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Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-12

Frank Sheets departed this morning
for Pueblo. where he goes to take
position with the Continental Oil
company
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-12

Mrs. +. w. Stubs returned to
Mancos this morning. A good many
Inquiries have been made regarding
accommodations at "rhe Cotton
woods" and the place promises to be
an attractive resort this coming July
and August
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-12

1-ne gypsies got their orders from
Marshal Wickline yesterday to move
on and they pulled out this morning
towards Mancos. There were several
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-12

+. X. Marsh, the gentleman who
first came here to look over the rub.
Der fields, returned last night and is
making further Investigations. He
is being shown around by G. E Tif-
fanny. Sr. Mr.. Marsh registers from
Colorado Springs,
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-12

Fishing continues good in the Gun
nison river notwithstanding the
stream Is very high. We have NOT
heard Of a single trout being landed
from La Plata county streams.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-12

J. S. ID. Hopkins and family came
down yesterday evening from Her
mosa to attend the graduating exer
cises. They stayed over night and
MIR. Hopkins went out TO Hesperus
this morning.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Microscopic Defective.

Ehrenberg, prince of microscopes,
some years ago was employed by the
Prussian government to investigate a
case of smuggling. A cask had been
opened, valuables extracted, and the
case repacked and shipped onward to
it's destination. The only clue to the
criminals was that the unpacking
must have been done at some of the
customs houses through which the
goods had passed. To all appearances
the microscope had hopeless task.
Gutenberg took some Of the sand
which had been used in repacking,
placed it under the microscope, look
eI through the tube, and behold, there
on the stand lay a peculiar specimen
of foraminifera That animal was
found only at one place in the world,
and told just where the crime had
been committed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Snakes with Eyeglasses.

Snakes may almost be said to nave
glass eyes, inasmuch as their ewes
never close. They are without lids.
and each is covered with a transpar
ent scale much resembling glass.
When the reptile casts it's outer skin.
the eye scales come off with the
rest OF the transparent envelope out
of which the snake slips.
This CLASSY eye-scale is so tough
that it effectually protects the true
eye from the twigs, sharp grass and
others distractions which the snake
encounters in it's travels, yet it is
transparent enough to allow the most
perfect vision. Thus, if the snake has
not a glass eye, it may, at any rate,
be said to wear eyeglasses.
A similarly protected or cased eve
which very nearly approaches a glass
eye, or, at any rate, an eye of glass
is to be found in fish. From the char.
acter of the element in which they
live and the subdued light that reaches
them, fish have no need of eyelids
either to wash the eye or protect it
from glare, and, therefore eyelids are
absent; but some Of them need the
protection of the transparent, horny
convex cases which defend their eyes
without obstructing the sight.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
The Art of Eating Properlv.

Pawlow has lately established the
physiological Importance of the mental
state on digestion, having shown, for
instance, that delicacies produce Sc
erection of gastric Juice as soon as they
are perceived by the eye, even before
they are eaten.
The food must not only be palatable,
but must be served in an attrac tive
manner Zine dishes, table decorations,
etc..
In eating we must take time to chew
our food thoroughly. This serves
double purpose: % Through the act of
mastication the coarser particles of
food are broken up: O. more saliva is
secreted and is thoroughly mixed with
the food. The digestion of starch is
thus materially aided, and the proteids
are made more easily accessible to the
action of the gastric juice.
Water should accompany each meal.
1t increases the appetite and the enjoy
ment of food.
After eating we should rest little
while before returning to our work.
DR.. Max Einhorn, in the Medical Rec
ord.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
The Elephant as a Worker.

Anyone who thinks the elephant a
slow, clumsy beast would have cause
to change his opinion on seeing him
at work along the rivers of northern
Siam. The rainy season, which be-
gins in April, is the time when the
teak logs, cut during the dry season
in the forests about the upper waters
of the Menam river, are floated down
to Rahang, where they are caught and
RATED to Bangkok. Instead of red
shirted, spike-shoed river drivers"
such as handle the logs in their down
stream journey to the sawmills on the
Penobscot and Kennebec in Maine,
the 'lumber-driving" of the Siamese
rivers is done by barefooted, half
naked men on elephants, and the
"bone" labor and much of the think
ing involved in the operation are done
by the elephants.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23

sure to know it again." Have this
coin dropped along with the other
coins into hat, and the whole shaken
up SO that the coins will be well
mixed. Placing your hand in the hat
feel every coin, and you will at once
detect which is the marked coin by
it's warmth. The coin has been
warmed by the many hands through
which it has passed. 1t is best to
have the coins originally placed on as
cold a place as possible, but you must
not turn back the table cloth, or give
any other hint from which your audi
ence can gather the secret of the puz-
cling trick. You can add to the won
der if you are blindfolded and allow
some one of your audience to attend
to all the rest except the picking Of
the coin from the hat.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23

At the beginning of the past sum-
mer certain well-known literary
woman in the West repaired to the
shores of one of the lakes of Michigan,
there to prepare her cottage for occu-
pancy during the heated term. Before
going she had arranged with her hus-
band to cause a lot of household goods
to be packed and forwarded by
steamer.
Pursuant to instructions, the husband
personally supervised the packing of
the various effects needed for the cot
tage in Michigan, even going down to
the dock to see that they were duly
conveyed on board the steamer. More
over, as requested by his wife, he tele-
graphed what he had done. "Lares and
penates on board" wired he; will ar
rive tomorrow morning.
When his wife received the telegram
she read:
Lard and peanuts on board. Will
arrive tomorrow morning. '-Harper's
Weekly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Rainy Day Game.

Tear a piece of paper into as many
pieces as there are players, and on
each piece write some number repre-
senting an hour in the day. AS there
are only twelve hours, there can be
only twelve numbers, but if more than
twelve are playing, you can make
some of the figures half-hours until
there are the required number.
On one piece mark cross and then
shake all the numbers in hat, each
player drawing one out. The one who
gets the slip with the cross on it is
TT or wolf" while the other play
erS are called. the sheep"
A ring is then formed by the sheep,
the wolf standing in the middle. The
sheep then call out, What time will
you dine tonight, old Wolff" and Mr..
Wolf calls out any hour he happens
TO think Of. The sheep who holds the
slip corresponding to the number
called by the wolf starts to run. If
he can get around the ring three times
before being caught by the wolf he
is safe; il not, he must be wolf" The
game keeps UP until all have had their
turn at being wolf" and this does
not take long, for the wolf is not sup
posed to call the same number twice.
Exchange.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
The Frigid Zones.

l am glad | don't live at the pole,"
said little girl who had to get up
while it was quite dark one dreary.
cold morning. "It must be dreadful to
have to go about in the dark for six
months That is the idea most chill
dren have of the frigid zone. But it is
not correct. In the first place. there
are not more than three months of
actual darkness, for the long twilight
nelps to shorten the night at both
ends of the season. Then, too, during
the time when the sun never comes
above the horizon or close enough to
1t to make twilight Or dawn, there is
bright moonlight part of each month
and such brilliant displays of the
aurora borealis that it is far from
pitch dark" as one might suppose.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Maanetized Filings.

If you possess magnet there are
more ways of amuseme nt and instruc-
ton open to you than you have any
idea of. For instance, the following
experiment with iron filings will prove
most interesting, and will impart a
bit of useful knowledge:
Iron filings are procurable for the
asking in any machine shop Or place
where there is an ironworkers lathe
They are the minute particles of iron
that fall when the iron is being cut
or ground into shape, and possess the
same relation to iron as sawdust does
to wood.
A bar magnet is necessary for what
you are to show. Lay it on table
or any fiat surface and then cover it
over with apiece of stiff cardboard.
Now sprinkle the iron filings over the
surface of the cardboard. and then
very curious thing will happen.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Good Forfeit Game.

The players all seize tablecloth or
similar sheet by the edges. The
one who is chosen as leader says:
II fish for all kinds of fish. When
I cay, fet CO. you must hold fast.
When say hold fast you must let
CO."
Then the leader begins to speak
quickly, saying anything that comes
into his head, until suddenly he says,
"let go!" or hold fast!" at a time
when he imagines that he can catch
the others of their guard. Those who
are caught must pay forfeit.
One Of the players takes a spoon
and taps on the table with it, saying:
Who can't do this, can't do thing!
Spoon, spoon, spoon-sping,
Then she passes the spoon on to the
next one. But she does it in certain
manner by using the left hand, or
by holding the spoon with a certain
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Writer Says Genius Is Insanity.

According to Mrs. Kate Epson
Clark, the way to be happy, though
a genius, is never to marry 1.-THE
poets wife, said Mrs. Clark in a re-
cent address, "does not care for poet
ry after the first week, any more than
the grocer's boy does for figs. She
never wishes to tell of the neighbor-
hoods gossip but she interrupts some
great thought of her husbands; then
be imagines she is bereft of sympathy
and looks for it in the wives and
daughters of his neighbors, and if he
is handsome he usually finds It, The
genius should not marry. A woman
wants her husband-not his art. Gen.
Jus is insanity. In order to be a gen
ius> he lives most of the time in a
world of deep emotions. 1t is hard
for people of artistic temperament To
conform to ordinary rules Thus
divorce. suicide, drunkenness and i'm
pulsive vices are found among people
Of genius. The irrepressible tempera-
ment seems to he absolutely neces
sary to art"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Got Runaway Husbands Money.

A romantic story Of long lost hus.
band and an unclaimed fortune comes
from Melbourne, Australia. A London
engineer, named Charles Arnold, who
went to Melbourne in the fifties with
his wife, left to inspect some mining
claims at Bendigo, and was never seen
again. His wife gave him up for
dead, but it was afterwards found out
that he had gone to America, married
again, and died, leaving half a million
dollars. This, by will, he bequeathed
to his children by his American wife;
but part of the property was in one OF
those states of the Union where the
rights of legitimate wife and child.
rem prevail over the provisions of
will. Having regard to this, the Sec
ond family agreed to a settlement,
and compromised for 100000. The
Australian claimants-Mrs. Arnold
icing dead, and the eldest of the four
surviving children being nearly 60
years Of age-have just divided this
sum.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Stubborn Paper Wad.

Did you ever see a paper wad that
IS SO stubborn that it will fly in the
lace OF one who tries to compel it to
go into the neck of a bottle
The more you try to blow it in, the
more it leaves the bottle.
You can try this with any large bot
tie and paper wad or cork small
enough to fit very loosely in it's neck.
Holding the bottle so that it points
directly at your mouth, and placing
the cork in the neck. the harder you
blow on the cork for the purpose Of
driving it into the bottle, the more
forcibly will the cork rush from it's
place in the neck
Try this stunt and see if you can
discover what causes the peculiar &C
ton of the paper wad. s.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
About Connecticut Tobacco,

The story of Sumatra leaf tobacco
rs grown under cheesecloth in Con-
necticut is one of the romantic epis-
Ddes Of agriculture, says a writer in
Country Life in America. A Florida
fruit grower had got some tobacco
plants that got into his pineapple seed
by accident and he noticed that they
were taller and of finer texture under
The lath shade. The bureau of soils,
while surveying the Connecticut val
ley, found soil that was practically
the same as that of Sumatra, on which
the famous tobacco Is grown. (The
bureau has samplesaof soil from al
most every important agricultural re-
gion of the world.) The government
got an expert to start an industry and
the next two years some of the grow
ers made over 100 per cent profit.
The industry as whole is success
full. A large company with plenty of
capital Is necessary, for it costs $3.50
to cover and grow an acre of this to-
bacco. The growers receive from
s1.20 to $3.50 pound for the product.
The imported article brings $3.50 to
$500 and we have been importing
about 100000 worth year.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
DOWN TO PERKINS,.
Some Ground and Lofty Lying Heard
Around the Stove.


Some Ground and Lofty Lying Heard
Around the Stove.
The usual crowd of droppers-in was
sitting in Perkins store, down Will
Jamestown way. The extract of Gold
Rope and Rough and Ready was flow
ing in streams that threatened to
swamp the box of sawdust that an.
swered for a cuspidor. Old Perkins
was busily engaged in soaking the
brown sugar in order that it might
weigh enough to satisfy his particular
trade. The cat had felt the effects OF
the cold spell and was contentedly
licking her paws as she lay beneath
the stove conniving how to steal a
sausage without old Perkins catching
her. "Say, Mark" spoke old Jim Ar
go, the weather forecaster for Will
Jamestown district, dye know this
amt nuthin' like as cold as twas the
winter moved here? Why, this amt
nuthin'"
why, should say faint cold tall"
replied Mark Brice, the man from
down East; why, dye know, whar |
cum from this is like spring. Why,
the thermometers only degrees be-
low zero. Why down in East thar it's
zero in June. No, this amt nuthin'."
Old Perkins looked up from his task
and frown bedecked his countenance;
but past experience had taught him
that still tongue i'll crowd like that
made wise head.
Jim Brown edged closer to the stove.
why" said he, II remember back in
10 that it was so cold right yer in
WilliamstOwn that the steam cars were
so frozed that every time the engineer
bowed his whistle it made iclcle that
long that it couldn't turn the curve
down thar by the edge Of the woods,
and me and Sam Bradley had to go
down thar with saws and saw the ice
often his whistle, and we got enough
Ice from that engine alone to supply
Snyder's ice-cream factory with ice
for year. Nav, this amt cold"
A perceptible move toward the stove
by all hands followed this remark.
Cold" queried Hez Whartonby:
why, blamed eff l can't go back to '67,
when it was SO cold that I went out
to milk the cows, and the fust one that
l started on got froZed to the bucket.
Just as soon as the milk would start to
flow, why, the thing would freeze. and
there was nothin' but icicle of milk.
which froze the COW to the bucket.
Wal, was skeered, but me and Mandy
gets the ak and cuts it in strips and
carries the icicle to the house. And
l don't care if you believe it or not.
we had enough milk in that icicle to
last all winter. When Mandy wanted
milk for the table, she'd take Ratchet
and cut piece off. Why, that was
froze so hard we kept it alongside the
stove all winter, and think 1 got a
piece of it home yet. Nav, this amt
cold. philadelphia Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Hidden Names.

In the following verses are hidden
the names of ten fishes and insects:
When I'm man I'll own ship,
No matter what my aunt may say;
I'll be the captain, and many trip
We will take to far Bombay.
I'll carpet the decks and paper the
sides.
And paint all the perches and poles;
And when we're near port We'll have
some sport
In running aground on shoals.
Big Nat will be my mate, of course,
He was purser once on scow;
And Jim will come-he was perfectly
glum
Till I asked him-he's happy now.
Well blow a bugle and fly a flag,
And if we come near Cape Cod,
I'll flourish my sword and send home
word
That I'm ready to marry Maud.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
aBooking" After-Dinner oratory.

Mr.. Carl Hentschel calls my atten-
ton to an experiment tried the other
day at the annual dinner OF the Bar
tholomew Club, and I think l cannot
do better than commend it to the atten-
ton of all gentlemen who get up pub
Il dinners. On this occasion all the
speeches were taken as read that is
to say, they were printed in little
book, which was distributed to the
guests. This is nothing less than
experimenting" If the idea is gen.
orally adopted, as / sincerely hope it
may be, a public dinner may cease to
be terror to the people who have to
make the speeches, and to the people
who have to listen to them. 1t also
seems likely to tend to the elevation
Of after dinner oratory. At any rate,
the Bartholomew Club speeches, so far
as have studied them, reach much
higher standard than one is accus-
kpmed to on these occasIons.-London
truth.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
The Egg and Gard Trick.

Stick an egg, the contents of which
have been blown out, onto the back of
card with little wax. Now show
the card to the audience in such a
way that they do not see the egg. Now
holding up the card with the right
hand show the audience that vour left
hand is empty. Then swing it around
and take the card in the palm of the
hand, at the same time holding onto
the egg with the right hand. With a
quick movement drop the left hand,
having the card in the palm, at the
same time disengaging it from the
egg, which remains in the right hand.
The audience doesn't see what has
become of the card, but sees in the
place of the card an egg. Instead of
an egg you may use a small bunch
of flowers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Rat Attacks Girls Fur Wrap.

While out walking with some
friends near st. Agnes, Cornwall, a
young lady recently went through an
unpleasant experience.
The girl was wearing fur boa, on
which was an imitation head OF q
small animal.
Suddenly she felt something pulling
at the wrap, and discovered that her
assailant was a rat, which had evil
IDENTIFY mistaken the imitation animal
for one of it's enemies.
So furious was the fearless crea-
lures attack that it was with difficult
ty shaken off, It had bitten large
piece out of the fur.-LondOn Express.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
My Dad and Me.

My Dad and Me.
seems like everything I want ter do,
MY dad, he. jes' don't want me to;
An runnin' when the fellers cali,
Dad says, hill-dill an pris'ner's base
IS !OoliShness, an that ter chase
An tear around an climb an yell
has Jes, got ter be broke up a spell.
re got ter work. dad says, at ten
An that's the way ter train up men,
Ihings has changed some since those
days,
An SO somehow we cant agree,
My dad an me.
Bob Hunters dad, he takes him out
through woods an fields an all about,
An SHOWS him how ter shoot an fish.
m M now ter swim. 0, dear, / wish
mat dad would take me that away,
Jes Kind O. chummin' fer a day.
Bob Hunter, he jes knows a pile
smile
1 Ter hear ga him tell O birds an things;
JeS where to find the ole muskrat,
An, lots O queer things more'n that.
put dad, he don't won't stand their noise.
guess mats why we can't agree,
My dad an me.
P Piays f ba al he 5es jumps right in:
An laughs at US when we get mad.
An jokes till we wish we had
Jes held our tempers same as he.
Wnen we smash back. He says that we
Are bound ter git knocked when we're
men
An laughin' now at bumps. why, when
We We all grow up we won't mind much
What he calls the equalizin' touch
OF nature; Bob's dad says. Wish mine
Would fool an talk that way; it's fine.
Yer git ter know yer dad, an he knows
you,
An amt forgot he was young too:
But dad don't, so we don't agree
My dad an me.
Montreal Herald
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Hidden Names.

In the following are to be found,
first, the name Of a continent; second,
the name of a country in that CONT
nent, and, third, the name of the CAPT
tai of that country:
did you lose a bird, sir?" Katie
asked.
AS | answered, NO" happened to
catch slight twinkle in her eye
Kate" | laughed, throwing down
my papers, Il am afraid you are jok-
ing"
mo; l found a bird" she replied.
where"
Never mind, sir; is it yours?"
mo"
"Then I'll keep it,
"All right; you may keep it; only
tell me what the fun is about, Kate. y
Her answer fioated in through the win
dow:
tits gold eagle. I found it in
your pocket, but I'm so glad l may
keep it."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Little Man.

Little Man.
On, how he filled our hearts and home,
Our merry little boy of four!
whenever l would come from work
he used to hide behind the door,
And can see the dancing eyes,
The golden hair, the cheeks of tan,
And hear the laughing challenge ring:
Papa, come find your Little Man."
Papa, come find your Little Man.
AND would search till, in surprise,
Behind the door I'd find the prize,
And hear the sweet, delighted cries
Of Papa's Little Man.
But now our hearts and homes are void,
His merry laugh we hear no more;
Yet in the FeStall Hall of Dreams
He calls me still-yes, DER and DER.
Behind the door of things unseen
He hides SO surely that l can
Not find him, yet that voice still calls,
Papa. come find your Little Man."
Papa, come find your Little Man.
And though / unsuccessfully grope,
j am not wild or misanthrope
But sometime still fondly hope
To find my Little Man.
Charles Lincoln Phifer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
For the Boy Carpenter.

Lots of boys have their own tool
chests. Here is a simple contriv-
ance upon which to try your tools:
Take piece of wood about seven
and one-half inches by two and one
fourth inches. and about the thick
ness Of cigar-box Gin fact. a cigar
box is just the thing. Then get an
other little piece two and one-fourth
inches square, and mark both of them
out in the same way as is done in the
accompanying diagrams Gigs. 1 and
p. Cut out the two pieces, then the
groove marked A, the width being
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-23
Kindness Amonu Birds.

l have seen a little chirping SPAR
row make business of feeding some
half-fledged robins. She watched for
her opportunity, and whenever both
parent robins were away from the
nest she rushed in with her morsels.
The robins resented her oficiousnes
and hustled her out of the tree when
ever they caught her there. I have
heard of wren that fed a brood of
young robins inca similar way, and of
a male bluebird that fed some young
birds that were in nest near it's own.
-Outi1g.