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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-02-21
Keep Both Going.

As both Now Mexico and Arizona
have an educational institution draw.
ing $4,000 appropriation per year
nom the government, the question
now arises-whlch institution must
quit business In the event Of the pass
age OF the proposed compromise bill,
combining the two territories LAS
Cruces Progress.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-02-21

Miss Kathryn Carson OF Oakland,
Cal. is in the city for a weeks visit
with Mrs. William jerks. Miss Carson
was formerly resident Of Albuquer-
que and has large circle OF warm
friends In the city. who will try to
make her visit a pleasant one.
The Albuquerque guards will enter
tain their friends with a dance Thurs
day night A fine supper will be served
during the evening.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-02-21
Death of n Brother.

Hon. Maiaqu'as Martinez. at Santa
Fe. received the following dispatch on
Sunday:
Albuquerque Depot, Feb. 15-Brotk-
er Narciso Valdez died at El Paso at
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-02-21

The Carlsbad Argus says; News has
reached here OF the marriage at Ala
mogordo. last week, OF Miss Eta
Blakely to Mark Hardin, a young EN-
ploye In the El Paso & Northeastern
railway Offices. Mrs. Hardin was form
erly a Carlsbad girl, and many friends
here wish her much Joy In her married
life.
A number of big boilers have been
received at Belen TO be taken out along
the line of the Santa Fe cut on to b
used to furnish power for boring fol-
water. -,
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-02-21

Laxative Bromo Qu.aine Tablets
cure cold In one day. No cure; no
pay. Price, rs cents
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
rhe aIasa plvlna ReIl.

Let US suppose that your teacher of
physics offers prize to the member of
the class who will show how a lump of
sugar may be put under water without
its getting wet That seems to be a
somewhat difficult problem, doesn't
it? But 1t may easily be solved, and
here is the way.
You know that II you put an empty
glass tumbler down into a basin of
water. the water will not rise in the
tumbler so high as 1t is in the basin,
because the air in the tumbler pre-
vents 1t. Now that knowledge will
help us to solve the teachers problem.
Get your mother to lend you a glass
cheese cover and wlde-mouthed
glass jar: say. an empty pickle jar.
Stand the cheese cover upside down
on the mouth of the jar. the knob of
the cover going inside the jar; 1t will
thus stand firm.
Now pour the cheese cover two
thirds full of water, and on the water
lay a round. fiat cork of smaller
diameter than the inside of the glass
tumbler Place lump of sugar on the
cork. and then very carefully put the
tumbler mouth over the cork. holding
the tumbler perfectly straight up and
down, so as not to overturn the cork.
Press the tumbler down into the
water slowly and gently. and you may
finally let the rim rest on the bottom
of the cheese cover. with the cork
floating on the surface of the water
in the tumbler. The lump of sugar
thus lies on the cork above the water.
and yet it is really below the level of
the water in the cheese cover.
Before performing this feat in pub
lie 1t would be well to test the depth
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
The pou and Adjective Game.

This is very simple game. but 1t
may readily he made very helpful
one to those who desire-as who does
MOTTO increase their knowledge of
words. 1t may be played without
preparation, and will be played in that
way perhaps, as a rule; but to make
it give the best service in teach ing
way, arrange If convenient, so that
the players may know of it day or so
in advance. In that case they may
have a chance to look over their text
books. or the dictionary. 10 become
familiar with as many adjectives as
possible.
The players seat themselves IN two
rows, facing each other. and the first
player on one side begins by saying:
Our dear little dog is active"
Then the player opposite to him
must take up the phrase. and before
the first player can count ten must
substitute some other adjective be-
ginning with "a" for "active:" thus,
''our dear little dog is amiable." II
he fails he drops out of the game; but
If he gives a correct answer, he then
counts ten while the second player on
the other side is getting an answer
ready.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
Festivals of the Dolls.

japanese girls have a pretty custom
in the Festival of the Dolls, which
occurs about the first of May each
year. 1t is held at the time the peach
trees burst into bloom, and Europeans
who have seen the celebration have
named it the Festival of the Peach
Flowers.
On this day the girls and women
array themselves in holiday attire.
The mothers arrange a room with the
blossoming sakura boughs and make
an exhibition of the large number of
dolls which their daughters have re-
ceived. The children prepare a ban
quet for them. which is eaten by the
grown folks in the evening after the
dolls are supposed to have eaten. their
fill.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
MUST STAND TO SLEEP.
Prisoner In Ohio Jail Wide Awake
When He Lies Down,

When He Lies Down.
There is a prisoner in the county
jail at Cleveland who can't lie down
and enjoy nap. He has to do all his
sleeping while standing up.
This prisoner is Joe Butche. a man
of about 80. He is in jail on charge
of burglary and larceny.
The jail guards never find Butche
on his cot at night. When bed time
comes he stands in corner and takes
comfortable snooze. If he is real
sleepy and wishes to wake up he
doesn't take cold bath. He goes to
his cot and lies down, and in few
minutes he is wide awake.
Il suppose If you are sleepier than
usual you stand up in the middle OF
the floor instead of leaning against
something" said one of the guards
"Oh. it's all the same to me-" re-
piled Butche. I'm all right as long as
don't lie down.
The Jail officials don't know just
how to treat Butche. They never offer
him a chair because they're afraid he's
too tried to sit down, and they Don't
like to have him stand up while
they're talking to him. for fear he'll
go to sleep.
"A born policeman" say all the
deputy sheriffs.-New York Journal
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
MAKING saItpeter from Air.

For ages whenever persons wished
to make particularly strong state
ment about the impossibility of doing
anything, they were more likely than
not to say, II can't pull it out Of the
air, can II"
Now Professor Muthmann. of the
Polytechnical Academy in Munich.
has found way by which things can
be pulled out of the air He has
demonstrated that by passing high
electric currents through moist air
from one platinum point TO another,
nitric acid is formed and can be gath
cred by the use of suitable apparatus.
He has shown that saItpeter can be
pulled out of the air" at less than
one-fourth of its present cost.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25

be a mail-carrier. The station IS only
a short distance from the posrofice.
The mail trains do not stop but drop
the bags on the platform in passing.
When the dog hears the whistle Of
the approaching train he hurriea 70
the station and waits for his burden.
The mail clerk kicks the mailbag out
of the car door and It falls somewhere e
in the vicinity OF the freight house.
The dog goes at once to the sack and,
taking it carefully by the middle, so
that neither end will drag on the
fround, walks sedately to the post
office, where he deposits his trus. ia
a safe place.
The dog is now five years old. is two
feet seven inches in height. and strong
of limb. He has no difficulty in carry
ing the sack, although the mail is
often very heavy with the weekly pl,.
pers from the county seat. for his
teeth are strong. He has carried ever
fortyeight pounds as a test of his
strength.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
Conundrums.

When does a ship tell a falsehood?
When she lies at the wharf. -
What is the best way to keep loaf
ers from standing on the corners?
Give them chairs and let them sit
down.
Who first brought gambling into the
world? Adam and Eve, when they
left the garden of Eden they left a
paradise (pair o dice) behind them.
Why are pipes humbugs? Because
they're mereshams.
What paper has the largest circula-
ton in the world? A paper of tobac-
co.
Why is a watermelon full of water?
Because It was planted in the spring.
Why is e. an unfortunate letter?
Because it's the beginning of eternity.
the end of time and space. the be
ginning OF every end and the end of
every race.
Why should young ladies never wear
stays? Because it's horrid to see a
girl tight.
II you were riding on a donkey what
fruit would you resemble? A beauti-
full pear tpair).
Why ia it vulgar to play and sing
by yourself? Because 1t is solo $50
low).
How did the whale that swallowed
Jonah obey the divine law? Jonah
was a stranger and he took him in.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
CITY 1nA1 IS UNDERGOING.
4 Is In a Turkestan Cave. and Would
Hold Thousands.

| 4 is In a Turkestan Cave. and Would
Hold Thousands.
In -urkestan, on the right bank OF
the Amou Daria, in chain Of rocky
| hills near the Bokharan town OF Karki.
and a number of large caves which,
upor. examination some time ago. were
found 10 lead TO an underground city.
built apparently long before the Chris
tian era.
According TO effigies. inscriptions
and designs upon the gold and silver
money unearthed from among the
ruins. the existence OF the town dates
back to some two centuries before the
birth nj Christ.
The underground Bokharan city is
composed OF an enormous labyrinth OF
corridors, streets and squares, sur.
rounded by houses and other buildings
two or three stories high. The edi-
fees contain all kinds of domestic
utensils. pots, urns, vases and so
forth.
In some of the streets falls of
earth and rock have obstructed the
passages. but generally the visitor can
walk about freely without so much as
lowering his head.
The high degree of civilization at
tanned by the inhabitants of the city is
shown by the fact that they built In
several stories. by the symmetry OF
the streets and squares and by the
beauty of the baked clay and metal
utensils, and OF the ornaments and
coins which have been found.
1t is supposed that long centuries
ago this city. so carefully concealed IN
the bowels of the earth. provided an
entire population with refuge from
the incursions of nomadic savages and
robbers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
Some Odd Resemblances.

Odd resemblances to various objects.
which can only be regarded as acci-
dental condolences. are presented by
a number of fungi says the Rev. A. S.
Wilson. in knowledge, There is the
jewsear fungus, which grows on
stumps OF the elder. and is so named
from its unmistakable likeness to n
human ear. The coasters are curious
ly like a starfish; aserbe has an ex-
traordlnary resemblance both in form
and color TO n sea anemone; equally
remarkable is the likeness to a birds
nest seen in species of crucibulum,
cyathus and nidularia. The most OF
these are too small to impose on one:
the resemblance is singularly exact,
and large specimen might pass for
the nest of some small bird, the eggs
being admirably represented by the
little oval fruits of the fungus.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25

brush-footed, because the first pair of
legs look like too brushes. and are en-
tirely useless for crawling. 1t also diff
fers from its relatives in its peculiar
habit of migrating like the birds.
When the cold days of fall come. the
milkweed butterflies have great
family gathering. and hundreds of
them start off together on their Jour
ney southwark to SUMMER lands. Some
times you may be fortunate enough to
catch a glimpse of them resting over
night on some convenient tree, when
they literally cover its branches like
some strange Kind of flower.
The milkweed caterpillar is green.
as is also his winter home. the chrys-
alis. This is particularly beautiful as
BELTS monarc1. forit is lsvishly
decorated with yellow spots. which
make it look like green fairy pal.
ace put together with golden nails.
Look for it hanging on the unds- side
OF a milkweed leaf.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
ForaaIna in somaIIIand.

England's greatest difficulties has
been the provisioning of her army.
She has been obliged to resort to a
system of foraging. which is most
effective. though not just what the ma
tives would prefer. The illustration
shows a flock OF sheep rounded up for
the English army by the native scouts
and hangers on. To the credit of
the British officers, IT should be men
toned that they never fail to pay for
any animals they may feel Obliged to
take in this uncermonious manner.
though the owners suffer a long period
of bewaillng their supposed ill-fortune.
as 1t is impossible for the average
Somalilander to understand why any
body who ia not required to pay his
debts should be foolish enough TO do
SO
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
What a Boy Can Do.

A boy can make the world more pur,
BY kindly word and deed;
As blossoms call for natures light.
So hearts loves sunshine need.
A boy can make the world more pure
BY lips kept ever clean;
Silence can Influence shed sure
As speech oft more doth mean.
A boy can make the world more true
By an exalted aim.
Let one given end pursue
Others will seek the same.
Full simple things indeed, these three.
Thus stated On my rhyme:
Yet what. dear lad. could greater be-
What grander. more sublime?
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25

three inches from the candle. the
flame will yun down the smoke and
kindle the wick. Don't have any draft
or banging doors.
The Magic Egg-Take some water
and dissolve in 1t as, much common
salt as 1t will take up; with this brine
half fill tall glass: then fill up the
remaining space with plain water.
pouring 1t carefully down the side of
the glass or from spoon to break its
fall. Put an egg Into another glass of
common water II will sink to tho bot
tom. but If 1t is put into the glass
containing the brine it Will sink
through the plain water only and float
upon that portion which is saturated
with salt.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
Caterpillar.
Life history. C

Life history-1. Caterpillar. 2.
Chrysalis. 8. Butterfly,
Directions for coloring:
The body is black, the antennae, or
feelers. brown. The large open spaces
on the wings are reddish orange. all
the rest of the wings. the veins and
borders, are black. except the small
round dots on the margins, which are
white.
The milkweed butterfly takes Its
name from the fact that it lays its
eggs on the milkweed plant; and. as
caterpillar baby, feeds upon its milky
leaves. Its gay Princeton colors of
orange and black, with fashionable
white polka dot trimmings, make II
conspicuous bit of brightness as 1t
fits slowly over summer fields. and
probably earn for it the second name
by which II is known-Monarch.
His majesty belongs to family of
curious butterflies that are called
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
A Queer Fish.

Here we figure queer fish of a
sort forming a connecting link be-
tween the sharks and the rays. The
first and larger pair of outstanding
parts are the pectoral fms, and the
smaller pair the ventra1 fms. CORE
spending. in way, respectively TO
the human arms and legs. The former
has been fancled to bear a rude re-
semblance to wings. circumstance
that gave rise to one of the curious
names of this not very handsome
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
rEATs OF TRICK JUMPER.
Gus Neuberg Leaps on Eggs and Rl-
xors With impunity.

Gus Neubere Leaps on Eggs and Ra.
zors With Impunity.
Few athletic feats show the stuff
n man is made of SO thoroughly rs
jumping, particularly trick jumping
Almost every muscle in the body is
called into play In this sort OF exer
else.
II is interesting. therefore. to find at
Elizabeth. N. j.. young man who
has recently been doing some re-
markable feats in trick jumping. He
is Gus Neuberg-
In our Illustration with his little
four-year-old boy on the chair, he
jumps mp on the lads legs Just where
they hang over the top of the chair
and then off. At least, that is what
he appears to do. but. as a matter
of fact, he does not put any weight
at all on the boys legs.
His jump is one continuous move
ment. but he has become so skillful
that he is able. in making the leap,
to bring his feet down lightly on
the childs body without losing his
balance, thus making it seem as
though two jumps were actually in
volved in the feat.
Our illustration shows him in the
act of jumping over 4 table three feet
high. lighting. apparently. in the
the little boys back.
Among other things, he jumps in
and out OF an ordinary barrel with the
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25

creature-the Angel fish. Some peo-
pie have traced in the rounded head a
likeness to a cowl or mitre; hence to
other names have come into use
Monk fish and Bishop fish. 1t is called
fiddle fish, Shark ray and Kongston.
The home of these fish is on sandy
bottoms, where they prey upon fiat
fish. Large specimens attain length
of from seven to eight feet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25

Hurting Him.
lad standing inside. and leaps over
tub of water. touching his feet to
the water SO lightly that the soles are
scarcely wet.
The most nerve-racliing stunt that
he does. and probably the most diff.
fcult, is to jump over a table in his
bare feet and touch the sharp blades
of razors fastened In the top of the
table without even SO much as
scratching the skin on his feet. He
does the same thing with a basket
of eggs, jumping apparently on the
eggs, without cracking one of them
He also puts several lighted can
dies in a row and in one jump snuffs
out every one with his feet. The
candles are arranged about foot
apart and there are half dozen or
them. He also puts a barrel at one
end of a fairly high table and then.
placing his boy on the table, jumps
over him into the barrel.
The most difficult thing about his
tricks is, OF course, the moving OF his
feet during the jump without being
thrown off his balance. For an or
dlnary jumper the moving of his feet
during the leap hinders progress. but
when the knack of handling the feet
in the proper way is once obtained, 1t
assists. II anything. in covering the
ground.
Neuberg is only about 3 feet inch
es tall. He weighs 1876 pounds and
has fine muscular development He
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25

cambric. Although
called square. yet
1t is not exactly SO.
1t being about one
half longer than 1t
is broad. The
frame should be
b mt backward
both at the top and
bottom. This is to
make the kite
bulge outward. a
position W h | c h
should be main
tanned by means Of
t W inc stretched
from the corners
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
TWO Curious Tricks.

To light a candle without touching
the wick. let a candle burn until ii
has good long snuff. then blow 1t out
with a sudden pun. A bright wreath of
white smoke will curl up from the hot
wick; now, II flame is applied to this
smoke, even at distance of two or
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
Things Quaint end Curious
Gathered Here and There

| makes It a point in training never
to ride on a trolley car unless he has
to go farther than twenty-five bloeSA
He thinks that walking is about tie
best exercise that he takes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
How to Pronounce 1t.

Ask friend to pronounce "bac-kac-
he" spelling 1t out very slowly in
three syllables. Most people try TO
make 1t sound like Hindustani, or
something equally outlandish. and
they are rather astonished when in
formed that it is just the simple little
word 'backache."
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
In the Water. But Not we..

of the water in the cover. Two-thirds
may be little too much to pour in.
What you want to be sure of is that
there will be space enough above the
water in the tumbler for the cork to
float free. with the sugar not quite
touching the glass at the top. This
may be determined by experiment.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25

Thus the phrase passes from one
side to the other. until all the players
on one side are out.
The game may be continued for
some time If desired. by using adjec-
tives beginning with the other letters
of the alphabet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
Cause of Dyspepsia.

Food eaten without appetite always
causes gastric disturbances. because
unless the secretory glands Of the
stomach are stimulated by a desire
for food, no digestive juices arc exuded
into the stomach
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25

both above anrd below. The breast
band should be attached in the usual
manner. and the completed kite should
have two tails instead of one, one at
each lower corner.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
BRITISH roRAeeRs IN AcrloH.

How They Supply Food for the Army
In SomaIiIand-
The British are having troubles OF
their own in Somaliland. although
they are said TO be gradually bringing
the recaicitrants to terms. One Of
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
Monster Tusks.

length may be obtained by comparison
with the accompanying figure of man
of average height. Our picture Is
from photograph taken at Zanzibar.
whence the tusks have been exported
to America
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
To Make a Square Kite.

One of the easiest to make, perhaps.
is the square kite. The frame is com.
posed of split bamboo. and should be
covered with tightly stretched Scotch
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
Iusks of Size.

Here we show sketch of the big
gest tusks ever imported at Zanzibar.
These gigantic osseous products
weighed respectively 225 pounds and
240 pounds. and good idea of their
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25

A Four-Footed Mail-Carrier.
A Kansas town boasts of a New
foundland dog intelligent enough to
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-11-13
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF the Estate of Porter Clemmons,
deceased.

OF the Estate of Porter Clemmons,
deceased.
J. w. WADE ct al. VS.. PHEMIE GLEN
MONS ct al.-In Chancery Court of
Obion County, Tenn.
In this cause by order of the Chan
Gerry Court at its October term, 1903.
| hereby notify all of the creditors of
the estate of Porter Clemmons, de-
ceased, of the filing of this suit on be-
half of j. A. Wade and ali the credi-
tors of the said estate. And all such
creditors of said estate are hereby no
titled that they are to become parties
20 said aforementioned suit by petit
ton in said suit filed on or before the
First Day of February, 1904,
or they may be excluded from the ben
eft OF this proceeding. And on mo-
tion of complainants, the institution
of any separate suits, by any of such
creditors or claimants, against the es-
tate of said Porter Clemmons, de-
ceased, is hereby enjoined 1t is fur
ther ordered that publication of this
order be inserted in The Commercial,
a weekly newspaper published Union
City, Tenn. for four consecutive weeks.
This Oct. Is, 1908.
G. A. GIBBS, G. & M.
A. d. Keller, Pierce & Pierce, Cald-
well & Fry, Solicitors.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-11-13
CHEAP LANDS
For nomeseeker and Colonies.

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offers the greatest opportunities for
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In single season yield enough to paw
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