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The Washington times., 1906-07-31
The Best Way To Live

The best way TO live is to cast away
troubles and contentious. which cannot
be cured by fretting A thing that is
done belongs to the past. In justice to
the requirements Of the present, you
should not look back and make your
self wretched over things which cannot
be undone.-WQ Qnan's Companion.
The Washington times., 1906-07-31
y THE HOWE, ITS PROBLEMS AND ITS INTERESTS y
You Can Soon Read Hands
By Following These Articles

acter. but one who can plan. think and
act from many points Of view. Own
ers OF exact types have minds
more powerful in one direction, get
may lack versatility. A mixed
hand IS ALWAYS more versatile than
powerful consequently il can do many
things but too often excel in none.
Their greatest success is generally
The Washington times., 1906-07-31

= y last Sundays issue the elementary
or primitive hand was considered
/ and discussed; type Of ha ID which
readers may have experienced some
difficulty in finding. for such as would
answer the description is rarely found
IN the home. This type viii seem much
clearer after the student has studied the
The Washington times., 1906-07-31
NerUe Lacking

,she does not speak TO him now"
"Why not?'
''ITs tried 10 kiss herr
The brute
And tnen gave up The attempt JUS
because she said she would tell heI
The Washington times., 1906-07-31
Fo5 Washing Brushes

Dissolve rock ammonia in the proper
ton OF one ounce 70 two quarts Of water.
Dip tho bTistles lightly in this and move
backward and forward Rinse thorough
ly in cold water, shake and dry in the
sun.
The Washington times., 1906-07-31
If We Had KEoWn

Tears blister the memory Of many
pages Of life which would be free from
blemish had youth been endowed with
experience.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-12-21
Justice Gregg Keeps Busy.

On Tuesday afternoon VIM, Gregg,
justice Of the peace for this precinct, v ag
perhaps the busiest man in town. At
two o'clock suit in attachment came up
for hearing, in which Antonio SaIazar
sought to recover the rent for his house
which had been occupied few days
overtime by a tenant, Robert Dornhector.
After hearing the evidence in the case,
Judgment was granted.
After disposing Of this, Mounted Po-
liceman Collier, Of Grant county, ap-
peared wltE Jose Dario Ballej0s and
Francisco Perea. both of the Mountainair
vicinity. The former is charged with
the theft Of two horses, and the latter
with a harness. Both plead not guilty,
but thought they could explain things
more satisfactorily to the grand jury
tban they could to Judge Gregg, so gave
bond to appear before that august body.
Cristino Chaves and Antonio SaIazar
appear as bondsmen.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-12-21
Condemned TO Death for Murder.
appear as bondsmen.

Socorro, N. NJ. Carlos Sais, convicted
on December 9Th in the district court
here Of the murder Of John BiIIngslea
and William Mclaughlin, prospcctors in
the Manzano mountains, Semptember 26
last, was today sentenced by Judge Par
ker to be hanged by the neck until dead
on Friday, January Il.
Gliseo Wales, the accomplce of Sais,
in the murder Of the two men, who
pleaded guilty TO murder III the second
degree, was sentenced by Judge Parker
to serve niuety-nine years in the peniten-
tiary at Santa Fe ana pay the costs. Al.
buquerque Journal
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-12-21
Appointed Assistant
Superintendent of Schools

Prof. J. E. Clark, superintendent of
public schools of Albuquerque has been
appointed assistant superintendent Of Pub ;
lie Instruction Of the territory. Prof. Hi
ram Hadley has asked to be relieved of
the strenuous work Of his Office early next
year, and the implication is that Prof.
Clark will succeed to that office, although
this is not definitely stated. He will as
sumo his new duties January Ist.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-12-21
Government to Dip
New Mexico's S Sheep

Next season the fed eral government
will have charge Of sheep dipping i'll
New Mexico This was practically de-
termined at the meeting of the terrific
rial sheep sanitary hoard yesterday in
the Office Of Harry Lee, the secretary,
where it was thoroughly discussed in
every feature. The board members con-
CURED in the opinion that the outlook
for the coming year is auspicious.
President Soomou Luna Of the board
presided at the meeting Among the
well known sheep men IN attendance
are Harry W. KalIy of Las Vegas: WS.
Prayer, Roswell, and Charles SchIe-
ter, Clayton, members Of the board, Dr
lines, inspector for New Mexico ard
Arizona, was in consultation with the
board on important matters relating TO
the inspection.
After the meeting Mr.. Lee stated that
while 30 definite promise had been
made i5 was pIacticalIy certain that the
government would hereafter supervise
the dipping of sheep in New Mexico.
"Inspec.ors wiz be detailed to look after
the dipping" he said
When DR.. Melvin, chief of the bureau
OF animal Industry was in Nbuquerque
Il short time ago he promised to uso his
influence TO get inspectors for the work,
Mr.. Lee continued
"lhesa might have en- supplied b.
fore only the passage of the meat tinspao.
tion law thinnoI the ranks Of the iuapea.
tors until there were no moro available
for t'e work. 1t is thought that safi-
cient INSPECTORS can now be secured to
do the work. The dnty Of seeing that
all the sheep are brought to the dipping
places will aevoiyo upon the territory
Abou. I'D men viii lee required. or this
number : VIII he supplied by the &C.
verameot and 50 by the sanitary board
The salaries of The inspectors range from
STI IN d 7Do ,,,,, ,-,Or+r
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-12-21
Minister Delayed

Rev w. A. Pratt of Hydro, Okla,
who has been appointed to the paStorate
of The Methodist Episcoapl Church here,
has written that he has been delayed in
starting by one Of his little boys having
broken an arm, but expects TO start for
New Mexico soon,
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-12-21
WORK OF
OUR SCHOOLS
Regularity and Promptness Necessary to Secure
Best Results

We submit the following report of
the Estancia School; the same having
been in session almost four months:
New pupils have been entering every
week or two since school began and the
present enrolment is one hundred and
flfty.six.
Since Miss Pence's resignation the
entire work has been divided between us,
and after much diyising and studying Of
new plans the work is again organized
and the children are in a good position to
do good work the remainder of the term.
The one great difficulty which con-
fronts US is the rregularity of attendance
on the part of the pupils. 1t is true that
on account of unpleasant weather, a few
of the children living in the country were
compelled to be absent several days. But
we are unable to account for so manV be-
ing absent among those living in town.
1t seems to US that when children are
provided with warm wraps and overshoes,
it would be better that they were in school
than playing ia the streets, as we have
seen some doing, If the parents would
only awaken to the interest of their chill
dren, and realize how much their cooper
alton and help means to the success Of
the school, we feel that the work of their
children would be greatly improved. It is
our aim to do all in our power for the
school and for the interest Of the children
in general But VIII 1t is to be done when
a child comes to school one day and stays
home two, or a week and perhaps a
month? He forgets tie new lesson taught
that day and on returning fndS the class
studying something he knows particularly
nothing about. Tie teacher cannot take
the time from the rest Of the class to go
over the work that two or three pupils
have missed. In some Of our schools
tha,, ara IrorDai ~ 4l.a f,avf iog,sr c.o 10
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-12-21

fore. The severe weather has ocasioned
little damage to them, but it entailed
considerable losses to the goat focIts.
Prices have been generally about the
same as last year, but the movement has
not been quite SO heavy. Citizen.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-12-21

The Estancia News for four months
any place in the United States for Fifty
Cents. Send it to the friend who is in
quiripg about the Es,aacia Valley.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-12-21
Estancia.

There's a land know,
It's beauties lie
Meath tropic Sky,
There the cacti grow;
There the redfringed sun-kissed cacti
grow.
There's face | know;
Two red lips smile
At me the while:
There is promise low,
There are raven lashes dropping low
O'er darlt eyes that glow.
There is spot | know;
A face lies white
In the moons cold light,
And the red. friLged cactj black,red
grow.
In Estauca, New Mexico
5. II. {.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-22
Chicago Inter ocean,

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Southern Wisconsin in its pioneer days
was greatly infested by rattlesnakes.
Habitation and the cultivation Of the soil
have to a great extent exterminated
them, though we occasionally hear OF
some unlucky person being bitten by one
''Forewarned is forearmed," and people
living in the snake-infested vicinities nat
urally take great precaution before ven
turing where there is any possible dan
ger.
This is a temperance town, with the
lid" on SO tight that it is impossible to
get liquor of any kind without a. physi-
clans prescription.
We had an Irishman residing here
named Mike Keegan, to whom liquor was
as essential as milk is to a kitten.
Mike owned a piece of brush and tim
Der land that he was busy clearing One
day as he was working he heard The
deadly rattle and smelled the sickening
odor so well known as the Tattlers warn
ing, and before he could eXtricate him
self from the brush he was severely Bit
ten by huge rattlesnake.
Ignorant of the immediate danger, he
continued his work until his body began
swelling 50 badly that he hailed a pas
serby. He was Immediately brought 10
town. where a physician was summoned,
who prescribed as an antidote one pint
of whisky the first hour, and then all ne
could take for a week, or until MS SSs-
tenn was completely free from the poison
About two weeks later Mike was seen
trampiug savagely about in the orusn
where he was bitten before, and upon
being warned that he would De very apt
to be bitten again. remarked; IL tnaI
that / want, and that m after. SO tlla ~
can have a lot more of that antidote Tor
snake hitesh
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-22
Wage-Earning Women as Authors
BY MARGARET e. sANesTER.

into the work of q rOmancer who had
not the romance faculty in her soul
True, there are many abortiVe books
published every season; more is the
pity. The girl 1 am thinking Of is too
sensible to write a hopelessly dull book
with her eyes open.
Perhaps the better way is usually for
the youthful aspirant to test her met,
tie by attempting to write short stories.
There is a ready market for strong,
bright and charming short stories in
the monthly me- gaines and the weekly
periodicals. They sometimes find a
place, too, in the daily newspaper. A
story must have .pith and point. Ii
must have a clearly defined motive. 1t
must have atmosphere anu local color
and above all it must describe some
thing in manner SO lifelike that it
takes rank above mere invention and
carries with it a conviction of sin
cerity.
Not, for imitation, but for study, the
girl who thinks she can write short
stories should read those Ct the popu-
lar writer's Of the day, Alice Brown,
Mary Wilkins Freeman, Abby Roach
MacGuire, Harriet Prescott Spefford,
Margaret Deland end others VIII afford
her excellent examples of finished art
in story writing.
Nothing is ofteaer he Ird than the
woeful complaint that there is no room
for a new writer. The fact is that edi-
tors are always on the lookout for
new writer's The pubic clamors for
novelty. There IS, of course, a well
come for men and women whose work
has distinction ana whose style is OF
a certain fine individuality, bug u Is
a gala day in an editorial office when
a new star looms up on the horizon.
Equally in the publishing world there
is joy when the new novelist brings
the product of genius to the front
Editors and publishers not infre-
quently make mistakes. AS every one
knows, David Harum' was sent from
one publisher TO another. returning
with polite notes of regret to its in
valid author. until one reader was
found who discovered its rare merits.
have personally known two instances
i'm which books rejected by the readers
of one publishing house were recon-
mended by those of another and, being
given to the world, rapidly ran through
many successive editions, bringing theil
authors fame and money and receiv-
ing notice among the best selling books
of several seasons. l mention this II
order that my aspiring author may not
be too readily disheartened. If she
have the stuff in her she will aftel
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awhile find somebody who has the
witch hazel wand that divines genius
and the helping hand that introduces
it to the reading world.
Meanwhile, my advice is, read more
than you write. You can hardly read
too much. Read everything that in
tereSts you, travel, essays, biography
and poety, but do not too closely con-
fine yourself to the successful writer's
of today. Draw from the deep wells
of pure English furnished you by the
standard authors of the language.
Read the best authors of other Ian
guages. The successful novelist of the
twentieth century must know both lit
erature and life If you have this
assertion verified, read, for example,
the wonderful pages of one of the
hours successful writer's, Mrs. Humph
reg Ward. You will discover that Mrs.
Ward knows history, art, politics, re-
ligion and human nature. If you are
a girl in the early twenties you have
not yet lived long enough to COM
pete with any one who has been gradu
ated in so various and profound d
school. You may begin your appren-
ticeship as Mrs. Ward did and as 9TH
ers have done. by much study, much
reading and by careful writing.
AS for the pace at which successful
writer's work, there is no particular
rule. Anthony Trollope wrote 250
words in less than a half hour and
kept up that amount for hours at
time day after day, at home, in
stage coach, on a railway train, when
visiting friends, and on board & steam
err George Eliot sometimes spent d
whole day over 4 single page. There
is no rule But about the average per-
son, particularly when beginning. it is
generally true that easy writing makes
difficult reading.
When your story or your book IS
written, have it copied legibly in type
writing, if possible, and send it fully
stamped and with stamps added for
the possible return of the manuscript,
to the ditor you have chosen. Write
your name end address at the top of
the first page. If you send letter of
explanation or Introduction, let it go
in the same enclosure and not separ-
ately. 1t is best to add nothing 10 the
labor of the editor. Do not expect
an immediate reply. From fotrte en- 70
twenty-one days is the briefest limit in
which the story Ola volunteer can usu-
ally be examined. Remember thar your
work must enter into competition with
that of skilled writer's who have earned
claim on public attention. and whose
work is often engaged months before
it appears. Do not resent the printed
slipt which tells you that your manu-
script is declined with thanks. If there
is anything in you and you persevere
you viii ore day receive. not the print
ed slip, but the welcomed check which
will be an omen of your happy flu
| ture.
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fiuence in this part of Asia is increas-
ing.
While Baalbek contains the largest
and most famous ruins, it is not the
only place that attracts the archaeolo-
gist. There are hundreds of sites OF
ancient cities which abundantly repay
the excavator. Specimens of Greek
and Roman art have been found on
both sides of the Jordan, as well as
along the Mediterranean coast. The
tombs also have yielded up their
world have been supplied with tear
bottles, perfumery jars, vases, poWlS'
scarabs, ancient coins, etc.
The Phoenicians are credited with
having invented the making of glass III
the DAYS when Tyre and Sidon were
their chief cities. It is said that the
art owes its discovery to the use or
saltpeter in the place of stones by
some sailors who landed at the mouth
of the river Belos. near Aka. Finding
no stones upon which TO put their ket-
ties. they used blocks of sdltpeter and
were surprised to find that the fire had
fused the sand and the SaltDeter. into
a transparent substance. The mduS-
try was inaugurated at Tyre and Sidon,
and for some time the Phoenicians
s,nnlied the world with glass. The
| bottles and vases found from time %
| time in the tombs of Syria and Egypt
are more beautiful than when they left
the hand of the manufacturer; the
outer surface has decayed. and be-
meath are revealed all the colorS of
the rainbow. 1t was the custom to fill
the tear bottles with tears of the
n1ourners and to bury them with the
dead.
The scarab which is found so often
In the ancient tombs in Syria and in
Egypt are the old-fashioned tumble
bug or dung beetle with which every
boy. or at least every country or vii
lage boy, is familiar. I little thought
/ when used to see the tumble-bug
rolling his little globe Of manure along
the dusty road that he was considered
a sacred insect several thousand years
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clever girl, who has received
passably good education. who is fond
Of books and who wants to earn q. lit
tie money, sometimes desires that she
will enteTr the lists and write a novel.
She pr0cures a supply of fOolscap and
sits down with a story in her head.
Nothing appears easier TO the dream
ing. girl or to the girl who took prizes
at school in the composition class. She
means 10 write a book, and before she
has finished the first chaper she sees
herself in imagination famous and sue
cesSful and the possessor of fortune.
Have there NOT been examples of, sue
cess so swift. 50 dazzling, SO almost
miraculous that there is no reason for
discoura cement, but on the other hand,
every reason for hope? What woman
has done woman may do. Has not our
friend heard of the quiet little New
England girl never twenty miles from
her village until she had written
dozen. short stories that fairly took the
world by storm? Has she not heard
Of the southern cir. brought UP in her
fathers library and familiar from
childhood with the picturesque litera-
ture of colonial life, the girl whose first
novel was published in the Atlantic
Monthly and whose work was known
on two continents and brought her u
golden harvest?
These and other examples fit before
the busy brain and she feels in her in
most soul that she is as likely to reach
the top of the ladder at a bound, as
they were. So, filed with confidence,
she begins to write.
There is never much difficulty about
the first charter The pen flies over
the paper and the hero and heroine
with their attendants step briskly upon
the stage. But unless the young au-
thors belongs 20 the exceptionally gifted
few, she soon encounters trouble. She
does not know what to do with her
people; they are puppets and wooden
al that; they are not living and breath
| ing realities full CT red blood and throb-
! bing flesh as the characters ere in
TIE stories of noyelists endowed with
creative power Before very long. if
she is fortunate. our girl writer rear
| ICES that it is not worth while to
meander through 800 duh pages only
/ to be rejected by the publisher in the
/ end. If she does plod doggeGly on. she
may win her experience at a dearer
rate
Only here and there do we find those
who have come into the world with
the heaven-sent gift OF the story tell
er. Noveists are born. not made. All
the teaching and training in the world
never put a spark of the divine fire
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ago, or that he was ever used as a
symbol of the Creator; and yet his
likeness adOrns temples and tOmbs.
and his image, cut in stone and bear
ing the seal of rulers, has been found
by the thousands Often the heart of
dead person was removed and a
scarab inserted in its place The
scarab, rolling its ball, typified to the
ancient an unseen power guiding the
sun. while the bursting OF the young
bug from its egg IN the ball symbol
lied the resurrection-to what classical
uses this commonplace little insect was
put!
Among those who have been instru-
mental in bringing the hidden treas
ures of Syria to the attention of the
world Mr.. Azeez Khayat, a native of
Tyre, but now IN American citizen,
deserves special mention. Many Amer
lean museums are indebted to him for
their collections.
Speaking of Tyre and Sidon reminds
me that in the study of Syria and Pal
estine / ran across an early instance
of monopoly. Josephus accuses John
of Gischala of monopoliZing the oil
business on the Mediterranean coast.
1t was early in the Christian era that
the aforesaid john according to Jo-
sephus, convinced the Jews who dwelt
in Syria that they were obliged to use
oil made by othe. 6, and then the his
torian adds, $50 he (JOhn) bought four
amphorae with such Syrian money as
was of the value of four Attic
draehmae and sold every half amphor
at the same price; and 4s Galilee was
very fruitful in Oh and was peculiarly
so at this time, by sending away great
quantities and having the sole privi-
/ lege so to do, he gathered an immense
sum of money together"
This is interesting and instructive. 1t
] shows. first. that mOnOpOly is an an
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booths, the homes of the people, the
dress, the customs and habits, are the
same hat they were when Saul of
Tarsus wandered down the street
called Straight" in search of the one
who was to restore his sight. This
street, though straight as compared
with the other streets, is hardly de-
serving of the name which it still
bears.)
AS in Cairo, the different trades have
different sections The dealers in sugar
occupy one quarter; the silversmiths,
the candy manufacturers, the black
smiths, the carpenters-each> class has
it's cluster of shops. The Arabian
horse being the pride OF the Bedouin,
we were not surprised to find much
attention paid to the manufacture of
saddles, saddle bags, brides and trap
pings, only they were for the most part
made of wool and cotton rather than
leather. Bright colors, tassels, fringes,
shells and ostrich feathers are en-
ployed in the ornamentation of the
horse, the donkey and the camel.
The candies of Damascus are very
good and very cheap. and nuts of all
kinds are to be found in abundance, an
excellent variety of walnut being
grown within the city limits. Natur-
ally this city is market for Persian
rugs, and large stocks are kept on
hand. While the people make every
thing which enters into the daily life
of the country, they are especially
skilled in brass damascene ware and
the inlaying of wood with mOther-of-
pearl
Damascus is not Especially noted for
places of historical interest. The tour
Oh 4
the window through which Paul was
let down from the wall, but it is doubt
full whether the identity of these places
has been really eSta hlishad a house.