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Nine. osOHrin's Husband.


Nine. Geoffrin, like most Frenchwo-
men, had the gift Of making phraseA
When Rulhiere had read In her salon
a work upon Russia, which she feared
might involve him In difficulties, she
offered him sum Of money TO burn
II. The author waxed wroth ~ the in.
situation implied and broke out into
nm eloquent assertion OF his courage
and independence She listened pu.
tiently aud then in quiet tone OF
voice said, How much more do you
want. NJ. RulhiereT She married At
the age of fourteen NJ, Geofrrin,
wealthy glass manufacturer and lieu.
tenant colonel OF the national guard,
His duty as husband seems 10 have
been to provide the funds for her 30
cial campaigns and to watch over the
details Of the menage, II is related Of
him that some person gave HIN his
tory 70 read and when he asked for
the successive volumes regularly
palmed or upon him the frst, as II II
were new. At last he was heard TO
say that he thought the author ire
peated himself a little" A book print.
ed in double columns he read straight
across the page, rcmarking that Nit
seemed TO be very good, but was rath.
err abstract" One day visitor In.
qulred after the silent, white haired
old gentleman who was in the habit
Of sitting at the head Of the table,
"Oh, he was my husband replied
Nine. Geoffrln, before he died"-
A ruOna,tt
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IN. J. NJ" writing from New Mex
leo TO the Panhandle Herald, "af-
ter some excitement" says;
ITO the Editor of the Herald
AS you know ! came down here to
hunt bears, but the pesky bears did
not understand the object of my vis-
II, because the first day got strayed
Off by my lonesome, aud was in a
narrow canyon, ! met an old she
bear, who was apparently looking
for something; seen at once we
couldn't pass in that canyon without
bear hug (and claws, not bear hugs
is what am after) |, in a perfectly
calm voice called on her to stop, but
she was Mexican bear and didn't
understand nor didn't stop either, so
rdidn't know what to do. didn't
want to shoot her there in that mar
row path because knew couldn't
carry her out as she was bigger than
one OF Frank Kelly's mules. Well,
/ moved. and thought quicker than
! can tell this, and while ! was
thinking was moving still faster
and the faster / moved the more i'm
portant and hurried business that
bear seemed to have In the same d.
rection ! was going. My trip over
the miles of mountain path was made
so rapidly that / didn't get to see
much OF thu scenery, would Of
stopped and killed that bear before
/ got to the camp, but ] only had
a 5000 rifle, two revolyers, bowie
knife, a Ratchet, loaded whip han
die. an old cleaver, an army musket
and a razor. When got to camp
got pa and brother to so back with
nae to get that bear hide, claws aud
ell. but we couldn't find anything but
a black mpley milkpen calf that act
ed awfully friendly aud brother said
the calf would follow anybody, and
Il did look little like bear. Yours.
IN. ]. NJ"
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THURSDAY, DEC. "a, 1905,
! MI tttFt 4
EXCHANGE COMMENT


y = y = = - = -
Mckinney Courier-oezette: II the
Thirty-ilrst legislature wants TO 90
down In history as the very best
there was ever. let It immortali2e It.
self by finishing up Its work and
adjournlng within thirty days. The
people will rise up and call you
blessed, gentlemen, II you win but
do this.
Fort Worth Telegram: Colonel
Tom Perkins, editor Of the Courier
Gazette, will sit in the Texas house
OF lords. II Colonel Perkins wants
TO be among those who receive the
blessings Of the people of Texas let
him on the opening day of the leg
islature introduce bill providing
for sine die adjournment within thir-
~ days from that date. II he is not
famous after performing this stunt
then the world will fail TO recognize
a genius when one shines with actual
luminosity.
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A LUCKY ESCAPE.
Thrilling Experience Of a cyeIiSt on a
Swiss Mountain.

Thrilling Experience Of a cyeliSt on a
Swiss Mountain,
A DR., Bach was cycling down the
pass near Goschenen, in Switzerland,
when his brake snapped and the ma
chine darted forward at terrific speed
AT the foot Of the mountain is a bridge
spanning n deep river gorge. The ply
slcian tried to guide his flying machine
on the bridge. but the front wheel
struck a side wall, and he was flung
over the parspet. While falling through
the air he caught n chain hanging from
a girder. The momentum Of his body
suddenly arrested nearly wrencheC his
grip loose, but he was strong man
and kept his hold. While swinging In
midalr suspended over the raging river
and unable TO improve his perilous
position an automobile came chugging
down the pass The hapess man
shouted for help, but he could not be
seen from the bridge, and his cries
were drowned by the noise OF the mo-
tor and the sound Of the river. A few
minutes after the automobile had pass.
cd a carriage drove across the bridge.
Again be cried out for help. but in
vain. The awful strain on arms and
fingers was becoming intolerable, and
the doctor was about to drop into the
torrent To an inevitable death when
two peasants came by and saw him.
They flung a moose over him and pulled
him up He tainted and was III for a
long time.-Strand Magazine.
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man at her right.
Certainly" said the acsommc ting
woman at the right, picking -, the
card.
"You see" explained the stout wo-
man apologetically. "rve got on a
brand new fifty dollar corset and I'm
afraid I'll strain II II | lean over"
"Hum" commented the other wo-
man enviously. III had a nfty dol.
lar corset I'd wear II Oh the outside.
] really would" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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TWO RRoTHERs.

Dear Santa Claus:--l am I years
old, MY name is Bryan King. live
in Glenwood on walnut street.
want a drum, fire-wagon, an iron
automobile and u little tool box. My
little brother, Joe King, wants a
drum, a monkey, a curly dog and
some building blocks. He 10 four
years old now. Santa Claus please
don't forget us. Yours truly,
BRYAN and JOE KING,
Amarillo, Tex, December 13.
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Mathematics.

Now, boys" said a schoomaster,
"A cabman who drove at the rate Of
six miles en- hour left London, being
followed three minutes later by anoth.
err driver proceeding at the rate at
seven miles an hour Where would
they meet"
AT the nearest public house, an.
swered promising scholar.-London
Tit-Blts.
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SHERMAN INDIFFERENT.

sherman Texas, Dec, ia spe-
cial election X being held here today
10 decide whether to inaugurstc a
commission form OF government Tho
vote so far IS light and the result Is
In doubt.
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AGED WOMAN NARROWLY
ESCAPES BEING CREMATED.

Hillsboro, Dec 19,--Mrs. Henry
Evans, aged 76, narrowly escaped an
awful death late last night at her
home at Bynum. She was standing
near an open fireplace when her
clothing was ignited A granddaugh
ter, aged Is, smothered the flames
with table cloth saving the wo-
mans life She received only slight
burns.
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The Abilene Reporter puts 1t this
way: We have noted with interest
the proceedings OF the Southern
Commercial congress and believe
that its work would do the South
good. But there are some express
sions in the accounts OF the session
which give sentiment 50 revolving
20 the southerner as TO fill one With
nisgiyings as to the work OF the
congress, and doubt It's ability to
gain enough respect, financial assist
ance and cooperation to make any
material headway. Press dispatches
from washington contain the follow.
Ing paragraph: while this project
has no relation to politics. the pro-
moters have been encouraged to un-
dertakc 1t by the belief that the be-
ginning Of tia TAFT administration
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THIS is WORTH READING.

Leo. f, Zelinski, OF IS Gibson ST..
Buffalo, n. Y, says: 81 cured the
most annoying cold sore l ever had
with Bncklen's Arnica Salve. l APP
piled this salve once day for two
days, when every trace of the sore
was gone" Heals all sores. Sold
under guarantee at L. o. Thompson
6 Co.'S drug store. 25c.
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law teamsters who were engaged as
such during the war with Mexico
will be placed on the pension roll
It is urged that these men performed
essential service and in addition were
exposed TO manv risks from Indians,
as well as the regular army, Com
paratively few of these transfers
are living now II recognition is
given them probably similar efforts
for drivers in the civil war will soon
follow.
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SANTA CLAUS LETTERS.

Here are more letters from Amar-
lilo children 70 Santa Claus. Each
letter has been sent 10 Santa Claus
IN his faraway home; and each tot
will be sure TO get all the presents
asked, II the things don't give ont,
and that is not likely, as Santa Claus
always brings big lot with him.
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DINING CAR CHEF IS
YANKED BY GOVERNMENT. :.

X Chicago, Dec. 19.--Peter Ton 4
X ming, formerly chef in a dining 4
X car of the Rock Island, charged 4
4 with smuggling five Chinese in X
4 to the United States, has been K
4 arrested and held in $500 X
X bonds, According to federal 4
X authorities, August 18th, five Il
+ Chinese were found concealed X
4 in the kitchen OF the dining car X
4 of the Rock Island from Ell X
4 Paso, Texas X
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SISTERS OF MRS. CARTWRIGHT
NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE.
One In Fort worth aud one In Cal
ironia In Critical Condition.

Information reaches Amarillo to-
day to the eflec that Mrs. David
Park is materially improved from
effects Of a critical illness at Can
yon City, She Is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Cartwright, and the
news OF her Improvement will be re-
oeiyed with gladness by all who know
her Mrs, Cartwright while hopeful
over the condition Of her daughter,
is depressed by reason of message
from Fort Worth telling OF the dy-
Ing condition Of her sister Mrs.
Yates Another sister, Mrs, Cum
ninghan who went to California sew
eral months ago for tho benefit Of
her health, Is not expected to live.
On account Of the seriousness Of
Mrs Parks condition Mrs. Cart
wright is kept at Canyon City and
will not be able to attend the bed
side of either OF her sisters. All Of
the ladies' who are suffering are well
known in Amarillo.
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FEAR AMERICAN BEEF.
French Agricultural Interests OPP
pose Operations Of Strengthening
Concern at Havrc.

Paris, Dec. 19,-The protest Of
the French agricultural interests
which have been fighting the con-
cessions granted indirectly to Mr.,
Eberon, representing a large Amer
lean Strengthening establishment in
Havre, eliminated in demand in
the senate today by NJ. Gomok, repre-
senting the agricultural group that
the government limit the abbatoirs
operations to the district wherein
they are located NJ, Gomok declar-
ed the French interests feared the
establishment, II not restricted, will
cause to fluctuate at will, the price
of beef and seriously affect the mar
ket. v.H ~
NJ Ruau, minister Of agriculture,
said the government accepted in prln-
cipe the limitation OF the establish
ments operations and that this
would serve as a basis for later dis
cussion. ,.
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ONertiMR

Look here said the ONCE boy, ~
Think the boss ought to gimme bit
ext this week hut | guess he won't"
What tor:' asked the boollkeeper.
For overtime. | wuz dreamln about
me work all las night - London
Truth.
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MISS EnNA nI.n nNc

Dear Santa Claus: ~ want trl,
cycle doll and set of dishes, and
that Is all.
am I years old
EDNA BEE oNG.
Amarillo, Tex Dec. IL. 1908.
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MAIL MAN CAN NOT FIND
SANTA CLAUS THIS YEAR ,

4 Washington, Dee. l9.--Post- 4
4 master General Meyer announc-
ed today he would not renew 4
4 his order issued in December, 4
4 1907 permitting delivery to 4
4 charitable organizations OF let 4
4 tiers addressed TO Santa 4
K Claus" 4
4 Numerous complaints have 4
been made to the postmaster 4
general by many charitable or 4
4 CARNATIONS that, owing to the 4
4 large number OF such letters, 4
4 taken by the various charities 4
4 while the order was in force, it +
4 was not possible TO investigate 4
4 each case, and that the presents 4
4 given out fell into the hands K
4 of unworthy persons. The prac- 4
4 tice also was objected to on the 4
4 ground that it tended to make 4
4 beggars of children The post 4
4 master genera. has directed 4
4 postmasters to treat the Santa 4
4 Claus" letters in accordance K
4 with those sections of the postal X
4 law which provide that letters X
4 bearing fictitious addresses 4
X shall be sent to the division of 4
4 dead letters. X
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MISS CLARA HARMON.

Dear santa;--Will you please bring
me a doll and some tin dishes and
little broom.
With love from
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

Beaumont Enterprise: When John
Mitchell stated before the mining
congress that the small consumer Of
the output OF the mines paid too
much, and the large consumer not
enough he stated fact that should
be changed, and It does not apply
simply to the coal business alone,
but In every line OF trade. It IS a
mystery as to why the small buyer
should be taxed extra because he Is
the small dealer, but II is u condition
that has long existed. The poor
widow buying coal by the bushel. TO
keep her children warm, pays far
more in proportion for It than he
who buys a ton. This extra charge
Is generally out Of all proportion to
whatever cost there may be in the
handling. In New York, where in
the zero weather OF their winter
there are thousands Of families who
do not see mouey enough at one time
to buy more Than bushel OF coal
at one time, The man who can buy a
ton Will perhaps get 1t for five dol
lars and have It delivered, while the
man who buys bushel will pay at
the rate Of sigto SIS and have TO 20
and fetch It. OF course. It may be
said that this Is bid for business.
but It would seem that in the race
for business, in this instance at least
equity and fairness were overlooked.
II II is moraNy wrong for rhe stand.
ard OIL company to accept rebates
from railroads for its larger volume
of business thus putting It's COM
petltors at a disadvantage is It not,
then, morally wrong for the man who
buys a ton or carload of coal to
accept a rebate on his larger pur-
chase, which places The poor widow
AT a disadvantage 1t Is the basic
prlnclpIc of the American govern
ment that each and every citizen
shall be given an, equal chance. yet
how often, IN every day life, do we
override that principle.
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X MASONS AND PROFANITY. \


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Cleburne Enterprise: The Enter
prise is pleased at the attitude Of
the worshipful grand master Of the
grand lodge of Texas Masons just
retired, upon the matter of profan-
ity among Alasons He urges that
Mason he expelled for habituai pro-
family This disgusting habit is one
that has no scintllla of excuse for
existing. 1t stamps one as having
neglected his education, and being
careless Of his associates. There is
no pleasure to be derived from 1t like
other practices of men not Just in
accord with strict social etiquette.
The most worshipful grand master IS
right In his address. II this point
Is looked into more carefully when
an application is presented, many
men will heed the effort OF this an
Gent order to rid its members of a
senseless and disgusting habit. The
use Of profanity, like any other bad
habit, grows insdiously, getting
firm hold upon one before he realizes
that he is in its grasp. Men do not
want to use profanity, They pick
ii up by association, and they will
gladly welcome any helping hand to
assists them in Kidding themselves of
its thralldom.
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MIR. JACK HAGGERT.

Dear Santa Claus:--I want
sleigh, shooting gallery, and tool
BOX JACK HAGGERT.
Amarillo, Texas.
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MISS FERN HARMON.

Dear Santa Claus: Please bring
me dolfJwith black hair and two
stNy books. From
FERN HARMON,
Amarillo, Tex. Age s years
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Dear Santa: Please bring me an
automobile, a train and some mar
bles. From
FAYETTE HARMON,
Amarillo, Tex Age years.
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boiling water and, from the effects
Of the burns he died at an early hour
morning. The mother
was washing and the child playing
when the accident occurred.
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MAY PENSION TRANSFERS
IN WAR WITH MEXICO

Washington, Dec. 1s.--lf the bill
which Representative Alexander of
Missouri has introduced becomes a
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Would Lot Folks Know Il.

Somebody sent this to the society
editor and made affidavit that 1t really
happened.
Here II is: They were out at an aft.
ernoon card party, A stout woman
dropped card 10 the door. Would
you be so kind as to pick up that card
for me-" she inquired Of the little wo-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

Roswell Record: President Roose-
welt has added another bunch OF
names TO- his Ananias list, among
those the editor OF the New York
Sun who iutimates that the presl-
dent Is the man who is lodging the
truth. If Teddy Keeps on he will
have the entire country on his list
and he will be occupying lonely
but eunSpicuous position.
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CHILD sCALDED FATALLY.

Snyder, Tex, Dec, 19.-The 3h
year-old son of ] B. Buffalo, near
Snyder, fell backward into a tub Of
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ADVERTISING RAVES.

Display zoe per inch each Insertion
Locals Zoe per inch each insertion
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CRlTICISES ROOSEVELT.
+ Editor Of Commoncr Says, "In
Best of Spirit" President Is
Not Famous for his
Good Manners.

K Lincoln Neb., Dec. 10 4
4 Calling President Roosevelt III
4 hammered and cruel in his STRIFE 4
4 lures on public men from whom 4
4 he differs, William J. Bryan, in \
4 his Commoner OF this week, will
4 discuss what he terms the in 4
4 suit" to congress by the presi- \
4 dent IN that part Of his message 4
4 dealing with the secret service. 4
= Mr.. Bryan adds 4
4 It must be admitted that the 4
K language employed by Mr. 4
4 Roosevelt was uncalled for and 4
4 unbecoming a presidents mes 4
4 sage. But Mr.. Roosevelt Is not 4
\ land we say it in the best of 4
X spirit famous for his good X
X manners. His chief boast is X
4 that he is the apostle Of the X
X square deal and yet on many 4
4 notable occasions he has been 4
4 guilty Of cruel injustice in deal X
X ing with his fellows He has \
4 peedlessly and wantonly insult X
4 ed many individuals, and al X
4 though the public has borne 4
4 this shortcoming patiently It is X
4 plain It is now growing weary" X
4 X 4 ~ X 4 ~ X 4 X &tkt 4
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phone.
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ter.
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CLARA HARMON.
MIR. FAYErTE HARMON.

Age 2 years.
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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-22
WALKED THOUSANDS or MILES.
c'stsnce Travelled BY Men Long In
British Mall Service.

There must be few. even among
men Of letters" who, like Joseph
Hunt. a Lincolnshire (Eng.) postman,
can claim to have tramped distance
OF, roughly. 100000 miles, not much
less than the equivalent of ten jour.
noys around the earth. Not long ago
George Thompson retired from ser.
vice as postman In the Langrick dis
trict of Yorkshire. after covering on
foot $4,000 miles in 26 years Of letter
carrying, service IA years shorter
tan that Of his Lincolnshire rival. In
% years Orme NJ. Brown walked
1l1,000 miles as a postman between
Cupar and Kilmany and Logie-a dis
lance, as was stated at the apprepri-
ate presentation to. him Of an easy
chair, nearly equal to half that which
separates the moon from the earth.
John Simmonds Of Henley-on-T Thames
retired with record Of $4,000 miles
Of fair heel and toe" the result Of
40 years tramping; while most amaz.
ing Of all. Thomas Phipps. 4 postman
in the Chipping Norton district, was
credited with an aggregate journey
Of 100000 miles between the years
1910 and 1898.
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NEW NAME FOR THE TWILIGHT.
Invented by Youngster with q Logical
Turn Of Mind.

Kenneth is Ave years old and at.
tends Sunday school. He is very much
interested In what he hears there, as
the following story will prove. He
went with his auntie to be fitted to
a new pair Of shoes. 1t was late In
the afternoon, and as they waited for
the salesman Kenneth noticed that
the street lamps were being lighted
outside. Why, Aunt Emily" he ex.
claimed, rs 1t dark?" "Oh. not very"
she replied. "Oh. see," said Ken
meth. with comprehensive nod.
Luke" What did you say?" asked
Aunt Emily. why, Luke" repeated
Kenneth. surprised that she had not
understood. What do you mean by
that?" inquired his aunt, still mysti-
fed. why, you know what Luke
means. It's middling. lukewarm.
you know. like lukewarm water. not
real dark nor real light" Aunt Emily
understood
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The Thrifty Chinese,

On recent visit of one Of the Unit
ed States feet to Hong Kong. one Of
the coolies, engaged in passing coal.
was accidentally caught in the ma
chinery. and had his leg SO badly
crushed that It was decided necessary
to amputate 1t. This was explained
to the fellow. and after much persua-
sion he was induced to submit to the
sleeping medicine and have the leg
taken OF. He recovered in remark
ably quick time and when able to
leave the ship where he had been con-
f1ned was given handful Of money
the officers had collected for him.
amounting to about $50 gold. In less
than a days time the ship was be-
sieged by an army of Chinese. all
clamoring to have leg taken OF.