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The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

| has a new and larger pony named
Betsy
1t is one of the principal sights OF
the town to witness the charge OF the
Roosevelt youngsters. in miniature
rough rider costumes, through the
quiet streets of the town on their
steeds. Quentin rides like his father.
giving his mount full rein and scat
tering the sand dust as he flies.
Secretary Loeb arrives at Sycamore
Hill from the executive office" down
town at IL o'clock with the presidents
mail and the New York morning pa
pers.
II there are no visitors to luncheon
the president rattles through his cor
respondence in less than two hours,
and is free for recreation. His farm
runs to the bay, the swimming beach
being about Is minutes walk from the
house.
The hot July sun served to put
red tan upon the countenance of the
chief executive in less than a week.
Two hours of the afternoon are
spent in reading and writing at the
broad library table or on the veranda
In the rear of the house the presi-
dent is helping his farm hands to har-
vest a bumper crop of oats. The hay
has not been taken in. He expects
to take in from three to three and a
half tons of timothy from his hillside
meadow.
Mrs. Roosevelt is busy in the after.
noon with her large flower garden.
and she has called upon the president
frequently to assist her in the heavy
, work.
The evening meal brings the family
together again. The president fire.
quently reads or talks to the boys
in the evening. The mosquitoes are,
coming in droves this year. and folks
keep indoors after the sun goes down,
well protected by netting.
Nine o'clock at night finds Saga.
more Hill slumbering.
The deathly silence which is the
habit of the nations summer capital
is occasionally broken by wild ru-
mors of misfortune having overtaken
the president. They are flashed in
over the telegraph wires. mainly from
western cities, and by the very nature
OF their ghostly import all business
in the town subsidies until the col
ony of newspaper reporters have To-
Gated the president and found him
safe.
After the receipt of burning mes
sage from Ann Arbor, Mich, report.
ing rumor there that President
Roosevelt had met destruction at the
hands of an anarchist. the chief ex-
ecutive was found plucking weeds
from late salad patch. The origin
of such weird reports is mystery
that is being worked overtime in Oct
agon hotel circles.
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the pedestal are two chaste allegor-
ical groups. One of these represent !
Steuben's life work, THE Training OF
the American Army" 1t is worked
out in an ideal composition thorough
ly Greek in feeling, showing an ex-
perienced warrior instructing a youth
in the use of his sword.
The group on the other side is a de-
parture from the customary symbols
of paying tribute to our heroes, and
represents America teaching maid
en- to graft a branch to Steuben's
memory into her growing tree OF
fame.
In the design of the entire monu.
ment the sculptor, with his associate
architect, T. r. Johnson, consulted
Cass Gilbert, the well-known New
York architect. They took into spe-
cial consideration the location Of the
monument and the general scale of
the other monuments in Lafayette
park and adapted the design to the
classic tendency of the time. This
monument will form an importan.
addition to the artistic features of tho
city and will be in harmony with the
grand scheme of the development of
Washington proposed by the park
commission.
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lJbere The Emit Of buinalt
Daring is Reached
By OCTAVE LA TOUR,
Woman Who Performs Limit of Human Daring.

limit the field that imagination invent for
daring Imagination defines darings Imagination is
darings only limitation
In the years of old everyday presented dangerous
There and the ousts OF chvay and
rusades Then world opened adven
urers sailed brave the OF virgin world
the terrors of the unknown.
nowadays such experimental automobing and
ubwayng-re Civilization busy for hundreds of
eliminating danger from the routine that the Of
would find the only outlet
spirits They racing They launch
arshps and balloons and they explorers and penetrate
the eartThbet and the desert OF the ma-
ayase unges They force their the north pole and the
SOUTH by ship sedg and balloon satisfy the craving courage
be up and doing.
And the field grows each and this
mountaineer scales that peak and this explorer another
island the Arctic human invention down
something for human daring to do next.
which suppose belong Our junction satisfy public
for form OF excitement that from witnessing
The sensation OF beodng being graphing
with death hairraisng spectacle relieves the humdu
ern life
Courage merely moral that with ethical
lens and the battles of the SOUL but physical courage
courage primitive We savages enough
rejoice exhibition of than in the
the fold And who called upon be
daring themselves satisfy their natural nclnations
mraion of anoher's thrilling feat
professional heroines fill necessary bill
es vaudeville We foster spirit of bravery daring We
every think of probably less than
lawyer does of his bar.
And you will believe there nothing daring attempt
Demand what will that physical courage physical
skill and will attempt inay, will perform successfully
make you crtsy low bow the We YOU
hesitation fear of DEATH apprehension of bodily injury
But whatever you ask if beyond possibility
accomplishment will do your bidding
The game is of Metle and not of death. ss..~t
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OVER CORNER
GROCERY AT OYSTER Ray.
licking fun. AS rule the first meal
is served to the presidents family to-
gether.
A game of tennis usually follows
the morning meal.
Usually in the forenoon the family
take to their horses. This season the
president is riding two new mounts,
Audrey, black mare. and Roswell, a
bay hunter. They were purchased in
Virginia. Rusty. bay jumper, that
has been out of service for two sea-
sons, because of complication of
ailments, is fit again.
Mrs. Roosevelt is also riding new
mare, named Molly, and from Vir-
ginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt ride through
the shaded roads of the country, some
times accompanied by Theodore, Jr.,
who is delighted with his new mount
Gray Dawn, western cayuse of ex-
cellent action and spirit, and the most
snowy animal in the Roosevelt stable
Algonquin, the sturdy little calico
pony which was Archie's boon COM
panion for several seasons. has now
descended to young Quentin. Archie
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
SPENDS HIS VACATION

Oyster Bay. L. President Roose.
welt is settled down in his country
home on the hill" for the first actual
rest he has enjoyed in five years. 1t
is to continue for three months.
A high stone wall has been erected
between the Long Island railroad sta.
ton and Sycamore Hill, and secret
service men, under direction of Sec
retary Loeb. hold the key to the only
gate. All sorts of gentlemen. crank
or crankless, great or little, find 1t
hard to get past. Artists and camera
men for newspapers have to run for
their lives.
The presidents day begins early.
He may be seen on the veranda of his
home at 80 a. m. almost any day,
breathing the soft, cool air from the
sound After brisk turn about the
grounds chapter from a library
book will engage him until the chill
dren begin fiocking from their beds.
eager for breakfast and a day of roll
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

One Of the strongest Endorsements
NJ the Osases as law-abiding people
was given by j. F. Palmer in his
speech at Hominy recently, says the
Usage (Okla) journal, when he said
that out of the 1000 on the roll
there was at the present time only
one member in prison, and Their. had
been In the past period OF ten years
at time when not an Usage was be-
hind prison bars. Out of population
OF 1000 this is remarkable showing,
and speaks well for the Usage as a
culture citizen Of the new common.
wealth.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

THE BARON Won sTEUBEN STATUE
ing Secretary Taft, Senator Wetmore
and Representative McCreary. The
result of that competition was that
the committee selected the models of
Albert Jaegers.
In the accepted model Gen. Won
Steuben appears in the familiar
cooked hat and long. full. allen
bracing cloak. as though facing or
enduring the hardships of the rigor-
GUS winter campaign at Valley Forge.
He stands sQuarely facing the OBJ
server in an attitude OF power and
dignity. Slightly leaning with his
left hand upon the sword. he is rep
resented as inspecting military ma
neuvers. His personality, though
|.quiet and simple, is essentially mill
tary. The sash he wears is remin-
iscent Of his previous service as An
oficer of Frederick the Great.
thanking the statue at the base OF
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

In September the birthday of Pixies
Peak will be observed by the state
OF Colorado. When Lieut. Pike was
captured by Spanish soldiers in Feb.
fuary, 1907. he was relieved of sew.
eral maps and manuscripts which
were never recovered. They are sup
posed to have been sent by the gov.
ernor of Santa Fe to the viceroy OF
the City OF Mexico, and by him for
warded to Madrid. AS the Spanish
ire careful about the preservation Of
historical documents and records, it 10
believed that Pixies papers are still
In existence. At the suggestion of Rep
resentative Brooks, of Colorado, Sec.
retary Root has requested the Span.
tsh government to institute a search
for them. If found they will probably
be returned.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10
BARON Won sTEUBEN STATUE.
Albert Jaegers' Model Chosen for Me-
| mortal at Washington.

Washington.-The Won Steuben
statue commission, of which Secre-
tary Taft is chairman, has awarded
to Mr.. Albert Jaegers, of New York,
the order to execute a bronze statue
of Baron Won Steuben. major general
and inspector general in the CONT
Mental army.
Congress appropriated $50,000 for
the statue, which is to be erected at
the northwest corner of Lafayette
park, in this city. and conforms in
size and general type to the statues
of Lafayette and Rochambeau already
in place in that park.
Seven German-American sculptors
were invited to enter competition
last summer by committee compris.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10


This latest news from the Crow re..
ervation is discouraging. We do not
like to hear that the genuine COW
boy is dying out and that solemn,
useful. commonplace persons from
the middle west are taking up new
lands. thus Transforming scene Of
gayety into one Of plain. everyday,
humdrum industry and thrift. Ol
course, we want to see the country
prosper and hear it hum with prog.
ress. But we should like to preserve
at least little Of the picturesque, the
irnpulsive and the primeval The buf.
fHlo has been exterminated. There
ia hardly a bear feft that won't eat
out of your hand. Are we to put
Cinnamon Pete to driving street cars
and hire gun fighters to feed pigs?
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

The gardens of the Palace La Gran.
ia. where Alfonso and Victoria spend
their honeymoon, is celebrated for its
fountains. One of them. the Banos
del Diane. spouts to the height Of 100
feet. When the fountain was COM
pleted, Philip ", the builder of the
palace, said:
We'll. it has cost me $4,000, 900, but
for three minutes l have been
emusSl"
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

Texas Woman says that it is a mis-
take to suppose men would be more
domestic ii their wives should feed
them better. She says a highly-fed
man becomes SO frisky that it is i'm.
possible to control him, and that the
only way to hold him to a condition
of humility and subsection is to serve
him plain food and make him bring
in the wood,
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

Another first place has been taken
by this country. In eight years the
United States in the manufacture and
consumption of cocoa and chocolate
has moved up from NTH place to tbs
top. The increase since 1875 has
beea 1000 Per cent.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

A military band in the Philippines
which knew only two tunes. "Alwsys
in the Way" and "A Hot Time" has
stirred up plenty of trouble by play.
ing the former at q soldiers funeral.
The choice seems difiicult, but the
preference Of the boys themselves
ought to be respected.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

San Franciscans insist that within
three years their city will be greater
than ever. Under such circumstances
optimism is an asset second in value
20 none.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

Matto Crosse, the Brazilian state
where terrible" revolt has been re-
ported. by way of Lisbon, has half q
million square miles of territory, and
less than 100000 inhabitants. Any
wild-eyed insurrection might ram,
yage around in that wilderness with
out doing much damage.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

A New York specialist says bridge
whist is responsible for much of the
nervous prostration among women.
It is more responsible for the nervous
disorders of the husbands OF the
bridge women.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

Army and navy maneuvers in tho
United States are pronounced to be a
blum by other countries, but not by
those who have felt the force of Uncle
Sans arms.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

Human daring has
but one limit-human
imagination.
Human courage is
infinite. 1t dares all.
There is no task, no
feat, no exploit of bra
vado you can suggest
to it that it will not
venture.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

A consul writes that Colombia pub
fishes no statistics. Colombia is wise
IN this respect, If 1t loses many oppor.
tunities like the one in which 1t tried
to work Uncle Sam for hugely big.
ger offer.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

A Cleveland man with fve sets of
twins and four odd ones In his fam
lily, believes President Roosevelt
should award him a medal. A twin
medal" not a tin one," Is evidently
what he wants
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

No complaint is made abroad Of MI
crobes on American rifles. The Brit.
tsh soldiers in India will hunt with
no other kind.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

Central American diplomacy may
be Joke, but the list of killed and
wounded shows that war in that re.
gion IL serious.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

AI places business; and seems de-
tElkI the nation OF industrial and
RllEaA mercial enterprises
We apt Judge nations like men, according
OF them Tor what they
have More thing be conceived by
infer that does exist
always something to love
that foreigner after hav
ing upon characteristic of people know how to
else He will then observe that all the needs
aspirations everywhere by being satisfied Let
example absent from
cial America be sought elsewhere than
France To demand ridiculous
required aplander like inlatan OF the tropics
don white furs fo the chase
unqueonaby committed constantly
philosophers eproach the Americans for not being meta
the American psychologists hot
speuaons the French despse the utitarianm
while the shrug his shoulders viewing the
sculptures whose practical utility him.
But let us try pudices repong evident
resoey ask ourselves for example if
phosophc mind could perceive the
meeting the finest and delicate
of Europe well known by everybody
French native land We at all
testified sensation of the imposing
York And remember that months
article the baron Monesqueu that arltocatc
elegance the old continent compared the effect of the
kyscrapers the nineteenth that OF the city OF
described bit from the legend of the
cavalier of the middle ages AS for know
view beautiful night OF January clear and
DUSK presented by these constructions
rising the sky with thousands thousands of
dows brilliantly iumned.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

A Kansas man killer himself drink
ing circus lemonade. He was q hArt
drinker OF soft drinks.
The Dolores star., 1906-08-10

Colorado House Tent.
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Largest canvas goods house in the
West. Write for illustrated catalog.
Robt. S. Gutshall Pres. 1871 Lawrence
st., Denver. Colo.
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Am1rrira Gnmtltg tn Br a NatiEtl
nf Grrat Etttrrrrtsra
By ALBERT scHINZ.

ESPITE the cosmopolitan spirit which and in
vadcs modern society every nation nevertheless continues
if conne itself absolutely certainly TO specialize
in a particular domain OF human activity If Germany
by preference places its grand men in the domain OF
thought France in that OF in its diverse phases Amer
ca places hers in business it and more seems de
stined to the nation OF great industrial and
mercial enterprises.
We too ant fo iudpa nations like according
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THE BERTILLON SYSTEM.
OLD AS THE HILLS.

There is nothing really new in this
mode of identification. as from time
immemorial the Chinese have known
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Even an expert cannot distinguish by
its appearance roasted Java from Bra
lillian Coffee. Then how can you know
that you get your moneys worth when
you buy loose grocery-store coffee on
looks and the price mark You don't
know, and the grocer does not know.
for "cup" quality is not visible to the
eye, and he cannot show It to you.
Refuse loose scoop, coffee You may be
sure that all coffee deteriorates when ex-
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mated by dust and impurities.
You viii find it to your advantage to
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stage Of their career, and the finger
print system is the only means Of
identification yet devised that makes
this practicable.
Not only is 1t virtually impossible
that any mans ten -fnger-prints, one
after the other, should resemble in
mere general mathematical form each
of those of another man, the chance
against any such coincidence being
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is equally impossible that any two
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every detail.
Recently the United States govern
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DISTINGUISHED LINES

MAGNIFIED THUMB MARK SHOWING
DISTINGUISHED LINES
the fact that every man carries on his
finger-tips the proofs of his identity,
and passports In the Celestial land
have consisted of a government
stamped piece of oil paper on which
the traveller has to record his digital-
marks before setting forth on his
journey. So in India, where deeds
transferring land have for centuries
past been signed among the lllterate
peasantry by thumb-mark Within
recent years the government of In
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to postoffice savings bank books. mill
tary and civil pension certificates,
emigrants' contracts mortgages on
growing crops, and other transactions
where false personatlon has to be
guarded against or an authenticated
acknowledgment of money received
has to be made Naturally. also, the
system was promptly adopted for the
Identification of criminals, and 1t was
an Indian police officer, e. II. Henry
inspector-general of police in Bengal
who carried to England his experts
ences In the work, and when appointed
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VHnhH ARE NO TWO THUMB PRINTS
ALIKE.
chief commissioner of police in Lon
don, introduced the method into New
Scotland Yard
FINGER PRINTS NEVER CHANGE.
Finger-marks continue permanent
through life Injuries may partially
destroy them, but as the injury heals
the original lines reassert themselves
as before. In growing youth the ball
OF the finger enlarges; so does the pat
tern, but Its distinctive tracings are
absolutely unchanged, whereas the
Bertlllon method is applicable only to
adults. when bone measurements have
become fixed. Yet youthful criminals,
for their own sake, as well as for
OocistE'a are worth watching at every