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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
FOLLOWED PREY TOO FAR.
In It's Anxiety to Secure Dinner Lynn
Bolts Into Trapper's Hut
and Is Killed.

That the instinct of self-preserva-
ton is not confined to the human rece
is evident from many instances in the
experience of hunters in the north
woods of Minnesota George Brown,
a trapper in the Tahquamenon river
country, relates the fact that while
seated in his tent one evening at dusk
there was a sudden connection at the
entrance and in popped a rabbit. Be
hind the rabbit, in hot pursuit, came
another animal, which fairly shot
down the snow incline into the tent.
The animal proved to be a lynx.
For a moment it did not dawn upon
the lynx that it had been caught in a
snare, and then it jumped to the OPP
posite side of the tent and began to
claw the canvas and snarl. BY this
time the trapper had grabbed a club
and was on his feet. The fight that
followed was lively, and how he mar
aged to dodge the lynx and also hit it
in the s-emi-darkness is, he says, a
mystery, but it was not long before the
lynx was stretched out ~lifeless. The
hunter came out of the encounter with
a few scratches, and in the meantims
the rabbit escaped.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
DIAMOND DEALERS MISTAKE
One of His Own Gems, But he
Failed to Recognize tho
Sparkler.

will you please examine this dia-
mOnd," said a man who had stepped
into a jewelers. shop, "and tell me
what you think of it? If it is a good
stone, l think l will buy it."
The jeweler took the gen., which
was unset, and looked at it critically
for e moment. Then in a confidential
toni he said:
We'll, to tell you the truth, that
isn't a very good stone. 1t hasn't much
fire, it is badly cut, and there is some
thing here very much like a flaw"
Then he held the diamond under a mi
crOScope and examined it carefully,
finally observing: mo, it isn't exactly
a flaw, but shouldn't call il a per-
pect stone. Now, if you want some
thing really fine, here"
Excuse me- the other mar inter
rupted. Il don't think III buy a dia-
mCn6 to-day. This is a diamond that
Ii of your assistants let me tlke Sat
urday on approval. l deposited $40 on
it. Please let me have my money,
and we will declare the deal on
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
HAD TO HAVE PAPER.
Canine Victim of Misfortune Re
sorted to Highway Robbery to
Retrieve His Loss.

A new and true addition to the end
less string of dog stories is told by a
correspondent in a country village on
the continent.
The village innkeeper had trained
his dog to go every day at a certain
hour end fetch his masters paper
from the Office where it was printed,
One day OF his waJ home the dog met
an old enemy; the two engaged in a
fight, and the newspaper came to grief.
When his foe had skunk away, the vic
tor, with an anxious look in his eyes,
stood over the tatteTs.
At that moment a gentleman hold
ing a foreign paper came into view,
walking leisurely along, and the dog
at once, and without a sign of agita-
ton, took old of it and carriei II
to his master, whose establishment at
receiving a foreign paper gave way
to pride and vainglory when the VIC
tim Of this example of shameless high
way robbery, who had followed the
dog, laughingly explained the situa-
ton.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
ONE TUNER IN LUCK
FOUND "RATTL1NG" PIANO A
SMALL GOLD MINE.
Provision Some One Had Made for
Rainy Day Calmly Appropriated
by Professor Untroubled
by Conscience.

Piano tuners, as a rule, are the
unluckiest people on earth" said the
professor, 10 and there was a chorus Of
alternatives from every one around the
table. The professor" is the head
tuner in a big piano house, and he
was having the boys out for 4 little
spread.
Il never came by any easy money
in my life but once he said, "and
that, of course, was by accident When
l was a cub in the profession l was
sent out to a swell establishment on
Prairie avenue. The lady of the house
said that the piano ratified, and it sure
did. l looked it over carefully-ol the
top of it and in the back of the case
and when the lady left the
slipped out the board that fits against
the worries, and what do you think |
found there? 1 found a bright $50
gold piece"
We'll" said the youngest Of the
crowd, called the kid I'D rattle, too,
il | had that much money about me,
you bet"
But that wasn't ALL" the "profes-
sor' went on; underneath the worries
l pulled out two ten-dollar bills. Now,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

that's a fact. Some one had buried
$40 in that box for a rainy day, per-
haps, and had forgot about it. Well,
l slipped it into my pocket right
quick, slapped the old piano together
again, and played Bedelia' and sang
it, too, at the top of my voice, l
was happy, you bet. Well, the lady
came in when she heard me singing,
and said something about my being a
cratkerjack piano tuner or something,
and"
"Of course" one interrupted, you
gave the lady the s40?"
"Oh, yes, OF course; oh, yes" said
the professor" mockingly; 81 gave
back nothing"
well, but" began another.
"Oh, I know what you are going to
say" exclaimed the prof" "Yos, l
did. l charged her $3.50 for fixing that
piano, and it hurt me afterwar1,
either. l did it quite cheerfully."
And the professor" gathered mp
the checks that lay at the other fell
lows plates and led the way to the
cigar stand.-Chicago Record Herald.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
BUILDING FOOD
To Bring the Babies Around.

IL oA@A6 LAG 0GDASo AAOuAhs
When a little human machine Cor a
large one) goes wrong, nothing is so
important as the selection of food to
bring it around again.
my little baby boy fifteen months
old had pneumonia, then came brain
fever, and no sooner had he got over
these than he began to cut teeth and,
being so weak, he was frequently
thrown into commissions" says a Col
orado mother.
Il decided a change might help, so
took him to Kansas City for a visit.
When we got there he was so very
weak when he would cry he would
sink away and seemed like he would
die.
when l reached my sisters home
she said Immediately that we must
feed him Grape-Nuts and, although l
had never used the food, we got some
and for a few days gave him just the
juice Of Grape-Nuts and milk. He
got stronger so quickly we were soon
feeding him the Grape-Nuts itself and
in a wonderfully short time he fat
tened right up and became strong and
well.
THAT showed me something worth
knowing and, when later on my girl
came, l raised her on Grape-Nuts and
she is a strong healthy baby and has
been. You will see from the little
photograph 1 send you what a strong.
chubby youngster the boy is now, but
he didn't look anything like that be-
fore we found this nourishing food.
Grape-Nuts nourished him back to
strength when he was so weak he
couldn't keep any other food on his
stomach" Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
All children can be built to a more
sturdy and healthy condition upon
Grape-Nuts and cream. The food con-
tains the elements nature demands,
from which to make the soft gray
filling in the nerve centers and brain.
A well-fed brain and strong, sturdy
nerves absolutely insure a healthy
body.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, THE Road to MELVILLE"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
Curious Gevser Clock.

One of the most curious clocks in
the world is, perhaps, that which tells
the time to the Inhabitants of a lit
tie American backwoods town. The
machinery, which is nothing but a
face, hands and lever, is connected
with a geyser which shoots out an
immense column of hot water every
3S seconds. This spouting never
varies to the tenth Of a second. Every
time the water spouts up it strikes
the lever and move the hands for
ward 38 seconds.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
ODE EATING CUSTOMS.

Trazilians never eat when they
drink, nor drink when they eat; and
the Tartars continually persist in pull
ing a guest by the ear until he drinks.
Maldive islanders retire to the dark
est part of the houses and hang cur
tails about them, so that none Of
their fellowmen may see them at their
meal.
When they desire to show a mark
of great esteem, the negroes of Ardra
drink from the same cup at the same
time, and the King of Loango used
to eat and drink in two separate
houses.
The Philippine islander will not eat
a meal alone. Whenever a Filipino
finds himself without a companion
with whom to share his meal, he will
abstain from eating until he has
found one.
A strange custom prevails in KAN
chtaka, where a man who wishes to
entertain a guest invites him into a
cabin, which is heated to an excessive
temperature, and then presses him
with food until he is in a state Of tor
por. Instances of men dying at these
orgies have been known.
The Tahitians, though a naturally
sociable race, dine separately. Even
the man and his wife do not eat to-
gehter. Each member of the family
has his own ~food-basket. They take
their places about five yards apart,
and then, turning their backs to each
other, dine amid a profound silence.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
Giraffes Sion TRAFFIC.

There has been a temporary inter
ruption in the telegraph service on the
Victoria Falls line, says a dispatch
from Bulawayo, South Africa. It ap-
pears that a herd Of CRATES became
entangled by their necks in the wires
at Intundhla, Is miles from Bula.
wayo, and pulled about a mile down
breaking three Of the iron poles.
The telegraph lineman was, fortu-
nately, near at hand, and communica-
ton was interrupted only for a few
hours. This is about the sixth time
since the opening of the Falls line that
similar Interruptions have occurred
In two cases elephants were respon-
sible.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

for all tyranny is an inflated bubble, which to
pierce with the spear of investigation brings
about a collapse.
"Old men for council and young men
for war" is the adagc. But the instru-
ments of war are changing; %bayonets are
giving way to ballots; mo are being sup
planted by arguments, and the hosts of prog
ress, the enemies of wrong, the soldiers Of
humanity, are being marshaled under the
white-bordered banners Of peace, and this
higher crusade, this new warfare, the
young must yet be counted upon; they must
still be the dreaded foes Of the wrong. the
belted and plumed knights Of the right.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

o~verexerted myself in the least degree.
At times l was weighed down with a
feeling of languor and depression and
suffered continually from annoying ir-
%regularities of the kidney secretions.
I procured a box of Doan's Kidney
Pills and began using them. I found
prompt relief from the aching and
lameness in my back, and by the time
l had taken three boxes l was cured
of all Irregularities"
Sold by all dealers: so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

An apparatus has just come into
use in France which records the hu.
man voice upon a postcard. This is
the "~phonocard." The voice is re-
corded by an ordinary photograph OF
simple construction by means Of a
pencil with a sapphire point. By the
aid Of the ~phonocard people may now
send communications through the
post that may be more easily unAoe.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

It is reported from Washington that
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will not
allow their daughter Ethel to be pho
~tographed. Some Of her schoolmates
have taken snapshots, but the films
and plates are carefully reserved for
private collections. The present Miss
Roosevelt, who, by the way. is re-
garded as the best loking member Of
the family, has been photographed in
groups, but never alone.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

Prof. Joseph John Thomson, a we'll
known physician, in an address in
Cambridge, England, declares that Of
all students in the world, and he has
had experience with most of them, the
Americans show the greatest energy
and enthusiasm, which he credits to
the courses at the American UNIVERSE
ties. which leave the student fresh and
enthusiastic, while the Englishmen are
intellectually tired.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

Vegetarians in Chicago are rejoicing.
The long sought for substitute for
meat has been found in the unobtru-
sive "goober." Peanuts, properly pre-
pared, rolled through a nut grinder,
made into paste, spread and dried, will
supply the human system with all the
nutritiye properties supposed to be
contained in beef and will prove as
toothsome as a porterhouse steak, ac-
cording to the local advocates of the
abolition Of the stockyards.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

It would seem an act of practical pa
triotism on the part of our wealthy
Americans who have planned to spend
the summer in Europe, wisely sug-
gests the Wall Street Journal, if they
would now change their plans and
make the trip to California. By so
doing they would help California in
the best possible way, they would keep
millions of dollars at home in a time
when we need the money and they
would enrich their minds and broaden
their knowledge of their own country
so as to better fit them for success in
their business and professions.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
Red River PrOSpectOr
RED RIVER, NEW MEXICO.

Don't Ignore the Money Side.
No matter what our vocation may
be, you must be a business man first.
or you will always be placed at a great
disadvantage in the practical affairs o.
life. We cannot entirely ignore the
money side Of existence any more than
we can the food side, and the very
foundation of a practical, successful
life is the ability to know how to man
age the money side effectively, writes
DR.. o. S. Marden. in Success Magazine.
It is infinitely harder to save money and
to invest it Wisely than to make il,
and, if even the most practical men,
men who have had a long training in
scientific business methods, find it q
difficult thing to hold on to money
after they make it, what is likely to
happen to people who have had p:ac-
tically no training in business meth
DDS? If every child. in America had a
thorough business training, tens Of
thousands of promoters, long-healed,
cunning schemers, who have thrlven
on the peoples ignorance, would be
out of an occupation. l believe that
the business colleges are among the
greatest blessings in American civillza-
ton to-day, because they have saved
thousands Of homes from being
wrecked, and have made happy and
comfortable tens of thousands Of peo-
pie who might otherwise be living in
poverty and Indebtedness.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

In connection with Father Sher-
mans attempt to duplicate his ia
theirs march from Atlanta to the
sea- it is related, an old cavalry Of
fcer recalls how a report got abroad
some 20 years ago that Phil Sheridan
was about to revisit the scenes of his
triumphs in the Shenandoah valley. 1t
was said he intended to take a troop
of cavalry with him and when the eX-
-confederates heard OF it they sent him
word: Come along and Well shoot
you full OF holes" The general re-
piled: Il had no intention of making
such a trip, but l am glad to see that
the gallant foes of a former day have
ONE of the old spirit in them"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

Conservatism is al
ways menaced by the
oun g. Complacency
should ever be dis
turbed by the young
Dogmatism must ever
be routed by h e
young. Tyranny must
ever be overthrow by
the young. Monarchy,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

The family of the late Prof. Langley,
of the Smithsonian institution, mas
turned over to the institution the
scientific medals and decorations of
n sort or anoth er that had been pre-
scented to him from various parts Of
the world in recognition Of his re-
searches.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

Some of the national legislators in
Washington are reported to be becOm-
ing alarmed over the fact that the
present is by far the talkiest of which
there is any history. The fifty-frst
congress was some on language, but
the ffty-ninth, which is the present
aggregation, has it dashed to the mast
and screaming for mercy, On May 10
in the ffty-frst congress the states
men had put forth some 4,526 pages of
talk as registered in the Congressional
Record. On Saturday, which was May
10 for the ffty-ninth congress, the
Record bulked 1900 pages Of speech,
and the end is some distance off yet.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

First of American
institutions is the fam
lily. The home is the
foundation of a repub-
lie. Our civilization
rests upon a tripod
the free school, h e
free church and the
family life. The fall Of
any one of these three
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

A man in Mexico has discovered the
typhus bacillus and in another part Of
the country a man a found the ba-
cillus Of rheumatism. II they could
only be matched to fight TO q nnish.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

N. Y, writes:
Seven e a ago
/ was suffering very
much through the
failure of the kid
neys to eliminate
the uric acid from
my system. My
back was very lame
and ached IL l
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
EASY TO WATER PLANTS.
Automatic Pot That Does the Work
Perfectly with Little Trouble
to Gardener.

One of the clever ideas of raising
plants is an automatic watering pot.
II is made by puncturing a small hole
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
antErtean Banttlp
anO DtOorre
By DIR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS.

institutions means the fall of our civilization, and the overthrow Of
the republic itself. The announcement, therefore, that several thou-
sand families have been broken up the past year has stirred the sense
of alarm in all lovers of their country.
The simple fact is, that we have Pullman palace cars for the
body, but as for marriage, our generation is still wearing red blankets,
and is as ignorant as the painted savages. The time will come when
marriage will be made difficult, when a months notice will have to
be given through church and press; when the board of health will
have to give a certificate tesdfying that there is no disease to curse
possible children through the excuses and crimes of the father or
mother when the parents of bride and groom, and representatives Of
the state, will certify to the right of the contracting parties; these
just and rational safeguards will prevent these domestic catastrophes,
and do much to save the American family. Then, when a man or wom-
an has broken the laws of marriage, it will be the easier to divorce
the other.
The essence of the whole matter, therefore, is in a single word.
Before marriage the young man or woman are free to pursue their
own interests. After they decide to marry and bring children into
the world, they must realize that they have had their day for
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

This orchid, the Odontoglossum
Crispium %Pittianum, which fetched a
record price ($5.735) at the salerooms
of Messrs. Protheroe and Morris in
Cheapside, has been awarded two med
ais at Manchester, England, and is
declared by experts to be the vefy
best blotched 0. Crispium ever seen.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
American Mntors.

Motor car statistics for 1905 show
that 1880 machines were built In
America. OF this number 22.97O were
sold.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
SEVEN YEARS AGO

A Rochester Chemist Found a Singu
larly Effective Medicine.
William A. Franklin, of the Frank
lin & Palmer Chemical Co., Rochester,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

happiness, and henceforth it is the child's happiness
that must be achieved. Henceforth they must
live for duty. Life falls into two epochs, personal
liberty and happiness, within the laws, human
and divine, before marriage. But the happiness Of
the children after marriage is the chief end Of the
father and mother. Every i'll must be endured joy
fully, for the child's sake. The untold sorrows that
little children have suffered at the hands of step
fathers and stepmothers and orphan asylums blacken
the pages of some of our greatest novels.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

Recently the universities OF two states ave enlarged their cur
riculums by adding departments for teaching general railroad prjn-
cpes, among which is that of traffic. Many railroad officers are qucs-
toning the success Of such a department as applied to traffic.
1t is not my purpose to enter into a debate on this point beyond
saying that l believe the principles OF traffic management Of a railroad
may be taught successfully in schools.
After devotng Is years to railroad work the occupation is still
congenial to me, and l think there are as many openings and as many
opportunities in the business to-day for young men of the right class
as there were 10, 20 or 80 years ago, and l am of the opinion that
were all fields OF labor canvassed none would be found offering better
opportunities to the conscientious, ambitious young man than the
transportation world.
Usually a railroad man grows up in the department in which he
first enhsts. If he starts in as a brakeman, telegraph operator, switch
man or fireman and is successful he rises to a general superinten-
tency, or general managership or to a presidency
If he begins as a travelling freight or passenger agent his goal
is usually a general freight or passenger agency, or nowadays the gen
eral traffic management, with the presidency OF the road always a pos
sbiity.
Occasionally one will find a high railroad officer who has served
in all or nearly all Of the principal departments And in my opinion
such a man is more valuable than he who has never rubbed against
anything but his own line of work.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
Trattr departments nf RatlrnaAH
Gum TtFln fnr gnltttg @Fh
BY G. j. GRAMMAR,
Vice President in Charge of Traffic ofNew York Central Lines.

) the population of the country, particularly the territory
west Of the Missouri river, is increasing rapidly, more miles
of railroad are being constructed, there is more business
for the transportation companies, and consequently more
persons are required to operate the commo carriers.
Prosperity means that a big majority of Our children ere
attending school and a large percentage OF them will pursue
college courses. Railroading has come to be a science and
for several years many colleges have taught engineering
with regard to its apnlication to railroad work.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
CIR Wnuttg @an'a
3BlatR III TtfR
By DIR. JHNKIN LLOYD JONES.

plutocracy oHgarchy hierarchy, and all of the other arch enemies of
freedom and progress may well dread the young. From them must
some the disenchantng word. Their spears must prick the bubble
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

in the bottom of a can, and %suspendiag
the can on a stake over the plant and
drawing a string through the hole
in the can. Fill the can with water,
which will drip slowly through the
string, watering the plant perfectly.