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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-12-08
PASSENGER TRAM SCHEDULES.


i. & G. N. SCHEDULE
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-11-16

.scrafin' speeches on the railroads
hisself? says T. hxin' ny eye on the
boy. I do know where he's got 'em,
says Hofiss. What / do say, an I
says II straight. l amt teached him
n g~ol-derned word o. III hull shoot.
IN match Well, sir. ! had to- b1ieve
him. Horiss Is IKE me in q good
many ways. an p'tielarly in his love
o truth. He'd scorn a lie, Jest as I
do. 80 ! knowed when he said that
that I'd done wrong IN talkin' to him
the way did But ye can bet 1
watched that crow pretty careful for
two or three weeks tryin' to find out
the sources o. his unusual supply OF
interestin literatoor. First | thought
maybe he'd been slttin' on the Ingle-
wood piazzy listenin' to tn city folks
talkin', but n day l found out Jest
how 1t was. / come acrost him set
tin on III curb stone jest outside O.
this here post ofice. peckin' away at
a Boston newspaper somebody d
throwed into the street. He'd tear off
a little at a time right out o the mid
die o the editorial page, an swailer
it, an, | CORY, he eve quit It till
he'd eat up tn hull page, not even ex-
eeptin' the patent medicine advertise
ments.
Must O had a strong stummick,"
said 81.
All crow has said the Captain.
They a digest most anything that
amt made O. glass or steel. Wen, sir,
! got thinkin' about the possible con
nection O the two things, an after
he'd eat the editorial page / went out
an got the date o. that newspaper
from The pages he left behind him, an
bought another copy Of it, an sure
enough two days later Jim comes
along an begins to spout jest exactly
what was printed on the page he'd
swallered.
The Captain paused for a moment
to light his pipe.
can prove Il, too he went on.
II was to have th@ Try printed
an circylated among the children in
the public schools, an the United
States senate should want to inyesti-
gate the truth O that story, 1 can
show EN- the curb stone where /
ketched Jim eatin' the newspaper.
= guess your gen'rai reputation
around here as a man O. ~yeerassity
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would be all they'd need" said the
Postmaster dryly.
I'm glad We think so, Joe" said
the Captain. II don't knows they's
anything more yallyable in life to a
man than the good opinion O. his
neighbors. But comm back to that
crow, Jim. he was a great comfort to
us that winter. Late in August he used
to fly up to the village O. nights, an
set on the hitchin' post in front o Mo
Simmons drug store an listen to the
phonygraph Nose KEEP to attract Gus
toners to his sody water fountain. It
stood in the middle o. Mos front door.
an was chuck full o. good songs, an
opery music OF all sorts. an now an
then It would holier out a good line o.
Niger minstrel talk, an Jim he'd set
outside there on the hitchin post with
his head cooked to one side takin' it
all In Jest as if he knew what twas
an about. Every time it Id finish up
somethin' he pticlarly liked he'd flap
his wings like ne was applaudin'
That's where he got The Boy Stood
on the Burnin Deck,
eYe mean to say he got SOS he
could give what the phonygraph did?F
asked 81 Wotherspoon.
II mean jest that. said the Captain.
"Fvervthin' down TO the least little
s~queakro them rubber records. except
the suzy's band music. He could get
The tune O. those, too, but when il
come down to The trombone an the
clarinet an the big base drum he
sort o didn't have the necessary
plumbin' & bring chem out as fun an'
strong as they was 10 the riginal But
all the little things like Tammany.'
an The Little Knot o Blue an The
Gai Left Behind Me he could sing
Ike a canary, words and music Ap'
ten We gentlemen when the winter
came AM We was showed up SO we
had 10 leave the house by the sky.
light on the root al dig our way %
60 The level, It was mighty pleasant
to sit IN front of a roarin fire them
cold nights an listen 10 that there
crow renderin The poplar songs 0 the
day. an glyin' us an occasional min.
strel show that. il We shut Your eyes,
ye couldn't hardly tell from the real
thing
q shouldn't think that you would
every have parted with 50 talented a
bird as that. yeniured 20 put M
no We wouldn't sighed the Cap
lain. "nut It become necessary jim
got The usual bad habits OF crows, en-
finally things bot 50 that WAS Ii
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keepin' their eyes peeled tryin' to find
out who It was that was workin' the
second-story game at the hotel. But
it wasn't any use. The b~urglaries con.
tinued Jest the same, and, CORY,
even the detectives was robbed.
Somebody walked off with n O their
safety razors, an a loaded revolver.
II begun to be a pretty serious mat
ter for the Inglenook, because people
not only said that they wouldn't stay
II the robberies KEEP on, but one O.
the detectives vas a reporter on a
newspaper, an he used to send a com
plete story about what he called the
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lnglenook Mystery into his paper
every night, SO that tn hotel was
gettin' a bad name. Finally it all come
out. A young Teller from Philadel-
pnia goin' to his room late one after
noon caught poor Jim tuggin' away
on the handle Of his Saratoga trunk,
tryin' to pull It towards tn winder,
thinkin' no doubt that II be got it that
far there wouldn't be no trouble about
his gettin' away with it altogether.
He was Gavin away to beat creation,
an calm out, Come on, dod-gast YET
Come onl' with every jerk on the
leather handle. Well, Of course that
set the detectives thinkin' an they
come around to my house to investi-
gate, an sure enough, out in the barn,
laid across the top o. one O. the beams
in the hay loft. there was all the loot
that they'd missed. an a lot more be-
sides There was spoons, an knives,
an forks, an Shawn mugs, one switch
o bright auburn hair which no lady
had complained o. losin, an that's
not claimed yit; a bundle o. love let
ters done up in blue ribbon; the ban.
giles; the detectives safety razor;
two dozen cakes o. hotel soap; a
meersham pipe, an Lord knows what
elsel And that was the end o Jim.
The officers O. the law give me the
benefit o. the doubt largely because
they knowed hadn't no use for a
switch O red hair and a bundle O.
somebody else's love letters. AS long
as / promised 10 get rid o. jim they
promised to give me a clean bin as
helm an access'ry to III crime.
The story was over. but as tho Cap.
tain rose to depart he paused a mo.
merit with a regretful Shake oil his
bead.
I've hcern since that that's the
great trouble with Crows ne sud,
afhey Will steal
Thafs So. sald the Postmaster,
But they don't ne he 9dded.
No. said he Captain. they don't
Ne an I gorfy that's what respect
EN- forl9
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danger o the sheriff. II was in Bm's
second summer that things began to
90 wrong. A lot O. joolry. an spoons.
an s~ilver-backed hair brushes an
other things disappeared up 10 the
Inglenook. One lady lest a couple o
gold bangles; another said she'd been
robbed Of q coral necklace and a dia-
mond ring; an there was the dickens
to pay. Every bellboy and chamber.
maid in the house was under suspi-
cion, but they couldn't iasten zone o
tn robberies on nobody. Detectives
was sent for an a half a dozen O EN-
come from Boston disguised as board
ers, settin' traps for sneak thieves an
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Hospital authorities have to face
facts as they are. and the result has
been that during the last 10 or IS
years the managers Of nearly every
great metropolitan hospital have had
to face the question OF rebuilding and
70 provide enormous funds, which coll
lectiyely will be found to amount to
probably five millions OF money, to
defray the cost OF this work alone.-
London Hospital.
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farm It seemed % me chat HoTiss
must be- wastln q huh lot o. yaliy'ble.
time teachin liai there crow long
10 him lf you'd spend half the time
tuYnin' the wQodpile into kindlin an
1laain' the weeds out O the truck gar
den that We do turnin that there
CROW into a leadin popnlist stump
speaker ye'd BEGIN TO earn the pickles
AM %doughnuts Sc consume between
meolsN Horiss Is a lad o considerable
spunk. an when J said that he got
as mad as q hornet q amt teachad
him. says Ne. All sou ain't got no
business TO say ! hey D ye mean 70
ton me that mat there bird has
pickedg up sil them poems an lky.
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Being the
Reminisc
of a
Nature Fakir
By
John Kendnck Bangs



You was talkin' about that tame
crow o. your son Horisses the other
day, Captain" said 81 Wotherspoon as
the Nature Fakirs association OF Cape
Porpoise gathered about the post Of
fee stove. Whatever became of
him?'
I'VE had to lose him, ST." replied
the Captain, with a mournful shake Of
his head. "Horiss took him thirty
miles of into the woods one dark
night an left him there on a limb re.
citin' The Boy Stood on the Burnin'
Deck an tell We It was a lonesome
house he left behind him.
He really could talk, could he?"
asked the Postmaster.
Talk calculated the Captain
Wen / guess. II you was a settin
In the room next to where he was
you'd a. thought n church socsable
vas goin on in there.
What d he talk about?v queried
81.
HE was a compendium 0 general
information said the Captain What.
eve he'd hear anybody say one day.
he'd repeat the next day-which
sometimes got kind Of e~mbarrassin'
seem how We say things now an
then We don't like TO be reminded Of
later We had six boarders an ten
mealers that year, an after dinner was
over an the mealers had gone back
home the boarders would naterly
make remarks about EN-, One mealer
p~'tic'larly was one o. them old maids
on the shady side o fifty that liked to
dress jest a leetle too young for her
self. She was a Miss Scagway from
Elmiry, New York, an she used 10
rig herself out an behave like ole O
EN- gigglers from the high school, an
the way she made eyes at them col
lege boys was next door to ~scandlous
One night after shed gone home one
of the boarders made the remark that
that there Miss Scagway d be arrest
ed for %kidnappin' before the summer
was over, an unfortunately Jim heard
the observation, an it seemed tc
please him. Next mornin' at breakfas
as mother was euttin' the punkin pie
with Miss Scagway settin' there look
IN nineteen an a hall, an maxim
eyes at a young. college kid from
Boston, Jim Hops in through the win
der, an perches hisself on top o. the
bookcase we KEEP our chiny in, an be
gins to yell .Skagway, Skagway, skag
way Even that didn't bother us any
because her name was Skagway, an
it's a name that anybody can mention
In the presence Of ladies' without apollo
gizin'. But when he'd done that an
attracted e%verybody's attention to his
self, he leaned forward an squawkel
out 'Kidnapper, kidnapper, %kidnapper,
three times, just like that
"Geey' cried 81.
Mother dropped the punkin pie OIL
the aoor, | made a grab for Jim. an
Miss Scagway rose up an sweep from
the room like as though she was thu
empress O. Roosia. an she never COM
back continued the Captain. "Afte
that put ny screens in all the win
ders to keep Jim out O. til house dur
IN the summer season. Later on h,
begun TO recite poetry, an thing
that sounded IKE the editorials il
the Kennybunk Banner. Then inaI
" when | thought OF all the chore
they was to be done about tn
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-11-02
STATEHOOD LEAGUE
Is ORGANIZED
Continued from Page Two

e'eCt u adopt res Olu-
tons endorsing the statehood
movement. The next and most
important step, is to appoint suit
able committees whose duties shall
he to canvass the counties pre-
cinct by precinct and see to it that
every voter is represented in the
Statehood League thus formed.
This is as far as the county organ
lzations have gone thus far. The
committees will report at the meet
ing and further steps looking to-
ward the common end will be sug.
gested.
The time is very short in which
to get the movement properly I'M
der way and | would suggest that
this matter be taken up in your
county at an early date. A pre-
liminary organization may be af-
fected, temporary officers elected
and with the nucleus thus formed,
we will be in a position to push
the matter unitedly.
The sentiment Of the people all
over the Territory Is on a par with
the people of your county and the
only thing now necessary is to prop
erly bring this matter to the at
tention of congress at it's coming
session.
have endeavored to give YOU
all the information which this office
has at present; but shall be pleased
to hear from YOU at any time should
you desire further data. | shall be
pleased also to receive any sug-
g%estions or data which you or any
other citizen may deem would be
advantageous in our fight and to
receive a notice Of the date on
which your meeting is held, to-
gether with a list Of officers elected
and committees named.
Yours for Statehood in the Six
tleth Congress,
l.. LOWE, Secretary.
This was followed by an address
by Judge E. A. Mann, but we fail
ed to get his speech.
After much applause they pro-
ceeded to form a temporary or
ganization. Donald Stewart was
unanimously chosen rs chairman,
and K. p. Donohoo, secretary.
Then volunteer names were called
for, and every man present with
the exception of one, a new conner,
joined the League.
Among those who Joined were
/. L. Barnes, J.. "A. Whitmore, r..
Hanson, c. w. Campbell, a. J..
Davis, l.. L. Taylor, X. S. Booth,
+. ID. Shawn, ]. q. Adams, ]. II.
Daughtry, w. II. Brymer, T.. A..
Muirhead, K. L. Nudge, O. c.
Hammond. L. S. Chappell, J. IL.
Nixon, S. J. Nixon, M. w. Clay
ton and c. b. Eskridge.
Volunteer remarks were called
for and and Mr.. Nixon of Roosevelt
county delivered the following:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Until
| came here, | thought that Roose-
welt county with the exception of
Chaves, was about the only county
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-11-02

was, will say, about one third OF
It's present size and population.
Onthis trip, | came across coun-
try and was greatly surprised at
the progress that the county has
made, as well as the town of Tu-
cumcari; | now realize that it is
nip and tuck between Roosevelt
county and Quay county as to
which, in time, is to become the
banner county OF New Mexico.
Not only these two counties, but
others, among them Union county
are filling rapidly with a class Q!
settlers who are entitled to citizen
ship and the right OF representation
in the United States ongress. If
these people who make up the pop
ulation OF New Mexico are not en-
titled to citizenship now, say
when will they be entitled to it,
these intelligent people who are
drawn here from the East, the
Central States and from the westP
As to the more paltry considera-
ton OF maintaining the state gov
eminent, the present outlay in sup
porting the present form of gov
eminent will support a state gov
eminent. AS James Madison has
said, in the course of a few years,
the taxes would necessarily and UNI
questionably be lowered by the
people who levied these taxes,
collected them and expended them.
believe the same kind of citizen
shis exists here as in other COM
munities, and we are entitled to
statehood and entitled to it now.
| cannot see that there will ever be
a more favorable time to get it than
now.
Notwithstanding the fact that
the question was taken before last
congress and its advocates were un-
successful, it has been discussed
now for three or four months and
there have been no objections
raised. the railroad interests, the
mining interests, and the interests
Of all New Mexico are in securing
statehood. There is no reason why
we should not have statehood; the
newspapers all over the Territory
are advocating it, the people are
calling for it. will say that there
cannot be found in the United
States, a section where the per-
centage of illiteracy is less than in
New Mexico; in other words, there
cannot be found a class Of people
who are more intelligent and bet
ter educated than the people in
New Mexico, with the exception
of the older Mexicans who have not
attended our schools here. Our
people are determined, energetic,
and ambitious. For years the cat
tie men held these plains; they did
not develop them, except for their
own interest, and even that was
not profitable. The majority of
big cattle ranches have gone fnau-
cially to the bad. In place of
these, we have settlers, who have
come here, taken up or bought
land, and who are developing into
a class OF farmers of whom we are
Continued OF Page Four !
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-21

three pins. Then apply the color as
already directed. Let the colors for
this be gay, and If part Of the space
be left uncolored it gives a variety.
For instance. let the hose Of the men
and the aprons Of the women be bare
basket, the trousers of the men and
the skirts Of the women red or
orange, the mems coats dull blue, and
the bodices Of the women the same
blue thinned down a little to make it
paler. The hats and caps may be
made Of whatever color is left. Al
ways a little touch Of black here and
there brings out the other colors. 1t
gives a good poster look to outline
each figure with thin line Of black.
The handle and rim Of the basket
may be tinted with any one Of the
colors. and here you have a pleasing
receptacle for toys which may inter
est a child enough to act as an induce
ment for him to pick up his own
playthings now and then and save his
mother the trouble. A lining might
be put in the basket making it accept
able to grandmother for a darnine
basket
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-21

cavalier hat turned up at one side
and trimmed with handsome feathers
or with immense clusters Of flowers.
Black taffeta hats bound with black
silk braid are possessed Of much
charm. In this connection the braid is
always wide and rather coarse In tex.
ture; it forms an important binding
for the cloche brim and is the best
Of taste with tailor-made costumes.
For afternoon wear we shall have
many Of the best hats edged, or bound,
with fur, ana already i nave seen seal
skin used In this way-with excellent
results.
AS a final word on heads and hats
let me just say that the great obieoE
Of the fashionable woman Of the hour
is TO have her hair and hat in com
plete accord. It must either be that
the hair Is dressed out to meet the hat
or that the hat is crushed in to meet
the hair; whichever be the method
chosen the result must be perfect har-
mony Of outline Hats are smaller than
they were last season. and-heads ds-
cidedly larger!
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-21

little sleeve. / think one Of the most
becoming sleeves is the trelhswork OF
chenille, studded, perhaps, with jet.
and edged with fringe. The shape OF
the arm is very often ruined by an lll-
fitting sleeve. The manipulation OK tho
sleeve, therefore, should receive most
careful attention No woman looks
well dressed unless she knows how to
put on her clothes; the best dress
maker In the world cannot invest the
wearer with the meaning Of the gown.
AS to hats, should like to point out
one or two important changes which
have taken place In the millinery.
world since last season. We have
completely done away with hat brims
which are longer at the back than tho
'front.' and we no longer hide the back
of our necksl Cloche hata-even those
In mushroom form-are still very
fashionable, but they are no longer
exaggerated in outline and they are
worn on the head. And then we are
becoming very enthusiastic over tho
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-21

last but not least he Is a thorough
soldier, having everything connected
with his profession as such at his
fingers ends. Added to this, he has
always been an exemplary son and an
affectionate brother, and his life has
been singularly free from scandal, the
one romance Of his existence being his
infatuation for Countess Sophie Cho-
TEX whom he persisted in marrying In
spite Of all the obstacles placed In the
way Of the match.
In some respects Francis Ferdinand
Is man Of stronger character than
his uncle, Francis Joseph For where
as the latter has shown himself pli-
able. and has sometimes been brought
by persuasion or BY mere WEAKNESS to
yield and to accord his consent to
measures Of which at heart he disap-
proved, his nephew obstinately re-
fuses to give way. He Is slow and de-
iiberate about taking up his position
in a controversy He has accustomed
himself TO regard It from every pos
sible point Of view and to encourage
free discussion thereof in all its bear
ings. But once he has formed his
Judgment, nothing can induce him to
bulge therefrom. He is set in his
ideas. which are reached only after
mature consideration, and while his
prejudices are perhaps strongly de-
veloped. they are neither numerous
nor all OF them reactionary.
Francis Ferdinand has three child
rem by his marriage who bear their
mothers prlncely title Of Hohenberg,
with the predicate Of serene highness.
The eldest is a girl, who has received
her mothers name of Sophie; and the
others are boys. Prince Maximilian
being now Eve years Of age and his
brother. Ernest, only three. Their IA
ther Is devoted to his children, and
has them with him on every possible
occasion. They even used to accom-
/ pany him when he went shooting In
the big forest around his stately chau-
teau Of Konoplseht. until he found
that this interfered with his sport,
as they are so passionately fond Of
animals that whenever any game
came within reach Of his gun they
would clasp hold Of his arms and en-
treat him not to shoot the pretty ami
NAL or bird. as the case might be-
Although from an ecclesiastical
point OF view the church, in the per
son 81 the pope. would have the power
of relieving him of the obligations Of
the oath which he made at the time
OF his marriage to refrain from raising
/ his wife to the throne. and his child
rem into the line Of succession thereto
yet Francis Ferdinand's sense Of
honor is so keen that there is no rea
son whatsoever to suppose that he
viii yield to the longings Of his hear
and break the promise which he gave
to the members of his house. the gov
ernment of the dual empire. and to tn,
people. Throughout his reign, at an,
rate as long as she remains unmar
ried, his half-sister Archduchesl
Maria Annunciata, abbess Of tn,
Hradraschin, will continue to play tn,
role Of acting empress and Of first lad!
Of the empire, to which she was ap
pointed a year ago on the death O
Archduke Otto, and on all state func
lions aud official ceremonies tia
princess Of Hohenberg will be obliged
to yield the pas to sister-in-law.