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1T is a good idea to take of the cream
mask as soon as possible after getting in,
80 that the pores may breathe freely. To
remove the mask rub the face with old
linen. battle with cooling lotion and do not
powder unless absolutely necessary The
skin must breathe sometimes to be healthy,
and 1t must have open pores to breathe
with
And how about vcils?" The questioner
had a theory that they were bad for the
skin. and she asked as one expecting cor
roborative testimony.
AS for wells. and the skin specialist
again looked little superior, you might
corsets or chocolates. Nearly all women
look prettier In wells. They lend a mys-
FERROUS charm to pretty face and charm
ing mystery to plain face.
And loose, floating chiffon veil, an Oc-
tober magazine cover sort Of effect, does no
harm at all: But tight face wells are dis
tinctly bad for the skin. They collect dust
and germs and hold them against the skin
to be absorbed the minute there is the slight
est moisture.
11'he motor girl must wear wells. Con-
vention demands that she arrive at her
destination with her hair done up and with
hat on. She cannot do either without
from even her veil IL the cream is well mas
saged on and d, sted with powder.
You see the simple truth is that outdoor
sports will both givey you good complexion
and take 1t away. They will start you out
brown and red and lovely to behold, and
rob you Of all beauty later II you're not
appreciative enough to guard it once you
Il find"--and here the skin specialist
became. a, profound philosopher-"th
beauty Is like love. You have to work as
hard TO keep it as you do to get it,"
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WAITED 81 YEARS TO WE'D.
Then Married In Dark That Marks OF Acc
Might Not He So Apparent.

from he Des Mofnes Neoa.
Judge Eel Roe left his bed Monday night at
10 o'clock to speak the words which bound
together Ragan B. Bayhard and Lou Pairn.
aged ~ years. The couple walked into the
city from opposite directions to reap the
reward they had waited twenty-seven years
to receive. and then asked to DO wed In the
dark.
The groom arrived about II O'Clock and
hung around the front yard until the arrival
OF the bride. They met in the moonlight
and approached the house hand In hand,
1t had been Q long time since they had met
before.
Judge Roe thrust his head from the door
without the Formally Of putting on his clothes
Please don t strike light, squire, pleaded
the groom In q husky voice. Il reckon Lou
amt quite es purity es she was twenty-seven
years ago. KANT you tie us up in tn dark
SOS We ken think We air es young es we used
T. be2'
When It was over they told story Of hu mble
submission to fate. Each had watched
tenderly over the last declining years OF
father and mother. For twenty-seven years
they had shaved to ease the path OF invalids In
the separate homes. But few days ago the
death angel fitted away with the soul Of
an aged mother In one home and q father
from the other. The angel opened wide
the door which has been barred these long
twenty-seven years.
Judge Roe will not deny that he felt glad
thrill Of Joy As he watched them wandering,
arm In arm. down the moonlit road.
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From the Louisville Courier-Jour

From the Louisville Courier JoIrndl
when / started on my trip around the
world intended" said horseman. TO find
out what was the word for whoa in every
language. i had little book. and in 1t
Intended to make q long list Of the various
words for whoa
do you know what discovered dis
covered that whoa is~the same In all the
languages. The Russian stops his horse
with whoa. the Pers an stops his with whoa.
the Cinnamon his with whoa. and the Dutch
man his with whoa
And whoa. discovered. has been from
the dawn OF time the word to stop horses
with The Greeks and Romans used II in a
slightly different torm-'ohe' The old Eng
fish whoa was no
A philologist told me the other day that
many of our animal words''-the words, we
order our animals about with-are as old as
or older, than whoa Take. for instance,
'co-boss.' the soothing call TO the COW. Co
boss comes from the SansCrit root gu, mean.
ing TO low, Another COW. word, sob. sob.
which might be translated Please keep
still, comes from the Sanscrit 'sough, mean
Ing TO stay motionless. And you know our
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troubles to her as they do their joys. That
Is Mre. Platt's way Of solving the servan,
problem, not only In Washington, but also
In the country. where an ordinary house.
wife would find 1t difficult to keep servant
throu Oh one week.
And right here domestic tale Of woe
fits In. One Highland Mills HORSEPOWER
tells of how a veritable treasure of maid
ings and what not. Her only reason was
-The noise of the stiffness is that awful
SIR"
Like the rest Of the Plat household, the
three dogs know their place and keep it.
Don. Major and Lady Glare guard Tioga
Lodge. Mr.. and Mrs. Plat are very fond
of these huge protectors.
There are eight horses in the Senator's
sta bles, with various kind of road vehicles
Mrs. Plat and her dar ghter are frequently
seen driving and sometimes on horseback
along the bear tifLl mountain roads leading
to other villages. When asked about her
automobiles, she laughed and said:
Haven t one! We do not like them"
In view Of the fact that Mr.. Busby. from
whom they purchased Villa Eden. now
Tioga Lodge, first introduced the auto
mobile at Highland Mills and Central Valley
and was an enthusiast on the subject the
Patts utter disregard of the fine auto
mobile house on their estate is rather anus
ing. To Mr.. Platt there is no pleasure
like that Of driving behind a good horse.
or else cantering over the hills. The Senator
enjoys driving best OF ell, and Is much on
the roads about the village. When the
Senator and Mrs. Platt go to Washington,
a caretaker will be placed at Tioga Lodge
pending their return.
Its no harm to tell little story about
her that she won't ever tell herself-'causs
she don't tell things of that Sort" said
some one to the writer, but we happen to
know how she helped a poor woman down
by the Erie ferryboat one day when she
was crossing to Highland Mills.
THE woman had heavy bundles and
plenty Of them. Mrs. Plat left her maid,
went to the struggling woman. carried the
bundles, and even put her safely on the
desired car-quiet-yes! Not soul knew
her, but it was the niceness OF it, you know
and she does not know who saw it happen,
either. I'm not telling that
A short distance from Senator Platte
gate stood the Cromwell house, which
was $50 years old when it was demolished
recently. 1t was long one Of the sights of
Highland Mills.
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but a single pet-and the ferryman hadn't
q cent Of change in his pocket

but a single pelt-and the ferryman hadn't
a cent OF change in his pocket
The traveller was bound to cross. but
refused TO pay three times az much as the
man who passed before him or the one who
was to come next. The ferryman would
not wet an oar unless payment for his services
was assured. Here was ample foundation
for an argument, and presumably the OPP
portunity was not neglected: but a satis-
factory arrangement was finally reached.
the traveller getting value received for his
coonskin by being waited THRICE across the
stream, This. Of course, would leave him
on the right side and neither party TO- the
trade would have cause for complaint. Such
which obtained IN these earlier days such
but hold on a bitl
on the second trip the ferryman CHANGED 70
inspect the ooonskin closely and found
nized standard. Maybe 1t had been killed
too early in the season, or was not properly
stretched Anyway. he decided that four
bits was all y was worth and the traveller
ment, acknowledged that he had received
it's value In the double ferriage. and forthwith
started on his nifty mile ride Up the river TO
the nearest point where 1t was forbade.
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vallse seems to be what you say It is. and

val!se seems, to be what you say it is. and
The Tartar grinned broadly as he turned
around, satisfied that his little trick had
tended to count out the purchase price, he
took hold once more Of the valise ip order
accidentally TO discover the he. bank note n 1t;
out OF their sockets. or the ,petriHed smile
on his fate when he found his money gone.
He was so bewildered that he stammered
like a drunken man.
sThe fellow really ought to get lesson"
my friend said to mo in German, while he
kept the trickster In suspense for several
minutes before handing him back the bank
note together with the valise,, which the
dealer now offered for less than half Of what
he had demanded before.
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Aerial Cable 81 Miles LONE.
From the Telegraph Age.

ss-mile heavy aerial cable. carrying nine
teen wires. will soon be stretched across
the Great Salt Lake along the Luoin cutoff.
1t will be the main line for all railroad and
commercial telegraph business between Salt
Lake City and the coast.
When the great cutoff was first thought
OF II was informally planned to stretch the
but when the engineers got their frst idea
Of the high winds on the lake il was at once
demonstrated that the wires would not last
long In such an unprotected place. and then
1t was thought that a regular ocean cable
would have TO be laid. But this was i'm
practicable, too. as IL was found that the
action OF the water would ruin the cable in
short time, SO as O last resort 1t has been
decided that the only way will be to stretch
q eolid cable across the whole Of the lake
section for about thirty five miles.
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Il had no idea Of this" responded Mrs.
Plat. quickly. a smile lowering around
her mouth. However. if it is of my house
keeping and not politics, a little can be
told. Even in Washington, where time
Is made brief through social and political
duties, my house is never neglected or
forgotten. have always kept house"
How about the servant problem as you
find itf Does not your no Hooper have
trouble In that respect?" a, The writer,
thinking of the possibilitiey 81 the servant
problem in that isolated spot.
1Housekeeper2" echoed she, then laughed
There is none; that is. none except myself
We have no problem; / have never had
one. My servants. or, rather. assistants
seldom wish to leave me-
When urged to tell how such a state Of
Affairs was brought about. Mrs. Platt an
swered. Il treat them like human beings. :"
The brown eyes lost their vivacity for
a moment Instead there crept into them
a reflective look. The question had evil
IDENTIFY been well pondered upon
The servants have spacious, pleasant
rooms and the best of beds. Their food
is similar to that served the family
When Mrs. Platt's assistants-they aren't
servants in that household, by the way
want to attend church on Sundays, or
when other occasions arise. carriage is
at their disposal, with driver.
There is one carriage set apart for their
use, an institution they especially APP
preciate as they also do the leisure hours
permitted them upon completion of their
respective duties. There are no rules to
abide by save such orders as are issued
daily by Mrs. Plat in directing her house,
hold machinery.
If Senator Platt Is State and national
politician, his wife is certainly domestic
politician. Her assistants confide their
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One OF Poe's Experiences.
From he Lduo.

Poe. one night during those last weeks
he spent in Richmond. related this person
al experiences. adding that he would carry
IL with him to the grave.
I was living In Philadelphia during the
epidemic Of the cholera there. All day
would pace the streets. seeing the dyinx and
dead. until my heart was faint and sick within
me. Late one evening. on coming homo after
one Of these aimless wanderings. broken
down. and with thousand pictures OF suf-
fering and death dancing hideously before
ny EYES lay sn %PS ar. the bed
like a raven came into the room and perohed
oyer the, door. I asked what 1t was. The
II am the spirit Of the cholera, and you
are the cause Of mel
xa1 =, w0s 1s VIZ II. star. but q: .pp:r.toa
me I saan 0svsg foxeetk
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Story or a Coonskin Controversy.

MANY wears ago, as the story runs. when
coonskins we're worth six bits apiece in
Arkansas. and a regular fee of two bits was
assessed for ferrying horseman across
the 81. Francis River. there came along 9
traveller whose entire capital consisted OF
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chicken word-'chick, chick, chick'-the
word spoken In a high key, wherewith we
summon our chickens to their meals9 Well,
Sanscrit. 'kukt a domostio fowl -
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Introduced o. Posterty. .
viii Make Steel"
I'd Weight
ROOSEVELT INTERESTED IN the MOVEMENT.

$40 900 SGT Aside for Publication
Reveals Long Of
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-07
BRITAIN TO GUARD CARS SEALS

ST. PETERSBURG. July 6.-The
Russian government has accepted the
offer of Great Britain TO police and pro
tect the seal fisheries of the Komman
der and Copper Islands OFF Kamchat.
ka. On learning the Intention of Jap
anose and British sealers 10 take adj
vantage of the present war to devas
tate the herds on the islands. and ap.
preciating the difficulties of Russia at
present to detail warships for this
purpose. Great Britain volunteered ia
undertake the task, provided the Rus.
sian government would allow British
warships to cruise, coal and take on
board supplies at Kamchatka Russia
gladly accepted. and today Informed
the British embassy of its acquies
cence.
The British ships will only exercise
the right of search in the case OF Jap
anese and British vessels.
Great Britain's act is sure to have
great influence on Russian public sen
timent. increasing the good feeling
which IL necessary as basis for =
Russo-British understanding. which all
the diplomats here are now convinced
Is close to the heart of the British
monarch
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-07
COUNCIL MEETING.

The city council met last night with
all present. The minutes OF the pre-.
vious meeting were read and approved.
Solomon n Parker.
A petition against the removal OF
the are light from the corner OF Fourth
avenue and Ninth street was received
and accepted.
A protest was received against
amending the fire limits SO as 10 ex-
clude block so, and same was laid on
the table.
Is Kern was granted rebate OF SO
on water front tax enormously paid
on property on the North Side.
The street and alley committee was
authorized to have the grade estab.
lished on Fourth avenue between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
Monthly reports OF officers were re
celyed and filed.
The bill OF Mrs. Winfield for $50
grandchildren. AT the pest house, while
they had the smallpox was disallowed
The owners OF the Scoville property
on Third avenue and Sixth street ask
ed for permission to build retaining
wall in the street They had several
years ago planted row OF trees on
the street line, and now they want Il
build retaining wall and fill In on
the street. the ground there beinl
sloping The matter was referred tt
the street and alley committee to re
port on at the next meeting.
The placing OF an arc light at the
corner OF Eighth street and Main av
| enue was authorized
The council decided to buy on'
| smoke helmet. provided the fre In
surance companies Of the town woult
pay half the purchase price.
| r. A. Kerr was granted rebate o
| sl50 for water tax In the cemetery
the said amount being paid twice.
| The brewery was granted a waite
rate OF cents per 1000 gallons, Il
be paid for at the rate Of $50 pc
month. and the difference to be pal,
at the end OF the year. whichever wa,
II Is. The old rate was 6 cents pc
thousand gallons. and was paid for q
the rate Of $50 month.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-07
DENVER RID OF ONE OF HER
TOUGH POLITICAL
THUGS

DENVER. July G.-Mlke Ryan. no
torious as n hotel-keeper. n convict.
politician. and generally bad man.
was killed in n brawl over two women
this forenoon by the town marshal OF
Sheridan, near here. The shooting
occurred In the saloon OF l.. A. John.
son, three shots being fired at him.
and all hitting the mark One struck
Ryan between the eyes, one pierced
his heart and the third lodged In his
shoulder. The women were drinking
with Marshal Houlihan when Ryan
came In and began to abuse them.
iioulihan retorted Ryan drew his
gun, but Houlihan was too quick for
him and fired three unerring shots.
Honlihan was formerly mayor of the
town.
Ryan was very notorious in Denver
HIS latest was Il drunken row in Ma
lone's saloon, where Detective En-.
rich shot and killed William Malone
He served ten years in the peniten.
tiary for buncoing a Swede out of five
thousand dollars, and has n record as
I terror that runs through the greater
part of his life. Houlhan has been
arrested.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-07

estimated that there will not be less
than 10 900 strangers here tomorrow
morning. The railroad stations, ho.
tells, and any number OF business
houses and dwellings have been gaily
decorately and the city presents n
holiday appearance.
The convention proper will begin to.
morrow morning. and II will continue
its sessions until Sunday night The
general sessions will be held in the
Light Guard armory. which has been
elaborately decorated for the occas-
ion. The platform OF the armory has
been enlarged Tor the convention. 80
that chorus of several hundred peo.
pie may lead In the singing. A large
pipe organ has been Installed by way
of additional help
In addition to the armory meetings,
conferences Will be held in the Wood
ward Avenue Baptist church. Central
Nj T. church aud jefferson Avenue
Presbyterian church Other churches
and auditoriums are being used as
headquarters Of the various state and
territorial delegations, Thus the del.
egates from Georgia, Mississippi. Ar.
kansas. Alabama. Florida and other
states OF the South are located at the
Y NJ. c. A. building The headquar.
ters OF the Visitors from Arizona. Cal
ifornia, Colorado. Idaho. New Mexico.
North Dakota, South Dakota Texas.
Washington. Indian Territory. Ne
vada. Montana. Oklahoma. Oregon.
unh and Wyoming are at st. John 8
church house. The middle states, in-
cluding Iowa, Kansas. Nebraska, Wis.
cunsin aud Minnesota. have their head
quarters at the Central Christian
church. Illinois and Indiana are at the
Woodward Avenue Baptist church
and Ohio at the Central NJ. E. church.
The Canadian visitors have their head
quarters at the First Presbyterian
church, and the Woodward Avenue
CONGREGATIONAL church is the general
headquarters for the delegates from
New England.
This evening Rev A. c. Dixon. ID.
u, Of Boston, will conduct an intro.
ductOry gospel service. which Is ex-
pected TO be IA leading feature of the
convention. This viii serve as a be.
ginning for the regular program.
which opens at . o'clock tomorrow
morning with praise service. FIJI
teen minutes later John IL Chapman.
president of the International organ.
zation. viii take the pqlatform and
call the great convention to order
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-07
Missouri and that he intended to per
TYPES OF OLD SOUTH THERE.

ST. LOUIS, July G.--There are still
some old-line Democrats left in the
world-the real kind that We see typ
flied in the Halsted street plsyhouses
in such romantic dramas as The
Heart OF the Planters" Some OF them
We're looking for rooms at the hotels
and on hearing the clerk whisper "$l5
day" looked him up and down indig
nantly and then strobe of to bars on
the side streets.
The few of them who permitted
themselves to express any opinion
seem to have a sort of idea that this
is not so much Democratic conven-
tion as an anti.Roosevelt mass meet
Ing. The two things that rouse them
TO Il pitch of frenzy are the names OF
the president and Mr.. Cleveland.
"A southern gentleman. sab" said
one of them. would sooner vote for
Il nlggah than vote for either of those
men, sab, and southern gentleman
would sooner go TO jail for the rest
OF his life than vote for a niggah,"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-07
SEVERE WIND AND
RAIN STORMS


DENVER. July G-Several towns
in the farming section of Northern
Colorado tell of damaging hail storm
which swept down the Poudre valley
yesterday afternoon, covering a strip
Of territory extending from Laport TO
Evans and from six to nine miles in
width. At Ft Collins the rain storm
took the proportions Of cloudburst,
and deluged the vicinity with ter
rifle downpour of rain and hail, ac-
companied by severe lightning and
thunder. The hail which fell TO a
depth Of several inches. caused an
immense amount of damage to crops
In the surrounding country.
After sweeping through FIT. Collins
the storm jumped TO the south and
spread with increasing severity north
of Tlnmath. From all reports ii is in
dicated that the heaviest damage by
hail came to the towns of Bellevue
and Laport. In these sections the
crops were beaten into the ground and
all the fruit trees stripped of their
foliage The loss to the grain crops
here is reported. 10 be practically
complete. Reports of lighter losses
to garden crops and small grain come
from Evans, Greeley. Windsor and
Tinmath
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-07
FOR A NOBLE CAUSE.

DETROIT. Mich, July G.-The Bap-
lists are In possession of Detroit to-
day They fll railway stations, ho-
tels. boarding houses and street cars.
Ten thousand or more of them arriy-
ed last night and today. From all
parts OF the United States and several
sections OF Canada several thousand
more are on the way and will be here
by tomorrow morning. when the in
ternational convention Of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union will be opened.
Two-thirds of the visitors are young
people. and more than half the num-
Der are women. Scores OF prominent
preachers and evangelists of the Bap'
list church are here.
The committees in charge OF the Wis
itors have been kept busy since yes
terday morning assigning them to
their different stopping plscss. II ID
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-07
CHRISTIANS IN JAPAN.

New York Tribune:
According to the latest and most au-
thoritutlye reports the total number
OF Japanese Christians In 1902 was
l29.l34. of whom 10000 were Protes-
tants. 2G.6S0 Greek Catholics and 55.-
s2i Roman Catholics. In addition to
these are thousands OF children who
are not included in the reports of the
Protestant churches. so that the total
number will easily be 100000 for the
whole empire This. indeed. Is only
small percentage In u population OF
IS million; yet II represents a great
achievement when It Is remembered
that 1t Is the work OF single genera.
tion. 1t is barely thirty years since
the law Furnishing persons for becom-
ing Christians was abrogated. and
the public warnings against Christian
ity as the wicked sect" were taken
down from the bulletin boards.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-07
WILLIAMS FINDS FAULT
WITH ROOTS SPEECH

ST LOUIS. July G.-The Democratic
convention was called to order shortly
before 12:3O. Owing to the heat. the
hall was not filed for an hour after
the doors were opened at 1890. The
first state delegation to attract ap-
plause was Pennsylvania, led by Col.
Guffey When Secretary Walsh fin
ished reading the roll at l2;1l. Chair
man Jones nominated John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi temporary
chairman. He was elected unanimous
Is amid applause which assumed con
siderable dimensions as Guffey es-
d. corted Williams to the rostrum.
In his speech, on assuming the tenn
porary craftsmanship. John Sharp VIII
liams took the Republican platform
and Elihu Roots speech before the
Chicago convention as a text Quot
ing literally from each he presented
Democrat arguments to counteracl
each extract. He said that the in
crease In jer capita circulation claim
ed by Republicans was really due to
the increasing gold discoveries, and