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The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
A LARGE VILLAGE.
Though MOSCOW I. Popalou. IL 4

Though Moscow 10 Popu1ous IL Ap
psarauos Is Provincial.
In Russia everything is large and
everything is loud Moscow Is like an
immense village and everything in 1t
is built broad, not high, because there
Is SO much space to cover. The public
squares, unpaved and surrounded by
little rim of cobbles, are as big as
meadows. The arcades and passages,
with their cellars below, their steps
above, their glass roofs, are SO enorm-
GUS that they could hold the Passage
des Panoramas and the Burlington ar
cade and the galleries at Milan, with
out filling more than corner of them.
Colors shrek and flame; the Muscov-
lite eye sees only by emphasis and con-
trast; red Is completed either by an
other red or by bright blue. There
are no shades, no reticences, no modu-
lAtions. The restaurants are filled
with the din of vast mechanical or
kans, with drums and cymbals; great
bell clashes against chain on all the
trans to clear the road; the music
one hears is ferocity of brass. The
masons who build the houses build in
top boots, red shirts and pink trousers;
the houses are painted red or green or
blue; the churches are like the temples
of savage idols, tortured into every I'M
natural shape and colored every glar-
ing color. Bare feet, osier sandals and
legs swathed in rags pass to and fro
among the top boots of the middle
classes, like the inner savagery Of
race still so near barbarism, made evil
dent in that survival of tn, footgear
of primitive races.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

accessory" said the circular, should
be on every dressing table"
Henrietta thought that advice good
and put hers there, whore it stayed un-
disturbed She came home the other
afternoon and found her younger
brother using 1t TO "squeegee" photo
graphic prints into his camera book
This is a fuzzy sort OF photo roll
err" he remarked, but I've lost mine.
and guess l can make yours do"
Henrietta says she is rejoiced to find
out what the complexion roller is real
ly good for..Chicago News.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

walked on miles. Finally We came to
a huge mountain of what looked for
all the world like meringue. 1t was
not smooth, but all bulges and holes
and little peaks and looked SO fragile
that I knew If we stepped on 1t we
would break through. But Tom said
it was all right, SO We began to climb
it. We were still looking for the boat
all this time. Tom insisted we should
find 1t on top the meringue and it
seemed quite likely to me, SO clam
bered up with good grace. But when
we got to the very top Tom broke
through. AS he disappeared shrieked,
What on earth are you doing?' indig-
nantly, and he answered-he was fall
ing very slowly-'it's shorter going
this way. Besides, my last bowling
score was only 1871
THAT seemed to satisfy me. so
sat down on the --LATEST peak of the
meringue and began to polish up
kitchen knives. And just as the mer.
ingue uddenly melted away l woke
up. I wish 1 knew where l was going
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
A RUSH FOR FREE HOMES.
Homesteadcts Making Ready for
lkv.ns,I..~ In Ia hnvna

Homesteadcts Making Ready for nj
Opsni"E In oklahoma.
By virtue of an act OF congress
passed last June. tract of land sixt
miles square in Oklahoma Territory
to be opened for settlement some tim
this year Just when President M
Kinley will issue the proclamation ei
titling the public to race for homt
steads in what IL known as "Beautifi
Land" cannot be definitely announce
at present. But officials believe th3
all preliminary work will be coH
pleted by the middle Of next Augus
This will be the last great struggl
for free homes in America. DescriI
lions of the wealth and fertility q
Oklahoma have excited much interes
In the farms in that part of the couIj
try, and already intending settlers al
camping on the border line waitir9
for the President to proclaim I'll
grounds open. Many young lawyerI
physicians and enterprising businea
men may be found who are maxim
preparations to go to that part of on
lahoma Territory to seek their foi
tunes. There are reports OF new rail
way developments in the territory
and the establishment of new banks
new building associations and Insult
ance companies Is advertised; in fact
everything points to boom in thu
region as soon as the farm rush" BID
pinS
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
RATHER HARD ON THE SINGER

When Nine Emma Eames, the IA
nous opera singer, was making west
ern tour recently she consented to sing
at a church festival in aid of the ca
thedral of a certain prominent city.
The church authorities decided 10
charge an admission fee to the cathe-
dral to all who wished to hear the
great singer. Most people paid willing
ly, but one person demanded admis-
sion on the ground that he should not
be charged for going into a public
place of worship do you mean to
tell me-" he argued with the doorkeep-
er, that l shall require ticket to en-
ter the kingdom of heaven
We'll no. explained the ticket sell
err suavely, but then you won't hear
Nine. Eames in heaven" Then when
the enormity of his remark dawned
upon him the ticket seller turned and
fed.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
A DOGS FIDELITY

A pathetic story illustrative OF the
faithfulness which seems to be pre-
dominant trait of the canine race is
related in the London Express. At
the Southampton docks, it says, there
waits and has waited for nearly
year, a terrier dog; out on the veldt,
under q rough-hewn cross, lies the
body of his master. who has gone to
answer his last roll call" But the
dog still waits. and meets every in
coming transport with an eagerness
pathetic in its intensity. 1t mingleA
with the landing troops, yearningly
searching for its dead master, and when
Its quest results in the usual failure
1t disappears as mysteriously as 1t
came.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE.


OF = Federal Court.
The ancient and venerable question
first raised In Adams day, and dis
cussed with more or less vigor by that
gentleman's descendants ever since, as
to who is the head of the house, the
man or the woman, has been settled, 1t
may be hoped finally. by Judge Pur-
nell OF the United States circuit court.
The point came up in case in Vir-
ginia, where woman, a storekeeper,
endeavored to take advantage Of the
bankruptcy law, but had her petition
denied by lower court on the ground
that she was married and living with
her husband, she was not the head OF
the house. Judge Purnell reversed
this decision and rendered an opinion
to the effect that married woman liv-
ing with or apart from her husband is
the head of the household In the legal
sense of the term. AS this decision is
rendered in federal court, it applies.
of course, to the whole country, and
all American women from Puget
Sound to Calais may rejoice that their
status has been fixed beyond further
dispute. Husbands and other mascu-
line usurpers may now step down and
out.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
WOMEN IN CHINA

All women are not degraded in Chi
ma. Witness the Dowager Empress,
who rose, by the force of her own will.
from the position of slave to that
of ruler over the most populous ma
tion on the globe. Notwithstanding
the prejudice against the sex among
the Mongols women occasionally break
through the barriers and achieve dis
tinction.
In Shanghai, the metropolis of the
most coveted section of that vast en-
pire, is temple erected in honor of
Huang woman deified for her great
service to her people. and Chinese men
do not disdain to worship before her
image.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
a Pest to Good Account.

The rabbits are the greatest pest OF
New South Wales. At one period over
10O, 100000 acres were infested with
them and 25,2sO,000 we're destroyed in
one year and their skins paid for by
the government. 1t is estimated that
altogether about $4,000 miles of rab-
bit proof wire netting fences have al
ready been erected, and many hun
dreds OF miles more are now in course
of erection. Latterly an export trade
In frozen rabbits and in rabbit skins
has sprung up. and it is expected that
by and by it will reach great proper
lions.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

first is more or less bohemian, the
second. tries to be. and the third Is
frankly and grossly material with no
object in life except the diverting one
of increasing the population of the city
to the number indicated by the name
of the society. And yet there are peo-
pie who think that clubs are not use
full. There was another numerical
club also, a Thirteen Club, which was
built to defy the ancient superstition.
Its members were only admitted in
patches of thirteen. warranted not to
kill. In Chicago also there was once
a club called the Midway, designed
purely for social diversion. But the
most whimsical of all clubs, the most
desperately foolish, the most beguiling
and impossible, was the Whitechapel
Club, which once made Chicago Its
footstool. 1t was organized in rather
a haphazard way by gay band OF
young reporters, who dined together
now and then in an obscure chophouse.
where they had way Of taking fore
ible possession. Their dinners grew
more and more frugal as the week pro-
crossed, but they made up for it with
great splendor on pay day,
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
A POPULAR NEW Work PAsTo

The Church of the Divine Paternit}
Seventy sixth street and Central PaH
west, is the strongest Universalist OF
ganization in New York, and was mad
famous by the oratory OF Rev. Dt
Edward H.. Chaplin, Its organization
dates to 1889. The present beautiful
and commodious edifice was erecteI
in 1897. The pastor of the church |
Rev. Charles H. Eaton. D. D. He j
an eloquent preacher. and his recen
Sunday evening lectures on subject
of national interest attracted wild,
publicity, and large attendance. II
two OF his lectures he discussed prot
lens touching on capital and labo
and the trusts His plea for arbitra
ton in settlement of disputes betweei
capital and labor, and the SYMMETRY
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
rorno..,. Revenue from Monopol,...

FOrmo9A'A Revenue from MOnoponos.
Mr.. Goto Shimpei, head of the civil
government OF Formosa. says that dur
ing the six years which have elapsed
since Japan obtained possession OF
Formosa she has invested 140.o00.O00
ven (s7O, 900, O0O) of public money in
the island and it is now yielding
revenue of is per cent on the capital
sunk. The main part of this revenue
is obtained from the opium tax, the
camphor monopoly and the salt mo-
nopoly, which yield 100000 yen 49,
600 ,00O) each Three years ago, when
the present governor-general went to
Formosa, the revenue was only 1T
tie over 100000 yen (s2.5OO, O00). but
there is every reason to think that
It will soon amount to 20,00O,o00 yen
CSC, 900 ,00O). According to the f1nan-
cial scheme originally mapped out the
central government was to furnish g.
600 900 yen 81 10000 annually for
twenty years in aid of Formosa's ad-
,ministrative expenditures.-Ch1c
News.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
SPIDERS MAKE VOYAGES.

rhev Go to See In Mig Ships Rig
cling.
The spider is a born aeronaut and
makes ascensions that sometimes
carry him far out to sea. During his
voyage around the world in the ship
Beagle the naturalist Darwin gave par
ticular attention to the spider and his
airship. This last consisted of
single strand of web silk, and the in
sect-in this case tiny red gossamer
spider one-tenth OF an inch long-came
aboard In great numbers while the
Beagle was sailing sixty miles from
land The threads of silk which they
used in their aerial voyage were two
and sometimes three feet in length,
while they themselves were so light
that they were able to voyage about on
the heat waves that rose from the wa
ter on warm day. Companies OF sew
eral thousand-male, female and
young-would appear in the Beagle's
rigging, and Immediately upon arriv-
ing they would drink thirsty Of any
water that could be come at. The
sharp-eyed Charles Darwin thought
that this thirst was caused not so much
by the salt ocean air as by their pass
ing through the dry. rareiied upper re-
gions of the atmosphere, showing that
they sailed at considerable heights In
their voyages. The little travellers
were very active during the time they
remained aboard, running about the
rigging, spinning webs from an ap-
parently endless supply dropping.
climbing and even skimming over the
smooth surface Of the ocean.
Many other insects ind their way
cut to sea. some going OF their own
will. while others are blown on land.
One evening while the Beagle was ten
miles trom the shores OF Patagonia
she was surrounded by vast swarms
Of butterflies reaching beyond the
range of telescope. There was no
space free Of them, and they resembled
nothing so much as snowstorm.
There was no wind and the insects
own choosing, but before dusk strong
breeze came up and 1t was very like
1y that tens of thousands OF them were
drowned on their pleasure trip. At
another time a number Of beetles
eight distinct species-were drawn up
in net set for specimens of small
rshes. Four OF these species were
natural swimmers and Darwin con-
Guided that they had been washed out
to sea inSthe current of their native
river. The most remarkable case OF
the sort during the voyage was that
of large grasshopper which few on
board when the ship was $40 miles
from the nearest land that was not
guarded by an unvarying trade wind.
How 1t ever got away from its own
kind was problem that even the wise
naturalist could not solve. Flies some
times travel out to sea with ship.
but after few days they leave the YES
eel and are apparently lost.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

B. w. Pearce, 81 years of age, rd
tired printer and editor of Newpore
X. l., has what is probably the mos
unique library in Rhode Island, if nd
in New England. 1t is composee
wholly of scrap books, numbering
about 100, all made within recent
years During all of that time he has
purchased duplicate copies OF the
Utica Saturday Globe each week in
order to use matter from each of the
pages.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

go. He liked cards, he said, and had
Just like to see II Hattie had grown
rusty at baccarat.
"Awntie" knew John to be man OF
large decision and few words, SO she
set about mining the channel In Sc
cret. She got up counter attraction
in the shape Of card party at Johns
house for the same night and sent out
invitations. THAT" she unused, viii
spike Hatties guns" Then she told
John and his new wife to make no en-
gagements for that evening. as they
were needed at home-and she went
into details. John listened, but made
no comment
The eventful night arrived and John
and his wife dressed with especial
care. So, too, did "awntie." By and
by cab stopped at the door and
''awntie" hurried into the drawing
room to greet the expected guests. Aft
er brief delay she heard John call
out to the maid: Tell him to wait"
Then John came down with his wife
and her wraps and got into the cab
and went away to Hattie's and had
the time of his life blessing heaven that
he had a daughter who was bit DIFF
ferent from his sister.
"Awntie" waited in chagrin the en-
tire evening. but no guests came. which
was strange, she thought. At midnight
her spitefulness got the better OF her
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

nome 70 d1nner tonight. Get a
chicken. Henry"
She bought the chicken. but her tears
besprinkled the clammy foul as she
prepared 1t for the oven. Six weeks
married and he could write horrid
note like that! He ordered her to do
things. did he?
When their dinner guest departed
the storm burst. The unfortunate Mr..
Wood explained that when he dashed
of his message to her he had about
sixteen seconds to do 1t in. three men
were waiting impatiently to see him
and stocks were at the moment going
down. All Of which to Mrs. Wood
had about as much bearing on the
case as though he had tried to excuse
his abruptness by stating that there
had been a volcanic eruption in Mars.
Her feelings were decidedly hurt. He
could not care for her else he would
have been kinder.
It was next week when Mr.. Wood
discovered he had carried downtown
the key to the basement and he re-
membered load OF coal was coming
that afternoon. He put the key in
an envelope and with it this epistle:
my Own Darling Little Wife:
Here's that blamed key forgot. With
love and million kisses, your ador-
ing husband. Harry"
She wouldn't speak to him when he
came home that night. He says some
women are awfully hard to suit.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

a round Of calls.
II thought 1 was
about to take a
steamer somewhere
across the lake and
that Tom Silsbee
was going along.
The boat didn't
come and finally
Tom said: oh.
pshatA, let's walk
out knd meet it,
l said. AN right
Just as though he
had asked me to
dance the next two
step with him, and
we started. The
lake seemed not
exactly frozen, but
kind of rough and
snowy, and we
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
Mad Coyote Runs A,nuck.

A coyote ran amuck through the
streets of Deming, Tex, the other day
and bit dogs coming and going. Per-
sons who saw him said that he was
.frothing at the mouth and his eyes
shone like balls of fire. 1t is supposed
that the coyote had hydrophobia. Hs
escaped.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

When "awntie" regained her breath
she asked Why"
Because we may need some Of 1t to-
morrow night" said John.
You see." he said. wife and l
trailed your invitations for tonight
with others which set the date Just one
evening later. We will entertain our
friends tomorrow night"
Whereupon "awntie" flounced out OF
the room and took train 6 for home
the next morning. Hattie and humiI-
ity are still as two ships that have
passed in the night
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
Queen Wilhelmlna's Crown.

The crown that adorns the brow Of
Hollands youthful queen is said to
have cost 5000 In 1929 1t was stolen
by burglars and remained in their pos
session for nearly two years. Event
ually part of the stones were found
near Brooklyn, and the remainder
were ultimately discovered in Belgium,
west side phrenologist claims he
can tell what barrel contains by ex-
amining its head
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

Lucy Monroe, in Lippncott's: Chi
cago is responsible also for the Forty
Club, the One Hundred and One Club,
and the Two Million Club, though why
these particular figures should have a
fascination is not quite clear. The
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
one morning holding Hattie's dainty

invitation between
her thumb and
forefinger as II 1t
were germ-ridden.
The new wife. hav-
Ing just received
her own, made
some happy COM
ment to which John
agreed. Then the
stOr m b r o X e.
"A W n t lie" sa ID
Johns self-respect
ought to prevent
his acceptance OF
any invitation from
his re b e lilo US
daughter. to say
nothing of the def
erence due his wife.
John only smiled
and guessed he'd
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

When n bear tried to take possession
of a Canadian backwoods brewery the
employees simply rallied and rushed the
growler.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

Marble is said to exist in twenty-four
of our states.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
GLIMPSES OF CITY LIFE
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood have been mar
ried only few weeks and consequent

ly Mrs. Wood was
decidedly rumed at
the note the mes
senger boy brought
her about 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon.
1t was from her
husband, and 1t ran:
Caroline: A m
bringing Mr.. Boyce
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

II had the queerest dream the other
night" said the girl who was making
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15

judgment and she
went out and told
the cook to throw
out every scrap OF
supper they had
prepared for the
guests. But, John
and his wife re-
turning Just at this
moment, the order
was countermand-
ed.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-14

ucighbors' would get the worst of thc contract The trouble with those who entertain such notions of class distinc- ,ious is they have been living Co near to the medical idea of things. Had they followed the tendencies of the times they would have found education no longer an especial priyiledge oi the upper classes
 Then .as Co the snccring allutions Co the money of Che American iron-mon' ger" and the Chicago pork packer and an that sort of thing the critic oi this munihcent gift kindly in form Us where a goodly portion of the nobility oi the realm of Edward the Seventh would be but for the money earned iu American trade. commerce or financial lines that has been ah- ,orbcd by the titled nondc-script who are enjoying the additional luxury oi American born Wlvcs,
 People in this country and elsewhere may criticize the system of accumulat- iug SO many millions as Carnegie ha, been able Co aquirc through the aid oi the government But none of che "best families m Scotland'-or m any othct part oi thc British cmpirc-has any license Co sheer at the dollars or the American irou-mougcr" or those of che Chicago pork packer" The same dollars have kept many oi them from tbc poor house and enabled them to give their sons advantages Carnegie proposes Co give "thc sons oi their bumblc,t ncighbors"
 Scottish pride may "ri,c m its wrath against thc invasion of the almighty dollar though it Is Co be doubted But it might seem Scottish pride and an other kind, of pride which owes allegiance Co thc British crown might more appropriately have "riscu in it. wrath" against tbc "iuy2>iou of thc almighty dollar" when acquired as a matrimonial attachment
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-14
PRIDE AND DOLLARS

m, Carnegie ci.t of tcn million, .. rr.,rI, for thc higher education oi Scottish youth, seem, to be raising quite ..mmorar u Che country thc pr-brr. manufacturer thought he na, l.marr1 Say, ouc oi thc papers.
 -Ne trust iu Scottish pride ,o rise r 10. wrath aea.u-t thi, invasion oi thc almighty dollar Many of che oll- ,.t auI best amiic, ,n Scotland send their son, tD Scottish universities. where tbc, pay fees. Gke the son, oi their h1mb',,tugietbor,. neither more ror le,, It,to bc believed that thi, |, ta Lo continued n che fee, arc paid .or chem by Andrew Carnegie lm1g
 mr tag duke oi Hamilton or Cameron oi Locm.' or Mcdonald oi che Isles. a'lo0u. h, h.u t1 get education at th, cost oi au American iron.mougcr We shah uc>t hear ut some Chicago r.r. packer proposing Co buy up ON
 ford anI Cambridge and dictating terms ot admission and thc subject, ,o be taught or. oi Bo,, Croker form, us lobby Go control the London uni yer,.,y. with tbc object of inculcating Tammany principles in the mtud of ,bc rising generation oi cockueys
 Now while the Carnegie system of d,po,ing oi millions one cannot carry into jhe great beyond may he open to tbc criticism of trying Co prejudice thc jury oi thc 6nal bar of judgement thc above |, not iair statement oi the ,uuatiou In thc first place the "old- cs, and best families oi Scotland are not obliged Go send their sons Co uni ycr,i,ic, with "thc sons oi their hum
 blcst ucighbors" unless they wan, Co. An even ii they should. it Is not al- together certain whether "the oldest and best families" or their humblest