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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-30
ROSWELL TORRANCE
Automobile, United States Mail and Pnssen'
ger service-Establlshed Jan. 10, 1905.

Shortest route to Roswell and all points
in the Pecos valley This being a United
States mail route the cars must, and do.
leave on schedule time.
Automobile leaves Torrance daily at a.
m. arriving at Roswell at / a. m. --saylns
passengers over thirty hours between these
points over any other line. Courteous ana
expert chaureurs In charge OF every car.
Seats reserved by applying to agent at Tor
rance or the Roswell Auto co.. Roswell, N.
NJ Baggage allowed, 90 pounds Any
amount OF baggage can be carried by noti-
tying Roswell Auto Co, at Roswell N. M.
J. W. ST0CKARD, Manager.
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A MARROW ESCAPE.

Many people have a narrow escape
from pneumonia and consumption ms
q result of a cold that hangs on
Foleys Honey and Tar cures coughs
and colds no matter how deep seat
ed and prevents pneumonia and con.
sumption. Refuse substitutes. j. II
O'Rielly Co.
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OUR SCREEN DOORS ARE MADE
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WILL LAST LONGER THAN ANY
SCREEN DOOR MADE OK SOLD IN
SUPERIOR PLAN.
ING MILL
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OTERO COUNTY WILL
Be REPRESENTED
Alamo Business Mems Club
Proposes to Come to the Ex-
position With Strong Show
ing,

In a recent latter to the board OF
control of the Irrigation congress from
John r. De Mier, secretary OF the
Alamo Business Mems club at Ala
mogordo, Mr. De Mier states that the
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~ 81 ! fNIStNlS Yin lS iS.t.
business became q great factor and
brought more boats into he serlice. In
1859 the Chippewa RS ned Il point very
ear Fort ~!enton. and in 1860 the Chip
pewa and the Key West succeeded in
reaching that post The Key West was
afterward seized by the government and
converted into a transport; for troops on
the lower Mississippi during the civil war.
She aftcrward became the pro"erty of the
Coulson line of steamers and was in
the service for 20 years.
Most Prosperous Time.
From 1871 to 1879 was the most prosper.
Gus season for transportation on the Mis-
river, Sioux City and Yankton be-
ing then the only railway terminal points.
and the government qu~arterrnaster's head
quarters being at the latter place. IL was
not uncommon to see from 10 to Is steam
boats loading at either place, and often
a score of boats wintered on the ways at
Yankton while repairs We're being made.
After the Northern Pacific reached Bis
marck and the Northwestern road reached
Pierre, river traffic began to wane. The
railroads got the business because the
steamboat companies had not got a line
on the new order of things and dropped
out. The country along the Missouri riv-
err has increased in population several
hundred thousand and since the discon-
tinuanc of steamboating. and an effort
to restore the traffic should meet with
The sane success that is characterizing
the revival of commercial traffic on the
Mississippi river between st. Louis and
ST. Paul. which has Increased 80 per cent
during the past three years.
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In 1884 and 1895 this boat made the trip
from ST. Louis to Fort Union and re-
turn and in &c she went to Poplar river,
100 miles above the mouth of the Vel o..
stone. But 1t was late in the season when
shc reached this point and the water be-
came SO low that she was obliged to tie
up for the winter at Fort Peck. The fol-
lowing spring she returned to Fort Union,
where she took on a cargo of furs for st.
Louis. On the way down. while tied up
for the night at Hart river, fire broke
out and destroyed the boa with its $780,
600 cargo OF furs and buffalo tongues
Government Supplies.
The American Fur company was the
pioneer in steanboating or the upper Mis-
souri, river and for the next two decades
following the burning Of the Assinnaho!ne,
employed several boats and transported
government troops and supplies. 1t was
the American Fur c%ompany's boat Ante
lope. which. in 1889. left st. Louis with
John c. Fremont's exploration party,
bound for Fort Pierre. Seventy lays were
required to make the journey. The Ante
lope was a stern wheeler, as We're nearly
all of the boats on the upper river dur
Ing and since that time.
Passing from 1889 to 1859. the situation
on the river was little changed. Occasion
ally a steamboat burned, was wrecked by
ice or sunk from collision with a snag.
but nothing notable occurred during that
period other than the gradual increase of
traffic as Uncle Sam threw his soldiers
into the northwest and erected new forts.
The discovery of gold in Montana brought
a stream of prospectors and the passenger
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upon it almost before it had fallen. Il
am sure it is a ky" The peel lay on
the ground in a tumble which might
have been anything, but Nell had a
brilliant Imagination, and she saw In
it a perfect tx"
You dear. delightful apple" she
cried, ito bring me such luck! I will
work all the spells l a wiz you.
Now. isn't there something to be done
with your seeds? Yes. I thought So
selling the book-"here it is. ON Hall
lowe'en girls make trial of the fidelity
of their SWANS by sticking an apple
kernel on each cheek. That which
remains longer indicates that h love
of him whose name it bears will prove
faithful oh, that will be splendid!
Now for 1t. This little pip is Bob Lis
ter; he likes me, but I don't like him:
and this is Kit; l like him. and l think
he likes mel"
Nell drilled her lace into the prefer
natural solemnity. stuck a pip on either
cheek. Kit on the left, Bob on the
right. and with a perfectly rigid.
Dutch-doll-like countenance. stared at
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REVIEW OF A PROFITABLE QUARTER
CEWTURY'S TRAFFIC ON THE MISSOURI
Navigation Congress Recalls
Golden Day. on River Be-
tween 1881 and 1886.
ILL FATE
American Fur Company Steamboat
With 100000 Cargo of PeIts Dcs-
troycd Off Hart River
Landing.

Sioux City. Ia. Special: The recent
gathering In this city of the Missouri
River Navigation congress. attended oy
many delegates from the seven Missouri
river s~tates-among them several COVER
nOrs and other prominent state Officials
Aas greatly revived interest In the sub
feet OF the probable profitable navigation
Of the big Muddy AS a result of this
gathering. q concerted and determined eff
tort will be made. through congress and
by the cooperation OF the states inter-
ested. to revive the once extensive river
traffic.
Few residents Of Missouri river towns
and cities will scarcely believe that this
sluggish stream was once the great thor
oughfare for m that the pioneers
describe 1t to have been. In 1855 steam
boating on the upper Missouri river had
practically ceased. the railroads having
geached and crossed that stream In the
northwest. taking with them the govern
ment contracts for the transportation of
Indian and army supplies and troops.
It never was a question of profit in run
ming the boats II the freight could nave
0een secured. But time figured extensive
" in the shipment of freight and the
steamboats, were too slow. They could
not at that time secure enough Tong
time" freight to load their boats and they
were transferred to the southern trade.
Fur Company is Pioneer.
AAo = Aco1s IO SledTlOOuI nau pll6Q lne
waters of the Missouri river above the
mouth of the Big Sioux. now the diviG-
ing line etwee Iowa and South Dakota.
The American Flu company. which had q
number of stations along this river as
Tar north as Hart river. near Mandan. N.
D.. made the first expedition above. Pre-
vtous to 1881 this company %nua
shipped its furs down the river to ST.
Louis In as many fiat boats as were re-
CURED for hat purpose.
In 1881. the company equipped a side
wheel which they named the
yellowstone" and sent her from ST.
Louis to old Fort Pierre. under the COM
mand of Captain Bennett. This venture
proved so much more satisfactory and ex-
peditious than the old method that the
mpan In the following year. sent the
yellowstone" as far north as the mouth
Of the Yellowstone river. In 1888 a stern
wheel boat was sent up as better adapted
70 ombating the current and evading the
~oandbars. and the "A~ssinnaboine went up
the river as far as old Fort Miner, a few
miles above Fort Buford.
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REAL WILD MAN IS
FOUND IN IRELAND
Said Never to Have Had q
Home But Roams Through
Boys and Fens.

Certain villages in Ireland are ring
ing with the story Of a wild man. who
lives in the woods and eats berries
roots, fish and small quadrupeds. just
like a prehistoric savage. He has silv-
cry locks, a long, snow white beard.
He dresses in garments old. scanty.
tattered and torn. 1t is said he has
never had a home-that the whole OF
his wretchcd three score and ten years
or threabouts. nave been spent IN the
open air-and hat as far as is known
he has no name. The story told OF him
by the p%easantry is that he was
dumped on a dtsolate Irish moor. when
a little child, by a loathsome. vaga-
bond mother of terrible to say. gentle
birth and education. and that alone
he has wandered ever since. fleeing
from his fellowmen as though some
wild, timid creature of the night. and
making his home in the densest woods
and on the most lonesome
and wastes .
knows for certain that the man can
not talk plainly and that his vocabu-
larry is limited to but a score of words
or so. In the more poverty stricken
and d%esolate districts in the Emerald
isle the man IL familiar to most OF
ahe peasantry, who give him clothes
from time to time. The clothes are
dropped on the ground, and when tho
| givers have withdrawn to a distance,
then and only then will he come and
pick them up. AS a rule, no sooner
has he got them in his hands than
he runs off as fast as his legs can
carry him.
Food he will accept from no one
An adept in the art of catching things.
he prefers to crter for himself. Far
and wide might you search before
coming across one more skillful In
poaching fish and game thar this old
white haired man. He will spear SAL
mon with a spiked pole. catch pheas-
ants and cartridges when the birds are
asleep in the night and even grab
fish from streams with his hands.
There is a story that several years
g he fell In love. with a beautiful
peasant lass, whose home he haunted
every night, bowling %hideously. Yet he
did not see the object of his affections
on more than a few occasions and
never nearer than a hundred yards
or SO.
The girls parents, Intensely super
stitious. like most Irish people, were
afraid to adopt any means to put a
stop to the annoyance. Another Of the
colleen's admirers, however, was bold
'er. and II pitch black night, conceal
Ing himself in some brushes, fired of
a gun within a yard or so OF the ma
as he was emitting one of his loudest
howls. The old lunatic fled. and from
that time his visits ceased n he has
not been seen in the vicinity since.
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GIFTS OF FRUIT
FOR LORD MAYOR
Curious Ancient Custom Is Still
Carried On in
London.
From vit-Bits.

1t is not generally known that veni-
son warrants are sent to the lord may
er of London and sheriffs by command
of the king twice a year. In July war;
cember for does. In the year 1101 the
king then reigning granted and con-
firmed by charter that the citizens of
Londo shall have all the rights and
privileges to the unit in the royal de-
mesnes as we'll INC as full as their
ancestors had
Eventually, however, the citizens
were debarred from enjoying the chase
in the royal parks n as a solatium 1t
was ordered that the lord mayor OF
London and the sheriffs should be sup
piled annually with SO many deer from
the royal parks and forests. This or
der was issued some centuries ago, and
ever since the first commissioner OF
works has yearly sent the warrant for
the venison for the occupiers of the
mansion house to the city remembran-
GER.
Another old custom in association
with London's mayoralty is the pre-
senting of fruit by the Fruiterers COM
pany to the lord mayor n the lady
mayoress. The ceremony appears to
have originated in the fourteenth CEN
tury and at one time was a very pic
turesque affair. Nowadays, however.
the presentation of the fruit is taken as
a matter of curse and without cere-
I1OHy- III daSS gone ny the master,
wardens and clerk of the Fruiterers
company attended at the end of No
vember at the Guild hall and appraised
the lord mayor of the presentation, in
forming him that twelve bushels of APP
pies Of various kinds were on the way
from Harrington market. Twelve men,
carrying on their heads pannlers con-
tanning the apples. headed by the COM
pany's beadle In official attire, then
marched up the Guild hall and laid
their offerings before the lord mayor
and lady mayoress, each receiving in
leturn a bottle Of wine.
The election of the mayor Of High
Wycombe would not be considered
complete unless he were weighed In"
His worship, as we'll as every member
of the corporation, is placed on a pair
OF gigantic scales and the result is en-
tered in a big book kept for the pur-
pose. h custom Is aid to date back
to the reign Of Edward L.
The mayor OF Plymouth is forced by
an old custom to visit at least once
during his year of Office the Lake OF
Burrator. When he journeys to the lake
he is followed by all the members OF
the corporation. Reaching the banks
the procession forms up in two lines
and a couple Of ancient goblets are
filled with water drawn from the lake
and passed around from mouth to
mouth. The mayor and the corpora
ton drink to the memory Of Sir Fran
CHS Drake, who when mayor Of Pfym-
puth In 1881 brought water to the town
by means of a canal some twenty miles
in length.
After each person has tasted the wa
ter the goblets are filed with wine and
the mayor, holding one at arms length.
says: May the descendants of him
VINO gave US water never want wine"
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signor:na Lombroso. SIS not distinguish
able from the act Of the savage woman who
once walked $50 miles through an African
jungle infested with poisonous reptiles and
beasts of prey in order to get q piece Of
red cloth two feet by three
IhG author of the article comes to the
conclusion that this coquetry, which be-
gins as soon as the female is able to creep
to a looking glass and uoes not end until
her race is run. is not a wholly bad quail
ity. To It we owe all the decorations of
our homes and many of the graces Of life.
would be like rooms in monasteries, Sc
we're, m-onotonous, chilling, and men can
easily excuse the exaggerations of
coquetry. since it IS all lone to find favor
in their eyes, and without 1t life would be
deprived of much of it's JOY"
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cinderella over again; the cruel sis
tiers (bless their hearth gone to the ball
and the i'll used youngster Clancy me
i'll used) left at home to Groom over the
fire.
Nell sank back among the cushions
of her basket chair. planted her feet
on the bright brass fender rail. helped
herself to a chocolate almond, and
opened an uncut volume of her favorite
author. She looked very enticing as
she sat here. The rosy lamp shade
shed a becoming tint over her long.
slim figure, the eyes under her straight
brows were just the right shade of
brown. and so was the very wavy
hair which had not even a bowling
acquaintance with methylated spirits
of patent waivers. The room she was
in also made a becoming setting; the
coloring was artistic n there We're
plenty Of easy chairs about. and piles
of cushions, plenty OF girls f~al-lals,
too. and heaps of howers--pink and
white. n golden brown c~hrysanthe-
NUNS, their pleasant. pungent. in
describable smell vying with that OF
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we will knock off one-half of the

we will knock off one-half of the
Then the taotai said TO his under
lings: Seeing that they arc to sell to
me at only half price, just give them
back one ingot of gold. n put the
other in my treasury. and thus their
account is settled. Goodby."
The underlings of the amer did so.
but still the shopmen hung around
waiting. The taotai asked them why
they were waiting. when their account
had been already settled. Said the
shopnlan: when did our honor pay
your humble ~servantso'
Then tie magistrate answered with
a very fierce air: "Tiao nu ts'ai! DIM
pertinent slaves). Did you not say
that these two gold ingots were half
price to mo? Then did l not give you
back one ingot and keep the other. and
thus settle your account wi bout the
least injustice, according to your own
proposition? So be off with you, or
my lictors will give you taste Of the
scourge!"
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Chinese Justice.
From the Cleveland Leader.

A certain Chinese taotai lmagistra+e)
having told his men to have two ingots
OF gold sent to his treasury for pur-
chase, the shopmen brought them in,
and. in answer to the query Of the
taotai, told him thai the price was so
much in taels, but added: This is
the ordinary price. but for your honor
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Self Defense.

FROM the washington Star.
Professor Ogden Chalmers Lorimer,
Toledo's veteran educator, is one of tbs
few remaining schoolmasters who still
cling to corporal punishment.
II believe in corporal punishment"
he said stoutly in a recent address.
Il take no stock in moral suasion.
Good. healthy boy: under moral suasion
have too free a time of it. They get
out of hand.
There is a friend of NINE" said
Professor Lorimer with a grim smile.
who is raising a family OF six boys
with the help of moral suasion. The
mild little chap argued about the mat
ter the other night at a club.
And do you believe said 1. that
moral suasion is better than corpora
punishment for big. lusty boys like
yours?' "
Yes said my friend.
And do you mean to say that YOU
have never whipped your boys?, /
asked.
LAS true as l sit here my friend
declared earnestly. I have never struck
one OF my children except in self de-
Some mems troubles arc asier 4,
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VANITY, TOO, LAUGHS
At ijCkSMITHS
Women In Prison Manage to
Powder, Paint and Even
Make q Corset.

Berlin. Special: Paolo Lombroso, a
daughter of the eminent crimlnoloe.st has
contributed a remarkable article to the
Revue on feminine coquetry, full OF
strange stories bearing on tbs subject.
Some of these stories were told to her
ny Signor Cadalso. the governor of a
Woman's prison in Milan. Although the
women In that prison never get a galnpse
OF a mar they are as eager as the most
fashionable dame to decorate their persons
Il haply they may by accident see one of
the male sex. In all other respects most
OF the prisoners are devoid of every trait
which ennobles and beauties the lives OF
women.
But thea vanity, their coquetry, remains
rs strong a passion as ever. All orna-
nent Is forbidden in the dreary cells OF
the Milan prison. yet the prisoners sue
ceeded In painting and powdering them
selves. 1t was observed that a number
sought to streak their yellow or pallid
faces with white to resembl powder and
It was discovered that they were in the
habit of licking the whitewashed walls of
their cells and chewing the lime fragments
10 get a white paste, which they smeared
on their faces with their fingers.
"Rouge" Puzzled Keepers.
One woman appeared regularly every
evening with her face painted an artificial
red. just. as signorina Lombroso says. like
the face of a ballet dancer. She refused to
tell where she got the paint, and for a
.ong tlnae me PRISON authorities were mys-
my. az lsns.n eney noIicea ina poruons
- : c,othes naa req thread woven INTO
elein. lhey %atcned her. Ihese threads
sle eas!acteo win minute pains and
soaked mem untl! they began TO coior
tns wafer with winch she .roushed her
SCI . ncr entire satisiacuon.
Anoel'er prisoner hao oeeh plnins Tor a
corset. lle.te oy little she OBTAINED wire
IRON q ecu WINDOW grating. with this
( md @ few rags she made an ingenious
corset ~hicn enabled her to squeeze her
WAIST mo the desired slimness. IT was
Only discovered when she tainted in the
cnapel from "tght lacing." The cell
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rible contortion, and Bob dropped off.
leaving Kit in triumphant If insecure
possession.
That's all right" ne
farious Nell with a sigh of satisfaction.
II am really getting on e~xcel!ently.
Now, what shall L do next? This
sounds thrilling: Take a candle and go
alone to the looking glass: eat an apple
before it. combing your hair meanwhile.
and the face of your future lover will
be seen in the glass. as if peeping over
you shoulder"
Nell opened her eyes wide. "O-o-h.
how creepy!" she cried. II am sure I
dare not do that. AT least'-rapidly
dare. Fancy. if I did see anyone how
dreadfully frightened I shoul be. I
wonder if this little tortoise shell comb
would do" taking one from her hair,
and this little silver backed mirror"
With a thrilling consciousness of risk
and excitement. Nell sat herself down
at the table before the glass, and took
up her apple. Every nerve was tense.
every sense On the alert: even a gnat
buzzing at her ear terrified her. and
when, in the mids OF her combing,
something suddenly stirred in the
creepers outside the French window.
she started to her feet with a cry, her
eyes big with terror. She recovered
herself directly. however.
How stupid of met" she cried. with
course it is only scrap-scrap. you
wicked dog. come in. how dare you
brighten me like that?" No dog APP
peared in answer to her call, but there
was no further movement outside, and
presently Nell sat down again and re-
sumed her thrilling occupation. She
combed her pretty, dusky hair, and nib
bled her apple in fear and trepidation,
little nervous smiles playing round her
mouth, and all sorts of delicious thrills
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Standing Of eaptists.
From Exchange

A certain preacher was conducting
. revival. "All who belong to the army
of the Lord" he said. stand up" One
woman arose in the back of the room.
What hurch sister?" the preachers
asked. The Baptist" she replied.
You don't belong to the army of the
Lord" the preacher said. you belong
TO the navy"
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No matter how much a mans funeral
| costs, 1t save him a lot of money aft
| erwards.
Coffee is a bad thing for a mans
tc,aper-especially if his wife doesn't
know how to mak it.
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Some mems troubles are easier ia
hear than their stories.
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herself In the glass. 1t was agonizing.
Every muscle Of her face longed to
twitch, laughter trembled on her lips.
and presently to her horrer her left
cheek began to CULVER and she felt Kit
going. This was not to be endured, SO
she twisted her right cheek into a hor-
rible contortion, and Bob dropped off.
leaving Kit in triumphant If insecure
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den outside, for, in spite of it being
late October, the long French windows
were open to the ground, and the even
ing air nuated in at them soft and
mild and scented.