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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07
AS 1T ACTUALLY WAS.
Herman schmldt's Simple Description
of Heroic Deed.

That the man who does great deeds
can never put his deeds into words is
Mr.. Kipling's excuse for the profes.
sional story teller. Probably had Her.
man Schmidt the gift of story telling
he would not describe his most famous
adventure as he does. Herman, who
was one of the heroes of the Franco.
Prussian war, vas asked by some Mis-.
souri, admirers to tell them how he
won the Iron Cross.
We'll" said Herman, slowly, 1T vas
like dis. Dey vas all Prussian fellers
we vas all in der army, soldiers. De
French folks vas fighting us, und we
French folks vas fighting us, unde we
a fighting dem.
Den dere vas a battlefeld-like il
a a field in a farm, yes-aI grass
and stuff-und ofer dere vas de French
folks, und ofer here a us Prussiar
fellers.
Always, yet, l vas de bigges' mar
in der army, so dey make dat should
carry de hags-de flag dat always goes
we're de fighting is.
80 den, here yas our %fellers, unt
dere vas de French folks, und We vas
shooting at dem und they vas shooting
us-only l wasn't make no shooting
because l got dem flags und no guns
$50 l says, Vat if some of our fel
lers would go ofer dere we're de French
folks vas vat?' But den l see our fel
lers vas all shooting und dey vasn't
none o. dem going ofer; so l says
Maybs l goes Offer dere myself, den.
$50 l gets up and goes ofer dere
we're de French folks vas. Our fellers
always goes we're de flag ISIS, so den
dey also all comes ofer we're de French
folks vas.
And den de cheneral cooms up und
pins dis cross on me youths Com
panion.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07
The Best NervIns.

To sleep out of doors for a month
is better than a trip to Europe. In
this climate one must have a roof, of
course, but any piazza that is open to
serve as a bedroom; and the gain in
happiness is unbelievable. With an
abundant supply Of good air the sleep
soon grows normal, deep and un-
troubled and refreshing. so that we
open our eyes upon the world as glad
ly as a hunter or any pagan shep-
herd in the morning of the world. We
grow anxious and clustered and har-
ried with distractions; the COLLINS of
worry becomes an inseparable COM
panion, and we groan in spirit that the
universe is all awry, when in truth
half a dozen deep breaths of clean air
would lend a different complexion to
life. Our anxieties are nearly all ar
tihcial, and are bred indoors, under
the sitting oppression of walls ann.
roofs and the maddening clangor Of
%pavements, and a day in the open VIII
often dispel them like a miRt.-Bhss
Carman, in American Craftsman.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07
Red River PrOSpectOr
RED RIVER NEW MEXICO.


Cdldlos
Since Washington planned n canal
from the Atlantic to the Ohio, and
Madison urged the need of one from
the Mississippi to Lake Michigan, ar.
tihcial connections have been pro.
posed between almost every two i'm.
portant natural waterways Of the
country, For a time the development
of railways obscured the interest in
the canals. The Erie canal and 9th.
ers fell into comparative disuse.
Meantime other countries have con
tinued to open new waterways and
make great use Of them. The advan.
tages of water transportation, chiefly
its %cheapness as compared with rail.
way traffic, have revived interest in
canals. To say nothing of the Pan.
anna canal, the new Erie canal, which
will take thousand-ton barges from
the lakes to the ocean, and the Chi
cago drainage canal, constructed as a
sewage way and certain to be com
pleted as a ship way, are examples
of what may be done. Our water
courses lie in four systems-the rivers
of the Pacific, the rivers of the At
lantic, the Mississippi and its tribu.
tarles, and the great lakes. That there
will ever be a cut through the Rock
les to join the Pacific and the central
systems is beyond the dreams Of en-
gineers, remarks the Youths Compan.
ion, but any one with a map may
trace the conduits that will make the
other three systems a great unit of
traffic. Following streams where
they show on the map, draw a line
from the Mississippi to Green Bay,
from Minneapolis to Duluth, from Gin
cinnati to Lake Erie, from Ashtabula
TO Pittsburg, from Pittsburg to Wash
ington-and the great inland cities
have become seaports. Draw another
line from Boston to Providence by
way of Taunton or across Cape Cod
the canal is already provided for
from New York to Philadelphia, from
Philadelphia to Baltimore, cut the
heel Of Virginia at the mouth of the
James, cut Florida along the thir-
tieth parallel, and a way is indi-
Gated by which a steamer can go
from Boston to Galveston protected
from a foreign navy on the high
seas.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07
Two silly "smart Sets"

The fast woman in society in France
compromises herself because she falls
under the spell of passion; the fast
woman in society in New York, on the
other hand, compromises herself to
pay for her bonnets and gowns. In
tbs comparison the French fast wom-
a. has much the advantage of the
American last woman. They are both
essentially vulgar, judged from the
strictly social point Of view. The men
AID women of the fast set always
~ the note. They overeat, over
%overdress and overact their
Is. They are to people in really
cfsil.zed society what sensational
Journalism is to high-class newspaper
work. They represent the yellow"
morals, dress, manners and style Of
he 1t is a mistake to treat them too
seriously. Irony, ridicule and sar-
casm are the only weapons that touch
them. 1t is the stupidity of fast so
ciety that most impresses itself ON
other people; the inanity Of its iRven-
uon, its general bad taste5The Out
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07

the parents to keep the sPsoies
numerically steady.
It is evident that II new ener1ies Of
the young appear, the species will per-
ish unless more offspring are pro-
duced, and there is a survival or Sc
lection of the types breeding the most.
This process goes on until we reach
such cases as the fish, which produce
millions of eggs to enable two indi-
viduals to survive.
Struggle for Existence.
On the other hand, It frequently
happens that sheltered breeding
places are selected where there are no
enemies, and all the offspring are
raised. Those which produce the least
number are better able to produce
good ones, and If the animal must feed
and protect the young, the drain is too
great If many offspring are produced.
There is then a selection or survival
of those which are the most vigorous
that is, those having the fewest off
spring. In time this process results
in a very small birth rate. Some sea-
birds, for instance, lay but n egg a
year.
These are the rules operative also
in the case of man. There was a time
when he was struggling for existence
in a far different way than he now
does. He could not give much care to
his children, and when they contracted
diseases he simply watched them die,
for he was ignorant of the ways of
curing them. The infantile death rate
was enormous, as it is at present In
the savage races.
The brain of primitive mar I'm
creased in size from the survival Of
the most intelligent in each genera
ton during this awful early struggle
with a severe environment, and then
civilization gradually arose by reason
of this increased brain. Men were
able to raise children which formerly
persisted.
Families Grow Smaller.
The human race-at least in its civ
ilized branches-is gradually becom-
ing confined to the lines Of small fam
lilies.
The resulting types will be some
what feebler than prior ones. but that
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07
The Power of Prejudice.

A curious illustration of deep-seated
prejudice is seen in the strong oppo-
sition displayed toward the plan to
construct a tunnel under the English
channel from England to France,
which has recently been revived and
has a good chance to go through I'M
less British hostility shall result in
parliament blocking the scheme.
The plan contemplates a double tun-
mel for railway purposes, about "a
miles in length; the estimated cost is
about $50, 200, 900; it is believed the
engineering problem is comparative
ly an easy one, as the rock through
which a passage will be cut is of the
chalky order and can be readily
bored, and the financial and admins
trative phases of the undertaking
have been carefully looked after. 1t
is admitted that the tunnel, If com
pleted, will confer immense benefit,
and that English manufacturers, by
having a line by which their prod
ucts can be shipped directly and with
out breaking bulk to continental mar
kets, will score enormous advantage.
Still, there is a strong antagonism to
the tunnel, generated principally by
the Imperial defense committee,
which sees in the tunnel a menace
to national security. The fear Of in
vasion appears to be uppermost in
many British minds and this appre-
hension creates lively visions Of an
enemy pouring in by way of the hole
pierced in the chalky Dover cliffs.
Yet, says Troy Times, a little charge
Of dynamite would instantly put the
tunnel out of business and the result
ant food would drown any foe who
happened to be sneaking through to
strike a deadly blow at Albion.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07
SURVIVAL OF MAN

CBy Charles e, Woodruff, NJ. D.
So much popular attention has been
given to the diminishing birth rate
in civilized that il is astounding
there has been so little said as to its
real significance as a natural law
which has been operative in all species
of plant or animal. man included,
whenever the conditions of existence
demanded it. In the struggle for ex-
istence there are thousands of factors
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07

Indians are not always the grave
faced orators of Cooper. According
to Mr.. Leupp, the commissioner of
Indian affairs. they are the original
American humorists. He once gave
some of them a lecture on their duties
TO the agent, pointing out hat he
needed time to eat, be with his family
and to rest. An aged Indian of great
dignity rose to explain that the last
agent for the tribe eve did anything
but rest. A more familiar story is
that of the Indian guide who told q
traveller that it was not necessary tC
hide his valuables "for there is not an
other white man within a hundred
miles"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07

There is no more dificult sort of
legislation than that which deals with
the distribution of water rights, and
this is to form the subject of serious
study in the near future. The top
ography of the Mexican republic-a
highly elevated tableland sloping grad
aally ~northward into the United
States, but in almost all other direc-
lions furnishing more or less abb
rupt d~eclivities TO the sea, down
which flow the mountain streams
in itself suggests untold possibilities
IN the way Of water power.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07

determining survival, and the number
Of offspring from n pair of parents
is strictly regulated by these factors.
In the long u a species must re-
main stationary numerically or dimin.
ish, for 1t cannot increase to over
run the earth, Hence the death rate
is exactly equal to the birth rate as a
rule, and there is a death for every
birth 1t may be stated in other terms.
No matter how many offspring there
are, o how long the parents live. nor
.hoYapften they producs all the or.
slRh except Two on an av-
nesA two Ike tha plaea of
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07

tries shows a constant increase. The
Asiatic peoples, numbering hve-eighths
the total population of the world, a
not be studied with the same facility
as the nations of Europe and America,
Statistics of the kind most desired for
gauging tho character of increase or
decrease are waning, but, as a general
proposition, there does not seem to be
any failure in the birth rate in the far
east.
Many misconceptions of the size Of
the population of the ancient mon
arches and people, it seems, have
been popularity held. At the time Of
the exodus it is doubtful IL the then
narrowly prescribed world contained
more than $4,000. 900 of people. Prof.
Flinders Petrie, the eminent Bgyptolo-
gist, in a recent work, has called at
tention to what he considers an error
in translating the original Hebrew
Scriptures. He maintains that instead
of 100000 Hebrews leaving Egypt
there were really about $500. His
Interpretation and demonstration are
ingenious and need not be refuted
here.
Some Unreliable Data.
It is only by estimates based upon
questionable figures that any idea of
the number of the worlds people at
that distant time can be had. From
the figures given of the armies of the
ancients a fair estimate of their popu-
lations may be made, and it shows
that numerically the old peoples were
weak. War in those times was so
regularly recognized as a part of life
that at least one-tenth of the male
population was regularly in service.
Consequently, when we read of a con-
quering army, such as Alexander's, set
ting out with 10000 foot and 5000
horses, those figures probably repre-
sent the full extent of the national re-
sources.
From figures such as these it would
appear that the Persian empire in its
heyday did not contain so large a pop
ulation as Pennsylvania does to-day;
Egypt, under the P%haraohs, probably
had a smaller population than New
York city, and many of the beautiful
ancient cities which industrious arch
biologists are daily bringing to light
had fewer inhabitants than many
third-class post Office towns in the
United States to-day. When Columbus
discovered America there were not,
from indications observed, a million
inhabitants in the entire western
hemisphere.
The greatest increase in the worlds
population was observable during the
nineteenth century, which, with its
scientific spirit and remarkable in
ventions, spread the benefits of ny.
giene and sanitation. Yet wars and
railway accidents surpassed the raw,
ages of any hundred plaques known to
history. In the United States alone
during the last ten years, there has
been an average of 1000 persons killed
and Sc, 600 injured a year. The Ma
poleonic wars depopulated France and
the civil wal in the United States anC
the recent Russo-Japanese war far
surpassed in extent the casualties Of
the greatest conflicts of antiquity.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07

The Beggar- Please, sir, win you
kindly assist a poor man who has
three wives 10 support?
The Pedestrian-Why do you mean
to say you are q bigamist?
The Beggar-O, no. sir Two Of
them are the wives of my aons-in-law
STRAY Stories.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07

Is al advantage also. Feeble children
are now raised which invariably per
ished in prior ages. Survival is the
proof of being the ittest for survival,
of course. If future mar is to be much
Trailer than present man, it will be a
natural process. Present types are
much different from the powerful
brute of prehistory and keep them
selves alive by ntelligent1forethought.
They are filter than the stupid nan Of
great physical strength, and are driv-
ing him to the wall.
The same journal which gives a
highly sensational account of the ter
rife reduction in the birth rate will in
another column describe the awful
famines in far-away lands involving
millions of people.
The Russian peasants have huge
families, in which the ~infantile death
rate is tremendous, because they live
under very u%nsanitary conditions
which none except the most vigorous
children can survive. All the weak.
lings are killed off, and the survivors
are those remarkable men who, when
drafted into the army, are able to ac-
complish such marvels of endurance.
On the other hand, the English baby,
no matter how frail, is saved; no mat
ter how sick, it is cured and grows up.
The nation Is known to be far less 70.
bust, as far as muscle and brute
force is concerned, than it was a
couple of centuries ago. 1t is difficult
to get soldiers strong enough to carry
the gun and ammunition, while in Rus
STA nearly all are able soldiers.
Most Intelligent Live.
Now, the English are able to sur
vive simply because they have the in,
~telligence to avoid the causes of
death. Thus in one end of Europe
the most intelligent are being select,
ed for survival, in the other the most
robust though lacking in intelligence.
1t is the rule which has guided our de.
velopment since man was created; in.
creasing intelligence selects for sur.
viYal the more frail who are not bur-
dened with unnecessary bone and
muscle.
The alleged deterioration of the
English nation is the normal evolution
and not the disaster which sociologists
are so prone to think. 1t is part and
parcel of the high growth of Demo-
cratic civilization in Great Britain,
which is impossible in Russia, where
there is not sufficient intelligence. The
social organization of these Trailer but
brainier English types is therefore
wholly unsuited for the robust but
stupid mujik. and the men who are
trying to graft these forms upon the
Russian organism are merely doing
harm.
The average family is now about
four, and If they all survive It means
doubling Of population each genera
ton, which in a few centuries would
not leave standing room in the United
States. In another two OF three cen.
turtles, II our death losses continue to
diminish al present rates. the birth
rate will drop naturally to a fraction
over two children pCE family.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07

If DR.. Meslier's warning is we'll found
and Mrs. Commanders figures are
not wrong, the English professors
doctrines will no longer excite appre-
tensions on the part of unreasonable
timorous persons.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07
No Decline n Number.

The truth of these assertions may
be admitted without believing that the
human family az a whole Is declining
in number In fact there is no indi-
caffon that Ruch is the case. WIle
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-03-07

the population OF Frances
practically stationary du
% years. the population
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-22
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Wheat Makes Advance of a Point.
At Close There Was Drop
in Provisions
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 21.-The advance in
wheat came after the May option had es-
tablished a new low record mark for the
season by selling at 745sc. The low mark
was reached within few minutes after
the opening on selling based upon eX-
tremely bearish reports from several eX-
perts regarding the present command of
the crop. a moderate decline at Liver
pool aided the opening decline A sharp
advance in corn and oats, however, soon
caused a more active demand for wheat
and resulted in fair rally The feeling
developed into decided strength late in
the day because of numerous advces from
the southwest telling of damage by the
green bug" and unreasonable hot
weather. Shorts were the principal buy
ers during the last hour. The market
closed strong. May wheat opened B@Ac
and advanced to 7594c. Final quotations
were at 1870.
Lower prices for corn at Liverpool
caused an easier feeling in the corn mar
ket at the opening, but this was soon dis
PEELED by an active demand from COM
mission houses. The buying was based
upon the small stock of contract corn in
Chicago. The market closed strong. May
corn opened a shade lower at 46Ac, sold
between 46h@46hc and 41c, and closed at
4G5s@4624c.
cash houses. May oats opened unchang-
ed to &c lower at AA@4Bc, advanced to
423sM421ac and closed at 42tsc,
At the close May pork was down DC at
$l5 .621h; lard was off 15c at SS,67h; ribs
were 5GD71Ac lower at SS.51A.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-22
N T. V ADA.
(Gold6eld district.
Nevada Mining Stocks
81 AssocIated Press


SAN FRANCISCO, March 21.-Follow-
ing We're quotations today:
COMSTOCK-Ophir, 230 bid; Mexican. 6,
Q69i Gould & Curry, 24425; Con. Virginia,
9C49l; Savage, 1905; Hale e Norcross.
6O46l; Yellow Jacket, S0QS1; Belcher, 47G
4s; Sierra, 66q67 Exchequer, SOaSl; Union.
55M69; Confidence, 20c assessment
GOLDFIELD-Sand $1,000; Red
Top, $50 bid; Mohawk, 1615Ql7; Col. Noun
tain S9Q9O; Jumbo, ISOalS5; Vernai, is@i5:
Pennsylvania, 214; Goldheld Mining Co
14O bid; Kendall, 34Q35; Booth, 77Q7S; Blue
Bull, 45Gi6; Adams, l7al9; Silver Pick, l2O
1221s; May Queen, 22 asked; Nevada Boy.
1901; Black Butte Ex., 1904; Blue Bell
2CQ21; Dixie, llQ12 Goldheld Columbia, 50
bid; Hibernia, 1904; ST. Ives, 147hdi5O:
Conqueror 1920; Black Rock, COS; Lons
Star, 264H; q. Wonder, 4G5; Potlatch, %
asked; orc, 430D44 Kendall Ex., sag.
Sandstorm Ex., 7QS; Mayne, l4Ql6; Al,
lanta, 65q67; CT Bend, 94a95; Empire ia
@l5; Red Top Ex., 1901; Florence 800
bid; Diamondheld B. b. Con-. 5000:
Goldheld Daisy, 2OOq205; Laguna, l56
asked; Commonwealth, n bid; Com. Frac
tion, 4l56p425; CT Bend Ex., 26627; Great
Bend Annex, 10 asked; Milltown, 81 bid:
B b. Bonanza. 1250il35; Esmeralda, 23d25
Portland, 30Q3l Craekeriack, l50Dl7 n,
Mohawk, l15 bid; Red Hils, 25427; Mo-
hawk Ex., 22d23; Lou Dillon, 17d19; Y
Tiger, 1iG1i5; Grandma, 23424; s. T.. Ex
l0@12; Y Rose, 1lQ12; Col Mountain Ex,
G4l Goldheld Con, TAGS; DiamOndheld
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-22
ORANGES AT AUCTION
IN NEW YORK MARKETS

@ Special to The Herald
o NEW YORK, March 21.--Twen- 6
o ty-One carloads Of California or {
O anges were sold at auction here (
o today Mt the following prices per {
o box for regular sizest {
o Extra fancy naveIs, 1926 to (
o $3.50, average, $500.
o Fancy nnvcls, 1920 TO s4.2Oj {
o average, $500.
o Extra choice naveIs, $500 to {
@ $500; average, S2.75.
@ Choice naveIs, st.S5 to s3.o5, (
@ average, s2.4J.
o Fruit In fair TO good condition.
@ Market advancing. weather clear &
@ and favorable.
900 @ @ o Q ~@@@ @@@%@@%e
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-22
CARLOAD SHIPMENTS
OF CITRUS FRUITS

o shipments Of oranges and lem @
@ Ons from Los Angeles Tuesday, g
o March 10, reported by the CnIifOr- 9
o mia Fruit Growers exchange were g
o 1s3 carloads Of oranges and six g
o carloads of lemons. 9
o Total TO date this season, 1O,6sO g
@ carlonds, of which 1880 were 9
o. lemons. 6
o Last season to date there were g
@ shipped 12,176 carloads, of which 9
q 1874 were lemons. 6
o % % o @ @ % q, O. @ o o. o. % @ o. o O. 6
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-22
Chicago Live stock

CHICAGO, March A.-Cattle-R Receipts
1000; steady; dull; common to prime
steers, S4.00GG7 90; heifers. S2.56G5.25; cows,
rs; stookers ana feeders So oogl.sO. -''sS
Hogs-Receipts 1900; market 10c lower:
choice heavy shippers, S6.4715465O; light
butchers, S6,Ala@650; choice light, S650fl
6.55; bulk OF sales, S6.i66l647iz.
Sheep-Receipts l,00O; market steady;
sheep, N.0046,4O; yearlings, R.00Q700.
lambs, 640GIS 90.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-22
San Francisco Minint III
SAN FRANCISCO, March
cial closing quotations for
Dried Fruit Prle

NEW YORK, March H.- De .r.t...
for evaporated apples is q m .,
in the absence of impor
fancy, SAqS1Ac; choice, 7QS
61Ac.
Prunes dull and rather
with offerings from the insi ... r
California fruit ranges fro
gen, 512@10c.
Apricots firm; choice, 1Sc; i.-
1S1aq19c fancy 19u20c.
Peaches Offering more freely agaln ana
prices are a little easier in consequence
with choice at 11i1l1hc; extra, l26i2hc:
fancy, 12h913c; extra fancy 13dl5c
Raisins continue firm and higher in
some Instances; loose muscatels, S%Q1Oc
for crown TO crown; seeded raisins, ~
Qllc; London layers, $150Q160.