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''The question that New Mexico people. left alone and without the question being intelligently presented to them will be for jointure, is mis- take. The people of this territory as a whole no more relish being united with Arizona than do the Arizonans. And it is only because our people see the hopelessness of single statehood that they can be brought to accept the other. Some hard work will have to be done."
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Wonder if Uncle Joe Cannon's state ment that no Aremican would decline a presidential nomination refers to Theodore Roosevelt?
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BETTING LIVELY
 ON WRESTLERS

Taylor Yesterday Took $500 Worth of vaey Money, and Says He Is Ready to Come Again If varney Admirers Show Willingness to Back Local Man-Don Luis Mer chants Show Appreciation for Match.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-09-14

Prof. Bradner Matthews took lunch con with President Roosevelt but which spelled the other down IS not reported.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-09-14

The American people have been run ming the railroads three days without an accident.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-09-14

Woodmen of the World meets in Medigovich Hall the 1st Thursday of each month. Visiting brothers invited to attend. VIM. MORRIS, c. c.
 c. N. THOMAS. Clerk.
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It seems that Gen. Trepoff has final ly decided to jumpoff, before the ter rorists knock his blockoff
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It takes other things besides Phila- delphia piety to run bank.
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mond, with his sanity, would probably res
cue a remnant of her estates"
"Oh, well, If you can talk as indifferently
as that, you are all right, Dorothy. No,
there is no other woman in the case Here's
what Jack says:
{" 1T is amazing how little an Englishman
understands people of other nations. Here is
my tall friend Drummond marching nom
chalantly among dangers of which he has
not the least conception. The authorities
whom he thinks so courteous are fooling
him to the top of his bent. There is, of
course, danger of his arrest, but never
theless the eyes of the police are upon him,
and he will not believe it, any more than
he will belive he is being hoodwinked by
the foreign minister. What 1 fear Is that
he will be bludgeoned on the street some
dark night, or involved in one-sided duel.
Twice / have rescued him from an imminent
danger which he has not even seen. Once
In restaurant group of officers, appar-
entity drunk. picked quarrel and GREW
swords upon him. | had the less difficulty
in getting him away because he fears
broil, or anything that will call down upon
him the attention of his Wooden-headea
cousin in the embassy. On another occa-
sion, We Were coming home toward mid
night, perfectly bogus brawl broke out
suddenly all around DruInmond was
unarmed, but his huge fists sent SPRAYING
two or three of his assailants l had re-
volver and held the rest off, and SO we
escaped. | wish he was safely back In Lon
don again What do you think OF that.
Dorothy?"
II think exactly what Mr. Lamont thinks.
Lieut.. Drummond's mission to Russia seems
to me a journey OF folly"
After all, am glad you don't care, Dor
othey. He should pay attention to what
Jack says, for Jack knows Russia, and ne
doesn't. Still, let us hope he will come
safely out of st. Petersburg. And now, Dot,
for breakfast, because / must get to work.
Next morning Dorothy saw a letter for
herself on the table in the now familiar
handwriting, and was more relieved than
her closest friend, when she saw the two
pence halfpenny English stamp the en-
velope. Yet It's contents were startling
enough, and this letter she did not read to
Katherine Kempt, but bore its anxiety
alone.
Dear Miss AmhuFst:
II write you in great trouble of mind, not
trusting this letter to the Russian post
office, but sending 1t by an English cap
tain to be posted In London: Two days ago
Jack Lamont disappeared: disappearance
as completely as If he had never existed.
The night before last about 10 o'clock,
thought heard him come into his shop
below my room. Sometimes he works
there till daylight. and as, when absorbed
In his experiments. he does not relish In
terruptions. even from me. go on with
ward II o'clock I thought I heard slight
sounds of scuff1e and a sunothered cry.
called out to him. but received no answer.
Taking a candle, went downstairs, but
every thing was exactly as usual the doors
locked ard not even q bench overturned.
I called aloud, but ouiy the echo of this
barn of a room replied I lit the gas and
made more intelligent search, but with no
result. unlocked the door. and stood out
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army and those who try TO traduce them
any one who Is acquainted with the Eaters
mode of warfare will not hesitate for u mo
nent to decide in favor of the officers and
Indignantly resent the latter's slanderous
language
The officers Of the army are nearly unanl-
mouse in their opinion that the prohibition
of the sale of beer and light wines has re-
suited in all-around injury. They, almost
with one accord, are In favor of re-estab-
fishing the canteen feature at the posts
And who is better able to judge than they?
The medical world is also nearly unanimous
on the wholesomeness of these light alco-
holic beverages, If moderately used. The
most enlightened nations of the world co
not object to the use of beer or wine by
their soldiers. Why should we allow the
army to be made an experiment station for
the pet theories of people who ignore ex-
perience and human nature? The desire for
alcoholic stimulants is pretty general among
men. Moderate use OF them Is the rule,
iEnmoderate use is the exception, and the
habit of using such light beverage as
beer, which contains rule less than
per cent of alcohol, Is in itself a moderate
use especially under canteen regulations
which makes excess Impossible. The aver
age American has not much taste for wine,
but beer is popular and its reasonable use
wholesome. No other nation in the world
has considered 1t expedient for the welfare
of the soldier to deprive him of the comfort
of a glass of beer or wine. and IL does NOT
seem that they are the worse for it.
In an article which the former army sur
geon, Major l.. l.. Seaman, some time ago
published In the North American Review,
he cited the following passage of a letter
written to him oy prominent officer then
stationed at Peking: THE W.C.T.U. would
have no fault to find with the post here.
The men go outside and get drunk on sam
shut In town, and go to sleep in backwards
or other worse places, but the sanctity OF
the government reservation is maintained.
The Germans have a bier halle on the wall
at Hartman gate. The Japanese have their
canteen. The British have one in their
grounds and bring their beer TO their ta bles.
The French soldier has his little bottle OF
wine at dinner. We alone are virtuous We
are the advocates of reform. We are the
great hypocritical hippodromeAncne IKE
Is'
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animals now living by the fact that he has
but one toe on each foot. The teeth of the
horse are also distinctive, and there are
various other -pecuiarities of structure
which distinguish the horse from most other
animals. A large case which stands in the
mammal division at the National Museum
here contains interesting collection of
which illustrate the various stages of evo-
luton through which the animal passed
from the early eocene period of the tertiary
age to the present time. Fossil remains of
the horse have been found in nearly every
state in the Union. However, the collection
IN the museum here consists principally of
discoveries from the states west of the
Mississippi river.
The earliest known ancestor of the horse
was the Hyracotherium, small animal no
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in Germany with amazing commercial re-
suits, but the subject is one so recent that
l had not previously gone thoroughly INTO
looked across at her auditor. an expression
almost of despair in her eloquent eyes.
Dorothy, what under heaven is Cataly-
sis?"
Don't ask me-" replied Dorothy, sup
pressing laugh, struck by the ludlcrous-
ness of any young and beautiful woman
pressing any such sentiments as these TO
her bosom.
Have you ever heard of a Catalytic pro-
cess, Dorothy?" beseeched Katherine. 1t
is one of the phrases he uses"
Never; go on with the letter, Kate.
d" I saw at once that If l could use Cata-
tytic process which would be instantaneous
in its solidifying effect on my liquid lime
stone, instead of waiting upon slow evapo-
ration could turn out building stone fast
er than one can make brick. You, / am
sure, with your more alert mind. saw this
when you marked that passage in red ."
"Oh, Dorothy" almost wiimpered kath-
crime, leaning back, how can / go onY
Don't you see what a snsak / am? 1t was
bad enough TO cozen with my needless, ram
dom markings of the book, but to think
that line of red ink might have been mark
ed in his blood, for l nearly sent the poor
boy to his death"
go on. Katherine. go on, go oni'
In my search for a Catalytic whose
substance would remain unchanged after
the reaction / quite overlooked the chemi-
cal ingredients of one OF the materials 1
was dealing with. and the result was an
explosion which nearly blew the roof off the
ship. and quite startled poor Drummond
out OF a years growth. However no real
harm has been done, while I have been
taught valuable lesson-to take into ac-
count all the elements ] am using / must
not become so intent on the subject / am
pursuing as TO ignore everything eise' And
now, Dorothy, | want to ask you most
intimate question, which l beg of you to
answer as frankly as / have confided in
you.
II know what your question Is, Kate A
girl who Is engaged wishes to see her friend
In the same position. You would ask me II
I am In love with Alan Drummond and l
answer perfectly frankly that am not
You are quite sure of that Dorothyge
quite He is the only man friend have
had, except my own father. and willingly
confess TO a sisterly interest In him.
well. II that is all"
'It is all. Kate. Why?"
Because there is something about him In
this letter. which / would read to you If ]
thought you didn't care"
"oh, he is In love with Jacks sister, very
likely. / should think that would Be most
appropriate arrangement Jack Is his bes,
friend, and perhaps a lover would weaken
the influence which Tolstoi exerts over an
emotional persons mind. Lieut.. Drum
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Continued From Fifth Page.)

that. You couldn't do a mean or ungener-
Gus action II you tried your best"
You think. Dorothy, I could reform?'
she asked, breathlessly leaning forward
Reform? You don't need 10 reform You
are perfectly delightful you are, and
know no man who is worthy of you That's
O womsn's opinion; one who knows you
well, and there is nothing dishonest about
the opinion, either. In spite of your TRADE
against our sex"
Dorothy, three days ago. be the same
more or less, 1 received letter from John
Lamont"
Yes, I saw It on the table, and sur
missed It was from him"
Did you? You were quite right. The
reading of that letter has revolutonized
my character. I am a changed woman,
Dorothy. and thoroughly ashamed of my
self. When I remember how 1 have de-
luded that poor credulous young man, in
making him believe | understood even the
fringe OF what he spoke about, it fills me
with grief at my perfidy. but | am deter
mined TO amend my ways II hard study
Will do It, and when next 1 see him shall
talk TO him worthily like female Thomas
y. Edison"
Again Dorothy laughed.
Now. that's heartess OF you. Dorothy
Don't you see m I'm deadly earnest? Must
my former frivolity dog my steps through
life? When I call to mind that made fun
TO you of his serious purpose In life the
thought makes me cringe and despise my
self"
Nonsense, Kate, DON'T go 10 the otner
extreme. / remember nothing you have
said that needs withdrawal. You have
never made a malicious remark in your
life Kate. Don't make defend you
against yourself. You have determined. 1
take II, to plunge into the subjects which
interest the man you are going to marry
That is a perfectly laudable ambition. and
] am quite sure you will succeed"
II know / don't deserve all that, Doro-
thy but l like II just the same like peo-
pie 10 believe in me, even II ! sometimes
lose faith in myself. May / read you an
extract from his letter.
Don't * you'd rather not"
I'D rather, Dorothy. IL Ii doesn't weary
you. but you will understand when you
have heard 1t, In what a new Hight I re-
gard myself"
The letter proved 10 be within the leaves
OF the late Mr.. Steele's book on chemistry,
and from this volume she extracted IL,
pressed il for moment against her breast
with her open hand, gazing across at her
friend.
Dorothy. my first love letter.
She turned the crisp. thin pages, and
begea:
" You may reeoliect that foot note which
you marked with red ink In the book you
so kindly gave me on the subject of Cataiy-
SIS, which did not pertain TO the subject or
the volume In question. and yet was so
iliumiuative TO any student OF chemistry
They have deHe a great deal with Cataiysis
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larger than the ordinary house cat, which
existed in the early eocene period. This
animal had four complete foes on each
is believed that the still more ancient
ancestors had five toes on each foot,
as In the forefoot Of the earliest
known stage there is found a splint-
bone or small, slender rudiment rep
resenting the missing first digit. Presum-
ably the most primitive representatives Of
the horse family walked f1at-footed, but as
they developed speed the tendency was to
concentrate the step on the middle toes,
hence the greater development of the middle
toes and the discarding of the side toes.
which became less essential to locomotion.
The horses of the oligocene period, fol-
lowing the eocene, had but three toes on
each foot, the side digits just touching the
ground, while the middle toe became larger.
Throughout the successive stages of the
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evolution Of the horse the animals gradually
grew in size, and during the upper oils
gocene the equine ancestors were about the
size Of modern sheep.
During the miocene period many changes
were noted In the horses ancestors. The
two side toes on each foot were raised from
the ground and the middle digit, now known
as the hoof, broadened and became more
and more important In the animals loco
motion. Evidently the horse was very
abundant in this period, there being no less
than five genera Of the family, and four or
five species of each genus. From the feet
of some of the pliocene horses the two side
toes were almost entirely absent, and In
the following period, the pleistocene, the
side toes had entirely disappeared being
feet, about the same as are found on the
legs of the horse OF today. The pleistocene
horses very closely resembled the modern
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SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF
ABOLISHING THE CANTEEN
By LIEUT.. GEN. s. B. NJ YOUNG. D. s. A. RETIRED

IoOs0. u .. 49, II hShiAsiSD'
other violations and misdemeanors and in
q general lowering of the morals of the
army, even IL 1t were not proven by facts.
But facts do prove 1t. A letter from the
acting secretary Of war to the House or
Representatives (Fifty-seventh Congress),
marked documents II 252, contains a sum-
mary Of the reports Of post commanders,
showing the results OF the abolition-of the
sale of beer at posts within the United
States The number Of posts reporting was
126. OF these, 81 reported an increase and
10 decrease of drunkenness; "a reported
an increase of absence without leave and
eight decrease; 60 reported an Increase
and eight a decrease of trials by court
martial and So reported a lower condition
of morality and discipline and not one a
higher condition. l think these figures
speak for themselves.
I know that figures are not pleasant read
ing. Yet there are no better means to SUBJ
stantiate statements and support opinions.
According to the table mentioned Al posts
reported a lower condition of the health OF
the men. only two higher, and 40 failed
to report on this point.
True, the last report of the surgeon gem
eral of the army contains the following re-
mark: These proportions are very salts
factory and show a steady and progressive
Improvement In the health of the army"
but comparison in the surgeon generals
report Is made with the previous year and
not with the years prior to the prohibition
OF beer In post exchanges. The remark
quoted mas. therefore, not much bearing on
the subject, although the prohibitionists
viii probably make much use of it. Other
statements of the surgeon general are, how-'
ever, quite significant, and have the most
direct bearing on the subject Table A OF
his report contains comparison Of the
admission and death rate of the United
States army for certain special diseases
with those of foreign armies Among the
foreign armies mentioned are those of Prus-
STA. Bavaria and Anstro- Hungary. That
the German soldier drinks generally beer,
that the Bavarian drinks very much OF it
and considers II as necessary part OF his
daily diet. that beer Is sold in ali barracks
throughout the German lands, are facts so
well known that they rfaed not mora than e.
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was better fitted for forest life, but 1t
became more and more adapted to life on
the high and dry plains. and its increase in
size depended on abundance of food.
1t is believed that the evolution of the
horse, adapting 1t to live on the dry plains,
probably was coincident with the evolu-
ton of the plains themselves. At the be-
ginning of the age of mammals the west
ern part of the North American continent
was Just emerging from the sea. The eli
mate was doubtless moist and tropical,
favoring the growth of dense forests. Dur
Ing the tertiary age the continent was
steadily rising above the sea level and
other influences were at work to make the
climate colder and drier. Inhabitants OF
the ancient forests were forced either
themselves to the new conditions Of life.
The ancestors of the horse followed the
latter course, and finally became one OF
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Fresh Egg for His Shampoo
rom the Duluth Evening Herald.

From the Duluth Evening Herald.
hen rode to Flint. Mich, under the seat
OF a farmers wagon, and while the owner
was shopping jumped to the pavement with
great caeklirig noise. The fowl was
caught and taken into Gaffney,s barber
shop. where 1t was kept for the farmer IN
til his return.
Under the seat was a warm egg, which
the farmer sayt, the barber as souvenir
of the hens visit The egg was used I'm g.
shampoo few minutes later on the head of
Luke Stewart while the latter listened to
the story OF the circumstances under which
the i.arber get tlae egg.
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in the street, which was quite silent and
deserted. I began to doubt that I had
heard anything at all, for, as I have told
you, my nerves lately have been rather
prone to the jumps I sat up all night
waiting for him. but he did not come.
Next day I went, as had been previously
arranged, to the foreign Office. but was
kept waiting in an elnte-room for two hours,
and then told that the minister could not
see me. met similar repulse at the adj
miralty. I dined alone at the restaurant
Jack and I frequent, but saw nothing of
him. This morning he has not returned,
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tain practical purposes. 1t is
composed Of men with the aver
u age virtues and defects needs
and desires Of human beings TO
attain the objects for which the army fs
instituted, it ia necessary not only to main
tain perfect discipline among the men COM
posing 1t. but also to take all possible and
proper measures for the maintenance OF
the health and comfort Of the soldier, 20
as to make him content with his lot and
to render his calling pleasurable to him, to
the end that he be not merely a human ma
chine, but a soldier in spirit and loyalty.
II there is anything tending to prove that
this is not accomplished In the degree IN
statement OF General Burton, inspector gem
eral of the army, that there were during
the last fiscal year 6.533 deserters, an In
crease of $50 over the preceding year, ana
amounting to 11.07 per cent OF the entire
enlisted strength. That is to say, Of every
nine soldiers enlisted, one deserts. No other
army in the world equals that, although
no other soldier In the world Is better paid,
better housed and better fed than the
American soldier.
The inspector general gives as one OF
the reasons for the numerous assertions
that no beer can be had in the post ex-
changes and he adds that the best judg-
ment of the army Is that IL the exchanges
were to furnish the soldier with light beer
under the supervision of the commanding
officer. 1t would result in greater content
ment and IN minimizing the crime of de-
sertion.
Now 1t must by no means be believed that
the degree of discomfort Is to be measured
merely by the number OF desertions Not
every disconnected soldier deserts. On the
contrary, the probability is that the discon-
tented soldiers who do not desert are more
numerous than those who do desert.
s.
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and am at my wits end, not in the least
knowing what to do. 1t Is useless for me to
appeal to the embassy Of my country. for,
Jack being a Russian, it has no jurisdic-
ton. The last letter I received from you
was tempered with. The newspaper extract
you spoke of was not there,-and one of the
sheets of the letter was missing. PifHing
business, call 1t, this interfering with
private correspondence.
Such was the last letter that Alan Drum
mond was ever to send to Dorothy Am
hurst.
CTo be continued next Saturday.
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equus with respect to size. structure and


X
Along with the disappearance Of the side
toes In the evolution of the horse there is
a considerable increase in the proportionate
length of the limbs, and especially of the
lower part of the leg and foot. The In
creased length Of the lower leg and foot
increased the length Of the stride without
decreasing It's quickness. The e1ongation
of the animals limbs also rendered 1t neces-
sary that it's head and neck should increase
in length in order to enable the mouth to
reach the ground.
All the changes in the evolution OF the
horse were adaptations to a life In a region
OF level and open grassy plains, which are
now its natural habitat. The race at first