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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25

one treats himself and his TO every
luxury. He enjoys luxurious vaca-
tons and foreign travel. The otAer
sees ever just ahead of him plnching
want with his ability to earn his
humble wage the only thing that
stands between. For him and his
there are no pleasure trips; no vaca
tions at fashionable watering place j;
no fine raiment; no beautiful furni-
ture; no pictures on the walls.
Maybe the old man who com
mitted suicide was that kind of
man. He had failed in the struggle
perhaps through no fault of bis.
Was he justified in ending 1t as he
die? don't know. do know,
however, that system which
doems any man or woman who
does useful work In the world and
does it to the best of his or her
ability, to continual poverty while
they are able to work and TO hope
less penu-y when they are old is g
considerable distance from per
feclion. Tom McNeal in Mail and
Rrefza
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
WINTER.

Here it is again. Just when We
all had begun to expect spriog, The
coldest day of the winter is sprung
on us. The mercury showed for a
short time, one day before this,
segree or Two colder than it did
Wednesday, but it held for but
short time. All day Wednesday
the mercury was just above 4 above
zero.
That is pretty cold weather for
this southern cline aud causes both
man and beast to draw up ana seek
a warm place. We hope this will
be the last for this winter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Steven Kelley Dead.

Steven z. Kelley, Sn old settler Of
Big Creek township, died at his homt
Wednesday moruing Of last week
Mr. Kelley was born in New York
State in 1872, hence was SO years old.
He located on the farm when he dice,
81 yeare ago.
He leaves wife, 10 years old IN
feeble hea tn, and one Slaughter auc
one sou. The son. E. E. Kelley lives
on the Moreheart farm and the
daughter, Mrs. II. X. James, at Way
side, Kansas.
The body was hurried Friday 10 the
Lsanna cemetery.
Some six or seven weeks back Mr..
Kelley had a fall while out about the
barn that injured his hip SO that he
had not been able to walk since. He
died from heart failure. Nrs. Kelley
will make her home with her sou,
Mr.. Kelley was a man Of high staod
ing 10 the community and his loss
will be Erleyed by numerous friends.
He was an old soldier and memOeT
of the Chanute Post of the g. A. R.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
age Paints Phone 828, Street NO. Ill wv. Me- n
rccune Drug Store Paper House. Barn and Carriage
THE BOYCOTT A. FAILURE.

The meat boycott tas proved &
Hat failure, 50 absolute and com
plete that even the most arden
advocates of the plan must be con
viuced of its hopelessness. THIS
re.ull was to be expected-in fact,
anticipated as a certalnty-by these
who were familiar with the history
Of such movements. AS has been
told in these columns, there was a
national boycott just after the Civil
war which was aimed not only
against meat products but against
the high prices of many other
things which prevailed at that time.
And although this boycott was
entered into with great enthusiasm
by thousands ofpeople of all classes,
extending over the whole country,
the prices were higher at the end OF
the year than at the beginning.
Some attributed the failure 10
backsliders who secretly betrayed
their pledges. Others thought the.
cause was the easy times and rush
OF speculative propositions which
led To false wave of prosperity
However, whatever the cause, the
boycott collapsed or wore Itself out,
just as the present ore has done.
Al such movements G!e sure to fa'l
unless they are based on correct
principle, or ia other words, unless
they hit the right nail on the head.
last what this nail is is hard to
d termne, although many wisescres
are complacently convinced thai
they know the right answer. But
it is TO be observed that these same
wise ones are usually wiser after tae
event than before. They can always
tell the true cause after the thing
has happened. One thing is certaiu
the boycottis such a dangerous
and radical weapon that it should
rarely if ever be used, and never
unless those who employ 1t are sure
tseyyare on the right track Kansas
City Journal.
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harder to save anything after payinl
forthe meanest and barest necessi
ties.
Now there are millions of tha
sort of people in this land of ths
free and the home of the brave.
men aSd women who never wasted
their substance in riotous living,
never drank or gambIed or engaged
in any form of vice or immortality.
They have been humble, honest
tollers all their lives. They haven't
been gifted with great ability but
they have dane the necessary PLAIN
Serk of the world and done the best
they knew how.
Out of the humble wages they
have been abb to earn it has been
impossible for them to accumulate
enough to keep them in comfor'
during their old age. If they are
Encky enough to die just about the
time they get SO that they cannot
get steady jobs any more they may
have enough saved up so that they
will not have % be buried at public
expense, but If, like the old man of
50, they live on and on after the
allotted span of life has expired they
must become objects of charity.
And why should these hunble
citizens be compelled to depend
on either private or public charity
when they are old2 1t must be said
that the work they do is necessary
work, work that somebody must do.
Way are they not entitled 20 as
many of the comforts and pleasures
Of lie as the men who manipulate
stocks and bonds in the market
places or who draw pripcly salaries
as officers of corporations Ger
tainly the man who carries the brick
OF mortar, or digs the ditch for the
sewer is doing more useful work
than the man Who buys and sells
imaginary grain or unloads watered
stack on a credulous public.
Measured by the standard of use
he ditch digger deserves more from
society than the stock manipulation,
put the stock maniPuIatoT lives in a
palace and fares sumptuously every
lay while the ditch digger lives
always next door to penury. The
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25

Distilled wafer for the Democratic
banquet at Topeka. How degener.
ate that is, why, snly a few years
back our good Democratic brethren
we're iesoluting against sumptuary
laws and declaring for personal
liberty. New they hold a big state
powwow and advertise only water to
drink.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
DEPORyrNG THE ALIEN
"a CRINTiVA s.

ineSolhet day a sCOislcan youlh
WIZ was arrested in New York for
stsbbrng a companion declared that
the Italian goyernment. was making
this ceuhtry dumping ground for
its criminals. He confessed tfal
he was convicled Of murder IN
Italy ia 1909. He served q prison
sentence of seven aud half years
and then was furnished with ticket
to America by Italian governments
agents. According to his story, ne
was only one of many such Criminals
who were shipped out of Italy ana
dumped on American soil to save
troub and expense.
1. has been known for a long time
that foreign prisons were opened
periodically and their prisoners
given freedom with the understand
ing that they go to the United States
and never return to their native
lands Even the national immigra
.;on comn,tssion discovered this
fact, but nothing was ever done
Each wear there has been an i'm
nortation Of the worst criminals OF
lower Esrope. and they have been
accented on This side without
nrotss, The nenal institutions OF
,nonv of our states contain a large
na,oen,aa. ofto,e,on-botn criminals
wbo h.y,..pever become American
ci,;zeos In he fhree state prisons
IS Nv vo,t ,bA,e are roo alien
oonnic,s and., laroe nreportion of
,hess nr,,o,ers are professional
.;.;n.ls who served nrjson sen
,ences IN tbsir own countri before
ooy, mn here
C,no,ssmanBennet of New York
...in,rod,csd hill Droyidieg tha,
..,, :, r{;,tad y = state prisou
e. ,.,ses -, ,su one wear shall, al
,ha axn;,,,ion If fheir sentence, be
danar,sd - ,heir native countries
n,. ,na fsda.,I government. This
I'm 80. ohto;nad the earnest sxppoft
,s.no.nt of the lesjine
of the United States
49, move in the right direction.
rs ,ha .h,l, bacomes a law ,t will
.e,n mo, ,racncally third of the
;.,.os Of most of the Eastern
nen,,er,;arias Will he sent across
a.. 90, aoa ,b,s the ,ax payers will
=. ro,,au.d - serious burden ano
.oo;,, sill .scane material
d.nnar
o
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
LABOR sTRIKE.

A big labor strike is going on
Philadelphia. Serious riotiug has
aIrea ly occurred. Several persons
have been seriously hurt and much
property destroyed
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
WAS THE OLD MAN no BLAME?

the story says, who was entirely
dependent on the charity Of a
friend who was also poor man.
Ii fit Of despondency the old man
undertook 10 hang himself. He
was cut down before the job was
entirely completed. Before tying
the rope around his neck he wrote
short note giving his reasons.
He was old and helpless and a
burden on. his poor friend. He
bad no relatives, no home, mo hope.
for anything in life. He had waited
long time for death to come in
the natural way, but it would not
come and so at last he had decided
10 end his life.
When he was revived he
complained bitterly and said that it
only compelled him to go through
the pain and trouble of another
attempt to commit suicide. They
took him away to the city jail and
there in his cell he tore up his
clothing and made a moose of it and
ia the morning they found him
hangiI 6 dead.
The editor then goes oa to draw
a moral from the story. He says
that 1t Is probable that when the
man was young and strong he
fooled away his money, blew it IL
for various kinds of worldly
pleasures instead of layiag it up for
old age and as a result of his
carefree and reckless expenditure OF
coin he found himself destitute in
his helpless old ags.
OF course | don't know anything
about. the particular case mentioned,
II the old man was gay
spendthTift when he was young.
wasting his money in riotous living
until be reached the place where be
could not earL any more he wasn't
wise, bur It seems probable, that il
he was very rictous liver he
would hardly have lasted until be
was 50 and still have so much
vitality that he had to hang himself
twice before he could make finish
of it.
1t is more probable that the old
man in his youth was hard worker,
but hadn't the financial ability TO,
get ahead. The fact is that the
majority of men are not born with
much financial sense. They NAV.
be honest and sober and industriouy
but they are not accumllators.
They are no captains of industry,
but they are good, honest, hard
working citizens, able to do the
plain work of the world, which is
just as necessary as any werK, but
which is the poorest paid.
These hoaesi, hard working,
plodding citizens go on from year
to year doing the best they car, |
never able to earn mere than enough
to keep them in the plainest sort OF
way. If they manage by scrimping
and saving to gather few dollars
together they have no way 20 invest
except to put it in a savings bank |
where it draws very small interest.
II work is plenty right along ana
heir health and the health of their
antilles remains unimpaired for a.
ong series of years they can
accumulate few hundred dollars
~ the most rigid economy and
,ood many depuvations, but If
misfortune strikes them-a spell OF
icknes or scarcity of work-ihe
title surplus they have scraped
ogether by years of saving is wiped
'ut.
And how many of these toilers
re there who do not strike periods
# hard times or sickness, when it is
tterly impossible for them to make
eth ends mee,2 And the period of
'ork in these cases is not stretched
ver SO very many years. After
while the years begin to tell.
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The VALUE or CHARACTER.

composite picture that you have
craven in the muscles of your body,
in the lines of your face, and in tbs
cells of your brain. Character i:
he keynote, the "merkmal", the
signature that gives your name
meaning and content, and deter
mines your place and function in
the world.
A name is hollow meaningless
mask that stalks idly through the
chambers of the mind, until charac
ter slips into it, breathes into it. the
breath Of life, and peers out through
its empty sockets. "Mr. Smith is
here to see you" "Mr. Smltt!
VINO is Mr.. Smith," "'Why, Jack
Smith Of Harvester and Trust. !"
"Ob! that Smith" Why yes, send
him in at oncel" "Smith" was
aoihing to you; "Jack Smith, .
whom you have met and read,
whose measure you have taken and
whose worth you know, means to
you all that dominates business,
politics, society, home and church,
Your character is your destiny,
your inexorsble fate, that deter
mines relenilessly the pathways you
may tread; the gates you may open,
the men you may meet, the life you
may live,
Two forces move us in life:
attraction and impulsion. One
comes from without, the other from
within; both are determined by
character. YoAr character deter
mines the direction in which you
are to be lmpelled from within.
Your habits of today determine for
you the Interests and enthEslasms
of. tomorrow. There is no escape
from the iron law. Habits are
made, character formed, while your
nervous system is plastic; the nerves
harden, habits crystalize INTO, chains
and fetters, and you speud, the resi-
of life in observing their limitations.
A mans habits are the measure of
his life; and your habits ate your
character.
But more. A mans character
determines the opinion his fellow
men hold of him, whether aud
when and how they shall receive
him.. to. what groups they shall
admit him, what avenues and
opportunities they shall open to
him. There is subtle, instructive
grouping that defes analysis and
reason, and yet determines the
social and economic fate of every
man that lives. Birds of a feather
flock together'is the proper version
of the law. They 6ock together
because like understands like, and
feels safe IN the midst of his likes.
Life in the midst of those we cannot
with whom we cannot
have fellow feeling is s'misery, cheer
less, an endless swaying tight-rope
performance that wearies soul and
mind, and robs life of every dteam
and hope.
The value of your character lies
IN the fact that it determines for all
Of this life what your relations to
pour fellowmen. shall be. A good
character is goldeA key that
lhlocks every door Of opportunity,
that brings to yeur gate every good
and true great soul, that makes you
heir TO the dream of the poet, the
vision of the prophet, the inspira-
ion of the apostle aud the ideals of
he law giver. Character is the
inal measure that measures the
eDgth, the breadth, and above all,
he height and depth of life.-By
Prof. Raymond A. Scwegler, Uni
,srsiiy of Kansas.
Distilled wafer for the Democratic
'anquet at Topeka. How degener.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25

Our old friend Lem Wosds is
bowling to the front as candidate
for railroad commissioner.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25

M Tett-~ill try and get along
with four administration bills.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-17
fUK REM.

FOR RENT:-Roozns over post of
nee, Hobson Bldg. 66t6
FOR RENT:-A large furnished room
for lsht housekeeping.-S09 y. Ky.
ave. 69t2
FOR RENT:-7-Toom MODERN house.
Inquire French & Malone. 51tf
FOR RENT:-10-room house Feb list.
Z bed rooms furnished; furniture for
sale.-60O y. Richardson. 66tf
FOR RENT:-Ofiice room with use
of vault in office of Roswell b. & L..
Association.-R. II. McCune. 64tf.
FOR RENT rooms in Office build
ing may be occupied as Offices or
by reputable gentleman as sleeping
apartments, Phone SO. 59tf.
FOR RENT or FOR SALE:-Peeler
building on Main street. Flo terms
apply TO Miss Nell r. Moore stiff.
FOR RENT:-i-roon house. Phone
Sc. 69tf.
FOR RENT:-4-room house, 500 N
Grand ave.-Apply lis w. McGaffey
6St4~
FOR RENT:-Building formerly oc-
cupied by Majestic Theatre. For
terms apply To E. w. Mitchell,
agent. 21tf.
FOR LEASE:-A nice modern 4 room
house, bath room, 2 big closets, .
acres of ground, lease for l year,
w. z. Winston, 222 w. McGaffey.
70eod t3'
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SPECIAL TRAINS FOR
THE SEMBRICH CONCERT.

A. A. Waite returned last night
from AMARILLO, where he made ar
engagements for the special trains thai
viii accommodate the people coming
TO Roswell for the Sembrich concer
next Monday night. From Amarillo
to Carlsbad the people can come to
Roswell at a rate of one fare for the
round trip for this important event.
from Carlsbad a special train viii be
run. From Il north, no special train
will be run, if the regular train is on
time, or nearly so, but il the regular
train from the north is late, the peo-
Pile tof Amhrkilo Aund intermediate
points will be accommodated with "A
special train.
Nine. Sembrich comes to Roswell
from Los Angeles and will reach the
Pecos Valley line at Clovis. She VIII
be provided a Pullman a at Clovis,
whether the regular train is on time
OF late. Her car viii be attached TO
tne train from Amarillo.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-17
WELLS APARTMENTS.
Elegant single room for two
persons. One suite in few
days. Telephone AS.
Classified "Ad5.'''


FOR SALE:-One extra good jer
sey COW. DR.. finder, phone 102.
FOR SALE:-Housenold goods and a
piano, no sickness, a at LOG South
Ky. Ave. 6Otf.
FOR SALE:-A piece of residence
property, close in, at a good value.
Address "R. w" care Record. 57tf
FOR SALE:-A modern v oome
furnished house, with barn. Apply
Z. w. Burns.-Joyce Pruit. 7Ot5"
FOR SALE:-Upright organ in piano
frame, would take pair of horses in
trade.-F. J. Rork, Virginia Inn. t2*.
FOR SALE:-Wagon, team and har-
ness very cheap if see me at
once, phone 152. 70t2".
mounted Fairbanks-Morse Gasoline
engine.-Can Oasis Ranch 60. 1Stf
FOR SALE O house now rent
ed for $1,000 per month, $500 see
ME at ice phone 152. 70t2"
FOR SALE:- room house, east
front, close in, shade, sidewalks,
some nice fruit trees. All for ST.,
400.-Roswell Title q Trust Co.
FOR SALE:-lU acres with a three
room house, well, cement tank,
windmill, also steel tank, barn,
shade and fruit trees. Close in, ali
for $1,100.00- Roswell Title *
Trust Company.
FOR SALE:-Good business building
well located, at a bargain to WIND
up an estate.-Title & Trust Com
pany. 57tf.
FOR SAIE:-40 acres, 20 of it in or
chard. some alfalfa, good residence,
well improved, 2 miles from town, ad-
dress Box 1872. Gift.
FOR SALE or rent s room modern
brick house. bath. hot and cold wa
ter. Independent water supply.
BricI barn and sheds. at reasonable
figures. Apply Gilmore n Elem
ing. 70t4*.
FOR SALE.-Two bedsteads, dresser,
washstand, center table, rocking
chairs. c~hiffonier, wardrobe, feather
bed, heater, book cases, desk, sofa,
dining table, and chairs, safe, re
frigerator, gas range, kitchen furni
ture and miscellanies, 30, w. 4th
st. or p. o. Box l25. 30tf.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-17

You awake with a mean, nasty
taste i'm the mouth, which reminds
you that your stomach Is in . bad
condition. 1t should also remind
you that there is nothing so good
for a disordered stomach az
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets.
They build up the system, assist nature
to restore natural conditions, and are 80
gentle in their action that one hardly real
ICES a medicine was taken Chamberlain
Tablets are sold everywhere. Price Csc.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-17

c. E. Oden has received a letter
from Mrs. Odem bringing the details
of the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Tia. TO Mr.. Joe German, at Fort
Worth last Monday, mentioned sever
al days ago briefly in the Daily Rec
ord. Mr.. German is a soa in an old
family of Fort Worth. known for %
years to Mr.. Odecn. and Mr.. Odem and
Mr.. German, senior, were friends in
the early days of the Southwest. Both
of the Germans. father and SON. are
railroad men. The bride and groom
win make their home In Fort Worth.
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For Sale c

$50 acres of patented land IL miles
". w. from Roswell; good fou r6om
ranch house and well water, with
two sections of leased Ian adjoining,
fenced; fine stool proposition.
Also . lots in city of Roswell on
Washington ave, and Sth street; a
small house for same.
Will sell at a bargain if taken at
once.
Call on or address
]. l.. HYDE,
Roswell,
u. o.. Address Box 3S1. n. Mex.
65tf. !
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-17
cHAVES COUNTY ASSESSMENT
WAS DONE IN FINE SHAPE

+. p. Jones left Sunday morning
for his home in Silver City after
spending two days here looking over
the assessments of have County.
lie came here from Santa Fe, where
he had bee assigned by the New
Mexico board of Equalization to in
spect the assessment wor of this
county. He found everything in good
shape, he reports, and said to a Rec
ord reporter, yesterday morning be-
fore leaving: Il have found that
Chaves county is one Of the best as
sessed counties in New Mexico. The
work has not only been done with an
idea to giving every taxpayer a just
and fair assessment, but the work
has been complete. Every property
holder mas evidently been assessed,
and the assessments have been made
fair to ALL"
Record Want Ads. produce SSS$SS
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WANTED

WANTED:-Sewing by the day, ap-
ply S07 n. Lea. Cote"
WANTED, to borrow:-s700 on real
estate security. Address a." care
Record. 6St3~
WANTED:-To rent 3 or 4 room fur
nished cottage close in, by reliable,
party, free from disease, address A
care of Record. 70t3s
WANTED:-Sewing machines. type
writer's and bicycles for repairs. 210
Z. 5th st. phone 426; East Side Re
pair ald Upholstering Shops. 60tf
WANTED:-by young man, furnished
room near 5th and Richardson if
possible, address c. Mosby C 10 of
Record. 70t2%.
WANTED:-to buy a mans small sec
ond nand saddle and bride in good
order. address &C. D.. care of Rec
ord, stating price etc. 70t3'.
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EVERY MAN rs AN ADVERTISER,
whether he will or no. Some men
simply advertise their own dunn fool
ishness, by saying, Il don't need to
advertise But the Wise Men use
brains and tell their story boldly up
on the printed page-telling the peo-
pie the things which they van to
x pw. And this is also just what the
Sc man wants to have them know.
us is SUCCESSFUL advertising q
fple thing, withal, yet mighty prof
1t BILE.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-17

Sam Toms, formerly New Mexico
agent for the Underwood typewriter,
has resigned and moved to Roswell
to accept the position of District
Manager for the Occidental Life In
surance Company, with Southeastern
New Mexico and Northwestern Texas
as his territory. He arrived Saturday
night to open his office and make rea-
dy to begin business by the first of
February.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-17

W. $. Morgan, a resident of Ros.
well years, left last night for a pros
pccuing trip of two or three months
doan the Pacific Coast in Mexico and
to Mexico City. He has been running
a f .rniture and second hand store in
Roswell many years and did a thriv.
ing business, but his health is not
good and he will seek a change of eli
nate.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-17

he County Commissioners have a
notice elsewhere in today's Record
calling a special meeting for tomor-
row morning at ten O'Clock, for the
purpose of selecting a to
the late f. p. Gayle. 1t is understood
that Dick Ballard, as is eninently
proper. will receive the appointment.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-17

Mrs. c. c. eagle returned last nigAi
from a visit with relatives in Arkan-
sas and at Quanah, Texas. She was
accompanied from Quanah by Mrs. J.
G. Reese, who came for a visit with
ho~mefolks.