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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-10

exhibition of his skill, money and
plenty would be his; his and the
Majors. So, night after night, he
tried; but night after night he failed,
until, one bleak December evening,
the boisterous crowd, moved by a
common impulse of compassion and
disappointment, called out to the
Major, after one of Mozart's Intellectual
attempts:
Ticker the niger up, Major; ticker
him up"
1t was done, and then he played.
How he played as the subtle glow flew
from mouth to brain, and walked his
heart and fingers to a new, strange
power!
1t was only a second-rate violin,
played by a hunch-back negro; but
the scent of the harvest field blew over
the hot, close room, and a stream
FLASHED gently under bending trees.
Only a second-rate violin, but its spell
was mighty. Men saw afresh life's
beauty and its ~gladness. Old dreams
awakened, of fame and love; and hope
began to sing of what might be. He
vas only a hunch-back negro, but men
dropped their heads and forgot their
glasses on the bar as they listened.
Within their hearts there stole sweet
thoughts; within their eyes there crept
hot tears; and no man smiled as the
Major walked unsteadily down the
room, until he stood before the player.
Les go home, Mozart" he cried,
with trembling lips; les go home.
Wen keep our Christmas there, please
God! You and lat home"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-10
Red River PrOspectOr.

RED RIVER NEW MEXICO.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04

On some Of the best railway trains
of the day telephones form part OF
the equipment. The system is so ar
ranged that when the cars stop in
large stations connections can be made
with the regular telephone circuits of
the cities. This service, it Is an
nounced, is to be improved and OK
tended. 1t Is one Of the notable feat
ures of modern railway progress.
In these days when even the ship
far out at sea holds communion with
distant shores and with unseen com
panions on the deep, it seems almost
an anomaly that a train. always on
solid land and always within view
should be even for moment cut off
from the field of converse UndOubt.
eddy, a development not long to be de-
layed Is that which will bring into tel
phonc range the express speeding as
we'll as the express ut rest.
What marvel of comfort and con
venience will be worked when the
tourist for pleasure or business can
ring up from his parlOr-car seat the
home. the office, the club, for such
communion as the impulse or emer'
gency of a moment may dictate.-New
York World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04
Flowers for Food,

Roses were apparently a faNorltc ar
ticle OF food in the time OF our great
grandmothsrs for We also find recipe
for making conserve " roses
boiled" ana in this, too great stress
is laid upon removing all the white,
in the directions for pudding-ma king,
also rose water is a frequent naNurng,
Next 10 roses the most popular flower
seems 10 have been the cuwslip. Here
is a description OF "cOwslip pudding,
intended primarily for a last uAnncr
but included among "A numb!r OF good
ashes, which You may make use OF for
table al any other time Having
got the flowers of peck OF cowSlips,
cut lncm sman and pound them small
err with half pound Of Naples biscuits
grated and three plnts OF cream, Boil
them little, then take them OF the
fire and beat up 10 eggs wun little
cream and hltlo rose water SweetcN
to your palate ,tnis Is fine Naria
tiou of the modern 'sweeten to your
tasteD, ..lX il we'll together, butter
the dish and pour il in. Bake II, and
when IL is done, throw fine sugar over
and serve it up."-l.eslie's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04
WIDOW Wins Fight With Fear.

The Widow Hammond, who lives
alone on her little farm near Cochec
ton, Penn. was awakened ut IL
o'clock by the shrill shrielis of hel
porker, which has taken first prize at
several county fairs. The widow
seized a Ratchet, and rushing to the
barn, found big black bear attack
ing the porker. Mrs. Hammond
struck the bear several times with
the Ratchet, but it only served to in
cense the brute, which Knocked her
down with one of his huge paws.
The widow ran to the house, pro.
cured rifle, which she always keeps
loaded, and returned to the pen, where
she found the bear lifting the porker
out of the pen. She shot the bear
dead. Then she tainted.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04
New Lighthouse Also n Fort.

One of the most interesting and cu
rious lighthouses in the world has just
been completed on the cape which
forms the southern end of the Island
of Formosa. Standing in a region in
habited only by hostile sayages, this
structure is not only lighthouse, but
also fort The lantern is protected
by revolving steel screens. and in the
gallery around the tower is mounted q
machine gun. The tower Is of stee
and around its base Is built wrought
iron refuge. or fort. which communi
Gates by bullet-proof covered passages
with the keepers house. The station
is still further protected by loopholed
wall and dry ditch, thanked by two
towers in which are mounted eight
pound cannon. There Is a large staff
alta ched to the lighthouse and the sta
ton is well supplied with material fol
standing q siege. There are kept OF
hand constantly stores of food and
ammunition and large water tanks in
the basement of the tower always are
kept full of drinking water.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04

The superintendent of Mount Wash
ington cemetery says that MOUNDS are
fast disappearing in the east, and he
believes that the cemetery of the fu-
ture will do away with them entirely.
In their stead all graves will be level,
and only horizontal slabs of the sim
plest form will mark the last resting
pace of the dead.
Many practical arguments are ad
vanced for this radical departure from
accustomed methods. One of them is
that it will permit of more artistic
care for the graves, which, instead OF
the incongruous variety which now OBJ
tans, will present a uniform anu un-
broken stretch of green sward. The
grass can be trimmed without difficulty
and the grounds will be capable of
tasteful adornment, which is absolutely
impossible under the present SYSTEM
Kansas City Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04

The Oregon Agricultural Experiment
Station is performing very useful
service in some experiments which il
is making in producing vinegar .om
prunes. The most serious problem
which controntS our prune growers Is
the profitable disposal of the very
small pruncs and of that portion of
the larger sizes which partly terments
In drying
Prunes, being very sweet viii pro
duce large quantity either of alcohol
or of vinegar. The vinegar produced
from prune juice in Oregon is said To
be so strong as to require its dilution
by one-half to bring il down to the
commercial standard.
If the prune vinegar proves satisfac-
tory to consumers, its manufacture Will
prove of great value to our prune
growers as an outlet for the inferior
stock which to some extent, they can
not avoid producing. Francisco
Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04
LIFE,

Life is tinseled show, this earth the
ring,
Our vast uplifted tent the azure sky;
Time, the ringmaster, marks vs. with his
eye,
Unfurls his lash and lets US feel its sting.
Wealth is the carpet the attendants bring
10 ease our bones; we leap and hear the
cry
OF quick approval; then with courage high
We dance measure, draw the bow, OF
sing.
We mount our hobbies, and we have our
falls,
We pierce the papered hoops OF pleasure
through;
The light and music OF the scene enthralls
We love our himsy skirts OF pink and blue
Yet when the monitor insistent calls
We make our exit through the canvas
walls.
Isabel Richie, in the Boston Budget.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04
Suitable Mourning,

Sadie had tied large red hair rib
bon about her arm, had hung an old
plum colored veil over her crimson
mushroom hat and had wrapped her
self in cast-off shawl of a hue to
match.
Her small brother looked at her with
some curiosity. What are yuh doin'
that for:"
I'm a widow. and I'm in mourning
for my husband what's dead
"Ah, but yuh silly, yuh-people don't
wear red when they're in mourning"
That 'stumped'' Sadie for some time.
She spent the next five minutes sweep.
ing up and down the room with a sol
emnity that was holly tinged with in.
dignation. But finally sudden beam
of inspiration shone forth upon her
face. Huh mebbe you wouldn',
think yourself so smart il telled you
what my husband died Of"
"Ah, what'd he die off,
He died of scarlet fever" New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04
sWIFTEST OF QUADRUPEDs.
Greyhounds Hold the Record for Getting
Over tho Ground Fastest.

Three men In a carriage, followed
by four dogs, alightcd at one Of the
roadhouses just beyond Kingsbridge
while l was resting there recently,
and proved to be so interesting in
their conversation that / fingered
many minutes beyond my time to lis
ten to them and to learn something
that ! did not know before. When the
dogs took me into their confidence
the owners did the same. 1t appears
that they had been out in Westches-
ter county, running the dogs and max
Ing record for their performances.
here is the fastest animal that runs
on four legs" said one of the men, as
he pointed at long lank, sinewy
English greyhound that turned to-
ward us countenance fairly beaming
with intelligence. Il don't mean that
particular dog" he continued, but
do mean his variety, and he is not the
slowest member OF it by any means.
We have just been trying him under
careful timing, and found that he
went, when on full gallop, twenty
yards a second. That means a mile
in a minute and twenty-eight seconds
"A speed that comes very near that
OF carrier pigeon and would leave
far behind any quadruped that we
know of. This is a matter that I
have studied and know something
about There are few thoroughbred
horses that can exceed nineteen yards
a second and have known grey
hounds to better that by four yards.
Foxhounds have record Of four miles
in six and a half minutes, or nearly
eighteen yards second. That is fast
gong and as good as the most rapid
OF the hare family can do. This
speed is to some extent an inherited
gift from away back, for I have been
informed that wolves can run all
night at the rate of a mile in three
minutes. Manson says that Siberian
dogs can travel forty-five miles on the
ice in five hours This is fast going,
but these greyhounds hold the record"
Exchange
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04
Died as Heroes, Mt Duty,

Here is Il hero tale of the coast of
England, reported in London paper:
The only survivor of the Calster
lifcboat disaster able to be present At
the resumed inquest, was Walter
Haylett, son of the dead coXswa!n,
and grandson of the veteran who told
the Coroner last week that Coaster
men never turn back"
Haylett, Il typical young Saxon sea-
man. told simple and pathetic story.
He said that when the Beauchamp got
away the mizzen sail became I'M
hooked.
I'VE wore her rouna," he said. land
set both sails. Then We tackled for
the beach, but she missed stays. ana
we drifted for some minutes. When
we tried TO tack again she missed
stays a second time, and, driving 10.
ward the beach, struck sand, and Il
sea Immediately broadsided her, any
she turned over in an instant
All the men We're i'll their proper
places, and no one spoke Hayletl
found himself imprisoned under her,
but got air through one Of the soup
pers.
Haylett said the Beauchamp was
"as nice little boat as any crew
could want. She always behaved
well, and we all had perfect conf
dence in her. l have been out in her
in many gales. l was off Haisbor-
ough Sands once in her, and We res
cued the crew from the wreck of the
Esras when no other lifeboat could
get off.
The jury found that seven of the
deceased were drowned and one fatal
ly injured by the Beauchamp over
turning in the surf. which was in con-
sequence Of her failure to tack about
owing to the tempestuous weather
and heavy seas.
The Coroner handed Il halfsover
eign to James Haylett, senior, which
had been forwarded by Mr.. L. w.
Brogden, Of London, who wrote that
Haylett's declaration was worthy of
the County of Nelson, and was as de-
serving of Immortality in the little
Norfolk village as the imperishable
line, England expects every man to
do his duty
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04
ChES1ERBROOK,
How . Blue Grass Stock Farm Was Made
in Pennsylvania.

1t seems odd that in Eastern Penn
sylvania there should be farm so
thoroughly and luXuriantly set in blue
grass as to excite the envy of Ken
nckians;y more than one son of that
splendid land Of fair women and fine
horses has cast covetous and lingering
eyes upon the richly vefdant turf of
Chesterbrook, the stock farm of Alex
ander J. Cassatt, President Of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, which Is To-
Gated in Chester County, Pennsylvania,
twenty miles west of Philadelphia. 1t
covers an area of 700 acres, every acre
of which, except six, is permanently
set in grass.
The fields were first set in blue grass
twenty years ago. when Mr.. Cassatt
acquired the property, and nearly all
of them have remained unfaliowed
since. But It has required much per-
severance and unremitting labor to
produce the magnificent turf of to-
day. Every year since that date one
field has been treated to a sowing of
two quarts of timothy, one quart of
alsike and one quart of red clover per
acre. This is sown broadcast on the
snow in late February. or early March,
just as the pores of the earth are
opening with the first thaw. When
the turf is free OF snow the chain har
row Is passed over it to loosen the
grass. and then it is rolled. a top
dressing with the manure spreader is
administered every spring and fall,
and every four years an application of
forty bushels of lime to the acre Is
made The grass, both in quantity
and quality is improving each season.
1t yields about one and half tons
of hay per acre. aud offers grand pas
turage a week after the harvest. Two
hundred and sixty-seven tons of hay
We're housed from a portion Of the
farm this season apart from the pas
turage afforded over 200 horses. $50
sheep. forty COWS and fifty bullocks.-
Country Life in America.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04
A Life of Constant Dread.

Abdul Hamid the Sultan of Turkey,
Is SO filled with the terror of assassina-
ton, that his magnificent palace Of
Yildiz is Il monument to fear. 1t is. or
is meant to be. assassin proof, bomb
proof, earthquake-proof, tire-proof, mi
crObe-prOof. Architects and engineers
are constantly rebuilding it, and some
new secret retreat is always under
construction. The palace is surrounded
by wall thirty feet high, and the
choicest troops of the Empire stand
guard about it. Says a writer in Ev-
erybody's Magazine:
"One day the Sultan received Mon
sieur Nambery the Hungarian Orien-
talist, informally at the palace. This
was not an unusual thing, for the pro
lessor had been Adults tutor, and was
almost his intimate friend. Quite
naturally, therefore, the Sultan turned
to the one guard in the apartment and
ordered him to retire.
"The guard took a step backward
and halted. as rigid as before. Abdul
lNptutcu thC Olutl, WIN tue lC-
suit. Once more he commanded, and
this time the man obeyed. Then the
Sultan, smiling. explained. 1t often
happened that he wished to show an
apparent faith in a guest. He would
order the guard to retire, and the
guard, after that one step, would re-
main, the Sultan meanwhile going on
with the conversation under the seem
ing impression that the man had really
gone. The man understood that only
the third command was to be taken
literally.
when the Sultan had finished his
confidence. he invited the professor to
sit opposite him at the little table and
have some tea. Now the Sultan does
not take sugar, and so he forgot to
offer any to his guest. The bowl was
ut the Sultan's elbow and the profess
sor was not used to asking monarchs
to wait upon him. Still, he hardly
wished to drink the tea as it was,
and he leaned over the table to reach
for the sugar.
I'm a fash the Sultan was on his
feet, his hand at his pocket, his face
pallid. The gesture of the harmless
old savant looked to him like assas.
snation.
Again, when the Prince Of Samos
was retiring from an audience, he
stumbled, in his backward steps, and
fell. Instantly the Sultan pressed a
spring behind the throne. The wall
opened, and he vanished within, safe
from the suspected attack.
abrupt gestures in his presence
often cost very dear. The histories OF
several victims of such mistakes are
on record. One was a gardener in the
royal park, whom Abdul shot dead
for rising too quickly to an attitude OF
respect. At another time he found the
child of a palace servant playing with
his mislaid revolver. and had her tor
tured in the hope of discovering O
plot"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04
Deatness Cannot he Cured

BY local applications as they cannot reach tn
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only on
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of tbs
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infamed
you have rpmbling sound or imperfect hear
Ing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness i,
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever.
Nine cases out OF ten are caused by catar-h
which is nothing but an inhamed condition o.
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for anv
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh), that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrb Cure. Circulars
sent free. F. J. CHENEY l. Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04
FREAKS OF THE TORNADO.
Man Caught Up by One Describes His
Sensation.

A tornado that was remarkable both
in appearance and in action was one
that Travelled from Texas across Okla
homa and Indian Territory in May,
1896, says a writer in Ainslee's Maya
zine. A man in Sherman, Oklahoma
Territory, who had exceptional oppor-
tunities for observing the storm, in
asmuch as he was caught up in it and
carried several hundred yards before
descending to earth again, Is certain
that it was not funnel-shaped. He
says of it: 1T looked to me like a
great bali of vapor rolling over and
over toward me. When / first saw 1t
distinctly it was at hill perhaps
an eighth Of a mile away. 1t seemed
to be about $50 yards wide and 100 feet
high. The motion was that of ball
rolling over and over, not spiral, and
it came on rather slowly, perhaps
thirty miles an hour. Whatever the
ball Of cloud struck was lifted right
off the ground. | saw it pick up house
after house between the hill and me,
and the cloud seemed to be full OF
flying boards and timbers. When the
ball reached Mrs. C--'s. the house
nearest me, it went straight up off
its foundations. The house remained
intact until it was about twenty or
twenty-five feet from the ground;
then it burst open, and the fragments
flew in all directions. 1t looked like
an exploding bomb. The corn and
cotton standing a hundred feet on eth
er side of the storms path were I'M
injured. but whenever the cloud struck
the higher ground it spread out. cover
ing a wider strip of the surface. When
the cloud struck me went up lightly
and easily, and the sensation was not
unpleasant, but came down hard,
and was badly shaken up although
not seriously injured. On the highway
north of Sherman, fence wires were
torn from the posts and pounded into
the hard surface of the road dis
lance of two or three inches"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-04

oh HtiIis IN noun LNII'''
Il Evans, II cowboy, with the
NBarL outfit, in the Foul
q Peaks country, went through
an experience which has come 10 few
men. Evans holds the stecr-tyinG
championship of the northeastern part
of the Territory He Won his spurs
by roping, throwing and tying Il vie
ious steer in twenty-four seconds, the
worlds record, two years ago. He was
IN charge few days ago of round
up, and with five other cow-hands was
putting 1900 cattle into Suuhower Val.
ley.
While encamped for the night on n
high mesa, ending abruptly with Il
drop Of 200 feet. less than eleven
miles to the south. storm swept
through the mountains. The herd be-
came nervous at the display of light
ming, and started in stampede, head
ed for the south. Evans and his men
mounted hurriedly, and circling to the
front of the maddened cattle. tried to
turn them to the east and swing them
back into place. Evans headed his
men, and with whoops and revolver
shots vaiuly tried to stop or turn the
swiftly rushing hoofs and horns. In
the dense black of the night Evans's
horse lost his footing, and went down
in heap, one front leg in Il gopher
hole The horse OF shorty Davis,
close behind, stumbled over Evans's
horse, and Davis came to earth and
up and off in Il moment, and Evans's
mount was useless with Il broken leg.
Fifty yards away came the herd, and
short flash Of lightning showed Ev-
ans the futility Of attempted escape by
either side. The swiftly moving mass
of steer-fesh reached 100 yards each
way. Unable to arouse Davis, and
never thinking of leaving his disabled
comrade, Evans took the only chance
of saving them both. His revolver
and that of Davis he emptied into the
centre of the herd, cutting Il breach il
the front of the mass. Then throwing
the inanimate form OF Davis over his
shoulder he awaited his opportunity.
AS enc Of the steers brushed by Evans
leaped alongside. With one movement
he put the body Of Davis across the
broad shoulders of the steer and
mounted also. Vainly the frantic ami
NAL leaped, bucked and side-jumped.
With his legs wrapped tightly around
the body Of his boiling mount, Evans
drove his spurs deep in, and held him.
self and Davis in place. With his
double load the steer, wild with rage
agony and fright, rapidly left the herd
in the rear. and veering slowly to the
right in furious gallop, carried his
riders out of the path Of the herd.
Out of danger, Evans, totally ex-
hausted, rolled off the back Of bis
strange rescuer, and half hour later
when his cowboys turned the herd at
the canyons rim and rode back to
look for the foreman and Davis. they
found the two, both unconscious.
The weary steer, with his sides COW
cred with blood, lay exhausted short
distance away.
The N-Bar-L outfit has ordered n
medal for Evans, and there is one
steer on that ranch pensioned for life,
on the lest alfalfa in the valley.