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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
In the Court Of Love.

The grave problem of matrimony-
grave for the unmarried, still graver
for the married-is opened under a
new and troublous aspect by the keen
remarks of a magistrate of New York
who has the fortune to be known as
the happy little Judge" Like all
philosophers, says the Chicago Post.
the happy little judge is the wiser be-
cause he is u-nconcerned. He has
reached the haven, if not the port, of
widowerhood. From these calm wa.
ters he launches his torpedo against
the Haunting craft of single bliss. He
declares that nine out of every ten
men over 30 years of age brought be-
fore him are unmarried. Marry young,
he admonishes. Few single men are
truly great. All men who wish to sue
coed should marry.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
WORK AND worry COMPARED.
The Former a Blessing, the Last a
Veritable Destroyer.

Work means exercise, movement,
latent energy set free, and hence IL
means life and health to the tissues
and renewed vigor to the organs; also
as it strengthens the body and in
creases its physical powers of resist
ance It strengthens the will, teaching
patience, perseverance and fortitude;
and with the hope of future success is
born the courage to persevere.
1t is not the bedmaking, dishwash'
ing, sweeping, cooking, or laundry
work that wears you out, for these
homely duties of the housekeeper are
most wholesome ones, and the regular
bodily exercise-varied as it is-that
such work inevitably carries with ii
conducive to health and strength, not
sickness and death.
No, it is not your work that is kill
ing you; you are no worse off physical
ly for having to do without a servant;
and, indeed, you not only need not be
worse off, but would be actually better
off If you but willed it so, for il is the
way you take your work, the fact of
gOuA uiAOWAh6 gOuA NOlh " AANb anu
worry you, and not the work itself
that wears upon your nerves and tenn
per, robs you of your s%elf-control,
ruins in a short time your disposition,
and eventually your health itself, de-
clares Nine. Hebe, in the Chicago In
ter-Ocean. If only I could help all you
dear "homemakers" to see this and
realize the actual physical benefit that
may be derived from your daily work
if you but approach the same with a
new spirit-a spirit to do and do
heartily each homely duty as it comes
to hand-I should feel that / had in
deed accomplished some good in this
beautiful world of ours.
Worry brings gray hairs and
wrinkles, ugly frowns, and soured tenn
pers; but work brings health and sun
shine, good digestion, and real enjoy
ment of the good things of this life.
Worry can take all the pleasure out
of daily duties and do more harm to
the tissues and organs than many
hours of gymnastic training or spe-
cial massage can cure; but work gives
them wholesome exercise and makes
the body strong in all ways.
Work, mated with worry, however,
makes a sorry team indeed, and the
unhappy victim who rides behind such
a pair is to be pitied.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
SORES ON HANDS
Suffered for a Long Time Without
Relief-Doctor Mas Afraid to
Touch T~hem-cured by
Cuticura.

For a long time I suffered with
sores on the hands which were itch
ing, painful and d~isagreeable. I had
three doctors, and derived no benefit
from any of them. One doctor said
he was afraid to touch my hands, so
you must know how bad they were;
another said I'never could be cured;
and the third said the sores were
caused by the dipping Of my hands
in the water in the dye-house where
l work. I saw in the papers about
the wonderful cures of the Cuticura
Remedies and procured some of the
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
In three days after the application
of the Cuticura Ointment my hands
began to peel and were better. The
soreness disappeared, and they are
now smooth and clean, and I am still
working in the dye-house. Mrs. A. E.
Maurer, 234O State St., Chicago, Ill,
July /, 1905"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30

that knows too wei how TO ta-ake care
Nv ye-ersilf iver to ha-ave call FIR a
gun"
Policeman Flynn WINGED, but he too
well knew the danger and difficulties
of such a raid to be readily brought to
his wife's view of the matter.
"'T w'u'd be like takin' vans own
life fr to go in there alone" he pro-
tested.
Surprise thim," ADVISED Mrs.
Flynn. "Ye know they's a fnce there,
we know they's min comes there to
Fave goods, We know tn ma-an that
la-ands thin behind tn ba-ars II be
mintioned in tn polls ordhers an IL
be a gr-reat ma-an at tn station, an
ye know yen niver be heard if we let
some wan ilse do tn work.. II is FIR
you to ma-ake a shown fr ye-er-
silf."
Its a ~post-mOrtim Ghowin' I'd be
ma-akin' fr mesllf," returned the pa
trolman, ruefully. Eye don't undher-
shta-and tn ease. II is not tn fnce
alone, but tn gang that Taves tn
goods there, that's to be grounded up,
an t is a desp'rit cr-rowd. II is only
me july to me soopeer-yer Officer to
Rapport in a case like this"
1T is ye-er juty to ye-ersilf to show
ye're a po-lisman with a head on ye,'
insisted Mrs. Flynn.
ITO prove / ha a head on me I
is NECESSARY fr 20 ha-aYe it blowed
on" commented Policeman Flynn,
lugubriously.
IF ye ha-aven't tn injinoo-ity to
save It, tits betther So" asserted Mrs.
Flynn. Don't ye liver let thin sma-art
day-tictives get tn cr-redit fr ye-er
work., Barney Flynn, or III behave
ye're not Irish at all. but only a Po-
lack or some other f%urriner."
With this the subject was temporar-
ny dropped; but Policeman Flynn
knew thet he had TO do that particular
job himself In order TO have peace in
the family, and MIS-. Flynn knew that
he would do It and do It well. He did
not report his discovery at the station.
bu devoted mis- spare time TO further
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
FOOD AND DRINK IN SUMMER.
DO Not Drink Toe Much, Eat sparin0-
ly Of Animal Food.


To keep the skin in a proper condi-
ton during the varying seasons of the
year is always a matter of great diff
culty-that is to say, as far as a de-
gree of dryness Of moistness is con
cerned. To secure the happy medium
is most peoples ambition. / have on
previous occasions discussed the
causes and prevention of excessive
perspiration, but at this time of year,
when all the atmospheric and possible
causes are present for the production
of ~over-activity of the sweat glands, it
may not be inappropriate to repeat
what l have said before. Excessive ac-
tivity of these glands in the hot
weather is Natures method of reduc-
ing the bodily temperature, and,
further, within limits, the secretion of
sweat is to be, if not encouraged, at
least accepted as inevitable. The only
question, therefore. that need be con-
sidered is how to restrict the amount
within reasonable points. The most
obvious NEAR of preventing an ex-
cessive secretion of water on the skin
is to restrict the actual intake of fluid
into the body. In hot weather most
people drink a great deal more than
they do on other occasions, and it is
quite certain that the more we drink
the greater the thirst, and consequent
ly there is a tendency for the amount
to increase in somewhat alarming
ratio.
In hot countries it is found that the
best way to prevent thirst is to re-
strict the intake of fluid to a very con-
siderable degree. This is certainly a
very d~isagreeable form of moral self
discipline in the first instance, but af-
ter the initial discomforts have been
overcome, the reward is quite com
mensurate with the trouble taken.
Whatever view may be taken with re-
gard to the amount Of fluid actually
taken, there can be no doubt whatso-
ever that alcoholic beverages of every
kind have far more potent influences
on the production of sweat than have
simple teetotal or non-alcoholic bever-
ages, such as lemonade or diluted lime
juice.
9A0V AAo a NCAe AAAHoA AhA ~
f~uence, for by it's combustion within
the body there is a corresponding pro
duction of heat which has to be dis
sipated in some way or other. A very
restricted diet should therefore always
be enjoined in hot weather. Vege-
tables and fruit, which consist for the
most part of water and contain but
little combustible material, are OBJ
viously adapted to the conditions of
high atmospheric temperatures. Ami
NAL food, eggs, butter, oils, and fats
of all kinds, inasmuch as their COM
bustion is effected with the produc-
ton of much heat, should be avoided
as far as possible.
Exercise, although it must be adj
mitted that it is temporarily accompa-
MED by the production of free perspi-
ration, is of all means the best for
producing a subsequent lowering of
the bodily temperature and for limit.
ing the secretion of the sweat glands,
and this is so for the reason hat the
combustible material in the body is
used up in the production of actual
work instead of being converted d.
rectly into heat, which must be dissi-
pated by means of the evaporation OF
sweat.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30

In the large rugs to be used in the
center of a on a hardwood floor
or on a porch where a room is fitted
out on it, the large Shakis are most
~serviceable and are particularly ef-
f%ective, for they come in such pretty
browns, greens, tans, with just a sug,
gestion of color in the body made by
the introduction of conventionalized
Indian arrows. a combination of deli.
cate reds, pinks, green's, oranges, etc,
Across either end they are finished
with a border in tones to match the
colors in the arrows and in a white
fringe. These rugs are reversible
and the coiors are all fast, and for
that reason they viii be found par
ticularly satisfactory for use on a
porch or where they are constantly ex,
posed to the rain and sun.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
rAIEwNo SQUIRREL DRIVEN OFF
Robins Successfully Defend Nest
Against Marauder.

A pair Of robins proved too much
for a %marauding squirrel in %Independ-
ence square yesterday. While on a
midair cruise he suddenly stopped as
though something special had attract
ed his attention, and then he came
down the tree in a slow, u-nconcerned
manner The secret was out when
he shyly began the ascent of another
oak, in the branches of which a pair
of the r~edbreasts had built their nest.
His little eyes g%listening and his
whole manner that of a thief, he
moved up the tree trunk, and had al
most reached the little blue eggs in
the nest when the mother bird and
her mate saw him and flew down from
their upper perch. They were on Mr..
Squirrel in an instant, and the fur
few when their beaks got into action.
The retreat of the squirrel was quick
" effected. The watchers were
amused. Then a second time the rob-
Der advanced, and was so successful
as to get one of the eggs in his paws
before the birds came to the rescue.
The squirrel was nonplussed, as he
couldn't back down with the egg with
the birds peeking him, and he was
loath to %relinquish his hard-won prize.
His hesitation was fatal, though, as
the birds, with a concerted rush, fair
ly showed him out of the nest, and the
robins followed him so quickly and
f~uriously that the egg was dropped
and smashed on the ground. The
squirrel then gave up his %purloining
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
AAIDs A "FENcE."

49,, by The Century Coz
by Joseph b. Bov >
E day that Policeman
,raided a fence But,
never would have done
hot been properly prompt
wife. Like many another
eeman Flynn does not go out
FLOR trouble and work, and it
certain amount of feminine
I'm and criticism to make him
h reasonably ambitious. But once
ised to action, there Is no man on
n foorce' who can surpass him in
Either resourcefulness or nerve.
Ohio! I've found a hnce," he an
nounced joyously to his wife one night.
"What'n We do with it?" demanded
Mrs. Flynn.
"What'n l do with it?' repeated Po-
liceman Flynn. What d We suppose?
is it ye-er idee that I'll give it we FIR
to put r-round ye-er ga-ar-den? IT is
a shtrang CONCEPTION we ha-ave iv me
official juties an tn worries iv me
daily toll. l pray-sume we think t is
a shtone fince with filagree work. on
tn ir'n gate, but we're WRONG. This
fnce is a pla-ace where shtolen goods
is nego-shated t'r hazard cash"
Did We Fave thin at tn station p
asked Mrs. Flynn
Lave what?" inquired Policeman
Flynn. 9TH goods?'
No; tn min. They e min that
run tn fnce, iv coorse. Did ye get
thim?"
"Ye'd like FIR to be a wildly, w'u'd
ye?" retorted Policeman Flynn, some
what warmly. "Ye'd like to ha-ave me
go feminist tin or twilve desp'rit min
an come home lukkin' like a Foorth-
iv-July ta-arget in a shootin'-gal'ry,
SOS We c'u'd put on ye-er black dhress
n ha-ave livery wan ca-astin' eyes
at we an sayin', There goes tn wildly
iv tn bra-ave po-lisman hat was
planted awa-ay with swim pounds iv
lead in him But I'll not give We tn
chanst. I'll rapport tn fac's at TROLL
call an Fave tn capt'in plan tn raid
"Ha-and over III gun ye're carryin',
Barney" said Mrs. Flynn, with decis-
ion.
FIT why?" asked Policeman Flynn.
"Ye don't need it," answered his
wife, with infinite sarcasm. ct is you
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30

amy wan followin' him. Ohio! but
It's well Arranged. Niver a wan iy
thin that shteals tn goods takes thin
into tn place at all, an they niveI
goes there only whin the time comes
fr tn ince to shquare up with thin,
an thin they goes in tn front wa-ay.
But It's me that found tn chute all
hidden awa-ay nice where a windy
used fr to be. So | puts two min at
tn front door an two min at tn SIDE
door, an thin dhrops in on thin an
ma-akes thin think a bit Nv tn judg-
mint da-ay has come. Ohol it ma-akes
me laugh to think iv it. They like to
have died iv heart failure"
How'd ye go in, Barney?" asked
Mrs. Flynn.
Il wint down the chute like a hod
iv brick, an la-anded on tn table
where they was sittin'. had thin
ma-archin' II before they knew what
was doin'."
"Ha-ave We thin all at tn station?' %
inquired Mrs. Flynn.
"All but wan" answered the pa
trOlman.
Did he get awa-ay?"
'M-m-m, well, ye may sa-ay he did
after a fashion; but tits me that
knows where to find him
"Where?"
"At tn hosplttle," said Policeman
Flynn. He br-roke me fall as / come
down tn chute, an he got AWAY in
an ambulance"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

When taking a salad to a picnic
supper in the woods, put it in a pail
and push a small bottle filled with
cracked ice into the center. This
will keep the salad in splendid con-
dition for hours.
To prevent small rugs curling up
at the corners, securely fasten tri-
angular bits of corrugated rubbed UNI
der each corner. The sides of the
rubber should extend eight or nine
inches along the rug. Bore small
holes in the rubber n sew through
holes and fabric.
Beds may be cooled in summer by
putting small pieces of ice in a
warming pan and running it over the
sheets. ,
The finest polish given the most
costly piano can be entirely ruined
by the direct rays of the sun. 1t is
well to remember this during the hot
weather.
If a small pinch of salt is added to
every gallon of water boiled for drink
ing purposes 1t will not have that fiat
insipid taste common to boiled water.
When the heat of the wen is slow
it may be increased by putting hot
stovelids under the pudding or dish
which is baking.
When starching anything with a
fringe, double the article in four parts,
gather fringe tightly in the hand and
hold it while you dip middle in starch,
When dry. shake the fringe well and
comb with = coarse comb.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30

Near Perak in the Malay peninsula
is a prosperous rubber factory run by
a long-headed Scotchman. In order to
obtain the sap from which the rubber
is made it is necessary to puncture
the bark of the trees. Laborers are
scarce in that district, but there are
an abundance of tigers. There were
not enough men to tap the trees, but
the Scotch proprietor hit on a brill
liant idea. He knew that tigers are
fond of valerian, so he gave orders
that all the trees should be rubbed
with this stuff. The tigers came up
and caressingly scratched the bark in
the most approved herringbone fash
ion, after which all that the coolies
had to do was to walk around once a
day and collect the rubber.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
A KNITTED HOOD FOR THE BABY
Full Directions for Making a Pretty
Pink and White Hood.

Use two skeins of pink, one skein
of cream white Dresden Saxony yarn,
n set of No. 16 steel needles, two
yards of No. z ribbon.
Begin the hood at the back, using
pink yarn.
Cast on Is stitches.
LIST row-Four purl, 2 plain, 4 purl.
2 plain, repeat to the end of the
needle.
I'd row-Reverse the stitches of hrsl
needle.
Sd row-One purl(") 2 plain, 4 purl.
repeat from (*)
4th row-Reverse the stitches OF
third needle.
5th row-Repeat from first needle.
Knit IS rows, following the pat
tern. In the next 20 rows, increase (
stitch in each end of needle every
other row.
Knit "a more rows.
Then decrease the same as you
have increased 90 times at each end
of needle every other row.. Take up
the sides and add to the IS stitches
on the needle. Knit GA needles.
Take 80 stitches on a separate
needle and knit them back and forth,
taking l stitch in every row from the
side needle to the 80 already on the
needle, until there are As stitches left
on each side of the needle. Knit two
rows across, bind off.
Take up all the stitches around the
front of the hood and knit "a plain
rows. bind off. Finish with strings OF
ribbon, headed by rosettes, to tie
Boston Budget.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
Convenient Ennllsh.

I'VE become accustomed to a
phrase" observed an educator at a
teachers convention, but when we
introduce a new one along exactly
the same lines. it startles the hearer.
"A number of ladies were seated in
a hotel parlor, and one of them, COM
menting on a woman who was stand
ing in the hallway, said:
Mrs. Lorraine seems unusually hap
by this morning.
Yes answered a companion,
knowingly, the ladies' Of Newark gave
a tea in her honor yesterday. But
doesn't her husband look gloomy and
dejected?'
That is true admitted the first
speaker. I presume the gentlemen
of Newark gave a beer in his honor
last night"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
Old wiz chair.

roArenovate BY wicker chair,
first cl air thoroughly,
using a. sh and plenty of
soap and When Try give it
two coats reon stain. For the
seat make "a cushion Of green linen
or some pretty c~oiore3 c%retonne. An
other cushion for the Rck IS made out
Of the same material. Make it longer
than wide and fasten 10 the chair by
means Of tapes sewed A top and bot
tom.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
A WINNING START.
A Perfectly Dlgested Breakfast Makes
Nerve Force for the Day.

Everything goes wrong if the break
fast lies in your stomach like a mud
pie. What you eat does harm if you
can't digest lit turns to poison.
A bright lady teacher found this to
be true. even of an ordinary light
breakfast of eggs and toast. She
says:
Two years ago 1 contracted a very
annoying form OF Indigestion. My
stomach was in such a condition that
a simple breakfast of fruit, toast and
egg gave me great distress.
Il was slow to believe that trouble
could come from such a simple diet
but finally had to give it up, and
found a great change upon a cup of
hot Postum and Grape-Nuts with
cream, for my morning meal. For
more than a year 1 have held to this
course and have not suffered except
when iniudiciously varying my diet.
Il have been a teacher for several
years and find that my easily digested
breakfast means a saving of nervous
force for the entire day. My gain Of
ten pounds in weight also causes me
to want to testify to the value Of
Grape-Nuts.
"crape-Nuts holds first rank at our
tabler
Nama given by Postum Co., Battle
K, Mich.
here's a reasonf Read the little
The Road Melville" in
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
Generous to American Farmers.

Secretary Wilson says it would re-
uuire an investment of $3.50, 900, 900 at
two per cent. to produce revenues
enough to run the department of agri-
culture for n year. This is an illus
t%ration, he said, of what is being done
for the farmer. The income of the de-
partment is a little more than Sill
BOO, 900 a year, and when the new meat
inspection law, the work of externi-
mating the cattle fever tick and the
gypsy and brown-tailed moth and the
investigation of dry land farming have
been put in operation, the department
will have a pay roll Of over 5000 per-
sons. About half of these are scien-
lists, trained along special lines. The
average salary is less than 5000 a year.
Over ne 900, 900 pieces of literature are
circulated each year and this amount
viii be greatly increased as new lines
Of investigation are begun. One of
the new lines provided for this year
is grain inspection n this promises
to be one of the largest fields of scien-
tifc labor.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
Not F-xtravaeant.

The Mother-But I'm afraid that
young man is %extravagant.
The Girl-Ridiculous. mother! Why,
he was here four hours last night,
and he only kissed me three finest
-Yonkers Statesman.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
poIIIes.

The round doilies, made Of left over
bits of linen or table damask, and fin.
ished quite simply with a scallop, have
lost none Of their popularity. But var.
iations of the original theme are being
developed from time to time. Dotted
damask-the good Old staple kind
which is in use for tablecloths and
napkins in nine out of ten houses
makes the newest Of them. Both the
squares and dots are used. but usually
only the smallest size of either. The
scallop is embroidered heavily and
sometimes a smaller circle described
inside, a cc inches away from
the edge, TIL gersed, so that
the firm edG tbe center.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
Like an Ostrich.

Mr.. b. wish | was an ostrich.
Mrs. B.-Why so, dearie?
Then l could do as they do-stick
my bill in the sand Magazine q
Fun,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30
Cause and Effect.

Dame fashions dictatorial forehnger
is VIGOROUSLY eve ready to point out
the way. Nothing seems to be too
high, low, or mean to bar this imperi-
Gus queen. DR.. j. G, Rossmore, a
young practicing physician of Atlanta,
Ga, now a patron at the Holland
house, has discovered that golf is re-
sponsible in many cases for men and
ONE who stoop and turn their tees
inward. Said he: THE game, which
played in Atlanta probably more
than in any other part Of the United
States. makes its devotees pigeon-toed
sthere are strokes, as you know.
t can only be we'll delivered when
toes point in. Cause and effect fol-
elasely-the golfer turns his toes
is especially true, I've no
4eAcase Of women golfers.
Re not 20 strong as
Atherefofe, more easily
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-30

A lttlolnour spread oyer TIC top Of
cakes before they are ID will pre-
vent tho icing from runnne sn.
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