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SAMPLE INDIAN NAMES
Can't Write, Hence Not Afraid of Lons
 Names.


 Names.
 There is probably no race of people which abuses the English language more to spell its proper names than the American Indian. The Russian or Turk, with his weird combinations, does not compare, and even the fear. ful labels with which the Pullman company adorns its cars are not in the running. Take, for instance, such, name as Nehalithloccoclinch This was saddled onto loyal Creek when he was a little boy by his misguided parents, and the hardness of the In- dian race is shown by the fact that he has grown to manhood, and, al though the temptation was doubtless great at times, has never disgraced it.
 MT. Nehalithloccoclinchne, however, Is by no means the only one in the Creek nation who can lay call to fame because of his name Major McLaugh- lin, the Indian inspector, who has been perfecting the loyal Creek claims, has kept an index of those he has enrolled, and some of these names look as if their authors had reached down into the grave of the alphabet and done their worst. One choice specimen Is Tahmuschushachutee. It takes too much breath to pronounce this, so his friends call him Thomas, from the first two syllables in the name. Like the humps and measles, he got the name when he was young, but, un- like them, he has never been able to get over 1t.
 Sohe of the other jewels which Ma jor Mclaughlin has in his autograph album are Ninnechuppaharjo, Coass- harthemarthia, Sahca.yolithlonay, It. schoemarthlachie and Tuckabatchiey- ahola. None of these Indians, who are eI fullbloods, could write, and the transposition of their names into Eng fish is, of course, something of a con- lecture, but the interpreter was in each case asked by Major Mclaughlin to spell out the name, and these are what he evolved out of the grunts and snorts of his unlettered tribesmen. - New York Weekly.
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Thibetian Oddities.

The ways of the Thibetians are past comprehension, and 1t is no wonder that the English expedition to their sacred city, Lassa, are meeting with many difficulties other than those due to the natural ruggedness of this ex. tremely mountainous country. Little Is known about this strange region, but that little gives it decidediy bad fla vor.
 The people are extravagantly fond of dazzling jewelry of all kinds. Hu- man bodies are fed to bald-headed eagles and dogs. Some are thrown into the river and burned, but as rule cremation is rare. Smallpox, which fiourishes in all countries, regardless of race, language or custom, has pay ed great havoc in Thibet. More than 6,OOO fatal cases are on record, but the population continues to increase just the same.
 Several Europeans have entered Las sa since the expulsion of the French priests Hue and Gabet in 1S46. In. stead of being sent away they were cared for and given much good food poisoned. Once two foreigners and q foreign woman came within days journey of Lassa. They were permit. ted to send for food and were not pol soned, but they were not allowed to enter the sacred city.
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Insured Against . Fall.

Tn East 18th street crowd was staring up at second story window, relates the New York Press. The low. CT sash was raised and the head and shoulders of child about years old could be seen. In two minutes the child had got its breast on the sill and was reaching out to get hold of string hanging from somewhere about-a re- hinder of some disaster to kite.
 Heavens! He'll fallv gasped one.
 "Stop! Stop! Go backw shouted an- other.
 Everybody had something to say, and while they were saying 1t the child wriggled further and further over the sill At length woman with @ bas- ket on her arms cried:
 "What fools you men are! Why don't you ring the bell and tell its motherW
 Three or four started, but they had not reached the door when the child lost its balance and fell. There was cry of horror, but the fall of the child was checked two feet from the sill, and there he hung, sprawling, with leather strap buckled around his waist. His howls brought a woman to the window, and she pulled him up, deposited him inside, and then said to the gaping crowd:
 "Thought didn't know my business, eh? Well, just do, and you can move on."
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Strong Language

Fredericksburg, Ind., June 20.-Rev. Enoch P. Stevens of this place uses strong language in speaking of Dodd's Kidney Pills and he gives good reasons for what he says:
 "l can't praise Dodd's Kidney Pills too much,' says MT. Stevens. "They have done me so much good I was troubled with my Kidneys so much that ] had to get up two or three times in the night and sometimes in the day when starting to the warehouse the water would come from me before get ting there Two boxes Of Dodd's Kid ney Pills cured me entirely.
 "I have recommended Dodd's Kid ney Pills to many people and have never yet heard of failure. Dodd's Kidney Pills are the things for Kidney Disease and Rheumatism. y
 Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure the Kidneys. Good Kidneys ensure pure blood. Pure blood means good health.
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Boys Essay on the Hen.

A boy who was required to write an essay on hens produced the following: "Hens is curious animals; they don't have no nose nor no teeth nor no ears. They swallow their whittles whole and chew 1t up in their crops inside of lem. The outside of hens is generally put into pliers and into feather dusters. The inside of hen is sometimes filled with marbles and shirt buttons and sich. A hen is very much smaller than a good many other animals, but they'll dig up more tomato plants than anything that ain't hen. Hens is very useful to lay eggs for plum pud- dings. Hens have got wings and can fly when they get frightened. I cut off hens head with hatchet and 1t frightened her to death."-New York Tribune.
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SHE WAS TAKING NO CHANGER
Pain Not So Terrible to Woman as Risk
 of Telling Her Secrets.

She had been suffering for several days with slight abscess, and when she decided to have it lanced heryoung husband accompanied her to the phy- sician's.
 "You are very brave, dearest" he said to her, as they waited for the doctor in the reception-room.
 "Oh," she said, smiling sweetly, "you see, Pm going to take chloroform or gas or something"
 "No! Oh, no!" he remonstrated. "You mustn't-"
 "Why. Jack, 1t won't cost so much more"
 Darling, how unkind! But, you know, sometimes patients die under chloroform."
 "I'll risk that. An, doctor, my hus- band is trying to scare me with tales about patients who die under chloro- form. Now, you don't think"
 "Pshaw! There's no danger when the doctor understands his patients condition," exclaimed the physician. And few moments later:
 twill you kindly take hold of this sponge? By the way, just before you came in I was administering the drug to man, and he was honestly quite amusing. He rattled on about his early love affairs-gave himself away in great shape"
 "Oh" cried the young woman in evident distress. Then, collecting her self: "Will it hurt dreadfully, doctor?"
 "The lancing? No; with the drug you won't be any the wiser"
 q think I can manage without any drug, don't you know?" You might faint, dearest" put in the anxious husband. And doctor says there's no danger in your case. You'd better take it" "No, think not" she said, throw. ing the sponge away and sitting bolt upright. "I'm going to show you men how a weak little woman can bear pain" ."-New York Press.
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KIND EDWARD BREADS" PAPERS,
Subscribes to Clipping Bureaus and
 Learns Everything.


 Subscribes to Clipping Bureaus and
 Learns Everything.
 As no morning paper is ever printed in England without containing refer ence in one form or another to the doings of King Edward-evening and weekly newspapers very rarely, while periodicals and magazines of all sorts, week by week and month by month, systematically print paragraphs and articles about him-one might well i'm agine that 1t is the easiest thing in the world to write things about the king which he will never see.
 But the truth is that if there is any real occasion for him, for any reason, to see them, the chances are heavily in favor of his doing so.
 The king watches the English and continental press very closely, and glances through at least one daily paper, and very often more, every morning. To facilitate this process being thoroughly carried out, his maj esty subscribes to two of the best press clipping agencies, who forward every day every line of printed matter that appears in any paper concerning him.
 Two instances will show how keen is the kings scrutiny of the papers in this way. Shortly after the accession there appeared in one or two journals personal paragraphs of kind which were not in the least offensive, but which the king did not consider, under the circumstances, in the best of taste, and which he did not like. Forthwith a command-sent as "request"-was sent around the offices to refrain in the future from the publication of such matters.
 Again, quite recently, while he was on the continent, portrait of one of his majesty's friends was published in a six-penny illustrated weekly, with the wrong name underneath.
 Immediately the king had letter written by one of his secretaries and dispatched to the editor in London, in which he expressed his surprise and regret that so usually accurate jour nal should have permitted itself to fall into such an error.-New York News.
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A SOLDIERS NICKNAME.

How Brig. Gen. Hughes Became Known
 as Col. Brooches.
 This is the way that Bigadier Gen. eral Hughes tells how he was given the undignided name of Colonel Breeches:"
 "At the time I was lieutenant colo pel, and had been camped on tho banks of the Yellowstone, waiting for orders to move after Custer's charge. We had spent the whole summer in the field, and had taken nothing except packs for our supplies.
 "My wife had given me that ques- tionable article called a comfort bag just before entered the campaign. It was filled with buttons, thread, scis- sors, thimble, etcetera, and this was my first use of 1t.
 q was in most awful need of clothes and began skirmishing for material out of which to make some trousers. The only thing could find was shel- ter tent, and I used the remnants of a pair of trousers was still wearing for a pattern by which to make them.
 T shall never forget that day. By noon had worked up a precipitation that can only be excelled by Turkish bath, and my canvas trousers were streaked and polka-dotted with gore from my bleeding fingers.
 My first piece of tailoring was fin ished by night, but was fit subject for the hospital.
 'The worst was yet to come. l put them on, and no low comedian, If he had studied regalia to make his au- dience howl with laughter, could have found such lines and curves If he had spent a year on his model.
 "Just where they should have been big they were too small, and vice versa. They could have beaten gro cery awning for scallops, or a horned toad for corners.
 'T could not sit down in them at all, unless turned them rear side before, and I looked so utterly miserable, whether walking or standing, that General Otis straightway dubbed me Col. Breeches.' And I've been unable to get from under 1t ever since"
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Acceptable Substitute.

"Ahw sighed the summer girl, "1 wish you owned yacht, and would place it at my disposal"
 "Sorry I can't force your dream to come out," replied the youth with the noisy tie, "but the only thing I have to offer in that particular is little smack"
 And slightly thereafter the silence was punctured by soulful sound resembling the expulsion of the cork from a bottle of ginger pop.
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Barred.

There's one thing the women can't get into" said the ant-woman suffrag. ist
 "What's that?' cried a chorus of feminine voices.
 '@The secret servicev'
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Before boiling mik rinse out the saucepan with little hot water; it will prevent the milk sticking to the bottom ot the pan.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-06-30
Rooms and Board.

81 Louis kepubnc,
In order to prevent impositions
upon visitors, precautions were
taken before the Worlds Fair
was opened, to regulate the cost
of board and lodging in St. Louis.
The management is prepared to
give positive assurance, therefore,
that the rates are not all eXorb-
liant.
The cost of living in st. Louis
is only slightly greater than in
normal conditions. The increase
is almost imperceptible. At the
hotels and restaurants the price
Of n meal is about the same it was
before the opening, Those estab-
lishments which tried to advance
their rates, and the experiment.
ers were glad to restore the form
er prices.
Many hotels are Offering nc
commodations for 81 30 to $500
n day which could not be secured
at less IN any city mt any time.
Good lodging may be obtained,
IN any part of the city, even adj
jacent to the Exposition grounds.
for 80 cents day and up. A
single meal may be had for 30
and 80 cents, the kind of meal
that would cost %, 30 and 10
cents ordinarily. 1t is possible
to live well for $40 week, and
that expense surely is not exorbi-
tant The cost of living in St.
Louis is far below the cost at sum-
mer resorts and the cost which
generally prevails in various cities
during crowded seasons. The
rates are low for the reason that
the Exposition management
adopted system of control and is
in a position to exercise control.
Bureaus of information have been
opened in Union Station, in the
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-06-30

Exposition grounds, in railway
and business Offices, and in stores
about town. Upon arrival the
visitor may get an official pamph-
let, show ing the rooms for rent
and the rates, ard he may select
his lodgings without difficulty.
St. Louis resolved to avoid the
mistakes made IN other eXposi-
tion cities. EXorbltant rates
defeat the very purposes for
which an exposition is conducted.
st. Louis wishes to induce WISH
tors to come, and to please them
after they arrive; 1t does not in
tend to.have them depart denounc-
ing the city. Therefore it IS reg
ulating the prices of meals and
lodging. No person possessing
the average amount Of prudence
need waste money in st. Louis.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-06-30
Acute Rheumatism.

Deep tearing or wrenching
pains, occasioned by getting wet
through; worse when at rest, or
on first moving the limbs and in
cold or damp weather, is cured
quickly by Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment. Oscar Oleson, Gibson City,
Illinois, writes, Feb. rs, 1902 {:
"A year ago | was troubled with
a pain in my back, 1t soon got
SO bad | could not bend over.
One bottle of Billiards. Snow Lin
iment cured me-" 25c, SOC, $1,0O
at Central Drug Store.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-06-30
That Tired EeeIingl

If you are languid, depressed
and incapable of work, it indi-
Gates that your liver is out of or
der. Herbine will assist nature to
throw off headaches, rheumatism
and ailments akin to nervousness
and restore the energies and vital
lty of sound and perfect health.
J. j. Hubbard, Temple, Texas,
writes March %. 1902: 81 have
used Herbine for the past two
years. 1t has done me more good
than all the doctors When | feel
bad and have that tired feeling,
take a dose of Herbine. 1t is the
best medicine ever made for chills
aud fever" Scots n bottle at
Central Drug Store.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-06-30
ORIENT SEEKS PURCHASER
GOOD Authority States That Stilwell
Wants TO Sell-Goulds and Van
derbiIts to Inspect Property


derbilts to Inspect Property
~ Pa,o Ncws.
In conversation the other day
with man who is on the inside,
it was learned that all develop
ment work on the Kansas City,
Mexico d Orient has ceased, ex-
cept for little work being done
| in Kansas. As a reason for this he
explained that the Stilwell inter
ests have constructed all they care
to and are now anxious to sell. In
other words, the present owners
have promoted the scheme TO its
present standing and are ready,
even eager, TO sell out. 1t is fig
ured that with the amount of track
already laid, rights of way conces-
sions, etc, will prove very tempt
ing TO some big corporation. AS
one reason that the Stllwell in
terests never intended TO complete
the road, this gentleman pointed
out that only the parts easiest Of
construction have been completed
and the part through the Sierra
Madres is wholly untouched.
As to the probable purchaser, It
is certain that some road at pres
ent trying to reach the Pacific
coast will make II bid for it, The
new line crosses the T.. d p at
Sweetwater, and used in connec.
ton with the Gould interests from
this point would form an air line
from the great producing belt Of
United States TO the Pacific coast.
The Rock Island which would
meet the Orient in Kansas, could
also use the line to advantage.
However, the purchaser is as
yet u speculation, but of the fact
that it is now for sale this gentle
man was very confident.
The following excerpt, clipped
from the Mexican Herald of last
Saturday, is decidedly corrobra-
tive of the above view:
According to the statement of
Thomas ~ McCauley, of New
York, director of the Kansas
City, Mexico and Orient railroad,
and Il number of its executive
board who Is in the city, Arthur
H. Stilwell and party probably
left Kansas City on June 10th,
for the Mexican trip which was
recently thought to have been
abandoned.
Mr.. McCauley received letter
yesterday from Mr.. Stilwell,
shortly before leaving for the Dos
Rios plantation Of which he has
recently been elected the execu-
tive head, as president of the
Mexican Gulf Commercial com
pany. The letter said that Mr..
Stilwell expected TO leave Kansas
City about June 18th and that he
would probably arrive in Mexico
City within ten days from that
time.
The personnel of the party was
not mentioned, but it is thought
that it will he some of the lead.
ing railroad men of the United
States, among them being George
Gould, the millionaire railroad
magnate, and n. G. Brown, vice
president of the New York Cen,
trial railway and also the Lake
Shore line. One of the Wander
builts may likewise accompany
the party and some editors anC
journalists of the leading news
papers in the larger cities of the
United States.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-06-30
New Gin at EIdOrado.

Messrs. r. P. Doris, Job Camp
bell and |. H. Elder, of Eldorado,
were in San Angelo Thursday.
These gentlemen compose the
Eldorado Gin and Milling Co..
and while here closed u deal with
II. b. Wadsworth, representing
the Continental Gin Machinery
Co., for u complete gin outfit,
They will have A horse power
engine and two 60 saw gin stands
with other up-to-date machinery.
They anticipate a good cotton
crop in Schleicher county this
year and are making preparations
to handle it at home.
The Press wishes them the very
best of success in their venture
hopes they will have to run over
time for about half the season.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-06-30
Excursion for College Girls.

Mr.. and Mrs. O. A. Carr, of the
Carr-Burdette College at Sher-
man, Texas, will chaperone a
party of students to the st. Louis
Exposition. Young ladies who
expect to become students at this
school are invited to join the
parity.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-06-30
That ThrObbing Headache

Would quickly leave you, if you
used DR.. Kings New Life pills.
Thousands of sufferers haveproved
their matchless merit for sick and
nervous headaches. They make
pure blood and build up your
health. Only % cents, money
back if not cured, Sold by J, w.
Harris, druggist. June
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-06-30

Mothers lose their dread for
that terrible second summer"
when they have DR.. Fowler's Elk
tract Of Wild Strawberry in the
house. Natures specific for bow
ell complaints of every sort,
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-06-30

between the brute and the god.
In and through this tremendous
struggle it may be that a splendid
spiritual reserve is being generat-
ed, which, by and by, is to decide
the battle in favor of the cause
that is fair.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-07-29
/ DIVORCE INVALID.

Ole Simonson, Of DsGroat town
ship. has just had an illusion dispsl-
led by the supreme court. Mr..
Simonson, who Is an old settler in.
the county, sued his wife for divorce
in 1898. A decreee granting the
divorce was rendered early in 1899.
The wife was absent from the state
at the time, and did not learn of the
divorce until 1908, when she employed
Attorneys j. r. Henry and Henry
ID tiray to have the divorce vacated.
An application therefor was made
to Judge Palda who held the divorce
to be valid. An appeal was taken
to the supreme court which has Just
held the divorce to be invalid.
The Intsr-O eean reg rets that a
divorce of SO long a standing should
be held invalid. The successful at
torneys state, however. that the re-.
suit does not indicate any defect in
the divorce law of the state, and that
the decision Of the supreme court was
y
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-07-29

sheriff placed the obstreperous strang-
er under arrest and lodged him in the
county Jail. Wednesday morning
he was taken before Judge Duell and
fined SIS and costs.
We are in position to give you
low figures on binding Irvine. Drop
in and see ne. Russell & Schultz.
w. 81. Reid has rented the Pattee
building on Fourth street and will
convert it into lodging house. to be
lun in.connection with his hotel. /.
John Kain is fixing up the old
electric light plant building for
restaurant and lodging house. He
will be able to accommodate several
hundred people.
Mrs. Dr.. E. A. Anderson arrive,..
Thursday morning from st. Paul.
DR.. and Mrs. Anderson will occupy
the Watt residence while Mr.. and
Mrs. Watt are east.
Miss Alice Perry, who has been
visiting with Miss Pearl Duell at
Chautauqua for several weeks. left
Tuesday for her home in Grand
Forks *
The fact that Russell Il Schultz
sold a carload of Irvine to the Amer
lean Society of Equity demonstrates
that they are underseIIng all cum
petitors. Better figure with them
on your supply Of Irvine this year.
They may be able to also save you
money.
Chief Hurst, in making his rounds
Wednesday found man lying very
ill at the race track stables. Investi-
cation revealed the fact that the man
had been there three days, practically
without assistance. The county ply
stefan made an exa mination and
found he was suffering from typhoid
fever, and ordered him to the hos
.pital. The man gives his name as
Oscar Olson, and he claims his home
is in Benson county. he is without
money. .
The passenger der artment of the
Great Northern railway estimates
that there will be SO, 900 people at
Devils Lake to register for tie Fort
Totten dra wing This estimate is
based upon inquiries received BY the
passenger department.