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The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18
Foxy's New Collar.

One day while I was eating my
breakfast of bread and potatoes Elsie
said: Wouldn't it be nice IL Fox had
a collar? He shall have one. shan't
he, Mother? Do buy him one, please
do" And my mistress said, "Yes.
l didn't think much about it then.
I didn't know what a collar was, but
I've found out now.
Next uay Elsie sat in the parlor
studying and was gnawing her
shoes, when my mistress came in and
gave Elsie little package. And Elsie
jumped up SO quick she knocked me
over, and clapped her hands, and cried:
"Oh, mother, you really did. It's the
loveliest little collar ever saw And
jumped up and barked, too.
Just then l found newspaper and
dragged it up to Elsie, cause thought
she wanted to tear it up, like / do
when / feel glad. She looked so glad,
you know. And guess she did want
it for she tried to tear 1t away from
me, and then l lodged round the
room, SOS she could have some fun
chasing me-
But at last she caught me and took
away that beautiful newspaper. and
just think-threw it in the waste pa
per basket Then she held me down
and fastened something around my
neck. I didn't run away. I sat still,
wondering what that funny thing was
round my neck.
Then I remembered that newspaper
and / wanted it. But when l moved
something jingled. I cooked my head
and listened and 1t jingled again l
wondered where the noise came from,
and ran all round the room, hunt
Ing for 1t. and all the time 1t kept
jingling in my ears, and all the time
Elsie and my mistress sat there and
laughed at me.
1t worried me awfully. l thought 1t
was a new kird of rat. and tore all
over the house looking for the rat,
with .na. jingle in my. ears. 1t drove
me most crazy, I can tell you.
But now I've found out it was two
little bells on that collar thing on
my neck that jingled 50. And though
l don't mind 1t so much now as I did
at first keep scratching and working
hard to get that collar off. I haven't
got 1t of yet. but I will some day.
don't like such things on my neck.
Would you?-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18
SUGGESTION TO RoosEyxiI.
rA,oaso rap.. fsns m. Hs~ =, Cen


dense His Coming Msssags. 50
Already the Warrington correspond
snts are writing President Roosevelt's
message for him-albeit he 10 still In
possession Of his voice and can COM
mand the services Of typewriter.
II, however, Mr.. Roosevelt intends
10 cover one-half of the ground laid
out for him by the correspondents our
ldvice to him is to Issue his message
IN serial form, says the Chicago Rec
srd-Herald. He has the pen OF ready
writer and an exhaustless fund OF
IDEAS of his own to draw on. and yet
he is said to contemplate the fncor-
poration of the reports of his cabinet
pficers in his own reviews Of the
ptate of the Union" and recommends
ton of those things he Judges "neces-
iary and expedient" for the considera-
ion of congress.
II President Roosevelt will consult
The sound sense of the American
people he will make his message
anique in the history Of modern
presidential messages by It's brevity.
He can say all that is necessary to be
said at this time in q message Of 5000
words. and by using the reports Of the
departments as appendices In less
space.
The constitutional idea Of the presi-
ient's message was that II was for
the information" of congress and the
people. But that was before the daily
press had come to keep the public bet
ter informed as to the state OF the
qnion than It could be II presidential
messages were issued weekly.
The president cannot do better be-
tween now and the first week In De-
sember than to devote his spare time
of which he will not have too much
to the strenuous task of condensing
what is necessary and eliminating
what is unnecessary to be said in his
arst message to congress. He should
be familiar with the superiority In
range and accuracy Of . riffs over q
blunderbuss.
Every unnecessary word In . presi-
ient's message increases the oppor-
unity for error.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18
HAS suaMrp 20 YEARS.
9svs ssosian Mine Yiss which Has cest
a. Lives.

tHOvA Oo0t1oA nine BA1O W hbon - W.
AS Lives.
interest In the great subtsrrAnean
l.ondagrataion near New 0lAsgov.
Nova Scotia, has BEEN renewed by the
Iaiscouragfng report that all efforts to
:ircumvent the flames have proved
l!ruitless and that all hope il now prae-
hcaliy abandoned. The are originated
In 1880. Il 10 burning In . rich seam OF
soal, 30 feet thick, and in . mine that
has 4 shaft 1000 feet deep. The prob
lem of sxtinguishing the flames u no
aearer solution than 1t was twenty
one years ago. Water has been let In.
but the ire is above the sea level. and
the expensive work of flooding has had
40 effect.
After many futile attempts to extin-
guish the fire, the engineers directed
their efforts toward devisinS plans for
sircumventing 1t, and reaching the coal
still intact. To that end all the ap-
proaches leading to the hrs and ali the
neighborfng workings were walled up.
and new workings were driven lower
down. But every plan 10 far devised
has proved q failure. The ail-conQuer-
Ing fre has broken through. and every
new work has been reluctantly aban-
doned.
On ono occasion, the explosion that
perpetuated this destructive and OBJ
stinate IRE caused the death Of 45
miners. They were awaiting the ar.
rival of q car with some tools, and .
boy had been sent out with q hurry-up
message, when the explosion occurred.
All that could be learned was from the
boys story. He had seen them sitting
on the floor when he left them. There
death overlook them. To reach or aid
them in any way was beyond human
possibility, SO their ashes have mingled
with the crumbling coal seam which
has burned for q generation, and will
burn, no doubt. for generations to
come.
There are unsolved problems about
the explosion. and suspicious that pro-
tecting walls were not sufficiently
thick. But no new light will ever be
thrown on the tragedy which suddenly
cut OF and consumed a sturdy detach-
ment Of the army Of industry.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18
wh.t IN. Gold Piece nourht.

It was happy day for the little
Jacksons. for that very morning father
had broken the toy bank and counted
ell the pennies and nickels. and had
taken them down town with him. and
at dinner time brought back beauti-
ful gold piece in their place. And,
more than that. mother said that, just
as soon as Hit was quite well again.
they would take the gold piece and
ouy tho party, That Was what thsy
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

"For fifteen years have noted the
effect Of your Vegetable Compound In
curing special diseases Of women.
"I know Of nothing superior for
ovarian trouble, barreuness, and It
has prevented hundreds Of dangerous
operations where physicians claimed
il was the only chance to get well.
liberation and Inflammation Of the
womb has been cured in two or three
weeks through its use, and ~ I end II
purely an herbal remedy, / unhesitat-
ingly give it my highest endorsement.
-Fraternally yours, DB. P. vIxoeUA.
Lansing, Mich. 5000 forfeit " stees tss-
tinoniai 10 not genuine
If you are i'll do not hesitate to
get q bottle Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound at
once, and write to Mrs. Pink
ham at Lynn, Mass. for special
advice; 1t is entirely free.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

In private letter to aoteoors
sditor dated Tjarkhlik, April 81. tho
Swedish explorer. Sven Hedin. relates
hat he had Just got his frst mall and
received his nrst news Of the world In
alne months. His Chinese companions
md servants were gentle and amiable.
at Tjarkhlik he fitted out caravan
II tho thirty-eight camels. twenty-four
horses and seventy mules. His Jour-
ney for ITO Swedish miles had led
him through an absolutely unexplored
part of Asia,
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

There II more Catarrh In this section Of ths
country thAn al other diseases put together.
and until the last few years was supposed to be
pronounced IL local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing 10
cure with local treatment. pronounced II In
durable. Science has proven cstarrh - Be .
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Cstarrh CAre,
manufactured by r. J. Cheney h Co.. Toledo.
Ohio, IL the only constitutional cure on the
market. II is taken internally In doses from
10 drops 70 . teaspoonful. II acts directly on
tho blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They Offer one hundred dollars for any case
Il fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address +. j .CHENxY 4 Co. Toledo. o.
Sold BY Druggists, 75o.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18
PRINCESS vIRoQuA, NJ. D.
Endorses Lydia 3. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound After
Following Its Record For
Years.

"DEAR MHs. PINKHAM is
the greatest boon bestowed on human
ity and therefore anything that can
restore lost health is blessing. I
consider Lydia e. Ptnkham's Veg.
etable Compound - blessing to
State and Nation. II cures her moth
ers and daughters and makes them
wall and strong.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

II ON . calm day you want to kno =
in what direction the slightest current
Of air is moving. wet your finger and
hold It up. 1t feels cool on the side
where the breeze strikes Il, owing te
the eysporaticu. s s.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18
A Moon-Rafh.

A Moon Bath.
Last night saw the silver moon;
1t was pretty sight.
It filed the street, 1t filed my room
With such shining light
That could see to go to bed
Without the gas high overhead.
/ wish we had silver moon
Each night the whole year through;
! think 'twould make child all good,
And clean and pure-don't your
After the bath-tub big and white
To take bath In silver light.
Youths Companion.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

No document can have the authority Of the
imperial throne Of China unless IL bears . red
mark placed there by the sovereign. With
this seal upon IL, the paper becomes Official.
The genuine Hostetter' 3 Stomach Bitters must
have their Private Die stamp over the neck
Of the bottle. For fifty years il has been the
recoynized remedy for stomach, liver and
kidney complaints. II will cure dyspepsia.
indigestion, constipation and biliousness, also
prevent malaria, fever and agus.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

When chiropodist and hair-drcsse.
ars introduced to each other Il 10 . case
Hhefe exsrsmes mssk
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

No matter what ails you, esadaehs 10 .
cancer, You VIII never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAsoAlETs help nature.
cure you without gripe or pain. produos
easy natural movements, cost you just II
cAnErs Candy Cathartio, the genuine, put mp
in metal boxes, every tablet has O. Q. O.
stamped on IL. Beware OF limitations.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

The frst American telescope wss put IN
position ct Yale Collage In 1850.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

FITS permanently cured. Nodts or nervous.
ness after hrst days use Of DR.. Klins's Crest
Nerve Rsstorer. e2trial bottle and trsetiss tree
DR.. B. II. kim, Liza, eel Arch st., philA. PA.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

An ordinary piano contains . mile Of
wire string.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

South Wales raises more coal thAn any
other part Of Great Britain.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

Mrs.. Windows Soothing Syrup for children
tssthing. soften the gum, reduces inasnM.- .;
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

We refund 100. for every package Of Pur-
nam FADxLRss DYE that fails 10 give satisfAe.
ton. Monroe Drug Co., Unionvills, Mo.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

Geologists are not the only people who
are out for the rocks.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

The average girl 10 capricious. She will
tell . fellow he il the light Of her life and
then turn him down.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

Dr.. o. I. 8. Cawthon, Of Andalusis. Ala.,
writes: "Tettsrine is superior to any remedy
known to me for Eczema and stubborn skin
diseases" Soc. . box by mail from J. T. 6hup-
trine, Savannah, Ga, Il your druggist don't
keep it,
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

With the aid Of miorophons you can
hear q fly walk.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

It's easy enough to love your neighbors
il they are far enough away.
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18
A Curfons Custom.

. The British boot and shoe trade 10
largely dependent upon American ma
chirery
The Banner-Democrat., 1902-01-18

The Texas D Pacific Railway 10 = miles
shei test lipsbstwssn Shreveport AID Dallas
and he West
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06
BIG EVENT IN HEREFORD CIRCLES.
THE SALE OF THE SEASON TO BE HELD AT KANSAS
CITY, FEBRUARY %, 49, 10
Well Known Breeders Will Contribute Animals From
Famous And Well Known Herds.

VIZ take pleasure announcing in this issue the big
Hereford in Kansas City, Feb 25th, Goth and 9th
This sale expected to be of the best that has been
held that city The breeders who combining the sale
weknown the Hereford business need any notice in
columns but take matter of great interest
people upon them the necessity of buying breeding ami
mails from herds that have been made famous the cattle that
have raised 1t is the intention of the contributors this
sale offer only animals that they have bred themselves and
stockman notices the of those contributors
there will be doubt his mind of the quality and ndvidua
of the animal that he will Offer These breeders have hereto
fore from year furnished stockmen this section
bulls that have built herds that will compete with cattle
the world These who understand and have studied
breeding business They detect the deficiency animal
before mparts its undesirable and qualities into
the herd
If you sockman and ranch and herd of cattle and
need any bulls is the time to buy them breed
and want only herd bull will have better oppor
tuny If only farmer and want to start little bunch
thoroughbred cattle do with surplus
less than any time perhaps in the few years
that is interested CATTLE that loves to fine cattle
that enjoys the expansion of the cattle interest and industry of
this country, it will pay you to attend this sale
Those who desire catalogues address Gudge Simpson,
dependence Mo-
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

We sorry learn the residence of Mr. w. W. Smith
night Mr. Smith left the evening train for Waco
and his family who had accompanied him to the depot and
home late in made light and went to milk
While they milking they discovered the house in flames
just how caught but suppose from match
cdenay dropped the floor We unable to learn the full
OF loss but suppose from the fact that
there but Mrs Smith small children that they saved but
little of their household goods they mad neighbours
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

This fall and winter Canyon City has been the initial point for
the greatest tide of immigration has been the
Plains Hundreds home have passed through here
ing south Many have located this and adjoining countless
Others have gone Floyd Hale Motley Crosby and Lub
book further still and still the tide flows in Land is
changing hands every day and prices going all the time
Once in while along who thinks he find
land the majority know there such thing the
conner find it,
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06
The Words We Should
Speak.

The gentle words that lie on
our tongue, but which we do not
speak; the kindly acts which we
feel the impulse to perform; the
thoughtful things we might
have doue to give cheer and
comfort, but which we did not
do. We say silence is golden,
and sometimes it is. 1t is golden
when the words we might have
spoken would have been a word,
sharp, cutting, bitter. But 81.
lence is not golden when the
word that is in our heart is low.
ing, cheering comforting, in
spring. We sorely wrong our
dear ones when we do not speak
out such a word. Miller.
..-.........
If you have headache, dizzi.
ness of vision, watering of the
eyes and letters running togeth.
err you probably need glasses.
Drs. Odell & Stewart can give
you satisfaction. They are ex.
perts In their line.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

Frequently accidents occur in the
household, which cause burns, cuts
sprains and bruises. For use In such
cases Ballard's Snow Liniment has
for many years been the constant
favorite family remedy. Price % and
50P at Hadley Drug Co.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

Frank Galloway spent last night
in town enroute to Tulia from Moore
county, where he purchased three sec
lions of school land. Mr.. Galloway
will not move until spring.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06
Only a Baby.

Something to live for came to the
place,
Something to die for, maybe:
Something to give even sorrow n
grace
And yet 1t was only baby!
Cooling and laughter, and gurgles
and cries, 4a
Dimples for tenderest kisses;
Chaos OF hopes and Of raptures and
signs,
Chaos OF fears and blisses.
Last year, like all years, the rose and
the thorn;
This year, q wilderness, maybe;
But heaven stopped under the root
on the morn
That 1t brought there only baby.
Harriet Prescott Spofford.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

Oscar Hunt IL back from Kansas
City where he bought a lot OF elegant
up-to-date furniture OF the always
dependable kind that he handles. Be
sure to see this stock before you
make up your mind about what you
mail
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

Buie & Wallace have sold 81
sections of land in Randall
county and 3 residences in Can.
yon City recently.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06
FOR GOVERNOR
Sergeant Sam W. #. Lanham
Improving Herds.


pecially those engaged in breed.
ing and raising cattle, are earn
estly requested to carefully
read the following, reproduced
from the Live Stock Indicator.
We assume that every man
who is growing live stock for
any purpose, whether he is
breeding pure bred animals for
sale as such, or whether he is
growing commercial stock for
the slaughter market, desires to
progress. Unless he has lost
ambition entirely he wants to
do a little better next year than
he did this. He wants to pro-
duce a little better stuff next
year than this. To do this by
the only way possible means the
use of a really good sire whose
get will habitually be little
better than the dams are. Prof
Waters, of the Missouri Agri-
cultural College, cites a striking
instance of what we have IN
mind in speaking of Jersey
bull that was kept for two years
in the college herd of registered
Jerseys. The experience with
the bull was that it never pro-
duced a single calf that was bet
ter than it's dam. AS long as
the bull remained the herd was
at a standstill; no progress was
made. At the end of two years
another bull replaced him. He
was not apparently a better in
dividual, but he cost more money
because he was direct descend.
ant of a family of large butter
producers, was from a COW that
had a large butter number of
tested cows. He was at the
head of the college herd three
years, and during that time he
did not, in a single instance, fail
to produce calves that were bet
ter than their dam. During the
time he was kept in service the
herd made steady progress.
This instance illustrates
principle of universal applica
ton to all kinds of stock grow
ing. 1t hits the range and
ranchman who is content with a
grade of bulls and even with a
scrub, and who goes on year
after year producing the same
kind of, comparatively speak
ing, worthless cattle, when he
might improve by the use of a
good sire. 1t hits the farmer
who is content to have his cows
served by anything that will
produce a calf and bring them
in fresh it affords a reason why
a man who has good herd
should see that the bull at the
head of it is sufficiently good to
make the young stock better
each year, and it illustrates the
problem that every breeder of
pure bred stock of high class
is constantly thinking about.
The idea that is on his mind all
the time is, 'where can l get
bull that will make each calf
better than his mother?" We
don't need to urge the idea upon
the we'll informed breeder who
is already growing cattle of
high class. He knows the i'm
portance of it, and it is on his
mind all the time; but there are
a large number of other people
who are growing stock who APP.
parently do not give it a
thought, and yet it applies to
their case as we'll as to that of
the owner of the most royalty
bred herd in the country. If
one cannot feel the importance
of trying to improve the stock
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

There is nothing that adds
more to mans appearance
than nice shave and hair cut.
Coulter is the man who can al.
ways do the work neatly and
quickly.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

Mr. S. M Dickens of Merit, Texas in town Tuesday
Hale county prospecting Mrs. and Miss Tson
with him. going their home where Mr. Tson went
months ago They raise stock and feed and will
we feel sure succeed.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

Mr.. A. H. Thompson has had
quite a seige with mumps.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

For strictly first class black.
smithing 60 to Harter.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

Mrs. j. #. Parks who has been
on the sick list is improving.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

The Leonard Graphic this week in its dless,
and think perfect model for country weekly ably
edited well arranged with clean print 1t credit to any
shop
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

After all that has been said in
SO many forms of speech, love
remains unexplained and un.
fathomable; we know it's mani.
festations, its modes of expires.
sion, it's surrenders and sacri.
fees, but the heart of it we do
do not know; if we could pene.,
trate this mystery, we would
understand God.-The Outlook.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-02-06

Why 60 around looking woody
and wild with long hair and
bristly face when F.. M. Coulter,
the barber, is always ready to
fix you up in good style.
The age-herald., 1902-05-03

supplies are far ahead Of the previous years. Agricultural products are on the whole steady. ClimRtto and other causes have made for Q smaller consumption of meat, but receipts are still small, and prices show no weakness, though pack CTS supplies are reported accommodating. Hog products are higher on the week. Dairy products, particularly butter, arc lower. Eggs have been shaded again and potatoes have decreased in prices, but are still very heavy, owing to small sup plies. Large exports of cereals. partio- ularly wheat are looked for, and manu- factured products are moving abroad freely increased imports consist mainly of raw materials for manufacturers uee. a significant indication of the activity ruling in American manufacturing in- dustry generally.
 Wheat, including flour. exports for the week aggregated 5,3OS, 155 bushels against 3, ,750, 5S9 last week, and 51OO,763 in this week last year.
 Wheat exports, July l. 1901, to date GA weeks) aggregate 2l5s54s2 bushels. against 175, s27 last season.
 Corn exports aggregate 12S,679 bushels. against 376, 7s6 last week, and 2,S71 ,S92 last year July 1, 1901, to date corn exports are 2552s, s64 bushels against 155, 43S, I'll last season.
 Business failures in the United States for the week number 174 as against 181 last week. 163 in this week last year. In Canada for the week 2 against 20 last week and IT a year ago.