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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-05-04

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-05-04
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-05-04

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-05-04
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-05-04

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-05-04
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-05-04

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-05-04

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-05-04
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-05-04

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-05-04

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The Forrest City times., 1907-12-27
Democrat Times

Wishing you Happy New Year
 The weather is bad, but it could h. worse.
 Auntie is having trouble with hs, mouth.
 old Brother Dickens gout prov, worse as the weather gets better.
 There ought to be a good marke, for corkscrews now.
 The chronic kicker has stonnoa kicking dust, and gone to slinging mud.
 NIT. Thomas Cochran and NIT. Finis Lamb were visitors in our city Mon. day.
 Miss Mamye Wallace was quite in last week, but is improving rapidly now.
 Mrs. P Jackson and son, of Hot Springs, are visiting relatives here.
 Miss Louise Gwyn, of Lulu. passed through Democrat Saturday enroute home.
 Mrs. Ella Cooke and two sons, Rich. ard and Jesse, left Saturday for Ala. hama to spend the holidays.
 If this weather continues We will not get our crop out in time to plant , another one. l How is the money panic serving YOU? The people in these parts are all right. We still have hog and hominy and once in awhile big fat | possum.
 Messrs. Joe Wright and Madison ' Thornton went to Memphis Wednes. g day. and got back as far as Democrat | and said their mules got "Doezy.s
 Anyway it was several hours before NIT. Wright's mule was able to carry l. him home, and he called her Maud Y SILVER BILL II.
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-27
Happy Hollow Times.

We are having some more gloomy weather this week.
 Mr. !. T. Grippen, of Benton, was spending few days the first of the week at the home of NIT. R. L. liar dee.
 Mrs. Maggie Slough and son, Ed, went to Memphis Tuesday.
 Mrs. Lille Evans visited her mother, Mrs. Pink Jones, Thursday evening. NIT. Willie Porter called on Miss Lucille Todd Sunday.
 Mir. Duncan Lilly and Master Shade Hardee made flying trip to Nem- phis Tuesday. and NIT. Lilly bought nice gold watch. l suppose santa Claus won't forget his girl.
 Mrs. Maggie Slough was in town shopping Friday.
 NIT. E. L. Hardee and NIT BoIden spent sunday with Mrs. Baxter and l Nr. Jim MeCutchen.
 The new night marshal at Forrest City spent Sunday with his girl. l don't think he will hold the job only during the holidays, for don thlnK |his girl likes it much.
 MoUsE HUNTERS.
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-27
A Remedy Without an Equal

Try Yucatan Chill Tonic, sure cure for colds, lagrippe and rheuma- tism. will cure you, acceptable to the most delicate person, results are posi-. tive and you feel better after taking one dose. Price soc. \ free sample at | T. Sanders Drug Store.
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-27

At nrSU Iu was not sapposcu et1ae ette .
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30
tllmlt Of Sadness.

At dinner of the Beach club at
Palm Beach, Oakleigh Thorne. New
York's noted raconteur. told q story
about theatrical manager. The day
after the production of . new melo-
DRAMA" said Mr.. Thorne, this man
ager wrote to his leading man as fol-
lows: Your performance last night
was 30 bad that IA deadheads have
written to me demanding that their
names be stricken from the free list :"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

In the almshouse Of Beaminster,
England. IL a man whose hair hangs
down over his shoulders. The mas
ter OF the institution explains that he
has not had the mans hair cut, be-
cause In summer he travels for .
hair restorer."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30
Appropriately ch.r.etsrlz.d.

Appropriately Characterised.
Three-year-old Oliver was warned to
run away from two bumblehees which
were buzxing about his head. The fol-
lowing day he tore into the house, ex-
claiming: 20. mamma. those old bum
flies are out again."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

There were once two. fellows In our
town that were twin brothers. they
looked 70 much alike that their most
intimate friends could not tell them
apart. Lem had no teeth and Dave
had still they looked precisely alike
just the same. The only way you could
tell them apart was to stick your nm
ger In LENS mouth. and II be BIT you
Il vas Dave.-Judge's Library.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

Knew What Was Good for Them.
A minister of church in Brooklyn
was preaching ON local evils, and es-
pecially OF those that prevail to =
greater extent than elsewhere In the
borough In which his church II locat-
ed. Il do not know" he said gravely,
(which is the greater evil-the Brook
Ign bridge or bridge In Brooklyn"
The men longed to applaud but did
not dare.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

when was at Harvard" said Dr..
William f.. Anderson, Of New York. in
concluding a brief address. sthe boys
had . little epigram with which they
used to warn speakers not to be too
prolix. 1t compared q speech to q
wheel You know. professor. they
would say. the longer the spoke. the
greater the tire. Christian Regis
ter
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

Indigestion is not only the most
prevalent OF all diseases. but Is the
most far-reaching In its complications.
says DR.. Latson. In Health Culture.
In recognition OF this fact q brilliant
medical man has said: There Is but
one disease-indigestion."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

Massachusetts has about 5000
acres of cranberry boys; New Jersey
5000 acres. and Wisconsin 5000 acres.
In point of area next comes Rhode
Island. followed by Connecticut and
New York. Several other states have
from one to 50 acres.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

He latter the REFUSAL Had been
rich. perhaps your answer would have
been quite different" She-"Per-
haps. He-"But poverty is NO
crime" She-"Oh. yes, 1t is-and the
punishment is hard labor" -Illustrat
ed Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

This" said the expert. as he look
ed fondly on the amount placed In his
hand for his portion OF the testimony,
rs the kind of lunacy commission
favor. "-Baltimor American.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

The greatest ride on horseback
ever done up to his time was done by
Cowper Thornhill. Huntingdonshire.
England. April -. HAS, who rode 2i3
miles In II hours and II minutes t.
win wager Of 500 guipeas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

Two elaine 10 DisflnetIon.
The GrenobIe district in France IL
noted In the export trade Of that
country for two very different prod
ucts-walnuts and kid gloves.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30
A safe Conclusion.

When the girls father says no It
IL pretty safe to conclude that he
isn't merely trying to get himself
teased.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30
Natural Rock s.rometer.

NdtOrSI Hoek oa5Ometeps
The barometer rock OF Finland
composed Of clay, nitre and rock salt
turns from gray to black before q
rain. white efiorescence Of salt ap-
pearing In dry weather.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

After a woman has picked out her
box Of strawberries she always dis.
covers that one OF the other looks
better.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

We are paying the highest
prices for Cotton, Hides,
Chickens. Eggs, Etc. Etc.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-11
CIR GFaltlr nf
@tun aun Bunu
By REV. WILLARD THORPE.

of room for originality and spontaneity. Sin we ar defining more and
more in terms of disease, as that which is abnormal, umwhoesome, de-
fectve, in any part of a mans life.
When 1 see a man Of splendid physique, standing well, walking we'll
disciplined for all possible things, able to swim and run and climb aud
dance and wresle and throw and hit the bulseye, l am convicted of
sin, for ], too, ought 70 have been all those things. They are a part of
the normal life of the body and they react upon the whole life Of a man.
That is why we are introducing them as manual training into our best
schools to-day.
And when, again, 1 see a man of splendid character, honest to the
depths of his being, brave, with the courage that honesty demands, gem
Ierous to Others in word and deed, using his strength with s~ingehearted
earnestnes to better the condition of his fellows and moving forward,
his face set Godward, lighted with the glory of a sublime faith, then, too,
II am convicted of sin, for that is the normal athletic development of
the soul and is what ! ought to be.
Along these lines new standards of life and success and virtue are
forming very different from those Of the past. The world will never
lagain consent to 60 to the monastery for its conceptions of religion and
lof the ideal life. The abnormaiy of the monastic life vtiated the whole
ltype of religion which it engendered. We look back to it to-day with a
shudder. We train our boys and girls to live normal, vigorous, allsded
lives. And the result is already a religion of sunshine penetrating every
dark Granny of life, a religion of hope and trust, casting out the old
shadows of shame and fear; a religion of love, finding good in everyone
and claiming everyone for the good; a religion free from the old strain
and stress and feyerish tension and characterized by the sense of infinite
harmony
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-11
Household Helps.

II freshly cleaned tiles are rubbed
over with parahn they will keep clean
for a long while.
A few drops of lemon juice added
to scrambled eggs while cooking will
improve them.
To remove fly specks from var
nlshed surfaces use equal parts Of
water and skim milk warmed.
Dlscolored china baking dishes can
be made as clean as when new by rub
bling them with whiting.
Try sharpening the scissors by at
tempting to cut a large darning needle
for a few minutes.
Glass which has become dusty must
be thoroughly busted off before It is
cleaned in any other way.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-11
Red River PrOSpectOr
RED RIVER. NEW MEXICO.
Ancestral silver.

Among people of conservative hab-
its-and in this class must be placed
the old families both of New England
and Oh the south-the wedding silver
is still regarded as the most impor-
tant Of wedding presents. The choice
OF it usually falls to the parents Of
the bride or of the groom. or to some
other near relative. and is rightly re.
garded as a delicate task. For years
silver bullion-the raw material Of the
family silver-has been very cheap.
Three years ago manufacturers were
able to buy it for less than so cents
an ounce Since then there has been
a slow but steady advance and the
recent resumption Of the purchase OF
silver bullion by the United States
government has been followed by tho
raising Of the price to 81 cents. Tho
general belief is that it win go still
higher. The immediate result of thia
advance is an increasing tendency to
revert to the old custom of MAXIM
silver the principal wedding gift, a
custom which has suffered somewhat
of late years from the growing com.
petition of attraction in other fields
1t is a rule of human nature that wha!
IS cheap is never valued at its real
worth; and cut glass, furniture. pic
lures and rugs have won a large share
Of the honor that once belonged tc
silver alone. The reversion to the
older fashion is not unpleasing. Sill
yer is beautiful in itself, and it is
durable. Neither time nor use have
any deleterious effect upon it. Like
every other human thing, 1t shows tho
effect of wear; but if it was well de-,
signed and has been put to no ignoblo
use. age serves only 20 give it An add,
ed charm. The good old family sill
yer, like those who owned 1t takes on
new grace and dignity with the pass,
ing years. And yet, says the Youths
Companion, there is family silver
which makes the owner wish that the
donor had chosen glass or china in,
stead, for that might have got
broken. Things cheap and tawGry IN
INSTRUMENTATION to some passing
fashion-become burdens because CT
their very durability. Those who
choose what is to become family sill.
yer for others should remember MAJ
pOlaOn'o rannorl-. WAnnaatova9 have
none, but l myself am an ancestor"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-11
GREATEST MASS OF THE METAL
THE WORLD KNOWS.
Located Near Vienna. in the Duehy
Of Syria, Austria-A Solid Mass
Of lron-supply Tor loo
Years

Vienna.-This nicture shows what
appears to be a giant stairway extend.
ing up the side of a mountain. MANY
men have been at work for more than
a generation carving the slope Of the
mountain as it appeass in the illustra-
ton. and when their work. is finished
the mountain will have disappeared.
This is the famous grzburg. about
30 miles southwest OF Vienna in the
Austrian duchy Of Styris. 1t is in the
center Of the great iron mining region
of Austria and around It smoke MANY
blast furnaces, all of then fed bv the
ore which this mountain supplies, for
the Erzberg is a mass of Slid iron ore
than 1000 feet in hight. The
ore is extremely rich and Aields from
80 to 45 per cent. of pure hon
There r a few similar masses of
iron ore in the world, but Not MANY
Near the City of Durango, IA Mexico
is a small mountain of ore and near
the east coast of Queensland Il a small
island in the Duke group that is all
iron ore, and il is estimated that It
will yield a total of 2,250,0 900 tons.
Miners are cutting the ore out of
the Erzberg at the rate of 6kOO. 900
pounds a year, and it is estimator that
at this rate it will take them 1000
years longer to dig the mountair en-.
tirely away. If this estimate is cor
rect there still remains in the Erzoerg
100000 tons of ore.
In Lapland, along the line OF the
Arctic railroad. between Gellivare Ind
the Atlantic railway, is another mtln-
tain of iron ore, but it is smaller than
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-11
sawdust as a Fuel.

Little material goes to waste in
any kind of manufacture nowadays
said Gus Kissinger, of Ludington.
Michs at the Plankinton house. Years
ago tremendous loss was incurred in
the saving Of logs, but in many Of
the Michigan sawmills, including
those at Ludington and Manistee. slabs
and sawdust are o of value.
The dust once collected in such
quantities as to be a ~hindrance to
work in the mills, It occupied much
space on the surrounding grounds.
The slabs were piled in all directions.
They were free to anyone who would
be accommodating enough TO haui
them away by the wagon load.
After the sawmills had run for
many years salt was discovered and
wells were bored. Now some OF the
largest salt blocks in the world are
along the western coast OF Michigan,
and the fuel used in running their ma,
chinery comes from the sawmills. In
most cases the owners Of the large
sawmills became the owners OF the
salt wells. aud the two enterprises are
run as one plant. Milwaukee Senti-
mel.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-11
OF BLANKETS.
SPECIAL TREATMENT NEcEs.
sARY FOR BEST RESULTS.
Done In the Right Way, No House
keeper Need Dread the Ap.
proaeh Of the Regular Day
for Washing.

- w. .Mf.Hr
AS the immortal stump orator re-
marked, We have blankets in our
cwadles. blankets in our twlbs. slan-
kets in our four-posters,' and having
blankets so prevalent" it sehooves
AIS to keep>them clean.
Now. many otherwise excellent
h-ousekeepers dread the annual blan.
ket washing simply because they un.
derstand little or nothing of the ar,
Of blanket securing, as the Scotch
call Il.
They usually resort to one or the
other of the two very bad methods,
and either send the blankets to a pub.
lie laundry, where they may be mado
white and clean. hut viii c0-toi-' :
shrink. or they have a washerwoman
in, who upsets the whole household.
washes the poor blankets very badly.
and leaves them hard to touch. very;
grimy to behold. and some sizes small.
er than they ought to be.
Require ,hotv,dua Care.
Now, If one lives in the country.
where a garden. or field. or good dry.
ing ground is close by an excellently
appointed laundry, a big annual orgio
of blanket washing may be advav.
tageous, though 81 haze me doots'
about that.
To the ordinary housewife. who han
neither the space nor the appliance J
o the necessary number of servants.
it is a far wiser plan to send bial
ket to the wash every week. or two
if the washing is a light one. and IL
is always necessary only to wash ono
at a time. otherwise blankets shrink.
They canno be treated en- masso
as linen or cotton things are. bu:
must be done speedily and thorough,
ly, and dried on a fine hot day, II ol
doors, but not in the hot sun.
Right Kind of Lsther.
A warm soap lather must be pre-,
pared from soap jelly made the day
before, and a little ammonia, either
lump or liquid, must be added to this.
and the blanket allowed to soak fol-
about a quarter of an hour to extract
the grease. Then it must be kneaded
and squeezed until the dirt is all loos-
ened, and, if necessary, put through
two, and even three, fresh fathers.
The next process is rinsing, which
must be done in warm water. and If
no soft water has been obtainable, a
little ammonia to each rlnsing water
is a great advantage.
When rinsing is over it is impor-
tant that folding should be even and
exact, and then the wringing through
a machine will act as mangling also.
Shaking well after rinsing, and then
pegging carefully to clothes lines in
the open air, and shaking occasionally
by two persons while drying, are the
final processes, except the last and
final" stretch between two persons
after they are quite dry, in order to
keep them to their proper size.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-11

Here is a recipe for one of the deli
cacies of the season. Roll out some
puff paste about a quarter of an inch
thick, cut out-by means of a round
paste cutter-as many rounds as are
required, place them in a baking sheet,
and mark the center of each round Of
paste with a smaller cutter. Brush
over with beaten yolks of eggs, and
bake for 20 minutes in a fairly hot
oven. Remove the lids, scoop out
some of the soft part of each patty
and fill them with minced chicken
mixed with enough white u to
moisten the mixture. Replace the
lids, dish up, and garnish with fried
parsley. If this is done with carr it is
not difficult, and it would be a strange
palate that did not find it delicious.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-11

week. She is believed to be the
largest youngster of her age in tho
state and probably is one of the
largest year-old infants on record.
When Oracle was born she was not
remarkably large-only II pounds
but in two weeks time the newcomer
began to take on flesh at a marvellous
rate and attracted general notice on
the part of physicians and people gen
orally.
At first there were lively fears hat
the baby was suffering from dropsy,
but numerous doctors examined the
child carefully and found herr to be
in perfect health.
When Oracle was nine months old
the scales showed her weight to be al
most 40 pounds. and she has since
easily accumulated flesh until a good
part of her present 81 pounds is ac-
counted for by many folds of delicate
flesh an inch and a haif in depth that
lap the limbs and btdyJ
Oracle is so heavy that it will be a
long time before she vii be able to
walk or to balance and carry her own
weight, and if she continues to gain
in avoirdupois in anything like the
way she has lone so far her friends
and. like all fat persons, her general
good nature has won her a host of
them-are a%nXiously wondering what
the huge baby's future will be.
Strange to state. Gracie's mother is of
frail build and weighs only 100
pounds.
Mrs. Mary Gaskill, the baby's grand
mother. however, is a large woman,
and proudly declares the child takes
after her. There has been talk that
Oracle will be exhibited in a museum,
but her grandmother stoutly declares
this will not be done.