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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-12-01
This is Not News.

Anolito Contreros. the old Mexican
who has been in the police court
here hundreds of times on the plain
drunk and disorderly charge, appear
ed before Judge Peacock yesterday
afternoon. He was sentenced to ten
days in jail. and he will be engaged
in improving the streets for ten
days.
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The Beam Is There.

Remember admonished the rev.
erend gentleman. when you begin to
notice the mote in your neighbor's eye
your own
That's right" replied Sinnickson. cit
makes the average mans whole face
beam to find a mote In his neighbors
eye."-Exchange.
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The man who is always talking about
how much work he does should remem-
Der that some people work so hard that
they don't have time DO tell about it,
Atahiscn Glob0.
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A Car of Stock Horses.

J. M. Dickson left on last ven
ing's train for Blackwell. South Car
DINA, with a car Of horses which he
will DISPOSE of in the South Carolina
market. Mr.. Dickson will return I'm
about thirty days.
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Paste This Poem in Your Hat.

Where Doubt & Wait had failed.
And where the ruins of their enter
prise
Were scattered round in sorry heaps,
Offensive to the public's eyes.
The firm of Hopes& Try set MP.
And hung their sign above the
door.
There stands a fine establishment
Where failures ruins were before,
-Erom the Herald. 2
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Our School Advantages.

NJ. E. ellison of Bay City. Tex
as, who located here eight
months ago left yesterday tor
Artesia with his brother Chas.
Gibson who recently came here
on a prospecting tour. MI. Glib
son moved here to take advant-
ageof our superior public school
advantages and is well pleased
with Roswell.
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Territorial ofsIcers.

Territorial ofIcers.
Delegate to Congress-B. s. Rodey
Albuquerque.
Governor-Miguel A. Otero, Santa
Fe.
Secretary. w. Rayuolds, Santa
Fe.
Solicitor General-E. L. Bartlett,
Santa Fe.
Auditor-W. G.. Sargent, Santa Fe,
Treasurer. H. Vaughn, Santa Fe
Superintendent of Penitentiary-
H. O. Bursum. Santa Fe.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tom. Francisco Chavss, Santa Fee
Observation-Disclosures Emmett,
Santa Fee.
Commissioner of Public Lands
A. A. Keen, Santa Fe.
Adjutant General-W. r.. White
man, Santa Fe.
Travelling Auditor and Bank Elk
aminer-C. v. Stafford, Santa Fs.
Idu1S dAO ElOA Wd CA-1 -.
Otero, Santa Fe.
Public Printer. S. Duncan, Las
Vegas.
judiciary.
(Supreme Court.)
Chief Justice-W. J.. Mills, Las
Vegas.
Associate Justice-John r. McFie,
Santa Fee.
Associate Justice-F. w. Parker.
Las Cruces.
Associate Justice-B. S. Baker. AL,
~buquerque.
Associate Justice-W. H. Pope, of
Santa Fe.
Clerk-Jose D. Sena, Santa Fe.
District Court.)
First Distriet-(Counties of Santa
Fee, Rio Arriba, Taos and San JUAN:
Judge-John R. McFie, Santa Fee.
Clerk-A. M. Bergere, Santa Fe.
District Attorney-E. C. Abbott,
Santa Fe.
Second District-(Counties of Der
n%alillo, Mckinley, Valencia and San
dovaD:
Judge-B. S. Baker, Albuquerque
Clerk-W. E.. Dame, Albuquerque.
District Attorney-F. W. Clancy
Albuquerque.
Third District-(Counties of Dona
Ana, Sierra, Grant, Otero and Luna)
Judge F.. w. Parker. Las Cruces.
Clerk. P. Mitchell, Las Cruces.
District Attorney-W. H. H. Lew
ellyn, Las Cruces.
District Attorney-R. M. Turner,
counties of Grant and Sierra, Silver
City.
Fourth District-(Counties of San
Miguel. Leonard Wood, Quay, Mora,
Colfax and Union):
Judge-W. j. Mills, Las Vegas.
Clerk-Secundino Romero, Las We
gas.
61GNOA LIZ ~ ~. O4.1 /
counties of San Miguel, Mora, Leon
ard Wood and Quay, Las Vegas.
District Attorney. Leahy, coun-
ties of Colfax and Union. Ration.
fifth District-(Counties of Socor-
70, Lincoln, Chaves, Eddy and
R~oosevelt):
Judge-W. H. Pope, Socorro.
Clerk. e. Griffith. Socorro.
District Attornsy-A. A. Sedillo.
county of Socorro. Socorro.
District Attorney-W. H. III. Lew
ellyn, county of Lincoln. Las Cruces.
District Attorney. M. Hervey,
counties of Eddy, Chaves and Roose
velt, Roswell.
Federal Officers.
Surveyor General-M. O. Level
.yn, Santa Fe.
Collector of Internal Revenue-A
Z. Morrison. Santa Fe.
United States Attorney-W. B.
Childers, Albuquerque.
Assistant u. S. Attorney-W. C.
Reid, Roswell.
Assistant U. S. Attorney-E. L.
Medler, Albuquerque.
United States MARSHALL. NJ. For
lker, Albuquerque.
Register Land Omce-M. r. Otero,
Santa Fa.
Receiver Land Ofice-Fred Muller,
Santa Fee.
Register Land Ofice-N. Gales.
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TOSee that Every
Transaction is
Completed in an
Entirely Satisfac-
tory Manner.

That is My r1otto. To eliminate
Errors to the Fullest Possible
Extent; and in Handling Real
Estate use Every Precautiont to
Please my Customer andCLOSE
"A DEAL SATISFACTORY.
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kELLAHIN

Ii | can't sell you Real Es-
tate, u CAN insure your home
and BUSINESS against FIRE with
several of the strongest Conn.,
|paFies in the world.
SEEING Is BELIEVING. Call at
my office i'm ear of First Natl
Bank and have me show you
--n-
For Rent-Two nicely furnish
I'd rooms. Ipauire Al North
Missouri avenue. Nov. q BIT
For long time loans on farm
ands, see Richey & DeFreest.
166 ii
640 Acres
|leeded land near railroad in Artesian
district M.0p per acre. Cheapest land
n0d. RIcHEY II DEFREEsT.
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For Sale Cheap-Electric Light
Apply at RECORD, Office.
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Invested in Real Estate.

B. Hadley OF Cambridge, ILL.,,
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A L

General Transfer Business.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03
DEER IN CONNECTICUT
nOXinB as the Rabbits in
Australia.

Deer are becoming almost as much of
an annoyance to the farmers of Connec-
ticut as are the rabbits to those Of Aus
tralia, with this difference, that in the
latter country they can employ means
of self-protection to any limit they see
fit, says the Boston Transcript. But in
Connecticut, if a farmer sees a herd of
deer feeding on his corn or trampliug his
oats or browsing upon his apple or
peach trees, he can only use moral sua-
sion.
Were he to shoot an alien COW thus enc
gagged, he could probably settle for $50 or
$40, or whatever the market price OF the
beast might be; but if he shoots a deer,
it means a $500 fine or 30 days in Jail, or
both. The deer seem to have caught
on to the situation, and highly appre-
ciate 1t. The close season is continuous
there until June, 1911, at the end Of
which time, unless their present immu-
mites are Withdrawn, they would prob
ably be nor numerous than cattle.
They are gentle and confding creatures,
and of course they must eat. At the same
time, the situation is becoming form
liable, and it is receiving considerable
discussion by the press Of the state,
though even that is hard put to it to
suggest a practical remedy.
The New London Day observes, with
reference to the suggestion that there
should be an open season, during which
they might be hunted: Deer may be q
nuisance, they may destroy some prop
erty, but they are graceful and beautiful
animals, and they won't hurt the least
living thing. AS much cannot be said
of the average fool with a gun, who fan
cies he is a deer hunter. He may now
and then shoot a deer, but he is much
more likely TO put one Of his crazy bull
let's through the small boy gathering
chestnuts, or through a fellow-hunter. Z
Fresh meat Of all kinds is high, and
venison is good, but in our sister statei
is yenison, venison everywhere. but not
a bit to eat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03
N ARE NEVER IDLE.
LOahng Is an Art That Has Reen Ac
Guired Nv But Few Living
Creatures.

How isit that birds and beasts manage
to pass through life without succumbing
to ennui, Oh at least without being bored
nearly to death? Animals as a rule do
not loaf; it is not thus, says the India
Times, that they solve the problem.
Loafng is an art which but few living
creatures understand. Lizards, croco-
dies and c%haprassis are the greatest au-
thorities on the subject. Animals have
acquired the knack Of making much ado
about nothing; they have learned to be
very busy without doing anything. This
accomplishment obviously differs from
that Of lOafng, It Is one which animals
have brought to perfection, and of which
many human beings-chiehy women
are very able opponents. There is over
head a wasp busily exploring the holes
in the trunk Of a tree. Why he does this
he probably does not know; he has no
time to stop and think. He Is quite con-
tent to explore away as though his life
depended upon it. Five times within
the last six minutes he has infinitely i'm
spected every portion Of the same hole.
All his labor is useless in a sense; with
out it, however, the wasp would in all
probability die Of ennui. The wasp is
not an isolated case Most animals are
experts at frtttering away time; they
spend much Of their lives in actively do
ing nothing. Watch canary in a cage.
lie hops backward and forward between
two perehes, as though he was paid by
the distance for doing so? Look at 4
butterfly. It leads an aimless existence.
Nevertheless it is always busy. A bee
probably visits 20 times as many flowers
in the day as a butterfly; for all thatthe
butterfly is always on the move.
When speaking of the swift, i notice
how long It took to find the materials
for its nest, how it went afar to seek
that which was at its feet This, all
though the result Of stupidity. is doubt
less a blessing to the bird. Nest building
affords great pleasure TO the bird-the
more p~rotracted the amusement the bet
ter for the architect, The squlrreIlabor
from early morn till late eve laying ID a
store Of nuts. When one storehouse is
full the Industrious animal opens an
other, and then proceeds to forget the
existence Of the first. Lastly, animals
sspend nc inconsiderable portion of the
day in play. Nearly all the higher ami
mails indulge in play; some go SO far as "a
play regular games.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

be mad for four shillings, and the body IS
removed on a little wagon for q similar
sum. The graves arc leased. not sold
The charge for q five years lease Is el
for ten 81, for 90 ga and for 30 81.
Very stringent rules forbid the use Of
ceremonies or decorations snch as are
used at the funerals OF human beings
No cross may be erected over an animal
or bird, for all pets may be Inferred here.
There are no restrictions however,
as to the amount 81 expense which may
be incurred ID the monuments FOR the
graves. Many are expensive and elabo-
rate. Several consist of carvings ont q.
a solid block Of stone representing s
dogs kennel. over the door to which the
name Of the deceased animal Is placed in.
bold lettering. and generally On some
othet part Of the stone Is inscribed some
merits Of the animal or some words 81
sentiments
One very striking monument fin the
cemetery IS that Of q large peacock
which perches on a massive urn round
which is entwined a wreath. The base
TO this monument IS a huge jagged pile
Of stone. Another monument 81 special
interest and conspicuous both for it's
size and elaborateness is one erected to-
the founder Of the cemetery, George
Harmois.
The inscriptions on the monuments
are Of a curious and ia some cases e1-
~aggerated sentimentality. Tola Dorian,
the author. says Observation-Disclosures
that if she cannot accompany the dear
and noble animals, she does not wish
for Heaven; and on Follette's grave
q mourner has placed these words.
dear Toilette, thou who vert always
faithful and Intelligent, We regret thee
much; repose I'M peace. On tombstone
erected 10 BODY" it is declared that he
vas atoo a1ectionate to live The
Princess PignatelH has inferred her pet
"Emma' il the cemetery and over her
grave has placed q beautifully carved
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03
GOING NOME.


WHAT time, my dnyelonE labor done.
] drop my weary pen,
And following the setting sun
Am come back home again.
7 know no pleasure more complete,
No melody more glad
Ihan that Of loved voice so sweets
g boys. here comes your dadt"
She's always there ia rain or shine,
AS constant as can be-
With her wee boys, her boys and mlnes
Who wait and watch for me.
And how they shout and hail me I'M
Tho@ boys, and then she'll add
Her happy voice above the DIM
Now, boys. don't worry dad"
AS u they could! God bless the boysi
Id rather have them bring
The roof Town with their joyous noise
Than hear a Patti sing.
And there she sits as proud as j
And every whit as glad,
Though every now and then she'll cry:
Now, boys, don't worry d
II it should be the fates' decree.
And God forbid 1t may.
That AL these hearts should pass from nj
Ere have passed away,
God grant that when i come to die
be not deemed SO bad,
But 7 may hear a loved voice cry:
"9t boys here comes your dad!'
[Gatholc Standard and Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

There is an ancient ceremony ia
connection with marriage in Corea
that is fast passing away, Tt Isl called
"Po-sam A week or two before the
wedding the parents of the bride con-
suit a fortune-teller to find what win
be the future Of their daughter.
Should they learn that she will become
a widow within twelve months they
will inveigle a boy into their house,
a mock ceremony will be performed,
after which the boy will be s~trangled.
The bride, thus becoming a widow,
deceives the spirits and viii be mar
ried to her betrothed husband with the
assurance that he has naught to fear.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03
WHEN sLAv MEETS JAP.
In the End Weight win Tell, But
There VIII BE a Warm
Time Of 1t.


It will be something to see the Rus
slams light the Japanese. 1t win be
nearer demonstrating what happens
when the irresistible force meets the i'm
movable object, than anything that
has occurred in a long time, writes
o. K. Davis, former war CORE
spondent. of the Threatened strug-
gle, In Everybody's. In the end
weight may tell, and Russia win, but
it will be only after some desperate and
spectacular fighting, in which 1t is by no
means sure that the Russians will have
all the advantage. Behind entrench-
ments, there is not much choice be-
tween them. In the open field the Jap
anese should be victorious, other things
being equal, because of their astonish-
ing mobility. They viii go around
the Russians very much as the cooperin
the old adage went around his barrel.
But after that, what ? Admiration of
the Japanese is unavoidable for one who
has seen them inactive service, but one
who has seen the Russians will never
forget the impression of mass they give.
Contemplation of struggle between the
two always brings up a picture of a small
may trying to stop a great stone from
rolling down hill by getting in front of
it. He may check it at the start, but it
gathers momentum as his strength
wears out, and it will overthrow him at
last and crush him.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03
homeless Chndren cared For.

Forty-fve thousand homeless chill
dreh have been sent TO Canada from
Great Britain and put in good homes
during the past s. years. Last year for
every child that was sent there were
five applications on file with the So
cieties engaged in the work of rescuing
the waits. Consequently British.
philanthropists, who know how care
fully the children are looked after in
their new homes, think that the NUM-
Der sent from the overerowded British
cities to the spacious colonies &. could be
increased with profit to the empire as
well as to the children. 1t IS 8 good
way to saw men and make a nation.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03
A JAMAICA WAKE.
Practice That Is Common Amons th'
Negroes OF the West
Indies.

The peasants Of Ireland are not the
only people who wake" a corpse.
The practice is as common among
the negroes of Jamaica IN the West In
dies, but they are nor generous than
the Irish3 they give the deceased TIVE
wakes instead Of one, says the st.
Louis Republic.
The first wake is held on the first
night after death, the second on the
ninth night, when the ghost is sup
posed to hover around the house and
require Precipitation.
The wake starts with a procession of
the mourners to the grave, where a
white cock is sacrificed to make the
perturbed spirit rest. Then they re-
turn to the house, Light a number Of
candles and fortify themselves with
immense quantities of rum and food
One after another the mourners yell
at the top Of their voices to the ghost
they imagine to be present. telling
him how much they loved him and
what an excellent man he WAS. Hymns
are sung, and then the spirit is sup
posed to be placated, and the mourn
ers are free to have a good time.
A feast, or eating match, follows.
and most of the guests get drunk on
strong testate rum, which is prae-
tically proof spirit. Boisterous games
are played, and favorite native songs
are sung.
The corpse is not usually present at
a jamaican wake, as It is at an Irish
one, because in a tropical country
burial almost Immediately follows
death. At the nine night, as the
negroes call the second wake four
men take up the sheet on which the
dead man expired, Holding it by the
corners. they shake it violently, CALI
ing out.
BREEDER Dead Mani BREEDER Dead
Man! Ann YOU dere2 Here's you ole
frien's den, come fer talk wild you.
M you love we. don come outH
There follows a few minutes 81 terri
fed silence. VIII the ghost appear
and cause trouble? II he does not. the
mourners heave q sigh of relief and
conclude that their efforts have qniated
the restless spirit forever Then they
start in to enjoy themselves again
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

er ploWed h with his mule. an your
dad platted IL an by himself, an, you
was 10 do the hoein' an diggin'. Il don't
blieve we've struck a lick in It yet"
don't blieve have" acknowledged
Gabe, frankly. But whatn ye givegs
Why, ] thought they was your we'd
din taters, said Bill, wonderingly. 2
heered Cooner say they'd be 40 bush-
els, an that We could sell 20 an have 20
fer a winter put by
Yes, I heered him say that myself.
smiled Gabe. But, see here, Bill, I amt
a henderin' Of nobody. Bet likes you
better'n she does me, an you like her
an the wust thing her dads got ag'in ye
is that ye'd take her away. He don't
want her to leave. Now, there's ten
acres that joins bfz en- she ether
an It a be had for $50. heered the
owner say SO. Can We raise SS0?' anX-
iously.
7 might, part Of it, an the rest when
this baTks done"
Wei" In a relieved voice, you GIT it
quick's We can. The owner'd take half
down, an wait for the rest. He told me.
so. He tried to sell it to me, but I didn't
want no land to work. But We must
hurry. The preachers comm up in two
weeks, an We van to be ready. Old
CooneF'n be all right, longs We own ten
acres finin' an two acres Of taters."
AN ven give up Bet" incredulously.
Longs she likes you best, Of course.
[ amt comm in between nobody that
way, Bill"
Bill looked at him earnestly, then his
face cleared, and he extended bis hand.
You're the best fellow that ever
was, he cried, heartily, al I'm sorry
for anything I've said or done. III be
your friend after this. Now, whatu We
take for the taters?'
"0h, that's all right" easily. when
ye're married an settled up there I'll
let We do my chores when / have any,
SO 'twon't cost We nothin' but work"
Gabe went directly to Cooner, draw
ing a long face,
"That Bill Tanners too smart for
me" he grumbled. Il went down there
thinkin' l could make a trade, but he's
got my taters an I amt got a thing to
show" He waited long enough for his
words to have their full effect, then
added: 81 blieve III go out to Mexico
or Maine, or somewhere that way. The
only thing is it'll be right hard fur Bet
to go so fur, but mebbe she can stand
it,"
'Bet-go to Mexico or Maine!" ale
most shrieked Cooner. why, you
you plumb idiot! Bill Tanners wuth a
dozen Of We. Bet1I stay right here.
Now, you be gettin' off"
"But / thought"
Thought nuthin'," angrily. Cit
along with ye."
Gabe went with downcast head until
he got beyond view Of the cabin. Then
he began to- chuckle.
Much Of the next two weeks he spent
upon his back, with his face to the sky.
But when the wedding day camelhe was
among the guests, smiling and happy.
and with his hair cut in honor Of the
momentous occasion. Mary Bet drew
him aside at the first opportunity, her
eyes moist with grateful tears.
ooh, Gabe, she whispered, happily.
Il shan't ever forgit what you've done
for Bill an me. 1t was fine the way We
got round dad, an so smart. II never
s'posed We had it in ye. Bill told me ali
about it, an we won't ever forgit. Ye
must come jest as often as ye can an
eat with us. IN. Y. Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

A new virus called sdanysg is
made in France, and is claimed to
be harmless to domestic animals, but
fatal to rats. Bread impregnated with
it was scattered in docks, vessels. rail-
way stations and schools Ia Marseilles,
and over a thousand rats were de-
stroyed in a single day. The final re-
suits of the experiments will be eager
Iy awaited.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

"At the battle Of Chickamauga,
said the captain, "the administers of
the Eleventh Ohio were SO close to the
confederate lines it was dangerous to
move in any direction, The men were
behind trees along the line, and the
officer commanding the skirmishers
was behind a tree in advance Of his
men and nearer the c~onfederates. Inn
mediately behind the captain was Cor
poral James Mclaughlin. Calling from
behind his tree the corporal asked,
Who's ahead Of you, Cap. The cap
tain replied: NO one Thereupon the
corporal remarking, We'll, / won't
stand that, left hlsN tree, and ran to
another a rod in advance of the cap
tain, where he remained to the last -
Chicago Iuter-Ocean.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03
Uncle Renhen So,

Il hain't 1udgin' no man by de way
he talks. Ize had a mar yell me outer
his co'nheld and run me half a mile,
an afterwards present me wild two doz-
en- ears, an I'ze had a man talk SO
soft an sweet dat it brung tears to my
eyes, an den charge me 80 per cent In
terest on money loaned on de family
SEWN machine. Detroit Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

Mrs. Dove-Henry, Il think you are
positively cruel. Here I've tried
hard to cook you a nice dinner, and
you haven't had a word to say to ms
about it.
Mr.. Dove-Darling. I love you too
much for that. If I'd said what
thought you'd never speak to me
again.-Boston Transcript.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

Didn't you old employers recon-
mend your"
ooh, yes"
Their word should have been
enough.
1T was They announced me as the
best man they yer turned out. Gin
oinnad Commercial Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

$50 you failed to enjoy your hunt
ing expedition. Shot nothing. i sup-
poser
con the contrary, I shot ssgeral Of
the party!" Life.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

The worth Of a library consists ia
the use you make Of #, not in the nuns
Der Of books it contains.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

monument on which are Inscribed the
words: THE sole friend Of a wandering
and desolate life Another stone bears
the words. He was not large, but he
had good teeth. ii marks the grave OF
a dog named Bijous8 who saved bis
mistress from the attack Of 2 criminal.
The grave Of an English dog named
Bob has q ane monument 90 mark IL.
The visitor TO the cemetery win not
fail to notice near the entrance q TOW
ofbattered and dedt0mbsto and
win be filled with curiosity to know
what they are. These are the stones
which have been removed from the
graves on which the leases have expired
and which the owners have failed to re-
new through neglect Of forgetfulness.