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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
Do We CHANGE Our slze2

We all have read such phrases as
"his form seemed to dilate,' and che
suddenly looked mean and %shrunken."
Without doubt one can and one does,
lnder certain circumstances, as in Of
Tended dignity, extend the height, di-
late the chest, and so become larger,
and fear may cause a sort of collapse
ihat makes N appear quite shrunken.
These are rear. and commonplace
/ things. There is something else al
lied to the foregoing which is not
quite so simple, says New York Week
iy. We associate grand things with
bigness, and mean things with small
ness. By some curious trick of our
nervous system we no oon learn
that a person has done a noble deed
than his form looks noble, and If we
hear that the deed is mean his form
appears mean. IF another is proved
intellectually excellent, we mark the
width of his forehead. Should he sub.
s~equently do anything disgraceful, we
think his forehead mean-looking. And
indeed, We ourselves may feel broad
or mean in brow, but all these things
are mental illusions.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
LADY ISABEL CIRCUM-
VENTS A WIDOW

By MRS. MESH

Lady Isabel leant back in her
chair with a sigh. 1t was the fourth
sigh she had emitted during the last
two minutes. and she was as nearly
depressed as | have ever seen her.
Anything the matter?" / asked
with sympathy.
The fifth sigh was stifled at its
birth. "Only Bob in love again. she
said in a Respondent voice.
How NICE" l replied, c%heerfully.
Then you will really have a sister
in-law at last?"
Shall -" retorted Lady Isabel;
you wait and see, my optimistic
child"
with whom is Lord Robert in love
this timer
AN undesirable said Lady Isa-
bel.
Really" l was somewhat taken
aback by this vague term of con
domination.
do you mean she is an alien, an
immigrant, and a foreigner?'
Isabel laughed. No, my dear
Marjorie, but she is a widow, which
is very much worse. You never saw
anything like her in all your life.
They are all tricky, as you know, but
Mrs. Eva Symons is trickier than any
n l have ever You remember
her, don't you-the little red-haired
woman, Bob was in the park with yes,
terday?"
WAS it red?" l asked doubtfully.
We'll, it was a year ago; but it's a
blend of yellowy red now. Next year
l have no doubt, it will be pure vel
low; but women always dye their
hair gradually, so that it only comes
as a shock to the people who have not
seen them for a very long time"
rs your brother really in lover"
asked with sympathy.
She raised her eyebrows. MY dear
Marjorie" she expostulated gently
there is no such thing as being really
in love nowadays, at least, it's only
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
BEWARE OF WORRY HABIT.
II IL Fatal to Health Of Both Nina
and Body.

To be run down in nerves or in
strength is perilous. If you want to
keep well don't drift into the habit OF
being always tired. The tired nan
and the tired woman are an easy prey
to the m%alevolent germs that are for.
ever flying about the world seeding
whom they may devour. When these
germs find lodging in the tissues " a
perfectly healthy person they are
often rendered i%nnocuous by the en-.
ergy with which the good germs light
them. In a tired person the good
germs are in allegiance and can DOT
make a stand-up fight.
81 took cold when | was tired" is a
common expression and describe, a
common experience. Don't get 5ired
and you won't take cold.
Another prescription for keeping
well is, eliminate worry. Worry flats
mind and body as moth frets the fabric
of a beautiful garment. Worry cor
rodes the soul as rust corrodes metal.
From all sides comes the protest, 1T is
easy enough to say don't worry, but
how is one TO help 1t, If he be OF a
worrying disposition or if things are
contrary"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
Sweeping Hints.

To prevent making a great dust Ia
sweeping, use moist sawdust on bare
floors. When the room is carpeted,
moisten a newspaper, tear it into
small scraps, and scatter these over
the carpet when you begin sweeping.
As you sweep, brush the paper along
by the broom, and this will catch most
of the dust and hold it fast, just as the
sawdust does on bare floors. Do not
have either the paper or the sawdust
dripping wet, only moist.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04

A material for fastening knives OF
forks into their handles when they
have become loosened by use is a
much needed article. The best ce-
ment for this purpose consists of ene
pound of yellow rosin and eiglk
ounce of sulphur, which are to be
melted together, and either kept in
bars or reduced to powder.
Two parts of the powder are to be
mixed with one part of fine sand, or
brick dust, and the cavity of the
handle is then to be filled with this
mixture.
The stem of the knife or fork is
then TO be heated and inserted in the
cavity, and when cold it will be found
fixed in its place with great tenacity.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
Washing Ct Clothes.

In undertaking the washing of
clothes at home they should be wrung
out in cold water, then soaped well all
over, rubbing between the hands and
Swing extra attention where it is re-
quired. Next put the garments into a
tub, pour some tepid water over them,
and add half a pint of liquid soap to
every half a gallon of water. Stir the
clothes about in this, rubbing inside
and out between the hands, and put
them into the boiler. Make some good
suds of boiling water and three parts
OF soap to n of soda or borax. Cover
with cold water, and boil slowly i0r a
quarter of IN hour or more, then rinse
in cold water, and, if practicable, lay
on the grass to bleach sprinklipl
first with soft, clean rain, wal Is
treatment should make ma y
zlingly white and spotlessl
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
IDEAL Trade Conditions.

Women should not get credit
Neither should men. Cash is the cure
Tradesmen, maybe, would have a bad
time for six or IL months, and many
a lady would have to "lie low" but ia
the end we would get both our trade
and our money, and she would get heI
dress, and at far less cost.-LondoI
Opinion.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
The mayor of Huddlesheld, England.

The mayor of Huddlesfeld, England.
some time ago offeerd to give a pound
sterling to every child born during his
term who should live to be a year old.
This prize has, it is said, already
caused a marked lessening of infant
mortality in the town, parents being
inspired to take better care Of their
offspring. The mayor is a step in adj
vance Of President Roosevelt, remarks
the indianapolis Star. He knows that
race suicide is not necessary averted
by the mere bringing of children into
the world.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
Red River PfOspectOr
RED RIVER. NEW MEXICO.
why Earmers erow oId Early.

Why Farmers Grow Old Early.
Anyone who has lived on a farm
does not need to be told the reason,
for he knows Of the strain under
which the American farmer lives dur
ing the five months of spring and
summer, says Woody Hutchinson, NJ.
D., in Harper's Monthly. His work
day is from four or five in the morning
until eight or nine at night, including
chores-15 to II hours of the hardest
kind of physical labor, and every mir
ute of it at high tension, especially
during harvest. Then comes a period
Of relaxation in the fall, the one time
in the year when he has just enough
muscular exercise to keep him in
health. Later, the winter season, ap-
preaching s%tagnation, in which he
takes on flesh, gets "logy," and then a
furious debauch of hard labor through
the spring and summer again. No
wonder that by As he has had a sun
stroke and cant stand the heat" or
has "a weak back or his heart gives
out" or a chill makes him rheuma-
tic;" and when you add to this furious
muscular strain the fact that the far
mer sees his income put in peril every
season, and his very home every bad
year, so that each unf~ 7orable change
in the weather sets his nerves on
edge, it can be readily imagined that
the real quiet, peaceful country life
il something sadly different from The
ideal.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04

A filter is a source of danger to the
household if it is not washed thor
oughly every morning. Those of the
simplest construction, where the filter
ing material may frequently be re-
moved and renewed, are the best. I'm
less this is done the filter becomes i'm
pregnated with impurities that have
been filtered from the water, and con
teammates the stream passing through
a.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
When IronIna Embrolderv

Fold a blanket three or four times
and over with a clean cloth; lay the
embroidery face downwards on this.
Place a thin, damped cloth on the
back Of the embroidery to be pressed.
md then quickly use a very hot iron
On the wet surface till it is quite dry.
BY this method a steaming process is
carried ont which smOoths the linen
and greatly improves the effect of the
WORK.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04

real with just a few of the odd and
heavy-minded; and of course with Bob
it's only fancy. You see, she must be
quite the fifth or sixth female | have
- she hesitated-
"Circumvented,' l suggested and
she laughed.
Poor old Bob. He is such a help
less donkey. But l mean to find him
a really nice girl one day, but not
just yet, and certainly not a scheming
widow!"
What is she like?'
"She is very clever" added Lady
Isabel plaintively, as though stating a
grievance, and she has just had a
birthday"
Poor thing!" I said, but she can't
help that. We none of us wish to get
any older"
oh! she isn't any older" said Lady
Isabel, giving me N of her special
looks of scornful pity, she only wants
Bob to give her a present"
OH" l gasped, really, but are you
quite sure?"
Lady Isabel nodded. yes, those
sort of ome always have a birthday
when they get a new admirer. You
see, it is so easy to take off ten years
and stick on a birthday. By the way"
she added, dear old Bob asked me
to go and get it for her-at least l
offered to, because you see, the poor
boy doesn't understand shopping like
/ do, and she wants a pearl necklace,
l believe"
Rather a large order"
Yes, isn't it; but he is always gen
erous, as you know, and he has given
me a check for ESQ to get it with.
l shan't get large pearls for that, of
course; but they ought to be good.
and they should be fairly even, too"
YES" l assented, they certainly
should be. And when are you going
to buy them, Isabel?"
This very morning" she said with
gaiety, for there is no time like the
present, Marjorie, especially when you
have something to do that bores you
horribly"
81 don't exactly see how you are
going TO 'circumvent' a widow by buy
ing her a string of costly pearls"
Don't you, dear" said Lady Isabel
%nnocently, then come along and ]
will show you how it's done"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
A DAINTY Lunoheon plsh.

Fry fine noodles to a delicate golden
brown in very little butter; Cover the
bottom of a pretty serving dish which
has been heated with the noodles.
Add a layer Of preserves. strawberry,
peach or clear jelly. cover with an.
other layer Of the noodles, sprink ,
with powdered sugar and servo hot.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
On Deserved Vacation.

After 16 years of continuous service,
during which he has never taken q
vacation, Prof. John Sterling Kings.
ley, of Tufts college has been granted
a years leave of absence, which he
will pass in scientific research in
Italy. He is one of the most widely
known authorities on zoology in the
country.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
A Hint to Musicians.

An excellent cleaner for guitars, VIC
Inns, etc, is made of one-third each
Of linseed oil, turpentine and water.
These shaken together in a bottle form
an emulsion or cream Rub the in
strument with a cloth damped in the
cream, ten wipe it dry, and polish
With a wooden cloth.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04

Tack a piece Of stiI papd e.
ragged edges Of the rent, and daTfi !
a network of fine stitches, backwards
and forwards, some distance beyond
the edge of the tear. Care should be
taken to use an embroidery cotton of
a number corresponding with the quail
ity Of the cloth. Flax may be used for
the thin places and where linen threads
are broken. Towels should be mended
in the same way.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
mat village lnnkeeper at y

That village innkeeper at Winston.
Eng, must have been amazed when
he discovered that the portrait Of
Shakespeare, which had been valued
in his family only because Of its an
tiquity, was worth about 2O,0OO-con'
siderably more than all his other
property.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
Jamaica is beginning to suspect that

Jamaica is beginning to suspect that
Great Britain has been holding it only
for purposes OF exploitation. 1t threat
ems to appeal to the United States for
aid If John Bull does not loosen up.
III swettenham dlsapproves of these
sentiments Jamaica is willing that he
should take his hatbox and go.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
PLEASING THE MEN FoLke.
Bohemian Supper a Good Idea for
Birthday Celebration.

Give your husband and some OF his
near friends a bohemian supper on
his birthday. Decorate your diL!ng-
room with odd plates, pewter flag pms
and stems. If you can secure tiny,
stiff trees, use these for a hedge across
the windows, and alternating with can-
dies across the mantel, or planes of
any sort will do. Have a bare tUL to
your table and a mass of scarlet i1w-
ers or a bowl Of red and yellow mutt
in the center. For a before-suppec en-.
tertainment have ca~ricatures and car
toons hung about the walls. Find a
variety of toasts with which to deco.
rate name cards made from rough
brown paper, or you can secure name
cards with English scenes on them or
picture postals. For supper serve rye
bread, cheese and ham sandwiches,
sliced raw onions, potato salad,
pickles. coffee, celery and cheese. You
need plan nc further entertainments yor
the men; they will enjoy stores
around the table.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04

FREE

Our mammoth l4s-page Seed and Tool
Catalog is mailed free to all intending
buyers, or send &c in stamps and receive
free samples Of new Two Foot Long Oats
and other cereals and big catalog free.
Crosse, Wis.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04

A female suffragist says that wo-
men can vote as easily as they al
put on a new hat. Yes; but will they
take equal are that the ballot is on
straight
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04

The John A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse
Wis, are bringing out a new oats thii
year with heads 2 foot longl That's a
wonder. Their catalog tellsl
Spetz- the greatest cereal hay food
America ever sawl Catalog tellsl
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04

We we're %strolling through the Bur
lpgton Arcade, looking for 4 shop
where Isabel told me J should get a
certain kind of motor veil J wished
10 wear that very afternoon, and !
was a little ahead Of her, when she
called me suddenly, sharply back.
Here, Marjorie, wa;t-iust look at
thase a moment" she had paused In
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04
rmnortant 60 Mothern.

Examine carefully every bottle Of CAsToR1A,
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that II
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-04

front of the lit-up ware Of the dla-
mond manufacturers.
MY dear Isabel" / said, you are
surely not going to wear imitation
d~iamondsl"
My dear Mariorie!" she repeated,
mockingly, 81 merely ask you, is 1t
likely?" and without another word
she stepped inside the shop.
Aren't they lovely?" she said a few
moment later, as she came out of an
imitation diamond shop and held up a
string of pearls for my inspection.
Fancy, Marjorie, they were only G10,
and they look worth 300 at least
No one could possibly tell they we're
imitation" she added with conviction
lat least, not unless he we're an ex.
pert"
Isn't it rather a shame to take her
in" l began lamely.
81 shall not take her in," said Lady
Isabel with a slight show of indigna.
tion-"as though | should; why she
will know Immediately"
But Lord Robert" I began
I'm! q nceo not bother your
head about poor old Bob" said his
sister, Il am doing him the best Of
turns in all the world. The widow
lady is thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS and
not in any way suitable for him; and
he is nearly drowned in love, poor
dear; and ! am only acting as a use
full and valuable life preserver!"
AS we turned out of the Burlington
she stepped into a hansom-"Ruben.
STEMS" she said to the man.
More pearls?' l asked, as l settled
myself by her side.
NO, dearest she answered, deftly
arranging her dress as she spoke,
only a case to put them I'M"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-27
In a Year. IS Vessels Lost.

General Superintendent s. l. Kim
ball of the life saving service says
that during the last fiscal year the
number of disasters to vessels within
the field of operations of the service
was S3S. OF these, 35 vessels were
lost. The total value of property i'm
periled was $S,S32,5S5, and property
lost $1,399,600. Property saved aggre
gated $7,4S2,9S5. The life saving sta
ton succored 807 persons. There
were Gil vessels, valued, with .theil
cargoes, at S5,661 ,295, saved Tke re
port urges legislation providing pen
sions.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-27
PARTNERS OF KING LEOPOLD
Ryan and Rockefeller, Jr., "Done" by
Monarch.

Ryan and rockefeller, Jr., "Done" by
a Monarch.
New York, Dec. 24.-That Thomas
Fortune Ryan, though an equal part
ner, is only King Leopold's catspaw in
the Congo, is asserted in signed ar
ticle in the American.
1T is true" says the American,
that Ryan. with young Rockefeller
and others, holds a concession of i'm
mense value. But he does not con-
troll it.
when Leopold failed to draw Ital-
ian capital and labor to Africa he
looked to Wall street as his only sal
walton. l don't know how much money
the Ryan crowd gave, but it was an
enormous amount l do know, how
ever, that with the money the old king
began purchasing more shares. He
had his agent find out just how much
stock he would need to have an equa
interest with the Ryan crowd. Their
he acquired all the shares he needed
His next move. was to force then
into an agreement that for ever!
American or European employed b,
Ryan there must be Belgian EN-
ployed by the king. He then had tn
advantage of Ryan In every possible
way.
mot only did the king insure a ia
profit to himself from the American
syndicate, but he fixed himself so h
appears only as a shareholder in tn
syndicate. The territory he gave owe
to Ryan can not be interfered with b
Belgium or any other nation; 1t ha
the protection of the stars an
stripes"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-27
BEST PRESCRIPTION
CAN BE EASILY MIXED AT HOME
AND CURES RHEUMATISM
Full Directions to Make and Take This
Simple Homemade Mixture
Makes Kidneys Filter
Out Acids.

When an eminent authority an
nounced in the Scranton, Pa, Times
that he had found a new way to treat
that dread American disease, Rheuma-
tism, with Just common, everyday
drugs found in any drug store. the
physicians were slow indeed to attach
much Importance to his claims. This
was only a few months ago Today
nearly every newspaper in the coun-
try, even the metropolitan dailies, are
announcing it and the splendid results
achieved. 1t is so simple that any one
1t is made up as follows: Get from
any good druggist Fluid Extract Dan
delion, one-half ounce; Compound Kar-
gon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sar-
saparilla, three ounces. Mix by shak
ing in a bottle and take in teaspoon
full doses after each meal and at bed
time. These are all simple ingredients
making an absolutely harmless home
remedy at little cost.
Rheumatism, as every one knows, is
a symptom of deranged kidneys. 1t l:
a condition produced by the failure o
the kidneys to properly filter or strair
from the blood the-uric acid and othe
matter which, if not eradicated, eithe
in the urine or through the skin pores
remains in the blood, decomposes ant
forms about the joints and muscles
causing the untold suffering and de
formity of rheumatism.
This prescription is said to be
splendid healing, cleansing and invis
Grating tonic to the kidneys, and give
almost immediate relief in all forms
bladder and urinary troubles and bach
ache. He also warns people in leat
ing New York paper against the indi'
criminate use OF many patent med
, cines.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-27
The Best Paper for Family Reading


The contents of The Youths Com
panion are chosen with view to the
interests of all tastes and ages. The
father. as well as the son, enjoys the
tales of adventm the mother renews
her girlhood in the stories for girls,
while the paper always abounds in
stories, long and short, which may be
read aloud in the most varied family
group to the keen pleasure of all
Full illustrated Announcement OF
The Companion for 1908 will be sent
to any address free with sample copies
of the paper.
New subscribers who send $1.75 at
once for 1908 will receive free The
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endar for 1908, in full color.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION.
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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-27
The Oldest City in the World.

DIR. Henry Van Dyke explored the
Oldest living city in the world, Damas-
Gus, in his recent trip in the orient,
and found it as much the typical city
of the orient as New York of the oc-
cident. 1t has electric lights and a
slow trolley car, but. as DR.. Van Dyke
explains, in the January number of
Harper's Magazine, these modern in
novations no more alter its oriental
character than bead necklace would
alter the Venus of Milo.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-27
Scores of Italians Return.

Naples. Dec. 24.-More than $500
immigrants landed here Tuesday from
the United States. They reported that
the steamship companies already had
booked several hundred thousand ltal-
ians for return home, which causes
apprehension in the matter OF their
future employment.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-27
Fine Arts Prize Awarded.

Chicago.-The $500 fine arts build
ing prize, which is given annually to
the winner of a competition held by
the Society of Western Artists, was
awarded to ]. Otis Adams of Brook
vile, Ind, for a picture entitled "A
Winter Morning.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-27
Huue Dividends.

Figures compiled by the Journal OF
Commerce show that in January a
total of $1S5, 100000 will be paid in
dividends and interest by various cor
porations, against 100000 in the
same period a year ago.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-27
DR.. Henry LOOMS is Dead.

New York, Dec. 26.-Dr. Henry Pat
terson Loomis, professor of therapeu
tics and clinical medicine at Cornell
university, and former president OF
the American Academy of Medicine
died suddenly from pneumonia at his
home.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-27
Fatal Fire at Fort Smith.

Fort Smith, Ark, Dec. 23.-Fire de-
stroyed the Haglin six-story office
building, the American building and
two others. Loss $4,000. ]. A. Nc
Witty, a cotton buyer, and a man
named Kaufman, who slept in. the
Haglin building, are missing, and are
believed to have persisted.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-27
Sample pills Prove Fatal.

Worcester, Mass, Dec. 24.-Miss
Annie Mcclure, 10 years old, of Gin
ton. is dead after having taken two
headache pills that were left at the
door of her home by a sample dis
tributor.