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Board of Equalization, though the court points out that the proper course was not pursued, and raises made for the year 1905 are not effective for the req son that the Board did not fix q standard and assess the mines on an equal basis.
 The counties of Santa Cruz, Moilave and Graham were to be governed by the decision in the case ofYavapal county.
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The Senate passed the bill ap- propriating $2OO,OOO for the proper marking of the graves of Confederate soldiers who died in Northern prisons during the Civil war. This is an act of graceful justice and will go far toward reconciling the sections and cur ing any lingering bitterness, if any still remains.
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All persons who are supersti- tiouS as to the number thirteen take warning. Have nothing to do with a United States quarter dollar, Do you happen to have one about you now? If so, dig it up and examine it now. You will be surprised on learning that it teams with thirteens. For ex- ample--you will find it has thir- teen stars, thirteen letters in the scroll in the eagles beak, thirteen feathers in the eagles wing, thir- teen parallel bars on the shield thirteen horizontal stripes, thIr- . teen leaves on the olive branch, thirteen arrow heads and thir. teen letters in the words "quart- CT dollar" How about the thir- teen you have any of these spare quarters bring them in and we will except them on subscrip- tion to THE ARGUS.
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The Territorial Supreme Court last Saturday handed down a de cision in the mandamus proceed 1ngs brought by Attorney Gener
 al E. S. Clark against the Board of Supervisors of Yavapai coun- tv ct al., known as the mine tax cases. The decision is a practi- cal victory for the Territorial
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The determination of Andrew Carnegie to die poor is not so startling when one stops to con- slider that a man may live rich, roll in luxury and all that, but he cannot die that way. Every man draws his last check when he draws lis last breath and then he becomes as poor as the poorest and has no cinch on an easy time in the great unknown.
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The earthquake shock which was felt here Thursday was felt in every town from Seligman to Gallup. According to the report in the Albuquerque Citizen. Ash fork got q harder shake than any of the other towns, in that town some of the residences were given such shake as to crack them and the citizens went out in the streets for fear of a second shock. At this point no damage was did but most every body has q recollection of their furni- ture and buildings acting very strange.
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According to the Phoenix Ent- erprise. Vice president Hanlon and a party of railroad officials of the St. Louis, iron Mountain &Paciic railway, is expected in Phoenix with Tn the next few days. Their visit is for the pur- pose of looking over the most feasible route for an extension of their road through Arizona to some point in Sonora, on the Gulf of Lower California.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-14

of rotation for our level lands i'm East
ern Carolina. 1t gets plenty of vege-
table matter in the soil; and, of course,
getting vegetable matter into the soil
is indeed the very first step to success
full farming. And. furthermore, by
planting corn after clearly cultivat-
injury to minimum.
And now let us consider how to
prepare the land for cotton:
First. Cut the cornstalks up with
cOrn-cutter, if you have one; if not,
chop them down with a hoe and cut
them i'm two twice.
Second Bear in mind that thorough
preparation of the land is what you
want. so do not undertake to break
with turn-plow first. but take disc
harrow and go once or twice to the
row. and be sure to put sufficient
weight on it to do the work. This
levels the ground and cuts up every
thing and puts it in fine condition
for the turn-plOw.
In about a month after discing the
land. break cross-wise with two
horse pillow. Don't be afraid to put
your p1Ow in.
| sometimes tell my friends that it
is nonsense for them to go West or
anywhere else looking for new
plantation when they can find one
just below the old one as good as ever
was on top So go down, friend farm
err. and find it. It's there.
Where there is much vegetable mat
ter to be turned in always cut the
surface with that Indispensable tool,
the disc harrow, first; then break with
turn-plOw You will find this much
more satisfactory than to break with
turn-plow first and undertake to cut
land with harrow afterwards.
So to make farming easy and sue
cess:
1. Get vegetable matter in the soil.
2. Break land deep and thoroughly.
so as to form fine seed bed and fer
tiiZe literally.
3. Plant good seed and cultivate
lightly and thoroughly.
And success is yours.
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The Farm Girl Again.

Much has been written about the
on the farm. What should be done
to make home pleasant and desirable.
Very little time or space has been
given to the farmers girls. Are they
not as interesting and valuable as the
boys? Is it not just as necessary to
have girls on the farm as boys: In
fact are not many of the farm girls
at the present day. better able to live
an Independent life on a farm without
male help. than the boys would he
without a woman to cook and mend
for them: A writer. in the Inland
Farmer has the following to say on
this question:
Farm life under proper conditions
is the most pleasant of all lives. and
the purest and best lives can be lived
here close to nature. where one can
see the changing of the seasons, the
new growth and wonderfully soft
beauty of springs unfolding leaves.
the pure air. quiet peace and rest of
summer, the grand autumnal dis
plays. the sweet, dreamy. hazy days
that can be seen only in the country
to be appreciated. the gathering of
the harvests. and then the winter
days bring their joys with them
But the woman shut up in the
house does not always have the
privilege of enjoying these changing
seasons. Too often it is work land
hard work. and no change and any
place becomes distasteful. if it is
ores prison.
Tie farmer has his horse under
him most of the time. He lives in
the sweet, fresh air on the farm and
the highway, among his live stock
and mingling with his neighbOrs. and
has the satisfaction of knowing that
everything is his. He can do just as
he pleases and perhaps he never be
comes low-spirited or feels the need
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of change, and does not see why
the women folks should desire any
thing else.
Now if the women who help to
bear the burdens of the farm life
could get horse and buggy and go
for a pleasant drive on the highway
now and then, when she feels an at
tack of the blues coming on; if she
could see the woods. the running
brooks. and change in the land
scape. she would return refreshed in
both body and mind. and be so much
the better i'm every way for having
forgotten her petty cares for a time.
In large families the transportation
facilities are too often inadequate
Often but one horse and buggy, and
the more selfish members do all the
driving. and this Oh the large farms
where the farmers are well to 90.
and could afford to provide a little
pleasure for every member of the
family. He holds all the funds in his
own hands and too often the girls
are pOwerless to help themselves
This is seldom so bad on the small
farms, or on those near villages or
are some social pleasures TO be had.
but it is on the large farms of four
five or six hundred acres several
miles from town. and churches, and
no other houses i'm sight. that it Is
hardest for the farm girls. Land
poor" would best describe this cOndi-
ton.
1t is said that the majority OF wO-
men i'm the aSylumS come from the
farms This is because too many
men are in such hurry to get rich.
to own more land or fine stock. that
the women are neglected. And. al
though they are equal sharers in the
wealth, they get nothing in return
but sacrifice both mind and body in
the eternal warfare for wealth.
Let the girls have horse and
buggy of their own: have enough for
all. Or see that the selfish. dOmineer-
ing members do not crowd the others
out. Let them have the joy of being
in the fresh air and sunshine; let
them mingle with others and feel
that they are an infinitestimal part of
the Lords great universe.
/ Not all girls who live on farms are
true farmers daughters. Perhaps
they would like to take up a life
work. They might have a decided
liking for any of the professional
branches given to women. but We're
not allowed the money for training
they crave. must wait for their part
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Reaches 200, 900 Homes
Over a Million Readers
Free.

Z
! Many people will dispute this state
ment A great many farmers i'm the
South have an idea that deep blowing
ruins the land. This was once a very
general opinion among farmers
throughout the country. Fortunately
that notion has been buried under an
avalanche of facts which cannot be
disputed There is no doubt that
land can be injured by blowing. if it
inches of poor soil turned up from
below on top of good soil will, of
course, be an injury. But the addition
of an inch or more may be made each
year. and the land be gradually i'm
proving. If, the Subsoil is hard it
needs to be broken up. but if it is
only sand it need not be disturbed,
but only gradually brought to the top
an inch at time
The Progressive Farmer offers some
valuable advice on the subject:
year and the people of the South GER
tainly ought to feel thankful for the
great prosperity they are now enjoy
ing. The year 1905 opened under
gloomy circumstances: it closed with
prosperity standing at every mans
door, When our farmers and business
men consented to bury their differ
eenceS and stand. shoulder to shoulder
then our prosperity was an assured
fact.
Now will we again stand together
for the year 1906 and march to still
greater victories. or by envy, malice
out at the back door? We have our
choice. Which will we take?
You can rest assured, Mr.. Editor.
that we appreciate the great work
done by The Progressive Farmer in
helping to bring about the changed
conditions You have labOred earnest
ly and faithfully. and may your eff
fort receive its just reward
Now, Just a few words to A. p. of
Hartford county. who wishes to know
how to prepare his land for cotton.
the land having been planted in corn
and peas last year. Wish to say that
l have been planting cotton after corn
and peas. and corn and peas after cot
ton.- for fifteen years. | have brought
a good deal of my land from a bale
and a quarter to a bale and a half
aB.r-aere. There is no better system
-s.rs2 : l.
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WRITE US A LETTER

Put aside all timidity and write -
freely and frankly, in strictest oo1A-
dence, telling us all your symptoms
and troubles. We will send free advice
lin plain, sealed envelope), how TO
cure them. Address: Ladies' Advisory
Dept, The Chattanooga Medicine o.,
Chattanooga. Tenn
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-14
II SUFFERED AWFUL PAIN

IN my womb and ovaries," writes Mrs.
Naomi Bake, OF Webster Groves, Mo-,
also In my right and left sides, and
my menses were very painful and
irregular. Since taking Cardui,
feel like . now woman, and do not
suffer ~ l did. It il the best medi-
o1ns ever had in my house."
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of property, and this may not come
until they are too old for the needed
training. A daughter of a well-tO-dO
farmer. where money was plentiful.
suddenly found all sounds locked
away from her by partial loss of
hearing. She had lived in the world
of sounds long enough for her to
appreciate her loss Then there COM
menced life hard and lonely She
was so neglected by the other men,
bers of the family that life was hard
ly worth the living. Her hearts de-
sire is for a training i'm the oral
method to enable her to enjoy life.
but this is persistently denied her,
although the money is used freely
with the others for every wish She
is unable to enjoy society i'm the
least, and her one pleasure is i'm the
drives about the country, that she
seldom gets. Perhaps there are 9TH
ers who must live their lives by
pattern not of their own choosing.
In connection with the above the
following from Farm and Ranch has
an added lesson for the parents of
both boys and girls.
How to Keep the Boys and Girls
on the Farm.
| enjoy reading your pages and
looking at the pictures, but sometimes
I'm moved to wish that the farmers
did not receive all the attention and
advice You know we women claim
equal rights now.
May | lecture just little through
your columns to the dear Texas farm
erS' wives? | was wondering the
other day if the mothers who toll and
train their children. ever pause
moment to wonder why as soon rs
long trousers are dOnned. their boys
are so anxious to leave home and
rush to nearby towns. where uncer-
tain, and often uncOngenial. employ
ment awaits them?
And even the girls get restless and
when their pinafOreS are put aside
they too long for new worlds to con-
quer. and saying goodbye to their
shetering homes. seek the town. often
to their undOing. And so your sons
and daughters whom you SO much
need at home, leave you to carry your
burdens alone, and the farm. because
you are growing old and weary. often
passes into alien hands or becomes
abandoned.
| visited a New Hampshire farm
last summer, and the farmers wife
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-04-20
SOME SAMPLES OF REFORMED SPELLING

shortened by reducing the diphthong
to single letter. Again, there are
words containing silent letters which
might with profit and without violence,
they say, be dropped. In other words,
modification and not innovation is to
be the watchword. No new alphabet
is proposed.
In the course of few weeks the
board will send out a preliminary list
of three hundred "simplif1ed" words as
the first step. This will be sent to
writer's, educators, editors, publishers
and parents. Possibly as many as a
hundred thousand copies of this first
effort toward making English the world
language will be distributed. An at
tempt will be made especially to reach
parents who are interested In the prog
ress of their children at school and
have discovered that one of the draw
backs is the difficulty the latter have
In spelling. If this step produces re
SUITS then the next will be decided
upon, but until the character of the re-
ception of the present list is determined
no advance will be made The board
does not intend to go any faster than
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Charles Swinburne has been quoted as
declaring it "a monstrous. barbarous
absurdity," while Fl. Rider Haggard
said, according to the interviewers, that
the language of Shakespeare is good
enough for me-
The members of the Simplified Spell
ing Board do not intend to have its
reform laughed out of court with i'm
mezurabl reproch and inextinggwish-
abb LATTER" as the extreme reformers
of other days would have put 1t. They
have taken a leaf out of the books of
former efforts and reached the conclu-
sion that discretion is the better part.
While declaring that phonetic spelling
Is the ideal form, they say that 1t is
probably not attainable as a system,
and are starting with something which
they hope will be practicable, and Will
not shock any one.
There are, they say, many thousands
Of words for which there are two ac-
cepted spellings, such, as centre and
center, and traveller and traveller, and
authorities differ as to which Is better.
One Of these ought to be stamped with
an authoritative seal which will make
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-04-20
DEMAND FOR STEEL cApe

Their Use In Railway Postoeo
vice lis Generally Favored
Since 1900 seventy postal clerks on,
stitutes and weighers have been tnn
in railroad wrecks while on dntv Atl
have been injured seriously and ! eej
have been hurt slightly. The clerks Il
the railway postoffice service are omo,1
the most expert employees of the govern
ment. and the department is sepkin !
continually to improve the conditior5
under which they work. lessen the don
gers that surround them and nrotoo+
their lives and the valuable pronort,
in their care
In 1893 the government adopted snoo.
ifications for the construction of mai,
cars requiring them to be heavier and
more substantial than those then in
use. In May, 1904, these specifications
were revised and further strengthen.
ing OF the cars was required. The rail
road companies have also been experi
menting with improved rolling stock
IEs Erie building an all-steel car and
the New York. New Haven and Hart
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seventeenth century. The eighteenth
was to increase this to twenty-six.
In 1907 the volcano sent forth cloud
of ashes so dense that at midday IN the
streets of Naples the blackness OF the
darkest night reigned supreme. Ihe
shrieks of terror stricken women pierre
ed the air, and the churches were
crowded by the populace The relics OF
San Janaurius--his skull among them
were carried in procession through
the streets.
Thirty years later a stream OF lava
one mile wide and containing oOO,UOo,-
600 cubic feet burst from the mountain
side. The next notable eruption was
that of 1850, when new cones formed
at the side and gave forth lava, smoke,
and ashes. Seven years later the king
of Naples hastily retreated into the
capital from the palace at Portici,
threatened by fresh outburst, and
found the Neapolitans again in con
fusion.
Thirty-two years later, while our pa
triot fathers were in the midst of their
struggle for freedom, column OF
ljouid fire burst from the crater and
rose to three times the height Of the
mountain.
That the Vesuvian eruptions are
gaining in frequency is attested by the
record of the nineteenth century, sur
passing as it does that Of the eighteenth.
The first of note occurred in 1922, when
tho ton of the great cone fell In and a
lava stream mile in width poured
ont. Vapor condensed into rain mum
dated some districts. Altogether SOO
feet of the cone was blown away, leav-
ing a hole 938 feet deep in the crater
Twelve years later a river Of lava
nine miles long wiped out town of
500 houses. One stream threatened
Pompeii with another interment
Lava flowed almost to the gates of
Naples in 1855 and caused deplorable
loss of property to the cultivated re-
gion above. Twelve years later a new
cone was raised to height greater
than that attained by any In historic
times.
Blocks Of stone forty-f1ve feet in cir
conference were hurled down the
mountain by the spectacular outburst
Of 1872 Two lava floods rushed down
the valley on two sides, ashes were shot
thousands of feet in the air, and the
sea rose for miles. More than 10000,
600 cubic feet of lava was elected in
single day. A cloud of smoke enveloped
parties of tourists escorted by guides.
They were caught under hail of burn
ing projectiles and close to lava tor
eight medical students. were buried be-
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ford two; the Pennsylvania road is
drafting plans for an all-steel car and
the Santa Fe company has contracted
for thirty-nine s:eel-sheathed cars, with
underframes and flooring Of steel, the
floors to be finished with cement, felt
and wood.
All these cars are much heavier than
those previously in use. Under the de-
partment specifications of 1904 full
sixty-foot car weighs 100000 pounds,
or 10000 pounds more than one bul!t
on the plans adopted in 1893. Inc
clerks prefer the larger, heavier cars
which they believe to be safer in acct
dents than the others. Yet in wreck
on a Texas railway tifty-foot car teie7
scoped sixty-foot car Of later buIIu
and much greater weight and was IT
self practically unchanged
One of the steel cars now IN use mas
been in an accident. The postal clerks
have great faith in them, feeling that
they are practically indeStructible ana
almost sure to preserve the lives OF all
who are In them. 1t is likely that steer
mail cars will some day be required by
the government and when they are II
is not improbable that the public WIZ
demand substitution of metal cars
or cars so heavily REINFORCED with steer
as to be practically the same thing 1of
all wooden passenger coacheS'--Ne"
York Sun.
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WHY B1acLie Wore the Plaid.

Professor Blackie frequently stayeu
at DR.. Donald Macleod's house IN GiaS-
gov. One night, said the doctor we
were sitting up together. Blackle SaIu
in his brusque way, Whatever o1nen
faults l have. l am free from VANITY
An incredulous smile on my face rouseu
him. "You don't believe that. Give
me an instance" Being thus chai-
lenged, l said, why do you walk aDou,
fiourishing plaid continually Il
give you the history of that, sir "nen
/ was a poor man and when my "ile
and / had our difficulties, she one Gay
drew my attention to the threauo"'0
character of my surtout, and ASKED IL.
to order a new one. l told her couiu
not afford it just then, when she Went
like a noble woman, and put her OWL
plaid shawl on my shoulders, anu
have worn a plaid ever since III l'eN
DRY of her loving deed"
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Amber Hunters of Baltic.

The poor people who earn pre-
carious livelihood by gathering amber
on the shores of the Baltic Sea work
only in the toughest weather. When
the wind blows in from the sea, as it
often does with terrific violence, the
powders are tossed and tumbled at
the bottom and great quantities of sea
wrack are washed up on the beach.
This is the harvest Of the waders for
hidden in the roots and branches Of
the seaweed Jumps Of the precious gum
may be found.
In other parts of the coast divers go
crawling on the bottom of the sea for
the Jumps of amber hidden in seaweed
and under rocks. 1t is believed that
once a great pine forest flourishod
here, where the great pillows roll, and
that amber is the gum exuded from
the trees, of which not vestige re-
mains.
The finds are very variable. The
largest piece known, weighing eighteen
pounds, is in the Royal Museum in Ber-
lin. The usual finds range from Jumps
as big as mans head to particles like
grains of sand. The larger pieces are
found jammed in rocks or in tangles
of marine vegetation. Divers work
from four to five hours a day in all
seasons except when the sea is blocked
with ice.
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meath this seething stream ruo
bodies were picked up and eloron uVa
tins found still alive. WI w
Since 1879 Vesuvius has bnon
ously active, there being two erunt tar
OF note in 1900; two others IN 1oa!
But that of the present aptnmn '|,'
been more violent than any sinco ,o "a
Red not stones hurled 1000 feet oh w.
the cone have dropped down tba ta DO'
OF the mountain with deafenino s,', ,'>
One stone thrown out weighed two ta
while 1874 violent explosions h t~Y
been recorded in single day by II
Instruments Of the seismic obsorr.. ~
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it legal tender" To this extent, they
argue, the language is in a fluid state.
better form. There are many other
words which leading English writer's
Of this and other centuries have used,
but which have not received common
acceptance They are Of the kind that
approach the phonetic form, and at the
same time are shorter than the words
In common usage. There are also words
containing diphthongs, which might be