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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26

And when she saw Jacquon blood
stained and bewildered, with a timii
doubt Of her in his bright eyes, some
thing OF a br ed affection awoke Ia
her. She was kind. She pressed the
neighbor to enter. She put her ara
round %Jacquon; she led him to her
room; she bathed the cut, made him
lie down on her own bed; then. kneel.
ing beside him, she stroked his SHOCK
of hair and murmured:
MY poor Jacquon. My poor boy
Jacquon. My poor, poor, Jacquon!'
And %Jacquon, amazed, felt a tear ia |
upon his brow. And %Jacquon did not
laugh.
Nor did he laugh when. after STEALTH
lily escaping from the house whilst lis
mother was preparing the evening
meal, he entered the wineshop a few
hours later.
The ne'er-do-wells, greeting him DIS
usual, rave him beer; and Jacquon
drank several glasses, but he did lot
clap his hands nor nod his head, Tor
laugh when the testing at his famll "a
expense began.
More beer was called for, but it had
no exhilarating effect on Jacquon.
At last he was told that he vas
proud tonight; that this was wrong.
He had no right to be proud, no rea-
son Did %Jacquon know who his
mother was? What she was?"
At that m %Jacquon rose stu
pidly and, standing upright, appeared
as though he were listening to some
thing. His mouth twitched; perhaps
the words: my poor ~Jacquon, my poor
boy, J%acquon!' required to him.
He put his hand to his forehead;
perhaps he was seeking the spot where
his mothers tears had fallen.
But suddenly. whilst he was then
musing, the fire kindled.'
With eyes aflame and a furious
shout, %Jacquon sprang upon the man
who had insulted his mother, and,
drawing out his knife, before the 9TH
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
REMEMBERED las RucKET.
White Mans Defense Of an Abused
Indian Meets with Crate
full Recognition.

In the winter Of 1866 and the spring
of 1856 Seattle and other new settle-
ments near Puget sound we're engaged
in war with the Indians of that vicin-
ity under Leschi, a Nesqually chief,
says the author Of Pioneer Reminis-
cences of Puget Sound" Leschi's fight
WAS against the authorities, w.o we're
trying to deprive his people OF their
valley farms and force them to live
on a cramped and sterile reservation
in the mountains. They had many
friends among the whites, whom, how
ever bitter the war grew, they we're
careful not to injure.
One day in February A. ]. Baldwin,
Of Olympia, was passing along a trail
near Yelm Prairie, when he was con-
fronted by four armed Indians on
horseback. They at once covered him
with their rifles, but one of them
spoke sharply to the others, and the
rifles were lowered.
Jack Baldwin," the Indian de-
handed.
Yes, that's my name" said Mr..
Baldwin.
You out to fight INDIAN"
mo. am carrying an express to
Yelm for pay"
You remember bucket of water at
Olympia?"
1t suddenly flashed upon Mr.. Bald
wins mind that he knew this indian.
During the year before the fellow had
been filling a bucket from a flow
ing spring in Olympia when a brute
of a white man came along, insolently
removed the Indians bucket, threw
it into 4 mud-hole near by, and put his
own under the spout.
Mr.. Baldwin, who had witnessed the
affair, at once interfered and pitched
the rufian into the mud-hole after the
Indians bucket. The incident had put
him into the good books of that In
dian, and so had saved his life.
Go on" the red man said to him.
1--WE don't kill you" And go he did,
unframed, without more ado.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
"sPRANG UPON THE MAN WHO had
INsULTED HIS MOTHER"
ers could prevent him, stabbed him to

ers could prevent him, stabbed him to
the heart.
Then, for the first time that night,
Jacquon laughed - laughed, and
laughed and laughed.
And now, on market days, the
ne'er-do-wells alone remain to carry
home the baskets of the Sannois aris-
tocracy; now, on dark nights, no one
sees the flash of %Jacquon lie Follet's
lantern or hears his laugh ring out
suddenly, eerily, on the road between
the village and the station. Nor does
the garde champetre come unexpected
ly upon %Jacquon when he makes his
midnight rounds. Gone is %Jacquon !e
Toilet, Monsieur Jacquon lie Toilet.
Gone, suddenly, for life. Gone into the
state establishment described by the
most polite of peoples as the House Of
Health.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
WEALTH OF NEW YORK.
Twenty-Five States Valued at Less
Than the States Untaxed
Real Estate.

The enormous material wealth of
the state of New York is in no way,
perhaps, more clearly marked than in
the fact that the total amount of real
estate-land and buildings-exempted
from taxation is larger than the total
assessed wealth of 25 of the 40 states
of the country, states the Sun.
New York has 81, 500, 000, 900 of real
estate exempted from taxation. 1t has
$1S5, O00, 900 represented in churches
and church buildings. 1t has $780,
600, 600 in hospitals and charitable in
stitutions. 1t has $500, 900, 900 in
schools, exclusive of $50, 900, 900 in
colleges, universities and other buile'
ings wholly devoted to the purposes
of instruction.
The city of New York includes, of
course, by far the largest proportion
of these holdings, though in the mat
ter of church property the land and
buildings outside of the city of New
York represent a total value of $751;
600, 900.
The federal government has $780,
000,O 900 worth of land and buildings
in the state of New York, of which
$50, 900, 900 worth is in New YorB
city and $4,000, 900 worth in Buffalo.
The state itself has $4,000, 600
worth of property, land and buildings
throughout the state, of which by far
the largest single item is at Albany.
There is $780, 900, 900 of property
within the state of New York in
cemeteries and $4O,O 900, 900 worth of
property in libraries and scientific
and patriotic organizations.
Agricultural societies own $1,000
600 worth, and township and village
buildings represent S22, 500, 900 more.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
THE MEANEsT TELEPHoNER
Is the Man Who Calls You Up When
Not at Home and Won't
Give His Name.

II think that the meanest man in
the world is the fellow who calls you
up by telephone when you're not at
home and won't leave his name"
What's mean about it?"
WELL" said Westside, according to
the New York World, many things.
For instance, I'm down town during
the day at my office. Some man finds
my home telephone address in the
book and calls me up on it. My wife
answers. Who's this?' she asks. and
the voice comes: Is Mr.. Westside at
homer No, but I'm Mrs. Westside,
and any message you may have for
him Mo. never mind. I'll call
him up later. We'll, won't you give me
your name so that Il No. l guess
not. No, III just call him up later.
Good-by.'
We'll, / get home in the evening,
and my wife tells me that some mys-
terious man called me up, wouldn't
give his name, number or business,
and then l start guessing. Naturally
I imagine that it's some one who
doesn't want my wife to know that he
called me up. So l imagine all sorts
of things.
MY dinner is an uncomfortable
meal for thinking of the wretch who
called me up l go through the en-
tire list of the people l know who
wouldn't be apt to know my Office ad-
dress. l think of every one l ever
had any trouble with. l think
heaven only knows what l don't
think.
And then the phone bell rings, and
the maid says its for Mr.. Westside.
| go with fear and trembling. And
who is it? Oh, just some idiot who
wants to know if my wife and l
can't come over tomorrow evening, or
something just as inconsequential."
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
BABES OF THE MOUNTAIN.
Rough Time of T. for the Apache
Pappooses in Everyday
Life.

OF an odd scene in the region of the
Rockies, 4 San Francisco writer says:
Leaning against wagons and build
ings are dozens of little baskets with
baby Apaches sucking their fists
therein. The baskets are of the regu-
lar Indian style, and the poor babies
are strapped and laced into them
tight and snug.
Some squaws hang their baskets to
the saddle-horn, when not carried on
then backs, because if they are left
stai-ting on the ground the dogs GO
round aud lick the babies faces, much
to the little ones discomfort.
"One rather frisky pony, with a
baby on the horn of his saddle, wan
ders from the bunch and is imme-
diately surrounded by a crowd of
dogs. Their barking starts him to trot,
and with a Shrek the mother rushes
from her place in the line to catch
him. But the pony doesn't want to
be caught, and from a trot turns to
a run, and away he goes-the basket
Tapping on his side making him run
the harder. No n seems sorry for
the poor baby, whose yells are drowned
in the general burst of laughter that
goes up.
FINALLY the strap that holds the
basket breaks-down comes poor baby.
thump, to the ground, face down, and
the pony, after running a few more
rods, is caught by a boy, while the
distracted mother picks up her unfor-
tunate infant, and Immediately unlac-
ing the deerskin cover. takes IL out to
assure herself it is sound in body,
after its rather risky ride and fail.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
Red River ~PrOSpectOr
RED RIVER. NEW MEXICO.
rrakinr Electricity.

Making Electricity.
A wind power electrical plant in
Indiana is a successful novelty. The
devices heretofore tried for this pur-
pose have usually failed because Of
the variability of the power. By the
new method electricity is generated
as a by-product in the course Of the
windmill's service in driving a water
pump. The water is led into a hy-
draulic regulator built on the princi-
pie Of a water lift in which Che pres
sure is controlled by weights. Ap-
proximately a uniform head pressure
of rs pounds corresponds to the ca
pacity of the water pumped by a ten
foot windmill wheel. This is in
creased to 100 pounds for a 14-foot
wheel. The water is discharged from
the hydraulic chamber by means of
automatic valves. This regulator is
the means Of maintaining an even
pressure under all conditions wheth-
er the windmill is revolving fast or
slow. Under the uniform pressure the
water is passed from the hydraulic
chamber through a water motor to
which a dynamo is attached. Then it
is discharged through troughs and led
away to the fields if desired. Or it
can be stored up In tanks or reser-
voirs to be pumped back into the
hydraulic regulator again in case
water economy should be necessary.
BY producing an of pressure
in this way the dynamo is run at
uniform speed whether the wind is
blowing a gale or Is just enough to
make the wheel go round. The whole
arrangement, when once put in opera
ton, requires little or no attention.
Secondary batteries take any current
generated in excess of immediate de-
mands. It has been calculated that a
.14-foot windmill should produce
enough electricity to light the aver
age farm, generating in the daytime
the current that is burned at night.
The cost Of maintenance is said to be
almost nothing, and it must be re-
membered that while the electric
plant is doing its good work the wind
mill proceeds with its usual opera
lions.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
ohanres in pritigh viewg.

TOO many influences spoil the Brit
ish" might be adopted as a proverb.
Within the last quarter of a century
the American has considerably
altered the character Of her British
sister; the American business man
has greatly changed that Of his equiv
alent in England; the French have
accustomed us to an attitude of mind
which would have Mortified our pa,
rents and the Germans have introduce
ed their military spirit into a country
which has always been opposed to a
large standing army. ~ London
Graphic.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
war Only a Memory.

Forty years have passed since the
great war, and but a remnant is left
of those who fought or were other
wise moved by the passions of the
time. According to the last census,
5000, 900 Of the present population
were born since Lee surrendered, and
100000 more were less than ten years
old at the time. If allowance be made
for those who have been born and
those who have died since 1900, it is
not likely, says Youths Companion.
that more thar one in twenty of those
now living, including the veterans Of
both armies, has any recollection Of
the war period. The nation has drift
cd so far down the river OF time
that only the heroic features Of the
great struggle remain in sight. Now
and then one OF the survivors from
the period recalls the bitterness and
the suffering that prevailed, but for
the most part time has mellowed
them, and they mingle with reminis-
cences of camp and battle, praise of
the bravery and s~elf-sacrifce of the
people, of the skill of the generals,
and of the patient endurance of their
comrades, This memory Of brave
deeds is one of the blessed heritages
iEto which the surviving remnant has
come in these days. The south has
it as well as the north, and it binds
the two parts Of the country together
ss a common experience always re-
moves barriers. As the years pass
the number is rapidly diminishing of
those who can talk OF the events of
tho war. and speak proudly of their
part in 1t. A new generation which
knows of the wal only through the
histories will soon be strewing flow
ers on the graves on Memorial day.
Then the old men who fought with
Grant or with Lee can no longer be
pointed out, as they go by on the
street, to the boys and girls for whom
the civil war is history only less n
cieht than the revolution.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
Woodehuek a ! FAMILY pet.

An odd pet is owned by a Brunswick
family. 1t Is a t~wO-years-old wood
chuck, which has become very tame.
He lives in a hole near the cellar Of
the house, and always comes u when
The skimming OF the milk is going on.
In which he appears much interested.
September 25, 1905. he seemed to be
very sleepy and disappeared. and moth
ing further was seer Of him until
Fast day. when he reappearad. He had
been In a sRteJ Of liberation for
seven months end one day, He was
very glad TO the family and was
in very good despite this long
winters Sleep ebec n81.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26

If a piano player is playing a piece
that sounds as If he didn't know II
very well, and has to stop every min
ute and start over, that really means
that the music he is playing is class
ical.-Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26

Didn't that patient respond to youi
treatment?" asked the doctors wife
mot yet" replied the physician;
land I've sent him three billsl"-Cas-
sells Journal.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
Asthma Cured

Speedy relief and permanent cure of Asth-
ma and bronchitis insured by Red cross
not beneficial For Information call or ad-
dress Suite 204, 500 Seventeenth Street.
DenNer. Colo. References glNen.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
ASIA CIGARS.
VIII not make you nervous. Ask your dealer or The
n. Hyman Cigar Co, $40 nth Street. Denver.

BE very careful what you say to
your enemies and be more careful
what YOU write to your frlends. $500
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26

AMERICAN HOUSE Bgsyr rom ua HCS
depot. The best 81 per day hotel in the
West. American plan.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
Oxford Hotel

Denver. One block from Union Depot.
Fireproof. c. II. MORSE. Mgr.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11
F. & NJ Bank

Monday, the Stockholders
the Farmers G. Mercants Bank
met in their annual meeting
and were so we'll pleased with
the work of the Old board that
they were all reelected. The
Board and officers is as follows:
w. r Yates, Pres; H W. Ely,
Vice Pres. W. r. P. jackson,
Cashier; W. w. Longmire, Secy;
f. H, Hagan, R. A. Jackson,
W. E. Jones, John Shearmau,
A. Boulware. These are ali
repre- sentative farmers and bus
mess men and under their man
agement the bank will continue
TO grow and prosper as they
are safe, conservative, courte.
Gus. No bank can beast Of hav-
ing better Board of Directors
than can the Farmers & Mer-
chants Bank of Monroe City.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11
Why He Leaves Literature.

The poet of the Adams Enter
prise gets up in the meeting
and gives his experience. He
says:
1T is only the real wealthy
who can allow themselves the
luxury of Literature. It's my
experience that one must have
capital to start on. I waded in
with only one shirt to my back,
and I think I am fortunate to
have the back yet. In five
years time, paying strict atten.
tion to the literary business, 1
Melted about thirteen dollars
per year; but last year I took to
selling lightning rods and
clocks on the instalIment plan,
a nd I netted 81, 900 and over. l
b ate to give up, but life is very
short and literature considera.
BILE shorter. It's filling to the
soul, but Lord: help the appe-
tite.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11
Winter Rnu,s.h Profile.

Winter rhubArb culture - che Of the
profitable crops grown by former
banker, of Sumner. Wash. He has a
frame house costing about $40 that
brings an income of $4OO during the
months of January. February and
March. The rhuDarO roots are taken
from the field and placed in the house
the first week in January. A small
stove supplies the required heat,
which is carried throughout the build
ing by a siX-inch stove pipe. All
Right is excluded. Within three r1ekg
from planting the rhubarb stalks are
ready for the market and sell for %
'ents pound.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11
ParIOr Dance.

There was a parlor dance Civ
zen by the Misses Greathouse at
the home of their parents, John
Greathouse and wife, east of
the city last Friday night.
The party was as large as en-
joyable, there being 25 guests
present, At IL o'clock oysters,
pickles, coffee, etc was served.
Those present from Monroe
City were: Loren Yates, Earl
Mudd, DR.. F. Montgomery, Leck
Mont gomery, Hunter Anderson,
Ivan Yates, Monroe Anderson,
Boy McAllister, Tom Fitzpat-
rick, Theodore Hardesty and
Misses Imogene and Agnes Bell,
Anna Lu Yates, Pearl Shaw
and Miss Churchill, of SheIbina.
If there is one thing the town
people enjoy more than any
other one thing, it is a dance in
the country.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11
Omar Gray in his Sturgeon

Omar Gray in his Sturgeon
Leader says, I am thankful to
r. Nj. White of the Mexico
Ledger for writing the lines
which follow. Every'few weeks
some fellow will give this pa
per an item and remark as he
does it that lit will help fill
up The Leader, although it
is the largest paper in Boon
county, never goes to press that
it does not have from one to
four columns of news crowded
out. Peruse what White says:
The IDEA that some people
seem TO have that newspapers
need something to fill up
with" is a joke. Not a day
passes but what more stuff
goes into the waste basket
than into the newspaper.
Even then a good deal goes
into the paper that should GO
into the basket, Newspaper
space is the stock in trade OF
its management, just the same
as a stock of goods. You will
not think of calling at store
and asking for goods in order
to make more room for the
grocer or dry goods man.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11

There is, perhaps, one tEi.. hat
Londoners have a capacity for doing
better hAn any other people in the
world, aud that is in waiting patiently
outside a theater, or, indeed, any pub
lie place of entertainment, until the
doors are opened. Everybody takes
his place quietly and orderly in the
queue without any hustling or jostling.
and public opinion is entirely opposed
to any prominence being given in the
line to a late conner.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11

Thomas Rulings, of Los An
geles, California, has the thanks
of the DEMOCRAT tor a copy of
the;Annual Mid-winter Number
of the Los Angeles Times. 1t
is illustrated with pictures of
the beautiful scenery in and
around Los Angeles and the
descriptive matter is we'll writ
ten. The paper was a 184-page
edition and was credltable to
the publishers and the state.
Many real estate men advertis-
ed what they had for sale. This
is the way they do things in
@ alifornia and in this way have
made their state great. Some
of this kind of medicine would
do Missouri good.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11
President plEZ.

Outside of Mexico there is gen.
eral impression that because President
Diaz is now seventy-Unree years old
he must be failing and that at best
he can last but a little time longer.
"On the contrary" says q man who
has just returned from a business
tr,D to the sister republic, half
mirute's talk with the general will
dispel any such motion. He is OF
Oazaca Indian blood, a tribe noted
for longevity and physical prowess."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11
Trick of Photonranhv.

II you are an amateur photographer
and have a negative of some friend
whom you would like to see locked
up for long term, put your pr ing
frame just inside a wire mosquito net
ting when you print the next picture
from the negative. The result will be
print showing your friend behind
the bars. The effect will be almost
startling.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11

Henry Vail, of Quincy, is in
Jail at Shelbyville charged
with forgery, The name of John
Kerlin was forged and he at.
tempted to cash the check at
Old Bank at Shelbina. Vail
passed a check at the F. 4 M.
Bank in this city with Kerlius
name signed to it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11
haney.

Christian Haney was born
August "a, 1949, in Switzerland
and died at his home in Marion
County, Mo-, Jan. z, 1906. When
about three years of age he
came with his parents to this
country settling tor a time near
Cleveland, Ohio. In about the
year 1856 he came to this state
where he has continued to re.
side up to the time of his death.
He united with the Methodist
church in Monroe City in Aug
1904. He leaves one brother
and one sister besides other
relatives and a host of friends
to mourn his departure. Funer.
al services were held from the
family residence on Monday,
January 8, at 10 o'clock by bis
pastor, Rev. G.. A. Lehnhoff,
after which his remains were
laid to rest in the Howe bury,
ing ground. Peace tn his ashes.
"a
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11
Marriage a Matter of Business.

The average japanese girl rarely
knows that her hand has even Teen
sought until all the arrangements have
been made between her father and
her sutton. The latter, however, does
not manage this in person, but le!ves
all the arrangements TO some tru sty
ep;issary, generally an intin. ate
friend.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11

WANTED: District Managers
to post signs, advertise and
distribute sa mples. Salary $18
weekly, So per day for ex-
penses. State age and present
employment. Ideal Shear Co.,
80 Randolph st. Chicago. SD
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11

Miss Mabel McMaster, who
has been teaching piano music
in this city for year past, en-
tertained her music class and
their friends at rhe residence of
Mrs. Geo. Browning last Satur-
day from 2 to 5 p. IN. A music
al program was rendered, then
various games INDUCED In and
finally refreshments were serv-
ed, all enjoying the occasion
very much. Miss Mabel is a
very competent teacher and has
given excellent satisfaction to
her patrons. She will leave to-.
day for Smithside, ILL.,, to spend
the winter with her sister. Mrs.
w. F. Haskins and will return
here again next spring to take
up her class. -Shelbyville Her
aid.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-01-11

Special inducements to those
wanting safe insurance, offered
by the Fraternal Union OF Amer
lea for the month of January.
F or particulars see the organ.
izer, Mrs. Dora Hallock, or
Secretary, Miss Carrie Hamp.
ton.