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The San Francisco call., 1904-11-14
More Holiday Gro
CerieS. New Goods =
JuSk. Arrived.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday

MUnuGJ luVoudJ "0uh0ounJ
Creamery Butter 40
Fresh Made, 2 lb So, full weight
Kona Coffeerreg'Iy 25c lb 20
ASparaguS-Formerly 3Oc can %
Enough for four, no waste doz 2.90
Grab Apple Jelly-Home Made 20
Pure fruit and sugar, reg'ly 25c jar
Royan Sardines 12H
With truf1c and pickle, reg'ly 15c can
Corn and asparagus this
seasons pack = back to old
prices.
Olives FarcieS French sml 271k
Spanish Olives stuffed with anchovies
reg'ly 30c, soc bot lge 45
Puree de Fois Gras-Teyssonneau
Goose liver pate, reg'ly 25c can 20
Smyrna Layer Figs 12l
Just arrived, reg'Iy zoe lb
Green Turtle Soup 10
Hickmott, this low price to introduce 1t
reg'ly l2ac can, guaranteed pure green
turtle stock
Eagle Milk-Dozen lots only 1.65
Lea & Perrin's Sauce apt 22H
Genuine Worcestershire pts 40
ireg'ly 25c, 45c bot
Food Chopper-UniversaI t.25
For raw or cooked meats, fruits,
vegetables, four knives, reg ly S1.75
HOLIDAY LIQUORS
Cognac-F. O.P. 1.15
Hennessey, our bottling
Sc gal, reg 'ly $3.50 bot 4.50
Whisky-G B & CO. 1893 LOO
Old Crow Bourbon 400
Hermitag ge Rye ,reg'ly sI.25 lot, S. gal
Irish WhiSkV-I star KilIyroy 8
Dlstillers' Co. Ltd, reg'y 81 bot
Spanish Sherry so
Topaz, regly 75c bot, $3.50 gal 1.85
Beer-Everard pts 1.35
Canada malt lager, qtS 2.10
reg'ly S1.55, s2.35 doz
White Wine-CaIifornia gal 55
reg'lv 75c gal, allowance for emty bottle
6 S1.75, S2.75 doz,- pts 1.50, qts 2 40
l2,OOOpounds import
ed Smyrna figs ar
rived. Extra fancy
s took. G. 90 d 70 r
everybody.
London Layers-special lb125
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-14

ADVERTISEMENTS.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-14

THE Fatal wedding" began a
weeks run at the Grand Opera-house
last evening with a good audience.
The play is a touching story of plot
ting woman. the separating of hus-
band and wife and the final happy
ending of the action.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01
What d. People Readf

Every roadside fence Is now a prim-
er for the passerby. every trolley car is
a first reader to the traveller and every
boarding q treatise on zoology. manu-
features and social problems. Today
most read a little. If only the signs and
posters; some read newspaperS-prob-
ably 100000 to 10000 600 Of the 40
0On,000 who could read them il they
would. A few read novels. If them mos
popular novel finds only 100000 buy
ers in a country where 4O.OOO,0OO could
read it if they would. who can say that
novel readers are more than a few? 4
very few, possibly 100000 to 5000
600. read standard literature and seri-
GUS contributions to thought and knOwl-
edge. Surely the procession of read
ers grows larger every year, relatively
as we'll AS absOlutely.-OutloOk.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01
Moon Worship In Britain.

Lunar Slperstitions fingered until a
late period in the British islands. A
writer of the seventeenth century says:
I'm Yorkshire, etc, northward, some
country people doe worship the new
moon on their bare knees, kneeling on
an eartllfast stone. And the people of
Athel, in the highlands of Scotland. doe
worship the new moon" Speaking of
the Irish. he continues. whether or no
they worship the moon | know not. but
when they first see her after the change
they commonly bow the knee and say
the Lords Prayer and near the wanc
address themselves to her with a loud
voice after this manner. Leave us as
well as thou foundpSt.'"
Sylvester O'HaIlOran. the Irish histo
rian. speaking of the corresponding
customs of the PhTnicians and Irish.
adds: Their deitics were the same.
They both adored Bel tor the sum. the
moon and the stars. The house of Rim
mon. which the PhGanicians wOrshiped
in dixie our temples Of Flechta in
Meath), were sacred to the moon"
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white the orch@stra play..

i do wish the woman back Of me
would stop kicking my chair sighed a
woman at b tlieater the other even
Ing. Ever since the overture began
she has been keeping time with her
feet. and besides all that she is tanning
the back of my neck and trying to hum
a tune she doesn't know. Isn't 1t
strange how some people act when
there's any music about? Now, just
look at hat little woman In the second
row tapping all five fingers of one hand
against her forehead. Shes uncon-
scions of it too. And there's another
woman YER there in the box who
seems to think she is leading the or
clestra with her fan. The men are
just as bad too. Just look around and
See the number of men who are keep
ing time with their heads, their hands
or their feet. Then there is always
some creature who makes a nuisance Of
himself by whistling through his teeth
all the time the orchestra is playing.
Ever you. my dear"-this to her hus-
band-"are keeping strict time with
your programme while I'm ~lecturing
about other peoples misconduct
New York Times.
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The following quaint story of Daniel
Webster and Jenny Lind is told IN
Washington. the Capital City,
1t CHANGED that on the day of Jenny
Lind's appearance several members of
the cabinet and senate were the guests
at dinner of the Russian minister. and
the concert was half over when Web.
ster and the other members OF the par.
ty entered the hall. When the ap.
plause with which they were received
had subsidized the second part of the
concert was opened 10y the gifted
Swede with Hail, Columbia
Deeply moved by the patriotic air.
Webster at the close of the first vers,
rose and added his rich. sonOrous voice
10 the chorus. His wife. who sat be
hind him. pulled at his coat tail t.
make him stop singing. but at thu
close of each Verse the volunteer basst
joined in. and none could tell whether
Lind. Webster or the audience was
most delighted.
AS the last notes of the SON dieG
away Webster. hat in hand. made u
profound bow To tie singer. Jenny
Lind. blusling ut the honor. courtesied
while the audience applandPd to the
echo. Webster. not to DC outdOne in
~DOlitencSs. bowed again Again Lind
cOurtesieu. the house applauded. ant
his was repeated nine times.
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The Meaning Of Mess.

The use uf the word mess for diniu.
room is a remnant of Il custom quite
common in Anglo Norman times. Mess
from the French NETS Gneat or a dis;
Of food and the Latin mrnSI ca table,
was the meat prepared in InnIo
compare tn" collegiate word com
mOnS'I for our persons sitting ut ,
separate table. Guests 1T dinners am
other ceremonial occasions were divid
I'd for general convenience into suc.
groups.
From this the word came to he usct.
as equivalent to four in o:hrr matters
Shakespeare speaks of IIcury'S four
sons MS a mess. Where are your mess
of SOnS%" ANA in Love I.al,or'S Lost
we find. Il confess that o three fool
lacked me to make mp the mess"
From the fact that soldiers and sal.
ors are always catered for in compa
mics. according" to rank. the survival oi
the word among them is quite natural
The same practice iS still maintained il
the London inns OF court.
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Til. Lemon n. Medicine.

The value of lemons in the treutmPu;
Of both rheumatism and consumption is
now known to be very great. The treat
ment is To begin with one or two II day
and gradually incrr:SP the number. In
one case of rheumatism twenty-five
lemons Il day were he doSp for Il time
As u preventive OF Illness. however. n
half Il lemon a day is all that should
be taken-that is. If taken every d :!
year i'm and year ont. \ half Il lemon
in Il cup Of not water taken an hour bc
fore breakfast wit.!Out any sugar. will
annihilatp the darkest Of dark brown
tastes in ones mouth. II you make :;
practice Of eating more butter and sug
ar than is good for You take lemon and
hot water every NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Talisman.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01

All the energy of life is derived ulti
mately from the sun 4 little OF this
comes indirectly through lightning
which in passing through the air forms
ammonia and oxides Of nitrogen. These
being carried by rain into the ground
are the constant source of nitrogen fol
vegetable and indirectly for animal
life. A much larger quantity Of energy
is well known to be- taken direct from
the sunshine by plants and used il
their anabolic processes. This energy
is appropriated by animals in tiIeil
food. and whether in the vegetable Oh
in the animal it assists in any altcrna
tons of the 'ystem before it is com
pletely dispersed.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01
Fixing a Clock.

A resident Of Florida tells this story
of an old negro who came to a watch
maker with the two hands of a clock:
Il want yer to fix III desc hans.
Dey amt kept no correct time for mo
den six munfs.'
We'll. where is the cloek?" respond
ed the matchmaker.
"Out to my cabin"
"But | must have the clock"
"Didn' | tell yer dar's muffin de mat
ter wild de clock 'cepting de hans? An
here dey be. You jess want de clock so
you kin tinker it an charge me a big
price. Gimme back dem hans"
And. so saying. he started off to find
an honest matchmaker.
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FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
New Way of Using ChamberIain's
Cough Remedy.

New Way OF OSing ChamperiatnS
Cough Remedy.
Mr.. Arthur Chapman writing from
Durham, Natal, South Africa, says
"As a proof that C~hamberlain's Cough
Remedy is a cure suitable for old
and young, l pen you the following:
4 neighbor of mine had a child Just
Over two months old. 1t had avery
bad cough and the parents did not
know what to give it. | suggested
that if they would get a bottle OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
put some upon the dummy teat the
baby was sucking it would no doubt
cure the child. This they did and it
brought about quick relief and cured
the baby" This remedy is for sale
by all druggists.
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Excur.to,t.,. For Rex~pue.

Some years ago Il British warshii
visited st. KiIda in exceptionally calm
weather. AS the natives OF the place
had never seer a steamer. the captain
good naturally offered to take them for
an hours cruise, which was readily ac
cepted by Il great many. On their re
turn the captain. seeing them all stand
ing in rows on the quarter deck. asked
the cause. He WAS at once Informed
that they were waiting to be paid.
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Only Make. a Bad Matter Worse.

Perhaps you have never thought
of it, but the fact must be apparent
TO every one that constipation is
caused by a lack of water in the sys-
tenn, and the use of drastic cathar-
tics like the old fashioned pills only
makes a bad matter worse. Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
are much more mild and gentle In
their effect, and when the proper lose
is taken their action is so natural
that one can hardly realize il is the
effect of a medicine. Try a 25 cent
bottle of them. For sale by all drug
gists.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01

| have the privilege of knOwin-
many eminent men in the medical pro
fession. and their advice in nine cases
out of ten Is to eat and take as mucl
nourishment as possible. Numbers OF
cases of nervous breakdown are entire
Iy cured by what your correspondents
would call "overeating." In all merry
Gus disorders. froE.l which so many suf
fer in this age of keen competition, thu
chief remedy is eating more han is
seemingly rcquire1.-LOndon Telegraph
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01
cURED

Mrs. B. w. Evans, Clearwater, Kan.
sas. writes: MY husband lay sick
for three months. The doctors said
that he had quick consumption. We
procured a bottle of Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup, and il cured him. This
was six years ago. Since then we
have always kept a bottle in the
house. We cannot do without it. For
coughs and colds it has no equal. -
Pecos Valley Drug Co.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01
CONSTIPATION.

Health is absolutely impossible. IL
constipation be present. Many serio' 5
cases Of Of liver aud kidney com
plant have sprung from neglected
constipation. Such a d~eplorable con-
dition is unnecessary. There is a
cure for it. Herbine. will speedily re-
medy matters. C. A. Lindsay. p. ".
Bronson, Fla. writes, Feb. IL, 1892:
Having tried Herbine, l find it a il9
medicine for constipation" soc bottle
Pecos Valley Drug Co.
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Dana.s Ten books.

Charles \. Dana once made a list OF
ten indispensable books" They We're:
The Bible. Shakespeare. the Deciara-
ton of Independence, the Constitution
of the United States. Bancroft's His
tory of the United States" Irving's
Life of Washington" Franklin's "Au-
photography" ~Channing's Essay on
Napoleon Bonaparte," Gibbons de
cline and Fall of the Roman Empire
and Tarbell's early Life Of Lincoln"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01
BEST IMMINENT ON EARTH.

Henry d. Baldwin, Supt. City Wa
ter Works, Shullsburg, Wis, writes:
Il have tried many kinds OF linimeni,
but | have never received much beTe.
fit until | used Billiards. Snow Liui-
ment for rheumatism and pains. I
think it the best liniment on earth "
Csc, soc, $1.00.-Pecos Valley Drug
Company.
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Notice to Taxpayers.

Taxpayers are hereby notified that
the taxes for the first half of the
year 1904. will be delinquent after
December 1st 1904; and if they are
not paid by that date a penalty will
be added thereto. WE'D to 1st
MARK HOWELL.
Collector.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01

"Do you ever have any trouble with
the plants when your wife goes awayT'
asked the hatchet faced man sadly.
None whatever replied the cheer
full chap. They always die within a
week after she leaves, and all | have to
do is to put them away until she M
back" - Cincinnati Commercial Trib
uDo
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Lack of Force.

More people fail from lack of force
than from lack of education or oppor-
tunity. says Success. A man may he
well educated or brilliant and yet for
lack of force be a complete failure il,
his vocation. A man or woman may
succeed without education. but not
without force; without capital. but not
without energy.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01

"What made her faint?" asked the
sympathetic old lady.
Madam" replied the sour faced
misogynist. "there was a good looking
young man standing right behind her"
Town and Country.
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rhe secre, EIopement.

He-We had best elope about . in
the morning. | will bring my motor to
the next corner, and
She-Oh. couldn't you make it a little
earlier. dear? Pa and ma do so want to
see us off. and | don't like to keep them
in 80 LATE.
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Can. On, stronr at the End.

Chippy-I was not at all up to the
mark last night; tried to say something
agreeable, but couldn't do it somehow.
no at last | bade them goodby.
Jones-Ah. then you did manage to
say something agreeable after ALL
Stray Stories.
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Not Mourning.

Mrs. Suburba There goes Mrs
Toughman. Is she In mourning for
her late husband?
Mrs. Knowit-No; only wearing black
Cor him.-Cincinnat T1mes-Star.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01
Pasture for Horses.

Have fine alfalfa pasture for horses
during the winter. Also 100 acres OF
salt Inc gramma grass in the same
pasture. Apply at Record office. II
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New D.6r,ttou of PrincIpIe.

81 fought the case not because | can
not pay. hut on principle" explained a
defendant in the Southwark county
court recently. Yes. | know said
Judge Addison YEARLY. I'm these courts
principle is anothrr word for temper"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01

Nora-Oi towld thot installment mon
thot hP naden't call so often.
MistresS-Did he take the hint1
mo. mum. he took the pionny."--
Philadelphia Record
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INTERNATIONAL LIVE
o EXPOSITION.

Chicago, ILL.,. Nov. 26 to December
will be made for this occasion. Tick
limit Dec. Z, 1904.
M. D. BURNS, Agent.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-01

To the last day she lives a woman
can never understand how a man eau
worry about money matters when the
children are doing 50 well at school,
New York Press.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1904-06-25

At an evening parry il was remarked
that nobody could draw two things at
once. Sir Edward LandSeer. who was
present. replied that he thought he
could. and. taking pencil in eac
hand. he drew simultaneously and
without hesitation with the right hand
the profile of Il stays head and all its
antlers complete and with the left
hand a lovely horses head The acts
of craftsmanship were strictly stimuli
tancous and not alternate, and the
drawing by the left hand was as good
as that 10y tie right
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1904-06-25
HER PRECIOUS SPOONS.
She Used Them For show at Lunch
con With Disastrour ResuIts

Considerable quiet laughter has bean
going On among the guests Ut 4 lunch
con given b. young West FhiIadel
phia bride the other day - the attend
ants AZ her wedding. There had been
among the hostess presents ut the
time OF her marriage d particularly
beautiful set Of spoons. and, while she
had no occasion 10 Use them 1T this
particular luncheon. she thought that
she would put one beside each cover
fOr-well, just for instance.
Unfortunately, however, there was
one stranger in the merry little com
pany which sat down about the table.
a pretty. OutspOken. somewhat ''gushy"
young woman from the west. and il
was she who caused all the trouble.
As the luncheon neared its end and
it became apparent that the spoons
We're not for use she kept eying the
one at her place. and finally she burst
forth with this fash of inspirations:
These spoons-what perfectly lovely
souvenirs
The chorus of praise was immediate
ly taken up by all about the board
The confused hostess found explana-
ton impossible. and every guest went
away from the house with one of those
precious ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Press.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1904-06-25
HIS SHOW WAS OVER.
The Way an Entertainer >nubbed .
Snobbi>h Patron.

An EneNShwoIuan Of decidedly Snob-
bish Instincts. but socially intreuchei
behind great and new riches. once Ell
gagged the late COrney Grain 10 give
an entertainment az her country house.
She left instructions that the enter
tainer when he arrived was II dine
with the servants. The butler. who
knew better. aP0IoGized. but CorI~y
was a man not easily Disconnected.
wrote jerome X. Jerome. He dineL
well and after dinner rose and adj
dressed the assembled company.
We'll. now. my good friends" said
he. If we have all finished and if you
are all agreeable | shall be pleased 10
present to you my little show
The servants cheered The piano
was dispensed with. and COrney con-
trived 10 amuse his audience very well
for half an hour without it.
At 10 O'Clock came down q message.
Would Mr.. Corney Grain kindly come
up into the drawing room? Corney
went. The company in the drawing
room were waiting. seated.
We are quite ready. Mr. GRAIN" re-
marked the hostess.
Ready for what" demanded Cor
ney courteously.
For your entertainment" answered
the hostess
But I've given 1t already" explained
Corney. land my engagement was for
one performance only"
Given it. Where: When!"
IAN hour ago-dOwnstairs"
But this is nonsense" exclaimed
the hostess.
1T seemed to me somewhat extraOr-
binary" Corney replied. but il has al
ways been my privilege TO dine with
the company am asked to entertain.
] took il you had arranged q little
treat for the servants"
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The distractiug headaches from which
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almost at a stanStill. Does not the fact
that men do not suffer from these severe
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Who Ii Was.

A well known New FORK clergyman
was telling his Bible class the story
of the prodigal son at a recent ses-
sion. and, wishing TO emphasize the dis
agreeable attitude of the elder brother
on that occasion. he laid especial stress
on this phase of the parable. After
describing the rejoicing Of the house
hold over the return of the hayward
son, he spoke Of one who. in the midst
of the festivities. failed TO share in the
jubilant spirit Of the occasion.
Can anybody in the class" he ask
ed, tell me who this was
\ small boy. who had been listening
sympathetically to the story. put up
his hand.
Il know" he said beaminCly; lit was
the fatted calf."-Harper'S Weekly.
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THE WORD HUMBUG.
There Are Various Plausible Expla-
nations OF Its Origin.

are
nations of Its Origin.
The word 'humbug" has been traced
back TO the title page of The Uni
versal Jester. choice collection of
merry conceits. bOnmots and hum
bugs, by Ferdinando Killigrew, Lon
don, 1850" The following are the
most plausible and possible deriva-
tionS
In the time of James IL. a worthless
coin was minted at Dublin from a soft
mixed metal, which became known as
uim bog. pronounced Ooombug-i. e.,
soft copper. worthless money.
Some see in it a corruption of Ham
burg, from which town so many false
reports came during the war OF 1899
1906 that such news was received
with ''Oh. that is a Hamburg"
Others refer it 10 hum. in the sense
OF hoax, and bug, in the old sense of
bugbear Others say il is merely hum
buzz, used in combination TO signify
sound without sense. Others. again.
think that it was first applied to HON.
berg. 4 chemist and an ardent seeker
of the philosophers stone-Notes and
Queries.