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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11

though ii was, IL was the only chance
he had. And his long body leaped like
a serpent through the air.
Physical superior though he was
transtOn would have repealed the at
tack with his rifle IL he had had a
chance. His blood was already at
the murder heat-a point always
dark, hot fumes in his brain were
simply nothing more nor less than the
O poisonous, bitter hatred. No
other word exists. If his class Of lie
generate mountain men had no other
accomplishment, they could hate. All
their lives they practiced the emotion :
hatred of their %nelghbOrs. hatred Of
law. hatred of civilization In all It's
forms. BESIDES, this kind of hillman
habitually fought his duels with rifles.
Hands were o deadly enough.
But Dan was past his guard before
he had time Ia raise his gun. The
Who'll" attack VS. one of the most
astounding surprises of Cranston's life.
Dams body struck his, his fists failed,
and TO protect himself, Cranston was
Obliged to drop the rifle. They stag
gered, ms if IN some weird dance. on
the trail; and their arms claspcd in
"A clinch.
For a long instant they stood strain
ing, seemingly motiOnless. Cranston's
powerful body had stood up well under
the shock of Dams leap. II was a
hand-to-hand battle now. The rifle
had slid on down the hillside. to be
caught in a clump OF brush twenty
feet below. Dan called ON every ounce
of his strength, because he knew what
mercy he might expect if Cranston
mastered him. The battles of the
mountains were battles 70 the death.
They flung back and forth. wrench
ing shoulders, flashing fists, teeth and
feet and fingers. There were no Mar
quis Of Queensberry rules In this bat
tie. Again and again Dan sent home
his blows; but they all seemed inef-
f~ectlye. by now. cranston had com
plet"ly overcome the moments adyan-
tage the other had obtained by the
power Of his leap. He hurled Dan
from the clinch and dashed at him
with hard fists.
II Is a very common thing to hear
of Il silent fight. But It is really a
more rare occurrence than most peo-
pie believe. 1t is true that serpcnts
will often fight in the %strangest, nos
eerie silence; but human beings are
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
OLD LOVE TOKENS
Years Ago All Valentines Had a
Personal Touch.
Much Of the Romance Of the Day Has
Passed, Though Sentiment 10
the Same az Ever.

Three hundred years ago young mel
and women wrote their own valen
tines. which consisted then only o.
love notices. or declarations of affec
ton. written In verse from a very full
heart and on plain paper. Many OF
our great-grandmothers saved thest
old mlssives.
Perhaps our parents came across
such Valentines. old and yellow and
decaying. packed away in lavender In
the bottom Of a dusty trunk up In the
attic. Yet when these valentines were
first penned and put In her hand how
grandma's heart did palpitate and the
bushes rise to her cheeks! No mat
ter how halting the sonnet, or ana
gram or t%riOlet, 1t was the music of
love to her. Heart" dart" and tart"
did rhyme sweetlyl
The machine-made valentines that
We buy nowadays have lost this per
sonal touch. though perhaps some OF
them have gained from an artistic
point of view. Today II is only the
school children and a few Open-hearted
interested grown-ups who find the Gus
tom of valentine making and valen-
tine giving the fascination that 1t used
To be, Why, even Charles Lamb wrote
valentines, and loved to.
Now the modern young man drops
in a cOnfectiOner's or florists shop and
orders candy OIL flowers sent to Her.
He scorns the valentine sonnet
whereby the girls of today are missing
a heap of romance.
This was the day when a young mar
might accuse some young woman he
admired of being a coquette without
insulting her. In those days "cO-
quette" had just such a naughty
meaning as "vamp" has today. 1t
meant a heartless trifier.
II she %thereupon sent him a hand
made valentine on which were two
bleeding hearts made as one, II was
her answer to his accusation. 1t meant
that cOnquering the hearts Of other
men than he, meant nothing to her;
that only MS heart and hers In all
the world counted. that her heart was
bleeding for him just as much as his
suffering for her.
The comic valentine is an outgrowth
or burlesque of the super-sentimental
valentine and has almost died out. In
stead of pointing out the recipients
PROJECTIONS and charms It dwells vivid
ly and uncomplimentarily on his man
nerisms. clothes and appearance, In
colored carlcature. Red hair, large
noses, blotched compilations. remark
able skinniness or a~voirdupois are u.s.
ually the %jocular themes. Because
valentines are sent anonymously, 1t Is
possible with impunlty to remark
on the physical character
istics or disposition of ones friends or
foes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
"Oh, I wish ] could shoot
you, Bert"
(TO BE C~ONTINUED.)
0RANG FEARED THE CAMERA
Photographers Presence Of Mind
Probably Saved Him From Death
or Fearful Injury.

As a rule orangOutangs, the fiercesi
of the apes, are caught young and
tanned before they are shipped to Eu.
rope and the United States. one of
these animals that arrived in London
came with the best of characters. lie
vas considered II very tame, steady
going creature. and an expert was IN
gagged 10 photograph him.
The man entered the orang's cage
ms he had entered many Others. He
had not exposed many plates before
he saw that the animal was intent on
mischief. lie was a very powerful
beast, and the man would have stood
no chance at all if the orang had at
tackled him.
The mans only chance was to use
the camcra as a weapon. Making n
sign IL the keeper to keep silent. the
photographer pointed his hand camera
at the orang and with slow and steady
step approached him. The keeper was
outside the door ready to open IL but
neither of them uttered n sound. The
photographer was relieved TO see the
orang gradually retreat and at the
same time to be able To rise from the
crouched and menacing position he
had taken. Once the creature n OF
the move the man knew he had a
chance. He succeeded in working the
orang around to the corner furthest
from the door, which the keeper had
silently and slowly opened. Still point
ing his camera at the beast the man
very slowly backed out Of the cage,
the door was slammed to and he was
safe.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
MANS BIC BLUFF
Mere Fiction That He Is Incapa-
BILE of HouseWork.
Yet Throughout the History Of the
World, AZ Writer Points Out,
He's Got Away With II.

When Adam delved and Eve spun.
the fiction that man is incapable OF
homework was first established. 1t
would be interesting TO figure out just
how many foOt-pOunds Of energy men
have saved themselves, since the crea-
tiOn of the world. by keeping up the
pretense that a special knack Is re-
CURED for washing dishes and for
busting. and that the knack Is wholly
feminine. The pretense Of incapaclty
Is inipudent in its audacity. and yet
Ii works. Haywood Brown writes In
McCall's Magazine.
Men build bridges and throw rail-
roads across deserts. and yet they cOn
tend successfully hat the job Of sew
ing on a button is beyond them. Ac-
cordingly. they don't have to sew but
tons.
1t might be said, OF course. that the
safety of suspension bridges Is so
much more important than that Of sus-
penders that the division of labor is
only fair, hut there are many of us
who have never thrown a railroad In
our lives, and yet swagger in all the
glory of masculine achievement with
out undertaking any of the drudgery
of odd jobs.
Probably men alone could never
have maintained the fallacy Of mascu-
line i~ncapacity without the aid Of
women. AS soon as that rather lin
TIED sphere, Once known as woman's
place, was established. women began
4" glOrify and ~exaggerate its impOr-
tance, by the pretense that 1t was all
SO special and difficult that no other
sex could possibly begin to accomplish
the tasks entailed. To this declara-
ton men gave immediate and eager
assent and they have kept it up. The
most casual examination will reveal
the fact that all the jokes about the
horrible results of masculine cooking
and sewing are written by men. II
Is all part of a great scheme of sex
propaganda.
Naturally there are other factors.
Biology has been INSCRIPTIONS enough
to discriminate markedly against
women, and men have seized upon
this advantage 10 press the belief that.
since the bearing OF children is ex-
clusively the province of women, Il
must be that all the caring for them
belongs properly to the same sex. Yet
how ridiculous this Is.
Most things which have to he done
for children are Of the simplest sort.
They should tax the intelligence Of no
Men profess a total lack of abil-
ity to wash baby's face simply be-
cause they believe there's no great fun
In the business, ut either end of the
sponge. Protectively, man must go
to the whole distance and pretend
that there is not one single thing which
he can do for baby. He must even
maintain that he doesn't know how
hold one. From this pretense has
grown the shockingly transparent fnl.
lacy that holding Il baby correctly is
one Of the fine arts; or, perhaps, even
more fearsome than that. a wonderful
Intuition. which has come down af- |
ter centuries of effort to women only.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11

not scrpents. They partake more Of
the qualities Of the mcat-eatcrs-thc
wolves and felines. After the first
instant. the noise of the fight aroused
The whole hillside. The sound of blows
was IN itself notable. and bcSides. both
,f the men were bowling the prim-
ordial battle cries Of hatred and ven
gcancc.
For two long minutes Dan fought
with the strength of desperation, sum
mOning ut last al that mysterious re-
serve force with which all men are
born. bur he was playing a losing
game. The malady with which he had
suffered had taken too much Of his
,igor. Even as he struggled. it seemed
10 him that the vista about him. the
dark pines. the colored leaves Of the
perennial shruhbery. the yellow path
we're an oh>cured in a strange. white
mist. \ great wind roared ia his ears
and his heart was evidently about
10 shiver 10 pieces.
But still he fought on. not daring to
Aieiu. iif fDuiu mo ioHGt IiTf. trims
tons blows. The latter's arms went
around him ia one of those deadly
holds that wre>tlers know: and Dan
struggled in vain To free himself.
CranSton's face itself seemed hideous
and unreal in the mist that was creep
ing owe him. He did not recognize
the curious humping sound as Grams
tons fists on his flesh. And now
Cranston had hurled him off his feet.
Nothing mattered further. He had
fought the best he could. This cruel
beast could pounce on him at will
and hammer away his life. But still
he struggled. Except for the constant
play of his muscles. his almost un-
conscious effort to free himself that
kept one of Cranston's arms busy
holding him down. that fight on the
mountain path might have come TO a
sudden end. Human bodies can stand
n terrific punishment: but Dams yeas
from the avages of lis
disease. Besides, Cranston would soon
both hands and both feet free for
the work. and when these four ter
rible weapons are used at once, the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
Consolation in Eatiaue Couch.

II will be n revelation TO many to
find how sure nm aid electricity has
been and still Is in troubles small and
great. from the n%eurasthenic with
logorrhea and the woman who is $50
III as To think she Is i'll when she Is
not Ia the respondent. mutilated,
war-spent soldier with increasing
paralysis. says the New York Medical
Journal IN n review Of DIR. J. Curtis
Webb's Extraordinary"
II can soothe and Danish all those
everyday attacks " headache. tics,
neuritis. and make all nerves np-
preach the happy condition Of the
ninth one. Only those who have test
cd the reStfulness Of what is sometimes
termed the fatigue couch can appre-
ciaie It's consoling power.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11

must do more damage TO the road
when IL carries q ton or so more Of load
than its tires were intended for.
A striking example Of the relation
of overlooking to impact is given In
the preliminary report Of the United
States bureau of public roads, In
which 1t is stated that a three-ton
truck, with a load of five tons, run
ming at a speed of 10 miles per hour
over a twO-inch rut, had IN impact OF
slightly over IL tons, while a 5k-tOn
truck with n load of 81 tons, under
the same conditions had an impact of
only L. tons. The fact hat the over
loaded truck had a heavier '%unsprung"
weight. that is. weight not sustained
by springs, accounted to some extent
for its greater impact. but there can
be no question that the overlooking
vas a material factor in causing the
greatly increased wheel pressure on
the road.
Against this danger truck Owner
are constantly being warned by truck
manufacturers. who strongly advise
that no truck should be made to carry
a greater load than the weight de-
fined by its classification. Some states
have enacted laws imposing fines for
truck overlooking. but il will proba-
bly, he found that enlightened self-in-
terest will prove to be the best check
a practice that has been shown to
be dangerous both to truck
and drivers and the general public;
and a source of injury to our roads
that materially limits the benefits
from the motortruck as n new agency
for local freight transport.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
Building Model a Wonder.

What Is claimed to be the most
complete piece of model building ever
attempted is that Of Pershing square,
New York. shown at the recent con.
vention of hotel men In that city. The
model is a large n and attempts to
be a complete miniature. 1t was con-
structed from plans furnished by the
public service commission and archi-
tects. Francis T. Gilllng. n sculptor,
worked on II for two years. The ma
terials used for the miniature OF
Grand Central terminal are wood pulp
and celluloid. The 1900 windows of
the skyscraper are shown, together
with cars, lights, signal devices and
other equipment Of the subways. AZ
ter the exposition the model is TO be
shown in other cities and may be TAX
Pm abroad.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11

Bull Ding
CAUSE OF DAMAGE TO ROADS
Psrnicious Practice Of Overlooking
Small Trucks With Marrow Tires
10 Responsible.

With the rapid Increase in the num-
Der of mOtOrtrucks operated over our
highways, it has been found that
many of what are called improved"
roads have failed TO withstand the ad-
ditiOnal traffic imposed by the new
form of local freight transport. This
has given rise to new problems OF
road construction and maintenance.
and In some states has led to the en-
actment of laws prohibiting the use
of the large capacity truck, on the
assumption that it is the heavy truck
that does most of the damage to the
road. The first result of this legisla-
ton has been to encourage the pernl-
cious practice of overlooking. under
which trucks designed to carry safe
ly a limited weight are forced to car
~ a large additional load. The tires
of the various sizes of truck are made
of a sufficient width to prevent their
when loaded to their proper full Ca
pacity, but when an overload Is add
ed the tire width is necessarily too
narrow, and the danger of injury to
the road becomes manifest. The tire
width required for certain loads has
been carefully worked out after many
years experience, and most states
have laws fixing the weight that Is
borne by an inch Of tire width. In all
standard types of truck the width OF
tire corresponds to the load that can
be safely carried, and truck manu.
facturers warn their customers against
carrying a greater weight than that for
which each size of truck Is designed.
The enactment of a law prohibiting
the use of large capacity trucks leaves
the same tonnage Of freight to be
moved. and with the heavy truck
barred resort must be had to the
smaller sizes. This means In many
cases less economical and efficient
service, and prompts the manufacture
er or merchant to try to make up for
loss in load capacity by increasing the
size of the load. With this additional
load the gross weight on the tire ex-
ceeds the factor of safety, and there
by increases the danger of breaking
the road surface. Ii is self-evident
that a truck designed to carry two
ions with corresponding width of tires,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
cUPID's own DAY
Fourteenth Of February Belongs
to Him Alone.
Anniversary erightens the Orab Month
With Memories of the Past and
Joy Of the Present.

Frightening the dull. drab month Of
February and doing their very best
TO cheer up and bring love into our
hearts. the valentines-the valentines
smile at us with their lace-and-fOrget-
me-not daintiness from the shop win
dows.
There are elaborate millionaire"
valentines Of celluloid and blue ribbons
that come In big lace boxes. like
French dolls; there are valentines that
when pulled out like an accordion be-
come Cinderella coaches Of cardboard.
laden with Loves and Venuses and
Cupids. Others resolve themselves in
to airy ~pink-and-blue palaces-yOu
never knOw-peopled with delightful
~goddesses and doves.
But the best and most sincere, per-
haps. are the O~ld-fashiOned valentines
-ristas of foamy paper lace. through
which you look upon hearts redder
h lovers lips. In a prospect Of viO-
lets and fOrget-me-nOts. And hidden
away, like a billet dOux In a bouquet,
a little verse:
This heart. sweet love, I send to you,
Together with these violets blue;
And II you like this heart OF mine.
l pray you be my valentine.
Could anything be more simple or
direct to the point? As unerringly as
Cupid's darts or a beau's rapier, the
verse carries its message home. II
may be that the ~Elizabethan lyrics.
the love songs of Herrick and Love
lace and Sucking, survive today only
In the valentine.
And, all, what memories these har-
bingers of love bring with them They
lead us back along the columbine-
bOrdered road to yesterday, over the
asphOdel meadows of Youth and First
Love and Childhood Fancies. and we
meet and kiss our first sweethearts
again-alas, they have gone out OF
our lives these many years.
And so, dear little Valentine, accept
these vlolets and forget-me-nots, and
hug this message close to your heart
for surely a sweetheart is the sweeter
for a valentine. and, as all wise men
know. It's love that makes the world
go round.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
SAVES DAN.

SynOpsis-Warned by his physi-
c,in that he has not more than six
months to live. Dan Failing sits
iespondently on n park bench. won
derins where he should spend those
six months. Memories Of his grand
father and a deep love for all
things of the wild seip him In
reaching a decision. In d large
southern Oregon cltJ he meets
people who had known and loved
iis grandfather. a famous from
uerSman. lie makes has home with
Fits Lennon. a typical westerner.
TIE only 9th r members Of the
household are Lemons son, Bib.
and daughter. "SnOwbird.' Their
abode - in the Umpqua divide. and
there FAILING plans TO live out h
snort span OF life which ne has
been told is his, From the first
fthins's health shows a marked
improvement, and IN the compan-
ipu-titp OF LennoK and his son and
: daughter he hts into the woods life
- II he had bee born to IT, by
quick thinking and "A remarkable
display OF nerve" he saves Len
u0Ks i!.e and his own when they
are attacked b. a mad coyote,
lenroS declares he is "A Ct
rtu ut his grandfather, Dan Fail
ing |. whose fame AS d woodsman
~ q household word Dan learns
that "A organized band OF outlaws.
Of which Bert Cranston is the
leader. Is setting forest fires. Lam
dry ilildreth. a former member Of
the gang. has been induced to turn
states evidence. CranstOn shoots
H.iirrth and leaves him for dead.
Nhisp"rfOot, the mountain lion.
springs on nildreth and finishes
iildreth and devours him. thus ac-
Iuirins the taste for human flesh.
Dan discovers Crnnston in the act
)r setuCg a forest fire.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11

I'm sorry. young man. said the
druggist. rs he eyed the small bog
over the counter. but I can only give
you half as much castor oil for a dime
as I used to-
The boy blithely handed him the
coin. I'm no. kicking he remarked
The stufrs for me.-Tbe watchmsp-
Examiner New York;.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
Suspicious prosperity

"Are there any 'moonshiners' about
here:'
81 wouldn't make a positive state
ment as TO that" said Squire wither-
bee. hut since the eighteenth amend
ment went into effect a lot of noun
taineers in this neighborhood who
couldn't support their families before
have bought motor cars. monographs
and pianos and finery for their wives
and daughters. SO III just bet you draw
your own eonclusions.--Birmingham
Age-Herald.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
Valentine Challenge.

One form which the observance OF
Valentines day took In England was
that of a persons valentine being the
first young man or woman that person
saw on Valentines day. This devel.
oped into the custom Of challenging
ones valentine by saying, Good NOR
row. It's st. Valentines day" The
n who said 1t first upon meeting a
person Of the opposite sex received
n gift.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
Bull BaitinQ.

This was a sport once popular In
England, but declared Illegal in 1886.
A bull was attacked by dogs. and
sometimes the nostrils of the bull were
blown full of pepper TO increase his
fury. Another form Of the sport VA
TO fasten the bull to a stake by a long
rope and then set bulldogs at him. ore
at a time. which were trained to seize
the bull by the nose. The bulldog
seems to have been developed for this
sport from a short-eared mastiff called
%"alaunt."
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11

Property Man-This stage il about
to he uplifted. Mike.
Electricisn-How do you get that
wsyf
Property Man-This here prop list
for that there farce comedy company
IN the ofing doesn't call for a he'd in
any way. shape or form -BuffaIo Ex-
press.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
How to Be Sure Of Dreams

If you dream Of your sweetheart on
this day you will be married before
the year comes to an end. An old way
Of Standardization that has been used
by hardy but superstitious damsels
who were determined to dream. IS:
To boil an egg until 1t is hard; take
out the yolk and fill with salt; eat
the egg, shell, hard-boiled white, salt,
and all; then go to bed without drink
ing or speaking. Maybe you won't
dream!
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
Market Roads First.

"Transcontinental highways fiji n
useful place in our national life. but
the really important road is the ~
from the farmers gate to his market
town. said President J. II. Howard
of the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton recently in addressing the Ma
tional Association OF Vehicle and I'm
pleineut Manufacturers.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
Valentine Day In Denmark,

In Denmark st. Valentines day from
time immemorial has been associated
with the mi drop. The Dsnish lover
sends to his sweetheart on this day
a bouquet Of these blossoms, with q
card bearing an appropriate verse. On
this card r as many pin pricks as
there are letters In his name. Should
the recipient Of the card be able to
guess the name, custom binds her to
give the sender some colored eggs at
Easter.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
Successful Cattle Feeders.

The most successful feeders of beef
cattle are the ones who have made
the most correct Interpretation of the
laws Of nature.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11

Success with I:'y stock is largely a
matter Of keeis1g them healthy.
Breeding. feed'rg and marketing are
also importset.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11

F7,,st upon permanent roads in your
co.rty. They are cheaper in the long
run