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Monkeys have similar games. Kar
Groos mentions a tame long tailet
monkey that was devoted to swing
ing. He would hook his chain over
Dough and swing at the end of 1t will
the plainest pleasure. He knew ex
actly how much line was needed so al
to just clear the ground, and neve'
made a mistake in letting out exactl!
the right amount.
Almost all young animals play. i
Is one of the most charming sights
imaginable to watch fox cubs anus
ing themselves outside the earth late
on a summer evening. They not only
roll and gambol like kittens or pup
pies, but they have also a game which
strongly resembles a sham fight.
The young of all the cat tribe, in
Guiding lions and tigers are naturally
playful. Even such clumsy creatures
as r~hinoceroses and elephants enjoy
games in their early youth.
Badgers have a peculiar play. They
seem to enjoy turning somersaults
II young badgers in the geological
gardens amuse visitors by turning
somersaults scores of times in sue
cession on the same spot.
Bears do the same thing, and MOI
only young bears, but old mes also.
The natives of Kamchatka have a
dance which they call the bear dance.
Every gesture is copied accurately
from the bear. The natives appear
proud of the fact that the bears are
their dancing masters.
A Stately Bird Dance.
Dancing is by no means confined to
quadrupeds; in fact, it is the princi-
pal play of many birds. Perhaps the
hnest of bird dancers is the American
cock o the rock. These birds have
regular dancing places, level spots
winch they keep clear of sticks and
stones. A dozen or more of the birds
assemble round this spot, and then
a cock bird, his scarlet crest erect,
steps into the centre. Spreading his
wings and tail, he begins to dance, at
first with slow and stately steps, then
gradually more and more rapidly, In
til he is spinning like a made thing.
At last, tired out, he sinks down,
hops out of the ring, and another
takes his place.
Some of the quail tribe / great
dancers and SO are the American
sand hill cranes. 1t is a most ludi-
crous sight to watch a crane dancing;
he is so desperately solemn over the
whole performance. He looks like
a shy young man who has just learn
ed to waltz, and is rather ashamed of
the accomplishment.
So much for games without tops.
But many wild creatures get a great
deal of amusement out of various in
animate objects. The kitten plays
with a ball of worsted, and every n
knows the dog that possesses a pet
bone, some dry and grubby relic
which is not the least use as food,
but which the animal throws about
and catches again by the hour, and
when finished with buries in some Sc
corner against another day.
Beckman gives a delightful account
of a raccoon which used to amuse it
self by washing various odds and
in a bucket Of water. An old
pot handle, a snail shell or anything
of the sort would do, but what he
loved best was an empty bottle.
Clasping it in his forepaws he would
waddle slowly to the bucket, with the
clasped close to his breast, and
then rollsit and rinse it in the water.
If any one ventured to disturb him
he was furious and threw himself
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have adopted this method of ~. 70,
ing down a snow slope simply bana..
1t is the easiest and most convsrsa-s
but surely the fact that the same ans
mails have been seen to make ~.
experiment several times over on ~,
same slide is certain proof that fha -
bogganning is genuine play and notb
ing else.
There are many instances on roo
ord of dogs having taken to coast,ns
down snow slopes. But the dog is :
domestic animal, and is a marvellous.
ly initiative one, so for the purpose
of proving animal play he must In
this case be put out of court.
Humboldt speaks of having seer q
young Capuchin monkey riding a pig
The monkey would wait about in the
morning until he could catch a Mig
spring on its back and ride off with
every symptom of delight. clinginp
so tightly that poor piggy, do what
he might. could not free himself of
his incumbrance. Once he had Sc
cured a mount, nothing would induce
Master Capuchin to give it up. Even
when the mig was feeding the mon
key kept his seat. The lemur is not
a monkey, but a very near relative
A white fronted lemur belonging TO
Broderlip, the naturalist. used ia
have tremendous games with a tame
beaver called Binny. Macky, as the
lemur was called, would play tag,
with Binny, touching his great fiat
tail with one finger and dancing
around and around the heavy amia-
BILE beast, while the beaver, with ele-
nhontinn nlo vF,1nRnr -...I
Macky with, all his might, but of
course, eve coming near the airy
sprite.
One day the two were left alone to-
gethef. In the o was a linen
press, and some careless person had
left the doors open. Half an hour
later the beaver was found snoring
happinly on a comfortable couch of
piled up tablecloths, sheets and nap
kins, while close beside him, his head
pillowed on the beavers soft fur, lay
Macky, also sound asleep.
Coon As a Life Saver.
The writer once owned a pet
American raccoon. The little crea-
formed a firm alliance with a
black kitten, and the games those two
had beggar description. Hide and
seek around the coon's kennel and a
pile of barrels was the commonest
play. No n could watch the two
without feeling positive that they en-
joyed the romp and understood each
movements just as well as any
two children eve did. One day in her
wild excitement, pussy ran on to a
which stretched out over
pond and fell in. What did the
do but deliberately follow?
There was apparent no intention of
rescue and, in any clse, the cat was
again in a few strokes, for
are very fast swimmers. But it
was an odd thing to see.
Late in the or in the early
autumn the squirrel kittens have ire
mendous. games. They usually choose
a beechwood for their antics, and it is
one of the prettiest sights in the
world to watch them.
Sit perfectly still and they will not
pay the slightest attention to you.
Their principal game is chasing one
another round and round the trunk,
to the tip of a thin branch, and leap
thence into another tree, the other
following full speed, barking all. the
time with sheer delight. 1t is, in fact,
a regular follow my leader game.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-06
Cbristmas IN JANUARY.

In remote places in Eastern Ken
lucky they still discretionary 9Th,
or Old Christmas, never having chan
ged the calendar. Their ancestors
came from England about the mid
die of the Eighteenth Century, Just
when the change was being made
there. They have been shut here
for these $50 years, with almost no
communication with the outside
world, and have learned nothing of
its changes.-December Travel Mag
azine.
The NEWS in every nome. !
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-06

The NEWS in every nome.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
President Sends to Committee
On Agriculture the Report
ofDepartment Experts
THE PACKERS ARE CLEANING UP
Haste With Which tho Packing House
Interests Are Institutine Reforms Al
most Humorous in View of the As
sertion That the NeII Report Was
FaIse-Other News.

Washington, June Sin response to
6. request from the house committee
on agriculture President Roosevelt to-
day forwarded to Representative
Wadsworth, chairman of the commit
tee, the report made to him by the
committee of the department of agri-
culture regarding conditions in the Chi
cago meat packing houses. Accom-
panying the report, was Il letter from
the president in which he points out
there is no conflict in substance be-
tween the Neill-Reynolds report and
that of the agricultural department ex-
perts 1t is said in the latest report
the packing house proprietors are
nanifesting almost humorous haste
to clean up, repave and even to plan
for future changes New toilet rooms
are being provided with additional
crossing rooms and clean towels. The
report says: Haste towards reform
would have been amusing If 1T We're
rot so nearly raSG."
The president sayE his Investigations
have not been completed but enough
has been developed, in my judgment, to
call for immediate and radical enlarge
ment of the powers of the government
in inspecting all meats which enter in
to interstate and foreign commerce"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
LAFOLLETTE HAS BILL
Frank L. Campbell, Former Railroad
Commissioner in Iowa, Has Given
Him Valuable information for His
Speech, Which He Will Deliver in the
Senate
,ial to Times-R Republican.

Special to Times Republican
Washington, June s. Frank L..
Campbell. former lieutenant governor
of Iowa, who presided over the senate
in the days when the maximum rae
law passed and was afterwards rail-
road commissioner, had long confer
ence today with Senator LaFollette.
The senator has introduced Il resolu
tion calling on the Interstate commercs
commission TO investigate the reaction
between the railroad companies in the
western states and the elevator com-
panies. This he will call up i'm a few
days. when he will make a speech pre-
senting the facts concerning the rela
tions of the railroads to the grain
buying monopoly, which he alleges ex
lists. He has an immense volume of
information gathered in Wisconsin
and will use with it as much of the
Iowa experience as he can secure.
Governor Campbell put him in pos
session of large amount of valuable
matter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
TWO STRIKERS KILLED
Band Of constabuIary Fired Upon by
Striking Miners-ConstabuIary Ee-
taIiates and Two Strikers Are Killed.

Indiana. Penn, June S.-The mining
town of Ernest, on the Buffalo, Roch-
ester and Pittsburg railroad, five miles
from here, was the scene early today
Of conflict between detail of state
consta bulary and striking coal miners
in which two strikers and six others
were wounded. A body Of strikers,
headed by brass band, were on the
way to the station to receive mine
official, when they met twelve mem
bers of the state constabulary ard as
they passed member Of the band fred
his revolver at the troops. No one
was struck. but the constabulary inn
mediately retaliated with a volley from
their carbines. No more trouble is
apprehended.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
DRuNKARD SUICIDES
Charles Coulter, of Cedar Rapids, Gets
Into Violent Quarrel With Wife and
Abuses Her Terribly Before Ending
His Own Miserable Life.

Special to Times-Republican.
Cedar Rapids, June S.-Charles Coul-
ter, aged % years, after blackening his
wife's eyes and cutting her lip with
blows from his !. fist shot himself thru
the head with a revolver last night.
He had been employed both as cook
and waiter in some of the restaurants,
and was familarly known as Liz" 1t
is stated that he has been an inmate
of the inebriate asylum once or twice.
Last July he married Kitty Palmer,
and their married life has not been
happy, according to the reports Of
those near their home, who state that
they have frequently been disturbed
by the sound of quarreling. The cou-
pie lived in the rooms on the third
floor of the Lapham block, next to the
Golden Eagle on First avenue There
are reports that young Coulter was in
sanely jealous of his wife, and that
the name of his brother has been men,
toned in his reproaches.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08

resentative of resolute opposition to
government of, by and for the trusts
intrenched behind an ultra high tariff
of their own dictation Which is TO
say that it is upon constitutional prfn-
ciples and for constitutional governs
ment that he stands.
AS such Mr.. Bryan is a conserva-
tive. AS contrasted with other political
tendencies the principle of which he is
unquestionably the leading exponent is
eminently conservative. Indeed, with
out eXaggeration of language, it can be
truthfully said that Bryan is the most
conservative force in American public
life. His conservatism is the very OPP
poste of 'standpatism. which is es-
sentially inimical to the principles OF
free government.
Against the 'standpatism' of priv
ilege on the one hand and the rabid
radicalism of half-b baked reformers on
the other hand. Mr.. Bryan represents
constitutionalism and strict Jefferson
so 5onooracu
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
GEAR LIKELY IO
RETIRE GORENYK|N
Russia's Ruler Reported to Be
Extremely Dissatisfied With
Premier's Failure
SENSATIONAL CHARGES MADE
Special Correspondent Says Innocent
Mon Were Executed at Riga, After
Being Horribly Tortured-Workmen
Openly Favor Shaking OFF All Gov
ornment Control

st. Petersburg, June S.-According to
reliable reports from Peterhof, En-
peror Nicholas has about decided to
retire Premier Goremykin. The en-
peror is extremely dissatisfied with the
premier's sorry failure to make any
headway toward rapproachment with
the lower house Of parliament. Dis
patches from the interior continue
gloomy and show gradual extension Of
Agrarian disorders. and the partial
strike now affects twelve provinces.
Numerous collisions between the peas
ants and rural guards have taken place,
but nothing in the nature of mass
movement has yet occurred.
A sensation has been caused by the
disclosures of NJ. Vladimiroff, CORES
pondent of the Twentieth Century,
who Investigated the case of Mile
Spiridonevo and who is now in the
Baltic provinces Investigating the re-
pressions there. He says six out of
eight men executed at Riga are inno-
cent and says they We're forced to con-
TESS by tortures which put the Span
ish inquisitIon to shame. Altho the So
cial revol,ltionists have proclaimed
temporary cessation of the terrorists
campaign, there is little abatement III
murders of police officials in the inter-
ior. Mounted gendarmes yesterday
evening charged a crowd of workme.l
at the government cartridge factory ut
Vassil- -Ostrov, who emerged from the
meeting singing the "Marseillaise." Th:.
gendarmes used their whips and sabres,
w0unding many workmen. At Tsarit-
sim yesterday, in fight between Per-
SLAMS. whom the local contractors had
imported to take the places of strik-
ing longshoreInen, and a mob of stgik
ers, a score of the latter We're killed.
The storm produced by the over
night developments broke as soon as
the lower house of parliament opened
today, exposing the split between the
radical and more moderate elements of
the opposition and proving the leaders
of the constitutional democrats will be
unable much longer to hold their eX-
treme allies of peasants and workmell
group, who openly favor parliament
shaking off governmental control, and
proceeding Independently
insist on a months delay for the death
penalty BILL contained in the form of
the communication from the ministers
of war, navy, and interior, was COM
municated to the house, Naboukoff, in
behalf of the constitutional democrats,
offered resolution accepting the gov
gernment's decision, but in the mean
time Demanding suspension of all death
sentences, and contending the govern
1ment must accept notice of the bill as
a stay of execution. This was the sig
nal for violent protests from socialis-
tic and peasants workmen groups, who
insisted it was useless to parley with
the enemy, that acts and not words
Nsre necessary, and that the bill abol
ishing the death penalty should immed-
lately be passed. Naboukoff's resolu-
tion was adopted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
HOUSE OF NATIVE TIMBER.
Fort Dodge Contracting PIasterer tc
Build Himself Novel Structure.

special TO IlfneS-Republlcan.
Fort Dodge, June S.-A novel house
is to be built here by Charles Bart
lett, a local contracting plasterer, for
himself. 1t will be constructed almost
entirely of native lumber sawed on his
own land and kiln dried. Owing to
this arrangement his house will cost
about one-third what it would were
he forced to buy the lumber. He will
have building put up almost ex-
clusively Of hard wood, finished in oak
and built of material that will last
Indefinitely.
Mr.. Bartlett owns some fine timber
land a few miles south of the city,
along the river. He will install
small portable saw mill in the timber
and there get out the material in the
rough. This will be brought to the
manufacturing plant here, kiln dried
and worked up into finish. Oak lum-
Der here sells at $40 or more thou
sand, and he expects to get his finish
out at a cost not exceeding $40 per
thousand. Other lumber will be pro-
duced at a relative saving
A house constructed of native timber
in this day and age is a real sight,
and Mr.. Bartlett will have home
that will be distinctive in this feature.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
Nine Colored Men Arrested at
LeMars as Result Of Assault
On a White Girl
THE TOWN GREATLY EXCITED
For Time It Was Feared Thsrs5
Might be a Lynchins, But Cooler
Heads Prevented-lt is Feared the.
Girl Will Not Be Able to Identity
Her AssaiIant.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-R Republican
Sioux City, June S.-Nine negroes
belonging to Campbell Bros circus, are
in custody at LeMars as result Of
an assault upon Miss Josephine VIII
mes. aged 23, daughter of Nick Will
mes, landlord of the Depot hotel at
LeMars, at 10 o'clock last night. The
girl was returning from confession at
st. Joseph's Catholic church, when a.
negro jumped out and put gun to
her head. She tainted and he dragged
her to vacant lot, where he accom-
plished his purpose. The affair was
followed by excitement, but the town
has cooled down. 1t is feared the girl
cannot identify her assailant.
When the news of the assault be-
came known last night there was the
greatest Indignation shown among the
inhabitants and for time 1t was fear
ed there might be lynching, but to-
day the town is quieter and the law
will be allowed to take its course.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
GOOD WORD FOR THOMSON.
Voluntary Witness vindicates F.,sne,
President Of Pennsylvania Railroad.

Philadelphia. June 81. Mcclellan OF
Blairsville, Pa. appeared before the in
terstate commerce commission volun-
tarily today. and said he came to vim
dcate the former president, Frank w.
Thomson of the Pennsylvania rail-
road. Mcclellan said while he was in
the employ of the company he had
been offered "block OF stock" by Cap
tain Alfred Hicks, who was about to
organize a mining company. Witness
said he wrote to Thomson, asking his
advice in the matter and that Thomson
had advised him mot to take the
stock that "honor is worth more than
all the stock you can acquire" Me-
Lellan produced Thomson's letter.
dated June 13, 1894. Previous witness
es had testified that Thomson sane
toned the acceptance of gifts to en-
ployes from coal companies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
sussTANTlATEs NELL.
James 3. Reynolds, Co-Author of Beef
Report Before Committee.

Washington, June S-James b. Reyn-
olds. co-author with Mr.. Neill. of the
beef report, was questioned today by
the house committee on agriculture.
Reynolds said that twelve years ago
he had incidentally visited the stock
yards in Chicago and had also visited
the stock yards in Berlin. In the latter
place he said the work was done under
city regulations. He was impressed
by the absence of wood and the con-
slant cleaning going on. They were
even cleaning the cars which brought
Wilson's statement AS to Neills testi-
mony, there was nothing in it he
wished to modify In particular he
wished to substantiate Neill regarding
the shoveling of pieces of meat from
the floor of the Nelson Mortis COM
pany. He had seen the operation.
What is known as the department
agricultural report on packing house
conditions, was sent by the president to
the house today. Part Of this report
is a letter dated April 5, last from
A. D. Melvin, chief of the bureau of
animal industry, in which he says, con-
tenting on sanitary conditions: From
personal observatio I know that the
sanitary conditions at abbatoirs where
this bureau maintains an inspection,
while not always satisfactory, are much
superior to those at the average es-
tablishment without such inspections"
Further, he says he knows not many
diseased animals are shipped to mar
ket centers where inspection is main
tained. He advises the most rigid
extension of inspection possible, arN
says the demand for inspection is much
greater than the condition to be sup
Piled cit might be well to state,'' he
says" that in any slaughter house,
no matter hod sanitary conditions may
be, there is much that is revolving to
one unacc1stomed to such sights, and
one who visits them must expect to
Witness scenes of blood and offal and to
have his nostrils offended by dis
agreeable odors," He says the re-
port of the committee of three officials
To the department is fully approved
by the bureau of animal industry, and
that wherever weakness in the system
of inspection has been Indicated. steps
will at once be taken to remedy con-
ditions. He says he shall obey the or
der of the secretary that when the
ises in a sanitary condition, he will
inspection. A report of the
committee of three from the Depart
nlent of agriculture, dated April 3, ac-
companied the report.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
MASONIC AIDES NAMED.
Grand Master Cleveland Names His
Appointive Officers.

GranQ Ma8tcf IieVeiaVu NAMES T1iS
Appointive Officers.
Special to Times Republican.
Clinton, June S-LThe Masonic grand
lodge finished up its work yesterday
noon and adjourned, and the delegates
have returned to their homes.
Most Worshipful Grand Master w.
+, Cleveland named the appointive Of
ticers yesterday morning as follows
r.. w. Deputy Grand Master-F. l..
Bills, of Davenport Lodge, No. 81, Da-
venport.
r. w. Grand Chaplain--S. r. j.
Hoyt of Parian Lodge, No. 321, Har-
IAN.
W. Senior grand deacon--C. B.
Whelpley, of Crescent Lodge, No. 20,
Cedar Rapids.
w. Junior Grand Deacon-C. III.
Reed, of Mount Nebo Lodge, No. 297.
w Senior Grand Deacon--L. D.
Hack, of Jasper. No. 424.
w. Junior Grand Steward, c. %. Funk
of Interocean Lodge, No. 152.
w. Grand Marshal--G. l.. Carton, Of
Home Lodge. No. 27O, Des Molnes.
w. Grand Tyler--A. N. Alberson. of
w
ton.
The Iowa grand lodge refused to take
action recognizing the French Masonic
order, a question which came befor~
the body and created not little inter-
est. II seemed to be the sentiment
of the Iowa lodge that such recognition
would involve complications which
were not at all desirable.
Concluding reports were given in
yesterday morning and approved. the
session closing at noon. A resolution
expressing the appreciation OF the
grand lodge for its entertainment in
Des Moines and the kindness of the
local brethren was passed. 1t follows:
"Resolved. That the thanks of this
grand lodge are hereby rendered to the
local committee and brethren of the
city of Des Moines for their kind hos
ptiality and zeal in caring for the con-
venience of the grand lodge and the
comfort of its visitors"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
GIVEN A PENSION TO STAY DRY
chicasoan Will Forfeit His Property if
He Takes a Drink.

Chicago. June S.-lf Harry Hill of
Chicago, takes a drink or uses drugs
in any form he will forfeit the Hat
building ut 1890 Nincennes avenue,
which was decided TO him yesterday NY
his brother. Napoleon HILL Il Mempn. $
millionaire Harry Hill, who is a law
yer, came to Chicago few years ago
and is said 10 have been wayward. Re
Gently his brother heard he had re-
formed and decided to aid hun. The
deed provides that Harry Hill shall
receive the income from the property
only so long as he shall "abstAia from
the use of all vinous or intox eating
drinks, likewise the use of all mar
cotics and tllgs."