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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
Uniformity Of Ameriean Life.

The crudities of American life. nave
been fruitful topics for foreign critics
frorn the earliest colonial times, and
mary eminent British writer's, includ-
ing Dickens, have unbottled the walls
of their sarcasm at our expense. But
either we have improved or men of
fairer judgment are expressing opin-
ions. Mr.. Nabuco, the Brazilian min
lister 1t Washington, has returned
from an extended tour of the United
States, and, speaking of what he saw,
said to a newspaper interviewer: Il
dried very hard indeed to find the
west about which l had heard so
much, but l came to the conclusion
that it is a myth. There is no differ
ence between the people of your vari-
GUS states that l could perceive. The
one thing about Americans which must
impress visitors more than anything
eles is the absence of any s~o-called
lower strata in your society. In this
country there are no men and women
OF the SORT always referred 10 IN Eu-
rope as the people Men and women
here never admit that they are at the
foot of the social ladder, and if they
are there they don't look it; they ap-
pear &c be at the top. l looked in vain
for some place that would look provsn-
cial. In Europe, if n stops at a small
station, even on the principal lines Of
travel, one may find himself in a place
where every essential of refined life is
wanting; but in this country, where all
is change and interchange, railways,
electric light, telephones, lifts and all
modern improvements are everywhere.
This uniformity of your life from sea
to sea is amazing"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
Red River ~PrOSpectOr
RED RIVER, NEW MEXICO.
Surgeon Made Man.
NEW MEXICO

sui eou-Naue NAN.
Il Is probable that most persons will
prefer to go through life with a whole
skin in spite of the reassuring eNm-
ment Of a Philadelphia surgeon on a
recent operation in Rochester, Mimi,
that 1T makes little difference II a
man does lose a few inches Of his in
t%estines." There is plenty Of scien-
tiic authority On his side, remarks the
New York World. Prof. Ellie Metchni-
kof, Of the Pasteur institute, in Paris,
even holds that civilized man would be
better of If he should lose a little of
his alimentary tract, which still re-
tains the proportions he required when
in a savage state.
The vermiform appendix has been
found to be not only a superiuity but
a source Of disease. The surgeons
seem to be the only class to profit by
it, yet few petsons with healthy vermi-
form appendices are so unselfsh as
20 cffer to part with them.
In Los Angeles surgeons report with
pride that they have just taken out a
mans heart, washed it, replaced it,
and promise that he will recover.
Plumbers of men under stress of cir
cumstances. and without mortal incon-
venience have parted with a lobe OF
the lungs or liver or brains, to the
immense qualification Of the surgeons.
but no one does it voluntarily or pure
ly out Of a desire of self-perfection
Mar is perverse enough to want to re
main as he is and to put off surgical
improvements as a forlorn hope. II
may be that there are too man. parts
of him for present needs, but the com
ing race will have to outgrow them as
best it can or put up with them, as
its ancestors did.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

A Chicago school of domestic sci,
ence has recently turned out a group
of sweet girl graduates whose diplo-
mas certify that they are able to keep
a house on ten dollars a week. While
this movement may not settle the
household problem, remarks the Min
neapolis Journal, it is gratifying that
it is being considered and that there
are young women who are making the
effort to restore the art Of bousekeep-
ing in this country. Ten dollars a
week may not be the right figure but
il seems a safe starting point. No
man who cannot earn ten dollars a
week has much of a license to mar
ry. And the man who can earn that
amount is entitled to know in adj
vance that if he does marry he is not
being run up against a $40 wife.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
CoMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF GERMAN Nav

The kaisers's only surviving brother has been
appointed commander-in-chie of the German
navy, succeeding Admiral Edward Won Knorr.
Prince Henry of Prussia is known far and wide
as the sailor prince, and now stands at the head of
the navy Of the German empire.
A Jolly tar" is the conventional phrase, all
sea-faring men supposedly good fellows. 1t ap-
pears Prince Henry of Prussia is no excetion to the
rule-we all remember how often on his recent
visit to America he was assured of being a good
fellow, a jolly good fellow. In his own country
the prince goes by this name, is accounted pleas
ant and jovial.
They say a sailors life is apt to take the non
sense out of a man. and that both King Haakon
of Norway and Prince Henry of Prussia, two royal
sailors, are democratic and simple in their tastes
would give indication that certain virtues lies in
a sailors training. The German prince is said to
have a great dislike for court life.
,ssarily mean he is nothing of a courtier or diplo-
nrince won eVerYbndY hY his charm of manner A
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

locked iron gate with a bicycle is Of degree of fOohshness calling for general
contempt
The crown prince recently distressed father and governors by a show OF
fondness for the society o a gay actress, and the affair wen % far the gay
actress as informed the airO of Belgrade certainly would impair her heal6 if
cpitatey followed, but was finally brought back by court officials.
Montenegrons and Servians are really the same people, and there is
probability that the second Sol of the Prince of Montenegro may be asked to
bad choice. The two dynasties, Karageorgevic and obrenovic, are united in
this prince, he might easily prove a candidate agreeable to both factions of
the country. His wife, who is a suikingy beautiful woman, belongs to the
yObrenovic family. Prince MiTkO is bToherinlaw of Peter, his sister, now
dead, vas wife of Servias present king
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
THE NEXT RULER OF SERvIA

Servia appears pretty tired of King Peter and
not very enthusiastic as a nation about King
Peters sons, The country doubtless will not put
them out of the way by assassination, for it has
learned the world does not approve of that method
of change of monarchs-the world still turning a
cold shoulder to the little country tucked in there
by Austria-H Hungary, Roumania, Bulgaria, Turkey
and Montenegro.
Peters oldest son, Crown Prince George. is
not a very pleasant youth. He is reported as I'M
fortunate possessor of a most ungovernable tenn
per. If the stories be true 1t would seem he is
not fit to attempt governing anybody until he
learns considerably more about controlling him
self. In this day and age a prince may not with
impunity shoot at his tuter when the tutor enters
the school room to begin the days work, may not
strike an officer with a whip simply because the
officer conveys a piece of unwelcome news. And
q YnmIh of Is so foolish as TO trv 10 halter dnmn q
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

Mr.. and Mrs. U. s. Grant are a
couple Of Sac and Fox Indians resid-
ing on the reservation in Oklahoma.
Recently they visited some relatives
in Iowa, and while there some report
ers tried to interview Nj. Grant. He
was asked: How do you think the
Indians Of the territory will be at
fected by the new state of Oklahoma
eve like him" was his answer. Fur
Their M. Grant wouldn't talk. 1t was
noticed that the wife Of his bosom
would be a good subject for a corset
demonstration. Her conversational
powers were extremely limited.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
federal coMMIssIONER OF EDUCATION

DR.. Harris successor, Elmer Ellsworth Blown,
is quite a(young man, As years of age. Since 1898
DR.. Brown has been at the head of the depart
ment of the theory and practice of education at
the University of California.
Since his graduation from the Illinois State
Normal university in 1881, he has been much in
terested in educational matters both in this coun-
try and abroad. DR.. Brown has had very careful
training in the profession of teaching-and today
it is a profession-and has contributed no little to
litera.ur dealing with the art of teaching.
Upon graduation from the normal school he
gathered practical experience in the public schools
at Belvidere, Illinois, and later served as assistant
state secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A. in Illinois. Then
he studied for awhile at the University of Michi-
gan, this study followed by work at the German
universities. He received the degree of Phi. d.
from the University of Halle-Wittenberg.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
SENATOR sPooNER OF WISCONSIN

One hears more often, does one not, Of the
western men in congress than of the gentlemen
from the effete east? Perhaps it is but part OF
Wanting westernism to make the statement, but
such is the superficial impression.
II may be western energy accounts for the
prominence, it may be the gentlemen from the
east are conservative. However, let us not go
into this further, let us take a glance at one man
whose name is well to the fore in congressional
proceedings, Senator Spooner.
Senator Spooner halls, as we all know, from
Wisconsin, is a product of that generous portion
of our country more or less vaguely described by
the tern. Middle West. John Colt SpOOner was
born in Indiana, when he was a youth of 16 his
home was established at Madison, Wisconsin. He
enjoyed the advantages Of the State university
situated in that town, is a graduate of the Uni
yersity of Wisconsin, class of ga.
puf tho cfraaqfu1 uarfod of tho civil war ala
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
AN AMERICAN COMPOSER HoNORED

Fine work and original has been done by Ed
ward Mcdowell, and but for his sad mental and
physical collapse still greater would have been ae-
complished. The newly formed Mcdowell club OF
New York is a tribute to the artist and to the
man for MacDowells was a personality to at
tract and hold.
1t is oftener appreciation is shown after a
man is dead anC gone, but MI. MacDowells form
of illness means that for him all work is OYER,
his career as composer ended.
1t is dOubly sad In that the musician is. so
far as years are concerned, just in his prime. Ed
ward Alexander Mcdowell was born in 1861 in
New York city. He had two seasons of study
abroad; in Paris three years; and in Germany,
Frankfort-on Main, two years. For three years he
taught at the Darmstadt conservatory. From
Darmstadt he changed to Wiesbaden, and next
took up residence in Boston.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

Race horses are In better demand
than ever before. So are other horses.
Automobiles are not such a tench in
the nostrils OF farmers who raise oais
as they were awhile ago
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

Paris-like Athens
of old, ever seeking
some new thing
agitating itself over a
m o extraordinary
controversy in the
newspapers. 1t is the
old a%ntagonism of SCI
ence and religion, but.
this time it is religion
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

zone hundred thousand acres Of
wheat are going TO ruin in Pratt coun-
ty because we are unable TO get
harvest hands" telegraphed a man in
Kansas the other day. Meanwhile the
rest OF the world is having as much
trouble over the problem Of the IN
employed as ever.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

TTWW T6T-TT M- DTTWT ITTGU as TTTCTWT
of a high school at Jackson, Michigan, leaving this position to take that Of as
siSant acting professor of the science and art If teaching at the University of
California 1929 and the following year enjoying a full Proessorship
In SldUion to various addresses n articles in reviews, Dr. Brown is
author of The Making of Our Middle Schools and Origin of American State
Universities" In the University of California studies he wrote Notes on
ChhdTens Drawings; prepared for the Paris exposition, one is a series Of mon
ographs o education in the United States a paper entitled Secondary Educa-
ton. He was member of the international congress of arts and sciences at
the St Louis exposition, Tasty year became president of the National Council
of Education.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

When a physician tells a woman suf-
fering with serious feminine trouble
that an operation is necessary, the very
thought of the knife and the operating
table strikes terror to her heart, and
our hospitals are full of women coming
for just such operations.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

teresed in the idea of a school Of music distinctly American, letting himself
loose from conservative ola World influences. His best musical work was
done here, most of IL in the log studio on his farm in Petersburg Sew Hamp-
shire. Mcdowell was as much poet rs musician, and to interpret nature had
to live with nature Among the most admirable of his compositions Are
woodland Sketches" ITO the Sea" Forest Idyns" His compositions in
lcude concetasI sonatas, symphonies, songs " phnoforte pieces. His In
dian" Suite is constructed Of themes taken from the music of the Sioux In
dams His work is representative of the modern romantic school in the United
States.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

Mabel had always worn high topped
shoes, much to hr own dissatisfaction,
and one day while admiring her moth
er's slippers she said: Mamma,
can't / have a pair Of l%ow-necked
shoes next summer2"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

with a smooth IRON and Dehance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear Of the goods,
and it will be a positive pleasure TO
use a Starch that does not stick to the
iron
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

not find Mr. spooner entirely absorbed in academic work; he served as a
private in company A, Fordeth Wisconsin infantry volunteers; and rose to
captain and bevet major in the Fifdeth Wisconsin infantry
Mr. Spooner was admitted to the bar in 1867, occupied the position from
1S677O Of assistant attorney general OF Wisconsin. For many years he pTac-
need law At Hudson, that state Early in the 7s he ws a member OF the
state assembly, was elected to the United States senate in 1885 Mr. SpOoner
was reelected to the senate in 1897 and has continued member of that august
body since. His present term expires in 1903.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
OPERATION AVOIDED
ExPERIENCEOFM Iss MERKLEY

She Was Told That an Operation Was
Inevitable. How She Escaped 1t.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

Defiance Starch is the latest inven-
ton in that line and an improvement
on all other makes; It is more eco
nomical, does better work, takes less
time. Get it from any grocer.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
mltprtnD In Rrfnrm
BuyH 81 Out nf Datr
BY A. E. wINsHIP.
Editor Of the journal OF Education.

worlds progress is largely determined in crises. The
inertia Of human nature makes necessary some intense pub
lie interest in order to readjust tendencies of thought and
action. A combination of recent circumstances has changed
the yslation of the home, the school and the court to the
boy in New England, and by no possibility can the condi-
tions be placed back where they were six months ago.
The question is not whether it spoiled the child to spare
the rod 1900 years ago, but whether hereafter you will
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

Foreigners, in their ignorance of the
language, so often mistake the sui.
tan's trades for tirades.-Albany Ar
pua
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

But that Goes not necessarily mean he is nothing OF a counter or di
mat. On his visit here the prince won everybody by his charm Of manner
gallant sailor Prince Henry.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

A wise man may profit by the &C
tons Of 9 fool
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
Till WORLDS
FAVOQTT[
For Preserving, Purifying
and Beautifying the Skin,
Scalp, Hair, and Hands.

Cutioura Soap combines delicate medicinal aud emoL
nent propertieu derived from cuticura, The great skin
most fefreshinR Of flower odorE, Dep0tsi London, "a
tharterhouso Sci Paris, Rue De la paiHi Boston. I1
belulnnus Ave. fotter Drug a Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
- NAILED Eree, " How 20 Preserve, Purity, aud
hoAuuiy the hklni healp, Hair, and handA"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

moi sPoT rV cTo ~ s"'1ETs 'V " VoTor'o" '"'
for 30 centuries been the idol Of the rod master, but it is
nowhere recorded that the spare-notthe-rod theory made Solo
mon a model in morality. Nor are there statistics available which
prove that the boys who are much whipped are good boys, nor that
they grow good with whipping. All available data proves that in the
home, the school and the Jail those who indulge in severe and frequent
punishment establish vicious and criminal tendencies.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
Fear is out Of date in deal

Fear is out of date in dealing with Americans, odd or young. The
greater the risk in any physical or financial venture, the keener the
desire to undertake it. The rage for football is intensified by the
hazard oft. College presidents and parents who never played may cry
out against its danger, but no fellow with mettle has been heard to
whine because he might get hurt or even killed. Prospect of physical
pain is not a deterrent force in America to-day. That is no longer a
mode of approach in reform. Even fear OF the galows has no effect
when one purposes murder. Men and boys find keenest relish in doing
whatever represents the greatest risk.
Ma bad boy is made good by being terrorized. A fellow who will
hesitate to do or dare anything simply from fear Of the physical con-
sequences would be regarded as a Sissy" ard a boy prefers to be a
wounded lion than a living Sissy
Any appeal to a boy of spirit to-day must approach him from the
standpoint of doing things that are heroic. Judge Lindseys greatest
hold of the bad boys of Denver is that he always has them do some
thing that they are not expected to be trusted to do. When he sends
a boy to the reformatory, 200 miles away, alone, after he has lodged
and defed the police for ten days, that boy would as soon die as not
to show zap there. When the judge let every boy in the state industrial
school go to Denver for a day when the G. A. R. had possession Of
the city, every boy was determined that not only he but every other fell
low should return on time and in good condition. There was more
heroism in behaving oneself in a city in a great crowd than in anything
else that presented itself. Trusting, not thrashing, makes a bad boy
good. when the trusting represents an appeal to heroic conduct.
Whipping will not make a bad boy good
good boy bad. =
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

The idea that punishment is reformaory is as much out Of date as
blood letting. No sane man now breaks a colt; he trains ii. No great
express company or other establishment that has many and valuable
horses will allow any employee to strike or speak harshy to a horse.
One company with more than 5000 horses dismisses without cere-
mony any one who shows violence or excitement toward a horse. A
man would be adjudged insane who should claim that thrashing a colt
made a good horse.
The making of a bad boy good is a great proposition. 1t is never
accomplished by suppression or subjugaton, by lettering or hamper
ing. The bad boys purpose must be changed, his desires, aspirations,
tastes, must face earnestness and purpose. There must be relish for
better things.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
ROUTE OF THE milwaukee
Course of Road from Missouri River
TO Washington IL Now
Outlined.

ST. PAUL, Sept. wv, B. Dixon, north
western passenger agent Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee e. St, Paul railroad today gave
out the first official statement as to the
route to be followed by that railroad In
building its extension west from Glenham,
S. D., to Butte, Mont. From Glenham the
road will pass through Bowman and
sohnasso counties in South Dakota and
cut through the southwest corner OF North
Dakota in Hettinger and Bowman counties.
From there II will run into Custer county,
Montana. The road crosses the Northern
Pacific at Terry, Mont. and parallels that
road and the Yellowstone river to Miles
City and Forsythe; then 1t strikes of In a
northwesterly direction TO the Musselshell
river, to Yellowstone county. following the
river to Harlowtown and Lombard. Here
the Montana railroad. already in operation
from Lewistown to Harlowtown, will con-
meet as a feeder. From Lombard the main
line will cross the mountains to Butte,
which IL as far as the line is definitely
located.
SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. 1.-Contracts for
the building Of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul from the Bitter Root mountains
to the Columbia river have been let to
Seattle contractors.
The route follows down the ST. Joseph
river from the Idaho line to a point below
Terrell, or st. Joe, Idaho, then goes on 10
Tekoa, WASH, passes on to Resale, along
the south side of Rock lake, thence TO
Lind on the Northern Pacific.
From Lind the line will follow the sur
vey of the old Northern Pacific cut-oft from
Lind to EllenEburg.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
BOHEMIAN TURNER'S TO MEET
Hundreds of Athletes from Kansas
and Nebraska to BE I'm
south Omaha.

Hundreds Of Bohemian Turner's from Ne
braska, Kansas and California are arriving
to attend the second annual tournament of
the western division OF the Bohemian Ma
tional Gymnastic association, to be held
under the auspices of the Tel. Jed. sokol
at South Omaha September /, and g. The
events will be held IN the Bohemian Ma
tional hall at Twenty-first and u streets.
The railroads have granted a rate of one
fare and third for the round trip from
points within 800 miles. The tournament
Is open TO women as well as men and a
number OF classes and individuals will par
ticipate.
The tournament will open at o'clock
Sunday morning and last during the day.
In the evening a theatrical performance
will be given. Monday a parade Of Bohe-
milan societies will be started at l o'clock.
This will be followed by addresses by
Mayor Hector and Otakar Charvat The
tournament will be concluded by a gym
nastic exhibition and grand ball will take
place in the evening.
The local committee in charge OF the
event is as follows:
Joseph Sterba, Leo ]. Hart, d. Hlavka,
j. ]. Ohnesorg, Joseph Vonasek, Frank
Rubin. Frank Derlo, Frank Benak. Joseph
Mucha, Frank Radil, s. Oourada.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
SUITS FOR DEATHS SETTLED
Three Families Compromise for
Lives Lost at Lake
Manawa.

Settlement for three OF the deaths caused
by the disaster at Lake Manawa July 4
has been made in probate court by the
Marawa Amusement company. In each
case H.6O was paid the parents OF the
young women who lost their lives. Ad-
ministrators were appointed and receipts
showing this amount OF money had been
paid have been filed by William Hlland, a
motorman, father OF Miss Bessie Hiland /:
Dennis Sheean, father OF Mary sheean,
and Jerry J. Looney, father OF Mary G..
Looney. Miss sheean and Miss Looney
were cousins.
In some OF the other cases suit for 5000
has been started in sarpy county and for
larger amounts in the court at Council
Bluffs