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why spider. Are Not Insects.

The spider is not an insect, though
probably nine people out of ten would
class it under this term. With scor-
pions and mites spiders form class in
the animal kingdom known as Arach-
nida. This name is derived from
mythical parsonage called Arachne.
the daughter of a purple dyer of Lydia.
who was tabled to have challenged
Minerva to trial of skill in spinning.
So indignant was the goddess at this
act of boldness that she forthwith
transformed the hapless challenger
into spider presumably in order that
she might have the best possible OPP
portunity of practicing the art on
which she prided herself so much.
| Spiders differ from insects in five
main particulars. Their eyes sre sir,
I 3 ....:.n... 4 r.:.i, :.:!:r;, they have
eight .e.,s u Pace or six, they do not
pass through the metamorpboses
which are characteristic of insects.
they have no antennR and their
| breathing is accomplished by means of
organs which combine the functions of
lungs and gills, instead of by tubes
peryading their bodies. These points
of distinction are sufficient to deter
mine the fact that it is impossible to
class spiders as insects.
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Raret,ed Humor Of the Rockie..

High up on the Laramie range there
Is little station called Sherman-a
mere watering place for trains on the
Union Pacific railway. Near by it Is
a gigantic pyramid Of stone 60 feet
high and 60 feet square at the base,
which was set up by the railway as a
monument to Cakes Ames and Oliver
Ames.
In the latter eighties there arrived at
Sherman shabby person Of melan-
choly aspect, who put up shack
western for shanty-not far from the
monument. Ostensibly, he was pros
pecting, and he continued to prospect
for three years without accomplishing
any results, so far as could be OBJ
served. AT the end Of that period the
management of the Union Pacific re-
ceived from him communication de-
handing the immediate removal of the
monument from the premises, which
he claimed as his under the homestead
law.
The matter was regarded in hui
morous light at first, but subsequent
proceedings uSNS1OpSu luS lStSC Ildt
the squatter had what lawyers call a
"case.''
The stranger. it seems, had located
| on section of land which did not be-
long to the Union Pacific-the same
section on which the monument had,
4 by an inadvertence, been placed. He
! knew very well what he was about,
and the upshot of the affair was that
the railway had to pay $4,000 for the
squatter's tract in order to make its
/ title good.
The monument, by the way, is dis
tant only about 100 yards from the
station, and it is favorite trick Of ex-
perienced persons to induce green
travellers to attempt a run to the pyra-
mid and back during the two minutes
of the trains wait. In nine cases out
of ten they fall on the way back,
! bleeding at the nose the air being so
rarefied at that elevation of $500 feet
as to forbid such exercise. Saturday
Evening Post.
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Making II Rather Personal.


This is credited as one Of General
Lew Wallaces Turkish jokes: There
lived in STEAMBOAT, Turkey, well to do
Turk named Ismad Ismail Hassam.
He was endowed with oriental wit that
stood him well in hand when he was in
tight place. A neighbor called on Is
mail one day and wanted to borrow his
donkey to use an hour. Ismail made
low salaam and said:
"Neighbor, am sorry. but my boy
started on the donkey an hour ago to
Scutari. By now he is gayly trotting
over the hills far from the sacred pre-
cincts Of Stamboul."
Just as Ismail finished his speech a
donkey's loud bray was heard in the
stable. which was under the same roof
as Ismail's house, but in the rear. The
neighbor said:
| "Ah. hear your donkey Bray"
| Ismail protested that his neighbours
ears were deceived and that the noise
was not a donkey's bray. Then the
| donkey, which was supposed to be jog
ging along toward Scutari, brayed
twice loudly. 1t was too much, and
the neighbor cried:
"Oh, that is your donkey, Ismail. Al
lab help me. can now borrow him."
Then Ismail said:
(Which do you believe is lying, the
donkey or me?"
The neighbor had to give Ismail the
benefit Of the doubt and went away.
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Had Lost His Fourth.

One Of Judge Howland's stories had
to do with the old Maine farmer who
had been married four times. Shortly
after the death of his fourth wife a
ueighbor stopped him and said:
''Mornin. Cyrus. How's the wife this
morninY
WAL, to tell We the TRUTH" replied
Cyrus, "I'm kinder out of wives just
now."-Detroit Free Press.
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ALiteral Construction.

In school for colored children there
was little boy who would persist in
saying have went" says contributor
to The Christian Endeavor World.
The teacher kept him in one night
and said:
Now while am out of the room
you may write have gone so times"
When the teacher came back, he
looked at the boys paper and there
was shave gone so times" On the
other side was written, 81 have went
home"
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Similar, but Different.

"Do you think am capable of act
ing part?" asked the stagestruck
youth.
81 do" replied the busy manager.
"and the farther apart we are when
you act the better it will suit me-
Chicago News.
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County ud;to1,s Report

of fees collected during April and May,
1901, the sum OF $3.50, and deposited
the same with county treasurer.
M. j. Collins. Auditor.
On motion report was accepted.
We. the appointed committee on
settlement with the clerk Of district
court, report that we have examined
his books and accounts and find that
he has collected the sum of S5S6.50
from January 7th togune 1st, 1901, and
deposited the same with county treas
urer, and of the above amount the sum
Of 50 25 was over paid
G. H. Molter,
Fred Gigax,
Committee.
On motion report was accepted and
committee discharged.
Resolved by the board, That in any
case where expenses gre incurred by
reason of the enforcement Of the board
of health and quarantine laws of this
state, that such expenses shall be paid
by the parties themselves, if able, and
in the event that such expenses are
paid by the county that the township
where such expenses originated shall
bear the expense, and the county treas
urer shall retain said amounts from
the amount OF the board Of health
fund levied and collected by said town
ship, and whereas said expenses have
been paid by the county that the coun.
ty attorney is hereby instructed to pro-
coed to collect from the parties liable
therefor if they are able to pay the
same the amount that may have been
paid by the county.
i Board adjourned at p. NJ. to meet
Thursday, June IS, at 9 am.
w. w. RHoDENBAUGH,
Chairman.
NJ. j. COLLINS, Auditor.
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REAL ESTATE
DECREASED.

jackson township personal Increased
per cent and balance of said towns
and townships not changed
Board adjourned at II, noon, to meet
Monday, Sept. End, 1901, at 10 a. M
w. w. RHoDENBAUGH,
M. j. COLLINS, Chairman.
Auditor.
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TREAsuRER's OFFICE CRAWFORD COUNTY, [
DrNIsoN, iowa, June ssl901.
hereby certify that the foregoing state
ment of the amounts of money on hand to the
credit of the several funds is true and correct,
as appears from the books in my Office. this
first day of June, 1891. THEo. KUHL,
County Treasurer.
We the undersigned, H c. Schroeder
and VIM, Flaherty a committee of the Board
of Supervisors, report that we have examined
the accounts of Theo. Kuhl. County Treasurer,
and that the foregoing list of balances is cor
rect, and that the aforesaid amount of S42.49S-
.9a is on hand H. G. SCHROEDER,
WIN. FLAHERTY,
Committee on Settlement With
County Treasurer, and Members
of the Board of supervisors.
Denison, Iowa, June II. 1901.
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M. j. COLLINS, Auditor.

MemDerS all present.
Called to order at a. N.
Minutes of Tuesday, June 18th, were
read and approved.
On motion claims were allowed as
follows:
A D Wilson j p transcripts case
State VS. Frank Moore. Dan
Reisser. Lawrence Bridge,
claim $42 IS. ........ .......$ 81 IS
W j Campbell P transcript
case State VS. Thos Mcdonnell So
P D Mcmahon p transcript
case State VS. 3 Deidrick claim
sl1O.66. ....... ga 60
w M McLennan P transcript
case Alice Farley s. Mrs Far
ley VS. Hal Butler. ........... 81 AZ
A D Wilson to 40 tramp tran
scripts claim S12 %. .......... II Is
H G Schroeder sitting with
board and mileage. AZ 95
G H Molter sitting with board
and mileage. ......... 43 81
VIM Flaherty sitting with board
and mileage. Observation-Disclosures. 40 10
Fred Gigax sitting with board
and mileage. .................. 40 70
w W Rhodenbaugh sitting with
board and mileage. ......... 50 90
Jas McKim trustee. ............ 2 90
M l. Jones clerk .......... 10 90
w Baker oil. ..,............. so
Fred Gigax to labor on roads
Washington township. ...... so 90
Riddle and Gibson labor Gigax
| district. ......... .......t... III ~
Meeves Schacht lumber Molter
district. ............ ........ 80 At
Herman Grill material and labor 243 10
On motion report of Henry Bell,
sheriff, January LIST, 1901, to June 1st,
1901. was accepted.
Chairman appoints j. F. Harthun
and Jim Sheridan to destroy ballots OF
the last general election.
f Harthun and Jas Sheridan
destroying ballots. ........ 4 0(
We, the appointed committee, have
examined auditors warrant books and
find warrants issued on accounts Of
County Bridge. Poor, Insane, Soldiers
Relief, Road, and County Institute
funds up to June 1st. 1901, to be cor
rect and have cancelled the saG,- as re
ou'red by law.
/ 81. aittee Fred GleAx,
4 G. H. MOLTER.
| On motion report was accepted ant
committee discharged.
| Ordered by the board that the count,
ei.t.sar ;tGy Use for bids for the let
iiG+s vi the poor farm to be let at tn,
September session.
Resolved by the board that the wage
for the working of the one mill roa,
tax be fixed as follows:
One man with team per hour. -. SOC
One man without team per hour. III
And the county auditor be authorizes
to draw warrant to said supervise
when said claim has been worked GU
and properly presented.
Resolved by the board that the as
sessment of real estate and persona
property Except monies and credits
for Crawford county, Iowa. for tn
year 1901, of the several townships an
) incorporated towns be and is hereb
equalized as follows:
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A. McHENRY Pres SEARS McHENRY Cashie,
First National Bank.
DENISON, IOWA.
Capital and Surplus, $125,ooooo.
Deposits, 425,ooooo.
Loans, 45o,ooooo.
w. A. McHENRY, Pres.
SEARS McHENRY, Cashier
SI25,ooo.oo.
425.ooo.oo.
100000. 90.

With
certificates
We
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-12
OPPOSED TO THE CIRCUIT BILL.
Packers and Beef Growers VIII Fight
the Measure III Enacted.

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-Hon. John w.
Springer, president of the National Live
Stock Association, returned to-day from
Washington, where on Monday he had an
interview with President Roosevelt on mat
tiers now before Congress and in which the
stock men of the country are interested.
Mr. Springer expressed himself as fully
satisfied that the stock and irrigation in
terests will receive just consideration.
Spea king of the Grout bill. introduced i'm
Congress last week. Mr.. Springer expressed
himself strongly against the measure, and
said: THE dairy interests have brought
all their influence 10 bear To secure an i'm
mediate passage Of this bill. and / will not
be surprised 10 see the measure law at an
early day"
Speaking for the packing interests and.
as ne said, the beef growers of the West
and the cotton raisers of the South, Mr.
Springer declared there but one way
i'm which the measure could be defeated,
and that was for every man identified with
the interests opposed to the Grout bill to
write 20 the senators representing his
State and his representa- tives I'm Congress
demanding that they vote against it. Mr.
Springer declared that. should the bill be-
come law. IL would be contested through
the Supreme Court Of the United States.
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Governor Taft Booked To Leave Ma
Mia ON the Transport Grant
Three Days Later.
FILIPINO WOMEN FOR PEACE
REBEL LEADERS URGED To SUBMIT
TO THE AMERICANS.
Natives Charged with Cnnnibalism-
Court-MartiaI Cases-Read's
Sentence Approved.

MANILA, Dec. 11.-General Funston will
sail for the United States on Dec. is on
the transport Warren. The doctors have
ordered a change of climate and the general
is going home on sick leave. He has i'm
proved in health since he left the hospi-
tai. Governor Taft will sail FOR home on
the Grant on Dec. 20. He says the rumors
TO the effect that he will not return here are
incorrect.
The Women's Peace League. organized
under the leadership OF SenOrita Poblete,
Filipino, has transmitted letters, with the
permission of General Chaffee, urging peace
upon the insurgent General Malvar and
other Filipino chiefs. These letters remind
the Filipino leaders in the field that the
war has destroyed innumerable homes and
devastated large territories, al Of which,
while it abundantly proves the tenacity Of
the insurgents and their faith in their
cause. does not remove the fact that the
operations of American soldiers through
out the islands daily demonstrate the reso-
luton of the people of the United States
10 make their sovereignty respected
throughout the archipelago The league
urges the leaders TO make peace 10 avoid
greater evils. The wOmens league has re-
ceived a cablegram 10 the effect that the
Filipino General Lukban. who Is in Samar.
is pleading for discontinuance OF hoStili-
ties
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1T is STILL A MYSTERY
NO EXPLANATION OF THE ASSAULT
ON MRS. ADA q. DENNIS.
cts a woman, "It's i'm n Book" Two
of the Dressmnker's Inco-
herent Expressions.

WASHINGTON, Dec l1.-Mrs. Ada Gill
bert Dennis. the fashionable dressmaker
found mysteriously assaulted in her apart
ments yesterday morning. is lowering be-
tween life and death to-day. She showed
some improvement this morning, but the
chance for recovery is very slight.
Its a woman" ITS in a book" and
I'll tell you all about it, are the only CO.
herent words that the detectives sitting by
her side have been able to distinguish.
These were spoken when she apparently
realized what she said. The detectives are
not yet ready TO announce motive for the
crime. William II. Johnson, of Gettysburg,
Pa, nephew of the victim, arrived to-day.
and after being admitted to the sick room
went to police headquarters, leaving there
subsequently with detective. The hospi-
tai attendants are keeping the patient very
quiet and hope she may be able TO give
some information by tomorrow.
A small, old-fashioned haIchet, which
probably has been used by the family for
many years, was found by detectives to-
day in closet in the room of the elder Mrs.
Dennis. mother-in-law Of the injured wom-
an. This room Is in the rear part OF the
second floor. There were indications or
rust and other stains upon both the handle
and blade, and these were analysed by
Chemist Hurd, of the health department.
The analysis, however, failed TO disclose
the presence of blood stains on the weapon
and the police attach no significance to the
finding of it,
Up to a late hour tonight there had
been absolutely no developments tending
surrounds the assault. The victims cOndi-
ton remains unchanged. The physicians
think that if she lives for forty-eight hours
there may be some hope OF her recovery
She is conscious at times but not very
rational. Every word she utters in these
periods of lucidity is carefully noted by
the watchers in the hope that something
will be said that will assist the detectives
in their work
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National Capital Notes.

WASHINGTON, Dec. u.-Major General
Arthur Macarthur, who has been stationed
in this city recently as a member of the
board army posts and as a member OF
the army provost board, has been ordered
to Denver to assume command of the De-
partment of the Colorado, vice Brigadier
General H. c. Merriam, retired.
The State Department has been informed
that the prohibition against the expectation
of grain (rice) from Corea was withdrawn
with the consent of the King to take effect
Nov. l5
The Navy Department has been informed
that the battleship Wisconsin, with Rear
Admiral Silas Casey aboard, arrived at
Honolulu Nov. 30 from Tutuila, Samoa,
charges against Captain Tiley. From Hon
olulu the Wisconsin will proceed TO Acapul-
co. Mex, and then cruise down the South
Pacific coast.
The application for cemency in the case
of Miss Eastwick, the American girl con-
fined in prison in London for raising
railroad bond has been forwarded TO the
United States embassy at London, and Mr..
White, the secretary and charge, will do
all in his power to ameliorate the condition
of the prisoner. The British government
has, it is said, been very induigent in this
case, and there is every reason TO believe 1t
will continue to be so.
The State Department some time ago
took steps to secure the cooperation of the
Spanish government in the adjustment Of
claims of American citizens mostly nat
uralized in this case, pending before the
Spanish Claims Commission. The Due De
ARGOS was the medium of communication,
and the Spanish government agreed TO
afford any assistance within its power to
prevent the allowance of fraudulent claims.
The government counsel has been duly
notified of this attitude of the Spanish gov
eminent.
The nineteenth annual convention OF the
American Forestry Association began here
to-day. Secretary Wilson made the open
ing address, referring to the increase in
the movement for forestry reservation. DR..
b. Z. Fernow, of the New York State Col
lege of Forestry, presided. Committee re-
ports were discussed faVoring setting aside
100000 arces of public land for forestry in
Nebraska, the creation of the National APP
palachian Park or forest reserve, and
consolidation of all government forestry
work under the Department of Agriculture.
A national convention of representatives
of leading commercial bodies to consider
the reorganization of the consular service
was held here to-day. The meeting APP
proved the Lodge bill TO reOrganize the
| consular service, and the delegates later
! called on Senator Lodge and Representa-
| tive Burton, of Ohio
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MEDICAL CORPS VACANCIES.
DIR. Sternberg's Reply to DIR. Reeds
Criticisms.

WASHINGTON, Dec. u.-Surgeon Cen
eral Sternberg, of the army, said to-day i'm
reference to that part of the speech of DR.
Alfred Reed. the retiring president of the
American Medical Association, at Marion.
O., last night, which alleged inability
to fill vacancies in the army medical corps:
DIR Reed is evidently misinformed with
reference 10 the filling Of vacancies in the
medical corps of the army. The corps was
increased by Congress at it's last session
By the addition OF two colonies, two lieu
tenant colonies, ten ma jOrs and lis assis-
tant surgeons. This increase was out of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in the lower grades
than i'm the higher-and in the absence Of
additional legislation would make promo
ton very slow for the fifty or sixty assis-
tant surgeons at the foot of the list of those
appointed But. as a matter of fact, about
eighty OF the vacancies created by the re-
organization act have been filled during the
present year and a considerable number Of
applications are now on file. | do not be-
lieve that up 10 the present time the fail
ure 10 provide for more officers OF the
higher grades has deferred young men
from seeking admission the medical
CORDS OF the army.
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Mysterious Midnight Tragedy.

AUCKLAND, Me, Dec. m-Michael
Zravion is dying al his home here, as the
result of two bullet wounds in the head.
the infiiction Of which is surrounded by
mystery Zravion says he was shot about
midnight as he lay i'm bed, but that he
did not see his assaiant lie called 10 his
wife who was in another room. and she
came to him partly dressed He asked her
10 go for help, but she said she was afraid
10 go out in the night. The man himself
then went TO the house OF "A neighbOr. who
called doctor Mrs. ZraviOn, who speaks
but little English. says that she knows
nothing about the affair. The family. ap-
parently, have lived happily and were well
n Il
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has been comparatively abundant through
out the season. This is due largely. the
Financier says. TO the establishment of
small banks, which have extended 10 farm
ers and merchants credit wher needed.
These banks have led people who have
taken care of their own money heretofore
10 deposit it I'm the banks The larger use
OF checks. which has been made possible
by the now banks, has decreased the de-
mand for cash. Currency shipments from
New York to move the crops" have not
been so small in recent years as they were
this season. All of which means that the
Northwest is less and less dependent upon
the East for money.
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AN AGRARIAN SPEAKS
COUNT Won KANITZ DISCUSSES THE
TARIFF MEASURE.
Wants Its Adoption Because He Fears
the "American PeriI"-Herr Singer
Calls 1t Hunger Tax.

BERLIN, Dec. 11-Continuing the tariff
debate in the Rechstag to-day, Count Won
Kanitz, the Agrarian leader, declared that
the shaping of Germanys commercial re-
lations with America will be the most i'm
portant task before the country for the
next decade" He further declared that
the United States, Great Britain and
France were by no means convinced of the
expediency of concluding commercial
treaties OF long duration Germany must
not repeat the mistake of not denOuncing
in time the existing commercial and most
favored nation treaties. 1t would be quite
wrong. Count Won Kanitz declared, 10
abolish or reduce the duties on iron, and he
intended to propose the establishment Of
ad valorem duties against countries i'm
posing ad valorem duties.
Count Won Kanitz said the present status
of commercial relations between Germany
and the United States was quite unsatis-
factory, and that the Saratoga treaty of
1891 was the sorriest achievement ever
scored by German diplomacy. THE Amer
lean predominance in commerce." said the
Agrarian leader, lis danger to Europe,
and il is quite possible that few Ameri-
can millionaires may buy our commercial
fleet In that case German captains and
seamen would be in the pay of the United
States tariff war with this country
would be impossible because tire United
States sells us far more than she buys
from us"
Herr Singer, Social Democrat, asked If
the Emperor and princes, who are large
land owners, were willing TO bear the stig-
ma of profiting by bread usury," which
the tariff certainly fostered. He did not
think his Majesty wished to profit by a
hunger" tax, but the bill had already
created hatred and excitement in the minds
of, the masses who were apt TO see a sim
lister connection between protection and
land ownership.
The remarks of Herr Singer enlivened
the debate considerably. He quoted fig
! ures showing the great profits derived by
German princes from the grain duties. He
was called to order by Count Won Stolberg-
Wernigerode, vice president of the Reich
stag. who presided at to-day's session, for
introducing the name of his Majesty EN-
peror William into the debate.
The minister of agriculture, General Won
| Podbeski, took strong exception to Herr
| Singers language. He declared that the
! Social Democrats were trying to under
mine the government, asserted that the
government had done its best to arrange
/ an equitable tariff schedule and said that
/ it intended to arrive at a decision upon the
/ course il had mapped out.