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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
WANTED 70 IMPROVE RACE.
Eccentric French Millionaire Left
Money for Giants Dowry.

Eccentric French Millionaire Left
Money for Giants Dowry.
NJ. de Saint Ouen de %Pierrecourt,
an eccentric French millionaire. died
a short time ago and left the greater
part of his fortune to his native city
of Rouen, STIMULATING that the mu-
nicipality was to found-an annual prize
of $4,000 as a dowry for a giant and
a g~lantess in order to r%egenerate the
human race. An amicable arrange
ment has now been made between the
heirs and the city of Rouen. The fam
lily attacked the will on the ground
that the giant clause" was impossi-
bic of execution. BY the arrangement
now made the city of Rouen will pay
the heirs $780, 600, while out OF the
residue it undertakes to found an IN
dertaking, inspired by the idea Of
protecting, preserving and improving
the human race, but which shall not
cost more than 100000" The details
Of this undertaking have not yet been
divulged.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
Advance Of aMlreless.w

Consul General Richard Guenther
reports from Frankfort, April rs,
1903: The Berlin Tageblat. pub.
fishes a message sent by its CORE.
spondent from a moving railroad
train between RangsdOrf and Zossen,
stating that on that day experiments
in this line were made by the Asso-
citation for Wireless ~relegraphy,
Braun-Siemens system. During the
journey a lively communication was
held between the moving train and
the stations of Marienfelde and
Rangsdorf. The absolute reliability
of the messages traasmittel was
proven.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
lumber supply peereaslna.

Estimates by conservative lumber
men show that the days of numbering
in the upper peninsula Of Michigan
will soon be past. Before five years
have passed there will be practically
no timber left standing in Baraga,
Houghton and Keweenaw counties
large enough to make a log. Menom-
lnee county, which about ten years g
was the largest lumber producing dis
trict in the world, has lost its rank
and now produces scarcely a tenth Of
its former amount. The mills which
were located there have been moved
to Louisiana and Washington. Baraga
has timber enough to keep it's few
mills running for a few years more,
but like all the other parts of the state
where numbering has been carried on,
Its end is near. Every season makes
the timber tracts of Houghton county
smaller.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

Onno Klopp, the historian. who died
recently in Vienna, at the age Of
e~ighty-one, wrote perhaps the longest
history of the Stuarts in existence.
He was in the service of the King of
Hanover. till 1856 and was marked
for his bitter hatred of the Prussians.
That prevented his completing his
edition of Leibnitz's works, as the
Prussian government. after the war,
refused to let him consult the library
and archives at Hanover, where the
Leibnitz manuscripts are.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
plspute over PIanet Mars.

A recent dispatch from Prof. Per
cival Lowell from Flagstaff, Ariz.,
stating that a large projection Of Mars
has been discovered, leads Prof. Gar
rett p. Serviss to declare that the
planet is undoubtedly inhabited. On
the other hand, Prof. Flammarion of
Paris declares hat the projection is
only an illumination of the clouds or
lofty mountain SUBMITS in the setting
sun. and that many other analogous
observations have already been made
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

Gov. Bailey of Kansas has mex.
haustible faith in the agricultural
future Of his state. Since his inaugu.
ration he has had numerous offers
for his fine farm in Nemaha county,
but has never been tempted by tho
figures named. There are several
hundred acres in the place, and the
governor has been offered $75 an acre
several times, but thinks it worth the
even 500 at least.-Chicago Chroni
Gle.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
An overbIessed Father.

There air two things" said Josh
Billings, for which a nan is generally
onprepared. They are-twins." Still
less is a man prepared for twins born
in two different years. In the house
of one Of the well-known inhabitants
of Chicago a child was born shortly
before IL o'clock on the last night of
the old year, and Soon after midnight
a second came into the world. The
result is that though the children are
twins they will have birthdays on diff
ferent days, for the one will have to
be celebrated on December 81 and the
other on January 1 of the following
year.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
aviralnia.0

She plucked a b|lushing rosebud.
Breathed its perfume rich and rare.
And, laughing, bad me place IL
In the crown of shining hair.
She raised to me her lovely face,
Twas fairer thar the rose,
And Ger that trembling hand OF mine
1 felt her fingers close.
The rosebud BENT to listen
To the words she whispered low.
And that garden glOwed as Eden
In the long. long ago.
And still she walks beside me
When the twilight shadows close,
Sweeter far han any blossom
Or the lily or the rose
For there's naught In Art or Nature
Half so fair or half so good
As a winsome, gentle woman
With her crOwn of motherhood;
And to me she's fairer, dearer,
with the wee ones round her chair.
Than when | placed the blushing roses
IN sweet Virginia's hair.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22


Sweet, We must never meet and part
again.
Twere too much pain:
We needs must go our journey through
this life
Without much grief or strife for fear we
walk too slow
And We have far to go.
Sweet, YOU and / must never meet and
kiss.
'Twere too much bliss;
We have to go our journey soberly
without much ecstasy for fear we walk
too fast
And miss the way at last.
Sweet, you and 1 must follow separate
ways
And pass our days
And not too much remember nor forget
Toe utterly for yet, remains the I'M
known inn
Wherein
All our wayfaring being past and done)
At set of sun
After the shine and rain
We take our ease, and maybe meet
again.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
WASTED POSTAGE STAMPS,
Net Uncle Sam More Than a Million
Dollars a Year.

OOlldF6 d ICdTs
An experienced clerk in & branch
postoffice up town says that Uncle
Sam is in pocket every year more
than 81 1000, 900 by purchases of post
age stamps which never are used.
How many stamps" he says, "do
you lose through carrying them care
lessly in your pockets and fishing them
out again, glued together and useless?
How many do you put in a corner of
your pocketboOk, finding them again
months later looking like anything but
postage stamps? OF course, nobody
ever thinks of sending such stamps in
for redemption. Suppose the waste l
am speaking of averaged 20 cents an
nually for each business man. The to-
tai would be enormous.
Hot weather was a great revenue
maker for the government before the
little oiled books came in; but many
persons lose their books, and the aver
age is about the same. Some persons
actually come back to the stamp win
dow and ask if lost stamp books can
be traced, like bank books. Another
way in which Uncle Sam gains is
through tradesmen sending out letters
inclosing stamped addressed envelopes
for replies which in the majority Of
cases are used.
Some business houses collect such
envelopes and redeem them, but few
take the trouble to do this. Think of
the thousands OF return postal cards,
too, that are used. Lots of per-
sons are careless of putting stamps on
letters or papers. and they tall off.
Then the matter is held up for double
postage on the other end of the line.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

The chief defect OF the box kite, Of
which DR.. Langley's aerodrome is an
elaboration. is that the weight in
creases with the cube as rapidly as
the lifting power does with the
square. so that the larger the kite the
less It will lift in proportion. Prof.
Graham Bells kites are equal-sized
triangles, so that they need no brac-
ing, and it is found that the lifting
power Increased at a greater rate than
the increase In weight. A flock Of
these kites recently lifted a 2O0-pound
WAght.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

rhofe - more Catarrh IN this soctiu. Of the couatv
than all other diseases put together, and until tha
last Jew years was supposed TO be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it a local dls-
case and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly
railing 70 cure with local treatment pronounced Il
iucurablo. Science has proven catarrh TO be a COM
aiituuouhl disease aud therefore requires c~onetitn-
tionai treatmcnt Halis Catarrh Cure. manufactured
BY ,. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, Ia The only con.
etltutional euro on the market. tits taken fnferuaiiv
IN doses from 10 drops TO q teaspoonful. IL acta ar.
rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. They ofer ono hundred dollars for any case
it fails 70 ours. Send for circulars and testimonialr.
Address J. J. CHENEY q Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists use.
Hairs Family Pills are the best.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
DIED, BUT HE WAS CURED.
How Physician Explained Demise Of
His Patient.

wv ' Hlei~iAH GNEAdAAi~A 6NHAoN "
His Patient.
Carroll D. Wright. an authority
upon questions of labor, passed a good
part of his boyhood in the New Hamp-
shire town of Dunbarton. There used
to live near Dunbarton a physician re-
markable for his %pigheaded stupidity.
Mr.. Wright said of him recently;
"A good story about this physician
used to circulate in our town. Ac-
cording to it, an old woman stopped
his gig one day, and pointed toward
a house with Grape on the door.
$50. DOCTOR she said. m%aliciously
Mr.. Brown is dead. for all you prom
ised to cure him, eh?'
THE doctor looked at her in his
pompous. stupid way.
You're mistaken. he said. You
didn't follow the progress Of the case,
It's true Mr.. Brown is dead, but he
died cured"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

Tourists In Egypt will soon be able
to cross the Sahara desert in a four
m~iles-an-hour automobile, specially
constructed for travelling over sandy
wastes. The vehicle is to accommo-
date forty passengers. While the
speed seems slow, it is greater than
that Of camel transportation.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
slRD
Amuse Visitors 10 Paris Botanical
Gardens.

M. Emile Merwart, secretary general
Of FrencS Guiana, has sent to the Jar
din des Plants, in Paris, two pairs of
ventriloquial fowls. These birds. the
Temps says, are greatly amusing to
visitors to the gardens, who assemble
around their cage by their cries, which
at one time appear to come from the
trees, at others from the sky, and
sometimes from the midst of the crowd
Itself. The flesh Of the birds IS said
to be more savory than that Of pleas
ants or the finest guinea fowls, and
their eggs are in great favor among
American epicures. The Empress
Josephine tried to acclimatize the spe-
cies in the Malmaison ayiary, but with
out success
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
WANTED ONE TO wAssLE.
Provincial Dandy Would Go Capital
Swell One Better.

Chick was considered the dandy Of
Slocum-on-Mud. and when he tame up
to London always made a study of
what he considered the latest fash
ions in order to introduce them into
his native village. With this end in
view, after watching closely the at
tire of the male habitues OF Picca-
dilly, he went into a hosier's shop and
asked for gloves. He was shown sew
cral pairs, but %astonished the shop
keeper by saying:
But l want three"
Three gloves? Dear me! Do you
mean three pairs?"
mo, / want three gloves
Nobody can wear more than two"
Il know that; most on 'em ony
wears n and wabbles the other; but
l want three-two to wear and one to
wabble. London Telegraph.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
STRATGHT no THE SION

the pain was less. He began 10 gain
and Is to-day a well boy, his life saved by
Doan's Kidney Pills.
RIDDLES MILLS, XVI received the
free trial Of pills They did me. great
good. Ihad bladder trouble, compelling
me to get up often during night. Now
! sleep well no pain in neck Of bladder;
pain In back is gone, also headache
JNO. J.. HILL.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

Itching, blind, bleeding or protruding Piles
positively cured or money refunded.
ALIENS DISCOVERY for PILES, anew
discovery that absolutely cures all kinds Of
Piles. Prepared for Piles only. Ali Drug
Stores. SOC. Sent by mail on receipt Of
price. Address Lock Box 8S2, lie Roy, NIX.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
The Habits of Flies.

The commonest house fly, musca
domesticata, breeds in manure and
dooryard filth, and is found in nearly
all parts of the world. On account of
the conformation Of its mouth parts,
the house fly can not bite, yet no i'm
preston is stronger in the minds of
most people than this insect does not
occasionally bite. This impression is
due to the frequent occurrences in
houses Of another fly (stomoxys calci-
trans), which may be called the
stable fly, and which, while closely
resembling the house fly, differs from
it in the important particular that its
mouth parts are formed for piercing
the skin. This species takes refuge
in houses when it rains and gives rise
to the saying hat flies bite only when
It rains.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

Hundreds Of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of De-
hance Starch is fast taking place of
all other brands. Others say they
cannot sell any other starch.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

S-torekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality Of Defiance Starch makes 1t
next to impossible to sell any other
brand.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
ssnslbls Honaeksensr.

viii have Defiance Starch, not alone
because they got one-third more for
the same money, but also because Of
superior quality.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back,
and loin pains overcome. Swelling of
the limbs, rheumatism, and dropsy signs
vanish.
They correct urine with ~brick-dust
sediment, high colored, excessive, pain
in passing, dribbling, frequency. Doan's
Kidney Pills dissolve and remove calcuh
and gravel. Relieve heart palpita-
tion, sleeplessness, headache, nervous
ness.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

TELL CITY, IND.-I received the free
trial Of Doan's Kidney Pills. They are
splendid. i had an awful pain in my
back on taking the pills the pain left
me right away and / feel like a new
man Stephen Schaefer.
Mrs. adobe ANDREWS. r. F. D. No. l..
BRoDHEAD, Wis, writes l received
the free trial Of Doan's Kidney Pills with
much benefit, My little nephew was
suffering terribly with kidney trouble
from scarlet fever. Two doctors failed
to help him and he finally went into
spasms. His father gave him Doan's
Kidney Pills and from the second dose
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

Mamma-Come now, Harry, it's past
your time to get up. Harry-NeVer mind,
mamma. I'll just stay in bed till my time
comes round again.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

Shelf is easy to win a woman's love.
Just give her all the money she wants.
He-Great Scott You don't call that
easy, do you?
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

A woman has been appointed at Col
umbia University to be professor Of
physics-not the kind our mothers used
to mix. however.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
President plaz Of Mexico.

President Diaz of Mexico, the George
Washington of that republic, has
reached the age Of se~venty-three years
with vigor only slightly impaired after
his long life Of unusual activity. He
will probably remain president of Mex
leo as long as he lives, or, at any rate,
as long as he wants to. He has eX-
pressed a desire to give up public life
after service of fully half a century.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

John blames all his troubles on the de-
vii" "Yes; they've been running togeth-
or for some time"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

Did you serve in the Civil WARP"
"S'pose they called It that, but l found
1t mighty uncivil."
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

The secret of the popularity OF BaxtePs
'Bunhead" 5-cent cigar is revealed in one
word-"Quality.'
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

DO you call this embalmed beef
eanned goods?' Certainly" "Well, /
should call It bads."
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

To Cure a Cold In One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund moneys it fails to cure. 25c
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

Honesty is the best policy. But II is
no insurance against fire in this world,
however Il may be in the next.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

Smoke Raxter's "Bulihead" scent cigar
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22

1T beats all" how good a cigar you can
buy for 3 cents II you buy the right brand.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-22
Denver Directory.

TEMIS THAT>WEAR WELL
Ky LET MAKERS FARE WELL
The oasis., 1903-11-07

All trains upon the Sonora Rail way stop for meals at Carbo, where the Southern Pacific Hotel serves first-class meals. Parties leaving the railway for interior points will find every facility, and can secure teams and vehicles for transport ation.
The oasis., 1903-11-07
WAYSiDE NOTES
The Moctezums Valley and the Town of Moctezuma. An interesting Old Church. ARieh Mineral Region.
MocrEzuMA, Sonora, Mexico.


 -as dated the day after my arrival. | have been here now three days,
 mt today shall get away to Cum pas. which is seven leagues up the river.
 Moctezuma, which is the seat of government of the district of the same name. is one of the oldest and most interesting towns in So- nora. Its history dates back 250 years or more, and in the entire period of time since the early Standards occupied what is now Sonora, it has been town.of con siderable consequence. The large church facing the plaza, old and dilapidated, which l am assured is a, least 250 years of age, is evid- ence of that fact. When new the edifice must have been very fine looking structure, and even Tn its present state of dilapidation it is q very imposing edifice. It is built of brick, stone and adobe, which was originally coated heavily with plaster of paris, a bed of gypsum in the vicinity supplying the neces- sary material, and when new must have glistened in the sunlight or moonlight like polished marble.
 But long years ago the plaster fell off and has never been replaced. Consequently the bare walls stand forth. the material showing more or less the ravages of time. And
 there is another peculiarity. Parts of
 the structure were built of endur-
 ing basalt, which would stand with the ages, while others are of brick and yet others of adobe. And the way the stone, the bricks and the adobes are mixed up is most sim gular. The main portion of the facade, from the foundation clear to the roof, are oi hewn basalt The stone, when in a molten state cooled quickly, and consequently its hewn surface is covered with amygdaloidal vesicles, which, how ever do not detract from its ap. pearance. In fact the effect IS Tn accordance with the general air oi dilapidation. The trimmings oi the doors and windows are of
 brick, as are the niches and small columns in the facade. Elsewhere In the building there occur DOT tions of brick, stone and adobe in. discriminatory. In some portions there occur several courses of stone then dozen or more courses O
 adobes, they in turn supporting 6 number of courses of brick. The towers surmounting the sides art of brick, built upon adobe. Those portions which are of adobe pre- sent, naturally, the most dilapi
 dated appearance.
 Inside, the same general appear, ance of dilapidation appears. The
 Images upon the various altars arc
 many of them in various stages O dilapidation, but the crucificxei
 have been mostly kept in good re pair. There are several very gooc
 and very old paintings, but like al \ the rest suffering for want of care ' and attention. They are evidently works of art imported from Spair
 when the church was n, anC 4 prosperous. Three are of life size
 One represents the Saviour. bear
 ing his cross surrounded by Roman
 soldlery setting out upon his las
 journey that terminated upor
The oasis., 1903-11-07

figures are the Saviour. the Virgin, Ponlius l'ilale and Caaiphas An other is copy of Murllo's An nunciation of the Virgin" There is q third life size painting of two figures which l assume to repre- sent St. John the Evangelist and St. Peter. There are several small Ter, finely executed paintings, in- cluding copies of Raphael's I'm maculate Conception" Murlllo's "Annunciation of the Virgin" etc. There are said to have once been many more; and it is reported, with what truth l know not, that they were sold for a small amount to an art connoisseul who came along and recognized their value.
 The Moctezuma valley and the town of Moctezuma have received extended description in a former volume of THE OASIS, and it is not necessary to give either further description at this time. There is no doubt that with development of the great mineral resources of the district, and with advent of the approaching railway from the north, it will become a place of goodly size and great importance. It now numbers about 2500 peo- pie. Extension of the railway to 1 this point would serve to more than double the population in a very short time.
 Upon all sides there are rich mining regions, tributary to the town, which are now experiencing considerable activity, but would spring forward with renewed life with closeness to rail transporta- ton and cheaper freights.
 Southeast, about fifteen leagues
 are the famous Lampazos mines
 which have produced richly nearly
 POO years, and are now putting
 forth a greater output than ever
 But three or four properties are
 there being worked, but it is :
 great region that with the invest
 ment of capital would have scores
 and hundreds of the richest mine:
 in America. It has been aptly de
 signated by a competent exper
 '.the coming Leadville of Sonora.
 One cannot stand upon the summl
 of the divide between the Mocte
 zuma and Yaqui rivers, just yves
 from Lampazos, and look dowI over the region below, tracing fol
 miles the great dykes and ledge so plainly cutting through th'
 country, and knowing that iron
 only two of those have been pro
 duced millions of dollars, withou 1 . sense of confidence that in tn depths below they must all b equally rich. It wants only mel with nerve and capital who ar not afraid to go down and see.
 Nearer to Moctezuma than Lam pazos by about half the distanc but farther to the east is the ol' "Promontorio" region, very rich il copper and silver, worked lon years ago by the antigeos. It is | there that Mir. D. R. Oliver of Sai Francisco. president of the Zubiat | Mining Co.,, whose property nea } Minas Prietas is now in full opera } ton, has extensive holdings know , as the Copper Center" mines Destruction by fire of the Zubiat mill last February, and the wor
 of rebuilding have so occupied tn : attention of Mir. Oliver that he ha