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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-12-24

time, and every now and again emit.
ting a frightful roar.
only when she had sot clean out
OF sight did the strange truth dawn
upon me- The %tigress, in shaking me
preparatory to finishing me of. had
Jerked my recently replenished snuff.
box open from my jacket pocket, and
received the contents full In her face
and eyes Hence tho sudden retreat
and my salvation"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-12-24

She pointed at the Bchool.houee
which was almost directly across the
street, It's stone steps facing the long
veranda. They were the last TO come
out OF that door. You may say she's
n mere child. Mere children arc not
in Miss Bulls classes"
But Abbott says the girl 10 far
advanced"
Far advanced! You may we'll say!
III be bound she is-and carrying on
with Abbott on the very school.houso
steps. Yes. | venture she Is advanced.
You make me ashamed to hear you"
Bob tugged ut his straw-colored
m~ustache: he would not swear. for
whatever happened. he was resolved
to lead the spiritual life. See here.
Sapphire. I'm going to tell you some
thing. ! had quite a talk with Abbott
about that bridge
you'd spread II all over town, sis-and
II you'll believe me. she waylaid him
on those schoolsteps. He didn't a
to talk to her. Why. he left her stand.
ing there. She made him mad. find.
ing fault with the very folks that have
taken her up. He's Disguised. That
night ut the campmeeting. he had 10
take her u OF the tent-he was asked
to do it"
"He didn't have to stand. ~a,hoidins
her hand"
And as soon as he'd shown her
the way to Brother G~regory's. he came
on back to the tent. l saw him In the
aisle"
And she whistled at me-" cried Miss
Sapphira-"the limb"
Now. listen. Sapphire, and quit
goading. Abbott says that Miss Bull
Is having lots OF trouble with Fran"
See that. now!"
"-Because Fran won't get her les
sons, being contrary"
Il wish you could have seen her
whistling at me. that night"
Hold on So this very evening
Miss Bull Is going to send her down
to Abbott's Office to be punished. or
dismissed. This very evening he wants
10 be over there while he takes
her in hand"
abbott Is going to punish that
cried Miss %Sapphira: going to
take her In hand? What do you mean
by taking her In hand? She 10 too
old! Robert. you make me blush"
you amt adjusting. Sapphira."
her brother assured her. g~ood.natured.
ly. you're suffering from the hot
weather. Yes. he's to punish her ut
four o'clock. and I'm 10 be present, to
stop all this confoun-l mean this un.
godly gossip"
You'd better your sp~ectacles,
Bob. so you'll LOOK old and settled.
I'm not always sure of you. either"
Sapphire. II l hadn't Joined the
I'd say" He threw up his
and clenched his fist as I. he
had caught an oath and meant TO hold
Il tight. Then his honest face beamed.
See here. I've got an idea. Suppose
you make II a point to be sitting out
here on the veranda at about haif.past
four. or five. You'll see Fran come
sneaking out OF that door like q
whipped kitten. She'll look everlast.
wilted. ! don't know whether
Abbott will stun her full OF fractions
and geography. or make her stand In
a corner-but you'll see her wilted."
GRO BE CONTINUED
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-12-24

Phone news items t No. 90. II ia
not possible 20 get around to each
place nr to talk to each person. and
everyone should know some item which
would be OF interest and greatly add
10 the local features OF our paper.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-12-24
Tucumcari Steam Laundry

nnder the management OF a prac.
teal laundryman OF 20 years OK.
perience. Guarantees satisfaction.
All garments repaired and buttons
sewed on. Cleaning and Pressing.
Phone 1872 and we viii do the reat.
CHARLES l.. McCRAE
Manager
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
MIGHT EMULATE THE OSTRICH
Physician Apparently Had Little Fear
for the Digestive Powers OF
His Patient.

"Dicks line Of talk on imagination.
said Senator Marcus Smith OF Arizona
to a party of pals a few nights ago
makes me think Of a medical &C.
Quaiptance of mine.
among his patients" continued the
senator, the doctor had lady who
was strong on imagination. In fancy
she suffered every III In the long sick
sick list, and was continually calling
at the physicians Office or 'phoning
for him.
"Farly one evening the doctor was
called to the lady's house, and al.
though the fair patient complained o.
being very ill., she said she intended
going to the theater.
THE doctor readily saw that she
would be perfectly safe in attending
the performance. and was about TO
take his leave when the patient called
him back.
"'Oh. doctor said she in n weak
and languid voice. 1 want to ask you
something Do you think that | may
eat few oysters tonight on returning
from the theater?
"'Yes, madam replied the physician
just trine testify as he started for
the door. shells and all, -"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
SEEMS TO HAVE REFORMED
BilIinsssate, Once Unfavorably Known
for Bad Language, Given Clean
Bill OF Health.


"Biilingsgate" is synonymous for
language that ia not exactly OF the
type that Is heard in polite society
Billingsgate itself is the name OF the
famous fish market in the heart OF
London, England. the biggest fish mar
ket in the world, anl Biilingsgate Ian
guage is language full of uncouth eX-
pressions and strange oaths such as
are supposed to be used by fish haw-
kers. However according to the pres
eut lord mayor Of London, Sir David
Burnett, billiugseate as Il name for
wild expressions ktuhlses to become
& mlsnomer, UsCentjy he paid sur
prise visit IL this market within his
Jurisdiction, AUD IKE HaluUn ~ Ras.
enid Of old, he Wu9, in Disguise, that
IL to say he dii no, 90 IN his mayotal
roics but were q bowler hat, so thi.t
{e SHOULD not he recognized.
During the whole time he was there
he testifies that he never heard pro-
fame word. Everywhere, too when FISH
porters came running along with loads
that might have damaged his clothes
they gave the warning cry by your
leave. sir" His lordship came to the
conclusion that the good temper dis
played in the carrying out Of their
arduous labor would have been cred.
1t to any body of men.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
What Company

theatrical manager was told by
train conductor that his ticket was
only for twelve people and that four
teen claimed to be members OF his
company.
Il have only twelve people" said
the manager, as he walked through
the cars with the conductor to iden-
tity them.
And those two men, inquired the
conductor pointing to two young fell
lows who were innocently watching
Inc proceedings.
They are not my people denied
the manager
The conductor approached the men
with a detective CLINT In the eye, and
said sternly:
You said company when ! asked
for your tickets-now what company
% you belong to-"
Wells Fargo Express company.
was the impudent answer, as they
quickly brought forth money to pay
their fares.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
CROPS IN JAPAN ARE SMALL.
American Farmers Could Not Live On
Such Scanty Returns for His
Seed and Work.

Japan Is such mountainous coun.
try that the area of arabic land is
quite disproportiopate to the size OF
the whole empire. 1t is alleged that
barely II per cent Of the entire sur
face can be cultivated, and that even
the cultivable part is not naturally
very fertile. Still there are large
tracts Of wild moorland which might
easily be brought under cultivation, or
at least be converted into grazing
lands.
Where the farmer lives and labors
there are abundant evidences of his
diligence and self-sacrifice. Doubtless
the major part of the farming land is
lean soil. Still the judicious use OF
fertiliZers-mostly night soil applied
in small quantities direct to the grow.
ing plant; the elaborate and skilful
system Of irrigation that gets full
value from every drop of water; the
laborious subsoil working-by hand in
the soft ooze Of the rice tields-and
the incisive wedding out to produce
better results In quantity than they
do When the harvest Is measured ny
bushels Of rice, or wheat, or barley or
whatever else the hyakusho (farmerl
may raise, the thorough husbandman
of Europe or America would laugh ut
the scanty crop. Land that ought to
yield at least twenty-five to thirty
bushels of rice to the acre actually
gives less than ten on the average
From Our Neighbours the Japan
nese," by Joseph King Goodrich.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
NOW HAS PETRIFIED APPLE.
Colorado Man Threw Fruit Into Fur
mace and the Heat Had Pecu-
liar Effect

BY some process that no one he has
consulted has been able to explain, an
apple has undergone petrification In
the furnace at the home Of G.
Schrades Of Denver, Colo, who has
offered the curiosity to the state mu
scum.
The apple, russell, weighed about
five ounces three weeks ago. 1t WAS
thrown into the Schrades furnace, and
now weighs fourteen ounces. It's color
and shape were not affected by the
neat and it appears at glance to be
a perfect apple, except that there Is
hole where the stem was; but 1t Is so
hard that the point Of knife blade
cannot be driven into 1t.
Schrades found it in the ashes when
he cleaned out his furnace.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
SEEMINGLY KNEW ITS VALUE
Moose Refused to Come Within Range
Of Hunters Rifle Until the "Auto"
Had Been Raised.

parsimonious sportsman, shoot.
ing over some wild lands in Nova
Scotia, being DESTROYS to bring down
moose, started out to engage guide
and moose caller. The usual pay of
Nova Scotia guide is two dollars u
day; but the sportsman in question
was too mean to pay the regular
rates, and finding skillful guide, one
Louis the Indian, temporarily out ct
q job after much wrangling managed
to Jam i!im down to Gle dollar day
and the Two started out into the
woods ssli the conditions were favor
die to finding moose, but, although
each day before sunrise Louis the In
dian took his birchbark cone, and
placing it to his lips, whinned and
grunted In imitation of a moose, there
was no answering call, no antlered
giant of the forest stalked into view
After twenty-odd days of this sort Of
effort without result, the sportsman
grew both impatient and suspicious
and, calling the guide to his tent, he
began to upbraid him.
Louis" he said, 81 don't under.
stand this kind Of business, Here We
are in the best moose country In Nova
Scotia You are considered one OF
the best callers in the province. Every
day you 20 out and call and call, yet
no moose comes. What does It
mean"
The willy Indian took his pipe out
of his mouth for moment and smiled
a smile of infinite cunning "Me don't
know what matter" he said, Maybe
moose no like dollar CALL
The very next day, our sportsman
having raised the ante to two dollars, a
moose came to the call"-the right
call this time. Louis was sly In
dian.-Judge.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
THINNING IN MEDICAL RANKS
Fewer College Men Take Up the Study
Of Medicine, According to
the Statistics.

An official in one OF Philadelphia
big medical colleges said to me, writes
Philadelphia Public Ledger report
er: THE number of physicians grows
less each year, There Is already a
noticeable lack Of them In some rural
districts.
1T Is true also that the number OF
medical students in our Philadelphia
colleges, as we'll as in the medical col
leges in other parts Of the United
States. Is smaller now than 1t was
formerly In 1904 there were $4,000
medical students in the country, but
now there are only $4,000"
What is the reason for this de-
cline?" asked the college professor
SITTER courses Of study he replied
He seemed to think that the country
could well afford to get on with few.
err doctors, provided It had better
ones. Each year sees a larger null
Der of doctors attached permanently
to hospitals. | asked this authority
what he thought the average income
Is Of Pennsylvania doctors. and he
guessed $500.
learn from an authoritative source
that the average salary Of all Method
ist ministers in the Philadelphia dis
trict, which includes towns adjacent,
Is $l,172 q year.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
LOOKED INTO GOLDEN FUTURE
Proof That Moore Was Right When
He INDUCED In Rhapsodies Over
Loves Young Dream"

A little girl in Linwood is just about
old enough to have a beau, and she is
perfectly crazy about any pompa-
doured, green-hatted, bare-necked, tall,
skinny lad that--well, let US tell our
little incident without adding adjec-
tives.
The maiden's lovely boy friend went
out of town for Il week, but he wrote
letters. And the maidens sister
started kidding.
"What?" exclaimed sis another let
ter from Rob? When do you expect
to marry him. dear?"
"Oh, very soon" cried the little
one, encouraged by such display OF
sympathy. Robert has only two
Y, ars more in the preparatory school.
And then he Will 20 to Harvard and
be graduated with the highest honors.
After he gets his degree he will 60
out west and make his fortune. and
then we shall be married. Oh, all
seems SO beautiful"
Dream on, kid" exclaimed the old
err sister, tenderly. DO you want to
80 TO another picture show with me
this evening? There's a long time to
wait, and we've got to put In the time
soms how. '-Clevelan Plain Dealer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
ID RECORD AS SOLDIER
: y. Hunter Has Distinguished Him
self Under the British Flag In All
Its Recent Wars.

Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, govern
or and commandments chief or Gipra'
tar. has a fighting record OF Whlch
any soldier might we'll be proud.
Probably his narrowest escape oc'
cured when the IL! fated gunboat Nj
reb turned turtle at the fifth cataract
during the expedition 10 Khartoum to
relieve Gordon, Sir Archibald jumped
overheard. but was struck IN the size
nv the bridge rail snd narrowly es-
capsd drowning. While he was rest
tu. n,W's was brought 70 him lhaE
the tust witch had tflfTsd tEiity
mites uurt st..h'H. "ak -'uuAu "H
M island at,1 t!lat ( tapping "ss
heard tlclr : ii!n h,". Instantly p
Mad, FOR ,nr irccr, "nd throughout
twelve lours OF cutting-out work sat
himself on the keel, hammering to en-
courage the two poor fremen imprls-
oned below. who were finally rescued.
Sir Archibald was q member of the
expedition which, under Lord Kiche'
ner, finally subdued the Soudan at
Omdurman. During this campaign he
was his leaders, right hand man, and
was always to be found where the
trouble was thickcst. During the
South African war he Wis one or the
besipged in Ladys!uith, and 1t was ne
who planned and carried out the de-
struction of the miscellaneous Long
Tom" which was such "A serious men
ace to the little garrison.
When a public reception was pro
posed in Sir Arthur's honor after the
campaign, he refused tin character
istic sentence. 1T is only right. he
said, that | should decline to receive
any form of demonstration as SO
many of my comrades have been
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
TactfuI Dancer.

Nine. Pavlowa hal to pass through
something of an ordeal during her
recent visit to Russia. After per-
Torrance at St. Petersburg she was
called to the imperial box and the
car asked her why she had ceased to
live In Russia. But the dancer was
equal to the occasion. She entered
into an animated description Of the
beauties of her new London home,
and especially Of her pet swans, pig.
cons. and parrots who could hardly
be expected to enjoy the delights OF
travel and who even at that moment
were pining for the return Of their
mistress. The car listened with
amusement and made a virtue Of nee
essity when he gave his permission
to the great dancer to live where
and how she pleased SO long as she
remembered that her own people
were second to none in appreciation
Of her art
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
New Use for Ozone.

Ozone generators have been found
to be of great value in refrigerating
plants, and several Of the large estab-
lishments Of Europe have been thus
equipped. In the cold-storage rooms
attached to slaughter houses the tenn
perature of the air is liable to be
raised to a serious extent when the
doors are left open for any reason;
for instance, when meat is being put
in or taken out. The heterogeneous
of putrefaction Immediately become
active under such circumstances, and
the keeping quality of the meat Is
diminished. Now it is well known
that ozone is a powerful germicide.
II the air of the coldstorage room Is
oZonized, its temperature may be
raised without injury to the contents,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
Hint to the Tax Gatherer.

The difficulty Mr.. Lloyd-George has
had in deciding what to tax and what
to leave untaxed In this years budget
recalls the story told Of an earlier
chancellor Of the exchequer who was
reduced to despair In similar circum'
stances.
Finally he decided to consult a
friend who had on several occasions
helped him to find fresh sources Of
revenue and having written to this
friend he waited hopefully for his re-
ply.
The friends suggestion came by re.
turn of post.
Put a tax on umbrellas" he wrote,
and make the bishops order the
prayer for rain to be read in all the
churches !"-Pearson's Weekly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
ONLY MADE MATTERS WORSE.
Captains Words Of Intended Comfort
Completed Panic Of Terror-Stricken
Passengers.

81 try to reassure people in time or
an accident sometimes causea mora
trouble than the accident itself" said
a man who once lived on Staten Island.
"At any rate, that was my experience
when one of the old Staten Island fer
ry boats nearly turned over one day in
a fierce wind. 1t looked as If destruc-
ton were inevitable.
1.-THE boat had dipped until 1t almost
stood on edge; passengers stampeded'
women and children shrieked and
cried In terror. Badly scared as |
was, | undertook 10 comfort woG.an
who had knelt and was praying !olliy
for deliverance.
Don't be alarmed, Madam
said we are sure to be all right.
The boat will straighten up In a few
minutes. 1t has been running for fifty
years, and 1t Is not likely to go down
now
my comforting words had most
unexpected effect.
ooh walled the woman, II tho
boat has been running for fifty years
It must be so old and rotten that 1t
can't possibly stand this strain. We're
done for
And with that she jumped over.
board.
Fortunately, she was fished out by
the crew, but she sustained severe
shock. The boat, Of course, wealth
cred the storm, and that woman was
the only person on board who was IN
jured."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
Novelist,s japanese Prints.

1t is not often that the British mu-
scum is enriched by 50 valuable an adj
dtion as that of Arthur Morrison's
collection Of Japanese prints. 1t Is
one Of the very finest collections of
its kind extant.
Arthur Morrison, who Is the writer
of Tales of Mean Streets, and other
remarkable works of fiction, Is the
greatest living English authority on
japanese art, on which he has writ
ten much. His interest in the subject
Is due to an accident Some 20 years
ago he las attracted by print in a
shop window and incontinently
bought it. That was the beginning
of his activities as collector and
connoisseur.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
GOT HIS WIFE BY PURCHASE.
Recent Transaction in England Gives
Rise to Some Caustc Remarks
BY Eastern Editor.

We are all in agreement upon the
general principle that however much
man may want wife he ought not
to buy one. But at the same time we
do hear sometimes of the frank and
unashamed purchase of wife. Take,
for Instance, certain divorce case
that has been heard recently in Eng
land and that was described by the
judge as an instance OF wife-buying.
which 1t certainly was. Mr.. MOrarI
asked for Il d'yCrc from has wife on
t:4o grouud that the lady had given
the most unmistakable proofs OF her
preference for multimilliOnaire
named Captain Morrison. In way 1t
was a friendly suit, since Captain
Morrison was willing to pay $27,5O0
damages and Morand was willing to
receive that sum. They were both in
agreement as to the value of the lady.
and the judge concurring, the divorce
was granted and the transaction com
pleted.
OF course, the story Is a rather dis
gushing one, but we are disguised not
because Captain Morrison bought
woman, but because he bought
woman who was already wife. There
Is nothing remarkable about the pur
chase Of woman, since it is done
every day. Sometimes 1t is the man
who offers to sell The various asso
Citations Of young women who have
recently announced that they will
marry no man with an income Of lesa
than $4,000 a year have virtully stated
that $4,000 a year is the lowest price
at which they will sell themselves
Pennsylvania Grit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
Procrastination Day.

do it now" Is fine rule but living
up to it is hard. However, all prob
lens have their solutions, and one
busy women in growing suburb, in
which many demands are made on
her time, puts aside one day month,
a settled day, for doing all the things
which she has put off for the things
which had to be done NOW" She
says this day month enables her to
catch up with a number of postponed
duties, and she has grown to consider
1t as such remedy for procrastina-
ton that it is set apart almost religi-
ously, and no engagement outside is
allowed to conflict 1t. She says she
works from morning to night, but as
she writes down during the preceding
weeks what is to be done on that par
ticular day, the work proceeds with
out many drawbacks.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
In a Japanese Book shop.

The following advertisement OF q
Toxic bookseller is worthy of the most
progressive vender Of printed wares
1.-The advantages OF our establish
ment: /, price cheap as lottery; 2,
books elegant as a singing girl; 3,
rrit clear as crystal; 4, paper tough az
elephants hilc; ), customers treated
as politely as by the rival steamship
companies; {, articles as plentiful as
in a library; :, goods dispatched as eX'
pcditously as u cannon-ball; s, parcels
done up with IS much care as that be-
slowed OH her husband by loving
VIE; 8, all defects, such as dissipa.
tea and idlei.css, will be cured In
young people paying us frequent visits,
and they will become solid men; 10,
Tie other advantages we offer are too
nany for language to express"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
Pampered Lapdoqs.

The New York papers report that
wealthy woman we'll known In society
circles went to one Of the finest hotels
In New York and engaged a suite Of
four rooms and three baths for three
months at $50 a day. There was a
living room, a bedroom. and bath
for herself, room and bath for
the maids. and a bedroom and bath
for her babies" as she called her
three dogs, two Japanese and one a
Pekingese spaniel.
Rising from their satin-lned
BASKETS in the morning, the dogs are
bathed with scented water In the big
white tub. After that comes break.
fast with milk and toast. At lunch.
con the babies" are served with
lamb chops and creamed potatoes.
Dinner consists of bit Of chicken.
mashed potatoes, and dessert OF ice.
cream or some creamy confection.
The fare Of the dogs Is fifty shill-
ings a day, or more than $4,000
year-London Tit-Bits.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-19
Never at a Loss,

The Earl of Morley, on his return
from Jamaica, remained while in
New York, and at a dinner there he
told, apropos Of self-contidence, a
story about young English states
man.
This youth" Lord Morley said.
fought to get on. He works hard and
nothing ever feazes him.
He wanted recently to push bill
that had little support from his own
party. A friend however, said to him
in warning voice:
but suppose, my boy, this bill
should cause your party to throw you
overboard?'
We'll, in that case, old chap he
replied, I'm quite sure I'd have
strength enough to swim across to the
other side"