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Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

night
Griff Rutherford returned last ev-
ening from Denver and departed to-
day for his home in Dolores.
Miss Margaret Kramer was an
outgoing passenger on the eastern
this morning to spend Christmas
with her parents at Canon City.
Attorney w. N. Searcy and Frank
Ross( who were in town yesterday
on legal business, returned to their
homes in Silverton this morning.
F. A. Rudio, who was here looking
after number of sheep shipments
for the Santa Fe railroad, left for his
headquarters in Denver this morning.
Roadmaster ]. H. Taite, of the
Fourth Division, D. & r. G., left on
today's eastern for his home in Colo
RADIO Springs to spend Christmas
with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs Charls N. Spicer, who
stayed over in town yesterday on
their way from Silverton to iBsbee,
Ariz., departed for the latter place
this morning.
Robert Chambers came in last
night from Fort Lewis, where he is
student at the agricultural college,
and left via the Red Apple train for
his home at Fruitland, to spend the
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. E. Price were the
guests of the Savoy over night
from lockwood, where the former is
forest ranger, and departed this
morning for Canon City to spend the
holidays with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Kearney return
ed last evening from a trip to Silver
ton and are guests of the Palace fol
a day or two, on their way to their
home at Hesperus. Mr.. Kearney is
head packer at the May Day.
Miss Isabel Organ, Hattie Roster
Mamie Cunningham and Lucille OBJ
endorfer, all of whom are students al
the Durango high school this year
left on the Southern this morning te
spend their Christmas vacation at
their homes in Rico.
Senator George West of Durango
went down again last Friday evening
to see if the Democrats could not ir
some way elect Senator and remove
the blemish which two legislatures haG
placed upon the Democratic escutch
eon.-Alamosa Empire.
W. E. Bryan, who passed through 6
few weeks ago to his former home ir
Illinois, where he was summoned OF
account of the illness of his mother
returned on last evenings train
The latter died during his absence
This morning Mr.. Bryan continued tc
his home in Lebanon, in the Monte.
yuma valley.
| S. G. Thomas is business visitor
l %oIoxy f,,o,,, Con&o-%
Mail Clerk C. P. Webb left this
morning for Pueblo to spend Christ.
mas week.
| W. E. Riley, express messenger or
the Silverton branch, went to Den.
yer today on holiday trip.
Miss Cochran, one of the high
school teachers, left today for her
home in Denver to spend Christmas
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Crowds and
daughter, will spend Christmas in
Mancos, leaving La Plata City Sun
ray morning.
W. H. Wallace, proprietor of the
Southern hotel at Dolores and SON
Robert, came in last night and are
staying over in town today on bust
ness.
| *
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Brown departed
for their home in Pennington this
morning after pleasant visit of
about week with the latter's sister
at Mancos.
*
j.. M. Boyce was in the city over
might passing through from Silver
ton to Denver to spend the holidays.
Mr.. Boyce departed on the eastern
this morning.
A. E. Graves of Bisbee Ariz 10
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

For he's promised that he'll kiss no
one but me-"
It is frequently asserted that the
poets write most of that which they
know least 1t is said that John
Howard Payne wrote "Home Sweet
Home" because he had no home and
was for the time being far removed
from his friends and the scenes of
his childhood. 1t is the hungry man
whose thoughts dwell upon the ex-
cellency of food. 1t is the one who
is shut up in prison who realizes
most keenly the desirability of being
free to wander where one will. cab
snce makes the heart grow fonder,"
says Bayly, while Young remarks:
"How blessings brighten as they take
their flight" AS some simpler OBJ
server has said: "It is the absence of
things that makes their presence
missed"
1t frequently happens that writ
er praises most highly and fingers
most tenderly over those traits of
character and disposition in which he
himself is most deficient. Perhaps
the world makes mistake when 1T
demands that an author shall be as
good as the lines he writes. Some
go so far as to maintain that it is
the authors mission to dream and to
idealize; the worlds part of the un-
dertaking is to try to work out the
things planned by the authors fancy.
1t would be fine, of course, if all
persons could practice what they
divide up the work than it would be
preach, but it is better, no doubt, to
to let all go undone. Thomas Car
| lyle labored under the notion that
he required the simplest food, cooked
with unvarying perfection, and he
stormed at fate in deepest gloom
if his oatmeal was scorched or his
eggs not cooked just to the proper
turn. AS no servant could satisfy
him, Mrs. Carlyle went into the
kitchen and studied cookery. The
slightest noise distracted him when
at work and Mrs. Carlyle was ever
OH the alert to prevent doors from
banging, dishes from clattering, and
shoes and rocking chairs from creak-
ing. His tender epithet for visitors
was ''nauseous intruders." Occupied
with his work and unconscious of
her loneliness, Carlyle withdrew HIM
self from his wife's society and rode
read and mused by himself. Some
times for days she scarcely saw him
except at meals, and in the early
morning, when she stole into his
room for a few moments whil(
was shaving. &s
1t is possible that Carlyle's gloom
and dearth of amiability made him
doubly conscious of his own defects,
and prompted him to write such fine
words as these:
"Give US, oh, give US, the man who
sings at his work! Be his occupation
what it may, he is equal to any of
those who follow the same pursuit
in sullenness. He will do more in
the same time, he will do it better,
he will preserve longer. One is
scarcely sensitive of fatigue whilst
he marches to music. The very stars
are said to make harmony, as they
revolve in their spheres. Wondrous
is the strength of cheerfulness!" All
the world is glad that he preached
this fine philosophy.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

The easiest thing in the world to
part with is a kind word and it is
usually priced the most.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25
EDITOR HERALD:

EDIIOR HEHALU:
Please publish the following:
That "the female Of the species
gets the bank roll Of the male" 10
probably true In cases but 1t has been
known to fail. In case that we can
think Of, and It isn't 50 remote, 1t
was a hemale in the family that got
the "Old Mans" goat
OLD TIMER
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

Her husband used to say that II
- would 1t him BE- her Santa
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

If carbon lamp is five candle
power is tungsten?
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25
MoNIToRIALs BY
NIXON WATERMAN;
RESERVED.

"Jane, I saw the milkman kissing
you this morning so, henceforth,
l will take the milk in mornings, do
you see?"
"All right, missus," answered Jane,
"but you'll find it all in vain,
For he's promised that he'll kiss no
one but me-"
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

Griff Rutherford returned last ev'
ening from Denver and departed to-
day for his home in Dolores.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

Mrs. c. C. Ray of Aztec, N. Mex,
was a guest of the Southern last
night
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

Miss Margaret Kramer was an
outgoing passenger on the eastern
this morning to spend Christmas
with her parents at Canon City.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25
LOCAL NEWS.

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Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

Your daily duties are part Of your
religious life, just as much as your
observation-disclosures.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

From Thursdays Daily.
Ike Cox was a passenger to Pa
gosa Springs this morning.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

Mrs. Anna Neary is down from
lockwood today doing her Christina,
shopping.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

William C. Day is down from La
Plata City today on business with
Santa Claus.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

Attorney w. N. Searcy and Frank
Ross( who were in town yesterday
on legal business, returned to their
homes in Silverton this morning.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

Gus Rowe, the D. G. R. G., engineer
returned last evening from a visit
to his ranch on Red Mesa, and de-
parted this morning for his home in
Chama.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

Robert Chambers came in last
night from Fort Lewis, where he is
student at the agricultural college,
and left via the Red Apple train for
his home at Fruitland, to spend the
holidays.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

A. E. Graves, of Bisbee, Ariz., is
the new agent at the Silverton depot,
with G. T. Gebhardt, of Cleburne,
Texas, as cashier and S. w. Moebrus
of Leadville, as express agent.
N. X. Lively, brother of the cour-
teous operator at the depot, left this
morning for Alamosa where he will
recuperate for a week CT two before
returning to work. Mr.. Lively is also
a telegraph operator for the D. &
r. G., and spent the past month in
Mercy hospital suffering from an at
tack of typhoid fever.
Since the new joint railway track
of the Denver & Rio Grande and
Colorado Southern, between Pueblo
and Walsenburg, has been in opera
tion several weeks, the handling of
traffic has been vastly changed, and
passenger trains do not have to
wait SO often to pass dozen or
more freight trains. -Alamosa EN-
pire.
Fred P. Davy, the pioneer oil drill
er Of the Montezuma valley was a
to Denver Monday evening.
He has one well down 1850 feet and
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs Charls N. Spicer, who
stayed over in town yesterday on
their way from Silverton to iBsbee,
Ariz., departed for the latter place
this morning.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

John Wesch, assistant cashier of
the Montezuma Valley National bank
of Cortez, was in town over night on
his way home from business visit
to Denver, and returned home this
morning.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

District Manager R. M. Morris of
the telephone company, went to Man
cos today on a visit to the local ex-
change, returning tomorrow night.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
The .anobIs George ".

Then there was the precious regent
What a creature! Good men and bad
men unite in saying that he was abso-
lutely without a virtue; the shrewd.
calculating Greville described him in
words that burn; the great duke. his
chief subject, uses language OF drv
scorn. The king could only act the
part Of (. gentleman for ten minutes
at time" and we find the common,
est satellites Of the court desplsed
the wicked fribble who wore the crown
Of England. Faithless to women, faith.
less to men, coward, a liar, a mean
and groveling cheat, Georve ~. never
theless chung to belief in his own
virtues; and. If we study the account
Of his farcical progress through Scot
land. we find that he imagined himself
to be a useful and genuinely kingly
parsonage. No man. except. perhaps.
Philippe Egalite, was ever so contemn.
ed and hated: and until his death he
imagined himself to be good man.
Runciman "Sidelights."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
CHARGES LOSS UP TO BRUIN

shot the fellow who did It. with two
others besides.
Then he bethought himself of keep
ing a bear book" not only to record
his losses because OF bears. but also
his profits from the same source. He
has tried every year since then not to
let the bears get ahead of him, and
because of the recent slaughter Of
sheep the old man feels called won
to kill at least two bears this winter.
He is so old that he had concluded to
do no hunting this season, but his
slain sheep must be avenged, and
everybody who knows Phil Bostley
knows that the bear family will sure
~ pay with their own blood for the
raid on the Bostley sheep flock The
three sheep, he estimates. would have
brought him at least s25, counting an
other seasons wool. Two black bears.
If their hides are in good condition.
viii net him $40. and as Bostley has
always charged the lars with com
pound interest that amount he calcu-
lates vii about even the score
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
A Marriage Black List.

The habit of making inquiries at pri.
vate detective Offices as to the means
and mode Of life of any young man
who is under consideration as a suit.
able husband by the relatives Of a
girl whom he wishes to marry leads
to some curious complications In Aua
tria and Hungary Young men deep
In debt are inscribed on the so-called
black list" at the inquiry Office.
Good parts are. on the other hand
put down on the white list" Five
young Hungarian aristocrats who were
involved In debt to such an extent that
the only possibility OF retrieving their
fortunes lay in making rich marriages
formed kind OF company for the pur.
pose Of finding wives Each was to
be provided with rich bride. prefer
ably an American heiress. as his turp
came.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
SURPRISE DINNER IN PARIS
How Friends Of Author and His wife
Carried Out Familiar Scheme
With Additions

Partisan society has tired OF the Zig.
saw puzzle and adopted the surprise
dinner as a relaxation. OF course the
surprise dinner is not exactly new, but
in the French capital some amusing
additions to the original idea have
been evolved. Thus, quite recently. a
well-known author and his wife cele-
brated their wedding day They had
been out for a drive to the Bots de
Boulogne and had strolled down the
pathway where they became engaged
They had ordered dinner fer two at
home, and when they returned for the
meal were a bit surprised to hear
much laughter and talking coming
from the interior Of their fiat. On en-.
tering they did not recognize the
rooms in which they had lived for the
last ten years. A crowd OF their
friends had invaded the apartments
and transformed the chief room into a
replica of the country registrars Of
fee in which they had been married
The guests were trinked out like vii.
layers. and the garde champetre or To-
cal policeman was master of the cere-
monies. Madame was laid hold of and
carried off. and. despite her laughing
protests, was arrayed in her wedding
dress. Before sitting down to table
repetition of the marriage ceremony
was hilariously gone through and a
bunch Of ripe oranges utilized as a
substitute for the wreath of orange
blossoms.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01

waves from that direction being par
TALLY intercepted by the attracting
body, are weakest, and the atom will
be pushed in that direction by the
superior waves behind 1t. If free to
fall, the atom will continually absorb
more energy from the stronger waves
behind 1t than it restores to the weak
er waves in front, and will thus &C
uuire additional kinetic energy OF
translation in the line of fall, meas
ured directly by the number of waves
involved, l. p, by tie distance moved.
Conversely, If the atom be forced
away from the attracting body restitu-
ton of energy will exceed absorption,
and the energy expended in moving
the atom against attraction will be
transferred to the ether
1t will be seen that gravitation is
a push toward the attracting body and
not a pull 1t is clear, also, that the
velocity which a falling body can ac-
quire tends asymptot'cally to a limit,
which is the velocity of the ether
waves which push; the velocity OF
light, IL transverse waves are in
volved."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01

In the village where Major Lee. re-
tired on half pay. had taken up his
residence. 1t was generally argued by
the villagers that he was dictatorial
and without sentiment. Moreover. he
was blunt-spoken and a kicker He
mad run regiment, and he felt It his
uuty TO run the town. His wife and
MS daughter Nellie were we'll liked,
put the people kept clear of the major.
he didn't carry loaded gun with him,
out he had very sarcastic tongue.
And yet underneath his bluff. as his
own family knew, Major Lee had a
neart, and that heart was filled with
sentiment He had revealed 1t on
several occasions. and now the family
parrot had died he was almost in tears.
fhat the major should have endured
the presence OF squawking parrot
for a single hour was matter of as
constituent outside the family, but he
had endured her for three years. that
her death should bring a look OF
melancholy to his face caused certain
people to think they had done him In
justice.
Poll was dead She had been found
on her back beneath her perch. with
all the squawk and chatter gone out
OF her. 1t was a case of old age and
being too good. The major was the
one to discover her Hfeless remains.
and for the first time in Is years he
was SO choAe' up that he could not
eat his breakfast.
Cad. but It's tough--it's fought"
he said to wife and daughter. we
had a mutual affection for each other.
She would swear when told her to.
and shut up when | raised my finger.
Each of us had come TO understand
the moods of the other She knew
when | wanted TO take my nap. and l
knew when she wanted to take hers.
| believe she thought Of me when
drawing her last breath"
But, papa. she was good deal of
nuisance. after ALL" replied Miss
Nellie
Not a bit of it--not bit. Moth.
ing of the kind"
But she swore at the minister and
called him names"
THAT was Just one OF her little
ways TO keep things moving along
She didn't know she was swearing
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
GRAVITY IS A PUSH

local, but extends indefinitely into
space, diminishing in strength as the
square of the distance increases.
"A body of matter is pictured as
casting in effect a spherical energy
shadow consisting of the sum Of the
shadows of it's constituent units, the
depth or intensity of the shadow vary
ing with the inverse square of the
distance from the center of the body.
Another body at any distance will
cast similar shadow and the two
shadows will intersect, each body be-
ing partially shielded by the other
from waves coming from that diree-
ton. the extent of the shielding effect
depending directly on the mass of the
shielding body.
"Of the several components into
which the composite motion OF each
atom can be resolved, that one lying
in the direction of an attracting body
viii be the greatest because the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
NIETzSCHE'S VIEW OF WOMAN
Everything In Her Is Riddle, and
She Is Mans Most Dangerous
Playthlng.

Nietzsche, the German philosopher
has little to say of women. In bis
philosophy there is to be no over
woman. Everything in woman is a
riddle" he says. And again. THE
true man wants two different things
danger and diversion. He therefore
wants woman as the most dangerous
plaything" In his Wagner book, he
puts women In strange category
I'm the theater." he declares, "one be-
comes mob. herd. woman, Pharisee.
voting animal. patron, idiot, Wagner.
fan" las yet" he says, in Zarathus-
ira, women are incapable of friend
ship"
in a woman's love-" Nietzsche
says, there is unfairness and blind
ness to all she does not love. And
even in womans enlightened love
there are still outbreaks and light
nings." In his Wagner essay he says:
Woman would like to believe that
love can do all. 1t is a superstition
peculiar to herself Alas! he who
knows the heart finds out how poor.
helpless. pretentious and liable to err
fror even the best, the deepest love Is:
how 1t rather destroys that saves" -
Forum.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
Pittsburg Begins Odd Municipal Ex-
pertinent in Training Boys for
Better Citizenship.

Pittsburg, Pam odd municipal
experiment in training for better citi-
zenship has begun in this county with
the purchase of 800 acres of farm
land. on which 500 boys. all wards Of
the Juvenile court, shall be taught
close to nature. to become good men
A committee of prominent citizens.
led by David B. Oliver. formerly comp
troller of public schools of the city
and brother of Senator George T..
Oliver, originated the idea, and, aided
by the county commissioners. is car
rying it out
Mr.. Oliver, who is one of the
wealthiest men in Pittsburg, has found
that frequently the bad boys" make
the best men, and he is giving his
time and money to the project. which
really marks new step in the care of
Juvenile court children The only
noteworthy institution like it Is at
Industry. N. Y, but that is a state
institution.
On the land which is thirty miles
from Pittsburg, will be built cottages
which viii accommodate twenty boys.
A head farmer will look after the
youngsters.
The present plan for the home is to
build central colony of five cottages
around machine, carpenter and black.
smith shops. where boys who want
to learn trades will be grouped. Re
moved. however, from this central
group will be fifteen other cottages
They will be occupied by boys who
want to be farmers. 1t is not the IN
tention to segregate the boys. but to
keep them apart as much as posi-
Bile.
Half of each dav will be devoted to
school and half to work or course a
time win be set aside for playing, To
still further carry out the family idea
there viii be a number of school
buildings constructed at different
places on the farm Each of the
school buildings will accommodate
certain number of pupils 1t will be
so arranged that children from prob
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
FIRM GRIP or BULL-FIGHTlNG
"Sport" Continues to Amuse People Of
Southern France, Despite Efforts
of Officials.

Paris.-The extent to which the
practice or sport of bull-fghting
still exists In the south of France.
despite all the efforts of the authori-
ties to stamp it out. is little known by
the rest of the world. A meeting was
recently held at Beziers of those inter
ested in the spectacles and protest
drawn UP against the bill of the minis
ter of justice which provides for the
punishment by fine and Imprisonment
Of those connected with bull fights.
1t developed at this meeting that
there are q associations for the pro
motion of bull-fighting in the south
of France, with a total membership
of $4,000. According to the protest
the bill would interfere with the ia.
vorite pastime of these and many
more people. would be a check to the
liberties of the south and would be
against the interests of the country.
Nevertheless there is an excellent
chance of the bill becoming law.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
can,raI African rrs.

remarkable tree has been dlscov.
cred about the region Of Lake Chad,
Africa, its power Of increase in every
way is remarkable. In few months
an extensive tract OF land, We read,
became an inpenetrable forest In one
season II lie said to grow TO the height
Of from four to FIVE meters; In other
words, from 10 to over Sc feet
Its foliage is said TO resemble the
mimosa and its branches are thorny
The wood can be cut into planks, and
the natives work Il W into canoes
The Tilho mission has utilized the
wood far making tables and doors.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
Why They Did Not Comply.

Sunday, January %. always will be
remembered in a New York family. be
cause of an incident which happened
in Charleston, s. C.. in 1865. On that
date a baby girl was born there. On
the day OF her birth the mayor OF
Charleston issued a proclamation or
dering all noncombatants out OF the
city. so that they might be IN no dan
ger from the Yankee troops" under
Sherman, who was threatening to de.
stroy the city. A copy Of the mayors
order hangs framed in her home. On
the margin OF the paper is written In
the hand of the woman's mother:
Martha and / were noncombatants
but we remained.