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Cañon City record., 1905-01-05

of pine tree which the wind bad
broken n,and placed 1t in his sle]ge
1t was nearly morning when the deer
stopped before the lonely tent OF skins
where the poor children lay asleep
Claus at once planted the bit of pine
tree in the sand and stuck many can
dies on the branches. Then he hung
some Of his prettiest toys on the tree,
as well as several bags of candies. It
did not take long to do all this, for
Santa Claus works quickly, and when
all was ready he lighted the candles.
and, thrusting his head in at the open
ing Of the tent. he shouted:
Merry Christmas, little ones"
With that he leaped into his sledge
and was out of sight before the chill
dren, rubbing the sleep from their dSes.
could come out to see who had called
them.
You can imagine the wonder and JOY
Of those little ones. who had never In
their lives known a real pleasure be-
fore. when they saw the tree. sparkling
with lights that shone brilliant in the
gray dawn and hung with toys enough
to make them happy for years to come!
They joined hands and danced around
the tree, shouting and laughing. until
they were obliged to pause for breath.
And their parents also came out to
look and wonder. and thereafter had
more respect and consideration for
their children. since Santa Claus had
honored them with such beautiful
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Stock Ranch at . Bargain

Five hundred and twenty acres good
land. living water. good house, barn,
granaries, sheds. corrals, pastures ali
fenced with thrve and four wires; In
fact every facility for handling 100 70
800 hesd Of cattle; farm tools Of every
description; good team, harness and
wagons; 40 head Of high grade cattle.
Place well located In Douglas county.
Colo. For sale cheap. or might trade
for something good In or near Canon
City. See J. n. Rsgsdsle 4 SONS.
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Bargains in Cheap rands!

Mr.. and Mrs. J. b. Harvey on Orchard
Park lsss Thursday evening. where
they had very delightful time. Thsre
were about thirty in the party and .
Joliier company IL would be dihscult to
imagine. The host was preseatsd
with an easy chair BY the guests In
Of the occasion. The
evening wss spent IN social Ganss Of
various kinds.
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TO HAVE WATERWoRks
In South canon-Artesian Wells
at Chandler to Furnish Supply.

In South Canon Wells
At Chandler to Furnish Supply.
At meeting Of the town council in
South Canon last Monday night FRAN
shise was granted 70 D. G. Jsckling,
superintendent Of the United States
Smelling Company. to establish. main
tain and operate . system Of water
works in that village. the source Of the
water to Be the artesian wells 1t
Chandler.
A large storage reservoir will be
made along the lower slopes Of the
Greenhorn mountains. and pressure
obtained by means OF gravity. The
reservoir will be sufficiently high to
force the water into all parts Of Lincoln
Park and its immediate surroundings,
as well as South Canon.
The water will be brought from
Chandler primarily for the use Of the
United States Smelter. which, it Is
computed, will consume as much As
the town OF South Canon. but mains
will be laid In the streets for the con-
venience Of private consumers
Under the terms OF the franchise
South Canon must pay fifty dollars q
year for fire plugs and twenty five cents
thousand gallons for the water it
consumes.
Work on the system must begin
within ninety days under penalty OF
forfeiture Of the franchise.
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THE LAST WORD.

Mr. misunderstanding to Weaver it
would appear IN election had been held
and sidewalk riders counted out.
fear he acted ~ ballot bog -stuilsf,
sanvassfng-board aad supreme court.
I admit / am partly non-rssidsae,
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LETTER LlsT.

List Of mail matter rsmaining un-
claimed In the postofYsce st Canon City.
Colo, for the week ending January
list. 1906.
Annett, Mr. l. G
Bernard, Mr. Es
Belcher, Mr. Frank
Cooke, Mr. Frank
Duan. Mr. Juan
Grantham. Walter
hamilton. Mr. A +
Haisell. Mrs Jennie
Higdon, Mr.. Chester
Koinr, M VIM r
Miller, Miss Mary
McKenstry. Mr. Francis
Mcmillan, Mrs Mary
Perfect. Miss Mesdie
Saldana, Abram
Scott. Mr. RG
vaneaton. Mrs Mslinds
Wilson, Mr. John
Wiley. Mr. Fred
Ze1ier, Mr. Harry NJ
Forsiga Ptisted Matter.
Clark, Mr. Joseph
Farrar. DIR W F
r. 3. LEWIS, P. NJ.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
TAKES A RIDE.

The members Of the class OF Frank
Bachelor at the First NJ. Il. Sunday
school drove out to the residence Of
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To Cure . Cold In On. Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money II 1t fails to cure. e. W.
Groves signature Is on each boz. $50
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when you leave town for . fsw
weeks let Us know and re will have
the Rsoonp follow you anywhere b
Anaarfra
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Office Rooms

To rent. One or two very desirable
Office rooms up stairs in the RECORD
Block. Apply RECORD office.
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EXPERIENOED lady bookkeeper and
stenographer desires position. Address
574 Sherman avenue. lplt
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WANTED-Good reclining porch chair.
State price. l.. c. Wilson, 2l5 Main
street. 51n
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FOR RENT-Front Office room. RECORD
block steam heat Guy U. Hardy
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The Wont Ad Column
You Have Anything to Self, Rent Trade Have Lost
or Found Anything, to Advertise It In Ths Colomn
Only Five Gents The Line.
WANTED

WANTED-A second hand cook stove
and heater; also Marlin take-down
rife, Gall 6l2 Forest avenue. Sept
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE CHEAP-A second hand
Manhattan type writer in good con-
dition. A. p. Nelson & Co. 46
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WANTED-Plain sewing and washing
at home. Address Mrs. g. Seitz. city.
1DAt
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11
Seeking safety In Numbers.

DR.. r. J. Baldwin. secretary Of the
Southern Educational conference, pat.
ted little Mobile colored boy on the
head.
This little boy" he said, failed in
an examination last week. It was an
examination ON the Bible, and the first
question the teacher asked was. How
many commandments are thereY
The little boy thought awhile, and
then he answered, "A hundred
"A hundred, No, of course not,
said the examiner That will do for
YOU
And the little boy went out sadly
He had failed.
But he hing about the building. and
in a half hour another boy appeared
He was on the way to the examination
too. He asked the boy who had failed
what questions had been put to him
and the unhappy failure answered:
THE teacher wanted TO know how
many commandments there were
What will you say when he asks yor
thatF
"T'll say ten.' was the reply.
The boy who had failed laughed
loud and long
".Ten" he cried. We'll, just try him
with your ten tried him with a hun
bred and be wasn't satisfied Gin
cinnati Enquirer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11

seat and sleep for couple OF hours.
When No. freight comes along I'll
go over with you and see about getting
you on TO Syracuse"
Sergeant. II you'll do that for me
II you'lp-
"Cut it orr
The hobo was asleep in five minutes.
Police business was slack, and after
awhile the sergeant arose and paced
back and forth. When his steps car
ried him near the man on the bench he
noticed how hollow eyed he was, the
high cheek bones, the hectic flush and
the gasping for breath, and be turned
away and grOwled:
only an old hobo, but III be hanged
II | don't send him home to die de
Gently"
When the two hours were up he
called to the man
I'm here" was the answer. Il was
having my first dream for months, and
it was so peaceful that wish it could
have gone on for years. II can only
get to Syracuse
"Of course you can get there, and |
hope you'll be wise enough to quit this
sort of life. Come on"
The two went over to the depot. and
1--WE minutes later No. came in.
Got hobo here who wants to get
on to Syracuse to die" said the ser
geant To the conductor.
Why can't he die right here?'
Because he's got mother down
there and don't want to be tumbled
into a hole like a dog
"A hobo with feelings, eh; Well.
you good old Samaritan, I'll give him a
corner in the caboosc."
I'm no Samaritan"
Then what You doing this for?'
''None OF your business. Have a
smoke? Here. hobo, get up with you"
Thanks from the bottom of my
heart, old man. If ever see you
again
"Oh. forget it,
When the train pulled out the hobo
was curled up in a corner and fast
asleep. He was hoping to WOO that
dream back again.
Going down to Syracuse to see his
mother and then die" explained the
conductor to his two brakesmen as
they looked at the stranger with some
curiosity.
Five hours later the engineer whiS
tied for Syracuse, and the conductor
bent over the sleeping man and shook
him by the shoulder and said:
Come, hobo. that's for Sary."
The man did not move.
up with you, | say, or you'll be car
ried on and not see your mother"
But there was no sleeper there to
wake from his dreams The hobo had
been dead for an hour
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11
SherIdnn'S Lips We're sealed.

Among the great wits who have been
members of parliament probably none
was quicker to seize upon an opening
than Sheridan.
At one time. when he was a member
of the opposition led by Fox. the prac-
tice of buying votes was having an
alarming effect upon FoX's supporters.
The individual responsible for this was
the secretary of the treasury, one John
Robinson. and vast sums of money
were squaudered by him upon this ne
fariOus traffic
At length Sheridan could stand it no
longer. and. rising in his seat. he one
day delivered 50 passionate an i'm
parchment of the system that the
whole house rose as one man. with
loud cries of Name. name, or with
draw"
This was a position for which Sher-
dan had scarcely hargained, for none
knew better than he how nvidious a
thing it would be to publicly identify
the. individual with the deed At the
same time. 50 strongly did he feel upon
the point that nothing short of his in
nate good breeding restrained him
from taking the plunge. Then his
kindly mother wit stepped in and saw.
ed him.
Gentlemen" said he, were it not
that respect for the traditions of this
house seal my lips, l could name that
gentleman is easily as you could say
Jack Robinson. London Mail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11
DIR. Temples Candor.

The brusQueness and candor of DR..
Temple manifested itself no matter
where he might be or in whose COM
pany.
On one occasion he was dining. to-
geth& with colonial prelate with
QueM Victoria. Said her majesty to
the latter:
"You preached before me just TWEEN
ty years ago in st. Georges chapel"
81 am not likely to forget that honor,
madam-the greatest of my life" he
replied
Whereupon the eminent ecclesiastlc
improved the occasion by laying down
his knife and fork and exclaiming in
amazed admiration: What memory
What memory madam!
But this was too much for DR.. Tenn
pie. who croaked out:
Il told the queen of that sermon my
self a few minutes ago. and you heard
me tell her majesty
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11

But the ushers, recovering presence
Of mind, had begun to shout reassur-
ances. "Sit DOWN. they yelled. THE
fire Is out. Sit down! Sit down.
Yet the crowd still tossed and scram-
bled. The moment was pregnant; life
and death hung in the balance. If the
rush could be stopped, With sudden
inspiration Paul dashed to piano and
struck a chord. The crowd, startled
wavered. The young fellow flung
himself into the seat
Sing" he cried. Sing Anne"
breaking into the accompaniment of an
old song which they had often sung to-
gether And Anne, shaken, thrilled,
stirred as never before, let her voice
ring out in all its glorious power
Strong, brilliant, beautiful, the notes
dubbed up from the white throat In
perfect passion of lyrical ecstasy. Her
listeners, spellbound, held their breath.
Who would have imagined that pale
girl to own such voice? One after
another gaining courage, slowly they
began to slip back into their seats. The
danger was over, the panic averted.
A tumult of applause greeted the close
of the song. The audience, stamping,
cheering. divided between admiration
of her voice and appreciation Of her
pluck, fairly went mad Again and
again they called her out.
Anne, her eyes cleaning. her cheeks
aglow. tried to hide her impatience.
Why could they not let her go? What
had she done? 1t was Paul who de-
served the credit, not she. but he had
vanished. When at last, still tremulous
from the excitement. she escaped into
the little hall, she found him there
awaiting her They We're quite alone,
the new performer claiming attention.
Anne her lips quivering with a little
wistful smile, held out her hands.
Paul." she whispered. The young
fellow, a sudden hope dawnlng in his
eyes, caught her hands in fervent
clasp.
Anne. oh. Anne" he breathed, sus-
pense. dread, longing shaking his
voice. Anne"
The girl lifted repentant eyes.
live been selfish she declared
unsteadily "Oh, Paul, can you forgive
me? Bur-but l didn't understand.
My career" with supreme scorn, what
Is my career? When | saw YOU com
ing to me amid all that frenzied crowd
IL knew" so low that he could hardly
catch the whispered word.
But the man., an inarticulate eXcla-
nation breaking from lin, had caught
her close
we will work together, sweetheart"
he murmured tenderly. That is the
way"
And Anne smiled.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11

A schoolboy has written an essay on
1.-THE Merchant of Venice" full of orig
inal matter. This is his view of Por-
tia: "Portia was kind and true heart
ed young lady. She was very good
natured, especially to some Of her gen
tleman friends when those young men
was going to choose their collins" But
the gem of the article relates to Shake
speare himself THE story was written
by Shakespeare, who married Hiawa-
tina. He was born in Venice, where he
and the merchant shot arrows of the
same fly when boys. 1t was here that
he learned to season mercy with jus
tice." Anne Hathaway turned into
Hiawatha is really interesting case
Of derangement.-Lon Chronicle
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11

buoyant mood, the girl quickened her
steps once more. Life, life, how good
it was And hers was still her own to
mold. to fashion as she chose
All day long this exultation chung
about her enveloping her in Il rosy,
joyous mist through which she looked
out unseem:ngly at the world. 1t was
still hers, as with beating heart she
stepped upon the stage. And then all
at once her excitement suddenly drop
ped away and she felt like frighten-
ed child. How big the hall was. She
had not realized that it was so big,
And how crowded. Eyes, eyes; there
We're millions of them and all fixed I'M
swervingly upon her. Anne felt her
head swim The accompanist with
kindly glance in her direction. had
seated himself at the piano. She must
begin. She made a desperate effort
Clear, smooth, the girlish young voice
hoated out to the audience. But even
to her own ears il sounded cold,
forced, lacking in charm. Her throat
seemed paralyzed. Amid perfunctory
applause she made her way off the
platform. just able to see through the
binding tears. Was she failure aft
er all?
The succeeding numbers on the pro
gramme passed to her like some horri-
bic, relentless nightmare. The thought
that she must sing again held her in
grip of ice. Spring. 1t was but a de-
fusion, mOckery For what had she
dared to hope? And it was only nerv-
ed with the courage of despair that
she was able again to face the audi
ence
Mechanically Anne followed the ac-
compartment. She was almost beyond
feeling now. Her one desire was to
get through.
There was a movement In the audi
ence. vague sense of something
wrong. People looked about uneasily
Then all at once sharp cry cut across
the song. Fire! Fire.
In an instant everything was con-
fusion. Anne stared helplessly The
uSNOA4ibahiSb hdu hlSdpptdltu. Oul
front the people were fighting to reach
the narrow doors. the stairs. The panic
threatened to be worse than the fire.
The girl stood motionless. Would they
all be killed?
Through the struggling mob figure
fought its way to the stage-a tall,
straight figure, with eager brown eyes.
Anne's heart gave a sudden throb.
PAUL oh, Paulr' she cried. He
was there, he was coming to her; she
was not forgotten. The next moment
he had leaped upon the stage and had
flung a protecting arm around her.
Courage, sweetheart" he urged.
That's my brave girl as the color
came flashing back to lips and cheek.
Now, how to get out of this
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11
RenectInns nf a RrIde.

Wonder if my train is straight? Wish
l dare look round to see If that Isabel
Price is here-hope she is. She want
ed George herself. and she'll be green
with envy. l have feeling that the
church is crammed. hope l don't
look white. If George hasn't brought
the ring | shall die.
Dear me. In another minute | shall
have TO say, love, honor and obeyw
OF course, it's all nonsense to think
I'm going to obey George, though he
certainly plays tennis awfully we'll.
We always won when we played to-
gether. He said he should be my slave
forever-but. then, men do tell such
stories. How fast pa Is dragging me
along; he is in a mighty hurry to give
me away.
| wonder how the girls look behind
If Eva treads on my train I'll never
forgive her. All George is there
that's all right. but what perfect
goose be looks Now. feel as cool as
cucumber. Here's the clergyman;
we're going to begin. Shall take my
glove Off now or wait little whllef
Poor Georgel never saw man look
so nervous. Well, must attend to the
service, | suppose
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11
The Career of
Anne
BY 4. NJ. DAVIES OGDEN
Copyright, 1905, bp A. W. d. Ogden

Spring had come at last. In the parks
rows of gay tulips and hyacinths
Haunted their beauty in the sunshine,
the trees newly decked in palest green,
waved happy branches TO soft breezes.
All the world seemed overlooking with
color. perfume, life.
Anne Wilmington, walking briskly,
uptown. music roll in hand, felt her
pulses a-tingle in eXultant responses to
the call Life. life everywhere 1t
surged and blossomed. The girls eyes
glowed. her breath quickened. Tonight
she was to have her chance. The pretty
color called to her face by her music
masters praise deepened. He had been
pleased. even enthusiastic Surely
those who should listen to her tonight
would not prove less kind. And then,
all at once as she passed large build
ing, the glad light faded a bit Paul.
She had almost forgotte.i him. Would
he be there? The girls pace slackened
as her face clouded. Why had he so
upset things? Why had he not been
content to remain friends? Anne's lips
quivered as she remembered the look
of pain in his dark eyes. She did not
want TO hurt him. 1t was two weeks
now since the afternoon that he had
come ovcrfowing with the news of his
advance in salary.
And now-nOw. Anne" he had cried
Il can claim you at last. Oh, Anne!"
But the girl. startled. little defiant
had drawn back. He demanded too
much Surrender her life. her career,
now, just when the bitterly toiled for,
eagerly craved success was almost
hers? Anne stared at him with wide.
frightened eyes she had never
dreamed Of his caring that way. They
had been good chums. that was all.
But to all Annes pleading he had
vouchSafed scant attention and had
gone away still with that white look
on his face. He had not come again.
The faint shadow of an ache fluttered
near the girls heart. Then with res
olute effort she threw it off. No. she
was not sorry; she could not give up
her work. not for any one And. with
a firm reconQuering of her former
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11
THE HOBOpS
RETURN
BY c. B. LEWIS
Copyright, 1905. by R. B. Mcclure

Now, then, l want this old hobo
locked up" exclaimed the conductor of
a Yellow Line freight train as It rolled
into the station Of Clymer He ap-
preached a policeman on the platform.
dragging behind him typical Speci-
men Of the railroad tramp
whats the row. queried the officer
Beating my train. He Was put off
at Round Top, at Owosso and at Delhi,
but he somehow managed to get on
again each time Give him at least n
night in the coop
Gentlemen. let me tell you how it
Is. said the hobo as he removed his
old cap and bowed to both. You see
Come on. Willie" interrupted the
officer, as he reached for the mans
collar
II was only two blocks over 70 the
police station. and when the officer
had arrived with his prisoner he turned
him over to the sergeant with the brief
remark:
Here's another of them fellers.'
The sergeant was alone. and he made
no move to lock the hobo up. On the
contrary. he looked him over as he
smoked his pipe. and at the end of five
minutes he asked:
"W'hy don't you quit it?"
Coin to-"
"Whcn?"
AS soon rs I'm under ground which
will probably he within two weeks"
Come up here to the desk. say you
do seem to be played out. What's the
natter
Its this. sergeant" replied the hobo
as he was seized with a tit Of coughing
that left blood on his lips
Consumption?
"Yep."
you'll nnd a bit Of lunch there in
my basket Help yourself and then
tell me all about it,"
The hobo had little appetite He ap
peared to eat more to show his appre
citation Of the sergcant'S kindness than
because he craved the food When he
had finished D. urncd to the officer.
you've heard the story often enough,
true and false" he began. but IT hap
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11

There Is a criminal lawyer in an east
ern city who, rather against his in
clination, recently was called upon to
undertake the defense of man ac-
cused of gross breach of trust In en-
bezzling from poor woman the entire
amount OF her savings.
The lawyer called upon the prisoner
for the purpose of eliciting facts upon
which to base his side of the case.
First of all" said the advocate, tell
me whether you really embezzled the
$1,000"
ITO tell you the truth" replied the
accused, Il did"
And of that sum how much have
you left?"
"Just $50"
Whereupon the lawyer, as he rose to
90, remarked, II shall, of course, re-
quire that you pay me retainer"
"And how much will that be?' asked
the guilty one.
"One hundred and fifty dollars" was
the laconic reply.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-11
In New England Orchara..

One method Of renovating an old or
chard which +. W. Rane of New
Hampshire reports as successfully
used at the state experiment station
consists in breaking up the soil in
spring and after thoroughly preparing
1t planting to dwarf peas or bush
beans. BY this method the ground is
frequently cultivated. the pods pay for
the labor, and the crop is turned under
early enough so that a cover crop can
be planted.
1t is believed that the Hitchings
method of mulching the orchard by
moving and letting the crop remain
on the ground may possess some ad.
vantages for New England. One in.
stance is cited in which an orchard Of
about 10000 trees is thus cultivated