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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
Leeaeles to Employees.

In addition to leaving over e10O,-
600 to Glasgow charities, Mr.. James
Dick, the Glasgow gutta-percha mil
lionaire, whose will has just been reg
istered at Edinburgh, has bequeatned
handsome sums to all his employees:
The cashier received $4,000.
Each clerk gets $500.
The manager of departments, $500.
Each woman worker with thirty
years service, $500.
Women workers with twenty years
service, e1OO.
And every other woman worker is
bequeathed ESQ.
The men employees are not so hand
somely provided for.
Those with forty years service get
e1O0.
Twenty years service, ELS.
Fifteen years service, $50.
The remainder, ESQ each.
To his domestics, Mr.. Dick also
makes handsome legaeies.
The cook gets $4,000 and the
housemaid, coachman, and the gard
ener $1,000 each.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

Recently a Duluth minion Of the law
had occasion to visit a family living in
the West End. He wanted to see tho
man of the house, but as he was not
in, he sat down and waited in the
kitchen. A young girl, apparently
about IL years of age, was busying
herself knecding bread.
The officer watched the proceeding
for some time. when he remarked:
Don't you go to SCHOOL,
mo, l stopped school some time
ago"
Il should think that a girl your age
would want to get as much education
as possible before taking the respon-
sibility attending household duties"
Yes, maybe"
But why don't you go to school,
them"
We'll" she stammered, because
my husband thinks l had better stay
at home"
Then the officer looked out Of the
window and the conversation came to
an end.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
ROsEs wERE roc ExpENsNE.
Wisconsin Man Would be Satisfied
With Carnations

Wisconsin Man Would be Satisfied
With Carnations.
Speaking of dreams" said one Of
the fellows the other day, "a friend Of
mine told me a good n on his part
ner. The partner came from a small
interior town, where he kept a gen
eral store and sold prunes and such
things that do not require much
money to keep in transit. The Mil
waukee business was a large n and
involved the expenditure Of large
amounts Of money. The country part
ner had frequent attacks Of cold feet
and vas only braced up at such times
by the assurance of the city man and
the ocular proof given by the books
of the firm.
well, the other night the city man
dreamed that his partner came into
the office with a downcast, woebegone
face and announced:
We'll I'm way in now
"'Pshaw, old fellow, don't get feaz-
ed like that. til be a long time yet
before 1 buy roses for your coffin
Rosesl Roses! Don't you ever
buy any roses Tor my coffin. Don't
you know carnations are a great deal
cheaper than roses?'
And the realism of the dream was
so complete that the dreamer awoke
and laughed so that he couldn't get
to sleep again for an hour."-Milwau-
kee Sentinel.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
~rRlsrAN D'AcUNHA.



The death. IN his n~inety-ffth year. Of
Thomas Watson. tine governor OF the
small island Of Tristan d'Acunha. mi
the South Atlantic ocean, directs at.
tention to q little community which is
practically severed from communfca-
ton with the rest of the world.
Tristan d'Acunha was discovered by
the Portuguese Ia 1906. and formal pos
session was taken of this small speck
In the ocean I'M 1917 by q company Of
British artillery, for the purpose Of
keeping a watch ON Napoleon, at that
time a prisoner I'm st. Helena. On the
death of Napoleon the soldiers were
withdrawn, with the exception Of Cor
poral Glass and two companions. who,
with some whaling men, were the
founders Of the present settlement.
The colony flourished and numbered
in 1898 twenty-seven souls. and in 1887
there was a population of nin~ety-seven.
Property Is held In common. and there
Is no strong dring, and no crime, while
the Inhabitants are healthy and long
lived. The oldest inhabitant acts as
governor. A ship of war pays the is
land an annual visit, and brings the
only mail that ever reaches the inhabi-
tants. The settlement is in a fertile
part Of the island. and is called New
Edinburgh. The population has been
for some years almost stationary, and
Is kept down by ~migrations to the
Cape.
Watson went to Tristan d'Acunha
from the Cape sixty-hve years ago, and
never afterwards left the island-Buf-
falO Commercial.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
The Tramp Rsady for Any Job.

The Tramp Ready for Any Job.
The gay cat applies for a job where
he hears men are wantel, he knows
not for what. "Can you drive four?"
asks the boss. It may be the hobo
doesn't know whether It is four nails
or four tent stakes he is to drive, but
he confidently answers, Sure thing!
Had a job driving four last month at
-" (any one of the ten thousand
places he has been to, so he can
answer questions If the boss Is in
clined to put them), and the next
morning. finding the -four" he is to
drive are horses, he c~onhdentially ap-
proaches a fellow-employe with, Say,
Bud, show me how to put the harness
on the plugs, viii your" Asked If he
knew how to make watches or dyna-
mite cartridges he would doubtless
say he did; he might fail at either. but
he would not weakly deny himself an
opportunity to try. This is not true of
an, but IL is a distinctive trait, born
Of necessity IN men that seek employ
ment In many and various zelda
Leslie's Monthly.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
NEW VERSION or OLD STORY.
Little italian Boy Declared They Took
Babies out Of Cabbaues.

Little Italian Boy Declared They Took
Babies out Of Cabbaaes.
There are almost as many versions
Of the stork legend as there are Of the
original creation. but that com
biues the familiar features of that
pretty fiction with caDbages IS certain.
ly unusual.
Such a version was recently told to
an East Side kindergarten teacher by
n Of her Italian pupils.
Just before the morning exercises
began she was sitting at her desk. and
the children were standing in groups
about the room animatedly discussing
their various important affairs, when
suddenly the teacher caught the fol.
lowing scrap of their conversation .
But they are born in cabbages; I
tell o know they are"
The speaker was a bright-eyed little
Italian boy, who had for his audience
a little Sicilian girl.
"You don't believe that. do you.
~teacher?" she queried. turning round.
Believe what, earlier" was the in.
quiry.
Alberto, he say that babies be
born in cabbages."
Why, teacher, Of course you be-
lieve II, don't your" inquired Alberto
~excitedly.
Tie teacher was rather puzzled.
To say mo" was to shake the child's
faith in his mothers pretty fable, SO
she temporized.
Il don't really think / ever heard of
their being" said she.-New York
Tribune.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
Ha certaInly adored her.

had thrown a ray of It's very own
light, dimpled and fresh and petite
and ingenious. She had no theories
about platonic affection, the perfect
control Of the passions, the value Of
self denial to increase spirituality or
any of the others. She was conscious
only that she was full Of life and glad
ness and reveled in mere existence.
She wal tender and sympathetic and
laughter and tears were equally near
TO her blue eyes.
Thornton and Eva La Sharpe met
casually and were mutually attracted.
She had heard whispers Of his dreary
home life and when she saw the shad-
ows In his eyes, her own shone with
sympathy. And sympathy is a dan
gerous emotion FOR a beautiful woman
10 feel for a handsome nan
She was destined By her ambitious
mamma to be the bride Of Herman
skinner, Atty. b~ald-headed, thin-ipped'
smaii-eyod and president Of the Six
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

Time was when men wore their
hats in church, and Pepys evidently
considered it an unnecessary piece of
strictness 10 insist on the bare head
IN the church. In his diary for No
vember ~, 1861, he has an entry: ITO
church and heard a simple fellow
upon the praise of church musique.
and explaining against mems wearing
their hats Ia church" On September
IS following he went to the French
church at the Savoy, where the min.
lister do preach with his hat OF. !
suppose IN further conformity with
our church" Probably IL was about
this date that the custom Of removing
hats Ia the church Degan-LOndon
Chronicle.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

teenth National bank. She wept at
the very idea.
Given this situation there could be
but one ending. This is best told by
a letter from Thornton to his wife:
New York. June 4.
Dear Madam; When this reaches
you I will be on the ocean outward
bound from the shores I shall never
see again. Eva La Sharpe goes with
me. We will establish ourselves in a
modest way in some village in south
ern Europe, there to find that love
which seemed to be denied us In the
more conventional life which we leave.
/ am very sorry to bring upon you
and Alice this disgrace and can only
say in extenuation that I am sure in
your case the blow will DO felt only
by your pride and not your heart God
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
Eatal Imnrovements.

An uptown physician tells Of a Ger
man friend, a poor journeyman baker,
who sent his wife to a local hospital
when she fell in. The physician al
way asked with interest after the
condition of the sick woman when he
met the German, and was told in re-
ply: "Well, doctor, they say at the
hospital there's Improvement" This
reply did not vary from day to day
for a month or more, and was always
spoken by the German very stolidly,
as though he really did not see in the
report any grounds for hope. Then
one morning, meeting the physician
and being asked the usual question.
he said;
"Oh, she's dead, doctor"
"Dead?' repeated the physician,
what do they say she died of"
"They didn't say-they didn't have
to-" answered the German. Il knew.
She died of too many improvements ("
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

knows 1 loved you dearly, and my love
would have kept alive on crumbs Of
encouragement, but you killed it de-
liberately and intentionally and are
rearing your daughter, 1 fear, to break
some other mans heart.
/ wish you all the success and hap
piness in the world and have arranged
our financial affairs in 2 manne that
will meet your approval. MI. Birge
will call on you on that phase of the
matter.
AS for me, I am going to live again.
God, the Joy Of holding in my arms a
woman with a pulsating heart and
gladness and sympathy and love in her
eyes. She gives up more than I, for
I can never give her nor
her children a name unless
you should find It in your heart
to obtain a divorce. That is wholly
in your hands. Good-by, forever, and
God bless and keep you and Alice"
Opinion was divided as whether he
was all to blame or whether Helen
should share a portion Of the fault.
Everybody agreed, however, that there
we're no e~xtenuating circumstances re-
garding Eva La Sharpe. This is the
habit Of the world.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
How GEN. Gee MET FUNSTON.


Pitiable Plight Of A~gulnaldo's caPturer
at the Close Of the Cuban War.
In a recent public address Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee tells an interesting story of
how, while consul general at Havana,
he first met Gen. Funston. Il remem-
Der one day" he said, "as l was sitting
in my Office there came to me with
slow step d rag of a man. He was
thin and worn and did not seem to
have on anything but a straw hat and
a linen buster. His appearance was
sinister, and l said to myself, If that
man makes a movement toward his
pocket, 1 will have to kill him in self
defense Finally he came closer and,
putting his hands out, he said, is this
the consul general?' 1 was so glad to
hear the English language that 1 said
quickly, Yes, yes; this is Gen. Lee.
What can l do for your
Well, he said, I have been a
colonel in the Cuban army. l was
wounded pretty badly and l have had
fever. I want to get back to the states
and so / came to see you
Il told one of my men to take the
poor fellow and fit him out with a suit
of clothes and a pair Of shoes and
whatever else he needed and let him
lie in a bath until the steamer sailed
and / would look after the transpor-
tation. Just before he left it struck
me to ask him his name. Where are
you from l said Kansas, he replied.
What's your name?' 1 asked. 'Funs-
ton, he answered.
80" said Gen. Lee, Il had some
thing myself to do with the capture of
Aguinaldo."
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
Rlshop opposes Tobaeeo.

Bishop Nicholson Of the Milwaukee
Episcopal diocese has created a sensa-
ton among the priests and laity of the
diocese by issuing a sort Of a pronun-
ciamentO against the use Of tobacco.
The bishop maintaiIE there is not one
trace OF spiritual he'll or physical gain
from the use of tobacco, but untold
evils have resulted from its use.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

Your old master was not a man Of
abstemious habits, was he, uncle
Yes, sah," answered Uncle Gabrial
Possumfat, scratching his snowy poll.
ITO tell de troof, he was. He done
steam up pow'fully sometimes, sab"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
oNn rARn ZOE NE ROUND

ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND
TRIP.-Via Grand Trunk System.
Chicago to Portland, Me-, selling
dates, July 5 to 9, inclusive. Also via
Grand Trunk System, Chicago to
Providence. R. l., selling dates, July
4, 8, g.. For limits, time tables and
further information apply to Geo. W,
Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A, 1876 Adams St.
Chicago, Ill
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
-Four Meals ! pav.

Washington hotels are said to be the
only ones in this country that serve
four regular meals every t~wenty-four
hours-breakfast, luncheon, dinner and
supper-the latter being served in some
cases as late as midnight.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

There are three states which have no
debt-lOwa, Nebraska and Illinois.
There are three others which have al
most no debt-California, Montana and
Nevada.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality, of Defiance Starch makes 1t
next I'd impossible to sell any other
brand.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

will have Defiance starch, not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money. but also because Of
superior quality.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

"A noted Missouri acrappe died recent.
ly, and his admirers raised a monument
was always looking for "a nght with 3
man Of his size"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

speak OF IL as a hungry aea?' "It takes
the dinner right out OF a PERSONS
mouth"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

FITS FermanoutlyCured Nohta rnorvouano aftoI
bret day use of DR.. khno'a Great Nerve Rostorar.
Send for FREE o2.OO trial bottle and troatae.
ia X kLiAE LtdssA Arch ST. Philadelphia. Pa
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

ALL W no DATE HOUsEKEEPERs
use Defiance Cold Water Starch. because
g. ia better and & o.. more of a. Tor same
money.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

Cuatomer-Brlng me some cheese. Waite
er-S0rry, sir. The cheese ~ out Gus
tomer-Mhen do you expect ~ backf
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

Measure a man by his everyday
conduct rather than by his extraordin-
airy exert'ons.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

"He hasn't spoken 10 BITS wife FOR nVe
years. 'Nhot q QuarroIaome wretch ne
must bei' mo. he's deaf and dumb
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

Married life Is sometimes one grand.
SWEET song, observes the Cynical Bach
eioF, and sometimes It's rag-time."
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

Hairs Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, Zoe.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

Scion was right-one cannot Judge
OF a mans merit until after his
death.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
.Kative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01

$50 A WEEK AND EXPENSES
70 men with rig 10 introduce our Poultry goods.
hendstp. Juvelie ME-. Co, Dept .Paraons,Kan
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-08-01
CUTLCURA

A Single Set, price s., Is often
sufficient to eure the most tortur-
ing, disfiguring skin, scalp, and
blood humours, rashes, itehings,
and irritations, with loss of hair,
when aft else fails.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17

the firm at Wesson, Hazlehurst
ana Canton Miss. Besides be
ing the head of the fell known
firm, Mr.. McGrath was one of
the organizers of the CONNER
.clal Bank of Brookhaven, and
was president of that institution.
His rugged honesty, catholicity
OF spirit and kindness of heart
made him respected and loved by
all who knew him -
]. J. McGrath, his youngest
son is head of the Canton store.
and he with his family have been
residing here several months and
to them The Times extends sym.
pathy in their great loss.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17
Hon. H. B. Greaves.

This name heads our columns
as a candidate for the state SEN
ate, to fill the vacancy occasion
ed by the appointment of Hon.
R. G. Lee, as United States Dis
trict Attorney. Mr.. Greaves is
one Of the ablest members of the
Canton bar, a man of fine char
acter, high culture, unimpeach-
able integrity, and possesses
every elhment to make him a
good senator, having had also
former experience in this line
Send him to the senate people of
Madison.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17

oldest and best citizens vast !,
Canton, was among his Canton
friends this week.
Mr.. Thos. Faucet, of Laure,
formerly of this county, died a
lew days ago. A good man and
La good citizen is gone.
I. N. Jones, lone Of the largest
mercantile dealers in Madison
and a mighty clever fellow. was
in the city Thursday.
The Catholic ladies will give
one OF their old time suppers and
entertainmentsat the opera house
Wednesday, January Goth.
The home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Morris has recently been
made happy by the advent Of a
son.
Mrs. Albert McNeal, of. Water
Valley, spent a few days this
week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Allen.
Be ready for the cold weather
in January and FEBRUARY, and
buy your underwear at John
McGrath & Sons Co. at their
great clearing sale and take
advantage of the bargains, IT
49, Goth.
!. The subject of the lecture to be
delivered at the Catholic church |
by Father Mcnamara, Sunday
night, at 7:30 p. M. is: "Papal
Infallibility, or is the Pope of
Rome Infallible. The public
invited.
What is more discouraglng
than to try to get heat out of
poor coal. Don't be fooled any
more but let me fill your bins
with coal that has been sold in
his market, by me for ten years
and which / guarantee to be the
BEST to be obtained for the money,
Geo. G.. Shachleford.
S. H. Brister, of Yazoo,
brought to Canton few days ago
hree shoats only eighteen
months old that weighed 1910
pounds and sold them for 6 cents
,er pound, netting him 1914. 20.
This is a remarkably good show. Il
ng and proves that there. is
money in hogs. Mr.. Brister is a :
lever gentleman and a fne
pecimen of manhood. is a pros
erous farmer. and lives on the
Id homestead of his grandfather,
ear Moore Ferry, which proves i
is business foresight and tenao-
".
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17

Phone 140 when you want job
Printing.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17
To the Farmers.

We have now the following fertilizers
for sale with prices attached:
Armour's Blood and Zone per sack, 1877
pounds, ST.. 30. per ton. SlS6
Nonpari i per sack, 2U0 lbs, $40; per
ton, S20.n0.
Royal c per sack, 200 lbs, $500; pei
ton, 5000
Acid Phosphates. II per cent goods.
per sack, 700 lbs, 81 .62k per ton.
Sic. IS.
Acid Phosphate, II per cent goods, in
bulk, per sack. 100 lbs, 74c; per ton.
Sl4.s0
1.-THE best Acid Phosphate ever sold
htre.)
These prices subject to change,
the above fertilizers need no recon-
mendation on our part. they have
spoken for themselves. IL is wise to
haul the fertilizers home while the
ros DIS are COCO
For further information, iuqnire at
the Office of the Canton Cotton Ware
house Co., or the Mississippi State
Bank. l-1O 3m.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17
To While aWaq the Hours.

When you want relasation and re-
creation you have no idea how much
company and comfort there is in a
fine Music Box.
| have the Agency Of the Regina
Music Box Co., of New York, the
largest ard best manufacturers of
these Instruments will sell on
easy terms to responsible parties An
inspection of these instruments IL
invited. I. c. SIEDE,
Jeweler.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17
Prohibition.

AT the solicitation of many
temperance sources the Governor
has recommended to the Legis.
lature to pass a law for State pro-
hibition: Such law has been
tried in Maine, Kansas and Iowa,
and has proven failure. The
laws being utterly ignored and
the officials winking att, notably
in Kansas. where Mrs. Garry Ma,
tons has figured. New York
has just returned to local option.
This is the best way to handle
the liquor traffic.
Up,to-date job Work done al
the Times Office.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17

went first to Waterbury, Conn,
then to Savannah, Ga He came
to Mississippi in 1858, and for
about thirty years thereafter was
engaged in the construction SER
vice of the Illinois Central Rail-
road. In 1873 he founded the
mercantile establishment of
John McGrath & Sons, in Brook
haven. on a capital stock of S15
90, which he had managed to
save from his earnings in the
railroad service; From this
small beginning, by the coop
Grafton and energy Of his four
sons, all of whom proved to be
fine business men, the large de-
store of John AcGrath
& Sons of Brookhaven has
grown, and the branch houses of
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17
Announcement.
OF
c. L, GROSS co.

AT the recent annual meeting
of the heirs and stock holders of
the c. L. Gross company, it was
decided to continue the business
under the firm business as here
tofore retaining the same officers
and board of directors. We wish
to thank our friends and the
public generally for past favors,
and assuring all the same fair
treatment that has always been
accorded our customers at the
old reliable. We ask q contln-
uance of their patronage in
future. We are,
Respectfully,
THE G. L. GRoSS Co.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17
John McGrath !.

John McGrath, one of the
most prominent citizens and bust
ness men of Brookhaveu, died on
the 18th, of Pneumonia, after an
illness OF eight days.
John McGrath was born in
limerick county, Ireland, in 1892,
He came to America in 1851, and
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17
Notice.

To all subscribers who are I'M
able to pay cash, we wish to say
that we will take any kind of
supplies. such as fresh meat,
chickens, eggs. butter, old yam
potatoes. christmas turkey and
any kind of good wood that will
do for a stove.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17
Strayed or Stolen.

From my Virden Place in this
county about LIST of Dec. 1881,
one black heavy set mare mule
in fine condition about ten years
old, reached name and tail. Had
on, when left. a brass bell tied
with a rope. A liberal reward
will be paid for her delivery to
me in Canton or to mark Burk on
Virden place or for any informa-
ton leading to her recovery.
MRS. SALLIE OLSEN.
j3-4t.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17

FOR THE QUEEN.
1t is probable you could make
some one far happier than the
Queen by present of Watch,
a ring, or jewelry in some form.
l have beautiful goods fit for
any Queen. and now is the time
for you to invest some of your
share of the general prosperity.
T. G. SIEDE, Jewe1er.