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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
TWENTTETH MART.

R.suiar Democrats Delezs:ion-,Iotn Court
ney. Patrick Brennan. James :. Moran. Walter
A Springer. Daniel CIr!.y. MARX I. Ciz-s.
James ~ HaneJ. James J. Brady. Thomas ;
k.nney.
straish. Democratic peier..ion-Tfcrns. J.
ward G. J SaIopey. ~. Gilchri.t- Ir.. Henry
ler. Peter Ennis. Hugh p Murray. John ).
o. Brien.
II. Kficulln Thomas r. Docke.y Philip NJ
Co-Tlssek- Thomas J. DoI7n. James J. Nuicsly
James GC--iEsn. Thomas L. Foster. James H
AUtlaal, Al W!ebbln-
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Sleeper to F0Ff Wayne, lnA.,
Via vandalSa Line. S.ol ,. a. oaay.
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B..ra, Of Es..,i..tio, TArs-sh.

REPCBLlC sPECIAL
Jefferson City. No, Sept 3-The State
BOARD Of EQUALIZATION. after q lengthy ses-
Non to-day. completed the assessments for
the wear The figures will be mace public
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04

Rrst. Frank wochoSky. william z Then. Rob
srt J. Mitchell Otto A KClS. Henry J. krolasr.
Henry WHEELING.
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EGHTEENTH WARD.

Esguia- D.rnoe-stc D.iesation-Rote- n.
fschtsr. II J. ku'r. Mathew 2. TrI-n.n. Pat
rick r. c'c6nnor. Michael J. Murphy
Independent D.mocrat;c Dei.xaifoa-Cf1a-i-s
Euyart- JO--Ph Goedi-, Julius Rgete-. Patrick
Z Donovan. SIlsx Ncf-ah~.
Reform Democratic Dslerstioa-Sick K>--en.
= n Foster. 9. II os;srwisch. Joseph o Brien.
Palmer Johrln
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TTESTY-FTPST WARD

Regular Democratic DeIeEatioa-M J. Null
Wall. George P. Manley. James A McKsown.
Thomas n jenkins. jaime. :. Downing. Rich
King. John & Hurley
stTsigh, Dernoc-ati5 Delesstion-B. J. QuiE
| ley Tobias Burke. John II CrsGock. John r.
Roger. G. a. GooaEin, James 4. Stewart.
Alexander II McArlin. Milton - stee--. J. J.
Connolly
Folk Dernocra;ic Deieeation-Dr. I. ?. Brady
John p. Rodgers. p J. Cavanansh. George p
Bur5eiCh. Julian 4 CoH. 2 J G1igley. h Bry-
an. Thomas 2. Mcweliersr- James =. Sickles-
Good Government; De:nccratic Deiegafio-s-
William A FFzngei, Joseph r. Haauagan.
Thomas = B--xin. !lsrry Ka-ana<h. Arthur Y.
O'Seiil Michael Eayanssh. Albert Ward. n
z Arrffrnrr u. =. f.nan.
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Rerziar Democratic Delegz:ion-Thonzs y
Quinn. JANIS :. S,leehan. joseph p. shea
James q Go--nan, c. T. Beehle-. Thomas !
Straight Democratic, Deisrat'or-Tho-uas J
Ee-vin. Dave L. ! Soo-ar William y. S-ui.t,
g r Mahoney. JOHN T. Hughes. ca.per Ho!
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TWIN i 1--lffgND NAf-D.
R-ruiar Democratic Delegation 5ohn P f-S-s-
tara pzvf5 Seison. John y. Schspynsr. james
HarrfnEton. ". II. Miller. Jane y. FarIsy.
william p Barton. James y. Biigh, W. y
LzhthoIde-. Joseph Z. oCcEnor. E1saTd T.
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-wESTy-THIRD WARD

Regular Der1ocrstic DeleEatiofs-Joha p Nc
CARLY, Theodore Crusius. Tho--ss A D-ysr
joseph 4 Ries. Thomas A Flynn, James P
Bectds T. T. Weaver. - Towel, Peter snee-
han. GsoTe J; HAit-uesseT. Patrick RS.
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Regular Democratic .D4lseation-Jo@ &
Iauley, Charles J Manner. joseph 4 Bisha-
5torss y Clbuiks. William J. PaE!--nicz
larles Il kunsl. Thomas :. Da51r. Owen
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Regular Democratic DsisRa.io--wTilIar. :
lynn. Albert ns'tziln. II mas p ssane
:. J Schuu-. IA BastiAn. II J. P1xer r
J I-aasterg. James J M-Czre-y F J StoC:
miller. Henry @ Rclfes
Fo.k Ie-noc-atic neisratior-B- R'-ksi-sun
Csca- Bischcn. J. u. Cavendsr Frederick .
s,teile-l-ier. John Foerstner. r.. G. Hor-ell
y J. Pstlvite-. Jahn " sarax-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30

nails pointing the same way on both
poles. Get thin lath or slender stick,
long enough to reach between the posts
and light enough to rest on the nails.
Now climb up to the limb of the tree
and tie your rope in place on the bough.
just over the center of the posts. The
rope should reach to within two feet of
the ground.
Now stand few feet away from the
crosspiece. swing yourself toward it,
pull yourself up the rope as high as you
can, feet first, if you know how to do the
trick, and swing yourself over the cross
piece as the picture shows.
1t is easy enough, as you will find
when you try it, but to make vault
seven of eight feet high-well, that is
another matter.
The secret of high rope vaulting Is to
grasp the rope as far from the ground as
possible, throw your body backward.
raise your feet till they point nearly
straight up, and as you swing toward the
crosspiece pull on the rope, lifting your
whole body You can pass over the
crosspiece at astonishing heights by his
means and you and your friends will find
rope vaulting an exciting and healthful
sport.-Chicago Inter Oceon..
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BIRD WITH STRANGE BILL.
Rhiuoceros Hornbill of Borneo Is a
Creature That Is Equally Gu
rious and Unselfish.

One of the most remarkable and least
known birds in the world is the wonder
full rhinocerous hornbill.
1t lives in the high fruit FORESTS Of
Borneo, and, although it occurs there in
floclls so great that their wings make
sound like thunder when they are dis
turbed, yet few travellers see them, be-
cause their dwelling places are so diff
cult to reach.
The natives call them sungungs, but,
rs will be seen from the picture, the
name of rhinocerous hornbill is about as
descriptive one as could be devised.
A fine pair of them is to be seen in the
bird cases of the national museum in
Washington.
Despite its enormous bill, the bird is
an excellent and swift flyer, and man.
ages to hold its own against the many
serpents, tree-climbing cats and mon
keys of Borneo. But they have so many
enemies that they are driven to great
straits to preserve their nests and eggs
from these marauders.
The way in which they do this is a
fine example of unselfshness among an
imals.
AS soon as the female has laid her
eggs in the hollow of a tree, the male
bird sets to word to seal her in, by clos
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ing the hole up with dirt, tree-gum and
everything else that will hold together
tenaciously. He does not cease till he
has absolutely walled his mate in, leay-
ing only her big bill exposed
This, of course, makes her absolutely
safe, even against such huge reptiles as
pythons and the mighty tree-climbing
monitor lizards, which live on birds al
most entirely. None of these, however
large, can achieve much against the saw
age beak of the rhinocerous hornbill.
OF course, the penned-in bird cannot
feed herself, so the male is kept busy
throughout the brooding season in car
rying food to her; and it has been OBJ
served by naturalists that the faithful
and unselfish husband will not only feed
his mate before he satisfies his own hun
ger, but that he will always select choice
particles for her out of his own food
Boston Globe.
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was given as 2,49S,2O0 head. Dairy in
terests are increasing steadily, the value
of the dairy product for 1901 was over
$5,000,00O and to the many creameries
and cheese factories in the state there
has lately been added large condensed
milk factory The above facts and fig
ures being cited to carry out the promise
that Colorado is not entirely given over
to miners and mine owners, to rough
communities and warning factions.
Ofcourse we must acknowledge that the
life of the shepherds in western America
is not the idylic, gentle life tradition pic
lures the shepherds to be, newspaper
readers well knowing OF the feud be-
tween cattle men and sheep men-but
agricultural Colorado certainly is not
as a whole so very different from order
Nv rural communities elsewhere. Public
sentiment is for peace and progress, not
for war; the farming interests have no
small voice in affairs. State canals are
constructed and operated in the further
ance of Colorados development, legis-
lation keeping to the fore the need OF
the farmer citizen.
A few years ago Mr.. Julian Ralph, who
travelled up and down the state to get
a true impression OF the land, wrote in
his characteristic way OF the speedy agri-
cultultural development there: Colo
RADIO is sufficiently developed to form a
valuable object lesson for the study of
the early results of the forces we see at
work in the brand new commemorative
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
SPORT OF ROPE vAULTlNo.
An Exciting and Healthful Exercise
for Boys Used to Ordinary
Athletic Sports.

OF course, most of our boys know all
about high jumping and pole vaulting,
but have you ever heard of rope vault
ing?
All you really need is good stout
rope, tree limb to hang it to, and some
thing to jump over, but it is very much
more fun to do it exactly right
Get two boards or strips of boards.
about eight feet high. On one side
of each of these drive small nails little
way into the wood, about an inch apart,
leaving the head and about half the nail
sticking out. Leave two feet of one end
of your pole or strip of wood free from
nails.
With sharp stake make two holes
in the ground beneath the tree limb that
is to hold your rope. Make these holes
about six feet apart and about 10 inches
deep. Now put your posts into the holes
and drive them firmly in place with the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
The Toilet Of an Elephant,

In an interesting little paper upon
the grooming of wild animals it says
that from every point of view the
toilet of the elephant is by far the
most interesting performance of the
menagerie. It requires four weeks to
complete the toilet of a single ele-
plant. The operation is very expen-
sive. The assistance of the elephant 3
valet de chambre must be engaged by
the day or week, while an experienced
valet-he is known by another name
must be engaged to superintend the
work, usually at a large salary. Then
again the soap used in the process
must be purchased by the hundred
weight, the sandpaper by the gross,
and the oil, an important ingredient,
is used by the BARREL The toilet of a
single elephant will not infrequently
cost as much as $500.
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10 W NC uoCu III luO
defense of the coast it should be OPP
Grated by the coast artillery as an aux
Hilary of the Notifications on shore.
If the new drill regulations which
have been issued for the coast artillery
are guide, then there is a real navy as
signed to the coast artillery known as
the floating defenses." None of these
vessels are seagoing, but they consist Of
monitors, gunboats, scout ships, tor
pedo boats and patrol boats. The coast
defense ships are to supplement the
shore defenses where the latter do not
give adequate protection by reason of
the width Of the approaches or the near
ness Of the harbor To the sea.
Scout ships are employed to patrol or
shore and to discover the approach of
the enemy and to signal theinformation
to the shore station. Torpedo boats are
needed at the fortifcations to meet and
repel attacks which may be made by the
enemy's torpedo boats. Submarines
are to maneuyer outside Of the mine field
against large ships, prior to and during
the attack. Patrol boats are needed in
foggy weather to guard the mine fields
The coast artillery has not been given it's
fleet as yet and the question as to wheth-
er these ships should be under the. coast
artillery or under the naval estakv
ment has not yet been determined.
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TABLE MANNERS.

fhe bluejay is greedy bird; often watch
him eat,
When crumbs are scattered from our door
he snatches all the treat,
He drives the smaller birds away. his man
ners are so rude
It's quite shocking thing to see him COB
Bile down his food!
And sometimes when I'm not polite, hear
my mother say:
why, now see little boy who's eating
bluejay way!"
The sparrows are a noisy set and very
QuarrelSome,
Because each hungry little bird desires the
biggest crumb.
They scold and fight about the food, all
chirping me! Me! Mel!
And sometimes when we children are in
clined to disagree
About the sharing of treat, my mother
says: why, you
Are acting now the very way the silly spar
rows do"
The jolly little chickadees are perfectly po-
lite,
They never snatch, they never bolt, they
never, never fight,
They hold the crumbs down daintily with
both their little feet.
And peck off tiny little bites-we love to
watch them eat!
And when my sisters good at meals, my
mother says: II see
A little girl who's eating like a darling
chickadee!"
Hannah G. Fernald, in Good Housekeep-
ing
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close by. They are selling the water
rights in Montana, Wyoming and Wash
ington, but in Colorado the water is be-
ing sold as used. In the newer states
wiseacres are prophesying what will be
done with imperial reaches of bunch
grass and sage-brush, but in Colorado
county fairs are being held upon such
lands The writer goes on to tell of the
fruit exhibitions these county fairs are
noted for, tells of orchards of fruit of
size, variety, and delicious flavor, en-
phasizes throughout his article his be-
lief chat already the surer, more last
ing resources of agriculture is the heav-
lest asset of the state.''
Colorado, with her eight large rivers
and their tributaries, has water of plen-
tifulness to change the face of the desert.
In northern Colorado lies what Prof.
Thomas, of the Colorado state agricul-
tural college, speaks of as 'the far
famed agricultural region-the first set
tied, the best developed, the most pro-
ductive, the most prosperous, the most
inviting of all the agricultural portions
of the trans-Missouri country, and where
agriculture by irrigation is to be seen
at it's highest, most progressive, most
successful stage" This seems superla-
tive language, but the west grows big
things.
1t was in the region thus glowingly de-
scribed some disappointed forty-niners
turned from dreams of gold to visions of
farm wealth, and half a century ago laid
the foundations of the present pros
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DISPATCHER RUNS TRAINS.
Although One Rarely Hears About
Him, He Is the Real Railroad
Nerve Center.

We are railroad-riding people. ana
are so familiar with this mode of
travel that it hardly ever occurs to
any one how much our safety depends
on the vigilance of many, but particu-
larly of one who may be termed the
nerve-center of the road. He Is the
train dispatcher, and of him and his
work Frank H. Spearman thus speaks
in the Outlook:
The work of this marvel, fixing for
a moment the attention of the world,
is only the work Of the train dispatch
er, who, sitting under his night lamp,
blindfolded by four white walls, his
right hand on the key and his eye
fastened on the figures of train sheet,
forces his mind, when other men are
asleep. to visualize the long, winding
miles of his division-its trains, its
passing tracks and curves, its towers
and stations, its semaphores and>
switches. At 20 points in the darkness
of his night, and depending for safety
on the clear, instant working of his
mind, are swiftly moving trains of
Pullman cars loaded with sleeping men
and women whose waking rests with
him alone. This man is no genius; he
is the plain, everyday American that
one meets in the street car or in the
crowd. He cannot choose his days for
playing his games; he plays every day
from eight a. m. till four p. M. or from
four till midnight; or he takes his
transfer at midnight and sits in his
chair through the last watches of the
night. He cannot play 20 games and
rest; he must for eight hours be ready
steadily for every game that comes
over the wires against him, whether Of
OF storms, blockades, breakdowns or
wrecks. He cannot load up with COTE.
or with strong cigars for the strain q,
one night. because he must meet tho
same conditions on the next night and
on every night. No one marvels con.
corning him; no one coddles him: M
one pays any attention whatever tn
him. until. after perhaps, 1000 or OOi1
such nights successfully passed. he
makes ona night a mistake, a fatal
mistake. and from those people who
themselves never forget anything a
cry for vengeance goes up. Other men
may make mistakes; not the dispatch
er. Mis- nerves must be iron and mist
never flag, never wear. Sitting in his
den he directs his train movements
every day and his life, burned out like
the electric current at his key, is one
OF the little sacrifices we exact as the
price of our living in the country aud
doing business in the city, of CROSSING
continent in days instead of weeks
of getting our letters with the speed o.
kilograms and our papers and maaa,
zines wet from the distant peesS
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of the Potomac into Virginia and fed
eral troops crossed and recrossed it by
the thousands during the four years Of
civil strife.
The old structure was mentioned by
Dickens in his American notes and it
suggests story still told in Washing
ton to illustrate some of the peculiarities
Of that noted author. During Dickens
last visit to the United States he was en-
tertained andlionized by Washington So
ciety, but at times was inclined to be
little snobbish and to sheer at the
Americans. At a reception he was in
troduced to a gentleman whom he
treated rather coolly. The next day
this gentleman was sitting on the rail-
ing of the long bridge with shotgun
looking for ducks. Dickens in his perez
CARNATIONS about the city, went out on
the bridge and met the gentleman. The
latter, remembering the Englishman's
manner the night before, simply looked
at him and went on hunting ducks.
Dickens was little chagrined, but sup
posed the man had not recognized him.
Finally he turned to the hunter and
said:
81 say, this view reminds me of a
scene in David Copperfeld"
The hunter turned impatiently aud
retorted: Look here, Dickens; you
can't spring any of your novels on me
to-day. I'm out after ducks"
This bridge has been used for rail-
road and passenger traffic. A new
railroad bridge which is more than
twice the height of the old one from the
water level has been constructed and in
a few weeks will be open to traffic. A
new wagon bridge will then be erected
above the railroad bridge, and when it is
completed the old "long bridge" will be
destroyed
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put on display in the department at
Washington. The first picture was de-
signed to call attention to the neat,
beautiful and clean little Office which
the postmaster had secured. His pride
was commendable, and Chief Clerk
Conrad thought it deserved recognition.
He had no idea of the trouble he was in
wiling. The photograph idea took more
rapidly than vaccination and for the
past few months pictures have been ar
irving by the dozens and scores They
are of all sizes from blurred tintype to
beautiful photo engraving, and rep
resent post offices in every section of the
country from Alaska to Mexico.
81 don't know where this thing is go
ing to STOP" says Mr. Conrad 81 think
we now have on file one or two pictures
of every post Office in the United States
except those in the big cities The latter
will be along presently, suppose, and
the big towns will vie with each other
as to the number and beauty of the pic
lures they will send of government
buildings. If this keeps on We will have
to secure separate building to hold the
photographs"
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IRRIGATION TRANSFORMS coLoRADo's DESERTS

richly repay his tilling of the soil. Years
and years ago, the Mexicans, realizing
this, made use of crude irrigation meth
DDS, were the precursors OF ditch COM
panies and state canals now doing the
work on large scale.
In 1870 the first agricultural census OF
Colorado was taken and showed 1,7S3
farms; the census of 1900 showed 24,7UU
farms of 9,474,5SS acres, valued at $780,
344,035. AS beet suger state, Colorado
has come recently to the fore, now holds
third place among the states, in 1902
the sugar production amounting to 49,
643 tons. The sheep raising industry is
of great Importance; the number in 1900
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perity. Stage by stage the irrigation
system has been perfected, and to-day
farmers of this locality enjoy annual
crops, vast reservoirs storing water for
time of drought.
The Colorado farmer raises wheat
oats, barley, alfalfa, potatoes, sugar
beets, all kinds of vegetables and small
fruits, and several of the larger fruits.
The sugar beet industry is a recent one,
but one that has made great strides and
which is being encouraged by the state.
The towns situated in Colorado's farm
ing regious are examples of prosperity
and progress, present pictures of excel
lent results obtained in comparatively
brief period, indicate that the spade as
we'll as the pick has proved a valuable
tool in the state.
A beautiful country 1t is, country
with unique charm, that with farm
lands close bordering high mountain
peaks; and to the faneiful it seems a
land suggestive of the diverse elements
within its borders, the grim, mysterious
mountains standing for the dangerous,
uncongenial labors Of the miner; the
green fields of waving grain bespealling
the busy but rewarded labor of the agri-
culturist. And as the fields encroach
more and more upon the ranges, perhaps
after while the miner will have been
superseded by the farmer.
1t may be of interest just at this time,
in the midst of the Colorado labor trou-
1ac TO MOI iy,,op inf hoo iv,
1902 by the Colorado Fuel & Iron COM
pany along the line OF social betterment
for its employees This company, which
employs between $4,000 and 10000 men,
scattered throughout Colorado, Wyom-
ing and New Mexico, established So
Geological department, placed under the
lead of a member OF the Volunteers of
America; this department to have for it's
work the establishment of kindergart-
ems, boys clubs, girls clubs, night
schools, sewing and cooking classes,
travelling libraries, travelling art collec-
lections, courses of popular lectures
reading rooms and gymnasiums. A
home for disabled workman, cottages
and club rooms, have been included in
the plan and weekly paper, Camp and
Plant" has been published. We have
had surfeit of Colorado wars; why not
exploit this instance that there exists in
the state strong social feeling as we'll as
unsocial the brotherhood-of-man idea
This Switzerland of America" is con-
tinuing it's tourist business irrespective
of the free use of arms in the disturbed
mining regions traveller and innkeepe,
still pursuing the tenor of their ways
Pilgrimages are made thither by Eng
| lishman and easterner, by summer cct-
tager and winter sojourner; and Colo
RADIOS transient population is of the
number and quality that certainly exerts
no small influence on the tone of the
land. q, KATHERINE POPE.