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the assurance that some day ne wuu,u return with gold enough to give her everything that heart could wish
 And how we'll he remembered her answer: Never mind the gold, Jim. All ask is that my boy shall be a good and an honest man." And he had told her that he would be all that she wished. And now
 Pickert's rough hand stole up to his eyes, and he murmured something un. der his breath.
 As he was passing a small church in the most disreputabie part of the city-near his home-he was arrested by the sound of singing. Just now was g eat re- ival season. and noon services were being held in most of the churches.
 A feeling which be could not throw on impelled him to enter, and he sneaked into a seat by the door. He was too wicked to be here. he nut. tered to himseif-in a minute he would be moving on-but he would wait until they had finished singing.
 His eyes grew moist as he listened to the hymn. How many times in his boyhood he had heard his mother sing The Ninety and Nine" Then he had ben good and honorable. What would she say If she could see him now? It would break her heart.
 The tears fell now upon the ragged coat, and at that moment Pickert reg istered VOW in his heart. "I'n be a man again-it's not too late
 Then swiftly the though came. What will the Captain say if you back out?''
 Then as quickly the answer, "Tt won't make no difference what he says or what he does. I'm tired of doing wrong"
 He started to leave the church. but he stopped suddenly, petrified with amaZement. The Captain stood by the door, When he had recovered him. self he walked up to him.
 I'm through doing your dirty work" he whispered hoarsely in his ear. You can do what you want to mel don't care-I'm through with this miserable kind of life"
 Let us walk along together a little ways" was all the Captain said.
 Pickert was astounded. What had happened? All the Captains brava do was gone and his black eyes had sofrened
 .I watched you go in-I wanted to see what you was up to- the Cap tain said. after awhile ,"and followed ain't been inside a church before for years. You heard that hymn Pickert. She used to sing 1t when l was a boy-my mother, I mean, and 1, made me think of-when I was differ ent. But I've been too long now in this business to turn over a new leaf but it's not too late for you to begin now. You shall have a chance Here's enough tin to take you ou. west. When you get there go tc work, and start over again"
 He had put his hand into his pocket and as he finished speaking he thrust something into Pickert's hand. Be fore the latter had a chance to say { word. the Captain turned on his hee and walked away.
 For the first time in two years Pick srt raised his head and looked up ward. Thank God for this chance te begin again." he murmured, reverent 1 ly. .Ill yet be the man that I prom l ised mother I'd be-"
 ] And this time Pickert kept hii word.
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Wonders.

\ writer who is not even ordinarily clever can make wonderfully interest ing stories out of surgery and astrono- my. because those subjects are 'ca- vaire to the general" We love to revei in mysteries. The astronomer tells us that there is no science 70 exact as astronomy: and as I assume that every one believes the weird state ment that the sun has just coughed up . streak of flame that travelled 10000 miles . minute and attained an elevsr ton of nearly 3so.0oo miles- You could almost Night your cigarette on the tip of that. Another statement: "A giant negro, working in . cut. had . chunk of earth fall upoa -hin veigh. ing eight tons. The impact hattened him and squashed his heart out with such force that it flow through ths air . distance of S7h feet. When VI pscked 1t up 1t was beating at the rats of @ to the minute and its puisatie1a continued for thirteen miuutes." suess we all believe that, too!
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Just Wanted to Be.

Moliie's mother is a Christian Scien- list, and six-year-old Mollie has been mentally healed" more than once. Usually she's pleasantly unconceTned But one day recently came rebellion. She had been naughty and had not yet repented. And mother. all un- mindful for once of the power of mind over matter. sat gazing at her daush- ter in plain, what-shall-I-do-next de- spair But Mollie interpreted that gaze differently. For several seconds she wriggled in obvious discomfort under it. Then she straightened up and looked her mother squarely in the eye. Now, mamma. stop it." she cried, sharply. You needn't try any more of your absent treatment on me. tell you I'm bad and I want to be bad,"
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TAKEN ON
 TRIAL
The man whirled about.

The man whirled about.
 "rn try you for week" he snapped. and your pay will be sie." The girl paused on her way to the door.
 Thank you" she said. 'T expect to make myself worth more than that"
 When he came down the next morn ing and tramped into his office, he found the girl seated at her table, her brown head bent over her work. He was just a little surprised to find her there. Persons he had engaged had a way of promising to come back and failing to do So. He knew that he was to blame for this. and he rather gloried in the thought. But here was this strange girl at her place and look ing as if she meant to stay there. She was a neat-iooking girl. Her hair was tidy and there vas a bit of white about her neck that softeaed the ef- feet of the black frOck. And in a little vase in front of her was a flow er-a red flower of some kini-a flow CT he told himself. that looked strangely out Of place in the dingy room.
 And then the man suddenly stared about him. Both the windows were open. and they were clean. and the sunshine was streaming in. And there was a general air of freshness about the place that was quite amszing--and the odor of cleanliness was fairly pun gent
 Good morning" said she sweetly
 This girl was going altogether too far What did she mean by taking such liberties? He would show her that he was not the sort of man that could be imposed upon. No doubt sine had been spoiled in the office of her father-her dead father.
 He looked up. The girl was stand ing by the desk.
 The men from the telephone com pany will be here at ten o'clock to arrange for moving the phone" she said. and the typewriter is being put in order. Do you feel the draught from the windowsg'
 He growled an inarticulate word or two and the girl turned away.
 On, SDe SGlu and luEucl DdCh Mary. the woman who cleans, asked me to tell you that she wasn't in any way responsible for the improved ap pearance of the office. She said she was quite willing to let me take all the credit It seems much nicer here doesn't it,"
 Here was his chance to assert his authority. But. strange to say. the only form of expression his anger took was another vicious slam of the much suffering privste drawer.
 The girl brought new methods into the business. the labor-saving and time-saying devices he had despised And with the departure of the old fashioned methods his old-fashioned brusqueness seemed to depart, too Customers who had been offended al his irritability and plain speaking came back. The business was in bet ter shape than ever.
 I'm losing my grip" he growled tc himself q don't know anybody whc fears me. And yet. confound il, tht old house seems to have a new lease of prosperity. If only Robert"
 He had been thinking a good dea about his son. No doubt it vas an other proof of his fatuous weakness Ha aross suddenly and took the va
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Jus. an Ordinary k.n... Man.

A Kansas woman. while in New York last summer with her husband, visited Lake Chautauqua. She wanted a veil. and held out her hand to her husband for money. He just laid his pocketbook in her hand and walked unconcernedly around the store.
 My" calculated the clerk. and he never asked you how much you wanted nor what you were going to do with 1t. You ought to hear the arguments that they get into right here some times when a woman asks a man for money. My. but you ought to be thankful to have a husband like that
 "Oh. don't know" she returned nonchalantly. he is just a Kansas man. That's the style out there."- Kansas City Journal
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letters of Interest Found.

The Uniyersalist church m Gloucester has discovered what it con Biders a priceless treasure in an old lesk once the property of John Mur- ray, the father of the faith in this country. The piece of furniture was about to be thrown away when a member of the parish committee. in rummaging through the drawers. found letters proving its identity. Murray came to this country in ITO. and later joined the revolutionary forces as chaplain He was compelled to resign on account of i'll health. and returned to Gloucester, where he founded the present church.-Spring
 field Repubiican
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Practical.

Owing to his extreme youth and tim ldity Tommy escaped going to church the whole year around. except os Christmas day. After one sf his an nual visits his uncle asked him at the dinner table if he had been . good boy and said a prayer in church.
 "Oh. yes. indeed" answered Tommy T said prayer like all the rest did just before the sermon began. Wani to hear tt?"
 Yes. indeed. What did you say!' replied the surprised uncle.
 Now I lay me down to sleep!'' said Tommy.
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4 Failure,

Has your son had any success as . lawyer"
 Well. no. to tell the truth. he hasn't He has been practicing now for nearly eleven years and he has never been elected to the legislature or been appointed receiver for any thing or even become president of any railroad company. It begins to look as if he may have to eke out a living just practicing law"
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Turr About.

What" shouts the patron of the restaurant Fifteen dollars for cOf- fee and rolls, It's outrageous. won't pay it."
 Yes, you will" calmly states the proprietor My wife went into your millinery shop yesterday and paid $50 for some wire frame. covered with two feet of lace and an artificial rose. Now you see how it feels, don't you?" Judge
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The Japanese government has placed an o-der in England for an entire gra factory.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-03
LOOK FOR THE ECLIPSE OF
THE MOON TONIGHT.

Washington, June 3.-Washington
astronomers today made preparations
for an adequate observation of the
eclipse of the moon which win take
place this evening. The phenomena
will be visible all over the North
American continent, except in the ex-
treme northwestern portion, and also
in South America and Europe.
The total eclipse will begin in Bos-
ton at S:13, in New York at So, in
Washington at 7:49; in Charleston at
1929; in Cincinnati at 1920; in Chi
cago at TT, and at points further west
before the moon rises. In St. Louis the
total eclipse will end at 1858. In Den
yer and Ogden the moon viii leave the
shadow at s:14 and 7:46, respective
ly.
In the Eastern states the rise OF
the moon will be almost normal and
the people may watch the shadow OF
the earth gradually steal over the lu-
mar body But further in the conti-
nent, on the other side of the Missis-
sippi, the inhabitants will first see an
odd looking disc of a faint reddish col
or rise from the east.
When the moon rises here only a
narrow portion OF it will be observed.
Gradually it will enter deeper and
deeper into the earth's shadow until
the moon gives no light and is only
barely perceptible.
The moon viii not enter into the
heart OF the earth's shadow. so there
will not be a black eclipse. The moon
however, will be in the shadow OF the
ortl, f<., <,v,r an frn1r and nryafsfffsal1y
che only light from the heavens vii
he that OF the stars.
The reason why the moon will; Be
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RIOTS IN
QUAkfRC

Philadelphia, Pa, June 3.-Condi-
tions are quieter this morning follow
ing last nights street car riots in
which more than one hundred were
hurt when the street car company at
tempted to operate the cars with non
union crews. The union men set upon
them and mobbed the cars and their
crews. After an effort the cars were
sent back to the barns.
This morning there was sensation
when it was reported that the subway
and the elevated employees had joined
the strikers. This sIpbsided when it be-
came known the stoppage was only
due to an accident to the elevated
The ugly feeling engendered by last
nights rioting was illustrated by the
number of riots this morning, which
was the largest since the strike be-
gan. Four hundred additional police
men have been sworn. This morning
the head of the police reserves said
10000 extra policemen would be call
ed If necessary.
A Strike on the Baltimore & Ohio.
Baltimore, June "a general walk
out of all the machinistS of all the
shops of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road, has been ordered to take effect
at two o'clock this afternoon.
The strike was the result of the in
PRODUCTION of the piece work system
in the Montclaire shops and will af-
feet about $50 employees in the various
shops.
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TODAY THE BIRTHDAY OF
JEFFERSON DAVIS

Louisville, KY, June 3.-The birth
place of Jefferson Davis, President of
the Confederacy, at Fairview, IN Todd
county, KY, was today dedicatao as a
shrine for the South. Today is tie
1O1st anniversary of the birll. of the
southern leader, and the day was
marked by a great barbecue, elaborate
musical features and addresses hy
some of the most distinguished living
Confederates. The Jeffer son Davis Me
mortal Association proposes 20 erect
a handsome memorial building on
the Davis homestead, similar TO the
e1ifice which will mark the site Of the
birthplace of Lincoln.
Celebrated in Louisiana.
New Orleans, La, June 3-Jeffer-
son Davis birthday and Confederate
Memorial Day we're celebrated through
out Louisiana today. b..
Alabama State House Closed.
Montgomery, Ala, June 3.-The
state house here, the first capitol OF
the Confederacy, WAS closed in honor
of jefferson Davis today. The brass
star on the portico marking the spot
where Davis took the oath as Presi.
dent of the Confederacy, was draped
in the cOlorS of the Lost Cause.
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COLLEGE ATHLETES SUS-
PENDED az THE A. A.

New York, June 3.-John J. Dixon,
chairman of the National Amateur Ath
letic Union, dhis morning ordered the
suspension of the university of Color
ado and the Leland and Stanford uni
versity track teams from the A. A. u,
on the declaration of chairman Bert
Martin, of the Rocky Mountain dfvis-
ion of the Union and neither team
will he able to compete in the confer
ence to meet Saturday at Chicago. The
charge is that Colorado and Leland &
Stanford competed in dual meet
without the sanction of the A A. U.
Both will fight the ruling, claiming it
is not necessary to nave the sanction
for a dual meet. This position is also
taken by DR.. Geo. X. Herman, who will
act as referee at the Chicago meet.
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Ask ParsOns--He Know S

sage, and the electric razor, which re-
quires no motion Of the hand, but sim
ply ibuzzes all the beard off a man
who is inclined to take his ease about
shaving.
The hair clipper is attached to a
wire the other end of which can be
fitted into the socket of an electric
lamp, and then operated at fast or
slow speed, according to the wishes
of the hair cutter and the topograph-
ical peculiarities of the head to be
shorn.A feature is the ability to notch
the clip for a short or long cut.
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GOOD SHOWERS FROM
a BOSWELL TO ELIDA.

Roswell and vicinity enjoyed re-
freshing shower at two O'Clock this
morning. the government observer re-
porting the precipitation at eighteen
hundredths of an inch. While the rain
was OF Hctle value to the growth of
vegetation, 1t served to lay the dust
and Good the atmosphere. The hope
Is that it will be the fore-runner of the
summer rains that are due. Long dis
tance telephone communications bring
the news that the rain extended thru
Campbell, Elkins. Kenna and Elida.
There was no rain at Portales. how
ever.
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Engine coIIides With Truck.

A depot truck was twisted all out of
shape and four big sacks of sal soda
pretty well scattered in the local yards
of the railroad at three o'clock this
morning, when struck Iby an engine.
The truck was on the depot platform,
loaded with sal soda, when the wind
storm came up and it is thought that
the wind rolled the truck. The en-
gine mashed up the vehicle pretty
well and carried the wreckage to a
point south of the Fifth street cross
ing.
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Jersey Golf Tourney.

Montc1air, n. j., June Exempted
by eighteen valuable prizes, including
the state championship cup, the anna
teurs rallied in force today for the
tenth annual tournament OF the New
Jersey State Golf Association, to be
held during the next three days over
the links of the Montclaif Golf Club.
Play commences this morning with
an eighteen hole medal play testing
round contestants to qualify in four
sixteens AS soon as the last pair
has finished the stroke competition
the drawings will be made for match
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invisible is the influence OF the earth's
atmosphere, which bends the suns
rays at the edge of illuminated hem
ispheres of our planet and throws on
the moon faint glow. generally of
red copper hue. 1t results from the
absorption in our atmosphere of the
green, blue and violet rays in the
suns light while the red rays pass
through it. It is much the same as
the sunset glow, though infinitely
more faint
AS the phenomenon of the eclipse
develops, the children will be able to
see for themselves the truth of the
Biographies.
The lunar eclipse is precisely the
same as that which saved the lives
of Columbus and his party in the isle
of Jamaica in the year 1904 The ma
tives refused them food Columbus,
knowing that an eclipse was due told
them that God was angry because of
their inhospitality and would cake
away the light of the moon. The mo-
ment that the natives saw the light
going away lhey rushed to their store
houses and brought out their choicest
viands, supplicating the white an
gels" to bring back their moon Col
umbus handed it back in about an
hour.
The. earliest account of an eclipse
was discovered in the tomb Of a Chi
nese emperor. The date has been fix
ed by chronologists as January 30,
1876 B. c.
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Notice of Bond Sale.

Under and by authority of Section
1912 Compiled Laws of New Mexico,
1, James Sutherland, Treasurer of
Chaves County, New Mexico, will Of
fer for sale to the highest bidded for
cash at the front door of 6he Court
House of said County of Chaves
New Mexico at 1000 o'clock a.
m, Saturday, June 26, 1909, the follow
ing described school house bonds of
Kenna School District No. %, of
Chaves County, New Mexico.
Bonds One G) to Four ca inclusive
$4,000 each. Total issue of $4,000 90.
Said bonds are redeemable at the
pleasure of said School District
Number %, at any time after ten
years and are absolutely due and pay
able, thirty years after the date here
of, with interest at the rate of six
per cent. per annlrm, payable semi
annually on the first day of January
and the first day of July of each year,
both principal and interest to be pay
able at the Office of the County Treas
erer, in Roswell, of said county of
Chaves, upon the presentation and sur
render thereof of the annexed coup
ons as they may severally become
due.
Coupons No. 1 are payable July 1s't.
1909.
Advertised in the Roswell Record,
June 4, II, 1S, and 25, 1909.
JAMES SUTHERLAND,
Treasurer and Ex-Oficio Collector,
Chaves County, New Mexico.
Roswell, N. NJ, June 2, 1909.
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Cut Hair by Electricity.

Atlantic City, N. ]. June "a test
of an electrical appliance lby means
of which every man may cut his own
hair Is slated for today at the Nation
al Electrician Convention. Felix
Brown, of Chicago, the inventor of the
apparatus, confesses he is not too san
guine as to the general usage into
which the self-cutting hair machine
may come, but rather contrived the
device for his own amusement and to
illustrate the extent to which electric
ity may he applied.
Already there is the electric mas
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MUCH ARIZONA LAND NOW
OPEN FOR ENTRY

Phoenix, Ariz., June 3.-Under. a
new law a large area of desert land
is to be thrown open today subject to
filing and proving at 81 per acre an
nually for three years without requir-
ing residence Various tracts in Ariz-
ona are available. The most interest
attends the area near Aqua Fria riv-
er, twenty-five miles northwest of
here. Filing began aC nine O'Clock this
morning. Last night the land office
corridors filed up with people waiting
to file.
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STONE VS..
ALDRICH

Washington, June 3.-Senators Aid
rich and Stone engaged in a warm de-
bate this morning over a recent re-
mark by Aldrich concerning the act
ion of Germany in sending a state
ment of prices of that country with
the view of influencing tariff legisla-
ton here. The remark of Aldrich was
based on the request by the state de-
parrment to Germany asking the rates
of wages in Germany. The informal
ion was sent, but with the request
that the names of the manufacturers
be not used.
Stone read a telegram from Berlin
showing that the German people had
taken offense at Aldrich's remarks, be
cause of the prominence of the speak
er. Aldrich declared he had made no
charge against the government but
said he was talking about the manu-
facturers who sent the statement with
the understanding it was not to be
used in the enforcement of the GUS
toms. He said it was not question
concerning the German government.
He said that any attempt of a foreign
government to influence legislation.
was impertinent.
Stone insisted there could be no
mistake about Aldrich's remarks be-
ing directed toward Germany, but Aid
urich said he was speaking in the abb
slract.
Aldrich rehearsed the whole affair
and said he had no intention of criti-
cising or offending the German gov
ernment and could not see why Stone
was so interested unless he represent
ed Germany.
"That remark is impertinent," said
Stone, "yes worse than impertinent."
Aldrich paid no attention to this re-
mark and continued that he represen-
ted America and could not see that
any foreign power had been injured.
Stone said he resented the stigma"
placed on him and said a deliberate
affront should not be offered foreign
powers.
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ohis morning was still in bed. His
manager refuses to say what is the
matter. 1t Is rumored that Weston,
who is II years old, is sick.
Later:-Weston arose at eleven, say
ing he had contracted stomach ache as
the result of drinking alkaH water.
However, he declared he was all right
again and to prove it ate heartily of
batter cakes and set out westward
again.
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The Kansas City Stock Market.

Kansas City, Mo, June 3.-Cattle
receipts, 5000, including 1000 south
erns. Market steady. Native steers,
5.30@7.00 southern steers, 4.25@6.-
60; southern cows, 2.75@4.50; native
COWS and heifers. 3.OO@6.4O; stock
ers and feeders. 3.75 @5.60; bulls, 3d.
4O@5:2O; calves. 3.75@7.OO; western
steers, 5.40tb6.75; wester ncows. 1925
@5.75.
Hog receipts, 10000; market sc
higher. Bulk of sales. 6.9O@74O; hea-
Wy, 7.3O@7.5O; packers and butchers,
7-15@7.45; light, 6.70@7.2O; pigs, s.
750675.
Sheep receipts, 5000; market 1Oc
lower. Muttons, 5.25@6.60; lambs. g.
501900; wethers and yearlings. Ats
@7,25; ewes, 4.25@6.2O; Texas and
Arizona muttons, 4.75@6.5O.