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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30

Editor Clark of the La Plata Miner
who is spending the day in the city,
says that while there is still masses
of snow in the canons and gulches
and along the slopes, there is quite
general effort to get things to work
ing. and he predicts an active year
of mining development and produc-
ton.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30

Billy acord came down today from
the Cascade country where he nas
charge of the development on the
Delayed Mining company's mining
property. The company will place a
plant of machinery as soon as the
roads get so heavy materials can be
hauled over them. Mr. Accord says
the company is going to have mine
The Thomson building on lower
Main avenue, is already beginning to
develop considerable proportions, the
walls being 1875 feet in length, with
a big basement in the rear. The
Mascot, next door, is being lacked
up for removal to the rear. Other
building enterprises in that section
are being talked of.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30

In taking their leave to Montrose
county, Mrs. Wainwright. widow of
the late Lilse, and family, they will
leave many friends in the Durango
section. They will live on ranch
which the boys win operate for the
best production they can get
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30

Durango ball club is being reorgan,
lied for the summer campaign. 1t is
said there are number of new play.
ers located in the city who promise
to fill weak places. It's battery
that's needed.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30

The largest variety OF ready-to-print
stock for the business man ever dis
PLAYED in the Southwest may now be
seen at the Herald Office. In uncut
papers and card boards there is ev-
erything which may be desired in the
various lines of printing. Call and
examine stock
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30

Alderman George e. West wenl
down to IgDacio this morning to looB
after the cows. to see If Plde or Rose
gave the most milk, and see again
how long the winter feeding season
will last.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30

Mrs. N. w. Hammond resumed her
position in the postofice this morn
ing, resting one day after returning
from Pine river. where the funeral
OF her mother took place Monday aft,
ernoon. There was large attend
ance. especially of oldtimers up and
down the river, Mr.. and Mrs. Lyttle
having located on Pine river in the
early eighties.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30

The wagon road down the river to-
ward Aztec is said to be in a bad
way. Durango is interested in keep
ing this, as well as all other wagon
roads, in passable condition.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30

Three pounds of California cabbage
for quarter suggests that the home
cabbage man can make some money
this year. And tomatoes, always
shy, offer a profitable field for labor
and care.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30

The pcople of the United States
are up against another hard PROPOSE
ton. They are to be pestered with
book agents canvassing for the "only
real and genuine illustrated book de.
scribing San Francisco, the earth
quake and nre." The matter and H.
lnstfations for the books will be most
ly prepared In the once OF publica-
tion. imagination being drawn on to
~ space.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30

The condition of the wagon road
has compelled the May Day to sus-
pend ere shipments and it will prob
ably be so days before they can be
resumed. In the meantime the whole
force Will be employed on develop
ment and when the road is again in
shape they can send out ore to make
up for lost time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

cars motor: But the beam # the 1, 010's
headlight shows ) the small. station
building luassed by men, a score of
them posing for spring to the plat
forms of the private car when the
slackening speed shall permit. A bull
let tears into the woodwork at Gala
hans elbow, and another breaks the
glass of the window beside him, but
he makes the stop as steadily as if
death were not swapping at him from
behind and roaring in his ears from
the belly of the burned engine.
BE doomping yer fire lively, now,
Jimmy, BY" he says, dropping from
the box to help. And while they wres-
tie with the dumping bar, these two,
the posing figures have swarmed upon
the Naught-seven, and a voice is lifted
above the Babel of others in sharp pro-
test.
Put away that rope, boys! There's
law here, and by God, we're going to
maintain it,
At this a man pushes his way out
of the thick of the crowd and climbs
to seat beside the chauffeur in the
waiting automobile.
They've got him." he says shortly.
ITO the hotel for all you're worth,
Hudgins; our part is to get this on the
wires before one o'clock. Full speed;
and never mind the ruts." =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

away. Within week the willful girl
was lamenti2g her loss, but Henry
Fraser was gone, gone she knew not
where, nor for 16< years did She SO
much as hear of him. Then one day
in reading the. city paper she attract
ed the attention of commercial cen
ters throughout the country. There
could be no mistake, for it told of his
having been born and reared in this
same village. =,
Jennie Norris sat until well towards
noon recounting the memories of the
happy days before that fateful quar-
rel, and was awakened from her rev.
cries by the tinkle of the bell at the
front door. When she answered it
one of the village children handed her
an envelope. 1t was plain white and
bore nothing but her address in a
strong masculine hand, and the village
postmark. 1t was just such an enve.
lope that had brought her valentine
20 years before. The writing bore
some resemblance to that of the faded
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
where LINCOLN MARRIED.
Old House at Springfield Has Been
Remodeled Into Beautiful
Modern Home.

The old Edwards home in South
Second street, Springfield, ILL.,, where
Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd were
married, which was later converted
into St. Agatha's school under the
direction of the Episcopal church, has
been made into one of the most beauti.
full homes in Springfield
The old residence has witnessed
some very interesting events during
it's life. The old house as it was had
many hooks and corners, its old-fash-
ioned stateliness added to the charm
of romance and many were the stories
told by schoolgirls of how Lincoln
was married in this room and dined
in another.
The front parlor, where Lincoln was
married, has been changed, in that
one large massive window replaces the
former low French windows, of which
there were two. A new front door
has been. put in, which is pity, as
the old one of heavy oak seemed a
part of the house and had swung open
to admit some of the most illustrious
men and<Women of the state and coun-
try. The big entrance hall and STAIR
way remains the same as when Mary
Todd came down the oaken steps to
her wedding.\
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
CHAPTER xxx.
v
SUBHI SADIK.

The dawn Of a new day was grazing
over the capital city, and the newsboys
were crying Justify in the streets, when
David Kent felt his way up the dark
staircases of the Kittleton building to
knock at the. door of Judge Oliver
Marston's rooms on the top floor. He
was the bearer of tidings, and he made
no more than formal excuse for the
unseemly hour when the door was
opened by the Acknowledgements.
II am sorry to disturb you, Judge
Marston," he began, when he had
closed the door at his back and was
facing the tall thin figure in flannel
dressing gown and slippers, "but I
imagine I'm only few minutes ahead
of the crowd. Have you heard the
news of the night?''
The judge pressed the button of the
drop-light and waved his visitor to
a chair.
II have heard nothing, Mr.. Kent.
Have cigar?"-passing the box of
unutterable stogies.
'"Thank you; not before breakfast"
was the hasty reply. Then, without
another word of preface: Judge Mar
ston, for the time being you are the
governor of the state, and have come
to-"
Zone moment" interrupted his lis
tener. "There are some stories that
read better for a 'foreword, however
brief. What has happened?'
"This: last night it was the purpose
OF Governor Bucks and Receiver Gull
ford to go to CASTOR by special train.
In some manner, which has not yet
been fully explained, there was con-
fusion of orders. Instead of proceed
ing eastward, the special was switched
to the tracks of the Western Division:
was made the first section of the fast
mail, which had orders to run through
without stop. You can imagine the
result
Marston got upon his feet slowly and
began pacing the length of the long
room. Kent waited, and the shrill
cries of the newsboys floated up and in
through the open windows. When the
judge finally came back to his chair
the saturnine face was gray and bag
gard.
II hope it was an accident that can
be clearly proved" he said; and a
moment later: You spoke of Bucks
and Guilford; were there others in
the private carp
1.-TWO others; Halkett, and the gov
ernors private secretary
"And were they all killed."
A great light broke in upon Kent
when he saw how Marston had misap-
pretended. Also, he saw how much it
would simplify matters if he should
be happy enough to catch the ball in
the reactionary bound.
'They are all alive and uninjured,
to the best Of my knowledge and be-
lief; though I understand that one of
them narrowly escaped lynching at the
hands of an excited mob"
ITO Be Continued
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
ANIMALS KILL THEMSELVES
Old Age Has Led Many Dog to
Shuttle Off This Mortal
Coil.

"'Do animals commit suicide?' is
a question one sometimes hears, and
personally, I never hesitate to answer
it in the Affirmative asserts a. ia
nous naturalist.
odd age has led many a dog to
voluntarily shuttle off this mortal coil.
One such instance was observed in
Scotland, when an old collie was seen
to leave it's home, walk a couple of
miles to the shore, and deliberately
leap into the sea.
ITO escape the tortures of appar-
emily incurable suffering, animals will
sometimes fly to ills they know not of
rather than bear those they know too
well. Many an injured dog has ended
it's sufferings by drowning.
AN animal at bay or in despair will
sometimes commit suicide rather than
allow itself to fall into an enemy's
hands. Sir Samuel Baker saw a buck
elk deliberately leap over a precipice
in Ceylon, as if of two sorts of death
it chose what, to it, was the less OBJ
noxious.
FINALLY, self-sacrifice has led some
animals to kill themselves in certain
circumstances in which, in their eyes,
death must have seemed more desir-
able than life. 1t is a proved fact that
the stork has been known to perish
in a conflagration rather than desert
her young, even though she knew that
she could have done them no good
by immolating herself
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
HOW POET S0UTHEY WORKED.
Had Six Tables In His Library, Each
Devoted to Special Glass
Of WHITING.

Southey was a mehodical and rapid
literary craftsman. II am quiet, pa
tient, easy-going hack of the mule
breed; regular as clockwork in my
pace, sure-footed, bearing the burden
which is laid on me, and only obstinate
in choosing my own PATH" he wrote to
a friend. But his method was by no
means simple, says the Cornhill Maya
zine
He was a poet, historian, a critic
and miscellaneous writer; he turned
out an enormous quantity of matter
and succeeded in doing so by working
IA hours day and diversifying his la
bors within his daily round. He had
six tables in his library. He wrote
poetry at one, history at another, criti-
ctsm at a. third and so on with the
other subjects upon which he was en-
gagged, and when he was tired of spin
ming his brains into verse he turned
to history and criticism.
There is story that he once de-
scribed to Nine. de Stael the division
Of his time-two hours before break
fast for history, two hours for reading
after, two hours for the composition
of poetry, two hours for criticism and
so on through all his working day.
"And pray, MI. southey," queried the
Frenchwoman, somewhat unkindly,
when do you think?"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

Patterns Nos. 5499 and 553O.-This
smart design for a shirt-waist suit will
be found an excellent model and Will
make up satisfactorily in the washableQ
materials as we'll as the wooden goods.
The front closing is in duchess style
and the moderately full sleeve is gath
cred into a. straight cuff. The neck is
completed by high standing collar
and neckband. The skirt is one OF
the newest of the nine gored models
and flares in prevailing style, at the
lower edge. The pattern provides 70,
the back to be in habit style or laid
IN a box pleat, and for medium sweep.
round or short round length. Mohair
serge, linen, piQue, duck and percale
are suitable for the development. The
medium size will require two yards OF
44-inch material for the waist and SIX
and five-eighths yards for the skirt.
Ladies' plain blouse No. 5499: Sizes
for 90, "a, SO, 50, 40 and ~ inches bus.
measure. LADIES' nine gored flare
skirt, No. $3.50: Sizes for %, "a, e. IS
80 and 80 inches waist measure.
The above illustration calls for two
separate patterns. The price is ten
cents each.
This pattern will be sent to you on
receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders
to the Pattern Department of this paper
BE sure to give size and number of pat
tern wanted. For convenience, write
your order on the following coupon:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Here was a noble product of the sol,> -,
Grown starkly on the nrci-;cc OF the west; ;.
4nufeo 90 poverty; Injured to toll;
The chlValry of BayarG in his breast:
A SOUL serene that ever onward pressed,
Beyond tie darts of calumny and hate;
That stood in every crisis fierce the test,
I'LL earth had linked his memory with her
great,
AS statesman, president, and master Of
his fate.
lie pierced the aeons with prophets eye,
Humanity was what he spelt in creed,
tie passed the letter of the statute by,
10 give the spirit of it utmost heed.
HIS life was open, both in word and deco,
From prejudice and passion wholly free;
OF liberty he sowed a pregnant seed.
For millions and for millions yet to be,
Himself the bondman's knight OF Nature S
sold degree.
A tribune of the people, so he sprang
And seized the reins of power and high
place,
While through the world his challenge
grandly rang,
And shook Oppression's temple to it's base.
His was the mettle of heroic race,
On whom the seal Of sterling merit sat;
The sunken cheeks, the shrewd and home
That shallow wits had launched their ar
rows at
Rai-splitter, orator, and greatest demo-
crat
Along the wide horizon Of the years,
A deep, sonorous echo Of his name
Rolls, thunder-like; and future History
hears
An answering echo from the halls of fame.
We see the tall the gaunt, ungain!y
frame;
We mark the will to dare, the mind to plan
We find the pure resolve, the lofty aim
And while his rugged virtues thus we scan,
We stand uncovered, while We cry: This
was man.!
And upward to the portals of the stars,
And past the confines of the Seven Seas
Beyond the smoky banners of our wars,
Borne outward on the pinions of the
breeze
His fame is sung in divers master keys
And shrined in bronze, or heralded in
rhyme;
Past mountain tops, and past the Plei-
AIDES,
Far-sent, far-sounding, STILL with notes
sublime,
Loud-bugled by the mighty trumpet-tone
of Time.
Ernest McGaffey, in St. Paul Globe
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

with his name. How angry she had
been when it came; how she had ex-
pected one of those silk and lace af-
fairs exposed for sale in the. village
store. She could still remember the
one she had particularly admired and
expected. It was much the finest thing
of it's kind in the village that year,
and her disappointment was but
heightened when Lucy Edwards came
in bearing the coveted bit of senti.
ment.
Henry called that evening and she
deliberately crumpled his love mes
sage into ball and thew it into his
face. In vain did he attempt to ex-
plain that he was making every ef-
fort to save for their home. She would
not be pacified. If she was not worth
as good as other girls received she
would have none Of him, and he could
leave and never return.
And he did leave Left the village
on the night train, and she had never
seen him again. Her mother found
the crumpled bit Of paper on the floor
where it had fallen, and realizing it's
full significance had carefully laid it
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

little note she had just been reading and
re-reading SO many times that morn
ing. What could it mean? She was
almost afraid to open it, and carried
it back to the little secretary with
out breaking the seal. There was a
strange hutter in her heart. She
looked at the long glass beside her
and noted the flush in her cheeks.
She was almost beginning to hope, and
the hope was growing so strong that
she dared not open the envelope; she
dared not dispel the dream she was
dreaming. And she was dreaming
Dreaming In spite of herself of her
love come back to her. Twenty years
rolled backward and she was again
girl-blithesome, pretty Jennie Nor
ris, the belle of the village. the az
tianced bride Of Henry Fraser. She
slipped the little golden circlet lying
beside her on her finger, and as she
did so the tinkle Of the doorbell again
aroused her. Jane Norris, the village
Samaritan, was wanted by some oi
the village folk, but the dream had
been too real for the awakening to re.
move the flush from her cheeks or the
love light from her eyes, and they
were there when. she opened the door.
"Jennie!" There was entreaty in
the voice Of the man who spoke; there
was love in the eyes into which she
looked.
'Henry!" The entreaty was an.
swered. Eyes looked love into eyes,
and Jennie Morris had received her
second valentine as the affianced bride
of Henry Fraser.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

drawer that was sacred to him. l re-
member on one occasion when a post
office Inspector came around and made
q careful survey of everything in the
post Office. He took account of stock
and figured out just how much Lin
coin ought to have in cash belonging
to the government. Some of Lincoln's
friends were afraid that he might be
little short and went to him with
offers of money if he needed it. He
replied that he guessed he had it ALL
When the inspector figured out the
amount that should be there he went
to Lincoln and told him how much
cash there should be in the post Office
"'Well, I guess I have it, said Lin
coin, as he drew forth a bundle of
money.
*'He counted it out and it tailed to
cent to the amount the inspector
had found due the government Lin
coin had kept the governments money
separate at all times. Although he
carried it around with him, as the best
method of caring for it, he had never
allowed it to become mixed up with
his own money. That incident was
characteristic Of Lincoln. He was
scrupulously honest"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
An Active Emperor.

The superhiman activity Of the
kaiser is well known. He looks after
the music, the painting, the literature
and the morals of Germany; but that
is only his diversion, for above all
that he is the German emperor. AS
kaiser his work falls under three heads
foreign affairs, home affairs and
the army and navy. The department
which gives him most work is that
for foreign affairs, for last year he
read 1857 dispatches from abroad
and 341 kilograms, and gave per-
sonal decision in 91S cases. He never
signs any dispatch without reading
it. He also has a great number of
verbal reports made to him, and it is
probably this overwork that renders
him so nervous on occasions and leads
him to speak out things that he had
better have confined to his thoughts
or to his confidential correspond
enCe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
HER SECOND
VALENTINE I. !.
BY WRIGHT A.PATTERSON-

st. Valentines day, but it brought
no expectant flush to the cheeks of
Jennie Morris. Rather she was Jennie
Morris 20 years ago, now her neigh
bors knew her as plain Jane Norris
Twenty years ago she had been a.
bl1thesome girl just budding into mag
nificent womanhood, the belle and pet
Of the village, and people generally
had voted Henry Fraser the most for
tunate of young men when it was said
that Jennie Morris was to be his wife.
Twenty years ago. How long the
time seemed to the woman living
alone now in the village where once
she had reigned as queen. Parents
gone to their long rest ten years be-
fore, leaving her just a sufficient COM
petence to keep hunger from the door.
She was still idolized by the village
folk, for she played the role of Good
Samaritan in every needing home
Every day in the year save one she
was at the beck and call of any who
needed her help. But St. Valentines
day was her own; her own to be spent.
alone with the greatest sorrow of her
life, for it was on st. Valentines day
20 years before that she had driven
Henry Fraser from her by a bit Of
bo1ish pettiness. For 1854 days of
ach year she cast this sorrow from
her that she might be of help to 9TH
BIS, but on this one day she brought
it all back to her only that she might
cherish the love she had spcrned 50
foolishly. II
When the remains of her simple
breakfast had been cleared away she
went to the drawer of the little secre-
tary and took from it the mementoes
OF her courtship; of the happy days
when she was the affianced bride of
Henry Fraser. Among them was the
golden circle he had placed upon her
finger when she had said Eyes" to his
wooing. She had never returned it.
as for years after she had driven
him from her she did not know where
to send it. Then when she saw his
name mentioned as prominent bust.
ness man of an eastern city the little
circlet with its modest setting had be.
come too dear to her to be parted with,
and besides he had probably forgot
ten its existence. Then, too, there
was the valentine. It was the first
and last one he had sent her after their
engagement, and it was because Of this
same valentine that she had spurned
the love he offered. 1t was but a pret.
ty verse, love message written on
plain sheet Of note paper, and signed