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The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-07-05
The Population.

People from almost everywhere
have settled in the territory and
the Indians are largely adulterated
with the white citizens. On a busy
afternoon the study of human life
on an Indian territory village street
is one of deep interest.
Tt must not be inferred that the
territory is not a desirable place to
come. On the other hand it is a
land of promise and ofords rare
opportunities for those who desire
to make money. Besides farming,
fortunes are being made in natural
gas, oil, mining and other indus
tries.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-07-05
5000 Miles in Texas.

Everybody knows that the biggest
thing in the United States is Texas.
To go across the state is like making
a trip from Chicago to New York.
On a train the other day gentle
man said that as Judge Marshall of
Madison, Wis, was about to make
a trip to Texas, a friend asked to
what portion of the state he was
going and the jurist said the infor-
mationw was very difficult to impart
on account of the size of the state.
He went on to explain that to go
across the Lone Star state was
equal to a journey from Madison to
Texas. Truly Texas is great
state.
When we reached the state all of
our party were provided with badges
which read;
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-07-05
Roads Become Trails.

Most of the towns consist of one
main street which degenerates into
several trails before extending
many milesinto the country. When
the roads are not muddy they are
dusty for the time of paving has
not arrived. Good roads as IN
Sauk county must come with ex-
tended years.
Besides the usual officers found
in all towns and small cities, there
are several U. S. deputy marshalls
on duty and these spend most of
their time at the railroad stations
to sieze upon suspicious packages
of liquor. No liquor is supposed to
be sold in the territory and all vio-
lators are brought before commls-
sioner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-11

How alc we Co explain apparitlons
Of the dead Even II We grant that
tclcpnthy between the living IA o fact
u mature. % ghost Of the dead eau
hardly hope 10 prove his Identity
Here Is n ease. 4 young American
commercial traveller, alone IN his room
nt q hotel. suddenly saw Ills dead ais
ter standing beside him lie rose To
embrace Ter. but she hcd like the
shade of the mother uf Ody sspus in
Homer IT,, went 10 his distant home
and told his parents. adding that on
the ,hcch of his sister there was u
scratch which hc had not seen IN her
lifetime The mother explained that
In arrnngiug when alone, flowers
around the dead body Of the sister I'm
the coffin she had accidentally scratch
eel the face but concealed the mark
with powder
Now, II lelcpathy EXISTS the mother
broDding over the memory " thl
daughter might transmit the whole
vision OF the dead scratch aud all, Il
the mind Of her distant son Andrew
Lang ia Harpers Magazine
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-11

The average American !s not aear"
thnt thcr" are girls schools loo this
county Wuch hr could not set his
daughter into n rc devoted bic Nfe @"
tho wuri The tuition Zee at these
schools g. from s. 90 10 s3Uvo 70 year.
and even ur eligible pupil. d" enter one
~ them must have bad beer name ru.
rolled from lcr habrhJDd
There ar" perhaps uyc sup'rlduv'ir
ari,tD,u'.y girls. schJoi- iu America.
aud 10 uo one Of their graduate is con
sId,rcJ uy yoJus women Hr create
honor 'hor 20 bo 10 graduate ~ 900 ord
nary college
'Ih, schools arc situated as lul" ,u
beautiful and quaint old yillagce Tho
number of their pupils is limited. The
surveillance b. extremely strict The
courses are good but not quite so good
perhaps on the food indeed iu on" IN
-utuuou II II notorious thnt the chc'
gets higher salary than th" Latin
teacher
Tie stockholders OF these schools ore
u-unlly their graduates. II IS the stock
holders VINO pass on the applicants io
admission. aud one blncEball ns is tL'
rule ~ clubs. bars out au applir'n
irrcmc,iiably Sew York Press
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-11
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-11

Hair including bristlcs. wO)l and FUR
1, n modification of the opiderm's, or
scarf skin which envelops the true
skin. and consists Of fattened cells
In layers. and the hairs. Ike the
spidermis, maintain a vital connection
with the body. An ordinary hair has a
shaft which projects beyond the sur
face and a hulbous folliCls In which IL
10 rooted. II grows out from the bot
tom OF this follicle, and the cells OF the
deepest stratum gradually enlarge AZ
they mount 10 the soft bulb, where
pigment cells are developed. The shaft
OF u hair IL much narrower than It's
bulb and II produced by the rather ab
rupt condensation and eiongation into
hard fbers Of its cells. Tho outermos'
layer OF cells, which overlap one an
other. forms what IL called the corte'
or bark.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-11
A Actaari-. Measure Lite.

ACtuarics employed by Insurance
companies adopt standard method
OF computing prospective ages ot risks.
TO ascertain how many years a per
son of given nge IL ordinarily expected
TO i've thc present age IL deducted from
eighty. and two.thirds Of the remainder
win Indicate the future span OF life.
Actuarial schedules are unit Ia this
system OF calculation In illustration
OF the above statement, age twenty dc
Quoted from eighty years shows that
forty twclvemonths are the allotment
while age sixty from eighty, leaving
balance OF twenty, represents that thir-
teen years and three months should. IN
favorable routine, elapse before the
insured individuals life II classified In
the post tense column Thus II VIII be
observed that insurance corporations
so the Biblical allowance Of three
score aud ten" ten years better.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-11

Hlrds VIII come luto your ynrd u 700
encourage them. Place an ordinary
stnrch box at such au angle that It vii
Nave slope 10 the roof in tree or on
a post high enough 10 be out of the
reach Of cats, and II will soon have n
lrnHnt See that there Is little bath
tilb near az hand for them. II may be-
sunk Ia the ground and may be partly
hiic,i with stones 40 the birds can Hight
npon them II there hro no cats around
~ there are you will have 90 put tho
bnthiub on stake Birds will eat al.
most any Kind OF seeds or berries that
yrop on shrub. tree or vine. IL there
are not enough Of these YOU cnn help
out their menu by planting sunnowers
and corniiowcrs IN the garden.
They win come about the house TOO
for crumbs. and you are sure 10 nttraci
many Of the feathered tribe II you pul
ont in times Of food scarcity a mixture
made of cornmeal, pea meal and Ger
mau moss. with enough molasses and
melted lard to make n batter Put II ir
li.lcs ou -h"lycs or porch roofs 60 sec
tlc birds gather about t.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-11

N, duties az Ju "uuu'.It .u Wdtt
Ing put ~ c,u,I.,Iy u- uus'.nie. are
10 make hjs royal mastrf'- ne ae
smooth aud caSy as possible. g. he dis.
rrrctly sympathetic WITH hm ~ -"r
tow and la Joy. 10 save hin '1 TAR a- Do
i- humanity possible from lH" trouble
of thinking fJr himself 20 llIN aud
hlsc committed Go memory tun Dblran
tcrHllc- and fuwIr h-,nr, off nll r'.
son. who are worth tnr notice or
friend dslIp Of lhr royal patron 10 hnNr
ready ut hur.- lp# tlc truth of aII
scandal. auI gossip D tLc elect circle
in which De- u.u.cs uud to ID" boo % quiet
md geutl,mJull m.uuce surprised ut
nothing
q, hus been said that 900 'qucu'
n,nsi not look bored, yet q casunl ecru
Tiny of the faces of those who have
b,en long In Office hctrays tho fHct that
unturr. after oll asserts her powci
over nrtIhciality however hard th'
striving may b. tp rirrumlcut hcr
Ouc Of the most surprising facts rr
gardiug ruyul persons is that apparent
~ they never tire ~ the one purt'culW
Get who surround them 90 home uu'
whom they nsk 20 meet them abroad
Euynltios cuoI~" whom they VIII re-
srl,e aud whom Dhcy win meet. ius-.
DIV their attendants are VI O more uu
stnbic mind und weary ut the same ol'
fncrs which they once knew young
Lcncc the iddcd, weary look - oft"'
observable M settled mask on TN
eountrnuucc Of the cuuIticr Cham
hrs journal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-11
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-11

Warranty Deeds
For conveying Indian lands or city property
Five Year Lease Contracts
Powers of Attorney
Deeds Of Trust
Chattel Mortgages
Certificates of Protest
Notices of Protest
Petitions in Bankruptcy
Rental Contracts
For Crop or Cash Consideration
Quit Claim Deeds
Guardians Bonds
Mineral Leases
Real Estate Mortgages
Petition for Removal of Restrictions
Notes
Acknowledgements
Afidavits
Township Plats
10 acres and 40 acres
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-11
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: LEGIAL BLANKS

, The legal blank forms we keep in stock have
been prepared by the best legal talent and
when you use them you use the only correct forms.
, Here some of the legal blanks we keep con-
stantlyson hand . . :. :. :.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-17
DEADLY PNEUMONIA
Commission of Lead nc Physicians
Will Study Disease

During the first six months of 1904
monia in the city of New York
was 1875, an increase from 14.7 in the
first half of 1898. This is the highest
rate recorded, the next being 1914 in
1900. In no other year has it risen
above II.
The same increase is shown by de-
cades the rate per thousand of the
population from 1864 to 1874 being 2.20,
from 1874 to 1884, 2.57 from 1884 tc
1894, 29S. A much greater increase is
expected for the decade now ending.
Pulmonary tuberculosis is excluded
from these statistics. Last June the
board of estimates and apportionment
of New York city appropriated $4,000
for an inquiry into the cause and pre-
vention of pneumonia, and the commits
sion has organized and began it's work
under the direction of the New York
board of health.
The chairman of the commission is
Dr. William H. Welch, of Johns Hop
kins university, and among the MEM
bers are DR.. William Osler of Johns
Hopkins, DIR. T. M. Prudden of Column
bia university, DR.. frank Billings of
the University of Chicago. and DIR.
Thomas Darlington, president, and DIR.
H. NJ. Biggs, general health officer of
the New York health department. The
inquiry will be national in its scope.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-17
GOVERNMENT HAS
GOOD MAJORITY
BALFOUR SUSTAINED UPON
TEST VOTE
Asquith's Amendment, Regarded as
Certain to Bring Out the Party's
Full Strength, Defeated by
Sixty-Three
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 16.-H. H. ASquith's S
amendment to the reply to the speech
from the throne was defeated in the
house of commons tonight by a vote
of 81 to 24S. This amendment which
declared that the prospects of the
fiscal question have been fully dis
cussed in the country for nearly two
years, and that the time has come for
submitting the question to the people
without further delay" was debated
throughout today's session of the house
of commons.
No particular interest was aroused
until within an hour for the time for
the division when Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman spoke at some length, at
tacking Premier Balfour and charging
that he was afraid to face the country
or the house of commons with a
definite statement of his position with
regard to Mr. Chamberlain's program.
The speaker challenged Mr.. Balfour
to appeal to the country and taunted
the government with filibustering in
order to gain time and delay inevitable
defeat.
Mr.. Balfour replied, but did not
afford the opposition the satisfaction of
any lengthy explanation of his opinion
of Mr.. Chamberlain policy. He said
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-17
BANDITS ROUTED
BY PLUCKY WOMAN
VICTIM OF HOLD UP THRASHES
FOUR ASSAILANTS
Mrs. Mary osburn Of Tropieo Sue
oessfully Defends Herself When
Attacked by High
waymen

The bravery and selfpossession Of one
woman put to fight four highwaymen
late yesterday afternoon on the Tropico
road.
Mrs. Mary Osburn. who lives on a
small ranch in the district near Trop-
leo, was driving home just before dark
In company with a neighbor boy.
When they had gone but a short dis
tance beyond the pigeon farm in the
Los Angeles river bed four men sprang
into the road and ordered her to stop.
Instantly the plucky woman
whipped UP the horse, but the bride
was seized by two of the bandits and
the horse was held while the other two
men attempted to climb into the
buggy.
Mrs. Osburn turned to repel the flank
attack and for a few moments a hot
battle ensued, the woman using the
whip on the bandits with such effect
that they were driven back. One of
the men left the horses head and the
attack was renewed from both sides
and the rear, but Mrs. Osburn's fight
ing blood was up and she stood erect in
the vehicle and thrashed her assailants
with all her strength.
The highwaymen soon had enough
and withdrew out of whip range.
The boy held the reins, but the horse
was becoming so terrified that he was
completely unmanageable. Still the
bandit held to the bride and shouted
to his companions to drag the woman
from the buggy.
Taking advantage of her momentary
victory the woman struck the horse
such a sharp blow with the whip that
the animal sprang forward, knocking
down the footpad that was attempting
to hold him and plunged ahead, rum
ming over the body of the prostrate
man.
Shouting and throwing rocks and
other missiles the bandits attempted
pursuit, but the frightened horse
needed no urging and had soon left the
pursuers far behind
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-17
SLUGGED AND ROBBED
B. L. Davis Is Beaten lnsensible by a
Brutal Thug

Slugged into insensibility, robbed and
left lying in the street, was the expert
ence of B. L. Davis, who lives at the
Locke, 139 South Hill street, early last
evening, as he was walking down
Figueroa street, between Third and
Fourth. on his was to call on friends.
About an hour later Officer e. H.
Wallace came upon Davis lying in the
street in a Unconscious condition.
Scattered around the PROSTATE man
were private papers and other articles
which his assailant had cast aside as
worthless. Davis pockets had been
turned inside out, showing that the
footpad had made a thorough search.
The robber secured something over
$40, two $50 gold pieces, some change
in silver and a watch.
Davis was taken to the receiving
hospital where he was treated and re-
vived. There was a deep cut on his
forehead.
When able to talk Davis said he had
left his hotel about o'clock intending
to make a call and walked through
the Third street tunnel and on to
Figueroa, where he turned south.
When he had reached the middle of
the block the man approached him
from behind and touched him on the
shoulder. Thinking that it might be
a friend, Davis turned and was in
stantly knocked down by a terrific
blow on the side of his head. He did
not remember anything after that un-
til he regained consciousness in the
hospital.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-17

that discussions, if prolonged, might
possibly dispel some fallacies concern
ing his views and certainly discussion
of the governments right to negotiate
is already having an effect on the atti-
tude of other nations.
During the last hours of the debate
the galleries were crowded, and as di-
vision time approached the interest
supreme test of the governments
strength and a standard by which
could be measured the probable dura-
tion of the present parliament
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-17

Attorney Hamilton began his adj
dress to the jury at 2:20. He scored
the defendant for his callous demeanor
on the fatal night when the bodies
were found.
"Why did he not" asked the at
torney, "go to his mother and sister
and show some emotion over their
death? Why did he not when his
brother was taken out from the burn
ing building go to him and ask him.
Earl, tell me who has done this horrld
deed? Who has so cruelty murdered
our mother and our sister, Did he
do so? No, he turned away and went
down town. He turned away and
nursed his wounded hand, which Dr.
Rooney says was not cut with glass,
as the defendant claims. He goes
down town and gets ice cream and
asks his boy friends. He pretended
next morning that he knew nothing Of
the death of his family"
After Hamilton finished his argu-
ment Attorney Johnson, for the de-
Tense, asked the court to instruct the
counsel for the prosecution to outline
tomorrow their theory of the motive
for the murder so that he could ar
it. The court denied the motion.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-17
STABBED FOR RESENTING
INSULT TO HIS SISTER
Mexican Severely Wounded In En-
counter With Greek, Who
Makes His Escape

While Juan Valdez was standing on
a corner on North Main street. oppo-
site the Plaza last night, waiting for a
Hollywood car, man came up whom
he called Mike the Greek and made an
insulting remark about sister OF
Valdez.
The powerful Mexican resented the
insult and struck Mike, whereupon the
Greek drew knife and stabbed Valdez
twice. one of the wounds being two
and a half inches deep.
The injured man was st'll able to
walk when he reached the receiving
hospital, but the police surgeons fear
that his wounds may prove serious.
officers are now on the trail of Mike
the Greek.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-17
TOOK A YEAR To
RESIGN HIS JOB

Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Postmaster
w. j. Carman of Hawthorne, N. j., is
free at last. For a year he has been
trying desperately to resign his job.
He has resigned over and over again
without this fact having the slightest
effect on the obdurate postoffice de-
partment.
AS the months went on Carman's i'm
portunities became more and more
frantic. He resorted to the expedient
of sending kilograms several hundred
words in length, the government paying
the charges. Still the department took
no notice of him. He went to Panama,
leaving his wife in charge, and swore
he would return no more until the de-
partment appointed another postmas-
ter. Even this threat failed to bring
about the relief desired, and at last the
despairing postmaster wrote this letter:
Hawthorne, N. j., Dec. 13, 1904.
POSTMASTER General, Washington,
d. c.:
Dear Sir: | would like to be in
formed why my resignation has not
been accepted or this office closed. My
resignation has been in the hands of
the department for over a year, and
the necessary notice and forms for the
closing of the office have been complied
with by direction of the department
some six or eight months past and
proofs of same are now with the de-
partment.
''It seems to me that your conduct in
holding me in this Office against my
will is a direct violation of Article 13
of the Constitution of the United
States, especially as l am not aware
of having committed any crime. except
it may be damning the department.
from top to bottom, severally and in
dividually, may constitute the crime
of lese majestic under the present
strenuous administration, but this until
now was unknown to you.
ut may be that you consider 1t
crime to hold office, but the magnitude
of the punishment l am undergoing is
utterly out of proportion to the offense.
| have noticed in the past that few
officials and some others connected
with the postal department have re-
ceived greater punishment than l. but
] presume this is owing to their hold
ing a higher office, which, being a
greater offense, merited heavier sem
tence.
IF this office is not closed or my
resignation accepted by the S1st of
March, 1905, will close it on that date
and send all mail and postoffice prop
erty that may be here to Paterson.
which is the nearest Office unless
directed to dispose of 1t otherwise by
the department. l will post a notice
to the public in this office of my inten-
tions on the first day of January, and
l also will notify my bondsmen.
will keep the department informed from
time to time of my actions in this
matter, so that you cannot claim that
the closing of this office was a surprise
and without due notice.
Il would like a satisfactory answer
to this fearful appeal to your best and
most generous feelings, as in the past
all my gentle requests were answered
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-17

with the stereotyped form, Your resig-
nation will be acted on at the earliest
possible moment, or The Office will be
closed as soon as practicable
please give this plea your imme-
diate attention, as / am getting older
every year that passes. and 1 hate to
die of old age saddened by the thought
that l am still a postmaster and
haunted by the fear that the depart
ment will try to hold me in the office
when in the great hereafter.
"I am yours respectfully,
"W. ]. CARMAN."
on receipt of this communication the
department was moved-not very rap
idly, but as fast as it ever is. On
January % it appointed e. S. Wood
ward postmaster Woodward promptly
declined, and the desperate Carman
was left in receipt of the emoluments Of
office.
The hapless postmaster became so
enraged that he began sending in tele-
grams again. He sent one of 400
words. The department charged the
cost back to him, but Carman kept on
sending in dispatches. They were all
charged back to him, and he paid the
cost and sent in more.
At last the department ordered the
office discontinued, but just as the
order was about to be carried out Mrs.
Jessie 1. Story consented to accept the
iob and was aDpOinted