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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-05-31
FOUND.

FoUND.-Bunch of keys. Owner may
have same by proving property and
paying for ad. Record Office. Taft
FOUND.-Pair Of horses. Owner may
have same by proving property and
paying for this ad. Perryman's
place. 3 miles East of Hagerman.
TIT.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-05-31
FOR SALE OR TRADE.

For SaIe or Trade.-SJ. Louis well
drilling machine, with six horse
power portable gasoline engine. All
complete and in good running or
der. Apply to G.. d. Stewart, 7OS
Penn. ave. 56tf
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-05-31

Ben Daniel, h contractor ON the
Barnett and Morrow dam at Hager-
man, returned to his work last even
ing after visiting his family here.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-05-31

loST-Purse from Shelby hotel, du-
ring the ire excitement. Return to
tbs Shelby hotel or to Record of
fce--Mrs- J.. +. Lehman.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-05-31

Home grown. fresh from patch ev-
cry day. n block w. p. o. at Sacra-
mento Meat Market and Cold Stor-
age. 5stf.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-05-31

Good room and board at 2os North
Penn. 76t6
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-05-31
Strawberries.

Artesia. n. M.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23

chalk all over the picture till it is com pletely covered, and so thckly that it does not show through anywhere, but presents clear. white surface. Get an easel on which to stand your pie ture, some paint brushes and a paint CTS palette on which are some various colored paints. all hard and dry. so that they will not stain anything, and you are ready for the trick.
 Do not let your friends come too near the easel. but seat them at the other end of the room. On the ledge of the easel on which your picture rests must be a small glass of water Dip your brush in this, pretend to mix the paint on your palette and begin to make brush strokes on the picture The moistened brush will bring away the white covering of chalk. and as you continue to make strokes with your brush the picture will appear, looking exactly as if you were painting the colors on the white surface.
 In very few minutes the chalk will be entirely gone and the complete pie ture will stand forth for your friends to gaze at and admire.-People's Home Journal
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
The Hardest Word.

Jack threw his book wearily aside and put an ugly frown on his face.
 What is the matter now, Jack?' asked Amy, his sister. |.
 "Oh. dear me-" he sighed there are some of the very hardest words in the world printed in the reading lesson. l can't pronounce them.'
 You have no idea what the hardest word is," said his father.
 Well. what can it be-" asked Jack, II thought that the very hardest word was in that book.''
 Well, Jack" answered his father, "the hardest word is composed of two letters"
 Why. father, l don't see how 1t could be the hardest" said Jack in sur prise.
 "The word of which am talking is spelt no, 1t is the very hardest word there Is, you may not believe 1t, but you will find it true before the day is past"
 Jack wanted to learn what his father meant, but his mother called him and his sister to go to school. The last words his mother said was Now. chill dren, do not go on the pond for it is not strong enough to bear yet"
 Amy remembered the word her fath- CT had spoken of and understood what he meant. Jack thought no more of it. They met some other scholars and Jack went with the boys, while Amy went to the school house with the girls.
 "Jack," said one of the boys, let's go skating"
 T have no skates" said Jack.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
Schoolboy of Today.

A remarkable change in the nature of school boys is discussed by the su- perintendent of public instruction of Washington. He says they no longer mar their desks. The crude, spra WI ing initials that, in olden days, were carved deep into the desks no longer appear Even scratches and ink stains of barbaric design are missing. The school boy of today. in Washing ton at least. has become good or his activities are exhausted in other chan nels. Supt. Stuart inclines to the lat ter theory. He says that the motor activities of the child. when not re- strained. lead to desk cutting and such. In Washington, he ayers, these actvi- ties have been directed into peaceful and productive agents for the accom- plishment of good and are controlled by a purposeful intelligence" He be- lieyes the changes have been brought about in the boys mainly through the manual training school and the i'm proved environment of all the schools
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23

as the great steam excavator shown in the illustration performs in eight hours. The burning sun or rain in tor rents has no terrors for this mammoth earth -devouring monster. The scene Is from a photograph of the construc- ton work on the irrigation canal in Colusa County, California. The arti- ficial river thus created Is six miles long, 100 feet wide, and 35 feet to the top of its banks. The Sacramento riv- CT furnishes the water which makes fertile 156,OOO acres of fruit ranches.
 The excavator travels on it's own railway tracks on each side Of the canal, and as the work proceeds the track is taken up and relaid ahead of the machine.
 The steel buckets, which have sharp, cutting edges. move constantly by means of endless chains, and empty their load of earth first on one side, then on the other. Wide endless belts carried on rollers carry the earth to the sides of the ditch.
 All these movements of the machine
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
A CONFESSION.

Do you remember, little wife.
 How years ago We two together Saw naught but love illumine life In sunny days or winter weather? Do you remember how we two Would stare ina each others eyes. Til all the earth grew heavenly blue. And speech was lost in happy sighsf Do you another thing recall, That used to happen often then: How. simply passing in the hall. Wed stop to smile and kiss again? Do you remember how I sat
 And. reading. held your hand in mine, Caressing it with gentle pat
 One pat for every blessed line? Do you recall while at the play
 Through hours of agony we tarried? The lovers griefs brought us dismay; Oh, We rejoiced when they were mar
 ried. An. me, twas years and years ago When all this happened that l sing. And many time the winter snow Has slipped from olive slopes of
 spring. And nOw-oh. nonsense, let us tell A fig for laugh of maids or men. 1onll hide your bushes? I'll not. We'll We're ten times worse than We were
 then. -Canturv
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23

sentence of rebuke was still unrecalled Porter refused the post
 David Porter had been gallant officer in the war against the pirates of the Mediterranean States; he had been imprisoned when the ship Phil adelphla had been captured; he had won some of the most important en- agreements in the war of 1872; he had shown his true patriotism upon every occasion. But when he had accepted the apologies of the authorities of Foxardo, Porto Rico, for an insult to the American officer who, under the orders of Porter. had gone to demand restitution of some confiscated Amer ican property. he had been recalled and suspended.
 Years later. Thomas Hart Benton. who had been present at the trial of the sailor, thus expressed his opinion of him:
 Humanity was ruling feature in his character" and of this he gave constant proof-humane to the enemy, as well as to his own people. Patriot ism was a part of his soul"
 Long ago the memory of the old patriot was vindicated. Now it is enshrined among the memories of oth- CT men who have fought and suffered contumely for their sense of duty and right,
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
The Lightning Artist.

Here Is dainty little trick by which you may successfully fool a number of your friends. who cannot possibly de- tect the deception if you are at all care ful about it.
 Get a picture of some size-say about three feet square. although a much smaller one will do. This pie ture may be painting. on a regular painters canvas. or a colored print if you canot ohtan the former. If you select print. mount it carefully by pastng it on a piece of stiff, white cardboard SC that the edges of the white cardboard project some inches beyond the outside of the picture.
 Now take n piece of chalk and pow der it very carefully till it is as fine as dust. Now spread this powdered
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
Now It's the Deadly Toothbrush.

Now the toothbrush has been put under the ban of the medical experts. A British authority comes out with the statement that in addition to car rying germs concealed among its bris. ties it is one of the causes of appen- dicitis. The germs can be killed by washing the brush in an antseptlc solution, it is admitted, but it is not so easy to get rid of appendicitis. This dread, but fashionable, malady is caused, says the British physician. by the bristles becoming loosened, being swallowed and lodging in the appendix. Thus far no suggestion has been made for substitute for the toothbrush.-NewY York Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23

She was a charming little lady, with fair hair and a pair of laughing blue eyes. But now they were far from laughing.
 She stamped her dainty foot and tossed her pretty head with an air of lofty disdain.
 ''The idea So he's like all the rest is he-after gold. He ought to have done better. Well, he shall have a chance. If he doesn't like to break it, l do."
 After thus giving vent to her feel ings she rushed franticaly down the stairs and rejolned her father.
 The next morning Jack Rowlands had a shock. Instead of the usual billet doux' from Edith came a rather bulky parcel Quickly opening it, he found all the little love tokens he had sent her. There was the volume of Moore's poems she had treasured so much. diamond ring, and a good sized bundle of love letters.
 On gilt-edged correspondence card he read these words:
 T don't wish to see you again.
 EDITH GRETTON." Tenderly taking up the parcel, he locked 1t away in his desk.
 What was the meaning of it all?" he asked himself repeatedly.
 
 The next morning Edith and her father were on their way for long planned vacation in Europe. In few words she told him she had broken" with Jack, but he could learn nothing further. She was terribly upset and unhappy.
 70, how much she loved him. How unworthy he was of any girls lovem
 At first the beautiful Swiss moun- tains and the lovely scenery around Berne helped to divert her thoughts. but at best the time dragged wearlly. Her father saw all this, and looked eagerly forward to the time when they should go home. He hoped the little rift was but lovers quarrel.
 But how was Jack farng all this while? He was going from bad to worse. From the day he received Edith's parcel there was a marked falling off In the quantity and quality of his stories The editors called his attention to It.
 All the ladies were portrayed as ter rible vixens, while heroism and trust ing faithful love were the sole prop erty of the men. In fact, real interest in his work had gone. He would shut himself up for weeks
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
SECRET OF YANKEE SUCCESS.
Americans Not Chained to Failure by
 Precedent, Says English Writer.

Precedent, Says English Writer.
 In that place called Monte Carlo every time the wheel turns and the ball rolls into its place It marks a fresh condition of the game, an abso- lutely new chance which has nothing whatever to do with anything that has gone before or is to appear in the fu- ture. says a writer in the London Ex- press. Each spin is the year one of the bank. Therefore the bank wins.
 America has appreciated the year one and that fact has not been uncon- nected with Yankee success. You will find that man loses money as a farmer. mechanic, book canvasser. and suddenly rises to wealth as a builder. The peg has found the hole at last.
 An Englishman. unapprecative of the year one, would have been chained to failure by the precedent of cen turies. He would have argued that he had always been farmer, that his father was farmer and his uncle was a dairyman. Therefore 1t was plainly impossible that he could ever make money as builder. In conclu- sion he would have quoted you that falsest of all proverbs, "A rolling stone gathers no moss"
 I say false" only in the English ap- plication of the ancient proverb. For otherwise it is an up-to-date motto enough The rolling stone of to-day remains polished and fit for business. The stationary stone is liable to ac- cumulate such quantity of moss that it Is only fit for cushion-to be sat on by all and sundry.
 There is in America to-day an ex- republication of the principle of the year one in a newspaper proprietor with some fS0,OOO year to his credit. Until he was over 30 years of age he was a farmer, and not very efficient farmer at that Then he started his paper and away he went on the road to success. How many of our farm CTS could change their trade after 90?
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
MhnnIo ENerc ae.

When to exercise is an important consideration. If the morning only Is Particularly is this the case if one is engaged in any work. The supply of energy must not be drawn from at the beginning of the day. The afternoon is perhaps the best time for exercise, when one has gained strength from the absorption of the morning and noon meals. Those who exercise wig orously at night should eat mid day dinner. Exercise should always precede bathing, and not, as a rule, fol- low it. In this respect the ancient Greeks showed great wisdom. Exer- else and bathing they called the two
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
TRUST ALL IN THE FAMILY.
Drummer Clashes with a Close Com
 bination in Nebraska.


 bination in Nebraska.
 lowing to a railroad smash-up got left in little Nebraska town one night a year ago., said the drummer, and the way 1 came In contact with trust made my hair stand up. It was d wretched town and a still worse hotel. My room was small and the bed was as hard as a board 1 got up feeling mean, and after a miserable breakfast l was ready to boil over. The boiling came when the landlord presented me with a bill for $4.
 "'Is this correct?' I asked as l look ed at the figures.
 Entirely so," he replied.
 "'Then you are blamed old high way robber!'
 The landlord had three sons, and when they began to mix in l turned on them and gave 'em some red hot talk. When I stopped for breath the old man, who turned out to be a jus tice of the peace, sat down in chair and calmly announced:
 "'Hear ye. Hear ye I now declare this court duly opened. James, have you any business?
 T have replied his eldest son, who announced to me that he was a con stable and that 1 was under arrest He then made charge against me, one of the other brothers testified as to my language, and his Honor fined me $1O. As the third brother hadn't takt il any part, turned to him and sarcasti- cally asked:
 "'Where do you come in:
 Me? he replied. oh. I'm the town marshal, and as you are evident ly a desperate character, shall lock you up for couple of days and then run you out of town"
 Tt was nice little family trust, you see," smiled the drummer. and couldn't beat 1t. I was locked up for forty eight hours, but l had to pay the hotel bill and the fine. and when was set at liberty and got my mouth open to say something else the jaiIer laid a hand on my arm and whispered:
 Don't do it. l am the old mans son-in-law, and if you kick against my jail he'll make your next stop twenty days ''-Detroit Free Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
A Little More Gold"

 7 DON'T think much of Miss Gret-
 ton. old man.
 Nor do I. now. When did you see her?'
 Last night. It's bad mess. You have wasted a lot of time over 1t. Yes. cant imagine what I was at I ought to have done better. 4 little more gold would improve mat ters'
 I'd break it. if I were you, and have done with It."
 "l hardly like to do that"
 The two speakers went out again. The moment they had departed a girl came out from curtained recess
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
Conquest st n, Great American Desert
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Pat and to the Point.

fAI ana 10 tHC
 MT. Paul Thieman, whoever he may be- says something in a recent issue or a Denver paper which is pat and to the point. We herewith produce the first few paragraphs of his article:
 When one beholds the complacent failure to comprehend the nature and condition of Far Western irrigation, 1t is maddening. I have seen one man, who Is thoroughly posted, almost break into wild tears of rage over the ever recurring evidences that the people at large, the people right here, the na- tional government, the State govern ments, do not appreciate national irri- gation, and that the public informa- ton and the individual knowledge of the subject at this time are strangely dense. The public is fed constantly with lovely articles about the grand national irrigation works under way, while the fact Is that all the great values mentioned concerning reclama- ton of the arid region are the result of private initiative and enterprise and capital.
 Few people understand that the na- tional irrigation fund is nothing but bulk of capital which may be advanced to build reservoirs and ditches, upon a guarantee that the owners of the lands to be irrigated will repay the cost to the fund. The national fund Is not to be depleted. but must be replenished by the payment back of the cost of the work, as assessed by the government engineers, and if signatures to such pledges cant be secured, the works proposed will not be built.
 Knowing that all government work costs vastly more than if done by prl- vate capital, and the United States failing to guarantee the limit of the cost, lots of landowners won't sign, and there you are. Meantime the gov ernment officials knock private enter prises and warn the people against them, when. as the situation stands, it is only private enterprise. in pro- noting irrigatio district bonds, In Col orado, at least, that is really doing any thing.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
O-II-G-H.

OUCH. Good morning. dear. So sorry that Your hands are in the dough- We're out sleigh-rding in the park. And hoped that you could gough." "Oh, never mind, Of Lakeside Park l never see enough. Please wait moment. and I'll get My hat, and cape, and mough. T think I'll take my boa, too: I've something of a cough. I'll leave the bread this time foF Nell. And now at last I'm ough. "Ah. fairyland, What sprites have
 wrought
 With snow and ice and bough. I'm sure the park has never looked So beautiful as nough. My cough? Well. really. believe I've just little hiccough. Which somehow in the mornings spin l have contriyed to piccough. "Oh. dear. the morn has quickly passed Too soon. it seems. we're through. Best thanks for delightful time, Although. my friends, adiough.' St. Nicholas
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
Discover a Water Supply.

Residents of the Pecos valley in New Mexico are excited by the discovery that underlying more than 6O0,OOO acres of desert land is apparently an inexhaustible supply of water. The fame of the region has spread through out the country, and even to portions of Europe. The water gushes from the ground wherever borings are made and pours over a thirsty land, trans forming it into a garden of almost re- markable fertility.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
Choice Made Easy.

"Young man." said the Irish magis- trate to youthful prisoner brought before him, II would advise you to make a full confession if you want to get off with light sentence" And if don't confess, then what:' asked the young man. "Oh, in that event" replied the magistrate, ''l shall prob ably have to acquit you for want of evidence"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
With His Uncle,

Jeweler-How long have you carried this watch?
 Customer (more or less run down at the heeD-Well, I've had 1t five or six years, but I haven't carried 1t much. It has generally been In the-er-keep- ing of a relatve-Chicago Tribune.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
Was His Own Dentist.

An old resident of Parkhurst, Me, of the Spartan type, recently had some teeth that pained him. He does not believe in doctors or dentists, so he made hook out of an old pail bail and extra cted the two teeth himself.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
Crashed the Opportunity.

Tess-Mr. Saphead gave you cam era for your birthday, didn't he?
 Jess-Yes, and we took 1t with us on our stroll through the country yes terday. Oh, what do you think? He proposed to me-actually Topped down
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23

It very often happens that his tory l'everses the $ Q n { Q c Q of q mans contempor- aries. Commodore David Porter wa 8 rebuked by h 1 s go yer II ment in 1S24; in 1929 An drew Jackson of fered to him his old place in the navy which he had lost: but since the
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23

pillars of strength. Exercise was Her cules and bathing Apollo. Both were regarded with equal importance, and neither was complete without the other.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23

During the courtship a man declares he cannot live without her-and after marriage he often finds it impossible to live with her.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23

are controlled by one leyerman, who may be seen in the cut standing on the platform on the left of the bucket. He has control of five separate levers, one for raising and lowering the buck ct chain, one for moving the car to the right. and another for moving the car to the left, and another for moving it forward on the side track. and the fifth controls the engine. The rapidl- ty and facility with which all these movements are made is surprising, es- pecially considering the momentum and immense weight of the car and bridge and the excavator's machinery, which is about 300 tons.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23

Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country "-Danipl Webster
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
Australian Seawe.ds.

No fewer than 1,132 different species of seaweed are found on Australian coasts.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
Milk River Irrigation Protect.

The Great Falls (Mont.) land office has received instruction to withdra " from all forms of entry 276,4S0 acres of land, in connection with the Milk river Irrigation project. Part of the tract withdrawn lies northwest of Havre, extending irregularly from the line of the Great Northern to the inter- national boundary, comprising part of the chain of lakes, reservoir sites and lands lying along Milk river and Sage creek.
 Another portion of the tract lies west of the Montana Central, between the Big Sandy and Box Elder creeks, and Is presumably withdrawn in connec- tion with the Marias Diversion canal portion of the Milk river projuct.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23
on his knees and.

Tess-What did you say?
 Jess-Why, I said, Look pleasant please and I do hope the picture will turn out well.-Stray Stories.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-23

Excavator for Irrigation Canals.
 A thousand men toiling with shovels and wheelbarrows from sunrise to sum- set could not accomplish as much work