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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-22

VIII laugh, when we would be more
apt to weep, | may briefly mention
some things that are well known, such
MS the putting of the surname before
the given name: their books begin
| ming where ours end; reading down
the page in columns. where we read
| across from left TO right. Our explain
atory notes are at the bottom of the
page. while theirs are at the top. We
put our books side by side ON our
bookshelves; they put theirs on top
of one another. The Chinese women
sew from left to right, instead OF
from figat 10 left, as ours do. They
wear the thimblc In the middle Of the
finger. instead of on the end They
stick the candlestick In the candle, In
stead of the candle In the candlestick,
as we do. We use white for weddings
while they use 1t for mourning. They
begin dinners with dessert, while we
reserve 1t for the close. We drink
our wines cold: they take theirs hot.
We use milk and sugar In our tea;
the ytake 1t straight. We drink Ice
cold water; they drink boiling tea.
They consider hiccoughing and other
noises good breeding, complimentary
10 the host or hostess, wnich we con
3lder execrable manners. They shake
their own hands in greeting, while we
shake each others. In the perspect.
i've of their pictures things get larger,
instead of smaller They locate the
intellect In the stomach or In the
heart. instead of In the head, as we
10. The Chinese consider 1t very po-
lite TO ask inquisitiye questions about
age, salary, business. etc, which we
consider rude or impolite. Men In the
Wegt lift their hats or take them Off
altogether. to show respect. while In
China the hat Is put on. They whlten
their shoes where we black ours. Boys
in China play battledoor with the foot.
when boys in the West play 1t with
the hand. In the West boys fly kites.
In China II Is favorite snort with
men. In the West gentleman goes
)ut for walk with his dog or dogs;
IN China bird in cage is taken.
Westerners kiss with the lips: the
Chinese with the nose. In the West
The nosre is mounted from the left
side; in China, from the right. In
China the men wear gowns and the
women wear trousers; in the West 1t
Is opposite. In the West most of the
'lothing Is made by women; in China
Is all made by men, even the clothes
or ladies. Nearly all the cooks are
men. So are the house servants. In
China two persons sleeping In the
anne bed do not sleep with head and
eet together. as we do, but the re-
ierse. In China long finger nails are
considered badge OF great respecta-
oility, some men having some on the
7eff hand eight or ten inches In
'ength and protected by silver cases
.or each nail. Such thing would not
,e tolerated In the West need not
write further on this line.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-22
VIEW ERA DAWNs
FOR NEW MEXICO

B. Ruppe, territorial inspector OF
lrug stores for New Mexico, and chief
# the territorial board OF health. who
inimas river. returned this morning
o New Mexico. He said;
I'VE are doing much good by en-
'orcing the territorial laws In the de-
oartments of government in which |
I'm employed.
yes, we inaugurate our new gov
srnor on the 22d, and am trying to
get home TO attend the ceremonies.
I'm captain OF the territorial militia.
which will be present at the inaugural.
md | would be sorry to miss 1t.
"Our territorial mounted police Is
Ioing much good in the detection and
suppression of crime. During the past
year they have embodied one OF the
most daring murderers ever known to
The West, In mesh of evidence that
caused him to confess the murder Of
I whole family. and he has started to
serve 80 years In the penitentiary.
They ran down gigantic scheme not
long ago to steal whole herd Of
sheep, and without the SKILL force and
energy possessed by the mounted po-
lice the thieves would have gotten
away with the sheep. We are mini
Milling crime and will wipe 1t out in
New Mexico. We will rid the territory
of outlaws of all sorts. They must
go.
Governor Hagerman comes to the
territory with clean hands, wholly un-
fettered by factions. rings or cliques,
and he will be freer to give us sane
and safe administration than any otn-
er governor has been for thirty years.
I think we win now get away from
the conditions which have politically
damned and thwarted the growth and
progress of one of the greatest sec
| tions OF America"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-22
TELEGRAPHiC SNAPSHOTS.

Attorney General Moody has rem
dered an opinion for Secretary Wilson
holding that IL will be lawful for the
head of the department of agriculture
to publish the names of dealers who
sell adulterated seed.
The Chicago city council. in ses
sion blazing with wrath. called on
Mayor Dunno, Monday night. to ac-
count for fis Denver aspersions on
the Chicago aldermen. and Alderman
Bennett sent up Impeachment reso-
lutions.
At meeting OF the Peoria Creve
Occur club It was decided to send a
w. Lawson and endeayor to get him
to reconsider his recent refusal to
speak at the annual banquet OF the
club on Washington's birthday. Feb.
20.
The Denver News says State Game
being claimed he has not given =
proper accounting. On the other hand
| Woodard courts an Investigation. Lei
the air be purified in every way. Al
official with a clean record has moth
! Ing 70 fear
An operation was performed on Con
suelo, Duchess OF Marlborough. Sat
urday by Sir Alfred Fripp. for the re
moval OF cancerous growth. although
It was stated to be only tumor. Fri
day night she was at dinner part.
and sat up till / O'Clock talking L
the king. Not person there knev
OF the serious operation to take plac
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-22
suNFLoWER PHILOSOPHY.

From the Atchison Globe.
Only che doctors know how little
real sickness there IL In the world.
Almost every woman complains that
her husbands family "eat funny"
Jealousy Is like enmity: The less
said about the better.
Occasionally love affairs drag on so
that Cupid disappears and Father
Time takes his place.
man never realizes how many
people want to treat him until he nas
sworn OF.
After man has told his first false
hood to his wife the voice OF con-
science is lost In his self-approval at
telling such good one.
II men has as much patience with
! the baby's faults as they have with
their own what model nurses they
would be.
Don't keep your eyes ON tho man
you have Just heard something bad
about. It Is more important that you
keep them on your mouth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14
TIP 70 TIE KIDS.

A word to you, sonny-you little
twelve or thirteen-year-old boy who is
smoking cigarettes on the sly. What
do you want to be when you grow up
stalwart, healthy, vigorous, broad
shouldered man, OF little, puny,
measly, no count, weak-minded dude?
If you want to be man, strong like
a man, with hair on your face, brains
in your head and muscles in your
limbs, you just let those cigarettes
alone. If you want to be a thing
pitied by your folks, despised by the
girls. and held in contempt by the
fellows, keep right on smoking and
end your days in the insane asylum.
-Eskridge (Kan) Tribune.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14

per capita. while for alcoholic bever.
ages it had increased to 1885 per cap
ita. But the cost in money is nothing
as.eompared with the distress so often
brought upon the individual and his
family. I have recently been making
inquiry as to the results noticeable
in towns and cities where the four
mile law has been adopted, and re-
ports are most gratifying. Good men.
who had previously INDUCED too free
ly, spent their money for drink for
themselves and associates, often neg
lecting their families as well as their
work, the temptations having been re-
moved, are now working steadily, pro-
viding we'll for their families, the chill
dren neatly dressed and attending
school. cheerful and with as high
hopes as any children; while often the
parent that could not comfortably sup
port his family, now has a bank ac-
count and ranks with the prosperous;
so if this salutary law has accom-
plished so much good in so many
places, let us aid others in accomplish
ing these happy results"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14
CONGRESSMAN SIMS EN-
poRsEs CAPT. w. c. WERR

Congressman IT. w. Sims of the
Eighth District congratulates the De
mocracy of the state on the nominal
ton of Capt. w. c. Webb, of Linden,
Fer Senator from the district compos-
ed of Perry, Lewis and Maury Coun.
ties. Capt. Webb was nominated by
the Perry County convention and prob
ably will be confirmed by Lewis and
Maury Counties, as the senatorship
falls to Perry County this year by the
rotation agreement.
Capt. Webb is one of the best men
in the world" said Mr.. Sims. "He is
thorough-going Democrat, hearty
advocate of temperance legislation, al
though he has never been third
party Prohibitionist; he is man who
has befriended more people 10 Perry
and adjoining counties than any other
one person and he will make a capable
Senator. Capt. Webb was Captain
in the Union army during the civil
war. Always a Democrat, he voted
for Mcclellan for President in the
field, voted for Seymour and Greeley
during the dark days of reconstruc-
ton and has been a consistent, active
party worker ever since. There will
be no better man in the next State
Senate than w G. Webb"
Through a mistake made in tele-
phoning Capt. Webb's name has APP
peared as capt. West" in several
newspapers, including the Banner
Nashville Banner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14

We commend the city fathers for
all the moves they are making to regu.
late and control the sale of intoxicat.
ing drinks in Columbia. and especially
the law to prohibit and prevent the
disgusting spectacle Of lewd and half
drunken women loafing, laughing and
dancing in and about saloons. We do
not expect to have the saloons with US
much longer, but while they are here,
it is commendable in the Mayor and
Aldermen to endeavor to make them
as decent and tolerable as possible.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14

Mr.. George W. Nichols has Just re-
turned from a business trip into Giles
county; and while there he discussed
the Adams law, and how it was work
ing in that county. 1t came up first
in connection with the road system.
Mr.. Nichols was telling the Giles coun-
tian how the county hands" worked
roads in Maury county. YES" said
the Giles countian, so they used to
do in this county; but since the Ad-
ans law went into effect we have no
county hands worth mentioning.
Whereas formerly we always had on
hand full force, and sometimes more
than we could well care for, now,
am told, there is not single one in
the shack and all the work that is
being done is done with free labor"
So much for that feature of it.
I'VE are told up our way" said Mr..
Nichols, that the Adams law inter-
feres with business" only with the
business of the Saloons" was the re-
ply. 1T helps business in the town,
and also with the country merchant.
Men in Pulaski, who before spent
nearly all their earnings with the sa-
loon, now spend it for better food and
clothes for their families and them
selves; and men in the country, who
formerly went to town nearly every
Saturday andalways on first Monday,
and patronized the saloons literally,
now spend large portion of that
money with the country merchant.
And you may say to your people"
said this gentleman of Giles, that If
Maury county will try the Adams law
they will find that 1t will increase the
business of both the town and coun-
try merchant, that 1t will decrease
disorder, idleness and
crime, and make good citizens out of
seemingly worthless fellows"
What about the boot-legger," asked
Mr.. Nichols; I'VE hear that Columbia
ships oceans of whisky to Pulaski"
Il don't know about the oceans" was
the reply, but there is some truth in
the story; the law is not enforced as
It should be; the officers are not as
liligent as they might be, and there
IS no doubt but there is some whisky
sold in Pulaski; but
With all that, and with only a partial ,
of the law, the Adams
aw has emptied our jails and work
louse, reduced drunkenness and dis
rider and idleness at least one-half,
md increased business in both town
md country, and rescued scores of
men in this county from drunkard's
life, and a drunkard's death, and a
runkard's hell"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14
MARRY NATIONAL
BANK STATEMENT

The report of the condition of the
Maury National Bank will be found In
today's issue Of the Herald. Money
must be plentiful in the county from
the amount the Maury National has
on hand, and the bank continues to
make money and prosper. Deposits
are near the half million mark, and
the surplus fund is nearly $25,OOO,
though the bank increased the capital
stock last year and large part Of the
surplus was taken up,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14
HER FAITHFUL BROOD.

! saw poor mother once-no doubt
there's many such
Shed quite outlived her usefulness
and wasn't good for much.
But still her boys, who'd all grown
up, stout and lusty crew,
Declared they'd always cherish her
and be forever true.
Such boys as these are rather rare;
some men grow very cold
And leave their mothers in the lurch
when they get gray and old.
But this old dame l speak about will
ne'er deserted be
For Mother Tariff is her name. You
know her progeny.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14

The State Democratic Executive
Committee has announced that sena-
tor Carmack will answer Secretary
Leslie M. Shaw, who is to open the
Republican State campaign in Nash
vile. OF course! Who else did the
committee have to call on? What
other man in the State would the COM
mittee feel safe in risking to answer
Secretary Shaw. That's what makes
us say what we do say.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14
ANTI-SALOON
LEAGUE
ORGANIZED AT MT. PLEASANT
WITH LARGE MEMBER.
SHIP.

MT. PLEASANT, Tenn, Sept. IL
An Anti-Saloon League has just been
organized with membership OF go
DR.. j. s. Hill is President and J. r.
Warnock Secretary. The anti-saloon
sentiment is stronger here than ever
manifested before in the history Oh
the phosphate industry, and by the
most conservative is considered very
remarkable.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14
SUIT FILED
FOR $4,000

w. Lee Grant Seeks Damages From
Or. z. G. Grant.
w. Lee Grant, of Columbia, has filed
suit in the Circuit Court against DR..
E. G. Grant. asking damages in the
sum Of $4,000 for alleged Islander.
The declaration in the case has not
been filed, but it is understood that
the suit grew out of an alteration be-
tween the two a month or two since
at the time when street preacher
had just finished his services on the
square. ]. G. VOORHEES, is attorney for
the plaintiff
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14

many things could be done if there
was any organized effort to do them.
With saloons out of Columbia and
Commercial Club in Columbia, what
future there would be for Columbia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14
CLAY EvANs ON TEMPERANCE.

: CIAI EVANS On TEMPERANCE.
The following extract from the open
, ing speech of Hon. H. Clay Evans, the
. Republican nominee for Governor
shows his attitude on the important
question of temperance, which is the
paramount issue in Tennessee politics
today:
- There is no deception practiced by
our platform on the question of tenn.
perance; it is a live wire extending
from Sullivan to Shelby. We do not
gather grapes from thorns, nor figs
from thistles.' Let us have no dodg-
ing.
Your attention is invited to the posi-
tion we take upon the question of
Temperance: Much good has been ac-
complished upon the demand, and with
the approval of the people, more is
expected along this line by the people.
Tennessee has 1,s4S cities, towns
and villages, large and small; of this
number 1885 are now living, doing
business and prospecting under laws
that actually prohibit the sale of in
toxicating liquors; in other words,
there are only thirteen cities, towns
and villages in the State that do sell
intoxicating liquors, viz:
Memphis. with population of 1922
800.
Nashville, with a population of So
S65.
Knoxville, with a population of 49,
511.
Chattanooga, with a population of
S0,154
Jackson, with a population of A..
511.
GAINESVILLE, with a population of g.
431.
Columbia, with population of 6.O52.
Bristol, with a population of 5.271.
Mt. Pleasant, with population of
2,OO7.
Winchester, with population of
/ 1898.
LaFolette, with population of $685. |
Rocky Springs, with a population of !
%.
These thirteen cities, towns and vii
lagos have a combined population of |
2S7,753, according to the census of
1900, and the State having 2,020,616
population, we find that 1,732,S63 of
the population of the State
(about 7S per cent? are liv-
ing in the counties, cities, towns
and villages within the State that al
-eady actually prohibit the sale of in
.oxicating liquors. Eighty-four of the
linety-six counties in the State.
The American Grocer, that old and
'eliable paper, recently presented (
'ome interesting figures upon this sub ;
ect that have been reproduced in I
many of the leading journals, showing !
hat the cost of intoxicating liquors
consumed In the United States last (
ear amounted to $1,54S, 70S,307, al
most twice as much as our Nations
ebt. The wonderful growth of this
destructive habit is causing wide
pread alarm. We are consuming 400
more distilled spirits and 1914 per
ent. more wines per capita than do
ne people of Great Britain. and in
hat old country the same move is on
"a move to preserve and protect the
manhood of man, not only for this gea-
ration, but to save for useful citizens
ne generations to come.
The Nation has reason for pride !.
nd hope which sees a generation of
Dung men growing vigorous in mind
nd body, who are marked by lofty
urposes and a noble character
Statistics show that in the year 1904
le cost per capita for tea, coffee and
1coa was 1910, while the cost for
coholic beverages was 1858. For
e year ending June 80, 1906, for tea,
,ffee and cocoa the cost was $2.6S
q
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14

A writer to the American, speaks Of
the Cumberland Telephone service in
Nashville as "a badly complicated case
of telephone tanglefoot." Same here.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14

Columbia is good town all right,
but If Columbia had a live, working
Commercial Club, you would be sur
prised how much better town Column
bia would be in the near future. So
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14
LADIES' READY MADE SKIRTS

$500, $500, $3.50 and $1,000. Grey
mixtures, plaids, blacks, etc. Our
skirts are tailored by men tailors who
know how.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14
SPECIAL FOR NEXT SATURDAY
AND MONDAY.
SHOE DEPARTMENT.

Here's where we shine. La Bonita
stamped on a Ladies' Shoe means a
wonderfully good $3.50 shoe for $3.50,
no joking, no Misrepresentation. Just
look at any $3.50 shoe you want to
and then take a look at our La
Bonitas," we'll leave it to you. $3.50
pair.
LADIES' SHOES $500 A PAIR.
You won't credit the news that
Shoes have gone up when you see our
Ladies' new $500 Shoes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14
NEW FALL GOODS
YARD WIDE BLACK TAFFErA SILK

YARD WIDE BLACK TAFFETA SILK
s1.oo A YARD.
If this wasn't better black SILK than
is usually sold at a dollar, we couldn't
continue to sell it in such quantities
YARD WIDE MoNEYsAk BLACK
TAFFETA, $3.50.
1onnet's World Renowned IS inch
Pure Dye Black Taffeta $3.50 a yard.
New Plaid Silks for Waists, 75c to
$3.50.
SPECIAL FOR NEXT SATURDAY
AND MONDAY.
Remnants Bleached Cotton Table
Damask, splendid quality, Sc inches
wide, lengths Of 2, 21a and yards, 25c
yard.
SPECIAL IN THE CARPET DEPART.
MENT.
9x12 Brussels Rugs, four good styles,
fairly good quality, $11.50 each.
Best quality, Hartford Brussels
Rugs, size 9x12, $500 each. A wide
range of STYLES.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14
Nav AUTUMN pREss GOODS.


know how.
NEW AUTUMN DRESS GOODS.
The celebrated Priestly Blacks,
Wool Taffeta, Chiffon. Panamas. Broad
Cloths. Mixed suitings in Plaids and
checks, SOC to $500 yard.
Priestly's Cravenette Coverts, Sc
inches wide, $3.50 and $500 a yard.
SPECIAL.
SO inch Suitings in grey mixtures,
plaids, etc., SOC a yard.
SO inch Rain Proof Cotton Suitings,
25c yard.
COTTON FABRICS FOR MISSES
AND cHILpREN's SCHOOL
DRESSES.
Dark styles in Dress Ginghams, 1Oc
and 12hc.
Dark styles in Penangs, 1Oc and
121kc.
SPECIAL FOR NEXT SATURDAY
AND MONDAY.
% inch zoe Cotton Suiting, in dark
red, blues, browns, greys, ETC., 1oe .
yard.
FALL SILKS.
So inch coIored Taffeta SILK, 500 q
Yard.
Almost any good color you could ask
for, such as navy, brown, green, grey,
dark red, the new Bordeaux red, white,
light blue, pink, as we'll as all the best
shades, $1.0O a yard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-20


w.
osspf life in San Francisco; and
of Island vicinity
stood and willing to assist their fellow DISTRESS
of
in
by the action of local
which evening made
priation of s1oo the relief fund
the
council tonight call of the
act stuat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-20

Following is a summary of the dam
age done by earthquake and fire in
San Francisco and other points on the
Pacific coast, as compiled from the
dispatches:
SAN FRANCISCO The fire is
still raging in several directions,
and fully three-fourths of the
city area has been ravaged by the
flames, with little hope of saving the
remainder. While the communication
south of the channel has been cut off,
it is believed that the fire has run
much farther south than that. Some
success was attained in checking the
fire at Octavia street and Golden Gate
avenue and at Broadway on the north.
The flames are reaching steadily west
ward and northward. however. The
water supply is entirely destroyed and
even drinking water is unobtanable.
The food supply also is running short
The loss of life is as problematical as
it was "a hours ago. The most accur-
ate reports obtainable place the death
roll at from 500 to 1,000 The proper
ty loss has been increasing rapidly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-20
CAUSED NO LOSS
Los Angeles Shock Merely
Frightened People Al
ready Nervous.

Los Angeles, April 20.-At u: 33
o'clock yesterday afternoon Los An
geles experienced a distinct earth
quake shock of short duration. Abso-
lutely no damage was done, but thous-
ands of people were badly frightened
Men and women occupants of office
buildings, especially the tall structures,
ran out into the streets, some of them
hatless. Many stores were deserted
in like manner by customers and clerks.
The shock, however, passed off in a
few minutes, and most of those who
had fed streetwards returned pres
emily.
The San Francisco horror has strung
the populace here to a high tension,
and a spell of sultry weather serves
to increase the general nervousness.
Not An Unusual shock.
G.. z. Franklin, at the head of the
United States weather bureau in this
city, in his report of the quake 10 min
utes after it occurred, said:
There was nothing at all unusual
in the shock. 1t was of hardly suffi-
cient strength TO move the pendulum
of the clock in my office, and of sin
gle undulation; it seemed to be moving
from north to south.