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Notice to Creditors.
ESTATE of JOHN THISTLE, deceased.

ESTATE of JOHN THISTLE, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, Administrator, of the Estate of John Thistle, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said decea ed, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publica- tion o! this notice to the said administrator at his office in the Bank Building in the town of Winslow the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate, in said County of Navajo.
 F. w. NELSON, Administrator of the Estate of John Thistle, deceased.
 Dated Winslow, Arizona this 26th day of September 1904.
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every heart was uplifted by the spirit of torbearance and forgive ness that was manifested by all the participants in the best and most successful convention ever held in Navajo county
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Glilcb lilC udlllc Ol D. F.. lldllhS- and Mir. Ninlan Miller presented the claims of C. 1. Houcks the present incumbent in a plain dis tinct and convincing manner no further nominations appearing a ballot was taken resulting in 19 for Houck and IS for Hanks when on motion off. F. Mahoney seconded by Mr. Hanks. Mir. Houck was declared by unanim- ous vote to be the nominee for Sheriff which was received by the convention with hand clapping and approval in which the oppos- ing candidate heartily joined.
 4th. Nomination for Treasurer being next in order Mir. F ]. Wattron was placed in nomina- tion there being no other nomina- tions the Rules were suspended and Mir. Wattron was nominated by exclamation.
 5th. Nomination for Recorder was then called when the name of F. M. Buck was placed before the convention there being no op- posing candidate the Rules were suspended and his nomination was made by exclamation.
 9th. Nomination for District Attorney being in order the name of Hon. T. F. Moran was pres ented to the convention and his nomin a tion made by acclama- tion.
 7th. Order of Business was no- minations for Probate Judge. The name of Robert (. Smith was presented and without op- position was declared the nom- inee by exclamation.
 Sth. Order of Business being the nomination of the two candl- dates for the Office ofSupervisors the names of Chas. H. Ballard of Snowflake and w. H. Clark of Holbrook were presented and their nominations made under suspension of the Rules by accla- nation.
 On motion the selection of can didates for Justices of the Peace and constable was left to the several precincts.
 10th. Selection of d central committee was made by the un- animous choice of F. Mahoney, H. H. Herr, F. M. Buck and H. F. Bushman.
 The committee then presented d list of names which were placed in nomination and elected to serve as precinct committeeman for the ensuing year.
 All of the candidates were call ed upon and pledged themselves to the support of their fellow candidates and fidelity to the trusts Tn them imposed, all of whom were en t h u s 1 a tic ally cheered. A number of the dele gate including the candidates who failed in securing the several prizes for which their aspirations had led them to seek, responded in pledges of earnest sincere work for the election of every man on the ticket and amidst cheers and hand clapping the convention ad- iourned sine die.
 Then came a scene that moved the hearts of every one present when the contending factions who have fought each other with much vindictiveness for several
 a.oa t;an diccot.d q nd in
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OUseIHaUTy :
Mamma-What's the matter, John
ME?
fell down n hurt myself.
Mamma-Well, what are you crying
today for?
Johnnie-You weren't home yester.
day.
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it through, and, as he saw the initial in
the corner and realized what it meant, the
paper dropped from his nerveless fingers.
Pulling himself together with an effort
he went out and hurried to the office. The
girl was in her place. busy with her ma
chine.
Ethel" he taltered. striding 10 her and
selling her two unresisting hands, "you
did this for me?"
She looked up at him, half ashamedly.
and in her eyes showed a mist Of tears.
Her hands slipped from his grasp. and
shame-facedly he walked over to his desk
and dropped his head on his arms.
"Ethel!' he whispered-and could say
40 more.
"Jim" she murmured. twining her arms
about his neck and crying for very glad
ness. You're not angry? l wanted SO
much to help YOU
God bless you-Ethel,' he faltered. 81
am a despicable ~coward-but you have
given me the will to become a man again
will you help me always?"
Always" she murmured, the love-light
shining in her eyes.
Always, Jim. because I love you"
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When Crane Copied Robson.

There couldn't be any William H.
Crane "reminiscences without a refer
ence to "the days with Robson In
truth, they We're a good part Of the
interview stock Of Robson, too, for that
matter, though the late BERTHE war
keener Of Imagination than the come
dian, WIG is spending time With The
Spenders" just now.
They ak of my mannerisms,' said
Crane the other day. "Well, there was
q time in my stage career when l didn't
lave any. 1t was when Robson and I
were playing the two Dromios in "A
Comedy Of Errors Mr.. Robson had
get away from, for they were Of voice
as well as movement. Either he or I
had to initiate the other, and it fell to
me to do the initiating. For three
years 1 was tongue-tied, hand and
foot.
IF Mr.. Robson had a felon on his
finger, l had to nave one. If he had a
swollen jaw, I had to nave one. If he
%sprained his ankle, 1 a to have a
sprained ankle. We had to be alike
In every respect when on the stage, and
1t sometimes became a terrific strain.
Il remember Of going into Mr.. Rob-
sons dressing room once just after he
had put on his costume. / noticed that
his left knee was much larger than the
right one. What's the trouble?' T
asked. "A bad attack of rheumatism
said Robson" and Mr.. Crane can still
do that familiar little squeak. There
was nothing for me to do" continued
Mr.. Crane, but hurry back to my own
room and, to all intents and purposes,
have an attack of rheumatism in my
left knee, with the aid of bandages.
Why, when we put on The Henrietta
M l could stretch out. 1 felt like an
other man."
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This Cat Objected,

Golden Penny: French official redtape-
ism led to an amusing scene recently in
a provincial town. An old man having
died, the Judge de Paix formally sealed
up the house till the heirs should take
possession, in accordance witt Gallo law.
But the neighbors were soon disturbed by
the most frightful noises and meow
inga," and found that the house cat had
been sealed up inside with the rest Of
the dead mans property, and, as the judgd
had done his work most co~nscientiously,,
not a single exit remained for poor puss.
The neighbors dared not break the seals
to let puss out, SO, after some days, APP
piled to the nearest magistrate. He was
equally powerless, and a formal petition
had to be handed In to the president of the
civil tribune for legal authorization to
open a single crack In the building. Then
the Judge de PaiX and his officials solemn
ly proceeded to the house, and formally
broke the seals, with the result Of lib
Grating a very starved cat, which, being
exceedingly wild and spiteful from its
long Imprisonment, ungratefully flew at
the unlucky judge as he opened the door.
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Jimmy Carless, ad. man to a great ad-
vertising firm in London, was looking de-
cidedly grumpy. He sat in his room saw
agely gnawing a stub of pencil and frown-
ing at an open page Of a magazine which
lay on the desk before him.
Read it, he snapped, jerking the book
over to his typewriter, who sat, notebook
IN hand, waiting his pleasure.
The girl, with the mile for once absent
from her pretty face, took the open mag
azine and held it before her. Gould Jimmy
have seen behind it he would ave won
oered at the strange expression in her
eyes.
'Puerile! he called it. Pathological
twaddle!' The idea of an old curmudgeon
who couldn't write an ad. to save his life
presuming to c%riticise my work! By
crumbs, Ethel, I tell you, I was riled.
What's doubled the sale in the last
twelve months?' I asked him.
~ allow you your due, SIR he snorted,
you have done excellent work, but this
sort of stuff isn't up to your usual, and,
what's more, 1t won't do for me. Take
my advice, Carless, and pull yourself to-
gether for both our sakes.'
Nov, look here, Ethel" he went on re-
sentfully. There's my record book. I
ask you, isn't that page as good as any
thing I've ever turned out?'
The girl walked over to the side table,
and. opening the book, examined the speci-
men ads. pasted in it's pages. An unusual
nush was on her cheeks, and she was glad
he could not see her face.
Mechanically she turned the pages.
There was a memory attached to every
one Of those ads. she had pasted in this
book so carefully.
For the past three months, as the night
~ dissipation Slapped his mental power,
she had seen him gradually getting more
ana more incompetent. The 1uency of his
olctlon was gone. The snap and virility
OF his sentences were lacking. A growing
lnolfference resultant on brain-weariness,
and the increasing difficulty of proper
concentration necessary to evolve novel
arguments, had for some time made her
Tear this day. And now it was here, and
ne had asked her for her opinion.
George! How my head spins!" he cried,
lying back in his chair. Would you mind
giving me a glass of water? Everything's
green!"
The girl gently closed the book and ten
oered him a glass freshly filled from the
filter. He gulped the draught down and
pressed his hand to his aching brow.
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Very WE'LL said the chief, 81 want to
see it before it goes out. Don't forget!'
The significance of his enjoinder was
plain, and the face Of the ad. man flushed.
"Confound everything and every one!'
he cried in his impotence, and he tore the
paper into bits and strewed them on the
floor. Striding about the office he racked
his brain for the original thought that
would not come. His ~incapability mad
dened him, and drove him to raging at his
arbitrary treatment.
The old idiot should know that the
creative faculty can't be forced! he
stormed. He thinks I'm a machine
matter per hour!"
The entrance of the secretary inter-
rupted his railing.
Hello, jim: coming out to lunch?" came
the CHEEKY invitation.
He muttered a curt negative and flung
himself into his seat. The intruder set
tied his hat on his head and gave a pro-
longed whistle.
GO easy, Jimmy, my boy" he said
smilingly. You'll kill yourself. Your
brain will never stand the strain. Give it
| a rest, my boy, and
Get out!.' snapped the ad. man. Hang
you, can't you see you're bothering me?"
The man went out whistling.
Another hour went by and the end of 1t
found him still incabable.
Selling his coat and hat, he made for
the street. The girl met him in the cor
ridor, and her gaze fingered on his white,
strained face.
Ethel" he said coarsely. I'm going
out. If Barclay asks for that copy you
tell him I said he was to write it him
self. I've inished"!'
Before she could demonstrate he had
passed her and was hurrying down the
steps. She stumbled to the landing, and
~involuntarily the faltering whisper slipped
from her lips: "Jim-come back!"
He looked UP. Over the banister her
arms were outstretched to him. Startled
at the knowledge that she-the girl who
had accused him-wished him to return,
for a second he stayed, and then, like a
man demented, hurried quickly down into
the street.
After he had gone the girl reused her
self and slowly passed into his room.
Torn with emotion at the involuntary rev.
elation Of her feeling toward him and dis
traction at his mad action, she sat. her
hands pressed to her breast, a prey to
mental anguish. What would he think of
her? Could she ever face him again?
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T The step of the chief in the passage
reused her to a sense Of her surroundings
and she hurriedly thrust a sheet of paper
In the machine and commenced to tap
out a letter from her notebook. He
passed into his sanctum, and her fingers
stayed fixed to the keys at the thought
that presently he would come to pass
the copy for that page. If she told him
1t was not written it would be ruin for
the man she loved!
She crossed to the desk. The paper on
it was blank. She noted the Uttered
floor, and, hardly knowing what she did,
she picked up a fragment and gazed at
1t unseeingly. 1t was true then. He had
not been able to write it! She turned the
torn fragment Of paper in her finger, and
the scrubbed words on it riveted her at
tention.
1t was the headline Of the ad. he had at
tempted to write, and Immediately its De-
culiar aptness struck her. A rush of per-
tlnent phrases suggested by 1t came into
her mind, and she started at the sudden
thought that perhaps she could weave a
fabric on 1t that might pass censorship.
Iak1ng a sheet of paper she jotted down
the thoughts that crowded into her mind.
The phrases came with pleasurable ease.
Inc argument grew and shaped itself; a
particularly happy sentence forced a pass
ing smile.
1t was scarcely completed ere the call
came. Fighting to control herself, she
took up the sheet and carried it to the
chief.
II want Carless and thai copy"' he
raped out as she entered the room.
This is the copy, sir" she said quietly.
He took it from her hand. and, adjust
ing his glasses, went rapidly through it.
A succession of expressive grunts came
from his lips as he noted the concise and
forceful phrasing.
That's good" he said. and taking his
pencil he scrubbed his initial in the cor
ner and handed it back to her. "My COM
pliments to Mr.. Carless, young lady, and
tell him It's approved"
~omehow-sh scarcely knew how-she
managed to escape from his room.
Straight talks lone the youngster
good" said the old man, banging down
his rolltop desk. That's a seller: the
best thing he's done for u.s."
When Jimmy Carless. miserable and
mad at his folly, wen down to toy with
breakfast next morning, he found a letter
by the side of his plate. wonderingly he
opened 1t, and a sheet Of copy" lay In
his hand. Wide-eyed he stared at the
headline-his headline. Eagerly he read
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and a gummed pad at the end, or I'll
stick it with a wire skewer or some
thing! 1t mustn't go!"
1t was a hopeless 1 of notion, and
Claudia realized 1t when she began to
make hasty preparations for carrying
1t into effect; but h finally determined
to have a good try with the skewerl
Meanwhile the large hand Of the clock
was hurrying toward twenty-five min
utes past, while the hour hand was
painfully climbing toward the nine.
Thus it came about that, While Claudia
was engaged in the impossible task Of
inserting the skewer and her fingers
into the slot in such a way as to effect
the object she had In view, a hand was
placed on her shoulder and a mans
voice exclaimed:
Trying to steal the letters, by lingo!
Got you this time, my lady"
1t was the postman come to collect
the letters from the box at S:25. Claudia
uttered a cry Of dismay.
"Oh, l am not trying to steal them,
Mr.. Postman, indeed I am not. You
wouldn't think me guilty of that.
have dropped a letter into the box
which don't wish to go now! Will you
give it back to me?"
Cant do it, miss!" returned the man
stoutly. He recognized Miss Silburn
and dropped the accusation of stealing.
AS soon as a letter Is dropped into
that ere box, miss, 1t Is the property
OF the postmaster general, you know. !
can't do anything for you!"
But 1 can tell you which one it ia
and who it is addressed to-" pleaded
Claudia earnestly. 1T will make sew
eral people unhappy now II that letter
goes. There!" as the man opened the
box. You will see it, for there are
only three. 1t Is the one in the lavender
envelope"
This is the one, I expect" said the
man, picking up the lavender enve-
should make a clutch at 1t. I'm very
sorry, but l can't give 1t to you! Halo!
Why. If you haven't slipped it in the
box without addressing III"
1t was a fact! Claudia gaZed at the
blank envelope, with the red stamp
fixed to the top right hand corner, and
vaguely wondered If this omission
would help her. The man soon ex-
planned the position.
miss! When they get hold Of it at the
g.. p. O.. the first man will sling 1t
into the blind box, as they call 1t.
That's When the letters amt plainly adj
dressed or anything O. that sort. After
that, your letter will find its way to the
Dead Letter Office; they'll open it, see
your address and return it to you, un-
less you've put the name and address
of the other party inside, which ladies
don't do as a rule! Good evening, Miss!
l hope as it'll be all right"
He swung the door to with a bang
and continued his round of collection.
Claudia gave a happy little laugh and
sped back home, dropping the skewer
unconsciously as she ran along.
There was no address inside, SO
they can't send it back to me or any
one else!" she laughed. "Oh, how glad
I ami"
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Thanks, Ette.," he said weakly.
you're a good little girl. Had rather a
time with the boys last night, you know"
Tell mel" he cried ENORMOUSLY, and,
lifting his eyes, he saw the strange look
on her white face.
"The criticism was just she said,
firmly.
He started forward at the charge and
glared at her incredulously. Had he heard
Alright? Was it Ethel-his typewriter
who had uttered the Indictment?
ut is true,' she said quietly, seating
herself at the desk. Your earlier work
was good; there was nothing better. This
Is but a string Of stereotyped p~latitudes-
bald and ~unconvincing. If you like I will
tell you why, butts it necessary?'
His fingers went to his mouth and he
gazed at her stupidity.
"No; it is not necessary" she continued
deliberately, and her voice seemed to come
to him from a distance. But it is very
p%itiful.''
For a space there was no word spoken,
n then, suddenly, his two hands went up
to his head as the business of the incrimi-
nation forced a groan from his twitching
lips.
White-faced n trembling lie staggered
up and held open the door.
THANK you Ethel" he stammered.
Will you please leave me? I will ring
for you When I want you"
The girl rose and faced him..
THAT page for next months insertion
should go to the electrotyper's today" she
said.
Yes, I know he said shakiiy. Thank
you"
He closed the door after her, and, STUN
bling to his chair. sat for quite a long
spell gazing blankly before him.
He rose, and, striding over to the glass.
gazed at the reflection Of his face. Lead
en-eyed, hollow-cheeked and sallow-a
pitiful counterfeit of what he had been
before that Internal set had trammeled
him-he stared dazedly incredulous, and
then, as the consciousness Of the change
in his appearance smote him, he turned
away n reviled himself for a fool.
He strobe over to the book and feverlsh-
;ly turned the first pages. It was true!
Barclay was just in his criticism; the girl
was right! He was losing his grip! He
was becoming worked out!
The door opened and Thomas Barclay
himself intruded his head into the room.
"Carless," he said, shortly. have you
written that p for next month";"
~"Yes-nc-1'm on 1t now" he stam-
saered confusedly.
@
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HOUSE OF BEER BOTTLES.
In Tonopah, New, Old Glass Is Cheaper
Than Wood.

man WOOD.
Kansas City Star: Tonopah, New, aside
from being famed on account Of Its vast
mineral r%esources. also occupies the
unique distinction Of numbering among
Its inhabitants a man who 1s able to live
in q glass house and throw unlimited
quantities of stones at the same time
without suffering any Of the serious in
conveniences popularity supposed to sur
round such an association.
Not a tree grows within sixty miles of
the great mining camp. and very natural
ly building material and fuel bring all
sorts OF fancy prices, the commonest kind
Of lumber selling for $66 per 1000 feet,
while inferior grades of scrub cedar COM
mand s22 a cord. Consequent upon this
condition. various subterfuges are resort
ed to in the architectural makeup Of
Tonopah. There are houses made Of
straw, Of burlap sacks trimmed with blue
jean overalls; of tin from five gallon oil
cans; of dry goods n cracker box lum-
Der; of mud. stone. tents, cloth.In fact,
almost every sort of continuance Is re-
sorted to as a makeshift for a place of
habitation; but it has remained for Will
lam F. Peck, a miner, to devise a house in
a class by Itself.
He has constructed OF empty beer bot
ties a house 16 by 20 feet in the clear. with
ceilings eight feet high, and containing
two rooms. 1t was built in October of
last year by MT. feck entirely unaided,
at such odd moments as he could spare
from his regular duties at the mine.
Ten thousand empty beer bottles were
incorporated in the structure. The in
side walls are plastered with mortar,
which is spread to a depth sufficient to
cover the p%rotruding bottle necks, thus
making a smooth surface. Mr.. Peck lived
all last winter In his peculiar abode with
his wife and two children, a girl of 7 and
a boy of 3 years, and says, while the tenn
perature in many residences of Tonopah
reached the freezing point quite often,
his family found their glass house exceed
lngly comfortable at all times,
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Admiration

Washington Star: There's ona th,no :
gust say for Charley said Young Mr..
rorkins and that is that he has q won.
werful talent for economy. I sugRested
yesterday that We could ave a CONSIDERABLY
ing" N :. "a.
What did he say to that2,.
He said 1t was a splendid ides- Brf
he that the wa between fha
tobacco firms 10 likely to make clear
:heAper than usual. So he's going to wait
: year or two and Q1it when the saving
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Coffee Is a very strong antiseptic.
mere are many diseases the microbea
u which are destroyed by It. J