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The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21

continue so to describe her. Her medi-
cal attendant has told her that her
only hope of reGaining something like
her youthful contour of figure lies in
the practice of rigid self-tienial with
respect to the dainties she enjoys
most. The Princess of Wales has also
received hint from a high medical
authority that she viii some day be-
come II second edition of her mother,
the Duchess of Teck, who was enor-
mously fat, unless she practices fru-
gality. in the line of confcctions.
The Duchess of ARGOS, formerly
Miss Virginia Lowry of Washington.
wife of the new Spanish ambassador
to Italy, arrived in Rome recently
from st. Petersburg, the former post
of her husband. On opening her
trunk it was discovered that it had
been robbed in transit of Jewels val
ued at about $4,000 1t is supposed
that the robbery took place between
1urih ana kome. van Calva.
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An Early Print.

The finding of human footprint,
said to be 10000 years old, in a Penn
sylvania colliery has led to the report
that record in antiquity has been es
tablished. But this is thing of yes
telday, geologically speaking. The
day will come. the ethnologists say.
when mans age will be found recorded,
not in thousands of years, but millions
Even now they have traced him back
to pre-glacial days. How to express
that il figures is problem, but, at any
rate, they fix certain happenings in the
glacial period as 100000 years ago
And in those days our forefathers, with
OF without their tails, their three eyes
or fewer, were busy In Europe with the
mammoth and the elephant, the giraffe,
the lion, the tiger and species which
he has outlived Man was on the earth
before Vesuvius and Aetna reared
their fiery heads unto the skies. He
has been found with his works of art
buried hundred feet deep in the gold
bearing gravels of California, overlaid
by four successive lava streams from
VOLCANOES long extinct.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21
THE CONNECTICUT

ershy We're likely to he rolled in the
nearest mud puddle ana the tendency
to break windows and trough house
inns and alehouses became so pro-
nounced that keepers of shops and
tayerns put up their shutters and Sc
curely barred their doors. When ri
val bands met there WAS vast smash
ing of heads which afforded ample
practice for all the BARRIERS and
leeches in the neighborhood.
Matters went from bad to worse
until the public and authorities be-
came weary of reading the annual
list of dead and injured, and about
1880 the great Shrove Tuesday
matches died out. The game was
rer1.etuated in the colleges, but even
there it was no sport for weaklings,
as is proved by the fact that as late
as 1876 "hacking," or kicking an OPP
posing player on the shins. was al
lowed as one of the finer points. The
Football Association formed in 1873
was the result of the interest i'll ath-
latics aroused by the volunteer move
ment in England in 1860 and the
Rugby Union was formed in 1871.
The present rul. s in the United States
We're evolved from those of the Rug
by Union. as opposed TO the "socker''
or Association style which has recent
ly been exploited as possible sub
stitute for the American game.
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pERFrMES FOR TIE NOBILITY.
Ambassador Whitelaw REID Engages
Services oil tari's son.

At one time Lady Cnrzon had the
raputatiou of spending more money
ON perfumeS than any other woman
in England. 1t was said that she was
more extravagant in this respect thnh
Oueen Alexandra whose perfume piiis
nmounted to something Ike $1,000 n
wear. Now, the story goes, the purn-
css of RoNburgh has become ,he
most cXtravagant purchaser OF per
fumery in the land. She patroni%es
the heayy-scented essences OIL 'he
East which are known to be most eN-
pensive. The cost OF her daily pain
would, 1t is said keep middle-ciass
family for Il week. Lady Curzoh
used these same essences ut one time,
but she found them so expensive tlint
she decided 10 try cheaper eAtfactS'
Queen Alexandra, too, has gone III
for retrenchment in the same dlrcc-
ton, and she Is now satlsneu Win
the fayorite scent OF the late Queen
Victoria, which was Il species of law
ender water specially prepared Tor
her by a chemist Mt Windsor. Ihe
Princess of Wales is also eXtravagant
in the use of scents and uses spe-
plul pFtDu ilbn lllltt Ii't' 'i''S'N'
and other carefully cultivated flowers.
1t is strange that Lady Suffolk, for
merlv Miss Letter of Washington, dis
likes scents, considering her sisters
passion for them.
Even royalty finds ii necessary to
Weld obedience To the doctors orders.
The fiat has gone forth that Queen
Alexandra must eat no more sweet
things. In consequence, Well-knpWn
firm of London pastry cooks. who
have for many years supplied her
majesty with confectionery and other
tempting delicacies, have had their
order cancelled. For their loss or
trade the are conSoled by the fact
that they are still allowed to display
the royal coat-of-arms, which indi-
Gates that they are under royal pat
ronage. The Queen has long been In
fond of sweets and con
fectionS and has recklessly indulged
her appetite for them. That has pro-
duced an accumulation of superfiuous
adipose tissue which even the most
EXPERT of dFessmakers are unable to
conceal. She ii no longer slim and
willowy, though English newspapers
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FOOTBALL ANCIENT SPORT.
R0OSEVELT'S NOT THE FIRST
ROYAL EDICT TO PREIEAi
ROUGH PLAYING.
English and Scottish Kings nave
Debarrec Game. Has Always Been
Rou.hest OF Sports for tive nun
dred lears-Shin licking Approved.

President Roosevelt's attempt to
bring about revision in the rules OF
the gridiron sport that ii may be
nlayed with less risk to the lives and
limbs of the contestants is after all
but revival of the causuc com
ments of at least two English SOW
ereigns who beat the President on
the revision business by several hun
dred years. Football is one of the
Oldest of all the English paStimes, ana
it is even believed that the GreeAs
and Romans had similar game.
Ever since it first made ITS appear
ance it has been characterized by eN-
treme roughness and has been the
subject of denunciations on the part
of those who cared more for their
own safety and that of the players
than for the final score.
AS early as 1914 football had be-
come go popular In London as a street
game and attracted SO many disofd-
erly spectators that the staid old mer-
chants entered vigorous protest.
King Edward II was on the throne
then and wasted no time dining the
football coaches or arguing about
the matter lie issued prooiama-
tiol in which he said:
Fora smuoh as there is great noise
in the city caused by hustlIng over
large balls from which many evils
might arise. which God forbid. we
and forbid on the half OF
The King, on pain of imprisonment
such games 10 be used in the city In
the future"
This terse and ominous declaration |
by more .Ann five hundred \
years the American legislators who /
have come to the front in the past de- |
rade with bills to make football IL |
legal in their States.
The sport may be rough and Tn /
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has been made In each particular case, be
cause to do so controvcrts the fuudaMeu-
tai principle Of saving the public llHds Tor
the home maker. Eaah luc14ltg sh"n'd 1c
dealt with on its own merits ENtu u II
should ultimately appear that thls law has
worked beuefslally Ia Nebraska II would
by no means follow that such q las might
be safely applied TO other regions ltIeTclt
In topography, soil, and climate No arm!
trary rule Should be followed, but in eaeh
case the area Of the homestead sueull pc
determined by the acreage which may be
necessary 10 support family upon u.
land, either by agriculture, or by grazing u
agriculture is impracticabIe. lnuI slcA
acreage is determined for each locality;
any new general law providing q method
Of obtaining title TO the public li,D ahGS
would. In the opinion OF your CouiAIssIou'
be decidedly unsafe.
Lieu Lands.
Careful study has been given by your
Comini ssion 10 the subject of forest-reserVe
lieu-land selections These selections nave
given rise to great scandal, and have led
10 the acquisition by spectators OF much
valuable timber aud agricultural land ana
Its consolidation into large ho!qiheS. nF'
ment and the people from the selection
OF valuable lands In lieu of worthless areas
has been very great There has been
Increased settlement and business actiy-
ity. Public opinion concerning lieu-land
selections, by railroads in particular, has
reached an acute stage. The situation Is
In urgent need of a remedy, and your Com
mission recommends the repeal of the laws
proviiiln: for lieu-land selections.
partial remedy by Executive action
has already been applied by carefully lo-
catin. the boundaries of new forest re
serves. and thus limiting lien.land selec-
tions TO comparatively Insignificant areas
The last annual message to Congress de-
clares definitely that
The making Of feysS! rs5f,te. faifhiH rGi!rdaS
and sglsoE-r5ad IIHS-sTzsI HUlIS NIL Asre-
after as fer tie n1sf three years, b. 50 7;sHGeez
as 10 tyeOsrt tlas issue K,..sr fhe act 0f jaaf !
1877, of bI5e t5r eycAaH ge or lien seAeetfa" tHS-
aaly ealc3 se,ttl. In al Gases Egle7e t5Te+f re-
se,zes fgiihsH areas eorcref BY LzHG g7TsTfs so-
feay 10 b. esSegf4! 10 fs speysty or sefflsr5,
Miners or afhsrS. ne G9terg gg;sGf 12iGS r1fH'G
saeh proposed tJrcSf raS,T5t5 tgHA, as IN IAe
reesnf taIf, 6s 1g!4sardlos from sale or eni'y
feAli.g s.e mplfl9a of SaeA Hsgais1fi9HE 5g!tA
tie ofoae,5 Of IAe AEg2 grants Is is1HPrsseHt !he
creation of Sa-e1Iscs S6TLr,
There are now lands in private ownership |
within existing furest reserves, aHi SINH |
lar lands lnust to a limited extent be IN |
cluded in new reserves. Therefore, ne |
thud is required BY which the Government |
may obtain control Of mona asrcutural |
holdings within the boundaries Of these re-
serves Your Commission recOUinends the |
following flexible plan Upon the recon-,
mendation Of the Secretary of Agriculture,
when the public Interest so demands, the
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21
AN ANCIENT FOOTBALL GAME IN THE STREETS OF LONDON

took a hand in the game because of
the Injuries with which 1t was at
tended was King James l. He was
n patron of sport and believed in his
progeny getting plenty of excitement,
but he baked at football. 1t was too
much trouble to raise an heir to
have him twisted into q pretzel just
about the time he might be useful in
holding down the throne. James told
his son to run along and have good
time with the boys. In fact, he wrote
down certain precepts for the young
mans guidance, but If the coach had
asked Prince Charles to "cOme out
for the eleven" he would have been
met with the familiar parental OBJ
lection" of the present day, which
King James expressed as follows.
"From this count / debar all such
rough and violent exercise as the foot,
ball, meeter for laming than making
able the users thereof"
Interfered With Archery.
Football has always had tendency
to run foul of the law. Its original
first offence was in taking the minds
of prospective soldiers off from arch.
cry, but in this it had as n side part
ner the eminently peaceful and gen
tie game of golf. In 1457 q Scottish
act was passed in which the two
sports were condemned in language
as vigorous as that used by some OF
our college presidents on the same
subject, because they occupied toe
much Of the time of the husky men
who might have been learning the finel
points of how to send an arrow
through the breast plate Of an En-
glish invader. The plants of thl
0taid seigneurs received about 20 Lit
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21
Queer OdOr of Munl1uies.

You may put a mummy in glass
case and seal it Theoretically SO that
ne corroding air can get within, but
it will still eXhale its odor. Four or
five thousand years. it would seem.
should exhaust all olfactory qualities,
but experience teaches us that these
smells remain while the origin of their
scents is unknown to us. They are
To-Day as much a mystery to embalm
ers as when the bodies were put In
the bath OF nature.
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RIVAL NAVAL BUILDERS.
GOTERNNENT C0NSIRoCiohs
BEIT PRICATE CONCERN
N SHIPBTHDING.
The Connecticut Ahead OF Sister snip
Louisiana-Cosr However Greater
FIRST War ship Ever Built by inc
Governments.

There is great rivalry between the
United states Navy Yard at Brookiyh
aud private shipbuildlng concern NJ
Nrwpurt News, over the CONSTRUCTION
of tile two naval war leviathans, Con
uasticut and Louisiana. The Govern
meut is building the Connecticut, ana
the su.pbulldns company Is fushihS
toward completion the LOUISIANA.
The figures given out but short time
a-o ly the Navy Department show
that tile Connecticut is 9l.36 per cent
COMPLETED. while her sister ship shows
a percentage of completion of So.
4 comparison shows then that the
Governmental boat has slsht
lead, which is all the more gratifying
TO tie champions of Government con
truction when it is considered thal
this is the first battleship ever buiit
in the United States by any other
than private constructors and that II
was predicted that the Government
could not compete with private build
ers. Nevertheless the Government
shin will cost the more.
By act of Congress approved July
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21
Chestnuts are very similar food to

potatoes. The chestnut, however, is
the more nutritious of the two. The
chestnut has only 33 per cent. water
while the potato has 76 per cent. of wa.
ter. In all Of the nutritive ingredients
the chestnut leads the potato. The
chestnut may be cooked exactly as the
potato ia, boiled. baked or roasted
The culture of the chestnut tree in
this country has as yet been neglected
and furnishes IN inviting field for en-
terprising agriculture and forestry.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21

The hens eggs produced in this
country last year would fill AZ, l27 900
crates of 800 eggs each. 1t would re-
quire 107 SIS refrigerator cars to trans
port this crop and these cars would
make train 800 miles long.
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Many Friendly PATS.

Rodrick-They say Cholly Goodfel
low is very popular around town.
Van Albert should say SO. Why,
he wears out two coats month just
from people sIapping him on the back
News.
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M0StIy VHluabIL TOT NXricuiCUIt- TUt6sI 50
"a black n..55 of tres growth.
ladylike nowadays, but what it was
in Edwards time, when the favorite
diversions of the apprentices and other
youngsters were street fights in which
anything from an axe 10 kick in the
stomach was allowed may be better
imagined than described. The broken
collarbones and strained tendons with
which We are familiar as n result of
scrimmages must have been mere pin
scratches compared with casualties
attending a buck on center by the
Mediaeyal backs"
Another English sovereign who
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21

In India the contribution basket is
passed around In the Hin
doc temples by An elephant.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21

l, la02, authority was granted for tine
construction of two battleships after
ward named the Connecticut and
Louisiana, each 450 feet long, I6 is
feet wide. with a draft of "A feet q
inches. \ short time after this action
of Congress, the Navy Department de-
cided 10 have one of the battleships
constructed by private parties. the
Government endeayoring to build the
other.
Government Co Bad Start Too.
The contract for the Louisiana was
let 10 the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company who laid the
keel for that vessel on l -Nruary I,
1903 while the Government was de-
layed in the construction of its vessel
SO much that the keel was not laid
down until March 10 of the same
year. The Government was further
delayed in building the Connecticut
owing to non arrival of necessary ma
chinery and armor plate, yet with all
Vt these drawbacks the latest figures
published by the Navy Department
show the .Goyernmcnt-built hsoat
/ farther advanced -oward completion
than that being erected by a private
concern. The Louisiana was the first
10 receive its christening. having been
/ launched August 81, 1904; the Con
necticut did not take to the waves
until September % of the same year.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard, where the
Connecticut is being built is now en-
| ploying over 1000 men on the battle
ship and it is stated that there is
still room for 2OO more work men
/ With the rapid progress now being
made on the vessels it is estima ted
/ that they will be ready to go into
| commission by June of next year.
Most ForRidabl. of War Ships.
/ These battleships when completed
will be among the most formidable
war vessels of the world; the main
| battery on each vill consist of four
| 12-inch, eight S-inch and twelve =
| inch rifles; the. secondary battery will
| have twenty 3-inch rapid fire guns,
/ twelve 3-pounders, eight 1-pounders
and n number of rapid fire guns CT
smaller calibre. There will also he
four submerged torpedo tubes The
ships will have ample protection by
heavy armor ranging in thickness
from nine to eleven inches. The con
tract calls for vessels of 10000 tons
displacement, with steaming capaci-
ty, at 10 knots per hour, of 5000 miles
without recoaling. They are expect
ed. however, to make 1S knots per
! hour at the official trial. Each ship
will be manned by s55 officers and
men. The contract price of the Lou
isiana is $3,99O,OOO while the Connect
icut is expected to cost $4,2l2, 900.
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tie attention then as now, for in 1891
we hnd another act in which flute
halle and goIfe" were roasted 10 n
turn and prohibited under severe
penalties.
The uureeenerate Of Scotland Were
much given to playing football Oh
sunday. At first il interfered with
tile practice of archery on the Sew
cnth Day. and later, when the Sab
batarian movement had acquired
prominence, il kept people away from
church.so in 1891 we find the town
council of Edinburgh strictly forbid
ding the playing of matches ON the
sabbath.
Not only was the game itself
rough, but il attracted great con
courses Of people who We're willing
at all times to jump in with clubs
and other weapons and resent un-
fairness or poor decisions. For
some reason Shroye Tuesday was the
great date for annual contests. cor
responding 10 what Thanksgiving Day
used to lie in this country. On this
day the crowds swarmed out to the
green's and. from the descriptions we
have, their conduct before and after
the games would have made the wild
nights, few years ago in the New
York Tender,oin after big game In
that city look like a Sunday School
picnic.
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Wa. a Reign of Terror.

They marched around with much
shouting and cheering, chasing the
city watchmen up and down alleys
and beating them right merrily. Pass
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=, xhen versins on
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and thrived there and that these Jews
were the founders Of the present Abys-
sinian Semitic race. Menelik the
First IS presumed to have taken the
ark Of the covenant with him, and il
is still asserted to be in a temple at
Akhum- No European has ever seen
1t, and il has not been seen even by
the present ruler of Abyssinia himself.
only priests Of high grade who are IN
married being permitted to behold it.
Likes American Hats.
DR.. Rosen says that King Menelik is
in fine health and that although he is
81 years of age, he looks only about so
He is fond of wearing a broad brimmed
American hat when out of doors. but
otherwise he dresses in the loose gar
ments of the country. When indoors
the king wears a large kerchief folded
about his head.
Not one of Dr. Rosen's party of
eighteen was i'll during the expedition
on the way out of Abyssinia the en-
bers OF the party found supplies wait
ing for them at every station. as King
Meneiik told them thzy would be. Al
though il has been said that Menelik' s
authority over the outlying districts is
not obeyed- Dr. ROsen found the chiefs
in the most remote parts of the COun-
try very anxious to carry out the kings
orders
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ENTITLED TO THE PURPLE.
Les Angeles Vicar General Honored
by Pope Plus K
(SpeciaI to The HeraldD

Los Angeles. June 11.-MOnsignor P
Haruett. vicar general OF the diocese,
has been appointed TO the dignity of
domestic prelate by Pope Plus x, and
the honor entities him to wear the
purple.
The announcement was made by
Bishop Conaty to the congregation as
sembled at the cathedral this morning.
at the close of the solemn pOntifical
mass.
Bishop Conaty received the brief war
rauting the appointment in a letter
from Rome which arrived here Satur-
day night coming through the papal
delegate at Washington The dOcu-
ment bears the signature of Cardinal
Macchai and the seal of the fisherman.
The appointment is one of dignity
only as it carries with it no power of
Jurisdiction II is purely honorary and
raises Mgr HaTnett- to the position of
member of the papal household.
By a recent action Of the holy father
all vicar generals were by virtue of
their office raised to the dignity of
monsignors, but this did not entitle
them TO WsaT the purple. and the ap-
pointment ceased with its application
to the position of vicar general.
Bishop COnaty, however. had applied
to the holy see for the dignity Of do
nestle prelate, which is personal to
Father Harnett. and entities him to
wear the purple and to hold a special
position in all ecclesiastical process
sions-
Monsignor Harnett is also protona-
tory apostolic by virtue of his position
as vicar general The purple of a do
mestic prelate is the same as that of a
bishop outside his diocese. and con-
cists Of purple cassock, mantle and
rochet
Continued on Page 81
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LOS ANGELES H0B0S
RIDE IN AUTOMOBILE
CSneciaI to The FeraId.)

Los Angeles. Cal. June 1.-THE world
of the perennial Jag was pleasantly
thrilled yesterday. The case was the
new automobile patrol which rolled ell
egantIy through the streets on a trial
spin. 1t brought fears of joy to the
bleary eyes that gazed upon it from
First and Los Angeles streets
The vehicle. which has been provided
for hOboes, drunks, etc, by that big
millionaire. the city, met with the most
enthusiastic approval Few of the old
famiIiars at the police station have ever
ridden in an automobile, and this one
is the very acme of elegance It has a
pIate-glass front and polished sides, in
candescent lights and thick upholstered
leather seats that are very inviting
HObodOm was rent with excitement and
authorization. Chez" said one of the
wearies whose nose would do duty as
the danger signal of railroad train,
I'VE won't do a ting to dat ortermobile-
Would / do tree days for a mile in dat
buggy? Ask me-.
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OLD FEUD BREAKS OUT IN WYOMING
Beautiful and Fascinating Mrs. Clara Fullerton of Damage Suit
Fame the Victim of the Latest Iron Mountain
Outrage.

house. Both had been shot One was
dead and the other had to be killed.
The Horse cTeek-IrOn mountain dis
trict is the country in which William
Powell and William Lewis were muir
dered, supposedly by Tom Horn, who
was hanged for the murder of Willie
Nickel, son of Kels P Nickel. a ranch
man of the Iron mountain district Mrs
Powell was recently convicted of steal
ing cattle in the same district Lord
George Kennedy. a wealthy Scotch cat
tleman, recently received notes OF
warning TO leave the country or he
would be killed.
Mrs. Fullerton. through her success
full handling of her large ranch inter
eSts, and her faculty of making the
men of the range love her. has prob
ably incurred the hostility of some one
who proposes to run her out.