Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-01-28

DIR. McEwen says that grippe has
been going the rounds Of the family.
It's "saft the day likewise slop-
py, slushy, slippery. And more in
sight.
Several wires are down around
town. one on Main avenue and two on
the mesa
viii Hall, who came in from Igna-
clio yesterday afternoon, returned
thther this morning
The day has passed for wind-jam-
| ming. The lawyers with the right on
their side and the authorities win.
Navajo Bill says he thought we
were dry up here-hence this mois-
ture. Thank you, Doe It's very
welcome.
A blonde haired lady is taking up
subscriptions today for the Denver
| Times, the inducements being to
will succeed better than Ranch and
| Range.
There is a great religious revival
at Pennington. Rev. Mr.. Taylor, the
Methodist minister, is conducting ser
| vices. Great enthusiasm is manifest
ed. Meetings are held every even
| ing and often protracted until IL
| O'Clock.
Law business must be quiet when
lawyers like Spickard and Johnson
volunteer their services to assist the
| commissioners to loot the people out
| of $500 to 81 900 to pay political
| debt of some of the members of the
board.
The Literature department of the
Woman's club have prepared a most
| interesting program for the open
meeting of the club to be held in the
club room at 2:30 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. All members are invited
| to be present,
The doctors and drug stores have
had it all their own way lately.
| Germs have grown lusty in our gen
| ial atmosphere. while frisky microbes
| lie in wait for the boldest human at
every corner. Now their day is
done. Millions of them have gone to
| an early tomb. It's somebody else's
| turn now.
ho 1i.ta ln,
night to the Democrats wind JAM
mer pound his auburn locks against
| the dark reverberating canons,' un-
til relieved by morpheus. Suddenly
he was awakened by the melodious
| ones of the great orator reciting
| The Lilies of the Valley, they toll
not, neither do they spin" etc, the
most beautiful portrait of Bradley
yet produced.
| Miss Edith Young has accepted a
position on The Herald staff and has
taken up the drudgery of a reporter.
| The newspaper field is the most inde-
pendent one which an Independent
woman can occupy, and the loyalty of
its fellowship is without peerage
| NliSo iouhS 10 ii SOOl tullheI, an III
teresting writer, enjoys broad vo-
cabulary of newspaper language, has
energy, and surely with determine
tion, must be successful with news
paper worlS.-The Wage Garner.
| Doc" Wallace. who came in last
evening from the reservation. says
everything is all right down there.
| The Navajos are well and happy. He
brought up some jewelry with him.
| one odd piece was a bracelet set with
a periodot in the rough. Two rings
set with the same kind of stone, pol
ished. were very pretty one being
yellowish green. the other a tawny
orange. A stick pin set with perio-
| dot and garnet was attractive Per-
haps the oldest We're vest buttons of
silver. Doc" says he expects to re-
| main a week.
In the postoflice there is a recording
clock that is quite interesting. 1t Is
used to register the time of daily ar
rival and departure of the carriers
and clerks employed in the office BY
the insertion of the proper key the
time TO minute can be stamped on IA
white ribbon. These records are
| clipped daily and then pasted in
large book kept for that purpose. On
large rack on either side of the
clock are keys for the years and
months as well as the hours and min
utes. Besides that each carrier has
four keys, registering respectively:
| n,,t,y, II
route, return, and time of leaving.
The desks at which the carriers sort
their mail to facilitate delivery have
Just been put in, the boxes having
| been moved to the other side To give
the necessary space. Connected with
the service are three railway postal
| clerks on the Southern and five ON
| the Eastern.