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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30

Mrs. Meyerding will have a swell
restaurant when she opens 1t to the
public. Workmen are buey clean
ing up and decorating the room.
New fixtures have been ordered
and everything win be firstclsss.
Vote .yesr on the library ballot
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30

wANTED-Girl for general house.
work. Apply at once to Mrs. ]. A,
McCuue.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30

Did you ever 60 to Joplin and get
drunk and preach prohibition the
next dsyS Vote "yes" on the library
ballot.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30

Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. Carney have
removed from the Perkins property
on River street TO their own home
on Sheridan street. F. S. Greene
and family will occupy the Perkins
property. Vote yes" on the library
ballot.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30

r. p. Sharpe of indianapolis has
opened an Office in this city. Mr.
Sharpe will occupy the quarters OF
the Baxter Mining Company and
will deal in mines and mining in
vestmeuts. He is hustler, comes
well recommended and will do our
district a lot of good. Vote "yes" on
the library ballot.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30
LOWELL NEWS.

Cyrus Moore aud family have re-
turned to Lowell.
Miss Nannie Newman of Colum.
bus has returned to Lowell to visit
her mother.
Singing was held at Amur EwSrs
Sunday night.
The teamsters of Lowell are in a
great stir about getting ready to be
on time TO grade on the Morgan
hill on which force of seventeen
teams ia at work.
Fred Boner went to Galena Sun
day afternoon.
School will soon he out and we
expect the children will be glad.
The Blackjack school has been
closed on the account of the black
smallpox.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30

Onion setts at DENTS.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30

The Joplin board of health has
ordered every body in that city vac
cinated-and the order applies to
everybody living within five miles
of Joplin. Smallpox is quite thick
in IODlin
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30

Charles Starkey, miner, living
at Empire City, was found dead
Monday morning on the road lead
ing from Empire to Chitwood. His
team ran away while Mr.. Starkey
was on his way to his work and he
was thrown onto rocks. head fore
most. .Nau se.s'. ~: -t,.ss aiS-&-y
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30

If you are not able to buy or build
now you should at least secure
lot. Daniels d Plumb have some ot
the incest residence lots in town.
Cheap.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-03-30

Charlie Craney and +. 7. McCar-
thy went to Kansas City Tuesday
night. Vote "yes" on the library
ballot.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

willingly gave his opinion of the
prospects for road.
Mr.. Lee says that while it is
clearly out of his department and
while he knows nothing definite,
he is sure that n line is going to
be built Immediately connecting
the main line near Amarillo with
some point on the San Angelo
branch.
He says the company has in
tended all the time to Euild this
connecting link, but he Is conf
dent that the recent agitation of
the matter and the vast amount
of engineer work being done indi-
Gates that the line will be i'll OPP
Grafton sooner than generally
expected.
Mr.. Lee says that in his opinion
it is not an assured fact that
Brentwood will get the road.
The engineers report will decide
whether the road will connect
here or at some point further
west.-Pecan Valley News,
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
still Unrumed.

Uncle Rufus was one OF the calmest
and most equable of mortals. Nobody
had ever seen him excited or impatient.
But there came a time that tried him.
The furnace in the basement Of his
house was working badly. He had been
experimenting with n new variety of
coal, In which there was a considerable
proportion Of SLACK" and IL did not
seem to be burning lie threw open
the door Of the furnace, thrust the end
Of long poker deep into the smolder.
Ing mass and stirred 1t up vigorously.
The result was startling. A fierce
burst Of flame aud smoke came forth.
not only envclOping Uncle Rufus, but
blowing out the hue caps in the rooms
above ana filling the house with SCOT
and ashes.
IN the midst Of the excitement Uncle
Rufus came up from the basement with
his usual slow and regular step. His
face was black with CRIME, his eye
brows and cy"Iashcs were singcd to
crisp una what was left Of his hair
and beard was a sight 10 behold.
lie went TO mirror and took COOL
look ut himself.
"Waal" hc said slowly and dclibcr-
atcly, 81 was needing a shave an a
hair cut anyway"
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

stone forests are found in various
parts of the world. In many cases
they are hardened 10y some peculiarly
OF the atmosphere and are found stand.
Ing just rs they were when clothed
with green foliage thousands Of years
ago tn" Little Colorado river. in
Arizona, has long been famous MS n
locality for such finds. At one place
moro than l5OO cords Of solid stone
tree trunks, sections. limbs and logs
were found by the government sur.
vcyOrs. Most of them were silicifcd,
many seven TO ten feet in diane
ter and from twenty to eighty feet
In height. Biologists say that the
pctriicd trees Of the Little Colora.
do were once covered with mari over
1000 feet in depth. Some of the trees
have been changed to Jasper and have
assumed various hues; others resemble
opal and when brOrcn open the core
is often found lined with crystals of
the most beautiful tints.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

With each and every piece of
repairing we take particular
pains to make it rs near like new
as possible, at Lel'el's.
Nathan Passur went to Brown
wood Sunday TO assist his father,
who has the plumbing contract in
the new Walker-Smith building
there.
When You want II binder,
mower, rake, or Irvine, of course
the up.to-date farmer wants
nothing but the genuine McCor-
mick,-only at Hagelstein's.
Let Broome IL Farr look after
your fire insurance, They repre-
sent the best of companies and
their Mr., Kirkpatrick gives his
entire time to that line of their
business.
"A new line of mating and
moulding at Dougherty's. 2Otf
Col. D. P. Gay returned to Bal.
linger Saturday
Fresh Candies; Chocolates
and Creams at Freeland's. If
June 10Th, witnessed ball
game between San Angelo and
Ballinger colored teams. The
game was II highly enjoyable one,
San Angelo winning by n score of
Is to t, A number of San An
gelo sports and business men saw
the game and pronounce it the
comedy climax of the season.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
WHlSTLER'S MONOGRAM.
Other Artists Have Adopted Queer
Devices For signatures.

Devices For Signatures.
The mystic emblem or device Of
sort Of Whistlcrized butterfly was
adopted in the sixties by the eccentric
genius, JaTcs Abbott Whistler who.
without any known reason. changed
his name later to james MacNeill
Whistler.
Close study will reveal that this pc
culiar scroll Is really n monogram of
j. w. Tho earliest of the ctchings to
boar the butterfly Is Chelsea Wharf"
0SG3J, but many paintings and etch.
ings after that date are signed whist
Ter"
Artists have sometimes signed their
pictures in some distinct form in
stead of their names. II generally was
done when the name might suggest
some emblem or symbol.
Thus Hicronymus Cock dcmaried
two lighting cocks on his panels:
Narcotic Albertincll signed Il cross
with two intcrlaced rings, referring to
the sacerdotal duties to which at one
time of his life he devoted himself;
Martin Rota, a wheel; PETER de Ryng,
n ring with diamond; Giovanni Dos
81, a bone: Del Mazo Martinez a ham
mer; Lionello Spada, sword.
Sometimes caprice dictated the selec-
ton, as when Jacopo de Barberl used
the caduceus, or Mercury rod; Hendrix
de Blcs, an owl; Lucas Cranach, a
crowned serpent; Cornelius Engel-
brechtsen, peculiar device resem.
bling weather vane, and Hans Hol-
bein, a skull.-Collector and Art Critic.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
Church w.aa,,~. ana c.,a.

While 1t Is a popular custom to Issue
cards OF Invitation to attend a church
wedding, 1t is entirely contrary to the
teaching understood to be implied by
the church edlfice. No private family
has right to issue invitation to the
House OF God to witness the perform.
ance Of a rite within the said house as
though for the time being the latter
had been given over to them for their
own particular use, A wedding In
church Is not n private, but rather a
public rite, at which any parishioner
who wishes may be present without an
invitation from any one Gods house
is at all times n public place of wor.
ship, the very spirit of which Is utter.
ly opposed TO cards Of invitation
Church Eclectic.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

TO close out TO him at bargain
counter price, the probabilities
are that he will look insulted
There was II time when the man
who was in the market for cheap
stuff would buy Mexlcans and
and poorer class of Texas long
horns. But that day has passed
The man who stocks up with that
character Of stuff experiences n
great deal of difficulty III getting
it of his hands from the fact that
the man he has to sell to is look
ing for better material. So it
goes all down the line, and there
are none who are in the market
for the trash that is yet produced
IN few localities IN Texas and
and the southwest. The man who
intends to put string of cattle
on feed wants high-grade stuff
from the fact that experience has
demonstrated that it is the only
class of cattle that can be fed
and handled to advantage. The
more good blood they have in
them the better prices they will
bring. All feeders want the very
best stuff the range country can
produce, and the range cattlemen
who is bringing up the tail end Of
the procession so far as herd i'm
provement is concerned, is right
III the middle of n real bad fix,
from the fact that he is wasting
his time and energies IN produce
ing something for which there is
no demand.
During all the time that the
cattle industry has been laboring
under very marked depression
the producers of good stuff have
been selling their product at
fair price. There has continued
strong demand for well bred stuff
that the depression existing so
generally could not dissipate.
The men who have been active in
'l''hlIb bcIJtl Slull HIe JUe lew
who have made n little money,
and it is the general realization
of this fact that has stimulated
the demand in evidence all over
the country at this time for good
breeding stock.
There is not n stockman in Tex
as who can afford to go on in the
old ruts. If he intends to remain
in the cattle producing business
he must make up his mind to
only produce the kind that COM
mand good prices at all times.
His cattle must have sufficient
good blood in them to attract
buyers at all times, and the man
who is engaged in this does not
have to hunt for the buyers.
They are always looking for him
and ready to take all he has at
remuneratiye prices.
The doggy must 90.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

Ballinger will entertain the
acknowledgements Confederate AS
ISOLATION on Aug 9, 10 and II.
The city council of BalliDger
and the commercial club OF that
city have each donated $3.50 for
the improvement Of public park
One of the three drummers
elected from the train between
Banks aud Brentwood for refus-
al to pay / cents per mile when
there was no one at the Santa
Anna station to sell tickets, was
awarded 5000 damages i'm district
court at Brentwood. The trials
Of the other two resulted is a mis-
triul for the first and II verdict
for the railroad in the second.
one of the attractions of the
Stephenville Chatauqua June %,
will be an address "The Value
of an IDEAL" by William Jen.
nins Bryan. the greatest of Ameri-
can statesmen and orators
The comptroller Of currency
has approved the application Of
f. w. Henderson, John p. Sher.
dain, -. J. Wood, f, NJ. Rich
ards and T. J. Splller to organize
national bank at Brady with Il
capital of $4,000
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

1t is related that Jedcdiah Buxton,
the English mathematical prodigy, was
the son Of sChoolmaster, but remain.
ed throughout life farm laborer, be-
cause Of incapacity to acquire an edu-
cation, his mind being occupied by an
absorbing passion for mental calcula-
tlons. Being asked "IIow many GU
bical eighths of an inch there are in
body whose three sides are 23,14j, 7SG
yards, 1,G42,732 yards and 54,0G5
yardsE" he replied correctly without
setting down figure. Herah Colburn
was an American prodigy. When ask
ed the square root Of 106,020 and the
cube root Of 26s,336125, he answered
correctly before the audience set the
figures down.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
The Gr"nt salt Lake DrIJpe.

The longest bridge in the world
stretches across Great Salt like. 1t
was constructed at an enormous cost
to save time and money. Before the
bridge was built the railroad sklrted
the north end of the lake. Now it cuts
Off fOrty-thrcc miles Of road and runs
directly from ogden to Lucln. The
cost Of this remarkable bridge was
Sj,OOO,0OO. The piles were brought
from the Oregon and Texas forests.
by placing all the piles together they
would measure nearly 100000 feet
There are more than eleven miles of
permanent trestlng nearly the entire
length being under water, which is
from thirty to thirty-four feet deep.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
Lott EXonorated.

Tom Lott, the barber, who shot
Richard Poteet at Cleburne sever
al weeks ago, was completely ex-
onorated Gfor his act by Poteet,
rs the latter was dying of the in
jury received, Lott has been
under $1,000 bond since the
shooting and it is expected that
when Poteet died he would be re-
arrested and tried on a charge of
murder. However it has been
given out that Poteet before his
death stated that Lott was iusti-
fled in the act.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
A HINDU VIVA
His Trick That Puzzled an
tai Master of Mnut9W
ono of thc trlcks of the Hlll


Some of the tricks of the HIlf
ards are past understanding. accU.
to an occidental master OF magicN
was speaking of his oriental riv& |
This is what he says he saw a Hindu
wizard do in Il club in Lucknow:
"lIe took Il board and placed it en-
four glass gOblets. thus clcvating it
from the floor. A yOmgster sitting on
the board was requested to place his
hands together. palms up Then the
jugglcr took II glass Of water and pour
ed it into the outstrctchcd hands of the
boy. In the meantime the boy had been
mcsmcrizcd, and his attention was Az
ed on a point indicated 10y the magl-
clan. Gradually the water turned green
in color ana then developed into Jelly
which increased in density until it be.
came as sold rs II stone. out Of the
center Of Ills appeared the head of
snake. which gradually developed un.
til in the place Of the water there APP
pearcd Kissing reptile. was amazed.
! can assure you, but the trick was not
yet completed. Hitting the reptile upon
the head with his wand. the luggler
took it. mp carefully and placed 1t back
in the glass. As we looked it became
transformed into Il jelly which in turn
melted into Il grccnish colorcd water.
Clearer and clearer became the fluid
until il was Of its original color, and
then the iugglcr placed 1t 70 his lips
and drank the entire contents. This
was the most wonderful trick ever
saw performed and it is as mysterious
to me today as It was then"
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
The Presidents SaIutc.

The presidents salute consists OF
twenty-one guns, and why this particu-
lar number was hit upon has been the
cause of much speculation. One solu.
ton, more clever than probable, is that
when the Revolution took place the ma
tion was considered able to shift for it.
self; hence twenty one Another is that
the figures of the year of the Declaration
of Independence, 1915, when added to-
gether make n total Of twenty-one. The
royal salute in England is also twenty
one guns, having been originally seven,
which number fired three times for the
three political divisions makes the to.
tai
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

"Bah Jovc, old fcl, was wanting to
see you, you know, had just had my
man call you up Mt your apartments.
but got no answer. Not home, l sup
poser
"Oh, yes, deah boy But, you know,
my man doesn't like to answer the
phone when | am theah myself. He
says it puts him too much in the light
Of n serving man, don't cher know,
and Of course l could not think Of do.
ing It myself when he's theah, old fell"
replied Spendrite,-Cincinnatl CONNER
cial Tribune.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

"DId you ever hear anything so idiot
ic as that talk of Mrs. Softer's when
she is addressing her baby?" qucrled
one woman of another on the street
car.
Yes, | think have" was the reply.
For hcaTen'S sake, what was IT,"
81 once heard a fat man talking 10
his canary bird. Chicago News.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

"Rcally-er'- stammercd the gossip,
who had been caught red handed, I'm
afraid you overheard what | said about
you. Perhaps-er-I was n bit too Sc
verc"-
"Oh, no." replied the other woman.
you weren't nearly so severe as you
would have been If you knew what
think Of you"
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
Good groceries, Rawls.
10th.

Bass-And Of which variety Is your
wife, the cllnglng vine or the self as.
sertlve? CASA little of both. When
she wants new dress or new hat
she generally begins in the cllnglng
vine role. If that doesn't bring the
money, then she changes to the self as
sertlve, and-well she invariably gets
the dress or the hat.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
An Attorneys Opinion.

G. X. Lee Of Fort Worth, at
torney for the Santa Fe railroad,
was in Brentwood representing
the company in two railroad suits
in the district court.
The News reporter sought an
interview with Mr.. Lee concern
ing the proposed Amarillo-Brown-
wood railroad and that gentleman
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
How TO scent the nnir.

Delcately perfumed hair Is liked by
particular women, and from London
comes an idea for pertaining 1t. This Is
n pretty little silk cap, softly padded
and scented, intended TO be worn for
some little time before going to n din.
ner or dance. Ones personal choice
may be followed In the matter of per
fumo
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

See that the spurs are short and that
they have not been cut or pared to de.
ceive the buyer. The comb OF cock
should be bright red. Black legged
fowls are to be preferred for roasting.
white legged for boiling.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
Unfortunately Put.

"Unclc," said the impccunlous neph.
ew, you ought to 90 and see the new
play, Nou would just die laughing"
The old man merely glarcd In few
moments later there could he heard the
sound Of scratching pen rs he altered
his will for the forty fourth time.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
Somewhat Mixed.

A young man who was about to be
married was very nervous and while
asking for information rs to how he
must act put the question, SIS it kiss
tomary to Gus the brlde?"-Brooklyn
Life.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
ODDOsitpa,

"Why does he wish to marry herr"
"IIe says people should marry their
oppostes."
"Why, they are both dark"
eyes, but he hasn't cent, and she
has million ollars."-Pittsburg Post
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

II you get angry with a man or wo-
man, make up your mind what you are
going to say and then don't say it.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22
West Texas News Items


Weekly Chronicling Of Interesting
Happenings throughout the Great
StOck-iarming Section Of Texas.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

r. Matthews went to Temple
Saturday to meet his wife. They
arrived on Sundays train.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-22

BaIlinger will entertain the
acknowledgements Confederate AS
ISOLATION on Aug 9, 10 and II.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-05

and Mexican Billy was won by the
former In 25 Ia.
In the half mile dash the entries
were Rattlesnake Sam, Bill Jones;
Daisey, Thornhll; Frank Mcclure,
Griffith Mcclure won with Rattle.
snake Sam, second In 81. In the
quarter-mile dash there was a sur
prise party when an unknown MeXi.
can pony. four years old and heavily
ridden, led Bakers Midget and Moye's
Duke by good margin, winning In
20 l.2. The pony has the marks OF a
conner
The base ball afforded plenty of
amusement as all the players were
known to the majority of the specta.
tors. The playing wasn't so bad till
the seventh when Cook took the place
OF Phillips In the box for the Frats
and allowed eleven runs TO be pound.
ed out. The Frats discontinued the
struggle at the close OF this disastrous
inning with the score "a 10 IL against
them. The teams lined up as fol.
lows: Red Men, Gise, catcher:
Murphy, pitcher; Mahon, lst base;
DR.. Mills, second base; Pickens,
short stop; Levy. third base; South
erd, center field Corey, right field;
Dr. Hammond, left field. Fraternal
Brotherhood: G. Gatchel, catcher;
James Phillips, pitcher; Crowley,
lst base; Lowe, second base; Min.
ium, third base; Cook. short stop;
Peterson, center field; S. Phillips, left
field; Flowers, right field.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-05
Death OF ]. Max
Cook in Ration
Special to The Optic.

Special to The Optic
Ration, New Mexico, July 5. 1906
j. Max Cook musician who came
here from La Junta and registered at
the Palace hotel Monday night, was
found dead in his room by the pro-
,prietor yesterday morning. Cook
didn't answer the repeated calls made
at the door and the proprietor forcing
an entrance found the man lying face
down on the bed. He had apparently
been dead for several hours, In the
room was found a bottle partly filed
with whiskey and a glass which con-
tanned dregs of the liquor it had
contained white powder.
Justice c. NJ, Bavne summoned a
coroner's jury which after obtaining
all the information about the matter
possible. brought in verdict of death
by poison, either taken accidentally or
with suicidal intent.
Cook was married To a young wo-
man Of La Junta. He was thirty,
eight years of age and brought to
Ration recommendations as a pine
filter.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-05
On An Outing

S. Floersheim left Trinidad Monday
morning for his ranch near Springer
and was accompanied by his two sons,
Milton and Ben. The youths had as
guest young John Doveton, who Is
going to show the boys few things
that COW punchers ought to know.
Each lad had an open window on
the train. prepared not to let one
little part of the view escape their
notice, says the Chronicle-News. Miss
Viola Floersheim was also with her
father, going to Las Vegas on visit,
but she scorned the chair car and
was far back in the rear of the train,
much to the disgust of her small
brothers, who remarked, when asked
where their sister was. that 'she was
too stuck up to ride with them"