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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-02-20

they will present the bill, The general
public do6s not understand how sur'
geon viii charge or man $50, another
$3.50 and another $1,000
Surgeons have fixed price scheme
They alm 70 charge the patient about
one mophb income, They figure that
any persom WHO IS In such bad condl'
ton as Is he forced 10 submit to a
surgical operation surely can AFFORD to
give one months income, They ascer'
tain roughly what man makes per
month and send in n bill for that
amount The man whose income Is
but $50 A month pays $50, The man
who gets $1,000 ID asked 10 pay $4,000
and generally objects, even though
he should know that his life Is worth
as much proportionately as that OF bis
poorer fellow. Chicago Tribune
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THE SHIPS OF TYRE.
Types Of These Vessels Still In Use In
tho Far East

Types Of These Vessels Still In Use In
tho Far East.
Away back, even when solomon was
king in Israel, the ships OF Tyre
manned by brave Phoenlclan sailors,
went through the prehistoric canal
where the SueI channel is now and
navIgated from China clear around TO
England
Their ships were the models for
Greece and Rome and later for Venice
the Spanlards and the Portuguese,
Only the EngIshman improved on
ship6ulldlng, and from him all mod
ern models have dated,
In the old frye models the waist OF
the ship was low, so the oars could
get good play on the surface OF the
ocean. and the sterns were lofty, so as
10 give room for slowing cargoes and
20 provide dry quarters for the upper
mariners,
As wind power came into use the
waist grew higher and the poop deck
disappeared, step by step from galley
TO carayel, from caravel TO frigate, the
British shipwrights improved on the
ships Of Tyre.
But in the far east the models have
remained much the same, and the shin
makers Of Persia and India have stuck
TO the old Tyriau models TO the pres
ent day, ....,
Today their high square sterns re-
call the ships OF Columbus, The mar
liners still have TO get out OF sight OF
land and steer by stars and the feel OF
the wind on cloudy nights, They sal
around Trinidad and carry pilgrims Il
| Mecca
These vessels, on which the queen Of
Sheba might have Travelled TO visit
/ solomon. are used by native Hindoos
Arabs and by the peoples OF lndo
! China.
On board the captain, his men, th'
cargoes, pilgrims and sheep, asses ant
other live stock live In proximity
that would stir an Americans stomach
TO immediate rebellion. - Nashyill,
American.
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Good Enouah 10 CHARGE For.

When William II. Scott was man
aging clerk In the early sixties for the
firm of Cleveland & Titus. client
came in and wanted an opinion right
away. No member Of the firm was in
Accordingly, Mr. Scott with some hest
tation. wrote the opinion. When bis
principal, Mr., Cleveland, came in, he
explained the circumstances and show
ed him the opinion. Mr.. Cleveland
looked at him with smile and then
read it with care. "Humpb,' said he;
pretty poor opinion, but 1t will do to
charge. New York Times.
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lincoln as a Judge Of Men.

Lincoln was a great politician He
was the most sagacious OF all the
great leaders OF his party in attain
ing political results. although a
stranger to the common methods Of
political manipulation, He studied
mon most intelligenty, and he rare
~, II ever in assigning a friend to
the performance OF political duty.
He alone nominated Andrew John
SON for vice president in 1864, and
there were not a score OF men in the
country who knew Of his purpose to
accomplish it, He had no prejudice
against Hamlin; on the contrary,
would have been glad to have had
Hamlin on the ticket again with him
but he had carefully looked over the
Hieidy and he felt that a change in
= the vice presidency was a necessity
?: for two reasons, which he gave 20
e ma personally the day before the
meeting of the convention in Bal
timore, in which was the delegate
= at large from Pennsylvania. when he
: asked me 10 vote for Johnson for
Size president and told me why It
should be done. He anticipated a
severe and perhaps a doubtful con-
test7~ith Mcclellan; he believed that
: II would be necessary to bring into
the support OF the Republican ticket,
roin9 addition to the Democrats who
. mad become Republicans( the large
number OF loyal war Democrats who
vet maintained at least passive rela'
Mons with the Democratic party.
"a rfong them we're such conspicuous
characters as Dix Of New York, Holt
Of. Kentucky Butler Of Massachu'
sets, johnson OF Tennessee, and
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THE AWKWARD MRS" z
sInuls as We'll as Married Women
oneo Carried This TItls.

SInplo as We'll as Married Women
Once Carried This Title,
A curionsly awkward word n II be
A word, il Mrs" Il Is not spelled az
II Is pronounced no one but Welsh
man or Pole would be- equal 10 pro-
nounclng II an II Is spelled and its pro-
nunciation In a clumsy contraction ~
the good old English designation mis-
tTess."
In the days OF old, when leisure had
not become, ~ II Ia now almost a for
gotten luxury and people were less
anxious to clip their speech, the full
pronunciation was often used, and
mistress" was not altogether clbowed
out OF existence by the vulgar "mlssIs.
But nowadays mistress has drop
ped out. aud consequently the con
tracted pronunciation Of Mrs" has
prevailed and holds the 0ed
Another point worth noting In the
history of the designation Is that about
$50 years ago and earlier Mrs was
applied quite impartially 10 unmarried
A. well rs married ladies Even chill
dren we're sometimes styled Mrs
The burial OF an infant daughter oi
John Milton, who died at tho age OF
Ave months, Is recorded In the parish
register Of ST. Margaret Westminster
and her name Is entered as Mrs, Kath
crime Milton" followed by small &c,
TO Indicate that child Is meant Bu
this may be- regarded as an eGceptiona
use OF the tile. st. James Gazette,
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A Metaphor With a History.

To know a hawk from n hernshaw"
is a metaphor with a curious history.
It is a comparison drawn from falcon
ry. "Hernshaw" is corruption OF
"heronshaw," or young heron, a bird
which was common prey Of the fal.
cons. To know,a hawk from hern'
shaw is therefore TO be able TO distin-
gulsh the falcon from its prey. A fur
Their coloqual corruption crept into
the phrase. ito know hawk from n
handsaw." form used by Hamlet in
one place. Possibly the distinction be-
tween hawk and hernshaw was
found not 10 be strong enough for the
purposes OF the proyerb.-Manchester
Guardian.
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TouaO TmSFEPHBNVILLE.
Remains of Mrs. Edith Mahoney
Will BE Taken 10 Old Home.
(From Tuesdays Daily)

tFrom Tuesdays Daily)
The remains of Mrs. Edith Ma
honey, who died Saturday night at
her home east of the Pecos Valley
tracks, will be taken this evening
on the Denver train TO Mrs. Maho-
ney's old home at Stephenville, Erath
county. where the funeral will be
held, A, A, Geek, of Dalhart, Mrs,
Mahoney's brother will accompany
the remains to Stephenyille.
Mrs. Mahoney had been i'll for
some time from measles and pneu-
monia but death came suddenly. She
was 80 years old. She leaves her
husband and five children, the
Youngest fourteen months old and
the eldest about twelve years of age
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Panhandle Good for Finishing,
(By Colonel Tom Bugbee in Lubbock
Avalanche.)

Thy COl0nel rom BugDee IN LUBBOCK
Ayalanche)
have been in the Panhandle sec
tion Of Texas for thirty years or
more, having drifted into the coun-
try after the war. II was magnif-
icent country then and it has carried
out its promise ever since. There
has been a wonderful development
in the Panhandle since ! first saw
It. both as to country and diversity
OF crops, that can he raised profit
ably.
In the last thirty years of my ex-
perience | do not remember having
seen year when there was not a
good crop of grass. At least have
never seen it fail to make enough to
keep the cattle in good condition all
winter and summer, I think that
there could be no reason that kaffir
corn, milo maize and sorghum could
not be raised.
My opinion is that lancs are chear
at from SO to $50 per acre for the
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SURGEONS CHARGES.
Method by Which, Il Is Said, the Fees
Are Regulated.


( Frequently laymen who have had oc-
casion to settle the bills Of surgeons
upon whom they have called in eI-
tremlties 10 use the knife are heard
TO complain against what they call
1.-THE c1orbitant charges OF surgeons"
A. skilled surgeon may charge $50
for simple appendicitis operation,
The patient, who never thinks OF COM
planning until he is convalescent, OBJ
jccts oftentimes 10 paying the bill.
ne saws. ut is outrageous for a sur
Reon TO charge $3.50 for half an hours
work"
The question Of surgeons fees often
puzzles patient. He knows Of one
man upon whom a surgeon OF wide
reputation has operated and charged
only $T5. He may know Of another
who has paid $1,000 for the same op
Grafton. He cannot figure 1t out.
Yet surgeons OF known ability anC
national, perhaps international, fame
have a general plan in charging FOL
operations. Their prices range from
nothing to $1,000. They will operate
without any question of willingness o.
ability TO pay in any case where thu
situation is imperative. Afterwart
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No Death Penalty.

European countries which inHict no
death penalty, however brutal or pre-
medltated the crime, are Italy Hol-
land, Norway switzerland, Portugal
and Russia, save where the lives OF
the emperor, the empress or the heir
to the throne are concerned. The can
ton Of Zug, in Switzerland, imposes
the lowest minimum penalty in the
world-threc years imprisonment for
willrul homicide, the maximum punish
ment being Imprisonment for life
London Chronicle.
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JUDGE BROWNING
TALKS. AMARILLO AN A
CFrom Tuesdays DalIy)

(From Tuesdays DailyD
The Vernon Record In its last is
sue reports Panhandle and Amarillo
doctrine expounded in that town last
week by judge Browning as follows;
Judge j. n. Browning OF ANA
rlllo, ex-lieutenant governor under
Governor Sayers, is in the city this
week holding district court. Judge
Browning was disqualified in his
own district on account OF being
counsel in a case now on trial In
Amarillo, therefore the law allows
him to change places with any other
district who may care TO accommo-
date him.
1.-The Judge in conversation with
the Record reported gave us quite
an opinion on the growth and de-
velopment of the great Panhandle
country. or course the judge places
Amarillo at the center of the vast
district and holds that his town is
the parent factor Of the great devel'
opments now going on and that she
acts as a lode stone in the center Of
fast growing trade district.
THE Judge also spoke OF the new
cutoff OF the Santa Fe Railroad com
pany, which is being built straight
through to Amarillo from Panhandle
City and sidttTatkiHg ina town o.
Washburn, thereby Strengthening al
unnecessary curve, ''rhe new trans
continental Santa Pc ifhe will rur
directly through Amarillo. The road
bed is being raised through the full
length OF tho line and when com
plete will be the safest in the state.
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At MRS. GULEkE'S.
Baracas and Young Ladies of Bap.
list Church Are Entertained,

lFrom Tuesdays DailyD
Mrs. I'D Guleke entertained the
Baraca class and the young ladies'
Biblo classes of the First Baptist
church at her home, 500 Fierce
street last might. About seventy
five of the young people were pres
ent The generous hospitality of the
hostess, combined with spirit Of
fraternity among those present. lent
to the occasion a warmth and con-
geniality that made the dmoments
fly all too quickly. 40 e.a,
Mrs. -Guieke was assisted ian re-
cciying by Misses Eakle and Mason
and Messrs. Smith, Whisonant and
Meyer. o pe.-
Tho pleasure Of the evening was
largely contributed TO by Misses
Brown, Burch, Guleke and Ny. Ken
dali, who sang. instrumental mu-
sic by Miss Kendall the Misses Ken
drick and Mrs. Howard Trigg, was
also greatly enjoyed. A recitation
by Mrs. Kendall brought down the
house"
Misses Jenkins and Kendrick pre-.
sided at the punch bowl while Mines
McSpadden, Derden, Chestnut and
Meyer assisted the hostess in serving
dainty lunch. The affair will be
long and pleasantly remembered by
those present.
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KILLED BY WORK TRAIN,
Body Of Mexican Laborcr Brought
Hercfor Burial.

ltfOm TUESDAY DdllE.)
The remains of Mexican laborer
were brought here yesterday on the
Santa Pc train and are now at the
undertaking rooms OF the o. NJ.
Eakle establishments. The under
takers here will await instructions
from the mans connections in re-
gard TO burial which will probably
take place here. The man had been
employed in one OF the construction
camps north OF Panhandle on the
Santa Fe. His body was horribly
mangled in the accident which caused
his death.
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Tree Planting Is Busying Hereford,

Beautify Hereford is the spirit
that IA spreading over the city, and
great good is being accomplished,
Just now the people are busylng
themselves planting trees about their
premises, Nearly 500 trees have
been put out since the first Of the
month and stIll the good work goes
on, The man that fails to plant
trees about his home now will re-
gret It when he secs his ncighbor en-
ioying himself lin the shade Of the
old apple tree" when tree planting
is over with, then will come tho
clean up brigade and Hereford will
be given such securing and busting
that will make her tho pride Of all
who reside within its gates, Got
the boautfy Hereford
Hereford Democrat.
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Notes of railroad Men,

j. Waddy Tate, general agent or
the Chicago and Great western, came
up from DALLAS with Vice President
Cass party Sunday and visited rail-
road men here.
Ed Whitney, formerly OF the car
accountants office here is back from
a trip TO El Paso.
w. II. McKirahan, chief Of the car
accountants office, is in Topeka,
Kan.
L. S. Stowell, OF the passenger
traffic office, was in Hereford Sum
day. % u4s
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GoI6na Sarcasm.

''Caddy, how many strokes Is that
for this hoe?" asked the golfer with
the plaid cap.
81 cant say, sir"
cant say2"
mo sir; can only count up 70
twelve, slr"--Pick.MeUp,
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KILLED IL THE STORM.
.IbFu tL ~
Man at Clarendon Was Victim OF
Blizzard Accident.
(From Tuesdays DaiIy)

(From TUESDAYS DaiIy)
]. b. HensleN5 OF some point In
Oklahoma, was the victim ola fatal
accident at Clarendon on the morn
ing of the blizzard last Friday,
Hensley with a companion named
Bradford were waiting at Southland
switch between Goodnight and Clar-
endon Friday morning to flag south
bound passenger train No. 2. A
northbound freight had pulled in one
of the sidlngs and the two men had
climbed into MIC engine cab to warm
themselves and had asked the assist
ance OF the brakeman in tagging
the passenger. When the train whis-
tied for the siding the brakeman
Jumped to the ground aud stepped to
the other side of the track to flag
the train. Bradford followed and
Hensley started but Just then the
big electric headlight Of the passen'
ger engine flashed through the storm
and the sudden appearance of it SC
near seemed to confuse Hensley He
hesitated but finally started across
The engine caught him and threw
him nearly fifty feah
He was picked w at once but Il
was seen that he was fatally wound
ed and he only lived a short time
after he reached Clarendon where hi
was Immediately taken on the pas
senger train.
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A sabbatarian Doa.

"Tlp was an Irish setter his name
was really Tipperary and Tip for
short" said New York clubman.
ale knew when It was Sunday, aud he
kept the day. He was the only Sab
batari,n dog | ever knew. He used
to sleep on = rug In my room. ! had
to keep early hours in those days, and
every morning at o'clock Tir would
put his cold nose against my face and
remind me that It was time 10 go IA
work. Then while ! was dressing hi
would 60 to the village postoftcc and
bring home the mail, on Sunday
morning he never stirred OF his rug
until was good and ready to get up
which was usually quite late, and moth
ing could induce him 10 60 10 the post
office on that day, And the best part
Of the story is II is absolutely true. -
New York Tribune.
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TURNED THE ENGINE.
Santa Fe Had TO Build Shoo-Fly
North of Panhandle. aru
lFrom Tn.esday's DaiIyl- u

(From Tuesdays Daily,).
As the result OF snow ,bueking
efforts on the Santa Fe north of
Panhandle during the blockade, one
of the engines which was pushing the
plow left the rails and was pushed
nearly erosswlss OF the track. This
put the track clearing operations at
that point at a standstill for a time
and no trains could come through till
the wrecklng crew built "shoo-fly"
track around the disabled engine.
Yesterday the injury 10 the track
and engine was repaired and now
the line is clear, -iA0l,ir
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There Is Russian PRINCE in Los
Angeles who says he wants to marry
an American girl for hero money,
but that be will not promise ia love
her. This is the first one of these
foreign fortune hunters TO tell the
truth when he came over hers and
began looking around fora means OF
getting meal ticket without work.
Ell Paso Herald. re7p IL.
Los Angeles authorities ought to
see TO 1t that his exeellency gets a
free lodging ticket at the city bastils
and is served with the princely fars
OF bread and water No visible means
of support should be Alffoient Ia
secure for his princeshipa these ap-
Iproprlate accommodatiQpAiu n
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MAKING 4 FARM.
John Goctz Will Use Ohio German
Methods on Panhandle Dirt.

Methods on Panhandle Dirt.
(From Tuesdays Dailg)
John Goetz, OF Bucyrus, Ohio, who
as his name indicates did not orig
mate in Ohio, is a recent purchaser
of Panhandle dirt who is preparing
to make a real farm out OF a section
Of plains land. Mr. Goetz is a sue
cessful Ohio farmer and he believes
that the investment OF much the
same kind OF work, machinery and
equipment and good Judgment which
makes Ohio farm land worth six or
eight tines as much per acre as his
land here, will produce returns just
as they do in Ohio. lie Is accord
ingly making improvomenjs on his
section several miles east OF ANA.
rillo and will put in besides q nuns
Der Of acres Of regular field crops,
considerable amount of Sftult and
other trees, vines and 'shrubbery.
Carl Rebstvus, young farmer from
Ohio, and his family, win have
charge OF the place this year, Mr..
Goetz will be in the Panhandle fop
about six weeks and viii then res
turn to his Ohio home for the sqm-
mer.
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Self Reliance.

II is easy IN this world to live after
the worlds opinion. II is easy in soil.
tude to live after our own, but the
great man is he who in the midst Of
the crowds keeps with perfect sweet
ness the independence Of solitude
Emerson.
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SENT TO MISSOURI.
Remains Of J. W. ScllarS Buried ut
Albany.

CFrom Tuesdays DailyD
The remains of j, W. Sellars, the
man who died last week at room
ing house on First street, we're
shipped yesterday to Albany Mo,
where his family will conduct the
funeral. All last week the body was
in charge of the undertakers, o. NJ
Eakle here, who we're endeavorinG
10 find and get instructions from the
mans relatives.
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GOOD OUTLOOK
!. !. !. FOR WHEAT
Milling Grain Man Tells Of In
creased Acreage and Good
Condition Of Crops
lFrom Tuosday,s paIlyl


Panhandle farmers are not only
assured A money making wheat crop
IN .1ooS hut tho possibilities for
whoa, ratscrs in tho Panhandle look
g., good IN nracllcal mill man as
NOV IN" made ont IN look in the
u,oran6o distributed by Panhandle
rc,l csH,io mon according To c. A..
70, nn,nar,cor or g. Rex & Co,
non, ..onrc,p here which will deal
in ,rayb ,troduc,s for mills. Mr.
nv ca,,, ~ Amarillo last fail from
mm I'D and MS family have been
IN inc BHOlnp buslncss for ten years
and o1l5,B hc is SIN interested In a
MN a{GJond hi, ram, yhayo been
60 ryr,A honctitted in health and are
Co VOL ,lposcd with the climate and
tho .,r,.nccts tb,t they arc now pcr-
,,,ansr, ,.esidents here Mr. Rcx's
yorp rJ,N thc Amarillo Min G. Ele.
a.ya,or 90 made him acquainted with
,ibo rrsn business in tho Panhandle
ond,tow as dealer in grain pro-
,dact.afor The mills no is still more
,inHmste,, familiar with conditions
and rrosnccts in the Panhandle.
wheat OH Sod Land.
...-.I ri,d .rro,, farmers" said Mr..
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Ready For business.

A trsgedian playing Richard III. In
small town was waited on after the
show by an honest fs,mer, who said
that M the gen1m who wanted a
horse was still Of the same mind he
would like TO do business with him."
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Would Take q Chance.

"Not n cent replied the rich man
coldly. Money is not good for the
poor"
well" responded the applicant,
"iust pretend that YOU have grudge
against me Exchange.
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When faith is lost and honor dies
the man is dead Whittier.