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, 1905-01-13
whv Not AZ. Mexico?

Forty-eight hours travel will take
you from the cold clustering northern
winter to q land Of sunshine and dow
ers. What Egypt and India are to the
old world. Mexico Is to the new. "A
'aad Of white sunshine. redolent with
flowers; a land Of gay costumes
crumbling churches. and old converts;
a land Of kindly greetings, of extreme
courtesy. Of open, broad hospitality
It was more than enough to revel in
an italian sun. lighting up . senii-trop
ical land: to look up to white-capped
peaks. towering Into blue; to look
down upon wind-swept plains. encir.
cled by ragged chains Of mountains:
and to realize that today. in its varied
scenery. costumes, architecture. street
life. canals crowded with flower lader
boats. market plaxas thronged Will
gaily dressed natives. faded church in
teriors and abandoned converts, Mex
leo Is the most marvelously pIctur
esQue country under the sun A trop.ca
Venice. 4 semi-barba<iops epAin,a new
Holy land" For rates and Information
write
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g. p. A. c.. Z 8, .Ry.
Danvsr. Colo.
, 1905-01-13
Believed To Be "Mi.sine Lin!

Prof. Van Sickle, who for some
months has been making geological
charts of the northern part Of Java,
cables the Academy of Science in Am
sterdAm that he feels certain that he
has discovered the long-looked-for
missing link. He does not claim the
honor of the discovery himself, but
says that some weeks ago he was in
formed by a Dutch merchant, Ven
Beuren, that he had discovered a
new species of monkeys in a dense
forest in which he had lost his way.
The professor started put to look
into the discovery of the merchant,
and while watching for the animals to
appear he heard a peculiar. half hui.
man voice. Looking up. he saw an
enormous lest and two ape-like ami
mails looking down upon him.
The natives of that part of the ISL
and have long known the presence OF
these apes. which they call "Ash Pet
rizi." Unlike any other apes, they
battle frequently and the females wear
strange necklaces Of twigs and red
berries. and nurse their young sing
ing half-articulated words. They have,
in fact. q language. but it consists of
very few words.
, 1905-01-13
CAN'T BE SEPARATED.
Some Laramie People Have Learned
To Get Rid Of Both.

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history showing the growth and devel-
opment OF irrigation in this country,
and the statistics are presented and
discussed by regions. by states, and by
drainage basins.
During the last twenty years there
has ben an awakening to the opportun-
ity that lies in the arid west for the far
mer and the home-maker, and a re-
markable transformation has taken
place in many parts Of this region.
Thousands of miles of canals. repre-
senting a vast expenditure of money
and labor, distribute water upon more
than 10000 0 acres Of land, which
once was a barren desert but now is
annually producing crops worth $780,
OOO. 900.
The remotest part of our great des-
ert are being reached by railroads,
and the Introduction OF facilities for
transportation has been followed by a
corresponding increase in irrigation.
The irigators. too. are becoming more
experienced; their labors are less Sc
we're and their achievements are great
er than those OF their predecessors,
because they have learned how to sub
due and apply the forces of nature
through innumerable inventions. Prob
lens OF water storage and diversion
have been worked out to a practical SO
luton. Every available stream is now
a potent force for good. The dams that
hold back and store the floods also
furnish abundant electric power for
all purposes, and even the flow of the
canals turns wheels that lift large
quantities of water to fields above the
level of gravity supply.
With the development of irrigation
the range supports larger herds and
fiocks, while in more than II valley
the irrigation bitches have made posi-.
BILE the development Of great mines.
Populous and prosperous cities have
risen in the desert and have attained
commercial and mercantile greatness.
The statistics for 1902 show that
33.415 systems with 59.311 miles OF
main canals and bitches irrigated g.
4s7 OF acres on 134.O36 farms. The
amount expended in constructing these
systems was 500, 32O.452.
The increase from 1899 to 1902 was
more than 20 per cent for the number
, 1905-01-13
MOTOR aus IN ENGLAND.
People Taks Much pNds In ksw luus.
eSous Vehicles.

People Taks Much pr+ds In ksw luns.
eseus Vehicles.
PeckhAm Is very proud Of its new
luxurious motor buses, say . London.
Eng, dispatch. The garden seats on
the roof accommodate eighteen pas
gengers. and there is DON for sixteen
inside, a. we'll rs for an additional
two beside the driver. The driver u
protected by the roof. The interior 10
roomy and well lighted. and the bus
IL designed upon q plan to combine
the advantages Of the omnibus with
the up-to-date motor car. The power
Is furnished by a fourcylinder petrol
engine. nominally Of 20 horsepower.
but capable Of developing Is horse.
power. For the width Of the vehicle
Il feet : inches) considerable internal
space has been secured. The buses
are twelve and . half feet high to the
hand rail on the top, and the length
II the height multiplied by two. The
track IL about I'VE feet and there
IL this peculiarly to the wheels, that
while all are fitted with solid rubber
, 1905-01-13
HAD ENOUGH OF Law
ONE MANS EXPERIENCE IN DANA
AGE SUIT.
Verdict for Substantial Amount Sue
~eessivsiy DwindIsd Until Thsrs
Was About Enough Left Tor ons
Nights Real Good Time.

Owen O'Brien. we'll known In
Lawndale. sustained dangerous psr-
so0al injuries while running an eleva-
tor in . paper mill in Appleton, Wis.,"
said Lawyer George 8. Foster. He
brought suit against the paper com
pany in Judge JenkinS court and was
awarded Judgment for s16 5000. The
company's counsel appealed the case
and 1t vas retired before the late
Judge Gresham.
The latter held that the complain
ant should have made himself &C.
quainted with the condition Of the Gle
vator before taking the risk of run
ming 1t. His directions to the jury
we're to the effect that the company
was not responsible for the accident.
30 the jury brought in 3 verdict exon
Grating the company and the $15,0 900
judgment went glimmering.
The company, however, recognized
that O'Brien, who had been long in its
service. was entitled to some compen-
sation. and therefore offered him,
through his lawyer. $1,000. This the
lawyer advised him not to accept, a.
he had good grounds for an appeal
and would probably get judgment in
his favor on a third trial. He told
O'Brien to return to Chicago, whence
he had come to attend the trial, and
that he would probably hear favorably
from him in due time.
AFTER about sixty days O'Brien got
a letter from a Chicago lawyer ask
ing to see him at the latter's ONCE.
well, your attorney in Wisconsin
has settled that case Of yours Owen
was informed when he appeared.
Everything has been arranged very
favorably and there is some money
here for you and a(document to sign.
HE pushed toward him a written
undertaking to abandon all claims
against the company and any further
legal proceedings in consideration of
the sum of $50.
but l was to get $1,000 anyway
protested O'Brien. :
"'Oh. there were costs Of court and
lawyers fees and other expenses, and
this Is all there is left
"O'Brien refused to sign and went
forth to seek satisfaction. Lawyer
after lawyer declined to take up the
Ease. At length M obliging lawyer
said he would, but on reconsideration
thought 1t would be hopeless and ad-
vised him to accept the $50, saying he
would go and get 1t for him. O'Brien
reluctantly consented, and the lawyer
got the money. He deducted $40 for
his services and handed O'Brien so.
And O'Brien vas 81 mad he blew in
$50 before he went home and had only
$50 left."-Chicago News.
, 1905-01-13
Why Tragedy !. Out ., Favor.

Tho only thing demanded c: the
stage by a great majority of its pa.
irons is to be amused. The old-time
love Of tragedy il gone never to re.
turn. The reasons for its departure
and for its staying away are easily
perceptible. There are but two ct
them. and the first Is the redundant
plentitude of the tragic in the every
day life Of the people. The other is
the strenuousness Of modern business
life. In this respect our time CON
trasts with that Of our g%randfathers
- the placid surface Of . pool on a
calm summer night to the tumultuous
breaking Of the waves on HATE ra.
when . northeast gale il raging. Is II
strange that the people sock reIel
from all this in comic opera or funn,
Post.
, 1905-01-13
Motor Cycle ca.s.s Trouble.

Banker Charles R. Ftshburne o.
Roanoke. Va. is the son Of an ice
dealer. He bought . motor cycle
When he appeared on It IN the sire
the boys shouted. ice man" an
Hello. Ice" He complained to til
police. Then he slapped Dr.. Fred i
Lefsv's stspson. A discussion fc
lowed. The doctor slapped the bant
Or and the banker stabbed the docto,
The wound IL serious and the bail !
$4,000.
, 1905-01-13

Description Of estray taken up and
now in my possession Al my ranch on
Cooper creek. known as the Dixon
ranch" to-wit: A light bay horse
about 6 years old, branded q
on left thigh. The owner may
reclaim same within six months from
December 20. 1904, by proving prop
erty and paying expenses.
1874 FLAKE HALL.
, 1905-01-13
pleasant and Most effective.

T. j. Chambers, Ed. V%indicator, Ii
berty. Texas, writes Dec. rs, 1902:
with pleasure and unsolicited by you
I bear testimony to the curative power
OF Billiards. Horehound Syrup. have
used 1t in my family and can% cheerfully
afirm 1t Is the most effective and
pleasantest remedy tor coughs and
colds l have ever used" 25c, soc and
$500. Sold by the Red Cross Phar
macy.
, 1905-01-13
ranking In y.p.r,

Last month the Japanese hanks a
lowed from SIS to 80 per cent into
ct on deposits, aad charged from Z
to IL per cent interest On loans. J
70 evident that banking In Japan
profitable.
, 1905-01-13

A Job Of printing done IN The 'aspub-
,ican once u xnaxAntaa that It +
done right and. a~eosrdiag 70 Tie veey
latsat idMA.
, 1905-01-13

daily Republican 50 cents a month
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-22
OUR AMERICAN gOYs.

rhis poem waswritten near the close OF tho
Spanish h7American war, but never published
Our boys are coming home again,
The cruel war is DER: ) - - aA
We welcome them with all our hearts
Back to their homes once more. jsi'
Our boys fought with all their might,
And did their duty well, iis i85i.es
They did not falter in the fight,
But faced the shot and SHE'LL F a.
Our brave men rallied from each State,
To meet theswily foe,
Not 1Snowing what,wopdl be, their fate
Before. the strife was DER.
Our gsllant men ven were fun of zeal
yOTo heed their country call, gOEr
And fight upon, the battlefeld;7st q .
But some were doomed to fall.rvgE
They're coming home from far and near,
~ Their noble work is done;
We give them All a hearty cheer -
For -the-viet'ry-they yhave-won.--~--
2WfqRH- MRS. ELLA WInrEY.
III
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-22

lie fought through the war an re-
turned home in 1868. he has since
Beloved farming aud, cattle rsislpg spa z.
iis 'sa good soldier, aud il, 1872, al
the head of the militia. put down the
Sand insurrection. An aneedote is
related to show the character of the
man, When about eighteen years of
age, he was bunting deer on horse
back He shot and wounded a deer
10 theHearly morning. IThe deerran
and ne rode after it, expecting to get
q fF finishing shot, An day be pursued sp a
lher deer and inst before ,supdosn
the'annhai,gclose pressed and suffer-
ing from its wound, lesped bfromp a
high blef into the ArEansas river.
II was so feet from the top of the
hlpf to- the water,yit Young Porter
urged his horse to make theb iumps
ont the animal would not attempt t
the feat. The deer was swimming
the stream and would soon be lost.
19upg Porter dismounte,l, seized his
ooorseb9by5 the 1bridlesb turned him
around aud backed him over the cliff.
When the horse struck the water
Young Porter Jumped after it, eau Sbt
the 4nlnaal in midstresm and cap
tured ahe wounded deersrsT .eotv y
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-22
The Motion was Vputa

The recent appeal made to Tue pres
ident by Ira Tefrill, the oirrepressible
Oklahoma convict, has called forth
some "reminiscences fpour the old tim
ers iregarling the FIRST Oklahoma legis,
lature, Iofy ywhish TeTTill Twas, Il member.
lie was alwaySOa disturbing element
then and was regarded Us a dangerous
man. c. C. (GristniiD Jones was
speaker pro TEN. OF the House, and one
day when he Vas IN tile eIiair nTerrin,
who occupied a seat on the front row,
arose to maLe q motiopg Jones refused
to recognize him and gave tie floor to
another members Terrill reached down
into tho side pockets OF his coat, and
brought forth-a-dangerous looking gum
in each hIhapd Pointing them both mt
the speaker, he asked, will YOU put
that motions" Before he could Aget the
question ont an or fhel pressFrepscsehta--
tiVes,s swho occupied a table next TO the
speaker - desk were under, their Fable,
and the speaker shad as much, OF his
body under cover as his dignity would
allowa 1t ois Perhaps needless, to add
that tho, motion was put.-Kansas City
-.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-22
HORRORS ON o HORRORS g HEADS.

Stories from Russia read like the
products of morbid imagination in
famed by drugs Conditions there
can be described only. as internal.
The news recorded in the daily news
papers might came from He'll direct.
All the passions Of the lowest and
most Ignorant and brntsl people see m
to have,nfullrswsH The bntcheries
Fsre ifsightfetdandomen, women and
'chidreh are the victims indiscrimi,
Rately+ Towns are are bunrnaead, al and d
sacked, Jews ere roasted by hundreds,
soldiers are shooting each other down
by battallons, Torch, blade and
bullet are doing their fell work, The
government seems to have 0 spelioy
or purpose exceptlwholesalel murder.
dEvidentiy the horrors Of tbe French
revolution are being exceeded. booAll
the slaughters of Jews by, -Assyria,
Babylonia and Rome did not equal
Russia's record of the past. two two years
bn Refugees to this country from
Russia give details Of q the, slaughter
ofRthe Jews IN Russia 5utThei follow
ing isnstated by a7refugee' jew: .HE 4
They rob and kill u.s. The greater
part of the people are tortured. They
'cat of our heads, ears, feet, burn
out our eyes and break our bones.
I Little children are ripped open and
cast to- the dogs on the street. The
police refase toocprotect. the Jews.
Thousands aud tens of thousands
are killed in one day. We hide in
cellars and innstalIs. aod sometimes
good Christians conceal ms, but if we
are found out the neighbors gather
-and have . trial. The Jew is found
guilty, and unless We have money
enough to bay them off, we are killed.
Many say that they would like to
hide 'us but that they have received
orders from the CzAr to Kill all Jews.
The Jaffe Department Store, cellars
were flled with Jews when the SOL
diersl surrounded it.yovThere were
more 4 hen ] ,2oOsmen, women and
childfen in the cellar, but not one
was allowed to escape. r Whepever
any one tried to get out the soldiers
shot him. Then they set fire to the
bnilding, and everyone in it was suf
located or burned to death. They
burnt 1164 other stores in the same
way and killed lot more of us. 1t
would make you shudder to walk
through the streets. You can see
head, feet, hands, and the mutilated
bodies bod of little childfen dragged
about by, dogs. The cutters are
crimson with bloOd%v s.la $ 5.ps /
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-22
UNIQUE FIGURES IN CONGRESS.

A plow boy at ten. A student of
yansifowa Ecoilegedat seventeen. A.
graduate at attwenty.! A school teacher,
a lawyer, aud mem Der of the House
&C thirty, "a, pnited States Senator
at tthirtS-seyen bThisis the remark
selelrecord of Elmer Jacob Burkett,
of aNebraska. He was opposed for
the honors by Mr.. Jennings Bryan,
but the Republicans captured Me-
lbrasks last fall and sends BnrGett as
q the 1t.babS" mnemb4r Of the U. S.
Senate instead Of Bryan. -, y.
os ,Withithe admission of ladianl Ter.
.ritory loand Oklahoma as fone State
may comethe appearances in Congress
of the native American Indian as a
lawmaker. BY an act of r. Congress,
on March 4th Indians will become
voters IT s4SThsrs will be two ., s.
Senators for the State. One
Ifiguhesfor q pited5 5States.Senator from
the IndianIerritoryi Id Gen.. Pleasant
Porter chief Of qths Creek nation.
General Porter il q Democrat : and
the new State will be Democratic. AS
there are 5000 negro votes in Indian.
Territory, the control Of this army Of
coIored voters win decide the destiny
of any political question. Most of
theseenegro voters are nominaIiy Re-
publicahs, but they are members Of
Z the soyC Greek tribe, and have sincere
regard for theirchlef4 General Porter
AS a United StatesnSensto toriwould oc-
Heapy anniqae and spectacuiaropo
ton. iHeis a man of wealth , aud
90 years, old, His great grahdfsther
was Andrew j. Porter of Norris.
town, Pa.,and his grandfather John
Snodgrass Porter.F The latter was a
captain 3 in AZ tths regular army and
married an Iafa9,obeingy afterward
fadsptedusinso othesi tribe nm sRassell
county. Ala s0f.this .anioni1Ben ia
min Edward Porter wac Born.ao He
tmarried, aPbet5ee,e t5e daSgbtero o.. GTaiie
ilepsees ap tIndiaa chief, he brought
Observation-Disclosures Territory and
RDised on the lbanss of the Arkansas
river. Da~ # was here that Gen. Pleas.
ant Porter was bonn. At the open
ing of the Civil War General Porter
,spiisted in the Confederate service
as swfmber Of the first Greek ,regi-
Imsnt NandithroughI acts of bravery
was promoted 10 he first slieutenant.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-22
The srystery Of c,,m,.c..s,.


Glpmis castle, In Scotland, the seat
or the eIris OF Strathmore, Is no Ion ger
a place or mystery. Lord Glannis, the
heir apparent to the earldonn, who
came OF age recently, was not taken
to the locked ichamber, tales OF which
nave been htoldo for n hundred years.
iTraditions snysn that each Iheirz on at
tanning hlssdaajority Mas escorted to
fthe1ehamhera By his father When he
eaiae1 out theNheir, WAS said 10 be from,
bling as if With fyight, or his face was
pale, as If lie had Suffered some great
shock What-the- room contained has
never been told Nyith authority. There
Is an Impression abroad. however. that
the eldest Son or the eleventif earl had
been bonn a'nIonster or an tnheciIe or
was inHsoneS other oway disqualified
from inheriting his fathers heners and
estates. no lie was accordingly made a
prisoner in the castle, and his younger
brother, was made the heir, This was
IN 1901: he IS supposed to have died
about fifteen or twenty years ago. The
castle has been advertised TO rent with
no reservation Of secret rooms or pri.
waite passagesa TEis is regarded as
good nesidenee that the fanEilyyiioYlon-
ger has ansgsecrets EconeealetE within
irs WALSH The passing Of the Glamis
mystery will gneysrtheless, be regretted
by hardened Lovers or romance, ,wheth-
er they be sixteen or sixty years Old
Youths COMPANION. ns
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-22
MERIWETHERi AS HE IS,

Midshipmau1 .Meriwetber, is in
many ways typical son Of the South,
his development going rather to the
striDgy-muscled and fleet track
athlete than the knotty weight-lifter
and gridiron hero. He is known as
a bad man to insult. While not
handsome, he has an attractive face,
the most prominent feature of which
Is pair of dark, hazel eyes, which
in some lights are almost black.
From them Meriwether has a way of
peering closely aud with slightly.
"squinted" lids at times, as if thew
were weak. When on his mettle.,
however, he has cool, calculating
stare, which has sometimes been
called a fighting eye" Ills mouth
is hrm, and at times rather "bull-
doglsh,1 and when he smiles it is
with bit of reserve about the cor
ners. Above his eyes is an almost
straight line Of bhshy brows, meet
ing in the middle with q beeting
little brlstle when he frowns. trr,
d his manners, even when. one first
meets him, strike those who are in :
troduced to HIM as typically South.
ern. lie has ali of the grace and
ease OF manner of a man twice his
age, and is almost uuiversally,rather
quiet and Ltinobtrusive in the draw.
ing:rooip, although this does not
amount to diflilenee Even when
aroused TO anger there, ia . certain
ceolness about him, and none ofVthe
'howiing., fireaeatef proclivities which,
some people seem to attribute to him
since the, unfortnnate death Of
Branch. AT such times, however,
his words are apt to have a point, al
though uttered in 9, nodulated tone
and with great deliberation. Among
his associates he is liberal and gem
erous. 1o1His friends swear by him
aud his enemies cordially dislike him.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-22
SlOO, 600 IN FIVE MINUTES.


90 In "Freuzied Fruance,'' in Every.
Pbody's Magazine for November, Mr.,
Lassoa tells how Coolidge, a : Boston
oapker, once interrupted a tconfer-
ence of four other Boston financiers,
and what he got by it, y1nsH ,ess-o
Y'The following incident will give
my readers an idea Of how fast fid5ssn-
cial history makes when its makipe 2:
During this conferences CoeIidgelrap.
pedoatokheEdoer and said:rie Lawson 4;
our'basare down unsxpeetediyi He
is -, with me, ne i6aued me
$10o, 600 for tive days VS. 70 5l,5 Is us
over, and if be does not receive it
now---this minnbe-7he Twill levy IAN
attachment, and the Jlg'st6p. osaslq
= '.I turned 20 my three Sisi tors q aud
'said::svs s8w dSUOI1mf1 70 3TfSSi of'f
" "i'Heree is qeooTagea with 4 aFrob-
lem which must be solved ! at on once
or we, need waste no more of our
time.A oAndnI aquieklya,gaSe them
the situation. zsbrU IIijs al 8d bus
"I'n chip in SIS, 600 with The
rest rest tt.0ffAs IF ssOSl'ffiAF tAsOstpgqsdls~fd oil
nah. Same here, said tie Beef
Trust official. ".I'm In Ia ap2 81 9waered.
ia4I there was nothing now FOX ,,he
Globe manstoi do but TO chip ins lob,
In abouti five minutes Il lhauded
Coolidge a aocheck for $ioe, 900; The
other three each handed over to me
one Of $4,000, and we resumed cur
eoptab. In that brief space Nv e
four had parted with. S1u0, ,oOo as
though we had used It to .ignIte a
cigsrette-so far as It's meaning any,
thing to rs was concerped.ao ao That
was the last we sever sawsrof our
money, and as Igwrite, years after,
all'ithat remains to remind me Of
the TRANSACTION is s4uare bit. Of
paper setting forth in few brief
words the facts l have given above"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-22

Exchange in 1900 the potatoes Of
the Peninsula were banded ia Bal
tlmore, New YORK, Philadelphia, and
Boston on commission basis. Nov
the cities Of the West| tomDe6ver,
Colorado and in the East to Port
land, Msine,niare ubnserss on an f. 0.
b. shipping point basis. m Even Mon
treal and Toroh to, Canad&, shays be-
csoqme &qoas customers, h, r. r. IS pIoth this
1distfibutien aapda a, better grading of
stock tbatqhas made the Exchange a
blessing stoitheufsr rhers. .sfiHa 3sA9Oq
81 biu0w uoy X ,sl9i9vJt syod sittii
'fw EeEpsopleo realize Vhqy simple 3
msstsrrit isntoO prOpsgateOns'snosh b
grape vines, currents, igeose6efties
and most ornamental Shrubs? pa IF the
ryorka is properly done these plan Is
may be readily psopagated rbys means
of fncutiiugsb made slate ins autumii
after the leaves are of Of the plants,
bat preferably before cold weather
comes on. Only well-rirened,z ma
ture wood that has grown during
the precedihg summer should be
selected for tie purpose ar soft Or
immature, parts being discarded.
I'M .
The cuttings themselves should be
made six to ten inches long aud The
bass, of each should be cut sqqarely
just below a bud so 1.-The bud1isrree
tanned At the Rover end They shoald
be tied up 10 5andles Of e6n vehient
size, say, une hundreiI in a bundlp