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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

gard Of the hermit, and slew caribou
by the score.
Last summer he was in Scotland,
and while roaming over the moors one
cay lost his way. At length he espied
a little cottage, and making for It
inquired for directions and asked II
he could not be accommodated with
something to eat. His hostess, a
motherly Scotch body. at once set
about getting him a snack" and, like
all rustics, during the course Of her
preparations deluged him with ques-
tions.
AN so ye're frae America. ye say?"
she finally i~nterjected. Happen We
ken my son, Sandy Mcneil? He's
been owe there mony a year"
Il think not" replied the visitor.
YEARLY. you see America is a very
large place. Where does your son re-
slider"
AT Waubagun water tank" replied
the dame.
Strange freak Of chancel A habitue
of Fifth avenu was made the link Of
communication between the lonely
mother and her equally lonely son,
separated from each other by half the
distance around the globe.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

when &c comes to downright vi
clousness among snakes. said a man
from Arkansas. ~ win put the water
moccasin against every other kind OF
snake on earth. ] was reading a story
about the snakes of Martinique, and &c
SCENT that they are afflicted on the is.
land with q rather bad brand Of
cnakes, snakes that really go around
looking for trouble. I could not help
thinking that the Martinique reptile
must be related I'm some way to the
vicious water moccasin which Is to be
found in the st. Francis basin, up In
Arkansas. They are savage, and what
Is worse and more Of f. they seem
to have organized for offensive and de-
fensive purposes. There are millions
upon millions Of these snakes I'm the
basin OF the Sc. Francis river between
the Sunk Lands and the mouth of the
river, a few miles above Helena. I
have seen the lakes alive with them
1 have known Of instances where Il
would be impossible for a farm hand
to water his horses after his days
work on account Of the snakes. The
snakes fed in the edges Of the lake
during the evening. and as soon as an
ehort would be made to water the
horse az a certain place they would
make a charge on that particular
place, ~wriggling in from the lake in
great numbers. They seemed to re-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26
MARK TwAIN's FIRST EARNINGS.
Made After Deuberatlon Worthy Of a
Philosopher.

Made After Detbsratlon Worthy Of a
Philosopher.
While travelling recently, Mark
Twain was asked by a friend and fell
lOw-passenger # he remembered the
FIRST money he had ever earned.
Yes" answered Mr.. Clemens, put
ang meditatively on his cigar, Il have
a distinct recollection Of It. When I
was a youngster / attended school at a
place where th6 use Of the birch rod
was not an Unusual event. It was
against the rules to mark the desks in
any manner. the penalty being a fine
Of IS or public chastisement.
Happening TO violate the rule on
one occasion, | was offered the alter
native. 1 told my father, and, as he
seemed to think It would be too bad
for me to be publicly punished, he
gave me the IS. At that period of my
existence IS was a large sum, while
a whipping was of little consequence,
and So" (here MIR. Clemens re-
iectively knocked the ashes from his
cigar) well be finally added, that
was hoy l earned my first S."
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Writer pays Eloquent Tribute 90
Workers Do Rocky Mountains.

Writer Pays Eloquent Tribute 90
Workers ln Rocky Mountains.
I'M Winter in the Rocky Mountains.
Katherine Summer pays a tribute 90
the miners of the mountains. From
the article. which appears In the Era
Magazine. we quote.
The hardest and most courageous
of the human face are the miners who
luhabit the mountainous regions. They
spend their lives delving for the gold
which almost Invariably passes from
their rough. toil-stained hands to en-.
rich the already rich. They are usyd
to danger. II IS a part Of their lives.
A promising claim. half way up the
mountain side. must not be abandoned
because a quarter of a mile OF thick
timber near It has been hurled down
into the canon BY an avalanche the
previous winter They take the
chance Of snow slides as they do that
Of warming giant powder, and picking
out missed shots. Daily they snow
shoe across the trace Of avalanches,
taking the risk knowingly. Nothing
but the event itself will stop them. and
then-the end Of all risks for them.
1T Is not so much what the noun
taineers are In their daily lives that
make them remarkable. Il Is what
they r capable Of when a crisis
orises. II a comrade is overcome by
noxious vapors and falls In the stope
or drift, or Is imprisoned In q burning
mine, or buried In a slide. it Is amaz-
ing and pathetic to witness the self
abnegation that s shown by the noun
tain miners. They rush to the assis-
lance Of u~nfortunates, laying down
their own lives with absolute dis
regard. No risk is considered when
there ls the slightest chance Of rescue
for a comrade, or OF even the recov-
cry Of a burned, or mangled, or frozen
thing for a woman to mourn over"
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lndIan Merehant q vIsItor.

One Of the most interesting foreign
1isitors to Washington just now Is
j. N. Tata Of Bombay, India, a mer.
chant prince, manufactures, philan.
t%hropist, scholar and philosopher. Mr..
i'ata is known In every great CONNER
cial center Of the world because Of his
vast business interests. He is a Par
see by birth, that historic race the
members OF which believe ia Zoroas.
ter and are commonly called FIRE wor.
shippers. He Is a personal friend OF
Mr.. Foster, ~ex-secretary OF state. by
whom he was entertained at an elabo-
tate dinner the other evening.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26
Biblical Writings in
Old Turkish Mosque

Some very Interesting manuscripts
have been discovered in the vault Of
the Jami-and-Kebar mosque, in. Dam
ascus Relying on an ancient tradi-
ton, which said that important docu-
ments relating to the early Christians
were stored there, certain Biblical
scholars requested the sultan to let
them search the vault, and after con-
sidering the matter for a year and
being assured by oriental scholars
that there we're no ancient documents
in the vault relating to the Mahome-
tan creed, he finally gave his consent.
AS a result a thorough search was
recently made and many valuable
manuscripts we're found. These were
taken to Constantinople, and an ex-
animation showed that among them
we're several fragments Of the Old and
New Testament in the ancient Syraic
tongue. as well as portions of a trans
lation Of the Old and New Testament
in that Syraic dialect which was
spoken in Palestine in ancient times.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

wrote the note with a hand that trem-
bled, while the Small Girl watched
him curiously.
What does it say7" she asked when
It was folded.
at says, Come down"
She opened It, looked at the scrawl-
ed characters, and was satisfied, all
though she could not read it.
But what Il really said was:
Margaret: Fate led me to the
beach, whore We had been together in
those first days, and brought to me
your second self, little Margaret. It
has been such a long time, dear. Sure
ly after all these years there is moth
ing to keep rs apart? Come.
Jack"
As the Small Girl l~aborously
climbed the blum the Captain watched
her out Of sight. Then he paced rest
lessly up and down, up and down.
At last he say a woman down the
beach coming, her figure half-hidden
by the ascending morning mists. He
went to meet her, his eager eyes tax
Ing in the beauty Of her-her curls
gathered up in the old way, her cheeks
pink with the hurry and excitement
Margaret"
Jack"
There was only a minute for a silent
greeting, and then the Small Girl came
upon the scene. Her mother called to
her before she reached them.
Run back and get my parasol.
darling"
The red one" shrieked the Small
Girl "and can I carry It over my
head?"
yes. anything you want"
The child danced out Of sight, and
Mrs, Burton turned to the Captain.
Does she known" she asked.
mo" he said.
why did you come baek?"
Because / am your husband and
her father. dear. / should o have
gone"
But l sent you away" she said
YEARLY. and the tears trlckled down
her white cheeks. How can you for
give me?"
He sat down on the driftwood beside
her and drew her head down on his
broad shoulder.
because ! have such a lovely dis
p'sition. " he said.
Into her eyes came the same fash
OF mischief that he had seen in the
Small Girls.
"She told you / said that?"
yes. and II gave me courage"
Down the beach came a bobbing hg-
ure submerged In a red silk sunshade.
When the Small Girl reached them
she was evidently much uplifted by
the sight Of her mother with her head
against the Captains coat.
Mrs. Burton swept her up IN her
arms and put her on the Captains
knee.
ITS your father, dear" she said.
Burton waited for a cry OF rapture,
but the Small Girl was not alive TO
dramatic situations. She kissed him
calmly, and then stroked his handsome
nose with admiring fingers.
I'VE really have very nice noses.
father, she giggled.
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Among the latter was a translation
Of some of the epistles Of St. Paul,
the existence of which was unknown
to scholars. and which is Of great
value, as the dialect in which e is
written was spoken during the lise Of
Christ.
Among other treasures discovered
were fragments Of the Pentateuch, in
the Samaritan tongue, an Arabic
translation Of the 18th psalm, seventy.
seven pages of q hitherto unknown
commentary in the old syraic tongue.
and several psalms and eleven pages
Of the Pentateuch, written in Greek.
and dating back to the 18th century.
Baron Marshall, the German am
bassador to Turkey, has shown much
interest in this discovery, and It IS
said that the sultan has granted him
permission to send the manuscripts
to Berlin, with the object OF having
them carefully examined by the best
biblical scholars in Europe-stray
Stories.
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A CASE OF RESEMBLANCE
by TEMPLE BAILEY.
Copyright 1904, By DAILY sToRE PUBLISHING C~onPAsr)

As the Small Girl with the Rumes
faced the Captain IN the early morning
light, he was again haunted by a re-
semblance which had startled him the
night before when he had met her on
the hotel porch.
He had worried through a restless
night and had come early to walk up
and down the beach and watch the
green waves. with heavy, miserable
eyes, and listen to their mRddening
monotone.
And all at once he had CONF pom
the Small Girl She was barefooted
and stood where the waves, shallow
and foam Hecked, touched her toes. Her
inhnitestimal skirts were gathered up
in a small bunch behind. and more ruff
hes than ever we're in evidence. Her
hair was twisted up into a knot on top
Of her head. And now the Captain
knew why he was haunted. Somebody
else had worn her hair that way.
Somebody who had looked like this
small maiden.
But his reflections we're broken in
upon rudely, as the Small Girl rushed
straight at him and chung to his white
trousers with sand soiled hands.
1T was a bigger wave" she SILVER
ed. And / am awfully afraid Of the
big ones"
With a sudden rush Of memory the
Captain gathered her up in his arms.
Somebody had chung to him once in
Just that frightened way, and some.
body's curls had blown across his lips,
and he had kissed them. He put the
Small Girl down suddenly.
did you get wet?" he asked solicit
tously.
mo" she whimpered. but it came
up to my knees and It looked so deep"
He sat down on a piece Of driftwood
and took her on his knee.
"It's too early in the morning for
little girls 20 be out alone"
Over the ehild's face there ran a
ripple OF mischievous laughter.
Mother doesn't know" she gurgled.
and clasped her small hands ecstatical-
~. Il ran away"
At the flash Of her blue eyes the
hand Of memory tugged once more at
the Captains heart.
She's asleep" went on the Small
Girl. and pretty soon she will wake
up and say, Margaret, Margaret, darl-
ing"
The Captain stopped her. "Is your
name Margaret" he asked excitedly.
"Ye-es." said the Small Girl.
rs your mothers name Margaret,
too?" he went on.
She nodded and then gasped Is the
Captain caught her in his arms and
held her very close and kissed her.
Margaret Burton?"
SO many questions for such a Small
Girl to answer.
"Ye-es;" the Small Girl was a little
tired OF so much emotion which she
did not understand. My fathers
name was Jack, she volunteered.
How old are you?" he asked. sud
denly.
six" was the proud answer
Il knew your mother once" he said
quietly.
When / was up In h%eayen?" asked
the Small Girl piously.
The Captain nodded. rnd the Small
Girl settled herself to listen.
Tell me about II" she said. was
she a little girl them"
"She was very young and she had
curls like yours, and eyes like yours. ="
Everything like me but her nose. 4"
broke In the Small Girl, with her hand
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26
THE LOGIC OF THE sAseATH

One Day In the Seven Should Be Kept
Free From Work.
AS a psychologist, / believe in the
Sabbath day. One day in seven should
be kept holy from work and sacred to
mans primitive paradise Of leisure.
am no Puritan pietist or even Saba
tartan in any severe sense, but hold
that this is one of the greatest Of all
human institutions, and that the com
mand to keep it as a day Of rest is
written in our physiological constitu-
tions. II need be. II may be kept In
sleep, mans great r%estorer. Monday
our nerves and brain must be re-
freshed, and we must start a new
weekly rhythm on a higher plane than
we closed the old one. The mental
scenery must be changed. The brood
er's overthought must have enlarged
our plans and given us both moment
um and direction. What form the rest
cure should take differs perhaps for
each person. I go TO church, but my
neighbor should perhaps spend the
day I'm the fields with children, in
music, in books, but for all there
should be peace, tranquility, repose,
surcease Of worry and relaxation. In
no land should the Sabbath be 30 hal
lowed as in this land of hustle, tension
and Americanitis.-G. Stanley Hall, In
Ainslee's.
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"Ah, l see" replied Maj. Pope, back.
ing water, as it were. "inaomnia. /
know how it is myself"
"Majah Pope" said the statesman.
Il long ago vanquished insomnia. It
is quite true that sometimes / 20 to
bed and cant sleep. Then / get up
and take a good stiff dram Of corn
whisky. I so back to bed. and If sleep
doesn't ccme Immediately / get up and
take another dram. 1 go back to bed.
and then, If e tina. sleep Is still
backward about coming 10 me. I'll get
up and take a great big dram. And
do you know, Maiah Pope, after I've
had FIVE or six drains Of corn whisky.
/ don't care a rap II / never go to
sleep.
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Prom TIE busy fields of the farmer folk
no stars on its winding way.
Goes over the hill. and across the brook.
Where The miunows love io play
Then. past the mill with its water wheel,
And the pond that shows the akv.
And up 90 the bridge by the village store.
And the church with is srire so high.
You would never think that the country
road.
From ihe Hill 10 The store. could be
50 long 20 q boy with an crraud Co do
And another boy TO see.
You can never dream how short % is
From the farm 20 the frozen pond.
Nor how very much further Il always ls
10 the school house just BEYOND.
o. the country roadi at the farther end
n runs up hin and down.
Away from the woods and the rippled
brook
To the toiling. rushing town.
But. best Of all. when you're tired and
sick
OF the noisy haunts OF men.
n you follow Il back. & viii lead you
home
To the woods and fields again.
st. Nicholas.
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Wanted a Miracle.

It was q blum spoken Englishman
who was consulted as to the warming
o. a church during the cold weather.
Give me $50 a year" said he, and
viii guarantee to eat this church"
On the steamboat this summer Rev.
George Jackson Of Edinburgh gave to
a fellow passenger this story. which
he vouched for:
An English farmer had a number of
guests to dinner, and was about to
help them to some rabbit, when he
discovered that the dish was cold. Call.
ing the servant. he exclaimed, Here.
Mary, take this rabbit out and eat
II, and bring it back a little 'otter!"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

can't write to him and tell him she is
sorry. for he didn't tell her where he
was"
The idiot" breathed the Captain,
whose face was white and set.
The Small Girl slid down from his
knee and faced him wrathfully.
you shan't call him names. Hes
my very own father"
Into the Captain eyes there came a
look which the Small Girl did not un-
derstand. He caught the small hands
In his and drew her to him.
Suppose we write mother a letter
and ask her to come down"
"Here?"
Yes" The Captain took out a note
book and tore a leaf from 1t. Then he
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

AW~ EANNttANM NlAW RANT
The Englishman was being prop
erly surprised at the rapidity with
which the sky scraper was going up.
"peah me-" ne exclaimed, 1T seems
as If your buildings grow as rapidly
as your maize"
Yes" replied the westerner un-
blushingly, and the process Of rails
ing them Is much the same"
"Fawncy! Won't you explain fur
ther?"
We'll you see, we just get an iron
plant. put 1t in the ground, have the
street sprinklers water Il, and IN a
month or six weeks the sky-scraper is
full grown"
And, taking another breath, the
cousin from overseas managed to be.
lieye II.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26
AS GOOD AS SLEEP.
Why Insomnia Had No Terror for the
Late Senator Vance.

Why Insomnia Had No Terror for the
Late Senator Vance.
During the last term Of the late Sen
ator "zeb" Vance of North Carolina a
man noted at the capital and through
out the South as a wit. he was met
walking down Pennsylvania avenue
about 2 o'clock one winter morning by
Mai. r. B. Pope.
Seeming a senatorial poker party
somewhere or else a late supper at
Chamberlln's. Mai. Pope. with feigned
seriousness. said:
"GOod morning. Senator. isn't II a
litie early for you 70 be taking q
stron3'
'No. sab. drawied the Senator, With
an his Southern dignity. IT Is very
usual for ME 10 walk about Washing
ton at this hour"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26
The Sweet, Iona psvs,


The sweet, long days wheA the morning
breaks
Over the mountains In rose and gold,
When the shadows linger on vale and
lakes,
And the afterglow tints field and void.
Tbs summer 1ays when the pasture land
Lies dappt44 fgith daisies beneath the
When the waves wash up on the pebhly
strand.
And the little rippies leap and run.
The sweet. long days when the children
play
Merry and sweet as the day Is long.
Driving the cows. and tossing the hay,
And singing many a snatch OF song.
When mother Is busy from morn TIL eve,
And father Is earning the chndren's
bread;
In every task when a prayer they weave
For blessings TO rest on each little
head.
TIE sweet, long days when, though trou-
bic may come,
We bear the trouble In %trustful cheer
For ever I'm God Is our constant home.
A refuge and shelter from grief and
fear.
The sweet, long lays which our Father
sends,
Foretaste and pattern Of days to be
In the time when the measure by days
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26
Appealing to colored PASSENGER.


Alexander Southern Thweatt tells
this on his rivals and himself: 1--WE
all were working our hardest to tray
ell to a certain point in Arkansas and
the usual exhibits we're made, every
passenger agent swearing his was the
shortest route. l took the chairman
aside and said to him: Look here;
you don't want to take any short
route. See what you miss! Don't
you travel every day. Take the long
est route and have a look AT the u
try. IN take you by way of - and
, etc naming half a dozen cities
and give you all a good time, and
land you at your destination nearly
as o as If you travel by air lines.
It caught him, and I got the delegs-
ton. The short route never catches
Sambo New York Press.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

Wederly-What makes you think
the widow who just moved In next
door "a childlesal Mrs. Woderly-I
was talking to her across the back
fence to-day and she told me how /
ought 10 raise nay little girl-Chicago
Daily News.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

Application has been made By $50
Swiss bicyclists for permission to
bring helg wheels into the URited
States from Canada free Of duty. Why
not3 Numerous individuals with
wheels are admitted 10 this country
annually WITHOUT charge.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

This Is the royal month for diseases
that the patent medicines can cure
and the cereal foods prevent Il Is
also tho season when the doctors can
devote their energies TO the collec.
tion Of old accounts.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

One Of Hayti's revolutions has been
taken aboard the United States cruiser
Cincinnati and will be landed on some
other island. This may be good for
Hayti. but what about the other is
landR.
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over her dlminuiive AFFAIR. my
lose Is like my fathers"
Inyoluntarily the Captains hand
went up to his own face. "Oh. no, he
cried.
"You don't know said the Small
Girl arrogantly. Mother said u was
And have my fathers lovely dlsp'sl-
ton"
"Did she say that's" demanded the
Captain.
Eyes. But be went away"
why did he eol" asked the Captain
"He and mother had G quarrel n
% dreadful Tor people 20 quarrel
proceeded the Small GIL %wrtuoualy.
a don't DO it And mother sent him
away. and be went 70 war. and ahe
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

Mrs. Galloway Of Ohio has discover.
ed a new way 10 get a new stove. She
soaked a brick In gasolene instead Of
oil. and applied the match. After that
her husband couldn't question the ne
cessity Of partly refurnisaing the
kitchen.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

A herd Of from 40 10 so buhaloes Is
ranging In One OF the most inacces-
Bible regions Of Colorado. We had
missed some OF the members OF the
order Of late and didn't know where
they were.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

The National Household Economics
convention should take note Of the
TACT that a Chicago woman has Just
%yanquished a thief by using a feather
custer as a weapon
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26
cerneIIus VandarbIIt MemorIlI.

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt has
placed a window In Trinity church.
Newport, as a memorial to her hus-
band. The window represents a Chris
ton knight seated and holding ia his
right hand a sword. and IN his left a
shield, upon which Is a cross. resting
on the left knee.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

The Castellanes are having more
trouble over their debts. All, why
will these tradesmen who belong to
the canaille insist on ~vulgarly trying
~ get what Is coming to them?
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

II Is still pretty hard to get grouchy
old men who don't like the boys their
daughters have selected as future hus-
bands to agree hat arbitration Is a
good thing IN all cases.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

Austria Is trying to legislate a set
Element Of the language question. but
20 a nonlinguist It would seem that
peace and the Polish tongue we're
pretty nearly incompatible.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

The editor Of the London Tailor
announces the important fact that
the trousers Of to-day viii be the
trousers Of the e hny years" This
viii be good news to the economical.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-12-26

The king Of Siam has a very small
standing army. less than 10000 men.
When he wants to attract attention to
something numerous he points to the
royal harem.