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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-25

j. E. Mcdonald, assistant superin-
lendent Colorado Telephone company.
visited here Tuesday. and rented a
part of the upper floor of the new
city hall, where he will locate a local
exchange. An experienced man from
Pueblo will be placed in charge as
manager for San Juan county, with
headquarters at Pennington. Miss
Fay Arlington has been engaged as
local day operator. acquisitions for
material have been made and con
struction crew OF fifteen men and a
foreman will be on the ground in
about two weeks. During their stay
here they will stop at the Grand ho-
tel.-Farmington Hustler.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-25

In the courts of Denver Monday, n.
A. Nelson, who was suing the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad company for
$4,000 damages received in Alamosa
year ago last April by coming in
contact with the water-spout on the
tank in the Alamosa yards. was turn
ed down and verdict for the defend
ant rendered by the jury. 1t is said
that an appeal will be taken-Alomo
sa Independent Journal.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-25
THE SOUTHWEST.

Items Cleaned From Our Exchange
Table.
Last evening w. N. kight sold the
north so acres of his ranch to S. A.
Reynolds of Denver; consideration
81, 00.-Farmington Hustler.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-25

Joseph Heffernan went through TO
La Plata mountains on Wednesday
where he will put in the summer
looking after his many valuable min
ing claims. This season he will have
his family with him, as he has a com
Portable cabin over on Flagler Fork.
where he will establish headquarters,
and from whence he is in easy access
TO his numerous claims. Joe" has
been one of the most persistent pros
pectors in those hills, has done a
large amount of development work,
and is entitled to every benefit that
fortune can bestow upon him.-Man-
cos Times.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-25

Samuel Rugh has just closed deal
whereby S. w. Wightman of olio. pur-
chases the G. NJ. Elliott ranch OF 100
acres. just east of town; considera-
ton, $4,000 This is the largest sale
recorded for the year and shows Mr..
Rugh to be quite a rustler. As usual
there is a contention for the commits
sion, and as stated in an editorial on
the second page, until owners learn
to sign up specific agreements for a
specified period. they may expect to
pay two or more commissions.-Fa
ngton Hustler.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10
A New Time Saver,

William Garrett, money order clerk at
the Springfield (0Q postoihce. has per-
fected and patented a machine which is n
marvel. 1t is designed TO open envelopes
in which advices on money orders are
mailed, and it Sits these envelopes. eX-
tracing the contents at the rate OF 10000
al hour ii Specded To the limit. In
Springfield ii j. no unusual thing Ia re-
ceive 5000 of these advices in a day. and
i is readily Sceen that il is one clerks lob
To take them from the envelopes. Re
Gently somebody patented machine
which cut the envelopes. leaving the con
tents untouched. hut Garrett has gone the
inventor one better. and his machine cuts
the envelopes. takes the advice There
from ana piles il neatly on a tahlo while
the envelope is east aside into the waste
basket. The machine was tested recently
and II worked perfectly. Some hundreds
of envelopes were run through il, and il
failed Ia extract the contents from none.
II will remove one or dozen advices
from an envelope. the number inclo>cd
having nothing whatever to DO with the
facility with which the machine operates
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10
The Making OF New Fruits.

The production of new and strange
trnitS By cross fertilization has become Il
fad with many horticultursts of late.
and So many new fruits are brought il
from other countries that the markets
are constantly offering something which
customers are not familiar with and
which has to be experimental with be
fore used. The latest thing in this line is
a new early cucumber. cantaloupe M
vegetable peach. which has been evolved
in California 1t grows on Il vine. looks
like lime, and is of the size of a lemon.
When cut in halves il resembles musk
melon. the center being filled with seeds.
1t also has muskmelon flavor. but pie
made from it and seasoned with CHINA
mon and sugar was pronounced 10y All
who tasted it an apple pie. Some grow
ers. however are striving to perpetuatc
all the old and fayorite varieties of fruits
and berries. and TO improve vegetables.
They are striving after seedless water
melons, Skinless potatoes. podlcSS peas,
pitleSS cherries. and things of that kind,
hut will also strive to retain the sweet
ness and flavor of all the old favoriteS Ii
berries aud fruits.-Portland Ore@eniai,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10
JUSTICE A GINSENG EXPERT.
Herd Of Brush Eating Goats Demanded
Too Much Attention.

Justice Sewall of the supreme court,
d he is presiding in Brooklyn, is the last
man that his neghbors in Walton, Della
ware county. would accuse of having a
fad. At the same time it would take Il
Jury of unusually sedate men who would
not smile when told that Justice ScweIl
recently has disposed of his flock of sew
enty-six Angora goats and has cStah-
iished ginseng farm.
Three or four years ago friends of
Justice SeWell interested in experimental
work for the federal government. per
suaded him to try raising AnGora goats.
Mr.. Sewel investigated the subject, and
then went into it. The goats came from
Texas, where they had been bred by
crossing pure Angoras with Texas goats.
The animals were turned into Il brush
lot near Walton village, and did well
from the first. They ate up all the
brush. Justice Sewell tells his friends
that an Angora goat standing feet
high can peel the bark off of Il shrub q
feet up the trunk The goats would not
eat grass while the brush lasted, One
yearling yielded 1 pounds of the finest
alpaca wool worth a dollar pound.
Another goat. one of the finest specimens
i'm the hero. climbed to an unrcasona bic
height up small sapling, got its horns
twisted IN Il CfotCn. ana uicu Dplnfc IL
could be rescued. Because he could not
give the goat farm the requisite amount
Of attention. Judge Sewell sold his flock
10 man in Cortland county.
Then. on the solicitation of Il ncighbor,
he took up the raising Of ginseng. The
neighbor does all the work. The acre
and half now under cultivation has on
il Il round hundred thousand plants GO
ing on > and years old. Six hundred
dollars worth OF seeds We're sold this
year. At the end of five or six years
the owners expect To have 10000 roots,
weighing Il third of a pound apiece, ana
worth more than 81 pound. Nearly
all the product goes To China, where il is
regarded as possessing great medicinal
properties
4 succession OF lath sheds have been
huilt over the ginseng 10 shade thc grow
ing plants. The shedding is about : feet
in height and allows hut little light to get
through All the woodwork is painted
green. in order that the coloring of the
surroundings may he AZ near like the
natural Woodland environments of the
ginseng as possible.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10
THE THERMOMETER SCALE.
How 1t Happened to Be Divided in an
Apparently SeaselesS Way.

Why should the freezing point be
marked 81 degrees and the boiling point
IL degrees on the Fahrenheit Their
mOmeter scale? Most students know
that its inventor divided the space be-
tween these points into $50 degrees in
stead of the simpler 100 degrees used in
the centigrade system. but few under
stand how this number came TO be-
chosen. \ writer thus explains the mat
ter:
The thermometer was really invented
by Sir Isaac Newton. He started his
scale with the heat Of the human body
and used as his instrument a glass tuba
filled with linseed oil. The lowest figure
On the scale was the freezing point and
the highest point boiling water. Tho
starting point OF this scale. a. mentioned.
was the heat of the human body. which
he called by the round number l.. rs the
duodecimal system was then in common
use. He divided the space between The
freezing point and the temperature Of the
body into l. points. and stated that the
boiling point of water would be about 30.
as the temperature must he nearly three
times that of the human body.
When Fahrenheit took MP the subject
q few years LATER he used the Newton in
strument, but. finding the scale not fine
enough, divided each degree into two
parts, and so made the measure between
the freezing and boiling points ~ parts
instead Of L.. Fahrenheit then diScOv-
cred he could obtain lower degree of
cold than freezing, and, taking a mixture
OF lee and salt for a starting point, he
counted ~ points up to body heat. By
this measurement he obtained \ for The
freezing point and - for the boiling
point. His scale now read: Zero: freez-
ing. :; body heat. ~, and boiling wafer.
%. 1t will be noticed that this scale is
identically that of Newton's. only start
ing lower and having the numbers dou-
bled.
1t was with this scale which Fahren-
heit worked for long time. but finally
finding the temperature divisions still too
large, he divided each degree into four
parts. Multiplying the numbers Just
given - four, the thermometer scale now
in use results.
The chance choice of Newton of the
Inquire II to represent the body heat de-
termincd the present thermometer scale.
even as the yard, feet and inchS meas
ureS originally came from measures q
parts of the human body. and as the
width of the railroad carriage was de-
tcrmined by the track. which. in turn.
was determined by the width between the
cart wheels necessary to bear load
which could comfortably be drawn hv ::
mule.-American Inventor.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10
In ProYincetnwn.

We arose from the steps 10 i"f the old
fellow in. and he stopped long enough 10
say: This scttin' past you folks reminds
me Of the summer Squire Hopkins three
daughters was bein' courted all at the
same time. Russell IaSpic was a-courtili'
Samantha, the oldest girl: Frank Atwood
was a-couTtin' Mabel. and Susie. the
Youngest, was helm courted by jim
Handy. one night, pretty late. tne
squire come back home from town meet
in and started Ia 20 in b. the front door.
hot found Russell and Samantha a-Spoau-
in on the steps; 81 be went to the side
door. and there was Jim Handy ,ettia
close Ia little Susie He backed of again
and went around the house 10 get N
through the kitchen without di>tnrlfn
no one. and I'm jiggcred il he didn.t
stumble onto Frank a-hugcin' his other
glri. lhen the squire he up and SAYS,
says he, Frank yon let me in topicl
aud ia the mornin I'll have another do
cut through" - lie.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10
STRANGE TRADES IN PARIS.
Dog Barber Flourishes in His Stand on
the Banks of the Seine,

1t is astonishing with what zeal every
ID, ans OF earning an honest penny is
piled in Paris. No city in the world has
SO many queer little trades by which
those practiCing them scTapc together
enough sous to make Il living. The king
Of this class Is, of course the ragpicker.
He starts out before the dawn armed
with lantern and Il long hooked piece
Of iron, and explores the rubbish boxes
placed outside every door in the capital
before til" municipal carts come to carry
off their contents. Then there is the
man who goes around with the spiked
stick picking up the cigar and cigarette
StumpS which lie around the Paris cafes.
There are men. too, who search the
streets for fallen money. and who gem
orally find enough to keep them from
starvation,
Ono Of the most characteristic Of these
strange tradesmen is the dog barber Th,,
favorte dog of the Partisan is the French
poodle. or "mouton." rs he is popularity
called. 1t is chiefly for his benefit that
the dog barber exists His Headquarters
are the banks of the Seine Here the
main body can be found at all times.
though in the summer some 70 ahout the
house to house. In the hot days one
continually hears the long-drawn-out cry.
''TG-o-u-deur de chienS"' and meets the
familiar figure of the dog barber. with
his box of instruments Sung over his
shoulder. Many of them have their reg
ular customers. whose houses they visit
AT stated intervals TO make the toilet Of
these privileged poodes-for the Paris
mouton is the "spoilt child" among dogs.
He is clipped. brushed. combed. per-
fumed, and generally has his "topknot'
fastened with 4 pink or blue ribbon.
Some even wear gold or silver bracelets
round one paw.
The result has been the Development
of the dog barber as an artist He clip.
and shaves his customers dogs IN most
elaborate fashion Some are left with
shaggy names, with a tuft at the end Of
their tail, to initiate n lion, Others.
again. are clipped in strips. making them
look like black zebras. and others have
their faces clipped. and nothing but r
pair of fierce m0ustacheS left with fluffy
bracelets of hair round each foot. At
any time of the day, as long as daylight
lasts. the dog barber will he found al
work on the Seine ON Il campstool. and
generally surrounded by an adnIiring
crowd, lie clips and shaves according 10
the directions given him by the owner.
The banks of the Seine have been Sc
lected for his operation because the river
is handy Ia battle thc animal after he
has been clipped and coubcd. Golden
Penny.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10

really no longer yours. 1t is as cruel to
me, too, as well as to him."
And as for me-" she questioned.
He said nothing. and she left him and
entered the house. When She returned
her face had lost the tense expression II
had worn before.
II have made mistake" she said.
land | can't show YOU the letters It's
very strange. When this package came
by mail this afternoon. ] thought OF
course it was from him. as | had been
expecting my letters, and didn't even
look at the writing. | couldn't bear 10
then. But it isn't his writing at all. |
wonder what il is? Have you knife?"
She cut the string and the wrappings.
and disclosed Il squariSh looking box in
white tiSsue-paper. why. it's Il music
box. She said, smiling. 1t must be
some joke
She wound the handle. and set the box
upon the railing. 1t set up thin, tink-
ling melody, intersperSed with the GUS
tomary runs and trills of the metallic
comb. 50 full of flourish that the tune
could not at first be recognized. Then.
it burst into the song robin Adair."
The Hon. Charles Braxton gave a
quick glance Mt Miss Frayne. as she fell
into her chair and gazed out across the
moonlit water. Then. raising his hat.
he bowed gravely, and left her upon me
ycranda. alone with the little instrument
still singing its Sprightly tune Her re-
Inducements had arrived -Gelett Bur
CESS. in Woman's Home Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10
One Bows Rise to Success.

If you want 10 learn how one young
man got along in the world, listen:
.Alvah C. ninkey. mt 81, is president of
the Carnegie Steel company and holds
the most important position in the steel
trade of this country. next TO w. f.,
Corey. president of the United States
Steel company.
At III years of age Dinkey was Il tele-
graph operator for Carnegie He gave
that up and put on the leather apron Of
an apprentice in order to learn to hc II
machinist Ii was harder work than
telegraphing. and for u year or SO il was
less pay But this young man had his
eye on the outcome,
lie made a special stuly Of electricity.
He saw how this power could bc applied
in rolling mills. He patented labursav-
inc devices and was made assistant en-
gineer. then engineer. superintendent.
president.
An easy climb:
nv no means. 1t was upward through
toll and sweat and CRIME. ana the con-
stant pumping Of blood into gray matter.
ninkey did nos spend his money for
glad clothes.
Nor for "high balls
He spent his time and money huildiT:
brains and body and character And
now. at 81 years Of age. he is at the top
and draws a larger salary than the presi-
dent.-C Cincinnati Post.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10
HE MADE GREEN LOGS FLOAT.
The Ingenuity OF Bill Davis of Maine
Helped by Little Air.

Some of the best white birch for the
making of spool bars grows at the head
waters Of Nicatous stream. Maine, but
owing to the Shoal water and the rough
country, operators have found the cost
of getting the wood TO the mills so high
that the birches are still growing.
For two years the OWNERS of the land
have cut few cords. and by peeling the
hnrk off when it was green and painting
the ends of the sticks. they have hoped to
drive the timbCrS to market hy water
But whenever Il stick has remained in
water beyond four weeks il has sunk
and, as ii takes fully six weeks 10 drive
the stream, no results Were obtained 70
give encouragement for future work
Last spring Bill Davis. an aged woods
man from LinneuS, came to the owner of
the tract and proposed 10 cut and run
out spool wood.
Gracious. yes" replied Jones. III
allow YOU - per cent of all the logs
you'll get out To Penobscot river. but
III tell you now that you Amt going 10
get rich out of the operation. because
| know that stream, and you'll have to
Put two old dollars for every new Que
YOU receive.
During the muddy going of April Davis
made many trips TO aud from the woods.
taking in his large family of boys and
toting food supplies ana machinery. BY
June | he had built a dam on branch
stream and put up Il small log mill He
and his boys cut along and taperinc
hlrChcS hy the hundred and thousand.
and as fast as the trees We're fCiied they
We're put in AT one end of the mill and
came out at the other 10 he dumped in
the stream ana hoated away 10 the saw
mills.
In August the first end Of Davis birch
drive began 10 show up, and since that
time the spool bars have been Furnished
regularly TO the waiting ears. This week
Davis went down To bangor 10 havo Il
settlement with Jones. who owns the
land.
You've done it. Davis" said JOKES.
Its the first time | ever saw anyone
who could make green birch l0g float.
and | am glad you're getting rich from
the contract Now. how dill you fix
these logs So they can't sink"
''l'll tell YOU replied Davis. An
use is just what Won give your customers
when You try to drive sharp bargain
with them plain wind. You know tho
led heart wood of the hircheS is not fit
for making SpoolS. So it doesn't matter
W hat becomes Of that portion, Knowing
this. | bored out a good piece of the red
wood with a big auger ! have in my
mill and let the hole NIL up with wind.
Then | drove in plug and kept the
wind in until the logs arrived AT the
mill Its easy enough when YOU know
how
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10
BISON IN MONTANA
Success in Building Up a Herd f,o.
Small Beginnings

The University of Montana. NiSso,,,.
maintains a biological station near r..
head lake, in the northwestern part af -.
state. Prof. Merton J. Elrod. director -
the station. describes in "A Biolo,r;,'t
heconnoissa Published last venT a..
the university. the herd OF 30 hutfs}oa'
Oh the Flathead Indian reservation ~.
herd. derived from thirty-six animals mn
chased ia 1874 by Charles Allard AMI
michael Pablo, has IN twenty Years in
creased To more tnau :,.10 OF ten ti,g..
the original number. Many of the M
maiS have been sold 10 show enterprise
ana 20 eastern cities for parks and znoIo,-
lcal gardens The conditions here ,r,.
more favorable tor buffalo than in NJ
lowstonc park. Tie animals are CON
stantly attended by hertler. and tbarr-
I9re are not AFRAID of man, while the
Yellowstone park herd i rarely seen
The park herd also ranges at n hjpi,
altitude, over 1900 feet. where SHOWS ar,.
deep and winters are long and sever.
bur the Flathead herd ranges at an alfi-
tude below 1000 feet. where deep Snnyy.
do not occur, and hay or grain may b,
taken TO the animals in few ho2r,
Their range does not exceed 10 To I0n
square miles, and the animals might IL.
maintained on a much smaller range. Thu,
COWS do not bear calves until they are
or , years old. aud about half of them
produce every year. The fertility Of the
herd is not decreasing. The herder kepns
note OF the increase. looks after In.
calves. and, in fact. the animals are much
more carefully attended than the range
cattle among whom they Craze.
Prof. Elr0d is of the opinion that the.
success of this private enterprise should
stimulate Congress TO increase its efforts
to save the buffalo from extinction. An
appropriation of 5000 would buy AS
large herd as AlIard and Pablo pur-
chased in the beginning With the sam.
care the herd should increase TO between
400 and 800 in twenty years. If Il tract
Of land containing f"Jm 80 10 100 square
miles were set apart for a buffalo range.
with an appropriation at the start Of
$1,000 and an annual appropriation az
5000. there would be no difficulty in de-
veloping a herd that w2E!i be Il credit
70 the nation. The care Of the herd
should be placed under the jurisdiction OF
the biological survey and the department.
Of agriculture. Ii is hardly to be expect
ed that the animals will thrive in Vel
lewiston" park. where the NinterS are loag
and severe. the summers short. and pIo-
.ection is afforded to " id animals which
prey upon the calveS.--Bullctin of the
American Geographical Society.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10
THE OLD DOCK.

Alvin on the dock O nights
You hear the water creep an lap
Below the old warped planks. an slap
An guTglc round the rotted piles.
While deep wet shadows reach for miles
an miles
Between the campers lights.
Allyn there. yoa're half asleep
The lake keeps whisperin' one song;
An throbb;n' like cello, strong
Er soft. the marsh things play their notes
The moon hangs IN the water low, an
floats
thousand fathoms deep.
An then behind Pine Point you hear
The steady pad. pad. pad q wheels,
An out the dark headlight steals.
The night boats gone-shc trails a thin.
Sweet echo shoreward o Il violin
That kind o haunts yer ear.
Out there in that big room o night
You're like a child that's al alone
A-liS min fer some sound q home.
IL hurts 10 wake an see again
The gray o Heartbreak road. that's made
fer men.
Stretch out before yer sight.
Emery Pnttlc in Wonans IIoInc Com
paulnn.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-10
ON A LUMBER RAFT.
Running the Rapids Is an Exciting and
Strenuous Task.

The running of the many sections Of
bands of Il great timber raft through
five miles of rapids is 10 easy task Ii
is now little more than 10 O'Clock and
there is but one band left 1t is five
cribs in length and two in width, and is
manned by crew of thirty. Now that
the river is clear below the last hawSer
is cast off and the crew man the fourtceu
sweeps AT either bow or stern. AS the
strong current catches US. the pilot.
standing upon Il loading stick" in the
center of the band. begins signaling with
his arms: for presently the booming Of
white waters will drown his verbal or
dcrS. Since early morning the leaves
have scarcely fiuttered. but now-just aS
we are heading into the perilous chan
mel that leads down among the plungimS
foam and scraggy rocks-the tree tops
on y0uder hill begin bowling and waving:
ana then down the hillside and through
the valley they all 90 a-n0dding together
while squall rushing out from the bank
strikes the stern of the band and swings
us slowly toward the northern shore
The eyes Of the anxious crew are on the
pilot. bat ne. regarding only the rocks
ahead, makes never a move. Good Lord.
is the pilot dreaming? \ single moment
seems eternity. ncontrolahle eNuSpera-
ton l0OSenS the tongue If the man at
the nearest sweep. and perchance above
the booming of the rapids the pilot hears
the Masphemy, perceiveS the danger
fTantically signals, and Instantly we re
verse oars. Dip, swish. swirl. dip
swish, swirl, sound the great bending
sweeps as the men with might and main
tug at them. Talk of galley slaves.
Could ever men row harder. With
clenched teeth, knitted hrows and strain
ing muscles the crew fight the current in
vain. Faster and faster swings the
stern around. and now-worse luck than
ever--a corner of the bow strikes a rock
on the channels southern side. The com
bat ends. The water wins.--Scrbner'
Magazine.