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RGTHERTON.

Above brand anywhere on loft stdo. shouJdes
or hip. Ear marks, underhit and ovssslope or
right ear. Also own the foaiowtn6 brands:
H-I I'm. The 1T snd o1her branAs
Cancelled. All kinds Of ear marks arc On tbs
cattle, and some vita NO az marks at ALL hav-
ing been neglected. All increase branded
same as cut; ear marks, overslope and under
bit right ear. Range. white river and Thur
man creek. PoseoaAce sddrsss. W. II.
Deighton, Meeker, Colo.
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For frst-class
PHOTOGRAPHS
Call at Tent Gallery next
to Court House.
The Up-to-Dats Photographers
MAYS & SAMUELS.

The European yellow journals have
undertaken the task of overthrowing
the French Republic.
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woodmen picnic next Saturday.

z. T. Bants of Rangely, has bought
lots in Aieeker and Is preparing to build.
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Strong Men.


The Roman soldiers, who built SUCH
wonderful roads and carried q weight Of
armor and luggage that would crush the
average farm hand, lived on coarse
brown bread and sour wine, says the
Scientific American. They were tenn
perate in diet and regular and constant
In exercise. The Spanish peasant works
every day and dances half the night,
yet eats only his black bread, onions
and watermelon. The Smyrna porter
eats only little fruit and sour olives,
yet he walks Oh with load Of 100
pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, 10
more active and can endure more than
the negro, fed on fat meat. -
An old criminal was onee asked what
was the first step that led to his yuin.
lie answered: ''Ihe nrst step was
cheating an editor ont u two ysass'
subscription. When l had done tAat.
the devil had such . grip on me thas !
could not shake him ofi,'
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JIG. Davis. vice president and general
manager of j. W. Hugns Il Co., started
for Denver Oh Saturday last. after
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Forest Rangers.

Following Is = list Of forest rangers
appointed for this season BY Colonel
May who will look after the White
River Timber reserve. p. Randolph
Morris will have supervision over the
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We have completed
our midsummer in
ventory and are now
ready to tear things
loose On seasonable
goods.
We must get ready
for fall goods---won't
carry anything over
you can do that bet
ter than we can if we
pay you to do it.
Come in and see
what we are offering.
Straw Hats at half price.
\ Shirt Waists at half price.
A lot of Shoes at prices you
cant afford to pass up, and re-
auctions all along the line.
This is business, as
we DON'T want the
goods and DO want
the room for new GOODS.
!. w. RUGUS g co.
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TWO BIG CUTS"
Shaving loo.
Hair Cutting 35c.
E. T. SUMNER.
Shop in Baer Block.
MOUNTAIN BROOK RESORT.

Delightfully."- situated near hesdwatars Of
Coal Creek, is now open for the reception OF
guests. Good fishing. In the heart Of the
game country. For particulars, address,
H. p. spURLOCk
Meekcr, Colo.
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Last Sunday. Rev. Handel christened
a number of infants and Youngsters.
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John Jubb is removing the ice from
the johnson tunnel. John thinks
the installation of regular Klondike
thawer would be good scheme. Well +;
this is the coolest news We have heard
this summer. Seud lis down some more,
Mr.. Correspondent. It's hotter than the
hinges of the gates Of Hades down here;
hotter than the celebration you had up
there on the 4th.-E Eagle Valley Enter
prise.
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A dinner was given Wednesday eve
by Rev. II. A. Handel to number .oi
his friends. Those in attendance from
outside points. who happened to be go
journing in the valley, were: Mrs.
Bates and daughter. of Kansas City,
Mo; Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Davis, of
Denver. and DIR. Wheeler, OF New York,
while the local contingent consisted of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Mouiton, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Oidland, and Mrs. S. M. Miller.
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G. @. Taylor whi.Airs. decide medicinal.
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THE MEERER HERALD.
Mecker. Colorado.
woodmen picnic next Saturday.
u. T. Bants of Rangely. has bought
lots in Meeker and Is preparing to build.
All,ert pierce, at one time q member
of TIE HERALD staff, was = welcome
visitor at this office Monday.
There was an Enjoyable dance at
Metzgers last Sunday night. at which
= number Of Meekerites attended.
Editor Kennedy, OF the Rifle Reveille.
lost horse on upper White river while
on his recent outing. See reward ad
elsewhere In this issue.
Rev. Handel leaves to-day fer Mar
vino and other cool regions at the head
waters Of the White. He will be alb
sent about month.
Our friend Colonel Price has shaken
Pennsylvania and come to the noun
tains. After looking oyer some mining
properties at Crested Butte will be on
White river again.
Fred Keller bossed force Of weed
cutters during last week, but the ap-
preparation must have PLAYED out as the
force Il mot at work this week and the
work u not completed.
Perry Sparlock reports summer guests
In plenty arriving at Mountain Brook
Resort, The popular retreat on head
waters Of Coal Greek, and he is pre-
pared 70 take care of them all.
The Hugus company is again branch
ing out. The latest addition to the
company's string Of stores is one at
Wolcott In Eagle county. Wolcott is
the point at which you take the stage
for Steamboat
Vice President Roosevelt. 1t is re-
ported from Colorado Springs, will stop
few days on upper White next week,
accompanied by his old friends, Messrs.
Stewart and Webb, who were with him
here last winter.
Mrs. Mary l.. Roberts, formerly laun-
dress at the Meeker hotel, was one Of
the fortunate ones at the Oklahoma
land drawing this week. Hers was the
1,107th name drawn for lands in the
El Reno district.
j. NJ. Priest is back from the Canon
City section. Out OF 800 head of good
horses which Mr.. Priest left in that
region some few years ago he can now
only roundup about $50 head. Too
many good rustlers In that country.
Sunday nights papers brought in the
good news Of the ending of the great
forty days drouth in Kansas. On last
Friday heavy rains were general
throughout the Suntlower state. East
ern Colorado also received a wetting.
Herman Pfeiffer ran into an obstruc-
ton on the road the other evening
while out hiking and was thrown and
badly bruised about the face and breast.
He was going at full speed at time of
accident; hence the severity of his
bruises.
Did you ever see rope.walker and
trapeze performer? II not, then 20 to
the woodmen picnic next Saturday and
witness Mons. Beall perform. The
gentleman is spending his summer
vacation in this valley and has con-
sented to show some Of his accomplish
ments.
n ra,,;e vim. ,,rae;dart and r,anor,,
, 1901-09-09
RATES.

The Union Pacific Railroad company
has authorized the following special ex,
cursion rates:
National Encampment, G. A. R..
Cleveland, Ohio, September 10th to
14th, 1901. S39.75 from Laramie, Wyo.
Tickets to be sold September 18th to
10th inclusive. Tickets limited to con,
tinuous passage in each direction. final
return limit September 18th, 1901.
Tickets extended by deposit fee of so
cents to October Sth, 1901.
Elks' street fair and carnival at Salt
Lake City, one fare, SIS for round trip
from Laramie. Tickets on sale Sep.
TENDER 18th and 10th, 1901. Limited
for return on or before September 90,
1901. Continuous passage each direc.
ton.
General convention, Episcopal
church, San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 2nd,
1901. $40 for round trip, from Lara
mic, Wyo. Tickets on sale September
oath, to September 2Sth, inclusive 1901.
For limits and further information, ap.
ply to E. R. Breisch, agent.
E. R. BREIsCH,
Agent.
, 1901-09-09
CHAPTER FROM PAST.
UNWILLING OF A MEMORIAL AT
FORT EDWARD, n. Y.
To Jane McCren, n Nic;'m OF Indian
savagery, Recalls IA rag" Incident
of Our Colonial struggle for indie
pcnd"urc.
Especial Letter.)

The recent uuveIling at Fort Ed
ward. n. Y. of a memorial to Jane
McCrea, a victim of Indian savagery,
serves to recall a tragic incident of our
revolutionary war. In itself the Incl
dent was one of many similar e in
hat desperate combat for a nations
life. for the scalping tumahawkG # the
Indians. the allies If the British. were
busy upon many a battlefield and in
many a peaceful vale; but in its result
the murder of Jane MCCrea and her
scalping by the Indians had an impor-
ant bearing on the struggle.
The year l777, the date of Jane Nc
Crea's murder. was an important one
to American arms. In the north the
British had determined on a movement
which, if successfully carried out,
would nave j~copardized the American
cause. This was the cutting off of the
New England states from the middle
and southern states; and to affect this
two forces were dispatched from Can
ada. one under Gen. Blu gCyne to ad-
vance by way of Lake Chlmplain to
the Hudson and the other unier Gen.
st. Leger. who was to work his way
eastward by Oswego and down the
Mohawk valley to the Hudson. A
junction having been effected near AL
bany by these forces, the army under
Burgoyne was to march down the
Hudson, capture the f,rts in the High
lands and effect a junction with Sir
Henry Clinton at New York, Thus
would New England be cut off from
the other rebelliOus colonies.
The army under Burgoyne COM
prised 10000 men. 5000 of them regu-
lars. the balance being Canadians. To-
ries and Indians. He marched unop-
posed from Canada and on July 2 ap-
peared before Ticonderoga. The fort
was evacuated by the Americans under
Gen. St. Clair, who kept retreating IN
til Fort Edward was reached, where
Gen. Schuyler reinforced him with
5000 militiaIlen.
The Americans at this time were
greatly handicapped. Many of the
troops were inexperienced and they
were lacking in arms, ammunition and
, 1901-09-09
JANE M'CREA MEMORIAL.

provisions. Gen. Burgoyne. himself
an experienced and capable soldier.
had under him the best equipped
British force then in America. The
bulk of them were regulars, British or
German mercenaries. and the officers
were all men of proven ability as
leaders. Moreover some of the resi-
dents in the region were avowed To-
ries, willing to give supplies to the
armed %enslavers of their country.
At this juncture occurred the muir
der of Jane McCrea. The revolving
crime electrified the people. 1t in
fused into them a spirit of desperation
inc rallied thousands of determined
men around the standard of Gen.
Schuyler. The killing and scalping of
this young girl and other similar out
RACES perpetrated by the savage In
dams who were attached to Bur-
goyne's army, and who prowled about
the country, plundering, numbering,
scalping and worse. goaded the people
into fury and led to ultimate victory
for the Americans.
Jane McCrea wls a beautiful young
girl and was a ma i've of New Jersey.
When the invasion urder Burgoyne be-
gan the friends with whom sbe was
visiting near For; E-ward removed IN
Albany for safety They tried To nre-
vail upon Miss Mecca to accompany
them. but the gil had a Tory lover
one Davy Jones. in tie army of Bur-
goyne, and she rururi7ed behind. hop
ing to meet him. 81" was captured by
a party of lndi7 attached to Bur-
goynes army. r ants differ as to
the manner or n al. One version
, 1901-09-09

as best they could and eager to crush
the cruel enemy that armed savages to
make war against their brethren. The
sequel is known. Burgoyne's attack on
Bennington was repul ed by Gen.
Stark. Two other engagements were
fought near Saratoga. Septemk1r 19
and October 7, and on Octobe- 1NS3ur-
goyne was forced to surrender to Gen.
Gates. who had succeeded Gen. Schuy-
Ter in command.
Meantime the other expedition under
st. Lege" came to an inglorious end.
He had besieged Fort Schuyler, or
Stanwix, now Rome. n. Y. and had
ambushed a force under Gen. Herki-
mer going to its relief Blu the muir
dering Indians soon began to desert
and under the menace of an advance
for its relief by Arnold st. Leger broke
camp and returned to Canada. The
double movement for the isolation OF
New England failed.
The memorial to Jane McCrea w;,s
erected by the Jane MoCrea CHAPTER,
Daughters of the American Revolution,
aud is intended to perpetuate the spirit
of the age to which Jane McCrea be-
longed. The memorial is OF blue stone,
pyramidal in shape, and on a polished
stone. half way from the base is the
inscriptions:
Memorial to lane McCrea, M%assacred
Near This Spot by the Indians. July
81, 1777.
, 1901-09-09
DEVELOPMENT CONVENTION.

The timely action of the business
men of Laramie in extending an in
vitation to the committee of five to
call the convention for the develop
ment of the state to meet here will
doubtless result in that convention be-
ing held at this point. Laramie is al
together the most suitable place for
such a meeting Inc will be able to
show the delegates much of interest
along the lines of discussion, expert
ments having been made here in agri-
culture. stockraising, irrigation and
mining.
The object of the meeting can be
stated in a brief sentence: The develop
ment Of Wyoming. Men OF ripe eX-
perience in mining. in stockraising, ag-
riculture and irrigation will be re-
quested to address the meeting from
q Wyoming standpoint and to give to
the people the benefit of their knowl-
edge gained by years of toll and re-
search. The addresses delivered on
this occasion will doubtless be publish
ed and will then be available for the
ranchman, farmer and mining man.
In the ear future the committee
will meet n set the date for the con
v%ention.
, 1901-09-09
SNAKES KEPT IN THE HOUSE.
They FIJI y Cats Duties In Manila
Homes.

Homes.
Imagine keeping a snake in the house
to fill a cats duties. That is what they
do in Manila, says an American woman
who has just returned from spending
a year in the Philippines with her jour-
nalist husband.
The first night | spent in our own
home was hot and smothering, so |
lay wide awake, hoping for a breeze.
Suddenly l heard a strange noise over
head. Manila houses are built of BAN
boo and are about al substantial as a
bandboX, SO one hears every rustic. /
had listened to the scamper of a rat
overhead. then came a queer noise like
a stealthy slide. The rat gave a shrek
Of agony. | could hear the lash of the
snakes tail and a terrible scrimmage
over the thin floor. They seemed to
be rolling over each other and the
snake was swallowing the rat. | heard
it as distinctly as If | could see it. |
shrieked louder than the rat had done,
and in a moment every China boy in
our establishment was in my room to
see what had happened.
Before | left Manila | grew as accus-
toned to finding a house snake on my
floor as if it had been a cat. The house
pests of the Philippines drive an Amer
lean woman to distraction.
, 1901-09-09
Some of Our Philippine Brethren.

The Manabas. a native Philippine
tribe. are fierce and warlike. They
build their houses in the tops of trees,
and ordinarily change the site of their
huts each year. When someone dies
in a house it is abandoned. and If the
deceased is a stranger his family must
pay the value of the house. They be-
lieve in three principal divinitics.
which they imagine are animals in
habiting the forest. One Is called
Tama. who watches over the traps and
snares set for deer and hogs. Ten
nanghob is the god of Crops, and Busoo
is the cause of sickness. They offer
sacrifices to these three divinitie.. The
Bagabas believe they have two souls,
Of which II goes to heaven and the
other to hell. They worship and Offer
sacrifices to the devil in order that he
may allow them to live, for they say
that death. sickness, and other disa-
agreeable incidents are due to him.
, 1901-09-09
PROVISIONS ON A LINER.
Forty Tons of Ice to Keep the Foo
Cool.

Forty Tons OF Ice to Keep the Food
Cool.
People who cross the Atlantic in one
of the. great liners are in no danger
of furnishing. 4 gentleman with a
penChant for statistics has given the
public the average supply aboard II
of the largest steamships between
New York and Hamburg, and, of
course, all the other big ships are pro-
visiored in about the same way. In the
first place, there are 40 tons of ice to
keep things eatable and ~drinkable,
ana these are the things that were on
the ice on a recent trip across: Four
teen beeves, 10 calves. 30 sheep. &c
lambs. . hogs. 1900 chickens, geese
and game birds. 100 pounds of fish,
400 pounds of tongues and sweet
breads, LOO dozens of egg IA barrels
of oysters and clans, IT'S barrels of po-
tatoes, IS barrels of other vegetables,
20 crates of tomatoes and celery, 200
dozen heads of lettuce, 80 barrels of
flour. 600 pounds of oatmeal and HON
my, 300 pounds of batter, 1900 quarts
of milk. 300 quarts of cream, 900 big
molds of ice cream. 4 tons of fruit,
1900 quarts of wine and liquor. II, 600
quarts of beer and 400 tons of drink
ing water. OF course, all of this is not
used on each trip, but enough is car
ried to provide a liberal margin.
, 1901-09-09
THE MOSQUITOES DEADLY FOE.
The Purple Martin Should Be Propa
gated to Destroy the Pest.

The Purple Martin should Be Propa-
gated to Destroy the Pest.
Petroleum will kill mosquitoes, but
1t is not the most practical method of
destroying the pest, as is stated by
many persons, says a New Yorker. Be-
sides, the cure is worse than the all
ment. Petroleum destroys foliage, ruins
water and is dlsagreeable in odor. I
would rather suffer mosquitoes than
have our beautiful salt meadow lands,
tide creeks and bays and fresh ponds
and streams filled with kerosene.
The real practical method of destroy
Ing mosquitoes is to encourage natures
remedy-the breeding of mosquito eat
ing species of bird life. The n%ighthawk
(whip-poor-wilD and swallow live
wholly upon mosquitoes, and in dis
tricts where these birds are abundant
the human natives are level annoyed
with mosquitoes.
The salt meadow lands of the Great
South bay of Long Island probably
breed more mosquitoes than any other
quarter in the world. yet the neighbor-
ing inhabitants-the occupants of
beautiful mansions on the Merrick road.
overlooking the bay and not
troubled to any annoying extent, be-
cause of the abundance of swallows.
The purple martin is bred by every
gentleman's household along the great
highway, and hundreds of them circle
the home and keep the grounds free
of them throughout the summer. A half
dozen bird houses are maintained in
the orchards and upon the lawns. Prop
agate the purple martin and the mos
quito pest will disappear.
, 1901-09-09
"In dealing with a man. remembe

in dealing with a man, remember
that a spoonful of oil will go farther
than a gallon of vinegar" The same
may be said Of children. There is no.
fashioned castor oil. However much
they abhor it. it is their best medicine
for disorders of the bowels. In the
more severe cases of diarrhoea and dys,
EMERY, however, Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should
be given after the oil operates, and a
quick cure is sure to follow. For sale
by F. II. Eggleston.
, 1901-09-09
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1901.
y THE o RANK.

The University of Wyoming is III "A
roeitlon to dc a little pointing WITH
pride" Its graduates are taking A'sh
plsce among the pleople of the eh-l
am i, need not be ashamed OF any
who have gone forth from It's portals
Las Friday the following Assctia-
ted Press dispatch was puolisiS'a
thFusiout the nation:
washington, D.. c., Sept. 5, Y9Ol.
Nlvai Cadet Emory S. Land of Nyo-
ming stands at the head of the cadets
al the Navel ACADEMY. and will(be the
ranking cadet omcdr during the current
academic year. HIS title is lieutenant
commander of cadets. Commander
Wainwright, comtnandant of the acad-
envy yesterday announced the appoint
ment. 1t was based on efficiency dur
ing the recent practice cruise of the
cadet corps, Cadet Lands standing in
his studies and his general conduct
during the time he has been in the
academy
The university and the people OF
Wyoming are proud of this record ana
hope and trust that Cadet Emory S.
Land will rise to the proud distinction
of an admiral before his naval career
Is ended. They hope he may be given
the wisdom n courage to Withstand
temptation and that he will retain the
unassuming, modest qualities that
marked his character here.
But there are others who have made
. proud record for u grand educa-
tional institution. Herbert Brees pass
ed an examination that gave him dis
tinction and is now first lieutenant in
the cavalry service of the army. Har-
old Coburn has been almost equally
fortunate. Two graduates, w. Fl. Bran
Ell and Corlett Downey are winning ION
ors In the practice of the law; two
others, D. c. Abrams and l.. R. Gil
lette, are prominently connected with
the United States court for the district
of Alaska; and W more, Charlie Bon
and Alfred Peabody. are making their
mark in the banking business. In the
field of mining, Charlie Kuster has
made not only his mark but a fortune
as n.y. and Elias Nelson is climbing
the ladder Shame.
Nor have the girls of the university
fallen to the rear. Miss Jdne Dow
ney is a talented professor in
the university, Miss Alice Maude
Moudy has risen by hard work and
close attention to duty to the position
of assistant to the principal
IN our public schools, Miss
knight and Miss Lee have been
assigned to positions in the schools at
Cheyenne. Miss Cordiner. Miss Land
and Miss Stryker are teaching in the
public schools here. and there are
many others whose names do not now
occur to us that have won honors since
leaving their alma mater.
Some of the parents of the state
have felt it their duty to send their
boys and girls to eastern and Colora-
do institutions. Can they point to a
better record than in the cases cited?
1t is a great pleasure to The Repub-
lican to see the University Of Wyo-
ming take first rank. and it trusts that
its fame will be spread throughout the
union by its brilliant alumni.
, 1901-09-09

The first regatta in England was In
1775. and it was imp rted into that
country by Lady Mary Wortley Mon
tague, who had been impressed by the
water show of Venice. There vas no
sion of city barges to a temporary &C.
tagon," where there was revealing that
night and well into the text day. Only
seven of the company were dEowned
on the return journey, which speaks
we'll for the average sobriety of the
crowd.
, 1901-09-09
Nerves Like a Elat.Iron.

A woman who suffered for three
years from nervous prostration says
two bottles of Lichty's Celery Nerve
Compound effected a complete cure.
She hardly knows today whether she
has nerves or not. as she never feels
them. 1t is certainly a wonderful rem
druggist.
, 1901-09-09

To the many American commodities
with which England is supplied there
is now to be added the United States
chicken, in which already an enormous
import trade is being done. says a
London paper. AS yet the industry is,
comparatively speaking. in its early
youth, but so great has been the de-
mand that one firm alone is already
sending 100000 dozen birds yearly to
this country, and the trade is increas-
ing.