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The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

In reporting to the a1gertis-
ing agent of the Santa Fe Rail
road Company concerning this
country last Tuesday the pub
Usher of The Slayer made clear
the following:
That this country is undevel-
oped and its resources and pos.
sibilities are unknown: but that
experience has shown that for
forage crops and stock it is all
right, that from two to four tons
of forage can be grown per acre
on the land; that it is always
seasonable enough for that
much; that good grain can be
made here, but it has been I'M
safe to depend on that. Many
have lost all they had by plant
ing wheat here and that farming
is not practiced here as in other
countries better developed.
We have excellent tree
schools that are maintained by
the school fund from six to nine
months in the year-nine months
in Canyon City.-the people are
generally moral, prosperous and
reasonably we'll contented.
That Hereford is composed OF
nice people who are united on
local matters; moral and pro
gressive, all supporting their
home paper. Has some trade
from distance and good local
trade. Local option will carry
soon.
Canyon City has about eight
counties tributary to it with
large trade. That, with Ran
dali county, four counties of the
territory that trade here are
prohibition counties, to wit:
Hale, Lubbock, Briscoe and
Randall, that the law is we'll
maintained in these counties.
That taxation is very low
here and most, if not all coun-
ties on the plains are on a cash
basis. Water is in abundance
and good land is from Sl.25 up
according to location.
That fruits and vegetables OF
all sorts grow in generous pro
fusion.
With most people it makes no
difference about a mans politics
or religion, if he is honest and
moral. But we have d super
abundance of stingy or moss
backbone person of that sort is
super abundance.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Fall Festivities at Kansas
City.
St. Louis Fair.

For a boy occasion the PecOs
system will sell round trip
tickets to Kansas City and re-
turn at one fare for the round
trip. Selling dates October .
to Il inclusive, limit to return
October II.
Also one fare plus 50 90 for
round trip to st. Louis for St.
Louis Fair. Selling date Octo-
Ger 6 to II inclusive, limit to re-
turn October Is.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Wayside Winks.

Here comes "Little Pickaniu-
N.Y. again. He is not SO bash
full as everybody takes him to
be, but he is one of the meanest
kids ever lived, or else every
body thinks so.
Wayside is improving fast.
She has one store and a school
house. Probably some day he
Awlll'be one of the largest towns
on the Plains.
The RIT ranch is now brand
I ing her fine "white- faces"
Mr.. Bum Wesley has returned
from the Canadian where he has
been playing cowboy.
= Mr.. Grundy Wesley is work
ing in the canyon getting out
posts. He likes to break his
axe handle so that he can get to
go to Wayside to get another
one.
Mr.. r. Ii. Rice has brother
out on a visit.
Polecats are plentiful around
Wayside. Prof. says he doesn't
like them a little bit for he got
into trouble with one when he
was young man thinking it
was a coon.
Yes, we are satisfied they are
there. for we smelled onein Can
yon City, Ed
Most everybody is sowing
wheat and rye.
Little Pickaninny.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
- . . . . - N - - - ~ -

The following wagons loaded
with coal at the Canyon Grain
and Coal Company's yard this
week:
r. w. Montgomery, Plainview
jim Williams,
j. r. Ford,
r. F. Hudgins y
Tom McCleon, Lockney
Billy Merrill "
Chas. Merrill, Plainview
G.. W. Burker, Hale Center
Cliffe Payne
FLOYD Williams, Plainview
G. IT. Graftenried, Ceta
Chas. Shipley, Hale Center
Will Thornton, Lockney
G. r. McCullom, y
II. J. Martin
Jno. Mobiles
II. Smith, Floydada
j. w. Primly, Plainview
Tom Hamilton "
Ben Waeforth "
J. F. Shirley, Floydada
]. w. B. Williams, Hale Cente
j. IT. Taffiuder, Floydada
Geo. Reid
o. Hunt
Ross Cafe, Silverton.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Would-Be Editor-Ah! Miss Alicia.
when my paper comes-ant SHALL have,
some thrilling stories in it. Some
thing that will regularly make your
hair curl.
Alicia-Er-yes; that's what I ex-
pect it will be used for mostly--curl
papers.-Ally Sloper.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
willing to ObliRc.

Collector-Say, I'd like to know
when you are going to settle this
bill? / can't afford to come around
here every day in the week.
Slowpay-You can't, Ell? Then what
day will it be convenient for you to
call?
Extraordinarily.
Slowpay-Very we'll; call every
Monday.-Chicago Daily News.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Miss Mary Burrow has 60

Miss Mary Burrow has gone
to Dallas for the fair and will
visit friends and relatives in
Centla and Eastern Texas for
two or three months. Miss
Mary has been a very devoted
little house mother and deserves
to have lovely time and we
feel sure she will. In the mean
time, girls don't forget that
Charlie is 4 candidate for matri
mony.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Dnrktnun Philoaanhx.

"Perliteness am er mighty good
thing, an hit doan' cost muffin" re-
marked Uncfp 'Eben, but hit amt ter
be 'spectcd dat yo' all is gwine ter
wake err man up at two o'clock in de
mnwnin' foh de purpose oh nslsin' his
permission ter visit his hen roost.
Hits mo- perlite ter let him enjoy his.
slumbers. Chicago Daily News.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Wallace 4 Hicks handle the
old reliable Meyers flour, Alba
tross aud Supreme, Every sack
guaranteed, Il
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
A Heu.ehoId Convenience.

Mrs. Tidey-I never knew till mar
ried Arthur how much n full beard
lightens the duties of n housekeeper.
Visiting Friend-Why, what has u
full beard to do with housekeeping,
Laura?
Mr.. Tidey-It makes such nice
crumb catcher.-Leslie's Weekly.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
His ADVANTAGE.

81 have played desperate gnme'
and have lost" remarked the stage
villain, just before his final disappear
ancc.
But you are darn sight better
AT than we re-" murmured n tired
looking man in the front row; "wo
paid money to get in."-Boston Tran
script.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Mr.. H. j. Cavet and family
late of Houston are in town now
and will make Canyon City
their home. Mr.. Cavet has &C
copied a position lat Smith,
Walker e Cos.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

"Why in the world is it," remarked
the observer of events and things.
"that n woman, in choosing shoe.
will pick out the smallest one she can
wear, but when it comes to a hat she
gets the largest one she can tind?"--.
Yonkers Statesman.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
1901. . . - - - -.

Mr.. w. S. Moore, of Borden
county, is in town. He reports
his country in good condition Dis
to cattle and range and extra
good as to settlement since the
change of the law from lease
to the sale of school lands.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Literature.

The author had written himself
down an ass.
"!]ut is this literature?" protested
the other.
II do not know. sir!" replied the
author. respectfully. II have reason
to suspect that it is not. For not
only are many publishers anxious to
publish it. but 1 have been offered
vast sums for the stage rights as
well!"-Detroit Free Press.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Tess-There goes Ursula Hope with
Jack Timmid.
Jess-Yes, she's setting her cap for
him.
Tess-Do you really think she cares
for him?
Jess-Yes, indeed. You know her
full name is Ursula May Hope. Well.
she signs all her letters to him now:
~. May Hope" -Philadelphia Press.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
The busiest of All,

They say the bee is busy. and II is:
Where flowers bloom It's always after biz.
But when, a-weary, | go out to sit
And rest upon the porch. such nights a.
these
II seems to me that for "get-up and git'
TIE she mosquito beats the busy bees.
Chicago Record-H Herald.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
The Ways of Woman.

"There is one thing about modern
society that puzzles me-" said the
philosopher
whats that?"
"The older women are all the time
anxious to get in; the young and
pretty ones want to come out
Smart Set.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

''Do you think the three RS are
all a man needs in dis life?" asked
Flooding Pete.
whats de three R's?" asked
Wandering Mike.
"Why, readin', 'ritin' an 'rithme-
tic"
mo; dey don't count. What a man
wants to look out for is de three BIS
bed, board an booze."-Washington
Star.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Her View of 1t,

eyes," said the girl in blue, "shc
protested vigorously, and still he
kissed her"
"Now, doesn't that just show the
luck that some girls have?" asked the
girl in white. I've tried it twice
and lost the kiss both times. Chi
cago Post.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
A Full House Wanted.

Mrs. Blugore-I thought her divorce
suit was to have come up in the June
term of court.
Mrs. Swellman--It was, but she had
it postponed until the September term.
She felt it would be impossible to Sc
cure decent audience during the
summer, as nearly everyone is out OF
town.-Philadelphi Press.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
He Envied Him.

"Was he excited when his compan-
ion fell overboardf"
mot in the least. He simply
famed himself with his hat while
they were fishing the fellow out and
remarked: He always did have oil
the luck "-Chicago Post.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
WHAT'S YOUR FACE WORTH?

Sometimes Il fortune, but never, II
YOU have asallow complexion, Il jaun-
diced look moth patches and blotches
ON the skiA,-all signs of liver trouble.
But DR.. Kings New Life pills give
clear skin, rosy cheeks, rich complex
ion. Only 25c ut Hndlcy's
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Rev. G. M. Lotion has gone
to help the prohibition cause at
the invitrtion of our neighbor,
Hereford.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Penelope-Was your rejection OF
him a success?
Perdita-No, fiat failure. He alb
solutely refused to do anything des-
perate.-Detroit Free Press.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Casey did Dugan bring to-
yez tin widding?
Casstly-lIe brought lot av old
tin cans fur tn goat to ate.--Chi-
cago Daily News.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Finish of the Fiends.

Wilcox-These cigarette concerns
are becoming very liberal with their
prizes. Gold watches, pianos, organs.
etc.
Smythe-Yes. I guess it is only q
matte. of time when they will pre-
sent tombstones and pay oil the
funeral expenses IF their Victims
Chicago Daily News. ,
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
90. 4. /. ~ - |. ., = ..

For first class painting or paper
hanging see |. q. Trimble. His is
the best work. He has lived on the
Plains long time and his work at
Plainview and other places are his
recommendations.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
A Preliminary Test.

Jimmie, l told you not to eat those
green apples"
"Well, ma, l tried one or m rabbit.
an he amt dead. Chicago Record
Herald.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
STEPPED INTO LIVE GOALS

"When IL child / burned my foot
frigh fully, writes w. II. Eads, OF
j onesvillc, Va. (which caused hOrri-
bic leg sores for30 years, but Bucklen $
Arnica salve wholly cured me after
every thing else failed" lnfalliblc for
burns, scalds, cuts. sores, bruises, ana
piles. Sold by Hadley at 2oE.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Mutually of Observation.

Lady-Excuse me, but your shirt
waist and skirt are sagging apart.
T'other Lady-Excuse me; soze
yours.-Chicago Record-llerald.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Mrs. 0. C. Davis and her
charming guest, Miss Bauer,
made this office pleasant cal
Wednesday.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
The secret of II.

She's the belle OF all the summer girls
For. strange as II may seem.
As all the fellows have found out.
She doesn't like Ice cream.
=phnadelnhla Bulletin.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Not wholly Declared.

Dolly-Then you and Kitty are not
friends any more?
Polly-No; but she still tells me
all the compliments she gets.-Chi.
cago Record-lerald.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
A Natural Inference.

Charley Litewate-I've got a deuce
of a headache, don't yer know.
Sarcastic Friend-That so? Must
be one of these aching voids" we
sometimes read about.-Judge.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Worked Up.
turn OctC

"T understand you made money in
that stock deal"
"Ycs. l came out on top"
"How did you manage it?"
"C5t in on the ground floor."-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Those Dear Girls,

Madge-Charle proposed twice be-
fore | accepted him.
Marjorie YOU hear him the
first time?--Town Topics.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Pastoral.

"Why does finding four-leaf clovers.
bring luck?"
"Well, the man is already in luck
who has time to hunt four-leaf
cloyers. Chicago Record-IIerald.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

She's getting old. she scarce can sea.
She's deaf MS any stone.
But still she's popular. for she's
A model chaperon.
philadelphia Bulletin.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

j. II. Harter is always at his
shop ready to do your black
smithlng in Il first class manner
at reasonable prices.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

adger State is the best
cheese produced. New make on
sale at Smith, Walker, & Co. If
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Your Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded, Day or Night at
Canyon City Pharmacy. If
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03
Weekly Stock Train.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

Amarillo, Texas, August 30. 1901 =
We have arranged to start Il Weekly
Stock Train for Kansas City. begin
ming on next Sunday night, Scptem-
Der LIST, 1901. 1t is expected that this
4 ;,,
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

ANY of RamOn's Remedies can now
be had at the Canyon City Phar-
macy.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Mrs. O. G. Davis and Miss
Bauer will leave Sunday morn
ing for Dallas to attend the fair.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

MIR. |. G.. Trimble has been
under the weather for 4 week.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

The Santa Fee Railroad Con

The Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany will make a special effort
this fall to put a large number
of prospectors in this country.
It's advertising agent, Mr..
White, passed through here
Tuesday morning. He visited
Carlsbad, Roswell, Portales and
Amarillo in person, and called
on the publisher of The Slayer
for information of Canyon City
and surrounding country, which
was promptly, and we hope,
satisfactorily furnished.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

He--I have been unlucky three
times.
She-How?
He-My first sweetheart became
nun, my second married another man
and my third became my wifo.-Hei-
tcre Welt,
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Thousands of the most stubborn
and distressing cases OF piles have
been cured by Tabler's Buckeye pile
ointment. 1t never fails to cure.
Price, SOC In bottles, tubes I5e at
Hadley's
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-10-03

Herald.
The age-herald., 1901-12-26
Victim Badly Bumped.

l was pleased and my chair had soft cushions. l fancied myself forgotten. My mind wandered to Paris. which I in- tended shortly to visit, and I had al- most composed the menu of my first dinner at Pai-.ard's, when a voice broke my dream-a voice stern, inexorable, from which l felt there was no appeal.
 My dear MT. Mountford if you are quite ready, 1 assure you I am"
 rose with a rapidity unusual to me and smiled It was the smile of the Red Indian awaiting his torturers at the stake. '-ss- '.-.
 Lady Eva served and the ball rising rapidly, strucn the second stud of my shirt front. It then rolled beneath the table. To escape the laughter of the onlookers l pursued 1t. Rising some what disheveled and with considerable bump on my forehead, caused by a col lision with aNtab.e leg I apologized. The second serve I caught fairly. felt the jingle that rejoices ones heart after 8 cleanly hit drive at golf. Luckily the ball is singuarly light or Lady Eva would have been confined to her room for week with black eye.
The age-herald., 1901-12-26
BOWIE IS FOR JELKS.
n the MontRomery Advertiser.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Hon. Sydney J. Bowie, Congressman from the Fourth Alabama District, was in Montgomery yesterday and went to Birmingham yesterday evening. He will go to his home in Anniston today. MT. Bowie returned to Anniston Friday night from Washington. and came to Mont gomery yesterday on personal business
 In an interview with a representative of the Advertiser, Congressman Bowie declared himself unalterably in favor of the nomination of Governor Jelks next year to succeed himself, and said he hoped and had no doubt that Senator Pettus would be re-elested to the United States Senate by the next Legislature
 MT Bowie is one of the new Democratic Congressmen from Alabama, and during the first days of the session familiarized himself with the National Legislation. He was appointed on Elections Commit tee No. l. of which Hon. Robert w. Fay Tor of Ohio is chairman. This committee will have to consider the contest between Hon. John l.. Burnett. Democrat, and Hon. N B. Spears. Republican. for the Congressional seat from the Seventh Alabama district. MT. Bowie is the only member from Alabama on the committee.
 Discussing national legislation, MT. Bowie said he had already introduced a bill providing an appropriation of $1oO'OOo for a Federal building in Selma. He thinks there is good reason to believe
 the bill will be passed by this session
 of Congress. He is also deeply inter-
 ested in proposition to have the Gov
 ernm ent cede all public lands in Ala
 bama to the common schools of the
 State, instead of distributing the lands
 out to colleges of higher learning. While
 in Washington MT. Bowie laid predi- cate for a bill which he expects to intro duce embodying this proposition. Ht said the idea met with much favor and he had hopes that the measure would | be successful The bill will be introduced | by Mir. Bowie as soon as the Congress reconvenes.
 ''I am in favor of the nomination o | Governor Jelks next year to succeed him. | self" declared Mir Bowie. 1T think he | has made an excellent official. and ir | view of his record in office and his serv. | ice as q Democrat he is entitled to the | nomination by the party convention. Tn l Governor not only gave his hearty sup | port to the new Constitution. but as l member of the State Board of Registrar | he has indicated by the appointment o l County Registrars that he expects tn
 spirit as well as the letter of the ney | Constitution to be observed. Tn my opin ion he will he nominated by a large ma jorisy.
 ..senator Pettus will stand for re-clec
The age-herald., 1901-12-26
SHORT STORIES.
 OF THE DAY
Introduelna a Novice.


 This year the Christmas Festivities. |" as they are absurdly denominated, will be clouded by a new game says a writer in Pearson's Magazine. It is modern, it is up-to-date. it Is fashionable. It has been the rage in England. How then, may one escape here? It Is termed ping pong. Of this pastime I wilR give you the experiences of an old and tried friend. an Englishman of my acquaint- ance. He narrated them with tears in his eyes and bruise on his forehead. His story ran as follows:
 It was just after I had settled myself in my chair, spread my napkin over my knees. glanced through the menu and found the dinner entirely satisfactory, that Lady Eva made the fatal remark:
 Have you ever played ping-pong?"
 No" said I. '.-~''-f
 Well, I'm surprised at you. Every body's taken it up, you know"
 l knew that was good enough for her. If 1t had been running races round the park or diving of Westminster bridge ii would have been just the same. To be in the swin-even If the water be scan- dalously hot-is her rule of life
 You shall begin this very night. after dinner" she continued enthusiastically, and I'll teach you myself"
The age-herald., 1901-12-26

tion before the next Legislature, contin- .ued MT. Bowie, ''and he has my heartiest endorsement I earnestly hope and have no doubt he will be reelected by substantial unanimity.
 Mir. Bowie was one of the most ardent supporters of the new Constitution and he expressed his pleasure that thus far 1t appeared to be giving great satisfac- ton. He said he felt sure the instrument more fully understood its operation. He pointed out that the Constitution was ratified by a majority of the white vot- CTS of the State and should meet the ap- proval. of all white men.
 "A majority of the white vote in three quarters of the counties of the State, and .-.4-. ...e.. ,-..-- t>..s s.-~ .'--.se votes of the entire State were cast for ratification of the new Constitution" de- clared Mr. Bowie, and there can be no question as to whether 1t Is white man instrument"
 He said that those persons who contend that the white people of Alabama were against the new instrument utterly ig- nore the fact that the negroes hold the balance of power in many of the white counties and that several of the white counties were carried against it by the use of negro votes.
The age-herald., 1901-12-26
Street Begging Pays.

A letter to the editor of the New York Herald says:
 In regard to the begging nuisance in this town. these incidents recently came under my personal superyision
 A young man who was in the city for the first time was struck with the num- Der of persons on the streets who asked for money. One afternoon he watched an old woman on Fifth avenue corner with an organ, and in twenty minutes saw a dozen people give her something. He thought if she received only pennies she was making a good deal in week. He determined to test the thing himself, and one night he put on make up." and in four hours collected S4.92 on Broad way. He decided that street begging was profitable and that beggars were fakes.
 The other case was that of a clerk in downtown office, who found himself at ferry one night without any money.