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The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28
Much Cause for Thankfulness.

They We're talking about the failure
OF tao Subway tavern.
"Well,' said a lawyer, Bishop Pot.
ter would have entered into this
movement ii he had not known OF
many similar movements that are sue
ceeding %splendidly in England. Bishop
Potter is a well informed, a highly
educated man.
Speaking of His education,' he
went on, Il am reminded of Il conven.
ton where | once heard him make an
address. He spoke in favor OF educa-
ton, and a self made millionaire took
exception to certain things he said.
The millionaire declared that he had
never gone to college and he thanked
heaven or it.
THE bishop arose instantly.
"'Am | TO understand he said, Chat
the gentleman thanks heaven for his
ignorancc?'
"'Why, yes replied the millionaire.
You can put it that way If you've a
mind to-
Then retorted Bishop Potter, all
| have to say is that the gentleman
has q great deal 10 thank heaven
for"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28
Slams King an Ardent Motorist.

The king of Siam Is an ardent auto,
mobilist. and his ~"scorChing'' has wor.
ried his ministers. who are anxious
about the safety of the royal neck.
They presented to their august master
the following petition:
AT the service Of your majesty
there are bearers, and when time
presses, carriages. We, therefore, be.
seech you 10 give up the use OF motor
cars, or at least to 20 at a more mod.
crate pace. This is expected by the
dynasty and your people. We have
been too much alarmed lately to re.
main silent
TO which his majesty sentontiously
replied in u marginal note: Danger
lies not in the motors, but In the
hearts OF men"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28
Not a Fair Show.

I was stopping with a farmer over
night. and that evening W or three
other farmers dropped in, and there
was a good deal of talk about low
much grass a man could cut in Il day
If he went at it with proper ambition,
says a writer in the Cincinnati En-
quirer. Mine host didn't enter into
the conversation much, and when the
men had finally departed | said tH
him:
DO YOU believe that statement
about a man moving five acres O.
day?'
II didn't have a fair show he 10
piled, as he shook his head and
heaved a sigh.
How do you mean
why, up to last week would haVa
claimed that | once moved sevea
acres between SUI and sun"
and what happened last week."
II attended camp meeting and gct
religion, and | cant do any more l.
ing, you see."
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28
king PHILIPS" SEAT REMOVED
Connecticut Landmark Placed In
Charge Of Amherst College.


Many curious travellers who have
heretofore made the long pilgrimage
up Sugar Loaf mountain to view
King Philips Seat will be pleased
at it's present location II front If An.
hcrst college.
Fog centuries Mt. Sugar Loaf has
hung out like a flying buttrcss over
the far level plain beneath through
which winds the Connecticut.
Sugar Loaf as a geological phcnOme'
non, composed entirely Of red sand.
stone, Is attractive, but its great cliff.
with its straight mountain face sheer.
ing off 500 TO 100 feet i'm depth. is the
chief feature. At the southern end of
this cliff Pulpit rock stands out sharp
~ over its edge and underneath was
King Philip, the rcputed instigator Of
many a bloody attack upon the peace
ful villages below, is said to have Civ
en- his commands to his assembled fol-
lowers.
Formerly the seat was we'll defined,
but curiosity seekers have Clipped
away the sides and bottom until moth.
ing but a round hole remains.
There have been several narrow es.
capes from death by falling on the
part of careless sightseers attempting
to view the rock, and its present safe
location is a welcome change.-Boston
Globe.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28
Too Critical.

AT I Sunday service in one OF the
Geore ia colored churches the preacher
was giving an eloquent discussion Cf
the creation, and the congregation WIS
evidently greatly interested.
First de Lawd made dc heaven AMI
de earth, and all that in them Is" he
exclaimed ~vehemently. Den lie
made mantle made him of de dust Of
de earth, and stood him up against o
fence 20 dry
At tdis point Deacon Jonson rose
from tae back of the room and asked
suddenly:
BRIT oder Jackson, who made dat
ere fer ce?"
Put dat man out Two. tres NC
such o1estton: as DAT would spo-! az
IS tet.cgT y de TO!
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28
Suggestive and Appropriate.

Mrs, Poultney Bigelow,' a Ne"
York woman said, lis q favorito in
English society. At Cannes, in Lon.
don, and in tho country she is equally
popular. Ms. Bigelov Is a moralist,
q witty moralist. A millionaire wits
Ky dealer showed her one day q photo.
graph Of q new house that he had
built IN Herts.
Tell me what to call It, won't
you he said. I am hesitating be.
tween Gore Hall Paget Hall and Stan.
10y Hall What q you advise
WOULD ADJ .sc A.ccho, &!l
E..ejor' al. ca.I!-
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28

triCt Of New York,
also trustee OF the
Soldiers Home al
Bath, y. Y, writes
~Gentlemen: As
any of my friends
have used Doan's
Kidney Pills and
have been cured Of
kidney and bladder
troubles, | feel It
my duty TO recon.
mend the medicine.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28

There's a stream know, with a babbling flow, = u
That winds the woods away.
Where the leaves are red o. = cir autumn bed,
And skies reflect their gray, =
Il
and it sings along with it's ripping song, o
While echoes answer back; III 4
BY the serried field and the harvest yield
All snug in crib aud stack; (
In the sunshine bright. or the moons soft light, &
IT laughs in rhythmic fun
Would that man could sec such philosophy
In work that must be done.
For there's woodland bright and the moon by night
In life, for everyone
There's but small alloy would the heart enjoy
The starlight and the sur!
From Down Count $ Lanes" by Byron williams.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28
Won sueloW's Many Decorations.

Including two recently received dec
orations from the Shah, the Imperial
Chancellor, Prince Won RMeloN. l.,
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28

next 10 the kaisers Chief uhamber.
lain, the best decorated man in Eu
rope. He possesses 11J stars. orders
and ribbons, besides medals galore
4 German mathematician che other
day recSoned that If the Chancellor
wore them al they would cover not
taly every inch Of his breast. but his
Z4ck as well and oveyfcT dorA -:
-.:cuss.s 70 the knees.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28

From personal experience | know
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure infiam-
nation Of the bladder, having expert
enced relief the second day of using
the medicine.
(Signed) j. A. GOULDEN.
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28

Some one MOURN the loss Of r
bad husband more than others do the
loss Of a good one.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28

Defiance Starch is put UP 16 ounces
In a package, 10 cents. One-third
more starch for the same money
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28

Loafers believe in acquiring their
daily bread "A loaf at a time.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28

It's the love of other peoples money
that is the roo of all evil.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-28
CONGRESSMAN ooULDEN
Finds Quick Relief from Bladder Trou-
bIes Through Doan's Kidney pills.

Hon" Joseph A. Goulden, Member
OF Congress representing the 18th Dis
The leader., 1905-09-02
Local Cotton Report.

Brookhayen, Miss, Aug. 80. =
The cotton crop in the Brookha-
ven territory is less promising
by ten per cent. at the end of
August than at the beginning.
Loss from rust and shedding is
much greater than this in some
neighborhoods. Some sections
have had an excess of rain dur
ing the month, and in others the
weather has been loo dry. The
cool, dry, east wind of the last few
days has had a general deteriora-
ting effect. The best observers
estimate the average condition of
the crop at from Is to so per cent,
of normal on the reduced acreage
under cultivation.
The crop is opening freely on
ridge lands, and so far there is no
complaint of scarcity of pickers.
The disposition of the farmers is
to sell as fast as ready for market
ifthe price remains at 10 cents or
above, but to hold back if it drops
below the ten cent notch. Times
Democrat Special.
The leader., 1905-09-02

The Board OF Supervisors will
hold an important term beginning
next Monday. Besides the regu-
lar monthly routine business,
bids are to be received and con-
sidered for working all of the
public roads on the west side of
the Illinois Central Railroad, al
so for the county printing, and
the regular annual tax levy is to
be made. 1t will be busy term.
The leader., 1905-09-02

ever it may be necessary to raise
culverts above the road bed, but
ments or fills Of Garth shall be
made on each side so as to make
the appr0acnhes even. CuIverts
exceeding FIVE feet in width shall
be considered as bridges and ma
lterial therefor shall be furnished
lby the county; but all culyerts
over FIVE feet wide and urier ten
feet shall be built BY the road con-
Tractor upon the county furnsih-
ing the material. Each member
of the Board Of Supervisors for
| his respective district, shall deter
mine where culrerts arc necessary,
height. depth and width thereof,
land shall designate such, as the
county may furnish material there.
for, and his decision upon this
point may govern and be final
Which said plans and specifca-
tions all be fled with the clerk Of
this Board for the inspection of
the prospective bidders, prior to
the first public letting, hereunder,
on the first Monday Of September
next.
! 1t is therefore ordered of the
Board that all of said roads be let
Tout and worked by contract ON
the first Monday in September A.
I'D. 1905, for the term cf two years
thereform. To that end, the clerk
of the Board is directed to adver-
tise for sealed bids for working
said roads and according to plans
and specifications this day adopt
ed by this Board and now filed
with The clerk.
Each link will be let out separ
ately and each bid must be accom-
panied with the tond in sum
equal to at least the amount of the
bid with good and sufficient sure
teis to be approved by the Board.
And no bid will be received or
considered unless the same is ac-
companied with said bond. The
Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
PAYMENTS.
| Each contractor is required and
it shall be his duty to have all of
said roads worked according to
plans and specifications on or be
fore the first Monday in January
1906, and when said roads are re-
ported worked up to said plans
and specifications on the said
first Monday in January, A. D.
1906, he shall receive one half or
so per cent of the communication
tax collected in the district and
the pro rata share of the one mill
levy. If said roads are put and
kept up according to plans and
specifications and so reported and
accepted on the first Monday in
May, 1906, he shall receive one
fourth of the commutation tax,
collected as aforesaid and the pro
rata share of the one mill levy.
And if said roads arc put and kept
up according to plans and speci-
fications, and so reported and ac-
cepted on the first Monday in
September, 1906, he shall receive
all Of the Communication tax collect
ed in the district and all of the
pro rata share Of the one mill levy
collected on the taxable property
in said territory.
The leader., 1905-09-02

Watch Hartman's commodious
building, watch the Brookhayen
Bank S two-story brick, look at L.
Fl. Perkins handsome store cor
ner structure. ali on Front
street in course of construction,
and then imagine the Parsons,
May, Oberschmidt Co.'S two
story brick en- Monticello street
and the Commercial Banks ele-
CANT new quarters soon to be built
opposite McGrath's across the
road and the enlarged capacity of
the postoAice on the same street
andyou'll understand how we are
proceeding on.
The leader., 1905-09-02
Justice HOffman's Court.

State vs.. Abraham Cibia As
sault and battery. Fined $3.50
and costs.
Will Duckswolth Exhibiting
deadly weapon in an angry and
threatening manner. Assessed
with costs and sentenced to go
days on the county farm.
The leader., 1905-09-02
nj THE LOCAL COURTS.

The shaking up given the tigers
land vagrants during the last two
or three months is having at very.
salutatury effect and the officials
report much better order prevail
ing in the community at large as
one Of the visible results The
Mayor and Justices Daughtry and
Holman have all had light crimi-
nal dockets during the past week.
as shown by the cases reported
below:
The leader., 1905-09-02

The government census report
issued Aug. 81, gives the number
Of commercial bales of cotton pro-
duced last year at 13, $50, 200 bales.
Theodore Price, the New York
cotton bull, under date of Aug.
2Sth, figures this years crop at
10, 100000.
The leader., 1905-09-02

At meeting Of the trustees of
the University of Mississippi,
Chancellor Fulton was instructed
to take precaution against infec-
tious diseases, and was authorized
to declare strict quarantine in
the event of the appearance OF
yellow fever.
The leader., 1905-09-02
Bids Invited for County Printing.

Pursuant to an order of the Board Of Supefs
visors. adopted at the August Ternl, 1905. pro-
posals are hereby invited for furnishing Lincoln
county with record and blank b00ss. tax re-
cespts, warrant books pay cert lcates. station
cry legal forms and such 0ther books and blanks
as are used BY tile county and district CHEERS
from the expiration of tle present printing CON
tract, 10 November pToxlInos until the lst Of
July 1907; such proposals 70 be tled not later
than Monday. September Z. 1905, at y O'Clock
III Proposals shall bic addressed to the
Clerk of the Board Of Supervisors and Be mark
ed, bid for Record and Blank Book Contract
for County of Lincoln. But the local papers
shall have the Fight to bid separately on such
parts Of the above work as can be done separate
il bg Them NO bids shah he considered unless
accompanied BY d bond IN the sum Of $lo10, e0ns
dlfIoned for the faithful performance Of the
work according to contract The Board re-
serves the right to reject any and an bids.
Il, w McNAAlfs Clerk.
The leader., 1905-09-02
Mayors Court.

Geo. w. Upton Drunk. Fin
ed $5.0 and costs.
Henry Small Gaming. Fined
So. so and costs.
Joe Carlisle Drunk. Fined
S5. 90 and costs.
The leader., 1905-09-02
Justice lauehtrY's Court.

State Us. Eva Wade--Disturb-
ing the peace. Fined $500 and
costs.
State vs.. Hattie Smith Same.
The leader., 1905-09-02
CULY ERIS.

Sec. q Culrerts shall be placed
on aIl public roads wherever me-
eessary, and Of sufficient height.
width and depth to easily accom-.
Inodate The dow of water Where
The leader., 1905-09-02
Co. Il. srd Inf. NJ. N. G.

The fourth detail left Brookha-
ven Wednesday night. July Both,
with rush orders from Gen.
Fridge to report at Gulfport for
quarantine duty.
This detail of twenty men
makes 50 of Company II on the
coast:
The following composed the de-
tail: 1st Lieut., R. K. Scott;
Sergeant w. Nj. Laird; Privates
Pearl Allen, Luther Bowman,
Bob Case, Frank Cassidy, Dan
johnson, Edd Kits, Dodds Her
ring, Luther Magee, John Price,
Thos. j. Penn. Grover Storm,
Grover Sutton, Howell Smith, B.
L. Strong, Bob Stringer, Joe
MulIens. Frank WilIoughby, Ben
WilIoughby.
On account of a change in the
quarantine plans, the details ser
vices we're not needed and they re-
turned Thursday afternoon.
A petitions being circulated by
Justice F. H. Hoffman and large.
Il signed, petitioning the Board
of Supervisors to order an elec-
ton for an extra constable for dis
Etrict No. / as provided by law.
If the election is ordered and a
sober, capable man elected to the
place, il will no doubt contribute
materially to the enforcement Of
the law against blind tigers. gam
blers, yagrants and other law
breakers in BrookhaVen and vi
Icinity. However, if the good cit
liens sleep on their rights and let
some fellow slip il who stands
i'm with this element and plays
| into their hands at every oppor-
ltunity, they will wish the extra
office abolished almost before II
lis created.
The leader., 1905-09-02
j. M. WOOD,
he Grocer.
TWO PHONES, No. i & 2.

The guarantees are playing
smash with the theatrical compan-
les and many early Southern dates
have been cancelled.
The leader., 1905-09-02

The cotton yield of the convict
farm in Rankin county, Mississip-
pi, it is estimated, will be larger
than ever before.
The leader., 1905-09-02
Marriage Licenses Issued During the
Past Week.

White Samuel Brister and
Miss Bell Glover; London Sandi-
fer and MISS Annie Mcdaniel
Carl Martin and Miss ZuIa Smith;
|C. G. Gavin and Miss OctaVia
NetherIand; Horace Lambert and
Miss Minnie Bullock; Charley
Smith and Miss Ollie Watts; j.
I'll. Lenore and Miss Ethel TuIios
Walter S. Miller and Miss Eula
Paxton.
Colored Lafayette Patterson
and Cora Leggett; Jos. E. Smith
and Annie d JACKSON Henry
Jordan and l1owie Byrd Ben
Rogers and Della May Allen
Charlie Copdla, of AIagee, las
the contract for building The new
The leader., 1905-09-02
constabIe's Sale.
The State Of Mississippi,
Lincoln County.
NIiazza q Bro.
No. 1901 VS.

BY virtue Of the above styled writ directed ID
me from the Office OF Hon. II. III Hoffman, ain
acting Justice Of the Peaee in ana fof District
No. One of said county, VIII on Monday, the
25th day Of September. 1905. at the Court House
Door, west side or front door. Of Lincoln county,
the hours pf eleven clock ln the forenoon and
four eteck III the afternoon. sell BY auction tO
the highest bidder for cash the following de.
scrihed seai property, which has been levied On
by me as the property Of said defendant and
Will be sold to satisfy said WEt and all costs.
fo-Wlts The Sk OF Block = -, z Eugstr0m Adj
lition to the City of hrookhaTen Miss. 101xi5g
feet in Lot 10 NE Corner 81 NN4 Of NEM.
Section 1917 T. 8 East. end his interest ii Lot !
Block 1Q9.
p. BIsasE Constable.
The leader., 1905-09-02
. Wanted.

One pair Of heavy mules weighing abnut 120C
pounds. and from to years old. Address ol
PEARL RIVER LUMBER CO,
Brookhayen, Miss.
The leader., 1905-09-02


& Pearl River Railway a. T. FINE General Passenger
The leader., 1905-09-02

feet wide between the bitches.
The entire roadway shall be rais-
ed in the centre with sufficient
height to readily shed water, and
shall have drain bitches on side
of sufficient depth and grade to
accommodate the flow Of water.
Where bitches are Of unusual or
unnecessary depth, they shall be
filled SO as not to endanger travel.
Sec. 8. All branches or creek
bottoms crossed by the roads shall
be raised BY earth taken from the
sides SO as to form drain bitches,
the crown Of the road to be not
less than IL feet between the ditch
es. The shape Of the bitches
shall be one and one fourth feet
in depth. All muddy or boggy
places shall be crossed, laid with
poles or plank, with a sufficient
covering 0f earth to render them
smooth and with an even surface.
Sec. s. All stumps and roots Of
trees shall be removed from said
road and all overhanging limbs
or boughs of trees shall be rim-
med soas to permit the unobstruct-
ed passage Of wagons and other
wheeled vehicles with whatever
laden, and all dead trees, periIous
Id their character because Of their
close proximity to the public road,
shall Be cut down.
The leader., 1905-09-02

Wednesday morning, Aug. 16,
the Board met pursuant to I'D.
iournment, present same as yes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
&" JERRY" SIMPSONS SPATS

CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH CANNON at
~ dinner recently contributed to the
general gaiety with the following Renaissance:
"On fine day l walked along Pennsyl-
vania-ave. with companion, and as we pro-
Ceeded we were laughing. a pair of spats
worn by my friend, statesman famous
the length and breadth of the country, was
the subject of our talk.
al am wearing them on challenge he
said. If my constituents knew it, I'd GER
tainly lose my seat, and if any journalist sees
me | shall have no reputation after to-day.
But have nerve, and l mean to walk down
this avenue with these spats, if it is my last
act on earth. How do they look?'
livery imposing l replied but pardon
NE for laughing. l can't reconcile them with
you, any more than you can reconcile them
with yourself. You are the last man l should
expect to meet wearing spats.'
lust then small boy up breathlessly
ard touched my companion on the elbow.
Hey misterl' shouted the urchin, your socks
are down!
My companion drew himself up with pride.
My lad, he said with solemnity, l am the
Hon. jeremiah simpson,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
"SHE" WAS "HOLLOW"

A FORMER Congressman, who at one
n time a member of the Committee
on Naval Affairs, tells of a meeting of that
committee to discuss the merits of a bin
looking to change in the style of the guns
on battle ship then being built.
Strenuous objections to this measure were
made by rather bumptious member
then serving his first term in Congress,
and in his remarks he displayed vast
ignorance respecting the elemental points of
naval construction and ordnance.
Upon the adjournment of the committees
sitting, Chairman Foss spoke with amusement
of the notions held by the new member
That chap" said he, reminds me of story
heard when | came to Washington for the
first time. 1t concerned Representative
from Arkansas, who, like our friend, had little
knowledge of sea craft. Indeed, it was said
that until he here he never had been
aboard any sort of boat in his life.
We'll, one day they took him down to
Newport News, where he was shown all over
one of our cruisers. As he strolied about
the deck, in company with a polite young
naval officer, who was indicating to him the
points of interest on the war-ship, the man
from Arkansas happening to glance into an
open hatchway suddenly clutched the arm
of his guide and exclaimed:
"'My Heavenl She's hollow. amt she?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES

Z DDIE FOY tells how in hotel lobby
l. one evening a number of friends Of
his in Chicago were discussing the ideas OF
nationality held by the various Governments.
The French idea said some one, is
certainly logical one. If you're the son OF
a Frenchman, you're French, no matter where
you may be born. Seems odd though, doesn't
it3 Fancy an Irishman who, being born in
France, was claimed by the Government as
a Frenchmanl"
At the word "Irishman," a big red-faced
Celt standing near the group turned and faced
the speaker. "Pooh-pooh for you, he in
dignantly exclaimed, for advancin' such a
theery If a cat should have kittens in an
oven, would ye call them biscuits?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
CALLED ON THE COOK

A WOMAN envied her neighbor the pos
IA session of a cook, veritable treasure,
and actually went so far as personally to call
upon the coveted cook and offer her higher
wage than she was receiving. This came to
the ears of the mistress.
When next the two women met, at a dinner
given by mutual friend, it was observed that
the fortunate possessor of the incompatible
cook did not greet the other. Said one:
Are you not acquainted with Mrs. Blank"
The other replied in a frigid tone: No;
but she sometimes calls on my cook"