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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-29
TEXAS CENTRAL WILL
BUILD TO ROSWELL.

The following news item appeared
in the st. Louis Globe-Democrat,
which is considered reliable for news
service, il not for it's political dope"
Austin. Tex, June 26.-It is an
nounced by r. III. Baker. the new
president of the Texas Central Rail-
road. that That line will continue to
be operated as an independent prop
erty. No negotiations are pending.
he says, for the transfer of the road
10 any of the larger systems of Tex
as. Plans for extending the line in
two direction are now under consider
alton, and if the proper arrangements
can be made 400 or 500 miles of new
track will be added to it. The pro-
posed extension that is To run from
Waco southeast has Beaumont for its
objective point. This extension will
penetrate the timbar belt of East
Texas. its projected route lying tlru
virgin forest country that has big
available tonnage. TIE BeammGt
and Grsat Northern, which runs be-
tween Trinity and Knox. is to become
a part of the Texas Central and will
be utilized as a link in the Beaumont
extension of the latter line. r. c.
Dun who held the option on the Tex
as Central w'aich he sold To Mr.. Bak-
er and associates, is president of the
Beaumont and Great Northern.
The Northern extension of the Tex
as Central will traverse the Panhan-
die region and Eastern New Mexico
having Roswell for its proposed ter
minus. A gradual extension of the
line into the Panhandle has been go
ing on for the last two or talree years,
II has been the means of opening for
settlement a big scope of ranch terri
tory. The road Is in good financial
condition
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-29
REPUBLICANS OF MAINE
MEET IN CONVENTION.

Augusta, Me-. June 29.-Wiah Harry
b. Austin. of Phillips, presiding as
chairman, an honor refused by Sen
ator Hale. the Republican State Con
vention of Maine was called To order
at 10 O'Clock this morning in the Au-
gusta City Hall The purpose of the
convention is TO nominate candidates
for governor and state auditor and 10
transact other business. Governor
Fernald in all probability. will be re-
nominated by acclamation.
Conservative Republican leaders.
of Maine, while confident of success
in the September election. admit that
they are facing what promises to be
the bitterest political struggle in
years. Two years ago Gov Femald
was elected by an uncomfortably mar
row margin. and the Democrats are
working hard in the hope of wiping
oui the majority this Year.
The fight for control of the legis-
lature bids fair To be harder than that
for governor, since the next legisla-
tlTe will choose a successor to Unit
ed States Senator Eugene Hale, who
has announced his retirement.
The Republican candidates for the
United States Senate are former AS
sistant Justice of the Supreme Court
former Governor William T. Cobb, of
Rockland. 1t is claimed that Judge
Powers activity in opposing Senator
Hale caused the latter to announce
ais retirement
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-29
Phone No. 9 for Picnic Wagon.
BIG APPLE SHOW IN
SPOKANE NEXT YEAR.

Spokane, Wash, June 29.-One OF
the unique features in connection
with the National apple shows in Spo-
kane, November IA to 10, and in Chi
cago November % 10 Devember 4,
will be a series of apple packing con-
tests for county. state, national and
international championships, with
suitable trophies and cash premiums
% the winners. Square and diagonal
packs of the various recognized tiers
in regulation Northwestern boxes viii
be used in single, five and 1O-box con
tests, open to all. 1t is also likely
there viii be a contest for teams in
packing a full car or $50 boxes.
There is much rivalry among packers
in the several valleys in the North
west, where grading and packing has
reached a degree of perfection not
yet attained elsewhere. and it is ex
pected that many of the cracks in
Washington, Oregon. Idaho, Montana
and other states, possibly Colorado
and California, will enter. Plans fod
the contests have not yet been work
ed out. but 1t is expected a full an
nouncemeat viii be made early In
August
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-29
R. R. RATES
REDUCED

Washington. JuJne 29.-Decisions
tersta;e Commerce Commission in
what are popularity known as the Pa
cific Coast cases. affecting freight
rates on all transcontinental lines op-
Grating between the Atlantic and the
Pacific.
These cases were heard by the Com
mission on its six weeks "trip to the
Pacific Coast and Inter-mountain cOun-
try last autumn.
The cases are of immense import
ance. not only TO the railroads, but
to the shipping public, and tae Com
mission prepared its opinions with
the greatest care.
In every INSTANCE a reduction in
the rates complained of were made.
and in sosne instances they amounted
To nearly fifty per cent.
The famous back haul rates, ap-
plying to Spokane, Reno and other in
terror points, were among the cases
decided. The Spokane case has been
before the Commission in some form
for several years.
The following cases We're decided:
Spokane rate Unreasonable
and excessive" Just and reasonable
rates established.
Reno case applying to class and
commodity rates from Sacramento to
points between Reno and Cecil juno
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-29
BROWNE JURY
DISAGREE

Chicago, June 29.-The jury which
had been considering the case against
State Representative Lee O'Neil
Browne, charged with bribery i'm con-
nection with the election of United
States Senator Lorimer. has disagreed
and voted o'ivenrcdt
and voted mo verdict" and today was
discharged. Ii is understood the jury
stood seven for conviction and five
for acquittal. The jury has been out
since Friday afternoon
Ii was later announced that the
jury took twenty-four ballots, stand
ing eight tofo,T for conviction thru
out
States Attorney Wayman created
a sensation by declaring to a news
paper man raat the jury was packed.
This was the most fragrant case
of jury fixing | have ever seem he
said. 1T would seen that these court
rooms were constructed to make il
easy To flag jurors and this case is
a good example of a jury packed from
the start
Notwithstanding tae statement of
several jurors that they stood eight
TO four for conviction throughout, Mr.
Wayman declared the jury at one
time stood eleven to one for convic-
tion. The States Attorney declared
that men had been signalling the
jurors from tde windows of a hotel
across tae street fom the criminal
court building
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-29
ROOSEVELT ATTENDS CLASS
REUNION AT HARVARD

Cambridge. Mass, June 29.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Harvard 80, today
participated with his fellow classmates
of so I'm the celebration of the 30th
anniversary Of their graduation. With
Colonel Roosevelt al Harvard were al
so Governor Hughes. of New York
and ]. Pierpont Morgan. both OF whom
were to be given honorary degrees
For a brief period also President
Taft was In Cambridge, as the train
on which he was journeying 10 Bev-
erley passed through a section of the
university town.
-aft Arrives at Beverley.
Beverley. Mass, June 2s--Presid
enf Taft arrived at his summer aome
as s:50 this morning.
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ton, Utah. Reasonable rates prescrib

ton, Utah. Reasonable rates prescrib-
ed. e.
Portland back haul case. Rates
from Seattle, Tacoma and Portland TO
points in Washington, Oregon and
Idaho unreasonable. reduction of
twenty per cent ordered.
Glass freight rates from eastern
points to Phoenix. Arizona. Reductions
approximating thirty per cent order
ed.
Glass rates eastern defined terrific
ry to Nevada points. Materially lower
rates ordered. Mississippi and Miss
ouri river points to Utah common
points, a reduction of eighteen per
cent.
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u. 8. WEATHER BUREAU.
(locaI Report, Observation Taken q
600 a. MI

Roswell, n. NJ, June 29.-Tenpera-
ture. max. SO. min. Sc: mean 76; pre-
cipitation, 0. wind dir. MY. veloc. 3 I:
weather, partly cloudy.
Comparative temperature data, ex-
uremes this dale last year, max. 80: (:
min Go: extremes this date 1e years
record. max. 104, 1907; min. So. 1907.
Forecast for Roswell and Vicinity:
ocal Showers tonight fair Thurs
day.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-29

The Ladies' Home Journal Is 90 D.
issued twice a month commencing
Sept. LIST at the osd price OF s1-50 a
year. Lat 1re have your subscription
OF renewai--Hattie L. Cobean agent.
Phone lee. s2t2
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-29
The Wool Market

st. Louis, Mo. June 29.--Wool I'm
changed. Territory and western med
iums, 17n22; fine mediums, lea II.
fine, f2T14
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-29
EARTHQUAKE AT DISTANCE
RECORDED AT WASHINGTON

washington, June 29.-An earth
quake. apparently at great distance
from Washington. was recorded at
Georgeaown University this morning.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24
UNSIGHTLY COMPILATIONS

The constant use of Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for
toilet, bath and nursery purposes not
only preserves, purifies, and beauties
the skin, scalp, hair and hands, and
prevents Inflammation, irritation and
clogging Of the pores, the common
cause Of pimples, blackheads, redness
and roughness, yellow, oily, notify and
other unwholesome conditions of the
complexion and skin. All who delight
in clear skin, soft, white hands, a
clean, wholesome scalp and live, glossy
hair, will find Cuicura Soap most sue
cessful in realizing every expectation.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are ad-
mirably adapted to preserve the
health Of the skin and scalp Of in
fants and children, and to prevent
minor blemishes or inherited skin hui
mors becoming chronic, and may be
used from the hour of birth. Cuticura
Remedies are sold throughout the civ
ilized world. Send to Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, sole proprietors, Boston,
for their free Cuticura book, 80 pages
Of Invaluable advice on care and treat
ment of the skin, scalp and hair.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24
Story for Children.

When you think you are consigning
g bore, or any one who irritates you
beyond endurance, to a hot spot by
telling him to go to blazes," it ap-
pears that you are mistaken, and that,
instead of being rudely abusive, you
are in fact merely blandly polite. The
explanation is that once. in some far
away time, there was good bishop
named Blake, who was always ready
TO dispense wise and sound advice to
all applicants. Hence 1t grew custom.
airy to say: go to Blaize's."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24
Animal InteIIlasnes.

Animal intelligence is like the fig
ures and designs made in q casting;
it is not acquired or much changed
by experience, while human intelll-
gence is slowly developed through
mans educative capacity. The ami
NAL is a creature of habits inherited
and acquired, in a sense that man is
not; certain things may be stamped
into the animals mind, and certain
things may be stamped out; we can
train it into the formation of new hab-
its, but we cannot educate or develop
its mind as we can that of child,
so that It will know the why and the
wherefore. 1t docs the trick or the
task because we have shaped its mind
to the particular pattern; we have
stamped in this idea, which is not an
idea to the animal but an involuntary
impulse That which exists In the
mind of man as mental concepts. free
ideas, exists in the mind of the ami
NAL as innate tendency to do certain
things The bird has an impulse to
build its nest, not any free or abb
stract ideas about nest-building; prob
ably the building is not preceded or
attended by any mental processes
Whatever, but by an awakening In
stlnct, an inherited impulse. John
Burroughs, in Atlantic.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24
Writing Tricks.

Can you write your name with your
left hand2 1t is a good thing to know
how, in case you ever hurt your right
hand.
Can you write a looking.glass let.
teri That always amuses children, so
II you have a friend who is Ill send
her looking-glass letter to cheer her
up. Practice by writing on a piece Of
paper held in front of a mirror, and
soon you will find it is quite easy to
do looking glass writing. Looking.
glass writing is done backwards, so
that It looks all right when It is held
to the mirror. Also see II you can
write your name baokwards--that is.
begin at the last stroke and go back
10 the flrst-and as last trick try to
write your name upside down. That
is not at all easy, but copy your sig.
nature upside down and you viii be
able TO do it quite wen after little
practice.
After you can do all these things
learn to write good clear hand in
the proper way, like sensible persnA.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24
CHILDREN LEARNING TO ACT
Educational Playhouse in New York
for Benefit Of Unframed Work
Ing Girls and Boys.

Down deep on the East side, New
York, there is a little theater that
isn't a theater at all. It is an educa-
tioral playhouse where shine theatri-
cal stars just as bright as the ones
along Broadway-the dream Of all
play people, says the New Idea Won.
ans Magazine.
These stars during the daytime go
to school or work behind typewriting
machines, or add up long columns of
figures, or watch mangling machines
in the laundries all the day long. Only
at night do they come out and twin
kle merrlly to tighten weary hearts.
Until the educational theater was
organized, six years ago, the only
amusement accessible to the poorest
of the East side were the nickelode-
ons, the penny arcades, the tenth.
class moving picture shows of the
Bowery, Houston and Grand streets.
How to get the boys and youths, the
girls and young working women to
sidestep the insidious Bowery show;
to have instead an evening Of pure,
clean enjoyment-that was the Ques
titon.
After many weigbty considerations
it was at last decided to present a
real play by wholly unframed work.
ing boys and girls Then the educa-
tional theater was organized.
When a cast is to be selected the
dramatic director let's it be known
and applicants flock in. Sometimes
as many as 500 apply for a place in a
play that requires 80 members.
The admission to the performance
is ten cents. This does not begin to
defray the expenses, but that's not
the idea-it's educational, and not
commercial. That's the reason it's a
playhouse, and not a theater.
The boy, or much more, the girl,
who reaches that well-known period
In life's journey finds himself or her.
self richer in experience, and yet, to
all intents and purposes, absolutely
ignorant of the real seductiveness, the
real dangers and pitfalls Of the com.
mercial stage.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24
MISSOURI STATE NEWS
Mlasonrl IInlveraltv Lnada.

IN. A. Ross Hill, president Of the
Missouri State university informed
the National Association of State
Universities that the Missouri institu.
ton is the only state university which
requires study in the liberal arts prior
to entering upon the study of a pro
fession. by next year." he said,
this requirement will be general in
our university. 1t is very nearly so
Some other state universities require
such preparation before students are
permitted to enter upon the study
Of medicine. But only Missouri re.
1uires thorough general preparation
before students may take up any of
che professions" DR.. Hills state
ment was received with manifesto.
ton of keen interest and approval
He predicted that the custom will be
general within the next years, so that
men who graduate in the professions
will have a liberal education in all
essential branches. Dr. Hill was APP.
pointed a member of a special com.
mittee to consider the reorganization
of American education, with a view
to having students come to the uni
versities prepared with at least two
years of academic study.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24
GAME WITH GOOD EXERCISE
"Do as | Do" Calls for Working of
Both Arms and Legs-Head
Counts for Fifth.

For all those children who are fond
VI a little exercise no better game
than this can be chosen. When the
chairs are placed in order round the
room, the first player commences by
saying: my master bids you do as
] do" at the same time working away
With the right hand as If hammering
az his knees. The second player then
asks: What does he bid me dol"
The second player, working in the
ssme manner, must turn to his left
hsnded neighbor and carry on the
same conversation, and so on until
every one is working away with the
right hand.
The second time Of going round the
oder is to work with two, then both
bends must work; then with three,
when both hands and one leg must
work; then with four, when both
hands and both legs must work; last
Iy, with five, when both legs, both
arms and the head must be kept go
ing. Should any Of the players fail in
keeping in constant motion a forfeit
may be claimed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24
AN EFFECTIVE HOME MADE
KIDNEY AND BACKACHE CURE
Easily Prepared Medicine Which ls
Said to Regulate the Kidneys
and End Backache.

To make up enough of the "Dande-
lion Mixture" which is claimed to be
a prompt cure for Backache and Kid
ney and Bladder trouble, get from any
good Prescription Pharmacist one-half
ounce fluid extract Dandelion; one
ounce Kargon Compound and three
ounces Compound Syrup OF Sarsapa-
rilla. Shake well in bottle and take
in teaspoonful doses after each meal
and again at bedtime.
Those who have tried It say It acts
gently but thoroughly on the Kidneys
and entire urinary system. relieving
the most severe Backaehe at once.
A wellknown medical authority rec
ommends the prescription to be taken
the moment you suspect any Kidney,
Bladder or Urinary disorder or feel a
constant dull Backache, or II the urine
is thick, cloudy, offensive or full Of
sediment, irregular OF passage or at
tended by scalding sensation; or for
too frequent urinatlon during the
night
This is a real harmless vegetable
mixture which could not cause injury
to anyone and the relief which Is said
to Immediately follow its use is a rev.
citation to men and women who suffer
from Backache. Kidney trouble or any
form of Urinary disorder.
This is surely worth trying. as 1t Is
easily mixed at home or any druggist
will do 1t for you. and doesn't cost
much.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24
BALANCING FEAT WITH FORKS
How Several Common Table Articles
May Be Placed to Perform Rath-
err Odd Tricks.

Several common table forks can be
made to balance on pin head in this
way; Procure an empty bottle and in
sert cork in the neck. Stick a pin
in the center of this cork so that the
end will be about one and one-half
inch above the top Obtain a second
cork about one inch in diameter by
one and threefourth inches long. The
forks are then stuck into the latter
cork at equal distances apart, each
having the same angle from the cork
A long needle, with a good, sharp
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24

aters and getting the best acts. One
of the last to give up was old Pop
Atkins. BY jove, he trotted over his
old circuit with the same. old ele-
plants and wagons and animals that
he'd been giving them for years His
wife died that year, but he didn't
care. They'd trained the daughter,
Glover, to take her place, and she
took better than the old lady"
Sammy evinced a fresh interest
Good looker?"
More than that, son, more than
that. She was the $4,000 beauty, all
right None of your little sawed-off
soubrettes! Slim and fair, she was,
and graceful--why, Lord Harry, you
should have seen her ride a horse we
had. It would waltz on its eyelids If
she lifted her whip, But the cheetah
loved her best. Pop used to beat 1t
and poke 1t playfully with hot iron,
and so on. Once when 1t didn't mind
him he stuck the lighted end of a
cigar on the tip of its nose. oh, yes,
Pop was surely playful"
Were you with him them" asked
Sammy.
Il was-up to two weeks before 1t
happened. Then Pop and / had a
gentlemanly difference of opinion,
and / went east. He used to whip
the girl the way he had her mother.
She'd fight back, but 1t wasn't any
use, and l interfered Well, he was
her father, and there you were. And
she was too proud to have him ar
rested and testify against him. So
after I'd pounded Pop and relieved
my feelings and been declined by
Glover, l left the show. She was
working up an act with the cheetah
then. You know what they look like.
bigger than leopard and not SO
crafty They train them for hunting
over in Persia and India. This one
was trained to hate the hand that
struck him. SO 1t laid for Pop"
who took care of it?" asked Sam.
my lazily.
"a kid Pop had sent for from the
show where he bought 1t down at
Coney Island He wasn't good for
anything around the show, but he had
that animal like tame kitten around
him. He and Glover had all the care
OF It, for the old fellow was asleep
most of the time. One day II got
loose. ! heard about II from pal
OF mine who stayed on for the sea.
son. 1t was about two, as the show
was breaking up for new town, and
the cheetah got out and calmly
strolled down the main street in the
moonlight 1t seemed amused and In
terested, but when principal citizen
got busy with a shooting iron It
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24
MANY TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
italian Lingulst Searching for Woolng
Language Of All Races-chlna-
man Says mo Uei MI"

A noted Italian linguist, Professor
D'Ozza of Genoa, has started highly
original work, which is the subject of
considerable comment by the comic
weeklies of Europe and is expected to
be read with interest by linguists. 1t
is to be a volume containing all the
people Of the world, savage and civil
lied.
The Partisan LIE Rire remarks:
How POLITICALLY the old expression
"Je Annie vous"-I love you-sounds
in the language of the young Green
lander, according to the professors
dictionary of love. Take full breath
and then whisper Unifgraeerndlaina-
observation-disclosures"
The Chinaman simply says mo ugi
nj" One tribe Of Indians express
their feelings with "Main sym kapisar
karin" A tribe in Africa is sparing
Of words, the lover sticking his tongue
out and remarking aha" The Arab
declares himself with one word
"Nehabbeck," while the Turk whis-
pers, "Sidi seveiorum." The Armen-
ian plainly says, "Se siren es hez."
In South America is a tribe Of In
dams that do not waste words on
their beloved. Having made his choice
the swain grabs the object Of his af-
lection by the nose and pulls her
along with him.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-11-24
Students See Fancy Stock.

Trowbridge of the college Of agri.
culture in the University of Missouri
took a class TO Mexico to see the
stables of B. r. Middleton, a dealer
in fancy saddle and harness horses.
The class engaged in some practice
judging and the fine points of the
various horses were pointed out to
them. Rex Mcdonald, champion sad
die stallion of the world, now owned
by Mr.. Middleton, was accepted as
the criterion and a lecture was given
on saddle horses by Prof. Trowbridge
who was followed by Mr.. Middleton
in a short address. The students in
agriculture in the Mcmillan High
school also attended the lectures.