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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
MAKL-ORDER WAYS
a BAD ADVERTISEMENT FOR
CATALOGUE HOUSES.
AT SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE
Sooner or Later Il Teaches Every Mail
Order Patron the Error Of
Sending His Money
from Home.

The methods Of the m~ail-order
houses are their worst advertisement.
Sooner or later there will come a time
IN the experience of every purchaser
Of their goods when he viii wish he
hadn't done It," when he will wish he
had spent his money with his home
merchants. This is not only because
he will see the ruin wrought in his
" community by the nefarious prac-
tice Of sending the money Of the com
munity to the city, but also because Of
the practices Of the mail order con
Germs.
The story in the catalogue sounds
well. II sounds like you would get
the identical thing you wanted and at
a much lower price than you had i'm
agined it could be bought for, and you
order it. The purchase arrives and
when opened o feel that some mis-
take has been made, that the concern
has sent you the wrong goods; It is
not what you ordered.
All, but it Isl The difference is be-
tween the way it actually looks and
the way it sounds in the catalogue.
You explain that the goods you re-
ceived is not what you ordered and
ask for an accounting, and are told
that it is you that is in error, that
you got just what you ordered, and
then If you are wise you buy of the
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
A TurkIsh HeaIth Report.

The French government, wishing to
obtain definite statistics on points re-
lating to certain Turkish provinces
recently sent blanks with questions
lating to certain Turkish provinces.
to be answered to the Provincial gov
ernors. The replies received from
the Pasha Of Damascus are worth
quoting:
Question, What is the death rate
in your province?
Answer. In Damascus it is the will
Of Allah that all should die. Some die
young and some die old.
Q. What is the annual number Of
births?
A. God alone can say do not
know, and hesitate to inquire.
Q. Are the supplies Of water sur
icient and Of good quality?
A. From the remotest period no
n has died in Damascus OF thirst.
General remarks as to the local san.
itation: Man should not bother him,
self or his brother with questions
that concern only God.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
"BLACKIE,S" PRlNCELY LIE

couches and soft chairs upon which
to curl.
Imagine his scogn when a letter
came from a western woman saying
that what Blackie needed was a
couple of kittens to play with-kittens
which would romp up and down the
room, pull his whiskers, pursue his
tail, bite his ears and claw his nose.
She even offered to furnish the kit
tens, and guaranteed that they would
give him the time of his life.
Think of the curl of his nose when
came a letter from a New York wom-
an who, preparing to go abroad with
her husband for some months, wrote
offering to send her cat to keep
Blackie company while she was a way.
and suggesting that, as her cat was a
well-bred and highly-cultivated ami
NAL, Blackie would be pleased. Such
presumption!
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
RIrthpIaee d Robert E. Lee.

its builders and residents throughout
all their generations.
Lake most of the colonial mansions
of the south, the house has two fronts.
the more formal northern approach
and that opening upon the broad.
shaded pleasure grounds fronting
upon the river. Stratford contains IS
large rooms.
Old Stratford, standing amid the
thousand acres which is now its
dover. presents a typical Virginia pic
ture. The house and its immediate
grounds are surrounded by a high
brick wall, now broken in many
places. The two original front gate,
Ways must have been elaborate, as
remnants of carved sandstone col
umns and caps are to be seen strewn
on the grass around the present utili-
tartan entrance.
Some distance from each of the four
corners of the house stand small
brick outhouses, like satellites around
their major luminary. These were the
kitchen, servants quarters and offices.
The place of worship attended by
the Lees was old Yeocomico Episcopal
church, which celebrated last June
its bi-centennial anniversary. It is 16
miles from Stratford, but in the old
plantation days time as well as money
was plentiful and distance a small
item Of consideration.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
Hloh prloes Paid for Pets.

A spinster with money to burn re-
Gently psid $1,000 for a bulldog A
man in Massachusetts has Just bought
a COW for $4,000. Walter Garvey has
q hog for which he refused a cash
offer Of $4,000. James Keene refused
s20O.O 900 for sysonby, a race horse.
There are several ROSTERS of fashion
able blood priced as high as $500
each. You can buy a fine lion for
$500 and a tiger for 500. BY and by
we shall have a craze for breeding
fishes. and a fine male salmon, edu-
Gated to pond life, might be worth
$1,000. The $4,000 COW has n calf
a year, worth $4,000. The female sal
mon may become the mother Of 300,-
600 little fellows in the same time,
worth in the aggregate, possibly, as
much as the calm. Y. Press.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
OLD FAMILY MANSION STILL
STANDING IN VIRGINIA.
Home Where Great General Of the
~confederaey First Saw Light Of
Day a Fine Example Of Col.
onial Architecture.

Richmond, Va.-Robert e. Lee was
born n hundred years ago in STRAIT
ford, Westmoreland county. Va. who.
gazing upon his secluded and now
somewhat neglected home, could
fancy the child born to It would stand
revealed a century later as one of the
worlds greatest generals and one Of
It's noblest men?
This first mansion of the family
in the New World was built in the
early a Of the eighteenth century
by Thomas Lee, fifth son Of Richard
Lee, whose father, Col. Richard Lee,
was the first of his house to go to the
Virginia colony. Col. Lee left his
English home, in Shropshire, in 1641.
forced by his loyalty to the royal
cause to abandon his native land.
The American home was named
after the family estate in England.
Proud might it's founder have been
had he known that Stratford On the
Potomac would witness the birth of
many men of his line who would stand
forth as leaders of men in peace and
In war-men loyal enough to the ooun-
try of their adoption to make and ad-
minister its best laws and to stand
for their state even in a losing cause.
The builder of Stratford was presi-
dent and commander-in-chief of the
Colony of Virginia, and after serving
in this capacity for some time the
king made him governor by royal APP
pointment. A fiat tombstone in a
grove near the house covers the
graves Of his wife and himself. It is
inscribed:
Here lies buried the Hon. Col.
Thomas Lee, who died November IA.
1850. aged so years, and his beloved
wife, Mrs. Hannah Lee. She depart
ed this life January rs, 1749.r
President Lee had six sons, who all
grew to honorable and honored man
hood. They were Philip Ludwell,
Thomas Ludwell, Richard Henry,
Francis Lightfoot. William and Ar
thur. Two of these brothers were
signers of the Declaration of indie
pendence.
Philip Ludwell Lee, eldest son of
the founder of Straford, and its in
heriter, had a daughter, Matilda, who
became the first wife of her cousin,
somewhat removed. Lighthouse
Harry" Lee, and they made their
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
BIRTHPLACE OF Lee.

home in stratford. Here. after his
first wife's death, Lighthouse Harry"
brought his second bride. Miss Ann
Carter. She became the mother Of
Robert r. Lee on January 10, 1907.
The home in which Gen. Lee and
his distinguished forbears were born
and reared readily icnds itself to a
mental picture Of its distinguished
past. for 1t is still well preserved in
many OF its features. It Is a massive
pile Of English brick, constructed in
the form Of the letter III" It-is al
most ruggedly simple, and is unique
in architecture from the high base
ment to the two great clusters Of
chimneys on the roof. No ornamental
feature beauties or mars its substan-
tial simplicity. 1t stands solldly and
squarely on its firm foundation, as did
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

better 70 call upon our local dealer
and look over his stock where we a
g the goods before buying. There
are then no errors in, change or re-
funds to be haggled over ACROSS a 800
mile stretch.
Yes, II is better to trade at home.
Our home merchants guarantee upon
an article means something, as he
wants good will. Keeping the
money at home benefits home indus
tries and thus, indirectly, us. We cam
not expect to sell our products to the
local merchant and do our trading in
Chicago. 1t is all one-sided and some
time we would have no local merchant
to do our buying.
Catalogue houses, I have found from
bitter experiences, are tricky. If those
who are dealing with them will watch
their purchases, they viii find is so
sOCner or later. Our last deal, had it
occurred here at home, would have
been Strengthened out in five minutes
and without feeling, but with you it
takes me all winter to get my money
AANA mnIA AAc 6OoNa 0AC uOt edN4eldC-
tory, and even then / get only a credit
card which is lost through studied
carelessness upon the part Of someone
in your concern so that / have moth
ing to show for my claim.
Every man should trade at home If
conditions admit of purchasing a good
article at reasonable prices. If not,
then he had better trade at the next
town or city hat his money may go
to build up the country around him.
He sends it to Chicago that it may go
into profits Of some big mail-order
house until there is enough sucker
money to build and endow some great
charitable institution as a monument
to the greatness of the mail-order man
and the gullibleness of the easy pub
lie.
l have already asked that you adjust
the matter Of u last deal. / want
my money returned without further
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fneness Of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
al be entirely overcome by using De-
hance Starch, as 1t can be applied
much thinly because of it's great
er strength than other makes.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
Rurro prIvers carry candles.

In Mexico all vehicles, be they
handcart, automobile, or anything be-
tween, must carry a light at night
This rule or law is rigidly enforced.
Even the drivers of the poor little
burro or mule carts, on their two
wheels, must carry a light.
So, rather than buy lanterns, which
cost money, they take a dip candle,
and wrapping it in a bit Of newspa-
per to shield it from the wind, carry
II in their left hand as they drive
along homeward from work after
evening has fallen. The effect is
striking. as the light, falling strongly
on the Indian driver, throws the face
of the man into strong relief against
the darkness.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, chief Of the
Bureau Of Chemistry, Department OF
Agriculture, is authority for the state
ment that every man eats every day
"one per cent. Of his weight In dry
foods, and It requires 100 days for him
to eat his own head on" If a man
eats less, he will lose weight, DR.. VII
ley asserts, and II he eats more ne will
gain, which will be good news to the
fat who want to get thin, and the thin
who want to get fat. Or. Wiley adds
that every person should consume four
and one-half pounds Of solids and liz
uids every day, but In doing the ordi-
nary work Of a government clerk this
amount is above the average.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

Il gave that odious Mrs. Dough.
purse something to think Of this after
noon" says Mrs. Bankfull to her hus-
band, who was amusing himself by
tossing $40 gold pieces into the artih-
cial lake in the drawing room for the
pleasure OF hearing the gold pieces
PUNK as they sunk.
"Whajja say to herr" asked Mr..
Bankfull, rolling himself a cigarette
in a hundred-dollar bill.
she was Boosting about the solid
gold radiators they are having put into
their new house. and / told her we
thought steam heat vas 30 old-fash-
Toned that we we're going to heat our
house with radium hereafter. Judge.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

in New Carlisle, O., February z. 1916,
was educated by private tutor and at
Saunders institute, West Philadelphia,
and studied law and was admitted to
The bar in Philadelphia in 1870. He
was a member Of the house Of repre-
sentatiyes of Pennsylvania in 1871.
1874. 1875 and 1876; was elected a
member Of the senate of Pennsylvania
for a term Of four years in 1876 and
reelected in 1880; was elected presi-
dent pro tenn for the session Of 1883:
was reelected senator in 1884 and
again elected in 1883. He was elected
to congress in 1890 and vas reelected
~ the hve succeeding congresses.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

dickering and unless I get it I shall
certainly get its equivalent in adver-
Using o and your methods among
the people of Lake county.
Awaiting your reply, l am
Yours truly,
CARL SCHULTZ.
Wolf Lake, Michigan. P. o. Baldwin,
Mich.
Can you, Mr.. Purchaser, not profit
by the experience of others and turn
your money into home channels by
trading with home merchants where
you will get a dollars worth for a dol
lar, Of must you follow the mail-order
mans lead to trouble for yourself and
destruction for your community? Do
not wait for that evil day when you
have learned wisdom in the expensive
school of personal experience, but
profit by that purchased by others.
You will find it far cheaper and more
satisfactory in the end.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

That the cost Of milk. and particu-
iarly cream. has advanced enormously
since 1901 as the result Of the curtaii-
ment Of supply to the factories and The
increasing market In the large cities
Is indicated in "a census bulletin rela-
tive to tie amount Of butter, cheese.
condensed milk. -four and grist mill
products and starch for 1905. A sub
markedly. Cost of cream increased
247.9 per cent, and milk, 81 per cent
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

II you need a first-class laxative,
there is nothing better nor safer than
that old family remedy, Brandreth's
Pills. Each pill contains one grain
of solid extract of sarsaparilla, which,
with other valuable vegetable prod.
ucts, make it a blood purifier Of ex-
cellent character. If you are troubled
with constipation, n pill at night
will afford great relief.
Brandreth's Pills are the same fine
laxative tonic pill your grandparents
used. They have been in use for over
4 century, and are for sale every
where, either plain or su~gar-coated.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

home merchant mex time, and know
what you get when you pass over the
money for it. He may not be able to
sell you what you thought you were
buying from the mail-order house at
the catalogue price, but he can sell
you, If he has it, the same goods you
get from the mail-order houses at an
equal or less price than they ask for
It, and what is more. he can sell you
what you really want at as reasonable
a price as you can get it for else
where.
The following letter, written by a
Michigan farmer, explains in a clear
and unmistakable way the danger of
buying of m%ailorder concerns, 1t was
addressed to one of the largest of this
class of institution in this country:
Baldwin, Mich, Jan. ~, 1907.
Gentlemen:
l have your favor of recent date,
and also your catalogues and accom-
panying circulars offering premiums
for distribution OF the same among my
friends. have no doubt that, as you
say, l will thereby confer a great ia
vor upon you, but / am compelled to
take issue with you on the statement
that / will also confer a favor upon
my friends.
IN my dealings with you, extending
over some time past, l have received
no favors from you'll paid for all 1
GOT and the length of time I traded
with you, instead of establishing
friendly relations and gaining me ad-
ditional favor as it would in a home
store, gave you the opinion that, un-
like a new customer, to whom you
give your very best, so they will come
again, I was a steady conner and any
old thing would do for me.
Our last deal opened my eyes and
convinced me Of your policy. Your
catalogues offer some apparently great
bargains. But let us draw up our
chairs and see If there are not a few
things very essential to the rural citi-
zen that are not mentioned within its
Volhminous bulk.
For instance. there is no reference
to paying cash or exchanging goods
for wheat. oats, corn, beans, butter,
eggs and hay.
How much will you pay for cattle,
sheep and hogs, +. o. b., at Baldwin?
How much will you pay to support
the Lake county schools and educate
our children? How much for improv-
ing our roads and bridges? For sup.
porting the poor? For the general
public expense?
On what page do you offer to con-
tribute money to the support Of our
churches?
What line Of credit Will you extend
TO me when my money is low because
Of sickness, or poor crops? What do
you provide In the way Of entertain
ment for the public and in the way
Of providing those things that make a
town desirable aud thus keep up the
value Of my property?
AS a matter Of fact. do you do any
thing TO help locally or do you merely
take The money out OF a community,
returning nothing whatever. beyond
the valae Of the goods bought? Think
lng * over carefully. 1 believe It Is
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
cuItIvatlna ReIIadonna.

A manufacturing firm has a 15-acre
b%elladonna garden in operation near
New Brunswick. The farm is sue
cessful as far as the production OF a
pure drug is concerned, but 1t is not
yet profitable enough financially to
make many farmers abandon their
garden truck and take to c%ultivating
the deadly notwithstanding Life
in America.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

languld, nervous and lame In the
morning. Doan's Kidney Pills helped
right away. and the great relief
that followed has been permanent"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

Ministerial duties do not prevent the
Rev. Joel H.. Metcalf, Of Taunton.
Mass. from pursuing astronomical In.
vestigations. His study OF the stars
has resulted IN the discovery OF a new
comet. which is now being closely OBJ.
served by astronomers throughout tho
world. 1t has been named Metcs'f's
comet.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
And Some Never Learn Il.

We have noticed that a good many
girls marry without any definite Idea
as to the best way TO kin the oder Of
cooking cabbage,-Topeka Capitsi
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

Thousands tell OF
cures made by Doan'a
Kidney Pills. John G.
Coleman. a promi-
nent merchant Of
swafnsboro. Ga,
says: For several
years my kidneys
we're affected, and
my back ached day
and night. / was
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
The $4,000 Cat Accepts Luxuries as
Matter Of Course.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-All over the
world are people who are interested in
the welfare of Blackie. the famous cat
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

It isn't always the people who Jolly
you most that are your best friends.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
DOES Your BACK AcHES


Only sure way to cure an aching
back. Cure the cause. the kldneys.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
Lei oF PAlLADELpAIA

Philadelphia.-John Edgar Reyburn,
mayor elect of Philadelphia, was born
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
THE COLORADO SADDLERY co.

Factory 5000 Market ST. Denver.
Harness In every style. Saddles of every description
Ask your dealer for .the smoothest Line In The west
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28

BROWN PALACE HOTEL A ABS, 1ls6g
European Plan. $3.50 and Upward.
CT0WE REPAIRS OF every known make
= Of stove. furnace or range. Geo. a
PnIlen. 1891 Lawrence. Denver. Phone T2H.
Fl OpIcT Floral designs for lodges and fun
7 e~rals.cut flowers packed and shipped
on short notice. THURSTON n. u. SMITH,
Telephone uain $3.50. 20Ui Lawrence st.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
Denver Directory

rA 1aER J.. u. WILSON STOCK SADDLES
Ask your dealer for them. Take no other.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-28
SWEET PBAS

Choicest Grand New Large Kinds, all colors, per-
fectlv magnificent 100 seeds Tor Zoe. pos paid.
FREE CATALOGUE of rare flowers, fruits and
. eds. InternafiOna Nurseries, Denver, Colo
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-06-16

Ina H. - thass tk,rE az eesut,
sl4ish sertes Is sahancs milady's
eSsfsas wasls tendstss eonss.lins her
listls tbsemsshcs . II q iaeer L 50,
France. England aad Arabia have
.wFonxht Tor tnas end Bslsium has
added her Quota o. Slaves With def
MINK fnsers Tor inc same purpose;
veaice, sunny, southern Venice. has her
lace WORKERS on her sun kissed shores.
asd II Ireland the lsrss Hovered- pat
terns ISSUE forth IN endless stream
DO you admire uaiYady's Jewels: Does
your eye. perhaps the eye Of a eonnois-
seur. gauge their value. and do you
know whence they Gamer Those
pearls which shine In milky Wilderness
on her. soft neck were dived for IN thu
bottom OF shark haunted seas; the dia-
monds whose luster Is unrivaIed were
dug for deep In the rocky caves OF
earth; South Africa and Brazil have
thoir diamond slaves whose ceaseless
ton has nronKht these treasures from
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-06-16

- tex:tzs a. - nsar tasas. : md.
hss Ser se<rek c&rernx TheT. too. have
teen fprsed s<a yield their trisrte--
ranie1. ssppAirez topazss--torn from
tkeir ht1ins places ~ saser seekers
AFTER the nlezey which tSeir sale viii
8rins These too. are ali to adorn the
Queen.
tErows cold IN winter arc fashions
arbiter must be warmly clad; perhaps
IN sezlskins. How can the slaves Of the
sea altain them7 Year after year
hundreds OF natives OF Alaska and kin
dred countries go down upon TIA
beaches With huge clubs and attack the
THOUSANDS Of animals lying helpless on
the rocks and SAID after the tide has
gone out. Whole families are slaugh-
tered. and seal pups IN scores are left
there 10 die. What happens after the
skins are obtained from the dying an
stnals oefofe they appear In soft rich
ness on nflIady's forme More slaves
preparing, dressing. curing. shaping
huge workshops. all over the world. all
under fashions law And Siberia ana
British Columbia are adding their pulse
OF effort to the endless strain The
Hudson Fay company commands the
services OF thousands OF Indians and
. Canadian Freedmen. al engaged In
the same great search for furs that
serves not only woman but the centsrs
OF trade and commerce. oIlIng the
wheels that make the wr<.d 80 round