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

was not going to risk the edge OF his
chopper and he fetched a plank OF
wood upon which to have the opera
lion performed.
Then the executioner came down
With a mighty whack upon the poor
complaining cock and its career was
'nded. And so with the next one.
Then the headless bodies began a
CHASTITY dance upon the place OF their
execution until the muscles stiffened
and they became stark. The Chinese
will not eat a fowl which has been
used for the purposes Of this oath, but
a grinning Indian Waterman took pos
session Of the ~bodies-heads and all
and no doubt reveled in unwonted
abundance of curried fowl that night.
1T was rather interesting to notice
the haste with which the parties who
aad taken the oath cleared of after.
ward. II. as the Chinese believe, the
gods arc very touchy upon the sa.
iredness of the ceremonial and quick
> punish it's infractoys, the men
'pemed determined not TO run any
nance Of summary visitation Gu the
SPOT"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
Woman Becomes Broker.

A brokers' Office has been opened
in the Mercantile Library Building.
Cincinnati, by Mrs. Carlotta Thomp.
son Brown, who has fitted the place
out handsomely for the benefit OF
her patrons.
Mrs. Brown until her marriage
about a year ago was connected with
& bank-the only woman cashier in
Cincinnati. Tired of the monotony
o. Homework. she has re-entered the
business world.
Keeping house is the most tire.
some thing | know Of" said she, after
twelve months of domestic life.
Whether a woman does her own
work or has servant to do It, there
Is not enough mental stimulus In
housework for a woman who has held
her own in the business world.
Besides, ii Is poor judgment TO
waste ability on homework which
any one Of average intelligence could
do"
Mrs. Brown Is the mistress OF a
beautifully appointed fiat, presided
over by a high.priced housekeeper.-
New York World.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
The Things We Eat.

Gregory E. Owens, a food inspector
Of Manchester, had an odd experience
the other day,
He was examining the meat in a
small butcher shop or a back street.
The greater part Of the meat was
fairly good, but there was one lot OF
pork and beet that was rather ques.
riOnablc.
The butcher stood outside with a
customer. The inspector called him
in
Look here he said. what is your
opinion Of this meat here?'
The butcher looked II over.
II had forgotten all about that" he
said. 1T IS pretty old stock"
Wei, what Is your opinion OF it,"
My opinion said tie butcher
slowly. is that It is UNFIT for human
food, I-t it might do for sausage
Loudot Answers.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
A Hard Struggle.

Men who yea glasses are not at.
'ractive 10 women" sai.i the come.
dian, Joseph Coyne, in a Washington
club. Fat men, too, rarely please
womankind.
The former fact E;as forciblv
brought home TO me On a railway
journey recently.
The dr~awing.room of the car | was
riding in was occupied b! a bride and
groom-she very pretty, he ugly n
weak.eyed, but a millionaire.
From where | sat, it was possibIs
70 oyerhear a good de&! that went
on in the drawing.room. This is one
Of the things | overheard:
"'Oh, George, why DO you make
faces at me like that?'
~ can't help it. 'arllng. My
glasses are falling off, and | don't
want 10 let go Of your hands"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
CRUSHED UNDER PIE
WERE ARTISTS HOPES AND NIL.
LIoNAIRE's SILK HAT. :
Impression So Ardently Desired was
Certainly Made, But Not in TIE
Rioht Place-consolation Under
the Circumstances Simply a Mock
cry.

Don't talk 10 me-" walled the girl
artist Winning a daub Of green pairt
off the side of her nose with a clean
corner Of her apron. Don't eveh
look at me. | cant bear 1t! I'm d
iailure-a rank miserable
Tut, tut interrupted the sylHpa'
thetic friend, carefully testing the
strength OF a tabourette before spllns
down on it. why this sudden ue'
rression?'
1T isn't a matter Of depressloh'
It's a matter Of impression, correct
ed the girl artist, pulling a screen IN
front OF her last nights supper table.
what do you think OF an impression
ist who cannot make an impression
"Rur thought Won had, you know.
Your paintinps-"
at isn't my paintings: it's my
nos" was the astonishing reioinder,
end If I've made an impression it's
tha very worst possiblp one could
MIKE Listen. and YOU shall hear
Yo, remember how well nv two sub.
iectg were hing at the exhibition las
week? Well. | had worked over those
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
VIndictlve Bachelors Form Club

Because several have been Tilted by
summer girls ten young bachelors OF
roscoe and Rockland, Sullivan county,
~ " have formed an anti-matrimony
club and decided to live only for them
selves Every bachelor becoming a
mem er OF the club Is forbidden to
marT}' under a penalty of 500.
IL" better 20 counteract any long.
ing Tor the society of ladies, the club
mas leased a tract of land and erected
4 clubhouse, where the members con.
sFesale and renew their pledges Of
bachelorhood.
W OF the members were Tilted by
summer girls last summer, four have
vowed to marry only city girls and the
-FOUR others, while not telling their
troubles, are said to have been turned
Gown by native beauties.-New York
Sun.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
ELEGy OF CITY BACKYARD

B-lud. b-lud, shall greet the rising moon
And phantom walls alright the crow
ing cocks.
Peace, hase d!s,urber, wouldst thou rest
IT. peace
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS doth my prayer
evoke,
Now look you, Thomas. II sou do moi,
cease
III send you. straightway to the sau-
sage folk,
Be steady. arm! be true. my trusty.-
Bang =
The serenade hath ceased. the frac-
tured air
KeEni,s It's sutures; peace again doth
hang
Her l%aurels on the fence and pin them
EPITAPH.
Here rests his head upon the backyard
pave
y Cat. to all the nelghbors known too
we'll.
Good vas he-but he sang! No power,
may save
His speeded spirit from the pits of
the place where singing cats and
other nocturnal musicians 90 when
they get shot.
-Robertus Love in Los Angeles Times.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

CV:th no apologies TO anybody, except
the cat.J
The curfew tots the midnight from the
TIE air stirs softly from It's breath
Then Sinks again to rest; the mystic
OF Silence hath the world within It's
keep.
Save that. from yonder whitewashed
tn. Tomcat doth unto IL. moon com
popr.hg his whole wild soul in one i'm
t.nearlhiy and repose-destroying strain.
Sleep, gentle sleep, tired natures sweet
ooh. heaVeuD-
How shall l WOO thee, charm thee to
mine eyes?
l. that a cat: 1 think there must be
seven
O. eight, with lungs Of most unusual
size,
Sleep, gentle Cblank and blazesD-
where's my gun?
Fly psntaloons: Where did I lay my
socks?
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10

| was madly reckless. Thus docs
success turn the youthful head.
When | was ready TO receive my
millionaire and had lighted a fire
in the crate that doesn't work and
hidden everything hidoablo under tho
bed, put the pie out on the window.
Sill and drew the inside curtains 50
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-10
Pompeian Bread.

The bakers Of Pompeii made their
break into forms that were circular
and fiat, as appears from loaves that
were found among the ruins of a bake
oven Of the city.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-18

1t is again p~ersistently reported
that the seventh infantry located at
Fort Harrison will be removed and
the 18th Infantry sent here in
their place.
The ladies sewing circle met this
week at the residence Of Mrs. Bran.
we'll onlower Broadway The circle
is busy at this time preparing for
their fair and Bazaar in June.
Baptizing will take place at st.
James Sunday at IL a. m.
Gus Thornton is in the city hav-
ing come down from his mine at
Elliston.
The Helena Giants will play
their frs tgame Sunday morning
at 10 O. clock at Central Park
against the Hub team No. ?. Ad-
mission free.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-18
Church and Society Directory.

St. James African Methodist EpiscoPa
church, located at Co. 5th Ave. and Hoback
street, Rev. Jordan Allen, Pastor. Services
Sunday at IL a. m. and 7-3o P. m. Sunday
School, 2 p. m, A. Marshall, Supt., Carrie
Dorsey, Choristsr, Florence Anderson, Sec'y.
Prayer Meeting wednesday Evening. Class
meeting, Friday evenings.
r. J.. Fletcher Lodge No. IoI, A. +. and A.
NJ, meets the first and third Wednesday even
ings of each month in the Lucas Block. X.
/. Ford, w. M; Jas. Crump, S. w; w, H.
Rivers, ]. w. Geo. Alexander, Sec'y.; w. r.
Dorsey, Treas.
Byrd Lodge No. II, A. F. and A. NJ, meets
the first and third Monday evening of each
month at "a I2 S. Main St. H. J. Baker
w. NJ; 6. NJ. Lee, S. W.; J. Harris, J. w;
Chas. Ecton, Sec'y; W. c. Rose, Treas.
Bethsheba Lodge, o. Z. s, meets the End
and 4th Thursday evenings of each month,
in their hall in the Lucas block. Mrs. Chas.
Johnson, w. NJ; Mrs. N. Ford, A. NJ; AL
bert Napier, w. P; Mrs. NJ. Simmons, Treas
Mrs. c. c. Matthews, Sect; Mrs. Jos. Clark,
Con-; Mrs. Harrison, A. b.; NJ. o. ]. Ar
nett, W.; Chas. Johnson, S; Mrs. L. Napier
A.; Mrs. Jas. Crump, r.; Mrs. NJ. A. Cole,
Esther; Mrs. Z. Dorsey, NJ; Mrs. George
Alexander, Electa.
Golden City Lodge No. 3455, G. U. of o
F., meets the first and third Tuesday evenings
of ecch month. r. Brown, n. c.; ]. NJ.
Reed, V. g.; J. Howard, P. n. G.; N. Ford,
P. s; w. Parker, E. S; w. Cottles, Treas;
J. w. Crump, N. F.; Albert Marshall, Chap
lain; w. Mason, Wardom; Ingram, l. G.;
/. Tolbert, P. N. F.
Household Of Ruth, No. S42. meets the
end and 4th Tuesday evening of each
month. Mrs. Matte Simmons, P. NJ. n. G.
Mrs. N. Mitchell, NJ. y. G.: Mrs. S. Ford,
R. N. c.; Mrs. f. Johnson, N. G.; Mrs G.
Irwin, w. X.
Pride Of Montana Lodge, No. 4, K, of p,
meets the end and 4th Monday evenings OF
each month at G.. A. R. hall. ]. W. Crump
c. C.; H. Robinson, '. C.; S. Smith, NJ. o.
F.; W. Cottles, NJ. of E.; ] H. Howard, X
of r. and 5; d. Gordan, NJ, at A.; Geo
Harrison, o. c. w. c. Irwin, I. G.; A. Nap,
per, Prelate.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-18

II YOU are a race man, and nave
the pride that goes with it, subscribe
for THE PLAINDEALER and keep
posted on the doings of the race
Preaching at St. James church
sth avenue and Hoback street, Sun
DAYS at IL a. m. and 8 p. M. by the
pastor. Sunday school at 2 P. m,
A.. Marshall supt., Carrie Dorsey,
Chorister, Florence Anderson, sect.
Pleas notify this Office when you
change your address; or if your
paper does not reach you regularly
each week.
Mark Z. Taylor stopped over In
Helena Sunday and Monday. He
was enroute from Frisco to his
home at Goldfeld, New.
Miss Tressie York gave a birth
day party Monday evening at her
home for her school and playmates
and all the little ones present report
a very pleasant time. Plays, music
and an old-fashioned candy pulling
was the order of the evening.
The PLAINDEALER was late get
ting to our subscribers last week on
account of the non arrival of our
permit for second class rates, but
we shall in the future get the paper
to you on time.
Mr.. Fred Spearman will enter the
r. r. dining service Sunday, run
ing between Helena and Livingston.
The Helena Giants will play a
practice game of ball with the West
End team next Sunday.
w. r. Dorsey the popular East
Side grocer favored this office with
a nice order ofjob work this week.
]. S. Scott came in from Ellistor
Wednesday. He will leave this
week for Townsend, where he will
continue his mining operations.
Jno. Montgomery is in the city
this week having suspended hi:
mining operations.
Judge fart who has for a mum
Der ofyears been an employee at tn,
Helena Hotel resigned his position
at that place last Sunday. He ha.
accepted a position in the privat,
family ofMr. Wallace on the ives
side. w. NJ. Diggs is now euploy
ed at the Helena Hotel.
The Annual sermon of the Ode
fellows was preached at St. Jane.
church on last Sunday evening
The sermon was a splendid one anc
was thoroughly enjoyed by the
audience which was in attendance
Mr.. d.. Harris address of welcom,
was good as was also the other mum
bers rendered.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-18
SOME ADVICE,-AND A STORY.

There Is a somewhat ancient lesson
contained in the following from the
New York World, but it is so excel
lent that the story is produced here !:
Don't advertise if you believe you
are wasting money. Let your com
petitor waste his money on advertis.
ing, and perhaps in this way you'll
soon put him out of business. Just
stand back and laugh at him when
you see him squandering his money
for printers ink. Once there was a
boy named,-we think his last name
was Wanamaker, or maybe Money
maker anyhow, his name was John,
with some sort of a maker attached
yards of calico, three pairs of jeans,
and a half dozen pairs of boots. He
called this a dry goods store through
a Philadelphia newspaper, and off
cred to sell a pair of socks for 80
cents The Observation-Disclosures
ing just laughed. Young John spent
vertise just one time, and not less than
500 worth of goods. He was eau
toned by TIE merchants who knew
it didn't pay II was through SYM
patty that they offered him advice.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-18
The New York
Goods 9ompanyy.
Helena, MOOtaOa-

AZ so Cents,
An After Easter Belt Sale-In blacL
brown and tan, regular 75c at soc
At go Cents.
SI,25, $3.50 anc $500 Women Oper,
Length Hose, colors pink, blue, yellow
lavender and green, pure Isle thread
special tbs sale, pair 6oo
Al 10 Cents.
zoe quality Women's or Misses Sum.
mer Vests, low neck, sleeveless, tapsd
all sizes, special this sale, each 100
At I5 Cents.
2sc quality Misses Fine Ribbed Cot.
ton Hose, doubled heels and toes, size,
81 to 9, warranted fast color, pair I5c
At 20 Cents.
35c quality Ladies Fine Isle Hose
lace boot effect, colors tan, white Or
black, al! sizes, special, pair 90.
At 10 Cents.
zoe grade Misses or Children's Good
Cotton Ribbed Hose-double knee
and soles, warranted fast colors. Ioc
At % Cents.
4oc and soc grade Women's Spring
Weight Vests, long sleeve, high neck.
pure Isle thread, special this sale, &c
At 81 %.
$3.50 and SI,75 grade Women's 26inch
Umbrellas, gloria silk; paragon frame.
black only, special tins sale, each sI.a;
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-18
Chnice CO 90.

Choice So 90,
For 50, IS, and $40 Sapho Corse's' Al
- Gle choice $500
At 90 Cents.
An After Easter Sale-sI.25 and sl'oo
Albatros and Nuns Yelling bargain
- 65c
At S125.
An After Easter Sale-S2 and s@.9o
navy blue, gray, tan, brown and WINE
Panama cloth, 50 inches wide choice
per yard w.
At 50 Cents.
An After Easter Sale-SI.25 and $3.50
Dress Silk in all the new grays, checks
and stripes, a bargain, per yard S5c
At rs Cents.
An After Easter Sale-SI.25 and $3.50
changeable silk, 27 inches wide, all new
~shadings, choice, per yard 7o'
At 81 90.
An After Easter Sale-SI.75 and 50
Royal Worceste Corsets, colors or black
choice ~
At $1.25.
An After Easter Corset Sale-SI.75
S2.25 and s2.5o Royal Worcester Cor
...s choice SIPS.
At S1.25.
An After Easter Silk Glove Sale-ln
black and white elbow length, lace arm
Main hand. pair $L25
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-18

Read The PLAINDEALER for the
news.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-18

If you are a race man, and have
the pride that goes with it, subscribe
for THE PLAINDEALER and keep
posted on the doings of the race.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-12-06
A Stand Pat Pet Defeated.

The defeat Of Congressman Nc
Cleary in Minnesota shows the feeling
Of the farmers in the northwest against
the trust protecting tariff. McCleary
was the most extreme Of all the stand
patters and was one Of the pets of the
Protective Tariff league. His district
had a normal Republican majority Of
over 10000, so that owe 5000 Repub-
licans must have voted against him.
AS the tariff was the issue, there is no
escape or excuse for the stand patters
for the result Of the election. Mr.. Nc
Cleary's character was beyond re-
proach, so that no personal shortcom-
ings could have had much effect on
the voters minds. If a fight of similar
energy and on the same issue could be
made In all the northwestern states,
the roll call Of congress would show a
large number Of tariff worshipers re-
placed with Democrats.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-12-06
Republican Activity.

In spite of the Importance of election
news to suppress other matter that is
certainly Of a more amusing character
the New York Post found space to tell
it's politically %befogged readers that
The leading colored expressman Of
New Rochelle who had not attended
church for a year, repented and went
yesterday. Unhappily there was a
fight among the members of the Be
'thesda Baptist congregation, in which
he was hit on the head and nearly
killed"
That darkey was evidently punished
for his sins Of omission or was a vica-
rious sacrifice for the sins of other
darkeys who lodged behind the lead
ing colored express man to escape the
rocks and razors that usually accom-
pany these demonstrations of religious
fervor. But perhaps after all these
leading colored citizens were merely
%rehearsing for a Republican caucus or
a row at the polls in the interest Of a
cafe and san government.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-12-06
REAL ESTATE SPECULATION.
Care Should Be Exercised Even In
the Purchase of Homes.

Care Should Be Exercised Even In
the Purchase Of Homes.
The present boom may continue for
a time, for the United States has pro-
duced large crops and will have a good
sized surplus to sell abroad to pay for
the increased imports, but it is well
for those who are pinning their faith
IN real estate speculation to remember
that when the price Of real estate is
doomed beyond what it will produce
and pay interest upon there must soon
come a time when the boom will snap
from the force Of the current that is
beyond it's ability to bear. Real estate,
city or country, is the last thing to feel
the effect of rising prices and the first
to be unstable when the crash
A home, whether a city house or a
farm, is the best investment in the
world, and every one should strive to
become his WI landlord, and if it has
to be bought on the installment plan
OF by giving a mortgage for deferred
payment, and therefore having to pay
even more than it would be worth for
cash, yet it may be and generally is
the best investment a man ever makes,
and the economies and self denials
that the debt entails have often led to
the education Of the purchaser to hab-
it's of ~frugality and happiness.
1t is not, therefore, the home buyer
that Is advised to refuse to take
chances, but the Spectator who y
poets enormous profits by the get-rich-
quick route, who, buying at the top Of
the market, is a lucky individual if he
is not stuck with something he cannot
get his money out Of even at a loss.
The present era of extravaganza and
high prices is breeding m~illionaires. but
the greatly increased cost of living.
caused by imitation and Republican tar
if protected trusts, is not conducive to
saving by those of limited incomes,
who will be the first to feel the down
ward trend Of the pendulum of prices.
If to a more restricted income is added
the burden of taxes and interest on
unproductive property. the result is
disaster and enforced privation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-12-06
TRUST BUSTING.
Republican Efforts In That Dlrec-
ton For Political Eject.

ton For Political Eject.
The Republican plan Of trust busting
Is so Intellectual that it would seem to
nave been carried out entirely for polit-
ical effect. What good result has been
accomplished by the great and SUCCESS
full effort of Attorney General Knox to
defeat The merger Of the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific railroads?
Those corporations are still noncom-
petlng and are controlled by the same
interests and are continuing to charge
"ali the traffic will bear" 1t somewhat
upset Mr.. Hills plans-who, 10y the
way, Is n Of the most entcrprising
and liberal railroad magnates in the
United States-but what have the peo-
pie gained by the dissolution of the
merger corporation:
The same great trust and corpora
ton lawyer, now Senator Knox, has
again been called into consultation
with the official trust busters to advise
them how to prosecute the Standard
OH trust. Suppose the effort is sue
cessful and the trust is convicted Of
restraint Of trade and the court of last
resort should decide that the corpora
ton is an illegal combination. Would
such a decision prevent the Rockefel-
lers and their partners from continuing
to charge their own price for oil and
gasoline, and would any punishment
but a comparatively limited fine be
meted out to the offending corporation?
Rockefeller and his copartners would
pay their share Of the fine, but still
continue to plumber the oil consumers
and the independent oil producers and
probably pay the fine by adding to the
price Of oil and decreasing the price
of the crude oil they buy.
Even the conservative New York
Evening Post contends that this Re
publican plan of trust busting is u
farce, for it says: we retain our belief
that there is very limited recourse for
present evils in mulctiny those fcti-
tious and fabulously wealthy personal
tiles we call trusts. We note that Jack
the Giant Killer struck not at the peck
cts, but at the necks, Of his foes. The
sins of corporations can always be
definitely located at the head, and
when we see a few high financial heads
wearing a prison cut we shall be with
in hailing distance Of real reform. We
may at least rejoice heartily at the
good beginning the law has made with
the Standard Oil company. If it is not
difficult to find it's legal entity, there is
probably some way also of getting at
the real c~onspirators behind the char
ter"
But will the administration force the
fighting against the trusts and corpora
tons far enough to get at ''the real
conspirators? When Rockefeller or
Rogers o. some other trust magnate
has been convicted and in Jail will be
time enough for President Roosevelt
and the Republicans to claim they are
real trust busters.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-12-06
MONEY CIRCULATION.
Why Rates of Interest Are High De-
spite Per Capita Increase.

Although there is more money in cir
culation than ever before, yet every
financial center reports a tightness in
the money market and high interest
rates prevailing. The treasurer of the
United States in his report, published
Oct. 30, says the circulation OF Oct. 1
was $2,S12. 1864, or a per capita OF
$$333.OS. In the last three months the
circulation increased $72,4S7,O66, and
yet the frenzied financiers Of Wall
street are bowling for more money, and
u obliging secretary of the treasury
has loaned them without charging in
terest all the surplus cash in the treas
ury except just enough to pay the i'm
mediate expenses of the government.
This money the banks are loaning at
the high rates of interest prevailing, so
there is a fine profit in the transaction
for them in having this free use of the
peoples money, which Shaw is so gen
erous with.
The question naturally arises, Why
is money so scarce when the volume in
circulation has increased over 50 per
cent in the last ten years? The chief
reason is because the surplus money in
the banks mostly finds its way to Wall
street, where it naturally gravitates in
consequence Of the better rates it will
bring than at other points. Wall street
Is a rat hole, through which all the
spare money in the country can be alb
sorbed. There are now awaiting a favor
able money market hundreds Of mil
lions OF new issues of stock and bonds
by railroads and Industrial corpora
lions, and the prospect for cheap money
Is very far in the future.