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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
In the families OF wealthy MeXicans
the luxury Of the pinata often mounts
.,,%o ho, Nd

In the families OF wealthy MeXicans
the luxury Of the pinata often mounts
into thousands.
After the ola is decorated to the taste
it is filled. The filling consists Of pea
nuts, hazel nuts. hard candies, like
marbles, and all kinds of Mexican
dulces. These dulces are candied fruits.
nut paste, etc.
Christmas night the pinatas are car
ried in great state into the sala and
suspended from the ceiling one at
time. All the relatives of the family
are present, and as cousins of the fifth
and sixth degree are recognized and
children are very numerous there is
generally large gathering. They all
sit very demurely on chairs ranged in
row around the walls of the room.
One person is constituted master of
/ ceremonies the eldest son or daughter
Of the house. He or she stands in the
middle Of the room. Near by is jar
or umbrella stand filled with apisaco
| canes or sticks. When everything is
ready child or grown person is Sc
lected and called by name. She comes
| forward and is blindfolded.
Then the fun begins. The person
blindfolded Is turned round and round
until she loses all knowledge of where
the pinata hangs. A cane is put in he,
hands, and she is told to hit the pinata
and try to break it. She is given three
chances. If she fails to hit it she sits
down amid laughter and ridicule. II
J she hits it without breaking it she is
entitled to a small prize.
And so it goes on. one after another
being called up. blindfolded and given a
cane and three chances to break the
pinata. Finally one more fortunate
than the rest succeeds in giving hard
enough blow, and, crash, the pinata
falls to the grounds in hundreds of bits,
and its contents are scattered far and
wide.
A wild scramble ensues. Everybody
PUSHES forward to gather as much Of
the spilled contents as possible.
The fortunate breaker of the pinata
gets a handsome prize and Is awarded
the seat Of honor. He or she sits down
and Is debarred from another trial at
breaking another pinata. AS soon as
the confusion dies down and order Is
somewhat restored another ola is hung
up and the same routine gone through
So the fun continues until the last pima
Ia is broken, and then the prizes az
awarded.
The pinata party is the great social
and fun making feature Of the Christ
mas season. After the pinatas have
been broken and a supper has beer
served there follows dancing. or a trav
cling company Of Indians from thu
mountains is brought in to sing ant
dance in native costume.
These travelling Indians are some
what like the singing bands which g
around at Christmas time from hous
to house in England, Germany. Franc
and Italy. They have been known an
popular in Mexico from time immemo
rial. The are much in demand durin
the Christmas holiday season.-Kansa
C3t.- Star.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
THE IDEAL BED.
An Automatic Invention That Should
Meet With Success.

An Automatic Invention That Should
Meet With Success.
Cubleigh scowled at the man who
dropped into the seat beside him III
the smoker and was taking a small
brass model from his satchel.
II told you going in on the train
this morning." he said, that have no
time to spend looking at that thing. 1
don't want bed Of any sort or de-
scription. furnished my home only
a year ago and have everything 1 re-
Quire for the present" And he turned
resolutely to his newspaper.
pardon my persistence" replied the
agent, "but wish you would look at
this bed before you give final an
swer. You were in bad humor this
morning. l have inquired about you.
Before you married year ago and
came to live in Meekville you lived in
q steam heated bachelor apartment on
Madison avenue. The place was warm
when you got up in the morniL:;
When you wanted your breakfast all
you had to do was to touch the bell
Am not right2 All, thought so.
"And Mrs. Cubleigh," continued the
agent, proffering cigar, ''she was in a
girls college until year before her
marriage, where she never heard Of
frozen water pipes, damp kindling
wood and a No. 8 stove that acts like
the Old Harry when the wind isn't just
J right. Right again? l thought 30.
Now, you are having the usual run of
luck with servant girls; no better and
no worse than the average commuter.
When you get girl that can work she
won't stay. When you hire one that
will stay she won't work. In brief,
you can't get them out Of bed In the
morning. You have to light the fire
yourself half the time. Your wife hus.
ties to make you cup Of coffee in time
for the 7:16
"Now, Mr.. Cubleigh, this is a model
Of the ideal servant girls bed. 1t is a
dandy. II did patent it myself. The
necessity for 1t is based, sir, on thirty
years experience with servant girls IN
the suburbs. know 'em. This bed IL
set with a spring, adjusted with mech
anism somewhat similar to an alarm
clock. You set 1t before the girl goes
to bed. At the specified time it goes of
The servant is gently but firmly toss
ed out of bed. She lands ON her feet
on the floor, wide awake.
"Then the bed automatically folds It
self upright, like the sides Of a fire
screen. The spring lock snaps, and the
girl cannot open it again II she tries
It Is simply impossible for her to drol
back on the pillow for another forty
lwinks. There is only one thing for hel
to do-dress and 60 downstairs to ligh
the fire and get breakfast. Seer
Certainly, Mr.. Cubleigh. I'll be a
your Office In the morning with III,
price list."-New York Press.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
amusement in Spain. 1t is part OF that
solemn ritual which enters into the
whole life of the people.-Twentieth
Century Home.
Tree That Turns to Stone.

There is a tree that grows in Mexico
called the chijol, or stone tree. 1t is
Of enormous proportions, both in cir
conference and height. 1t has num-
Der of branches spreading out widely
and carrying leaves Of yellowish
green color. The wood is extremely
fine and easily worked in a green state.
1t is not given to either warping OF
splitting. The most remarkable thing
about it is that after being cut the
wood gets gradually harder, and in the
course of few years it is absolutely
petrified whether left in the open all
or buried in the ground. From this
timber houses can be built that would
in a few years become completely fire.
proof and would last as long as though
built Of stone.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
THE HALL OF FAME.

Professor Trombetti, recently ap-
pointed to the chair of Semitic philol-
pgy at Bologna, was once barber.
Oregons junior United States sena-
tor, Charles w. Fulton, Is classed as
one Of the brightest legal lights in his
state
Joseph w. Folk of Missouri will be
the guest OF honor at the banquet Of
the Missouri society Of New York on
March 16.
Harry Mitchell, an actor of New
York, has celebrated his sixty-eighth
anniversary on the stage. He is dean
Of the profession.
Eugene Gilbert Blackford, an author
ity on two continents 6Dr everything
pertaining to the fishing industry, has
just died In Brooklyn.
President Roosevelt has presented to
the National museum as souvenir
several articles composing an outfit Of
the Guachos Of the South American
plains.
John F. Boyd and wife have given to
the city Of San Rafael one Of the beau
ty spots around San Francisco bay,
finely laid out grounds Of twenty acres,
with large and handsome building, IN
memory Of their dead relatives.
Just before he left the pension office
Commissioner Ware was asked for a
Recommendation by a Waterman. This
is what Ware wrote: Dear Jackson
II you are not in heaven when I get
there, I'll fix it to have you trans
ferred."
Lawrence Jones, a Jewell county
(Kan.) man, recently saw a nail stick.
ing up through a board. Remarking
that some one might get hurt on 1t. he
gave it a kick to bend or break it. In.
stead, however, it went through his
shoe and gave him blood poisoning
from which he recently died, a victim
to his thoughtfulness for other people.
"Stay in the harness and thus avoid
growing rusty" is the motto Of Judge
John ]. Jackson of the United States
court for the northern district Of Wes1
Virginia. He enjoys the distinction Of
being the oldest member of the fedora
/ judiciary and has the longest record O.
service. He was appointed in 1851 b!
President Lincoln, and he is now eight!
/ years old
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
A FROLIC IN MEXICO
BREAKING THE PlNATA DURING THE
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL.

This Mfrth Provoking Pastime Is the
Great Social and Fun Making Fea-
ture of the Season-Dressing and
Filling the OLA.
Christmas in Mexico is not the typ
ical Christmas of cold and snow and
ice, but one Of bright, warm sunshine,
cloudless blue skies, flowers in profu-
sion, trees in full foliage and life Of
out of doors.
At least a week before Christmas in
the principal streets Of Mexico arches
are erected from sidewalk to sidewalk,
festooned with wreaths of flowers and
bunting in the national colors-red.
white and green. Under the arches
booths are erected, and every toy man
ufactured in Mexico is on sale.
In every Mexican house great prep.
arations are made for what is called
the "pinata." Every child begs and
scrapes and saves the centavos for
weeks and months ahead. All kinds of
articles are made especially for this
ceremony, and every family vies with
its friends and neighbors to have its
pinata more beautiful and fanciful than
any one else's.
The pinata is really an earthenware
utensil which is in general use for cook
ing. 1t is called in common parlance
an ola and is of brown pottery some
thing like the old fashioned earthen-
ware crooks used in the north before
enamel ware became the fad.
The pinatas are large or small as the
purse Of the purchaser permits. They
are round, pot bellied and very large at
the top. They are sold from door to
door on the streets and in the markets
They cost only 10, Is or 20 centavos,
but the ola is the least expensive part
of the game.
The body Of the ola for a woman Is
covered with tissue paper; then Grim
killed. paper dress Is fashioned; then a
bodice Is built up draped to represent
q loose white waist, and above this is
placed false face. The hair is made
with black paper, braided into one long
plat at the back, as the women wear
their hair in Mexico Sometimes a
white tehuana headdress is made of tie
lace paper used by bakers and confec-
TONERS.
A flower pinata is decorated with
large paper flowers in every color of
the rainbow. Red, white and green rib.
bons, forming long streamers, and sill
yer and gold tinsel, glass balls and col
ored lights all help to make the flower
pinata very beautiful. The possibilitie.
for dressing these pinatas are endless
In a large family the mother ant
daughters have their own pinatas, ant
great secrecy IL maintained in the dec
Grafton Of the ola. It Is the aim o.
each to devise as original dressing
for the pinata AZ possible. and it cal
be made a very extravaRant ornament
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
Had Eject Of Bitters.

Luckily absinth is not much drunk
In England, but other bitters are, some
that are only less injurious. Your read
ers should know that all bitter tonics.
habitually INDUCED in, are apt to do
harm-to depress. not exhilarate. Such
tonics should be taken rather as medi-
cines than as everyday drinks. You
could bring yourself to melancholy by
means Of gentian, Quassla or COLUMBIA
as we'll as by wormwood.-Doctor In
London Mail.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
Alternative SLANG.

"Yes," said the student OF slang IN a
modern educational institution i got
Il In the neck all right"
'sTut, tutw exclaimed the p10tessor
Of billinRsgate who had overheard his
remark. II am astonlsoeo 1""s q. ~
vanced student such a. you wou'o %
10 careless In his choice OF terms .ot
expressing such q splendid idee. aou
should have said, I've sos IL ~neIs
0ertie got the goiter. OF smp.oy.0
some other strong allitsratvs seF"
Baltimore American.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
Not q Business Matter.

Not q Business Matter.
"Why do you wish to learn jiu jitsu3
I can't see where It'll help you in your
business"
"It's on my wife's account. She's so
fussy! Whenever our cook has a beau
who stays later than IL o'clock at
night have to go down to the kitchen
and order him to leave."- Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
Tho willy Sultan,

The sultan of Turkey was comforting
with his grand vizier on a matter Of
state.
"See to It that the manifesto is given
the widest publicity" he said.
"Shall give it to the correspondents
Of the foreign papers7" queried the
grand vizier.
The sultan meditated for a moment.
NO." he said, with shrug. "Go tell
It to your wife."-Judge.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26

How She saved Trouble.
docs your janitor attempt to show
his authorityT'
mo-" answered Mr.. Flats. He
didn't have to show his authority. !
started in by giving him to understand
that l fully recognized it without any
Rument."-Exchange.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
More Ign0mini0us.

Toln-Why are you so sore at old
Gotrox? You talk as II you had re-
ceived some insult Mt his hands.
Dick IA quondam sutton Of Miss Got
rox)-If the insult received from him
had been at his "hands" I wouldn't
care so much.-Catholic Standard and
Times.
Two cents a pound for clean cot
ton rags at this Office.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
FaF, Faf Away.

Papa, will you send me to Europe
to study muster"
mo: you can study it here, and I'll
send you to Europe to practice."-Hous-
ton Post
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26

Fond Young Mother with flrstborn)
Now, which Of us do you think he is
like?
Friend Gudiciously)-Well, of course.
intelligence has not really dawned In
his countenance yet, but he's wonder.
fully like both Of you!-Punch.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
TO KEEP EYES BRIGHT.
Don't read while you rock.
Never read facing the light.

Never read facing the light.
Don't read on a moving train.
Do not read with the head lowered.
Don't use your eyes when they smart.
Hold the book ON level with the
syes.
Don't tax your eyes when you are
tired or hungry.
Don't face the wind ON dusty days
without glasses.
Don't squint: It weakens The eyslidA
-Chicago News.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
Logical Superstition.

Balty Moore-Are you superstitious1
Calvert, Jr.-Not in all things, but
when I see dark man approaching
me wearing the uniform of q sleeping
car porter have premonition that
am about to make a poor investment
Of a small amount Of capital. and the
sign seldom fails.-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26

The Argus has all the news all u
time.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02

THE RECORD Is THE OFFICIAL
PAPER OF THE COUNTY OF
CHAVES AND THE CITY OF
ROSWELL.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02
Furious Fighting.

For seven years." writes Geo. w.
Hoffman, of Harper, Wash, Il had
a bitter battle with chronic stomach
and liver trouble, but at last L won,
and cured my diseases, by the use
Of Electric Bitters. 1 unhesitatingly
reSapfnend- them to all, and don't
intend in the future to be without
theAaSn the house. They are certainly
a wonderful medicine, to have cured
a bad case as mine" Sold under
guarantee to do the same for you, by
Roswell Drug and Jewelry Co., at
soc a bottle. Try them today.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02
NO FOUND.
Grand Jury Discovered No Evidence
AQainSt Students.

Mount Vernon, o., Dec. 1.-The
Knox county grand jury reported to-
day that they had failed to return any
indictments against any member of
the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
or any member of Kenyon College in
connection with the death of Stewart
Pierson, who met a tragic death at
Gambler While being initiated. The
jurors were of the opinion that Pier
son was either tied on the tracks or
in such a position he could not extri-
cate himself. but the guilty party or
parties could not be determined.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02
GETTING ON THE BAND WAGON.

Indications are multiplying that
the appointment of Herbert ]. Hag-
erman, of Roswell, to be Governor of
New Mexico. will be acceptable to the
people. The onSenSu of opinion
seems to be that ne will make a safe
and good governor. The friends Of
Governor Otero, who desired the lat
ter's re-appointment, will extend Mr..
Hagerman, upon his appointment,
hearty support, n as their choice
not selected by the President,
they are pleased that Mr.. Hagerman
was "in the Presidents eye."-Santa
Fe New Mexican
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02
ALSO A FEW IN ROSWELL

This is a funny world. There are
large numbers of statesmen in Santa
Fe, in Albuquerque and in Las Vegas
who had no more to do with the ap-
pointnent of Mr.. Hagerman to be
Governor of New Mexico than had
the man in the moon, but who are
already claiming Il did it" New
Mexico is cursed with a~Nrge pro
portion of these gentry."-Santa Fe
New Mexican.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02
A Fearful Fate.

1t is a fearful fate to have to en-
ure the terrible torture of Piles. q
an truthfully say" writes Harry Col
on, of Masonville, Ia, that for
Hind, bleeding, itching and protrud-
ing piles, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is
best cure made" Also best for
uts. burns and injuries. Csc at Ros-
-yell Drug and Jewelry Co.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02

Learn T~elegraphy and R. r. Ac-
counting. $50 tor 500 a month salary
assured our graduates under bond.
Our six school the largest in Ameri-
CO and endorsed by all Railroads,
Write for catalogue. Morse School of
Telegraphy. Cincinnati, O.: Buffalo.
N. Y; Atlanta, Ca; La Crosse, Wis.
.Texarkana, Texas; San Francisco.
mal. s-12to12-12.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02
A Home on Small Payments.

We nave a nice five room cottage
ON North Richardson avenue, with
bath room, good flow of water, nice
yard, shade trees, back yard in alfal-
ia, only $1,000. Terms $500 down,
balance $3.50 per month. Apply at
once as owner is leaving the city.
R. H. McCUNE,
121 N. Main St.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02

All advertisements to insure inser-
tisn In the same days issue of The
Record shouId be in the printers
hands before eleven o'clock in the
morning. Orders for taking put any
standing ad. should also be in the Of
nee by eleven o'clock to prevent its
being run that day.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02

bomb-shell in the camp of the enemy,
and in a few days we hope to hear
from the President of the United
States, after which the whole matter
is in the hands of congress-.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02

Enjoy lires as it comes to you Ii
ten to the bird songs and the yoic'
Of the children. Linger to watch tt
sunset or the opening of , fiowe
Take into your life the goodness, Il
pleasure and the brightness of ever
day. for W shall pass this way b,
once" And then when you reach Il
last day that is given you here. y6
will be content and can say. II haJ
lived-"-Town and Country.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02

The last stronghold Of the anti
Is crumb1ing. The city council {
Santa Fe has passed a resolution i
favor of joint statehood, which wa
signed by the mayor and city cler
and forwarded to the President an
both branches Of congress. Santa F
Is the main fortress of the oflce-hold
ing crowd. which has constituted tn
sole opposition to joint statehood.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02

The Record will not discuss II
statehood question any more for tt
present. The people of the Pecos v
ley are almost unanimously in fave
OF jointure and do not need CONVEX
Ing, the new governor has cast
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02

/ From now On l will run a meat mar
let in connection with my groceries.
livery, reasonable cash prices.-E. B.
tonS, eor. 9Th Mo. ave. 25tf
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02

That the new governor is not a mar
of little suspicious contemplate ma
ture is evidenced by the fact thai
he gave his views on the statehood
question tS the public first through
q Democratic newspaper.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-12-02
Cemetery Association Bazaar.

\ The annual bazaar of the Ladies'
cemetery Association will be held on
IA, in a building on Main
'treet. Get your contribution ready.
27tf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24

within the war head aforesaid is tho
primer" which eXplodes the gun cotton
upon the instant the burr comes in con-
tact with the ships bottom or other object
Of attack. So 1t would seem, at first blush,
that such q cumbersome internal machine
for 1t weighs / $50 pounds-would be very
dangerous device to launch or have lying
about where men move; but the fact Is
that it's mechanical brains hold it IN due
restraint and render ii as gentle as lamb
until after it has leaped out upon the
splashing waves and gone part way on its
mission of destruction. a safety appliance
Of ingenious design prevents the firing pin
from becoming operative until a certain
number of BOOKINGS to and fro in the waves
have turned screw a certain number OF
times and set the exploding mechanism.
Dummy Noses for Drill.
During the drills on board the torpedo
training ship only exercise heads" or
dummy noses" filed with water will be
used, the war heads not being in evidence
save when our officers at the war college
may wish to blow something to splinter
Gems by way of testing some new and da
bolical brand of concentrated hell-ire.
The course of instruction will include an
explanation of the inner mechanism. secret
ly guarded for many years. No doubt the
popular mind will he interested by brief
peep into these long hidden mysteries. In
the broadest part of the cigar-like shell of
steel-that part behind the war or practice
head-s a chamber of twelve cubic feet ca
pacity filed with air reduced to a pressure
of from 100 pounds to ton per square
inch and weighing more than ninety
pounds. This stored-up energy rushes
through the pneumatic engines behind and
propels the steel fish at a speed of twenty