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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24
Keiser Brothers & Phillips Buy and Sell
===Panhand|e Lands ==

habit among women are alarmingly on
the increase
1t is not strange that a woman
should contract an appetite for stimu
lants. The habit is not more abnor.
NAL than the male habit. Especially
are those women tempted who keep
late hours and indulge in social diSsi-
pations. But they are not more tempt
ed than the poor woman drudge whose
vitality is spent in ceascless toll or be-
cause of poverty or of ignorance or of
abuse.
Nevertheless
The curse is the same whether upon
man or woman, for at the last it bit
eth like a serpent and stingeth like an
adder
1t is also true that the effect of liq-
uor or drugs habitually used is worse
in its effects upon woman. Her finer
sensibilities are the more easily raw
aged, the fine edge of her keener sense
of delicacy the more easily blunted.
If she IS rich, she may hide her
growing coarsencss in a sheltered
home or disease may take her to a
premature end. If she is poor, humili-
alton may drive her to suicide or pow
erty may lead her to something worse.
There is an awful warning in that
desparing cry. TOO late-too later
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24

American family in its normal state.
observe the family as it sits on the
front porch after supper, amiaby criti-
cising its neighbors or discussing the
evening paper or family or state af-
fairs, laughing at the play of children
good humored. satisfied with itself,
optimistic, hearty, genial.
And if you will watch close enough
you will observe the play Of sentiment
and the undertone of wise Judgment.
1t does not matter how pretentious
or how humble may be the front porch
1t Is part and parcel Of that home life
on which is builded the real strength
Of this nation. The front porch Is re-
lated to that family life in summer as
is the freside in winter.
The porch may proximate the gran
deur of wide and storied veranda,
or 1t may be only humble stoop or
only few steps. But
Here foregathers that little republic.
the family.
In America. because Of this custom
or the family, the front porch arises TO
the dignity Of nationa! institution,
While 1t is not one of the things for
which the fathers fought. 1t is parcel
Of the heritage they bequeathed to us.
And 1t is as potent in its day as was
the town meeting Of its day.
Besides
The American front porch provides
that which Americans much need-re-
Taxation.
Alas, the strenuous life. Let the
heather rage AS for us
Let's 60 out on the front porch.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24
THE MAKING OF A BOY.

Said Superintendent f. r. Wharton
of the Friendly Inn. Cleveland, o., to
Louis NoSburg, aged seventeen years:
you can do anything in life that you
really want to do
That was eighteen months ago. Vos.
burg was a butchers boy, making $12
per month. He had his home in the
notorious andes alley" and was ut
terly without ambition.
This young man took absolutely no
thought for the future. He had enough
to eat, place to sleep and a chance to
spend his wages as fast as he drew
the money.
He had no envy Of the young men
who were pushing to the front. He
probably thought. if he thought at ali,
that these young men had some sort of
pull" or graft of some kind. That
he should aspire to do better never
entered his head until Mr.. Wharton
put the idea there.
Today young Vosburg is still
butchers boy at $40 month-and
more. He has an ambition. He is
Louis Vosburg plus. The plus is am
bition.
He no longer lives in Andes alley.
Somehow the old quarters did not fit
In with his new plans. He is attend
ing night school and saving his mon
ey. Next fall he will enter college
Young NoSburg has decided to be an
architect
a SIMPLE SUGGESTION CHANG
ED THE WHOLE TENOR OF THE
BOYS LIFE.
Everything is different TO Louis Vos-
burg He has been made to see the
possibilities of life. Things appear to
him in their proper perspective He
sees that there is IL power inside Of
him that is able to overcome his old en-
virOnment. He sees that determination
of soul is greater than circumstances
There has been implanted within him
a divine discomfort.
Blessed is that man who put laud-
able ambition in the soul of Louis Vos.
burg
Blessed are you if you are able to
make boy see what he can do with
his life-IIELP HIM COME TO HIS
OWN.
OF course much depends upon the
DIVINE YEAST that lies dormant in
the nature of every boy. There is more
to work on in some boys than in 9th
ers.
But
If you want earthly Immortality you
can find it by helping some boy to find
himself.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24
Poisonous Plants.

T. G. Bridges. writing on the subject
of unsuspccted poisons in the Grand
that large number of plants which
are usually looked upon as harmless
possess poisonous properties. Those
who are employed in picking dpffodilS
and narcissus frequently suffer severe
ly from troublesome skin a!tvCii1,
known as 'dalfudil poisoning. Thy
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-07-24
Heart toHeart
Talks.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.

Copyright. 1908, by Edwin A. Nye.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
LOk0I Items

Dave Iarkins OF Snake Bend wanted
US 10 take three chickens for 8 mos. sub
scTipshion recently. wich we agreed 70
do, but when Dave delivered the chickens
they was froze stiffern a haddock with
feet. head and feathers all on. We didn't
know that they was shet out Of the hen
house and froze to deth. and thot we was
buyln them on the hoof, or we would not
have consented. No more froze up chick
ems wanted by us.
Bale Hawkins bought two cords Of wood
last Monday Some OF the naybers say
that IL Bale burns as much wood as they
have missed the past two months Bale
will most roast hisself to deth.
Mrs Jerushy Perkins had a hen to die
on her last week OF the week before We
would have menshioned this sooner, but
we forgot IT,
Bill Hepburn, our artistick blacksmith.
while tryin TO work while intoxicated
last Monday, axidentally fell into his
cooling bari and tipped II all over his
self Bill nailed some Stats acrost the
top of Il the next Tnornin TO prevent
dfowndin hisself some day.
Widow Hlnckley and her son Bud, who
aint quite right in his head, attended
church last Sunday mornln. Bud was
real good durin the service.
Lime Peters woke up yesterday mornin
With v1lent pains in his stomick and his
head eching him so his wife put snow
bandages on same. Lime Is some better
at this writin. but don't understand why
he was sick. as the night before he was
feelin all right and ct q harty supper OF
sawsidge and fried onions and half a
mince pie
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
POStOffiCe
Robbed!
Eph Higgins Disgusted and Surprised
Our Heroiek Town Constable
Seth Dewberry Gets Clues

Last Friday morning when our acCOmO-
datin and efisheut P NJ. went to open up
HIS establishment he foun1 sOmebuddy
had got ahead OF him and opened up the
p. .. before his ushual time. and investi-
gashiou showd that burglars and thieves
had smashed the front door-lock and gone
into the offs and stole all the mOuney
outen the cash drawer. which was s. e
cents. and pasted all the stamps in same
on the glass fronts Of the boxes.
Every letter IN the p. O. was tOTed open
and the letters and envellups and postage
cards was all mixed up in q big pile.
Eph's weighin scales was throwd into the
stove and his pipe and tobacko was mis-
sin. On the table where Eph sorts his
mail he found some boiled egg shells
which proved 10 mind that the burglars.
whoever they might be, was hungry and
ct supper before or after cuttin up their
depredashlons. Eph's offs shoes was
nailed TO the floor and on them was pin
ned a note wich read; "Foller as at your
perlll-we will shoot the whiskers often
you Beware, Yegg'
When Eph saw whot had happened he
run outen the street hollerIn fire AMI help
and in erbout ten rinnits the whole pop
ulashiOn OF Bingville was askin Eph whOt
the matter was He didn't stop TO tell
them ennythink erbout L but sent little
Jimmy Cooper over TO Seth Dewherry's s
(our heroick town constahle) house 10 tell
Seth to come over immediate and Jimmy
went and told Seth whot reck the post
offs was
Seth ne sed he was purity bzzy and
didn't see jest how he could come and
ennvway he was sufferin from a sprained
ankle and didn't feel f1t TO grappie with
sick desperate characters as burglars.
Jimmy he told Seth the BURGERS had gone
/ long ergo and soon as he sed nat Seth
clapt on his hat and forgot all erbout his
spralned snkle and run Ike Sam HID for
the P. 0. When Seth got there all Outen
breath he asst Eph. Where be they-the
dog twisted varmints? Jest le: me git my
hands on en- and I'll land them IN the
| lookup so blamed quick # will make their
heads ache" Eph told him he didn't
| know where IN timenashion they was, but
he knew he was out 81. .73 cents besides his
| pipe wich was a good one and cost him
a quarter three years ago. Seth was or
| ful disappointed and commenced to look
| for clues. or the snow. footprints showd
/ purity plain TO his trained eve how they
| come and went out Seth he tTackt the
! foot prints in the snow clean acrost TO
Ras Slocomb's hen house and lost track
Of them there Seth opined that is where
they got the eggs, and that they come
and went in a pung
Seth is still workin on the case and is
: askn everybuddy in Bingville if they
| know who done t.
! LATER-As we 90 to press we get
word from the Co seat that three P. O's.
was broke open by yeggnen whoteYer
they be. and they are desperate citizens.
Seth on hearin this says it's no use for
him to look for them emmy more.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Ame HIIIyer on the Outs With
Eph Higgins

Eph Higgins, our Accommodate post
master. received a batch OF callenders
two weeks ago with the address torn of
the pkge and has been a selling Of them
20 hts customers for 5 cts. each. Ame
Hillyer. our loryer and J. of the P, didn't
receive his ushual supply this year and
accused Eph OF apprOpriating his prop
erty with malice aforethot and seliln
same without his permission in the prem
ises. Eph denied each and every allega-
shion and told Ame If he didn't keep his
mouth shet erbout It. he would Jest drop
line TO Washington and set the U. S
Govt on him for interferln with the maze
at the p O. Anne he talked some big
law words TO Eph, but Eph didn't know
whot he ment, consequently Ame didn't
git no satisfackshion and WIFI hafto send
for some more callenders or wait till next
year and try again, In the meantime
Eph is maxim money hand over flst and
is gittin turribls independent
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
BRIaHT-BREEzY- zY-sELLIcosE-BUsrLTge
IA the Leading Paper Of the County

We come purity nigh not havin our
ushual red-hot editorial this week, and
at this writin we don't know wether we
ort 10 feel glad or sorry. In this collum
where We ollus put our editorials we
had a big advertisement for steryoR-
ticorn show 70 be give in Town Hall
next week and expected to reap few
dollars for same being as our other col
lums was all filed up with first class
news and advertisements, when the
party whot had Us set the types come IN
and sed he didn't want the ad, as Cy
Hoskins refused to LET him have the
Town Hall on the ground that 1t
would take to much money outen Bing-
Vile and the citizens hadn't got over
spendin money for Christmas and the
show helt here last week, and also sed
he (Cy) didn't care for stc-yOpticorn
pictures emmy way and guessed he (the
show feller) had better git out Of town
less he cald Seth Dewberry and ride
him out on pole. We teched him up
for our pay in settin up his ad. and
readin proof and so forth, but he de-
clincd to pay US ennythink on acct. as
the ad. wasn't printed and sed he had
been treated worsen a yeller dog and
some day he would make Cy sweat for
If We learned since that this same
man has stuck the Hardscrabble Ban
ner three times for advertiser and
didn't pay a cent for using the hall after
maxim over $375 last week, and we
calkilate if we aint nothin in we amt
nothin out, so peraps tis just as well.
, The editorial piece wich we started to
write. before the above axident. was
erbout the Bingville school house and
the condishion it Is in today and every
day and was fifteen years ago, wich is
Jest the same only worse The spiles
wich hold the school house up in some
places is almost wore out By the wether
and gypsy moths and CRATE cracks in
the floor give the scholars more fresh
air in FIVE minnits than they could git
Outen doors in a hole day. Jed Peters,
our intelligent school teacher, wears
three pairs of pants and two under
shirts to keep hisself from freezin and
has to march his scholars around the
room every fifteen minnits for the same
reason. Jed he lets the best scholler
put the wood in the stove and nat
churally they be a lot of compensation
for a Mise hot honor The plasterin
has fell off lately at the rate of two feet
per day and only last Thursday little
Tommy Barker got bubble the amt on
his head wich ushually falls and is now
on the sick list with a sprained neck
and several contushions.
We spoke erbout this sad and dan
gerous state OF affairs several years
ago-we think it was in the spring Of
1893, but we won't be sure-but there
wasn't nothink done erbout it, and so
with our characteristics enterprise and
with the good of the community at
heart. witch has ever distinguished our
acts in the literary perfession of edit
ing and publishing a newspaper, we call
attenshion to il again in the hope that
our Board Of Health viii wake Up and
take some actshion before il is ever
lastingly too late.
In the spring we shall agitate dis
cushion for new school house and
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Home a Visiting

''Percival B. Whittacre." formally OF
Bingville. but who now runs a elevator
at the Co seat paid the Bugle Office a
pleasant visit recently. PeTcival (better
known TO everybody In this neck of woods
as Bud) has come out wonderful since
he went TO the city, He wears a clean
shirt. a stand up collar, kid gloves and
smokes little slim segars bout as big as
a lead pencil with white paper around
em. We can remember Bud when no
was a little shaver and didn't warsh his
face more than once a week. Them days
he didn't wear grease on hts hair, nor
a red necktis around his neck and we
callzilate he was one OF the orneriest
young ones that BingviIle ever produced
Civilization has helped Bud awful
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
SORROW HOLLOW

Israel Gookins cut his hand while fling
saw last week
Melancthon Jones Sundayed with his
aunt at Snake Bend last Sunday
Widow Henderson has knit IA pairs OF
socks this wiRter and Il pairs OF mitts
and washed every week She sells them
TO any those needing socks or mitts for
so cts. per pair and that's cheep as dirt
Mrs Jemima Hon was the gest Of
Mrs. Ed. Green Of Foxes Ridge for two
days last week. But she didn't enjoy
her visslt very much, because she had sich
a awful cold that 1t took up all her time
sneeZin
We find that news are very scairce
this week Nobuddy is hardly doing
ennythink in these parts.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Coffee Grinder for Sale

have Iade in a stock OF one cores
grinder wich I offer for sale at my stora
Il ls a good grinder. I paid fifty cts for
II AT holesale and Will sell IT for dollar.
but It is worth dollar and q haff to
ennvbody who likes their coffee fresh
ground. l git turrible tired of tuTnin my
grinder to grind coffee for customers
while they sit around and watch ne do It.
and wish all my customers would buy one
for their own benefit and also for mv
benefit. HEN WEATHERSBY,
Bingyills. Prop. General Store
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Hen All Drove Ul

Hen Weathersby, prop. of our general
store had a tuTTible big trade in his
store last week He sold Z Qts OF mo-
Iasses. a axe handle. box OF stove blackin.
three lbs Of pTuneS. a claw hammer, sew
eraI plugs OF terbacko. II doz. clothes
pins. a clay pipe and menny other arti-
kels too numerous to menshion includin
a pair Of oyeralls, some dried herrin and
other dry goods. He broke lamp chin
bly, and split a at. OF vinegar and almost
sold a pair of felt boots to Yves Wood
ruff. our expert hunter and trapper. They
was only 10 cts. between them on the
dicker
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
hOtiSe to PubIiGk

This is to let you all know that I win
not be In my barber shop none next week
beings as / have hired out to help Jethro
Jennings cut ise and stowe same in his
lse house wich viii take us all week: but
the week follerin I viii be back reddy
for business If l aint too blamed lamed
up wich I expeckt 10 be- II you need
hair cut or shave you can wait Ill week
after next. I reckon.
HARVEY HINES,
TonsoriaI Artist and Ise Packer.
Bingvilie.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Country Correspondence
ZION CROSSROADS.

I.afe Henderson is workin out for Seth
bingham.
Ben wades wife IS maxim over a
skirt She is putin braid around the
edges where il was wored out
BIZ Woods settled his bin at the store
yesterday. A sheriff from the Co. seat
attached his farm so Bill thot he'd settle.
Eb Hoover's COW had two calls last
week. They was twins. as you might
say.
Miss Hildy Wade. the bell Of the Cross
Roads IS confined to her bed with grip.
We soon hope to see your angel face
again. Hildy
The windstorm OF last Wednesday blowed
over hen house for Enos McCrackln.
Jane Truman sold three pullets last
week and bought a rooster None OF
them would lay
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

Jed says he will give some faclts and
figgers that will make the Board OF
Health and the town of Blngville
ashamed Of themselts, and We don't
blame him.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-03
How Gaines Doomed a Bar.

Representative John Wesley Gaines,
who was celebrating Andrew Jack.
sons victory making rousing speech
on his bill to make an appropriation
for the Hermitage, the home of "Old
Hickory" created considerable inter-
est by an announcement of what he is
going to do after adjournment.
II understand that Mr.. Hancock
has a picture Of the great battle of
New Orleans on his WALL" he de-
claimed, that battle where the whole
British army was captured by hand
full of Americans, and with only five
men killed. I propose to go up there
and shake hands with Mr.. Hancock
as soon as I get out Of this house. I
don't know whether he is akin to
John Hancock or not, but I think on
this day every member of this house
ought to go there and shake his hand"
The earnest statesman from Tennes-
see never smiled, but the other mem
bers laughed. Hancock's is one of the
old and famous bars of Washington
New York Times.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-03
Departments Distinction.

Among the numerous applicants to
Representative Bartholdt for a job was
a young st. Louisan, who was not dis.
couraged by the statement that gov.
eminent jobs do not 60 by favor any
more, but by the appointment Of the
civil service commission. He took the
examination some time ago and recent.
ly was notified by the forestry de-
partment to report for duty. He felt
somehow under obligations to Con.
gresham Bartholdt and called upon
him to give the glad tidings of his job
and to thank the representative. Mr..
Bartholdt disclaimed having done any
thing in the affair. but said that he
congratulated the young man.
"You are peculiarly Fortunate" said
Mr.. Bartholdt. The forestry depart.
ment is the only one in which grating
is regarded as legitimate occupation"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-03
FAULT WITH THE DICTIONARY.
Senator Penrose Criticises the Pie.
thora Of New Words.

1T is no longer an honor for word
to have place in a dictionary" said
United States Senator Penrose Of
Pennsylvania the other day, while dis
cussing the evolution of the English
language with a party Of visiting pro-
fessors. Dictionary publishers seem
to have only one thing in mind these
days in compiling editions Of Web
ster. They all vie with each other
to collect the largest number of words.
They are not only satisfied to go out
into the highways and byways of lit
erature to collect all the manned and
halt and obsolete words that they can
find, to stuff the language list, but
they penetrate into the slums and
round up what they seem to consider a
choice collection of slang words. If
Smiths dictionary can claim that it
contains a thousand more words than
any other dictionary, its superiority
is supposed to be. established, until
Brown brings out new dictionary
containing 900 words more than can be
found in Smiths great work. The re
suit of this method of dictionary MAX
ing is that dictionary is no longer
of the slightest use in determining the
question whether any given word is
good English or not. In the opinion
of the dictionary makers all words are
born free and equal, and are entitled
to be used by anybody. The barrier
between what is English and what is
simply slang has been swept away,
and there is no longer any authority
which tells us what words we may
use and what we may shun."
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-03
HAUNT OF NEWSPAPER MEN.
scribes Gather sih Outer offices Of
Executive Mansion.

The White House is the source Of
the greater part of the vitality interest
ing news that goes out Of Washington.
and by the White House one does not
necessarily mean the president. More
legislative news is to be had in the
outer offices of the executive mansion
than is to be had in the capitol itself.
OF course this statement has no refer
ence to the actual passing of legisla.
ton.
No bill of great Importance having
a Republican origin ever goes into the
hopper of congress unless its merits
or dement's have been pretty we'll dis
cussed in the Office of the president.
The Republican member who has a
measure of national moment to intro.
duce into congress naturally goes to
the president to get from him his opin'
ion.
frequently, more than. frequently,
the senator or representative who has
conferred with the president is willing
to tell the world through the newspa
pers how the chief executive looks up
on the legislation. which he has in
hand. This holds of course only when
the measure has been met with presi
Dental favor and. not with presidential
trowning.
Senators and members and callers
from a distance get access to the
presidents room through an outer of
flee, where during the morning hours
newspaper correspondents assemble
From this little Office there is a daily
shadowing forth of future events.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-03
NORTHWESTERN PATIENTS.

Issued this week, reported by Lo-
throp & Johnson, patent lawyers, Oil
Pioneer Press building, St. Paul: K.
NJ ColquEoun, Owatonna, Mimi, spark
arrester; j. L. Grass, Minneapolis,
Mimi, vault lining; A. A. Howell, Pow
ers Lake, N. D., churn; K. ]. Lathrop,
Cathay, N. D., spring-motor; J. H.
Michon, Aneta, N. D., buckle; G.
Moore, Becker, Mimi, grain car door;
P. Stenscn, Minneapolis, Mimi, rail.
way switch.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-03

There is more Catarrh In this section Of the country
than other diseases put together and until the last
few years was supposed to be incurable For great
prescribed local remedies and by constantly falling
to with local treatment pronounced it ncurGble
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney
& Co., Toledo Ohio, s the only Constitutional cure
drops to teaspoonfu. 1t acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system: They offer one
hundred dollars for any case It fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-03
"Ten Or Twenty Maybe."

She kissed him from the window
o. the Florida special.
''Now, remember" said he, "the
minute you reach Ormond, telegraph"
Cali right" she answered, CRATE
fully And how much shall I tele-
graph fo.?"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-03
Dubious.

Mrs. A.-And are your neighbors
fond of you?
Mrs. B.-Very. Just think! When
told them we wanted to move but
couldn't afford to, they offered to pay
all our moving expenses.