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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Karl Snyder and family left this
morning for Albuquerque, where they
will visit till June and from where
they will go 10 Southern California
to make their home. Maay warm
friends regret to see them leave Ros-
well.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

John NJ. Webster and wife, of Kan
sas City; D. L.. Brumback, of Van
Vert, O., and Frank J.. Adams, of
Findlay. o., who have been here pros
pecting and Investigating the oil sit
uation, left this morning for their re
spective homes.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Sidwell and Guy Alden and their
wives. of Rothville, Ind, who have
been here several days seeing the
country, left this morning for Amaril-
10 and Altus, O.. T., where they will
stop on their way home.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Mrs. u. F. Deem and brother. Gill
Amis. returned this morning from a
stay of several days with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Amis, at
Hagerman.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

w. NJ. Rees, wife and children who
have beer spending the winter with
Mr.. Rees' sister, Mrs. l.. B. Boellner,
left this morning for Los Angeles,
Cal, where they will spend the sum
mer.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Mrs. Frank Wright, of Memphis.
Tex, who has been here visiting her
sister, Miss Velma White, left this
morning for Acme to visit ne broth
er. Oscar White.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Melvin Richardson, nephew of G.
A. Richardson, who has been here
all winter, a cadet at the Military
Institute, left this morning for his
home in Sterling, Kan.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Mrs. NJ. P. P. Cobean left this morn
ing on an extended visiting trip east.
She will stop first at Sterling, Kan,
at Mansfield, O., and finally at
her old home IN Harrisburg, Pa. She
will be gone all summer.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

The ladies of the Christian church
will hold their Market in the P. V.
Drug Store Saturday afternoon, be-
ginning at two o'clock, instead of in
the morning. 47t2
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Mr.. n Mrs. J.. S. Brown and emil
dren arrived last night from Fort
Mr.. Browns sister, Mrs. J.. w. Wilson
and family.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

DR.. E. NJ. Fisher and B. F.. Moon
went to Texico this morning to org
anize an aerie of Eagles at the new
junction town. They expect to com
plete their work tonight and return
tomorrow.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Edgar CaIfee, C. N. Farnswortn and
Walter Miller went to Artesia with
the party of Masons last night, re-
turning today.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

County Surveyor V. r. Kenney and
his assistant, john Baker, went to
Kenla this morning.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Captain N. ]. Fritz, wife and grand
son, Claude Fritz. came up from Ha-
german this morning to spend the
day.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Clayton Jones, of Lake Arthur, and
Otto Walters, of Fort Worth, came
up from Lake Arthur this morning
to remain two or three days.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

j. w. Turknett arrived this morn
ing from Artesia. accompanied by
| Charles Henderson, of Kirk county,
| Texas, to remain two days.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

G. w. johnson. of St. Louis, wno
has been here on business, left this
morning for Kenla, on his way to
Amarillo.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

C. w. Merchant arrived this morn.
ing from Carlsbad to spend a few
days with his s~on-in-law. Ed Seay.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

ID. G. Able. who has been In Ros-
well for a month prospecting and Wis
iting friends. left last night for his
home in Big Springs. Texas.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

w. B. Lynch. who has been employ
ed at the L. F. D. farm for the past
six months. left last night for Del
Rio. Texas,
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Mrs. J.. NJ. Blakely, of Okarche, o.
T, who has been here visiting her
brother-il-law, w. E. Blakely, left this
morning for Ell Paso.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

John Matkia and son, Jerome, re
turned this morning from a stay O
several days in Dayton.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Mrs. Harry Holly returned to her
home in Dexter last night after spend
ing convention week here with her
mother, Mrs. Callie Doss.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Mr.. and Mrs. D.. r. Robertson, who
nave BEEN here since September 1,
for the benefit of rheumatism. left
this morning for their home in
Springfield, Mo.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Marriage license was granted Wed
nesday to James Andred Robinson
aged %, aad Bessie Foster, aged 20.
10Th of Roswell.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Walter T. Strong, who has been
here for ten days on business with
R. H. Kemp, left his morning for
Dallas.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

F. l. Hill returned this morning
from a trip to Lakewood and other
points south.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

]. H. Hogan went to Hagerman last
night to remain till Saturday looking
after business.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Whole weeks program tomorrow
CFriday) night. Benefit Ladies' Gem
etery Association. Admission 25c.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

w. C. Miller went to Elida this
morning to join nis wife on a visit
with friends.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

DR.. Allen of Dexter was here yester
day on business. returning home last
night.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Mrs. L. c. Klasner, of Picacho, is
spending a few days with friends in
Roswell.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

NJ. NJ. Brunk, the Dexter townsite
manager was in town yesterday.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

C. L. Allison returned this morn
ing from a business visit in Hager-
man.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

R. T. Burge returned this morning
from a trip to Lake Arthur.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Charles Jones was here from Hag
erman today on business.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Miss Nora Shields returned this
morning from Carlsbad.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Mrs. w. ]. McIlnes was up from
Lake Arthur today shopping.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Best pictures we've ever had. Ma
jestic. 10 cents.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

S. w. Holder, of Lake Arthur, was
in town today.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

'U9a y uolIIsO--sn 9ss puIE kul
10 uoIlIsodoId epBIl 3 eAeu o il
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

C. C. Womack returned this morn
ing from Carlsbad.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

]. H. S. Barfield went to Amarillo
today on business.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25
FRIEND TO FRIEND.

The personal recommendations of peo-
pie who have been cured of coughs and
colds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
have done more than all else to make it a
staple article of trade and commerce oveS
a large part of the civilized world
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Eyes tested free at L. B. Boellner
Jeweler and Optician. S8ti
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

Boellner. the Jeweler, has 1t
cheaper. STU
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

MONEY TO LOAN CARLTON
a. BELL {
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23
20 You Wear a Soup strainer7
The cretty girl frowned.

Inc pretty Girl froWned.
Suppose" she said, that the
waiter had spilled that plate of soup
over your head. Would you have
scooped the remnants off with your
hand and eaten them"
No, certainly not" he answered,
and with an air of disgust he looked
from the window out ut the bathers,
the white sane and the sunlit sea.
Then. for goodness sake" she
cried, stop sucking them off your mus
tache. 1t is hideous to see you. After
every spoonful you open your mouth.
and slowly and complacently, as If you
We're doing something %laudable. you
take your mustache between your lips
and suck the SOU remnants from off:
the hairs. If you wouldn't eat soup
that had been among the hair on your
scalp, why should you eat it after it
has been among the hair on your upper
lip?"
He flushed.
Many a young man has beer
Tilted" said the girl significantly, for
eating soup out of his mustache."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23
CHAPTER XVIII.
II CYCLONE.

A shining faced negro waiter came up
TN answer to the bell and brought tum-
blers of tinkling ice and water. Both
eCambel and Miss Kildare drank thirst
fily and then lay back in their cane
Nchaires painting. The close heat was
breath of either sea breeze or land
breeze. and the electric fan which
whirred on the table behind them did
slittle more than send Il blast OF sickly
warmth. Down the long limo CT the
piazza were the rest of the people In
the hotel. the men curstng and mop
ping their faces, he women with closed
eyes tanning themselves ianguidly.
And overhead the shingles OF h g roof
cracked and rustled I'm tho baking air
~ though they were alive.
Night came and che bell clashed out
dts summons TO dinner. but 10 one went
An. The wooden sides Of the hotel,
baked through and through by a month
of tropical sun. had made the rooms
uncomfortable. So they stnid, where they
were in the hot. oppressive dark and
bllnked Mt the white u,nmcr lightning
which splashed the violet heavens in
front OF them. In heavy painting beats
the night seemed to close down upon
them and pen them in. 30 that it was q
labor to breathe.
II can't stand tnis,' said Miss XII
dare at last.
you've got to-" replied Cembel wear
lily. unless you choose to go down the
beach una sit III tho water with your
clothes on"
''That would be some relief. although
the water is as hot as tea. But l shan.t
over the sea. One nia faint nalf way
and tumble over n ge. drowned, but
anyway that's better than staying here
and being cooked slowly
They got UP together and strolled
YEARLY over h lcosc white sand and
then more crisply over the worn deck
lng OF the pier. Between the lightning
the darkness OF a cave, but faint phos-
phorescent fringes showed out among
the piles beneath. ana these guided
them from walking ave: the edge over
the planks.
You shouldn't stay down there this
weather" Cambsl said as they paused
down the narrow platform with fingers
and your beauty IL you do and &c;
thin and sallow like Mrs. Van Lew
No reply an and CRlnbel said moth
ing more. but walked OH. thinking.
you've been here now nine whols
days. Pat" the girl sa:t. breaking sill
C for the second time, when they
were llaF q mile from the shore.
1T cant be. Yes,- you're right. Niae
days. 1ime has gore quickly"
And you've bean out Of the
place once. AT least rot a dozen miles
from Point Sebastian
Mrs. Duysrllay's place was fifteen
miles away. Cambol saw the point
mo" he said. II haven't found time
You and l have hAd No much to tell one
another"
I'VE always have Teen very good
friends" said the girl aud was going
TO add something else when her words
were drowned ley q furious crasi, ol
uAni;k..
"s!la.'s close overhead Cambel re.
II; tbed. Ind Som:;hing else will fol
low. lstIs ,sli. ~ shall have " del.
I&s :a!ui.S III ro9s-. but i t9"'H ws're
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23
In Doubt.
From HarDer'c Wae

From Harper's Weekly.
A certain young man who, according t.
all the accepted notions, should be very
happy at this time, was found by a friend
the other day. with a somewhat troubled
look upon hts face.
What's the matter. old man.? Haven't
had a tilt have you?" the friend inquired.
"N-no," was. the reply. accompanied by
a sigh. Fact is" he continued, in a burst
of confidence, I've been thinking over a
little remark Alice made last night
"Oh, perhaps you misunderstood" the
friend suggested, e~ncouragingly.
II hope so" was the reply. You see. we
were talking of-well how things would be.
you know, and Alice sad:
And won't 1T be just too sweet; you
will come home allottred out from your
hard days work and hold me on your lap
for hours. and. read to me. and drive all
my cares away, and dry my tears and rub
my head-and 1t will be just like ,
novel!'"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23
Easy,

Easy.
An incompetent servant had been dis
charged by her employer.
Very we'll, num-" she said. I'll go.
But I'll be ask.n' for a reference"
"a reference" echoed the lady. What
reference can l honestly give such a
worthless girl as you?''
It's a civil thing I'm askin',' she re-
turned. You kin say l lived wild you
four months. That'll be reference enough
num-"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23
A Lawyers Recipe.

Pray tell me-" said the. maiden.
us there any balm or art
That a make like. new again
A badly broken heart:?"
Sure" the lawyer did reply,
"A cement that for years
Has stood the tss.. Is gold.
Dissolved in woman's tearA."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23
Misunderstood,

At a meeting Of the famous Bill club OF
Jefferson City-he whose name is not Will
liam nay not join this club-ex-Congress-
man Cowherd told a Decoration day
story.
Decoration day." he said, always
make me think of a peddler who came
to my cousins house in Jackson county
when the war was at It's height.
This peddler, a strong. tall young man,
was peddli1ig ferns, and my pretty cousin
said to him reproachfully:
~ am surprised to see an ab%le-bodied
young man like you selling ferns at this
crisis. Why are you not with the army?'
The peddler looked surprised.
why, they don't want ferns in the
army, do they, lady?' he said"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23

THE SOCIAL HOUR.
Good Bait.

SOO 0dIt.
A resident OF Hudson, Wis, was deplor-
ing the resignation of Senator Spooner.
The senate can afford to lose a mind
like that," he said. 81 know the man
well. He pracuced law in this town for
fifteen years or Whereabouts. He won
every case he set his hand to.
1T was no surprise to us Hudsonitcs
to find that John G. Spooner was the fin
est legal mind in the senate. We knew
him Of old, you see. When he had a
case on we used to go in droves to hear
him plead.
Il remember to this day a story that
ne once told in court in a case where
he was showing how, with a good mo-
tive. one might still do q lot of harm.
HI said that two aged Scotch ministers
sat talking one day over their church.
warden pipes.
Last sawbath,' said the younger of
the two old men, only three folk cam
TO my KIRK and since 1t was an awfu'
cauld, snawy, stormy mornin', I just took
them over to the manse, read a chapter.
gied them a prayer. and then. to ward
or the rheumatics, a guild stiff glass of
the best whisky
The other minister smiled.
"'Aweel,' be said. we will haze a fine con-
gregation, my brither, the next stormy
day"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23
In the PIantino Season

S. F.. Hood of the department. of agricul-
ture with good prospects of success is try
Ing to beat the Japanese camphor trust
by raising camphor groves in Florida.
AT a dinner in Huntington thu cele-
Grated an unusually fine distillation of
Fcarnphor leaves, Mr.. Hood, the guest of
aonor, told a seasonable agricultural story.
q story that should appeal to all suburban
ties.
"one beautiful spring morning. he be-
gan, "a suburbanite looked suspiciously
over his hedge and said 20 his %neighbor:
"'Hey. what the duce are you burying
IN that hole there??'
1.-The n%eishbor laughed-a harsh, bitter
laugh.
"'oh.' he said. SIN Just replanting some
OF my nasturtium seeds, that's all.
'Nasturtium seeds?' shouted the first
man angrily. 1T looks more like one Of
my Buff Leghorn hens
ooh. that's all right the other re-
torted. The seeds are inside"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23

Belgium adopted an old-age pension /.
scheme in 1900. and in the am vear
Victoria passed an act granting s2.5o a
week to any old person who fulhlIad
certain conditions,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23
Moral Nature and the Appendix.

sS 'NPPSiiaiSs
Cling to your appendix with both hands.
says the clerk OF the day in the Boston
Transcript. Rev. Samuel Van vranken
Holmes, who preached at Harvard. has
furnished the clerk with documentary evil
dence regarding the ipest!mable value Of
appendices. In Buffalo, where he minis
tiers to a large and influential church., he
has lately been involved in a little un.
pleasantness with the Torreyites. 1t
CHANGED that his course Of addresses on
the modern View Of scripture synchronized
with the Torrey meetings and drew down
upon him the rebuke of that mighty evan
gellst; w%hereupon his nails grew heavy
with letters Of protest. One Of those
epistles ran something like this:
Sir: 1 understand now why you have
been led astray by the higher critics. 1t
is less than a year. I am told, since you
underwent the operation for appendicitis,
and any physician will inform you that
when the vermfform appendix comes out
the patient suffers the total loss Of his
moral nature. This explains your cas-,
pretty clearly"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23
Don't Take Away Their Pins.

Il. H.. Hartman" said Il New York
broker, talked LUMINOSITY the other day
OF the decline in the value of securities.
lie said we must be careful not TO legis-
late too harshly against the country's
vested interests. or the prosperity of these
interests. and with it the country's pros
perity would be impaired.
HE illustrated his meaning with a
story.
There was a school teacher" he said,
who exclaimed impaticntly one after
noon:
Johnny Jones, what are you fumbling
with there?'
johnny hung his head and was silent.
But the-tell-tale of tn" class spoke up:
It's a pin he's got. ma'am.'
We'll. take it from him. said the
teacher, and bring 1t here to mo-
This was done, and then. in a molli-
fed voice, the teacher said:
" Now, Johnny Jones. get up and recite
your. history lesson
But Johnny Jones did not obey. He
blushed, hung his head and sat still.
" Johnny, said the teacher, rise. 1 tell
you
Then the little fellow blurted out dis
tressfully:%.
"I can't ma'am. That there pln YOU
took is what holds my trousers up"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23
A Horrible Error.

Governor Hughes. of New York, at a
dinner at Delmonico's referred good
humoredly to all article wherein he had
been misquoted.
1.-The error" he said. was purely acct
dental, but it put me. till 1t was corrected,
In rather a bad position. 1t made me feel
like. the 'oung bridegroom of Schenectady.
This young man was poor but honest.
He was suspected of being a fortune hunt
er, but 1t was not true. However, he mar
ried a rich merchants daughter, an.
leased on Schenectady's outskirts a house
called the Old Manse.
THE wedding was celebrated duly, and
the newspapers gay full accounts of it;
but one of them. through a horrible typo
graphical error, concluded with the state
ment:
The happy couple. after a short tour,
will live at the old MANS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28

absent mndedly, with far off look in his eyes, and
suddenly, with pang of remorse, l remembered
that had not once referred to the progress of his
love affairs. My had preoccupied me to the
exclusion of everything outside, and l had spoken
of Pillar only in connection with Monica.
matchmaking myself aloud an ungrateful
and ungracious brute, asked if Pillar had made up
her mind.
You needn't blame yourself" he said. "A1l this
time she has kept tenter hooks because,
though she admitted liking me- she couldn't reconcile
her heart with her conscience | got the dear old
Cherub blessing. and Haunted it in her face; but
that wasn't enough. [ also argued that it was her
duty to marry and try to make me as good as
herself; but she seemed to think it might work out
the other way. Then you disappeared, and the last
word she said that if found you, she'd take it
sign that San Cristoval wanted the match
seems he's match making saint, when he is in
Spain, as we'll as motoring So, you see, she
will have to keep her promise now; and I'll owe my
happiness to you"
Il haven't come back to life in vain then" said
1t will be good moment for me- whatever hap
pens when | see my little sister Pillar again"
She will be at the royal bull fight" Dick sighed.
Il thought she hated bull fights for Vivillos
sake"
1T is for Vivillo's sake she is going. She has
moved heaven and earth to get invitations
And she succeeded"
Thereby hangs a tale. But I'm not going to
bother you with it."
l insisted, urging him to atone for past neglect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28

could not bear to go back to the inn 1 knew, to
the pretty girls there look my pale face with
shocked eyes, perhaps to have them question me
about the white and gold angel" Finally he per-
suaded me to go to a cafe.
1t was eight o'clock when got away from the
cafe, where we had spent some twenty minutes; and
the road no longer clear. We obliged to
moderate our speed, and lost time than
could afford.
Do your best now, Ropes" was saying; when
the Gloria-for once perverse-burst tire with
loud explosion. Ropes threw rueful look.
Il had hoped to get through without trouble SIR,
he said; but the cars laid up for than five
weeks, and there time last night to look her
over"
You have done splendidly, 1 assured him. I'll
get out with Mr. Warning and stretch my legs
was glad to walk, and still glad to feel that
strength seemed coming back As we strolled up
and down, was l of Dicks sympathy that l
began to talk about my hopes and fears. He did
not disappoint me; but once twice he answered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28

and Queen had narrow escape, and But come,
Ramon, l want to get you to the hotel"
Il am not going to the hotel l said. Il am
going to Madrid, to stop Carmona's marriage!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28
CHAPTER XIII.
Through the Night

TICK looked at me with indulgent sympathy, as
- if was a child. 1T is after eleven O'clock at
night" he said. The train for Madrid went two
hours ago, and"
Did you say Ropes was waiting for you outsider"
l asked
Yes,
And my car is still in the garage where put IT,"
Yes; but you are not in fit state for journey.
If YOU could see yourself"
oh, know I'm a nightmare apparition," 1 cut