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Every summer | sojourn among
the mountains Of Jackson county, not
far from my home" said Ben p.
Hunt, prominent newspaper man Of
Huntsville. Ala, at the Riggs house.
When | first went there some years
ago | stood In mortal dread of the
rattlesnakes which were said to in.
fest the region, The particular moUn.
tain on which my log cabin stood had
reputation as the habitat of innum.
able rattlers and every morning when
| went forth to shoot squirrels fear.
ed encountering some OF the danger.
Gus reptiles.
In all the years of my visits to the
mountain ] have never yet seen live
rattlesnake, but a number Of them
after they were slain by some of the
mountaineers. The natives do not
stand in much awe of the snakes, for
they know Of a sovereign remedy
certain oil that has never yet failed
to cure person after being bitten.
Every countryman in that mountain
country keeps a bottle of his oil at his
home, and one hears many wonder.
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The Cause of brain Fag, "
Some Good Advice for Chronic Sufferers from Disease
That Seems 10 Have Prediction for Those Who
Have No Particular Brains TO FaG

The San Francisco News Letter
doesn't believe in brain flag. It ex.
ploIts the so-called disease In q man.
ner altogether IFS own a manner
made popular by the distinguished edi.
tor Of that coast publication, Freder.
ick Marriott. This publication In ques-
ton has never yet been afraid to say
what 1t meant, and It's conclusions on
any subject are worth attention, II
only to catch fresh point Of view.
Brain flag is a frequent subject Of
discussion. Here at the East we fire.
Guently hear of citizens falling by the
wayside because they are beset by
this irsldlous diHculty, and this is
the more apparent, the careful OBJ.
server believes among those who have
no particular brains to flag. The source
of the prevalent complaints about the
spread Of this disease--we find them
chiefly in religious papers and In nam.
by-pamby society journals-plalnly
suggests the question whether tho re-
cent discovery of the hoOkworm, as
the bacillus of lazlness is called, has
not some connection with this sudden
epidemic Of brain flag. The brain Is O
most reasonable as well as a reason
ing organ. Its habit is to give exceed
ingly little trouble. The eye, the
stomach even the useful hand, is q
poor and troublesome instrument com
pared with the brain. Nobody knows
just how the brain does It's work. bu
ordinarily It goes on doing it without
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any fuss whatever. Now and then, TO
be sure, 1t appears to be raising
great disturbance. Its plant of agony
on such occasions is heard through
the whole system. But the chances
are that 1t is merely fighting some
other organs battle-the stomachs,
probably, or very likely the liver, or It
may be that cold feet have sent an I'M
due flow Of blood to the head. AS to
becoming brain tagged" 1t is ex.
trmely rare that the hardest work
tires the Train out. The seat Of the
trouble is not there. The brain grows
brighter by work. It was made for
toll. Il works while we sleep, ard
does not seem to mind that, Nine
times out of ten those who think they
have tired brains simply have tired
consciences, or much more customar'
lily, weary and sadly overworked stom
achs. Or else they have those same
redoubtable and pestlferous germs
the hookworms of laziness. The very
excellent Mail and Express Of New
York recently found that the hook
worm had seized upon all too many
of It's stan, and 1t set about applying
a cure. 1t gives the following recipe
Take a large dose Of determination
every morning, fortified with a colo
bath on rising, and followed up by al
hourly dose Of persistence" It guar
antees that this will dissipate braiI
flag as the rays of the summer Ell
scatter the dew. Try it.
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Rather Not a Formidable Foe,
Alabama Newspaper Man Cites Facts Which Prove That This
Dreaded Snake Is Not So Greatly TO Be Feared
MoUntaineers' Sovereign Remedy for Bites

full stories Of the cures it has
wrought.
But a worse enemy to the rattle
snake than his human foes Is men,
Der of their own family--the black
snake. have come across several
reputable men in the mountains who
have witnessed with their own eyes
these snakes in deadly combat. Ac.
cording to their unanimous testimony
it Is always fight to the death, and
the black snake ever comes out vic
torious. In fact 1t is purely a one
sided duel. The RATHER Is no sort of
a match for his willy opponent. who
glides round and round his clumsy
antagonist till he gets either dazed or
tired out. Then at the opportune
time the black jumps on the rattler,
catches him by the back OF the neck
and enfolds his helpless victim crush.
ing him, boaconstrictor fashion, until
life Is extinct.
Numbers of mOuntaineers who
have seen these strange encounters
say they never knew a RATHER to es.
cape. Washington Post
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How Parrot Initiated Bass Voice,
Daniel SUy Relates Instance of Remarkable Intelligence
Displayed by Pet Brd-Jsed Seed Cup TO
Give Resonance 10 lis Voice.

hoarse masculine sounds that 1t so de-
sired.
Therefore the family was aston
ished one day to hear the parrot min.
licking the masters voice exactly.
They sat in the dining room. The
bird was in the hall in its cage. Dis
tinct and loud the sounds came from
the hall to them, a thunderous and
rolling bass voice saying;
Bring me the evening paper
Some one went out and looked at
the parrot Its head was hidden in
it's seed cup, and 1t was making its
voice resonant by speaking from
within the seed cups hollow. And
always, now, when 1t wants to speak
in a bass voice. II puts its head in
It's seed cup, Isn't that proof of the
almost human intelligence of the
birds"
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Women Who Garry the Mail
Many Of Them Are Doing Good Work IN Rural Free De,
EVery-Lose Little Time Gossipine and Are
Valued by the Postomce Department.

Within the last few months the
women Of the country districts OF the
United States have found a new occu.
patton In the government service.
Some hundreds of them all over the
country have been appointed rural let.
ter carriers. and the reports to the de-
partment show that the women have
done wonderfully well in their new
occupation.
Indeed, only a few days ago Supt,
Machen Of the Free Delivery Division
of the Postofiice department received
reports that number Of his female
rural carriers braved the severe bliz-
yards in the West, and while acting as
substitutes for the men carriers made
the daily deliveries In the deep snow
and syeet Of the blizzard in a most
remarkable and satisfactory manner.
There are at present no less than
thirty.seven female rural letter car
riers, that is, thlrty-seven women who
have stood the civil service examlna.
tons and passed so we'll that they ex-
celled the male candidates and have
been appointed regular rural carriers,
not substitutes.
Under the rules for the appointment
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a foremost place. In the small arter-
les and the capillaries the hardening
process goes so far as to transform
their walls into a fbrous and COM
pact tissue that gives to the touch
the sensation Of a rigid tube or cord.
The dlsagreeable and even danger
Gus consequences of such a change In
ones arteries are apparent It may
result in their further degeneration
and liberation Of the arterial walls,
ending in death, and II matters do not
go so far, 1t may lead at least to loss
Of elasticity in the greater arteries
with diminution Of the calibre. and to
the actual obliteratlon Of their finer
branches. The blood does not flow so
readily through them and anemia re-
suits, with all It's connected evils. The
resistance encountered by the blood
increases the work Of the heart,
whose enlargement often follows, as
we'll as other heart troubles depend.
ent on disorders of the nervous sys-
TEN.
When man or woman has at
tanned a certain age and may be said
to be in his or her declining years,
arteridscIerosls Is malady almost
impossible to avoid. A deposit Of
calcareous salts, and particularly Of
phosphate Of lime-a compound in.
soluble in distilled water, but soluble
in a solution of common salt-con.
stitutes the principal factor of the
| malady.-New York World
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Trials Of the Great.

Dislike of titles is ingrowlng here.
Man who loudly announced in Seventh
avenue that he was private secretary
to Police Commissioner Greene"
emerged from the crowd that had
hocked to view him with his left eye
discolored. his nose rapidly assuming
shanty.like proportions, and his lips.
ears and other appurtenances much
the worse for wear-New York Tele
gram.
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Of rural carriers the regular carrier
after his appointment has the right to
name a substitute, who Is to do his
work when the carrier Is sick or inca.
pacltated for work. Generally the
carrier appoints some member of his
family. as he has to supply his horse
and wagon for the service, and Of late
the carriers have been naming their
wives, sisters or daughters and some.
times their mothers as their substl-
tutes. The department has found that
these substitutes have performed good
work. and that their sex has not inter.
fered with the rural delivery. so when
a woman is named now as a substitute
she is accepted.
The department officials say that
women make very good rural carriers.
and they do not lose time gosslplng
when delivering the neil as one would
suppose, and that the innate love Of
gaddlng about and visiting their
friends to see what is going on makes
the female like the work and forget
the dridgery and hardships incident
to a daily drive Of twenty, thirty or
even more miles In all sorts Of
weather.
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Daniel ]. Sully, whose speculations
In cotton have made him prominent
OF late, has a great fondness for par.
rots. He collects data in proof OF the
intelligence OF these birds,
"A cotton grower down South"
Mr.. Sully said the other day, has
sent me an amusing story about a
green parrot that he owns. This par.
rot, 1t seems, began as soon as It was
bought to learn to mimic the voices
OF the household Of my friend, II
minced the contralto voice OF the
mistress, the treble voice Of the
young son, the soprano voice OF the
daughter and the Irish voice OF the
cook; but the heavy and deep bass
voice OF the master II was quite I'm.
able to cope with. II would practice
for hours at a time, but II could not
produce from its throat the deep,
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The First Wireless M.u,nu..

What fools we nave been! Has not
George, gazing ardently but silently
into the eyes Of Mabel. been a trans.
mitter pure and simple? And as the
silent message, circllng, expanding.
swept into space, what was 1t, all these
years, but the psychologist coherer in
Mabel's ear that caught and recorded
the message that contains but three
words. Sent wireless by George and re.
ceiyed wireless by Mabel? Has II 10,
ken kafconl to tell us this?
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cause for rhankfuIness.

Lieut-Col. r. II. Pratt, who recent.
ly resigned from the dictatorship Of
tho Carlisle Indian school, once slept
in tent WITH eight young men, all
OF whom snored. Col, Pratt listened
in disgust to the medley Of gurgles,
grunts and means. In this horrible
chorus each participants snore could
be distinctly heard for each had in
II something characteristic and unique,
Col Pratt writhed and fretted. A man
on his lCf, snored nervously, with q
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-05-20
Goat a Native Of Asia.

Originally the common or domestic
goat was a native of the highlands OF
Asia. Naturalists Generally regard It
as having descended from an animal
found in the Caucasus mountains and
the hill country of Persia, called In
the Persian language the pesang.
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Il Certainly Would.

Yes, 1t would flll long.felt want"
said the man who likes to talk to him
self occasionally.
What would I'LL long felt want?"
asked the party who accidentally
overheard the remark.
"A device that would compel a man
to shut up when he has said enough"
replied the loud thinker.
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Noted Shakespeare Folio Defaeed.
A shakespearean student in the
Berlin Royal Library has discovered
that the unique copy of the famous
1923 first folio, which Emperor VII.
liam |. presented to the library, has
been completely mutilated by care
less or malicious reader The whole
of The Comedy of Errors has been
cut out
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-05-20
The Pepper Plant.

The pepper plant-plper nigrum-
which produces the white and black
pepper Of commerce, is a climbing
vinelike shrub, found growing wild
in the forests of Travancore and the
Malabar coast Of India. Pepper is
entirely tropical in its requirements
The white pepper is the black pepper
decorticated by maceratlon and rub
bins.
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Better Than a Platform Pledge.

Various contemporaries In the Uni.
ted States are belittllng the cars
reform ukase with the assertion that
1t will amount to nothing unless the
reforms are properly put into effect.
They have not, however, gone so far
as to claim that the ukase is no more
binding than a platform pledge of our
own happy land.
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Tesla Makes LARGE Promises.

Locomotives propelled by electricity
drawn from the air without cost, and
ocean liners racing over the sea by the
agency of the electric current drawn
inexpensively from the same source.
arc promised for the near future by
Tesla. 1t is to be done on the prln.
clple Of wireless telegraphy.
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street Sweeping Prohibited.

For sweeping the streets Of Ben.
digo. Australia, where much expense
is caused by people who scrape the
roads for the sake OF the gold dust
obtainable, a man has been fined
twenty-nine shillings.
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pIseases Known BY Numbers.

In the larger city hospitals the
young doctors on the house stan and
the visiting physicians never use the
nine or ten syllable words that they
employ in making a report of a clinic
for q medical journal or at a meeting
OF the County Medical society. They
refer to diphtheria as case of dip"
in some hospitals, and other com
plants, such as typhoid fever or pneu.
monia, are abbreviated in the same
way, so that the physicians and nurses
understand them, even Il relatives who
visit the patients do not, But in most
OF the hospitals numbers are substi.
tuted for names. The visiting physi.
clan is told that a patient is suffering
from a case OF No. /, No. 2, or No,
9, meaning thereby smallpox. typhoid
fever, or diphtherla, respectively. As
such they so down on the hospital
books.
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kind Of futtering, waverlng accent.
His was perhaps the most unbearable
snore of all. Suddenly the snore
ceased--lts producer snorted and then
lay very quiet,
THANK heaven" murmured Col.
Pratt zone Is dead"
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The Limit.

Browninsky-That fellow Blank is
rather dense, isn't he?
Smithovich-Well guess yes. The
only time he ever gets next is in q
barber shop,
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Oldest House in Great Britain.

NSeN ''NNeS '" S'Saes O''Na'H'
The oldest inhabited house In Great
Britain is Dunvegan castle, the seat
Of the McLeods Of Mcleod, part, of
which dates from the ninth century,
or a couple Of huncfad years before
the conquest OF William the Norman.
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A Deadly Country.

More man have died and are buried
IN the Isthmus Of Panama, along the
line Of the proposed canal than on
any equal amount Of territory in the
world.
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Old Connecticut stats,man.

Mr.. Daniel Phillips OF Hartford
served In the Connecticut General As.
sembly In 1854, and now, at the age Of
"a years, is believed to be the Oldest
surviving member of the states legis
lature.
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Cause Of campanlle's Downfall.

As the result Of the official inquiry
into the collapse OF the campanile at
Venice, II is declared that the cause
of the disaster was the cutting of a
trench without the adoption OF pre-.
cautions. The report censures the
district architects.
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Lofty Solitude.

Andrew Carnegie has found a road
10 lonely eminence. He will pay the
whole Of the taxes for which he is
assessed In New York without trying
to reduce or evade them.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-05-20

An electrical railway is projected be.
tween Paris and Brussels, upon which
cars are to cover the distance-l9J
miles-in two hours.
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WIIrlna Sacrifice.

WILING oaeFIHeOs
VIII Change-I'm thinking Of talk.
ing a wife.
Henry Peck-You can take mine,
and welcome.
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Good Piece Of Information.

II is only necessary to boil cork
for FIVE minutes to make It at any
bottle.
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VARYING consumptIon Of EruIt.

varying consumption OF Fruit.
In England the annual consumption
Of southern fruit amounts to fifteen
pounds a head. In Germany II aver
ages not quite three pounds a head.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-22

fornia precedent and custom seem to
make it obligatory in his office to fur
nish the locator a separate plat for each
location. This, of course, involves con-
siderable extra office work, but in the
early days of California it was deemed
necessary and desira Bile, and the Gus
tom has been followed through the
years. 1t is noticeable. also. that there
Is some latitude in the matter of fees.
While in some states from $50 to S35 is
charged for this plat. and even then but
one plat furnished for the entire group
of say ten or twenty locations, In the
office Of the surveyor-g general of Cali
fornia there is charge of s25. but no
extra charge for the additional plats
furnished for use. though as stated. the
requirements OF that office are that
there shall be a separate plat for each
location in the group.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-22
NOT A PRACTICAL IDEA
No Laws Can Prevent People From
Being Foolish

A government inspector to protect
mining investors is a good idea merely
as n idea. but it wouldn't work to any
ones satisfaction. There is nothing
about 4 government inspector that
makes him superior to any one else,
and his judgment as to what was or
wasn't a good Investment or a deserv-
ing field for mining development would
be no better than that of another No
mans judgment on such matters is in
fallible. Nothing but actual develop
ment work can determine the value or
lack of value in a mine or prospect. Il
is a notorious fact that the Cripple
down" as being no good by famous
mining engineers; SO also was Tono-
pah, Nevada AS to protecting" the
would-be mining investor. if the gov
eminent ever starts that kind of busi-
ness it will have a big contract on its
hands. There are a hundred ways for
the unwise investor to drop his money
besides unworthy mining investments.
and as cold fact it is extremely prob
able that there is less lack of legitimate
investment proportionately in mining
matters than in any form of placing
money in hopes of profit. OF course
there never can be any law. state or
of himself and many are constantly
abusing such privilege.-San Francisco
Mining and Scientific Press.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-22

leaning over work CT sitting at a desk
should come from the hips, not from the
the waist. is the curving of the spine.
anu treating the waist as if a Joint
were there, which causes round and
aching shoulders and aching backs.
When you have had your modest mid
day meal, do not sit reading a trashy
novelette, in the workshop, office or res
taurant, as the case may be, for the re-
mainder of your dinner hour. Go for a
good walk and walk properly, with the
head erect and shoulders squared. This
manner of walking strengthens the
body and gives tone to the nerves.
1t is essential. too. that the business
girl should pay strict attention to the
ventilat ton of her bedroom. 1t is little use
of girl learning to walk, sit, breathe
and eat properly. If she sleeps in a close
bedroom every night. She must breathe
good. pure air while sleeping, as we'll
as during the daytime, and thus obtain
real beauty sleep.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-22
THE ORC BLANC0 ROAD
Nogales To Be Made Supply Point for
Rich District.

The projected wagon road from No
gales to the Orc Blanco district has
the following notice from the Nogales
Oasis:
On Tuesday last a, petition was made
to the board of supervisors, Al their
regular meeting. requesting that
wagon road be constructed from No
gales to Orc Blancc. This matter should
receive the earnest consideration of ev-
cry business man and taxpayer in No
gales and they should not rest until the
building of the road is an assured fact.
The present mining activity and ex-
tensive development work which are
now being prosecuted in that locality
have opened the eyes of the local mer
chants, brought them to the realiza ton
that Nogales under present conditions
is entirely unable to bid for or receive
the big business which will naturally
ensue as u result of the present activi-
ty in that region.
There are a number of mining experts
who declare that the old Orc Blanco
district contains some of the richest
mineral deposits in this territory and
that it is destined to eventually become
one of the big permanent gold produce
ing regions in the southwest.
There are at present about two hun
dred men engaged in work upon the
d1ferent properties: and new men are
being hireu daily to assist in the de-
velopment of this rich region.
This means that the Tucson mer-
chants are now doing several thousand
dollars month business with these
camps. and as the work progresses this
VIII amount to a much large sum. And
&c nr,Ixr I.olr
far away from ORC Blanco. as Tucson.
and it is the natural shipping point and
base of supplies for that section of the
country.
| 1t is deplorable that this condition
exists and that the Nogales merchants
cannot handle this business. which GER
tainly belongs to them: and it is being
constantly diverted to other channels
simply because there are no proper
facilities for transportation between
here and Orc Blanco.
| Th1S is matter of great importance
to the merchants of Nogales and they
should not stand idly by and see this
| condition continue. The construction
of wagon road would mean a good
many thousands of dollars more bust
ness to them each year, and those hav-
Ing the future welfare and prosperity OF
the town at heart should unitedly take
! this matter up with the board of trade
and give hem their hearty cooperation
| towards securing the construction of
| the road. There are a number of pris-
oners in the country Jail who should be
| made to work, and if put to road build
| ing. it would materially decrease the
| necessary cost entailed in the construc.
| ton of the highway
Having proper facilities for the haul
ing of machinery and merchandise: {
/ daily mail and stage line: Nogales
would then be able to receive the bust
ness and benefits which should accrue
to it from the development of the mines
in Santa. Cruz country.