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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-04-01
eye. and .mll. uulllac,, all att.mps a

eyes ana smile uuliincd all stfemp0 -
criticism.
Jack. too. seemed impressed BIZ O.
unusual character OF the nswcomWfu
charm. In repOse her face was almost
ugly. Then she would turn those won
derful. coercing eyes upon you ana
smile. and forever after you watched
and waited.
Even In that first hour Felicia trem.
bled for her supremacy. Coyertiy she
noticed that Jack was as irresistibly at.
tracted as she herself was. For ten
whole minutes he had not once looked
In her own direction.
"She has a lovely smile" aspSsSs liter
observed craftily as her Low Lied
home with her. !,
Heavenly" was his uns FOG
answer. "And her eyesl BY Nk' I
never saw such eyes! II isn'dOlthat
they're so beautiful. but it's what they
say. When she looks at you you feel
rs II you're itr'
Felicia, walking behind him In tas
narrow path. felt suddenly bereft She
DIDN'T have eyes that made you feel
that you were Il. She didn't have a
smile that even Jack grew enthusiastic
over. She was Just pretty.
$50 unusual! She draws you In spite
OF yourself. simply can't keep my
eyes or her She's fascinating"
On he went In the same strain. too
absorbed expressing his interest and
admiration to his other self TO notice
the forlorn brevity Of her replies.
mot 10 come over this EVENING"" he
repeated in surprise when. at the door.
she told him her wishes. "You must DO
crazy. or course I'm coming"
But In spite Of his protests she was
obdurate. and he went away In a hun.
II Felicia were capricious during the
following week. Miss Dandy was all
that man could wish. In her society
Jacks wounded pride was soothed and
comforted. She made him forget his
worries and appear at his best
Once. and once only. he had heret-
zeal thought. lie wished Felicia were
more like her. Then he WINGED at his
own disloyalty. Dear. blue eyed. sunny
Felicia! A wave OF tenderness swept
over him. and he determined TO find
out without further delay what was
the impalpable shadow that lay be-
tween them ever since the Danbys
came
swell. by lover he exclaimed aloud,
A light dawnlng upon him. Then. as
II there were really no use OF trying
adequately TO express the wonder that
the suspicion caused him. he exclaimed
again helplessly. by lover
"And she Is the lady who believes !
that an engagement should be the
llghtest OF ties: that engaged people |
should see as much as possible OF I'M
engaged ones. Oh, my eyer And he
threw back his head and roared with |
delight.
That afternoon they had It out. Fe-
licia, with burning cheeks and flashing |
eyes. accused him hotly.
you've been perfectly daft over her
from the first moment There's no use
OF denying It. You know you have,
and our engagement
She choked. and Jack. who stood
looking down nj her. his hand thrust
In the pockets OF his short coat. finish
ed the sentence.
HAS stood the test Of the third per
son." he said In teasing voice. Then
he held out his arms. and after one
startled. questioning glance she went
20 him.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-04-01
CERTIFYING OF CASES.
This to BE Done With View Of lnssi.
tutina Criminal Proceedings


Washington. March 3i.-As the re-
suit OF an investigation in New York
City by the interstate commerce com
mission OF alleged underbilling and
misdescription OF goods by various
shippers Il was stated at the Offices
OF the commission that the present In
tention Is 10 certify cases 10 the de-
partment Of justice for criminal pro-
ceedinss with view Of bringing about
Indictment This action. howey, +.
will be deferred until after the com
mission has conducted further hear
ings In other cities where. Il IA al
legged. similar unlawful acts have been
committed. AZ present II n contem-
plated by the commission 20 examine
certain witnesses az Buffalo and Phil
adelphia. W ere. II Is said. frauds equal
TO II not OF greater magnitude than
those alleged TO have been committed
In New York and vicinity have been
perpetrated. These latter harings will
be conducted some time during April.
A Ilember OF the commission said thi
II Is the determination of the commits.
sion so far as possible TO break up
: ractice. and that II IL the belief that
this can be done through drastic &C.
ton OF the courts.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
MEAT $50 A POUND.

"The flesh of the green turtle often
brings $50 pourd," said an oyster
dealer This rich meat comes to Gs
from the coral reefs of the West In
dies
THE turtles are ca Isn, in nets
among the rocks. They are very care
fully brought north. They are deck
passengers at first, but as the weatn-
er grows cold with the ships prog
ress they are penned in warm rooms
below-regular state rooms.
IT'S different treatment that they
get. though, at the natives hands, If
a native is bringing turtles north, he
nails them fast to the deck by their
lllppers. Strange. creatures that they
are, they appear TO suffer little under
such cruel treatment,
"The caiipee and ealipash are. re-
spectiyely. the flesh from the breast
md the back OF the green turtle, It'd.
hts which have heard epicures say.
are unequalled in the earth beneath,
the heavens above or the water under
Tie earth. This meat is snperlatively
rich, delicate and tender
Live green turtle fetches, whole
sale. from dime TO quarter per
pound What makes the meat so ex.
pensive IN the end is that. ont of a
l40.pound fish, you'll only get two
hounds of calipee and a pound of cal
ipush.
Several times, when there has been
a tight turtle market. the chefs Of
millonaires and of certain extrava-
giant hotels have offered me 81 pound
for live turtle At that rate your cali
pee and calipash would come to quite
$50 pound wouldn't it?"
He led the way to basement, dark,
warm and dry Here drowsed a mum.
Der Of enormous green turtles. and in
several heavy cases lay heaps of what
looked like crisp, curly pieces of glue.
THAT" said the dealer sis the fin.
est sun-dried turtle meat"
80 Won ever have accidents in han
ding big turtles?"
mot often. Last month, though, a
200-pounder bit my foremans nose off.
The fellow has sued me for damages
He claims the turtles ought to be muz-
aled. He says elevators and danger.
ous machines have guards and the
muzzes would be the guards of the
| turtles, But that Is nonsense"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
A DISEASE OF WALTERS.

II am going to take a month on,
sir" said the waiter. Il have be
come leg-weary"
The patron looked up from his chop
n astonishment.
'Leg-weary?" he said. "Why, that
is a disease of horses, isn't it?"
Eyes, sir. But we walters get IT,
too, sometimes"
How does it affect you?"
"Much the same as it affects a
horse, sir. The legs become numb,
and don't mind You right. They are
lpt TO crumple under you inexpllcably
and let you down"
"Leg-wearlness is. caused by too
much leg work. sir. 1t is like writer's
ramp. From too much writing the
hand gives out; from too much trot-
ling the legs give out.
When horse gets lee-weary they
put him 10 pasture for a month. With
my leg-weariness I'll sit at home on a
-ocking chair by the radiator and
with the papers. my pipe and boots
from the free library. ri take it easy
i'll my legs tone up again"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
ABOUT SAFES.

Safes are made in the form of
trunks, shoe boxes. organs, armchalrs.
desks" said a safe salesman. MANY
people, You see. want concealed safes
that viii offer no temptation to the
thief
There are safe solicitors. the same
as insurance solicitors. Safes, II
seems, don't sell themselves. So all
over the country solicitors are always
going busily, stopping in every new
office to try and land a safe.
Each big safe manufacturer has
relic department. Here he exhibits
gnarled old safes that came unnarm-
ed through fires, drilled and bruised
safes that thieves could not explode.
yellow and rusted ship safes whose
contents even the seas depths could
not harm.
The safe business daily grows big.
ger. and astonishing is the number
of safe statesmen travelling the coun-
try over"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
GOLD MINES FOR ALL.

"There Is more money In com.
edy or farce than in musical com
edy." said Manager Fiasco. "In a
musical comedy, you see. the expenses
are so heavy.
~ suppose Charley's Aunt, ilnan-
cially considered, was the most sue
cessful play ever written. At one
time there were fourteen companies
touring In it nl the same time in
America, and in the English provinces
and in France and Germany. II ran
700 nights in London. 1t earned, all
told, $450,0Oo,
Sweet Lavender paid over $3.50
900. At the start 1t was not very sue
cessful either.
"In that respect II was like Booth
Tarkington's Beaucaire, which seem
ed doomed to fail at first. and is still,
running. Beaucaire has netted Mr.
Harrington $125,000 to date.
Jones and Herman, the authors OF
The Ticket-of-Leave Man, made oui
of that one drama $4,000.
"fhe Gilbert and Sullivan operas
ran wonderfuiy-PinafoI two years
Patience eighteen months. and so on
1t was common thing for the authors
TO clear from one opera s250,000 or
100000 apiece.
"Pinero made 100000 out of The
Second Mrs. Tanqueray, sl50000 oul
of The Magistrate and $4,000 out ol
Dandy Dick.
George Bernard Shaw got in the
past practically nothing from his plays
but today there are not lacking pro
phets who say that before his life
ends Shaw will have cleared $500.
900 out of Candida alone.
What surprises me is that every
man and woman in the world doesn :
turn to and write play, Playwrlt.ns
is a gold mine open to ALL"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
TOWN BUILDING POLICY OF
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Recalling the history of the South
built its first piece of railway in the
Pacific country. recalls that the only
two citieS which the company could
not dodge by building new nearby
towns, are San Francisco and Los An
geles. from the north to the south
of the Pacific coast San Francisco
held an Independent position, as did
also Los Angeles, practically, but all
along the coast the now great railway
built Its own new towns. and It would
seem that the company is not to de
part from its rule or custom at Du-
range. If Its maneuvers in surveying
around the city indicate anything.
But there is one proposition which
the Southern Pacific can not get away
from. and that is that to secure ter.
minal facilities in the Animas valley
1t can not get away from Durango or
build town that Will not be part
of a greater Durango. The Herald
is now convinced that the new stand
ard gauge railway from the Pacific
TO Denver will not seek terminal facil-
tiles in what is now known as Duran
go proper, but the new town will be
girded with Durango street railways
and penetrated with Rio Grande stand.
ard gauge tracks.
New town building. 200 or 300 new
towns. along its line from the north
to the south, was a powerful agent
for the rapid development and i'm
provement of the great California
coast section. and stimulated the
growth of industry throughout the
Pacific west, and whatever the South.
ern Pacific railway will do In select
ing terminal facilities in the Animas
valley, must result in a greater Du-
range.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
EXTENSIVE ADVERTISING.

The following is copy of adverts-
ing placed by the d. 4 r. G. railroad
in LAO papers throughout the mid
die and southeastern states:
"The plodding farmer may be slow,
but in the end in his race with other
lines Of industry that seem to hold
out brighter promises he always
seems to come out as did the patient
tortoise in mis- race with the hare.
The latest Illustration of this comes
from Colorado, state which only a
few years ago was dazzling the world
with the richness of its gold and sill
yer mines.
The annual reviews of Colorado's
progress show that in 1905 the stale
produced the greatest amount of gold
OF any year in its history, a total of
S29 100000, But in the same wear
the grain and potatoes. hay and other
produce from Colorado farms aggre-
gated more than si0,000000 in value
Silver was higher in value than for
several years, and the production Of
this metatl in Colorado rose to Sill
100000, but the combined product of
the orchards and sugar beet patches
beat the total of silver by sl.50O, 900.
Five million dollars worth of lead
was marketed. which is Just about
equal to the value of the fat lambs
shipped. The whole value of the
product of the metalliferous mines OF
the state was S43,OOo.OOO. The prod
ucts of the farms aggregated more
than S70,0O0.00O.
More money is being invested in
agricultural projects in Colorado than
in the development Of mines. Reser.
voirs and canals originally planned
for placer mining have been diveried
to irrigation, and the next few yearg
seem likely to see the area of high
iy productive farming lands in the
state more than doubled. The man
with the hoe seems to have secured
start over the man with the hammer
and drill, which the latter will never
be able to overcome. unless some
very remarkable new discoveries of
mines are made"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
BURGLAR BooMs BUSINESS.

Philadelphia Bulletin.
The gunsmith laid down his news
paper. which contained an exciting ar
ticle about a burglars capture by an
heiress.
business will be good today" he
said. This burglars capture by arm
ed young woman will have a bulling
effect on the revolver trade.
AN householders feel that for pro
lection they should have revolvers at
hand: but they put off visiting the
gunsmith. as one puts OFF getting his
teeth filed. 1t takes an episode like
this to recall them to their duty. The
perceive that the heiress. because she
had revolver saved herself some
thousands of dollars In silver and jew
els. Accordingly they hurry to the
right shop and invest in weapon.
"A good newspaper account of bur
glars repulse by an armed household
er has often, TO my knowledge, quad
rupled that days gun and revolver
sales"
The man smiled.
"ln fact, | might say" he ended
that burglars are our best revolver
salesmen,"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
UNITED STATES AT ALeEclRAs.

Last week the senate discussed in
executive session the Bacon resolution
asking the president to explain why
he sent representatives to the Moroc-
can conference. Some senators ex-
pressed apprehension that our partic-
ipation might involve us in grave diff
fculties and entanglements and estab-
lish dangerous precedent. In at
least one open session of the senate
Messrs. Bacon and Hale have since
given milder expression to the same
sentiments.
The summary of the instructions
given to our representative at the AL
geciras conference, which Secretary
Root has published, should reassure
the critics of the administration. The
United States participates in the con
ference as one of the signatory pow
ers of the treaties of 1886 and 1880 In
relation to Morocco and because 1t
has commercial interests and oppor
tunities in the Moorish kingdom. Its
sole concern. as the Record-Herald an
ticipated, Is the maintenance of the
open door policy In Morocco and 9th
er questions. which Senator Bacon
described as purely politicar'-the
policing of the frontier, the suppress
sion Of smuggling. financial reorganiz-
alton and the prevention of private
nopolies-interest it only in so fnr
as they directls bear on the open
door question.
In other words. we are not at Alee-
'iras either to help France or to fur
ther the designs of Germany, or 20
take hand in deciding European mot:
ters. We are there to protect our own
present and prospective interests. Our
only test in the settlement of any
pending question is. VIII it safeguard
the open door? And since both France
and Germany unreservedly accept that
principle, our position is not calcu-
lated to offend either one of them.
OF course. delicate differences may
arise in the course of the discussion.
and tne application of the apparently
harmless test may prove difficult. The
state department, aware of this. has
instructed our representatives to con.
suit it by cable in regard to any vote
or other action they might wish to
give or take.
Reassuring also are the accounts of
the proceedings of the opening day of
the conference and the spirit of the
delegations. There is no warlike tone,
no spirit of suspicion or hostility The
chief of the German mission says that
'all allusion to war is purely phantas.
magoric." and no nervousness is dis
played either by the French or the
British representatives.
aid.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
A GREAT CHANCE.

He entered tim.dly. He stood be-
fore the editor, twisting the brim of
his soft black hat with long, white,
poetic fingers.
Il am sorry" said the editor. 81
am very sorry. But we can not use
your poem. This is final'
Tears welled up in the young mans
eyes. He swallowed.
WHY" he said.
We'll. to be candid" the editor re-
piled. neither in prosody nor in CON
struction is this poem meritorious.
The idea is old. The sentiment is
maudlin. The expression is atrocious.
The rhymes are vile"
But now light as of great joy. IL
lumined the poets face and he cried
eagerly:
Give me back my manuscript. Give
1t back to me"
Very WELL" said the editor, but
don't see what you can do with it."
"Set 1t to music" cried the poet.
Make a popular song oil it, With the
you ascribe to 1t. un,
doubtedly it will be the hit of the
season."
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
A COMMUNICATION.

To the Durango Herald;
A recent issue of your paper COM
mented on the recent request Of Rev.
Mary Baker G. Eddy asking Christian
Scientists not to send her gifts, con-
gratulatory dispatches or letters on
the occasion of Yuletide festivities.
beg TO correct this erroneous i'm
preston of your comment that the
action had stirred her million or more
followers No stir has been created.
Christian Scientists recognize that
they must not look to the personality
of Mrs. Eddy but to God, and that she
is too busy directing the great move
mcnt of which she is the head to have
her time consumed bY reading mere
congratulations or laudatory mes
saces. The business of her request Is
apparent to Christian Scientists and Is
being observed by them. Your com
mont also gives the impression that
this request OF Mrs. Eddys applies
with equal force to Christian Scion
lists in their relations to each other.
Such Is not the case. In the Chris
tian Science Sentinel Of January G.,
inst. Mrs. Eddy advises parents and
guardians to continue according TO the
custom of the age to provide for the
Joy of the children at this season. The
only advice ahe offers y that the myth
of Santa Claus have no part 10 IT,.
The error of leading the child to be-
lieye this Illusion has for long time
been apparent 10 many thoughtful
pee pie. The shock to the trusting ma
tme Of the child when he learns that
he has been deliberately and syste-
matically deceived is not good for the
development of the child's character.
The wisdom of her advice in this mat
ter is appreciated not only by Chris
tan Scientists but by a large portion
of the general public.
Very sincerely,
EZRA w. PALMER,
Christian Science Publication Commit
tee for Colorado.
Pueblo, Colo, Jan. %, 1906.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
EARLY DAY IRRIGATION
ON SAN JUAN RIVER

Effort to provide for the irrigation
Of lands on the SaE Juan river begun
as early as the spring OF 1878, near the
mouth OF Canon Largo. when the
Hales and Pelpses and few Mexi-
cans began to take out ditch. Tbe
first white settlers located there
(among them the two former families
and solomon In the fall of ~. The
first plan conceived was to cover the
Bloomfield mesa. on the north side oil
the San Juan river, but this required
too muci, money for people who had
to grind wheat on coffee mills to get
breadstuff. In April, 1878, the ditch
camp was about two miles above Or
ange Phelps ranch, and the ditch
crew was trying to cook with water
from the San Juan river that was hall
sand, and when they pulled a piece
Of beef from the pot tney had 10
brush the sand from IT before they
could undertake to masticate 1t, ana
this was after they had tried to settle
the water. Coffee was better, as the
sand settled to the bottom. The Lin.
coin ditch below, near the mouth OF
the Animas river. was surveyed with
a triangle and spirit level in the fall
of IT, and was constructed In the
spring and summer of 1873. When
the river fell In the latter part OF the
Irrigation season this ditch could no
longer take water and 1t had to be
dug deeper.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
MEN TWO MILES HIGH.

"lf the stars and planets are in
habited," said an astropomer. "it t.
natural to suppose that in size their
inhabitants bear the same relation to
them that we bear to the earth. What
mean is that. II man is one ten
millionth of the earth's weight, Mar
tian is one ten-millionth of Mars
weight, and so on.
Let us work this out.
AN inhabitant of Jupiter. according
to our ratio, must then weigh 1,750
pounds. He is 60 feet in height. His
chest measures 30 feet Jupiter, you
see, Is oyer ten times the size of the
earth.
THE sun is 100 times the size of
the earth. He would weigh 1850
pounds. His chest measure would he
$50 feet. His front teeth would be
four feet long.
Sirius is the largest of the fixed
stars. Sirius is the great central
sun. 1t is l 300 times larger than the
earth. Thus. Slrian would be a
mile and half high, He would weigh
about 250.000 pounds. His front teeth
would be So feet long. His nostrils
would each be so feet in diameter.
His eye would measure 100 feet length
wise and 75 feet up and down. A hair
from his head would be thick enough
and strong enough to make a crutcn
for you and me-"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29
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From the Miner.

From the Miner.
The Bay City crosscut is evidently
nearing the vein. as the breast is
showing plenty of mineral.
We understand that the Chief boys
INDUCED in a foot race last week.
Powder for fuel is not economy and
is hard on the nerves.
w. A. Stewart has purchased from
Hawkinson, Frye and Reynolds their
interests in the Alpine claim, situated
near the idaho.
development work on the Idaho will
ne discontinued until the weather per
mits the construction of suitable
buildings.
We nope that La Plata mining men
viii learn in the course of a few more
years that the summer and fall are
the best seasons in which to put in
coal and other heavy supplies.
1t will probably be a little time yet
before the consolidation of the Neg.
lected and Edith Mining companies
can be perfected as a case in supreme
court regarding the Neglected will not
~ 'NNiuNu uhIil week dlter next.
Hunter & Price are working a small
force on the Gold Dollar mine and
are cleaning out the lower tunnel
and drift and will extend the drift Ia
cut the ore body opened in the upper
level, which will cut nearly 100 feet
below the present workings.
Last weeks storm again closed the
road between town and the Empire.
and, as they were out of coal. the men
came to town on Sunday. They will
try to open the road, but 1t Is a hard
proposition to keep 1t open this time
of year, especially so when ONLY one
team is hauling.
The May Day mine continues to
make its regular shipments of over
$1,000 per day, and the lower tunnel
is being extended to cut a lower grade
vein above the May Day. Work is
going ahead on the framework for
the tunnel terminal of the new tram
line and also on the erection of the
ore washer at this point. BY the time
mat the two miles of track to connect
with the Rio Grande Southern rail-
road can be completed In the spring
MS mine will be in shape to make an
output that will make older and larg-
'r. mines hustle to match.