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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Saved from the Flames.

IF all the deeds of dog heroes came
to light an account of them would fill
many Volumes" says Chums.
"A gentleman who owned a pair OF
very fine horses possessed also a st.
Bernard dog which was deeply at
tached to the animals. One night
Bruno, the dog, awakened the family
by furious barking, and it was soon
discovered that the stables were on
fire.
The owner unlocked the door,
dashed in, and at great personal risk
released one of the frantic horses and
led it out. He then found that it was
impossible to return for the other, ow.
ing to the violence of the flames. At
that moment he was astonished to see
his dog appear leading the horse, the
end of the halter rope dangling be
tween his teeth.
Investigation showed that the st.
Bernard had actually bitten the rope
through in order to save one of its
friends from so horrible a death"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
RATTLE OF THE RIVETER.
The Man from Oklahoma Thought II
Was a Woodpecker.

Charley's uncle from Oklahoma was
up town being shown the sights, he
having come in the day before with
a few loads of steers, and Charley was
doing the honors.
They were walking along IN Grand
avenue discussing the tall buildings,
when all of a sudden one of those
rackety riveting machines began ham
mering away at high speed on a top
story of a steel skyscraper building.
The old man stopped as if he'd run
against something. He turned his eyes
in the direction of the sound but
could make out nothing. When he
turned to his bewildered nephew his
eyes were fairly popping.
Great Scott" he exclaimed. But
I'd like to see that woodpecker. 1t
must be a whopper. kansas City
Star.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Clock to Control Llahts.

Consul Albert Halstead of Birming.
ham reports that an automatic gas
controller has been patented and is
now on sale in England which may
materially lessen the cost of public
lighting in the municipalities Of the
United States if in practical operation
it fulfills the claims of it's owners
The controller is said to be adapt.
able to any type of incandescent burn.
er, to fit any lamp and to be instan.
taneous in it's lighting and extinguish.
ing. The mechanism consists of a
clock which can be so set as to light
the gas each night and extinguish it
each morning, so as to make an auto.
matte variation of the time of lighting
and extinguishing according to the
calendar. In short, by means of a
chart, the street lights are turned on
and of, lighted and ex|tinguished at
a different moment each day through.
out the year, according to the season.
This is an advantage, it is claimed,
over any other controller now on the
market, one adjustment a year being
sufficient.
1t is claimed that the apparatus
would require no attention except
winding once a fortnight, and that
once set it would not have to be reset
for a year. The gas can be turned
on and off in the ordinary way.-Sci.
entiic American.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
What She Remembered.

Husband-Many people at church
this forenoon, dear?
Wife-Yes, a large number.
Good sermon?"
Delightful"
What was the text?"
"It vast was, really, have for
gotten"
"Humph! Was Mrs. Purling there?"
"She was"
what had she on?"
We'll, she had on a fall wrap of very
dark pompeiian red cloth, with narrow
insertions of black velvet in the sides
of the skirt. A small yoke trimming
of the velvet covered the upper part Of
the chest, and was outlined with a
mixed tinsel braid. A narrow braiding
girdled the waist, and the cuffs were
ornamented in the anne way. 1t had
a cape attachment plated upon the
shoulders and attached by other plaits
at the waist line, giving a dolman APP
peaTance to the back, She"
"That'u do. l don't wonder that You
forgot the text!"-Daily Picayune.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Many a Sin.
Hello, Newlywed! When did you
get back from your wedding trip?"
Yesterday"

Hello, Newlywed! When did you
get back from your wedding trip?"
Yesterday"
"Have a good timer"
Eyes, fine; only
"Only what?"
20, nothing"
"Well, of course, if you don't want
to tell me, all right. You know I'll
not repeat, but"
"Well, 1 don't mind telling you, but
don't let it go any farther"
Sure, I'll not"
well, we did have a fine trip, as 1
said, although we met with an acct
dent that temporarily married the
serenity of the journey. But you'll
not repeat this?"
Never in a thousand years"
well, you know there are a lot of
short tunnels and snowsheds between
here and Denver. The first one caught
me in the smoking compartment and
we we're out of it before l could get
to where my wife was sitting. But 1
was on the lookout for the next one
and made a run for her. I arrived just
in time to get one kiss before we shot
out into daylight again"
Eyes. Go on"
That's about all. It wasn't my wife
l had kissed."-Pacihc Monthly.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
The Matinee Girl.

ut is a good thing there are enough
of the typical matinee girls to fill the
theaters on Saturday afternoons"
said the man in the box Office, "other-
wise there would be a good many
vacant seats. Gradually the prejudice
against the matinee girl crowd is
growing. Give me a ticket for any
performance except Saturday after
noon is the request that we hear
more and more frequently. The jab-
bering and the giggling that seem to
jbe an inevitable part of a Saturday
afternoon performance mar the pleas
ure of the earnest theater-goer. The
trouble is said one oma who is a
good judge of plays and actors, that
the Saturday matinee folks laugh, cry
and applaud in the wrong places.
There is one strong play now on the
boards that illustrates this tendency
perfectly. From the beginning the
girls" of all ages who are not famil-
iiar with the story of the play make
bets with each other as to which girl
the vacillating hero will marry, and
all illusions to the plight of the APP
parently forsaken sweetheart call
forth an explosion of giggles, especial
1y from the top balcony. At no other
performance do the vital points in
serious plays miss the mark"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
uNwRlrrEN pAeE OF AIsroRv.
Incident Said to Have Caused GIsy's
Defeat for Presidency.

An unwritten page in the history Of
American politics came to light at the
city hall in Minneapolis when Mary
Hunter, colored. IS years old and a
former slave. gave her version OF the
failure Of Henry Clay to be elected to
the presidency Of the United States In
1882.
She witnessed the famous banquet
given by the state Of North Carolina
to Mr.. Clay at Asheville. Hundreds VI
tables were spread under the trees,
and no greater enthusiasm was ever
evoked by a political event than was
displayed there. Nearly all the prom.
inent men Of the south were there,
and the name of Henry Clay was on
every tongue.
His election seemed assured until
a cloud of scandal crossed the hOri.
zon. Clay, she said, fell In love with
a beautiful octoroon, who had been
freed by her master in North Carolina.
The secret was exposed a few deys
after the banquet, and for many weeks
the magnificent girl was the object Of
all gossip in that part of the country.
"My mother knew the girl WE'LL
said Mary Hunter, "snd the talk start.
ed caused her to disappear. No one
ever heard Of her after that"
In order to save the social standing
of those who attended the great feast
the matter was not spread broadcast,
but leading politicians of both the
south and north were asked to pre-.
vent Henry Clay from ever occupying
the presidential chair.
How their work succeeded is a mat
ter of history in North Carolina, but
when Clay was defeated the subject
was dropped and NJ one cared to
probe it further.
Mary Hunter went to Minneapolis
when the Sixth and Seventh M~inneso.
ia regiments returned at the close OF
the civil war. She has worked nearly
every day since she was seven years
old and still earns her living by hard
day work. A short time ago she in
jured her back, and for the first time
in her life, she has asked for charity.
81 must work OF 1 will die" she told
Edward Ekman, of the poor depart
ment. IF 1 can get a little wood and
something to eat for a few days I will
be up and working like l always have
done"
Mary Hunter has been employed by
several prominent families, who say
she is wonderfully bright and active.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Two Elsherlea Questions.

Two important fisheries questions
affecting America are under consider
ation. One is the problem of stop
ping pelagic sealing, that is, the shoot
ing Of the migrating seals at sea, and
the indiscriminate destruction of fe-
males. If the Canadians agree to
stop the practice, it is probable that
Japan will come into the agreement
says the Youths Companion. The
other problem concerns the use of
purse seines by Americans on the New
foundland herring-grounds, and is be-
ing discussed by representatives of
the British, American and Newfound-
land governments. Great Britain adj
units the justice of the colonial po.
sition that the use Of purse seines
threatens destruction Of the fisheries,
but may under pressure of the Amer
lean interests conclude an agreement
over the heads of the colonial COM
m~issioners:
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Records of waoers.

Betting is neither so general nor 80
promiscuous as it was $50 years ago,
when books for recording wagers were
always kept on the tables in the much
frequented coffee houses of London.
Some of these books are still to be
found among collections Of antiques,
and they make interesting reading.
All manner Of bets are entered there,
on marriages, births and deaths, on
the duration of a ministry. on the
length of the lives of prominent per-
sonages, on the possibility Of earth
Quakes, and even on hangings.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
WORST CASE OF ECZEMA.
Spread Rapidly over Body-Limbs
and Arms Had to Be Bandaged-
Marvellous Cure by Cutieura.

my son, who is now twenty-five
years of age, when he was four
months old began to have eczema on
his face, spreading quite rapidly until
he was nearly covered. We had all
the doctors around us, and some from
larger places, but no one helped him
a particle. The eczema was something
terrible, and the doctors said it was
the worst case they ever saw. At
times his whole body and face were
covered, all but his feet. had to
bandage his limbs and arms; his
scalp was just dreadful. A friend
leased me to try Cuticura, and l be-
gan to use all three of the Cuticura
Remedies. He was better In two
months; and in six months he was
well. Mrs. R. L. Risley, Piermont,
N. H., Oct. "a. 1906"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Red River PrOspectOr
REID RIVER. NEW MEXICO.
The Teaching Profession.

tUH lgaItlUH TFoloeeioHe
y There was a time when the school.
masters profession was adopted by
many college graduates as a pts aller,
or as a temporary means Of livelihood
before taking up some other kind Of
work. The qualities and the special
training now required of a teacher
have given him a much more indepen-
dent and even more honorable posi-
tion han he formerly held. Conse-
quently, there have been an increased
esprit de corps. and a greater zeal in
the profession. In his address before
the Middlesex Teachers association.
President Eliot spoke Of the enthusi-
astic devotion for their calling and
preference for It above all others.
which are often demanded and which.
ne might have added, are often found
among those who are engaged in the
work Of education. For efficiency can
not be secured by high salaries and
pensions. Like the profession Of arms,
that Of teaching is one that is chosen
o often for glory than for gain,
but it is important that glory should
not have to be sought at the expense
of ordinary comfort, Jays the New
York Post. I'm Harvard college,"
said DR.. Eliot, "the salaries are high
er than in the teaching profession
generally, yet they are lower than can
be had by men of the right quality in
other professions"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
DEACON COT MONEY
cHURcH-coER MORE LIBERAL
THAN HE MEANT TO BE.
Now the Question Is, Who viii Be
Given Credit for the Half Dollar
Unintentlonally Contributed
to the c%ollection7

-
Being an occasional church-goer he
was supposed to be able to behave
properly and preserve his %equanimity
through any ordinary service. His
family was therefore somewhat curl
Gus when he returned from church
one Sunday noon with a most discon-
ISOLATE air, says the Providence Jour
nal.
Didn't you like the sermon?" asked
his wife.
"Oh, the sermon was all right, I
guess" said he clumly.
We'll, what's the matter?" she per-
sisted.
"Nothing's the matter" he retorted
sharply. Cant a man look solemn
when he gets back from a solemn re-
ligious service without causing a riot
in his own homer"
His wife said nothing for a time,
and then, with happy inspiration,
asked casually:
How much did you put in the con-
tribution box today"
There was a pronounced pause, and
then the reply came with serious de-
liberation.
"Seventy-ive cents"
wasn't that rather liberal?" she in
quired, knowing he usually played a
quarter limit.
Rather" he answered. Rather
liberal, it struck me. Rather too lib
eral."
Then he chuckled and went on with
out further urging.
"You see, it was this way: 1 was
sitting alone in a back seat on the
side aisle. When the deacon started
down for the contribution l felt for
some change and found 1 had just two
pieces, a quarter and a half. Some
how l felt pretty good natured, and
was thinking of putting in the half
instead of the quarter as usual, While
/ was celebrating I'm blessed if the
half didn't slip out of my fingers and
roll out into the aisle, close to the
second pew in front. 1 didn't want
to scramble for it then, and figured
l could get it at the close Of the serv-
ice. So l sat back and waited for the
box to come along and dropped in the
quarter.
Just as he got to me the deacon
noticed that he was half a lap ahead
of the deacon on the other side and
stopped to wait. And, naturally, while
he was waiting, his eyes lit on the
half-dollar lying in the aisle in front
Of him.
"And what did that old sinner do
but grab for it, look around curiously
a minute and then drop it into the
box. And l didn't have the nerve to
breathe a word. Just sat like a dunn
my and watched the half go to the
angels, and me without another cent
in my clothes, having to walk home
instead of taking a trolley. Wouldn't
that make you mad?"
Then he added, chuckling again:
What I'm wondering now is whether
I get credit from st. Peter for giving
the whole rs cents or just for the
quarter"
you won't get credit for any of it,
observed his wife. "St. Peter'l check
off the credit for the quarter to cover
your wicked feelings when you saw
the half dollar go, too"
"That'd be a mean trick" he re-
sponded, as he reached for his Sunday
paper.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

Il wouldn't mind your playing poker
with the crowd, but you always lose"
"Well, dear, that merely proves the
truth of the old saying. Lucky in love
unlucky at cards
"Oh, we'll. l guess you a AFFORD to
play once in a while. Houston Post.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Fi0wers Kept Lonu In STORAGE.

A French experimenter, named Yer.
cier, has succeeded in keeping certain
kinds of peonies more than three
months in cold storage, with the flow
ers in fair preservation to the end Of
that period. Red and white China
peonics. for some unknown s
best stood the long tests.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
The Duet.

Tippler Cat club)-Doesn't the still
small voice reproach you when you
tell your wife a lie about being at the
office?
Rounder-Yes, but it's a choice be-
tween the still small voice and a loud,
big One.-Boston Transcript.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Consolation.

Mr.. Hussel-The doctor says II /
don't take a little rest and not work
so hard I'll be dead in a year,
Mrs. Hussel-What a consolation Il
must be to you to know that your ufO'G
insured.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
AS Compared.

Speaking of happiness" said the
homegrown philosopher, "a bachelor
with $4,000 isn't as happy as a poor
married nan with v manageable
daughters"
"Why not?" queried the youth.
Because" explained the philosophy
dispenser, "the former wants more
than he has, while the latter has more
than he wants"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Mounded Pride.

"Did you have a good time in
Europe?"
mot very" answered Mr.. Cumrox.
"You see, it kind of nettled mother
and the girls to see me of so little con-
sequence that / could go abroad with
out being suspected of nursing a
presidential boom or lodging an in
yestigation Washington Star.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

The American people are very
prone to boast about the amount of
money they spend on education. Moth
tng could make a poorer boast. The
amount looks big in the aggregate,
out It is really triGing when analysed.
And the fact is that we pay our teach.
era q wage too small to be spoken OF
without a blush.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

Take de case OBJ de Postle Paul. +"
said Uncle Ephr'm. HE nebber stud
led fur de ministry. an yit der amt
a preacher on dis yarth dat kin hold a
candle to In. "-Chieago Tribune.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Reanonslbllltles.

you never make speeches in your
campaigns" said the friend.
mo" answered Senator Sorghum.
You can trust other people to make
the orations. But the cash account
needs personal supervision"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

The Pullman porter does not get all
OF It, The company has Just decided
20 divide S25. ZOO. 900 surplus among
ehO stockholders
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
|TheH Human System
Must Adjust itself
to Changing Tenn
peratures.

change from warm to cold, when cool
nights succeed hot nights, when clear,
cold days follow hot, sultry days, the
human body must adjust itself to this
changed condition or perish.
The perspiration incident to warm
weather has been checked. This de-
tains within the system poisonous
materials which have heretofore found
escape through the p~erspiration.
Most of the poisonous materials re-
tanned In the system by the checked
perspiration find their way out Of the
body, If at all, through the kidneys.
This throws upon the kidneys extra
labor. They become charged and over
loaded with the poisonous ~excretory
materials. This has a tendency to in
flame the kidneys, producing function
al diseases of the kidneys and some
times Bright's Disease.
Peruna acts upon the skin by stimu-
lating the emunctory glands and ducts,
thus preventing the detention of pois-
onous materials which should pass
out. Peruna %invigorates the kidneys
and encourages them to fulfill their
function in spite of the chills and dis
couragements of cold weather.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Mr.. Henpeek.

do you believe in divorce?"
mo, indeed"
why not?"
my wife won't let me."-HOUston
Post.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

Zones, the effect
of changing sea-
sons is a ques-
ton Of the high
est Importance.
When the weath-
or tn
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
NOVEMBER AiLRENTS
THEIR PREVENTION AND CURE.

November is the month Of falling
temperatures. over all the temperate
regions the hot weather has passed
and the first rigors of winter have ap-
peared. As the great bulk of civilized
nations is located in the Temperate
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

Peruna Is a
combination of
well-tried harm
lie S s remedies
that have stood
the test of time.
Many of these
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

remedies have been used by doctors
and by the people in Europe and
America for a hundred years.
Peruna has been used by DR.. Hart
man in his private practice for many
years with notable results. It's efficacy
has been proven by decades of use by
thousands Of people, and has been
substantiated over and over by many
thousands of homes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-01

age. They have not exerted the
influence in the legislature they
might have done; they have prac1
tically made no demands and con-
sequently have received little. In
stead of being consolidated whole,
they still remain a chaotic mass.
How may our rural schools and
city schools be improved? The
teaching profession, if we may call it
such, is the only profession with
which I am acquainted wherein the
layman is supposed to know more
about the profession than those
engaged in it. In some respects
this is justified for the reason that
too many enter the profession with.
out the proper qualifications. How
may the standard be raised? My
answer is, first, by raising the wages
paid teachers. We cannot expect
the bright young man to enter the
teaching profession and remain there
at S40-$50 per month, and from
three to nine months during the
year, and pay SIS per month for
room and board when he can get
steady employment at manual labor
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-01

at same salary with room and board
furnished.
In the second place, the minimum
qualifications should be raised. No
person should. ever be allowed to
enter the. teaching profession who
has not had some special training
for that work. What other business
or profession is there that does not
require an apprenticeship? ! an
told by Supt. Olsen's report, that
last year more than 1900 persons
were attempting to teach school in
Minnesota who could not pass an
examination in arithmetic to say
nothing of scores Of the others who
bad made no special preparation for
their work. And from the best
authority l could secure, l am COM
PEELED to state that the great majority
of the 1900 were in the north half
of the state.
How can we secure more trained
teachers? I answer-by. paying
better salaries and by establishing
more training schools for teachers.
There are some people even in north
ern. Minnesota, who profess to be-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-01

Farm at Grand Rapids, will be in
attendance at the institute and will
address the farmers.
Messrs. Wilson and Mcclure will
speak in both the forenoon and after
noon, and they will have real live
subjects for discussion with the
other farmers who attend the insti-
tute. The subjects to be discussed
are as follows: Clearing land; dairy
ing; growing seed, roots, ETC.; raising
bacon hogs; marketing farm pro-
ducts, and several other topics.
The gentlemen announce that
they will be prepared to answer any
questions regarding any subject
pertaining to farming, and more
especially to the requirement of the
farms located in northern Mime
sofa.
Institutes have been held in St.
Louis county during the past week
and they have been well attended.
Reports from Institutes are to the
effect that great interest has been
manifested in the subjects discussed
by Mr.. Mcclure and Mr.. Wilson.
Everyone interested in agriculture
and the best methods of farming is
urged to attend the Institute, as the
addresses which will be delivered at
the gathering will be of great benefit
to those present.