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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07
HOFFMAN PARAGRAPHS.

We have had some rain but
not enough.
Mr.. Pennyfold and wife of
Deaf Smith, passed through here
Monday enroute to Canyon City.
They have fallen in love with our
county site,
Miss Ora Cage has returned
from her visit to Hereford.
Several from this place attend
ed the ice cream supper Satur-
day night at Choice Avenue,
l.. \. Pierce went to Canyon
Monday. From the way he
drives around in his new rig, he
has a city appearance.
We feel proud Of our boys and
girls that have returned from
Goodnight. Forest Hitchcock
won the medal in oratory. Bes-
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07

measured four and five inches in
circumference. pelted down so
rapidly that the ground was Gov
cred almost Immediately with
them. Drivers of vehicles in
most cases had no opportunity
to get to shelter with their teams
and the punishment from the
hail stones drove horses frantic.
Where they had been tied along
the street they plunged in their
harness and in many cases broke
loose and ran away in the storm.
The damage to vehicles from the
wreckage caused by such runa
ways is large but fortunately no
serious injuries to either horses
or men resulted from the runa-
ways.
North and west windows I'M
protected by screens were
wrecked all over town. In the
city building nearly all the Win
dows are exposed to the violence
of the storm and today these
windows and the big skylght
are riddled. In the Famous
store, the skylight broke early
in the storm and the resulting
downpour of water on the con-
tents caused more or less dam
age to stock. Corrugated iron
and shingle roofs suffered from
the storm but the greatest dam
age was on various patent roof
ing on warehouses and similar
buildings.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07
City Government Sworn In.

! AT an early hour this morning
/ the city government. as declared
for at the Saturday election, was
duly sworn in. Preceding the
business session Mayor Haney
delivered an address to the alder
men and other officials of the
City from which The News
quotes as follows:
Gentlemen, | congratulate
YOU on the vindication YOU re-
ceived from the people of Can
yon City at the polls Saturday.
1t was. / feel. an endorsement of
your past official acts and an eX-
preston of confidence by them
in your future conduct. | APP
preciate it deeply; I feel that
YOU do and | know l am secure
in saying that we will not betray
the trust.
All intelligent men know, that,
at nearly every point, YOU have
encountered difficulties and OPP
position. but the splendid major
ity OF a. good people as live on
this earth say to YOU, Go ahead,
do right, Wa are standing by
yuu. Now, gentlemen. do not
wonder if the same or similar
opposition continues, but if it
does. it should stimulate you to
nobler efforts to do better. and
still better. Even envy, malice.
ignorance and miSrepresenta-
ton, if such there be, all com
bined. will not side-track you
from duty and right Remem-
Der. YOU are the servants of, and
represent, the people, who will
decide right, when they hear all
the evidence.
If there should be any in our
beautiful little city who regard a
public office as a private snap"
and who abuse, because they
cannot use YOU, your acts shall
teach such that "A public office
Though never so smaD. is a pub
lie trust" to be intelligently and
faithfully administered for all
the people alike,
So acting a. YOU have hereto
fore acted. YOU viii have the aid
and support Of every intelligent,
fair-minded, patriotic citizen.
You do not need more, so We
safely proceed to business"
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07

sic Johnson won second hOnorS
in elocution: Mack Womble won
second honors in housekeeping.
They all did well.
Sunday School is progressing
nicely at this place; several at
tended from Umbarger last Sun
day.
l.. a. Pierce went to Hereford
Saturday to attend the H. 5.
Burnham sale.
w. c. Johnson spent Friday and
Saturday at home with his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. b. T. John
son, leaving Sunday for Denver,
Colo, where he has a position
during vacation.
Mrs. w. J. Mccain of Canyon
spent last week in our neighbor-
hood.
Rev. Robson delivered fine
discourse to the Palodura people
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07

last Sunday. He is growing old
and feeble in physical strength
but stronger spiritually.
Madame Rumor says from
general appearances a certain
young lady of our community is
going to get married.
TASSIE.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07
Lester

A wedding ceremony that was
very quietly performed last week
is just becoming generally known
in the announcement cards which
are being received here. In the
words of the announcement, Mr..
and Mrs. r. l.. Falkner, of Can
yon, wish to announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Lydie
Hortense, to Frank West Lester.
May %, 1907. Amarillo Daily
Panhandle of Wednesday.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07
Bes! Medicine in the World for Collie
and Diarrhoea.

Il find Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
to be the best remedy in the
world. says Mr.. c. L. Carter OF
Slirum. Ala. Il am subject to
collie and diarrhoea, Last spring
il seemed rs though | would die,
and [ think I would if I hadn't
taken Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy /
haven't been troubled with it
since until this week, when | had
q very severe attack and took
half a bottle OF the - cent size Of
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and this
morning l feel like a new man. "
For sale by ). Y. Writ.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07
The Commercial Club.

Next Thursday night is the
regular meeting for June There
is considerable business to come
before the club on that occasion
including a proposition to change
the time of regular meetings to
day instead of night and also to
some other place than the court
house.
There are also several matters
concerning the town that should
be considered right now and
every member who can is special
ly urged to be on hand and have
his say.
As The News sees it it is a
matter Of the greatest import
ance to Canyon City that its
Commercial Club be kept in good
working order and not only that
but actively engaged in its inter
ests just at this time. And if
you are concerned in this matter
the material advancement of
the town-you are invited to be
with us upon next Thursday
night.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07

Rufus Arnold. of Umbarger,
in town Monday says his section
of the county had a fine rain on
May 81. He stated that his
wheat was filling out well and
would be plenty high to cut and
bind and that spring sown grain
was also doing fairly well. On
the moisture depth from the
rain Mr.. Arnold said that break
ing the sod failed to reach the
bottom of il.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07
Hail Storm al Amarillo.

Monday, Amarillo was visited
by "a severe hail storm. The
Daily Panhandle recording its
effects says:
Big hail stones, many Of which
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07

The city election is over, 1t
did not 90 as some of our best
citizens would have had it go,
such things never do. If you, to
use a common expression, lost
your vote, don't overlook the
fact that others just as good as
you are won. Be just, be CHART
able. remember that the man
who voted crossways to you Sat
urday may be with you next
election.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07

\ good rain reported at Happy
May 18th.
Mrs. Oscar Edwards is report
ed very sick this week.
Miss Dixon Lair left the first
of the week TO attend the Normal
at Denton.
Some fifty prospectors came in
last night and are being shown
about today.
Miss Lucille Coffee spent last
week in Tulia, returning Sunday
accompanied by her friend, Miss
Elsie Edmondson, who returned
home yesterday
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-07
Local Weather Record.

With the exception of Monday,
and Wednesday when it
was cloudy and threatened rain
the days have been sunshiny,
warm and pleasant.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-31


An English clergyman. DR.. Frederick
Lee, had a prejudice against a long
string Of Christian names and held that
II such names were proposed the cler-
gyman should alter them at baptism
whether the parents were willing OF
not. 1t was said of him that he chris
tened all the boys Frederick after him
self and all the girls Mary after the
Virgin. The author of 1.-THE Life OF
Walter Pater" gives Dr. Lees method
Of christening as follows:
Name this child" he would say In
his authoritative voice.
Archibald Cholmondeley Constan-
tine Ferdinand" perhaps the mother
would whisper
Frederick" she would hear, to hez
amaxement, and then would follow the
formula Of baptism.
In the vestry of course there would
be objection.
'sThis child" DIR. Lee would reply
twill have to get his living In the
world, and what do you want to handi
cap him with Archibald Campbell
Cholmondeley and all the rest Of then
fort Anyhow, it's done now and cam
be altered"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-31
BALTIMORE &OHlO
RAILROAD.

C1AkLES TOWN, w. VA.
ALL TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
For WINCHESTER & STRAsBJl
JUNCTION. Depart s.a3 a. m. q,
ed). II.Io a. m. 6 OF p. m, no d
Winchester only. Arrive a. 81
6.43 a. m. Winchester onlyl. 10.
m, 8 43p.m.
For HARRISONB URG & SRI
TON, Depart 3. as a. M. (mixedl,
a M. OF p. m, (Harrisouburg).
rive I.37 night. 1919 a. m 6 AL
For LEXINGTON. Depart 1l.fo
Arrive 90 night. 10 II a. m .6.As
For HARPERS FERRY, Depart
a. m. Except Monday. d a.
Io.I2 a. M. 6.43 p. m. Arrive 4
m. II. 10 8. m. 8 OF o. m. 7.a6p.n
For HAGERSTOWN and way
tons. Depart 6.43 q. m. 1919
Arrive 1856 p. N.
For FREDERICK. WASHINGT
BALTIMORE and Way Stations.
part 6.43 a. M. lola a. m. 6.4s
Arrive IL. 10 a. m.
For MARTTNSBURG and Way
tons. Depart 6 - q. m. Arrive
p. m.
Foe CHICAGO, COLUMBUS
WHEELING. Depart {. 4s p. m.
rive II.Io q. m.
For PITTSBURG & CHICAGO, 1
part Io.Ta a. m. o.43 p. m. Ar
OF p. m.
For WASHINGTON, BALTIMOI
PHILADELPHIA and NEW YOl
Depart Gas a. M, ro.I7 a. M, 1
m. and I.32 night Except Mond
Arrive II. 10 a. m. 6. OF y. m. J 20 4
For CINCINNATI. ST. LOUIS
| LOUISVILLE. Depart 1914 a.
| Gasp. m. Arrive lilo a. m. 6. OF
W. A. Spengler. Ticket Agent.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-31
Better Unknown.

Into the yard Of the great factory
crept the ragged urchin, while the
owner of the establishment watched
him from the doorway.
Presently the urchin bent down and
picked up a piece Of string. This
moved the heart OF the merchant
prince. and he stepped forward.
MY lad" he said, II have vacancy
for an Sfiice boy at 10 shillings week
II you like, I'll give you the Job. for
I'm sure you will be nice. careful
boy. I saw you pick up that string
and a boy who is careful In little
things will be careful in big things
Is 1t a bargainY'
1t was. but as the urchin sped home
to tell his mother about his good for
tune he muttered darxly:
III he only knew that picked up
that string to fix tin to his dogs
tailr'-London Tit-Bits.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-31
Roofing.

Just received carload of the old reliable
Galvanized Roofing Galyan xed over char
coai-surnt iron, considered the best body
for galvanized rockingham superior 10 steel
iody. All lengths and sizes. Prices ws,
down.
oct. %. 1907. WIZ. PHILLIPS SONS.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-31
THos R. MOORE s.. MOORE
MOORE 6 MOORE,
Insurance, Real Estate and z0oans.
Fire and Life Insurance.

Compan
Fire
Pttbug
Of
mand
n
Surety Bonds.
Baltimore
form Of surety bonds Avoid asking
insure ssands
Farms Town Property and Other Investments For Sale.
Money to Lend on Real Estate.
Respectfully, q
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-31
GA - To7IA.
Bears the 1Ihs Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ., LHzzw

QUICK CLIMATE CHANGES try strong con-
situations and cause. among other evils, ma
sal catarrh, troublesome and offensive dis
ease. Sneezing and snuffling. coughing and
din cult breathing, and the drip, drip OF the
foul discharge into the throat-all a,e ended
by Ely's Cream Balm. This honest remedy
containslno cocaine, mercury, or other harm
full ingredient. The worst cases yield TO
treatment in a--short time. All druggists,
50c., or mailed by Ely Bros. SO Warren st.,
New York
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-31

0%*3
Schedule In Eject Nov, "a. 1907.
TRAINS LEAVE CHARLES TowS. w. Va.
No. IS. s0UTuBOUND.
Sal mn For Basic. Natural Bridge.
a. M Roanoke, Bristol and IL
tcrmediate stations. Puil-
man Sleeper 70 knoxvllls,
Connects At Roanoke win
81 Louis Exprcss. Through
Pullman Sleeper 10 Calum-
No. "a. bus, Cafe Car.
e.to ForShenAndoah and al Inter-
o'Ao X. III. mediate points.
No. %. hoRTHB0UND.
|Q.5e m For HAgsrstown and Inter-
mediate stations. Connects
At Shenandoah Jnncil. "A
with b. a O. for Washing
ton. Also connects at Ha-
gerstown with @. " Rail-
road for Harrisburg aud
No. H. points north.
S45 p. m m gSf asss ss,n and Tsl inter
Sleeper via Hagerstown 10
New York.
LRAvE SHENANDOAH JUNCTION,
Dan q m For Basic, Buena Vista, ko-
~ anoke. East Radford, Blue
Geld, TaEewel, Norton, POI
cahontAs. Pullman Sleeper
to Gary, w. Va.
0.2h m For Hageretown aud the
north. Pullman Sleeper 70
Philadelphia.
Rates. schedules and additional information
furnished upon application to Agents Of shs
Company, or NJ. +. BRAGG,
W. b. BEVILL, TRAY. Pass. Agent,
Gen'l Pass. Agent, Roanoke, Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-31
Southern Railway.
SCHEDULE

BETWEEN WAsHIEsToN ALEXANDRIA, eTRAs-
BURG AND HARRIsoNBUna.
Effective Dec. 8, 1907.
N. B.-Foliowing Schedule figures are pub
lished only as information aud are not guar
aBteed.
CTralns Nos. 40 and % daily; trains Nos. ans,
ga. 2l4. 27i, week days.)
WRaTnnFfNn
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-31

All uaIne arrive at and depart from New
Union Station, Washington. ID. e., where
connection IL made for and from Baltimore.
PhiIadelphis aud New York.
For Map Folders, Through Ticket Rates,
etc, apply to nearest agent Or write 10
Z. H. ACKERT. Vice Prest and 0en1 Mgr.
8. II. HARDWICK, Passenger Tgzfac Msn'xr
w. II. TAYL0E, Gen. Pass. Agent.
L. .. BROWN, General Agent
Washington, ID. q.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-02
RARE OLD VOLUME
UNIQUE COPY CT THE KORAN
OWNED IN KANcAs CITY.
All Hand Work and Muot Represent
Labor Of Many Years-Proof
That Moro Art Was Once
Of High Grade.

A rara old book IS owned by Fred
erick c. Butler Of 1924 Harrison
street, says the Kansas City Star
lie iodnu IL in a deserted bamboo
house in su,u island while he was
with the Fourteenth United States
Cavalry IN tho Philippines In 1903
II had been owned by a Moro Moham-
mcdan priest
The book i1 a copy OF the Koran
and is made wholly by hand Even
the paper is hand made. The bind
Ing rs of thick, stif caribou hide Each
folio is sewed with cord made from
help ibors and is of an even size,
showing clcyerncss and' skill in spin
ming. In one place there is a little
piece Of smooth bamboo twisted In
the cord To- bring &C tight when slack
cucd from use. As for age, that can
not De- denied by anyone on seeing
the pages. The leaves at the begin
ming and end are fraycd and worn and
the paper throughout is yellow with
age.
Tho most wonderful thing about the
tHNh 10 lllhi 'NNl1 Nllul tNNils IL UHlAA
written in Arabic, was made with a
stub pen or fiat reed. Each page is
covered on both sides with closely
written characters that appear to be
printed when viewed from a little dis
tanco. Around the writing is mar
Gin of an inch or so and in this mar
gin are single characters, display let
ters or characters, and sprays of tiny
flowers done I'm color Dispersed
through the writing at irregular inter.
walls are little circles drawn with a
compass, the center picture of the
needle being plain in a majority of
the circles. The circles are filed with
different colors and are appropriately
punctuation marks.
Two pages in particular always eX.
cite wonder and admiration. They
alone, of all others. show the height
that Moro art had reached at the time
the book was made. These pages were
executed with pen or reed as the
others were. except that the writer
brought a brush and gold leaf into
play. The marginal design departs
radically from the rest of the book
and the writer made a design distinct
ly oriental. It looks like the border
of Bokara or Damascus rug. Il is
almost impossible to describe the
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-02

many little painstakng curves and
curlycues that he put in these two
pages, the color Of which is still
bright and clcay notwithstanding the
age of It,
When the book was found It was
taken to Hadii Buto. prime minister
Of the sultan of Sulu, and he said
of IL:
This book is Koran written by
a Moro in Arabic many years ago.
There ere nowadays no people in this
island can write such a book. | myself
can write It; it would take me about
three months. l know the Koran by
heart and could write out of my mem
ory although il is Arabic. it must
have taken that writer more than a
year to finish the work We Moros
don't have a Koran in the Moro Ian
guage We read it In Arabic and the
priests, or hadiis, tell us what 1t
means in our language"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-02
SPARROW NEST OF MONEY.
oreenbaoks Worth SIS Recovered
from Esves % House.

William McGrath OF Belleville, y. j.,
walked into his bedroom several days
ago and saw a sparrow fly from the
top of a clothes closet out through an
open window.
There was a green piece Of paper in
the birds bill, and McGrath at once
thought Of . roll of money he had
left in the closet. He found that many
Of the bills had been stripped from
the roll.
He decided TO watch and see If the
bird came back. The window was left
open, and the other day McGrath saw
n sparrow fly into the room. lie
waited few minutes and II came out
again and went to house about a
block away, flying in the caves.
McGrath obtained a ladder and got
permission from the occupant OF the
house TO climb up to the caves. and
was rewarded by finding a nest made
Of grceubacEs and straw. There were
So 81 and 81 bills there, aggregating
about st5, but in pieces
McGrath Is now trying to piece the
bills togothcr-N Y. World.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-02

fourth Of mile or even more, but
on reaching a suitable food supply
the tendency of the bugs is to con
gregate upon their food plants until
these are literally covered with indi
viduals varying I'm color from the
black and white of the adults to the
bright vernilion OF the more ad
vauced larvae. Whatever tendency
there is exhibited toward wider
diffusion IS confined TO the adults
the others remaining and leaving in
body only when the plant on which
they have congregated has been drain
ed OF its juices and has begun to
wither, when they simply crawl TO the
nearest plants and again congregate
upon these as before. In case the
migration has been TO field of
corn, If this Is badly overgrown with
either of the two grasses previously
named, the bugs will collect upon the
latter and unless the corn plants are
very small they will not as a rule at.
tack them until the grass has been
killed. Some farmers have gone so
far as TO claim that a boenht Is de-
rived from a certain abundance OF
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-02

chinch bugs, the statement being
made that the bugs will kin out these
grasses TO an extent that nothing else
viii lt is clear that the acquisition
of wings is not the signal for the
adults 20 abandon the companionship
of the larvae and pupae, yet they do
gradually disappear from amoug them.
10 is possible that the disposition to
pair does not exist until the iudivid.
ual has reached certain age be.
yond seeming maturity, and that It Is
not until the passion for mating has
overcome their gregauous inclination
that they are disposed TO migrate. Or
IL may be that the phenomenon may
be explained ON the suppusidon that
when the pairing season approaches
the males scatter ont I'm order to find
females with which they are not akin,
thus following out natural selection
and preventing a continual interbrced.
ing, over the northern United States,
at least the injury in cultivated fields
is done almost entirely by the young
buao, but in the timothy meadows the
damage is due as much If not more.
TO the dep.edarions OF the adults.
+. N, WEBSTER.
L. S. Bureau of Etomology.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-02
Statistics Of Great lndrstrv.

At the census Of 1905 the number
of sawmills reported was 1927, and
their combined capital was 1891, ,621.-
1S4. They furnished employment on
the average to 223.674 wage earners,
paid SlO0,310,S9l in wages, consumed
materials costing S263,SG5,1Ol, and
manufactured products to the value of
S49l,524,662. In this industry Wis.
consin ranked first in value of prod
ucts. Washington second. Michigan
third, LouisiAna fourth and Pennsyl.
vania fifth.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-02
FESTIVAL OF THE WELLS.
Custom Of Unknown Origin Observed
Each Year in England.

The annual custom of decorating
tho wells of the village of Tissington,
in the heart of the peak of Derby
shire, which for centuries has taken
place on Ascension day, was duly OBJ
served
Many visitors Joined with the VII
layers In the thanksgiving service held
in tho church. There a procession
was formed, and each of the five dec
GRATED wells was visited, psalms and
Ascensiontide hymns being sung.
Upon the stone frontage of the
wells a wooden structure covered with
a layer of clay had been placed, and
flowers had been wrought into ex-
quisite mosaics, with scriptural pas
sages interviewer
The origin of the celebration is in
volved in obscurity, but the uninter-
rupted continuity of the observance
in recent years may be due to the cir
cumstance that during a terrible
drought in Derbyshire the Tissington
wells did not fail.-London Standard.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-02
Dachshund Proved innocence.

A black and tan dachshund gave
evidence in a law court in New York
recently. He belongs to Mrs. Fanny
Henning, whose neighbors complain
that he howls all night long. In sup
port of their contention they exhibited
photographs of the dog with his
mouth wide open, taken from windows
overlooking the Henning's back yard.
One witness swore that the dog
barked 234 times in seven minutes,
SO the Judge suggested calling the
dog. In ne came. leisurely, walked to
the witness chair and climbed into
the seat, yawning lazily and blinking
in the sunlight The court ushers
tickeled him in the ribs, rubbed his
head roughly, pinched him, and even
pulled his ears. He appeared to be so
well bred that not so much as a whim-
per was heard. The judge said that
the neighbors had evidently been dis.
turbed by another dog.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-02

Black taffeta, trimmed with black silk
Insertion. The skirt Is tucked to nt round
the hips. Black hat with long white
feather fastened with a buckle.
chiffon and glace, and attractive cloth
frocks also strike these notes. and
they look well if allied skillfully to
black and white stripes. Light col
ored cloth and heavy guipure lace,
and black and white stripes are a fa-
vorable union of fashion, and those
whom fashion has Joined let no wom-
an set asunder until fashion has us
convinced they do not agree.