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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04
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In battle array, and with streaming
banners and flashing fires. and roar
ing cannons, I have seen them beat
and storm, and rage against her rock
ribbed, but i~mpregnable battlements.
1 have seen them driven back and with
a scream Of rage seek their haunts
amid the deeper defles of her mountain
gorge5. 1 have seen her again when
all was calm as a Sabbath day-When
the morning sunlight was tipping her
mountain tops with its golden glory,
and gliding the dewdrops from every
forest. and leaf and flower. 1 have
looked down in the beautiful valleys,
and have seen her winding rivers flow
ing with clear, translucent waters
on their peaceful journey to the sea. /
have seen her fertile fields rich in
the %exuberance Of her golden harvest,
I have seen her green meadows dotted
with lowing herds, and I have listened
to the music of the tinkling bells on
the browsing sheep under her hill
sides. When have thus seen her in
all her pristine beauty and loveliness,
and have known her people-so brave
and generous and progressive, and
PATRIOTIC have thanked my God that
1 was born by the laughing waters of
one of her beautiful rivers, and that
my ancestors sleep beneath the shad-
ows Of ~Tennessee's majestic noun
tains."
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

The Hon. J. B. Frazier spoke in re-
Spouse to the toast James X. Polk"
before the Tennessee society at st.
Louis on Jackson day. His p%eroration
was as follows:
ITO you, sons and daughters Of
Tennessee, who have left the old
homes and cast your fortunes with
this splendid and prosperous city, and
linked your lives with the destinies
Of another state, it may be that, as
revolving years briH5 gray hairs, dim
med eyes and tottering footsteps, you
will turn again with longing looks to-
ward the blue mountains of Tonnes
see. TENNESSEE that sleeping beauty
of undeveloped empire, whose head is
pillowed where the morning sunlight
kisses the SUBMITS of the Unaka
mountainsl whose body is clasped in
the sinuous arms Of the Tennessee
and Cumberland, and whose feet are
bathed in the turbid waters Of the
mighty Mississippi Grand and ma
iestic she lies-her bosom heaving
with the consciousness of u%ndeveloped
riches and power, her head crowned
with the glory of the Appalachian for
est! Fair and well-beloved TENNESSEE
l have seen her when her towering
mountains seemed to stand on tiptoe
to kiss the passing clouds. ! have seen
these same clouds gathered together
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

cares to put a brand on them. They
are wild horses. and nobody wants
them; but each of these animals takes
as much range as would be required
for the s%ustenance of a steer that will
dress 1000 pounds. The stockmen
want the range for their cattle, and the
railroad companies are glad to assist
in taking the useless cayuse ponies
out Of the country, so there will be
more Dol for stock that will yield
money to producers and carriers.
Therefore the railroads are willing to
make a very low rate for carrying the
cayuses to the Linnton abattoir. and
the movement thither will soon be re-
sumed.
The average cayuse pony taken to
the Linnton abattoir yields only about
sixty pounds Of m~erchantable meat,
the rest Of the carcass going into fer
%tilizer, glue, leather, etc. This meat
is carefully picked in t%ierces, and is
shipped to market in France and Hol-
land, where the prejudice against horse
meat is not so strong as It is In this
country These horses bring from
S2.75 to SO each, delivered at the rail
road. They are mostly owned by the
Indians, the animals owned by white
men seldom being so useless as to find
their best market at the shambles.-
Portland Oregonian.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Tin medai put 60 Good Use In an ms
pa Town.
The boys in our high school have
a novel method Of breaking themselves
Of swearing" said a gentleman from
a country town. THE habit Of swear
ing had grown among them until It
was noticed by the principal. He
called them together and after show
ing them the ~wickedness and folly Of
profanity suggested a remedy. He
had prepared a tin medal to be worn
by the last fellow using a cuss word,
and this, he said, would be hung on the
wall till the first oath was uttered,
when the swearer must wear it till
the next man swore, and so on. The
boys agreed to the plan and the medal
was hung up In view Of all.
The Don recess came and in five
minutes several of the boys came rum
ming in to get the medal. John Smith
had used an oath and they wanted to
pin the medal On him. John did not
wear it long, for another boy soon
forgot himself and the medal was
transferred. Before the close of the
noon recess seven or eight had worn
1t. For several days it changed hands
pretty often and went nearly the round
Of the school. Then it's unfortunate
wearers found it hard to get rid Of it.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04
Gigantic Engineering
Scheme


The proposed draining OF the zuyder
Zee, which has been under discussion
for the past century, IS popularity look
ed upon as IN engineering problem I'm
land reclamation without a parallel in
contemporary history. The land that
would be reclaimed by this work would
be about $50 square miles.
In comparison the Engineerings
News refers to a work IN this direction
now being carried out along the Mis-
sissippi which will reclaim a tract Of
land $500 square miles fin extent. The
work Of retaining the st. Francis ba-
sin, which lies on the west bank Of
the Mississippi between New Madrid.
In Missouri, and Helena, in Arkansas.
Is already well under way, only a few
additional miles OF levees being neces-
sary to complete the artificial banks
which are to hold in check the food
waters Of the Mississippi The soil Is
an alluvial deposit, and therefore re-
markedly fertile and capable Of the
highest cultivation.
A comparison Of the extent Of the
St. Francis basin with the combined
areas Of Rhode Island and Delaware
gives a good idea Of It's magnitude. All
Of this area was recently overlooked
by the waters of the Mississippi with
the exception Of a few gaps there has
been constructed in this work a con-
tinuous line Of ievees some 212 miles
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04
Trained wolves.

Bert Decker, a young sportsman of
Tuscola, H., has succeeded in tanning
two wolves, and they are very valuable
as hunters. He captured them when
young, raised them as kittens" and
now, though they are as large as shep-
herd dogs, they are quite tame and
playful. Decker says the wolves can
outrun dogs on the hunt and are very
long-winded. Their favorite way OF
catching a rabbit is to run alongside
OF him. put their nose underneath Mr..
Cottontafl. and throw him ten or
twelve feet in the air, catching him in
their mouths as he falls. The wolves
always return to their master when
called.
Decker's success has caused other
sportsmen 10 undertake the training Of
wolves TO %supplant dogs in hunting
aud It is probable that wolves viii find
a place in future kennels - Charleston
OIlD Correspondents Cincinnati EN-
qUirer.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Town Trustee wanted to Cover Up
Educational Limitations.

Town Trustee wanted to Cover Up
Educational Limitations.
The town trustees of Pokeville or
dered the building Of a hexagonal
chimney for the water works.
Il was to be paid for by the cubic
foot. and, after the work had been
done, the contractor asked the princi-
pal Of the high school to compute the
solid contents Of the chimney. The
principal complied, and the contractor
presented the bill at the next regular
meeting Of the town board.
How do we know these figures are
correct, mr.. President?' asked one of
the trustees.
If I may say a word, Mr. Presi-
dent" said the contractor, che knows
as we'll as / do. We've got to take
Mr.. Guney's figures. He's the only
man in town that's an expert in math-
ematics."
wouldn't it be well, Mr.. President, p
asked the same trustee, ITO employ
some outside expert 10 make the call
culation2"
II think not" said the president Of
the board. with a solemn shake of the
omcial head. THAT would be a con-
esslon that we haven't even one man
ln town who Is good at nggers."
The bin was allowed by unanimous
vote.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

%liamentary debate. You ought to be
made king" recalls the fact that this
IS not the first time the colonial sec.
rotary has been recommended for n
higher post than he seems likely 10
reach. The first recommendation
however, was not made in irony but
In the good faith of perfect t~ipsiness
It was at the time Queen Victoria Wis
tied Birmingham, fifteen years p
Chamberlain's carriage was blocked
for some minutes and he found him
self the object Of a huent and some.
what d%isordered harangue from
member Of the crowd who had forti-
ned himself extensively against the la.
bors Of the day. Eyer amt In ONCE
now. Joe" ran the ~beroration. Dbut
I'll tell yer what / sees in the future
sees Hengland and Hamerica union
ated into n REPUBLICANS. and vou'n.
be the fust president.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Billy nud uit Rider Afforded nun to
rcndorloin Pedestrians.
Tonderioin pedoairitns we're highly
entertained late last evening by the
spectacle of q dimindtive donkey. be-
stridden by q large man, standing in
the shadow Of the Greeley statue, while
Policeman Gallagher OF the Broadway
squad was Vainly trying to get them
to uiove along. The donkey IS known
through the region as BILLY the
Boozer Tie belongs to James Carroll
Of 156 West TWenty-Ninth street, while
his rider was James Tifer Of the sans
address. better known In nearby re-
sorts as "The Senator
The little animal had his ears nat,
and was braying at a pitch that
drowned the roar of Broadway IN his
Immediate vicinity. The pleasure OF
the crowd rose to ecstacy when the
policeman passed behind and the tiny
hoofs few cut. nearly kicking him IA
the head. Tifer admitted that both he
and the donkey had had many drinks,
and the policeman threatened to lock
them both up on a charge Of being
drunk and disorderly, when the man
sem for a pail OF beer. The donkey
swallowed It greedily, the ears resumed
pleasantly erect position, and he
trotted amiably h0meward.
Billy's latest notorious exploit was
on New Years night, when, after a
carouse with some human %acquain-
lance, he ascended two flights Of stairs
in a strange house and terrified two
upon wh6m he came unan-
nounced, He narrowly escaped being
shot by an inmate. In his younger
days he was a pet Of the children in
Central nark-New York Times.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

dead tired, but glowing with satisfac-
ton and triumph, for our party Of five
got six deer. 1 won't tell you who was
the lucky mar who shot two for he
Is already sufficiently pulled up with
pride.
But we think our record a fine one
for our FIRST big game trip.
We expect TO get home Friday Of
this week, so do come around at once
and play appreclative audience for ms.
We will promise to talk you deaf.
dumb and blind" Now. isn't that a
pleasing inducements
Guess who Is ln the hotel2 The un-
known whistler. looking even hand
somer than eYorl
He passed our table as We were at
dinner and though / gave no sign OF
recognition. Im afraid ] grew more
rosy than the occasion demanded.
How 7 should love 20 know what
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

The queen Of Belgium, who has Just
celebrated her sixty-hrst birthday, has
had more sorrow in her life than falls
10 the average snare. Her only son
the duke Of Brabant, died suddenly un-
der circumstances which suggested
poisoning; her son-in-law was the
Grown Prince Rudolph, who ended his
life in a most tragic manner; her ia
vorite nephew was killed in an acct
dent, and her sister is IN a lunatic
asylum not far froIn the palace at
Brussels.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04
A WRESTLING WOMAN


luck he had, but now It's growing too.
late to talk even about a good-lookinr
stranger. 80 here Is q goodnight kiss
and I am on to dreams. DO come
around Friday and tell me All that
has happened IN good old baltimore
town since left #. and then give me
a chance to tell you about this trim
the greatest one a sport-loving eiri
ever had.
With much love. from
Katharine.
p. S.-Brother Tom and Helen have
the room next to mine. and Tom has
just called to me that he has been
swapping yarns with the unknown
over a cold bottle. He only got n
deer. but he declares it's a beauty.
splendid head, with eight points. His
nam Is Courtney Foster. Not bad. is
1t? Again goodnight. X. A.
Baltimore, November IA, 1900.
Louise Dear-You will never guess
what happened last evening. About
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Austrian Archduchess Elizabeth re-
nounce her claim TO the throne for
love, having read In Voltaire that the
former Is composed of boards and vel
vet, while she surmises the latter is Of
rarer composition. Its course ought
to run smooth for one who has given
mp so much for IL. but there Is no as
surance that It win, the poets observa-
tion on that point having the general
confirmation Of experience the world
over. In royal houses and out Of them.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

A Bunalonian travelling ia the
Northwest drops a friendly line TO the
Commercial, telling o. an announce
ment be saw made by a Minneapolis
firm. "As passed a grocery store on.
a prominent corner" pc writes. ~ saw
big piles Of p~aper-covored plays OF
Shakespeare in the window accompan-
fed by this notices "a Shakespeare.
book with every purchase of Us oectt
worth OF gumi"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

The story Of the late bishop Of Lon
don's time-saving greeting to the sup
plant clergy who came to him, Good
morning; what do you want? MOI"
has its fellow in a formula the lare
lord chief justice Of England used TO a
junior: Stand up. speak up, shut up"
But Lord Russell Of Killowen was not
always so brutally frank. He tenn
pered the wind 10 the shorn lamb.
Justice Walton. who was associated
with him. says he cannot remember
ever to have received from his leader
a reproach expressed IN violent Lam
guage. When once or twice he was
caught mapping BY Lord Russell the
worst he had 10 hear was. "Oh, i
thought you we're taking a note" or
"Oh. I see, you have something else
TO do" And that was quite enough.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

A recent advertisement for a stage
baby" ia Brooklyn brought responses
from 300 parents, and every father be-
heved his child to be born to the stage.
Unfortunately the babies are not COM
petent to express their opinion on the
question.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04
THE LAST SUPPER" hymn.
Possibility That It Has Come Down
a.. p-.-.. NJ

Possibility Ihat lt Has Come Down to
the Present Time.
On that climacteric evening, when
He and His disciples sat at their last
supper, after he had blessed the bread
and given it to them as His body, and
the wine as His blood, AMI had de-
clared: But l say unto you, l will
not drink henceforth of this fruit Of
the vine, until that day when I drink
it new with you in my Fathers king
dom!" it would seem that the emo
tions of the moment had risen to that
point where words do not bring COM
fort; and so find the might of music
working in the next verse (of Mat
thew XVI, 800, which records, "And
when they had sung an hymn they
went out into the Mount Of Olives. 4"
If we but knew the tune Of that hymnl
Here, you observe, as far back as the
beginning of our era, we find the
world in possession Of a stock Of
tunes. There can be little doubt that
the melodies which the disciples sung
with Christ in person were handed
down and formed the body Of those
collections which Bishop Ambrose, and
after him Pope Gregory, brought to-
gether, and it is possible enough that
the hymn which Christ and His apos-
ties sung was sung yesterday in some
church of America, for we have tunes
in our Psalmody-not to speak Of the
Gregorian tunes still surviving as
plain chant ia the Catholic churches
which have come down from quite inn
memorial times. and the path Of
church music, IS I have shown, leads
directly back to this hymn which was
sung on the evening Of the last sup
per.-Sldney Lanier in L|ippincott's
Magazine.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Lord sholto Douglas a bought a.
saloon out IN Spokane and proposes to
run It for a while. The difference be-
tween a titled person and an ordinary
mortal Is merely In the length OF the
toboggan slide. Down at the bottom
che level IS the same.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

"she gave up everything for us. and
] was bound to back her" said bullet
riddled I'd Biddle. Biddle got no more
than he deserved. but there was a
splendid rough chivalry in his devo-
ton TO the poor deluded confederate.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Land that Would Make
a Good Sized State
70 be Drained.

in length. The work has been done
under the supervision Of the Sc. Fran
els lovoe boards of Missouri and Ar
kansas, acting In conjunction with the
United States government The ex-
penditures of the two boards together
TO date amount to about $1,000. 600,
while the government has expended
about S750,OO0 addition. Already the
reclaimed land has appreciated in value
many times It's original valuation, and
Is now held at $50 an acre. Railroads
now intersect the reclaimed area In
several directions. numerous industrial
establishments have been built, the
population has been doubled, and a
general prosperity has appeared where
originally there we're only waste
swamps.
It is, however. not only in tho ex-
tent OF the undertaking that the St..
Francis basin reclamation is notable,
but in the very low cost at which It
has been accomplished. The work Of
retaining about $500 square miles Of
the Nile valley in Egypt is now being
carried out by the building Of dams at
Assouan and Assiont at an estimated
cost of S25, OOO, 1000, while the entire re-
clamation Of the $500 square miles Of
the st. Francis basin will not cost
more than $4,000. 900 all told, or only
s1,48O per square mile, compared with
$4,000 in the Egyptian reclamation.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Wa is hell, peace is heaven. War
IS frankly brutal. War never inspires
disgust. There is heavenly peace be-
tween us and the powers oversee
which are craving for "a friendship.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Savage bravery Of the Biddle type
would immortalize itself in a Filipino
ambuscade. but men Of this criminaIly
intelligent stamp too seldom surrender
TO the Establishments Of the recruiting
sergeant.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Our mule is not the only emotional
Inconsistency. Germany. although
united 10 the Beers BY ties oNblood. is
busy filling orders for barbed wire to
unite Kltchener's blockhouses by ties
OF metal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

South Germany's oldest monastery.
the Benedictine abbey Of Wessobrun
founded in 1855 and %conhscated In 1903
has been restored to the Benedictine
order by Baron o Cramer-Klett d
Protestant, and VIII soon be reoccupied
by the monks The baron bought an
the lands and remaining buildings OF
the old abbey for 100000 marks from
the Bayagian state and sold them b
the Benedictines for a nominal sum.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

An unsophisticated old woman asked a
druggist the other day If he had any
soap. Yes, ma'am," he replied. DO
"WeIl," she replied. "bein' so small. I
guess III take h along with me. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

The press is served by jackals as
well as by lions and other respectable
animals. It is the jackals who are
smiling for scullion gossip around
Queen Wilhelmina's palace kitchen.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

In the primitive province Of Jauja.
Peru. hen eggs are circulated as small
coins. They are Of two denominations
strictly fresh and strictly unfresh.
When the buyer thinks he has been
cheated be circulates the latter in a
fluid state al oYe the dishonest mere
chant .
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Mr.. Foster was duly presented.
quarter Of nine, as sat trying to stihe
yawns and talk to that stupid Howard
Anderson, / heard the bell ring, and l
began to hope for rescue, and It came.
For who should walk in but Charlie
English and the man from Maine!
You may imagine how ddmbfounded
I was, but the natural instinct Of a
hostess saved me, and In a moment
Mr.. Foster was duly presented.
We had a most delightful evening.
in spite Of my embarrassment, for, Of
course, he was too clever to hint at our
whistling duet.
Yes, I'm heartily ashamed Of 1t now,
and l know the old adage concerning
a whistling woman, but its to0 late to
cry over it now.
Hastily yours with love,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Most Of the girls would take more in
terest in Prince Henry II he didn't
have a wife and three children.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders ior
Children. used by Mother Gray. ~
nurne in Childrcn's Home. New York.
cuye Feverishntss. Tecthing Disorders
stomach Troubles and destroy worms.
AT all druggists 25c. Sample FREQ.
Address Allen 81 Clmatet Leitoy, N. ".
Doctor. said the iuveternfc smoker.
don't. for goodness sake' teN me that
the use OF tobacco an0rtouN cd mans
runted the doctor. 81 tried 40 stop smok-
inc once and the days seemed intermln-
nnln.H
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Emperor William has kissed the
Prince Of Wales, but Chamberlain md
Won Buelow have not trusted them
selves to get near enough to each
other for any such exercise.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

The story OF Governor naton's expert
cnCe with renters and the funny things
they do will some day make a book, and
we would like TO see a smart genius
No matter how much some Of them
make, they are always ln a hole at the
end Of the harvest. There are an kinda
many Of the thrifty ones who started a
few years ago now own farms and have
money TO burn. Some Of these people
make enough IN a year to buy their
farms. and this is by far the best plan
to adopt II is an easy matter to get I'M
d~ependently wealthy in Colorado NJ q
man viii put his nose to the Erindstone
for a few years and attend strictly to-
business. We have lust such land in the
Sunny San Luis Valley. in the southern
part Of this state. For fun particulars
write Ieph. Chas. Felt. lO2 Boston build
ing. Denver. Colorado.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

The retirement OF the Hon. william
c. whitney from business while stiu
successful in making money indicates.
we fear, that he does not intend to en-
dow any colleges.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Isaiah and Kir!ing both used a club
to crack heads and let in light. They
knew the heads would mend again
over the light,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

Those bulgarian brigands seem TO
nave AT the necessary qualifications
Tor becoming captains Of industry.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

some bean-fed. cultivated Boston
fank may be counted on to Jar the
prince by calling him Hank"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

DR.. Runge says that insanity from
love is rare. That may be trus. but
no love is worth much in which in
sanity is not violently present in the
first stages.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04

When a number Of muld-mlllhon-
alres gather at dinner nowadays the
natural inference is that they digest
a great deal more than the yiand4 ae-
tually eaten.