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FATAL SHOOTING

A shooting ARRAY occurred Monday
morning at A. Wallis, ranch near Cooks
in which Herman Wallis seriously
wounded Jose Delgado. No details
as to the cause Of the trouble have
been received Mr.. Wallis is in the
county jail awaiting trial.
Reports came latter that the wound
ed man had died.
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Luna County Republican Con-
VentiOn.

In accordance with the Call Of the
Republican Territorial Central Commit
tee. convention Of the Republicans of
the county of Luna will be held in the
village of Deming on Saturday the 10th.
day Of September, 1904, at 200 O'Clock
p. m. at the Cabinet Hall to select 2
delegates to represent the county at
the Territorial Republican Convention
which has been called to meet at Alhu-
querque N. NJ. on the 18th. day of Sep
TENDER 1904 to select a candidate for
delegate to Congress from this Terrific
ny.
The Several precincts will be entitled
to the following representation.
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e following representation:

Proxies will only be recognized if
held by residents Of the same precinct
from which the proxy was given.
Precinct primaries will be held on the
3, 8, &, Z, or s of Sept, 1904 at the OPP
ton of the precinct chairman.
T. A. CARR, Chairman.
A. A. TEMKE, Secretary
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funniest thing I ever heard of In all my
life Such colors! The pinkiest kind OF
pink. and the most infantlle kind of blue
for a grown up man with a bald spot on
top OF his headP and then she went of into
another wild seri les of laughs.
We'll, I'm not more than 1893 years OF
age told her, and don't see anything
when she was able 70 stand up straight
from laughing she picked up one Of the
suits and felt OF it.
What did you pay suit for it7' she
asked me.
!" Dollar ninety nine replied, and
they'd just slaughter ed the price from
So.
Why, John Comehome.' she exclaimed,
looking me over solemnly, i saw the very
8elfsame kind OF underwear In q window
only Yesterday afternoon for dollar
twentv-four.'
Not on your life did you' said I.
Couldn't ha' been the same Must ha'
been an imitation. This is pure American
silkr
silkr she shrilled, feeling Of the suit
she had PICKED up. Why. IT'S the cot
toniest old stuff l ever saw in all my born
DAYS! and then she went on to tell me that
there was no more silk in 1t than anything.
II she'd gone on in that train long enough
she'd finally have made the underwear
out tn he manufactured of hemp.
that it'll look lke--like dolls clothes!' was
gain, and by this time had begun to feel
that might just as well have gone down
to the dock and chucked my 31l.H into
the East River.
And, goodness gracious, sakes alive.
these colors are not fast! Which really Is
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contained 5000 in bills Of various denomi-
nations.
sThe post1paster made up the package.
carefully sealing II, In the presence OF two
or three employees OF the post office. Then
he placed It In the pouch and fastened the
pouch. He left the pouch in his Office,
ready to be taken to the east bound train.
"He prepared the usual letter OF trans
initial to be sent by separate mall, the
letter giving list OF the numbers Of the
bills forwarded in the currency package.
But the postmaster altered the end figures
OF some OF these bill numbers.
His idea in doing this was a shrewd
bers of the bills as given in his letter OF
transmittal would be used to trace the
bills. and, as he intended to spend those bills
himself, he purposely changed the num-
beers 80 that there would be, az he thought,
no possibility of tracing the bills to him.
THAT same night. while there was party
going on at the postmaster home, he
slipped down to his office, crt a hole in the
bottom OF the fastened pouch to give an air
abstractetl the package of currency, put the
money In his pocket, and then returned to
the party. The pouch started on Its way
to Washington without the hole in the
bottom being noticed for some time.
when the money failed to reach Wash
ington along with the letter OF transrnittal.
I was the one chosen to go out and investi-
gate the case. After the very first CLAN ce
at the letter Of transmittal, | knew that
Il peered around HE office for a dav or
40, just IN throw him of his guard, and then
corralled him In his office. had couple
of solid men with me.
Mr.. r. said to the postm aster, pro-
ducing his letter OF transmitted, which was
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pie ever notice." inquired the man witb
ths ravelled cigar, show a woman hates to
give man. and especially her husband,
credit for being able to pick up bargains
Now, when my wife fetches home a load
Of Junk that she's grabbed Of the bargain
counters I'm supposed to delay eating my
dinner for half an hour or &C In order to go
into raptures over her display OF bargains
US she spreads the stun out all over the fat
furniture.
Every time she UNIV raps q bundle I've
got to eIolaim, Great! You're wonder!'
or Dye mean to look me In the eve and
tell me that belt buckle only set you back 40
cents' or How the deuce dye find these
places where they tust give away thingsf
or something like that I've got to stand
first on one leg and then on the other and
praise her bargains up 10 the skies.
when she holds up little framed pict-
ure that she's picked W. on q bargain
counter and asks me, Now what do you
suppose l paid for this?'i It's up to me to say,
In order TO please her, oh. about Sl%,' for
know that it hckles her almost to death
when she is able to exclaim, Only 20 CENTS
and 1t was the very last one they had left in
the place, and horrid woman tried to
snatch it right out of my hands. too,
Il always name figure that know 10
about forty times too big when she asks
me what think she's paid for her bargains
for l know that this makes her feel good
with herself I wouldn't run down the
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a mercy, they are 50 funny. They'll all
wash out to a snudgy yellow the very
first time they're put In the tubr was the
next little hammersmith stunt she WORKED
Off at the expense Of my poor little bargain
unc erwear purchase.
And these shirts are not your size.
anyhow they're only forties, and you
wear forty-twos,' was the next lathering
And, deary me, look how commonly
they're finished, or half f1nished-and
as I'm alive, some Of them are all full OF
moth holes right now-and look here at
these show window stains on this suit!
was the way she came at me again.
Say, Is dinner reaGy? asked her In
disgr ct. Give the stun to the janitor
and let it 60 at that want my dinner
That's how good she made me feel over
my colossal bargain.
give them to the janitori' she replied Give
away nearly SIP worth Of underwear, even
il 1t Is the funniest underwear ever-wouldn't
that be crazy, nowi III just exchange it
the very first thing in the morning. Did
you get an exchange slfpp'
"Ihanded the exchange slip, that thought
would never be used. over to her, and ate my
dinner in gloom.
Yep, she exchanged the stuff all right.
All bargains, too. Exchanged II for two
bath mats. three full jewelled hat pirs,
a hull lot OF crepey stuff for house jackets
and kimonos,. phony, diamond heart. q
soap, a lot Of toilet water, fourteen yarcs
Of taffeta silk and pair Of corsets. And
when she showed me the layout, had to
praise everything in every package and call
her the greatest bargain snagging marvel Of
the age!"
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WASHINGTON, Oct. l5.--Few men new
to dishonesty are able to Withstand the
ordeal Of what Ia called the third degree, /"
said veteran post Office inspector. "The
great majority Of them 70 TO pieces when
any piece of apparent evidence against
them, manufactured or otherwise, is put
before them, and fall over themselves In
oonfessing.
Il worked on two cases involving such
confessions last year, and In one the guilty
man could never by any possibility have
been convicted In q court of law had he
Possessed as much spine as he did inge.
nuity.
He was a railway postal clerk with q
long run on the other side of the Mississippi
River. One day he saw a chance to make
a big haul and, being a poker player, and
consequently In steady need OF change,
he promptly accepted the chance.
AT a city station along his run he re-
ceived two well stuffed pouches OF regis
tered mail He hastily scrawled q receipt,
but the receipt didn't read for two pouches
OF registered mail, but for only one. There
fore he found himself In possession OF a
nice, fat, tightly packed pouch Of regis
tered mail fol which he had given no re-
oeipt and which he could do just as no
liked with.
he had a lot Of time before the next
stop, and the whole car to himself. 80
he went through the bag that looked the
more promising, and rified it's contents
at his leisure
1T was almost exclusively cash pouch.
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in his room at hotel in the town at the end
of his rum When he had admitted US
went at him at once.
Tive got you dead to rights I told him.
and the best thing you can do to save
yourself q long sentence is to own up quick.
my wallet and producing one hundred dol
lar bill is one hundred dollar note that
your girl spent in Cheyenne cay before
yesterday afternoon. The number OF the
note has been identified by the sender
Of 1t through the registered mail, and
Its all Oh, guess,' he interrupted me,
with a gray face. You've snagged me, all
right. III tell you where the dough is,'
and he did.
THAT same night the money, all but about
$500. was found stuffed behind the tar paper
lining OF chicken coop back Of a deserted
house on the outskirts OF Cheyenne.
.The cavern Of that railway postal clerk
was wholly unnecessary. The one hundred
dollar bill that a ashed upon him was. of
COURSE not the one that had been expended
In Cheyenne by his girl. 1t was bill that
I had borrowed from bank just for the
But the bluff went through easily and
caught a man who could never have been
convicted Of his crime in a court of law,
aimee there wasn't the slightest existing
evidence that he had ever had possession
OF the registered mail pouch which he had
ri1ed
sThe other quick acknowledgment of theft,
under pressure. was that OF postmaster
Of q good sized far Western town. This
man had possessed a reputation for sterling
integrity, and the case had to be handled
with kid gloves.
He made up a package OF currency to be
RENTED to Washington. The package
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in his oTr handwriting, you wrote this
why. certainly, did, he replied. per-
Are you qui 9 sure that you got the
numbers OF the bills right In each instances'
I asked him.
.'Why, don't see why shouldn I have,
he replied, less confident In manner
well. I said, then. there IS sonnet hing
very curious about the figures In this letter
of transmittal. Permit me to tell you some
thing about the numbering Of United States
currency which you are perhaps not familiar
with.
Il could see that the postmaster was
beginning to wriggle.
%The serial numbers on the bills Of the
respective Denominations went on,
are divsible by certain numbers-eome
denominations by the number 3, others
by the number 4, others by S, and so on.
Now, a peculiar thing about the bill mum.
beers in this letter Of transmittal of yours
Is that in several cases they are not dfvisible
by the figure Of the denominations to which
since you admit that you yourself wrote
the letter of transmittal, and that there
could be no possibility OF mist AXE as to
so many OF the numbers on the bills, It
would seem that,
"'That l took the money. and purposely
changed the bill numbers IN the letter OF
transmi'tal-and that Is right put in the
postmaster; covering his face with his
hands and breaking down.
be pointed at a slant at the guilty man,
and he will quickly succumb, unless he be
a habitual criminal, and for this reason
the work OF detectives In most cases OF
dishonesty is great deal easier than 1t
Ia commonly supposed to be.
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truck she totes home from the bargain
counters for any mortal money. for know
that she has to work like a hod carrier or
piano mover in order to fight her way to
and from the bargain counters. and I
wouldn't take chance on seeing her be-
come fearful owing to my knocking her
bargains for anything.
But, great two-fer smokes! When I
fetch home q bargain myself isn't IL diff
ferent!
II brought home a bargain last evening
On my way home from the Office got to
rubbering at window display Of haber-
dashery in department store. and the
thing that most caught my eye was the
neat sign over a stack Of pale pink and baby
blue underwear.
Pine American silk the placard read.
marked down from 20 to 31.0s a suit
We'll, I could see that it was mshy.
light weight underwear. and / knew that
1t was only designed for warm weather
wear. ] reflected that the warm weather
for this year was at an end. but the stuff
looked like such q whopping bargain that
I said to myself that 1t d come In mighty
handy for next year.
1T looks to me like they're just giving
the stuff away said to myself. and here's
my chance to make q hit with my wife. III
just cop out half a dozen suits Of that under
wear and take 1t home and have her put 1t
In the cedar chest for next year, and she'll
bold up her hands In wonderment over my
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During the sixty years Of her life Mile.
Sophie de Ia Servittere had spent her time
In her quiet home In one Of the most peace
full quarters of a peaceful little city.
Behind the house and separated by q
courtyard from the street stretched vast
Garden that was almost a park. There.
beneath the shade Of the beautiful chestnut
trees, Mile. Sophie spent the long summer
days. oblivious Of any wider horizons or
any interests outside her narrow life.
1t might not have been 80 onoe, for in
her youth her beauty seemed surely des-
tined to adorn the high court OF the King,
but lust when she was ready to lesve for
Paris the news came OF the arrest OF the
King and the bloody days Of the Terror.
They had heard OF what was happening
through their old family lawyer. NJ
Facherie From, father to son the business
had been handed down by generations
and Mile Sophie had played and grown
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There was some jewelry, but this he tossed
away as being liable to get him into trouble.
The cleanup that he made was something
handsome-only a few hundreds short
Of $4,000.
He burned all the envelopes and other
papers IN the little stove at one end OF the
car. and tossed the pouch and the plumber
that he didn't elect TO keep into q river
which the train crossed on . trestle. taking
care to attach a weight TO the pouch 80
that 1t would be sure to sink. He attended
to the delivery of the other pouch all right
the only pouch for which he was responsible
and at the wind-up OF his out trip he found
himself In possession OF the tidy $4,000 in
currency.
Il went out on the case. The man who
had accepted the receipt for the one pouch
remembered that he had really delivered
two pouches to the car. and his statement
put it up TO the railway postal clerk, al
though the latter had a fine edge on the
situation, owing to the fact that he had only
receipted for the one pouch.
Il knew that il would be useless to ask
him whether he had received one or two
pouches. and did not present myself to
him at first at all. Instead. I dug around
and located the girl with whom he was
on confidential terms
Il had only been on the case three days
when I learned that the girl--she lived In
Cheyenne given one hundred dollar
bill to Cheyenne tradesman in payment
OF small debt. When found this out
got q United States officer to accompany
me. and We found the railway postal clerk
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having enough sense to pick up real bar
gain, and she'll laud me, too, for eng Ky
enough to buy stuff of that fine sort almost
for nothing at the flag end Of the season.
$50 went into the store and picked out
half dozen suits OF the was 3enow 81 90
underwear Of my size, and had em wrapped
up.
The underwear looked great to me.
When the clerk handed mo an exchange
ticket almost ohuckled as tucked 1t into
my pocket az a mere matter Of form.
didn't consider that there was one chance
In q billion TINT that underwear would
ever be exchanged.
On my way home I felt joyous every
time I felt Of the bundle in my lap, and
framed up mental picture of the delight
of my wife when opened up the package
and told her how muoh--how little, rat her
l had paid for the underwear.
What have you got there. my dear'
she asked me, eying my bundle suspiciously
after she had greete me.
oh, nothing said /, grandly. except
the greatest bargain that ever happened
since the Dutch bought Manhattan Island
from the red persons. and then ! undid
the package and the pale pink and baby
blue underwear was revealed.
Blamed II she didn't put her hands on
her hips and throw her head back and
laugh at 70 kill for FIVE minutes, while l
just stood there and regarded her with
anna zement.
Well, whst's 1t all about finally
asked her. Put me wise; where's the
fun2'
"-'Flnr she shrieked. Why. it's the
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thing to say about that
Excuse me, in matters Of education
women know very little"
Excuse me, men know nothing what
ever about the training of child. I tell
you, my son should never. in any possible
case. have entered the army"
What Would you have had him grow
gray and rusty in his little village1'
THANK you! Am ] rIsty?"
Il should really hate to express an
opinion
Their voices. for many years quiet and
peaceful, had risen high in wrath.
The old butler entered hastily and In
spite of the fact that it was still early be
arranged the card table.
At the sight of the accustomed chairs the
Marouise fell silent Her liberty seemed
doubly precious. How could she even have
thought Of changing her cuiet life?
*You begin, Servais,' she said, smiling
Il perceive that things are better as they
are"
True replied the old lawyer. shuffiing
the cards. And peace was once more
restored in the quiet salon,
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up with Servsis Faoherie.
Now that her mother was dead, he was
the last OF her friends. Each night he
came to pay his respects and play the sc-
oustomed game OF tric-trao.
Without her peroeiving It, the proud
beauty had become little by little haughty
old maid, but her glance was still gentle
for the friend Of her youth and she replied
with an afectionate -Servais" to his re-
spectful Mile. Sophie
Their evenings were charming. With
feet on the fender. for the fire was always
burning In the large salon, winter and
summer, the two old people talked Of the
little trifss that filed their lives, Their
opinions were exactly the same on every
subject: they looked at life from the same
standpoint, and the old salon was the home
OF perfect harmony and peace.
But one evening, without knowing, why;
Mile. Sophie was somewhat sad and
melancholy. She looked at the stately
portraits on the walls and regretted that her
own was not among the number Alas.
she was the last OF her family. and there
was no one to regret the absence Of her
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All, Mademoiselle.
The two looked at each other, strangely
moved.
$40 you mean that might-might have
told you"-began Servais.
you were wrong not to speak, said the
Marquise. "Oh, / will tell you now. /
have regretted the loneliness Of our two
lives and have suffered Tor 1t in silence
She paused ns Tire lawyer stopped to
kiss her hard warmly.
They we're confused and almost fright
ened at lie double confession, ut pres
emily. and in hand, they talked Of wNat
Il cir Iivec might have been. so different
from ics ality.
would rose slble YOU said Servais, softly.
And would not have been happy had
ray son been unlike his father replied
the NarIuse, proudly.
L should have made him a, officer in
the army declared NJ. Facherie, denying
the business of his ancestors.
Mic de la Seryettre sat up proudly.
You woul" have made him soldier
trulyl inas no that should have some
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so THEY DECIDED TO REMAIN SINGLE
From tie French Of M. Thiery.


painted features.
NJ Faoherie seemed melancholy too
The aged gentlewoman noticed It as he
bent TO kiss her hand. and hastened to
inquire its cause.
"Servais. are you not feeling wellf"
'Oh, there is nothing the matter. Mile:
Sophie, am merely growing Old replied
the lawyer, sitting stiffiy down in the chair.
we old folks must expect to give way
before the younger ones.
Mile. Sophie was silent. Then abe asked
suddenly:
-Why have you never married, Servaie''
Il have never known but the title to my
romance, my lady" replied NJ Faeherie.
looking steadily into the IRE.
And what is that" the old maid per-
sisted. Il have imagined that perhaps
you loved some one whose name ] did not
know. Yours is brave and honest family;
there Ia nothing tc prevent your marry
ing whom you choose
1But honesty and bravery are not nobD
ity, Mile, Sophie. That has been the
trouble
They are equal in my eyes
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Mistaken TO- a Duck and snot.
From the London Giobe.

From the London Gjobe.
Swimming in the El5e the other day. .
gentleman Of Austria was interested TO Snd
small shot singing around his head. When
he had got out and dried himself. and pried
the bullets out OF his skull he went and COM
planned to the police
Able and intelligent officers instantly
searched the banks Of the river. and found
a poacher, who confessed at once that he
had fred the shot. II seemed that be thought
the man was n wild drck.
When 1t was pointed out 10 him that the
sufferer. though uncommonly wild, did rot
duck hence all the trout lie, the poschsr
was the FIRST 70 JON in the laugh aestnst
himself.
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Only W I'd rr~m ~.,.r. in pe-uIar Order.

Only W I'd rr"m r'te-s I'm "e-uIar Order.
From IRE PhHo1clnh'n Peeord
ct seems old that the Fn~l'sh alrhabrt
ont Of which con Re constructed several
hrnircd thousanI wo-A< CONTAINS inst one
word formed nv the letters in their pyesrnt
ORDER" rewarded an oNsrrvsrt vo',nq r~nn
THAT word il 80 Yor ran look the airna-
bet over. and vow won I find any other com.
binaton OF vowel and consonant characters
that w III form a word.
The nearest anpro,ch ia 'Ab' which by
strainine n point mirtt be considered an
abbrnviation OF ARABIAN or HI which
mieht answer as short for Hiram But
No on" o" tho 81 o-t st words IN t''lanr,are,
Is the only tona-fie wor1 formed in the
Arrangement OF the alphabets twenty-eu
charocters- D..
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why He RAGS.

why He Rags.
Tho lion RACES Ger the plain,
Tho PRECIPITATION dropping
From brow and name; he looks Insane:
His wife. has sent him shopping.
Mehinks I hear him snarl, and wall:
.Why was that knot tied In my tail?'
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