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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

know that he could have bought as
cheaply and selected much more sat
isfactorily at home. On a rural route
with which l am familiar and over
which most of the incoming letters
are from mail order houses and the
outgoing ones carry back money or
ders, lives a friend OF mine who
bought a watch from the catalogue at
what he considered a rare bargain.
The watch came. to be sure, but It did
not go. that is at the right speed,
and, although money enough was
spent on it to bring the price up to
a good figure, it was no better as a
timekeeper than that famous watch
of Capt. Cuttle's. Another friend
bought a buggy at s34 and was elated
over his purchase until it came and
he saw that the top was a very ordin-
airy article of oil cloth, instead Of
leather, and he was so ashamed Of It
that he sold It at a loss to his hired
man and bought a better one In q
~neighboring town. A lady and her
two daughters bought shoes from the
EhAdlD6uG anu Wien hoktu why lAt1
had trouble with their feet said it was
because Of ill-htting shoes. But such
instances of the bad effects of buy
ing sight unseen" are daily occurring
all over the country. 1t is only natur-
al and inevitable that such things
should happen.
Let us see what will be the effect
of this formidable diversion of trade,
If carried to it's logical conclusion.
Nearly all the business houses of the
smaller towns will become bankrupt,
the value of town property will de-
cline, churches and schools will re-
ceive a feeble support and the towns,
instead of being centers of business
and social activity, will almost cease
to exist. The country in general will
become like many portions of the
south where the large plantations, by
getting their supplies in the cities,
have kept the %neighboring towns
down to the crossroads type-dreary,
Imprinted little places of a half dozen
ramshackle houses. The evil effects
of this loss of trade and destruction
Of the value Of town property will re-
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
OPEN H WINDOWS
FRESH AIR ESSENTIAL TO PRE-
VENT CONSUMPTION.
Dangerous to Neglect Even an ordln-
airy Cough or cold-simple Rem
edy Is Effective.

Good food. fresh air and rest; keep
our windows open winter and sum
mer."
So We are told by the great scient-
lists who are certainly doing wonders
in reducing the death rate from Tuber-
culosis. They also warn us. not 10 neg
lect a cold or cough, and it is most i'm
portant that this advice be followed.
While the cough or cold may not bring
consumption, it is better to be on the
safe side and take no chances.
Here is a simple remedy that will
break up a cold in twenty-four hours,
and ure any cough that is durable:
Glycerine, two ounces; Virgin Oil Of
Pine (Pure). one-half ounce; good
Whisky, a half pint. Shake well and
use in teaspoonful doses every four
hours. The ingredients can be secured
from any good prescription druggist at
small cost, but must be pure to effect
the desired results. For this reason it
is always best to purchase the ingredi-
ents separately and prepare the mix
ture at home.
Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) should be
purchased only in the original half
ounce walls put up for druggists to
dispense. Each vial is enclosed in a
round wooden case, with engraved
wrapper. with the name-Virgin Oil OF
Pine (Pure); guaranteed under the
Food and Drug Act, June 30. 1906.
Prepared only by Leach Chemical Co,
Cincinnati, O.-plainly printed there
on. limitations and oils sold in bulk
pay dealers larger profits, but they are
dangerous to health and should never
be used.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
Books as Friends.

Best also are the boks hat each n
collects for himself, especially if their
purchase entails a sacrifice. How
often the pleasure that a man gets out
of his books varies inversely with his
power of acquiring them! None knew
better than Charles Lamb the triumph
of bringing home a coveted prize, a
Joy unshared by the outside world, a
private JOY if there ever is one. re-
marks The Academy. Many who have
thus collected a small library, book by
book, reading each book before they
bought another, will recollect the feel
ing of being amongst strangers when
a sudden accession Of books comes to
them from a relations legacy or the
bequest of a friend. They set to work
to make acquaintance with them, as in
duty bound; but they are not of their
choosing; the process is to a great ex-
tent perfunctory, n they never
really catch up. For in the library as
in the world a reader makes many ac-
q%uaintances. but few friends, and
these few will be of his own choos-
ing.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

barbering, blacksmithing or the serv-
ing of soft drinks and ice real may
survive, but such lines of trade can
not sustain a decent town The
cause of this widespread loss of bust
ness is the aggressive and destructive
competition of the catalogue houses
in the big cities. 1t has been possible
for 40 years or more to buy of some
houses in the cities. If one felt that
the merchants of his town were ex-
acting too much profit, but this effort
of the mail order houses to cut the
retailer altogether is a new thing, the
growth of the past few years. Start
ing with a few lines of trade, this
form of competition has come to cover
almost everything that can be sold in
a country town and it is even asserted
that a savings bank department is to
be added by one of the catalogue
houses,
The claim that the mail order
houses of Chicago are doing an an
nual business of over 5000, 900, 600 may
seem large, but one house alone has
sold goods to the amount of $29, 000,
600 in the past six months and is now
~incubating a new plan to increase its
enormous business by selling shares
of stock to thousands Of people in the
hope Of making them regular Gus
toners.
The skillfully worded advertisement
and the big catalogue, with its pic
lures of articles in a hundred lines Of
trade. are very alluring to buyers,
most of whom are o familiar with
prices and qualities. Some Of the
articles below the usual prices are of
an inferior quality, while the average
price Is usually fully up to what would
be paid to the home dealer, AS was
shown last winter in a speech in con
gress, articles for the mail order trade
are often misbranded at the request
of lhe mail order people with delib-
crate intent to deceive, One Of the
instances given by this congressman
was of some thousands Of finger rings
stamped fourteen carats" when they
were in reality only ten.
The buyer who orders from his
catalogue, or from an advertisement,
doeA not see the articles tin they
come and is often disappointed in the
quality of the most of them, but there
is no redress as there would be II he
bought at home. He does moi Ike to
W that he is a'sa ppc'~ted. so he
makes the best OF It and tries 10 per
suade himself that he mas saved
money. In many instances he is not
well enough informed In values to
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

act upon the value Of farm property
by cutting off the home market. They
will add to the taxes on lands by re-
ducing taxable values in the towns.
Surely it is not to the interest of any
body, except the bloated corporations
carrying on the mail order business,
to see the towns and villages fall into
value to the lands surrounding it, but
its well stocked business houses are
a convenience and a benefit to the
buyer. Even if money could, in the
long run, be saved by ordering every
thing from the city, the inconvenience
and uncertainty Of it would always
make such shopping unsatisfactory.
Ordering from a catalogue is a leap
in the dark, except in the case Of a
few articles whose color, shape and
quality are always the same.
To the man who IA soberly look
on both sides of the question and who
can put himself in the place Of the
other fellow" the query will come:
Is it best from mere within, or even
for a certainty of saving from one to
half a dozen dollars in a year to turn
my back on the old, convenient ways
Of doing business, and to do my part
toward running the business Of my
old acquaintance and friends, and of
destroying the value of property in
the town where my friends live?
Il. b. MILLER.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

People who patronize the cars run
ming out to Forest Hills are familiar
with Conductor Crowley, the man who
wears six service stripes on his
sleeve, says a writer in the Boston
Herald.
On the afternoon Of election day in
November one of his passengers was
an old man who had been imbibing
enough to make him go to sleep in the
corner Of the car.
Just before it reached Dudley street
the conductor announced with his
usual rich roll Of the T, "Cir-r-cuit and
Guild"
Yer a liar! It's John B. Moranl'
shouted the sleepy one, waking up
suddenly.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
Red River PrOSpeCtOr
RED RIVER, NEW MEXICO.
The $50 Of AIr TraveI.

The Stages Of Air Travel.
Reports of the proposed thousand.
mile voyage of the Aero club from the
Atlantic coast to the west indicate the
factor on which the b%allooning of the
age falls down. 1t was proposed to
voyage to about the longitude of Chica-
go-if the wind would take the bal
looms in that direction. The wind did
not seem favorable. and the balloons
did not start. There is a limit to the
pure balloon as a means of travel. 1t
is in the same comparative stage as
those early n~avigators who had
learned to put sails on their boats and
let the wind blow them along, but had
to wait in port until the wind blew in
the direction they wished to go. The
combination of balloon and propeller
ia the earlier Santos Dumont type,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch, repre-
sents an advance to the stage of those
navigators who could progress across
a side wind, and perhaps work ahead
slowly under a head wind II 1t was
not too strong. The equal Of the mod
ern steam vessel that defes the direc-
ton of the winds is the aeroplane
with power enough to send it against
the wind. If the Wright brothers can
do all that is claimed for them
which many doubt-that stage has
been attained experimentally, though
its commercial practicability is yet to
be demonstrated To compare it with
things more modern the balloon, pure
and simple, is much the same as the
toy boat which children launch at n
side Of a pond to let it blow over to
the other side. The aeroplaue, if prac-
tically successful, is the equivalent of
the motor boat, which is highly en-
joyable so long as it does not come to
grief.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
SEE WHAT YOU BUY
90 NOT TAKE THE CATALOGUE
STATEMENT FOR 1T.
CASE OF A MAIL-O2DER BUGGY
The Purchaser Mas Ashamed to Use
II and Sold Il to His Hired
Man-lt Pays to Buy
at Home.

Copyright. by Alfred c.. Clarke
The East End of London Is an ex-
ample of what the city does for hui
manity in creating poverty, misery,
disease, drunkenness and crime. JEFF
ferson was right when he said: Great
cities are great sores upon the body
polite Is it any wonder that lovers
of their kind are horror-stricken at
the grinding of these gigantic mills
whose grist is the bodies and souls Of
men?
But there is another movement con.
nected with this current setting CITY.
ward which, like it, is full of grave
menace to the welfare of humanity.
This is the dry rot now invading thou
sands of villages and towns. 1t is not
lack of capital or business energy in
the towns, or discrimination in
freights or exhaustion of the soil in
the surrounding country that is bring.
ing about this change, but a new and
dangerous form of competition, and
the caprices of those who buy. Go
into these towns and yod will find
them at a ~standstill or going back
ward. Inquire of their business men
or commercial travellers and you will
learn that business is not as good as
formerly and that TIE prospect is for
a continued shrinkage in trade. An
%observant commercial traveller said
to the writer: 81 belieto! the day Of
the village and town is o ,Ir. The big
fish are everywhere eating up the lit
tie fish. A few small lines of business
that cannot be done by mail, such as
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
EntErnataHttt OUR
thR OrnHa
BY REV. w. F. FABER.
Episcopal Minister. Detroit.

ter of intelligence, obedience and enthusiasm. Intelligence should be first,
so that men should learn what to do, and why Next should come obedi-
ence, calling for the exercises of will power, but enthusiasm should be
mingled with them, the three faculties forming one man and one religion.
Fragrnentay ideas of religion are harmful. The old ca6chsms
described God as without passion, when he is angry every day. The ideal
man is one who can get thoroughly angry-not ydoCs or destructive,
but incensed at wrongs done, as Christ was when he drove The money
changers out Of the temple. This is a form of enthusiasm.
The reason the church has done so comparatively little is that it has
lacked enthusiasm. We have dealt with religious things as though they
were only intellectual
faces a crisis and men are volunteering for service and that makes people
want to die for their country when they see a military review. If people
enthusiastic over religion arc fools, these are fools K 8 a great thing
to DO & fool for the right
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there 10 at least one dreaded disease that scieuce
has been. able 10 cure In all Ice stages, and that Is
Catsrrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a c%Onstltu-
tiOnal treatment. Hairs Catarrh Cure 10 taken in
ternaliy, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution aud assist
ing nature In doing It's work. The prOprletors have
90 much faith In Its curative powers that they Oner
One Hundred Dollars for any case that &c fails to
cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address r. J. CHENEY q CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for. constipation.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

Efforts made by reform societies in
England to get a law abolishing the
barmaid have disclosed that $4,000
girls are employed in barrooms in the
United Kingdom. and at least 1900 in
London. Most of them are under 25
years of age and above 16. Salaries
vary from $1.25 to $3.50 a week.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

Pianos used to be regarded, perhaps
half-humorously, as the measure of
prosperity. Now it is automobiles,
and judging by the records of the re-
cen show in Chicago, the west is
prosperous. The sales of cars during
the first day reached a total of $1,O5O.
900 worth. and for the week they
amounted to about $1,000, 900.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
statssman,s Simple Life.

Herr Bebel, PERHAPS the most i'm
pressive orator in the German reichs-
tag. usually speaks without notes Of
any kind, thinking as he goes. Not
even well off, he leads the simplest of
lives, stunning society and finding his
chief recreation in the cultivation OF
flowers. He told an interviewer once
that when he wants to get ready for a
speech he goes into his little garden
and trims the rose trees.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
New Metric chart.

A new metric chart representing
geographically measures of the inter
national metric system ~ N0iqhfs a~A
.%.easures has been prepared by the
bureau Of standards OF the department
of commerce and labor, and viii be
furnished free 10 any school teaching
the system.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
Has Extensive HousehoId.

The cost of the sultan of Turkeys
food does not exceed $4,000 a year. as
he lives mostly on entrees and boiled
eggs. But to feed the mere mem
bers of his household and pay all do
nestle expenses lessen his annual
income of $4,000. 900 by 100000 a
week.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

INNING the lndlVldnaIlsm winch later must mean 50
much to the youth of the world.
There are signs of reaction from the present
schoolboy status. Innocent youthfulness anywhere
in the individual will be smiled upon, always the time
is coming when the mob spirit of the schools will be
dealt with in the measure of its deserts.
The wise youth who attempts to anticipate the
inevitable viii be taking a long step forward.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

Amsterdam and Client + both built
on small islands. Amsterdam coming
the nearest to Venice in the number
of islands and bridges. Venice is
built on 11S small islands. connected
by S7S bridges; Amsterdam on nearly
100 islands, connected by almost 300
bridges. Client stands on 26 islands.
Joined by go bridges.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

What is the matter
with the American small
boy?
Manifestly something
is wrong with the aver
age schoolboy to-day, es-
pecially in the great
cities. TO observe it one
needs only to enter street
car or pass along a city
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

Miss Julia Richman, a district SUI
pe%rintendent in New York schools, is
having great success with a penny
luncheon of crackers and milk for the
youngest children. An investigation
not long ago in that city showed
10000 breakfastless children In the
public schools.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

A London journalist says that
American women go abroad for hus-
bands because they want to be bossed,
And the great mass Of American hus-
bands will rise to remark feelingly to
a man, How little he knows our no.
BILE women"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

The governments search for valua-
BILE foodstuf pays Macaroni wheat.
imported from Prussia at a cost Of
$4,000 annually, yields $40, 900, 900.
Sorghum was brought from China in
1864 at a cost of $1,000. The nations
source of income from hat crop is
$4O.O OO, 600 annually.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

Jack the Egg-thrower" has made
his appearance in a Connecticut town,
his specially being to throw eggs on
peoples clothing Naturally, there is
a scramble when his missiles are dis-
covered.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

Is it any shame to ex.
press as much enthusiasm
over the cross of Christ
as the flag of our coun-
try, or to be as much
moved by the old hymns
of the church as by the
"Star Spangled a n
ner?:"
Christianity is a mat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-21
QUEER JUROR IN
 ... .PETTIBONE CASE
ONE OF THEM HINTS AT SOME THING HE KNOWS, BUT DOES NOT TELL TO JUDGE OR ATToR- NEYS.

Boise, Ida, December 20-Immediately after court adjourped this afternoon in the Pettibone trial, after a day marked by intense interest Juror E. L. Evans arose and asked permission of Judge Wood to make a statement to the court and the two leading counsellors. Judge Wood replied that it would not be proper for him to speak to them in private, but if he had anything to say he could speak out in open court, as the jury could not be separated.
 'I have no objection to speaking in the presence of the jury" said Evans, but when Judge Wood instructed him to speak, the juror, turning to pass out with the others said: 'I do not think that would be proper"
 The juror was flushed as he spoke and his eyes were filled with tears. Attorneys of both sides profess to have no intima- ton of what the juror proposes to tell.
 Evidence in corroboration of Orchard s testimony was given this afternoon by Mrs. Ida Penney, Orchards second wife. who was the stand all afternoon and who will be recalled tomorrow.
 Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for the defense, was in court again today after an illness of nearly a week.
 The cross examination of Young Charles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-21

Neville was continued by Attorney Will son at the morning session.
 The witness was closely questioned re- garding the trip from Cripple Creek to Denver with his father and Harry Or chard. Neville again told of the trip to Cheyenne, on to Casper and Thermopolis, where his father was arrested and taken back to Cripple Creek. He was not cross examined in regard to the conversation which he had with Pettibone at Dem yer
 In closing the cross-examination, Wilson questioned Neville closely in regard to be- ing brought to Boise by Pinkertons. The witness said he had never told any Pinkerton man what he would testify to, but had told the attorneys part of it during the Haywood trial. On redirect examination Senator Borah asked Neville when he told his entire story for the first time? 1.-TWO days ago." answered the witness. And to whom?" asked Borah. ''To you was the reply.
 ''You told us during the Haywood trial that you would tell what you knew on the witness stand and not before, did you not? Yes, sir" said the witness.
 Neville was then excused. The state in troduced an article from the Miners Magazine to show enmity on the part of the federation against Bradley, after which an adjournment was taken for the noon recess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-21
BRUTE COMMITS ASSAULT ON WOMAN Wife of Prominent Man Is At-
 lacked In Cellar MOB IS PURSUING NEGRO Victim of Assault Is Recovering, But Suffering Greatly-Police Believe
 Negro Is Hidden Some
 where In the City.
MOB IS PURSUING NEGRO

Columbus, O., December 20.-John Young, the negro who brutally as saulted Mrs. w. B. c. Hershey. wife of a prominent local manufacturer, at her home on West Sixth avenue, this morn ing. is still at large tonight, but the search for the fugitive has not abated. The officers believe the negro is hid ing in the city. Telegrams were sent to every town and village within a radius of 50 miles of Columbus, giving a description of Young and it is not believed he can escape The negro is 20 to 30 years of age, black, weighs ITO to 1s0 pounds. and has a scar on the right cheek.
 Mrs Hersheys condition is some what improved tonight and it is be- lieved she will recover. She is suf- fering from the nervous shock.
 Young today at o'clock assaulted young Mrs. w. B. C. Hershey, wife of the president of the Excelsior Seat company The crime was committed in the basement of her home on West Sixth avenue. Mounted policemen are searching for the brute in the hope they WILL ne aDlt lo Stl nun bcloit tut determined neighbors of the unfortunate woman run him down.
 Mrs. Hershey was alone in the house. her husband having left shortly before for his place of business.
 The negro evidently secreted himself in the house with the intention of rob bery, Mrs. Hershey heard a noise in the basement and went down to in vestigate As she stepped into the basement she was assaulted by the ne- gro and thrown violently to the fioor The brute stuffed rag in her mouth and then deliberately took off his shoes He remained with the half conscious woman for some time and left her more dead than alive Sneaking from the basement the negro walked off some distance and deliberately put on his shoes and then disappeared Some of the neighbors, suspicious at his ac- tions. found Mrs. Hershey in the eel lar unconscious and bleeding from blows on the face and body. The alarm was at once given and posse gathered and started in the direction some of the neighbors said the negro took.
 Indignation is widespread and if the posse catches the man 1t is feared by the authorities that nothing will pre- vent a lynching.