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more or less suitable husband for his
daughter. The larger the dowry the
more eNactiug viii he become as 90 the
status OF possible son-in-Iaw.
such marriages are nearly always ar
ranged by the parents or near relatives
on both sides The Young Frcuchmau
who decides it is time TO marry seldom
hTe~ his choice ON any particular girl
p" allows his relatives 10 look around
for him. Iie manages to obtain by
various weu-knowu artidces. Il view Of
the person who is suggested 90 him as
suitable ''plru" and il she is suf-
fe.enuy preseutablc to please him and
the Two families can come 10 terms as
regards money matters tine proposal Is
made.
a few weeks later the marriage takes
place. Jhe girl. IL viii Zee seen. has
scarcely been consulted but such is th-
mauuc- Of her bringing up tha- she is
generally quite content TO leave matri-
monial matters in the hands of he's
father and to accept the husband he has
selected for her
I'm France hasty marriages, louS en-
eagements and breaches ol promise are
p-actcaly unknown.
The desire To- obtain "a quid pro quo In
marriage extends even 10 the MASSES,
20 thc peasantry and the working class
es. small peasant farmer who is the
proprietor of five acres OF land ana
ten COWS would consider he had smaoe
an extremely bad bargain if ne were
Obliged 10 marry his son 10 the dauEhter
OF man who owned but three acres
and six COWS.
Nevertheless, it Is a remarkable fact
,hat the proportion of unhappy French
marriages IS comparatively small The
natural bent OF the average French
woman is 10 become the comrade and
friend OF her husband She frequently
takes keen interest I'm his business
affairs. and IL does not appear that the
French method of marrying youns peo-
pie with its absence OF any pTecuu-
ceiycd affection. works Is badly as
might be imagined.
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The impression that q long residence
in France and a close observation of thu.
people have left upon me is that love.
i'm the sense that is generally attached
20 The word, is not SO frequent between
married couples as. close. affectionate
friendship
The placing of the word love i'm the
sacramentai phrase which I'm France is
read to all persons about 10 contract
marriage. and To which they are obliged
20 subscribe Will not alter the above
state Of things.
10 is Interesting. however. TO note that
the suggestion should have come from
a playwright. and such an eminent lit
eUary man as NJ. Paul Hervieu. for
French playwrights have for many
years past done their best TO ridicule and
10 discredit conjugal soves
In broad French comedy the husband
is invariably made 10 appear ridiculous !.
and i'm the sociological plays now SO
popular i'm France marriage is distinctly
depicted as "a failure.
Since the time of alexander Dumas
French novelists have steadily avoided
the honest sentimental love and happy
ever afterWard" stories. II is no un-
common thing 10 see young French girls
of the upper middle classes smile with
indulgent amusement at the naive love
or M8rius and Cosette as told i'm Victor
HuEo's Les Misera bles." The modern
girl cannot conceive of love without ma
yeriai comfort. and the weI-bred girl
would never allow herself To fall in
love with an impccunious man.
All things considered therefore. il is
perhaps as well for the sake Of true ro-
nance that Paul HCrvicu's suggestion
should bc adopted and that the word
love" should be inserted in the mar
riagC ceremony.
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isla,ure Will be urged to pass a law
that Will sound the doom of shang-
haiing on Chesapeake bay
II is proposed TO make shipping of
drunken men, boys, and criminals
Illegal, both in Virginia and Mary
land. The outcome may be an
amendment of the Federal naYiga-
ton laws, bringing the oyster feet
within the law and compelling the
oyster boat captains TO sign their
men before the United States Ship
ping Commissioner.
The predicted reforms will go
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Marshal Langhammer. Of Balti-
more, has said.
The stories Of brutality aboard
the oyster feet in this State are not
often exaggerated Some of the
men. after fleeing from the ships,
may lie, but God knows they usually
have just cause to complain if they
succeed in evading the masters, VINO
would have beaten them without the
slightest proyocation.
The stories that / have heard
from the lips of poor devils who
have staggered into my office have
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CGUSTUS the Strong of SaXony
~ i'm his playful mood would seize
n a couple Of courtiers. one in each
hand and hold them out at
arms length. he would twist stout iron
bars round their nccks for collars and
straiShteu horse shoes with a wrench
Of his muscular fingers; while on one
occasion. when the horse Of one of his
attendants refused to bulge. he put mis-
Herculean shoulders under it and walked
away with horse and ride together, SAYS
Tit Bits
George Casjrioc. prince of Albania.
welded such "a powerful sword that ne
could sever "a bulls mead at a single
stroke, while once for n wager ne walked
or with ten of his cOurtiers standing
"u platform. Charlemagne. who was
reputed 60 be the strongest man of his
Time was able 10 snap the strongest
horse shoe between the fingers of one
hand and Don Sebastian merely by the
pressure of his knees could make his
charger groan with pain.
Peter the Great OF Russia So devel-
oped and hardened his naturally strong
muscles by years of work as black
smith AID carpenter that he became
the strongest man i'm his dominions
lie had but one formidable rival i'm
country blacksmith. whose boast IL was
That he was the only man i'm RUSSIA
who could lift an anvil from the srouud
When this boast came TO the ears OF
Peter ne set out incoSnito, with a sim
gle companion. and challenged the
blacksmith To a trial of strength. With
out a word the latter seized his ponder
Gus anvil with both hands. and, strain
irf- his mighty muscles almost to- hurst
ing point. raised ir n foot from the
ground When Peters turn came no
too raised the anviI-hiGher and highe~.
until TO his rivals Consideration he
placed il on his shoulder and walked
out of the smithy with IT. So startled
was the blacksmith by this exhibitiar.
of strength that he rushed away 10
summon the villagers 10 come ana see
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been heartrending. But no matter
how much we have wished 20 lay
our hands on the master. the latter
in many cases finds it convenient TO
go ashore when he sees us approach
in his direction Then, of course,
there is no course left but 10 return
home"
Like all other such abuses. this
viii probably yield TO an aroused
public opinion, and public opinion
seems to be waking up. Mass meet
inss are being held now, and ali the
Eastern Shore members Of the Leg
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rive in Baltimore they are not even
trusted in street cars.
a Black Mari2''-just such van
rs is used here to take prisoners to
the House OF Correction-is backed
up to the train, and the men are
dubbed into It. They are then car
Iied to the wharves and put aboard
the oyster boats, and in a few hours
they find themselves tossing about
in the Chesapeake.
No lines are drawn. so sharp is
the demand for labor in the bay at
this Selson Of the year. Boys ard
old men, negroes and whites. in all
stages Of poverty and neglect. bat
alike in drunkenness, are herded in
the shanghai parties
1t is not new institution. but an
old cne. The outrageous system
has teen in vogue FOR years Many
man with steady work in some
factory or on the streets gets on a
prolonged drunk and wakes up on
an oyster boat, not knowing how
he got there.
Once out on the bay, working with
the oyster tongs and dredges, the
men are treated with all the brutal
ity OF the oid-time slave ship or the
most rascaliy modern lime-juicer
The boats are small, mainly. and ply
back and forth to Baltimore, but
only the captain. the mate, and the
cook stay with the boat
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FeW Shipped from Baltimore.

Comparatively few Of the hapless
victims Of the oyster dredgers are
shipped from Baltimore. The ter
rOrs Of thar fleet are so we'll known
in Baltimore that il is almost i'm
possible 70 get a native drunk
enough TO get him on board an oys-
ter boat. Shipping agents in New
York and Philadelphia. sometimes
even as far north as Boston. gather
the crews for the dredgers. They
ply them with drink. sometimes
with drugs. and ship them 10 Balti-
more for a snug berth in the coast
wise service" or for a good place as
cook at $3j q month. If the man
finally gets $3.50 after a month Of
hardship and abuse almost beyond
belief, he may consider himself in
luck
Maryland has always claimed
that she could do nothing about it;
that the small oyster patrol she
maintained was kept quite busy
enohgh protecting the Maryland
oyster beds from Virginia poachers.
Oysters, of course. are infinitely
more important than men From
the difficulty experienced in bring
ing the men responsible for these
outrages 10 justice. it has some
times been suspected that they had
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THEIR KICK.

This sort OF weather
Docs one good"
The wood man said;
1T moves the blood.
II stirs the pulse
And every string
OF nerves: II gives
Ones life a swing"
This sort Of weather."
Sneered the man
Who deals in ice;
Now. how YOU can
Praise IL beats me;
10 makes 4 mess
or life. and spOils
My business.
--Ah. me. it's getting
Rather cold.
The poor man said.
The summer old.
i'li save on ice.
And that seems good.
BUT nh so
To puN Tor wood.
Cleveland Plain De
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THE REAL THING.

Seen the new orchestra leader yet?''
NO; but they tell me he is a very
conductor
Competent, Why. he makes twenty
motions where SOusa or lnneS would
make one. Louisville CourieT-J ournaI.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-04-01
n. c. HuRo GETS FINE POSITION
Has Resigned His Position With the
U. S. Reclamation Service to Go
to Peru.-WiII Take Bride.

H c. Hurd assistant engineer in
work at the Hondo reservoir, has re-
signed his position with the Recia-
matian service. and although he Is
giving up a good position, he is do
ing so to accept much better one
with the government of Peru. South
America. He has been offered the
place of principal engineer of tho
photographic department of Peru.
and last night he cabled his acceF-
tance, his resignation with the u.
accepted The resignation viii! take
effect as soon as his successor is ma
med. which will be in a few days.
The resignation of MIR. Hurd is
this time. .inasmuch as he is to be
married next Wednesday. His we'd
ding on that day to Miss Grace Lewis
announced in the Record last night
is to occur at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs c. M Bird. Either the following
day or the second. the bride. and
groom will leave Roswell on one of
the longest honeymoon trips on rec
ord. From here they will go to Wash
ington, where they will visit Mr..
Hurd's parents. and where Mr.. Hurd
will meet with and receive final in
structfons from the Peruvian minis
ter. From there they will go to Pc
ru to make their home.
Mr.. Hurd is peculiarly and emin-
emily qualified for his new position.
He served four years on the Isthmus,
| being in Nicaragua, studying its wa
ter sources. He first came here two
years ago. when he did his first work
| on the Urton Lake project. Since then
he has been connected with the Las
Vegas. Hondo and other projects. He
| and Miss Lewis have made many
friends here who will wish them well
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-04-01
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP.
Leaving Washington Monday After
noon, the First Objective Point
VIII Be Louisville. Ky

Washington, D. c.. Apr. There
was a constant stream of callers at
the White House today. Most of them
called simply to say goodbye to the
PRESIDENT who leaves here Monday
for his long trip to the West and the
Southwest. Secretary Loeb has sent
% each member of the Presidents
paIty handsome itinerary of the
rip as far as it has been arranged.
The members of the party will in.
clude Attorney General Moody and
secretary Loeb and the usual large
corps of White House stenograDhers
nd confidential clerks. In addition
here will be number of newspaper
nen.
Leaving Washington Monday after
'oon the first objective point will be
louisville. which will be reached ear
" the next morning. After leaving
.ouisville the President and his par.
~ will go to Texas, passing through
South McAllster and Muskosee In
the Indian Territory. where the short
stop will be made. In Texas 1t has
oeen arranged for the President to
Tisit Dallas. Waco. Austin, Fort Worth
nd several other points before the
hunting country is reached. After
| spending several days pursuing Jack
| ''abbits the President will proceed
| 20 Colorado to hunt bigger game
| Hn!ess the course of national affairs
1
| should demand his presence II is
| probable that the President will not
| gain see Washington until the first
Df June.
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today was a great success In every
way. There was a large crowd in at
tendance and the people present evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed themselves greatly.
All sorts of Mexican dishes were ser
we'd and the patrons bought large am
cunts of hot delicacies. The ladies
took in about s25 at dinner. They will
give supper tonight, when they ex-
pect to do much better than they did
at dinner. The same kind of a menu
will be served and everybody is in
vited to come out and help in a praise
worthy cause. The money made will
be expended in beautifying and main
tanning the South Side cemetery.
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SUGAR BEET SEED HERE.
Meeting of the Farmers Will Be Call
ed Soon at Which it Will Be
Observation-Disclosures Wanted.

. The $50 pounds of sugar beet seed,
recently ordered by the Roswell Com
mercial Club to be used in proving
that good sugar beets can be raised
around Roswell, have arrived and a
meeting of the farmers will be called
soon. at which the seed will be dis
tributed free and at which informa-
ton as to planting and cultivation
will be given out. The statement re-
Gently Published that these beets
should be planted the last of March
and first of April was incorrect II
should have been the last of April
and the first OF May. The secretary
of the club has received the names
of some of the farmers who are in
terested in the PROPOSED sugar beet
industry and would like to hear from
others as soon as possible. All who
are interested should drop him g
card at once, notifying him of the
fact and giving name and address
in order that he may communicate
with them
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be. He and his partner. who is with
him, decided not TO remain, but will

be. He and his partner, who is with
him, decided not TO remain, but will
go from here overland to Captain.
Mr. Swartout is a visitor of inter
est in Roswell, for the reason that he
can remember when this town was
noticed more on the maps than in
reality. He was here "a years ago.
coming overland on a prospecting
trip through the country. He we'll re-
me mi bered the first house that was
built in town. II was the Lea adobe,
now known as the Clem boarding
house, across from the court house.
Mr. Swartout went to the Glenn house
and readily recognized it as the pio-
neer building of Roswell. He can tell
many interesting facts concerning
Roswell in the time of almost a quar-.
ter of century ago, and is deeply
impressed with the great change and
Improvement in the place. What was
then practically a desert, is now 3
beautiful town. growing and prosper
ing day by day.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-04-01
Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, April 1.-Cattle re
ceipts. 900. Prices unchanged. Nat,
i've steers, 4.25@ 500: southern
steers. 3.75@5.0O; southern cows
2.50m4.O0; native COWS and heifers
2.25M 5.25; stockers ard feeders, 500
65.0O; bulls. 2.5O@4.25: calves, $50
M6.00; western fed steers. 4.50dp5.60; !;
western fed COWS. 325m5.50
No sheep received. Prices nominal
ly steady. Muttons. 5.00d $50: lambs
6.5O67.50: fed range wethers, $500
$50; fed ewes. 5.00@5.75
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-04-01

New York, April AFTER years OF
negotiations. a deal has just been clio
sed. according to the Tribune. by
which the seven sons of Meyer Gug-
genheim. who died a few days ago
have achieved in conjunction with
their allied interests. the union OF
the National Lead Company. common
ly known as the White Lead Trust.
capitalized at $3OOOO.OOO with the
United Lead Co. a Gugsenheim CON
Germ the total authorized capital
stock of which is s25.000,0O A for
NAL statement giving the details of
the merger was issued Immediately.
1t is believed that the capital hold
ing of the new company will be alb
out $4,000 900. The consolidated con
Germ will be known as the National
Lead Co. The Guggenheims will dom
mate the directorate of the new con-
Germ.
Through the organization of the
Guggenheim Expectation Company,
which was later taken into the AmeTi-
can Smelling and Refining Company,
the Guggenheim interests secured
control of the pig lead business which
aggregated about 25G.00 tons a year,
valued at 25.OOO.O 900. of which 14o.-
600 tons are turned into mechanical
products and another 100000 tons
into chemical products.
The new deal brings into the COM
bination the old National Lead Co..
which makes about 65 per cent of
the chemical lead products of the en-
tire country and about fifteen per
cent of the mechanical products, with
the Union Lead and Oil Company,
which practically controls Go per
cent of the mechanical product bust
ness and fifteen per cent of the che
mical output.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-04-01
WEATHER MAN MADE GOOD.
His Propecy of Rain and Colder Was
Little Slow in it's Fuifiiiment,
but il Finally Arrived.

When on Friday morning there had
been neither rain nor cold snap. the
weather man." Mr.. Wright. was cen
sured for his prediction of the day
before. But last night when the rain
poured for an hour or more, with
precipitation of over half an inch, he
certainly made good" His predicted
rain was twenty-four hours late. but
when it did finally get here, it came
with a vengeance. And the following
cold snap was felt this morning. Mr..
Wright is maintaining good record,
SO far, in the matter of predicting
weather conditions. and a few fail
ures should not cause the people to
lose faith in him. The rain of last
night is thought to have been local
to the Valley.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-04-01
NEW TRADE MARK LAW.
Goes Into Effect After More Than
Ten Years of Agitation.


Washington, d. c., April 1.-The
new law authorizing the registration
of trade marks and providing for their
protection. which went into operation
today, marks the consummation of
an effort on the part of business men
of the United States covering a per-
iod of ten or fifteen years. For an
even longer period the matter has
been agitated in congress. Since 1870
the matter of revising and modifying
the laws relating to trade marks has
been before the national legislative
body in one form or another. Under
an act of 1898. President Mckinley
appointed commissioners to revise
and amend the. trademark laws. This
commission. composed of Francis
Forbes. Judge Peter S. Grosscup and
Arthur p. Greeley. made an elaborate
and exhaustive report on the sub
ject of trademarks. and prepared the
bill which became a law today.
The measure before il was submit
ted to congress at the beginning of
the last session, received the approx
al of practically all the business org
anizations in this country. From a
commercial standpoint the new regu-
lations are of wide interest
The new law saves all the rights
on the trademark owner as they have
heretofore existed, and offers addi-
tional advantages and means of pro-
lection. ID 1t permits the registra-
ton of all trademarks used in inter
state commerce; (2) 1t puts all con-
troversies growing out of trademarks
Ised in Interstate commerce within
| the jurisdiction of United States
| courts; CD 1t permits the registra-
| ton of every trademark now in use,
| whether it complies with the Iechni-
| cal rules of the Patent Office or not
provided the mark has been in use
ten years; (4) 1t provides a remedy
by way of injunction. actual damages
punitive damages and profits derived
| from infringement as well as the de
struction of infringing labels, marks
and packages; (5) Every unlawful
ther on the very goods themselves
or on advertising matter, signs. recep
tacles or other vessels, will constitute
an infringement: (6) The govern
trademark amount to $40.
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Chicago, April 1.-At meeting OF
the executive committee of the Ma
tional Association of State Dairy and
Food departments to be held here to-
day, reports will be submitted to
show that 455. ZOO infants died in the
United States last year from the eff
fects of poisoned food. Renewed ef-
forts to prevent the sale of food pro-
ducts containing poisons are TO be
made by the association.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-04-01
ICE AND COAL WAGON DRIVERS.
Go Out on Strike to Force the Sign
ing of Contract Guaranteeing
Last Years Scale.

St Louis. Mo-, Apr. IA general
strike Of ice and coal wagon drivers
was instituted today for the purpose
of forcing the signing of a contract
guaranteeing last years scale of wa
yes. Practically every coal and ice
wagon driver in st. Louis has quit
work. and many hotels and other
large consumers were forced to make
her own deliveries. 1t is estimated
hat LOO men are out
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-04-01
Motor Boat Show at Monaco.

Monaco, April Everything is
in readiness for the opening tomor-
row OF the motor boat show and ra-
"es. The exhibition. which is to con-
dnae two weeks. has aroused great
interest throughout Europe, especial.
ly among shipbuiiders and motor man
featuring firms. as well as sports
men. Twentyone thousand six hund-
red dollars will be distributed in
prizes
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Looked Good to Him.
Wellington (kan.) Monitor-Pres.

Wellington (kan.) Monitor-Press.
Hon. ]. A Jeffries came In this
morning from weeks trip through
the Pecos Valley country of New Mex
ico. He owns quarter section OF
land near Orchard Park, south of
Roswell. which he went out there
with the intention of selling. but 1t
looked so good to him that he decided
to hold ON to it while longer
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-04-01
Peace Reports.

st. Petersburg, April According
to peace reports circulated on the
Bourse today Russia will cede the
southern portion, of the island of Sa
khalin in the north Pacific off the
coast of Asia, used as a Russian con
yict settlement, TO Japan, and agree
that Manchuria and Korea are perm
anenJly outside the Russian sphere
If influence. and the eastern Chinese
for cession TO China or to an internal
syndicate upon consideration of one
hundred and twenty-five million dol
lars. which Japan will accept in lieu
If indemnity.
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Reduction in price of Coal.

New York. priT 1.-The coa!-carry-
ing railroads today PVT into effect
he usual spring reduction of 80 cts.
Der ton on the tide-water prices Of
anthracite coal. This makes the price
AT shipping points $3.50 per ton. Be
Ginning the first of next month the
wholesale price will be increased 10
cents per ton per month, until the
figure of $500 is reached on Sept
tst. at which price il is expected coa'
will be sold during the coming win
ter.
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Richardson's to Crawford Home

Judge G. a. Richardson has leased
the beautiful home of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. II. Crawford on West Seventh
street and he and Mrs Richardson
will move in at once, the Crawfords
having left this morning, as mention
ed elsewhere. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
son expect to be installed in their
new home by tonight.