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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14

Mr.. Lewis,James, the heading barry
tone in the Moody-Manners Opera
company, a noted English o%rganiza-
ton, has had an interesting history.
He was born in Aberdare, South
Wales, and went to work in a coal pit
when he was - years old. He sang
in local concerts and competitions
which are popular among the Welsh,
and eventually achieved such prestige
in his home neighborhood that he
was urged to study music seriously.
This he did for two years, while con-
tinuing his work as a coal miner.
Then the Carl Rosa company visited
Cardiff, and Mr.. James sang privately
for the director. who engaged him at
once for three years, and afterward
he joined the Moody-Manners com
pany.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14
FOR LUNCHEON OR c:NNER.
camelOn Of Beef, a Recipe That 10
Well Worth Trying.

To make this get two pounds OF beet
from the round and have the butcher
chop 1t fine. Mix thoroughly with one
small onion chopped fine or a tea
fuls minced parsley, four rounding Ia
spoonful of onion Juice, two table
spoonfuls minced parsley, four round.
ing tablespoonfuls Of soft bread
crumbs, three tablespoonfuls melted
butter, two teaspoonfuls of lemon
uice and the grated yellow rind of a
lalf lemon, two teaspoonfuls of salt,
A half teaspoonful of pepper, half a
te%aspoonful Of celery salt and the
yolks of three eggs, beaten. Roll into
a compact, oblong shape, wrap in n
thickness of buttered paper, place in
A baking pan with a Tablespoonful of
1o water, and bake about 40 minutes
n a hot oven. Basic frequently with
two tablepoOnfuls of butter melted in
a half cup boiling water. AS soon as
done, remove the paper and serve with
a brown sauce, or when nearly cooked
turn onto the baking pan a half can
Of hot tomatoes that have been sea.
soned to taste with salt, pepper, but
ter and sugar and finish the baking.
When ready for the table garnish with
parsley.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14

Put two tablespoonfuls of butter in
a frying pan, add two tablespoons of
chopped onions, two of chopped car
rots and cook until a golden brown.
Put these in a kettle with a quart Of
boiling water and a bay leaf, and SIM
mer for fifteen minutes; press through
a sieve. While the soup is simmering
put about a tablespoonful of sugar in
an iron saucepan, and when it browns
and burns add two or three table
spoonfuls of chopped onions, then two
or three tablespoonfuls of water; add
this to the soup; add a teaspoonful
of salt and a saltspoonful of pepper.
Strain the soup, return it to the kettle,
add half a pint of blocks of bread
that have been stirred up with beaten
egg; bring to a boil aud serve with
grated cheese.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14

+ THE BETRAYER
s BY NELLIE CRAVEY GILMORE S


Bettison lay face downward on a
lounge in his room. The dinner had
been a great success-socialIy SO had
the joke. The joke had been huge.
The host had been toasted and toasted
again. 1t was a very merry crowd.
indeed, and it had taken quite reluc-
tant leave.
Bettison was bafied. His artihce
had succeeded well-and i'll. It had as
sured him in one respect and left him
%loundering more hopelessly than ever
before in another. He laughed. Some
malicious person, an unsupported
small enemy, perhaps, was trying to
work him harm, trying to rob his
peace of mind. It was a startling CO
incidence. Again he shivered. There
was something strangely impressive
and confident about the letters-or
rather the writer of them-that sent a
chill to his marrow. So he dreamed
and argued and solved and ~unsolved
and wondered and almost went mad
at times.
Presently a shrill whistle aroused
him and he started up swiftly as the
postman repeated his whistle. He
seized the letter with trembling fin
fers and broke the seal. 1t RAM:
This will inform you that the po-
lice are already on your track. / did
my best to head you off, but it was flu
tile. l was forced to do this thing in
the name of justice. l warned you
that l should notify the authorities if
you continued. 1t will be useless for
you to attempt to leave the house, as
it is even now under surveillance"
Bettison ran his cold fingers through
his hair and read and reread the
words with hunted eyes. He passed
the next hour in a trance. Finally,
worn out in body and mind, he sank
into a stupid sleep.
Crash!
The door was pushed violently open
and two armed policemen entered the
room.
Bettison started up wildly, glaring
about him as the meaning of it all
rushed to his muddled brain. Ills
hands dropped Imply. AS they fell a
pen-staff clattered to the floor and
rolled under the table. One of tie
men stopped and picked it up. The
point was wet with ink. Bettison
glanced at the table in quick horror.
A sheet of paper with a few written
words on it stared up into his Y
And this is what it contained:
Fool that you are, why did you not
take my advice and save yourself?
Now it is too late, too late. Justice is
bound to claim it's own in the end.
Hope"
1t broke off abruptly and a great
ink spot smeared the page.
Bettison recalled with a sinking
heart that he had been more or less
addicted to somnambulism all his life,
especially when i'll or worried. Fear
had egged him on and he had written
all those letters himself! Conscience
had made him his own b~etrayer.
What he had lived in constant ter
ror of some one else doing he had
done himself.
Copyright, 1907, by Daily story Pub. Coz
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14
COT THE MlsslvEs MIXED.
Authors carelessness That Might
Have Had Dire Results.

Jsdge shute, the author, tells this
story on himself:
MY careless habit of mixing letters
nearly got me into a serious scrape
some years ago. 1 was then paying
ardent and persistent attentions to the
present Mrs. s.. I also had a client, a
very aged woman, for whom I was
conducting a trivial law suit, but
which, like all law suits in which
women are parties, assumed tremen-
dous Importance in her eyes,.
Il wrote two letters, n to the
young lady, as follows:
MY Dear Miss X: VIII you ride
with me Saturday afternoon? I have
secured a new saddler, which, I think,
you will like. If agreeable be ready at
about two o'clock
ITO the old lady, who had annoyed
me greatly by practically demanding
my entire time and attention, 1 ad-
dressed the following:
Dear Madam: l am unable to give
you any more of my time and atten-
ton. The matter is now settled, and
l have other engagements of greater
Importance to which I must devote my
whole time
These letters got mixed-the letter
to Miss K. being addressed to the old
lady; the letter to the old lady to
Miss X.
Hearing nothing l was on hand
with the horse, and a very stony-faced
young lady requested an explanation
of the letter. Whether the old lady
was ready that afternoon l never knew,
as l sent a clerk to explain matters.
"As a matter of fact, l lost a client
and very nearly lost a wife,"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14
sHoRTsREAD IN NEW STYLE.
Delicious CONNECTION According to a
Scotch Recipe.

Put a scant two pounds of butter
in a basin, warn by setting the sauce
pan in hot water, then beat to a cream
with a wooden spoon. Add slowly
20 ounces sifted, crushed loaf sugar,
stirring well to obtain a white appear
ance. Add a little lemon peel cut
fine, a spoonful or two of milk, and
stir in flour to make a short paste,
taking care not to have it too stiff.
Divide into pieces (this quantity will
make about 16) and work out each
piece with the hand into fiat round
cakes about a quarter of an inch in
thickness and as nearly as possible
the same size. Pinch the edges all
around with the finger and thumb;
cut a small round out of the center,
sprinkle a few caraway comfits on top
and bake on fiat tins, covered with
paper, from three-quarters of an hour
to an hour. They should be a pale
golden color when done. The pieces
will need to be parted again with a
knife, as they join in the baking.
Some cooks dredge them with sugar
before baking and in about 20 minutes
dredge again, then finish the baking.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14
Hawk Attacks Hunter.

Albert Baker and Charles Yeager
of Reading, Pa, have returned from a
two days hunting trip in the vicinity
Of Fritztown. They shot rabbits, red
squirrels, a polecat. a hawk and a red
fox. The hawk measured four feet,
ten inches from tip to tip Of wings.
Baker, who shot the bird, had a most
exciting experience. He only wound
ed it, and when he went to obtain 1t
the bird attacked him and sank its
claws into his face, shoulders and
hands. Baker fought the bird for Is
minutes before he succeeded in killing
1t. The hawk IA flying across a
field when he shot II. 1t is one Of the
largest birds of it's species caught
in this section for some time.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14
Salad.

A delicious salad consists Of ripe
olives chopped, mixed with cream
cheese, formed into balls and served,
dressed with mayonnaise, in nests Of
lettuce. The balls may be made of
cream cheese and minced green olives,
cream cheese and minced nuts or the
cream cheese alone with a whole nut
meat pressed into the side. The balls
should be the size of a hickory nut.
These cheese balls are often served
with another salad, either in q side
of the individual plate.or are passed
on a small serving dish.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14
SCORED ONE ON COUNSEL.
Lawyer Proved Himself Weak on
Forming Impressions.

A veteran member of the Baltimore
bar tells of an amusing cross examina-
ton in a court of that city. The wit
ness had seemed disposed to dodge
the question of counsel for the de-
Tense.
Sir" admonished the counsel stern
ly, you need not state your impress
sions. We want facts. We are quite
competent to form our own impress
sions. Now, sir, answer me cate
g%orically."
From that time on he could get little
more than yes" and mo" from the
witness. Presently counsel asked:
you say that you live next door to
the defendant"
Yes"
ITO the north of him?"
mo"
ITO the south?"
mo"
We'll. to the east, then?"
NO"
"Ah!" exclaimed the lawyer sarcas-
tically, I'VE are likely at last to get
down to the one real fact. You live
to the west Of him, do o not?"
No"
How is that, sir?" the astonlshed
attorney asked. 'You say you live
next door to him. yet he lives neither
to the north, south, east, or west of
you. What do you mean by that, sir?"
Whereupon the witness "came back"
q thought perhaps you were compe-
tent to form the impression that we
live in a fiat" said the witness calmly,
but / see / must inform you that he
lives the next door above me-"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14
RrItlsh Motor ca Indue.rY.

The motor a industry bids fair
to become n of uor most important
manufacturing industries. 1t may be
estimated that the amount of capital
now invested in the industry well ex-
ceeds s5s, 1898 900, and the total out
put Of vehicles of all kinds by British
manufacturers for the current year
can not fall far short of $4,000, with
an approximate value of $21, 500. $780,
London Economist.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14

Gen. Sir Hugh Cough, G. c. b., who
has entered his seventy-fourth year,
has worn the Victoria Cross for
nearly half a century. It has been
said that he won 1t twice over in the
fighting around Lucknow, and that is
likely enough. Lord Roberts saw him
win 1t the first time and has recorded
with keen appreciation the daring
cavalry charge that Cough led, and
that 80 materially helped to complete
the days work. Sir Hugh has been
keeper Of the crown jewels in tha
tower since 1898.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14

One cupful Of milk and enc cupful
of timed fruit auce. Add two table
spoonfuls of powdered sugar and
bring to a boil. Remove from the fire
anc stir quickly the well beaten yolks
Of four eggs. Butter a pudding dish
and put in a large cupful Of timed
fruit. Beat the whites Of the eggs
to stin froth, stir into the custard,
pour over the fruit, and bake half an
hour.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14

do yST think your congressman
does $4,000 worth of work every
Year,"
"That amt the point, answered
Farmer Corntossel. Were grateful
% him for not costing us $4,000 or so
In Mistakes
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14
Immediate CONCERNS.

$50 you have dismissed your for
tune teller?"
Yes" answered the car.
Have you ceased to worry about
the future?"
I'm SO busy lodging the present
that l don't have time to think about
tbs future"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14

80 you are not interested in Polar
exploration"
NO answered Mr.. Sirius Barker, Il
can see enough fuel problems staring
us IN the face right here It home
without annexing any more"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-02-14
Wannlnn Nlaorouslv.

Speaking of physical culture" said
the man who posed as an authority,
there's nothing like exercise to slim
ulate growth"
Not always" replied the other
man; I've got a young fox terrier that
exercises his stumpy tail every time
any one speaks to him, but the tail
doesn't seem to grow any"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-22
THE SHOW" OF TT

There afe-facts in relation to politica
fconditions in Louisiana which are SC
impressive that their expression ii
words have become trite.
We remember in our dear old planta-
ton days that the colorei preacher OF
the place had all the texts contained in
the Scriptures at his fingers ends SO tC
speak, but he had only one sermon Of
words, and with this he dealt with al
the great subjects in the Book of Life
from being born again to profting by
a gained world and lost soul.
The similituie of old Parson Deere
gone where the good niggers CO. with
the limitations of the Lecompte Drum
mer is instructive and also illustrative OF
what we mean.
In recent issue the Drummer says
Louisiana needs thorough house
cleaning and she needs it bad While
there may not be greater amount OF
corruption in this than i'll other States
in connection with the political machin-
cry, there is sufficient malice AMI dirty
politics to necessitate some action On
the part of the people for cleaner and
better politics.
As text and as fact the Drummer
has the keynote as il were, but-here
comes that same old sermon. by which
the contemporary hopes to secure
cleaner ana better politics
The esteemed but prosaic contempor-
airy, childish withal, deneounces the New
Orleans Ward Bosses as the originators
and the sum of the corruption in poll
tics it SO much despises. and then sug-
gests we turn the rascals out by put
ting Sanders in!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-22
WASH UP.

The esteemed but eXasperatcd Baton
Rouge Truth complains through its teeth
hissingly that: There are violations OF
law i'll all communities nor Is ours an
exception to the rule and our officials
may be delinquent in enforcing laws, but
that is no reason why Baton Rouge
should be male 10 appear as habitatlon
of law breaker, 10 CRAFTY factlonal hate
or 10 give d.>ma gogues a chance to pose
as reformers IN order 10 catch few
votes.
Some one had "unWarrantedly flung
out some OF Baton Rouge'S "unwashej
iincn," and the New Orleans Item laun-
dered it. 1t was about open Sundays
and general lawlessness, which. 1t is al
legged are having picnic there.
Let us see What is Baton Rouge
other than site on a Mississippi river
bluff; other than the court house town
of East Baton Rouge, other than no
body's business but our own.
Baton Rouge is the State capital.
The city, in accepting that honor, as
stunned other obligations in addition to
an historic name AMI place on the map.
The lawlessness, therefore, is an OBJ
ject lesson. The criminal in Bungtown
cries out, why punish me, while your
capital reeks with offenses your officials
stumble over and with offenders your
highest hobnob with
Therefore these "washings of Baton
Rouge's dirty linen in the open are
proper, necessary and of Importance i'll
confirming the responsibility of Baton
Rouge and not the Commonwealth, OF
which Baton Rouge is the capital, for
being likened unto an 'ante-chamber to
the internal regions .
Keno!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-22
MANY MILLIONS OF CASH
Bankers Hold Sunday Morning
Meeting at New York.
GREAT FUND IS PLEDGED.
Fifteen Men Who Gathered to Discuss
The Mercantile National Bank Matter
lnaugurate a Most Decided Advanss
In the Financial Line.

New York, Oct. pa feeling of con.
tentment and satisfaction prevails in
banking cirC les after the history max.
ing Sunday morning meeting of bank
presidents, which succeeded in finally
eliminating the Heinze, Morse and
Thomas interests in certain clearins
mouse BANKS. 1t is generally believed
that by this action the cloud that hung
over the financial situation has beer
dlspelled and a hopeful feeling will
pervade the situation in the Stock Elk.
change and Oh the streets.
BESIDES choosing new officers for the
pahkS III question and announcing each
anu every one in Il solvent condition
the most important step taken was
piedslng fund of $10,00O,0O0 by in
dlVldual banks to extend the aid TO
banks and render such assistance To
meet desposits as the clearing house
COMMITTEES may think necessary.
The meeting Sunday was the most
notable gathering of bankers of any
occasion OF recent years brought to
getfer. The deposits of the banks reD-
resented amounted to 81 ,25O, 900 600
The men, fifteen in all, and every one
a practical banker, convened at the
clearing house while the bells of old
Trinity was ringing for the beginning
or church services. These fifteen men
decided upon measures for eliminating
interests that had been under criticism
which measures later in the day were
carrid out. The methods that have now
been eliminated from the local banking
situation. it is stated, are development
OF the last decade They consist of
buying banks, then putting up stocks
representing that control as collateral
for funds to buy the control of another
bank and continuing the process with
BANS and trust companies so as the
result is pyramid controlling the
chains OF financial institutions and
their deposits" The crisis it is de-
clared, has been serious one, but the
cure extended is expected to be
complete one
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-22
DEPART FROM STAMB0UL.
President ank Party Say Good.
EBye to MANY.

StamboHl, La, Oct 22-At 10 O'Clock
Monday President Roosevelt boarded
the special train and finally babe adieu
to this point, the nearest railroad sta
tien to the scene OF his recent bear
hunting exploits in Louisiana cane
brakes and to emphasize the closing OF
the historic incident of a presidential
visit the name Of the place was chang
cd with the depa rture Of the chief ex
eeutive and it will be known now as
Roosevelt,
All business about plantations and
sawmills closed to permit the presence
at the station of both employees and as
a consequence practically the entire
community were on hand to speed
the parting guest" Fully nineteen
twentieths of those present were ne
groes.
The same train that carried the
president away also conveyed the skin
of the big bear slain by him last Thurs
day and the skins Of the two smaller
animals killed by other members OF
the party as well. They were present.
ed by the Osborne brothers.
Before the train pulled out the pres1
dent made a brief speech from the rear
platform in which he again expressed
his pleasure at having visited the com
munity. He not only expressed his
pleasure at being here but said he was
especially obliged to the people for
letting him alone.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-22
COMMENT.

One Of the chorus of the Inspired
Press, viz. the Colfax Chronicle. wb :ch
is wont to get some of its inspiration by
mail from Shreveport, has been comril-
ing list of the Wilkinson newspapo-
graphs in Louisiana.-Shreveport Times
We do not know exactly what the
Times editor means by saying we get
some of our inspiration by mail from
Shreveport, but will say the statement is
totally false. Our young friend is labor
ing under some sort of error Or hallu-
cination similar to his vagary that he is
an issue in this campaign. Sonny. you
viii please remember that the editor of
the Chronicle was noted for thinking
and acting for himself before you were
done wearing hippins .-Colfax Chron-
icle.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-22
SHERIFFS SALE.

No. 1o,331-In the First District Court
i'll and for the Parish of Caddo, La. ::
L. Groner & Son VS.. Frank Grant.
By virtue of writ of fieri facias, to
me issued from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court in and for the
Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, in the above
| numbered and entitled suit, | have
seized and will offer for sale, at public
auction, for cash., according to law, at
the principal front door of the court
house of Caddo Parish, on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER e. 1907,
One acre in southeast corner of lot as
per plan and subdivision of the south
east quarter of section 81, township Is,
range 10 as recorded i'll book "P, p. S65,
records of Caddo parish, described as
follows: Commencing at the southeast
corner of said lot 9, run thence north
3.I6 chains; thence west $40 chains,
thence south 3.I6 chains; thence $40
chains to place of beginning, together
with all buildings and improvements
thereon.
Said property seized as belonging to
the defendant, and to be sold to satisfy
the debt specified in said writ in the mm
of $II7.2o, with interest thereon i .on
the 1st day of January 1904, until paid,
at the rate of S per cent per annum, and
all costs of suit
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Caucasian, Sept. "a, 1907. Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-22
NONNAST NON EST.
Parents Will Search the World
For Lon9.L ost Son.

Chicago, Oct. 22-Failing after two
years search to find their lost son
Harry, at San Francisco. his supposed
destination, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis F.
Nonnast of liza Deming Place will
begin at once worldwide campaign to
locate the young man, now twenty-one
years of age, In every large city on
both continents advertisements will be
inserted in the newspapers seeking in.
formation of the wanderer. The father
Is furniture manufacturer He does
not intend to spare money in the
search
The opening gun in this campaign
was fired by an advertisement being
inserted IN the principal papers on the
Pacific coast offering $500 reward for
any news of the missing youth.
None of the ordinary motives that
induce boys to flee from unhappy
homes or the drudgery of toll actuated
Harry Nonnast in his flight His par
ents We're we'll to do, he was just grad
uated from the Lake View high school,
and seemed to have everything he de-
sired. But his health was not good
and he frequently talked of how he
might be benefited by the western
climate. His father had just about
made up his mind to crafty the boys
desire when without warning he dis
appeared
AS California was his supposed des-
tination the father hurried across the
continent, but could get no trace OF
him in any of the coast towns. When
the earthquake claimed its hundreds of
victims the alarm of the family was
renewed
No Harry Nonnast was in the list of
victims, but the father made another
trip to the coast He found nothing.
but after his return came the first
scrap of clew. The Winchester hotel,
at which he had made inquiries, report
ed that after more tn orough search,
the name of Harry Nonnast had been
found on their register for one night
only just before the earthquake AT
that time lie said he was on his way to
hospital