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New-York tribune., 1906-06-13
Teachers Agencies.

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suDprs ProfessOrs Teachers. Tutors. Governesses
20 Colleges schools aad families Apply 20
Mrs N j YOUSG-FULTON, % Union Square.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-13

Circulars describing in detail the above and many
other attractive issues of bonds netting from
3H 10 So per cent will be mailed upon request
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
9AN FRANCISCO
The EN- OF
UpqDD NM
S. r.. CAL. SEPT. a. 100
Mr.. Jonathon Bacon.

Mr.. Jonathon Bacon.
Boston. Mass
Ny Dear Jack: Take your staid old town
by the heels and stand It on its head, thus
reversing all its conditions customs and
traditions. and you'll behold semblance of
what the san Francisco of this minute is
like Things here would make you feel
about as queer as if the City Council Of Bos-
ton were suddenly to change the municipal
motto from Pork and Beans" to Beans and
Pork" We are the City-of- What Tou-Don't-
Expect That we have had great disaster
is ancient history which I recall only because
it is that which might lead you, and Others.
to believe us and our town what we are
not You've heard that we were knocked
into cooked hat Maybe so. But what
wish to rub into your consciousness is the
fact that we've turned the hat inside out
and found it about as good as before. Some
say better. Smash any other great city on,
the head as we were smashed and, in theory,
you find just exactly what you don't find
here. Imagine what life here must be, un-
der the conditions. and then take my tip for
it that that is pretty near exactly what life
here is not Let me elucidate:
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

DAY or two ago I had occasion to visit
~ a savings bank which is doing busi-
ness at the old stand, despite the fact that
2 lane had to be cut through pile of debris
to make a smooth pathway to the door The
r,s1sins teller sat on stool half asleep. His
window was absolutely deserted. Nobody
was drawing out anything l had few
dollars to deposit and stood in line twenty
minutes to get UP to the receiving teller's
wicket It was sure his busy day. A priest
a doctor. a newsboy, four women and SIX
men who weren't wearing gloves preceded
me up to the window and each dropped q
nice lfttle chunk of the purchasing medium
on the marble slab and got some figures
written on the right hand side Of his bank
book stroll outside among the ruins OF
city and tried to figure it all out
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

WAS in q butcher-shop the other after
4 noon about o'clock when man in over
alIs came in and banged his lunch pail down
on the counter BY the mortar on his shoes
and the worn place on the shoulder OF MS
coat / guessed. kim hod-carrier-
say YOU" he cried to the butcher Il just
feleDhoned home and my. wife says the meat
order hasn't come What kind of a joint 90
YOU run here, anywayg
The butcher was sorry He apologited-
orders must haKe got mixed Here was
nice sirlsit. steak wouldn't the customer
Kindly take that along instead2
.Not on your life." was the answer z
ordered four pounds Of your best porter
house, and its povterhouse want
The days trade had been heavy and there
was no choice porterhouse left Finally the
butcher succeeded in squarfng himself with
some nice sweetbreads and dozen French
lambehops. Say, Jack. when porterhouse
steak is worth IS cents a pound. what do the
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

TT DIDN'T take suspension OF the
II service during the strike, when every au-
to1ess man and woman had to walk. to make
1t clear to the people that the streets Of the
town are more than miserable for pedestrian
purposes. You can't clean up a billion
broken bricks and hundred thousand tons
OF crumbied building material in day. you
know. In some places the people walk IN
the street and force the wagoneers to take
the sidewalk. Naturally, you wouldn't guess
this to be the day OF kid slippers in San
Francisco. Yet. when asked the manager
of a big shoe store which has reopened on
Van Ness whether the popular thing was
lace boots heavy calf shoes. he answered.:
Neither. Contractors and architects who
spend all day climbing over ruins wear these
things. but they're the only ones. Business
and professional men wear what they have
always worn. despite the rocks and dirt
And as for the women-well it's necessary
to hold up the skirts bit these days, and
IL you'll use your eyes you'll get revela
tion. Nothing but dainty patents. graceful
kids and fancy ties. You'll see more IS
shoes than So ones. Even where the cos
tune has been modified to 1T the new con-
dEtions. the footwear has conceded abso-
lutely nothing to dust. ashes and stones. Be-
fore the fire the San Francisco woman was
the best-shod woman in the world; and. God
bless her. that's what the San Francisco
woman is today
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

UPPoSING you were the buyer for
- great dry goods house, and a little fire
had visited your town and done about three
hundred millions of dollars worth of dam
age. when you sat down to dash Off tele-
grams to the New York wholesalers for
stock for the reopening in the unburned dis
trict. what class of goods do you think you
would order? WelIs that's just the class of
goods that q big buyer know ordered for
his firm The goods arrived by an express
train. were put on the shelves. and the pub
lie focked in. Then. mostly. the public
ffocked out again. No cheap dress goods for
them. Women came to that high-class house
for exactly the high class OF goods they had
always found there. And they didn't want
anything else. How were they able to AFFORD
It? That's what I asked the buyer. and he
replied: You search me. Tt was the big
gest mistake ever made and If had the
thing to do over I'd make the same mistake
again. 1t was too early to get action on in
surance policies thousands Of families were
temporarily homeless, and vet the average
woman was able to afford the same kind OF
clothes she had been used to. can only
give you a. general answer as to how she
did tin all the strange situations accom-
panying our disaster. San Francisco has
shown itself wonder"
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

HITCHEs are being dug BY men who
AG read Latin. and the mail is having a
hard time getting distributed They are
shy Of clerks up at the postof1ce. There
used to be waiting list or would-be postal
clerks rod long, but now the list is only
ABOUT an inch long. The other day the post
of7ce advertised a civil service examination
for clerks, and nobody but few cripples
came around to try it. Your Uncle Samuel
is nice boss but his little sixty 1--we dollars
a month doesn't look good when any man
with sense enough to hold pOstofdce clerk
ship can steer mules shovel on the
street and make four dollars a day. The
only argument TO tempt to shovel
mail instead Of dirt is pride. and this isn't
prfde's heyday in San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

AWHILE we were under martial Law
w every bar in the town was closed ar
tighter than drum It was hard on some
men. but they got used to it; yes, and they
have formed habits which have clung TO
them in these days Of less law and more
Noror. Yesterday ] witnessed the chance
meeting Of two convivial sports upon a Mar
ket-street corner "A greeting, a handshake,
and one said by force of the fixed habit of
years. Come, have something
Don't care If / do & >
The two veterans or the cocktail route
walked down to Kearny and out to little
green kiosk standing beside Lotta's fountain.
They leaned on the tiny counter which serves
bar.
- GIVE me the usual said one.
Make mine the same" added the other.
And a girl in sunbonnet. who conducts
: the place. reached under the counter tlnkled
the receptacles and set them UP two glasses
of fine. rich-buttermilk.
A BROKER Of my acquaintance went to
~ an old codger who keeps his money
working to arrange a loan for young fell.
low who wanted to acquire his own home
how much. does this young feller make
q month?' inquired the money-lender
Can't dc it, interrupted the old boy I'm
only looming money to men who draw wages.
Their jobs are dead certain and it's likely
they're making more than the Salaried fell
lows"
A YOU know our courthouses got woe
~ fully scorched. Our Superior Courts
found shelter in the handsome new Sheriff.
Israel Syna que on Webster street and were
mighty happy to be well provided It
would seem thst a court of law could hardly
be influenced by its irsniHiate SURROUNDINGS
and yet
The other day verbose attorney was
making a long plea before one OF the Judges
lie finished his harangue with Even the
learned counsel on the other side must admit
that our demand is in accord with the law
OF California
Perhaps" replied the learned counsel re-
ferred TO. ~but does il conform TO the law of
Moses"
JOHNSON lived leisurely on the income
eB from half a dozen tenements on Har-
rison street Also. he owned two adjoining
cottages on Buena Vista Heights. occupying
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

one and on the first OF each month collect
ing $40 rent from Jackson machinist. for
the other. Johnson's Harrison street houses.
which burned. were in the wrong Insurance.
company and he has got nothing from his
policies Jackson quit his job at the Union
ding debris and he is. getting fat income
every month from the contractors who use
II. Presto! Johnson is now learning the
changed owners. jackson calls at Johnson's
door on rent day and collects $50 Johnson
has fine sense OF humor. He has even pro-
posed Jackson's name for Wednesday night
dinner club. vice himself. resigned
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23


X/OU may have heard rumors to the effect
that burned and dishgured San Fran
cisco is prospecting Any such rumors are
founded on fact Every man who is willing
to get busy is making money. Indeed 1t is
doubtful If ready cash ever was easier in the
old town. 1 asked business man to explain
it. He waved his hand toward the tempo
rarv business and Office structures, all OF
which are only one two stories in height.
and the undestroyed skyscrapers whose
lower stories only are yet occupied, and
said: We'll. you can that everybody
is in on the ground floor" Only the witt
cism of a wideawake man, and yet isn't IT
really possible that with so much OF our
10 first principles and close to the earth
and are nnding that there's more good in It
than anybody would have supposed?
TT has been said that no city In America
i had anything quite like the Saturday after
noon parade down Market street. 1t began
by o'clock and reached it's climax when the
curtain went; down on the mattnees and the
theaters were pouring their glittering thou
sands into the broad stream up and down
the great thoroughfare- For beautiful
women beautiful clothes. and colors such
as the climate OF no other great city would
permit the spectacle surely had no equal
The Market-street parade has been described
by great authors and sung of by great poets
1t wouldn't look exactly harmonious In Mar
ket street just at this moment. and OF course
it isn't there. But you viii ind some very
pleasant reminders OF fine old Saturday af-
ternoons out -on Van Ness our new FIFTH
avenue and Fillmore. which has been mis-
called the Bowery-
And there is Saturday afternoon parade
on Market. less beautiful, but not less i'm
pressive than used to be. It's a parade OF
thousands of artisans. representing every
trade, knocking off early Saturday. swag-
gering homeward contentedly, with the sun
light glinting from the saws and hammers
of course we were stung. But we've pulled
out the stinger. BY and bye there won't be
much OF scar. We needed help and sttll
need it-al1 we got and all we can get.
But take the tip. we helping ourselves
in way to make you sit up and take notice
They're bricks. are people, even il some
are temporarily like Yours confidently.
A BROKEN BRICK.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04
OUR LANGUAGE.
The Words IA Man Uses and the Words
He NIIgLt EmpIoy.


The Words IA Man Uses and the Words
He Might Employ.
How many words are possible? Start
ing from the four and twenty alpha
bette sounds, Lcibnitz calculated the
combinations at 2O,44S, 701 ST33, ,230-
739,3GO,OOO But many Of these combi-
nations would be unpronounceable even
In Welsh. In Chinese every syllable is
a separate word.
Does mans stock of words grow rich
er or poorer with time? NJ. Moncalm
foresees an ever higher intellectual des-
tiny for the race in the future. Our
fathers" he says, did not know the
thousardth part Of our vocabulary,
which is very coplous." Certainly the
New Dictionary is much larger work
than Johnson's, and we doubt not that
primitive man talked less than an III.
T. does, though even he had his pala-
vers and congresses. But II any one
were to take down the talk of an aver
age modern undergraduate or society
girl we doubt if it would be found to
contain more than $50 yocables, where
an educated Ellzabethan or Caroline
would have employed several thousand.
Nothing is more striking in the old
prose writers than the rich variety and
imaginative picturesqueness Of their
language. Not only are we lacking in
concrete imagination and ashamed to
go afeld out of the beaten track Of
speech, but phrases which were when
first devised forcible and strong have
through long currency lost their edge.
Three-fourths of the expressions we use
have ceased to be effective metaphors
and become conventional and lifeless.-
London Saturday Review.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04

Last spring the Forest service start.
ed forest nursery at Fort Bayard, 10
order to secure trees for replanting
the watershed of Cameron creek,
which furnishes the water supply for
the military post and hospital on the
reservation. The seed sown was
mostly OF yellow pine, of which there
are now $4,000 seedlings. Four-ffths
of these will be transplanted this
spring to secure better root develop
ment. A limited amount OF the seed
Of the Torrey, Coulter and knobcone
pine was sown, but these were dam
aged by rabbits. Further experiments
With these varieties will be made this
spring, and incense cedar and Jeffry
pine will also be sown.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04
A nisruntea afusicinn.

Conductor Gericke, known as the
Human metronome," had been giving
a Wagner programme. After the con
cert one Of the trombone players was
heard to say to a fellow musician.
''Well, 1 am going to quit" "Are you
dalfyT' said his friend. whats the
matterT "Well, it's just this; In that
Tristan und Isolde number momen-
tarily forgot the technics of my instru-
ment, got enthusiastic, filed my lungs
for that magnificent passage for the
brass, when up goes that fatal left
hand, so had to swallow my enthu-
siasm-and wind too. If don't quit /
am either going to burst or die OF tuber-
culosis."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04
ALCOHOL IN BREAD.
Enough to Give One About Four PintH
of whisky n Year.

Enough to Give One About Four PintH
of whisky n Year.
"You consume four pints OF whisky
year" said the amateur chemist.
"Now, don't be angry or shocked.
know that you're a strict teetotaler,
but just the same know that you've
absorbed that much alcohol. How?
Well, simply by eating bread.
1T has long been known that the fer
mentation Of bread caused the forma-
tion of alcohol, but it was supposed
that it passed from the dough during
the process Of baking. Several sclen-
lists have proved that bread, when
ready for eating, contains an average
of sou per cent of alcohol to the loaf
You must remember that in many
countries strong liquors are brewed
from bread. Hvass, the mild Russian
beer, is brewed from brown bread.
"Now, if you eat 400 lOaves OF bread
every year you must perforce have as
simulated twenty ounces Of alcohol.
which equals four plnts Of rye whisky.
I'm ten years." concluded the anna
teur chemist impressively, you have
eaten 1900 loaves of bread, and in
that number of loaves is about 200
ounces Of alcohol, or the equivalent to
nineteen quarts Of whisky. Think of
the saturnalia you have been on for
the last ten years, and you never knew
enough TO complain of a big head in
the morning. New York Press.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04
The FlaaIer crab In wInter aunrterl

The Fiddler Crab In Winter Quarters
In winter, when the surface Of the
ground in which It is accustomed to
burrow may become frozen or covered
with ice, the fiddler crab bores deep
into the mud or sand and stays until
spring The black or mud fiddler fairly
riddles the meadow banks along the
salt creeks. 1t bores in, usually hori-
zontally, and it may be as far as six
or eight feet from the face Of the bank,
and then down into the mud at various
angles until 1t gets below the level Of
the tide, which rises and falls through
the loose mud, in the fiddler crabs
burlow. There are myriads of the
black fiddlers, and they so honeycomb
the bank that sometimes under the
added weight of ice gathered upon the
top Of it the bank breaks down.-New
York Tribune.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04
LORDSBURG, NEW MEXICO. MAY, 4 1906.
TIE eoLpEINcH.
Changes In Plumage That Are Puz-
AlinE to the Novice.

Changes In Piumage That Are puz-
sling to the Novice.
Most every one in America Is Oc-
Quainted with the goldhnch, but many
people know the bird by the name Of
lettuce bird, on account Of its bright
yellow color Golddnch Is q very appro-
priate name, us the bright yellow Of
the male, when I'm breeding plumage. is
like FURNISHED gold. The female gold
finch is more modestly dressed than
her mate. The changes in plumage Of
the male are very interesting and to
the novice somewhat puZzlmg. Until
the student becomes acquainted with
the bird he may wonder why he sees
no males during the winter. The truth
Is at this season the focks Of supposed
female goldfnches are really Of both
sexes. the ~ lc bird having assumed
in the previous fall, usually by the end
of October, a plumage closely resem-
bling that OF the female and young
bird Of the year. The male retains this
inconspicuous dress until late in Feb
ruary, when one can notice gradual
change taking place in some Of the
birds. This renewal Of feathers is ac-
lively continued through March and
April, and by the 1st Of May our re-
splcndcnt bird is with us again. The
song period with the male goldfnch
continues as long as he wears his gold
and black livery, for it commences as
carly as the middle of March and ends
late IN August Goldhnches are very
clcanly in their habits and bathe fire.
quently. Their nests are exquisite
pieces OF bird architecture, the inside
being lined with the softest plant
down. The mother bird is the builder
her handsome consort during the nest
building time dcvoting most of his eff
forts to singing to cheer his industrious
te.-Phlladelphia Press.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04
INDIGESTION

is the cause of more discomfort than
any other ailment. If you eat the
things you want, and that are good
for you, you are distressed. Acker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will make your di-
gestion perfect and prevent dyspepsia
and its attendant disagreeable symp,
toms. You can safely eat anything,
at any time If you take one Of these
tablets afterward. Sold by all drug
gists under positive guarantee. %
cts. Money refunded if you are not
satisfied. Send to US fora free sample
w. II. Hooker & Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04

Mrs. Sue Martin, an old and highly
respected resident Of Faisonia. Miss,
was sick with stomach trouble for
more than six months. Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets cured her.
She says: "I can now eat anything 1
want and am the proudest woman In
the world to fine such a good medi-
clne." For sale by all dealers in med.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04

From the various sources it is re
ported that when the snow melts
along the proposed line Of the Colora-
do s. Arizona railroad, which will be
the connecting link between the South
ern Pacific and the Union Pacific
branches, sufficiently to allow the men
to work in the hills aud the gulches,
work will be resumed and carried
along with a rush.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04

when / was druggist, at Livonia,
Mo-" writes T.J.Dwyer, now OF Grays-
vile, Mo-, "three OF my customers
we're permanently cured OF coDsump-
tion by DR.. Kings New Discovery, and
are well and strong TO day. One was
trying to sell his property and move to
Arizona, but after using New Discov-
cry short time he found it unDeces-
sary to do so. regard Or. Kings New
Discovery as the most wonderful med
icine in existence" Surest Cough and
Cold cure and Throat and Lung healer.
Guaranteed by all Druggist. SOC and
81. Fry bottle free.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04
A Mountain of Gold

could not bring as much happiness to
Mrs. Lucia Wilke, of Caroline, Wis, as
did on 25c hox OF Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, when it completely cured run
ming sore on her leg, which had tortur-
ed her % long years. Greatest autlsep.
tic healer of Piles, Wounds, and Sores.
25c at all Drug store.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04

Probably not one resident out OF
every hundred in the city of Phoenix
realizes what an enormous lot Of ter
ritory is covered every day by the four
rural free delivery routes of the local
postofIice. The four routes cover
slightly over 100 miles, which is COW
cred by the faithful servants OF Uncle
Sam every day.-Pboenix Enterprise.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04

The Queen Hotel at Douglas, which
was closed by litigation last Novem'
ber, will be again opened to the pub
lie as soon as the Provident Mutual
Building and Loan Association of Los
Angeles can arrange with the right
people to take It 10 hand. The furni'
ture has been replaced as a result Of
the agreement, and everything is be-
ing put in rediuess for the opening.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04

G. W. Fouts, Postmaster at River
ton, Ia, nearly lost his life and was
robbed of all comfort, according to his
letter, which says: "For 20 years I had
chronic liver complaint, which led to
such a severe case Of jaundice that
even my finger nails turned yellow;
when my doctor prescribed Electric
Bitters; which cured me and have
kept me well for eleven yerrs." Sure
cure for Biliousness, Neuralgia, Weak
ness and all Stomach, Liver, Kidney
aud Bladder arrangements. A wonder
full Tonic. At all Drug store, 80 cents.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04
Consumption

the most dreaded and deadly Of all
diseases, as well as pneumonia, and
all lung troubles are relieved at once
and cured by AckeTs English Remedy
1.-THE king of all cough cures" Cure
coughs and colds 10 a day. % cents.
Your money back if dissatisfied.
Write for free sample. w. II. Hooker
s. Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Eagle drug
mercantile company.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04

The Rock Island s. Southwestern
railroad is enlarging its yards at Tue
umcari, 10 order to be able to handle
an output Of $50 cars OF coke and coal
daily from the Dawson mines. This
mine formerly sent out 60 cars daily
but is increasing the amount because
OF larger demand. Additional re-
venue will result to Tucumcari resi-
dents.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04

A cure may be effected by applying
Chamberlain's Salve as soon as the
child is done nursing. Wipe it off with
a soft cloth before allowing the child
to nurse. Many trained nurses use
this salve with the best results. Price
25 cents per box. Sold by all dealers in
medicine.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04
Derivation Of Fork.

The fork takes its name from the
Latin furca yoke looking like an in
verted V. From this come the Italian
forca and forchetta Qittle fork. The
latter word gives the French their
fourchette, while the English so back
to the former and retain the harder
sounding fork"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-04

Additional furnishings are to be pur-
chased for the gymnasium and mission
furniture for the reading room Of the
Douglas Y. NJ. Q. A. The furniture Of
the reading room will be placed in the
class room. These additions have
been made possible through the gen
erous gift Of $3.50 from the Phelps
Dodge company.