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Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

An amendment 0l charter was TO-
day 0led in tho office of Territorial
Secretary Nathan Jaffa by the Eden
Canal. Land and Power company.
changing its name Co the Eden Canal
company and increasing the number
OF directors Co five. The company
operates in san Juan county.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

superintendent Of Public inslruc-
ton James b. CLARK is home from
salt Lake city. Utah. whore he at
'tended "a conference of western state
school superintendonts. Fifteen states
were represented from Louisiana ir
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

This will leave six hundred dollars
for the well and pump, which is GER
tainly ample. This will supply we'll,
pump and motor large enough to sup
ply water for eighty acres. provided,
of course. the water is to be had. Now
1875 gallons per minute for l45 days
will furnish eighty-acre feet Of water,
so that any 200-gallon will supply the
water if a reservoir is used.
Now, the total expense the farmer
will be to, in regard to the bonds at
$3.50 per acre, is: Bonds of Sl,200 at
6 Der cent interest to run for twenty
years The principal and interest on
this amount will be S1,920, to be paid
during the twenty years, or a little
less than Sl00 per year.
Comparing this proposition with the
installation cost of any other PROPOSE
ton presented to the people, viii show
that it is away better in every way.
Another item worth considering is the
fact that the land is free of any mort
gage
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

Territorial Treasurer VI. \. Otoro
received today from G. II. Chenault
treasurer of Quay county Sll36.27;
firE Game Warden Thomas T.
Gable. SNfT5.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24
Notarics Public Appolntcd.

Governor Mills today appointed
the following notaTies public: Ed
ward w Holmes, Clayton j. G. Nc
Cain, Sawyer, Valencia county; Fred
j. Hammond, Soeorro.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

which alfalfa is grown, is a question,
but il can be introduced into the
humid territory and thus keep the
weevil from spreading thereto,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

quently brought us to Chihuahua. The
wreck was not allowed 10 be cleared. -
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

New crop Milo Maize and Kaffir
Corn. LIS per hundred. Ground,
S1.S5 per hundred. L. w. FEE, 212
w. Lead avenue.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

When you want Aliens honey or
der it Of your grocery man In lO-lD.
pals.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

Stylish horses and buggies fur
nished on short notice by w. l.,
Trimble q Co.. 113 North Second
street. phone 3.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

When YOU want Aliens honey or
der it of your grocery man in lO-lb'
nails
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24
THEY ARE CATCHING!

Big holiday matinee at the Gem to-
law
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

Special holiday features at the Gem
today.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

The best saddle horses to be had
in the city are at w L. Trimble's, ll5
North Second street; phone g.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-24

Dancing Kids viii give thanks with
their feet today a. the Gem.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24
AN INTELLIGENT REPTILE.
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 Do animals possess the power of logical judgment, or, as we oftener say, reason? Naturalists- others have long debated the question, and are still divided. A writer in Science, without committing himself on the point, tells what he saw on country road in Georgia, and every reader will agree with him that it was remark able.
 A commotion in the underbrush be- side the road attracted his attention. He investigated the cause, and saw coachwhip snake about four feet long struggling with a lizard less than a foot long. They were not fighting; the snake was trying to eat the lizard.
 Occasionally the lizard would get away, but the snake would at once give chase and recapture him. The snake invariably caught his prey by the body; he acted as if he knew that if he seized him by the tail the lizard would break off the tail and escape.
 Finally the lizard, escaping from the snake, darted up tree; the snake fol- lowed. Here the four jointed legs of the lizard gave him the advantage. After darting up the tree short dis tance he paused and glanced back ward. As often as the snake approach ed he would again dart forward, stop. and look backward; this happened sev- eral times.
 Then all of a sudden the snake dropped to the ground. The lizard continued to gaze downward. About a foot from the tree on which the liz ard was resting. head downward. there stood another tree. Spirally up this tree the snake climbed until it was a few inches above the level of the lizard. which was still gazing scru- tinizingly downward
 Quietly and quickly the snake ex- tended the front of it's body, and with a sudden thrust of it's head knocked the lizard to the ground, and before it had time to recover from the unex- pected blow the snake had dropped to the ground and recaptured it.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24

blaze, and then looked at me. the poker resting in his hand. He was found murdered this morning, and have been engaged on the case all day -called in by Scotland Yard.'
 Have you any idea how the crime was committed. and why?"
 None; we are all working in the dark. There are four of us engaged on it; three men from Scotland Yard and myself
 Browning paused There are some extraordinary features about the case, features which contradict one another. At half-past 9 he had breakfast with his wife; at 10:15 he went into his study; at half-past he was found on the floor dead. half-smoked cigar be- tween his fingers. Death must have been. instantaneous. since the look on his face was normal one"
 Browning licked the ash off his cigarette We can really tell noth- ing until after the post mortem to- morrow. He may have died of heart failure; one of the men from the yard is inclined to that view. Personally, think he was murdered"
 By someone in the employ of a for eiga power?"
 He was silent for a moment Then. II should like you to see his study: it's a perfect museum of curiosities. Carving from China, inlaid work from Japan and India. Standing in one corner is a most beautiful model of a pagoda, carved by natives; it must be worth hundreds of pounds. And his ash-tray is bronze representation of a native god. holding a metal tray depicting the world
 The next afternoon at o'clock tenn examination.
 "I was right on one point" he said to me on entering Lord Quinton died from the effects of poison. The next thing is to find the murderer"
 That evening we received a visit from Inspector Turnbull of Scotland Yard.
 Browning handed his cigarette case across the table. First of all. In- spector, should like to hear your views-you smoke?''
 The QeIecllVe IOOh clSdTeCCe. lO be candid, MT. Browning. I'm hanged if I dknow what to make of it."
 Tt is somewhat perplexing." he said. ''If we sift all the evidence we have at our disposal. I think we can only come to one conclusion, at any rate, as to the motive. As far as we can gather, Lord Quinton had no enc mics; there was no one likely to do him any injury. He was happily mar ried" Browning smiled cynically.
 True. every man is supposed to have a skeleton in his cupboard, but we have searched his private papers, and can find no evidence. No. we must go farther afield for motive. You know the political position as well as l dc, lnsDectnr.'
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24
WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS.
She Only Hnd One Glance, But She
 Did Not OxerIOOIk Anything.

She Only Hnd One Glance. But She
 Did Not Overlook Anything.
 will you please tell us how the lady was dressed?" said the attorney for the defense to a woman who was testifying in a police court proceed ing, according to Puck.
 Well, of course didn't see her for longer than a minute. as she got up and walked out of the stret car we were both riding in. but she had on wide gray fur hat turned up at one side and fastened with a rhine stone buckle. and she had q long white feather and a gray birds wing on the hat and a narrow band of gold galloon around it. and two large scarlet-red velvet roses. and she had the hat fas- tened on with three hatpins. one of them with a red-glass stone set around with California briliants. and another was in the shape of a four-leafed clover, and the third was a big gilt ball, and the hat dropped away over on the right side. and she had a black veil with white dots on it. and it was fastened with gold arrow run through a rhinestone buckle at the back of the hat Then she had on a tailored suit of mauve cloth with the jacket and front width of the dress all braided in silk braid, the same shade of the dress, and the other widths of the dress had three bias folds laid on, one right above the other, and the six buttons covered with goods like the dress. and the jacket had bias fold all around it and four teen buttons down the front and three on the pockets. and it had a wide rolling collar lined with satin shade or two lighter than the dress, and there was a narrow silk cord of white silk edging the collar and coming all down the front of the jacket, which was a little more than half-fitting, and 1t sagged just a trifie on the left side and"
 You say you 1aw the lady but a moment?"
 Yes, just for moment as she was leaving the car. but l noticed that she had on a gray squirrel skin nun and tippet and"
 That will do. madam. Next wit ness please come forward"
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24
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It was in our bachelor days and we tho London squares; when Browning had not attained the high rank in his profession that is his to-day-the dreaded Nemesis O. all criminals, the expert to whom the detectives of Europe come for assistance and ad- vice.
 had just returned from weeks holiday in Scotland to find Browning awaiting me on the platform at Kings Cross. His face wore a worried look
 I've just driven down from Cado- gan place. I've got an important case On."
 What is it?" I asked.
 I'll tell you about it when we get home'
 When the cao put US down at our chambers, he opened the door and led the way into ou: sitting room. Then he took off his overcoat and flung it across a chair.
 You know how strained the rela- ticns are between England and - that the House had three all-night sit tings last week, discussing the situa- tion?"
 Yes" I said.
 You know that a crisis has only been averted by the diplomacy of one man?"
 Lord Quinton-the foreign secre- tary." Browning poked the fire into
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24
Gha.tIx Retrieving.

Lord Robert Innes-Ker, at a dinner at the Plaza in New York, said of a New York wit:
 His wit always hits the mark It is not like the shooting of friend of Saline.
 My friend went rabbit shooting one day with a fine retriever dog. A rab- bit suddenly appeared and my friend let go both barrels.
 "The dog. that never failed to re- trieve shot, uttered a mournful cry. and, returning with its own tail in its mouth. laid it reproachfulIy at my fris.nds feat
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24
MEDICINE AND THE PRESS.
Food Deal of UnjustiaabIe Talk About Newspaper BlunderS.

Food Deal of UnjustihabIe Talk
 About Newspaper Blunders.
 One of the medical journals devotes long and scornful article in it's cur rent issue to the anatomical and path ological blunders of newspapers. Some of those blunders, it must be admit. ted, have no little richness of humor. small western paper, for example, recently accused a man of dying of "pleurisy of the brain." Another an nounced that a sick man, locally prominent, was recovering from bad attack of staphlocous (staphylococ- cus?) A third paper, this time in the south, recorded a case of ''petrification raising marvels, of incredible mala. dies and impossible operations crops up every day on all sides.
 It is to be lamented, of course, says tine Baltimore Sun, that newspapers are not more accurate in their medical and chirurgical reports, but the fault, we believe, is not always theirs. Too often the doctors who laugh so loudly are to blame. Many of them still cling to the ancient hocus-pocus of the me- diaeval leeches. Medicine, as 1t is practiced, is still marked by mean ingless incantations, absurd circum- locutions, unintelligible dog Latin. The young doctors like to roll sound ing words upon their tongues that they may cause the vulgar to marvel, and too often they are never cured of the vice. Just observe the builetiGs issued by the learned consuitaufs while a great man lies dying. Very often they gre entirely incomprehen- sible, despite the fact that the infor- nation they ordinarily convey night be expressed very we'll in language easily understood by any layman.
 No; the newspapers are not always to blame for their medical errors and when they are their blunders do a great deal less harm than those of the doctors themselves. A newspaper never gouges out the wrong eye or cuts off the wrong leg. Its mistakes in diagnosis fill no graveyards. It may be comic, but it is never homicidaI.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24
SAVED BY HIS NAME.
Man Imprisoned for Murder to De Cared for by Supposed Victim

Man Imprisoned for Murder to De
 Cared for by Supposed Victim.
 When Bernard Carter, a wealthy citizen of Seattle, read an account of the prison investigations and expos ure of cruelties practiced in Texas. he noted the name of Roxer Williams among the cOnvicts who testified be- fore the Investigating board. This is not a common name and recalled a man with whom Carter had had trou- ble years ago on a ranch in Crockett county, Texas.
 In the spring of 1890 Carter and Williams had quarreled. One night Williams stabbed Carter while out on a cattle trail and rolled his body into Pecos river Williams was arrested, tried and given a long sentence for the murder of Carter.
 A few weeks after the stabbing the decomposed body of a man was found in the river and identified as that of Carter, but it was not. Carter was found by a companion. taken to the railroad and sent to a hospital at Fl Paso. Recovering. he drifted west. thence to Central America, and finally. having accumulated a fortune. settled in Seattle ten years ago.
 Carter discovered that the convict in the Texas penitentiary was the same Roxer Williams that had stabbed him and that he was serving a forty year term for his murder
 The astonished man at once set about to procure the pardon of Will Hams. He was successful and has taken his old-time partner and assaii- ant to Seattle, where he will provide the man with a good home for the rest of his life.
 Carter and Williams had small in terests in several herds of cattle be- fore the stabbing affair and became bitter enemies. fighting over their stock Recovering from his wounds. Carter heard that Williams had slipped the country and had never been arrested. Williams was 8 years old when he was convicted and he looks 6 now. He supposed he had killed Carter
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24
A Matter of Dates.

Going assiduously to galleries and exhibitions does not necessarily make an art critic of the amateur, nor does it always firmly fix his historical knowledge, as the following anecdote shows:
 A certain wealthy man has a re raarkable collection of paintings that have recently attracted much atten- tion A short time ago the members of a club in his city asked to be all lowed to inspect his treasures with their wives. their sisters, their cousins ana their aunts. Their request was granted.
 One man was looking at picture which bore the inscription. '1723- Sir Joshua Reynolds-1792." the dates. of course, being those of the birth and death of the artist.
 "Ah," he said to his companion, whom he evidently wished to impress with his knowledge of art, q know the original well. You see, it was painted in 1723, and this copy was made in 1792"
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24
LEGAL INFORMATION


The mere running away of team is held in Collier vs. Knox, 222 Pa. 362 T Att. 539, 23 L. R. A. (N. S) 17l not to imply negligence on the part oi the owner.
 A railroad company is held in Louis vile G N R. Go. vs. Melton (Ala.) Al So. 1924, g L. R. A (N. e. 1S3, to be liable for the value of a horse which it frightens to death by is wrongful act, although no bodily in- jury is inflicted upon it.
 One operating an automobile on a public highway in violation of stat ute forbidding the operation thereon of unregistered machines is held in Durley vs. Northampton Street R. Co.,, POP Mass. 443, S9 N. E. p. 2S L. R. A against one who injures it merely b. want of ordinary care.
 One who. in going from a railroa,: car to a street. after passing certain distance along the walk provided by the railroad company, turns aside and attempts to walk across the tracks of the company, is held in Legge vs. New Ycrk, N. H. & H. R. Co.,. 157 Mass. SS, S3 N. E. 367, 23 l.. R. A. (N. S.) 633, to have no right to claim the protec- tion from the company which is due to passenger.
 A street car passenger who insists upon remaining on a car which turns back before his destination is reached. without paying the return fare. is hall in Wright vs. Orange & P. Valley R Co (N. J. Err A. App), 8 All. 517, g L. R. A (N. S) 571. to be liable to be ejected as a trespasser, although be was not warned, when boarding the car, that it would not go to the point to which his contract entitled him to be carried.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24
HAD LUCK ON THE WAY:
l The English Thief That Dropped In to See His Lawyer.

In to See His Lawyer.
 Here is a story of a genuine instance of the kind of business which fell to the lot of a once notorious London thieves counsel" One day a thick set man, with a cropped poll of un- mistakable Newgate cut, slunk into this counsePs room, when the follow ing dialogue took place:
 Morning, sir" said the man, touch ing his forelock
 Morning" said the counsel. What do you want2"
 Well, sir, I'm sorry to say, sir, our little Ben. sir, has 'ad a misfor.in. Fust Offense, sir, only wipe"
 Well. well!" interrupted the coun- sell Get on''-
 50, sir, we thought as you'd 'ad all the family business we'd like you to defend him, sir
 ''All right" said the counsel; "see my clerk
 Yes. sir" continued the thief, but thought I'd like to make sure you'd cos it's little Ben, our youngest kid"
 "Oh, that will be all rightl Give Simmons the fee"
 Well, sir" continued the m9n, shift ing about uncomfortably, q was go- ing to arst you, sir, to take little less You see, sir -wheedingly- little Ben-his first misfortin"-
 No, mol" said the counsel impa- tiently- Clear outi"
 But, sir. you've had all our busi- ness Well. sir, if you won't you won't. so I'll pay you now, sir" And as he dOled out the guineas, "I may as well tell you, sir, you wouldn't "a got the counters if I hadn't had little bit of luck on the way."-From "The Recollections of a K. G." by Thomas Edward Crispe
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24
A PRACTICAL APPLICATION.

Mir. Holden was in one of these cheerful. mildly philosophical moods. when he likes to think aloud and Lm- part a portion of his wisdom to his wife. Did you ever stop to think. my dear" he said, that the greatest effect civilization has had upon lie is in conferring leisure?" He went on to devote his thesis:
 We talk about how hard we have to work to make living as we put 1t. that is. to get enough to eat and wear and a place to sleep. But just take the case of the lower animals. They don't have to bother about clothes or to think much about shelS- CT; but. on the other hand, all their waking hours are given to procuring their food. Watch the cows in the pasture. They're eating all the time, except when they lie down for little while in the heat of the day; and the fact that they have 10 travel for their food gives them the exercise that keeps them in good health.
 Tt is the same way with the birds and with all wild animals The very Cl1OIl HCCtSSdlJ lO 5Cl l1Clt tOOQ lo what keeps them well.
 50 it was with pr;neyal man. It took about all of his time to hunt and fish. It was the work of his hands, his whole body, as well as his brain. that supplied his table; therefore he kept in good physical condition and relished his food Did you ever hear an Indian complain that he had no appetite? No. ma'aml
 "I believe the time will come when man-civilized Ean-will learn the lesson and return to the old order of things; when all Of us. no matter what our occupation. will do some work with out hands. in order to pro- cure our food And we shall be the better for it, too.
 That is really the secret of the charm that hunting and fishing and camp life have for men. They restore the old fundamental conditions of eat ing ones bread in the sweat of ones brow. I tell you, when you have tramped five miles for a mess of trout, there's some taste to them Getting back to nature-getting the feeling of tue pTlHleNdl uldn-lS Wndl TeSLOTeS.
 But l thought savages cultivated the soil, too-raised little patches of corn and other things sometimes. did mt they?" suggested Mrs. Holden. mildly.
 Certainly they did. my dear, cer- tainly! But don't you see how my theory holds good there. too? They could get the product of the soil for food only by working with their hands. and"
 That is just what I was thinking" interrupted Mrs. Holden 'I was won dering if you couldn't get something of the feeling of the primeval man by hoeing the garden tonight You've really no idea how high the weeds are"
 As Holden stoppeu a few moments to rest his back that evening, he re- marked somewhat irrelevantly, 70 Simpson. across the fence: Its funny how unfitted women are for pure. speculative philosophy. It never seems to interest them unless they can tack it onto some confounded practical thing or other r"-Youth'S COmDaniOn
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-24
FIRST CLEAN OF SUNSHINE.
Official Mistaken in Imagining Tha
 SOn-in-Law Felt B1d-

OH cinl Mistaken in Imagining ThaN
 SOn-in-Law Felt Bad.
 A San Francisco mother-in-law went to the orient and. coming back. was caught trying to smuggle in lot O. choice silks. She had to pay duty aa;l fine. Then there was talk of a crInl- inal action to follow.
 Her son-in-law called on the GUS toms officials. "Is it possible" he asked in a severe tone. that after my mother-in-law has paid the duty on the stuff and her fine that you conteu- plate criminal action?"
 We are considering it." the GUS toms official replied gravely.
 And if my mother-in-law were to be convicted, as she probably would be, she would have to go to jail?"
 "I think so."
 "Do you mean to tell me you intend to do this thing to a woman-a lady who has already expiated her fault and recompensed the government"
 "I do; but look here, old chap, don't take this too hard I've got to do my duty, you know. Don't feel so bad about it.
 "Bad?" shouted the son-in-law. Why, my dear sir. this is the first gleam of sunshine that has entered my home in twenty years. "-Saturday Evening Post.