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most any section, 1t is a common con-
tention that the seasons are changing,
that the winters are not what they
used to be, that there is more, OF less
rain fall than formerly, etc. In the
older states, however, where exact OBJ
servations of heat, cold. precipitation
and other elements that constitute eli
mate have been made and preserved it
has been made clear that while these
conditions are varying constantly from
one year to another the average is
maintained. and any period OF ten
years will show average climate con-
ditions that are substantially the same
as those of any other ten year period.
On this point Campbells Scientific
Farmer. a new publication devoted to
the teaching Of farming In sections
where rainfall Is inadequate, says:
Let no man deceive himself as to
the seasons. The rain and shine alter
nate as in the past. Averaging up
any series of years 1t Is found that the
winters are as cold as q century ago
and the summers as hot. The precipi-
tation, or rainfall, ID about the same
one year with another, when an aver.
w is taken. There has not been and
will not be any material change In
the seasons. The breaking up OF new
sod and planting of groves and or.
charis will have some effect in mOdi.
flying the climate but after all this Is
only O slight modification. The wet
seasons will be experienced and the
dry seasons, There will com a time
when 1t would seem az II the earth
was drying uptdays and weeks of
cloudless skies, the sun burning the
grass and whitening the trees. all
crops suffering from want Of moisture.
The period Of extreme drough Is q
familiar thing In all parts of the
world. 1t is inevitable.
Do, not, dear farmer, fatter yourself
that the climate In your country has
changed and there will be no more
drouth. You are doomed to bitter dis
appointment II you rely upon this
Buffalo Bulletin.
Judge Carpenter o. H.
That democratic committee from
Albany, Fremont and Natrona coun,
ties who ere to meet in Casper to
nominate a candidate to run against
Judge Carpenter as judge Of the Sec
ond judicial district has not yet put
in its appearance, and 1t will save
time and expense to the democrats by
allowing the matter to go by default,
for Judge Carpenter Is already as good
as elected by 5000 mapority.-Casper
Tribune.
Splitting and Swearing
The Tribune sincerely hopes the
notices posted up in conspicuous
parts of town which read Five dol
lars fine for splitting on the sidewalk"
and Profanity Is not allowed Is not
a bluff on the part of the town council,
but SO far the people who persist In
doing such things have treated the
notices as a joke. 1t looks very much
As though the sidewalks are now
stained with tobacco spit and filth to a
greater extent than they were before
the notices were put up, and even some
of the notices are decorated with
, 1908-07-27

What n of the old planks of the
Bryan platform Is he still sticking for?
, 1908-07-27
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET.

For President,
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
OF Ohio.
For Vice President,
JAMES SCHOOLGIRL SHERMAN
OF New York.
, 1908-07-27
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

Presidential Electors,
FRED WAEGELE
OF johnson County.
JOHN Hay
Of Sweetwater County.
T. A. COSGRIFF
Of Laramie County.
Representative in Congress.
FRANK W. MONDELL
of Weston County.
Judge Of Second judicial District,
CHARLES Z. CARPENTER
OF Albany County.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

careers. 1t is good advice, doubtless,
but how many men out of every thou
sand will give it a second thought?
Possibly one.
Yes. we live too fast, most of us;
and that is one reason why men go
gray in their thirties and to the luna
tic asylums in their early forties. That
is also one reason why so many OF
those who escape the gray dome and
the maniac halls suddenly throw up
their hands during a moment of ex-
citement over some business deal and
go to a place whence there Is no
escape.
Physicians may warn and men may
die, but the wild scramble for lucre will
continue with no abatement. The
other man may die of heart disease.
lsuperinduced by worry or overwork-
both needless-"but l." exclaims the
average man, mot I! No, sir. I
know when have done enough And
that's just the trouble. Most Of us are
too cocksure.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11
THE OTHER MAN

A MULTITUDE of eastern physi-
clans have suddenly conspired to
4 warn the American people to look
out for their hearts. These say that re-
Gently deaths from heart disease have
been increasing out of all proportion to
the growth in population. With one
voice they agree that modern business
life is chiefly responsible for the fail
ure of so many life engines to continue
work at critical moment; that in the
rush for commercial success men work
too hard when they work and play too
hard when they play--in short. that
many American business men regard
their physical well being as about the
last thing to be considered. Ten-min-
ute luncheons. late dinners. too much
coffee, the intenperate use Of tobacco,
the automobile habit-these. or some
of them, combined with the stress OF
business life under modern conditions,
are filling graves that should remain
vacant for many year in the natural
order of events.
What is the remedy? Probably nine
teen physicians out Of twenty will pre-
scribe what we have come to call "the
simple life" They will tell us to bark
hack to nature-or to get nearer to
nature than we have been since the be-
ginning Of the strenuous periods in our
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11
uE oucuT TO ADVERTISE

A naidi A maidi We're crying for maid
NV wife is very weary and is much in need
Of aid.
don't care what the wages; they will cheer
fully be paid
II only we can get some sort Of maid.
A cook! cook! who knows where there's
cook?
I'm sure there must be plenty If knew just
where to look.
i've searched all sorts of places. every likely
sort of nook
But. oh, it's awful hard to ind cook!
I weep! I weepl 1 really have to weep
To think how scarce the help is and how
very hard to keep.
They do so very little and their wages are 90
steep
It really is no wonder that weep
A hati fat! We only have nat,
II makes the work so easy and there's not
much work at that;
we haven't any children, we don't even own
cat. . -...
And send out all our washing from the nat.
It's fought It's fought 1t certainly is tough!
I saw one at an agents. but to meet with
offered her IS, which she thought was not
And certainly that girl looked pretty tough.
A eirii A grill I only ask a girl;
7 do not ask treasure or a paragon OF pearl;
We're up against it proper and my brain is in
a whirl.
Does anybody know where there's girl?
Chicago News.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
NEW MExICo'S CLAIMS

Nm urging congress to enact a law en-
abling the territory of New Mexico
n TO enter the Union of states, the
chairman Of the New Mexico Statehood
league declares that the present popu-
1ation of the territory is 100000 1t is
such statements as these, which arc
easily disproved, that make some of the
pretensions of New Mexico ridiculous
in the eyes of persons who are in
formed in regard to conditions in that
territory.
1t is true that .e figures dealing with
its population have been juggled until
they have become exceedingly lively,
but the most expert mathematician
cannot manipulate them so as to give
a population nearly so great to that
territory. While some sections of New
Mexico have grown in population since
the last federal census, which placed
the number of inhabitants at 195,310.
including the Indians, who compose no
small proportion of the population,
there is little evidence that the present
number of inhabitants exceeds 100000,
If, indeed, it is so large. According to
the World Almanac the estimated"
population on January l, 1907, was SO2,-
900; but as this estimate was made by
the territorial bureau of immigration.
a notorious padder of statistics relative
to the advantages offered by the ter
ritory and as notoriously an eliminator
of statistics relative to the uninviting
features of the Land of POGO TEMPO" "
as our Dr. Lummis has named it, it is
safe to assume that the present popu-
latiop is somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of a quarter of a million.
There are many good reasons why the
privileges of statehood should be con-
ferred upon New Mexico, and some
contrary reasons; but the least of the
former is it's present population. When
we consider the fact that 81 per cent OF
the population in 1900 could not read
speak nor write the English language
and that many thousands of this class
are Indians, we are prompted to advise
the people of that territory to refrain
from quoting imaginary census figures
in behalf of their contention that this
territory is ready for statehood.
If they will make their chief argu-
ments the facts that their territory as
at present governed is regarded by the
Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe rail-
way system as little better than tun-
mel by which these roads may reacn
the Pacific coast and that under exist
ing conditions it is not possible to COM
pei these railroads or the great lumber
grating corporations in the territory
to pay anything like their just proper
ton of taxes, they will be more likely
to obtain favorable hearing in Wash
ington than if they resort to such a
INSTRUMENTATION as is to be found In
a claim of 100000 population.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11
THE RAW RECRUIT

Capt. Roland Amundsen. Norway's
famous arctic explorer, in the course of
a dinner given by Consul General Ravn
at the Waldorf-Astoria in his honor,
praised the American army.
Your volunteer system seems to me
admirable" he said. Such brave and
Intelligent volunteers as yours are rarely
to be found. Even the funny stories that
are told of these young men-untrue
stories they are, as a rule-testify to the
sturdy independence of the volunteers
character.
II have in mind a story that I heard
about a national guard encampment last
summer. A new volunteer, who had not
vet quite learned his business, was on
sentry duty one night when friend
brought him pie from the canteen.
LAS he sat on ,ne grass eating the pie,
the major sauntered up in undress. The
sentry, not recognizing him, did not sa-
Lutte. and the major stopped and said;
" Whats that you have there"
Pie" said the sentry, good-naturedly.
Apple pie. Have bit?
"The major frowned.
''Do YOU know who 1 am? he asked.
"'No, said the sentry, unless you're
the majors groom
1.-THE major shook his head.
Guess again. ne growled.
...The barber from the village"
"'No.'
.Maybe'-here the sentry laughed
maybe you're the major himself?
That's right. 1 am the major was
the stern reply.
''Then sentry scrambled to his feet.
"'Good graciousr he exclaimed. Hold
the pie, will you, while l present armsP
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11
THE BLACK DIAMOND

TIME worlds coal production in 1905
was estimated at about 905,000,000
Il tons. nine-tenths of which was pro-
duced by five countries. OF this total
the United States produced about &c.,
100000 tons, the United Kingdom 251,-
900, 900, Germany 135,0OO,00O. France
SO ,0OO, 900 and Belgium 23,000,0O0 The
production of the United States rose
from 314,0O0,0OO tons in 1904; that of
the United Kingdom rose from 232, ,000,-
600 in the same year. In these countries
and in Germany the yield of 1906 was
greater than that of any previous year.
Although the United States still leads
the world in it's coal crop, the produc-
ton in the United Kingdom, as COM
pared with its population, still exceeds
that of this country. There 1t amounts
to ave and three-fourths tons per cap
ita. while in this country 1t is trifle
more than four and one-third tons per
capita.
The United States is not only the
nreatest producer of coal, but likewise
the greatest consumer. Our total con-
sumption last year was more than
twice that of the United Kingdom.
compared with the population of the
two countries the consumption in this
country was 4.S tons per capita, while
III the United Kingdom II was S-99 tons
per capita.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11
The Farce of The Open
Door i'm ManchufEa

with the various powers of Europe are
so many bulwarks to its dorllllalion do ~ "
the East. 1t would be ungeherous ~
suspect that there is general sehti-
ment of complacency in Europe over tne
excluding of the traders of America from
the Nanchurian field. This country Is
more vitality interested in the trade oil
China than any western power but
Europe has ever been jealous or It's trade
supremacy. 1t has viewed with displeas-
IRE the opening of the new and unlimited
field of industrial activity in the East.
Although the freates do not and cannot
act I'm obstruction to the policy OIL tne
onen.door. nevertheless Japan mas the
shrewdness to see their effectiXe value IN
the protection of it's interests where TINS
country would be a constant and asgres-
sive competitor. 1t is difficult for the
limited states to extend its commerce
in a country that is garrisoned by the
Japanese. and in which railroads are
operated by or the rates regulated IN
favor of that people.
But there is no occasion to be appre-
hensive, Gradually the United States VIII
erasp the situation in its full force, and
as the demands of its trade arise there
will be brought to bear such representa-
tions as will cause the door of China to
be opened wide enough for the entrance
of Uncle Sam as trader.-Baltimor Amer
loan
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

of the Bonniebraes. and Johnnie Bon
niebrae was promptly called on the
carpet.
Johnny, you're concealing something
from me, are you not?'
Nome" Victim squirms uncom-
fortably.
Johnny, is there some one ill at your
house?"
Nome, nothing very bad"
Johnny" with great severity, 'you
must tell me all about it. Is there any
thing contagious at your house?"
Nome, nothing catchin'.'
"Now, tell me this instant what it is"
please, ma'am, ma says you needn't
be afraid. It's twins"
s.
Twelve girls in one Delaware town
have agreed to pop the question to
some nice young man during leap year.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11
somethina of a LAWYER

well, yes" replied the landlord of the tav-
ern at Polkville, Ark. when an attorney ap-
pearing for a bloated railroad corporation In
the face of a jury composed exclusively of
middle aged farmers, can prove, in case
wherein a widow lady-and a pretty blamed
middun' good looking widow lady at that
sues Tor the value of calf that was run over
and killed by the train. right dab in the mid
die OF the town at high noon with half the
population beholdng the slaughter: that the
calf did not stop, look and listen as warned
by the sign at the crossing; that the engine
did not hit the animal at all, except nomnally;
that the calf really died. If at ell. of some OBJ
5cure Latin calf disease or other; that the
company, by It's faithful servant. the engineer,
did an act Of pure philanthropy in killing the
caf, as stead Of being a valuable possession
in the hands of the widow. as alleged It was
really an incubus. in that it was engaged In
eating its fair mistress out of house and home;
and lastly, that the fair plaintiff, herself, de-
spite her tears. had once been a lady book
agent--when heN can achieve all that and win
the case as the colonel shorely did, no longer
than q week before last, I shud presume TO
say that he is pretty considerable OF law
yer!'-Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

A smart little coat for wearing when
ever light weight outdoor garment is
needed is always an acceptable addition
to the feminine wardrobe, and the design
illustrated is especially desirable because
of its simple but effective modelling,
which is well within the scope of
the home dressmaker The coat.
striped broadcloths, is semi-fitting and
owes Its jauntiness mainly to its excel
lent shaping, which is expressly intended
to emphasize the best lines of the figure.
1t is an especially good model for the
slender type of woman, to whom neither
a light-ftting jacket nor a loose wrap
is wholly becoming. 1t is finished in
tailored style, with stitched seams and
a mannish collar and sleeve, all OF which
are In close accord with the latest APP
proved designs. The medium size re-
quires pa yards of 4-inch cloth to make.
$685. sizes, 80 to AZ inches bust meas
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Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11
Three hundred saloons were perma
nently closed in st. Louis January

This is getting serious. That probably
means there are only about 300 places
of irrigation left there.
s.
Cartridges are used as current coin
in Abyssinia. The sports don't burn
their money there. They shoot it.
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There's a set of mad wags about the
Army and Navy club at Washington,
if the Star may be believed. Picture
the amusement they get out of the fol-
lowing verses:
The good vessel Iceberg,
The finest afioat.
Had Admiral Sawbones
Commanding the boat.
While these were his duties,
With many a kick
Great Admiral Bowline
Looked after the sick.
Though all of the potions
He faithfully tried,
Beneath his attention
The sick men all died.
But little it mattered-
Just then with shock
Great Admiral Sawbones
Ran onto a rock.
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In an Egyptian tomb a marriage con-
tract several thousand years old has
been found. You can bet the nearest
mummy was a woman.
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In the north they are complaining OF
a corner on apples. No one has yet
succeeded in getting corner on the
dimpled. apple checked naidens Of
Southern California.
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A scientist declares that normal
man should have three pounds of brains
and three pounds of liver. He does
not explain why he should have so
much meat as this, however, nor how
often he should have 1t.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

A Mexico paper, commenting on the
fact that the Japanese express grave
fear lest the coming of the big fleet
excite the Californians, says that they
carefully refrain, however, from ex-
pressing any fear that China will grow
unduly excited. Yet it is the effect on
China more than anything else that
Japan has to fear from the cruise to the
Pacific" This is new view point;
let's think the suggestion over.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11
WILSON AND DAY

VT OODRoW WILSON, president of
w Princeton university, is Harper's
Weekly's candidate for the pres
idency. What his chances for election
would be, as the candidate of Harper's
Weekly or any other newspaper or any
party, is indicated in this sentence
culled from an address recently deliv-
cred by him in indianapolis, in which
he referred to the fine of $29, ,O00, 900
imposed upon Standard Oil by Judge
Lands:
I'VE do not want that amount oc
locked up in a treasury where
there is already a surplus, thus taking
it out of circulation
Colonel Harvey should complete his
ticket: For president, Woodrow Will
son; for vice president, Chancellor Day.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11
NO ROOM FOR ARGUMENT

A man and his wife were airing their
troubles on the sidewalk one Saturday
evening when a good Samaritan inter-
vened.
..see here, my man." he protested,
"thfs-sort of thing won't do
What business IS II OF yours. "a
like to KNOW snarled the man, turn
ing from his wife.
ITS only my business In so far as !
can be of help in settling this dispute
answered the Samaritan mildly.
This amt no dispute" growled the
man. 81,
mo disputed But. my dear friend"
81 tell you 1t amt no dispute in
sisted the man. "She"--jerking his
thumb toward the woman--"thinks she
amt goin' to get my weeks wages,
and / know darn well she amt.
Where's the dispute in that T'-Eyery-
body's Magazine
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

The Republicans of New York state
are in what appears to be a hopeless
tangle over the candidacy of Hughes
and Taft. The lesson of the Folger
campaign, which made Grover Cleve-
land governor of the Empire state and
president of the United States. has not
been entirely lost, however. And his
tory frequently repeats itself. The
average voter does not care to be die
tated to as to whom he shall support
for Office, the bosses to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

tied satisfactory responses with regard
to the maintenance of the open door for
trade ~ Manchuria. Russia was then
forging ahead with railroads and was
making - influence felt by the presence
of her Cossacks at every railroad sta
tion and many of the interior towns. Her
diplomacy held sway at Pekin. Japan
at that time was strenuous in its protest
against the Russianization of China.
Cramped upon an island. with no outlet
for its population, anxious for recogni-
ton as first-class power it was only
too glad to accede to the open-door
proposition.
But the situation is all changed now.
The shoe is on the other foot. Japan Is
now the dominant nation in the East. 1t
has the place occupied by Russia. The
open-door policy has dwindled into bit
of diplomatic persifiage. 1t has no serious
value in the eyes of the followers Of
the Mikado; so that this country. in COM
mon with other powers, finds itself barred
from the trade of the East as effectively
as if Japan were in avowed, as she is in
actual. command of the situation.
The treaty engagements that Japan has
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

The Los Angeles carnival of crime
appears to have taken up its quarters
in Tacoma, Judging by the paragraphs
in the daily papers of that city. Well,
Tacoma is welcome to everything in
this line that it can secure. 1t is a
pity that it did not get Meskil and
Robe before Patrolman Lyons met his
daafb
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

A quick-witted New York girl stripped
off her rubbers and bravely disentan-
gled four persons from the coils of
live wire. There are several varieties
of women who have arrived it would
appear.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

Mayor Taylor's course in appointing
good men to office without consulting
the bosses proves that he is a politi-
clan of the best class. The term poll
tician" has been greatly abused of late.
but men like Taylor are helping to
revive the original definition of the
term.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11
Not Contaqious

One apple-cheeked schoolma am from
of chocolate bonbons yesterday and used
them as bribes. But she didn't win.
The story leaked.
Recently an order from above directed
teachers to have pupils report to them
the nature of any illness in their homes.
A busy little girl reported the doctor
had made several calls at the residence
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

Loyalty to party principles is not OF
half so much consequence at this crit
ical period In the history of the nation
as loyalty to the welfare of the whole
people.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

The new state hymn in each of sew
eTal southern states is said to begin
with the familiar line, How dry am"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

MISTER HAY did not hesi-
tate to make this country
the buffer for the powers
in China. His note to the
governments interested in
thn trade of the Orient clio
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

After this we refuse to believe any
reports about failures of Delaware
peach crop.
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Some of the epithets they are hurting
at jeff Davis look like misprints. The
latest one is "nepot."
IS
"A New England newspaper started
something when it called Kentuckians
gyneolatrists. Henry Watterson slaps
right back with the statement that a
Kentuckian transplanted to New Eng
land would become a rank misogynist
If he were denied an occasional peek
into the mirror of memory.
There's skilled repartee for you.
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At the State Agricultural college Of
Wisconsin a COW bred and instructed
there produced 1900 pounds of butter in
a year. Where are the opponents of
co-education now?
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Three hundred saloons were perma-
nently closed in ST. Louis January 1.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-11

ROM the foundation of the
United States government down
to a few short months ago our
orators. as well as most of our
scientists, have talked about our
all but inexhaustible resources.