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The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

box and found in 1t half a dozen fat
snails. 1t was the same satirical own.
er h on another occasion presented
his jockey with a sumptuous casket.
which on being opened disclosed a
wooden spoon, and to a third jockey
who had faiied to win an important
race he handed a pair of crutches
bought from a beggar on the course.
When John Singleton, a clever jock.
ey of nearly two centuries ago, first
won a race in Yorkshire the farmer
whose horse he had ridden to victory
was 81 delighted with his achievement
that ne made him a present of a eve
whose offspring soon mustered a
round dozen, and really started the ex.
shepherd lad ON his career as a jock.
ey. Singleton vas very proud of and
grateful for his singular fee.
In this respect he furnished a great
contrast to a ~well-known jockey who.
when a check for 1900 was handed
to him by the owner of a horse on
which he had won a race, crumpled it
up contemptuously with the remark
that he had often received more for
riding a 2.ycar.old.'
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
OVER GIFTS TO JOCKEYS

One of the greatest of living jock.
nys has a most remarkable collection
Of tributes from admirers. unknown
and otherwise. 1t contains, among
other strange things, pawn tickets,
writs and summonses contributed by
unsuccessful hackers of his mounts,
talismans of all kinds to bring him
luck in his races. sermons and tracts
for his spiritual welfare, recipes for
all kinds of ailments from coughs to
a tendency to corpulence, forms for in.
suring against accidents, offers of
marriage accompanied by bundles of
photographs of would-be wives, welsh.
ers' tickets and a pair of wornout
boots with the legend: "All that is
left of them after walking from
York To London; backed all your
mounts"
A few years ago. after his horse had
lost an important race, a w%ell-known
turfman went up to the jockey and
made him a formal and public presen-
tation of a silver snuffbox. saying
that If he would look inside he would
see the kind OF horse he ought to ride
in future. The jockey opened the
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
Must FIGHT FOR SUCCESS

Many a man has tried to justify his
failure on the ground that he was
doomed by the cards which fate dealt
him, that he must pick them up and
play the game, and that no effort,
however great, on his part could ma.
terially change the result, says a
writer in Success. But, my young
friend, the fate that deals your cards
Is in the main your own resolution.
The result Of the game does not rest
with fate or destiny, but with you.
You will take the trick II you have
the superior energy, ability and deter
mination requisite to take 1t. You
have the power within yourself to
change the value Of the cards which,
you say, fate has dealt you. The game
depends upon your training, upon the
way you are disciplined to seize and
use your opportunities and Upon your
ability to put grit in the place of su.
perior advantages.
Just because circumstances do
sometimes give clients to lawyers and
patients to physicians, put common
place ~clergymen in uncommon pulpits,
and place the sons of the rich at the
head Of great corporations even when
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

they have only average ability and
scarcely any experience, while poor
youths with greater ability and more
experience often have to fight their
way for years to obtain ordinary sit
uations, are you justified in starting
out without a chart or in leaving a
place for luck in your program? What
would you think Of the captain OF q
great liner who would start out to
sea without any port in view and trust
to luck to land his precious cargo
safely?
Did you ever know of q strong
young man making out his life pro-
gram and depending Upon chance to
carry out any part of 1t? Men who
depend upon luck" do not think 1t
worth while to make a thorough prep.
aration for success. They are not
willing to pay the regular price for 1t.
They are looking for bargains. They
are hunting for short cuts to success.
Power gravitates to the man VINO
knows how. Luck is the tide. moth
ing more. The strong man rows with
it II it makes toward his port; he
rows against it If 1t flows the other
way."
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
Woman Saw NapoIeon's Legions.

Mrs. Fannie Epstein, 112 years old,
who witnessed the invasion of Russia
by Napoleon and the terrible scenes
attending the burning Of Moscow. died
at her home in Chicago January Sd
Mrs. Epstein is survived by one
daughter, thirty-eight great-grand
children and two great-great-grand'
children. Her mother, born at this
close of the seventeenth century
lived to the age of 1903.
The aged woman was in the best OF
health until a month before her death
and walked to the Jewish synagogue
nearly every day.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
RIVAL OF PANAMA CANAL

The Panama canal will have compe.
tition in the world of tomorrow. An
other route will make an effort to Sc.
eur the immense tonnage passing be.
tween the Atlantic and Pacific. The
Mexican government, says the World
To-day, with the characteristic fore
sight shown by President Diaz, has for
a number of years been quietly pre-
pairing 10 meet this problem in an eff
fort to furnish a short and economical
route between the two oceans
The is,hmus of ~Tehuantepec Is the
route selected by this government.
Here the distance from ocean 10 ocean
Is ony 125 miles in a bee line. The
land is comparatively level and the
rise on tho Atlantic side is very grad.
ual, eliminating in the Chivela pass
at a height of 1870 feet. From here TO
the Pacific the descent Is more abrupt.
Although situated In the tropics, the
tropic heat is mitigated a great deal
by the strong winds which blow con-
stantly from ocean to ocean.
This route will greatly facilitate the
commerce between the two long coast
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
FOUR YEARS OF AGONY.
Whole Foot Nothing But Proud Flesh
Had to Use Crutches-"Cuticura
Remedies the Best on Earth"

In the year 1899 the side Of my
right foot was cut off from the little
toe down to the heel, and the physi.
clan who had charge of me was try.
ing to sew up the side of my foot, but
with no success. At last my whole
foot and way up above my calf was
nothing but proud flesh. | suffered un.
told agonies for four years, and tried
different physicians and all kinds OF
continents, | could walk only with
c%rutches. In two weeks afterwards
saw a change in my limb. Then | be.
gan using Cuticura Soap and Ointment
often during the day. and kept 1t up
for seven months, when my limb was
healed up just the same as II | never
had trouble. 1t Is eight months now
since stopped using Cuticura Rene
dies, the best on Gods earth. | am
working at the present day after five
years of suffering. The cost of Cuti-
!cura Ointment and Soap was only Sc,
but the doctors bills were more like
$500. John NJ, Lloyd. 71S S. Arch Ave,
Alliance, Ohio, Juno 81, 1905"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

If anyone asks who Is to be Presi.
dent of Switzerland next year you
can say NJ. Forrer. A Swiss Presi.
dent has hard work to be famous, for
his country is continuously prosper.
Gus, peaceful and as free from govern.
ment as possible.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

That boy who ran from a street car
to give a a dime she had
dropped will probably never become a
great financier.-Salt Lake Tribune.
Perhaps he thought that she would
reward him with a quarter.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
Don't Wait.

Hanna, Wyo., Jan. 18th (%Special)--
Delays are dangerous. Don't wait un.
til all the awful symptoms of Kidney
Disease develop in your system, and
your physician shakes his head grave.
ly as he diagnoses your case. If you
suspect your kidneys, turn at once to
the great Kidney Specific-Dodd's
Kidney Pills. You can do so with
every confidence. A few of Dodd's
Kidney Pills taken in time have saved
many a life. The early symptoms OF
Kidney Disorder may be the forerun-
ners Of Bright's Disease, Diabetes and
Dropsy. DR.. w. Fl. Jeffrles, a resi-
dent mere, tells below how he treated
an attack Of Kidney Trouble. He
says
Before commenced taking Dodd's
Kidney Pills, | had always a tired
feeling every morning when / got out
Of my bed. and my Kidneys we're in
very bad shape. There was always
a dull heavy pain across my loins, and
| had hard work to stoop. | took two
boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills, the tired
feeling and ,ack pains have entirely
gone. and ] am now cured"
The chorus of the Metropolitan
Opera, in New York, has gone on .
strike. What chronic kickers thosi
nhnp,to oirI, a,
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

Nicholas OF Russia is haYlng his
funds and other ~valuables deposited
In the Bank of England. and If the
American magnates haven't secured
options on all OF them it Is likely that
he will rent a castle somewhere In
Uncle Eds" country between now
and spring.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

The late Edward Atkinson tried to
see on how little a man could live;
then died of indigestion. Burgundy
and terrapin are unsafe when you
have accustomed yourself to turnips
and water.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

Somebody is trying to get a Jaw
passed providing that nobody in the
United States shall be paid a bigger
salary than the president. We men,
ton this, not because It interests us,
but because we feel it Is our duty.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

An epidemic of mumps at Syracuse
university has stopped work in the
department of mathematics for the
time being. And yet it is not unusual
to see college students with swelled
heads.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

Sir iIenry Campbell-Bannerman, the
new premier, is commonly known
throughout Great Britain as "C.-B.'
This illustrates one of the differences
between our OWL and the other coun.
try. Over here he would be called
Hank"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

Our young friend, Boris, has been
banished from his native land. But
what does he care? There aren't going
TO be any musical comedies in Rus.
STA for the next few years.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

Thinking Of Mark Twain's recent
birthd..y-and it is a pleasant thing
to think OF, too-we are reminded that
although he grows old, his humor
never does.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

Maine hunters this year killed
more game and fewer Of each other
than for many seasons. BY these tao.
tics it is hoped the supply of hunters
will last as long as the deer.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

The sentiment against babies has re.
ceived such a tremendous momentum
of late that those of us who have al
ready had the good fortune to be born
have reason to congratulate ourselves.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

For a long time After you, AL
fonso!" has been the war cry of the
narriageable princesses of Europe,
but the Princess Ena seems now to
have got ahead.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

After he gets used to the new con.
ditiors the emperor of Korea may not
feel SO had. The khedive of Egypt
manages to get considerable fun out
Of ilfe.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

Mrs. Chadwick has decided to give
up the fight and go to prison. She
might have done this at the start, but
where would her lawyer have come
In?
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

1t has been decided to postpone The
Hague peace conference. Just at pres
ent the car is too busy trying to get
up plans of peace for domestic use.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
Supreme Test of Love.

George, we have been married just
a ear to-day, haven't WEI" said Mrs.
Worthington, as George came home
from work, tired and rather out Of
sorts.
yes, dear, did you think l had for.
gotten it?"
mo. George; but I just thought I
would mention it. And, George, in all
this time has your love for me waver.
ed for an instant? Has the horrible
thought come to you at any time that
you had made a mistake? Do you still
feel the same toward me that you did
upon that night a year ago when You
promised to love me always, TO care
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
THE TUCUMCARI NEWS

One can easily imagine the joy with
which the sultan Of Turkey seized
upon the opportunity to rebuke Russia
for the massacre of Mussuimans.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

lines of the republic. But this great
undertaking was not begun for the ma
tional trade alone. 1t is intended to
compete for all that traffic which has
heretofore gone around Cape Horn or
across the Panama railroad. The TIE.
huantepec route Is 200 miles shorter
between New York and San Francisco
than the Panama route. The average
freight steamer would require from
four TO five days to cover this dis.
lance. The managers of the Tehuan.
tepec national railroad propose to un.
load a cargo, carry it across the 18th.
mus and reload in two days. 1t will
probably require one day for n vessel
to pass through the Panama canal.
This would make a aving of from
three to four days for the ~Tehuantepec
route. The extra cost of loading and
unloading would be made up by the
saving OF canal dues and expenses OF
the ship for that period. This route
has beef lost sight of in the enthusi-
asm over the Panama canal. And yet
1t may some day be quite a factor in
the commerce of the world.
for me and protect me through the
trials to follow? Do you still feel the
same?"
why, dearest, how can you ask
such questions, when you know that |
have done all In my power and with
my whole heart to make you happy;
when you know that | would willingly
do anything you ask"
Then, George" sighed Mrs. Worth.
ington, as she threw her arms around
his neck and kissed him, there is one
thing | must ask of you"
Yes. dearest"
Il shall have to ask you to go down
and discharge the cook. haven't O
the nerW."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

ne sure of the foundation before at
tempting To put up a BLUM.
iou never hear any one complain
about Defiance Starch" There is mona
10 equal II In quality and quantity, lie
ounces, 10 cents. Try 1t now and save
your money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-13


Hemery, the winner Of the Wander
bilt cup, was being consoled with on
the destruction Of his superb car
Il was too trustfuI," said the young
Frenchman, with a ruefuI smile. Il
let the people crowd around me. trust
ing them implicitly. never thinking
that any one would be so careless
as to throw lighted matches about.
And hence pouf-my car went up in
a mass Of flames"
He lighted a cigarette He slipped
his coffee.
ITO be too trustful, said Hemery,
lis a fault of the French people"
"a stranger once visited a mer-
chant of Marseilles with a letter of in
PRODUCTION from Alexander Dumas. 1t
was a glowing letter The merchant
welcomed the stranger warmly, and
entertained him with great hospital
ity for three weeks.
Then, in the night, the guest dis
appeared, taking with him his hosts
best horse and a quantity Of silver
plate.
The merchant, on his next visit to
Paris sought out Dumas.
A pretty guest you sent me- he
said bitterly. The fellow decamped
with my best horse and plate, worth
5000 francs
What cried Dumas. horror
stricken. Did he steal from you.
too?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-13
BITS OF FAR EASTERN NEWS.
Unimportant Compared TO That of a
Few Months AGO.

Says the Korea Daily News: "Once
upon a time Korea had a man-of-war.
She was collier, painted white. She
was. at the outbreak of hosuIities
taken by the Japanese as a collier
again We have reason to believe
that she is at the present time resi-
ing under some twenty fathoms of
deep-blue sea. The Japanese minister
now has the effrontery to send the
Korean government a bill for the
maintenance OF this phantom ship"
When the British invaded Tibet
under Col. Younghusband, the dalai
lama retreated from L-assa and but
little has been heard from him since.
The Pekin Times says. however: "A
telegram from Mongolia reports the
arrival Of the dalai lama at Chinghai
where he desires to stop for the win
ter and proceed to Tibet In the
spring"
According to the Manila Cablenews
the Japanese navy has hoisted the
Japanese flag over the Commander
islands, which are in Bering sea, be-
tween Kamchatka and the Aleutian
islands, the latter belonging to the
United States and the former to Rus
ia The islands are unimportant and
are only valuable for fishing. having
no strategic advantage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-13

SohihlsslOns VINO directed the build
inS of the monument, left the Read
House for Orchard Knob shortly be-
fore o'clock under the escort of four
troops Of the Twelfth u. S. Cavalry
and the regimental band.
The survivors of the regiment and
many other Union veterans greeted
the Governor upon his arrival at the
hallowed spot, where forty-two years
ago the inYincible Grant had his head
quarters in the, battle of Missionary
Ridge. The dedIcatory exercises were
opened with prayer by Rev. Timothy
Z. OKeefe, chaplain of the Twelfth
.. s. Cavalry regiment Col. Fred L.
Climber one of the survivors of the
109th presided.
The formal presentation of the mon
ument to the State was made by Capt
George w. Skinner, treasurer of the
State Commission.
Gov. Pennypacker accepted it in the
name of the State, and in a brief
speech paid glowing tributes to the
men of the 1O9th.
Among other things the Governor
said:
1T is the custom in other countries
to give praise to the Individual On
the plains of Egypt is a pyramid to
commemorate some long forgotten
leader. saw in Paris picture of
the battle of Sedan. Their idea of it
was little smoke in the background
and large likeness of Won Moltke.
In Hyde park, London. is a large
bronze statue with all the minions of
the earth represented about it. 1t is
TO commemorate man who was only
the husband of queen. Here we do
otherwise; here you find a monument
to do honor to the sergeant. the corpo-
raj. and the private"
He then transferred it to Gen. E. A.
Carman. U. S. A., chairman of the
national commission, who in receiving
it for the government said:
'The 109th Pennsylvania infantry
was fighting regiment belonging t.
fighting corps that never lost a col
or or gun, but which captured many
colors and many guns. 1t fought at
NdundlCHIe On the night Oh OCl. IoS
1868. repealed furious midnight at
tack and opened the cracker line to
its besieged comrades in Chatta-
nooga."
Brig. Gen. ]. P. S. Goblin followed
and said:
'The battle of Wauhatchie was the
first engagement in which the men of
the Cumberland and Tennessee receiv-
ed any practical knowledge as to the
fighting qualities of the Army Of the
Potomac. 1t is well-known fact that
the misfortunes of that army previous
ly and the failures to reap benefits of
the various battles engaged in had
an unfavorable effect upon many of
the men of the Western armies. The
night battle of Wauhatchie, continu-
! ing for three hours against superior
forces, was a revelation to the men of
the West, and finally relations of the
strongest character were established
among these three armies"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-13


The wisdom Of the world said unto me:
Go forth and run, the race is to the
brave. 49,
Perchanee some honor tarrieth for thee!"
"As tarrieth." | said. for sure. the
For had pondered on rune Of
which to her votaries the neon dis
closes.
The wisdom of the world said: There
are bays;
Go forth and run. for victory Ia good.
After the stress OF the laborious days"
Yet" said l. shall / be the worms
sweet food"
AS I went musing on a rune Of roses,
Which in her hour the pale, soft
moon disclOses
Then said my voices: Wherefore strive
or run,
On dusty highways ever a vain race
The long night cometh. starless, void Of
sun,
What light shall serve thee like her
golden face?'
For / had pondered on a rune of roses.
And knew some secrets which the
moon discloses.
Ernest Dowson.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-13

A tall. thin man TO a cannibai king
Was always Dining a certain thing.
He dinned by night and he dinned by
And then in the interim dinned awayi
And the cannIbal king. he looked at him.
So bony and tough and 50 unc0 slim.
And he said. Good sir. though you din
quite free,
AS dinner you never could satisfy met
Oh, I've got up against a lot Of things:
Fake currency. and bogus diamond rings,
Rank faro banks. and, roulette wheels
that turn
Your pockets inside out with unconcern-
And I've got up against fun many
scheme
That seemed wonder. but was all
dream:
OH. cotton. common steel and all the
rest
Ny pocketbook have wondrOusly com
pressed.
But am frank to say that none Of these
Did rob my spirit Of its rightful ease
So much as when, on yester morning
A-shiver. / got up against my wilt
dollar and ] went out to walk:
l know not where we went
But / recall when I returned
Ny breath and II Were spent
New Orleans Tines Democrat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-13
Historical Precedent.

Frances is the 4-year-old daughter
OF a great architect. One bright
spring morning she was possessed
with wild desire to lean far out OF
the nursery window. Her mother told
her several times what a dangerous
proceeding this was. but Frances paid
little heed. Finally she added:
Frances. it isn't considered proper
to lean out of the window. No one
who is at all nice ever doesf"
why, mother!" said Frances. with
marked disapproyal and establishment.
Barbara Frietchie didl"-Lippin-
colts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-13
Lord stratheona,s Lite WORK.

Lord Strathcona, high commissioner
of Canada, has just turned his eighty
fifth year. but is still as active as
most men of so. AS a Scotch lad.
Donald Smith. he entered the service
of the Hudson Bay company many
years ago and rose by sheer force of
merit to be among the foremost COM
mercial men and politicians In tina
colony. The development Of the great
northwest is the work with which his
name win be specially remembered.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-13
Ministerial Troubles.

Mr.. Johnsing onderstan'
de collection las night mounted to TO
doIlahs an some odd cents.
The Rev. Darkleigh (pointedly)-
Yes, Br'er Johnsing, dar wuz some
odd cents, an mighty odd dollah dat
someun put in an TUX out de change
fur; so odd, amt nebbah gwine ter
be able to pass it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-13
Cot All That Was Coming to Him.

0Ot All nat was looming 10 ffiUf.
At the cafe where | ate my first
Frisco meal the bin of fare advertised
stringbeans. I ordered them. The
waiter brought me some beans of the
string variety. but the strings had
been removed.
Waiter" I said. ARE these string
beans?s
They are" he replied.
But where are the strings?" I de-
manded sternly.
'sThe stringsl Good Lord, man, do
you want the strings?" asked the
waiter.
Il do" replied I; @and you can
trot right back and get them I have
been told that San Francisco people
would try to string me. but l don't pro-
pose that they shall string my beans.
want all that is coming to me-
The waiter was equal to the emer-
gency. In about five minutes he
served the strings on the side.-Port-
land Oregonian.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-13
Every One an Old Friend.

The Wife-W What luck?
The Husband (wearily) what
ever
The Wife-Were there no servants
in the intelligence office?
The Husband (sadly)-Lots of them,
but they had all worked for us before.
-Woman's Home Companion.