The eagle., April 01, 1896, Page 15, Image 15

About The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???

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THK EAtfLK: WEDNESDAY , ATIML 1. 18fi,
15
OHci O.- DAY".
How It Looks to t.,o I'cople of the Dif
ferent I luaots.
The people of Sept une are often in
'loubt as to whether or not the sun is
shining. They tire so fur away from
the great central orb that it is n mere
speck in the sky which only men with
good eyesight can see. l'lenty of plan
ets that are swinging about in the heav
ens look bigger than the sun to the peo
ple of Neptune. Those on Uranus are
little better off.
Upon Mercury, on the other hand,
the sun comes up like an immense new
moon, and it burns with an intense
glare, and is so hot that the people there
ean cook their breakfast by the light of
the morning sun. When the sun sets
on Mercury it is like a large part of the
heavens dropping out of sight, ond n
cold breeze immediately springs up.
Even on Venus the sun looks so big as to
scare an inhabitant of the earth could
he be transported to that planet.
. From Mars it looks a good deal
smaller than it docs from the earth, but
a year on Mars is equal to two years on
the earth. Another curious thing
about Mars is that it has two moons, re
volving in different directions. One of
these little moons is hardly bigger in
tho sky than a good-sized cheese, but
it (lies through space with the speed of
a cannon ball. This little moon goes
skimming close to the surface of Mars,
and the people there, with their long
distance guns, could easily shoot up and
hit it.
They have to look sharp on Mars to
see this little moon, which comes noise
lessly from one direction nnd disnp
pears around the corner in another, re
gardless of tho movements of the reg
ular moon.
STRANGE, BUT TRUE.
Wonderful Thing That Ilappen to Men
Who Shoot.
A well-known naturalist and sports
man was shooting quail one dny near
tho rynimids, Rays Tenrson's Weekly.
Sighting an owl he raised his gun, and
was nbont to pull the trigger when
judge of his surprise., the bird suddenly
twisted in ita flight as if shot, and calm
il uttering to his feet. On examination
he discovered that the bird, although
in midair, had broken it wing through
Hie mere exertion of its flight.
When shooting on the moors In York
shire an unlucky sportsman had his one
solitary chance during the beat spoiled
by an extraordinary accident. Just
as he was shooting at a grouse flyin
about mi yards away, another bird,
which hud evidently lost its presence
of mind, fluttered in front, of his gun,
receiving the whole of t ho charge In itH
body. It was literally blown to piece
Itoot.h. tho well-known collector of
llrighton, once did the very same thing
lie wns firing at a small flock of com
mon pochard when the charge hung
lire, in consequence of which a rare
specimen had lime to fly Into the line
of shot. It is now in the llrighton mu
seum. Apropos, n Rlranrje freak of par
t ridges may le i.ic ninmcd i .mi e,
tain occasions i lu-v will fly fm out ii
..sen and Kettle on the Lip. of the wavis
' with as much iineoiicei'.inHif they wen-i
on a turnip lu id, although it nieaui-i
certain death to every one of the covey..;
" TIP IT." i
A Trivial Faatlnm rnpiilar Among Lan
cashire (amblen. i
Among the si range Sort of Lanca
shire is a game Known variously us
"eoddam"or"ti;iit." !
As the. Luuciithire. man of sporting j
tendency must have u wager on every '
thing that ut;,u i-s his attention, a In;
of money changes hands on thisgaim .
generally in a . in, .11 way, but quite fu
iitlitly in substantial sums. Indeed, I
says London ivimueis. there is u recog i
nized chumpion player of "tip it," who '
is open to back himself for 25 to "lick
creation." I
And this is how it is ployed: The
rival players take a button, or some
small article, and sit on opposite sides
of a table. The beginner puts his ,
hands under the table, nnd, taking Un
button in one of them, raises his closed
lints into view, n ml the business of tin '
other is tocay in v. h'.ch hand tliebtittoi.
is held. The button changes sides as i.
is found, and the game goes on until the 1
points are reached.
Jt is often played with two or four a ,
side, and the champion will meet -. !
doen at a time, and discover the hand !
holding the button by a sort of instinc',
'I he position of llu- thumbs decidí'!
whether the pnuie is "codilam" or "n j
it." Cn Ill's li ii nil pastime hundred:
of pounds change hands every year in
some purtsof Lancashire.
Olllelal Directory.
rmiKitAi,,
Deleítate to CotiiiresK
Governor
Serreta ry
Chief, last lie
Associates
TlinnniH II. Catron,
W, T. Thornton,
Loi-loii Miller,
Thomas "-mill,.
N.C.I 'oilier. I
i.. ;:, .;, minion.
.V 1!. Uutrlilin. .
u, ii, nam.. i
W, li, Wallim. Clerk Third Judicial Dlsl rlct
('liarles F. Kuslcy, Surveyor (enera I
( liarles M. Sliunn II. S, CollecloF
.1, II, lleminlni.'way, I'.H. District Attorney
Kdwnrd L. Hall. ' U.S. iiohi.l
II, W, l.oomls, lel)iily U.H. Marshal
J. W. I'leinliiK, IT, S, Coal Mine Inspector
.1, II Walker. Saul i Fe Itcidstcr Land Ofllro
I'edni Delgado, Santa Fe. Uee'v'r Land Utllrc
.luliii D, llryan. LasCrures lieu'r Land OHIcu
.1, I'. Asea rate. Las Cruces. Uee'v'r l.'dOIIIro
lilelnird Yiinnu. itoswcll Keir'r Land Olllcu
W, (i, Costfi-ove. lloswcll, Uee'v'r Laud oltleo
V. W. Hoyle. Clavton, líeí'r Lund Ollleo
II. C, I'leliels. Clayton. Itee'v'r Lund Otilen
TKUItlTOIUAI..
I VI...,,,,.
.1. I!. Crist, Santa. I'e,
l(, I., omiK, ,as Cruces,
T, X, Wllkci'son. Alli'iiue.
A. II llarllee, siUer i ilj,
II, M, Dauuherty, SiK-orro,
A, A. Jones. Las Vv, ,,
John Franklin. Kddy,
Jose Semi ra,
II. S, Clancy. C
K, II. leriuiiiiii.Suierliil
(leo, W, Knaehel,
Samuel F.ldodl.
Marcelino (arela,
Alnado Chave,,
M.S. Hart,
Solicitor General
District attorney
Miliaria n
lerk Súpleme Court
-iiileul l'i ii . I cut i ii ry
Adjutant (Jew ras
Treasurer
Auditor
Supl, ot School!
Coal I'll Inspector
comer or eaivATK i.anim'i.aims,
Jcxep'i T. 1, 1 1 lif lo,v i. C.iitif I t itleai.
Associate Justices Willnir I-', Stone, of Col
orado; Thomas C. Fuller of North (arolliui;
Wiillani M.M urray, of Tennessee; Henry C.
Sluss of Kansas,
.Matt (J. Hevnolds, of Missouri, l ulled
Stales Attorney.
COI'NTY,
THE SYRIAN ARABS.
Style Bet by the l'atrlarchii Sttll In Voguo
In tho Kant,
The Syrian Aral s have changed tbeii
style of dress h-ss tliun any other i
tionolity. At any rato there is i
record of its having changed dm i
tho period covered by human liistm
cither as regañís male or female di-
or adornment. Saving only for I.
firearms, there is no reason to bel in
that the liodouin of the desert docs i o
clothe and adorn himself exactly as 1
did in the days of the 1'atriarchs. iim.
the women wcirr their ornaments in the
nineteenth century of the same shaK
and in the same style as Surah and lie
becca did. Among articles of vestí i n
costume, the two oldest are probably
the Highland kilt and the smock-frock
of the west country English laborer. Jt
Is not probable that either of them
has altered much for 1,000 years. The
smock-frock was the peasant dress ii:
early Saxon times, and tho kilt would
seem to be a developmental the kirtle
or fringed girdle, which was probably
the earliest garment worn by man.
H. V, N'ewnluiiii,
N. A, llolieh.
K, M.Voiinif.
lliiylur Sim muni,
A. It. Laird,
T. N.Ohllders,
li. I!, lirown,
J, X. rptou,
A.J, Clark.
Tilomas Foster
II. T. Link,
I'rolmte.lu !(io
Treasure r
I'rol.lite Clerk
Silería"
Collector
Assessor
Surveyor
CoininiKsloiier
Commissioner
Coiiilulssloner
School Sl'pei'llitelldent
I l Y
J. W, FIcinliiK,
II, Alirihain.
Win, F. LoreiK.
Frank W'riulil,
W, II.KIIhiirii.
Mayor
Treasurer
Clerk
Attorney
Marshal
IIO A It II OK KlirCATION.
(', Iteiiiiett. Win. Itrahni,
It, L. l'owel.
cor.eii,MK.N,
M, K. Wliltu,
Martin Maher
Jus. Ollletl.
lieo. D, Jones.
Racing 1'lgoon In llelglam,
Belgium is the home of the racing
pigeon. There the sport is a national
pastime, and a good pigeon frequently
wins for its owner large sums of money,
the prizes being considerable, to which
'.nny pools nrc ndded.
I'lllK lin'AIU'MK.NT.
St. (liuirKc Hohlnson Chief
lioi'daii lliailley Assistant i lot f
C. C, Wliilelnll F'ireiiian, l(, It. Hose Co.
Steve I'llle Foreman, J. W, F. Hum- Co
V, F, Loreiiz Foreman, I look and Laddered
Silver I I,) Tost Olllcii.
Oltleo opeii il ii!y except Sunday from s a, in
to 7 p, m.
Open Sunday from H to H:!M a. in., and umi
linar after arrival ot railway inall,
Money order department open dally except
Sundays from H a, ni, to II p, m,
Mall closes for Fort llayurd, Central, Han
over. Oeoraetowii ua.l all raili-oad points dal
ly at ":Ci a. in.
Mall closes for Mogollón and nil Intermedl
ate points al Hu, in,, Mondays, Wednesday
and Fridays.
Mall closes for Pinos Altos dully except
Sundays at USUI p. in,
Mall arrives from the east, west and south
dully at i li, ni.
Mull arrives from Mogollón and Intermedi
ate points st 7 it. ui Wednesdays. Fridays
itnd Sunday. i
Mull arrives from Pino Altos dally exeitpt
Sunday it U:!W u. in,
L, A, NKrr.T.Y.rnoTVAHTr.