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Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-25
DEATH AND PEARL NECKLACES


Now York Tribune.
The great pearl necklace in the
Louvre museum. consisting of las
pearls and valued at 100000, which
was once the property of Nine. Thiers
was reported some time ago to be
dying" Through dsuse the pearls
were losing their luster and gradually
but certainly declining in value. Ac
oording to Il London paper the same
deterioration has been noticed in a
rope of yearls belonging to the wife of
peer. After a death in the family
four years ago the owner of the Jew.
els had them locked away" says the
writer of the article, Gin dark place
the atmosphere of which must have
influence the lusrer of the pearls
They were taken out few days ago
and found OF be perfectly dull The
change which has been known to take
place In many years occurred here in
a comparatively short time" A sa.
tirist writing about the dying pearls
incident said: rs ii possible that
my lady found 1t necessary to dispose
of the pearls and that the lusterless
beads are substituted? Such decep
tlons are considered fair under some
circumstances"
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-25
TRYING INCIDENT.
fcndon Tit-Bits.

London Tit-Bits.
The scene is reference library in
busy part of London. When the
action opens pretty woman is de
murely twning over the leaves of the
city directory.
Enter an irascible old man. who
wants to find the address of fellow
who owes him money. He stands and
waits impatiently, filling in the time
by coughing suggestively.
A business man in hurry follows,
and he falls in line. The ma man
who seeks some city officials. but
knows nothing of his office except that
1t closes within a few minutes, joins
the ranks of the walters
Half dozen other who wish 10 con-
suit the directory gather round. Still
the woman placidly turns leaf after
leaf over, without any evident inten-
|tion to decide whether the name she
seeks is Brown. Jones or Walker.
When there are fully half a dozen
fuming, impatient people in line. en-
ter a newspaper reporter. He polite
ly offers to assist the woman. When
ne asks her what she seeks, with a
sweet smile of thankful appreciation,
she says:
"Oh. thank you! You are very kind
am trying to find really sweetly
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-25
50 YEARS SINGLE; THEN
CHOOSES TWO HUSBANDS

NEW YORK--It seems almost in
credible that an heiress 10 $500 900
after living in single blessedness for
sisty-four years, should meet two men
within the last three weeks at the
same livery stable and elect both for
husband. But such is the case with
Mrs. Bob Hitchcock. who until recent.
iy was Miss Jeanette Suffern of Suf.
fern, N. Y. which is named after her
grandfather.
Mrs. Hitchcock developed a pen.
chant for buying old wagons. This
hobby grew on her until her friends
became alarmed; 1t took her many
times to the livery stable In Ridge.
way. where she became acquainted
with David Tobin. its manager.
Tobin said that for several weeks
she called each day and asked him II
he was married, He told her no fewer
than twenty times that he was.
Il told her as near as could weigh
1t up that she wanted husband" said
Tobin. "She said she did Then /
thought of Hitchcock, who was wash
ing off a buggy. asked her II she
would marry him. and asked him If
he would marry her-just like a
prea cher-and they said Yes
They were married right off and
scared around like pair of ringneck
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-25
THE SPLITTING UP OF A STATE
Washington Herald

New York city has often agitated a
separation from the state. but the
matter has never been given serious
consideration. Cook county, Illinois,
mas also been the subject OF discus
sion as separate state, but the stale
oil Chicago is less than a fancy. The
upper peninsula of Michigan feels thai
II is sighted at times, hut nothing at
The present time gives any indication
OF a new copper and iron ore states
Texas, with its many thousands of
square miles, might be cut into doz-
en- smaller states; but talk to Texan,
and the chances are five to one that
he does not look for that consumma
tion during his lifetime.
Citizens of these United States have
national pride and. likewise, state
pride. Fully half the states are so
well represented in Washington that
the residents here have organized state
societies to perpetuate interest in their
former homes. No state but contains
sufficient historical and local associa.
lions to make the heart of The citizens
swell with pride. While such condi.
lions maintain theer will be little Sc.
rious thought of changing The present
boundaries
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-25
thows that the yield In COLORADO thIs

shows that the yield in Colorado this
year will be approximately 9.4G7,o0O
bushels. Z. s ,han 50 per cent
above y s.l5S.ooo bushels produced
last year. The farm value given, 81
cents. indi. ates tina; the value of this
crop has Increased s3.oi5,75G in a
single year.
Baptist ministers assembled In Den
yer. as ruls. placed BILLY Sunday
ahead of Gypsy Smith as soul win
ner." billy Sunday. above all men,
declared Dr.. IT. B. Palmer. has mes
sage for the church He tells men
that Christ needs them and above all
he impresses the point that the au-
thority of the Lord and not of the
minister. or Of the evangelist should
be recognized by all Christians. He
causes some sensations but he preach
es from the Book and he goes the
limit TO convert Rev. Joshua GRAY
ett paid his respects to Gipsy Smith
by declaring that never was preach
er known who could come so near
the port without landing. He main
tanned that Smith has great power
over men and seems able to convince
them to certain point but as for
making permanent converts. II seems
beyond him
Under red head lines on first page
he Denver News says. Public dance
ruins young. declares priest" The
News then says: "F'ive-cent theaters
| and public dances were decried by
Father William O'Ryan as frequent
sources of juvenile delinquency, in a
speech yesterday before the state
board OF charities and correction,
which held its annual conference in
! the state senate chamber. I do not
| wish to say that the pictures shown
at these theaters are immoral said
! Father Organ but the crowds that
loiter at the doors and in the thea
ais of children who are allowed to go
to these places alone. | believe that
at most of the public dances there
are procurers and PROGRESSES who
are only seeking the chance to entice
young girls. | favor a curfew law
which will compel children to stay ut
home with their parents"
Charles A. johnson is home from
Cortez where he successfully defend
ed Marian NJ. Baker, for his attack on
Ed holland some months ago the jury
simply finding Mr.. Baker guilty of as
sault and battery. A brother. Virgil
Baker of Canadian, Tex. and sister,
Mrs. Effle Bateman of Chickasha, Ok.
lahoma, were present during the trial,
coming over last evening and contin.
uing to their homes this morning. Mr..
Johnson also defended Il. l.. Guillett
charged with assault with intent to
commit murder, acquitted: also Orvie
Armstrong for horse stealing. acquit-
ted. James A. Pulllam successfully
defended James Treece accused of ma
licious mischief. Informations were
fled against~2en. Miller. Ben White
head and Tom Murphy charged with
cattle stealing. They will plead Tues.
dny of next week and their cases will
probably go over until the next term.
The Crawford and irrigation districts
suits come up Tuesday next for trial.
In the meantime Judge Pike and other
officials of the court are putting in
time In Durango.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-25
doves for Ave dsys. Then Bob came

dores for hve days. Then Bob came
TO me and said .Ahe was too affection
ate. so he got hold of a chunk of her
money and took her iewelry and skip.
ped I think altogether he relieved
her of about 1850.
We'll. il turned out that Hitchcock
WAS already married and had wife
and TWO kids living in New York
When she found that out she came
right down here She was blaming
me. but wanted to know what to do.
Just then this fellow Joe Simonds,
who had been working with Hitch
cock cleaning off buggies. came stalk
ing out of the barn. told him now
was his chance. He took off his rub
ber apron and appfs ached the woman
who was still sitting in her carriage
and in five minutes they drove away
together
When Joe came back he was dress.
ed like q fashion plate and had a
gold watch and 5000, He said Mrs
Hitchcock had promised to become his
wife They had been before a magis
trate in Paterson, but il happened to
be the one that married her a few
days before and he would not tie this
knot until she had the first marriage
annulled."
Simonds is hostler. 25 years old
He said Mrs. Hitchcock was giving
him an allowance of $40 a day and
that his chief work consisted in gath
ering maps. data and information for
honeymoon trips.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-25
4ousToN's LUCKY PREACHERS.

Houston Post
The Houston preachers are as un-
poor as any who live in this country
About 100 of them live here and we
defy any city to show so prosperous
a looking ministry They preach in
churches that have cost about 50.
100000. They reside in parsonages
that would make the palaces of South
Carolina bankers look like Santee bot
tom shanties. 1'hcirtnbfes, ,groan three
times daily with luxuries and The
ministerial fashion.
There is not a preacher in Houston
who Is not able land willng) TO put
On clean shirt every day, as against
he once-a-week change which is the
South Carolina custom. One of this
greatest Presbyterian divines of the
south. who lives in Houston, is ma.
live of South Carolina. and he has on
many occasions brought tears to our
eyes by relating the hardships to
which he was subjected while trying
TO save the people of that state. When
he left South Carolina he carried his
effects in a carpet bag supposed to
have been left in the state by the
northern visitors of the Gov. Chamber
lain era. When he came to Houston
from Nashville Il took n steamer trunk
and "A suit case to hold his apparel
Now when he takes summer vaca.
lion it is not uncommon for him to
pay as much as S14 excess baggage.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-25
the mines and had crawled through

the mines and had crawled through
crack In the masonry OF the mine
/ left by the earthquake of 1906. and
take taken caps outside and begun
to lamp one of them into hole In
bowlder. The resulting explosion
was heard for miles. mine employees
fearing the magazine might go next
dared not approach.
NEW YORK. Oct. 22-Richard
Croker. formerly the leader of Tam
many hail. has engaged passage on
the steamship Mauretania to sail from
Liverpool for this city tomorrow. ac
cording TO cablegram received here
Since retiring from politics and tax
ing up his residence abroad Mr.. Gro
ker invariably waited until after elec
lion to visit this country, but on this
occasion he will arrive several days
before election. He has winter home
at Palm Beach, Fla.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal. Oct. 22.--
Some where along the ancient trails
of the Mojaye desert, man and his
wife and their three children are ly
ing dead or are In a dying condition
Who they are or what led them to at
tempt to cross the menacing desert
is not known. but their trail told 8
pitiful story and today searching par
ties are after them In n real race
against the death.
The story came from T. II. Kel
logg, a rancher. He was riding across
the Carisso creek country yesterday
when he came across the tracks oi
two teams. The wandering trails in
tdicated to his experienced eye that
| the drivers of the team either were
lost or dfd not have control of MIND
left. He followed the trails for some
distance and finally came upon camr
wagon and buggy. and farther away
horse dying OF thirst. Here was the
starting point of the greater tragedy
for here death was close on the heels
of the drivers of these teams. Fol
iV"ih6 thC u tiitf ne ulbtONtItU
the tracks of man, woman and
three children, uneven at times, re
treating and wavering In purpose as
though the travellers did not know
which way to turn. The footprints on
the sand told of search for water
against desperately growing need
SnnnffrneS tha m nf 4,
other of the children disappeared in
dicating that the father or the mother
had expended the last drop of energy
In carrying their dying little ones
The trail followed the bed of a dry
creek for many miles and then led off
to that country from which few trav
elers return Nothing but the red sun
is there and sand, and a man and d
woman calling upon their God.
Kellogg returned to civilization and
searching parties started out at once
but no word had been received up tc
this morning.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.--The navy
is soon to conduct experiments In
I'long distance wireless telegraphy. I'm
pressed with the importance of tn,
system which will, in cases of neces
sity, transmit messages from some
place on the Atlantic seaboard for q
distance of 5000 miles, the matter was
taken up in earnest almost yeal
ago.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-25
U. s. SOLDIER MAKES
FAILURE OF SUICIDE

DENVER, Oct. 21.-Grief over the
death of his father several months
ago caused John w. Kays, 81 years
OF age private in the United States
army. to attempt suicide last night
kays registered at the Bell hotel in
california streets at 10 o'clock and
Two hours later was found unconscious
with his face buried in basin con
mining four ounces OF chloroform. He
was revived and will recover.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-25
A RARE TREAT.

Miss Florence Middaugh has not
only won fame in Denver and other
Colorado towns, but in other states
wnere she has appeared, as vide the
following from the Cedar Falls Daily
Record:
yesterday at 4 D. m. a good sized
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-25

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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01
THE JOKER NUGGET.
An Incident of the Early Australian
Gold Eigsings.

An Incident of the Early Australian
Gold Eigeines.
Among the rich finds in the Austria
liam gold diggings the Joker nugget
ranks among the chief 1t turned the
scale at thirty ounces and was sod for
$500. In size and shape it reeembled
q mans hand, thick at the wrist part
and tapering off toward the fingers.
The claim had been a good one from
the first. and the owner did not have
to work hard One day he was reclin-
ing full length idly searching for mug
gets when he caught sight of the Joker.
He at once covered it with his hand
and sat 1p, rather wondering how he
would secure the treasure without be-
ing seen. If the find became known
every man in the field would tramp to
the spot and invade his claim and so
prevent him working. A man in an
adjoining claim looked up. Found
anything?' he asked. mo. Seen the
color-that's all. Pitch my coat over
to me, will you? It's lying near there.
I want a smoke" "Here you are,
mate. But what's the matter? You
look pale. Don't you feel right?' I'm
all right, only the sun is bit hot" He
was struggling with an insane desire
to laugh, but he got his coat over the
nugget and seated himself on the top
of it. Then laughter overpowered him,
and he became hysterical. Those
about him wondered, but thought the
sun had affected him. In little while
he gained his composure and decided
to 90 to his tent In lifting his coat
he managed to take up the lump OF
gold, and no one knew that he had
found anything. 1t was not until ten
days had passed that the fact was
noised abroad, and even then few
knew the claim whence the Joker
came.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01
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Catarrh Cannot be Cnred.

with Local Applications. as they
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The perfect combination of the two
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Send for testimonials free.
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o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
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Weddina Rina Notices.

The custom Of inscribing within the
hoop of the betrothal or wedding ring
motto or 'posy," as it was called,
was formerly very prevalent. Hamlet
asks, 'Ts this prologue or the posy Of
a ringT" Some posies were very ten
der and beautiful. Among the more
appropriate posies may be mentioned
"Deux corps, un occur" my heart
and I until I die" and 81 am yours"
from sixteenth century rings. Love
ever" "Love true, it's Joy" and Thine
lesseneth not my love" from the seven
teenth century, Love me-" my soul
will keep thine company to heaven"
and EN- ma fidelite je f1niral ma vie"
from the eighteenth. In the ring which
"Florizel" (afterward George IV) gave
to the hapless Perdita were the words
"Je change qu'en ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
to my Perdita through life"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01
DEATH VALLEY.
The Burning, Blasting Winds That
Sweep This Arid Waste.

The Burning, Blasting Winds That
Sweep This Arid Waste.
The prevailing winds in Death val
ley are from the west. Though origi-
mating in the Pacific ocean and sat
urated with humidity in travelling the
intermediate distance, they are inter-
cepted by the lofty peaks OF four
ranges Of mountains, which absorb all
Of their moisture, so that by the time
they reach the valley all humidity has
disappeared. The blasts are as If
heated iE a fiery furnace, and no lfv-
ing thing can survive the intense heat.
Even birds Indigenous to the region
die.
1t is in the months of greatest heat
that the sandstorms Of Death valley
are most deadly. They rage with in
tense fury, obliterating the landscape
and dimming the light of the sun,
whitening the scanty vegetation and
covering the trails deep in powdered
dust. At all times the aspect of the
valley is superlatively desolate. No
spot on earth surpasses it in aridity or
Tophet-like heat.
During the heated term an hour
without water means death. Meat be-
comes putrid in an hour. Eggs are
cooked in the blistering sand. Water
is only palatable by means Of large.
porous. earthenware jars. common to
all hot countries, suspended in drafts
and reduced in temperature by means
Of the rapid evaporation Of the mois-
ture from the outside
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01
WHEN LOST IN THE WOODS.
The Chief Dangers Lie In Panic and
Overexerticn.

The Chief Dangers Lie In Panic and
Overexertien.
Let the man who is lost In the woods
be very careful not to overexert him.
self. His chief dangers lie in panic
and overexertion, and, though he may
be in a great hurry to find shelter, I
must warn him to go slowly. Two
miles an hour, on an average, through
the snow In the woods is all that a
man in his condition will be able to
stand without overfatigue and its at
tendant dangers, overheating and per
spiration. By exercising caution a
man may live through a week Of what
he is undergoing.
To make this article brief, however,
we shall suppose that he regains the
road by the afternoon Of the first day.
He doesn't yet know, Of course, just
where he is He should examine the
tracks of the person who last passed
that way. 1t being afternoon, he must
follow in the direction taken by the
last passing vehicle or team, as shell
ter will be nearest In that direction.
Had it been morning he would have
taken the opposite direction, as who
ever made the tracks must have come
from the place where he obtained shell
ter the previous night--A. B. Carleton
n Outing Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01
PASSING 1T ON.

Presence of Mind In an Unpleasant
Situation.
Greatness is thrust upon some in
dividuals, patriotism on others. When
the patriotism does not belong to ones
own country the situation may prove
embarrassing. Such it was in the case
Of Agostino Polidori, the great-grand-
father of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The
incident is given in a life Of the poet
by his brother Polidori, an Italian,
was In Paris at the taking Of the Bas-
tile in 1889. He tells the story Of his
unexpected prominence and his extri-
cation from the uncomfortable posi-
ton.
was passing by the Palais Royal
while the populace was running to as
sault the fortress, and, having en-
countered a highly powdered wlgmak-
er with a rusty sword raised aloft, I,
not expecting any such thing and hard
" conscious Of the act, had the sword
handed to me as he cried aloud:
"Take it, citizen! Fight for your
country"
had no fancy for such an enter
prise, so, finding myself sword in hand,
at once cast about for some way to
get rid of it, and, lettering my instruc-
ton from the man Of powder, I stuck
It into the hand Of the first unarmed
person met.
'"Take it, citizenv' / repeated. Eight
for your countryw Then I passed on
ond rotr1rnad home
The Huntsman's Mass.
"Once every year, on St Hubert's
day, one may see hundreds Of dogs In
the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Brus-
sells. At the huntsman's mass on that
day the owners of hunting dogs take
the animals to church with them,
and for a short time the sacred edifice
becomes a dog show place." says a
writer In Berlin paper. To heighten
the effect all the worshipers attend in
hunting costume and the bugle plays
an important part in the musical serv-
ice. When the last celebration took
place a stranger in the city, who was
staying at one of the large hotels near
the place, strOlled toward the cathedral
and took with him a pet spaniel. CIV
cry dog has his day." he said, land
this is it, At the church entrance
two pointers growled at the little dog
and did it so fiercely that the little fell
low turned and ran. He was coaxed
back, but again driven away by anoth-
er large dog. "The owner took the
hint" says the writer land returned
to the hotel with his little pet, con-
WINGED that the big dogs looked upon
the spaniel as an intruder, that he had
no part in the st. Hubert's mass and
that the day was not every dogs"