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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

The head push of the blood money
sheet really takes himself seriously.
No one else does. Most people sim.
ply regard him as one disappointed
with life and at war with the world
Others pass him up as halfcracked
booze fighter.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

John W. wingste and Geo. N. Ray
mond eptoys1 two days fishing on
ths Ccostos. being accompanied by
Aptoaita esatiemsn who have com
fortobIs club house about eighteen
m11es % the river. Fly nshins haS
jss3 comnsncsd, although the river =
etlll ~ hisA aad cssaot " esossso'
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

Sixty teachers are in attendance at
the normal institute now in session
at Alamosa.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01
COLORADO ITEMS.

Greeley is Advertising for bids for
the erection of a $4,000 city hall.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

A few more extensions and the east
ern will be enabled to come In ON time
The scheduled time Is now Ave min.
utes short OF an hour later than 1t
was three months ago.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

The Telluride Journal says the Bird
nj Veil falls have shrunk from 800 to
$50 feet. What's the joke? Bridal
Veil falls are the most beautiful falls
In existence. To have them gradual
ly shrink is burning shame. Per
haps the shrinkage is caused by so
many OF TeIluride's men mounting
the water wagon.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

Nick Cooke says he caught 80 many
fish on his trip that he didn't know
what to do with them. He ate SO
many that he is beginning to feel
scaley.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

Pete Mcclellan is making things hum
on the addition In the rear of the
LOTUS T. Henderson block 1t won't
be long before the addition will be
ready for occupancy.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

Cyrus. eldest son of Street Commis-
siouer Crenshaw. returned from Den
yer last evening where he saw real
city life for the first time.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

Miss Edith Fuller, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j..
s. Fuller Of the Florida mesa, depart
ed for Ottawa. Kas.. this morning. Mr..
and Mrs. Fuller came In to see her
of and will go out home today.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

Train Is delayed today owing to ell
gine jumping the track at Romeo.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

Thirty-one years ago tomorrow Colo
RADIO Joined the slsterhood OF states.
BY legislative act August first Is made
legal holiday. and designated as
Colorado day. The banks. county and
city Offices will be closed all day to-
morrow. The Sons OF Colorado Will
nttingly celebrate the 3ist birthday
Of the state at Denver.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

The two ex-champions, Battling Mel
son and Jimmy Britt, are scheduled to
fight 20 round go at San Francisco
tonight, at 1873 pounds at o'clock
The odds are to | on Nelson. The
bout will be for blood. as the winner
will likely be matched for a fight with
Cans on Labor day for purse Of $685.
900.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

George II. Barnes, the well known
Silverton attorney. passed through
from Denver to Silverton last evening.
having been absent ten weeks or more.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-01

An Italian, living near Pueblo was
fined S6S,30 for shooting three snipe
and one dove In violation of the game
laws. He will know better next time.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
LIVE LIKE A KING.
rs Not . DiMcult Matter In Modern
New York Hotel.

rs Not DiMcult Matter In . Modern
New York Hotel.
No crowned head ever piliowed itself
for a nights lodging with the satisfac-
ton Of knowing that under the same
roof there were thousand persons
paid to look after its safety, comfort
and luxury. unless that crowned head
found itself in a modern New York no.
tel, where a regiment of help" Is EN-
ployed, consisting Of clerks, chefs, pas
try cooks, meat cooks. bakery men.
soup cooks, detectives, watchmen. en-
gineers, electricians, plumbers. carpen-
ters, laundrymen. doormen. porters.
buffers, walters. stewards. wine and
cigar experts. decorators, messengers.
waiting maids and chambermaids.
Any person with 81 in his pockets
can have the advantages Of this regi-
mental array of servants for one day
by paying the price of room at any
Of the greater hotels recently construct
ed in the metropolis, though. of course.
81 is the lowest figure. Many Of the
rooms cost double that sum day, and
some of the state apartments, with
bedrooms, gorgeous parlor, private din
ing room and bath, are not let for less
than $1OO or $125 day. Even the four
dollar rooms have baths. but the price
of room or apartment does not include
meals.-Remsen Crawford in Success.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
"BOOk Of Mormon"

The "Book Of Mormon" has been
proved to be literary plagiarism. be-
ing a free paraphrase Of romance
written by the Rev. Solomon SpaldinS
in 1916, the manuscript Of which came
into the possession Of Joseph Smith.
and he, sitting behind curtain, die
tated it to Oliver Cowdery, who, seat
ed out of sight Of the reader, wrote
the matter as it was given him. Smith
pretended that the book was d1scov-
cred to him by revelation and dug up
from the side of hill not far from
Palmyra, in the county Of Ontario, N.
Y. The claim was made by Smith that
the writing on the plates was engraved
in reformed Egyptian" which he was
unable to read until magic spectacles,
which he called his Urim and Thum-
min, were given to him. enabling him
both to read and translate into Eng
lish. The spectacles and the metal
plates have disappeared. and the story
of the dictation makes tolerably clear
the manner in which the "Book of
Mormon" had its origin.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
THE HUMAN THROAT.
IL Has q Sort Of Little Brain thai
Controls Its Actions.

Il Has q Sort Of Little Brain That
Controls Its Actions.
Did you know that the throat has
brain Of It's own? Few people are
aware of it, but it's a fact There Is
small ganglia which exercises direct
control Of the muscles Of the throat
and acts as it's brain. OF course 1t Is
subservient to the genuine brain. but
at the same time does good deal OF In
dependent thinking for itself. 1t ia
very timid and suspicious Of any
strange objects that come near the
throat.
For this reason it is very difficult for
q physician to operate on the throat.
Before anything can be done In this d1-
rection it is necessary for the operator
to gain the confidence Of the little brain
that dominates it. 1t frequently takes
weeks before this confidence can be
secured, and until it Is secured it is
impossible to perform an operation.
Woe to the man who attempts rough
treatment to the throat before gaining
the little brains confidence. His oper-
ations will be resented with violent
paroxysms. first of the throat, then of
the diaphragm. and. If the operator still
persists. the patient will be thrown
into convulsions. Still more curious is
the fact that this little brain has q
memory. and if once frightened in this
way it is almost impossible to ever
gain its confidence, no matter how
gentle the operator may be.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
The Books of Ancient Rome.

In the time of Augustus Caesar
books in the form Of papyrus rolls,
copied by overworked and underpaid
slaves from the authors original
manuscript, were abundant and aston
ishingly cheap. Horace hints In one of
his epistles that his works were being
pirated and sold SO cheap that they
were getting into the hands Of the rab-
BILE and becoming schoolbooks. Mar
tial, In one Of his epigrams, says that
a copy of his Thirteenth book may be
bought for 4 nummi (about Is cents),
and that If Tryphon, the bookseller,
should sell it at 2 nummi he would
still get a profit. Both Horace and
Martial convey the idea that their pub
fishers occasionally put out larger edi-
tons than could be sold. In the mat
ter of editions de luxe, Martial writes
that volume of his epigrams ''polished
with pumice stone and incased In pur-
pie may be bought at Atrectus' for s
denarii" about 80 cents).-New York
American.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
1t PnyA to BE Cheerful.

The spirit Of cheerfulness is some
times the result of happy tempera-
ment whose nerves have never been
disturbed by loss. sickness or calamity.
Sometimes it is the abundance of youth
still finding a surplus Of vigor after the
tolls Of the day. Sometimes it is the
expression Of character which from
the reserves of it's own nature and ex-
perience is able to preserve cheerful
disposition under even the most dis
couraging circumstances and face life
always with hope and good cheer.
Such a character Is strength and
defense not only to him who has it.
but to all his associates and to all who
feel his influence. They are the watch
towers of humanity, whose lights
shine through the dark night Of human
struggle and whose word is an inspira-
ton of hope and encouragement
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
rriend,hip With Wild Life.

If fairy had ever offered to grant
me three wishes, "the full confidence
of wild animals would surely have
been one of them and probably the
first. If we seek opportunities to be-
friend wild creatures and take advan-
tage Of them, we shall often find, as I
have done, that there is no lack Of re-
sponse on the part of the animals. l
once walked up to pine siskin. as he
was feeding on the ground and picked
him up In my hand. He did not seem
a bit alarmed, and when a few min
utes later I set him down he continued
his search for food within q few inches
Of my feet. On another occasion a yel-
low throated vireo allowed me to lift
her from her nest when wished to
count her eggs and nestled down COM
fortably on her treasures the moment l
put her back. With fore6nger once
stroked the back of red breasted nut
hatch as he was busy feeding on a
tree.-Ernest Harold Baynes in St
Nicholas.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
TREED AND NETTED.
The Way Hunters Capture the Orang
Outang Alive.

The Way Hunters Capture the Oran1
Outang Alive.
Trapping the smaller members Of the
monkey family is n comparatively easy
matter, but the hunter who wishes to
secure live specimens Of the orang
outang cannot have recourse to the
usual methods and has to employ a
laborious process. The process Is based
upon the fact that the orangs have a
liking for certain trees and frequent
these to the exclusion Of other nearby
growths. They seem to regard them
as sanctuary and fee to them in time
of danger. Ascertaining tree partic-
ularly favored, the hunter first drives
his quarry to its branches; then while
his beaters keep up a din for the pur-
pose of preventing an attempt at es-
cape the natives are set to work to
chop at the trees within radius of
fifty feet all about the simian fortress.
No trunk is cut completely through,
but is left with just enough fiber to
hold the tree in position. This work Is
quickly accomplished with the large
corps of servants, and at signal one
Of the trees is toppled over. The chop
ping has been so done that the falling
tree carries with it it's neighbor, and in
the twinkling Of an eye the trees with
in a radius of fifty feet from the mark
ed tree lie upon the ground. leaving
the orang outangs with no opportunity
for getting away through their leafy
avenues of escape. The remainder OF
the process simply consists of chopping
down the tree of refuge and throwing
nets over the escaping orangs, in which
they soon become entangled in their
efforts to throw off the incumbrance.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
WHEN WAGES WERE Low.
And a Turkey Dinner For Six Cost
Only II Cents.

And a Turkey Dinner For Six Cost
Only II Cents.
columbus" said an antiquary Of
Chicago. got salary OF $500 a year
less than a dollar day. His captains
got $3.50 a year apiece. His crew got
1925 a month. To equip the expedi-
ton that discovered America cost $2,-
800. The total cost of discovering
America was $1,000.
Lawyers nowadays. especially cor
poration lawyers, think nothing of
earning million year. In the reign
of Edward Nv. baronet entered in his
diurnal, or diary:
"'Paid to Roger Fylpott, learned in
the law, for his counsel, 3 shillings
with fourpence for his dinner
"Ministers often make today $4,000
or $4,000 a year, yet John Knox only
got 1920 year, or 81 a week, and that
was q dollar more a week than Scottish
judges got.
"Small salaries, those" concluded the
antiquary, 'sbut we must remember
that in that epoch there were no trusts
to initiate prices, and dollar went a
long way. In fact, Christmas dinner
for family Of six would have cost tn
John Knox's time: For the turkey, 10
cents; cranberry sauce, 2 cents; pota.
toes, cent; turnips, cent; celery. l
cent; plum pudding, 2 cents; total, II
cents, or less than 8 cents head"
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
Historical Accuracy.

Perish the thought that the novelist
or playwright should be tied down to
historical accuracy! Lady Dorothy
Neville quotes an amusing correspond
ence between Bulwer Lytton and her
brother:
My Dear Walpole-Here I am at Bath
-bored to death. I am thinking of writ
ing play about your great ancestor, Sir
Robert. Had he not a sister Lucy. and
did she not marry a Jacobite?
My brother promptly replied:
My Dear Lytton-I care little for my
family and still less for Sir Robert. but
I know that he never had a sister Lucy.
80 she could not have married Jacobite
However, this mattered little to Lord
Lytton, for his answer ran:
My Dear Walpole-You are too late! Sir
Robert had a sister Lucy, and she did
marry q Jacobite.
So, in defiance of history. the play
"Walpole" came to be written.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
His Tribute to Temperance.

The temperance reformer was justly
proud Of having converted the biggest
drunkard in the little Scotch town and
induced him-he was the local grave
digger-to get up on the platform and
testify. This is how he did it: MY
friends" he said, II never thocht to
stand upon this platform with the pro-
vost on one side of me and the toon
clerk on the ither side Of me. l never
thocht to tell ye that for a whole month
I havena' touched a drap of anything.
I've saved enough to buy me Draw
oak coffin wi brass handles and brass
nails-and If I'm a teetotaler for an.
ither month I shall be wantin' it!"
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
Color AID Light.

The peculiar simplicity Of the coun-
try darky in the south is illustrated by
a story told by a congressman.
An old negro had gone to a postof-
fee in Mississippi and offered for the
mail letter that was over the weight
specified for a single stamp.
. ''This is too heavy" said the post
master. "You will have to put another
stamp on it,
The old darky's eyes widened In as
tonishment. "Will anudder stamp
make it any lighter, boss?" he asked
Harper's Weekly.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
Artist. a. Sign Painters.

It is surprising how many noted Eng
llsh artists began life by painting inn
signs. Among them were Morland, Da-
vid Cox, Herring and Sir William
Beechey. Millais painted George and
Dragon sign for the George inn. Hayes
common. Another George and Dragon,
at Wargrave on Thames, has double
sided sign painted by two R. AS. Cor
ing on Thames has a sign from the
brush of Marcus Stone, R. A. There
are signs by Walter Crane and Cation
Woodville at Grayshott and Fittle-
worth. Hogarth painted number Of
signs for friendly publicans.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
Parrot Pie,

Parrot pie is one of the delicacies
over which visitors to Australia rave.
As the fruit season opens the parrots
and parrakeets come by thousands, like
locusts, and, settling on the trees, feed
upon the fruit until nothing but the
stones is left behind. They are shot
while gorging themselves. The flesh,
though very dark, is said to be deli
cious in flavor and almost to taste Of
the cherries, peaches and plums on
which the birds have fed. They are
said to be more succulent than pigeons
and altogether superior to the palate.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
An Answered Prayer.

II sent my little girl" writes a CORE.
spondent, Ito the butchers with SO
cents to buy some steak. She came
home 10 cents short in change and was
sent back for the missing coin. Pres
emily the butchers boy called with the
dime and explained that his employer
had found out his mistake, although
they had seen nothing Of my little
daughter. The time went on, and
felt anxious until l heard her singing
merrily in the garden. Did you 60
back to the butcher'sT asked. No.
mother, it is such long way. so
asked God to send for the dime. Has
It not come YETI"
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
THE SACRED LOTUS.
Sentiment of the Orient About tho
Fruit Of Destiny. *

Sentiment Of the Orient About tho
Fruit Of Destiny. @E
Concerning the rich fruit of the lotus,
which grew luxuriantly in. the Nile.
many charming legends have been told.
1t was believed that it was so delight
full that those who ate Of it would new.
er leave the spot where 1t grew, but
for it would abandon home and friends
to spend their lives in dream Of Sc
rene delight. Homer, in the Odyssey.
mentions the lotus eaters who lived
on the northern coast of Africa and
records their attempts to detain the
followers of Ulysses by giving them
the fruits of the lotus to eat. SO that
they should never wish to leave the
spot where it grew.
The same poetical idea is known to
the Arabs, who call it the fruit of
destiny" which Is to be eaten in Para
disc, and it is on this foundation that
Tennyson built his charming poem Of
the Lotus Eaters" This mythical
lotus has been identified by several
botanists with that indigenous to Tu.
mis-, which is a thorny shrub, with ber
ries the size Of an olive.
Mungo Park found species Of lotus
in Central Africa bearing berries of
delicious taste, which on being dried
and pounded made wholesome and
pleasant bread. The lotus fruit found
In Tunis has stimulating, almost in
toxicating. effect, and it Is therefore
probable that this plant furnished the
foundation OF the ancient legends.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
C0ntaRiOu0.

An Irish lad on the east side was
obliged recently to seek treatment at
q lispensary. On his return home from,
the first treatment he was met by this
inquiry from his mother:
"An' what did the docthor man say
was the matter wild your eye"
He said there was some furrin sub.
stance In it."
"Shure!" exclaimed the old woman
with an I-told-you-so air, ''now, maybe,
yell kape away from thin Eyetalian
boysp'-Success Magazine.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
Her Imuression,

'Now I have an impression in my
head" said the teacher. "Can any Of
you tell me what an impression is?"
"Yes'm, I can" replied a little fel-
low at the foot Of the class. IAN i'm
preston is dent in soft spot."-Bir-
mingham (Ala.) Advance.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01

One way of doing it is to take the
two rs, one and one l, which make
four figures. footing up 20, and then to
use two other figures as fraction to
represent one For example, plus Z
plus plus plus 3-3 equals 21.-Balti-
more Sum-
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
AN EXECUTION IN INDIA.
The Way q Man Guilty Of Murder U"-
derwent Decapitation.


derwent DecapitatiOn.
A letter from India to German pa.
per gives this account Of the execution
near Bombay of man who had been
found guilty Of the murder Of his
brother.in-law: THE question as to
whether the culprit should be executed
or sent to prison for life was, as Is the
custom, submitted to the family of the
murdered man for decision. All. in
cluding the wife of the murdered. vot-
ed for death. When the place OF eX-
ecution was reached the condemned
man knelt, and the ropes which were
fastened to him were handed over to
the executioners assistants. The one
who held the neck rope took FEW
steps before the kneeling man and the
other two stood at either side. Then
the executioner, armed with razor
edged, heavy knife. advanced and
asked in a loud voice, who authorizes
the execution? and the chief OF police
answered, The law The question
was asked and answered three times.
while the armed man advanced, slowly
swinging the mighty blade. AS the
last answer was heard an assistant
executioner thrust needle point into
the kneeling mans back and he made
an involuntary motion forward with his
head. The three ropes were pulled
taut, leaving the neck extended to the
utmost At the same instant the knife
m ph;rro6 fhrol1uh tho air and the head
of the murderer rolled in the sand"
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
COnspicuOus.

The minister had preached to the
graduating class Of girls college.
The girls of the class were on the
platform all round the pulpit and all
dressed in white.
II felt," confessed the preacher to
his wife when he got home, ''like a
crow on snOwdrift."
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
ExOism of Authors.

every few literary men get rich.''
"Perhaps it's just as we'll they don't"
answered Miss Cayenne. IF literary
man got rich enough to found libraries
he wouldn't permit people to read any
but his own books" - Washington
Star.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01

Life, to be worthy Of rational be-
ling, must be always in progression.
I'VE must always purpose to do more or
better than In time past.-Johnson.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01

Here, you see, are the nine digits
from 9 to / written down in that Or
der, and below them are the same
digts from left to right, and you will
see that each line makes As, and you
will find that the remainder-the third
line-adds up IS.
Another little exercise is to set down
the following fifteen figures and then
see If you can use six of them in such
4 way as to make a total Of q:
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
Widely Read.

"Did any one ever read your writ
ings?" asked the artist. "Certainly"
responded the naughty poet. Every
editor in the country has read them"
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
TRICKS IN ARITHMETIC.

Subtract 45 From 45 and Have 46 ~
Remainder.
If you were asked to subtract 45
from 45 and have 45 as a remainder.
you would be likely to say that the
proposition is either "catch" or an
impossibility. But here it is, set down
in plain figures, and you will find that
it is neither one nor the other:
9S7 s 1 3
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01

Generally the purchase Of book il
mistaken for the acquisition Of its con-
tents.-Schopenhauer.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01
Natural Enough.

'They say that Bradley goes on like
mad since he inherited his vast
wealth."
"What does he do?''
"Oh, he acts like one possessed. -
Lippincott's.
The Worthington advance., 1907-02-01

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-16

Prot. james VI. Hyslop II the Ameri-
can Society for Psychical Research, said
In discussion ~ mediumsi
"Ganuine mediums being 80 plentiful.
! can readily sympa hlze wlEh those who
rJleule false mediums l heard OF an
amusing incident In thIs line the other
day, A medium, after eyokIRg Lincoln,
Washington and other soaAonable spirits,
said Ia "A thrilling voice
~ see a man OF middle age. WIEN
black halr parted IN the middle. a black
mus slche, and "A lp.tilted nose Hand
some. distinguished, stately he is hover
medium nodded toward an elderly man
with white Nlskers.
This elderly man started, and then
Burst suddenly into tears, His frame
shaking with .seDs DO cried 49,,
Johu, John, why, Oh why did you
leave me to the misery Of theses pas
+" You knew hlmT the medium asked
gently
I" Knew him p unoansd the elderly man
y cemmunued with him daily oh, Lohn
20 burst foIth again why why did you
. ,coyrass salSx medium, Calm
s On yau may sfi had another friend 10
~, no, 40 Imposshlel HIS place IL
."'Finea1 what do YOU meana' asked
the puzzled medium.
The elderly man, Shaking MS head
"'iie WAS my wIfes nrst husband