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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-03
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SECOND METEOR
PASSES MOCTEZUMA.

Moctezuma, Mex, Oct. Am
other large meteor passed over
this place at 11:25 last night.
1t was quite large and very
bright and fell in the Las Minas
mountains, northeast of Mocte-
yuma.
Just before It struck the
ground it seemed to burst, with
a report like thunder.
This is the second meteor that
has passed over here within
few months, and the people here
2 are beginning to wonder if it is
going to become a habit.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-03
TEN

ANY WOMAN may easily and quickly
gain a beautiful complexion by using
Nadinola Cream. It banishes tan, sal
lowness, frecl1les, pimPles, liver-spots
and other facial discolorations. Wors.
case in twenty days.
NadinoIa Cream rids the pores and tis<
sues of all impurities. Leaves the skin clear,
soft and healthy. Directions and binding
guarantee in each package. Price SOC. and
81 90 by high-class toilet counters or NAH
NATIONAL TOILET CO., Paris. Tenn
Sold by Kelly & Pollard and all drug
gists.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-03
EL PAso THEATER OPENS oCT.4

Grand concert FL Paso' Theater Octo-
Der 4; benefit Humane society. Tickets
so and 75 cents. Usual place.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05

There is no danger of oversleeping.
While it it is still twilight wagons
will begin going by the door, and you
will hear the squealing of pigs. the
bleating of sheep. the lowing OF cows
and the trembling mo-o-o-o-o of young
calves, and the chatter of chickens. and
quack Of ducks for on the day of the
cheese market every farmer. brings to
town anything he may have in the hope
of making a trade with somebody for
something.
The night before good many num-
dreds Of cheeses have been laid out
in the great open space in the center
of the town consecrated to this most
precious of the products. And since
one can't sleep. he might as well dress
and take a run down before breakfast
to see the rest of the cheeses unloaded.
They are brought in in an odd shaped
wagon with a cover, which is taken
off for unloading. The cheeses, big.
round, yellow and shiny, are tossed
expertly, two at time, by man on
the wagon to a man on the ground,
WIZ idyS lnem IN long, SlfalSnI rows
two deep, on a big cloth stretched on
the pavement They look for all the
world like huge oranges. and by the
time the wagons are all unloaded 1t
seems goodly crop, covering, per-
haps. a quarter of an acre of ground.
While the last are being unloaded
you can run back to breakfast, for a
Dutch breakfast is a treat after the
everlasting plain breakfast of other
European countries, which is regular
holdup 10 a tribe of breakfast eaters.
You can understand why Englishmen
and other Europeans are always
grouchy at breakfast time. That ever
lasting breakfast of cold bread and
adulterated coffee. tea. or cocoa, Is
enough to make anybody grouchy.
But here In Holland you are con-
fronted by a breakfast o. no less than
four kinds of cold meats, sliced SO
beautifully and served so daintily that
you are inclined to forgive their being
cold You may have eggs, too. If you
like. and the rolls will be warm, and
the coffee will be real coffee. Then
there is a great covered dish in which
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05

So while you are wondering when
the trading will begin perhaps half
the cheeses have been sold. The first
sign OF 1t TO you wifi be when some
men come along with big wagon box
swung on two wheels, unhook the
wagon box and set IL on the ground
and begin tossing cheeses into it like
balls, two at a time. When the box is
full they swing It on the wheels again
and push 1T away to the warehouse.
or perhaps to boat tied up in the
canal at the end of the street, to be
taken to another village.
At the warehouse they are weighed
and then laid out in rows on long
shelves to ripen. This takes from one
to two months. Meanwhile mold
gathers ON the outside OF them. and
this has to be scraped off before they
are painted with the red paint by
which we know an Edam cheese.
Before you know 1T $4,000 or $4,000
pounds OF cheese have changed hands,
the price ranging from 26 to 81 cents
a pound. This means sales amounting 8
to between 1000 and s15. 600. all made
SO quietly and good naturedly that a
stray American can't realize that any
business has been going on at all
There has been lot of chatting
among friends who meet here every
week, and the "bfer hauses'' do a lively
business while the market is going on.
though nobody seems to get drunk.
Now and then groups OF cheese makers.
In their picturesque short skirts, tight
bodices and crisp white lace caps. saun-
ter by the market place. They seem to
divide their time between making pur-
chases and carrying on mild hirtations
with the men in the market
1t is great day for the store keep
ers, who have as much Of their wares
as possible. exposed on the street out
side their shops. One OF the busiest
places is the +kloompenF shop. for while
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05

a. corner of the cloth and takes a look.
If he puts it down and walks away.
that Is the end of IT If he begin to
ask questions or to handle the cheeses
the owner gets awake and they talk
together. the buyer cutting into a
cheese, perhaps, with a sort of knife
that cuts quite to the center and takes
out round plug, which he tastes,
throwing the scraps to the dogs that
walk around waiting for them. There
is no noisy haggling, no wranglinG or
quarreling. If you see one man put
out his hand. palm upward and the
other clasp it and then turn his own
TO pe slapped by the first, you will
know by that token that some cheeses
have changed owners. If that does not
happen the buyer walks along to an
other lot and the ovAler takes his stand
again and waits.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05

one can't understand how II happens,
wooden shoes do seem to wear out And
there are so many different kinds OF
''kloompen." Old fashioned folk seem
to cling to the simple unpainted ones.
But beside these hang fancy ones all
varnished, and sometimes painted TO
simulate strings, buttons and buckles.
These are much affected by the younger
men. who also seem to favor shoes with
heels cut from the one solid piece OF
wood, from which the shoes are made.
Many OF the men are dressed, save
for the ''SlOOmpen," in ordinary clothes.
But walking about. all unconscious OF
their oddity. are the men from volen-
dam. one OF the four famous "dans.''
and from the quaint little island OF
Marken. with the wide trousers that
look as il mother must have made them
A few streets away from the cheese
market Is an open square with the pens
for horses and stock. and in the oppo-
site direction space covered with bi q
baskets full OF chickens and ducks. IN
both these places the same quiet bar
gaining goes on. and you see the man
who has come to market with a wagon
full OF cheeses going back to his wagon
leading new horse or colt. a COW o.
sheep. or with basket OF Chickens mr.
der his arm. or perhaps. young calf
swung around his neck, the fore feet IN
one hand and the hind feet in the other
Everybody goes home with something
different from what he brought to mar
ket and the pride OF new ownershIn
beams from every face.
Altogether market day seems 70 ba
quite the biggest event OF these sirnnls
ilves. II IS neeting joy. however for
by 2 O'Clock In the afternoon avsr~
wagon has left the town. the shis.
hausess are empty. the shop keeper.
are rearranging their broken stocIxr
and every woman Is down on her knsa.
scrubbing her doorsten
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05
By Bertha H. Smith

y
" HERE is nothing quainter and
imore picturesque left in Europe
than a Dutch cheese market. II
you chance to stumble upon one
away or IN some wee village in the
middle Of Holland you have to work
hard to make yourself believe that the
very cbeeses you see lying about on the
ground waiting for buyers may one day
be on your own table in America. In
the, little town Of Purmerend alone
there is a cheese market every week.
where from Is TO 80 tons of Edam
cheese. change hands and any old Dutch
farmer that sees you will give you a
smile. for the canny man knows that
America takes a good share of all the
cheese he makes.
The tourist bureaus in the big Dutch
cities are always so busy trying to
steer stray travellers to the four Dutch
dams" that they never think to tell
anybody about the cheese markets. And
II you ask them they viii reluctantly
tell you TO go to Hoorn. There is a
cheese market there, to be sure. a big
modern sort Of market, where the men
who handle the cheeses are all spick
and span in white duck suits and
everything is smart and up to date and
might be right here in brand new
America.
But II on the way TO Hoorn you
chance to meet q friendly Dutchman
who can understand enough English to
S-2w that you want to go to a real
zsutrh cheese market. he will hustle you
of the train at Purmerend. And he
viii direct you to 20 to a certain
"heereniodgement" kept by the dearest
Dutch woman. who can not speak a
word Of English but who in her anxiety
10 make Tou comfortable will run and
bring a book with Dutch English vo-
cabulary and point TO the names Of
things she thinks you may need. But
her room is likely to be in such per-
feet order that you can think of moth
ing you want but chance to get into
the nice clean bed so as to get up
bright and early in the morning to see
all there is Of the market.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05

you will discover something related to
gingerbread with fruit and citron in it.
and big plate of cheese and de-
licious sort of biscuit that the Dutch
serve with cheese. There viii be jams
and reserves-indeed, so many things
that you can't get around to them all
If you chance to own Dutch grand
mother, you will now understand why
in your own home breakfast has always
been regular meal.
But you can't stop long, even If the
breakfast and the garden outside the
door do invite you. For the hustle and
the noises of the street are calling
Back again at the market, you begin
to wonder when the business viii be-
gin. The owners of the cheese. fine
old fellows with kindly, wrinkled
faces, pipes between firm lips and huge
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05

wooden "kloompen" on their feet. stand
beside their rows of hidden gold-cov-
cred now that the sun is getting warm
waiting for buyers. They never offer
their cheese for sale, never hawk them
or seem to try to attract attention to
them They merely stand and wait
Presently buyer comes and lifts UP
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06
Boomerang Kinks.

There are a good many kinks" to be
learned to throw the boomerang skill
fully. One is always to throw against
the wind IL you want II to come back
to you 1t is miniature aeroplane.
for it literally sails against the wind
and is borne upward and onward by
the breeze. If the player wants to
make long distance straightaway
record he can throw with the wind,
but he must take care to select a
boomerang which Is heavy-so heavy
that It will not he too much affected
by the air currents. BY pointing the
boomerang at certain angle lie can
make it soar aloft in circles Ike a
hawk until 1t may be as high as 100
feet above the earth. AS In golf play
ing. it Is not so much mere strength
that makes a long thrower. but the
skill In aiming. the direction and In
boomerang throwing the way in which
advantage may be taken Of the air
currents.-St. Nicholas.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06
absurdly dull that she couldn't care
for them il she wanted TO"

absurdly dull that she couldn't care
for them il she wanted to-
"Do you suppose the poor fellows try
to be oafs:" lie spoke proiesIingIy.
bur his face wore the ghost of smile
'''rhe result il he same ~ | had II
10 do over again | wouldn't lei people
know so soon There's no reason why
girl shouldn't enjoy herself ("
why. Jean. ! rhougm you were an
tkipatug u hilariously happy winter
I've been mentally kicking myself for
wanting 10 drag you away 10 duli old
Italy"
The smile was quite gone from Jeans
face. There was suspicious bright
ness IN the dark gray eyes
yes" he continued. leaning laz!ly
back ia his chair. Five been playing
donkey. I'd forgotten what II means
to be bored was even silly enough
to think we'd enjoy long tramps In late
October and lonesome breakfasts on
rainy March mornings love March
and. oh. dozens of dull. prosaic things
But. goodness. we'd die OF ennui before
a year was outr'
She flung down the fan and rose
angry and hurt. the tears streaming
Charles" she sobbed. you're inhu-
man. came out here to--to-arrange
things. and-and you th.throw that
Vermont girl in my face and then tell
me I'm a bore. You'-she controlled
her voice with an effort-''go back TO
Vermont, But she'll never
He could endure II no longer For
give me. Jean. You know I've never
seen another girl since YOU said |
might look at you. But I've set my
heart on this fan. and you're so stub
born"
She Strengthened and looked at him
sternly. He tried not TO smile.
Charles" she asked severely. did
you lie?"
ITO you
"Was there such a person."
81 never said there was. just sup
posed case. But. | say. Jean. will
you make II October?"
enc She had reached the doorway
September
He heard her running lightly up.
stairs. STOPPING. he picked up the mu-
tilated palm fan and folded Its remains
tenderly into his pocket.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06
sunsrstitious Remedies.

For whooping cough cooked dor
mouse Is good In the eighteenth cen
fury this remedy was employed in
Scotland. Here is another medicament
for the same complaint: "Watercress
Is very good thing. sir, with little
bit of that brown sugar what you uses
TO put on to bacon and some honey
mixed with it. And I'll tell you what's
good thing for Group but a riesty
bacon fat fried down and afore it re-
solves add some pepper and vinegar.
1t opens the pipes of the lungs, dye
see" And If you are adventurous
you may try this for ''phlegm on to the
chest" Catch dear little dotty
frog" and tie bit OF string to one of
its back legs. Then you keep on let
ting it go down your throat and pull
ing it up again" The narrator of this
added TO Il. w. Thompson, who sets
down these stories: Its the truth,
young fellow. and 1t cleared the
phlegm out of his throat bootiful. but
we wouldn't do such thing as that"
-Loudon Chronicle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06
strippinas Come Last.

ANY farm wife can tell you about
.strippings" when it comes Ia milking
cow They are the rich milk. which
n drawn last The idea has been ad
vanced that all milk from the COW Is
alike hnt this is mistake
The popular idea that the first milk
drawn Is poorest IN cream. or butter
fat. IL correct The last milk drawn is
usually about Eve times as rich as the
nrst II II an old custom on the farm
20 set this milk to itself on account of
its extra richness. II any goes to the
ralf u Is the first milk drawn, since
that Is least valuable for butter. On
this account the old way was to let the
calf suck hrsf II Is very wasteful
plan to leave the last milk 10 the calf
Popular Ideas and science agree with
regard 10 the value OF 'strippings."
The New York experiment station
mnde test Of the matter In the case
Of tive cows. Every pint as drawn was
tested. and the amount OF butter fat
Increased regularly 10 the thirteenth
pint. which was about i've times AZ
rich a, the drst. as already stated.
Every buttermaker will save the ''strip
pings" as u they were pure gold
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06
Chinese LAWS.
In lemon colored silk Chinese dip
bmat talked about Chinese laws.

III tctiOu BIN ~ NhA1' N'l'
bmat talked about Chinese laws.
Some of our laws, you know are
very stimulating" he said "tor ex-
ample, Chi owed money to y money
lender. Chi would not pay. aud The
money lender hanged himself on Chi ;
doOrpOst Chi was condemned to death.
You see. he was really Responsible ior
the money lenders death.
"a son able to support his parents
Is imprisoned for life il he won't do
so. A son unable to support them Is
Imprisoned for three years. as We hold
and quite rightly that there must
be something wrong with young man
who can't support his parents.
"Our police are excellent, thanks to
the stimulus OF our law. When a
crime is committed sleuth is put
upon the case and given. say, thirty
days to land the criminal. If the
sleuth fails he himself pays the pen
atty of the crime, less two degrees.
That, too. is just and stimulating
law, for il the police can neither pre-
vent nor punish crime then they
should be themselves punished for
their rank incapacity. New York
Press
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06
PRIZE WINNING RAM

suction and development OF a mutton
form. as we do to that OF wool pro.
aucing form IN spite OF the fact that
our heaviest wool producing sheep
carry hut little mutton and the strong
est mutton producers usually shear n
Night fleece.
. There Is large opportunity for the
breeder TO use his skill In the combln
hg OF these two characteristics In one
animal without one being sacrificed to
secure the other.
am of the opinion that the field for
Improving the Merino is very large.
and the development of the most prof
table and practical wool mutton Me
rino Is still IN it's infancy. With the
experience or the past the next twenty
or thirty years should bring about n
combination Merino OF greater value
than any TO be found today.
This animal must grow rapid'y. ma
ture early. have good quarters. deep
body. short. strong neck. carrying the
form OF typical Shorthorn. II must
be coated with n fleece OF great bulk
and sufficient quality to command q
fair price. In producing Il heavy fleece
n Is mistake to have large percent
age Of that fleece consist OF oil. prod
net that is entirely worthless 70 the
manufactures.
DO not misunderstood me. II Is
highly important 10 have reasonahh.
amount Of oil In the fleece 10 order 10
secure the strongest and best fiber, hut
do not overdo the matter
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06
Local Critics.

Local color" is an excellent adjunct
to good story. but II cannot supply
the place OF incident and character. A
young author now 10 possession OF a
promising reputation has related how
this fact was tirst painfully impressed
upon bis mind. He had spent the sum-
mer 10 an ancient seaport Of New Eng
land and desired to reproduce it's at
mosphere OF quaint. old fashioned
tranquility In story.
He worked hard over It.. When the
tale was done it occurred 10 him TO
try its effect upon native resident. a
retired sea captain, unIiterary. but in
telligent.
Docs 1t seem natural? Is it like the
place."
Yes; oh, yes" replied the old man
promptly. It's like the place. But
seems 10 me places were made for
things. and so I been kind o. waitin'
all along for somethln' to do dom. and
the fust thing that happened swas the
end"
Still more crushing was the comment
Of another local critic who read the
story after 1t was published. Some one
asked her II II were not well written.
Land. yes,' said she. Its written
real elegant and lifelike as nature. only
whatever did he write II forg'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06
A HYPOTHETICAL
NAMELESS RIVAL,
His SuppoSitious Case Brought
His Sweetheart to Terms.
BY HENRY WALKER,

copyrighted 1903. by Associated Literary
Press
They sat at the end Of the porch and
discussed the situation calmly IL was
altogether too torrld for heated argu
ment If they felt any inward tumuIr
they vented it through their fingers
rather than their tongues, she by pull
Ing her palm leaf fan idly 10 pieces
and he by rulhlessly stripping the hon
eysuCkle vine.
Whats your objection to next fall,
Jean? I'm not quizzing you. you
know. but ! do feel sort OF imper-
sonal curiosity"
Next fall? Why. It's August now,
and fall begins with September. and
then it's no time before ms winter,
and-l can't possibly fancy myself a
settled. married person next winter!'
sober. indeed! Matrimony doesn't
make people settled nowadays. You
know you'll be on the 70 when you're
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06
The Frenchwoman.

The distinguished quality of the
Frenchwoman Is her strong common
sense. She Is not sentimentalst. but
much comfort. substantially and Sc
curity among the French middle class
the woman can take the larger share
OF the credit for 1t. In France of the
French" Mr.. f. II. Baker says that all
her domestic affairs are regulated by
the strictest prudence. carefulness and
foresight.
The domestic instinct is so strong in
the Frenchwoman that the safety of
her home is apt to become to her an
object too absorbing. too exclusive. aud
10 lead to the defects and drawbacks
which attend all exaggeration II is
not the Frenchman SO much az the
Frenchwoman who fills the stocking"
with small savings. n little economical
there. little here. and who has built
mp position of some substance for
many a family who commenced hum
bly, and knew hardship.
The power OF patient industry OF the
French workingwoman is scarcely less
admirable than her self abnegation
Her qualities stand out more saliently
than those of the middle class because
of her inferior opportunities and great
er trials.
When one considers the wages that
are earned by the working class in
France and the cost OF food one mar
vels at the degree OF comfort to be
found In their homes and the we'll look.
ed after appearance OF the children
This could never be without the solid
qualities of the women.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06
When vaIor esIks.

A couple OF Kansas men were talk.
ing of feariessuess the other day. "Aii
this talk" said one of them. reminds
me of peace officer I knew a number
OF years ago 10 western Kansas. This
officer was entirely feariess-iD fact.
the kind of chap who would have
charged hades with single bucket of
water. To look down into the barrel
OF gun IN the other fellows hand
was as placidly accepted an affair for
him as to light his pipe. He was sent
for one day.
whats the matfer?' he asked.
~'Cowboy IN that room. said a citi-
zen. designating the place. He's wild
and dangerous. He's locked himself In.
and we're afraid he'll break out and
do us harm
so this officer opened the door of
the room and looked 10. The cowboy
had a six shooter In one hand and a
stick OF dynamite IN the other and
calmly remarked that he would turn
them both loose 10 case the o0lcer
came into the room. The oficer con-
sidered the thing for . minute. Then
he backed away and as ne did SO re-
marked:
LET him sleep II Oh. They Is
times when q man who amt afraid Is
blind fool - Kansas City Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-06

: This breed originated 10 France. be-
ng the product Of u cross between the
English thoroughbred and native mares
81 France that have considerable orien.
tal blood IN their veins. The typical
horse Of this breed stands sixteen
hands high or over. weighs LOO 10
1.4O0 pounds aud IL 10 all essentials a
coach or carriage horse. He L. more
yangy ~ type than the hackney, an
outstanding. graceful. free moving,
strong horse.