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THE LITTLE s~TIcKLEBACK.s
Fish That Seems to Have Been Especially
Created for Aquariums.


1t seems as though the little stick
leback often suggested for aquari-
ums was really created for that puE-
pose only. 1t is not good for food.
Even .he other and larger inhabit-
ants Of the water do not relish it, as,
unless they happen to catch it at
just the right angle, the little spur
with which its back is armed, and
from which it takes its name, catches
in their throats and being exactly
perpendicular and very hard, quise
takes away their appetites for tie
next stickleback they see. The
bones and prickles with which most
fish are armed all slant backward, and
that is why big fish swallow their
prey head foremost. But thestickle-
back found in salt water, where It's
enemies are most numerous, has de-
yeloped the straight, stiff spur. 1t
loses much Of its hardness ii its owner
is kept in an aquarium, where he
gradually forgets his fear Of attack.
Sticklebacks. says the New YoDk
Tribune, make unusually entertain
ing pets. Those brought from Low
er California build nests. They aBe
also pugnaciou. and will try to tight
their own reflection in a mirror held
near the side Of the aquarium. One
doughty little fellow was allowed to
view Unset ID d coneave mirror,
where he appeared many times his
real size. But he was not daunted,
and made straight for The eyes Of the
big FISH he thought he saw coming to
deyour him. Atlantic sticklebacks
are smaller, but just as interesting
as pets. They are also easieEioJeed
than their western cousins, ENJOYING
cornmesl mush, house fies-ndeed,
almost anything seems to agree WITH
them
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heard the noise and saw the bird rise
but thought it only a hawk darting
around and paid little attention to it.
The little girls head was so sore that
her hair could not be combed for sew
eral days. There are said to be two or
three eagles and they have been shot at
several times but are unhurt SO far.
At about two o'clock last Saturday
morning Emmett Gasims and Horace
Fry, both colored men, were at the
home of the latter, one block north Of
the Wellington bank, making prepare
tions to start to Kansas city with a
wagon load of old iron, when the latter
started to a sistern in the rear Of the
L. 0. 0. f. building to get a bucket of
water. AS he was passing through
the alley that runs north from the
bank a man stepped out in the alley
and ordered him to halt and throw up
his hands. Fry asked what for, and
the order was repeated. He then
started to run, and as he did so the
stranger opened fire, three pistol balls
of about IS calibre passing dangerously
close though harmlessiy by his head,
one Of which passed through the
corner Of the coal house ii the rear Of
the |, 0. 0. F. building. As the third
SHOT was fired, Fry still running north
stumbled over an ASA pile and rolled
down the alley nea Gasims house: he
was up in an instant and got inside
where they both stayed until daylight.
Many persons heard the shots but paid
no particular attention to them. About
Z o'clock some one passing that way
found a big claw bar, rock pick, sledge
hammer, monkey wrench, four chisels
and other tools piled up against the
west wall Of the bank. Later in the
day it was developed that the tool
house Of the Missouri Pacific railroad
had been broken open and the claw
bar and pick taken away; and it was
also found that a window had been
raised and the other things obtained
from the blacksmith shop OF John M
Linebaek. Fry says he saw two men,
both Of whom were in the alley
referred to above. TIE one that did
the shooting was heavy built and he
would know him should they meet
again, as they were very close together
when he started to run. There is nc
clew as to who it was but it is gener.
ailg believed here that all things were
ready to force an entrance into the
bank vault.
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Walker Trent. Brother B%arrenburg is
holding a protracled meeting at Prov
idence church.
Mesdames X. Hogan and Thomas
Mcdaniel visited the family Of VIM.
Hogan last Week.
Mrs. Webb Cole and sweet little twin
babies, Ralph and Raymond, spent
Saturday and Sunday with her parents,
Capt, and Mrs. Littlejohn.
Messrs. Dysart, Meng and o'Neil re-
turned Friday from an extended hunt
ing trip in the southern part Of the
state. They report a pleasant time.
Those who attended the flower
show at Kansas City last week from
Dover were Mrs. H. VAIL, Mrs, Daniel
Phelps and John %Plattenburg and wife.
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DOVER DoINds.

w. c. White is in Dover this week.
John Cooper was in Higginsville
Saturday.
Mrs, Art Reynolds shipped in Hig-
ginsville Friday.
Capt. Zeyzing had business in Lex
iugton last Monday.
Miss Lucy Matthew spent Sunday in
the country with Miss Ola Dysart.
Mrs. L. W. Cox and daughter, Miss
Pearl, spent Tuesday in Lexington.
Miss Lorraine Gather entertained the
Reading Circle last Friday evening.
Walter Trent, Jr., and sister, Miss
Anna, spent Sunday with relatives in
Dover.
Mr.. Birwell Starke spent Sunday
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F..
Starke.
Mrs. Becca Dysart visited her daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Cooper, several days
last week.
Mrs. James VIM visited in Higgins
vile several days the latter part Of
last week.
Rev. Charles Wallace and wife Of
Waverly spent Monday with Mrs.
Addie Wells.
George Plattenburg Of Mayview
spent several days last week with
friends in Dover.
Rev. %Barrenburg and wife spent
Wednesday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
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BROWNSVILLE HAPPENlNds.

vi WILL AM mAAChNLhJ
Mrs. Geo. Salyers was here We'd
nesday.
Tom Hickman of Kansas City spent
Sunday here.
Gaines Smith spent Sunday with a
sick brother at Fayette.
The Misses Mary and Matte Lauder
back were in town Saturday.
Miss Sophie Ridge and b. f. Ridge
are home from Walker, Mo.
Not much news. That is. having been
no better, the writer couldn't find
much.
Miss Minnie Ridge, who is teaching
near town, spent Sunday at Castle
Ridge.
Rev. Coil gave a shot chile" sermon
at his church Sunday evening. He is
decidedly one of the best ministers
here in many a day. May his work of
reform go On.
Miss Florence Hall, of Lexington,
spent Saturday evening with Miss
Blanch Foulds, and on Sunday Miss
Foulds, Miss Hall, and Miss Emma
Schneider were guests of Mrs. Nancy
Miller Foulds Slusher near Corder.
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More Than Murderer.

vs. Hh
l do not know that you would call us
clever,
] only know somehow she loved me
we'll,
And that one day amid a storm of
passion,
| tempted her-and she-we-tempted
fell.
What we're the songs the sweet Wild
winds we're singingP
What was the music OF the minstrel
birdsp
l tempted her, and she-poor trusting
maiden
Was lured to ruin by a DEVILS words.
l know exactly how the world looks
on 1t:
The woman fell, and l. All, WELT the
world
Looks on a fallen mar with all COM
passion,
What time the woman 10 disgrace is
hurled.
She tempted me- tempted her, |
tell you;
nm a murderer, q prince Of M.
There is one grave where softly falls
ine moonlight,
She and our child lie sleeping on the
Hill.
What does the world sayP All! The
world condonos us.
The stronger (P) sex. The woman is
to blame.
What win god say, when on a dies
irae,
! hear anathemas .agalnst my nsmeg
walk the world forgiven BY life's
maIdens;
The iairesl smile on me--a ghoul Of
men,
And yel-Ah, God if she we're only
livingi
II were only what might have beepl
win Ward Mitchell
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LnfBERe 4 RosTAeNo,

Owing 10 the continous illness Of our
Higginsiylle Correspondent, Mr.. Will
Ward Mitchell, we have failed to set
our usual HlgginsvIlle letter several
times lately. We are glad 70 say that
Mr. Mitchell ID better aud wetrnst that
I'VE may have his letters regularly here
after.
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A NOTABLE
Books Of an American Living in China
Sold at Auctio

ANA
Sold At Auction.
The late W. n. Pethick, a nativee Of
New York, and for 80 years a resident
of Picking, had in manuscript a Inc
Of Ii Hung Chang which has appar-
emily been stolen. This loss is he
more to be regretted because Nh.
PethieKs long service as the vieerOy's
secretary gave him exceptional OPP
p%ortunities Of knowing the greatest
oriental statesmna Of our times. The
auction sale Of Mr.. Pethieks Library,
which was conducted on an unusual
principle, is thus described in the
North China Herald:
"0n Saturday, the 23d instant, at
three o'clock in the afternoon, the
late Mr.. w. n. Pethicks library was
disposed of by public auction. Nh.
Pethiek was a gentleman with pYO-
nounced literary proclivities, and
had collected books with great CA
ergy for years. His books and pssi-
odicals constituted his chief extTav-
agance, and there seemed no limisto
his ability to read and digest books.
The library consisted Of $500 books
on all varieties Of subjects. These
were divided into groups according
to their general character. The sue-
tion tsek but little time, as there
were only six or seven groups to be
sold, after which the library was ssh
as a whole to the enc who bid Nose
than the combined sum Of the other
bids. The first group consisted Of
books on China and related subjects,
500 in number. 1t took no expeThto
see that here we're books Of great
value, being rare and some Of them
out of print. Individual bookswoald
easily have brought from $40 to $50.
The bidding was not very vigorous,
and it was soon knocked down to Ar.
Lowry, Of the Methodist mission 6r
$3.50. The second group consisted0f
general literature, 1,400 volumes,
and contained besides other valuable
books the Encyclopedia Britannica,
a full set of Dickens, and a set Of
Punch, well bound. This class was
closed out to DR.. Lowry for $1,000.
A group Of $50 religious books went
to a gentleman from Russia for $20R,
which, doubtless, was the widest bsd
made, as he jumped from a $50bidto
$500, only two bids being made The
case containing books on Japan,aEd
art Chinese and japanese, was ex-
ceedingly valuable, containing DR..
Bushels exhaustive work on poree-
lain, worth in itself $1,000. Tl4s
group brought about $500. There
was quite a contest to see who would
secure the 35 large scrap-books filed
with clippings on all subjects imagia-
able. These were knocked down,tO
a Russian gentleman for $500. Other
smaller lots were sold, when these
came the bidding for the library as a
whole. The several items footed up
$4,000, but the library brought
$4,000, and will find its ultimate lo-
cation in the library Of the Methodist
college in Picking.
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STATE OF MISSOURI. /

STATE OF MISSOURI. lss
County OF Lafayette, 49,
WE, G. A. Frerking, president, and VIM. NJ.
Groves, cashier, Of said bank, each Of US, do
s%olemnly swear that the ABOVE statement is true
to the best OF our knowledge and belief
G. A. FRERKlNG, President.
WIN. NJ. GROVES, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me, this 10th
day Of November, A. d. nineteen hundred
and two.
- Witness my hand and %notarial seal the
SEAL date last Aforesaid. Commissioned anti
qualified for a term exniring May y.
1867 a. 3. AsBURY. JR.,
correct-Attest: Notary Public.
FRITZ LEHMAN,
HARRY RODEKOHR, Directors.
H.F. KLEINSCHMIDT,
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STATE OF MISSOURI, IT,
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE. re-
We, Richard Field, President, and Saml J.
Andrew, cashier OF said bank, each Of us, do
solemnly swear that the above statement is
true to the best of our knowledge and belief.
RICHARD FIELD, President.
SAM'L J. ANDREW, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 18th
day of November, A. d., nineteen hundred
and two.
Witness, my HAND and notarial
( sRAL seal the date last aforesaid. Com
missioned and qualified for a term
expiring August, l906l.
GUSTAV GRUBER, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
GEO. NJ. CATRON,
ED. MARK, Directors.
VIM. j. MORRISON,)
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STATE OF MISSOURI,
County Of Lafayette, -
I, Walter B. Waddell, President and Acting
Cashier, of said bank. do solemnly swear that
the above statement Is true to the best OF
my knowledge and belief.
WALTER B. WADDELL,
President and Acting Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 70 before me. this
1th day OF November. A. D., nineteen hum
dred and two.
Witness my hand and notarial seal
SEAL the date last aforesaid. Commits
stoned and qualified for a term ex-
piring January 18th, 1914.
signed II. LEE WALLACE,
Notary Public.
C~orrect-Attest:
d. ". b. TEVIS,
10. HOFFMAN, }DirectOrs.
E. F. NICHOLSON,
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STATE OF MISSOURI.

STATE OF MISSOURI.
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE. IS
We, b. NJ. Taubman, President. and Geo. NJ.
Vaughan, Cashier Of said bank, each Of as, do
solemnly swear that the above statement 10
true TO the best Of our knowledge and
belief.
B. NJ. TAUBMAN, President.
GEO. M. VAUGHAN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me, this 18th
day OF November, A. d. nineteen hundred and
two.
Witness my hand and notarial seal
SEAL the date last aforesaid. (Commis-
stoned and qualified for a term ex-
piring December II, 1861
w. II. CHILES, Notary Public.
C~orrect-Attest:
J.R. MOOREHEAD,)
". j. q. ROUR Directors.
JAMES f. CATRON,A
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We desire to notify all our friends
that We have moved from our old
place OF business to the room one door
v est Of Grand Central hotel. We
desire also to say emphaticallY from
this on It will be a strictly Caucasian
saloon. Respectfully,
wltd6t LfMBERe 4 ROsTAGN0,
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The Rock Island railroad has changed
its plans aud will run twelve miles
south OF Warrensburg, Two miles south
of Holden, through Pleasant Hill, and
into Kansas City, from that point
parallel to the Mo. p.
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Everybody has in excuse for his
shortcomings Ia.A
Democrat.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13
Emphasize Children's
Virtues, Not Their Faults
And they Will Continue
To Do Better.
BY MAGARET STOWE.

The more parents Learn to un-
derstand their childreS the
greater is their power of\self-
control and the ability to Mold
their characters.
If a mother has wisdoN
enough, patience enough, ano
love enough she can perform
miracles.
She can keep down in her
child tendencies that have the
strength OF lions and encourage
germs of virtue almost toe
feeble TO come 10 the light.
il is a common fault among
parents to dwell too much upon
the faults of their children anc
too little upon the virtues.
They seem to be wholly tor
getful of their own sensitive
ness to public censure. A chile
that is constantly found faul
with looses courage and won
ders if there is any use in tryin'
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13
Sobriety Becoming Necessity.
indianapolis News)

In this day sobriety has come pIet-
ty nearly to mean total abstinence.
AS u cold business proposition, great
corporations and private firms are
enforcing practical abstinence. They
demand such condition OF their
employees that practically any drink
at all becomes too much drink.
Science has come from another direc-
tion to support the same end. The
old idea OF the efficacy OF moderate
drinking finds no support in modern
medical science. "a man is us old as
his arteries" is IA saying well known
in medince. When the arteries take
on the ossified character the end is
at hand. Now. modern science says
that frequent indulgence in alcohol
tends to produce arteral ossitication
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13
CANYON CITY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1902.

and no redress is possible, and
there have been a number of
cases where lightning has set
fire to the range.
, For the above reasons it is
Gged that ranchmen make
greater effort TO protect them
selves, not only against fires
which may be set by irrespon-
sible parties; but also against
fires which may be set by the
railway companies, as the rail
way company's guards stop all
outside fires that reach them, it
would seem no more than right
for the public to have some or
ganized system of interior pro
lection.
When the country was all
open range, fires were not so
disastrous, but now, with the
increasing area in cultivation,
and considering the value of tn e
crops, there is greater need for
systematic fire guard protection
on section mes, or, at least, on
the outside boundaries of all IN
tracts.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13

dwell upon the faults of child
rem you will only impress them
all the deeper upon their con.
sciousness, making it harder for
them to conquer them.
A fault can be put out of the
mind easier and more successful
ly, not by dwell ling upon it, but
by attempting to put it out indi-
rectly by filling the mind with
encouraging thought.
Children need encouragement
as far as reforming goes. Look
only for the good and when you
find it emphasize it so they may
have an incentive for trying all
the harder. A child is easily
wounded with a sense OF its fail
ureS, and mothers should make
an effort to inspire and cheer
them.
Always send your children to
bed in happy frame of mind.
Even in their sleep that impres
sion is retained and they wake
in the morning ready and eager
to do their best.
Not long ago read of a beau
tiful idea. Parents would do
we'll to put into practice.
The thought was this: Sing
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13

Having disposed of our entire mercantile
interests at Amarillo, Canyon and Hereford,
Texas, we beg to announce that we have
opened private Banks at Amarillo and Here
ford under the old firm name of
SMITH, WALKER & COMPANY
with financial responsibility of over FOUR
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOL
LARS. We enter the field well equipped to
handle the banking business i'm all that the
name implies, upon safe and conservative
basis. We solicit liberal share of your
business,
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13
SMITH, WALKER & co.
BANKERS,
Amarillo, Texas.

Bonham News: The tanncry at
| Sulphur Springs sold $1,000 worth of
leather to Dallas firm last week.
| This leather was made from the hide
Of cattle raised in the county. made
with home labor, and every dollar
of the money will he kept in local
circulation. Why not have more
tannerics In TeNas, We have all tn
raw material 10 run them.
If the leather used by the factor
in Dallas were placed before the |
pie they would be astonished. ]
claimed by those who profess
know that Dallas saddle and
ness factories use more leather I
the industries OF any other cit
the world. This leather comes !
II dis ance. Freight is charged fd
going out In hides and coming 10,
in leather, and this il added t'AP {
price of the goods. III Texas We
short on cattle which bear the hde
or short on tanning material 'hert
might be some reason for sc 3ung
the leather from II distance. Bur We
have the cattle and the bark ann "a
tuber which grows in the Panhandle
which is said to contain more and
better tanic acid than any kind OF
bark. Yet we send out for leather!
In time all this will he different.
Economy will make the change
Dallas News.
The plant referred to Is canaigre
We have from time to time urged
upon our people the propriety OF
establishinga tannery here. Canyon
City has the water, and thousands
of acres of land contiguous to town
suitable for the raising OF the best
tanning agent known. 1t is n mat
ter of common knowledge that soon
er or later II railroad will be built up
through the southern country and
Canyon City Hose her commercial
advantages, she will cease to be the
distributing point for the large scope
of country whose trade she now en-
Joys, then ii she has not something
to fall back on we will sink to the
common level of u little dead alive
village. Therefore it behoOves our
citizens to look about them and turn
their attention to factories. The
great Plains is not suitable to cotton
raising, therefore we cannot look to
textile industries. but we have the
hides in unlimited quantities and
could operate tanneres, boot and
shoe factorier, harness and saddle
works.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13

to be good, then soon returns to
utter Indifference.
He might as well have a good
time in his own way since he is
considered thoughtless and sell
fish anyhow.
On the other hand let a moth
er try 70 remember the good
things he has done or said dur
ing the day, even though il may
be only one, and when he comes
to her at night for a little talk
or his prayers, tell him how
pleased you were to notice them
VOW happy they have made you,
Nd youcan feel sure that he
WY alwEs remember to go on
doihs whit is right, first be-
causeSt is ight, aud then be,
cause y pieces you and makes
you veryproa of him.
Watch his ice glow with
pleasure at youpraise and his
eyes reflect I'll determination
to try harder TO W your appro-
| baton.
| have seen a cld's whole
nature change and (velop for
the better under II. treat
ment.
1t stands to reason til if you
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13
VOL WI.

Green wheat fields Ire verv
much in evidence on all sdes in
the country. The acreage SEEMS
to be unusually large this fan
the late seasonable rains viii
make the winter pasturage un.
usually good and cattle will fare
well this winter for green feed.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13

Mrs. Mamie Curtis, State Lee
turer for the w. G. II. u, will
lecture in Canyon City Thurs
day and Friday, nights Novem-
Der 18th and 14th. Mrs. Curtis
is a very talented lady and we
hope will Ie greeted with a
crowded house. Admission fees
will be nominal. Particulars
will be given later.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13

ing, which is one of the bene-
fetal and eXhilarating pastimes
for children, is not sufficiently
indulged in.
1t is singularly difficult to in
duce children in Sunday school
to sing out freely, and when
there are strangers present the
little ones are almost sure to be
seized with a shyness that
makes them dumb.
Much of this shynesS would
be overcome if in the family
there was practice of singing
together in the evening.
Pianos are everywhere, and
almost all mothers can play
enough to manage few simple
melodies. A good might song
before separating would be
found to sooth away some of
the cares and vexations of the
day, and the children would be
more ready to go peacefully to
bed, their minds having been
calmed and their nerves quieted
by the music.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13

The open saloon is much to be pre-
ferred to the pool halls usually es-
tablished in prohibition towns. The
saloon keeper, where officers make
any effort whatever to respect the
laws, isplaced under n $4,000 BOND
conditioned to keep minors out OF
the saloon, to keep Il quiet and or
derly house, and do various other
things to prevent evil. No parent
can by either verbal or written per-
mission authorize his minor to enter
the saloon, while it is almost impos-
sible to prevent minors from ire
uuenting the pool halls. lndulgent
Christian. parents will he induced to
lief fAcir sons go to such places.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13

Don't forget the so days sale
at A. L. Anderson's.
u 80 ~
The ladies OF the Methodist church
will give II dinner on Thanksgiving
day. Nov. 9th. Everything the
market affords, cooked as only good
cooks know how to prepare. Dain-
ties will he served. Everybody III
vited to be present.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-11-13
Visit our Store and get our prices
THOMAS BROS.

Would it not be we'll for the
citizens of Canyon City to estab-
lish public reading rooms and
music rooms where the young
men of the town and strangers
visiting could easily be enter
tanned every night without hav-
ing to collect at evil places
to pass away an hour or SO,
Give the boys a better loafing
place.