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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-08
BEAVERS CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE.
Cut Down Young Timber in South
Dakota to Build Dams.

Sioux Falls Special to the Chicago Record Herald.
The small ranchmen and homesteaders
living along the tributaries of the Moreau,
Cheyenne and Bad rivers. in the western
part of South Dakota, are experiencing
plague of beavers. Owing to the rapidly
with which the animals have increased in
numbers, the state law prohibiting the kill
ing or trapping of beavers is becoming OBJ
noxious. Under the protection of the law
beavers have multiplied very rapidly in the
region referred to.
The protection of beavers was the result
of concerted efforts on the part of large
stock owners. who maintained that the
baaver-built dams were very valuable to
them in the storage of water for their
herds 1t is well known that beavers will
build dams in creeks and rivers that will
withstand the continued pressure Of spring
freshets where dams built by the han1i-
work of man will go sailing merrily down
the creek or river on the occasion of al
most every continued stage of high water.
Hence the value of beavers to the cattle
king OF those prairies whose herds were
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PEDESTRIANIsM IN FRANCE.
Walking Adopted as a Fad-Crcss
Country Runs Fashionable.
From the Illustrated Sporting News

fToH Tue sporting news.
With the true Gallo enthusiasm that
characteriZes their acceptance of any fad
or craze, the French people have taken up
athletics. particularly the cross-country
run or walk phase OF the strenuous life
This movement. which has had for It's more
direct inspiration the wholesale pedestrian
ism that has affected all England during
the summer and autumn of the present
year. il confined to neither class nor mass
but is the property of the whole people
What is unuuestionaby the greatest of
cross-country runs. or. for that matter, of
any such contest ever held was celebrated
at Paris on Sunday, November S. mis- af-
fair called lie Marche du Petit Matelot"
in honor of a Partisan firm that provided
1000 francs in prizes. received 4,34S entries
in advance. OF this number 1850 men the
employees of hundred business houses in
the French capital, started on the 4o-kilo-
meter journey. and 1.347 of the contestants
covered the entire course The several prize
winners were separated at the finish, of
what proved to be, apparently, a four-hour
Journey by seconds only. So great was the
interest taken in the affair that more than
200. coo spectators witnessed the start and
finish of the contest many others lining the
roads traVersed by the walkers. so that the
competitors went through living hedges
practically the entire distance. Each COM
petitor wore a brassard-a sort of white
sleeveless jersey-with his number on the
breast. Soldiers and gendarmes on horse
back were called into use to handle the
crowd. while on the march. once the small
army had started Automobiles and cy-
clists deputiZed marshals. saw to it that
the prescribed conditions were adhered to,
and that each contestant was unhindered or
unaided in his race.
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Furs and the Throat.
From the London Chronicle.

+ rom the IOnGOn VhrOnicIe.
Nine. Antonette Sterling a great adj
vocate of fresh air. Not only did she regu-
larly patronize the tops of buses, but even
when In a cab she sat in the back seat and
kept both windows open. Furthermore,
she always declined to wear any fur or
wrap around her neck, and used to declare
that people who coddled their threats often
caught colds but that she never did. A
celebrated example like this is worth quot
ing. since all the medical teaching is en-
tirely in accord with her theory.
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4 WASHINGTON BUST
PRESENTED TO CONGRESS BY
CITIZENS OF FRANCE.
It is Reproduction Of One by
dangers, Destroyed in the
Fire in 1851.

The reproduction of the bust of Washing
ton by David dangers, which was destroy
ed in the fire at the Capitol in 1851, pre-
scented to Congress by citizens of France,
will be a valuable addition to the historic
collection which has long been treasured by
Congress.
The presentation of this bust was largely
the result of the gratitude of French citi-
zens for their hearty reception5in 1902, when
here in connection with the unveiling of the
statue of Rochambeau. The original bust
was offered to the United States by France
in 1923. as the result of national subscrip-
ton. 1t was the work OF David of Anglers
friend of liberty and sinceret admirer of
the great man whose features Ire was 10 re-
produce-who strove to achieve likeness not
only of his physical but also, as far rs
feasible. his moral traits.
The original model of the work. which
was greatly admired at the time, was for
tunately preserved at the David Museum at
Anglers, the birthplace of fi4e artist. Count
de Rochambeau. who. with the assistance
of his friends. took the Initiative o. the
subscription. was thus enabled To obtain Il
true reproduction of the destroyed piece If
work. =
The Wish of the Donors.
the bust be placed as nearly as possible
where the original was erected.
David d Anglers was not only an eminent
sculptor. He was also a patriot in love
with liberty, and with a mind open to the
most generous aspirations. In making the
bust of Washington. at the request of the
subscription committee, the artist had only
been able to offer his talent to the United
States. The marble signed by him and
Ylq in he "a W
personal gift. He wished. therefore, to be-
gin afresh once more. He was intimate
with Gen. Lafayette. 1t was noticed that
he locked himself up in his studio with his
illustrious friend. A few weeks later was
completed marble statue in no way infe-
rior to that of Washington. 1t represented
Lafayette.
The sculptor, in a most eloquent letter,
full of sympathy and enthusiastic admra-
ton for the American republic, himself
offered the bust of Gen. Lafayette to the
President of the United States.
The letter of David d Angers, dated Sep
TENDER IL. 1928. has been published in
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won't to roam at will over hundreds of miles
of public domain.
Conditions, however, are rapidly chang
ing in that part of the state. The "smalP'
ranchmen-men owning from 100 to 300 head
of cattle-have displaced the big ranch
men. 1t Is therefore not surprising that
these new settlers should object very seri-
ously to the presence of family of beavers
here and there along the water courses
running through their land. This is due to
the fact that the beavers are industriously
engaged in cutting down all the valuable
young timber along the banks of streams.
Notwithstanding the present state law
homesteaders along Rabbit Creek. the north
fork of the Moreau river. are offering
good bounty for trappers to engage In a
war of determination on the beavers so the
watercourses will be rid of the animals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-08
Reply to Russian Statement.

With reference to the reiterated state
ment from Russian sources that Russia
could not agree to a Japanese fertilization
of southern Korea, as 1t would endanger
the neutrality of the Straits of Korea, the
Japanese legation said today that Japan
had already recognized the reasonableness
of this contention on the part of Russia
and had readily agreed that the passages
of the Straits of Korea should be perfectly
free. Japan. however. refused to agree to
the neutral zone suggestion, because she
believed 1t would become virtually a Rus
sian sphere of influence in view of her
large concessions on the Yalu river More
over. If Japan had granted this demand it
would have been in opposition to Japan's
contention that the independence and in
tegrity of Korea must be recognized
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-08
The japanese.
London Chronicle

LOuuUH
The Japanese are not as mixed a race as
the modern "Britons," but they have a
very complex origin. 1t is certainly not
correct to regard them as originally China
men, for whilst they do possess Chinese
blood, there Is certainly a Korean strain in
them. as we'll as one derived from the Ma
layans and another from the Amos or abo-
riginal inhabitants of the isiands-the "sav-
ages of Japanese historians. There has
consequently been none of that disastrous
"inbreeding" which is fatal to animals, ma
tons or aristocracies: and latterly there is
evidence that the Jap is growing taller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-08

France, in the life of the sculptor, and
more lately in a Senate bulletin.
The busts of Washington and Lafayette
by dangers were destroyed by fire Decem-
Der a. 1851. David dangers was an exile
when he learned of the destruction of these
works.
In the beginning of 1893 certain French
men united to offer to the United States a
replica of the bust OF Washington preservd
in the David museum at Anglers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-08

Mrs. Henpeck-"we never know who our
best friends are
Henpeck That's so, my dear. Now,
there's that fellow you Tilted when you
married me. He has never spoken to me
since. Judge.
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Precise.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Miss wabash-"Last Saturday was your
birthday, wasn't n?"
Miss "Preposterous! How can
you be so silly?"
that?"
Miss Boston--Last Saturday was the an
niversary of my birth. I'm not an infant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-08

Edward F. Croker, a nephew of Richard
Croker, was reinStated as chief of the fire
department of New York by the appellate
division of the supreme court.
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Ii you want work read the want columns
of The Star
, 1904-06-27

and st~rength-so that we are put in the
best possible shape to resist disease-to
cure neuralgia, colds, catarrh, and incip-
lent consumption.
III believe that it is generally conceded
that DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry is the best medicine for a man to
take suffering from indigestion, kidney
trouble or any of the Affections resulting
from overwork or neglecting a cold,"
writes ]. Russell Hill, of 332 Barrie
Street, Kingston, Ontario, Recording
Secretary Imperial Knights Federation
League of Kingston. III have used it
several times during the past few years
and have always found that it gave me
immediate relief. 1t expels excessive
uric acid in the system due to improper
digestion, relieves the kidneys from con-
gestion, drives headache and backache
away, induces appetite and tones up the
general system. I.cousider it a fine REM
edy for young or old men, sure to build
up a rundown condition of the system"
ut gives me great pleasure to express
my faith in the virtue of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery writes Mrs.
Ellen Hayes, of Whittens Stand, Tenn.
"For several years 1 suffered with stom-
ach trouble. Had spells which were so
bad no pen can describe the suffering I
endured while they lasted. In Novem-
Der, 1901, I wrote to DR.. Pierce, describ-
ing my case, and he replied advising
the use of his Medical Discovery I
bought nine bottles, lave taken five of
them and have not had another spell
since I commenced the medicine, al
though am not yet entirely cured. !
have received much and lasting good
from DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, and know that if I continue with
it that it will cure ME. I thank you for
your kind advice and the benefit I n.
ceived from your medicine"
, 1904-06-27

terful in review and lofty in tone
every one knew who knew the man.
But many doubted his ability to
success as an orator before
auditorium. They doubted the
strength o his voice and the magne-
tism of his II Yet he rose to a
height which dispelled all misgivings.
His voice improved and his ardos
warmed as he vent on. AT times he
reached the loftiest level. 1t was an
grafton which will long stand as a
model among those who love effec.
tiveness without the theatrical.
The modesty of the man was beau
tiful to see He spoke of the erection
of the Cuban Republic by the United
States without ever a hint, however
vague, that he himself had been the
molder, the teacher, the creator OF
the island nation. He spoke of the
Plat amendment as Cuba's sheet
anchor without an intimation that the
author of the Plat amendment was
none other than Elihu Root. He spoke
of the great work that has been done
in the Philippines. in reconstruction
of the American army, in resurrection
of the militia. with never IA sugges
ton that the man who had achieved
these things was himself"
, 1904-06-27
The Guardian of Our BODY
SCIENCE UP-TO-DATE.

The foremost biologist of our day is
NJ. Mctschnikof who has shown the
world Of science that there are ~leucocytes
III our blood that act as scavengers or
policemen. These policemen which are
called ~P4ggocyteS look out for the nox-
1ous or poisonous elements in our blood.
1t is OF the highest Importance to the
long life of the human being that these
policemen guard us from the attack of
germs from the outside-who enter our
bodies like burglars to take our lives.
Various offending elements such as mi
cro-organisns are picked out of the blood
and tissues by these policemen and de-
stroyed. Therefore our lives are pro-
tected by these blood-cell-policenen the
P~hagocytcS, and we enjoy immunity
from disease so long as our blood con
tains plenty of phagocytes and red blood
corpuscles. We can ~prolong life by
keeping Our blood i'll good condition
our circulation and liver active. In the
above sketch the border shows tvpes of
red corpusclcs which are degenerated,
broken down blood cells--in healthy
red blood thc\cells are round but when
we get pale, ttin and weak the round
cells soon betotne irregularly shaped
or like a d~umbIbell. The policemen in
our blood are represented by the dark
irregular shaped cells within the circle
showing healthy blood cells.
"The more study and time is given TO
the subject the more we find that the
blood is the center of life "-says DIR.
r. V. Pierce, the noted specialist of Buff
falo, "the health and comfort of the
average person depends entirely on this
blood supply-ior the heart must have
, 1904-06-27
A Happy Life.

Russell Sage declares against all va
cations as absolutely foolish. and says
that during the whole SO years of his
career he has not taken a days vaca-
ton. So? Well, neither has he had a
good suit of clothes, nor purchased a
good dinner, nor gone to the theater,
unless on a pass. nor bought a really
good picture. nor made any friends.
His life has been spent sitting in a
dingy office lending money on hard
terms to those who heartily curse him
behind his back. Eighty-three years of
nothing but making money!-Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
, 1904-06-27

pure blood or it will not pump and keep
the body supplied regularly like the
beautiful automatic engine it is. The
nerves must be fed on pure blood-or we
suffer the pain of neuralgia, which is the
ccy OF the starved nerves for food. Head
aches, cold in the head, catarrh-and
many other things are due to stagnation
of the blood.y Many of our common ills
could be prevented and cured if the
people only knew themselves and their
bodily makeup. Study some good med
lcal book, it need not be technical
good II is the "Common Sense Medical
Adviser" by r. V. Pierce, M. d. This
book is complete treatise on Physiology,
Anatomy, Hygiene and Medicine and
gives simple receipts for the cure of or
binary ills-and is within the reach of
everyone for this one thousand page
illustrated book will be sent, by address
ing DR.. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V, for
81 one-cent stamps in paper binding, or
cloth-bound for 81 stamps.
HOW TO PUT THINGS IN ORDER.
IA new broom sweeps clean and in
order to put our own house in order we
must get rid of all the poisons in the
blood with a new broom such as an al
t~erative extract made from roots and
herbs-witllout the use of alcohol. AL
cohol only s~llrivels up the red : blood
corpuscles II therefore it is unwise to
try and brace up ones strength with
cocktails Oh alcoholic tonics and COM
pounds. Some thirty eight years ago
DR.. Pierce who was in the active prac-
tice of medicine and surgery found that
an Alternative extract could be made of
certain herbs without the use of alcohol,
that was a specific for making rich red
blood-for eradicating the p%oisons from
the blood. In some way the policemen
in the blood are increased in number
, 1904-06-27
About Sleeping Cars.

There is some talk of discarding the
Pullman cars on the Union Pacific
road, and we do not regret it. If the
company will construct a car with a
series of wood boxes arranged in tiers,
and fitted II with a blanket with
hinges to it. so that it Will adapt itself
to the form. it would be an improve.
ment. Now, if you get an upper berth,
the motion of the train. and the fric-
ton on the roof of the car wear the
end of your nose off, and the blanket
is about as malleabie as a marble slab.
One of these days they viii invent a
sleeper with a quart of pure air for
each person, instead OF only Il mouth
full. If there could be NOR pure air.
and less mahogany on which
to bump the system. and The porter
received a regular salary Instead of
mobbing thetrain with a whisk broom,
and garroting the passengers for 81
each. life would be more desirable.
When We get our own special car we
shall build a berth in it long enough
so that we shall not have to lie all
night with our feet stuck out ever the
curtain rod, and our nose against the
cold. frosty roof of the car. We shall
also have the head and foot of the
berth padded. SO that when the train
stops at a water tank, IN the middle
of the night, it will no knock all our
teeth loose. and mix up our brains
Bill Nye.
, 1904-06-27
A RELIC.
Bill Nye AID a Ball Program Q
C.her Days.

Running our hanG. into the pockets
of an old spiketail o a he other day,
preparatory to turningoverthe venera-
bic garment 80 a poor man who needed
a s%pike-tail coat to herd sheep in, we
found a relic of by-gone days that took
us back over the rugged path on which
We had %journeyed for the past ten
years; back through sun-painted val
leys and through the sloughs of de-
spond till We stood again where we
did before the past decade with its
burden of sorrows. and its seldom joys
had made its impress on our brow.
1t was only a soilcd aud worn ball
program.
Looking upon it. the mist of gather
ing years lifted from the still features
of the past like the pail that hides the
calm lincaments of the dead. and out
from the silent tomb OF buried memo
ries came back that regal night We
spent in the heart of the forest, with
the wealth and beauty of natures chill
dren gathered about the camp fire.
while the seductive strains of the
Strauss waltz, played on a camp ket-
tie and a Ute bass drum filed the air.
The program reads on the outside
as follows:
Grand Dress Ball. Select Wal Dance,
and Raw Dog Supper. july Is. 1872.
Opening the program. we find, in
addition to several h~and-painted
grease-spots and the odor of smoked
bacon, the following list of dances,
with our partners:
Grand march around the Firewater
barrel; maiden with the Tin Ear.
Scalp Waltz; Cleopatra Colorow.
Flying Trapeze Quadrille; Veni Vidi
Nici Colorow.
Hoopla Schottisch; Tay-To-Ba
Smith Cone-half breed BELLE.
Lancers (free for alb; Honi-Soit-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Tomahawk Waltz: Daughter-of-the
Cooing-Blizzard.
Supper.-CGuests are requested not
to throw discarded bones at the mu-
sicians. or change their 'lothing in the
ball room. They might take cold.)
Quadrille de Mexicana: Ma-wah-tan,
ni-han-ska-continued on fourth page.
Maniac Polka; Daughter-of-Anony-
mous-pale-face.
Firewater Reel; Daughter-in-law-of-
the-full-Moon.
Waltz (half-mile DASH: Omitted on
account of fatigue.)
Scalp Quadrille ,scalp to be fur
nished by visiting pale face). Omitted
on account of unavoidable absence.
Grand Knock own-and-D rag-Out,
Waltz-Quadrille with Butcher Knives.
(Omitted. Didn't have any Butcher
Knife bill Nye.
, 1904-06-27
MONDAY, JUNE 81, 1904.
A WORD ABOUT FAST RUNS.

Recently there has been some con-
troversy over record runs between
Rawlins and Cheyenne and the infer.
ence has een drawn by some at least
that the fastest me are the best
runners. While it is of great import
ance to railroad companies to get
their trains through with expedition,
it is of greater Importance to have
them arrive safely. and it is therefore
to the runner who is ever careful of
the interests of the road and it's GUS
toners that the most credit is due.
To make an extremely fast run over
q mountain road the extraordinary
time is always made on the down
grade. 1t doesn't require skill 20 let a
train run down hill without applying
h air, but it does require careful and
painstaking ability to let a train down
a heavy grade at a high rate of speed
without danger. How often has the
traveller noticed the steadying influ-
ence of the brakes upon curves, hold.
ing the train from swaying and avoid
ing the danger of a spreading of the
rails. A sudden plunge onto a curve
at sixty miles an Jour is dangerous. to
put it mildly, n the safe engineer
will not take the risk. He firmly ap-
plies the brakes and brings the train
under control to such an extent that
the weaving motion is avoided and all
danger is eliminated. By doing this
he may lose possibly ten or fifteen min
utes he might otherwise have made
between division points, but he has
h satisfaction of knowing hat he
has brought his train through in safe,
ty and saved his own neck.
Skill is not measured by speed.
How often has the traveller been al
most thrown from his feet by a sud
den stop at a station. That was caus-
ed by rough handling of the air. The
skillful engineer has studied this mat
ter and practiced it till he is able to
stop with scarcely a p%erceptible jar.
The writer has been told by old en-
gineers that this is accomplished by
releasing the brakes just an instant
before the stop is made. To release
just at the right time is the problem.
The best engineer-the one who
causes a smile to pas over the face of
the dispatcher when he applies for or
ders-is the man who is able to get
over the division on his schedule un-
der all kinds of adverse conditions;
the man who treats his fireman well,
has a pleasant word for the entire
r and even the landlady at the 9TH
err end of the line: the man who can
get the maximum out of his engine on
an up grade and who handles the train
on a down grade with a view to the
safety of those who are temporarily in
his charge. Winter engineers" as
"Old Man" Galbraith used to call
them, are the kind who bring gladness
to the hearts of superintendent and
general managers.
The fastest runs are not always in
dicative of the best engineers. Abso-
lutte reliability is the greatest thing to
be desired.
Speed contests are to be deprecato
ed unless coupled with safety.
, 1904-06-27
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infiamed con.
dition OF the mucous lining Of the Eu.
stachian Tube. When this tube is in.
famed you have a rumbling sound OF
imperfect hearing. nd when 1t is en-.
tfrely closed, deafness Is the result,
and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to Its
normal condition, hearing will be de.
stroyed forever; nine cases out Of ten
are caused by Catarrh, which is moth.
ing but an infiamed condition OF the
mucous services.
We will give ONE hundred dollars for
any case Of Deafness (caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY. I Co. Toledo, o.
Sold BY Druggists, 76c.
Halls Family Pills are The bert.