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The Most Beautiful Woman.

One hundred prizes. ranging from
500 to $500, will be awarded by the
Salt Lake Tribune for a photograph O
the most beautiful woman in Utah. Ida
no. Wyoming or Nevada. A Chicago
newspaper claims Miss Della Carson
of Chicago is the most beautiful wo-
man in America The Tribune .chal
lenges this. Help the west prove that
some mountain state woman is the
most beautiful. Send the Tribune good
photographs with name. address. and
place Of birth Of the subject and name
and address Of the sender.
, 1907-04-29
A E


Reduced to the Ranks
A Washington dispatch announces
that all generals and others holding
high titles in the p~ostofice department
have been reduced to the ranks and
will hereafter be regarded as p~rivates
only. Postmaster General Meyer has
decreed that no titles shall remain
and hereafter he and the four assist
ant postmaster generals are to be ad.
dressed in conversation as Mr." We
do not understand that any exception
is to be made even in behalf of gentle
men from Kentucky.-Bufalo Bulletin.
Yellow journalism
Stead is right. Tho yellow pape,
ought to be imprisoned, fined and then
, 1907-04-29
PILES! PILES! PILES!

Williams Indian Pile Ointment will cure
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles. 1t alb
serbs the tnmors. allays itching at once
acts as a poultice, gives instant relief
Williams Indian Pile Ointment is prepared
for Piles and itching of the private parts
Sold by druggists, mail soc and 500
Williams Mfg. Co, Props. Cleveland, o.
FOR SALE BY MILLS A DRUGGIST
, 1907-04-29
WILL LEAVE PosToFFIcE.
Deputy at Green River Accepts Good
Mercantile Position.

Green River, Wyo., April %
James Chrisman, deputy postmaster
with Cosgriff Bros. and will leave to-
morrow for Walcott, Wyo. to have
charge of the store belonging to that
firm at that place.
, 1907-04-29


more in unison as to our opinions.
Apparently ar Inconsistency.
In contemplating this subject it
seems passing strange that the people
who have been anxious, almost impor-
tunate, in their desire to have Presi-
dent Roosevelt regulate interstate COM
merce, the financial affairs of railroads
and public and private corporations, ETC.,
should take ground against the presi-
dents control of the public domain,
which is entirely the property of the
United States. If we have confidence
enough in the president to entrust Our
private and corporate affairs to him,
should we not show a little more conf
dence in his intention to be not only
fair and equitable, but also willing to
meet the views of the people in hand.
ling the grazing question?
Should Agree on Policy.
IF we can get the right kind of law.
one that will forever set at rest the
contentious, the bitterness, and the
sometimes open attacks of contending
parties. and If we can stop the destroy.
ing of half of the feed by various par
ties scurrying over it in order to reach
some given point before their neighbors
reach it; If we can recognize every
mans right, whether he may have for
ty acres Or 10000, then let us all agree
to that policy. Whatever we may do
we must remember that while everyone
is entitled to his own opinion and his
fellows should respect it, yet to erect
desired legislation or to successfully
prevent distatseful legislation or the
growth of dangerous conditions, we
must agree among ourselves.
Misrepresentation Made.
ut is perfectly apparent that at the
present time not only are there two
sides to the question, but people are
very widely apart in their opinions. II
is idle-indeed, it is reprehensible-ir
the meantime for parties to misrepre
sent facts or to conjure up bogymen IL
fancy or in the newspapers. Too much
of this has already taken place. Fol
instance it has been stated in speeches
and written and circulated about the
state, that if a lease-law WERE passed
it would mean a permit SYSTEM at Sc
much nnr hnoI fpr ctnrly &c in the for
est reserves; and then the prophecy
is volunteered that the number of heat
will be decreased from time to time
that everybody will be robbed, etc
also that mons except those having il
leal fences support a leasing PROPOSE
ton. This is absolutely untrue. Man!
other misrepresentation have beer
made.
President States Views Clearly.
"The president espoused no particu
lar bill or amendment, hut stated clearl.
in his letter lis views, viz:
For making grazing districts as
fast as the localities desire and the
public good demanded.
"'For having local control as far a:
possible.
"'For making rental rates very law
For all money over and above ex
penses to so to the state.
"rFor free rent Of necessary domes
tic stock belonging to homesteaders.
For first right of rental to settler:
and small owners.
"'For the right to fence a part of the
pasturage SO as to protect and improve
the sod and grasses Etc. Etc.
No Permit Proposition Made.
Now, there has not been any permit
per head proposition made, and there !.
no intention of handling the matter il
that way. Rental would be by the acre
, 1907-04-29

electrocuted. says Colonel Crawford OF
the Saratoga Sun.
The yellow Journal is always ready
for any kind OF trouble. In fact that
is what lie lives on. II there is no
trouble on tap he will try to stir up
some. He is the first one to see war"
in the slightest difference hat may
come up between nations. He sheds
calamity wherever he goes and his
very clothes reek with treachery. II
We had our way We would ''embalm,
cremate and bury" We would take no
chances.-Stockgrower n Farmer.
, 1907-04-29
CHANGING PLANS.
Green River Soda Plant in Process Of
Rebuilding After Fire.

Green River, Wyo,, April 29.-Work
on the rebuilding of the soda plant,
burned here a few weeks ago, has
been suspended pending some changes
being made in the plans of the build
ing.
, 1907-04-29
knocker Has His Use

There is an inclination on the part
of many these days to laud the "boost-
err and abuse the "knocker." The one
is about as useful to the average com
munity as the other. The one equal
ICES the other. The enthusiasm of the
booster in public affairs needs the
restraining influence of the "knocker.'
Many a community would find itself In
all sorts of legal and financial troubles
IL it was not for the wisdom of the
good old knocker. Don't despise him;
he is one of the most useful members
of society. You may get hot at him
oftentimes and feel like throwing
things at him and doing things to him
He is simply exercising his prerogative,
to which American citizens are entitled
to kick.-Sheridan Post.
, 1907-04-29

The storms of the past week have
been a great blessing to the Laramie
plains. The moisture was badly need
ed. A good grass crop on the range is
now assured and the ariculturists will
be materially aided.
, 1907-04-29

Magazines ana music bound IN any
lyle at The Republican bindery. No
lily US and we will call for the hooks
, 1907-04-29
SENATOR WARREN ON
The LEASING NATTER


not of; and let us, if possible, become
more in unison as to our opinions.
ApparentIY an InconsistencY
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not always equal to each other.-Nellle
Parker Jones in Chicago Record Her
AIA
A Pointed PRAYER.

Aunt Dinah had come to see her old
mistress, who had just recovered from
an illness!
"Yes, Miss Lila, Slo'ly done prayed
Ter yer to git well ali de time, and now
yer see how 1t done turned out"
"Then you believe that your prayers
are always answered, DinahT
"Sholy, sho'lyp' Then, with a sly
glance: "Yer see, I neber tempts de
Lord, case don't pray fer nothin' dat
I don't know I'll git. DIR. John, he
done tol me he tort yer was on de re-
covery road" After pause she went
on:
Say, Miss Lila, yer know what
prayed fer last nightT
mo"
"Why. I just pintedly begged de
Lord ter put It into yer heart ter give
me dat brown silk dress yer done out
growed."-Brooklyn Eagle.
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He Renewed His Consumption.

II read with interest" said a re-
porter, Henry James novel, The
Wings Of the Dove but there was one
phrase in 1t that haunted me. The
phrase was, He renewed his con-
sumption.
The hero of the novel sat on a rainy
afternoon In cafe In Venice for
three hours, and II was during that
protracted sitting that his consump-
tion was renewed What did this
mean? Was 1t Mr.. James intricate
way of saying that the young man
contracted fresh cold?
Now my doubts are at rest. / met
Mr.. James in Philadelphia at dinner,
and | asked him what He renewed
his consumption signified. Mr.. james
said II signified that he ordered an.
other drink.
The novelist explained that in
Europe a drink Is called consom-
nation. He translated consomma-
tion into consumption. And thus
he evolved the sentence that must
have puzzled, | am sure, every un-
travelled admirer of the delicate
Henry James art"
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Large Ears Of Forest Animals.

Within the limits of particular
groups large ears may be taken, as a
rule, to indicate either great powers
Of hearing or the necessity of catching
every wave of sound, says the Scien.
tific American. Thus. forest dwelling
animals generally have much larger,
and especially broader, ears than their
relatives inhabiting open country.
An excellent instance of this Is af-
forded by the okapi of the Semliki for
est, as contrasted with the giraffe Of
the more open districts of Africa-the
cars In the one case being excessively
broad and leaf-like while In the other
they are comparatively narrow and
pointed Similarly, Grevy's zebra,
which inhabits scrub jungles in Som
aliland and northeast Africa general
ly, has much longer and wider ears
than the ordinary zebra of the open
veldt
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Life In Other Worlds.

The existence OF life in other worlds
has been more generally admitted by
scientific men than by the average in
dividual. 1t is, however, interesting
to note that DIR. A. Kirschmann, pro-
fessor of philosophy In the University
of Toronto, has expressed himself
very strongly regarding his belief
that life exists in other planets. He
even contends that on other bodies
where conditions of temperature, Of
carbon, nitrogen. weather. ETC., are
different from our own we have no
good reason to conclude that condi-
tions may not exist to permit intelli-
gent life comparable to our own.
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WAS TOO FOND OF CIDER.
Farmers Wife Says That Husband
Drank His Product All Winter.

Instead Of making hay while the
sun Shines" as most farmers do, Farm
er Sanford Sisson made cider.
Azuba Sisson is the wife OF Sisson.
They were married In 1878, and have
daughter II years old.
The farm Of the Sissons is near
Norwalk. II is one of the pretty
farms Of the neighborhood and capa-
BILE of producing fine products, but Of
all things that come from farm cider
looked the best to Sisson.
In Norwalk cider is generally re-
garded as a temperance drink. Not SO
does Azuba Sisson regard the cider
that her husband makes and which
she AYERS he drinks 1t was Sisson's
cider that caused the domestic breach
Recently Azuba Sisson applied to
the common pleas court for divorce.
In her petition Azuba Sisson says that
Sanford Sisson makes the cider In the
summer time and stays drunk ON It
nearly all the winter.
Azvba says that Sanford's summer
cider has kept Sisson intoxicated near
ly all the winter for several winters
past.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Warfare Against Wood Pigeons.

A campaign Is being arranged In
South Devon, England. against the
wood pigeons which abound there and
which, 1t is calculated, are responsible
for damage to crops running into thou
sands OF pounds annually. The move
ment Is being organized by the tenant
farmers. but all the landowners and
shooting tenants are being invited to
cooperate.
II IL intended to line the borders Of
the great woods where the birds pass
the night with guns. and when they
return from their days foraging to
shoot them, this being the only way In
which warfare can be successfully
waged against them.
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MRS. MALAPRoP IN ACTION.
Good Lady Annoyed at Her Series Of
Blunders.

YES" said Mrs. Malaprop, talking
to friend about her daughter Enily's
wedding, I'm glad It's all over. II 1t
had lasted second longer l should
have had nervous palliation or some
thing! Why, what do you suppose?
When the minister called before the
wedding, I asked him whether it was
necessary to have two cassocks for
the bride and groom to kneel on. He
smiled, and said he thought that
something thicker would be better;
and Emily laughed right out and left
the room. Well, of course, knew I'D
said something wrong, so corrected
myself. i didn't mean caseocks.' ]
said, I meant two Cossacks.' And
what do you suppose he said?"
Asked you whether you desired
foreign military effect?" ventured
the guest.
mo. He said that, judging by the
present state Of affairs in Russia, he
doubted whether he'd be able to get
them; and even II he could, he doubt
ed whether they would be agreeable
to be knslt upon. judging by the way
they were fighting oppression. Oh. I
was 80 mad! You can bet the next
time ! won't beat around the bush;
I'll come right out and ask whether
or not we need two illars!"-Har-
per's Weekly.
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A Needed Golf Stick.

DR.. ID. A. Sargent, the director Of
the Hemenway gymnasium at Har-
ward, was talking about the new game
he has invented-a cross between
basketball and football.
"Of course" he said, "one plays 1t
a little awkwardly at first But then,
one plays every new game awkwardly,
eh?
Il once saw two young ladies max
Ing their first essay at golf
Dear mel said the first young
lady. What shall | do now? My ball
is in a'-hole.'
"The second young lady took out a
book Of instructions
Let me see, she said turning the
pages, L presume you must now take
stick of the right shape and get it
out
"'Oh, yes, Of course said the first
young lady. See If you can find me
stick shaped like a dust-pan and
brush.'"
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MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
The Change From the Era When
Wives Were Taken by Force.

Marriage customs have changed ev-
erywhere with tie advance of civiliza-
tion. Anglo-SaXons in ancient times, 1t
is said, used to capture their. wives by
force from their fathers or their hus-
bands, 1t did not matter which.
This was before Augustine came to
preach Christianity. Then purchase was
more common than capture, although
the latter seems TO have been frequent
enough to the re.gn of Ethelbert to
need regulation by law. BY this law a
man might run away with woman,
provided he afterward paid her pre-
vious owner. be ne father or husband,
80 sh!llings. If II was husband who
had thus been depr.ved Of his wife, the
woman's captor had not only to pay
him the fine. but also to buy him an
other wife. In Cny case the stolen wo-
man belonged t. her captor.
II man had purchased his bride In
the days Of E,heibert and afterward
concluded he had paid too much for
her, 1t was lawful for him to return her
to her former owner and claim again
the purchase price. provided that he
had not previously expressed satisfac-
ton by making the bride present OH
the morning after the wedding.
The next step was the foster lien,"
when the bride price was paid ON the
day Of espousal and was supposed to
compensate the parent for the cost of
bringing up his daughter. It seems,
however, that this soon fell into dlsre-
putc, as there was no law against the
father engaging liz daughter to nu-
merous suitors. taking from each the
"foster lien end. OF course, cheating
all but one on the wedding day, which
at that time was only the day of be-
trothal, when the suitor gave WED"
or pledge for the future performance of
his contract. If the suitor did not claim
his bride within two years after the
wedding, day. he forfeited all right to
her and to whatever money or goods he
had paid for her. II the woman and her
father broke their promises, the father
had to give the sultor four times az
much as the sultor had already paid
him.
As civilization advanced the bride
price was given to the woman herself
and became her dowry. while nowa-
days the tables are frequently turned,
and the bride settles the money ON her
husband.
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THE NEwstERAlD mlsBoRo OHIO THURSDAY MARCH H. 1907
BRAVE ACT OF DOCTOR TOLD BY
LONDON PAPER.
Though Now Fallen on Evil Days, Or.
Eustace Has One Act to His Cred
II Worthy Of His Glorious Pro-
fessjon.


The story of the doctor who fell on
evil days and became a common la
borer in a factory at Widnes, Lam
ashire, has interesting developments.
Che doctor in question-Dr. Marcus
3ustace-told his story of misfortune
n the Liverpool bankruptcy court.
This was printed in the Daily Mail.
and its publication has drawn from
correspondent the following dramatic
larrative:
II was midnight. A sudden ring Of
he night bell aroused the doctor from
his slumbers.
who is it? What do you want?"
he inquired at the speaking tube.
Mrs. Morris, of the Grange Stables,
is taken worse. They think she Is
dying. VIII you please come at once,
sir?"
"All right. my man. III be with you
N a minute"
Hastily preparing himself for long
and cold drive, the doctor took his
place by the drivers side. Half an
hour later he stood by the bedside in
The sick room. No well-appointed
chamber of wealthy client this, but
just an ill-lighted, scantily furnished
on of poor cottager.
The womans husband and kind,
le,gf oorly woman stood by the bed
side anxiously awaiting the doctors
verdict.
One glance was sufficient. God help
you, my man. ! am afraid I can do
nothing to save her."
The man sobbed.
There is one chance, a slight
lance" said the doctor In while.
Tell me, Morris, are you prepared to
make a great sacrifice. maybe to risk
your life to save that of your wife?"
II would die for her, DOCTOR" the
man replied in hoarse voice.
And yet" continued the doctor Il
doubt If in your case 1t would be eff
caaious. You are weak and worn out
with anxiety and watching"
The doctor paused for a moment in
'hought.
Here, bring the light nearer, and
De ready to assist me-" The man held
he light and watched the doctor as he
Invested himself of has coat And
here and then, without qualified as
sistance, and for the sake of this poor
md humble woman, one of the great
est and noblest acts of heroism was
performed.
Barring his own arm, the doctor,
without hesitation, made an incision
and injected into the woman blood
from his own veins. Few without sur
gical knowledge realize the danger
of the operation known as "transfu-
sion" II is at all times a dangerous
operation. The slightest hitch or err
ror and the life of both doctor and pa
tient, in the absence of surgical as
sistance, would have been sacrificed.
The patient recovered. The doctor
lives today in the person Of Marcus
Gustace, whose sad story was de-
scribed in the Daily Mail.
Eighteen years ago had the honor
of knowing him personally. He is my
ideal OF true.hearted and noble man.
London Mail.
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scoLpED THE UNDERTAKEN
Who Was About To Embalr Him
Later the Athlete Dies.

Lockport, N. Y, March 15.-One OF
the queerest cases known to the medi.
is that Of Willis Mackey Hall OF this
city, an athlete and former profession.
al bicycle rider, who awakened from
apparent death several hours after life
had been pronounced extinct by DR..
Ferdinand A. Kittinger.
Although Hall died some time after
the peculiar happening he recovered
his sense Of speech, calling for his
mother, and reprimanded the under.
taker who was about to embalm the
body for ejecting his mother from
the room,
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Alcoholism Among Soldiers.

The annual report of the surgeon
general of the United States army con-
tains table showing the death rate
In the various armies. with a view to
comparison. Under the head of
acute alcoholism" the United States
army has first place, with $3.50 In
every 1000 admitted to medical treat.
ment. In the German army the rate
is only 90, or more than 800 times
less than In our army" In the French
army the cases OF acute alcoholism to
the thousand are given as .1s, In the
Dutch "a. and In the British Al.
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WALL STREeTLO $500, 100000
NOT A SINGLE FAILURE RECORD
ED DURING PANIC.
Absence Of Financial Difficulties Al.
most Unparalleled In History Of
Exchange Flurries.

New York, March 15.-In the stock
market Thursday there were losses
of from $40 to $40 share In many
railroad and industrial securities
which have long been known as stand
ard investment stocks.
In the cases of Reading and Union
Pacific the losses exceeded $40 a
share.
In the total of securities on the list
there were heavy net losses, repre-
senting In the aggregate more than
half a billion dollars, to say nothing
OF the losses in the outside market
and resultant losses in markets in
other cities.
The average decline of 20 railroad
stocks used for statistical purposes
was 1881 a share, as against S5.Ol on
the preceding day.
The market. as the figures show,
lapsed from the condition OF demorali
zation prevailing on the previous day
and on two days Oh last week, into one
of absolute panic.
Yet. whatever the clearing house
sheets may disclose on the showdown,
there was no failure reported up to
late in the evening, when tired clerks
and worried employers left the bank
ing and brokerage offices.
While on Wednesday brokers and
bankers agreed that the decline was
remarkable in absence of failures, as,
indeed, 1t was unprecedented, Thurs
day they characterized the same con
dition as amazing.
Late in the afternoon there was an
informal conference of officials of the
clearing house and representatives of
some of the largest clearing house
banks.
BY personal interview and by tele.
phone the situation was thoroughly
canvassed, and every effort was made
to locate the weak spots.
In the language OF a prominent
clearing house official, this was the
result of the informal action:
Not a single bank wants aid or Is
asking for It."
The losses are comparable only to
those of the Northern Pacific panic.
There was the black Friday panic in
1878, for instance, with more than
40 failures, and no average losses com.
parable with those of Thursday, and
there have been panics since in which
declines but half as great were pro-
ductive OF suspensions of big houses.
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Issues Exclusion Order.

Washington, March 15.-Complying
with the provisions Of the immigra-
tion act approved February 20 last.
President Roosevelt issued an execu-
tive order that citizens Of Japan and
Korea, towit, Japanese or Korean Ia
borers. skilled and unskilled. who have
received passports to go TO Mexico,
Canada or Hawaii and come therefrom
be refused permission TO enter the
continental territory Of the United
States.
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Second Great Flood.

Washington, March 15.-The wealth.
er bureau issues the following flood
bulletin:
"The second great Ohio river flood
Of the year is now in progress, and
above the mouth Of the Little Kama
wha river the stages will be from 8
to II feet higher than during the food
OF January. At Pittsburg the river
stood at S45 feet, 1875 feet above the
food stage and only 1.5 feet below
the great high-water stage Of 1882.
AS the river Is still rising, II Is proba-
BILE that this stage of 35 feet win be
closely approximated and possibly ex.
ceded before the river begins to fall"