The San Juan County Index, 1902-12-26

exercised tegHn, standing rooiu was at a premium. '1 he programme brjHn with tli beautiful ixiuk. "All II nil the King," Next came sciigs aud recitations by the eo tots" rendered in a way that re re-Unctsej - Unctsej re-Unctsej great credit upon their faithful teacher, Mrs. J. K. Coopor. The songs aud recitations by Miss jessie Cooper's class were especially good. 'A tale of .Christmas Eve" was boauti fully told by Miss Mary Prewitt. Mlas Perle Pendleton sang "The Holy City' ller rich, contralto voi-e was at its best aud he was loudly applauded. Misa Ethel Uaudall recited 'Tot's Christmas" or 'The, Sober Hat" iu a mauuer that left 110 doubt in the minds of the audience as to Utr ability aa an rlix-iltionl.it, Theu followed thu distribution of rireseuts. and the conteuls of the beauti beautiful - ful beautiful Ireu were eoou iu ihe bauds of the happy aud euger children; thus ending Ihe most prosperous year known iu the history ot Azleo Sunday school work. Wireless telegraphy seems to have come tu slay. Marconi xud bis aeaial aeaial-auts - auts aeaial-auts bave beeu telegraphing across the Atlantic ocean with apparent ease. Kmg Edward of Euglaud has received numerous messages aud baa signitled his belief in the stability of the inven inven-liuu. - liuu. inven-liuu. Appeal to youoa Men. The late Johu P, AltgelJ once made the following tine aud graceful appeal to young men, aud us the day for gojd reso resolutions - lutions resolutions is approaching. The Telegraph reproduces it aud urges it upon the at attention - tention attention 1 f all of its young rendéis: Young uieu life is before you. Two voice s are calling y uu oue coming f rum tha swsmps ot eelfiBhcbBB aud force where success means death, and the oth other - er other frum the hilltops of justice and progress where even failure brings glory. Two lights are seen iu your horizon une, the fast fading marbh iighl ot power and tha other the slowly rising suu ot humane brotherhood. I wo ways lay opeu for you one leading to au even lower plane where are heard the cries ot debpair and Ihe curses ot the poor where manhood shrivels and poseessiou tote, down tb possessor aud the other leadiug up to highlands ot the murniuv, where are heard the glad thouls of humanity, aud where honest effort is rewarded with immortality.

says the road will euter Uaton from the south and the depot site wi.l probably bs in the eastern part of town, Kalou believes I hi', the Frisco people are be behind - hind behind the new road. This is the line of road that is said to beheading this way for the Pacilic by the.way of Toas, down Cauon Largo aud along the San Juan river to Uluh then on to Los Angles or some other Pacific coast point. Opening, of the Nile Reservoir; Tho great Nile reservoir and dam were opened on December IU, iu the presen presence - ce presence of the Khedive. The opening ceiemony took place io the afternoon, when the Khsdive turned a key which put the electric machinery iu motiou whereupon the sluice gates were opened aud a great body of water rushed through them. The Duchess uf Counaught then laid the last sloue of the dam. Il is estimut. d by Lord Cromer, the British agent iu Jbgypt, that the Assou Assouan - an Assouan dam, which has cost about (l,00U,UO0 will iucreuse the agricultural earning power of Egypt íl3,(X)U,Ubü every year iu other words, that it will pay a per percentage - centage percentage of over 100 every twelve months. The dam will permit the additional irri irri-gatiou - gatiou irri-gatiou of 1,0UU,0U0 acres, aud it is tali tali-muled - muled tali-muled that it will provide an additioua! reveuue to the Egyptian government of $1,JUO,UI)0 a year. Scieutilio Anitrican.

a surprise to their friends. The cere ceremony - mony ceremony Aa peí fuime J by the Kev, John K. Cooper, of tha Presbyterian church, Christinas evening at 7.30 o'clock, at tha home of the bride's parents Mr, and Mrs. Wiliiumjll, Waring, in thelpresencc of only relatives and a few fneuJs, Miss Maud Warug grew '.o womanhood 111 Sh s J uau county and is one of its most succesbtul truchera. She is a true .ype of lovely American womanhood and the p- le if Altec have learned to love ber for her niuny chaniiug qualities, but oue aud all regret that they could not bave her just "Maud," Mr. Len Len-festey - festey Len-festey is a young man of many noble qunlities and numbers his frieuos ouly by his acquamteu Jes. 1'hc l.fDrt joius their host ot fneuds iu wishing tue.u a luug and happy married life. The survey of the New Mexico and Pacific railroud from Kalou to Kliia Kliia-belhtown - belhtown Kliia-belhtown was completed Saturday, i'bn purvey haB been in progrera for several weeks and sixleeu men wnrs eu-

andoilor. They .altznd, two-stepped, five stepped, (I'M-, tepped and I don't remmnbr bow rV they stepped. Any Any-wsy - wsy Any-wsy Mini IVrle Pi u lleton, aa "I'opay" and htr dusky " :'.rt, Hurley Pool, took tho prize after u I, c h mHeks wero re removed - moved removed and dañen u continued till far into tha " eo ivu' hours" ' Hurley Pool r pr-" inlti "Uncle Tom" without the cabin and attracted un unbounded - bounded unbounded admirt Lwi in bis (traceful ex execution - ecution execution of,tlie cak" i-alk. Frank Knick Knick-Pihoiikcr - Pihoiikcr Knick-Pihoiikcr was the personification of "Whistíuig Ilufup ' aud was repeatedly encored. S. (). PiL HstafT two-strr-ppil in a way that forcibl; reininded one of a "coon" aftor a vin t t a hen-ui -p aud Burr the colored i nis of the ball was gotten up ..more ' goously than thn Rainbow, His exei'uticn of the water watermelon - melon watermelon pollta waa 1 h 1 irowning event of the evening.

II ad Met Ills Conq uerer. They lold meal Ueebe's corners of a muu ho, they said, had killed dozens of beats and wildcats and who was Ihe most courageous man iu all Teuuessee. 1 hat bf I11 1 con 1 leached bis cabía as I jourueyid along, aud ffuding him sittiug ou a log at the cate, I slopped for a chat I tauBuaily mentioned that I had heard ot bis deeds of prowess aud I tried to draw bim out, bnt be shook his head aud replied: "Strar-ger, 1 jest took a (bird wife to my hubuiu about six werka age," "v.ellT" "Waal, I alius reckoned I had a powerful lot o' courage, but I've lately diskivnied it was all a mistake," "Hut what could bave happened to make you think so?" Fur answer he pointed toward the cabiu, where he could see his wife stand standing - ing standing in the door, aud I was about to say sumething wbeu she lifted up ber voice aud shouted: "Yo, thar, llankf" " Y yea, Nancy," he answered 4 a be