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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13


Chicago, June Bono one can
60 into our schools or meet a
group of children on the street
without noticing how large a number
of them wear spectacles. The proper
ton seems to increase yearly, and
there are many more who ought to
wear glasses. The experience of n
teacher might be duplicated by the
score. She knew Alice was inatten-
tive and she thought she was unusual
ly stupid. She said so to the principal
and sent a note to the mother, re-
questing that the child be helped at
home If she wished her to keep up
board explanation, the teacher called
upon the child and found that she
had not seen what had been written.
She was kept after school and by dint
of much sympathetic questioning Miss
G. found that Alice had never been
able to see what was put OF the board
and that her head had ached so often
and so hard that she frequently failed
to hear what was said.
Such a condition may be caused by
lack of proper food, but in our Ameri-
can homes it is usually due to the
poor quality Of the artificial light. The
yellow, insufficient light of the ordi-
nary kerosene lamp, with its smoky
chimney, is about as bad for the eyes
as can be imagined. The Pickering
light from a coal gas jet is but little
better, and even the electric light,
brilliant as it usually is, has an I'm
steadiness due to variations in power,
and a glare peculiarly trying to the
delicate nerves of sight. The compar-
atively new illuminant acetylene gas
produces as nearly perfect an artificial
light as has yet been found. 1t gives
a clear white, ~unwavering light, very
brilliant yet perfectly soft, and so
nearly like the rays Of the sun that
even colors appear as In daylight.
Fortunately, acetylene is very easily
and cheaply produced, and the simple
apparatus necessary a be purchased
and installed in any home at a very
moderate cost, and the acetylene can
be piped to convenient points in the
house where a light is needed. 1t is
then lighted and extinguished and used
exactly like common city gas.
Acetylene is rapidly coming into
common use in homes, churches,
schools and institutions of all kinds,
and it is reasonable to expect that as
it's use in the home increases, there
will be fewer defective eyes, particu-
larly among children. Poor eyesight
and the man ills resulting therefrom
will undoubtedly be much reduced by
the use of this new illuminant.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
CHRISTENING CUP OF GOLD.
Extravasant Present Ready for Some
Heir to Millions.

Heir to Millions.
For the baby born with a gold spoon
in its mouth and which is to grow up
to dine on gold dinner services, there
is a christening cup Of gold floating
around New York just now. The cup
being valuable, is not made In
the form Of a handled mug, useful
only for infancy, but like a regular
tea or coffee cup with a saucer and
spoon to match. The set was made
in Paris upon the order Of a grandee
of Spain, and was intended as a gift
at the christening of the infant son
Of one Of SPANS highest officers. It
is Ia empire design, the cup in grace
full lines with a standard and handle
raised above the level Of the cup at
the top. This handle is in the de-
sign of a lion, supposedly the lion OF
Spain. The saucer and spoon agree
with the style Of the cup. For some
reason the %grandee, the high officer,
or circumstances fell out, and the pre-
sentation was never made. Now the
cup has drifted to New York, in the
hands of private people, and is wait
ing to be purchased for one Of New
YoIk's millionaire babies for 5000
great bargain.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
They Were Peace Medals.

A British officer says hat one day
he saw a volunteer soldier u for drill
who had an extraordinary number Of
medals pinned on his coat. He evil
IDENTIFY felt hattered at my notice" de-
clared the officer, "and l said to him,
You seem to have seen considerable
service. In what have you been en-
gaged?' He replied; Bless you'll l
have never been in a MY father
and / were awarded those medals at
agricultural shows for a special breed
Of pigs for which we are famous"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
colored Pearls.

A species of green or %iridescent
pearl is found occasionally in the aba
lones, or ear shells, of the California
coast. Black and gray pearls are
found in Lower California waters;
white, pink, brown and other colored
pearls in some of the fresh water
brooks Of Ohio, Tennessee, Texas.
Kentucky and Wisconsin; purple and
black pearls are sometimes found in
the shells Of tho common clam of
Long Island sound and the Atlantic
coast. The principal pearl fisheries
of the world are in Ceylon, the Persian
gulf, western Australia, Torres straits
and the Sulu archipelago.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Dinner and a Little CHANGE.

One day a well-dressed stranger
called at a Lawrence hotel and told
the landlord that he was broke and
very hungry. The landlord took him
to the dining Dor and gave orders
for the dinner. When he got up from
the table a $40 bill dropped from his
handkerchief which he drew from his
pocket. A waiter picked it up and
handed it to the landlord, who con-
fronted him with the fact and at once
took out rs cents (25 cents is the regu-
lar price, and returned $19.25 to the
stranger, who was apparently dunn
founded and speechless. Later on the
vigilant landlord learned that the bill
was counterfeit.-Kansas City Journal.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
RAILWAY RArE LEeIsLArIoN.

NJ 66GAO6R WV
At the biennial convention of the
Order of Railway Conductors recent
ly held at Portland, Oregon, resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted voic-
ing their sentiments as to the effect
Of proposed railway rate legislation
whom they in part represented. These
resolutions Endorse the attitude Of
President Roosevelt in condemning
secret rebates and other illegalities,
and commend the attitude of the
heads of American Railways, who,
with practical unanimity, have joined
with the president on this question"
They then respectfully point out to.
Congress the individuality of legis-
lation vesting in the hands Of a com
mission power over railway rates,
now lower by far in the United
States than in any other country"
because such regulation would result
in litigation and confusion and in
evitably tend to an enforced reduc-
ton in rates, irrespective Of the ques-
ton of the ability Of the railroads to
stand the reduction, especially in view
of the increased cost of their supplies
and materials" They further protest
ed against such power being given to
the present Interstate Commission
because the proposed legislation is
not in harmony with our idea Of
American Jurisprudence, inasmuch as
1t contemplates that a single body
shall have the right to investigate,
lndict, try, condemn and then enforce
It's decisions at the cost of the car
riers, pending appeal, which is mani
testify inequitable."
The conductors base their demand
for only such legislation if any, as
would secure and insure justice and
equity and preserve equal rights to all
parties concerned" on the ground that
the low cost of transportation SIS the
result of the efficiency Of American
railway management and operation
which have built up the country
through constant Improvement and
development of territory, while at the
same time recognition has been given
to the value Of intelligence among en-
ployes in contrast to foreign methods,
where high freight rates and lowest
wages to employees obtain"
In pressing their claim against leg
~lslation adverse to their interests.
they point out the fact that the
freight rates Of this country average
only two per cent OF the cost OF arti-
cles to the consumer, thus making the
freight rate so insignificant a factor
In the selling price that numerous
standard articles are sold at the same
price in all parts Of the country"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
william Warren,s Lost ehost.

Those who remember William War
rem at the old Boston museum during
the sixties will recall the Warren
Farce" so popular at that time after
the play. The writer remembers one
of those most %ludicrous scene when
Warren, after a seemingly fruitless
search after a ghost, exclaimed in his
inimitable manner, "I1l die before I'll
give up the ghost!'-Boston Herald.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
FlusterIno the Teacher.

Now in order to subtract" ex-
planned the teacher to the class in
mathematics, things have to be al
ways of the same denomination. For
instance, we couldn't take three apples
from four pears, nor six horses from
nine dogs" A hand went up in the
back part of the room. Teacher, +"
shouted a small boy, cant you take
-four quarts of milk from three cows?"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

The Brazilian Review says that
Brazil needs American methods and
energy to make use of its splendid for
ests of hard wood, to construct ports
and harbors, to build railways, to de-
velop mining, to enlarge agriculture
and cattle breeding-in short, to con-
troll and run the entire range of the
republics resources.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

The Mexican Herald pokee fun at
the papers in the United States for
mentioning people when they pass
their Tooth birthday. The Herald says
that c%entenarians are too common
down in Mexico to attract attention,
but that when a nan or a woman
passes the 120th mark It sits up and
takes notice. A hundred years in the
United States, however, is worth 200
years in Mexico.-Boston Globe.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Pennsylvania Superstition.

If an infant is weak and does not
grow satisfactorily it must be meas
ured for the underground" according
to a superstition in some Pennsylva-
MIA Dutch communities. A powwow
doctor, usually a woman, will strip the
child, measu it with a string the
same color as its hair, say some
words" bury the string in a secret
place and repeat the performance
three times. The child will get well.
There are dozens of children in one
Pennsylvania Dutch community that
were measured in this way and now
pointed to as examples and proof OF
the efficacy of the method.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Strange Food for Horsas.

What do you think of feeding
horses on goose eggs?" asks an Aus
tralian backwoodsman. THAT was
done by a party who were stuck up
on the Adelaide during the wet sea-
son. The natives used to bring in
canoe-loads of eggs, which were brok-
en- into buckets and supplied to the
horses"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
The onestlon.

~ @UW-TTVTTT
When the calcium's light is turned full on
a man,
And the papers make a note Of his
name,
He finds, when the future he pauses to
scan,
There are only two outlets for fame.
He MAJ be a pugilist. brawny Of frame,
Or a captive where savages rage;
Tha question that rises is one and the
same
VIII he lecture or go on the stage?
banks,
Or been tried for some terrible crime,
There is always a stir in the publishers
ranks,
And managers offer her time.
The public stands calmly and patiently
by,
AS it oft has. to do n this age,
And prepares to applaud as 1t says, with
a sigh:
viii she lecture or go on the stage?
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Advice From a Rlshop.

A story, which may not be without
its application locally in these days,
was told at a meeting in England the
other night at the expense o. the bishj
Cd Of Manchester. When the bishop
was in Australia he was approached
with the request to appoint a day Of
prayer and fasting in view of a pro-
longed drought. The bishop. who was
a man Of works as well as faith, re-
piled: IF you prayed less and damned
more It would be a great deal bette
for you"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
He Beat the Devil.

] want no grand mausoleum
To mark the spot wherein l lie:
l van no polished minaret
To split the overhanging sky;
l want no classic stanZas carved
To mitigate IN early evil,
1 wan a simple marble slab;
And meath my name, H beat the
DeVil.'
1 van no pomp, no gilded show,
That plays too oft the sickly part,
1 would not in my last repose
Be subject to a dotard's art;
Let me but have a wreath Of lower
To speak me none below mans level
Then carve my name and, underneath,
This simple line, He beat the Devil"
And you who know me best in. life,
Should chance but bring you to that
spot,
Look not in sadness on my grave,
Nor weep DER my untimely lot,
But tell II, If in truth We can,
How far my square sloped to a bevel,
If not, then read my line and say,
'In very truth, He beat the Devil.
Floyd d. Rae.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
contented but Sinful smokers.

mo-" said Mrs. Bounce, Il don't
know as there's any real harm in
smoking-that is, in itself; but when
two or three men get together, putting
at their cigars or pipes, they seem so
%contented and so happy that I fear
they forget what sinful creatures they
are. There's where the harm comes
in, Mrs. Green, as I've said to Bounce
a hundred times, If I've said it once"
Boston Transcript.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Simple Engineering.

A traveller in Egypt writes: "In a
camel rav we once met in the
desert there was a beast with a gi-
gantic load of cases towering above
and on both sides of him; on the left
flank of this mountain of cases rode a
small Arab slung in a sling. The rea-
son was obvious-the camel engineers
had miscalculated in loading and had
put too much weight on the OF side,
thus giving the camel a heavy list to
starboard. Arablike, being too lazy
to repack, they had corrected the err
O by using a light Arab as trimming
ballast"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
HELPING THE PLAYERS OUT.
Youngsters Resented Ignoring Of Dl-
rect CHALLENGE.

Youngsters Resented Ignoring Of Di-
rect Challenge.
The writer, while in another city,
was invited to attend the theater
with his uncle and two young cousins.
During the play two of the comedians
got into an argument over the subject
of husbands loving their wives, and
n of them said he would bet there
was not a husband in the audience
who loved his wife; and if there was
he would ask him to stand up
OF course, the audience refused to
bite, but imagine our surprise and
CONSERVATION when the smallest cous
in piped up in a loud voice: Papa,
why don't you get up; you know you
love mamma" The wave of laughter
that ran over the whole house only
added to our discontinue.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Volcanic Cloud.

A volcanic eruption at st. VinU~nt
once threw a cloud Of dust against the
wind to Barbados, a distance of 100
miles. The deposit fell for twelve
hours over the entire island, attaining
a thickness of nearly half an inch. Its
estimated weight was therefore nearly
1000, 900 tons.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Worth Of a Hearty Lauoh.

The old adage, Laugh and grow
fat" is founded on a sound physio-
logical basis. 1t is commonly observed
that fat men laugh with considerable
facility. But they do not laugh be-
cause they are fat. They are fat be-
cause they laugh, the act of cachin-
nation having profound influence in
promoting appetite, oxidation of the
blood, digestion-indeed, the entire
and complex process of nutrition.
Good nourishment produces the con-
tented body, the fit temple of the con-
tented mind, which is, we know on ex-
cellent authority, a perpetual feast.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
CHANGED MEANING OF WORD.
"NerVe" No Longer Has Exclusively
Medical Slanlfieanee.

"NerVe" No Longer Has Exclusively
Medical Significance.
Sir Frederick Treves, the celebrated
English surgeon, asserted that the
Japanese have no v system"
and that nerves." as western nations
know the term, is untranslatable in
Japan. This invites a reference to
the significant history of the words
nerve" and nervous" A nerve" by
derivation from Greek and Latin and
by earlier English use, is really a
siDew. When Pope speaks Of "nerv-
GUS arms" he means exactly the
"brawny arms of the village black
smith; and this sense survives meta
phorically in a nervous style of writ
ing" which is very different from a
"neuTOtic" one. Shakespeare used
"nervy" in the same sense. But nov
that nerves" no longer mean sinev'e.
nervous" in the common use has -
most reversed its old meaning. In
DR.. Johnson's time nervous" in the
modern sense was still only medical
cant" Now men of nerve" are very
different from men of nerves"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Ships Cats to Farmers.

Marshal Van worley has gone into
a new business, viz. the shipping of
cats out of Titusville. He has ship
ped about twenty to the farm of Mr..
Eli Walker at Quay. There were all
sorts of cats, large and small, and all
shades of color; some with ears and
tails and some without.-Titusville
(Fla,) East Coast Advocate.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
MunIeIpaI care for Children.

The first person who notifies the
medical officer of health of Hudders-
field, England, of the birth of a child.
within forty-eight hours of such birth,
is rewarded with a shilling. This is
done so that the officer may send the
mother printed advice as to the best
treatment for young children.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

Shima. the smallest of the Japanese
provinces, has been celebrated from
the earliest times for its women div
ers and more recently has acquired
other distinctions connected with the
fisheries. The divers have inherited,
through many generations, an apti-
tude for water life, which makes them
veritable human ducks.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
GLOVE GARDENS OF ZANZIBAR.
They Are the Real Beauty Spots Of
the Island.

the Island.
It is difficult to describe in fitting
language the Glove gardens Of zanzi-
bar. The "spicy breezes" which are
said to blow soft DER Ceylon's isle"
blow with equal softness and perhaps
no less spiciness through Zanzibar's
beautiful Glove forests, writes e.
Verne Richardson in American Syren
and Shipping. The whole island
abounds in richest vegetation. but the
Glove forests are its real beauty spots.
And what a grateful change their fra
grant shade from the Oriental odors
and genuinely bad smells of the stuffy
streets of the old town itself For
Zanzibar is not like an American city
in the width of its streets and the
architecture Of its buildings. There is
scarcely a thoroughfare in the whole
place wide enough to permit two We
hicles to pass, and the system Of SAM
tation is almost as primitive as that
of the garden of Eden; hence some
of the smells. Fortunately the Glove
forests are not far away. Zanzibar
has no docks OF wharfs. All goods are
landed or shipped by mea Of light
ers. The tidal rise is about fourteen
feet and the fall necessarily the same.
Vast stretches of beach are thus left
bare at low water; hence more smells.
But, with all its drawbacks, Zanzibar
is not particularly unhealthful. It is
hot, vigorously, v%iciously hot, but still
the people, the white people, manage
to live there in comparative comfort,
and in spare hours play golf, tennis
and sometimes v football.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
The Best Way.

In the midst of the strife between
science and religion, a homely phil
osopher speaks to this purpose: Best
thing you can do is to live up to the
light you have-believe in yourself,
and trust God for the rest."-Atlanta
Constitution.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

An English physician testifying to
the condition of a patient who had
been struck in the back by a falling
sack of corn, said he was suffering
from "traumatic neurasthenia." That
is the Greek for blue funk, isn't it?"
asked the opposing counsel.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Bachelors Fix.

The morning after the ball, which
was recently given at the residence
of one of the bachelors here, to his
CONSERVATION and dismay, he found a
dainty pair of comets in the apart
ment used that night as the ladies'
cloakroom. Such indiscriminate dis
play of feminine apparel is rather
shocking to a bachelors modesty, and
it is reported that the said bachelor
is too modest to remove the offending
article or to venture in the room where
it rests in stately repose, and unless
the owner is soon found or some other
disposition is made of same it Is
feared that this modest gallant will de-
sert his bachelor quarters n take
to the hills.-Ritter cor. Long Creek,
Ore, Ranger.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Smallest Installation.

What is said to be the smallest cleo
trio installation in the world is to be
found in the village Of Bremen. near
Dormbach, Thuringia. 1t comprises a
single arc lamp installed in a church,
the lamp being operated by a small
dynamo driven by the wheel of the
village mill.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
French in Eorelnn Service.

One of the main objects of the So
ciety for the encouragement of French
foreign trade is to promote the plac-
ing of young Frenchmen in the ser
vice of foreign merchants. Among its
mNRlbers the society has 1874 mer-
chants established in the French colo
MES and 430 in foreign countries.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Made a satIsfaetory TRADE.

An Usage mar traded his next-door
neighbor a good horse for an old
piano Monday. The horse was worth
twice the value of the piano, but the
man figured he is ahead because he
has the instrument now where it can
not be played.-Kansas City Times.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

It is understood that the. surviving
widows of Mr.. Hoch are about to form
an old settlers association. Some
thrilling, h%air-breadth escapes will
probably be %recounted when the pion-
GERS get together.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

Mark Twain has had his full share
Of trouble in recent years, and now
his daughter has the appendicitis. A
man who has done so much to make
others cheerful deserves more happi-
ness himself.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

According to the Globe, Boston has
a professional snake catcher, In Port
land there are perhaps half a hundred
whose energies are devoted to captur-
ing "the serpent that turks in the
bowl."-Portland Advertiser.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
People of the Bible.

The Rev. DR.. John Punnett Peters,
rector of st. Michael's Episcopal
church, Brooklyn, has discovered"
that Abraham, Isaac. Jacob and Jo-
seph, mentioned in Genesis, were not
real people, but composite photo
graphs of Israel.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

1t has been necessary to vaccinate
the entire police force Of Passaic, N.
]. That town must have policemen
who are in the habit of catching
thugs.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Wine. But No VINEYARDS.

Holland, which has NO vineyards,
exported 62S, 7S9 gallons of wine" to
England last year. While admiring
the genius of the Dutchman, an
English newspaper wL1ders who
drank the wine and how they liked it.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

According to me correspondent
they are killing flying snakes on the
Rappahannock, and according to an
other the steamboats, plying that river
have decided to close their barrooms.
It is time.