.

American Medicine.
The Importance attained by health resorts
in Europe is shown by the fact that the
German and Austrian medical profession
with the cooperation of the governments
of those countries has appointed a commit
tee to arrange cheap excursions which will
give physicians and medical students an
opportunity of visiting and examining the
health resorts of the two countries. This
committee includes two famous medical
men, Professor Won Leyden and Professor
Liebreich. The first excursion party will
visit the seacoast resorts in September.
1t may be the result of the above concep-
ton of the scope of medical treatment that
in these countries it seems to be true that
a physician will often give his patient Moth
ing but sound advice and the patient be
satisfied that the doctor has done his duty.
Unfortunately should a physician here for
get to add a prescription the chances are
that the patient would seek another more
~circumspect practitioner. OF course a busy
person or one of limited means will ever
hope that a forced. often expensive, vaca-
ton may not be necessary and equally good
results attained by q course of medical
treatment. In America the overworked,
mentally WORKOUT, nervously-exhausted
patients, and unfortunately their name is
legion, need rest and recreation much more
than iron, quinine, ~strychnia or p~hosphates,
and their needlessly exaggerated opinion of
the value of these is one of the chief OBJ
s~tacles In the path of a doctor who tries to
help them.
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CONCLUDED FROM PAGE NINE)
with Poland, in spite of difference of
physical geography; hut in neither was
there the democratic institutions OF the
Mongol clans. The chiefs govern in their
respective districts, each after his own
fashion: jealous. ambitious. on occasions
turbulent, and unwilling TO suffer restraint
OF other than a merely nominal character.
Small taxes are paid by the natives OF the
settled villages. not that the right TO i'm
pose such taxes is recognized, but merely
as a choice between two evils. that of pay
ing them. or being denied trading privileges
with districts where governmental au-
thority is stronger.
In the morning, after the convivialities
Of the previous night. we met another party
of an entirely different description. which
aroused us from our waking dreams. fixed
my wandering thoughts and convinced US,
bavond ALI peradventure. that we were
among a people whose thoughts are not
our thoughts. and who's ways are not our
WAYS" in short. a land where women are
not the omnipotent creatures that they
are with us. This party was no other han
the assembled better halves of some OF the
principal men on their way to matutinal
devotions. They were thirteen in number.
lust a bakers dozen. and four of them
belonged TO the valorous wight OF the daba
coat and fantastic cap. and IL they con-
tinued in the same happy humor in which
/ saw them. he must nave been a happy
man VINO could call them all his own. Oh.
thought /. that some OF our ladies could
see these things; that some naughty
beauty, at whose feet some dozens of
worthy and amiable young gentlemen are
signing themselves into premature wrinkles
and usiiness. might witness such a spec
tacle as this.