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, 1907-08-08
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percent OF par values"
One plan of the company is to
organise a hotel company and to
erect a fine, 100 room hotel upon
the 40 foot bluff about 1000 feet
east of where the Saratoga and
Encampment railroad is to build
its depot. 1t is believed that this
is the most advantageous location
for the hotel, being near the de-
pot to accommodate translents,
close to the hot springs, sitely
enough to allow an unohstructed
view of the mountains and the
river for many miles and in a po-
sition to add to the appearance of
the entire town.
If the plans of the company
carry, there will be a hot swim
ming pool near the bluff below
the hotel, immense bath houses
and considerable landscape gar
dening. 1t is probable also that
the island below the present bath
house will be connected with the
mainland by rustic bridges and
will be made a public park.
Saratoga is to be advertised and
1000 town lots r to be placed in
the market and sold within two
years, the company carries out it,
contracts and as the syndicate if
composed of several of the mos
expert town and land promotion
experts there il every reason t.
hope for a Greater Saratoga, quite
worth while.
It is now ''up" to Saratoga tc
do a little something to support
the efforts of the men who have
determined to place this town
properly on the map. There il
much to be done in town i'm
provements. The streets, yards
and alleys should be kept in per.
feet order and weeds grass and 9th.
er unsightly things should be re-
moved from the highways. There
might DE considerable work &C.
complished by a gang of street
graders. Here and there is a dis
couraged looking shack that hat
no value and is an eye sore to ev.
cry one. This might be profta.
bly, removed.
Saratoga must put her head VI
in the air at once, take the bits il
her teeth and make a pace that
will show our visitors and possible
investors that there is but one
spot OH Earth-and this is it.
, 1907-08-08
TIMBER CUTTING
ON RESERVES
Strong Protest Against the Cut.
ting Of Timber on Valid Min
ing Claims.

Centennial, Wyo., Aug. 4, 1907.
Editor Saratoga Sun,
Saratoga, Wyo.,
Dear Sir:
] am informed that you re-
Gently published in your paper an
article bearing on the question of
timber cutting on the Medicine
Bow reserve, which took issue
with the miners in their conten-
ton that the manner in which
the timber was being destroyed
IA not only contrary to the pur-
pose for which the e was
created, but vas illegal, and harm
full to the mining and ranch inter
ests of the whole territory in and
adjacent to the reserve
l regret not having seer the ar
ticle but presume you had an in
terview with Mr.. Nelson, whom l
had the pleasure of meeting re-
Gently at Keystone. There is just
one point that we shall insist up
on and that is, hat timber shall
not be cut upon known mineral
ground and that where timber is
cut upon the reserves, outside of
known mineral ground, sufficient
shall be left standing to retain
the snow in the spring in order to
properly regulate the water flow
for all irrigation purposes.
That is the purpose of the re-
serve and on the latter point l
speak for the ranching interests
as we'll as for the miner.
But it appears from what !
have seen that the Forestry agents
in their eagerness to make large
returns from their district, have
seen fit to go far beyond all rules
and regulations governing the
matter and are paying no atten-
ton whatever to the interests of
those for whose especial or chief
benefit the reserve was created,
viz: the rancher, the miner and
the home builder. 1t was con-
tended that nothing under eleven
inches was being cut, but 1 know
from actnal observation that this
is absolutely untrue.
The fact of the matter is that
many trees are being cut that
do not eas over eight inches
through, six feet above the ground.
1t is also a known fact that timber
has been cut upon well known and
valid mining claims and no doubt
it would be so today were it not
that the miners will not tolerate
it.
Today the timber agent for the
government is marking timber for
cutting IN the very heart of the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
Ginqham Cushions,

The odds and ends of IA bright gine
ham can be made into a pretty chall
cushion. Cut the pieces in octagon
shapes and Join with white dress bead
Ing, Ono cushion made In this mar
ner was tuftcd The pattern was cut
double, the two pieces filed with cot.
ton, lightly basted together, then join
ed with the beading, which was stitch.
ed ON the machine. Colored material
can be used In the same manner and
joined with some bright dress braid
Striped material in red and white can
be made into tiny star shapes, with an
irregular stripe and finished In the
same manner. Pincushions are made
of silk, Joined with lace insertions
through which narrow ribbon is run.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01

Not long ago the farmers and cult
yators In Algeria often went to con-
siderable expense to destroy tho dwarf
palms which abound In that part OF
Africa. Now, thanks to the constant
progress of practical science, these
same once despised plants have be-
come a source OF wealth, and are con-
seuucntly cultivated In their turn.
Their leaves furnish fibers from which,
by very simple processes, Is produced
q substitute for horsehair In the man.
ufacturo of mattresses and Of the fill
ing for cushions, chairs and SO forth.
Other plants likewise furnish fibers
which are utilized for a similar pur'
pose. but the African dwarf palm at
present holds the lead in this industry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01

a& liS SS
IS THERE A CENTRAL SUN?
An interesting Query Advanced BY
English Astronomer.

Under this title the probability OF
The existence Of q vast central body
Of which our own sun, with the train
Of attendant planets, Is but a satellite,
is discussed In Knowledge and
Scientific News By r. W. Henkel, a fel'
low Of the Royal Astronomical society.
After describing the difficulty In de-
tecting the apparent motion OF the
fixed stars. due to the drift Of our
solar system through space. and the
feasons for our present certainty that
such motion exists, Mr.. Henkel goes
On to say.
MANY OF the stars have been found
10 possess proper motions d~isplacing
them gradually In their relative posi-
lions. but the most remarkable thing
Of all Is to find that In many cases
nelghborIng stars have proper motions
aGariy the same in direction and
amount. This, of course, IL partly due
TO the suns motion in space causing
this apparent agreement, but allow
ing for this, there Is 40 doubt that
very many are physically connected,
though they must be enormously DIS
sant from n another.
Thus, i've Of the seven stars form
,0g the Pillow are moving together
as u body, and many Of the Plciades
haze n common motion. Though our
knowledge Of the SUMS motion through
Braco Is too IrCent for IL to per
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
FOUND IN ~ZUlULANO.
Remains OF a New Extinct Elephant
Discovered in Africa.

In the final report of n recent geo.
logical survey of Natal and Zululand,
DR.. W.. h. Scott, the well known
palaeontologist Of Princeton. New Jer.
sey, gives a description Of the two last
molars of an extinct elephant obtained
from a deposit OF late Tertiary age In
lululand. For the elephant the author
proposes the name Of clephas zulu. Its
teeth have their constituent plates
more numerous and thinner than are
those Of the existing African species,
and they are described by DR., Scott
as being to n great extent intermedi'
alto in this respect Between the latter
and those of the extinct European and
Aslatic elephas antiluus, To Nh. X.
Lydekker, who writes on the subject
in knowledge and Scientific News,
they seem to be much nearer the
molars of the species last named. II
ls suggested that T.. zulu may have
been the ancestor OF the living Il. afri.
canus, In which case It would almost
be imperative to regard the molars OF
the latter as being of n degenerate
type. This question requires very care
full consideration; but, apart from this,
the discovery Is Il Of great interest.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01

ingredients Should Always Be Pre-.
pared Over Night.

To one QUART sifted wheat -four add
. tablespoonful salt and sift again.
Heat a cup and q half OF milk or
1art milk and part water to the boil
Ing point; add a tablespoonful butter
and take at once from the FIRE. Cool
to lukewarm. dIssolving the butter
meantime by stirring. then add to the
Hour mixture. Dissolve half q com.
pressed yeast cake In q little water,
add; beat all very hard and place
where 1t will keep warm and rise
over night. In the morning blend a
beaten egg with the dough and roll
he mixture into pieces the size Of a
niger and the length OF the width OF
outtercd biscuit tin. Place the rolls
close together. SO as to make almost
like a sheet Let the dough rise to
almost double its original thickness,
then spread the top thickly with but.
ter; sprinkle with graduated sugar,
and on the sugar put a thick layer OF
olanched and chopped almonds. Bake
IN a moderate oven about half an
hour, A few raisIns and c~urrants
or chopped nuts may be added to the
bread dough when the egg Is put in,
II desired. When this bread is baked
ana eaten warm the sheet readily
breaks apart, which Is better than
having to cut 1t.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
UP A E.

The ducks quacked delightfully."- and
swan about with great enthusiasm.
An enormous crowd gathered, applaud.
Ing the novel sight, since It seemed to
enter few minds that the exhibition
was anything but a harmless sort Of
lunacy. The crowd merely laughed
at the drollery of a duck pond In the
Place de fOpera.
Policemen ran up and angrily de.
manded what the Journalists meant
by causing a throng to gather and In.
dulge in u~nseeinly mirth.
I'VE are the owners of the ducks .
gravely admitted the giver of this OBJ
ject lesson. I'VE find 1t hard to keen
them In good condition in our apart,
ments and all are glad to notice that
the municipal authorities of Paris
have furnished us convenient duck
ponds, centrally situated, In which We
can give the poor creatures a little
natural enjoyment"
AT the police station the Journalists
announced that they had been detailed
by q powerful morning daily newspa.
per to play this prank in order to call
attention to the dreadful condition OF
the streets.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
Driven BY Largo Belt.

lustratIon. The inventor employs q
huge belt. which connects with pull.
loys at each end OF the driving
mechanism. Smaller guide pnlleys arc
placed between the larger ones. Suit.
ablo power il provided to drive the
pulleys, which In turn transmit the
power 10 the belt, The latter Is moved
over tho water with velocity and force
to cause tho water TO react as n solid
sufficiently TO support the craft. Pad.
dies are attached TO the driving pull.
legs, adding TO the power Of propul.
sion This unique method Of naviga-
ton has not as yet had a practical
demonstration, but theoretically It
should prove a success at least on
small boats.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
TO CLEAN SEWING MACHINES.
Care Bestowed on instrument VIII
Be Amply repaid.

Sewing Is not half as hard as some
people find II IL the sewing machine
ID kept in good running order. When
the sewing machine works hard and
heavily take the needle and shuttle
out and give every joint and bearing
a generous bath Of gasoline. or course
thero should not be a lighted lamp
or hre of any kind in the room. Turn
the wheels briskly for a few moments
TO enable the gasoline to penetrate
every part and to loosen and wash
away tho old oil and CRIME. Then clean
1t all away. When all the Crime and
oil has been removed, oil with proper
lubricating oil, running the machine
for two OF three minutes before In.
sorting the needle. Now, with a piece
OF chhmois skin. wipe away all super.
tluons oil, 1t is "A pleasure TO sew on
o machine treated in this manner.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
.WAIF TO BE WEALTHY.

Not only does he rule the Brennan
home, but his domain takes in all
the entire vicinity. Two hundred invi.
tations were issued to the shower"
and from six until nine p. m. Charlie"
with his best bib and tucker, was the
center of attraction for scores of the
leading residents of the city.
He got toys by the Wholesale,
clothes enough for a dozen babies,
gold pins and many other things, and
ore notable still was the starting of
a substantial bank account, which it
Is altogether likely will eventually
grow to a sum well up in the thou
sands.
II was early one morning of last
September when the baby arrived.
He came in a clothes basket and his
coming was heralded only by the ring.
ing of the door bell. Several hours
afterward when he awakened and dis
covered himself surrounded by the
household he looked around, said
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
DUCKS SWIM ABOUT IN PARIS
MuDHoLEs.
Journalists Drop Fowls in Ponds In
the Place de fopera and Afford
the Greatest Delight to a
Crowd Of Spectators.

Paris.-When there is in American
cities a public uproar over the condi-
tion Of the paving, 1t is usual for the
agitators to refer to the splendid
streets of Paris, Vienna and Berlin"
Paris thought she had splendid streets,
and she has, in the main, but she has
Just received a jolt
Several journalists went out the 9th.
er day to demonstrate the evil condi-
ton of the streets In the center of
the city. 1t was raining, and the
Journalists carried each a duck under
either arm.
Arriving at the Place de rOpera.
they marched to the very midst OF
the greatest rush Of equipages. cabs
and trucks, and solemnly dropped
their water fowl into the deep pud.
dies which the rain had formed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
Embroidery Industry in Calcutta.

Consul General w. II. Michael
makes the following report from Cal.
cutta on the embroidery industry In
that part of India; The declared
value of chilIon embroideries exported
from Calcutta to the United States
during the calendar year 1906 was
$42,072. The value OF shipments to
other countries is not stated, but |
learn from the men engaged In collect
ing and exporting chikon embroider.
les that America takes two.thirds of
all shipped from Calcutta, As most
of this work is done In Bengal 1t is
probably within bounds to say that
two-thirds OF all chikon work exported
from India goes to the United States
under invoices Issued from this consul
general"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
STUDIES RUINS OF LOST CITIES.
Cornell Expedition Makes Valuable
Discoveries In Asia Minor.

Ithaca, N. Y.--Prof. Sterrett has just
received his first report from the Cor
nell expedition to the As~syro-Babylo-
nian orient. The party consists Of A.
r. Olmstead, b. b. Charles and ]. e.
Wrench, Tho report says that the
principal sites Of the region explored
have been fixed astronomically for the
first time, disclosing many defects in
even the best maps. Over SO sites
have been carefully examined and
proved to be pre-classic, and of these
a considerable proportion can be con
nected with an already known classic
locality,
The pre-classic of Looming, the most
Important city of southeastern Asia
Minor, has been found. Much of the
pottery found there is similar to the
early types found att Troy, and a bet.
ter site for excavation has not yet
been seen by the expedition.
Over 5000 potsherds have thus far
been collected and studied, Most i'm,
portant are the various sherds of My.
cenaean character showing connection
with the Greek world of the time of
Homer,
In the light OF the material collect
ed, II seems almost certain, says the
report, that some of the most wide.
spread views in regard to the earlier
people OF Asia Minor and their connec.
lions must be modified or abandoned.
A marble idol OF a type hitherto
found only in the Greek islands in pre-.
Mycenaean settlements was found a,
Angora. This link between the early
Inhabitants of Greece and of Asia Mi
nor is Of very great interest.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01

ceiyo any deviation from a straight
line, or. indeed, anything beyond the
mere fact of this motion. vet there Is
little doubt but that tho patch must
really be a curved mo-. and II has
been supposed that II sun with other
stars Ia revolving round some great
central body,
From the community Of motion OF
many OF the pleiades 1t was supposed
by Nader that hlcy0ne, the brightest
star In that cluster, is The central sun
round which the others, including our
own sun, also revolye. Although, Az
Sir ]. Herschel says, II Is scarcely
probable that any general circulation
can take place In this position, lying
80 far out OF the plane OF the Galac'
tic Circle (Mllky Way, and our
knowledge la by no means sufficient
TO decide such a point, yet there Is no
reason for doubling that this star may
he al the center Of the motion Of many
OF the ~nelghboring stars, and thus n
central sun, though possibly not our
central sun
The author notes that neither prop
er motion nor parallaX has boon as
yet detected in the case of the star
Canopus, whose brightness Is next to
that of Sirius. Thus, II we suppose
tho intrinsic brightness OF it's surface
comparable with that Of our sun, It's
real size must be many thousand times
greater. This star, Invisible In our
attitudes, may, MIR. Eddington thinks,
bo the center of a system whose mem.
bers are at least as large as our own
sun. II not larger, 50 that here we
seem to have indications Of the exist
cnco of bodies Of n mighty scale of
magnitude, He goes on to say;
There Ia a general unanimity Of
motion OF several hundred stars In the
pleiadcs group, The group
Ia surrounded by large numbers Of
widely extended nebulH, most OF
which were first discovered by the
camera before they were perceived by
the ego. Most Of the members of this
family have similar spectra, so that
there seems no reason TO doubt the
very close connection of these bodies
with one another, while the central 20.
sltion and predomlnance OF hlcyone
render II highly probable that this
star ia the central sun of this system.
This, Of course, in no way shows
hat our own sun also reyolyes round
the same center.
an a recent paper on the 'Syste.
matte Motion OF the star by Mr.. Ed.
dinGton THE new chief assistant at
GreCnwioh), tho author ar
elves ut the follow Ing results: The
proper motions strongly support KOp.
toyn's hypothesis that the whole of
the stars may be roughly separated
into two drift or groups. One drift
10 knowingly relatively to tho sun, with
a speed about three times that OF the
other. so far as has been examined,
the numbers and magnitudes of the
stars belonging TO each OF the two
drifts are about the same, and they
seem distributed in fairly equal pro,
portions throughout the sky"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
Average OF 240 Committed, but Only
65 Arrests Made.

New York,--On an average $40 muir
ders are committed In New York city
every year.
Sixty.fve arrests are made for these
murders,
Thirty.three alleged murderers are
brought to trial.
Twenty convictions result.
Two Of the convicted men are sen
fenced to death.
Three others receive life sentences.
A murderer IN New York city stands
q chance OF one In . hundred Of es.
Gaping the penalty Of his crime.
In the flrst IS years Of the 18th cen
fury there were only two unsolved
murder cases In New York.
From 1900 to the present day there
have been over 800 unsolved murder
cases In NeN York city.
Those figures were furnished BY
Wiiliam G. Clemens, the criminologist.
The causes NJ, Clemens says. IRE
inancient and ignorant detectives,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
LEFT ON DOORSTEP OF BACH.
Flor BOARDING HOUSE.
Bouncing Boy Has Won Hearts OF En-
tire Neiahborhood at Marquette,
Mieh.-Wil Be Formally
Adopted.

Marquette, Mich.-Unique among
the functions Of Marquette's present
social season was the shower re-
Gently given to Baby Charlie" a
Jolly, gray-eyed little youngster, who
just a month ago was left on the door.
step Of a boarding house tenanted for
the most part by wealthy bachelors.
The father and mother OF the infant
are unknown, and 1t Is a mystery what
stress of circumstances caused them
to abandon the child to strangers, but
t is doubtful II there ever was a baby
more blessed with foster parents than
Is this.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
Yearly Murders in Nev York.

men who are excellent patroimen, but
who know nothing of the sciencs III
tracing crime and criminals.
Besides the known murders in this
city every year. he says there are at
least rs which IN never heard 81.
These take place in every walk Of life
and are usually accomplished by the
use of poisons. although frequently a
knife or a pistol infiicts q death wound
and members Of the family conceal
The facts Appendicitis, heart failure
or some similar cnuse is marked down
as the medium OF death.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
Temperinn Eiatirnnr

The first right of a new fiatiron /.
to be well tempered. To do this II
should be- allowed TO heat gradually
and stay hot for several hours In sue
ceSsion without use, then 1t should
gradually cool and be set aside. After
this 1t should be allowed to heat only
when wanted for use.
The habit which some housewives
have Of putting on the tlats," at al
times, lest perchance they should
need them, viii eventually spoil tht
temper OF the best.tempered hatiror
IN eXiSteucc.--iIarper's Bazaar.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01

4 prominent PLANTER. recentiy
occasion to visit some 81 lis hcialr.s
IN southern ArkAnsas. The lana 49,!
situated several miles from 1 railrn.S
and it was necessary 10 hnish ~
Journey In q buggy. So he to~A
friend with him and st-rted out.
After trayersing several miles
sparsely settled country. they 60
upon : farmer blowing corn on ~
side Of ! hill. The planter. whit.
to appear civil to his nelshhors
stopped his horse and yelled al ~
man, who came to the fence, moppIrr
his face with a red bandana.
Good morning"
"Mornfn', mister!"
You live here, / suppose!s
"Yep."
Flows crops?ss
~FNair to middlin'."
That's q bad hill you're plowinr.
Il know It. Bad boss, pullin' u,
pillow. bad plow, bad everything"
why, you talk like You were the
poorest man In Arkansas" laughed u
planter.
Il amt, though" was the response
as the young fellow smiled good.
naturally. Another feller owns half
o. this crop"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01
-ooo.- "a his future home - s

Geo. md his future home 80 ~
sured-
Since his arrival. no n has beer
able to conjecture whence he came
and a little note written in q delicate
feminine hand and pinned to his frock
youchsafed the information that
my name Is Charlie. II you like
me and will keep me | will tell you
more about myself. Please be good
to me"
The whole family has been good 70
Charlie. 30 have all who have seen
him. The very day Of his arrival -,
In the house contributed to his vel
fare and they are still doing It.
Charlie Is a sturdy little chap.
square~shouldercd and solidly built.
He seems to be entirely without TIE
fear that many children Of his age
show. runs the whole household In
his determined little way and when
he gets q good hard bump or fall only
stares In solemn fashion, rubs the
hurt with his little hand, and goes
right at the same thing again without
a tear.
Not long ago the advent Of a baby
in the house was wholly unlocked for.
To-day the baby Is the single factor
about which revolve ali Its affairs. A
while ago some half dozen staid and
sober bachelors led colorless bachelor
lives, unaware OF domestic joys. To-
day these same bachelors are wiser.
II has been a red letter time for
the bachelors and due to the baby
they see life from a different point
of view. Steps are to be taken to
formally adopt the infant and trustees
will be duly designated to look after
It's welfare and manage Its estate.
LLLH.#-L HL VT ~ W."