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By CDWAHD L RtCEtASD
t'epyrtBlit. 11TS by l C. F.ditmcnt
Mr. .luliii I.loyd Mi.Terod the u:-lt of
nn i'iivi-lniiir1 muí f r tlic niotnriit
w:is deeply mill rosrt'tfuUy conscious
of Lis crl::n.
Up iipv liiinlcnlly removed from Ms
liiuiiili mi uiiiU'lititt ilu'iir. nuil pressed
Ills lp ih teniiiuedly. Tlioro could be
li misf:il iiiií Un; word spoken In
Mrs. Milton's noft, motherly voire.
Mr. I.loyd Htnptit'il Hliil on tlic stalr
:! nuil di lilienitely listened.
Miirtim Is riiiMin-4 wltli t!io Imby to
iiiiirrniv on tho V o'cljck tinin from
Allimiy," Miu Mellon wna Hnylnt;.
'I ti" nit'ln,r of iioto piper revealed lier
noiin-o of Infonnutlou t. Mr. I.loyd ns
plainly ns If lie were In tlic Kitting
room Itself.
"Ali'l lo Kl:iy ft whole innntli!" cried
MNs liliüi. tho one rem.'ihiln mrnilier
-of lln Melton family vli.i r.s yet liad
cs( ;iied, liroi::;!i no fmi!t of lier own.
t!io i . i . 1 1 - L 1 1 l . 1 1 i . . 1 In. Iter. Mr. I.loyd tol
r.iíiil Miss IMitli bceuiis lie wim In
the f;otise when lie tool; up Ills resi
dence Willi the Mellon a year njro.
Next to baMes, Mr. Lloyd nb;in:lnaled
rplnster of certain n'e out of puro
fear of Ih'-ir possible ilesijns upon lu
liix't'iit und unsuspecting bachelors.
"'liny cau have the big spare roam,
mid"
Mr. Lloyd did Hot wait to lirnr the
conclusion of the siiiIitcc, spoken in
Mr. Melton hearty tones. lie stepped
Uli't!y out of the wide, old fashioned
lialhvay Into the twilight and inoidily
valued toward his li'.w ollicv. uljoln
iniC the courthouse nt the other end of
the prosperous little county Feat where
lie had won a name for himself In the
few years he had resided in I'.lalrvlHe.
'1 he sp ire loom was ncross the hall
from Mr. I.loyd' own imiplo nnd hand
n i:ne!y furnished sni;ni,'i-ry. So "Mar
tha r.nd the hahy" were to k In the
upare room, were they? The doors
were t Imnir. the lmhy was to Imwl
nnd nil of the memhers of the h r.uo
liold were to run up stairs nnd djwn
iifiaiu forty times mi hour for olhtivn
hours i day nnd, from Mr. Lloyd's un
p.viMai!hetie iin-.l pitifully ('.etleient vm
i!er;taiidlnii ns to babies. elKhty-ouo
hours u u!ht, wuitiuir on "the lmhy,"
making life inlseriihle for the star
hoarder and KUpposeilly delightful f r
vfryhixly else? Not if John Lloyd
hnew It! He would return to the ho
tel la the vIlhiKO, nt which he had
beo'i n central figure until the day he
liad gone with the Meltons In their
big. rambling home on the li 111 ninolif?
the maples. Hotel Ufe had Its draw
backs, hut the proprietor had heeli un
der contract not to room doting moth
ers and leathery lunged Infants with
in hearing of Mr. Lloyd's npartment.
The next morning nt lircnkfast Mr.
Lloyd's silence nnd gloom were In
m:i--li(Kl contrast with the animated
laido conversation regarding the visit
ors who were to arrive that day. He
had tried n dozen times during the
inial to tell them that he was to give
lip his room mid return tí) (he hotel,
lint each fimo the words stuck In, his
throat. lie finally decided that ho
would cjulutly return to the house dur
ing tho morning, put his tilings In or
der nnd later send for them with a
liolite note of explanation at the sud
denness of his departure.
True to bis resolution, Mr. Lloyd
crept Into the house unobserved and
placed hi3 effects In Rome semblance
of order for removnl. With every
sound from below bo fancied ho dis
tinguished agonized Ripíenla In Infantile
treble, mingled with the chorus of
ndult volees In soothing efforts to quiet
tho tempest. Wnnn und "flustered for
n d'gnllicd bachelor of thirty-live. Mr.
Lloyd slipped down the side htnliease,
out on the little porch ta which led the
short cut ui the hill from the rallrjad
station.
None of tho family bad observed his
burglarious entrance or hasty exit, but.
ninnies of Hlnekstono, n woman was
coming along Hie narrow path over the
rear lawn, directly up to the little
porch a woman hi a neat traveling
giwu and carrying 11 cult ense!
"Caught!" groaned Mr. Lloyd aloud,
nnd he felt a hot glow of shame ami
vexation sweep over him. "Here's
Martha, by all that has to do wiih
babies, fat or lean, bipieuling or coo
ing!" Tho fcininlno gender In tho traveling
pown paused .at tho foot of tho steps,
gazed in nmaemeut nt Mr. Lloyd's
Htem und heated features nnd display
ed from beneath a big hat the rsy
face of a very pretty girl. Mr. Lluyd
had not seen her prol'lo because of the
hat, an 1 now that it came Into full
view bo looked again and did not re
move his eyes from the roguish ones
that Fought his so Inquiringly.
"Martha, I suppose?" ho ventured,
Impolitely, scornfully and nudibly.
"Sir!" The red Hps parted haughtily,
nnd the trim figure straightened per
ceptibly hi the traveling gown lit tho
nt range salutation.
"You're Martha. Mn. Melton's Risfer,
of cjtirse, but whore's" Mr. Lloyd's
voice dropped out of hearing ns sud
denly us his courage.
"I'm not Martha," she nnswerod
rhnrpty.
"To bo Fine you are," Insisted Mr.
Lloyd, very (lrm!y. "Where's the-the
baby?"
"The wlnt?" cried Iho young lady
wonderingly.
"The baby-Martha's baby. V.'hero Is
ln, she or It, or whatever you call
Vni?" Mr. Lloyd vv:m defiérate: but.
as boy babies nnd girl bahYi all looked
Hike to h!:u. I.ii nh:;vo of gender
vrr.i e cu . iMe.
Aa in;:: I :'. :!:.i'j:e ghli li b'iíj'.o of
i nilrtli r!i; led from tho shadow of the
: big hat, m:d Its owner let the rult ca.o
I droit to the p-ircli. It landed tepiarely
on Mr. Lloyd's toes mid brought the
tears to his eyes.
"I'm 'the baby.'" sha lnughing'y sr.ld
ns ftlie sloid lir a moment on tlic
threshold of tho door taking blm In
from hend to foot, striving to fix tho
Identity of ln:r mysterious cross ex
aminer. "I am 'baby' still, despite my
advanced nge nnd tho centuries of fu
tile protest at my mother's tender for
j;et fulness. Ild I not do well for OH
Infant" this very saucily nnd boldly
"to travel way from Albany to ltlalr
vllle nil nl ne, only to meet n severe
Interlocutor barring tho entrance to my
mint's home?"
"Hut Martha?" was all Mr. Lloyd
could say.
"Is my moHior, who will nrrlvo to
morrow. I enmo nhead. Does this sat
isfy you. Mr. Impertinence? riearo re
move your foot from beneath my lng
frngo nnd cany It Into the house. Ihi
ble, you know, must have attention
nnd ntteiidanco." .
Mr, LI yd extracted lili foot witli
nlaciHy. though he did not obey tho
command. He had fought nnd won
many hud legal battles, but here was
n golden opportunity to prove that there
are times when discretion Is the better
part of valor. He fled, or, to bo truth
ful, he limped abruptly down tho littlo
path toward the village. As ho collect
ed his thoughts, being a good lawyer
nnd a wise Jurist, he decided to reviso
nnd tt overrule hlj previous Judgment
ns (o babies.
"!iii babies eighteen years of ngo
nnd upward, v.ith rosy chocks,, laugh
ing eyes and fluffy li.ilr nnd s.mcy dim
ples," mused Mr. Lloyd, a smih' play
ing round the co-ncrs of his mouth, "do
not c:nie within the purview of tho
precedents you have her tofore cited to
support your case. Judgment Is ne
eon'ihi'.ly rendered for tho Infant de
fendant, with costs to tho belligerent
plaintiff. Case dismissed."
Mr. Lloyd returned to the Melton
boe.s"hold to dinner ns placidly as usual.
As time progressed bo learned whether
his decision ns to one girl baby In par
ticular was to bo ntllrmod l y n higher
court, from which there Is no appeal.
GIANTS OF THE PAST
PHEVIOU3 ACHS CUr PLY U3 WITH
ENORMOUS FOSSIL BONES.
Winter Flshlnpr.
Whiter fishing has one merit, which
all true sportsmen will recognize ns
such namely, considerable uncertain
ty. One day you may fish certain wa
terswhether deep or shallow, whether
weedy or free r.nd well nigh draw n
blank, while the very next day tho
same waters will give rich finny re
turns. What Is more strange Is that
not seldom on the samo day there will
bo good luck In different depths nnd
varying waters of tho same lako or
pond, muí observation through the clear
black lee of early winter or late nu
tumn has convinced tho writer that
those mystic lisliy moods of biting In
winter are almost or quite Independent
of tho movements of tho schools of
"bait" fish. About nil that can be Raid
ou such points in tho way of general
suggestion i? that whiter lish bite usu
ally better on a mild day than n cold
one, best of all during n gentle thaw;
that they take tho halt moro freely
wider thin lee that Is, In early whiter
than nfier the Ice lias thickened, nnd
that they nppear to bo quito unaffected
by noise, such ns tho rumble of skates
or the gentle thunder of tho "settling"
lee. It is certain that some of the beat
strings of n lifetime havo been taken
when tho fun of skating could bo Join
ed with that of wutching the linos.
Outing Magazine.
Old Mirror Soiirrnt Itinn.
The mistrust of the ghostly mirror Is
so old and so far spread that we meet
with it In tho folklore of every land.
An old tradition warns us that tho now
moon, which brings us such good for
tuno when we look at It In tho calm
evening sky, carries a message of evil
lo those who see It first reflected In n
looking glass. For such unlucky mor
tals it 1 said that the lunar virus dis
tills slow poison and corroding care.
And, again, it Is declared that tho
friends who glance nt their reflections
standing sido by tldo nre doomed to
quick dissension. In Scandinavia the
Swedish girl who looks into her glass
by candlelight Is told that she risks
tho loss of her lover. One superstition
in this connection that seems to bo al
most universal Is flint It is very un
lucky for n brido to seo herself In a
mirror after her toilet Is completed.
If she be discreet she will turn nwny
from that fair pleturo which pleases
her so well mid then draw on her glovo
or havo some tiny ribbon, flower or
Jewel fastened to her gown that tho
sour fates may bo appealed and evil
turned away from tho threshold.
GftliiiK a Mexican I'nlrnt.
To procure u 'patent in Mexico tho
party making application, unless pres
ent in peivou, must furnish his repre
sentative wltli n letter of authority
carta do poder hi Spanish signed by
himself or herself in tho presoncu of
two witnesses. Ordinarily legalization
by a Mexican consul is not required.
It must be borne In mind that ono car
ta de poder will not answer for several
applications, as each application for
clihcr patent or trademark must bo ac
companied by a separiitu carta do
poiler. This must be accompanied by
a full and completo description aud
claims of nnd f ir the Invention. It
they are sent In Spanish ready for filing
they must be In triplicate on clear
white paper IHO by millimeters, ap
proximately 13 by 1H', Ihiglish Inches,
written with typewriter on one sido
only of tho paper, leaving on each Bhect
a left hand margin of one-fourth tho
width of the paper. Of courso If they
nro not sent In Spanish tho local repre
sentative ntti'ndj to nil the details,
which Is by far tho better way. Ho
should bo furnished with full names,
profession, citizenship nud resident of
rpplicaiit. i
i
I.lrar.1. Tbrw Time. l(. Mj:, f ih
'"I Kloplmn an n Xorl
Woom Shell Looked I.Ike m Hu.
The Hrmarkable l'lated Lizard.
Tho belief In n ruco of giants was
cmeo almost uuiversul. liven today
largo skeletons when found nro some
times reported as being those of giant
human beingi. This was especially
true of the period nhut tho tenth nnd
eleventh co'uturles, nnd In the latter a
most nmaiing discovery was reponed,
which threw tho scientific world of tho
time Into great excitement It was said
that tho body of Tallas, tho son of
Kvnnder, had bren discovered beneath
the tomb of tho Emperor Henry HI.
The bones were enormous and proved
to lmvo belonged to a huge fossil ele
phant. As lato an tho fifteenth century
:i war of words was waged over a llnil
of largo bonos, one party claiming that
they belonged to the giant Teutobochus.
In lK.-7 n giant was discovered In
Switzerland. The council of Lucerno
requested a learned scientific man. Pro
fessor I'elix Pinter of lWsol, to report
upon It, nud ho not only announced tho
bones ns part of n human giant, but
made a complete restoration, showing
tho man twenty feet high, which tho
proud city ndopted as nn ancestor la
tho nrms of the commonwealth. Unfor
tunately for the theory nnd much to the
Ciacomfituro of tho peo;!e who bad
raised to a high pinnacle this mighty
oncestor, It was found to bo tho re
mains of nn elcp'innt.
Nearly nil tho mnsto-lon finds were
attributed to glnr.b;, but thero li no evi
dence that n human giant ever existed
over eight feet In height, and It U ex
tremely doubtful it th:3 height was
ever attained.
C'ants other thr.n human nre very
common In r.Il branches of tho animal
kingdom giants In every sense when
co:::parcd to their pygr.iy representa
tive.! cr today, .orno years ago sr;me
laborer.? In tho Semitic Liils of India
i cngr.ged unon n government
worlt when tb.ry came upon tho rc
cir.lr.o of a turtle that proved beyond
question that theso animals hnd their
giants In the days of o!J. The shell
which tho men exposed might have
been used ns a shelter for several men.
and at first, before H:j bony nature
wus observed, It was thought by tho
natives to be ft but of some kind. I'or
tunnttly tho bones were uninjured, au.l
they were, taken out and removed to
tie British museum, where i completo
restoration of tho animal may bo seen.
The length of tho turtle was ten feet,
Its horizontal circumference twe-uty-flve
feet and Us girth fifteen feet, but
It was cillniated by scientists that
this wr.s not an adult and that when
fully grown this hugo creature would
display a dome-like back eight or iilno
feet high, giving a total length of
twenty feet.
Ono of the common animnb In equa
torial South America and In Central
America Is the lizard Iguana, which
attains a length of four or five feet
and Is considered rather large, but
It was n pygmy when compared to an
ancestor that onco wandered over Eng
land and various portions of tho world.
X number of years ago some working
men were escavatlng and blasting lu
a quarry ueur Maldstone.Eiighiud.whiu
some 'bones were uncovered that caus
ed profound astonishment on the part
of tho finders. Tho skeleton was per
fect, nnd us It was lifted out, bone by
bone, their iimnzcment Increased, nnd
the news was spread all over tho coun
try, attracting largo numbers of peo
ple. When the bones were placed in
their proper position they were found
to bo the skeleton of a gigantic lizard
that when allvo must havo been tlireo
times as bulky as tho lurgest living do
phnnt und stood upon its hlud legs lllio
a Unngaroo, tearing down branches
from the highest trees. Such on ani
mal was a slow mover and sluggish
nnd must havo fallen on easy prey to
tho human hunters, if they existed.
Tho marino giants were even moro
bizarre aud remarkable than tho laud
forms. If wo can imagino the little
iguana lengthened out to thirty fcjt, its
back spines Changed to broad tlulike
objects, we form some Idea of the ap
pearance of ono of tho small dinosaurs,
Stegosaurus ungu!atus, one of tho most
uncanny and reuiurkublo creatures ever
found. It Is called tho plated lizard,
and the bent skeleton wns found on tho
eastern flank of the Rocky mountains.
Some of the plates with which this ar
mored lizard were protected were two
or three foot In dlauieter nnd the spines
over two feet in length. From the fact
that the hind limbs were tho largest It
Is evident that this strange creature
could lift Itself up nnd sit like a kan
garoo, resting upon Its powerful tall,
which, with Its enormous spines, must
havo been a terrible weapon.
A giant from America had 'a skull
that measured eight feet In length. Al
most over the eyes were two largo
horns, n third placed over tho nose. The
great length of tho skull was given by
u huge crest that was protected by a
ridge of long jilotes. The mouth of tho
trlcaratops was protected by a horny
beak. In life It must havo presented a
formldablo appearance, with a body
clumsy and low like that of n hippo
potamus, u long tall like nn nlllgntor's,
Its head calling to mind the rhinoceros.
Tills monster was twenty-five feet In
length nnd mu;;t havo been one of the
strongest nnlinals of Its time. London
Spectator.
O
MAKERS
'WITH TME CHARACTER
OF TNI
WOMAN
I
THE i
-ROBERTS & LEAHY
MEKCANTÍEL CO.
(INCOIII'OKATKII)
LOELEEUÜÜ. HEW MEXICO.
A
STYLISH TIE
Thetfleryds?
dress
170TICE OF PENDEÍTOY OF SUIT.
In tlie nUtrlct Court ofth Third .liuttrlnl
District of tho Territory of New Mexico,
n llliln ft ml for thr County of Grunt,
Jopmmi C. Ramsay, I'liiintlff, )
vh. ' VXo. 4031.
HODEitTA F. Kampav, pofcndunt, r
The pti'il HnlMTtn F. KiimFny, ilnfrndnnt, In
hrreliy noiihtM) tlmt aiHvll tuMlou hiis len
cotiiuirmv! itjmmM her in tho lMntru-t outt
of the Third .lu-liciiil District or tl u Territory
til' Now Mexico, within und for tho Omnty ol
(irtint, hy nn id ohiintitr. Joseph 0. liimi'-tiy.
wIhtHh the iliuiitiir iirttyti tlmt tho hond ol
li'iiti imony iwistirtK Itctwoen himurl! und dol
ondiint ho dlr"oi cti ; Mo for con ta nnd lor
mieriil rellcl ; ullcyin iim grounds therefor
dniortion mid Hlmndoittre fit.
Von, tho pit id dff endnnt. nre hereby notified
tlmt yon aro required to nppenr nnd answer
the coinjilntnt Hied in unid en uso on or before
the 1 ilh day of April, puní, the ditto of comple
tion ol porvieo hy puhlirnrion, and that mi
le mm you po appear nnd answer a Judirment by
delimit and decree pi o confeso will be rend
ered tiKUinsl you herein, and the phiintilf will
Hpply toMhe court for tho relief, pmyed for in
the cotnplitint.
Tho name and nddreM of attorney for rdriln-
till is W. ii. Walton, Silver City. New .Mex
ico.
Witness my hnnd nnd the Bcnlof tntd court
it Silver Ciiy, New Acico, this Stub, day of
February,
Wim.mm TC. Mautin, Clerk,
Sf.alI liy J. A. Hhiplkv, Deputy.
LOW BOUND
RATES 10
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COLORADO Missouri
ILLINOIS Nebraska
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IOWA Oklahoma
KANSAS South Dakota
MICHIGAN Wisconsin
AND POINTS IN THEjSOUTHEAST
El Paso & SoTO-tlrw-esteracL
ZESoclr Island.
o it f i : n i it i ; n o t i c k .
To the heirn. Kxocutorn. Adminfotrntorri.or
AHfíiRiisof Henry Kit. Simmons, Claiinliuranv
interoHt in orioeuiier tho "reniiiytvani.
"i-mrc or "Mur or tno est mining
ehiliuK, Pitimted in tho Pteeplo HiKrk Miniiig
District. In Grant County. Now Mexico
Vou nre hereby not i tied that í u:ive exponed
or cnuned to be expended the full mint of one
Hundred iiwb Dollars on caen of said "Venn
Bvlvania, "Center" and "StHr of tho West"
mininir claims, in lab r nnd improvement
during and for the year Nineteen Hundred
and live ( i 115) nn reiuind by tho Revised yta
tntOAof tho United riiateo Sm. tZ?Mt oic, in
order to hold mi id cl:ittn That If within
Ninety !)) duyn after the publication of this
notice yu fail or rel uso o pay, or contribute
your proportion of said expenditure, as
owner, or owner ol your undivided interest,
or.1nterors In each Hnd all of paid claims, to
gether with lepa I interest on your pitare, or
sain proportion mini pmu ami aiso ine total
c st of this publication, your interest, or In
te rests in sain mininir claims win heeomo tho
property of tint iindcrsltrned under the provi
sions of stnd Section w4, licviscd Statues of
tho United states,
Jamks ConniK,
Pilver City. Now Mexico, .Tanuiiry, 11HJ,
First publicatfori, January, Uí, litoO.
APP1LCATION No. 4'iOfi
DEPAltTMKNT OK TUB IXTKHDU,
V'OTICK KOK PUUUCATIOM. LAND
Pi otiice nt Las Crut'S, New Mexico. Mafeh
luth, Notice is hertíby Riven that the following-named
settlor has tiled notice ol hisin
tcntio:i to maki tlual pnuif In support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made Ind'ore
Don: Ii. Kedic, U. H. Commissioner at Ioids
hnrjr. N. M. on April hi, I'.m. vlx: Green
l.Hudcrdiile, DuneHii, Ariz, fur the S W i N
K V..S K U N W ?4 A N W ;4 S E U tíce. 2 T lü tí
K - I V,
He namofl thn following witnesses to prove
ins com unions residence upon ami cultiva
tion of said land. viz. : Wade H. T. Comor,
of Dunciiu Aria. George G. Spaw, of Duncan,
mi., j. i.emuei rujttw. ot i Minean, Aruona.
Heury Zulelt, of Duncan. Arizona.
Ki (iKNK Van Patten, Hea-lrttcr.
llnrrlr IIHrd.
"I enmc nonr Kfttln that nppolnt
mmit I wns nftiT."
"liow near';"
"J got (i disappointment." Kiclinnge.
U In n inlscniliU' tliinu to llvo In sns
pri'j. It la tlio lifo of a il Jor. Swift.
'I'ULi body pets its lifo from f
. - tooa rmp-.Tiy aigeaieu.
Healthy digestión moaiu pure
blood tor tho body, but ttouiach
troublos arise froft cerclutifcntfM
in eating and stomach diRorder,
upset tho entire ryetem. Iinprpp
crly masticated food sonrs on tn
stomach, causing dÍBtrepsing
rains, belcbins and nausea.
Vhen OTer-catini? is persisted in
the Btoniacu becomes weaKcnen
and worn out and dyspepsia
claim, tho victim.
Thodford's Black-Draught
cure, dysiiopeia. U trees tuo
Btomath and bov.-els of congwt;d
mutter and give, the Btomatli
new lifo. Ilia stoinaeh is quickly
inviffornted and the nuturaj
stimulation rraults in a pood
appetite, with the power to thor-
ouiilily digest tooa.
V'ou can build up your stomach
with this mild and natural
remedy. Try Tbedford'g black
Llraiuht today. You can buy a
package from your dealer for
25c. If bo does not keep it, send
the money to The Chattanooga
Medicine Co., Chattauooga,
Tenn.. and a package will I
mailed you.
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nirrr-tTAiTmiT
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27th, Inclusive, the Texas & Pacido Railway will place on s:ile
April 22nd and 2:ird Round Trip Tickets from El Paso to New Or
leans at the rate of $23.25, good until May 7th for Return.
Special Sleepers and Chair Cars.
See your local Ticket Agent Tor fnrtlicr inrormation, or address,
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