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A cold spell W I N T-E Tt.
A corner In brooms." Usually there'!
A broom In the corner.
Don't be envious of the gnat men
ho were born In 189. Thrjr arc all
Be happy and cheerful. Pessimism
eads to weakness; optimism leads to
power.
Jack Binns In of the real stnff of
Chtch heroes are mnfle. lie refuses to
jo on the stago.
In the new Kansas It is ho dry that
frhysiclans' certificates will not extract
foblsky from a drug store.
'Mexico plays the stronger hninl. She
Is building tro(llnpr vessels Instead of
warships with which to deal with
Japan.
Mrs. Frohninn Is fortunate In hav
ing two men who agree with her and
vlth eash other, that she is a perfectly
delightful companion.
A Western woman has been convict
ed of murderous assault on her son-in-law.
Some mothers-in-law simply won't
Jet the old Joke die out
This eventful year Is also the SOOth
Jnulversary of the Invention of the
oleseope, one of the most fa rawing
Achievements of all time.
Great Britain Just now Is In a state
Of feverish excitement over Its army.
If the excitement keeps up some one
tnay be tempted to enlist."
"Fresh eggs La"ve bceR ITseovered in
Rome in the excavations of an old tem;
pie which kaa been there for probably
Centuries." Must have been found by
a. grocer.
Oregon is to havo a law limiting the
length of the hatpin to ten Inches. At
this distance It Is (lltllcult to see how a
Jiatpln ten Inches long muy be entirely
harmless.
The Czar walked In the funeral pro
esslon of a grand duke the other day,
end It would be a good tiling for him
and his country If be could take sev
eral such walks.
Geronlmo Is dead and most of the
ether Indians are too busy training
for the purpose of winning honors on
the football field and the Marathon
course to be very bad.
The late Bishop Totter told a fresh
young preacher not to confuse perspl-
Jatlon with lns)lratlcn. Some euper
leated reforuiers can have a guaran
tee that the advice would fit
Every few days we are Informed that
Somebody has made a discovery that
will bring about a vast reduction In the
firlce of radium, but radium continues
0 be considerably beyond the reach of
the niftsscs, and we are not suc that
the masses could afford to use much
ot H even If It were no more expensive
than t liioln steak.
German explorers are making Inter
estJng discoveries on ho supposed site
of ancient Jericho, near the Dead Sea,
iavlng recently uncovered the city wall,
a structure built In three parts a rock
foundation, a body of rubble, and a top
tt clay bricks. The wall as a whole
jvas some thirty feet in height,' and al
though, like the wall that preceded It.
it might have fallen at the sound of
aeshua's trumpets, It appears that an
ordinary assailant would have found
It bard to pass.
Bedouins In Arabia are not pleased
Tltb the new railroad which u nu nr.
ing pilgrims to Mecca by steam, and
freeing their caravans from the raids
of tho desert tribes. The Bedouins re
cently attacked one station of the road,
nd were not repulsed for two hours!
A train which reached another station
found the building destroyed, the telegraph-wires
cut, the ground covered
taitb blood, and none of the staff of
lorty men anywhere about When the
road was opened In September this sort
r ming was rreely prophesied.
in? uinijiiKiiiHiied members of fh
Peace Society are always consistently
at work decrying the ue,d of Increase
f military and naval armament, or
ven, for the United States, of Its
maintenance at. its present strenirth
One of the orators at a recent meeting
amid that "Moral preparedness for war
nukes war inevitable; moral prepared.
xsesa for jieace makes war liiijMMslble.
If we would prevent war we must dis
arm not only our hands, but our hearts
American strength Ilea not in Lyddite
guns, but In Lincoln men." All this is
unquestionably true as an abslrar
proposition, ir war or peace were to
depend entirely upon the decision of
this nation we might safely disarm our
bauds as soon as we disarm our hearts,
and a propagandlsin for tho dlsarma
went of both hearts and bunds would
be In order. But bow about the other
fellow's heart' if we, the people of
the I'ulted Slates, should get ourselves
Into the condition In which we are
morally prepared for jieace, and the
people of some other nation should get
themselves Into a condition In which
they were morally prepared for war
with us, our hearts would lie but a pisir
defense against their arms. Lincoln
men would be a strong defense; but in
the crisis of lHOl-Co what would Abra
ham Lincoln himself have done with
out armies and guns and munitions of
wwrV To preach pence Is meritorious;
but the peine advocate needs some of
the spirit of prudence of the fatalist In
the old colonial days. Ills neighbor
Saw him going to church wlih his gun
over Ills shoulder. "Why," asked the
nelgblsir, "do you w;ed to take u gun
for protection when you le!icve that
you can't die until your time conic'.'"
'TLat U all right." replied the futulint,
B1f would deserve well of the peo
ple of America If It had nothing more
to Its credit than the Influence It has
exercised toward the establishing of
conn try clubs. No doubt It has much
more to Its cod it, but this Is one of
Its greatest recommendation. The In
crease fn the number of country clubs
Is a wholesime ami pleasing sign of
a saner enjoyment of life. There have
Jeen plenty of town and village and
city clubs before now. many of them
serving"! s centers for nTi agreeable so
cial life. The objection to them has
been that for the most part they were
either men's or women's clubs, con
ducted primarily for the benefit and
pleasure of one or the other sex. More
over, the recreation which they offered
was comprised In reading, pool and bill
iards, cards and bowling, atid ocrartim
nl dances all Indoors. The ctrmtry
club, on tlie other hand, offer all
these diversions to those wl9 wlsb
tlieni. and offers. In addition, tie more
wholesome sports of golf, leuhis, snow
shoeing, and sometimes cur'ng, hockrj
and skating. Moreover. the sexes stand
more on nn equality her?, and neither
need regard Itself as the occasional
guest of the other. The family life,
Instead of being Interrupted. Is broad,
ened and enriched. The part that gol
has played In this development Is due
to the large space which the game re
quires. Few Individuals can secure th
necessary land, hem n community ot
Interests which leads eventually to tb
establishment of a club. Although
many country clubs nro expensive,
there Is no need that an association ot
this kind should be beyond tlia reach
of the family in ordinary circum
stances. The scale rests with those
who are most concerned. Not least In
the merits of the country clnb Is Its
happy solution of the way In which
persons of only moderate means can
enjoy the pleasures of a largo estati
wun pen in i mi grouipns . j,
Nervoimnria In Children.
A nervous-child Is greatly to be
pitied, not so hiuch becmise of Its pres
ent condition, although that Is distress
ing enough, as on account of what the
future has In store for It.
A nervous' child suffers, no doubt.-' It
la peevish, easily frightened, restless,
Inattentive, Incapable of entering with
enjoyment into the sports of Its com
panions, soon tires of Its games, and Is
often quarrelsome. But It Is In adult
life that the real suffering comes. In-
effective work, sleepless nights, racking
headaches, the formation of drug ha
bits, alcoholism, early physical break
down and even Insanity nre the dan
gers to be dreaded for the future of
some fortunately not all children
with weak and unstable nervous sys
tems. There Is always a cause for this
nervous condition In children, and the
cause can often be removed If It can be
discovered. Heredity doubtless plays
an Important part In many .cases, but
not so often as Is commonly believed,
and even when there is an Inherited
taint, other factors which peris-tuato
or Increase the trouble almost always
exist, and can often be overcome. A
enreful examination of a nervous child
will usually bring to light some physi
cal defect, tho curing of which will
free tho nervous system from strain.
These physical defects may be any.
whore In the body, but are usually
found In one or more of three lecntlons
the eyes, the throat and tho bowels
The eyes are most Intimately con
nected with the brain ; Indeed, they
may be said to bo nctually part of the
brain, and u defect of vision inflict
constant and Innumerable blows on tho
brain which Irritate It, and this lrrl
tatlon Is transmitted to the entire
nervous system. The eyes of a nervous
child should be examined and specta
cles worn if called for.
''What a pity to put glasses oti a
child!" Yes. but what a greater pity
to let a nervous child grow up Into
a nervous man.
A child who Is a mouth breather Is,
almost euro to havo enlarged tonsils or
adenoids. This condition Interferes
with natural breiitlilug, which prevent
the proper aeration of the blood; and
Impure blood cannot properly nourish
the nerve-cells. Further, enlarged tou
slls or adenoids are often slightly In,
flamed all the time, which causes tho
absorption of septic products which
poison the whole system.
Finally, constipation Is a most po
tent Influence In tho causation of all
sorts of nervous trouble. The treat
incut of tills condition, not nt all un
common In children. In spite of their
activity, doe not consist In an occa
slonal doae of castor oil. The root o(
the evil must be sought, and It -must
be corrected by a careful regimen am
the Inculcating of habits of regular
y.
A blco Notblltl7.
"Who Is your Chicago friend T"
"He Is a prominent exisirter."
"What does he extsirt?"
"1 didn't say he exported anything
He used to be a porter at the holt
where I stopped." Cleveland Plain
pettier.
II Idlrnluua.
Musician ( Ironically ) I am afraid,
my music 1 disturbing the peoplo who
are talking over there.
Hostess-lear me! I never thought
of that. Ism't play so loudly. Tick
Me Cp,
(iiifitl I'm1 for Stuck,
"io you think alfalfa uiulliiis could
be itpp l.lng?"
' I don't see why they shouldn't bs
to horses and uiules." BlriuhighaiV
Ak'e Herald.
j A rOBJIAL CALL.
"Vo;i I en I, shc:-pii !i. To::i,'' said Mr.
(.:.. i :.e . i i.l:i;; almut Id o'c lock,
'. Ins M'V( l;te''it-y"c!ir-fild son came In, a
If'e in r carefully dressed th in usual,
in 1 sai ilown thoughtfully by the fire.
"What I:; th; j 1 1 r'l Where have you
been? Vhat ii ih li '.K'":' ;dV
"('ulliiiv. fat.irr,' 't!(T inc. ooy.
"Why should th il make you look Ills'?
a funeral? IMii't you have a gisd
tl:U'V'
''.So, Not v.-ry. I went to see Fran
' I IaIs. S:mii went, too. and Frances'
cousin from Mercevshurg was there.
It was too grown-up.'"
Mr. Laniiian rebuild his son with
soaie amusement. Til- boy was young
for bis ye n's, be reflected. Then a sud
den reminiscence of an iui'.d -tit when
he himself was under twenty nude hint
smile.
"Tell hie about It, Tom," be said.
"Why. we always used to b ive sin h
Jolly times over at her house. She is
lots of fun. for a girl, and last time her
cousin was here cwrybirly said how
fine she was, too. Hut it's all changed.
Frances thinks that we have grown
up '.''
"I should say you nre growing up,
not you have grown," suggested Mr.
Lauman.
"Well, she acts as if we had alreedy.
We got there a little after seven they
have supper at six, you know. Maggie
came to the floor, and said that she
would see if 'Miss Frances' was in. We
knew she was, because she had said
she was going to be; but Maggie went
off, and came back to say that 'Miss
Frances and Miss Brooks would ls
down' soon.
"Frances' room Is Just over Mie par
lor, and we could hear (hem trumping
round, getting ready. Why is it that
girls make so much noise before they
Jjavc their shoes on, and ho little af
terward?" Mr. f.fiiiinan shook his bead.
"At any rule she came down, and
Tier cousin wit li her. They were nice
to lis, of course, but we sat up silff-
and didn't have any games or any
thing. Once Siim pot ilown on the floor
to show bow his dog played with the
turtle, and my, the look bo got!
Whew !" .
"Wasn't It a little undignified?" kul;-
gested his father.
Why, yes. I suopose It was, but.
good gracious! we've known Frances all
our lives. And that wasn't the worst.
About half past eight only It seemed
later, because ihere wasn't a clock In
ine room .Maggie enme in with some
lemonade and six measly little sweet
cakes "
liy, 'loin, you ought not to speak
that wny about hospitality you havo
Hhnred."
I know It. I oughtn't to criticize,
nut I cant help it. by, only two
lilghifl ago we went out ourselves and
made candy, and did all sorts of th'ngs
In the kitchen."
'Perhaps that was why they didn't
let yoiv go again to-night."
'Maybe, but they needn't have been
so forma about it. Her cousin called
Sam 'Mr. Wcntworth,' and he couldn't
remember her last inline, so be didn't
call her anything, except once when he
bad to, and then lie pointed nt her and
called her 'she.' Frances nearly winked
at me after that but she remembered
In time, ami didn't.
'When we went home, they didn't
come to the door with us, and we
backed out. thinking they were going to
all the time. It was horrible!"
'It's one of the things you have to
go through, my hoy," said his father.
"I did. I remember the first f ine that
your mother put on long dresses long
before sin or I had any Idea that she
was going to lie my wife she cMled me
Mr. Lannian. nml I called her Miss
Wells. That lasted moat n week."
Tom brightened up.
"Then there' some hope,'' l:o said.
"After all. Frances isn't fooimh, nnd
Kho'll see how we boys feel. Good
night!"
"Good night!" said bis father
Youth's Companion.
I'leaatirra IVIIIiout tare,
"At this season," she said, "I always
pity the bachelor."
"You needn't,"' lie muttered; "that's
because you don't know very much
about the bachelor. If you've got any
reserve stock for sympathy for
heaven's sake don't waste any of It on
the bachelor; don't picture him iu your
mind as silting disconsolate and for
saken lu a small, burren room longing
for tlie attentions of a wife and tlie
prattle of guileless children and re
gretting that lie didn't order his life
differently, because nine times out of
ten he's somewhere else and he Isn't
doing anything of tho kind. The bach
elor is n man wiio has all the comforts
of home without money and without
price.
"And if it ever occurs to hint to feel
lonely it'll usually be his luck t be
Invited somewhere where be can enjoy
tlie society ot Homebody else's wife and
children i ,id dine and talk with theni
until they begin to lime him. Then be
Can politely make his eseaiie without
promising to be back early or drawing
a map of where lie's going or giving
the names of all Hie persons he ex
pects to meet, lie has no restraints
and p;'ccloi s few responsibilities and
It's no lice trying to make a martyr out
of It t ii t ; I'm acquainted with tho
V-ast."
Ilerule 'I r'iilui'nl,
"The;, had n hard lime with that
young woman xho ivent Into hysterics,
didn't they?"
"I should say so! They thought at
first hey would have to give her an
esthetic, but filially they j;ot her quiet
with an epidemic Interjection of iuor
pheus. And now (he doctor says she Is
completely under the Influence of the
lidllue."
ltd hh !.(
"Did you ever gamble, ma?"
"Only once, my son."
"And w hen was that?"
"When I married your father."
Birmingham Age Herald.
iHm't touch a phi no unlets you caa
rtlsy.
IIUMAJT SCARF.CHOWS.
Aid Men rnplSfert Snob In tin-
land' Corn KlrMa
Human beings as scarecrows? Why
not? It may seem queer and brutal to
an American, but here In Fngland the
human scarecrow is common, writes
nn American (MireciKindent. As be
stapij" oof tjiere. In the middle of
tlie fliit hufTolk nTlit. there Is TTltTe To
sTiow be Is not th.- ordinary Inanimate
scaret row. He slamls motionless for
five minutes a( a time, and only when
a bird Is templed hy the fresh corn
Just apparlng above the ground does
be show any 'sign rj life
From t'.ie n"jiij oufshie the field he
looks exactly like the conventional col
lection of old clothes propisil up on
a stick. The ragsed overcoat and the
misshapen hat can bo seen any day,
at tliis time of the year. In almost
any field in Fngland, Fven tlie crows
are contemptuous f the figure, nnd
every now and then a number of
them appear leisurely nbove the hedge
and settle on the Held. But then It
Is that the scarecrow moves; he bits
nn old tin can with the rusty handle of
a shovel and frightens the biris, and
makes them fly quickly out of sight.
So be spends bis day, this old, bent
mail, and at the end be Is paid 111
cents. lie Is the village scarecrow.
Every morning now soon after -the
light comes be leaves his son's cottage
In Hie meadow nnd walks through the
village street to the fields, a mile away.
And then, for nearly twelve hours, he
keeps the birds from tho corn by mak
ing a iiolse on ins obi tin can.
Whatever the weather may be, he Is
expected to be there. In rain he may
shelter under the nearest hedge, hut he
must wateli bis fields, and if the birds
lake advantage of bis abseni-e be must
go out Into the open and scare them
from tlie corn.
There nro only fifty-five female phy
sicians In the German empire.
There are ,';"4 glass-works in opera
tion In Germany, with OL'.OdO employes.
The Department of Agriculture esti
mates that the ravages of field -mice
nnd rats cause a loss of .$0,(HR,(iOt) an
nually. Mexico's coffee crop for 100H is esti
mated at l.".iH)t),(KN) kilos, a kilo being
rqunl to 2.2 pounds. The yield Is 2o
per cent under that of J'.X)".
In prize-fight lug bantamweight Is llo
pounds ringside; featherweight, 122
ringside; lightweight, 1315 ringside;
welterweight, 112 ringside; middle
weight, lot ringside; light heavyweight,
Pio ringside; heavyweight, all over 1CT.
Home is not yet finished. Ernesto
Nathan, the mayor of Koine, Is de
scribed as a remarkable man of charm
ing personality, earnest In his work
and Intent on doing bis utmost toward
bringing to perfection the plans which
iviil iiuike Borne one of the most beau
tiful cities.
A herd of six fine yaks Is to be im
ported by the Canadian government,
nnd started iu business on the experi
mental farm at Ottawa. The animal Is
ttb'Jiit the si.e of common cattle, but
Is better tilted to endure the cold. It
is valuable for milk, beef, hide and
hair, nnd Is easily nourished on sparse
vegetation.
There was little doubt in the minds
of those who were Invited to a rin-ent
Missouri wedding as to the cordiality
af the Invitation. It was clearly print
ed, nnd read as follows; "You are In
vited to attend tlie marriage of Augus
tus Clay Johnson and Miss Chloe Ma
tilda Baker nt the house of the bride's
mother. All who can not come may
send."
Ir. S. Weir Mitchell, neurologist,
Het, essayist and novelist, has been
rlected to a foreign fellowship In the
Koyal Society of England. The elec
tion is tine of the choicest distinctions
to which a scientist ca.i aspire, and it
has fallen to th lot of only three other
Americans now living Alexander Agas
si., naturalist, and George W. Hill and
Simon Neweoml), astronomers.
Tlie Caii-ulian Courier recently eon
ilucted a balloting contest, to select the
"ten biggest Canadians." Nominated
for the roll of honor were 120 leading
men. Of these the following were de
clared the winners: Sir Wilfrid Lau-
rler. Lord Strathcona, Sir William Van
Home, Goldwln Smith, William Mac
kenzie, Sir Charles Tupper, the Hon. S.
Fielding, Sir Thomas Shauglinessy, Sir
Sanford Fleming and It. L. Borden.
There Is a growing desire on the part
of the young of both sexes In China to
choose their own mates. Fathers and
mothers are therefore called upon by
the Chinese to uphold the old rules.
Children, says tlie Chinese board of
education, should have nothing to do
with a choice In such matters. How
ever, a very grewsome picture Is
sketched by a native editor of the mls-erb-s
that abound In China on account
of the way in which' marriages are ar
rangiNl, and it Is contended that young
oeople should have some choice.
A llrru.
Tin oilier nlte paw said to us:
"It makes me proud to be
a iiinn when I rede thiiiKS like this"
An' tlieu maw loukifl at mr
"Tie" nu'ii upon that sinkin' shin
rile bravely all beluiived,
tluiy stayed twliind until I In- kiiU
mii' winiinin had Imm-ii saved."
"that's just whnt I'd done," sed iavv.
Aq' tbeu lie red sum more;
"Yes, men hiv made of imhle stuff.
They do brave tilings galore."
It Hindi' me sinih1 a bit becHiise
I'aw ain't as brave hh be
Iit-t's on ut times; all ho he thinks
He's foolin' nuiw ami mo.
Fur but' nite when the doorbell rung,
An' we were all in bed!
It wasn't pHw that weul down stairs,
With light Hud easy trouil,
To open the door sn' see
Jus' what that ringiu' men tit.
Paw pulled llie bed elolhrs over bin
An' it Man maw tli.it went.
Ih-iroit Free Press.
it U hard work to gel a girl started
to singing, but, after she begins, yoi
have to do something desjierate to get
ber to stop.
Jesse James a ('automobile, Jesse James Tinder the
noses of a garrison of Fnlted States soldiers, a twenti
eth century Jesse James, with one bum helper, holding
up a train within twelve miles of a great city, the
capital of a great State, Is the lurid Btory that recently
came from Colorado, where a on tAil man of tho Jesse
James type, with a short and ch':nky man for a helper,
held up find robbed tlie Atlantic express of the Denver
and Bio Grande Hailwny at Military Junction, twelve
miles from Denver, and less than a mile and a half
from tho fort, where Uncle Sam's boys lu blue were
sleeping peacefully. The Imitators of the James boys,
the Quaulrells and the Daltons got away with nn un
known amount of treasure, but It Is estimated by con
servative persons who know what was lu the regis
tered biig'j taken by the robbers that the Youngers In
their palmiest diiyS neve? made such n hnnl, as the
Hninllest hgiire Is set at something gVer $"0,000.
ft would seem from this hold-iip thnt all tho daring
robbers have not yet died, and that the old days of
NEW MEXICO.
Old OrJer of TliinK I 'ott Yield
ing to the
The Territory of New Mexico, which
has been knocking for admission into
the sisterhood of States, has witness
ed a great struggle In the last few
years between the old and the new
order of things, and the old has been
forced to give way. Tlie ancient adobe
churches erected by the Spanish frlarn
when the Kl colonies were in their
swaddling clothes, still stand, nnd the
old b"l!s that were cast In Spain at the
height of that nation's glory still call
devout worshipers to service. But
next to these old churches one Is apt
to stand iu the shadow of a modern,
steani-hented office building. The an
cient Governor's palace, at Santa Fe,
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THE GOVKBNOB'S
has been abandoned fcr a Capitol
building anil a mansion that are the
tast word of modern utilitarianism.
The patient burro New Mexico's chief
means of transportation for genera
tions Is being met on the highways
by automobiles, and Jose, the burro
driver, has gazed with mild -wonder
upon the goggle-eyed chauffeur. And
out ou the broad plains, that have
known only aheepherdero and cowboys
since the days of Cortmado and de
Vnca, homesteaders have made u ver
itable checkerboard of ranches.
According to the PoetaJ Guide, more
new post offices are being opened In
New Mexico, lu proportion to the pop-ulatl-m,
than in any other State or
Territory. Not alone are thousands
of acres being rv!atmed under Irriga
tion scheme, but "dry farmers" are
'-rr'V,
to
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san mauxx. rsicacii, kanta fe.
irestlng crop, without Irrigation,
from lands that heretofore have been
regarded as Irredeemable desert.
Iu the fiscal year of liMiM there
were lt.0'12 homestead entries, cover
ing 2.2SS.704 acres and l7 des'rt en
tries. iMverlug HI2.4HO acres. Four
fifths of these entries were made by
"homesteaders" from other parts of
the country men ami women attract
ed to the southwest by Its fine cli
mate and Its fanning possibilities, lu
two years there have lioen .'(), H0 home
stead entiles lu the Territory, cover
lug more than 3,(XKMKX acres, and
Gov. George Curry estimates that New
Mexico now has n population of more
than 450,000. In five years Boosevelt
County, in the souttiesstern part of
the Territory, which was regarded as
hopeless desert a decade ago, bus
grown from fi.txio tpulatlon to ISO.ivo.
Kot alone Is New Mexico being 4et-
a i . i. Iff .iti-i
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the red, red West were coming back again. Again we
may look for lurid stories from real llfo rivaling the
doings of Diamond Dick, Dare Devil Harry, "the Ter
ror of Kaw-Hide Gulch," "Dead Shot" Jimmy, the Man
eater of Bloody Mountain, and other heroes of our long
gone boyhood days.
The Colorado Incident comes as tlie culmination of
a series of train robberies during the past decade which
Indicate that the West Is by no means the decadent
and effete land, which many of us had almost become
ready to believe. The series began with the comic hold
upi in Missouri some years ago, when a country school
teacher with a broken horse pistol beid up the train
which was carrying the Governor of the state to the
capital nnd got away with the express bags. This rob
ber ajso performed his work at the gates of a great
city, the trahi being only a few miles out of St. Louis
when the robbery occurred. The Denver robbers, how
ever, adjured the broken horse pistol and did their
work with the nhl
ted with homesteads, unt-er private
irrigation enterprises nnd in the "dry
farming" districts, whore no water
can lie secured, but the United States
government Is constructing some of Its
greatest reclamation works in the Ter
ritory. The Carlsbad, Hondo and Ele
phant Butte projects, under the recla
mation service, are well under way,
and will reclaim over ."00,000 acres, at
a cost of something like $13,000,000.
These government projects rival In Im
portance tlie work i'ie British govern
ment has done iu the valley of the
Nile. New Mexico also has an arte
sian belt which is proving a wonder
ful source of wealth, in the matter of
water supply. Chaves and Eddy Coun
ties alone have fl. of these gushing
wells, and cultivation under artesian
Irrigation has reached more than
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PALACE, SANTA FE.
25,000 acres, and Is Increasing rapid
ly. Santa Fe, the ancient captal of the
Territory, Is one of the most interest
ing cities in America. It had been an
Indian pueblo at the time of Its dis
covery and occupation by the Span
lards In tlie latter half of the six
teenth century and has remained the
seat of government ever since. In 1GS0
the Indians revolted and drove out the
Spaniards, but after fourteen years
the latter regained the ascendency and
the Spaniards and their descendants,
the Mexicans, continued to govern the
Territory from Santa Fe until the
Americans, under General Kearney,
took possession, in 18-10.
Two-thirds of the present popula
tion of Santa Fe Is Mexican. The
boys who drive the wood-laden burros
from tlie distant mountains are Mex
icans. The man who sells you gro
ceries would rather talk Spanish than
"United States," and ofllclal docu
ments are printed In the language of
the Dons aa well as in our own unor
nate means ot communication. The
Influence of the Spanish pioneers is
everywhere visible. One sits in the
plaza in the center of town, and looks
upon the long, one-storied structure
that was graced with the name of
"palace" by the long line of Spanish
governors that lived In It,
One hears the silver tln.ile of an
ancient bell, and It calls him to old
San Miguel Church tlie honrlest re
llgous structure In the country, save
oue. The adobe walls of tLe old
church have been repaired, but In iren
eral outlines It Is the same as wben
tlie old Simnish pioneers built It. A
little way from the old church one is
directed to tho oldest bouse In the
country and so one wanders through
the streets of Santa Fe, sometimes
amused, but always fascinated.
A Hint.
"You seeni to Is very fond of your
dolly," remarked the visitor.
"Yes," replied small Margie. ".She'8
so different from most people. She
iiever interrupts me when I'm talking."
Chicago News.
Most . men would be glad to pay a
large Income tax for the sake of having
that kind of an Income.
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of an automobile,
TO EVADE ARMY SERVICE.
Some I lever Trick llrinrlcd to bf
Ct.tiKcrlplH Ahroiifl
In tlie countries of Europe In which,
the military conscription exists many
tricks are resorted to by conscripts la
order to escape service. Often men
have been known to unit Hate them
selves, us by cutting off a forefinger,
in order to render themselves unfit for
the service. Pretended inability to see
Is exposed by the surgeons without Si
great difficulty, but pretended deafness
sometimes bailies the examiners.
A counter trick on the part of the
oflicers was for some time effective
against this fraud. The recruiting of
ficer, after a conscript bad pretended
to be do.-., remarked In an ordinary
tone of voice: "You are unfit for the
service, and are, therefore, free." la
many eases the recruit showed by evi
dent signs of satisfaction that he had
heard tlie remark.
lie was then recalled, told that he
bad been detected In his fraud and
sent to tho barracks.
After a time, however, the conscripts r"
became too wary to be caught In tWf
trap. They had beard of the trick anJ
were consequently on the lookout for
this remark and when it was uttered
they made no sign of intelligence.
Lately the French oflicers have in
vented a new trap, the success of
which Is a curious Illustration of the
Ingrained courtesy, or at least tlie as-i
sumption of courtesy, mi the part of
Frenchmen of ail classes.
After the "You are free" has failed,
to excite any sign of understanding In,
the recruit's face the command to go
is shouted nt him. He starts out oj
the room, the door of which Is held
open by mechanical means. As he passt
es through It the officer say:
"You might at least shut the doorl"
This little unjust Impeachment of
the man's politeness is said in nine
cases out of ten of pretended deafness
to result in a uulek turning of the
man's bead. Ue is then called back
and told that he has been found fit for
the service.
tailing- the lint. '
"To waken a deaf iktsoii who wishes
to be called at a certain time in the
morning Is about tlie hardest proposi
tion a hotel olerk runs up against,"
said a member of that fraternity. "To
ring the telephone is useless, because
the man can t hear. Knocking, for the
same reason, it futile. Now and then a
guest who has lost his hearing suggests
that he leave bis l
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wui ngmt jc anu snake him, but eK7
If he does appear to be dead game there
are so mane chances of 8nmnim.iv i..
guileles than ourselves walking in
ahead of us that we can't consent ttj
that simple expedient. It seems to me
the man who can patent a device for
waking the deaf is sure of fame and
fortune, not to mention the gratitude
of the brotherhood of hotel clerks."
A Sponte Thnt Works.
"Here Is a clever notion a fog bell,"
said an old New England fisherman.
On a bleak, gray afternoon tbey
stood at the seashore the old man and
his city cousin from Boston. A great
bell hung from a scaffold, and undar
a metal cover hung a great siKinge
i ins nere iiiacninery Is wound u
5
negiiiar," the fisherman exnlalned "an
this here sponge Is kept under cover
so as the rain cun't get at It. In dry
wather, nateh'rally, the sponge is dry
and light; In foggy, though, it gets
heavy with fog Batchrations, Just heavy
enough for to press down tlie lever that
starts the macbluery a-going. Then.
dlngdong, ding-dong, sounds the bell lp
the fog, savin' many a fisherman frofh.
wrecic ou tins roct bound coast."
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j ruoutiij uno rcHsou tlje women
think they are faultless is that nitjft
long since learned the futility of trying
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