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The Delta independent., 1909-12-03
Skating.

Skating Is believed to have been in
vented In northern Europe in prchis-
toric times. William Fitz-Stephen
speaks Of 1t In London toward the
end of the twelfth century, but 1t did
not really catch hold until the cava.
licrs who had been In exile with
Charles ii. brought It with them from
Holland. On Dec. 1. 1862, Mr.. Pepys.
having occasion to cross the park.
first In my life. 1t being n great frost,
did see people sliding with their
skates. which is a very pretty art"
On the 9Th he went purposely to see
the sight and again. found 1t "very
pretty."-London Chronicle.
The Delta independent., 1909-12-03
SHETLAND PONIES.
Active a. Terriers, Sure Footed q
Mules, Patient as Donkeys.


Shetlands are "foaled In the fields,
live in the fields and die In the fields"
They have rooted dislike for indoor
life aud thrive best when allowed to
feed naturally on green grass, with
perhaps hay in winter. Until two
years old nature provides a soft, wool
like covering. Afterward the mature
coat of hair appears, to be shed
each spring. when the ponies appear
sleek and handsome. Full grown,
they are immensely strong, with wide
quarters, powerful legs and a great
width and depth over the heart and
lungs. And. as Bengie wrote In 1870
in. his "Tour In Shetland" 1.-The
Shetland pony is the most lovable Of
animals in the wide creation. They
are sprightly and active as terriers,
sure footed as mules and patient as
donkeys. The horse is accredited as
the noblest of the lower animals, and
the Shetland pony stands at the head
Of this noble race us the most intelli-
gent and faithful of them ALL"
The great value Of the Shetland to
the coal miners lies In its ability to
work in the low galleries In thin
scanned pits. where other ponies could
not travel. Their strength does not
correspond with their diminutive pro-
portions, and they will travel thirty
miles a day In the seams, drawing
from twelve to fourteen hundred
weight. Underground their lot Is
hard. but use becomes second nature.
and they are treated. II roughly. not
unkindly.-St. James Gazette.
The Delta independent., 1909-12-03

"Yes--I--I-I-guess she must be
feeling a little under the weather."
The Delta independent., 1909-12-03
Midnight's S
Mistletoe Bough
By
Deltna Marteen Eugones

~ OOD mawnin', Mist Robert!
H Fine Christmas weather.
IL IT sab! Fine Christine"
MI Cameron bluntly ignored
the cheerful greeting and
the newspaper which Mid
night, the colored newsboy, held out
for him, and walked on briskly down
the street, his gaze directed toward
the pavement. He hurried, absent
mindedly, to the elevated station, and
as he neared the steps stopped sud
stand close by, and then ran up to
catch a train that was laundering up
to the platform.
Midnight tumbled back against his
newsstand, queer expression Of be-
wilderment and sadness spreading
over his face.
Oats de frs time dat Mist
Cam'ron evan done buy papah from
somebody else" he soliloquized, a
lump gathering in his throat. Oats
de frs time he evan pass nah place
widout sayin' Good mawnin'.' He
amt nevah got, no kick an no. COM
plant { make t me. OATS de firs'
time All evah see him go Dustin by
like dat an 80 cogitatin' he amt
lookin' whar he gwine. Dab am sholy
somethin' de mattah."
@, All the rest Of the day Midnight was
in sort Of trance. He watched the
elevated stairway from early after
noon for the return Of Cameron. His
ftful vigil was rewarded when the
young lawyer walked wearily down
the steps. Midnight watched his
every move jealousiy to see whether
he purchased an afternoon paper from
his rivals. Cameron stopped at the
little negro's stand.
Good evening, Midnight" he said,
languidly.
Merry Christmas, Mist Cam'ron.
De world am treatin' me fine as silk.
an All amt got no complaint t make
L no one," returned the, boy. bravely,
The Delta independent., 1909-12-03
Her Motto,

"I think 1t is high time" said Mrs
Oldcastle. "for the people OF this coun-
try to take firm stand against vivi-
section"
$50 do l." replied her hostess. mo
north, no south. is my motto."-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
The Delta independent., 1909-12-03
Works Both Ways.

$50 you think 1t Is an advantage u
a man to go to congress for awhiler
"Yes." answered Senator Sorghum.
ut gives the people in his own town
a chance to think he is a great man in
Washington and the people in Wash
ington a chance to think he Is n great
man in his own Washington
gtar.
The Delta independent., 1909-12-03
Tho Barrier.

First Tramp-You won't get nothing
decent there: them people is vegetn-
rians. Second Tramp-Is that rIghtf
First Trainp-Yes. and they've got
dog wot aint.-Philadelphia Inquires
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

More than 100000 corporations in
the United States will have to make
their returns in conformance with the
new corporation tax law.
Senator ]. G. 8. Blackburn has re-
signed as a member of the Isthmian
Canal Commission and his resignation
has been accepted by the President.
On the opening Of Congress. Foun-
tain l.. Thompson, Democrat, was
sworn in as senator from North Da-
kota. He succeeds the late Martin
Johnson.
| At caucus of Democratic senators
Senator H. D. Money of Mississippi
was chosen as minority leader in the
Senate to succeed Senator Culberson
of Texas, who resigned.
Secretary Ballinger has temporarily
Withdrawn from all forms of disposi-
tion approximately 2O,144 acres of land
along the Gila river, New Mexico, and
Arizona, thought to contain power pos
sibilities.
Representative Taylor of Colorado
proposes introducing bill to provide
funds for making surveys of lands
within forest reserves to facilitate
homestead entries which now cannot
be made because the lands are gencr-
ally unsurveyed in reserves.
| The secretary of the interior has
granted an extension of time until De-
cember 81, 1909, for the completion Of
the Shoshone dam in Wyoming. Work
on the structure, which is the highest
masonry dam in the world, has been
greatly impeded through scarcity Of 10.
Dor.
The navy year book for 1909 shows
| the race for second place among the
navies of the world to be still very
close as between the United States
and Germany. The United States has
a greater tonnage of battleships and
armored cruisers, but Germany has a
larger number of small vessels.
Taking square hit at the annual
Roosevelt physical tests for army of.
ficers, Surgeon General Torney in his
annual report says that the present
test not only fails in the object it
sought to atlanta physical condi.
tion which would enable them to be
always fit for active field service
but may result in serious damage to
elderly officers.
The Department of Agriculture on
the 7th inst. estimated that the newly
seeded area of winter wheat is 10 per
cent greater than the revised estimat.
ed area sown in the fall OF 1908,
equivalent to an increase of 2,449,O00
acres, the indicated total area being
33,4s3,OOO acres. The condition OF
winter wheat Dec. 1st was 95.S
against Se3 the same day year ago.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
Wants Zelaya Punished.

Washington. = Vigorously denounc.
ing President Zelaya for having mur-
dered" Cannon and Groce, officers Of
the Revolutionary army, Senator Ray.
ner of Maryland advocated his resolu-
tion authorizing the President of the
United States to apprehend and try
the President of Nicaragua for his
crime against these two American
citizens. THE private life of Zelaya
is almost unspeakable in its enorm-
nifty" said Rayner, Should be made
public by the State Department in or
der that the people of the United
States might know the kind of man
Zelaya was"
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
The Vacant Chair.

What sad memories linger around
the old vacant chair. Sitting in the
middle of the floor, with a plaintive
look about its frayed and seemingly
weary back, it brings back tumultu.
Gus riot of sad recollections that time
can never efface. Volumes of bitter
anguish come to me when arrive
home in time to catch the milkman
swiping the loose furniture around the
place, and take off my shoes to avoid
publicity, and strike my best toe
against the rocker of the old vacant
chair. Then, forgetting for the mo-
ment my unclad feet, kick the chair
on the other rocker. That is when
the sadness and suffering that fingers
around the old chair comes out with
an extra edition and great chunks OF
gloom settle over me like herd of ILL
natured fiies.-Oregon Journal.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
GENERAL NEWS.

The Michigan Central railroad has
increased trainmen's wages 61h per
cent and operators approximately IA
per cent.
M. Bleriot, the celebrated French
aviator, was seriously injured at Con
stantinople few days since by the
collision of his aeroplane with house.
At a monster meeting in Albert Hall,
London, Herbert Henry Asquith, Brit
ish prime minister, pledged the Liber-
al party home rule for Ireland should
1t be successful in the coming elec-
tions.
The village of Utica was prac-
tically wiped out by fire early on
the morning of the 9th inst, and one
man, Edward Daug OF Lancaster, a
guest of the Hotel Varce, was burned
to death. Thirtyfive other guests OF
the hotel had narrow escape. The
loss is 100000.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17

The leading express companies have
issued circulars advising the public to
express all packages as early as DOS
sible. II senders will start their pack
ages early, the express companies Will
be glad to put labels on each package:
DO not open until Christmas"
Tventy-six Moslems were executed
at Adana. Asiatic Turkey. in connec-
tion with the April massacres Great
crowds witnessed the executions. and
the relatives of the condemned men.
together with thousands OF others,
Joined In the manifestations OF grief.
Owing to imperfect patching of q
defective part in his machine. Antonio
Fernandez. an aviator. met death at
Nice, France. on the 9th inst. while
flying for the first time in an aero
plane Of his own invention. The ma
chine turned over at great height
and the driver fell under it and was
crushed to death.
The New York Times has printed
the remarkable narratives Of two men.
made under oath, declaring that they
were employed by DR.. Frederick A.
Cook to fabricate astronomical and
other observations for submission to
the University of Copenhagen. DIR.
Cooks records arrived at Copenhagen
on the 8th inst.
By the will of the late Charles H.
Farnam, Jr., of New Haven, an estate
estimated at about half million dol
lars is left to Yale University to be
used for buildings for the Sheffield
Scientific school. The widow, Mrs.
Ruth Stanley Farnum, will have life
use of the property and on her death
the university will get it.
In the prosecution at New York of
six former employees of the American
Sugar Refining Company, James Con
Ion, former customs weigher. testi.
fled that although he had apprised his
superiors of the existence of fraud
more than ten years ago, nothing was
done to punish the guilty persons until
after the death of H. o. Havemeyer.
According to the freshman class in
Yale, football is far from being pop
ular sport. The votes of the class for
their favorite athletics, football. is
practically tied with track athletics
for being the least popular. There
were SO who voted tennis their favor
ite sport; 46 walking, 33 swimming, &c
baseball, IS rowing, II football and is
track athletics. ..
In the United States Circuit Court at
New York City Judge Noyes granted
stay of ten days to Charles w.
Morse, the convicted banker. facing a
term of fifteen years in the federal
prison at Atlanta, on conviction of mis-
appropriation of national bank funds.
and referred counsel's motion for q
new trial to Judge Hough, who origin
ally tried the case.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
HABITS CHAIN
Certain Habits Unconsciousiy Formed
and Hard to Break.

An ingenious philosopher estimates
that the amount of will power neces.
sary to break lifelong habit would,
If 1t could be transformed, lift weight
of many tons.
1t sometimes requires a higher de-
gree of heroism to break the chains of
a pernicious habit than to lead for
lorn hope in a bloody battle. A lady
writes from an Indiana town:
From my earliest childhood was a
lover of coffee. Before was out of my
teens was miserable dyspeptic, suf-
fering terribly at times with my stom-
ach.
Il was convinced that It was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet
l could not deny myself a cup for
breakfast. At the age of sc l was in
very poor health, indeed. My sister
told me I was in danger of becoming
a coffee drunkard
But never could give up drinking
coffee for breakfast, although 1t kept
me constantly i'll, until tried Postum
learned to make it properly according
to directions, and now we can hardly
do without Postum for breakfast, and
care nothing for coffee.
Il am no longer troubled with dys.
pepsia, do not have spells of suffering
with my stomach that used to trouble
me SO when 1 drank coffee"
Look in pkgs. for the little book, 1.-THE
Road to Wellville." There's Reason"
Ever rend the above letter: A new
one appears from time to time. They
Interest.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
WESTERN NEWS.

lSadore Newman, millionaire phil
anthropist, who died week ago, re-
membered the Jewish hospital for con-
sumptives at Denver, Colo, in his will
for $1,000.
at the South Omaha market is $S.40
per hundred, which was paid for a
carload received December 9th from
Western Iowa. They averaged 275
pounds each.
Mrs. Allen F. Read, convicted at
Denver of threatening Mrs. Phipps
with dynamite in order to extort mon
ey, has been sentenced to from one
year to eighteen months in the state
penitentiary.
1t now seems almost centain that
Denver will secure the International
Aviation Congress next fall. This will
bring with it spectacular flying ma
chine contests and attract many thou
sands of visitors.
Announcement is made by the
Union Pacific railroad that all future
orders for passenger equipment will
have been given a trial by the road
and it has been decided to do away en-
tirely with wooden cars. Extensive or
ders for new steel cars already have
been placed.
With the reply filed in the case of
Dunsmuir VS.. Dunsmuir, arrangements
are now being made at Victoria, B. c..
for the trial which will involve fight
between the heirs of the late Mrs.
Joan Dunsmuir and the retiring lieu
tenant governor, James Dunsmuir, for
recovery of an estate valued at be-
tween $15,OOO.OOO and s1S,OOO,OOO.
Upon Pixies Peak there has just
been established by the United States
an experiment station of forestry, the
| first of its kind in Colorado and the
second in the country. The station
will serve the same interests in the
| forestry division of the government
as the agricultural experiment sta
tions in the agricultural department.
The Washable hotel at Thermopolis
is the first building in Wyoming to be
equipped with heating system which
requires no attention and will main
tain an equitable heat from years eud
to years end if desired. 1t uses hot
water type from the state hot springs
near town, instead of the customary
furnace and boiler. A similar system
is being installed in the state building
on the hot springs reserve.
At public auction sale at Austin
Tex, resulting from the late antitrust
suit and custer proceedings, the prop
erty of the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany was sold to S. w. Fordyce and
associates of St. Louis. The price bid
was $1,431,741. The property of the Sc
curity Oil Company was bought by
John Sealey of Galveston for sS5.O0C
and that of the Navarro Refining Com
pany of Corsicana was also sold to
Sealey for s75O,O0O. Sixty cars of the
Union Tank Line Company were
bought by Mr.. Sealey for $4,000.
The trial at Los Angeles of Albert
Ryan, formerly an organizer for the
Western Federation of Miners, who
killed two men and wounded a third
in a Los Angeles hotel on the night Of
July 15 last, came to an abrupt end
ing in the Superior Court on the 9th
inst, when Ryan pleaded guilty tc
murder in the first degree. This plea
means hanging or life Imprisonment
Ryan was adjudged sane by jury
His victims were Otto Miller and Har
y e. Snyder of Colorado Springs.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

Methodist Church-Sunday school
ht 10 q M; preaching. every Sunday
morning and evening; Rev. F. F.
Gibbs. pastor.
Baptist Church-Sunday school at
10; preaching at II each Sunday;
prayer meeting at the pastors home
every Thursday; Rev. G. w. Buell.. pas
tor.
Presbyterian Church-Sunday school
held every Sabbath at 10 a. m.; VIII
Van Petten, superintendent; preach
ing services every Sabbath morning
and evening, alternately, IL a. m. and
1880 p. m.; Young Peoples meeting
ut Z, before the evening service; pray.
Or meeting every Wednesday at 7:30;
Rev. Wiley X. Wright. pastor.
East Gate Lodge No. 113, A. F. & A.
NJ. meets first and third Fridays OF
each month. Visiting brethren cor
daily invited to attend. J. s. McMur.
try, w. M; J. q. Murphy, s. W.: ].
Ray Brown, J. w; R. P. Walton. Sec.
Holly Lodge No. 144, l. o. o. F.,
meets each Wednesday evening at the
Holly hall. Visitors are cordially In
vited. Chas. Witte. N. G.; ]. w. Bryce.
Sec.
1Olly Onapter, ". =. o., meetS oeS
ond and fourth Friday nights each
month. Mrs. Millie Baker, Worthy
Matron; John E. Murphy, Worthy Pa
tron: H. c. McCreery, Secretary.
Mizpah Rebekah Lodge, No. 81. l. o.
o. F.. meets first and third Tuesdays
Of each month at Holly hall.
Knights of Pythias Lodge No. lit.
Holly, meets in Holly block every first
and third Monday night at o'clock;
William Wright, &C; H. w. MARBLE
X. Of R. ard s. So
Holly Lat Camp no .7142. N. W. A..
meets every first and third Saturday
of each month. Visiting neighbors al.
ways welcome. A. W. Hornbeck, Con-:
G. A. Pinkham, clerk; P. M. Probst
Adviser; G. E. Merwin, Banker.
Holly Camp, Royal Neighbors, No
1884, meets second and fourth Tues
days of each month at Holly hall. Ora
Gle, Mrs. Hattie Mitchell; Vice Ora
Gle, Mrs. Eta Witte; Recorder, Mrs
Alice Pinkham; Receiver, Mrs. Pear
Merwin.
Holly Commercial Club; opie w
Swope, Prest.; C. I. Collins, Secy.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
Detected,

The consul in London of continen.
tai kingdom was informed by his gov.
ernment that one of his country
women, supposed to be living in Great
Britain, had been left million of
money. After advertising without re.
suit, he applied to the police, and a
smart young detective was set to
work.
When a few weeks had gone by his
chief asked him how he was going on.
"I've found the lady, SIR
"Good! Where is she?"
"At my place. got married to her
yesterday"
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
Not Up to Modern Standards.

"Your wifes new hat makes her
look like a queen" said the man who
tries to be complimentary.
Don't let her hear you say that"
answered Mr.. Bliggins; Il have
looked through the histories and
never yet saw picture of a queen
who looked as if she enjoyed first
class milliner."
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17

tired all the time and very nervous. I
began using Doan's Kidney Pills. and
after taking a few boxes was cured
and have been well ever SINCE"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster
Mtlburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
TOWN OFFICERS.

Mayor. 8. McMurtry. i
Clerk-N. F. Vidal.
Treasurer-L N. Appel.
Trustees-J. B. Harden. W. G. eimp-
son. J. w. Bryce, L. M. Gee. c. A.
y1nkham and William Baker.
Narshal-E. House.
Police Magistrate-J. w. Wilkin.
Justices Of the Peace. w. Wilkin
and William McGlashen.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
Expects Statehood Bill to Pass.

Wasbington.-"I think the House
will pass statehood bill for New
Mexico and Arizona very quickly"
said Chairman Hamilton of the House
committee on territories Monday.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
There's a WAY

To defeat the mail order mans cut
throat methods in this community.
The way is publicity for your business
- it's the same way he uses. Oun
columns will give your business the
publicity you need.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
suFFERED TERRIBLY.
How Relief from Distressing Kidney
Trouble Was Found.

Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf, ssS W. Morgan
st.. Upton, Mo-, says: Inflammation
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17

OF the b l a d d g :
reached its climax
last spring and l suf-
fered terribly. Ny
back ached a n d
panied SO I could
hardly get around
and the secretions
were scanty, fire.
quent of passage
and painful. I was
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
SCHOOL BOARD.

President. W. Bryce.
Secretary. B. Harden. Y
Treasurer-W. NJ. Wiley.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17

Bertie-But, my dear. there's no
harm in a kiss.
Nellie-No. Well, but then, where's
the fun?
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-06-18
To Play Ball at Trinidad.

The manager Of the base ball
team of this city has received a
telegram asking the Canyon City
ball team for a game at Trinidad
on July 3, to which the local
manager replied Wednesday that
the team would be there for the
occasion. Just what ball tossers
will go has not vet been decided
upon and it is likely that the de-
cision will be deferred until fur
ther workouts have been made
among the local aspirants. Act
i've team work will be the order
of day so that when the team
goes up against the strong semi
professionals at Trinidad they
may be able to win the game.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-06-18
At the Christian Church.

The pastor of the Christian
church Of this city announces
that the regular services would
be held at that church next Sun
day and that everyone has a cor
dial invitation to attend.
Relative to the Training for
Service class which meets each
Friday evening it was announced
that the class has now reached a
membership OF 81 and that the
interest in the work is growing
with each leseOn.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-06-18
AMERICAN H0MESEEKERS.
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