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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-12-28
homestead Entry NO. 1896
Notice For Public alton
Department of the Inter

Department of the Interior.
Land Office at Clayton, New Mexico
December IL, 1907.
Notice Is hereby given that William
II. Bradley Of Tucumcari n III has
filed notice Of his intention to make
final communication proof In support OF
his claim, viz, Homestead entry no.
1886, made sept. l 1905, for the south
east quarter sec 10 twp I'm range 32e,
and that said proof will be made be-
fore r. p. Donohoo. probate clerk, at
his office, Tucumcari n IN on Jan 70
1908
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of the land, viz: :
Ellis Ivey, Rice, n. m. John ii.
Wilgus, T. Z. Bradley, Tucumcari, H..
m, Lewis Freeman, Rice n. IN.
1921 Edward w. Fox, Reglster.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-12-28
Homestead Entry No. 74O4.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department OF the Interior, Land
O1ice, Clayton. Y NJ Dec. IL, 1907.
Notice Is hereby given that Manuel
Madrll, OF Montoya, N. M, has filed
notice Of his intention to make final
Communication proof In support OF his
claim, viz: Homestead entry No.
7404, made March /. 1906, for the So
sea sec 2 and e3 ne4 sec IL twp Ion
range 27emf and that said proof will
be made before w. G.. Hawkins, U. S.
Commissioners, at Mohtoya, N. NJ. on
January 27@ 1908.
ne names the following witnesses TO
prove his continuous residence upon,
and c~ultisation of said land, viz:
Jesns Segura, Valentine Madril,
Liborio Segura, Camilo Madril, all Of
Montoya, n. M.
1921 Edward w. Fox, Register.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-12-28
Homestead Entry No. 1l346.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior, Land
Once at Clayton, N. NJ, Dec. l3, 1907
Notice Is hereby given that George
$. Williford. of Hollene, N. NJ, has
filed notice Of his intention to make
final communication proof In support OF
his claim, viz: Homestead entry No.
11346, made September 20, 1905, for the
ne4 sec % twp 81 range 36e, and that
said proof will be made before Eugene
Il. Hedgecoke. u. s. Commissioner,
at his office in Endee, N. NJ, on Jan.
II, 1908.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on, and cultivation Of the land viz:
Ira l.. Coulter, John NJ. Reeves, Eli
Coulter, Henry Watson, all Of Hollene
N. M.
1921 Edward w. Fox, Register
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-12-28

Inc Evans Realty Company is
stli'ng choice residence lots in
hher's new Addition from SIS to
PRS This is the highest ground
IN the city, and the location is ideal.
he best well OF water in town is
on this Addition.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11
WHOLE NO. 1928.
Speaking Statistically.
BY TOM p. MORGAN.

Il was reading last night table of
statistics about the average baby
boys chances in life," began the Old
Codger, during recent session of
the Sit and Argue Club. "The otida
discovered are about 10000, 900 to
that he will not become President
OF the United States. or Vice-PresI-
dent, or Chief Justice of tho Supreme
Court. The chances are 100000 to
1 that he will not be a United States
Senator; 103,330 to 1 that he will not
be member of the House OF Repre.
sentatives; and $4,000 to l that he
will never be a governor OF a state
So / should Judge that the chances
are about even that he may, II luck
is with him and he is properly and
proportionately licked until he gets
too big to stand for II, become an
honest and self respecting, though
humble and unknown, citizen. It IL
further figured that the chances are
5SS to that he Will not go insane;
1850 to 1 that he will not become
blind; 9117 to L that he will never
be president of national bank; and
1900 to that he Will not he a police
man.
"The foregoing are statistics that
1 didn't make and am therefore not
responsible for; but the chances are
several to one that like most stats.
tics they are nowhere being correct.
But here are a few figures that ]
have concocted on my own hook, and
L believe they are really reliable:
The chances, / think, are 100 to 1
that that baby boy when he gets to
be about nineteen years old will be
firmly convinced that he is a great
deal smarter than his father, 200 to
1 that If he is a nephew of mine and
graduates from the village academy
he won't be worth half the cost OF
the powder that would be required
to blow him up at the Fourth of July
celebration, and 800 to 1 that ~ he
marries he will wonder and ponder
forever after how it happened, not
to mention wishin' It hadn't. And,
lastly, as the parson remarks about
three-quarters of an hour from his
finish, the chances are COO to l that
the gable we nightly get Off around
the stove, here in Hi Prices grocery
in winter, and on the same gentle
mans shady porch in summer, don't
amount to a hill of beans, III spite
OF all the force and solemnity and
pessimisticality that we put into 1t,
700 to 1 that Hi thinks 1t is good for
trade to have us gather here night
after night, and 100000 to 1 that It
amt. G'd-night, alli"-Puck.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11
NOT IN VAIN

Carl Hastings stood waiting at
the station. His train had been de.
layed. A party of trainmen were
on the platform. one brakeman,
vexed over the delay, gave vent to
oaths. Carl stood near him, so that
he could say quietly. as the others
moved away: you wouldn't use
your mothers name in that way,
would you?"
The young man looked up sur
prised. mo, l wouldn't" he admit
ted. Wen. how much more careful
we should be about the name Of
God"
The man made no reply Carl
Hastings felt a little fearful lest he
might be offended The brakeman
belonged TO the crew going out on
the train. He might yet show his dis
pleasure. still II was not necessary
to worry over what had been a sud
den impulse OF duty.
Some time after Carl was again
travelling over the road a brake
man came and sat down beside him,
saying:
81 don't believe you remember me,
but I have never forgotten what you
said that day on the platform.
thought you might like TO know that
have not since been guilty OF swear
ing"
Carts word had not been in vain.
s.. -. Slower, I'm Christian Intelll-
gencer
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11
WISE WORDS.

A pious expression is a poor ex-
preston of piety.
Revivals born in racket do not end
In Righteousness.
Pleasant looks constitute a large
part of life-lubricant.
Only a simpleton stops to wonder
whether he looks wise.
There is perdition in the pleasure
that causes another pain.
Many a preacher loses his grip on
souls while he is counting noses.
The odor of true sanctity rises only
where the flowers of purity bloom.
1t will be hard for those who have
played on nothing but purse strings
to get used to a harp.
If you want to have more happi-
ness than you can hold, try giving
away what you have.
There's always a tendency in the
human race to get its opinions of the
prize before the plugs.
Some of the men who are boasting
of their sand do not realize that 1t is
all in their foundations.
Tomorrow you will not be what
you are planning to be then, but what
you are trying to be now.
Many of our crosses are like chill
dren's piano practice-hard on us
and harder on our neighbors.
The biggest hereto of all is the
man who excuses himself from duty
by talking about the hypocrites. -
Home Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11
Hoo, strange BehnrIor.

Hogs over near the good church OF
Providence are acting queerIy here
recently anyway. One of my grave,
dignified stewards was telling me
about 1t the other day.
Brother W." said he, "a strange
thing is happening over I'm eur com
munity." What I'm the world is at"
said !. Well" replied my steward
ITS the hogs. They are acting as I
never saw them before. They are
actually rubbing their tails off A"
you don't tell me-rubbing their
tails on?"
Steward: Yes, sir, It's fact It
seems It is some sort Of a disease that
peculiarly affects that part OF the
hogs anatomy, and he goes to a pine
tree and rubs until the tail is excom-
municated. We have more bObtall
hogs I'm my section than you can
shake a stick at. Southern Chris
tian Advocate.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11

You will need some cardboard, a
few toothpicks. four hairpins, knit
ting-needle or piece of wire and a
cork, as shown in Fig. 1. Then cut
some stiff paper into pieces about two
inches square and fix them in place
on the toothpicks, as Fig. Q will show
you. Run your wire or knitting
needle through the cork from end to
end, and the wheel of your mill is
complete.
Fig. Q shows you how to make sup
ports for the sides of the windmill
by thrusting the hairpins through the
two pieces of cardboard and spread
Ing the pins slightly apart. The
wheel is suspended in> place by thrust
Ing the ends of the. wire through the
cardboard sides. Stand book on
edse SO that its top will reach up to
the centre of the wheel, and then
blow over the top of the book. The
wheen will fly round and round, and,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11

The man who handles the local
department OF a newspaper learns
after due experience not TO expect
even briefly expressed thanks from a
column OF pleasant things, but he
knows as surely as comes the winter
that a single line i'm which there ia
an unintentlOnal Misrepresentation
will cause someone to be heard as
from the house top. And we may
add that when he has made pleasant
mention 099 times Of some person.
place or thing, but on the thousandtfi
time fails 20 do so, he must not ex-
pect to be forgiven. The omission
may have been from accident, mad
vertence or even an entire lack OF
knowledge It matters not. The sim.
pie fact remains that he will be
judged by that.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11
COLONIES or PET ANTS.

Americans who go to England
these days are bringing back with
them queer little wooden frames
about twelve inches square. filled
with dark earth, covered with glass
and suggesting at a first glance a
couple of ordinary school states fast
ened together
Look a BIT closer, however, and un-
der the glass you will find myriads
OF tiny yellow creatures bustling
about, hurrying hither and yon on
their inhniteslmal duties and quite
too busy to stop to notice you.
The insects are ants. The frame is
an artificial ant nest. It IS really a
toy-a nature study tOy-and in Eng
land, when you go TO buy one, you
ask for a Lubbock formicarium. No
boy or girl who has studied Latin
needs 90 be told that "formica" As
the Latin word for ant, and that
"fOrmicarium" IS an ants nest, while
the researches conducted by Sir John
Lubbock (now Lord Avebury) into
the habits of ants have long associat-
ed his name in the mind OF every one
with these wonderful creatures.
The amber-colored meadow ant.
which is the species chosen for the
fOrmicarium, is harmless to man, al
though II secretes bitter fluid
which strikes terror into the heart
Of its ant enemies 10 Is widely scat
tered through Europe, and IS said te
be the most intelligent Of ell the
EuEopeap ants. u captivity Il re-
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11

THE WIND AND THE DOOR.

Inc md lost the o dried,
IKE saryelng hound the
Let you n Nay, that will forget the
yer the pnltul faces white the where an roundY
Il the WIND of the Niain-his
ION the leatsiI
the howe att
a you will
had hand the latch withoutwa drear.
o lonelywo
paused youw ndering here
Miles the the andc
uhe Wind a
Exuting retrospect, forgotten the utcast's plea!
J. a meteo ship hoctred
drove 1t leagues and leaguesay droveit into sa"
6Sted the quek5ng door; "Begone thou
Wind of the wild seaestsl of the Niainl1
s for onlentst
rcane
Emma Herrck Weed, in Youth CUnpauio
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11

From a tree which Hubbard Fish
er, Of East Concord, VT. started 90
cut down I'm the woods recently Mr..
Fisher took a runaway swarm OF bees
and from the hollow trunk three
twelve quart pals Of delicious honey.
Mr.. Fisher had started 20 cut down
a tree when he discovered that Il was
badly decayed and probably hollow.
and therefore not ne for hls use. Hap
poning TO notice at the same time,
however, that there we're many boes
flying around Il, he investigated, With
the result already told.-St. Adams
Messenger.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11
PETITE.


While visiting in a small town up
the State recently I came upon tie
cleverest little animal that ever hap
pened anywhere 1 am sure. He is
the smallest pony in existence, they
tell me; weighs between fifty and
sixty pounds, and stands about as
high as an ordinary goat. The boy
who owns him lives near my friend
and has a large dog kennel to keep
him in; but he is so mischievous he
Is always watching his chance 70 get
Into the laundry or back kitchen and
help himself to anything he can find
lying around loose.
He is a splendid arithmetician;
really, it is almost incredible, but II
you ask him to tell you how many
apples would be left IL you took Ave
from ten he will paw the ground five
times. Ask him how old he is and
he will paw the earth four times
Hold a watch before him and ask
him what time and he will first paw
the hour with his right foot and then
the minutes with his left. Then say
Petite" (French word for little, you
know, children), "how many work
Ing days in week." and he will nod
six times. Then say to him: "If
you made the working days, how
many would you give your master?"
That little fellow will nod and nod,
and you think he is never going to
stop. His master will say: Petite,
would you make me work every
1aV2n and ha'Il hOuy 0Xac - dacidodIv
Then all the people standing around
will laugh and that makes him frisky,
and he'll hustle about. backing up to
one after the other and kicking out
his hind feet so quickly that you
hardly have time to move aside
PHILADELPHIA Record
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11
Revenge Of an Autocrat.

She-'I'm sorry you lost your tenn
per over the fried steak this morn.
ing"
He-'But It wasn't ft TO eat"
She-"I know, dear. but you must
consider the consequences. You
made cook very angry, and she may
doodle TO put rs on bread and water, =
Baltimore America,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11
THE OpsERvANT qTRT,

The class was discussing animals
how they walked. got mp, etc. After
she had explained the cows method
OF rising TO her feet. the teacher
asked, do you know any other ami
NAL that gets up ike the cow7"
Silence reigned for n moment. then
one little girl timldiy raised her hand
what u it7" esked the teacher, -
calf" vas the whispered reply,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11

placed i'm a breeze, will run as we'll
as any big WITHDRAWING windmill,
provided the wind is not so strong as
to blow the whole thing away. for it
Is very light-Good Literature.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11
j. T. Waldo & Co.'S.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE,
CRANTsVILLR, W. VA.

Keeps constantly On handi Baie1
Hay, Chop oto., at reasonable faAef.
Can supply you With horse ainris
horse buggy, tWO-hOrge Buggy ~ huP,
roy, With 0f WITHOUT driver, Tor ah0si
81 long tgip, On ahcyg heti8e $50 a
gsahonabls Hgiofa.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11

HOW TO MAKE A WINDMILL.
A windmill is one of the most
amusing toys boy can have and one
of the simplest to make. Your mate
rails you will find right at hand, and
half hour is all the time you need
to spend in building it.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-11

The Illinois Legislature has made
chicbeD-stealing q peuitentiary Of.
tense
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30
ARE NOW ARTEsIAN WELLS.
One Curious Result of the Earthquake
at San Francisco.

1t has just been discovered that the
upheaval of April IS did funny things
to the wells in the courtyard at the
rear of the San Francisco mint, says
the Chronicle of that city For years
prior to April Is these had been ordi-
nary, well behaved wells, yielding
water plentifully when steam pump
was employed But now they are
spouting artesian wells, from which a
steady stream of water flows when
no pumping is done. This was discov
cred when the pump was taken out for
repairs, the courtyard being flooded
within short time.
The wells we're bored many years
ago, and are about 175 feet in depth
There was apparently a subterranean
connection between them, for the
pumping of water from one lowered
the water in the other. Normally, the
water was within 80 feet of the sur.
face, and that was the condition when
the pump was taken out last March.
Recently, for the first time since
March, the pumps were again re.
moved, when it was discovered that
the water flowed freely,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30
uRokg STRONG MANs MING.
What to Do with Present Too Much
for Puzzle Inventor.

Marshal p. Wilder related at din.
ner a striking personal experience:
When l was boy in Geneva" he
said, Twas once taken through hos
pital for the insane that was not far
from the town.
Many strange, many terrible things
] saw in this hospital, but what af-
fected me most deeply was the sight
of a young man of Intelligent and re-
fined appearance who sat with his
head in his hands mumbling over and
over and over from morning till night:
IT cant strap it around my waist
and It won't go in my pocket. 1t isn't
an automobile horn, because it won't
blow. 1t isn't lamp, for it won't light.
l can't put it on my feet and 1t will
not go over my head. 1t is neither a
fountain pen, pipe nor balloonist's
barometer. 1t looks like a golf glove,
but it is not tennis racquet.
can't
Turning away, l asked the keeper
the young mans history
"'Ah, sir, a sad case the keeper
said. One year ago that there young
man was prosperous and renowned
the finest puzzle inventor and de-
cipherer in the whole durn country.
But on Christmas a young woman
gave him a present made with her
own hands and in tryin to determine
its name and its use the poor fellow
became what you see
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30
Greek and Roman Artillery.

Greek ordinance-which was adopt
ed by the Romans without any ma
terial alteration-was, almost without
exceptions, dependent on the hand
bow principle, says the Technical
World Magazine. On trying to shoot
larger bullet to greater distances,
the elastic arms of the bow were nee
iessarily made so strong as to be no
longer susceptible of tightening by
hand. A tension shaft had therefore
to be fitted to the bow, which shaft
was frightened with levers or hand
wheels. Finally, as the power of
bows altogether failed to insure the
efficiency desired, their bending elias
ITCHY was replaced by the tensional
elasticity of neura, that is, ropes made
from animal sinews, woman's hair, or,
lin an emergency, horsehair.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30

/! The wife of an army officer at a
western post recently had occasion to
visit a small neighboring town, to do
some shopping at what is called the
general store. She was much enter.
tanned by the variety and antiquity OF
the stock of goods, and as she passed
out her eyes were attracted by a pile
of notices, deliberately lettered and
ornately framed, the upper one being
the scriptural passage: Walk in love. F"
AS she paused, the clerk, a dapper
young man of more affability than ad,
vantages, stepped forward with the re.
mark, Them are the latest things in
notices. This top one is swell to put
over a young lady's door-'Walk in,
love- "-Lippincott's Magazine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30
The Pope and Cardinal Vaughan.

On the occasion of the great Marian
congress in Rome, the pope sum
moned Father Bernard Vaughan to
represent the English speaking peo-
pies. The Italians were amazed to
find him so un-English, as they
thought, in his dramatic style. The
story goes (says writer in the New
oxford weekly paper, VARSITY Life
IIllustrated") that one day the pope, in
the presence of one of his cardinals
mimicked the preachers style, where
upon Rampolla exclaimed And he
is an Englishman!" No. replied the
pope, 'he was born on the top Of
Mount Vesuvius, and we sent him to
England to cool"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30

A foreign poet is reputed to be
worth 81, 100000, but he did not get it
making eyes at the muse. 1t was earn
cd by a trader who bequeathed 1t to
him, perhaps for what he did not
write.
The upper house Of the Missouri
Legislature rules that all Senate clerks
must report for duty every morning
and work for their salrry. Are the
good things of public Office slowly
slipping away2
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30
Tender.Hearted.

The Bearded Lady (horrified) En-
gagged to the Ossified Man. My dear
child, why in the world did you take
such a step?
The Circassian Grille said 1t
would break him all up if / refused
him and you know couldn't bear to
see the poor fellow go to pieces!
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30
Best and Cheapest.

Pa-nol Liver Regulator keeps the
liver, Stomach. and Bowles working
Just right. That means to be we'll and
to keep we'll. And it makes your
money go the furthest. Tin box.
30 cents. Money back if you want
it. For sale by Davis & Bell
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles,

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding.
Piles. Druggist refund money if Pazo
Ointment fails to cure any case; no meter
of how long standing, in 8 to IA days.
Firt application gives ease and rest. If
your druggist hasn't it send Soc in stan ps
and il will be forwarded postpaid by Paris
Medicine 90, St. Louis, No.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30
IL The wrono Shec.

Doctor" said the visitor with the
fur-lined collar, there's something the
matter with me.
aWelI." responded the doctor, Il
knew that when saw you as Hamlet
last night, but can't do anything for
you. Curing hams is out Of my line"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30

The cost of building promises to be
still higher this year. Last year wag
higher than year before. Many thought
several years ago that prices had gone
too high for anyone to build. but those
who put off building on that account
have Gather had to pay much higher
prices or build no houses. It, there
fore, seems that It Is not worth while
to wait on this account. just when
the limit Of high prices for labor and
material will be reached it is difficult
to say.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30
HOW 10 PREVENT PNEUMONIA.

You can avoid pneumonia and other
serious results from cold by taking
Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t stops the
cough and expels the cold from the
system as 1t is mildly laxative. Re.
fuse any but the genuine int the yellow
package. Sold by ST Clair Wylie
Drug co. Tupelo, and Bearden y
King, Okolona.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30

The Standard has stopped laying
pipe lines in Oklahoma and gone of
In huff. 1t will be in order for the
coming farmer to pillow vi the pip and
use it for fence posts.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30

Behring'S have struck no bottom for
the Panama Canal. 1t were better to
discover this fact now than to have
the bottom drop out Of IL with several
million tons OF transportation.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30

Has stood the Test for 20 Years.
The old, original Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic. You know what you are taking.
II Is iron and quinine In q tasteless form.
No cure, no pay. Soc.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-30

Congress passed q bill on Manday
authorizing the erection Of drinking
fountain ID Paduch, KY the member
from Kentucky explaining rather per-
fIhousy that il was for women only.