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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-03-19
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Fire AZ Pierce Warehouse- Death 81
Misunderstanding Fire losses
From the Journal
A bran ueW girl Is announced A.
the home Of Mr and Mrs. y. b. VII.
Hams.
Patrick Coughlan of Tularosa was
Ia Alamogord0 Mr. Coughlan ls one
~ the pioneers Of the Tuhrosa valley
and owns one OF the most valuable
farms ia Otero county Last year he
leased his farm 20 W. O. Mcdonald OF
Carizozo ans now spends most of HE
time In California
Mrs Hart, operated on for append.
citis az the Alamogordo hospital last
week o. said 10 boz rapidly recover.
INK
The court house D. now rapidly
nearing completion. JamOs Quinlivon,
the plaaterer thinks he will finish his
work Saturday.
Az about o'clock Wednesday after.
noon Pierce'a warehouse caught iro
from the sparks from locomotive
standing near the building The blaze
was noticed almost az lie starting by
employees and Immediately extlnkuish.
ed. Il was very fortunate that en-.
ployes OF the Pierce company we're
NJ work In the building, a. otherwise
the warehouse must have burned.
causing a grest losa 20 the company.
A lady by the name of Burloeor,
Aiamogordo from Big Syringe, Texas.
hoping 90 benefit Mrs Burl8aon's
health. She suffered from asthma and
was very seriously 100 phen they ar.
rived here. aud died few minutes AZ.
Ger reaching the hotel The funeral
was held Monday morning and the
body laid 10 rest ln tho Alamogordo
cemetery Five sons are working Ia
the railroad shops here
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-03-19

a Remarkable Record" kld" Had.
lock- a well known m Paso engineer.
has made an unparalleled record run
of over 5000 miles. covering ten
states and territories. on crgino ggf
attached 90 tho Gould special. aaya
lho El paa0 News
The trlp waa maio without tho loaa
of a second Do time and vita no acct
dent of any character
Texas. New MoHico. Arizona. can
fornia. Nevada. Colorado. Missouri
Kansas and Arkansas were in turn
srayoraed ana tae run made over ne
rails of iho Texas a Pacific, Ei PaBe
q Southwestern. southern Pacific
Central Pacific. Rio Grando Western
uenYer a $40 Grande. Missouri IA
cine and Iron Mountain 1ystoma.
The engineer WAS 90 constant outs
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at is surprising how many New
Workers there are who do not know
that hey are living In tenement
HOUSES said one of the inspectors OF
the tenement house commission. Il
went into II tenement house In lower
Lexington avenue on an official visit to
inspect the plumbing 1t IN one of the
old houses of tie downtown district
and not II tenement in anything but the
official wording of the law.
81 want to inspect this tenement !
said 10 the woman who came to the
door of the second floor apartment.
"'What did you call ~ she de
manded severely
"'I'm II tenement house Inspector
explained, 'and the law says
"She did not let me get any further.
but burst In with: I'D have you know
this is not tenement Its respectn-
bic apartment house
81 knew my duty and | had II look
at the plumbing in spite of her pro.
tests. Finally, against her will she
WAS convinced that II really was II ten
ement house under the law.
"'Wcll. just wait till my husband
comes home she declared Wen have
to move. Just think If II ever got out
that we were living In tenement
house and had to be Inspected" New
York Tribune
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When the king Of Spain was ut Neres
he greatly admired II horse belonging
10 Senor Rivcro. one of the notabes of
the town. who ut once presented him
with the animal. The king refused the
gift, but the other dry Mt the pigeon
shooting at the Casa de Campo. near
Madrid. II match was arranged be
tween the king aud Senior Rlvero. The
stakes were, on the kings side, II gold
piece of 100 pesetns. and on Senior RI
yero's II souvenir of Here's.
Like slsIlful courtier Senior ltlvero
lost and sent the king the horse which
he had 50 much admired Ms II souvenir
of Here's. The king could not refuse
to accept, but he ut once sent the senior
one OF the best horses In the royal
stable In exchange London Sketch.
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story which shows the great effect
which an apparently tritiing thing Will
sometimes hive upon persons nfter
life Is told In connection with Wilkie,
the painter
One dHy, when Sir John Sinclair was
dining In company with Mr.. Willsie.
the artist was nstcd If any particular
circumstances had led him to adopt
his profession.
lind your father, mother or any of
your relations turn for paintings
inquired Sir John. What led you to
follow Tint art r
The truth is. Sir John" replied Mr..
Wllkic. you made me painter"
az" exclaimed the bnronet. why,
never had the pleasure of meeting you
before"
NO" responded the painter. with II
smile, but when you were drawing up
the statistical account of Scotland my
father, who was II clergyman IN Fife,
had good deal of correspondence
with You concerning his parish. and In
the course OF 1t you sent him colorcd
drawing OF n soldier In the uniform Of
your Highland Fencible regiment
IL was 40 delighted with this picture
that | was constantly drawing and
trying to color copies of II, and 1t wns
In this way, to the best Of my belief,
TINT my transformation into II painter
was gradually effected"
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The Sennnns

An east side educational worker who
Is teaching In n night school for newly
arrived Russian Jews WAS remarking
ON the difficulties of grounding them
IN English studies.
Some Of them come to MS with the
barest smattering of English words :
he said. and no knowledge of Amer
lean customs except the few ideas they
have picked up since landing. | WAS
trying To teach IA small class the sea
sons of the year the other day. .or u
time they did not seem to understand
what | was driving at Then the light
broke over the face of one young feel
low
81 know seasons he declared
allow many seasons are there IN the
year. | asked
Zone, two was the unexpected an
swer
"'What are they ! asked
Busy season and slow season.
came the answer. quite promptly.
"That young man will have saving
bank account before he has been acre
six months. New York Tribune.
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palm of his hand 1t was sealed by
having thin strip of paper pasted
over the Joining of the box and its
cover
Il suppose II never occurred 10 the
old lady that great. big. hulkiug
leather head" lingering lovingly over
the words, like Jack had not dared
TO tell the young lady
No one spoke. Hawarden sat In hor-
rifed silence. Finally Kathleen clyde
broke out earnestly. ITS will, of
course leaving Mr.. Ilnwnrden Il fine
estate in England, and
Hawarden pulled himself together
and came 10 Bruces side, trying To
smile
There's no one to leave me an es=
tate. Miss Clyde. | really haven't IL
relative in the world, and my parents
were poor people. | think the old
lady is not In her right mind | fancy
that what Alec calls II box Is really Il
sort of tin lockct and probably con
tains II portrait Of her lost nephew"
He paused MS If TO gather courage
to 20 on. and his face paled.
Pm sorry. you know" he said slow
ly. that Alec has told the story. but
there ~ only one truthful way for me
10 finish IT"
lie took the box from Bruce's hand
and passed II To Miss Stuart, saying
only. "Will you open the box"
Her beautiful eyes filled with tears.
and. with trembling hands, she tried
to break the seal. Peace Gray handed
her II palette knife. and ns the cover
flew Off they all crowded around.
Its nothing but postage stamp
cried Kathleen Indignantly. The hor-
rid old woman! I'd like to throw II
into the fire.
Miss Stuart dropped the box md
ran from the room. and II any one no
ticed that lIawnrdcn followed her no
one was silly enough to speak OF It,
Give me that stamp, Kathleen.
quick" commanded Miss Fnirlle "rhe
old lady's mind is all right" she add
ed after II careful examination. and
SO Is her gift This Is four cent blue
Mauritlus of the issue of 1917 and Is
worth Mt lenst $1,000. The negotiable
aunt has made Jack an easily negotl-
ated gift"
Hawarien heard the joyous eXcla-
nations that followed Miss I'nlrlie's
announcement and came In, holding
Miss Stuart bushing and emharrnss-
ed. by the hand
Are you sure. Miss Falrlef' he
nsled nnxiously.
Perfectly sure" she answered, with
the confidence born of knowledge
lone was sold few weeks ago In
London for 81 250."
"Er thought" he stnmmercd. 1T
IL only right that our friends here
should be the first to know TINT Edith
and | ARE engaged"
Two souls with hut IL single
stamp" quoth Alec. with mock solem-
nifty but the unfeelng remark was
lost In n shower of good wishes and
concentrations
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The sud faced young man knocked
timidly ut the door OF the suburban
house, and presently II was opened by
a woman with n stony eye.
81 beg your pardon" said the sad
faced young man In confusion. Il see
| have made n slight mistake. AS II
matter of fnct, | have here II most re
markable work on How to Become
Beautiful and Remain So Its price IL
30 cents. and but | can Zee, madam
that such n work would he useless to
you. you have the secret already Per
haps, however, there may be another
OF your sex In this house To whom the
priceless book would be Of valueT'
Yes" said she of the stony eye,
there is" And she disappeared. In II
few moments she returned, and with
her came II fifty pound bulldog.
The sad eyed young man slid down
those steps like thunderbolt in strict
training, and as he few he heard the
voice Of the stony faced woman: "This
In the only one In this house your
books any good to, Next time you
come talk to her, and don't try any Of
your hattery on me-"
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boat ON the farther side But 1t was
only after she had sIsken that she rec
ognized her husbands voice.
IF ii were not for certain knowl-
edge | possessed. Travis" he was say
ing. Il would not have urged the child
10 be my Wife long and dearly though
! had loved her. 1t was not even that
/ could help her family cut of dire
difficulty were | one of them nor yet
wholly because l was aware of the
unstable character of the man for
whom she had, | understood. n girlish
preference 1t was chiefly because
knew | could not live long. I've heart
trouble of an incurable kind. my doe
tors tell me. She does not suspect of
course She is all that is sweet and
pure and womanly But ii does me
good 10 know that one of these days
when she is free again she will have
the protection of my name even
though am no longer with her She
will he still young and beautiful wo-
man and very wealthy one You
understand. am only telling this to
you iii confidence. because you are
such an old friend, and l could not
bear TO have you doubt my motives.
Shall we walk on
They went back toward the town.
obliVious Of the two in the shadow of
the boat
Isabel rose quickly and looked out
over the tumultuous waste of waters.
n tiuctuant color WAS hot In her cheek.
Her eyes We're full of brooding bril-
lance Cameron had never seen in
them before
You heard?" she asked him You
knew that was my husband who
spoke?"
He nodded. misunderstanding her
emotion. If what he said Is true.
Isabel, will wait"
She ilared out ON him then He
would wait lie waS not I'll to brush
the shoes of that other man whom he
1outed, That other man whom she
honored whom she loved She spoke
IN no uncertain terms. lie quivered
with the merited sting of her disdaln.
But he understood AT last And when
she had flung away from him and was
walking rapidly back alone he follow
ed and caught up with her.
"I'll go away tonight. Forgive me If
you can. See. the mist is clearing OFF -
The silvery veil was rolling up like
scroll from the tossing. peevish bill
lows and the sun WIS shining forth.
dazzling Respondent
The mist has quite cleared" she
said And then lower, Thank God"
That night Robert Graemc. marvel
ing nj her greater gentleness of words.
the new tenderness of her smile. thrill
ed t. think that perhaps his one wild
dream wns coming true after all and
that he might win the love he so
cravcd
Dear" she said To him. eft is such
beautiful world. am finding out
that am happy
lie bowed his hend over her hand
that she might not see the rapture In
his eyes. And both found the silence
sweet
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Many people when away from home
find II difficult 10 sleep well In II
strange bed and arise In the morning
with SENSE Of having passed decid
cdly unsatisfactory night An old rail-
way official who ought to know, says
the trouble Is nil In the pillow. It's
the pillow first. last and always. He
has slept in many lands and under all
Imaginable conditions and years ago
came 10 the conclusion that with ones
own pillow Mt hand 1t mattered little
about the bed ON an extended tour lie
always takes his pillow with him,
slowing II carefully mt the bottom of
the trunk for future reference. IF |
could start life over again" he says, II
would learn to sleep without n pillow
thc only proper way but the nrt must
he acquired during childhood. The
next best thing Is your own pillow
wherever possible Try II and be con
WINGED Philadelphia Record
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WAITS IN AUSTRALIA.
The Stnte Finds Them Good Home.
md Illus M orphanngc.

The Stnte Finds Them Good Homes
md Iins y" orphanngc.
Australia is II continent without an
orphana@e. Il country without an or
phau Each waif is taken To receiv.
Ing house where It Is cared for till n
country home Is found The local vol
untecr societies canvass their neigh
borhouds and send TO the Children's
committee of the destitute board the
names of any families they have
found where children may be placed.
The chidren's committee selects the
home which 1t Judges is best adapted
TO the development of the child in
question
No child is plAeed in family so
poor that the child might suffer The
foster parent receives sum averaging
$l25 per week for the care of the
child and for proper clothing. When of
school age the child must be sent to
school The local volunteer committee
looks after Its care and culture, and
jealous ncighbors often assist In watch
Ing the growth and education of these
happy children.
When the child Is fourteen years old
he begins to work His earnings are
placed in the Postal Savings bank, aud
Mt the age of seventeen or eighteen lie
goes out into the world an independent
man. The state, ut IN expense of less
than $50 year, has raised n man or
woman to contribute to its wealth and
prevented the manufacture of II crlml
nal and the expense Of courts, prisons
and reformatorles
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a BRONZE FLOWER.
prettiest Morning Glory That Ever
BIoomcd Ia 81 Tomato Can.


While | dcyourcd my sandwiches,
finger marks and all. with mighty APP
petite at uoontime OF my first day Mt
work with the iron moldcrs Mike
reached over into nclghboring yard
and plucbed a crisp climbing morning
glory Holding the delicate blossom
up for my inspection, he said, Young
Teller, kin You make me one just like
that In hronze$" | was quite sure
could not. But" said he you
needn't think II can't be done. First
You get an old can. punch hole
through the bottom of ii With nail
and stick the stem of the flower
through the hole. leaving the blossom
inside See" | saw. Next you fill
the can with water and drop into the
water bit by bit nice fine sand. Mind
You. go slow After long time the
water will leak out. leaving the bios
som buried In the sand, but still In
good shape. Now you'll dry the whole
thing in the core oven and bake It,
That will burn the blossom to ashes.
Then If YOU have the patience To shake
II and shake II till all the ashes drop
out through the stem you'll be ready to
pour In Your metal, and IL You do as
tell Nou and make no mistake and try
about six times you'll have In the end
the prcttlcst morning glory that ever
bioomed in IL tomato can. Scribncr's.
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FRIENDSHIP.
II Imposes serious Duties tpon
Those Who Court It.

II Imposes serious Duties Upon
Those Who Court IL.
When mountaineering ripcns into
Into ones life" writes Mrs. Henry
Graham In the Onlooker Il don't think
that any one can or ought TO afford to
hive more than one or two really init
mate friends. II love has gone with
friendship that Is, II the gates of
paradise have been opened 10 you and
the guardian angel hus sheathed his
flaming sword and admitted you
through the portals then you must
hive given everything, and you have
very little left To give. A man can
have man friend and n woman II
woman. because there are places where
men meet men and women meet wo-
men alone, neutral ground where the
other sex cannot enter because of Its
limitations. and there real friendship
mny live and thrive ON the crumbs
which fall from the rich mans table.
For friendship implies something Sc
rious You must give of yourself. your
real self and once given II cannot be
taken bnci One has no right TO give
up IL friendship unless the other per
son agrees or unless II has become an
absolute imposslbility, and even then
all the obligations of II may survive,
while the delights of II die"
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OLIVER CROMWELL.
The Greatest Error of His Career
Was Charles Execution.


Was Charles Execution.
The greatest error of CromwelTs life
was the execution of the king. Not
that in this he showed himself man
of blood There was in him not
particle of the terrorist or of the pas
sion for regicide which slew the help
less king of France. lie had been pro-
voked no doubt 10y Charles double deal
ing, but he did not hate him, on the
contrary he was inclined 10 him and
had wished 10 come to terms with him.
Himself trimming with family affec-
ton. he had been touched by the sight
oil Charles with his children lie was
impellcd IL the fatal act by what seem
ed To him fell necessity and by the I'M
controlablc wrath of the army against
the king, whose pertidious maehina-
tons, While he WAS treuting with the
parliament for settlement had kin
died the second civil war. with the
Scotch Invasion, and brought them and
their cause once more into the eNtrem-
ity of peril 1t was at the prayer meet
ing of the soldiers ut Windsor, before
they marched against Hamilton. that
the kings doom was really pronounced
The secret treaty with the Scotch for
the invasion of England brought
Charles TO the block. and his offense
surely was capital, though its punish
mcnt was most III advised. The death
of the captive king set the king free
and ahsolved the monarchy; it put in
and great part of the nation. and
funk yism, far from being sickcned, as
Carlyle says II was, tlourished on the
martyrdom and has continued to flour
ish on It ever since. The success of
Ikon BasiliSe was the proof Goodwin
Smith in Atlantic
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A we'll known naturalist tells of an
experience In the lIebrides last sum
mer we saw great numbers of cells
actually leaving the sen and ascending
small clear stream which formed the
outlet to shallow loch." he writes.
"rhev varied In size from mere
threads to specimens weighing two to
three pounds each The migration con
tnucd for II whole week, and one day
we succeeded in capturing half a score
about nifty Yards away from high tide
mark These were offered to n high
land shepherd who. with n shrug and
grimacc, said. Och. sir would
llefcr eat snakes. "
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FREEBOOTERc..
In England They Were Moss Troop
ers, In ireland BoRtrotters.

tFs,
Moss troopers In olden days in Eng
land infested the marshy country of
Llddesdale and subsisted chiefly by
rapine. Such freebooters In Ireland
We're called bogtrotters, apparently for
a similar reason.
Sir Walter Scott, in the Lay of the
Last Minstrel" Introduces the word
thus:
A fancicd moss trooper. the boy
The truncheon Of spear bestrode
And round the hall right merrIly
In mimic foray rode.
This name was also given to maraud-
ers upon the border. Mr. Camden
calls them borderers and describes
them as wild and warlike people.
"They are called moss troopers" says
Fuller In long account OF them In his
"Worthles Of England" because they
dwell IN the mosses and ride In troops
together. They dwell In the bounds
or meeting Of two kingdoms, but obey
the laws of neither. They come to
church as seldom az the Goth of Febru-
airy comes into the calendar. Pear.
sons Weekly.
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THE |p AND THE ~"
why They ar~ Dotted and How the
Practice Originated.

The dot over the 81" originated In an
accent which WINS put over the letter
when doubled or placed next u II
practice traced back to the eleventh
century. In the twelfth century the
accent occurs in the combination of
''r' with other letters, and In the four
teenth century the accent was changed
to II dot first instance In MSS. 1877
which became universal when printing
made 1t inconvcnlent to retain both
forms
Originally ~ and "J" were modified
forms of the same letter. In the hf-
tccnIh century the ~ ut the beginning
of " rd was heightened and ornn-
mentally turned TO the left, while In
the middle of word It was unnltered.
Both forms were dotted, and after the
initial "l" became j." separate let
ter and II consonant. II still retained
Its dot This IL limited usually to the
small -" but abroad II may be seen
also over the capital letter. London
Telegraph.
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A Mares Nest.

A nightmare" was supposed by our
ancestors to be the Saxon demon Mara,
or Mare II vampire which sat upon the
sleepers chest and was regarded as
the guardian of hid treasure, over
which it brooded, M II hen over her
eggs. and the place where It sat was
termed the indus, or nest When any
one claims he has made n great dis
covcry which Is really no discovery Mt
all we say he has discovered mares
nest" n place where an imaginary
treasure Hes
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"I'n give you position as clerk to
start with" said the merchant, and
pay you what you are worth. Is that
satisfactory:
ooh. perfectly" replied the college
graduate, but er do you think the
firm can afford IT, Philadelphia
Press
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"Who's that unhappy looking fellow
over there"
That's Scrlbbler3. lie writes for the
funny papers"
ale doesn't look as though he had
any sense of humor."
..Who said he had Cleveland PLAIN
Dealer
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did You ever hear the alphabetical
conundrum Angelina"
NO. Augustus What Is it,
at is. When will there he only TWEEN
ty-fve letters In the alphabet
"Oh. never could guess that"
"lt's when L and are made one, my
darling"
"Whnt II nice eonundrum II is Au-
gustus"
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Just what He Meant.

"Charlcy, dear" said young Mrs. Tor
klns nfter her husband had been play
Ing II social game, why are you 30
often without money!"
"It Is due to the way | was raised"
"You mean reared. don't your
"No mean raised Washington
Star
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The law OF the harvest IL to reap
more than you SOW Sow I'M act, and
you reap habit. Sow n habit, and
you reap character Sow charac-
ter. and you reap destiny
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Lady docking for an apartment
like to see the Innitor, please. Assist
ant Did yez have nm appointment Wild
him? Brooklyn Life,
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nreIbentant.

Visitor But there Is an essential diff
ference between right and wrong
Convict Oh there wouldn't have been
30 much difference If had good law
yer.-Puck.