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The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18
Plymouth Rock.

Environment has great in
tluence over the minds of child
rem in determining what sort Of
knowledge he assimilates. The
Philadelphia Telegraph rebOrts
this incident, the scene of which
was the public school in a dis
trict where all the residents are
skilled in farming:
A flag raising was held at the
school house and after the ban,
ner had been flung to the breeze
there was an exhibition of the
drawings which the pupils had
made and the work they had
done during the year. The
teacher had recited to the class
the story of the landing of the
Pilgrims, and after she had fin
ished, she requested each pupil
to try to draw from his or her
imagination a picture of Ply
mouth Rock.
Most of them went to work at
once but one little fellow hest
tated and at length raised his
hand.
"Well, Willie, what is it,"
asked the teacher.
"Please, ma'am, do you want
US to draw a hen or a rooster"
-Youth's COMPANION.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Where connection will be made with Train No 428 on the A.
Ry We shall make every endeavor to this train
promptly above schedule but this notice is not guarantee
will do Shippers should file orders for at least
before the date which they expect to load
Worth Denver City Co will similar train
to connect with Washburn at midnight Monday
We will continue to handle ainoad shipments, with proper
notice, any day Of the week, suits shipper
Don A. Sweet, Traffic Manager.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

The editor OF the Stephenville En-
pire must wish he was somebody
else Just now. Weare informed that
he is a preacher and leader in prohi-
bition matters and yet he is listed as
one of those who would sell out to
the ants. See the list published In
"The New Voice" last week.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Miss Gyp Holland has her beauti-
full new millinery ready for inspection
and wishes the ladies would call any
day and see what pretty millinery
really is.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18
...s = . - . . -

Mr.. Hugh Wansley was able to
come down town in his invalid's
chair today. We trust he will
vet be restored to health.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18
The Angel Child.

Kate Carew, the world famous
woman artist, has this year
struck the public right in the
risible with her funny stories
told entirely in colored pictures
in that greatest of all Sunday
newspapers, The Sunday st.
Louis Post Dispatch
ususn.rs"sp"sus"s"s"'
CautiOn-Some of the Kansas
corn stories are eXaggerations.
Regard with distrust any re-
port that makes the height of
the corn more than eighty-two
feet. Kansas City Journal.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Prohibition carried by Il good ma
iority in Donley county. We con-
graduate our prosperous neighbor,
on the victory and hope
she will go on until she becomes,
next to Canyo on, one of the best cities
in Texas.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

We are glad to note from the Sill
verton Enterprise that our young
friend Clyde Wright had passed his
examination and has been admitted
to the bar. Clyde has II brilliant In
tellect, is earnest and studiOus and
we predict for him Il very successful
,arner
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Mrs. Overhuls still has room for
one or two morepupils. She teaches
at Mrs. Hauter's, opposite the Meth
Odist parsonage.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

A good neighborhood for a
home is desirable. If you buy
your lumber from Burton Lingo
Co you will be sure to have
good surroundings.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Everybody with whom we have
talked thinks there will be an abu IL
dance of iced made in the country to
carry everything through in fine
shape. ..
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Miss Loretta Scaggs, who has
been in our employ some time,
left today for her home at Chilli
cothe.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Mr.. Nj. 5. Park was on the street
Monday shaking hands with his
friends and looking after his politi-
cal fence.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Mr.. l.. 6. Conner has let the con-
tract for a new office on the east
side OF the square, to be constructed
right away.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

?
The BurtOn-Lingo lumber yard Is
is being moved to the north side Of
the square.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Cattle are putting on fat very fast
now since grass began to cure. Beef
was never better than 1t is right
now.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

DR.. Edgar p. Lewis, the den
fist, is here today and will also
be here tomorrow and Saturday.
All wanting dental work done
should call on him at the Victo-
ria Hotel.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Interest Is running high over the
shariff's race and bets are well scat
tered, every man backing his favor
lie
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Mr.. John Bratton's new house
is fast being completed.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Mr.. S. V. Wirt's little cottage
will be finished in a day or tw o.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Mr.. U. S. GOber has moved into
his pretty new home.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

We don't want to get you in.
to a fight, but you will call on
Burton. Lingo Co. they will
show you some first class box
ing.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18
StringfelloW=Hunne
Hardware Company.
WEEKLY STOCK TRAIN VIA. PEC0S VALLEY LINES.
Notice to Shippers.
Notice to Shippers.

Beginning Monday, July 49, 1902 and continuing
every Monday thereafter up and including November oath,
1902, will Weekly Stock Train for Kansas City, ST.
Joseph and Chicago markets, the following schedule
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Mrs. D. Davies and little
daughter, May Worley, left for
home Monday after a pleasant
visit with Mrs. Burnett.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

The editor made d short buSl'
ness trip to Amarillo this week
and found that little burg i'm
proving very fast, in fact put
ting on city airs.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18
Cattle Movements.

j. d. Thompson and II. ID. Hunt
have purchased 40 yearling steers OF
}. d. Burkett, 81 ones from j. f.
Ward and IL ones from G. Hodges at
p. t.
j. d. Thompson recently purchased
81 ones from A. H. Morris and I ones
from &. r. Higgins atprivate terms,
j. d. Thompson recently sold 149
twos to Gatlin 4 Co., of Goodnight
at private terms.-Hereford Barnd
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Burton-Lingo Co. have just
received a car of drop siding
and fencing lumber.
h. l.. Stringfellow, of ANA
rillo, was in Canyon yesterday.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Messrs. n. H. and David Rice
of Wayside were in town Tues
day and made The Slayer a
pleasant call.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18

Mr.. Skinner, of Amarillo,
was in the city this week.
.......--..
Mrs. Tom Campbell will please
call at the Slayer office and get
the shawl she advertised for
last week.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18
Three Minute Liver Cure.

There's fellow in st Louis
who cures livers in three min
utes. His name is G.. w. Kahles.
He tells a different story each
week, entirely in pictures,
about a we'll meaning but mis-
guided policeman named "Clar-
ence, the Cop"
The great st. Louis Sunday
Post Dispatch prints these.
If there is anything in laugh,
ter curing liver trouble, one of
Kahles' series ought to cure in
about three minutes.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18
. agOns and Buggies

Luedinghaus, Balm, Mitchell, State and Lansing
Wagons If you posted no more need be said.
Columbus Bugges, the best the market. We
also, have cheaper grade for trade.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18
General Hardware

All sorts of Shelf and Heavy Hardware called for by
the trade; Guns, Pistols Cartridges, Fishing Tackle,
and in fact everything carried in first class hard
ware store. Should fail to have what you want
in our stock from canvass tack to an engine we
will take pleasure in securing it for you.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18
Stoves and Ranges

The Majestic Range and Bucks Stoves, Standing i'm
the Front Rank. In this line in nearly all others
we carry cheaper grade.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-09-18
Farm Implements
Wind Mills and Pumps

Eclipse and Star, Steel and Wood, the best that
made. Marcy and Cook Cylinders, the best ma
We also have lot of cheap Cylinders for those "
do not wish to pay the price OF the best. Our ST.
of Pipe and Casing is the Largest in the west.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
MEN WHO DELIVER MAIL.
Heart Tragedies That Line the Route
of Letter Carrjers

oI IcltcT OdTTicTb.
Tell you story? Why, yes. I
might tell good many stories II that
was In my line" The gray carrier
blew pearly wreath OF smoke up
ward and fiecked the dead ash from
his cigar says the Denver News.
Let me see. There's an old lady on
my route down In Alabama who sits
knitting the livelong day by the front
room window Every morning and
afternoon when I whistle at the door
of her next door neighbor she lays
down her knitting and peers with a
tired, eager face cut of that window
until | go by. She's got boy some
where out west. He doesn't write to
her twice year. Yet twice each day
the whole year through she sits there
with that anxious look, waiting. wait
Ing, waiting feel twitch at my
own heart every time | pass by and
see the look of expectancy fade into
disappointment. Sometimes I'd give
$50 to be able to stop and give her
Five lines from that good-for-nothing
boy of hers for whom she's eating out
her heart"
THAT reminds me-" said younger
man who heard the gray carriers
story, "of pretty baby on my route
In a Louisiana city. She's a dainty
tot about 4 or maybe years old. She
has blue-gray eyes like a wood violet
that look fellow straight to the
heart. Some little girls can do that
after they are older. This tots nam
ma died six months ago, and for
month afterward she used to come
tripping down the walk to meet me
with a little white note in her hand
and looking me to the heart out OF
those big, trusting eyes. she would
say: "Mr. Postman, won't you please
take this letter to my mamma in
heaven" | used to take the dainty
rnissive from the wee pink hand. ]
couldn't tell her how far away her
mamma was. One day she came with
out letter and there was pain In the
great, sweet eyes. Mr.. Postman,
baby wants letter from mamma
Please, Mr.. Postman, tell my mamma
me wants some letters, too and, boys,
every day for a week | had to pass
that baby with the pain in the gray.
blue eyes and wondered the angels
did not find some way somehow to
make her baby heart understand"
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
Bees and Rheumatism.

Our contemporaries seem to be
elated over the bee cure for rheuma-
tlsm and devote considerable space to
this stringent remedy. For ourselves,
W. can see no reason for rejoicing.
We have been set upon by hive full
Of bees and we have been rendered
helpless by a rheumatic onslaught. OF
the two evils lisa toss of the penny
which is tho "wusser." The bees
make up for the short duration of
their infictlon by the pungency of the
pain; rheumatism isn't quite so se-
we're as numerous bee stings, but II
detains one from business more than
a day and makes one feel like walk.
Ing barometer, twenty years older In
damp weather. One thing Is certain,
however, an aggressive, able-bodied,
active bee con mako itself so bust
ness.llko that the rheumatic not only
forgets his rheumatism, but every
other III that flesh is heir to.--Ccntre-
vile (Md.) Observer.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
TORTOISE IS A mousEa.
Novel Pot Of PAilaasIphia Woman
49, ratcfsa. nssn.H N

Novel Pot of = Philadslphia Woman
&N AS Catches nice.
A Philadelphia woman who disiikes
both cats and mice has discovered a
novel substitute for one as an exter-
minator OF the other. This substitute
is nothing more nor less than an ordl-
nary land tortoise.
Ever since last summer, when the
tortoise was added to the family circle
by the woman's youngest son, aged 8.
she has noticed that the mice. with
which the houee had previously been
overran, were gradually disappearing.
II was not until the other day. how
ever, that she discovered the cause.
sho was sitting very quietly with some
fancy work. and the tortoise, which
has the liberty of the house, was ap-
parently asleep In a corner. Presently
little mouse made its appearance,
and the tortoise opened its bcady eyes
Round and round ran the mouse. get
ting nearer and nearer the tortoise MS
though fascinated Finally 1t was with
In striking distance. The tortoise
darted out Its head, there was snap
OF the jaws, tiny little squeak, and
the mouse was dead.
Then the tortoise calmly and delIb-
erately set to work, says the Phlladel-
phia Record. to eat its victim.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
She Does Not Fllrt.

The one girl In tho world who does
not understand the art OF flirting Is she
Of the Philippine Islands. She is won.
anly and interesting. extremely grace.
ful, as straight as an arrow and always
picturesque, but seldom pretty. A girl
becomes young lady at IL or 13; by
SI she Is probably grandmother, but
even at the advanced age of 80 she is
still supple and graceful and pictur.
esquo. The type of beauty OF all the
Pacific islands 10 the same. The skin
Is yellow or brown. the hair straight
and shiny black, the eyes soft and lus-
trous, and the teeth white. The girls
are modc7t ~ the last degree.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
''''''' '''''s.'s ,s'.s s.ss
Caskets Of Every Design. |:
Open Day and Night. |:

The degree OF rapidity with which
horse racing has lexped into popular
favor this season. and particularly
among the fashionable habitues OF
the Saratoga track. is unexampled.
This form of amusement has ever
been predominating one In the an.
malls of American sport and fayerite
gambling means for the interchang.
Ing Of money. but this year the bet
ting mania has laid hold of the peo.
pie as never before and the amount
OF money that changes pockets after
each race is extraordinary.
4 estimate that two millions of
dollars day is bet on the races at
this track" said a prominent Sara
tosa bookmaker a few days since.
The amount OF betting now" he con.
unned. ia Ave times as great as any
other year that | have known here.
Tne money does not come from any
great plunger or group Of plungers,
nut from the great assemblages OF
rich men who are willing to bet from
800 to $1,000 on their choices In q
race"
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
II Nav Happen

With undauted courage the lnterpid
polar explorer pushes on and on, with
only occasional stops to partake O,
the luscious canned provender provid-
ed for his sustenance.
THE goal is in sight" he announces
to his men. THE pole is but two
miles away"
Selling his field glasses, he care
fully scrutinizes the spot.
Send ten men ahead to see who
those strangers are" he orders, for
he has observed moving objects near
the pole.
In a short time the ten men go and
return. They repnfi
"Sir, II is our F6A6ning party. They
say they have been waiting for US for
two weeks."--New York Times.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
Stories Of Snake Bites.

An English traveller just returned
from India says that the stories abou,
the great number OF deaths from
snake bites In India are to a great
extcnt unreliable as statistics when
carefully analyzed. He accounts
moreover, for these extreme exaggera
tions in figures on very plausible
grounds. In India, he says, the la "
requires that when there is a sudden
death q detailed report OF 1t must be
made to the civil surgeons, and as
there are many such deaths far from
the civic offices where the report
should be made, the under officers per
form their duty with the least possible
trouble. To save the annoyance Of
transporting dead bodies, or vital or
gans, and the loss OF time in getting
evidence on the facts of the cases
which may be plain murders, by poi
son or otherwise-a report OF death
by Snake bite" is made. This sort
of report Is very convenient and
makes interesting statistics.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
PUTS pAmpsa ON PROPOSALS
lndlonlties tieaped Upon tho Bride.
areonn-Elect In China.

lndionlties heaped Upon the Bride.
sreom-Elect In China.
Women are constantly complaining
that eligible men show most uncom-
promising desire TO remain single In
stead of selecting wife. II is. there
fore, geod thing that the same con.
dlticns do not prevail in england as
In some parts OF China, or the prob
ability Is that not one in thousand
would ever take a woman for better
or for worse"
In these Celestial regions the bride.
groom. elect has to Eubmit to being
dressed up by his friends in any sort
Of costume they like, aud thus habitcd
they accompany him In state through
the streets Of the town. Perhaps in
that part of the world men arc over.
anxious to bo married, and everything
which can possibly be done to induce
them to remain single until they ar.
rive at O more mature age has to be
resorted to.
II is another case Of all being fair
In love and war, and no doubt the
ChnamRn who is shouting today as
he accompanies hls friend knows full
well that next week he may be the
bridegroom. elect, and so the punish.
msnt Is robbed Of much OF It's terror
Woman's Life.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
LITTLE MlLLloNAlREs.


Twenty little milliorAires
Playing in the sun,
Millionaires in mother,love, E
Millionaires In fun,
Milllonaires In leisure hours,
Millionaires In joys,
Millionaires in hopes and plans,
Are these girls ard boys.
Millionaires In health are tley,
And in dancing blood,
Millionaires in shells and stones.
Sticks and moss and mud;
Milllonaires in castles
In the air, and worth
Quite million times as much
AS castles on the earth.
Twenty little milllonaires,
Playing In the sum-
oh, how happy they must be,
Every single one!
Hardly any years have they,
Hardly any cares;
But in every lovely thing
Multimillonnlres
Youths Companion.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
DID His Best.

The late Sir John Stainer, one OF
England's most celebrated musicians
and composers, was once staying in
a small Swiss village, and the English
clergyman was on the outlook for a
musician to assist at the service.
Stainer was in the office of the
hotel when the clergyman found him.
and started the conversation with. DO
you play the harmonium?"
"A little" was the reply of the ex-
organist Of st. Pauls cathedral.
"Will you then. be good enough to
help us out of our difiiculty on Sun
day? We will read the Psalms. and
the hymns shall be the simplest I can
select" added the delighted parson.
Il will do my best" said Stainer.
with a smile
The service proceeded satisfactorily.
but the congregation at the close lis
tened to brilliant recital. When the
paraon heard the name OF his assist
ant he asked him to dinner. DO You
smoke" he asked at the close.
Il VIII do my best" responded Stain
er. and the ensuing laughter was the
prologue of an entertaining exchange
OF oxford "reminiscences. q
Companion
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
WANTED TO FIND OUT.
scientist Used . Friend TO Test Certain
Kind of Poison.

Kind of Poison.
When ones friend is a scientist and
given to experiments a little caution
may not be out Of place before con.
senting to do him a favor. That, how
ever, did not occur to n well-known
public man whose experience Is related
In an Austrian paper, says the Youth 3
Companion. He went to the laboratory
Of an old schoolmate, a Melbourne pro-
fessor OF chemistry. to make friendly
call. The professor was studying a
dark brown substance spread out on n
sheet Of paper.
II say" he cried, when greetings had
been exchanged, would you kindly let
me place bit OF this on yous. tongue ?
My taste has become vltiated by try
Ing all sorts OF things"
Certainly" responded the accom-
modating friend, and he promptly
opened his mouth.
The professor took up some OF the
substance under analysis and put It on
hts friends tongue. The man worked
IL around IN MS mouth Tor 1ully u
minute, tasting 1t much as he might
have tasted choice confection.
Note any effect?" asked the profes-
sor.
mo, none"
1T doesn't paralyze or prick your
tongue?"
mot that I can detect"
II thought not. There are no aka
loids In 1t. then. How does 1t tastc?"
Bitter as gall"
"Iiem-m-m! All right"
BY this time the visitors curiosity
was aroused But what Is 1t, any
how?" he inquired
Il don't know. That's what I'm try
ing to find out. Some one has been
poisoning horses with IT.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
THE CLUMSY MAN.
You Can Never Be Sure Of What His
Next Break viii BE,

Next Break viii BE.
The great virtue about the really
clumsy man is that he never exhausts
his capabilities. When you think
that the bedrock Is reached, there is
still a lower depth. II detrimental
relative should exist, the clumsy man
asks after his health with great par
ticularity and will not be satisfied un.
I'll he receives full and detailed re-
ply. Should there be any incident
In your past which everybody has
generously agreed to forget It is the
clumsy man who series the one, the
inevitable opportunity. when the club
Is at its fullest, and says loudly:
Somebody was talking the other day
about that unfortunate little affair
of yours in '95. Now tell mel"
When on meeting him you say casu.
ally and with no desire for informa.
tion. How are you2" he insists upon
giving you complete data, and he is
as full Of small complaints as re-
fractory pauper. II is only fair to add
that he will ask affectionateIy after
the colds of yesteryear, and his fav-
orite locale for this is at the corner
of drafty street. He might be sub
sidized by influenza or he might get a
commission on sore throats from his
eagerness to pin you into the most
dangerous position that can be dis
covered, says the Philadelphia Ledg-
er.
One desires an adequate amount of
sympathy in distress, but our man al
ways goes a little beyond this point.
You are growing thin, and he says
that you are wasting away to a shad-
ow. You are growing stout, and he
tells an unamusing anecdote about
apoplexy. He can be more critical
than hairdresser IL occasion gives
the least excuse.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29
Ro.eb.ry want. Eraet Knou,.nr.

One of Lord Roseberys characterIs-
tics is love of exact knowledge.
When he first became foreign minis
ter, his familiar acquaintance with the
personages and personal history OF all
tho reigning families of Europe, their
ministers and other functionaries, was
found to be 30 minute that his asso-
ciates found him more convenient TO
consult than the "Almanach de Gotha. .
There is a story that one OF his fret
acts in the foreign once was to send
for Sir Edward Hertslet, chief Of the
treaty department. and ask him blunt
iy: What Ii protocol?Y He knew,
OF course. what protocol is. but what
he wanted was scientific account Of
It from the highest authority.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-29

Hon. David Meekison 10 well known not
on,y in his own State but throughout
America. lie was elected 10 the Fifty.
dith Congress by very large majority,
md ia the acknowledged leader OF his party
in bis section OF the State.
On,y one flaw married the otherwise com.
ple,e success OF this rising statesman. Ca.
tarrh with its insidious approach and to.
nareus grasp, was his only iinconqucred
foe. For thirty years he waged unsnccess
ful warfare against this personal enemy.
Al last Peruna came to the rescue. lie
writes.
'IhaVs aseI several bottles of re
rund an feel greatly benefited
thcreby from, nay catarrh Of the head.
IfeeI encouraged to bcLieuo that ffI
use u a short time ionscr TitI b.
f,,liy a Bile to eradicate the disease o
fhiriy years. standing. ~ Dapid
Keskison, Member or Congrc ..
Iiyou do not derive prompt and satisfac
tory results from the use OF Peruna write
at once to DIR. Hartman, giving full state
ment Of your cnse aud he viii be pleased
10 give yon his valuable advice gratis.
Address DE-. Hartman, President OF The
Hattmau Sanitarium. Columbus. Ohio.