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he : chemer.

Dick-Everybody's remarking how
soft you are ON that wealthy Miss Will
fel. What are your chances with her?
Jack-Very promising. She likes me
pretty well, and I'm doing my best now
to get her parents dead-set against me-"
Philadelphia Press.
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Why a Woman
Is Able TO Help Sick Women
When Doctors Fail.

How gladly would men fly to wo-
mans aid did they but understand q
woman's feelings, trials, sensibilities,
and peculiar organic disturbances.
Those things are known only to
women, and the aid man would give
is not at his command.
To treat case properly it is neces-
sary to know all about it, and full
information, many times, cannot be
given by a woman to her family ply
stefan. She cannot bring herself to
tell everything, and the physician is
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-30
A Preparatory Course.

First College Student-I hear the
members of your class are going to
take up Russian next term.
Second Student-Yes; you see we
want to get up a new class yell.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
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LET Us ALL LAUGH.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA
RIOUS HUMORISTS.

Pleasant Incidents Occurring the
World Over-Sayings that Are Cheer
full to Old or Young-Funny Selec-
tions that You Will Enjoy.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-30

May-Maude, dear, did you know that
the last Legislature passed law pun
ishing kidnapping very severely?
Maude-No. But what of it?
MAXWELL, if you aren't careful
Cholly Softleigh's relatives may cause
vol trollble.-Puck
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Difference in Taste.

Wife-Nr. Black has no more taste
in the matter of dress than a giraffe.
Husband-Why do you say thatf
Wife-Because his wife had Oh the
most beautiful gown last night and
when 1 admired it he said he thought
it was dreadful.
Husband-But, my dear, he had to
pay $500 for it.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-30
Like an EmpIoye.

When the night Waterman found a
strange man stealing funds from the
vault Of the bank his Indignation knew
no bounds.
you've got your nerve" exclaimed
the Waterman. "Anybody'd thing you
was employed here actually!
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-30

He-Ethel, what can it mean? Last
night dreamed that proposed to you.
She-I should say it meant that you
were more sensible asleep than awake.
Fun
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Nodd-I can't ask you to dinner, old
man, because we have no cook.
Todd-And l can't ask you, because
we have one,
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-30

Dolly-If you didn't tell her, how did
you let her know that you hated her.
Madge-When we met 1 kissed her
three times.-The Smart Set.
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Phrenologist-Boy, you have a re-
markable memory.
Boy-Please, sir, write 1t on slip of
paper not for me to forget it.-Fun.
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On the Safe Side.

'Mrs. Piff, how do you prepare your
baby's breakfasts"
"Oh, 1 give him one-third milk and
two-thirds microbe-killer"
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A Terrible Suspicion.

Howson Lott-All the women around
here this spring seem to be wearing
their boomers when they work in the
garden.
Mrs. Howson Lott-Oh, George, is
that what you meant when you said
you were just wandering around tie
neighborhood to look at the different
kinds of garden hose?-Leslie's Week-
w.
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Not Much Skill.

"What do you think Of Dawbitt's
painting?
"Hm-well, 1 think it looks as if it
had been done with-er-crude Oil."-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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THE OLD FASHIONED BOY.
Oh, for glimpse of natural boy


Oh, for glimpse of a natural boy
boy with freclilei face.
With forehead white meath tangled hair
And limbs devoid OF grace;
Whose feet toe in, while his elbows fare;
Whose knees are patched all ways;
Who turns as red as lobster when
You give Kim a word OF praisE:
a boy who's born with appetite,
Who seeks the pantry shelf
To eat his piece with rcsounding smack
Who isn't gone on himself;
"Robinson Crusoe" reading boy.
Whose pockets bulge with trash,
Who knows the use of rod and gun
And where the brook trout splash.
It's true he'll sit in the easiest chair
With his hat on his tousled head;
That lis hands and feet are everywhere,
For youth must have room to spread,
But he doesn't DUB lis il her old man"
Nor deny his mothers call
Nor ridicule what his elders say
Or think that he knows it all.
rough and Wholesome natural boy
OF good old fashioned clay
God bless him, if he's still on earth,
For he'll make man some day!
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An Explanation.

Aunt Hetty-Jabez Smith advertises
that he's sellin' goods below cost"
Uncle Josh-What's he dom that for?
Aunt Hetty-Well, he says he believes
in quick sales an small profits.-Puck.
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The Candid suburbanite.

81 suppose people around here raise
their own vegetables?"
''Some do; others merely plant them"
Puck.
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She-Don't you think this beautiful
sand, the azure ocean, the golden moon
and all our surroundings have an eff
feet upon your love?
He-It might if hadn't just paid my
hotel bill
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She-How nice to be home again!
What crowd there was. 1 don't sup
pose Mr.. Banker knew one-half of his
guests.
He-Didn't he, though! Why, he had
four detectives in evening clothes there.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-30

1t may be that you haven't more
trouble than others. but that you have
more time to think about it.-AichsOn
Globe.
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Life's Stupendous Problems.

Smith-What makes so many peO-
pie crazy to get into society?
Brown-Well, what makes so many
other people crazy to keep them out?
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Reassurin9 Rim.

"Time flies, perhaps I've made my cali
too long" he said. Said she:
sob, no, it wasn't long at all
1t only seemed to be-"
philadelphia Press.
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Defined.

little Elmer (who has an in1ulring
mind)-Papa. what is conscience?
prof. Observation-Disclosures my
soIl, is the name usually given to the
fescr we feel that other people will find
us out.-Harper's Bazaar.
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He Waa Sorry.

Housekeeper-This is the twentieth
time to-day that I've had to come to
the door to tell peddlers that 1 did not
want anything.
Peddler-Very sorry, mum!
Housekeeper-It's some comfort TO
know that you are sorry, anyhow.
Feddler-Yes, mum. I'm very sorry
yoh don't want anything, mum.-New
York Weekly.
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Humorous1y Handicapped,

Bibbs-It is very amusing to watch
Sellers play golf.
Gibbs-Why?
Bibbs-He has an impeachment in his
speech.-The Smart Set.
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Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct. 1.-THE value
of Garfield Tea, the herb cure, Is sus-
gested by these facts: 1t is a spe-
cific for all diseases of the liver, kid
news. stomach and bowels; it purifies
the blood and lays the foundation for
health.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-30
Origin of the Carat.

The carat used in estimating the
weight Of gems is q grain Of Indian
wheat
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-30

Hungry Horace-Kind lady. can't ye
gimme somepin ter eat? amt att
nothin sence day before yesterday.
Kind Lady-And what did you eat
then?
Hungry Horace-Nothin but de mar
ket report in an old paper Baltimore
American.
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'Do you know, Miss Frisbie," SAID
the large-headed young author. my
most brilliant thoughts come to me in
my Sleep?
Its great pity that you are trou-
blod with insomnia" added the young
lady.-Detroit Free Press.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-30
Bizzer: 1 fear my wife has pares1s.

Bizzer: I fear my wife has paresIs
Buzzer: Why?
Bizzer: She has stopped going to
bargain sales.-Ohio State Journal.
Justice: Will you swear that you
saw the accused smoking a cigarette?
Witness: l don't swear, your ron
or, but I'll bet you 500 to So that he
Mas.=Chicago News.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-30

',I --at's a very disreputable neigh
borhood. 1t always has been and al
ways will be-"
"Oh! I think you're mistaken about
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-30

mo, l amt 1 know, because 1 used
to live there myself philadelphia
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L.A.N.U. No. 43
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To be Continued.
The British Wolf.

Britain has been infested with
wolves from that remote period con-
ventionally termed 1.-The earliest times"
Their fossilized remains are frequently
discovered, their bones lie about the
untidy floors of prehistoric caves, the
barrow-folk made necklaces Of their
teeth. They are mentioned in Welsh
and Saxon laws. The Norman, how
ever fond of the tail deer" was not
affectionate toward the wolf, for in
many feudal tenures, down to the year
1439, appears an obligation to hunt
him. An entry in the account rolls OF
Whitby Abbey quoted by Mr.. Hart
ing) records q payment for dressing
wolf skins in the year 1394-possibly
the latest strictly historical evidence
as to the English wolf. Mr.. Hartins
mentions a trad.flcn tha one Barnes,
in the time Of Henry VII, was nick
named Roast Wolf" Because he de-
stroyed so many of these animals,
which infested Durham and Yorkshire
according to another legend) during
the reign of Elizabeth.
In Scotland, owing to its physical
character, they existed until a much
later period. So recently as 1877 an
act of the Scottish Parliament Or
dained a wolf hunt in each barony
four times a year. Sir Even Cam
eron slew the last wolf in Lochaber in
lCSO.-London Spectator.
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mate. And it is thought by some eX-
perts that without trees the earth
would be uninhabitable.
It is only in the United States and
India, it is declared, that these devas-
tating heat waves periodically sweep
vast areas. In Europe-Germany and
France especially-where forests are
protected by law and heavy penalties
rigidly enforced for violations, such
outbursts of heat, as q rule, are un-
heard Of.
It has long been known ito mathe-
matical certainty" that drought in
creases with the disappearance of for
ests. Trees not only create moisture
and invite rain, but their roots, leaves
and underbrush hold the rain that falls
long enough to be absorbed by the
earth.
As hills and mountains, by fire or
axe, lose their forest, the soil dries
up and vegetation languishes, while
valleys and canyons are flooded, often
with disastrous results. This Is the
case around Pittsburg and in other
hilly localities which have been
buried sections of the railroad track
thirty feet deep in sand, filled gorges,
changed the course Of rivers, wound
steel rails as If they were wire around
the few struggling cottonwood trees
skirting a dry stream twenty or thirty
feet above the old track. and plowed
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stripped of timber for fuel and manu-

stripped Of timber for fuel and manu-
featuring purposes.
On the great plains rain seldom falls.
When it does it is cloudburst. The
washouts that come once in three or
four years in Arizona are OF inde-
scribable violence. Eastern readers
would scarcely believe that on the
parched alkali deserts cloud5urst q
few years ago along the Southern
Pacific east Of Tucson in half an hour
chasms in the tarantula beds clear
down to solid rock.
In that strange city Of San Luis Po-
tosl, in Old Mexico, where he timber
disappeared long ago, l was told that
It had not rained there for eight years.
The dust was foot deep, aud the
burning heat Of the sun seemed to
wither the very faces of the muleteers
iriving their silver laden asses through
the streets.
In the spectral Middle Park Of Col
orado one sees a vast desolation OF
stupnndous mountains, isolated and In
clusters, absolutely naked-without
tree or shrub. Ages ago the Indians,
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MODE OF REFoREsTINa HILLSIDE BY
ESTABLISHING BARRIERS OF BRUsH
TO HOLD SOIL IN WHICH YOUNG
TREES ARE TO BE PLANTED.

forestation.. Regions once heavily
wooded, with plenty Of water In
streams and springs, have become
parched, the streams being either dried
up or nearly dry. The forest covered
watershed means a spongy layer of
'humus,' or leaf-mold, which absorbs
rain. This sponge, spread over the
soil, gives up its water slowly, and
thus the supply Of moisture remains
in the water shed for a longer time.
wipe out the forest cover, and the
spongy layer disappears. Even though
the amount Of rainfall remains un.
altered, the smooth surface allows the
water to rush away. There is nothing
to hold the water, and so it passes off
rapidly, leaving the ground dry. Water
that falls on slate roof runs off fast.
er than If the roof were covered with
moss"
Professor Fernow says Of hailstorms
that they seem to avoid forest covered
areas. This Is certainly interesting to
farmers and students of meteGrology.
The influence of forests upon fogs
and clouds is marked and peculiar.
Fog fingers in the woods when it is
clear elsewhere. Trees act as condens.
ers, gatherers Of dew, frost ard ice,
and this phenomenon is especially re-
markable in the so-called "ice storms"
where the accumulation Of ice is so
great as to overload and break the
larger limbs and branches.
The man who has most carefully
studied this subject Is 3. Ribbentrop,
Inspector General Of Forests in India.
He says forests affect climate in a
marked degree. History proves this
in numerous instances where the de-
t.rloration Of the climate of whole dis
tricts, and even Of entire countries, has
followed the destruction of forests.
The once we'll wooded Dalmatia is
now stony desert. Persia, former
ly one Of the granaries of the East, Is
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A Nnyel Use of Electricity.

1t is said that electricity has been
put to q novel use in New Jersey by
q man who wired" his sleigh for the
benefit of the small boys who per-
sisted in sharing it with him without
waiting for an invitation and at the
expense of the bright new paint. The
wires were arranged around the
"catching-on" points and connected
with a battery beneath the seat. AL
insulated cushion protected the right.
full occupant. A foot lever providing
the necessary opening and closing
switch and u little judicious peepihs
from the corner Of one eye supplied
the driver with the knowledge Of just
when to push the BUTTON
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age and passing quickly away.

age and passing quickly away.
Irrigation, followed by vegetation
and tree planting, brings rain. This
has been demonstrated all over the
greater West.
In former times the summer storms
were chiefly confined to the mountains
of Colorado. Now they spread out on
the plains, following the rivers, with
their miles of wide areas Of irrigated
fields and recently planted timber
belts. Moisture begets moisture, and
with it comes q milder tempered at
mosphere, gentle showers and cooling
breezes, instead Of erratic periods OF
drought, foods and cyclones.
All this. with many other facts. has
en- important bearing on the phenom-
ena of heat waves now exciting so
much concern.
I called on Mr.. George Sudworth,
Acting Chief of the United States
Forest Bureau, in Washington, for his
views. He said:
There is much difference of opinion
on the subject among scientific men,
but students OF forestry are as rule
convinced that the wholesale destruc-
ton Of trees in this country has had
much to do with the recent aggrara-
ton of the meteorological phenomenon
known as the hot wave
"IIot waves may almost be said to
be peculiar to this country. They oc-
cur in India, but in Europe and most
other parts of the world they are un-
known. We find them uncomfortable,
but as yet we have not learned with
any degree Of certainty the causes
that bring them about. Future inves-
tigation is likely to throw more light
upon the subject. 1 am satisfied a
principal cause of the severe heated
spells of recent summers has been the
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From the Diary Of Young Wife.

MonGay-This morning at breakfast
I suggested to Otto that a journey
abroad would be advantageous for US
both, but he replied that it was impos-
siblc for him at the present time to
rive up his business cares. :.
Tucsday--I remarked that a trip to
Paris would be just splendid. Otto
was very unpleasantly affected by this
proposal and declared positively that
he did not wish to hear anything more
On the subject.
Wednesday, wrote to dear mamma
to pay us visit and asked her to an
swcr by telegraph.
Thursday-Did not mention the jour.
ney, but l accompanied Otto to the
door as he was going out and kissed
him heartily.
Friday-Mother telegraphed that
she'd come to us next week. l left the
telegram open on Otto's desk.
Saturday-Otto says that he succeed.
ed in leaving his business for a time.
We are going Monday by early train
to Paris.-Filegende Blaetter.
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Busy.

The Importance Of encounters for the
championship was fully borne in upon
the travelling man of business, who
thus relates his experience to the
Philadelphia Times:
When I arrived at Black Rock In
auired at the village tavern for man
of the name of Wharton, who had
some land to sell. .i.s
do you mean old Bill Wharton" y
"Yes."
"Got land down on Bass River"
"Yes."
"Well, he lives about three miles out
Of town." 8
"Can I get horse"
"Yes, but it won't do you any good"
"Is he ILL.,"
"Not that I know of, but he wouldn't
see the President Of the United States.
before next Wednesday. If you can
wait seven or eight days you can get
to talk about that land with him."
Then he has some special business
On hand"
Special business? Well, I should
say so and no mistake. To-day him
and old Pete Davis sat down to q
game Of checkers for the champion
ship Of the county"
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OXYGEN. FOR eALLooNlsTs.
An Improved Apparatus Designed ~
French Savant.

AN 4IupIoSoo ApPoASses ASe~s - ~
French Savant.
The investigations of Bert have made
clear the action Of oxygen on organs
isms subjected to feeble atmospheric
pressure. His numerous experiments
have shown that the accidents TO-
which one is exposed in rarefed ai1
can be avoided by keeping nearly con-:
slant the quantity Of oxygen taken 10
At each respiration. Accordingly, since
his time, aeronauts have carried with
them oxygen, which they breathe
through q flexible tube fitted with 9
nouthpiece.
NJ. Cailletet. in paper read before
the Paris Academy OF Sciences, re-
marks that this method of taking the
oxygen is defective. Ever since birth
we have been accustomed to breathe
through the nose, and aeronauts have
difficulty in giving up this habit and
breathing through the mouth. Thus,
the oxygen inspired through the,
mouthpiece scarcely fills the mouth
and is ordinarily rejected without hay-
ing penetrated to the lungs. &
The author presented to the academy
an apparatus enabling aeronauts to,
carry and have at their disposal large
quantities Of oxygen stored in small
volume, and to assure the absorption
of the gas without taking any particu-
lar care. lis composed N of one or.
several vessels containing liquid oxy4
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barren and desolate over q large ex'
tent of it's territory. North Africa,
which was one Of the main grain pro-
ducers Of ancient Rome, is subject to
the severest droughts. Spain, Italy,
Sicily, Greece and Asia Minor have
also suffered enormously from defQr-
estation.
In the United States observing sta
tions established in forests have re-
corded over and over again the fact
that the air over wooded areas was
both cooler and moister than above
the open fields.
1t has been claimed that forests ex-
ert an important influence in behalf
Of human health. Soil conditions in
the woods are unfavorable to disease
producing germs, especially those Of
cholera and yellow fever.
Every forest is an oxygen factory,
and it is declared that its production
Of that life giving gas is Of sanitary
Importance. Ozone is also forest
product.
The forest may be regarded as n
blanket, with which nature covers the
earth for its protection. This blanket
says Professor Mark w. Harrington,
determines many of the features o.
climate"
Says Professor Sargent: The for
ests in the mountain regions are es-
sential to prevent destructive torrents
and to maintain the flow Of the riv-
ers."
We consumed last year more than
$4,000, 100000 square feet Of saved
lumber alone.
The annual consumption Of our for.
ests is 25,O00,O00,OO0 cubic feet. To
furnish this amount would require the
produce OF 1,200,000,000 acres of wood
land, whereas our total forest area Is
less than 5O9,OOO,OOO acres. 1t will be
seen, then, that we are drawin- upon
our forest capital, whereas W ought
to be using only the interest.
The greatest timber consumption is
for firewcod. We burn for heating and
manufacturing purposes annually $780,.
OOo,000,000 feet, board measure-four
times as much as we use for all other
purposes put together. However, most
Of the 1irewood supply is of timber
unsuitable in size OF quality for the
sawmill.
The conclusion of all this seems .o
be that because We must have tooth.
picks, matches, coffins and firewood,
and, incidentally, wood for ships and
houses, with timber thieves and n
cendaries running riot destroying for
ests, the globe is to be made uninhaDl
table.-New York Herald.