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Red River Prospector
RED RIVER.
NEW MEXICO.
The Case of Central America.
Ab the preservation of peace 'by the
Central American republics seems lm
posslble, it has been suggested that
the United states and Mexico unite In
a t;otectorate over then, after they
have been combined into a single fed
eration. Mexico and the United
States already exercise an informal
oversight over affairs in Central Amer
ica. A little more than a year ago
this country practically forced two of
the warring republics to come to
terms. This spring American war
ships patrolled the coasts of Honduras,
Nicaragua and Salvador, protecting
the property of foreigners so effective
ly that they seriously Interfered with
the activity of the contending armies.
The Mexican government has lately
struck a hard blow at revolutions by
demanding that Ouatemaln surrender
the Guatemalans responsible for the
murder In Mexico of a former Guate
malan president. If Mexico insists
that murder is murder even when
done in the name of Central American
revolution, the revolutionists will take
thought before they rise in arms.
There is a growing determination In
the minds of Mexicans and Ameri
cans, says Youth's Companion, that If
the Central Americans will not con
duct themselves properly, force uust
be used. Whether the outcome will
be a federation and a formal protec
torate It is useless to prophesy. Sev
eral previous attempts at federation
have failed. All the republics have
agreed that arbitration is the proper
way to settle disputes, and a formal
treaty providing for arbitration has
been concluded. Hut when a dispute
arises, the republics disregard the
treaty and rush to arms. As the
business of the world draws more
closely to the Caribbean sea some
way will be found to make the conn
tries bordering it safe for the resi
dence of business men.
Prince I.ouis of Orleans, regarded
by the monarchists of Hrazil as heir to
Dom Pedro's throne, was not illowed
to land in Rio de Janeiro, when tit.
ship on which he was sailing to Para
guay entered the harbor. The BrSJ
ian authorities regard as still in forcje
the decree of banishment against Oorri
Pedro's family, passed by the provi
tonal government immediately afte
iw or tne empire in im.
the Becond son of t
ks of Hrazil an
..Orle
Ezra's Second Courting
BY BLANCHE TRENNOR HEATH
(Copyrlghti by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The sun was blazing full on the
vegetables in the back garden. Ezra
Cole sat down In the shadow of the
hedge and, pushing back his hat, drew
a long breath, .lust then he heard
the front door close. Through the
leaves, himself unseen, he saw two
young men walking away. One of them
tinned and looked back. "I pity that
woman," he exclaimed.
"What woman?" The other stared
at him. "You can't mean Mrs. Cole?
Why, her home is the very picture of
comfort."
"Yes, but she Isn't. She looks
starved oh, I don't mean for bread-and-butter,
but as If her life lacked
some " The click of the gate behind
them cut the sentence short.
Ezra Cole sat still, in utter bewil
derment. His wife Btarved, unhappy
even to a ;l ranger's eye! And yet he
was called a kind and penerous hus
band. What was it she lacked? What
did this young feiiuw mean?
He got up audi went toward the
house, stop; Ing r pick a spray of
late-blooming roses
In the hot kitchen Mrs. Cole was
Ironing, keeping about her work me
rhanlcally. Ezra Cjoltj wondered he
had neTer before n Heed that listless
droop of 'he eyes and mouth, or real
ized the loneliness of her present life,
ner daughter gone, her husband ab
sorbed in hi , work
"Whew! He sat down and fanned
hlmseir wltli his hat. He sat silent
for a moment. I see Mr. Langfon
goin' away," he went on. "Is he com
in' to board again "
Mo," V np!!ed. "He's on his
way to the mountains, but he said he
couldn't pas th ough without lust
calli In. He wanted to be remem
brWd to you." She paused with a
taint smile. "1 declare I was 'most
ashamed; he asked all about every
thing here, an' I couldn't answer hard
ly better than If I lived somewhere
f l didn't seem to know Just what
v as goin' on."
"No." assented her husband.
You've kept pretty close to home of
late."
He crossed over and laid the roses
on hei ironing table. "That's the last
oses on Her Ironing Table.
Ivet roses, he said. "Ain't
the village, neither."
.pity to pick eii," she
.'re the last."
let 'em wither, I guess,"
recollect you used to like
Bes, Almlry. Mauy's the
gbt you when I come
Ezry!" She spoke In a
I, and her face glowed as
lip. "Did you really re-
t those old times?"
Itain," he said, laughing.
Ser you was the prettiest
llage when we were mar
leld your own wonderful,
vent on. "Why, to look
nlnute. I'd almost think
settin' up housekeepiu'
on thirty-odd year."
i Ezry Cole!" Bhe said
iup at him over her
I do talk!"
In, but continued
ipeakin' of the
i't you think
to come e-,t-
' We be-
'Squire
rur
Tes bul
us berei
aents, for, oj
ir children, only the youngest
To her the mother's heart
id her marriage and departure
jo leave a void thai nothing
fa Cole was a kind and generous
Ind, but too busy to consider hiB
Is need of anything more than the
arts he provided. So her life
oh dully along its narrow chan-
Ind in her middle age she felt as
had reached the end.
supper who should come
t Mary Jane Simpson, the
resKiuaker.
"I declare, Mary Jane," ex-
Mrs. Cole, "if you ain't the
one I wanted to see!"
Yes," chirped Miss Simpson. "I
bsi dropped in as I wus pasuln', tv
lest myself a minute. Qood-eventn',
fMr. Cole. Hot, ain't It? Anything
firtic'lar, was It, Mis' Cole?"
-miff- 4
"Well, 'twas this blacK silk." She
held It up. "My hUBband and I were
thtnkln' of attendln' the sociable at
'Squire Hunter's. We'd like to ehow
our respect for the minister, you
know."
"Yes," agreed MIbs Simpson.
"Kolks'll be real glad to see you
neighborly again. Mis' Cole. We'v all
missed you."
"Hut It's so long since I've been
anywhere," resumed MrB. Cole. "I
don't know as I've got anything fit to
wear. I expect this black silk looks
old-fashioned?"
Miss Simpson examined it critical
ly. "The skirt's all right," she pro
nounced, "but them sleeves need fix
in'. I'll tell you what, Mis' Cole, seein'
It's you, I'll manage to do 'em ever,
though I'm terrible drove just now.
An' that handsome lace'U make aieal
tasty trlmmin'."
So the waist was rolled up. And
then Miss Simpson declared that she
must go.
"I've got a dreadful pressln' ordsr,"
she tald. "Mis' Dr. Dent's sister Is
vlsitin' her. an' she's engaged me to
make her a dress. An' now she's had
to hurry off somewheres else to a
weddin'. an' has left everything to me.
I'm to choose among these patterns,"
unfolding a paper of samples. "Quite
a compliment to my taste, ain't it, for
she's real dressy? Which of em do
you like best. Mis' Cole?"
Mrs. Cole looked them over admir
ingly. "I like this one best." she said,
selecting a delicate silver-gray.
"Why, so do I," said Miss Simpson.
"Well, I guess it must be," laughed
Miss Simpson, "since we're both
agreed. Then I'll decide on It right
away."
Miss Simpson was never known to
disappoint a customer. And sure
enough, about noon on the day of the
sociable she made her appearance
with the waist.
After the waist had received its due
praise. Miss Simpson bent down and
lifted something from a box beside
her. "1 want you should have a peek
at this." she said.
"Why, If it ain't that silver-gray!"
cried Mrs. Cole. "My! AiuH that
handsome!"
Without more ado she began trying
the dress on Mrs. Cole, pulling and
smoothing It into place.
"Well, if that ain't a perfect fit!"
she exclaimed admiringly. "Looks
'most as if 'twas i.iade for you, Al
mlry." Having viewed the dress from every
point. Miss Simpson took it off and
laid it on the sofa. "I'm real obliged
to you. Mis' Cole," she said as she
prepared to go. I s'pose I'll see you
at the sociable to-night? Well, good
afternoon." '
"Mary Jane! Mary Jane!" Mrs.
Colo called after her. "You're leavln'
the dress!"
"Oh, that's all right." the little
dressmaker nodded back. "It's your
property Mr. Colo '11 tell you. I can't
stop another minute."
Mrs. Cole, the picture of bewilder
ment, turned to her husband as he
came in. "What on earth does Mary
Jane mean?" she exclaimed. "She
says this dress belongs to me!"
"Well, I guess she's right," he an
swered, with a twinkle of the eye.
"Anyhow, I told, her to make it for
you."
"You did! Why. then" a sudden
light breaking on her "then you must
have had it all planned out. Well, if
ever! What In the world did you
want to surprise me this way for?"
He laughed. "Well, I had a kind o'
fancy to. An' then I was afraid if I
told you, you'd raise some objection
say 'twas extravagant, likely."
Well, bo 'twas. Just a mite. Though
'twas real good of you, too, Ezry. Hut
the black silk would have done Just as
well."
"So It might. Almlry," he admitted
"nut I kind of wanted you to have
sornethin' new."
At the sociable that evening Miss
Simpson came fluttering up, full of
nods and smiles.
Mis' Cole," she chirped, "every
body's admiiln' your new dress. It's
real becomin', an' a perfect fit. If I
did make it myself! I didn't have time
to explain," she went on. "but I don't
want you should think 1 was decelvln'
you about tnakin' a dress for Mis'
Den' s slate,. I did maku her one,
only It wa n t this."
Meanwhile 'Squire Hunter was taji
g v .) hei husband across the
on-. I'he Squire had been one of
her beam before elthei as man led.
"I declare. Cole " he chuckled
"your wife Is tho prettiest gtil here
to-night! Don't let on that 1 said so,
though," with another laugh.
As they were going home Ezra Cole
repeated the 'Squire's words to his
wife. She laughed.
"It seemed good to see 'em all
again," she said. "I've had a real
pleasant evenin'. Ezry."
"So've 1," he answered. "An' we'll
keep It up, too. I tell y.ai. Almlry,"
he went on uarueBtly, "1 got a reallz
in' sense o' things the other day.
What do you s'pose I'd care for work
In' an' tbrlvln', If I hadn't you to share
with ice? There's Just us two left
now, n' I feel as ii I Ann doin' my
courtin' over again, hi laigbed.
She pressed his aim softly, and
they walked hoinrwird rough the
moonlight, as hs; , a those eld
Cxjb of courtship
Is the Sailers' Friend.
Sixty thousand sailors look to H. A.
Hanbury for advice and for protec
tion. Mr. Hanbury Is the United
States shipping commissioner for the
port of New York. He is the sailors'
judge and jury. The men who sign
on foreign oraft now must appear be
fore him for their papers instead of
going to the consuls of the various
countries. He decides all disputed
questions between the men and their
tailing masters. Many of the abuses
of these men that formerly were com
mon, such as compelling them to buy
their outfits from the ship owners or
captains, have been done away with
under Mr. Hanbury's rule. His office
Is on the Battery park, New York,
where he easily can reach all the
ships leaving that port.
INSURANCE INVESTMENTS.
How One Company's Assets Are Dis
tributed in the South and West.
In connection with Its withdrawal
from Texas, along with many other
companies, rather than to submit to
the new law which requires that 75
of the reserves on Texas policies shall
be Invested In securities of that state,
which securities shall be deposited In
the state and subjected to heavy taxa
tion. In addition to the large tax now
imposed on life insurance premiums,
the Equitable Life Assurance 8oclety
has made public the distribution of its
assets, at the end of the second year
of the new management. The Equit
able now has $10,958,000 Invested In
Texas, which is twice as much as the
new law requires, but the manage
ment decided that to submit to the
additional taxation would be an injus
tice to its policyholders in other
states, which impose no such penalty
on the thrift of their citizens.
The Equituble's report shows that
more than 37 of its total reserves
ire now invested In the southern end
western states, while only 35 of Its
total insurance is carried In these
ttates. Its Investments are distributed
as follows: Ala., $3,099,000; Ariz.,
$974,000; Ark., $4,038,000; Cal., $5,
142,000; Col., $5,222,000; Fla., $4,924,
D00; Oa., $4,048,000; Idaho, $5,197,000;
111.. $12,617,000; Ind. Ter., $443,000;
Ind., $6,836,000; Iowa, $3,690,000; Kan
Bas, $11,637,000; Ky., $2,631,000, La.,
$3,054,000; Md., $2,207,000; Mich., $6,
009,000; Minn.. $2,065,000; Miss., $767,
000; Mo., $8,197,000; Mont., $1,890,000;
Neb., $7,526,000; Nev., $640,000; New
Mex., $1,376,000; N. C, $1,649,000; N.
D., $677,000; Ohio, $11,634,000; Okla.,
$1,006,000; Ore., $1,158,000; S. C,
$975,000; S. D., $1,305,000; Tenn., II,.
909,000; Utah, $2,134,000; Va., $6,592,
000; Wash., $1,202,000; W. Va., $5,523,
000; Wis., $2,342,000; Wyo., $3,367,000.
New Austrian Railway.
Hitherto tourists from the United
States who chose the southern trip to
Europe left the steamer at Gibraltar
or Naples, but many, chiefly those
who had already been in Italy, now
come to Trieste and continue from
here their voyage by the new Aus
trian railway. There can hardly be
a more beautiful country than the
regions which are made accessible by
this new Transalpine railroad. The
new railway Is owned by the state,
and is 130 miles long. There art 4$
tunnels, with a total length of ten
miles. There are 50 bridges, one of
which, across the river Izonzo, has
the longest stone span In the world.
There are, besides, as many as 67i
smaller bridges and viaducts. Con
sular Reports.
New In Wall Paper.
A new design In fancy wall paper
patterns comes from Kansas City;
also a way to utilize cancelled checks.
A firm has had all Its offices papered
wltt old checks, placed neatly edge
to edge. The face figures of the
checks vary from $30,000 to $1,000,
ind the total for one room is $8,000,
000. As a gilt moulding runs around
the edges of each check-panel, the
general effect is rather pleasing.
, A Vast Supply.
"Solomon was the wisest man,
re-
marked the student.
"Yes," answered Mr. Meekton, "he
couldn't help being wise with so many
wives to give him advice."
COFFEE COMPLEXION.
Many Ladies Have Poor Complexions
from Coffee.
"Coffee caused dark colored til Bel
sn my face and body. 1 had been
Irinking it for a long while sud these
olotches gradually appeared, until
anally they became permanent and
sere about as dark as ci fce Itself.
"I formerly had as tine a complex
ion ar one could ask for.
"When I became convinced that cof-
I tev waa t.'iv cause of uiy trouble, I
I :b Bilged and took to using Postum
! Food Coffee, and si I made It well, ac
I cording to directions, I liked it very
I much, and have since that time used
it In place of coffee.
"I am thankful to Bay I am not ner
vous any more, as I was when I was
drinking coffee, and my complexion is
now as fair and good as it was years
ago. It is very plain that coffee caused
the trouble."
Most bad complexions are caused
by some disturbance of the stomach
and coffee Is the greatest disturber of
digestion known. Almost any. woman
can have a fair complexion If she will
leave off coffee and use Postum Food
Coffee and nutritious, healthy food in
proper quantity. Postum furnishes
certain elements from the natural
grains from the field that Nature uses
to rebuild the nervous system and
when that is in good condition, one
can depend upon a good complexion
as well as a good healthy body.
"There's a Reason." Read, "The Road
to WtUviUe," In pkgs.
WAY OF THE EAST
TURKISH WIFE'S REVENGE ON
FAITHLESS HUSBAND.
Subtle Poison Brought Quick End to
Woman's Faded Romance Revela
tion of a Tragic 8ecret of
the Harem.
A Tt.rklsh subject who married an
American man and lived in this coun
try for six years has recently revisit
ed the land of her birth. She has been
describing for Appleton's Magazine
some of her experiences. Here is one
of them :
"Chakende Hanum was the daugh
ter of Nazlm Pasha. She was edu
cated in the western fashion. She
was as beautiful as an houri, and as
good as Allah's own heart. She was
given as a wife to DJamal Pasha, a
young and dashing courtier. They
were very much in love with each oth
er, and he protrll3ed her that she
should remoln hlB first and only wife.
Their marital life was blessed with
two boys and one girl. Chakence
grw more beautiful as happiness bo
came her dally portion.
"One day. when she was returnlnK
with her retinue from a visit she had
made In Stamboul. on the bridge of
Galata, and In a closed carriage, Bho
saw her husband In company with n
foreign woman. That night when he
came home she questioned him, and
he only answered that the lady was
a foreigner. Chakende Hanum un
derstood that her husband did not
wished to be asked any more ques
tions. Early in the morning, however,
she sent for her brother, and from
him she learned what was generally
known.
She took a few of her slaves and
went to her country place. She stayed
there for several days, giving the situ
ation her whole thought; then she
came back to her husband. She told
him that she knew the truth, that
she had thought the matter over and
had decided to give him back his word
as to her remaining his only wife.
Thus he could marry the foreign lady.
It was then that DJamal Pasha turned
her from Allah. He laughed at her.
and said that Mile. Roboul of the
French theatrical company was the
kind of u woman that men loved, but
did not marry. Chakende Hanum said
nothing, but that very same day
went into her garden and plucked
roses from a laurel tree. You know,
young' Hanum, what you can do with
those roses?"
A shiver ran down my back as I
nodded.
A few nights later when DJamal
Pasha wa about to retire. Chakende
Hanum prepared his sherbet for him.
Her hand did not tremble, though her
face was white as she handed It to
him. It did not last long; DJamal
Pasha dlad from an unexplained mal
ady; but Chakende Hanum kept on
plucking laurel roses dally. After a
little while they put her In her little
grave, too, five years ago."
We sat silent for awhile. The moon
had traveled fast and was now near
the water, bridging the Hosphorus
with her moonglade. The garden, the
hills and the water changed with the
chunglug slant of the rays, and be
came more won-lrously enchanting
still, though that had not seemed pos
sible before, and enthralled me with
the fascination of the east the east
whose language and ways of dealing
with right and wrong had been alien
to me for six years.
What Were They Talking About?
The other day a deaf old woman
was talking to a deaf old man In a
country town. Each was leaning on
a cane and shouting to the other, while
a hand was cupped at an ear of each.
The old woman was saving:
"That's Just what Mirandy was
tellin' me. She says she's got so she
eats hern lest as good as If they were
nnt ' 8 raj oner, but it took her a
turrible while f git ust to 'em. It was
oflle awkward at. first, she says. Some
nights Bhe jest had t' lay an' bathe
'er gums in alum water th' whole
night."
Hey?"
Somi .lights, I say, she hed t'
wash M mouth with alum water all
night long a'most."
WelJ, well!"
"I've most made up my mind t'
ha . these 'ns uv mine took out.
Mil andy says when she had hern took
out she hed 17 uv 'em pulled nt a
eettln' an' never took a thing. I do'no
if I could stand that er not Hut I
quess I'll hev 'em took out. If they
was jest two er three a-achln' ye could
bev 'em filled, but when they's eight
er nine Jest a-jumpin' ev'ry night, I
guess it must be neurallogy, don't ye
think so?"
The listener had got more than a
block away by this time, bo he could
not hear quite as distinctly an he-
fore. But, though he hadn't beard
anything mentioned, he felt fairly sure
of the subject of the conversation.
Disaster Dogs ta'smen.
Another member of the Gtollttl cab
inet in Italy has fallen a victim to the
fatality which seems to dog Its foot
steps. Big. Majorana, the mlnlBtor of
the treasury, the youngest and mort
promising membar of the government,
who was publicly designated an his
successor by Slg. Oiolltti last summer,
has fallen ill and has gone to Sicily,
leaving his resignation in the pre
mier's handB. Thus, in 11 months, no
fewer than four out of 11 members of
the GlolittI cabinet have died or re
signed from Hi health a fact which
han much Impressed the superstitious
who believe implicity iu the evil eye.
MRS. DE PASSE
OF NEW YORK CITY
Consulted Stveral Physicians, but
they Did Aft No Good. Pe-ru-n
and Man-a-lin Helped Me."
MRS. ALINE DePASSE.
Mrs. Aline DoPasse, 776 E. 186th 8t.,
Now York, K. Y., writes:
"It gives me pleasure to testify to the
enrutivu qualities of Peruna and Mana
Un. "I was afflicted for over seven years with
catarrh of the heed, throat and digest
ive organs. I consulted many physicians,
buttliey did mo no good.
"One day I happened to read some tes
timonials in your Peruna almarac. I
decided to try Peruna and Mni.nl u.. I
bought a bottle of each, and after taking
them for a week I noticed a change for"'
tho better. ISO I kept It up, and after
using twelve bottles 1 was perfectly
cured.
"I also (,ave the medicine to my chil
dren and they had the same bcneflciid
result. I would never be without these
remedies in the house.
"1 highly recommend Peruna and
Manalin to all my friends, and in fact
to everybody."
Miss Mildred Grey, 110 Weimar St,
Appleton, Wis., writes:
" It gives me pleasure to recommend
Peruna for catarrh of the stomach. I
had this disease for a number of years
and could not enjoy a mouthful of took
that I ate. It wus Indeed a great relief
when I hit upon Peruna, and obtained
decided results from the first. I took six
bottles before I felt entirely cured of my
trouble, but I had an aggravated case."
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