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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-07-23
MEETING OF
&C. q N. ROAD
Otficials Hold an Import.
ant Meeting in
Deming.

An important meeting of Off
cials of the Columbus, Colora.
do G. Mexican railroad was held
In this city the forepart of the
week. Those present were: A.
o. Bailey, President; Geo. Estes,
Attorney, and directors Clark
and Merrill.
There was nothing brought be-
fore the meeting to hand to the
press, but it has leaked out that
the c. C. & NJ. is rapidly CON-
ing to the point where its actual
construction will be started.
Every man. woman and child
and old maid in Deming will i'm
mortalize the hour when the c.
c. & M. reaches Deming with
its big terminals, shops, etc.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-07-23

You don't want to look for the cool
est place you can find hut come to our
Soda Fountain, take a good cool drink
and the heat wont bother you.
Drink Hires Root beer and keep
smiling.
Eat Cantaloupe Cream and be happy.
Drink Egg Frappe and get fat. II you
are fat you are healthy and IL you are
hsaIthy yon are in good humor, and
II you are in a good humor you can
keep smiling. Try it.
PALACE DRUG STORE,
IRVINE & RAITHEI., Props.
Deming, N. NJ.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-07-23
Mrs. w. H. Baker. of Her

Mrs. W. H. Baker, Of Her
manos, is here visiting friends.
Columbus, among other things.
is going to have a new school
house.
Mr.. E. W. Kimball. of Albu-
querque, superintendent of the
sales department of the Texas
Oil company, was in the city
Saturday looking after business
for his company here. While in
the city he was the guest Of
R. c. Adams, of the Crescent
Lumber Co., and local manager
for the oil company.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-07-23
When you need good WOO,
goods remember the place.
CRESCENT I,IIMRER {

CRESCENT LUMBER Co.
Mrs. J. T. Stevens leaves this
week for a short visit with Mr..
Stevens at Dragon, Ariz. where
he is agent for the S. P. and de.
voting his spare time to the
raising of blooded chickens.
Mr.. John Langston, who has
been ranching near Cambray for
the past seven years, left Tues.
day evening for Seattle, Wash.
where his family resides and
which is his old home. Many
friends here were loath to see
him go.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-07-23
High School Piano.

The new piano for the Deming
High School has arrived. 1t is
the celebrated Everett make and
is an elegant instrument.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-07-23
CONTRACT FOR
CHURCH LET
Work to Begin at Once
on New Christian
Church.

Work on the handsome new
$4,000 Christian Church building
In Deming will soon be under
way, the contract for the base
ment work, which is no small
proposition within itself, having
been let the forepart of this
week to M. M. Dunson, the
we'll known local contractor.
The basement will be built of
concrete and made into rooms.
BY the time the basement work
is completed, the contract for
the church building will be let
and work pushed on without in
terruption. The church will be
built of cement blocks and will
be one of the handsomest church
buildings in all New Mexico,
paying no small compliment to
the architect. Mr.. w. B. Corwin.
Williams Rutherford is assist
ing in the Deming National
bank.
Mrs. c. A. Golden will leave
in a few days for a visit in Cali
fornia.
Joe Kitchens was in from
Cooks Saturday. He wore his
usual contented look.
Rev. J. B. Cochran, presiding
elder of this district, preached at
the Methodist church Wednes-
day evening. 1t was the last
quarterly meeting for this year.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-07-23
While They Last.

Our entire assortme mt Of
Ladies Lingerie Dresses will be
sold at $2.35 each. In this lot
there is no suit worth less than
$5. so and up as high as $3.50.
H. NoRDHAUS & Sons.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-07-23


and old maid in Deming will i'm
mortalize the hour when the c.
C. & M. reaches Deming with
its big terminals. shops, etc.
Sheriff Stephens is back from
the ranch.
Adam Wilson was circulating
with us Saturday.
Miss Pateman, of FL Paso, is
the guest of Miss Emma Meade.
Paints, Oils, Varnish h es-
Brushes, too.
CRESCENT LUMBER Co.
Almost every hour a new
pump plant is born in the MINI
bres Valley.
John Roseborough has return.
ed to the city from trip to
eastern. points.
Mrs. w. Lee Thompson return
ed yesterday from a few weeks
stay in California.
TAILORED WAIsTs-white and
colored, 81. 90 and $l.50 values, a
$l.00 each.
H. NoRDHAUs & Sons,
W. S. Clark, agent for the
Santa Fe here, has gone to Well
ington. Kan. for a few weeks
stay.
Green peas at
THE MARKET.
JIM. McTeer has moved out
to his new country home and
in the language of Teddy, is
delighted.
The next meeting Of the W.
CT. U. will be held at the M.
4. church on Wednesday, July
2S.at 3 o'clock p. m.
The many friends here of Mrs.
Sam Schwing were greatly pain
ed and shocked to hear of her
death at Mineral Wells, Tex.
Summer coal rate is $6.75 per
ton. We have the best. Phone 70
CRESCENT LUMBER Co.
Fred D. Jack has rented Will
lie Shakespeare's cottage, which
he will occupy with his family,
who will shortly join him here.
W. Evans has bought the
Cory Corner" restaurant, as
\ suming charge yesterday. 1t
was purchased from W. A. RAM
sey.
J.L. Feeney, baggagemaster
for the Santa Fe here, has re-
turned from a pleasant visit at
his old home, Springfield, Mass.
where he has been for a month.
His friends are pleased to note
his return.
Mr.. j. d. Stuart, one of oui
esteemed readers, called Monday
evening while in from Stuart''
Camp In the Floridas and advan'
ced his credit on the Graphic
He reported good rains in hi
section and cattle correspndingl!
taking on flesh.
Miss Allie Brannin. who LIVED
in Deming for a number Of years
having lett here about two year
ago. died in Benjamin, Texas, OF
the 18th of this month. OIL
friends here will be panied t
hear Of her death.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
OUTING FOR NEW YoRKs POOR
'-Cheer Up" Sings the North River
to the Tenement DwelIers.

''Cheer Up" Sings the North River
to the Tenement Dwellers.
You may know The great river up
and down with an intimacy deter
mined by your occupation. your pro-
pinquity and your soul, says the New
York Herald You may know It
where It is the Hudson, with head
lands overlapping blue on blue, or
where It is called North River,
because It is on the west, and
is no more river but tide
cut by thousand keels. You
may know It luxuriously from
beneath the awning of white gilt
yacht, or hurriedly from the crowd
ed deck of ferryboat, or with the
hungering thrill of the homecomer
when the tired ship Is warped into
her pier. There are many ways to
know the river, but you may never
know It deeply enough to say God
made It" until you see It and feel 1t
and breathe It from the railing of a
recreation pier on a muggy summer
night, backed by a couple of thou
sand of the people who manage
somehow to be cheerful though they
will never get right good rest till
they are dead.
Take a poor, sodden, pulpy disin-
tegrating lump of human flesh, with
the soul of It very still and feeble in
side, drag It out to wooden place
over the water, away from the
dishes and the suds and the stencil
Of gas and metal. blow clean, fresh
air upon It, and brush its deadened
nerves with quickening bar of mu-
sic. Would you believe It? The lump
has come to life again, and moves
and even smiles, and before the
evening passes will be planning an
other days work for tomorrow.
The pavilion is filled Every seat
around the bandstand is taken and
benches by the ratings. Scores of
people are walking arm in arm from
end to end of the long, cool tunnel
in the thick, hot night. Manners are
as free as the air It's Katie" here
billy" there, and nowhere any af-
feGtation or pretence. That Is worth
noting, that for downright simplicity
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

a recreation pier on sweltering
night makes an admirable model for
the world. These are working peo-
pie, into whose every pleasure
certain sadness creeps because there
Is so little time between toll and a
toll, and so seldom any real rest un-
I'll the end.
It is a complicated mixture of
races on the pier II there is any
perceptible preponderance you would
say It is Irish. But you have no
sooner reached that conclusion than
Italy overwhelms you with yolubil-
ity and yowels.
A Hebrew family, aloof and hap
by, has bench close up to the mu-
sic The boy OF ten and the girl two
years younger detach themselves,
with parental permission, and go for
a promenade. Nothing could be
grander than the assumption Of
masculine authority which the little
chap assumes. He puts out his chest
lifts his head and smiles upon all
the world as he escorts his sister
through the crush.
"a don'd see der Rosenlobens here
to-nighd," says the mother, II von-
der"
Ivy. don'd you know, mammal"
shouts the eldest boy. Last nighd,
when dey vas here in der preezes,
dier house vas burgded an dey gan
not afford no recreations no more"
Lamentations follow till the music
renews, and all else is forgotten.
There are children of many races
and many degrees of cleanliness.
Most of them are in rags, most of
them are pale, but all are self-con-
tained and bold, The tolls and perils
of the water front graduate them
early into life. There is a boy with
one arm missing. You will see many
like him on the west side.
Such a procession of childhood
along the pierl Here is a stanch,
small man of nine, limping with a
stone bruise, marching past like a
veteran In Grand Army parade,
Another, with the wistfullest face
and the oldest covering of rags. has
certainly stepped out of one of j. G..
Browns pictures for a rest from
that eternal pose.
There are notably few men in the
asGemblage. You ask one of the uni
formed guards where the men are
and he jerks his head to one side
toward the river front. They're
mostly up there in the saloons Jaw
tn" he explains
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
u NOR
HE GOT HIS RAISE.


How q Boy In Fields Office Succeeded
In Getting II.
Years ago a small boy who was
working in Marshall Fields whole
sale house conceived the idea that he
ought to have raise In his salary.
He was then receiving 81 week, and
he believed he was worth 50. He
asked the manager Of his department
for raise, but was refused. Not
daunted, he went TO the next higher
authority, only to be again disappolnt.
ed. He continued to run the complete
gamut OF managers until his only
hope lay IN going to Mr.. Field him
self with his request. one morning
lie lay I'm wait outside Marshall Fields
private office, and, when the merchant
prince arrived Immediately waylald
him and stated the case to him. Mr..
Field listened patiently to the boys
story, but a stern look came over his
face.
"See here, my boy, you are paid 81
a week now, are you notT' he asked
"Yes, SIR" the boy answered, but
I'm worth 50 to you"
"When was considerably older
than you | was only getting SO a
week, and | think you ought to be sat.
lsfied with 81" said Mr.. Field.
The youngster saw all his hopes
dashed to the ground. Tears OF dis.
appointment came to his eyes, and he
blubbered:
well, perhaps you wasn't worth
more than SO week"
Marshall Field laughed. The boy
got his -Lipplncott's Magazine
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
uNIuN STOCK YARDS

Union Stock Yards, MS, Jan. S.
Cattle-.Receipts 4,OOO estimated for
tomorrow 300; market slow. Prime
beeves, $50 a 7.60; poor to med
um. 4.25 a 5.25; stockers and
feeders. 2.S5 0 $50.
lHogs-Receipts $4,000; estimated
for tomorrow 5000; market sc
higher. Light, 5 40 a 6.1O; rough
5 40 a $50; mixed so "a $50;
heavy, sos "a 6.37 ~; pigs, 4.25 %
70 80.
7 Sheep-Receipts 10000; estimated
for tomorrow 1000; market strong
Native sheep. 3.25 a 5.75; western
sheep, $40 a 5.G5: native lambs, :
a 8; western lambs, ) .25 a $40.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
TRAVELLING Bill.

They were on their honeymoon and
were climbing the Schnupfelgapfen.
spitzen peak, and she stood above him
some twenty feet.
what, ho~ he gasped. "What do
you seeY
Far, far below" she cried, 81 see a
long white streak stretching like pa.
per ribbon back almost to our hotel"
"Ha. hav' he calculated. "Ill bet
it's that blessed bill overtaking u.s."
And they proceeded onward and up,
ward.-Tit-Bits.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
NEW YORK PRODUCE

New York, Jan, S,-Dressed poul-
try-Firm, unchanged
Live poultry-Firm, unchanged.
: Butter-Receipts 1896 packages;
fancy firm; creamery, extra S2 l-2
a 80; state dairy tubs, finest 20 a
30.
Ilggs Receipts, 6h1O packages;
easier. Nearby white fancy 30;
fresh, 81 -; reirigerators 20 a q
l-2.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
CLEVELAND

t,e-Rdceipts 80: market steady.
Veals-Receiptis 400; market
strong. Common to choice a 10.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts 10000;
active Lambs 8 @ g; yearlings ESQ
"a CTS; sheep $50 a SIS.
lHogs-Receipts 1900; active.
Workers $50 a $50; pigs G.25; mix
ed and heavies G.45 a G.55; roughs
$50 a $50; stays a AIS.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
Her Riuht7

James" said the minister's wife,
''why do you always kiss the bride
after you have performed the mar
riage ceremony
why, my dear, It is a procedure
which is sanctioned by custom and
which would be conspicuous were It
omitted"
"Well, hereafter think ] shall be
present, and when you kiss the bride
! shall kiss the Chicago Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
SyTup-4Oc per gal.

SyTup--40c per gal.
Sugars sc to G l-2c Der ID.
Teas-l0a to 800 per Il.
Vinegar--25c per gal.
.25 per bbl
Hand picked Navy Beans---5c per 10.
Carolina Head RIce--lOc per IN. or
3lbs., for 25c.
Lima Beans-10c lb.
Marrowfat BeaPs-7c ID. or libs. for
Csc
Cracked HomIny-is or . be. for
10c.
Corn Meal-20c per sack.
Graham Flour zoe per sack.
Pruns-S 1-3 TO 15c per ID.
Seed Raisins-13c per lb, 2 lbs, 25c.
Cleaned curronts, 10c per IN.
Golden Flake IA bbiD S1.40.
Glover Leaf ia bbl.l 81 so. r.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
TOLEDO GRAIN

Toledo, o., Jan. S.-Wheat-Cash
/ .O7 1-2; May 90 ga; July 1,0l 1-l
September 81.
Corn-Cash 81 "a; May, G3 rs
July, G. 3-S; September Ga 10.
Oats-Cash, 80; May, SO SIS; July
A 3-4; September 40 3-S.
Rye-,No. /, rs; No. ?, II -; No,
3, Is 1-2.
Cloyerseed-Ca and January,
30; March, 5.75; October go.
Alslie.-IPrime and March $50.
Prime timothy--1 rs.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
Ornitholoay.

whats your son Bill doing these
days% asked the windmill salesman.
Bill" calculated the old farmer,
with broad grin. "Oh, Bill's court
In. Got different gal for every night
In the week, stranger"
HIN! Bill's bird"
"Waal, should say so, regular
spoon Bill, st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
PITTSRURG

Pittsbmrg, Pa, Jan. S.-Cattle-
Supply light; market strong. Choice,
G 80 a G.75; prime $50 a $50;
good 6 a G.2O.
Sheep and lambs-supply light;
market higher. Prime wether. : ,25 a
. so; god mixed 40 a $40; fair
mixed 4.1O a 4GO; culls and com.
mon, 2 a 3; lambs, a s; yea
calves, 0 a 10; heavy and thin
calves. 4 20 IA $50.
Hogs Receipts ~ dOwbedeclss;
market slow, 1Oc lower Prime heavy
G.45: medium, $40 a Gas; heavy
yorkers. 60; light yorkers, G.20 a
G.25 pigs, $50 a 6; roughs, a
$50: stays, a ;.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
undIaturbsd Parental Faith.

"BlIggins thinks he has the smartest
children In town"
But they are always making people
uneasy by their meddlesome remarks.
"Thats what told Bliggins. But
he says that's the way some Of our
most prominent smart people get their
reputation Washington Star,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
FLOUR

b. p Marion IA bbl) 81 80.
Legal Tender IA bbl) $50.
Monarch TIA bbl) 3l.30.
Knlckerbocker IA bbl.) $3.50.
Carnation Flour, IA bbl) S1.5O.
Gilt Edge IA bbl), sL25.
Gold Medal IA bbll Sl.7O.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
CHICAGO GRAIN.

Chicago, Jan. S.--Wheat-May,
open, I OF 3-8; close, 1.O7 1-2. July
oren 9S Is; close, 9S 3-S. September
open % Is: close, % 1-2
Corn-NIay, open 81 "a; close
Cl 7-S: July, open G2 is; close, GO
September open GO Is; close, 60 Is
Oats--Nlay 81 3-4; close, 80. July
4G 1-2: cl1se 4G 5-S; September, open
30 i-2: close 30 1-2
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
Frank.

81 should think It would take Wig
Orous brain to keep track Of that bust
ness Of yours"
ut does"
"Quite strain on you, eh"
"Oh, no; brains are chear."
"CheapT
"Oh, yes. Can get best quality for
twenty-five per"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET

Corrected Daily hy Chas. Turner 4 Co
PAYING PRICE.
Butter, 24c per lb.
Eggs, 25c per dozen.
Lard-S 1-2O per 10.
Popcorn-2c.
Potatoes, per bu., 65e.
SELLING PRICE.
Butter, per ID, 2SG.
Eggs, soc per dozen.
Cheese, N. Y. cream-2Oc per ID.
Lard-12 1-2c per H.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
Mirror Want Column.
WANTED.

Information regarding
good farm or business for sale;
not particular about location; wish
to hear from owner only, who will
sell direct to buyer; give price, de-
scrpuOn and state when possession
can be had. Address H. Darby
SHIRE, Box lS2O-A, Rochester N. Y.
1-6-6tpd
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
A MedInm ENnnsed.

A former grocer in England who
turned medium" has been exposed,
A darkened room was necessary to
him, and also one particular chair.
It was discovered that he carried
the necessary apparatus for making
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
ExpIarAtorn Anreement.

Mr.. Smooth admire Miss swete 80
much. She has such fine polish.
Miss Catt--Yes she never gets any
but the very best face enamel in the
market. Baltimore American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
Daily Market Report
EAST BUFFALO

EAST BUFFALO
Cleveland, Jan. S-Hogs-Higher;
receipts IS ears; shipments 5000;
Workers 6,25 IA $50; mixed GAO 40
CAS-; heayies $40; extra lights 6.10
a $50; best pigs g. stays and
roughs AIS a $50,
Calves-Steady; receipts 150 head
SA- AL lambs-liigheri re-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
Habits Of Domcsticatcd Animals

The dog is the most widely dis
tributed of the domestic animals. He
lives in the lowly hut of the African
savage and is the companion of the
Greenland Esquimaux, the most
northern inhabitants of the wrold.
He is, in fact, the inseparable COM
panIon of man and is found where
ever the human race exists, His hab-
itat is thus extended further north
and further south than that OF any
other domestic animal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

Statesmen WANTED-$36 a week
and expenses to men with rig TO
introduce poultry and stock rem
edies. Experience unnecessary Re-
liable Company and exclusive ter
rltOTy given. The Grant Co. Dept.
SS, Springfield, Illinois.
12-30-12tpd
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

WA.NnED-'Railway Mail Clerks;
Customs Clerks; Clerks at Wash
ingtOn. commencement salary.
$500 co. Many March exapina-
tiOns. Candidates prepared Tree.
Write for schedule Franklin In
stltute. Dept. $40, Rochester,, N.
Y. 1-5-2Gtpd
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

ceipts 10 cars. Choice lambs 775 q
1856
Cattle--Strong receipts liEht,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

unfortunately most of those who
advocate peace do not possess armies
AMI nayies of their own.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
Got II Bruised.

"He has got a bad case Of swelled
head"
"Good opinion OF himself, ehT
"Well, not exactly"
"NOtp
mo"
"What do you mean?"
"Not as good an opinion OF himself
os he did have. but better one OF
OMalley."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

the house the 9th
er evening to at.
tend a dancing
party.
o h, Mrs.
Bings," cried the
maid, opening the
door and hurry.
ing down [ h g
W X. "Y our
mother thinks you
had better wear
your ruDbers.
THANK you,'
agreed Mrs. Bings.
as her W ell
trained husband
proce e d e d to
place the protec-
tors on her dainty
feet.
In the ballroom
the music swayed
with voluptuous
harmony as Bings
joined his wife.
The first waltz
was almost over
and Mr.. and Mrs
Bings had scarce.
ly started before
( he n u m b e /
clos e d. Then
Bings went away
to dance with the
hostess and sew
eral numbers haC
passed before hi
again sought ouI
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
VISITS WITH
~ MCLEB 4
At the Dancing Party.

AThe .plutonian sky was splitting
snowhakes as Bings and his wife left
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

GHOSTS" in cabinet IN the back of
that chair. In the dark It was com-
paratively easy for him, aided by a
dummy head and other accessories,
to pose as a spirit, The makeup
consisted OF a mask Of China SILK,
which fitted over his head, paper
mask, a piece of black cloth and a
black sieve, wire coat-hanger, an
iron hook, one or two wigs, an cleo
trio hashlight, and a few yards Of
wire. The ghost" disappeared and
reappeared by raising and lowering
the black cloth, which was, Of
course, invisible in the dark.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
WORK WANTED.

WANTBD-Work In boarding house
Address j. j. J. 247 l-2 N. Main
1-4-Gt
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
FOR RENT.

FOR Rents room modern house,
nicely located, Call Phone 4S5.
12-26-tf
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

FOR RENT-Three modern rooms
for light housekeeping, Call Phone
4S5. l2-26-tt
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
Times Change.

Times have changed wonderfully dur
ing the last decade. Twenty-Five years
ago this writer Was chasing Spanish
pony up and down the cotton rows IN his
shirt tall and barefoo:ed. and was thank
fln for a long shirt Now the boys are
crying for tailor-made suits and fancy
vests before they discard three eoTnered
garments ana learn to talk plain. Ca
land (Tex) News.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-08
A Wandering Monument.

It is probable that no burial mont
ment In existence has more peculiar
history than one placed over the
grave of a young man who was buried
on the banks of the Assiniboine river
in Manitoba. Can. Everyone naturally
supposed il would remain there. The
ground. however is sloping. and ow
ing to the nature of the soil the bank.
grave, monument and all. has been
gradually sliding down hill Recently
the new Grand Trunk Pacific railway
constructed their roadway some little
distance away. and the immense
WEIGHT of the sembankment greatly
accelerated the pace of the landslide
The stone. still bravely endeavorine
to preserve the perpendicular. is now
at least a hundred feet from its origi
nal position. and the question arises
as to the whereabouts Of the grave
which it formerly covered. but nm
doubtediy. DO longer does Wide
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