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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28

BY a curious natural law Of compeu-
sation various diseases tend to proloug
life and improve the general health.
Gouty and rheumatic persons. it Is
said, have especial cause to be thank
full. Perhaps this knowledge will help
them to be more cheerful than they
usually are at seasons Of f~estivity.
Gout and rheumatism are exceeding
" painful diseases, and. of course, IN
some cases prove fatal, but they confer
many a blessing upon mankind: and
rheumatism particularly Is well known
TO doctors as a preventive OF many
other diseases. It is a notorious fact
that equity subjects generally live to a
ripe age, and albeit they suffer very
severely at times, they generally enjoy
excellent general health, the very causes
Of the govt keeping their blood in good
condition and making Il uncomfortable
to many kinds of microbes.
Take half a dozen persons over the
age Of seventy who suffer from rheu-
matism OF govt, and half a dozen 9th
ers who suffer from neither, and you
win find that, except for their rheuma-
tism or govt, they enjoy very much
better health than the non-sunerers.
and stand a splendid chance of outliv-
ing the latter. Moreover, govt and
rheumatism greatly enhance a suffer
er's chances OF retaining his mental
faculties until the end. A large per-
oentage Of centenarians who die with
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28
na ehelors wear skIrt..

A peculiar custom is followed in re-
mote Korea, where a man is not per-
mitted to attain to the dignity Of trous-
ure until he has become a benedict,
which, in accordance with Korean ira
dition, amounts &c the same thing as
gaining a definite position in life, as
the Korean youth is not permitted to
take a wife unto himself until he is
able to support her according to his
and her rank and to enable her to take
her proper position in society. It must
be added, however, that the steady en-
~croachment Of Western ideas from
Russia and Japan Is bringing European
garments with it, and, therefore, this
curious custom is gradually becoming
a thing Of the past.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28

A member Of the Sullivan County
Clnb caught half q dozen trout one day
last summer and carried them alive to
his cottage, intending to take them 70
the city, relates the New York Times.
He turned the water into his bath tub
and the trout seemed to thrive as
we'll there as they had done in the
streams. That afternoon u Of the
fish disappeared. The man, thinking
It had jumped out, looked all around
the room, but no trout was to be seen.
Next morning two nor were gone, and
the servant was closely questioned.
Then two more disappeared, and the
fisherman was so much concerned that
he took a place outside the bathroom
windows and proceeded to watch. Pret-
ty soon the family cat entered. perched
on the edge of the tub, and waiting its
chance, struck vlciously into the water
with one paw and brought up the re-
naming trout.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28
A Polite SHARK.


The sharks in the great central pool
at the aquarium are necessarily on the
move, always going round and round
and round the pool at a steady, uni
form gait, says the New York Sun. OF
two men who were the other day
standing leaning against the side Of
the pool talking, one, inspired perhaps
by the sight of so many fishes Of all
kinds in view all about, was telling a
remarkable tale about bow many thou
sand sQaintillion million blackdsh he
caught once, in a single day, of old
Barnegat light, and how they had to
stop catching them finally. and that,
too, just when they we're getting thick
er than ever, for fer they'd swamp the
boat by overlooking it, they had SO
many fish in it already; all this being
told with many and elaborate descrip-
tive details. On his second round after
this story-teller had begun bis recital
one Of the circling sharks, when he
came around near to that part Of the
pool where the two men were standing,
slowed down visibly and fairly loltered
past there, going as slowly as he could
90 without coming to a dead halt. To
all appearances he was listening now
to that fish story, of which he had got
an inkling when sailing past at the
usual gait on the previous round. Be
yohd hearing distance the shark
speeded up again, and made the rest.
the major part Of the big circle, at his
usual gait, but approaching once more
the quarter where the two meen stood,
the blackfsh story still going on, the
shark slowed down again to dead slow,
Just keeping going as he sauntered
past, anxious, apparently, to hear
about that remarkable catch all he
could, without laying himself open to
the charge Of being an outright lis
tener. OF course, 1t may have been by
the merest chance that the shark
slowed down like that at this point on
these two successive c%irclings, but
that's what the shark did, and so the
man leaning up against the coping OF
the big pool telling about his terrible
catch Of blaokhsh of old Barnegat had
besides the chance hearers from among
the visitors. this curious special audi
ence OF two. one his friend, standing
near him and listening patiently out
side the pool, and the other that in
terested wondering, perhaps incredu-
lous. but certainly polite-mannered
shark swimming slowly inside.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28
90 Cornsr

bof back in my musings my thoughts
have been cast,
Nc the homo where the hours Of my
childhood we're passed.
4 loved an rs rooms. to the pantry and
haii.
But that blessed old kitchen was dear
or than all.
Its chairs and its ~tables-none brighter
could be,
For an its surroundings were sacred
70 me.
TO the nail IA the entry. the latch on
tho door;
And 7 loved every crack Of that old
kitchen floor.
I remember the fireplace, with mouth
high and wide,
The old-fashioned oven that stood by
its side,
Out Of which, each Thanksgiving,
came puddings and pies
That fairly bewildered and dazzled our
eyes;
And there. too, St. Nicholas, slyly and
siill,
Came down, every Christmas. our
stockings to fll;
But the dearest Of memories I've laid
up in store.
Is the mother that trod that old
kitchen floor.
Day in and day out, from morning till
night,
Her footsteps were busy, her heart al
ways light;
For It seemed to me then that size
knew not a care,
The smile was SO gentle her face used
20 wear.
1 remember, with pleasure, what joy
filed our eyes
When she told US the stories that chill
dren so prize;
They were new every night, though
we'd heard them before,
From her lips, at the wheel, on the
old kitchen floor.
remember the window, where morn
ings I'd run
AS soon as the daybreak, to watch for
the sun.
And thought when my head scarcely
reached to the sill
That 1t slept through the night, in the
trees on the hill.
And the small tract Of ground that my
eyes then could view,
Was all Of the world that my fancy
knew;
Indeed 7 cared not To know of II more.
For a world In itself was the old
kitchen floor.
indianapolis News.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28

A man at least 80 years old came
into the ONCE OF Representative Wads-
worth Of New York a few days ago.
SAYS a washington dispatch to New
York World. Mr.. Wadsworth was out
but the clerk invited him to have a seat
and wait fof the congressman TO re-
turn. my name Is Williams. said the
caller. "and came to see II Mr.. Wads-
worth would pay a little bill I have
against him. "Of Course he viii" re-
marked the clerk. let me see It. and
] viii probably be able to settle Il and
save you the trouble of waiting for
him." The old man passed the bill
over to the clerk whose face grew long
as he saw that the bill was made out
against the father Of the congressman.
who was killed ia the civil war.
'Why" he exclaimed. "this Is against
Gen. Wadsworth. who has been dead
nearly forty years.. The old man said
ho knew that very wen, but be thought
it would 40 no harm TO see ~ the son
would not settle a. II heard just a
few days ago that the general was
dead. but Az ] had planned 10 come on
in q few days 90 ask him FOR the
money. ! Thought 4 would see the SON.
You see. Mr. Wadsworth's father
bought that pair of steers from noe fra
1913. j didn't need the money then.
but think DO now. and that's Why ]
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28


Have you ever seen a squirrel dare
a cat? 1t is the most amusing exhibit
ton Of mischievous audacity. a large
colony Of fat, enterprislng squirrels
live IN the big elm trees Of Walnut
street. Brooklino, the descendants OF
a pair Of tame squirrels that were
owned by a family occupying one Of
the lovely old estates Of early Brook
line in that vicinity. and which we're
finally liberated to establish themselves
and their progeny as permanent resi-
dents Of the street. They are the tam
TALKING despair Of numerous cats that
haunt the place in search OF toothsome
morsels. The little creatures are won
derfully tame and very quickly re-
spond to friendly overtures in the
shape Of nuts, which they SOC learn
to take from ones hand. They scam
per up and down the big trees, whisk-
ing their husky gray tails in saucy de-
fance Of their feline p%ursuers, who,
with eager eyes and watering mouths,
follow the tantalizing motions Of the
squirrels as they frisk about alluringly
Just out Of reach of the cruel claws.
Sometimes the game is carried on so
daringly that it seems only by a hairs
breadth that a squirrel tragedy is
averted. and yet very few occur. and
their number and freedom seem undi-
minished.-Boston Transcript.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28

Lydia y. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound cured me and made
me well, and that is why / gladly
write you this, and gladly thank you;
six bottles was all I took, together
with your Pills. My headache and
backache and kidney trouble went,
never to return the burning sensation
I had left altogether; my general
health was so improved Ifclt as young
and light and happy as at twenty"
-Mns. LOUISE Gmson, 4s13 Langley
Ave, Chicago, Ill.-S5ooO forfeit II aboVs
Testimonial Is q0f genuine.
If you feel that there is anything at
all unusual or puzzling about your
case, or if you wish confidential advice
Of the most experienced, write to Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, and you will
be advised free of charge. Lydia ID.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has cured and is crring thousands Of
cases Of female trouble.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28

the spot where at one time many Of the
most famous soldiers OF the American
army fought
To the lover Of the historic and ro-
mantle there is something cruel about
the destruction of the remains Of old
Fort Crawford. To the residents Of
Prairie du Chen, who for years have
seen and thought little Of the past Of
the dilapidated old walls, it is a hard,
cold business proposition. They see no
reason why sentiment should retard
the progress Of their city, They can
see nothing to be gained in the pres
ence of the staring sentinels Of stone.
But a few rods north from the site
Of the fort, hidden from the casual
glance by the thick growth Of rank
weeds, and made more obscure by the
presence Of broken down fences, is
the old federal cemetery. There is no
hand to strew flowers upon the graves
Of the heroes whose remains lie there.
It is a place of mysterious surroundings
and is avoided and Stunned. Though
upon the age-worn granite tablets the
epigraphs of many whose names are
inserted in living letters upon the
pages of history are carved in crude
bro zen letters. there is none to notice
them nor to give them a passing
thought.
The massive OLD for aper has long
since been torn down aid upon its site
nov stands the beautiful st. Mary's
academy. Where the report of the SEN
try's gun once startled the wilderness
now Is heard the peaceful tones of the
convent bell.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28

The o~ft-repeated tale Of how the
Sandwich Islanders ate Captain Cook,
the famous English explorer, has
caused some OF the old chiefs and
~chiefesses to make an emphatic denial
Of the charge Of ~cannlbalism, and to
correct history from traditions handed
down from generation to generation.
According to this new version Captain
Cook was killed and part Of his body
eaten, but it was by children and un-
der a mistaken impression that the
calabash which contained the famous
explorers body held nothing more than
pig. The story Is that the body was
cut up with q view to making an Of
fering to the gods, and that the pieces
were placed in a separate calabash as
an Offering to the god Of the sea. There
they were discovered by some children,
who ate the flesh under the impression
that it was pig. The natives still point
out this spot on Kona, Hawaii, where
this is said to have taken place.-Hon-
olulu Cor. New York Sun.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28
YOUNG CORNELIUS
A VANDERBILT WHO LIKES
WORK.
Though Rich, He q Always ~nusy.-Haa
Patented Several Inventions 20 Rail-
roads.-Is Row q Civil Service Commia-
aloncr OF New York.

Cornelius Vanderbilt, appointed mu-
nicipal civil service commissioners by
Mayor Low. works harder than the
average penniless young man, though
he has an income Of 100000 a year,
or $4,000 a month, or 1888 a day. All
the work that he does Is from choice,
as he docsn't have to bother about the
-wherewithal FOR house rent, butcher
and grocery bills and such matters.
He Is on ordinary looking young
man, boyish IN appearance and demo
cratic I'm manner, but he has many re-
markable qualities which make him as
different from the average gilded youth
Of fashion as a steam engine Is from q
butterfly.
He has a~mbition-tOns Of IL. That Is
what makes him work so hard. He
wants to earn reputation and be indie
pendent OF the halo which hangs over
him simply because ne is a vanderbilt.
The family halo never appealed very
strongly to him, anyway. After his
disagreement with his father he be-
came doubly anxious to build up a
name that would be purely the result
Of his own labOrs.
Mechanics is his hobby, and II ne
gave way to it completely he would
spend all OF his time I'm machine shops.
Young Vanderbilt showed that he
had ideas and determination much u
Of the ordinary when be had his dis
agreement with his father over his en-
gagement to Miss Grace Wilson. the
elder Vanderbilt commanded him TO
break the engagement, making 1t plain
that unless he did he would be practi-
cally d%isinherlted and deprived Of all
the power and wealth which conferred
In the head Of the Vanderbilt family.
This meant a loss in money alone Of
over S4O,OOO,OOO, n sum which would
have caused most men to ponder deep
ly before deciding to cast it aside. But
young Vanderbilt's decision was in
Simultaneous and positive. 1t was in fa-
vOr Of the woman he loved.
His father kept his word. AS the
eldest living son, Cornelius, according
to all precedent in the Vanderbilt FAM
lily, should have received the bulk Of
his fathers wealth. Instead he was
left only S 1,OOO,OOO, while S45,OOO,OOO
went to his younger brother, alfred
Gwynne. Alfred gave 100000 to
Cornelius to avert litigation rel the
estate.
LNNAA &NAAANAAN0 Jay"
ened by the great loss he suffered in
wealth md prestige. In the five and a
half years since the quarrel with his
father he has worked necessarily and
with good results. He began by in
venting a locomotive ire-boX. The
great value Of this invention is that 1t
keeps down the yearly expense bill Of
a railroad company, as it rarely gets
out of repair. 1t is now being used on
the New York Central, the Baltimore &
Ohio, the Union Pacific and thirteen
other large railway systems, and in
time will probably be In universal use.
He has just begun active work as an
officer Of the new city government. He
says he expects to devote much Of his
time to the office and perform his fun
share Of his duties. AS civil service
commissioner he does not receive any
salary.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28
oLp boz. LIE N.aNT WAToHMAN

OLD JOE, THE NIGHT WAToHMAN
(From the Pail Mall Gazette, London.l
How often on returning home late
on q dreary winters night has our
sympathy gone out to the poor old
night-watchman as he sat huddled up
NJ his cage fire, overlooking the ex-
cavations which our city council in
their wisdom or otherwise. allow the
different water companies to make SO
frequently in our congested streets.
In ell Weathers and under all climatic
conditions, the poor old night-watch-
man is Obliged to keep watch over the
companies property, and to see that
the red lights are kept burning. What
a life, TO be sure; what privations and
hardships; no wonder they have aches
and pains, which nothing but St. ia
cob's Oil can alleviate.
"Old Joe" is in the employ Of the
Lambeth Water Works, and is well
and favorably known. He has been a
night-watchman for many years, In
the course Of which he has undergone
many experiences. What with wet and
cold. he contracted rheumatism and sci
atica, which fairly doubled him up, and
It began to look a serious matter for old
Joe whether he would much longer be
able to perform his duties, on which
his good wife and himself depended
for a livelihood; but as it happened, a
passerby, who had for some nights no
ticed Old Joe's painful condition, pre-
scented him with a bottle Of st. Jacobs
OIL, and told him to use It. Old Joe
followed the advice given; he crawled
homo the next morning and bade his
wife rub his aching back with the St.
Jacobs OIL "a gentleman gave him,
and undoubtedly his wife did rub, for
when old Joe went on duty at night he
met his friend and b~enefactor, to
whom he remarked: Them Oils you
gave me. Guv'nor, did give me a doing;
they was like pins and needles for a
time, but look at me now" and old
Joe began to run and jump about like a
young colt. All pain, stiffness and
soreness had gone; he had been tell
Ing everybody he met what st. Jacobs
Oil had done for him. Old Joe says
now he has but one ambition in life.
ard that IS to always TO be able 70
keep a bottle Of St. Jacobs oil by him
for he says there Is nothing like It Ia
the world.
ST. Jacobs Oil serves the rich and
the poor, high and low the same way.
It has conquered pain for fifty years,
and It win do the same to the end Of
time. II has no equal. consequently
no competitor; 1t has many cheap imi-
l%ations, but simple facts like the above
tell an honest tale with which moth
Ing on earth can compete.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28

There are to-day over three million
~wago-earning women in the United
States, and the only place where wo-
men have not as yet entered to usurp
mans position is as an officer in the
United States army and navy, or as a
sailor or marine. From the inventor
down to the telegraph messenger men
are standing aside %bewildered, and in
some cases indignant, seeing their po-
sition taken by a vast and increasing
number Of women. The position Of
the w~age-earning woman to-day de-
mands attention. It is true that
fathers throw their daughters into
the Industrial world on much the same
principle that they throw their boys
into the water to teach them to swim "
And through heroic struggles the girl
Is coming to the surface and learning
the strokes.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28
DISASTROUS FRIENDSHIP.
Champions Of Dreyfus Nave suEere'
Very Severely.

Champions Of Dreyfus Nave Suffered
Very Severely.
Naturally there Is much speculation
In Paris and elsewhere, as to the true
cause Of the alienation Of some Of the
most prominent champions Of Alfred
Dreyfus from the former wretched pris-
oner Of Devils island. Few persons be-
lieve that 1t was only the dismissal Of
M. Cornely from the Grande Revue
that induced NJ. Relnaeh to recall the
brief In the Henry case from N. la
bori, or that this anair can at all ac-
count for the attitude Of M. Labori, or
Lieut.. Col. Picquart toward Dreyfus
and his family. That IA. Labor was
profoundly stirred by the remark Of
one OF Dreyfus' friends that he could
not live on the 'anaire' for the rest of
his career was proved by his pub
lished letter. In which he said: "Is it
an authorized friend Of the Dreyfus
family who publicly uses such LAM
guage? Yet he knows that on the eve
Of those events / occupied an honor
able position at the Palais, that when
/ became counsel for Alfred Dreyiusi
briefs few away from me on the wind
Of the storm, and that only recovered
my business after the amnesty, against
which, although It was against my M
terests to do so. I struggled incessant-
~" Nor are N. Labor and Col. Pic
quart the only indictments d. lbels.
the artist. who ala yeoman's work tor
Dreyius in the old days, with his billing
~caricaturos. says m a letter 10 the
Iibre pazole. 81 am not the only one
20 perceive that The great and splead.d
affair Of humanity was nothilg bet a
dirty commercial ana political deal a.
cilitatlng for the Jews Che conquest OF
power ana the corneline of markets.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28
MARCH OF PROGRESS DOES AWAY
WITH OLD TINE FORT
FAMOUS BUILDING AT PRAIRIE DU CHEN. WIS. TO
- BE TORN DOWN

Old Fort Crawford, at Prairie du
CHEN, Wis, famous in the history Of
the settlement OF the northwest, is be-
ing torn down and before many
days the last remnant Of the old fort
will be destroyed. Already workmen
are tearing away the massive old walls
which long ago sheltered all who
sought refuge behind them. For a cen
fury and a half they have Wfthstood
the ravages Of time and the attacks Of
the painted Indian warrior. Fort
Crawford is a relic Of long ago;
around its barren ruins is grouped
more history than at any other place
IN Wisconsin; it is, indeed, a thing Of
history, romantic, bloody and price
less.
Even before the pickax Of the first
workmen clicked against the crumb-
ling masonry, there was but little left
Of the famous old fort. Barren and
alone, like towering sentinels guard
ing its sacred secrets, two walls Of the
fort hospital remain. The remainder
Of the once imposing series Of mas
sive buildings have been entirely de-
stroyed; they lie in a w~eed-grown heap
Of rocky ruins, like a fallen and neg
lected monument Of fame. The stone
walls were fast falling to decay, but
the deep narrow windows and the BAT
~#e-soarred buttresse sig remain
Toward the Mississippi, which flows
past a few rods distant. is a gnarled
and stunted oak tree. It is so near the
old fort that the afternoon sun sends
its thin, sharp shadow upon the barren
walls. This alone will remain to mark
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28

Once upon a time a man proposed
marriage to a woman who presented a
fine appearance in form and whose
wealth was reported ia six figures. He
was accepted and they were married.
Then he learned Of matters before
known 10 her banker and dressmaker
alone. and found out that She was not
a Venus and that hes bank account
had been overdraWn to pay her mod
lste.
"Alasl' be said. there are many de-
ceptions To this iiie
Moral Figures DO he.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28

The automatic train recorder of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company CON
sists Of a ruled record paper, divided
into hve-minute spaces. and revolved
by clockwork. In front Of the paper
IS a series Of needles, each operated by
an electro-magnet and connected with
a division Of the road. As a train
passes a suitably arranged insulated
rail IN any portion Of the correspond
ing electro-magnet Is energized and a
dot is made on the paper.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-28

Robson, do you know why you are
like a donkcyf
opening his eyes wide. "I don't"
because your better half IS stub
bornness itself"
The Jest pleased Robson immensely.
for he at nee saw the opportunity Of
a glorious dig at his wife So when ne
got home ne said:
Mrs. Robson. do you know why I
ann like a donkeyY'
He waited q moment, expecting his
wife to give It up. But she didn't She
looked at him somewhat pityingly as
she answered, II suppose it's because
you were born so."-Chicago News.