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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Durango will do the right thing il
advancing the interests of this en-
tire southwest section.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Get in line for Decoration day. Let
us pay due tribute to the departed
dead.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Durango schools are climbing the
ladder OF fame Nothing like good
educational facilities.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Colorado produced last year 1854
176J pounds of copper valued at 81
$50 ,266.0l.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Any franchise carried by fraud
should be declared null and void by
the courts.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

The Denver political field is SURF
enough corrupt.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

The Fourth Of July advertising
committee should get n move on.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

No other question is asked oftener
than What is the fare to Aztec and
Farmington?" Agent Brown this
morning said the fare to Aztec, regu-
lar. is s175 and to Pennington, $3.50.
This makes the round trip fare for
Sunday excursion the fare one way.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

June 16 has been decided on as
Strawberry day at Glenwood Springs.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Misses Ethel Rodgers and Katie
Dennis were fortunate pupils during
the past term of the Porter school.
in District No. 8. Neither was SO
sick that she had to stay at home u
lose her good marks. and neither YVES
absent or tardy during the school
year.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

c. NJ. Yerkes who has been with ].
l.. Parsons store for some time, ac-
companied by his wife and child. de.
parted this morning for Los Angeles,
where Mr. Yerkes' mother. resides.
His mother is in poor health and de-
slres her son and family to be with
her
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Thomas Hetherington of Mancos
came over yesterday and went to
Mercy hospital, under the care of
DR.. Lackey, having been kicked by a
horse ut the Stubbs & Jakway mill.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

l.. Habermann is down from Rico
where he is mining. He had intend
ed to take the family to Rico for the
summer but has about concluded that
Durango will be more desirable.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Leo Koretz and wife of Chicago
who have been visiting Silverton for
few days came down this morning
on their return home. They had not
gone to buy mine, but just went to
see the place. Mr.. Koretz probably
had some Swedish friends at Silver
ton.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Koepke, par
ents OF Mrs. r. T. Pearson of Duran
go. departed this morning for Cali
fornia where they will remain for
some time for their health.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Mrs. N F. Cooke and family re
turned yesterday evening from long
stay in California. Mr.. Cooke had
gone east to Pagosa Junction to meet
them. One little fellow who had
stayed at home was overjoyed with
the return of the family and his moth
er gave him the biggest hug.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

The Porter school just closing. has
been one of the best in La Plata
county. Wherever one of the Cav
anaughs go to teach there are invar.
liable results Of education, congratu.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

W. F. Nesry. tie and timber In
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Engineer Jack McCabe who brought
the Silverton train down this morn.
ing. says the river has fallen good
deal since yesterday. This helps to
get the great masses of snow down
by jerks, easy. and minimizes the
danger of flooding the Rio Grande
tracks on the Silverton branch.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24
Mzp Wednesdays Daily.

Mrs. w. c. Bay and daughter who
have been teaching at the Fort Lewis
Indian school departed this morning
for Pawnee, Okla. where they Will
reside.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

John Hecker who is interested ii
the Windsor brick building on Mail
avenue. came in yesterday evening
Mr.. Hecker is an employe of Coor
brewery at Golden.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

spcctor for the Rio Grande railway,
came down from Silverton this morn
ing bound for the east. He Is making
a general tour OF the system.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

j. j. Mccormick, road overseer for
the Durango district. says he is grad.
ually getting the bad places made by
winter, fixed up, and will try to get
around to all as fast as he can.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

Mrs Castonguay and Mrs. Lock.
wood were returning passengers from
Denver yesterday evening to Silver
ton. They had spent the winter al
the capital to avoid the deep SHOWS
and rigors of Silverton's cold period
and to regain better health condi
tions.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

VIM. j. Sullivan came down from
Denver yesterday evening on his way
to Silverton to do some mining. At
the Durango station he learned that
there had been some snow and more
snow at Silverton during tne past
winter. Mr. Sullivan says that while
winter has appeared to linger In the
lap of spring. all over the state, he
has learned from mining people com.
ing to Denver that mining conditions
are good in all the camps. and capital
is already seeking further invest
ment. New money is coming in and
new men. some of them practical, to
handle it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-30
roYETIFIED.

AS n <x-srally known, "s.an,f's
return" tickets ere issues =; -.or.
railways At seaccyt towos 10 ,af,cn
at redece6 MIRA but whop = rome
what sf-1.ah,y Aressed yovEs man
demanded Ice 4. DirmieghS3 -,
bookias e.ert +, The souther, se,-
part town d1r.Ic.,d.
"Sesment f-s-.re ara .Sry ,ss,o!
to sailprA- hs 4s.csed.
well. N: sr<snr" VS. tas ~
PHI
II hr.s o,s:' -yx- Nore tpr tha;."
said the clerk '-,:,,'sv am ! 20 r1oT
Il 10 corresAF'
How M~ wa TO know ~ .smr
the ansvss, "Whv, you leatha--
secked. sw.vel-Gye1 son III 4 s"s
crok. |! YOU feel ~ ssarboas/ bro'a
running for.t 81 your hradl., -:
ycafn ERr1 W. neep doing r,I.
than sit On a SfcC. and bleating :"
my lie. AAi ,uu'il haul n your -
tackle t:t"
e stati7a ,ns~ssr Fad been stare.
Ing nsiA -.
S0e'e him :. t.ckcs3" s.s SAID; "h.1
n sailor
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-30
THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
Try Now the Ways of Yore and See
How You Like Them.

Try Now the Ways of YOre and See
How You Like Them.
Good old times, says the San Antonio
Light, are delusion and q snare, and
the man who signs for them has little
conception Of what they were. Return
to them, would you? Then rise on a
cold morning and wash at the pump,
pull on a pair Of rawhide boots that
rival tin can in stiffness, pull on a
wooden shirt over your back and sit
down to a bare meal with your three
legged stool dancing aroEpd on a split
slab floor, eat corn pone and bacon
for steady diet and labor fourteen
hours out Of twenty-four Go without
a daily paper, fly screen, mYquito
bar, a spring mattress, q kerosene
lamp, geehaw your oxen to market
and sit on the floor Of an OK cart as
you wend your way to church or a
frolic. Parch corn and peas for coffee
and sassafras for tea and see how you
like it.
The old days are looked backward to
affectionately, says the Galveston
News, because they were the days of
our youth, of bounding blood and sup
pie joints, the days Of hope and the
days Of love and laughter and song.
The days of the present will be the
good old days Of the coming generation
and will be regarded by our successors
as rather crude in customs and harsh
in many ways, yet withal not to be de-
spised. The progressives Of our age
are the mossbacks of later eras. Fifty
We hence we will be accounted as
slow and immature as we now regard
those Of half a century ago.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-30
AZTEC ARCHITECTURE.
Wonderful Endurance OF the Old
Mexican Buildings.

Wonderful Endurance Of the Old
Mexican Buildings.
The Mexicans or the Aztec Indians
can give the people Of the United
States lessons in architecture and in
solid construction Of buildings. There
are buildings standing today in the
City of Mexico that have stood for
three centuries and are in an excellent
state of preservation. There is not a
frame building in the city. There are
q few adobe, but most all are stone,
brick or cement. There is brick
building down in the old part of the
town that was erected prior to 1450.
1t shows that so long ago as that the
Indians were experts in the manufac-
ture of bricks. But probably so per
cent Of all the buildings are made Of
concrete cement. Cement and concrete
have been used successfully in Mexico
for 500 years, and all the cathedrals
and churches are Of that material. On
the line Of the Vera Cruz Pacific can
be seen the ruins Of Toro Bravo, where
there are evidences of city ruined
centuries ago. There are some twenty
pyramids of solid cement which must
have been erected over 500 years ago
One of these pyramids is 40 feet in
height, and on the summit rests q
cement ledge thirty feet in diameter
This, as well as others, is Of filigree
work and carved statuary.
Near this stands another of white
limestone, built in four terraces, with
carvings and concentrations which
would put to shame the modern Amer
lean sculptor. 1t has stood all these
centuries, yet the limestone is much
easier broken than the cement. Think
of a town of almost 100000 persons,
and the fire record is three in one year.
The inside walls of many Of the build
ings are as much as six feet through,
and all buildings are built around
courts. There is no provision in any
of them for fires, and at the present
time small coal oil stoves are selling
IN the city for $20-the same that sell
for SO in the states. The floors are of
stone, the ceilings Of filigree cement,
the walls of coarse plaster and almost
without exception hand painted. The
architecture on many buildings in the
republic shows that the Indian Of CEN
turtles ago was ahead Of the modern
builder Of today. - Hobart News-Re-
publican.
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The Drug Clerk.

In the old days the drug clerk spent
his spare moments in pounding leaves
and barks for the production Of tine.
lures and extracts that are now sup.
piled by wholesale manufacturers
When he had nothing else to do he
made ointment and rolled pills. The
mortar and pestle were the universal
sign of the trade. But the diverse mod
ern activities Of the pharmacist more
than compensate for the earlier details
of toll. 1t is still time honored prac-
teal jest to ask the apprentice to pow
der ten pounds of camphor in a NOR
tar. After sweating at his task for an
hour or two he learns that camphor
won't powder, though it is readily SOL
uble in alcohol-New York Tribune.
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READING THE TREE.
How the Forester Gets IT'S Life HIS
tory In Detail.

How the Forester Gets It's Life His
tory In Detail.
The forester reads the history Of q
tree in great detail, says the American
Magazine. After taking out few
'borings" to the center OF the tree at
different heights and counting the
rings on them he may spin you such
yarn as this:
.This tree is $50 years old r5O rings
at the basel. During the first five
years it grew only seven inches Q45
rings. seven inches from the base).
Evidently it then began to touch
crowns with other saplngs, for 1t took
a squirt and put on fifteen inches a
year steadily till 1t was forty years
old forty rings forty-four and one-half
feet above the grounO. 1t was not
growing as fast as its neighbors, how
ever, for at this point it began to be
overshadowed, and its growth declined
for the next ten years to as little as
four inches a year (forty five rings at
forty-eight feet and fifty at fifty feet.
Just in time to save its life something
happened to its big neighbors, pre-
sumably a windstorm, and 1t resumed
a steady growth Of about six inches a
year, having passed its fastest growing
time. It's growth in thickness doesn't
seem to have varied much, about an
inch every three years. But it grew
faster and faster in volume, Of course,
as its height increased-a little over a
cubic foot year in its prime OF life, l
should judge. About thirty years ago
1t reached maturity and stopped grow
ing in height thirty rings at the top
of the main stem, and now it is ap-
preaching old age (the last rings are
pretty thin). Hold on minute-here's
a false ring, twenty, forty, forty-six
years back; two very thin rings
see-instead Of one thick one; means
that something interrupted the growing
season. probably late frost"
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It's monster eyes blazed at her out
of the darkness. Then 1t shot by with
roar, and stretched out its sinuous
length into the distance. a trail Of
fire passed.
She drew back suddenly and drop
ped the curtain with a SILVER. Two
negroes, ugly and sullen faced, were
riding on the bumpers.
II hope they keep on out of the
state" she said to herself. "Ugh? I
shouldn't want to know that they
were anywhere around here"
The room seemed strangely lonely
| to her as she turned back into It. The
shadows in the corners were deep and
mysterious. Every sound In the walls
made her start. She was straining
her eyes and ears for something, she
could not have told what. She scold-
ed herself as she walked in a whim-
steal fashion.
Yet in spite of herself her thoughts
flew to him alone there IN the tower,
In the woods, the nearest house a
! good mile away. If those negroes
should know of the money there
such things are in the air. No one
ever tells, yet every one knows.
She would wait just five more min
| utes, then she would call him any,
way, and he could scold her all he
| liked.
Then the light flashed on No. 1856.
Evidently he could not wait for her
to call him tonight. Her fears van
ished. Let him listen few minutes.
He would be all the happier when she
did answer. She hummed a song to
herself.
The tiny opal light burned stead
lily. He did not flash 1t by moving
the hook on his instrument ND and
down as more impatient man might
have done. She flew over to the
board penitently and snapped on her
head phone. Plugging in on No. 1856
she spoke softly.
| Hello, Bobby, dear!"
There was no answer. She spoke
in sudden terror.
| Hello, Robert!"
Still no answer. Was he trying Tn
| brighten her? That was not like
him. He was surely there. She had
sspoken to him an instant at 10
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CHiRSCHMUS.
A Swiss Dainty That Is Made of Pre-
served Cherries.

served Cherries.
Last summer 1 ate genuine Swiss
chirschmus twenty years old. 1t tasted
like concentration Of all the richness
and sweetness of the most perfect
cherries. In appearance it was q pur-
plish black mass. Age had not impair
ed 1t in the least
Upon inquiry I learned how this
cherry connection, with its wonderful
preserving quality, is made. The cher
ries used must be perfect-very large.
ripe, Juicy black ones and, above all,
very sweet.
The juice of them pressed out and
strained through bag is put in a
large preserving kettle, at the bottom
Of which is placed piece Of smoked
pork fastened to q block of wood. The
wood serves as a weight to keep, the
fat down and prevent the juice from
burning as 1t thickens.
The cherry Juice is boiled for about
twenty-four hours without sugar, but
stirred from time to time until it
becomes a mass Of sweetness so firm
and thick that 1t would not fall if the
kettle were inverted.
That IS all, a simple process, but the
result Is delicious. This chirschmus is
in general use in Switzerland with the
"susse ankle" (sweet butter) and bread.
London Ladies' World.
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OF anything. The board grew vary
far away. The opal light gleam-d
like an evil eye. The noise heat
steadily in tsafening moboeeoc in
to her weary brain. There wes> ages
and ages of torture.
Then she remembered what r. was
and stopped 1t, and listened atain.
Some one was calling her.
Molly, Molly. it's all right. aca,.
Are you there?"
1t was one Of the Downs boys. His
voice sounded very far away 70 he-.
She seemed drifting. drifting 80. on
pa iimitless sea.
"You saved him, guess, with W.T.
Fold brass band. Wa met than rurpsae
down the track for their lives. NO
niggers. We finished ona o. them.
Bob had half winged him as:eaAy.
Poor Bob had only two cartridges j..
his pistol, but he kept them Sehx.
ing around for . spell befors hey
caught him and stiAd him down. n'vs
got the other one tied new d ceA
how he likes. =
They'd got q fool notion that hs
A.ohOy hiuocu uef0 bO-SC.n 6r6
They had guns. but they evidently
didn't want to hurt him rsuch ~!
they'd made him sell whe.s 4. GA
That "howlsy came rust xtoot g.,
time, I guess. they wseS ksatins
pretty mad al HIM.
BobIl be all right ina uSr,AA
80 brace up. lfttis Que. Es4Ead fusi
taken the phone "a the A:,ck. I;
seems, to csal you when he nv one
OF them stAcdtn1 In the doc-UAY. n
was lucky tor HIN, no diar't ~ ,.as
to hang a up AexiA ~ had beeH
on the book pa woa{xS. hays 80
any OF II would yovt M / sAcrs9,1
not. Az sou ai' ris,ye, euS,lx
Molly?"
Yea snees 20, now,
"Thathsa MA. ruSA. FIN INV,
That was . br(IfssnS 49, a b..
'howle..' Thcy sSrx9n4 N wa 80
Eeril ono htnisslk. ead \ dsc't ;s,,s..r
In this small -ocm It 30 e. ,ihla
When We opeces the dprs ,. n.arfv
took us % s1r ret ss:nt sose r.
your house 70 send seIe II Won,
folks down - 5ou TO hrar9 ycu !.
TAszsf thc~s Molly. csn't Goa now
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that lonely old Telegraph station, of
In the wilderness, where he was liable
to be murdered every Friday night,
and perhaps other nights between,
and get another position back in
civilization.
So the compromise had been affect
ed at last and Molly's operating
hours were growing short.
This was January. Soon II
would be March, April, Mayhem
she noticed light on No. 224 line
There had been a call on that earlier
In the evening.
What NUMBER"
No reply.
She challenged again. No answer
There was evidently no one there
The phone had been carelessly left
on the hook. The light would burn
and the line would be useless to the
other people on 1t until that phone
was hung up on the hook.
1t was mean to put tho "howler'
on In the middle Of the night. 1t was
bad enough In the daytime. No. 224
however. deserved a lesson. They
were always leaving their telephone
hanging.
The "howler" was q rather recent
thing In the Middleton telephone
office. 1t was a most hideous, un.
earthly roar, not unlike the he-haw
OF a donkey on gigantic scale. By
the turning down OF a jack at thu
end Of the switchboard 1t was LEI
in on the desired line.
Evidently the whole household wa!
soon aware Of 1t. There was a grea
confusion she knew. She could heal
what the dickens" then woman.
clear laugh. The telephone went VI
onto tie hook with a bang, and tn,
light on the switchboard went out.
In 20 minutes more she would
call up Bobby Mitchell. He was al
ways busy until o'clock. and sh,
did not usually call him until afte,
that. Then they could talk for ar
hour or two with little interruption
A train was coming over the bridge
She could feel the grinding of #.
heavy wheels as 1t pulled slowly out
of the station just below. She wen,
to the window and. raising the cur.
tain. looked cut
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"Molly-Help!"

"Molly-Help!"
At that call all the blood in her
body rushed into her head, then swept
back again leaving her faint and
dizzy.
They would kill him. What could
he do alone? She must save him
someway, but how-how? Why could
she not think? Something must be
done, and quickly.
The Downs farm was the nearest
telephone to the tower. Could she
wake them? She rang desperately
on their line, No. 20.
Then In fash, she seemed to see
again the ugly faces OF the two ne
groes riding on the freight. They
had had just about time to get to
the switch near the tower, where the
trains stopped for a minute or two.
She pushed the button frantically.
On No. 1876 line, as she listened In
agony, came the sound Of scuffiine
feet, heavy jar as something fell.
Then the light flashed on No. 20,
and she recognized the voice Of one
Of the Downs boys. In her fear she
could scarcely speak intelligently.
She realized suddenly that she was
screaming into his ear to save Bobby
Mitchell In the signal tower. In
some way she made him understand
at last.
Eyes. All right. Molly. Well CO.
Don't worry"
She listened desperately on No.
1856. The tiny opal light still burned
In the switchboard. She could hear
heavy steps around that distan,
| room. She tried to pray. and found
that she was repeating only one line
over and over. From sudden death
good Lord deliver US"
Then her eyes opened to fall upon
the "howler" In its place on the bic
generator. After one stupid instant
she reached toward the Jack on the
| end of the switchboard.
Even IL they were white men. n
might brighten them, and IL they
were negroes-there was another
pistol shot, the crash OF a fallins
chair loud voices-then she turned
down the jack, and the "howler''
drowned all other noises.
: After that she was not quite sure
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vv<rr o,sa rtins room of the tele-

Sv<EN J,SaNtins roam of the tele-
J.fTe sxchange In Middle
Ge .,olkec bare and lonely
:t.h ne curtains all drawn
And OILY TIRE I've lights over the
Sxitss>tsard burning Within that
ErAS circle of .nightcrsS Molly Stew
art. sight operator. aIr7 Che only
owssN in Ire building. sat quietly
" hss svtvel caair.
,,ns had pover worl1eo alone at
h:sht te.crr. Ecr younger brother,
LsHx. vAo usually worked with her,
Lao seen taken sick at the last min
esa Va, late IT, get anyone to take
Gv place. and she scorned the idea
xS eraing anyone to come just to be
Sc,apani for her. 1t was lonely
position for girl, but Molly did not
$hina Of being afraid.
Ia; office was rather unpleasaptly
Aituated close to the railroad tracks,
rat Middleton was too small q place
70 attract tramps and being on the
second floor, with locked doors be-
tween her and the street, she could
no. $50 that there was anything to
sear.
TSree miles away, however, In the
New York road signal tower. Robert
M.tchel, night operator. was afraid
y0- her, even when Alex was there.
fAs had tried to laugh him out OF
q, ,':thout success.
Quo night every week the pay roll
fov bridge building gang was
brought en- the 10 o'clock train and
left - his care until the next morn
rs6 ~tsr. he transferred 1t to the
contractor. who arrived at that time.
49, arrangement was an unusual
on and, only temporary. OF course
i.fCsI xpown to but few.
Molly knew II, and on Friday
L,gsis aswAys made herself decidedly
xretched With worry. and THIS was
Fr,r,-s ntght He laughed at her
f.nln+ even Ss she did at his. He
s~s ,-sen and, Of course. fully COM
s..te.e 20 take care Of himself.
But Der position was not one FOR
. Sir,. At least It was no place
! tn Ger.
FA~ hna srsllY agreed to give 1t
l 10 and SAoorae Mrs. Mitchell in the
W summer 4 he would only leave
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He WINS Mt Church.

Saunders, the village slater. was a
very poor attender at the church. One
day the minister met him and said:
''Come, now, Saunders, why is it you
are never at church nowadays?"
"Never at the kirk?" replied Saun-
ders. "Ye're quite wrang there, sir;
I spent the hale O last week on the tap
O't."-Glasgow Times.
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His Awful Mistake.

young man. said her father, "do
you smoke cigarettesY'
II should say not" declared the
youth hastily. II would consider il
disgraceful to be seen with one of the
vile things in my mouth. think all
cigarette smokers should be jailed.
Why do you ask, sir?"
Thought perhaps you could let me
have one" said the old man pointedly.
81 smoke 'em myself" Tele-
graph
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This Was In 1906.

Says the London Times Of May, 1906:
"a decently dressed woman was last
night brought out into Smithfield for
sale, but the brutal conduct Of the bid
ders induced the man who was, or pre-
tended to be, her husband, to refuse to
sell her; on which a scene of riot and
confusion highly disgraceful to our
police took place."