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scene; but also, and in exact proper
ton, every slightest movement of the oPPos-
ing body or blade The like trained vision is
possessed by every skilled PLAYER of such
games as require physical dexterity. whether
golf, billiards, tennis, or any other. The ord1-
nary man in the street should possess the same
faculty of sight, and he may by fair amount
of application.
Not the least important benefit gained by
this exercise of the eyes is its profit to the
busy man by distracting his attention at such
intervals from the concerns OF his office. 1t
affords wholesome relaxation by the divert
ing of interest into new channels. The rest
thus secured aids the nerves to MAINTAIN
their vigor and gives time tor storing energy
against a return to works problems.
An old exercise for the eyes, though 1t seems
rather absurd at first thought, is, neverthe-
less, of much value. This is the moving OF
the eyes as far as possible in every direction
to the right. to the left. straight up, straight
round with circular movement. The prac-
tice of this brings greatly increased tlexlbllty
to the muscles of the eveballs, and this counts
for much in the range of vision
The man who for hours holds his eyes fixed
on the tiny area of written or printed pages,
or is usually constantly staring at the par
ticular subject with which his business en-
cages him, inevitably loses in great measure
the natural elasticity Of eye movement and
by just so much narrows his field of sight. He
becomes, IN tact, St1f1 eyed, ana regular eAer-
else is therefore required to remedy the defect.
For the rest that is to be had by relaxing
the muscles of the eye, the usual direction is
to fix the sight on some object in the far dis
lance. This is excellent; but sometimes in
the city room or office, the prospect contains
no sufficient vista. In such case, precisely
the same result may be secured by merely
closing the eyes for a moment, while imagin-
ing scene of distant mountain peaks or the
moon on the horizon, anything of the re-
qured remoteness. Then the eyes may be
opened but the former focus must be re-
tanned while gazing on objects near at hand.
These will be seen under such conditions less
in detail, indistinctly, seemingly smaller: There
is an absence of concentration IN this look,
and consequent rest to the eye.
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which often grows to length of two hundred
TO four hundred feet, IS for the building OF sus-
pension bridges These cane bridges are very
common, particularly in khasia, the Northern
Silchar hills, and in Eastern India, where
thev are thrown over deep valleys and rivers.
Rattan ladders, made like ships ladders, are
also to be seen. There many other odd uses
for this plant a very tough and elastic species
found i'll the Moluccas being priced tor making
harness, the reins of brides, etc. Fibrous
bridges are an old story in other portions of the
world. the material usually being the bark of
certain trees torn off IN long STRIPS and twisted
into cables while green. When dried the ma
terial shows wonderful strength and tenacity,
and even in very damp climates, such as parts
Ct Brazil, these cables are very durable.
As mankind spends nearly third of earthly
existence in bed, naturally the natives of all
countries have made of the most available
stutfing fibers. Among the most curious are
the silklike downs" found in the pods of GER
tain trees which natives of warm countries,
or the dense, woolke growths that cover the
stems and leafstaks of other tropical plants.
A species known as the Erlodendron, found IN
ali tropic lands, but particularly in the East
Indies, furnished the commercial kopok; for
civilized man always tries to monoPollze good
thing wherever he finds it. This substance IS,
literally, the hairs that envelOP the seeds, which
are found in thick, woolly pod. In mass 1t has
q featherlike softness, with great elasticity.
Species of bombax supply similar downs"
in tropical America. Pulu, most interesting
stuffing material, is derived from the leafstalks
Of giant fern which grows in the dense, damp
forests of the Hawaiian Islands, and large guam
titles are annually exported to this country.
1t appears in the form of soft, glossy, rust
colored WOOL and its is for stuffing pillows
and mattresses.
Probably the most curious bedding plant
known is the Culcitium, found at high attitudes
in the Andes in Peru and Colombia, growing
near the snow limit. 1t is small plant covered
with dense growth of yelowish wOolly hairs,
and the substance is used by travellers who
may be forced to spend night at these great
elevations. The bed is made by first gathering
quantity of the plants and removing the soft,
woolly pappus. The branches, with the leaves
attached then laid on the ground and
covered with a layer of the wool. With an
other layer of leaves and a second layer of
pappus, the traveller has bed into which he
may sink with no fear of frozen limbs.
Imitation curled hair is manufactured in
New Orleans, and Charleston, South Carolina
by the bale, from the familiar gray moss that
hangs in long festoons from the branches of
oak trees all along the gulf. 1t is prepared by
removing the epidernlis OF the moss, after
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which it is busted, cleaned, and dyed black,
when it is baled for market. Human hair is
also initiated by the use of several hbers,
though such hair is very unsanltary, and it
is also inf1ammable.
Cuban bast is another example OF native
fiber that has become of commercial lmpOr-
tance. 1t is simply the delicate rlbbonlike
LAYERS of the inner bark of tree belonging to
the genus Hibiscus, found in the West Indies.
The material is used in the manufacture of
women's summer hats; the stainy texture of
the bast ribbons, when plated into millinery
braids, making it an admirable substitute for
imported straw" Straw braids, by the way,
are plated from specially grown wheat, rye,
tries of Europe, China, and Japan, the Italian
being the choicest. Chip" also used for hat
braids, is nothing more nor less than shavings
produced from soft woods, by special ma
chinery, in Germany and Japan Cuban bast
is also used for cigarette wrappers; and the
Indians of Brazil employ for the same purpose
the delicate bast layers of species of Lecythis,
known as the monkey pot. So thin these
fibrous ribbons that one hundred layers have
been extracted by beating from single strip
of bark. In Malacca cigarette wrappers are
made from the tender leaves of the nipa palm,
and from the fronds are produced cigar cases.
Another curious plant is the sponge cucum-
Der, which grows In many countries, and IS
common in the United States, This climbing
vine is a species of luffa and the dried fruit, a
foot or more in length when denuded of its
papery envelop, presents network of inter
lacing fbers which are very absorbent. The
dried cucumbers are largely exported from
Japan, and are the familiar vegetable bath
sponges sold by druggists everywhere In the
South they are used for dish cloths, though
during the Civil War they fashioned into
women's bonnets, and while odd they were
rather pretty, according to the taste displayed
in trimming them.
A book could be written concerning the
fbrous substances that have been employed
by the human race for fish lines and nets,
ranging from the finest of Courtrai flax to
seaweeds. \ collection of the basketry of all
countries would fill large museum, and the
materials employed in producing the endless
and curious forms that might be shown would
represent the greater part of the fiber flora Of
the world
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NOT AS A HORSE

As the auto bumped recklessly by,
My friend said, "Of course we'd deny
1t is feeling its oats;
But the speeding denotes
That the chauffeur is feeling his rye.
q. I. Exams
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THE TRAINING OF VISION

equipment of the boxer
and the fencer, who regard
their adversaries' eyes as
the DrinCiDal objects in the
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13

ity to our agricultural classes WHO are
still the backbone OF the country.
Next to cheap money the most effect
i've argument for high prices in the
stock market has been this encour-
| aging crop outlook II is also the
chief basis OF confidence in the mer-
camille community, which fortunately
felt the effects of the panic less than
1itfier financial or industrial interests.
l'he reaction was of course seYerest in
/ Wall street, but depression was al
most as severe in manufacturing as in
financial circles. This was particu-
lfGly conspicuous in the BODYBUILDING
and textile trades. But revival is mere
also becoming more pronounced. Or
ders for pig iron and iron products
are steadily increasing because buy
ers recognize the turn has come ana
are placing contracts which nave been
pTTI poSely held back In July the out
put OF pig iron was l,21T 900 tons, or
larger than in any month since March,
and at present the output is running
larger than at any time this year.
Some big orders for both rails and
cars are being placed by the railroads,
which is not only very beneficial to
the iron trade. but demonstrates re-
viving confidence on part of railroad
managers. The same is true in the
building trades; and returns from 81
cities showed an increase OF Is per
cent in July over the same month last
year, the recovery being chiefly IN
New York. In textiles there is also
growing activity and an important
auction sale of dress goods held this
week was Unexpectedly successful and
has exerted a healthful influence in
the dry goods market. Other in
stances, such as smaller declines in
bank cieaTings, in business failures.
in Railroad earnings, etc, could be
cited to prove that business recovery
has fairly started and has not yet
reached its limit. -
The immediate future of the market
contains, of course, larger degree
of risk owing to it's big advance, and
which will increase, if forced TO a
higher level. which is not unlikely
from present appearances. Admitting
the many favorable and very hope
full conditions, il must be remembered
that prices nave had a big advance,
that while stocks are in strong hands
the market is undoubtedly being ma
nipulated for the purpose of unload
ing. The present leaders have prac-
tically unlimited resources and the
best manipulative skill is upon their
side; nevertheless prices are begin
ming to reach a somewhat hazardous
level. We therefore now advise gradu-
ally taking profits.
HENRY CLEWS.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
TEXAS DOCTORS
CALLED DOWN.

- 49,
The medical bosrd of the state OF
Texas is endeavoring to make rules OF
laws which win prevent any licensed
physician in that state advertising bis
profession OF remedies. The question
of ethics among the Texas medicos
seems TO be receiving strenuous atten-
ton and we do not wonder that the
Fort Worth Record has seen nit to
publish the following sensible editorial
concerning the horror of advertising,
which has seized the members of the
state medical board;
while We have great respect for
the medical profession and for the
high purpose of the state medical
board in seeking, under the new law,
to raise the standards of learning and
skill in the profession, still It occurs
to us rather a dangerous proceeding
for the board to undertake to discip
line physicians who see fit to adver-
tise. To be sure, no man unable to
stand reasonable examination ought
to be permitted to practice medicine
under any circumstances. but if man
is fitted by learning and character TO
practice the profession of medicine
he ought to be permitted to do so with
out prejudice
Guaranteeing a cure for any dis
ease may be unethical, according TO
the professional standards, but it is
no part of the business of law Off
GERS such as the board of medical
examiners are, to undertake to pre-
scribe rules of ethics Physicians do
make cures, and if a man has the
confidence in himself and is fortified
by experience he has a right TO guar
antee cure, and falling in his cure,
to suffer the penalty of the loss of his
guarantee and of injury to his pres
tige.
IF the medical board may refuse
10 issue a license because a physician
advertises a cure, it may refuse to is
sue a license because a physician adj
vertises at all. 1t is the clear duty
of the board to be sure of the appli-
cant's qualification, but it is no part
of the boards business to undertake
to regulate personal conduct in the
practice of the profession. It might.
with equal justification attempt To-
regulate fees or hours of business.
Lawyers frequently take cases up
on contingent Tees under a contract to
make no charge if they secure no
Judgment. In like manner it is per
fectly legitim1 ate for a physician to
make a contract to make no charge If
he effects no cure OF no benefit to the
patient.
1T is the states duty to regulate
the practice of medicine to the end
that incapable men may not jeopar-
die life or health, but the state has
no right to interfere in the slightest
degree with the methods of any mans
business or to impose any restraint
whatever upon the freedom Of con
tract.
we submit to the medical >profes-
sion and to the people that any system
of censorship or espionage or arbi
trary ruling upon questions Of taste
or. ethics is repulsive to the whole
theory of the government of free
people"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
SHALL THE
PEOPLE RULE ?"

The notification speech OF William
Jennings Bryan. delivered today al
Lincoln. Nebraska, when he was told
Of his nomination for president By the
democratic convention at Denver by
the committee appointed for that pur-
pose. appears in this paper today.
The text of the speech which was
followed closely IS shall the People
Ruler" Under conditions which have
grown up in this country. everyone
will agree that there is no more i'm
portant subject before the American
people than the one chosen for exploit
alton by Mr.. Bryan in his speech &C
knowledging the great honor which
was conferred upon him by the demo
cratic party.
The republican party during its long
time in power has promoted policies
which have taken the government far
away from the control of the masses
of the people and allowed it TO be di-
rected almost exclusively by the great
combinations of protected wealth in
return for campaign contributions.
The republican national convention
was an evidence of the fact that the
republican party has become the
plant tool Of the protected industries
of the country and of the federal Off
cials. That convention was absolute
ly dominated by Roosevelt; he. cen
sored the platform; he named the can
didate for president and put his o. X
on everything which was done in Chi
cage. Notwithstanding the loud shout
ing of Roosevelt for reforms. many of
the most important ones which he has
time and time again recommended and
urged upon congress were refused a
place in the declaration OF principles.
When it came 70 the tariff and other
important reforms which would dis
turb the control of the government by
the wealth of the country. he allowed
the reactionaries and standpatters to
have their way.
The speech of Colonel Bryan calls
attention to the fact that the republi-
can candidate for president has found
it necessary to introduce mrs individ-
ual opinions to supply the omissions
in his party platform, but Bryan cor
rectly points out that the individual
opinions or declarations of Mr.. Taft
win amount to little so long as they
are not in accord with his party and
the leaders who control it.
The Bryan speech follows the decla-
rations of the national democratic
platform which he proposes to take
for his guide and for the guide of
the democratic party, should he reach
the white house. He emphasizes the
necessity Of listening to the voice of
the people rather than the command
of the protected interests Of the Gun
try which have been able to dominate
congress for many years and prevent
the reforms SO necessary to the well
fare of the country,
The speech breathes in every line
the contentious Of the democratic par
ty for a return of the government
to the control of the people. It~con-
tends for equal rights to every class
and industry and condemns the sys-
TEN of special privileges which has
resulted in the wealth of the country
being accumulated by a few.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR SHERIFF.

i~desire to announce myself as a
candidate for the office of sheriff of
Cochise county, subject to the action
of the Democratic county convention.
S42. CHARLES LOCKING
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR SHERIFF.

| desire to announce myself as a
candidate for the office OF sheriff of
Cochise county, subject to the decis-
ion of the Democratic county conven-
ton.
ERNEST E. HUGHES.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

| wish to announce myself as a
candidate for reelection for justice of
the peace, Precinct No. ?, subject to
the action of the Democratic con
venCion. JOHN W. HOGAN
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

/ desire TO announce myself as a
candidate for the Office of Justice of
the Peace of Cochise County, Precinct
No. 2, subject 10 the action OF the
Democratic convention.
SIS WILLIAM CLARK.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13

Cincinnati proposes 70 stop The
spoo-ing in The pafks thereaboafs. We
judge frosR this that cincinas 4
thinking Of aboAsbing IS PARKS
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
NOTICE.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR SUPERVISOR.

| desire TO announce myself as a
candidate Tor reelection to the office
Of supervisor of Cochise county.
WILLIAM NJ. RIGGS,
Dos CabeZos, Arizona
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR CONSTABLE.

| desire to announce myself as a
candidate for the office OF constable
of Bisbee Precinct No. 2, subject to
the decision of the Democratic con-
yention.
JAMES J. HARRINGTON.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FoR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

desire TO announce myself as a
candidate for the Office Of school
superintendent OF Cochise county SUD
ject TO the action of the Democratic
county convention.
L. v. McCOURr.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR CONSTABLE.

/ desire to announce myself as a
candidate for reelection TO the Of
fee Of constable Of Bisbee Precinct
No. 2. subject to the decision Of tae
Democratic convention.
i E VIII MOTIF
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR CONSTABLE.

/ desire to announce myself as a
candidate for the office of constable
Of Precinct No. ?, Bisbee, subject to
the decision of the Democratic con-
Yention JOHN H. JAMES
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR CONSTABLE.

desire to announce myself as a
candidate for the Office of Constable
OF Bisbee Precinct No. 2. subject to
the decision of the Democratic con-
Yenfion- II. G. RUE.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR SUPERVISOR.

wish TO announce myself as a
candidate for the Office Of supervisor
subject to the action Of the Democratic
convention. JOHN ROCK
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR TREASURER.

i desire to announce myself as
candidate for the Office OF County
Treasurer. subject to tae action OK
the Democratic convention.
JOHN p. GULL.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FoR RECORDER.

desire to announce myself as a
candidate for reelection TO the Office
OF Recorder, subject to the action OF
the Democratic county convention.
c. A. MCDONALD.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR TREASURER.

! wish TO announce myself as can
didate for the Office of County Treas
urer, subject to the action Of the
Democratic county convention.
STEVE ROEMER.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FOR SHERIFF.

! hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the Office of sheriff subject
to the action of the Democratic county
convention. NJ. c. BENTON.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13
FoR CONSTABLE

aesire 10 announce nsyses as a
Candidate for Cons-abie OF Precinct
No. 3 subject TO the ASTON OF tbeDem,
ocratic convention.
LOT MERRILL.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13

Review Want Ads Bring Results,
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-13

Review Want Ads Bring Results
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.ENRY CLEWS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-05
HELlE TO RENouNcE FAITH.
Prince De sagan Adopts Plan to Pave
Way for Marriage.

Rome, May 4.-one of the greatest
difficulties in the way of marriage
between Prince Helie De Sagan and
Nine. Anna Gould is the fact that the
Catholic church, not recognizing di-
vorce, has refused to annul Nine.
Gould's first marriage. The prince is
determined to marry Nine. Gould and
to this end he has decided to turn
Protestant. This will enable the couple
to be united by both civil and re-
ligious marriage ceremony. If the
prince remained Catholic there could
be no religious marriage, and conse-
quently his wife would not be accepted
by society.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-05
McHENRY 1868.

The Clydesdale Stallion will be found
at Buttons Barn, Fridays and Satur-
days of the coming season, and for the
month oS April at home every morning
and evening. We think the breeding
qualities of this horse combined with
his individuality is unexcelled by any
draft sire in his locality. Come and
look him over or better ask your
neighbors about him.
M. P. LYDoN, Owner,
Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-05
Weather Report for April 1908.

Weather Report for April 1908.
Max. therm. 80 deg. 22nd.
Min. therm. 16 deg. End.
Mean. temp. 48.4 deg.
Mean max. 60.6. deg.
Mean min. 36.1 deg.
Precipitationg 2.40 in.
Snowfall / in
Prevailin winds south, on Ia days.
Clear days Is, fair 8, cloudy Z, days
of measurable waterfall, 10; thunder
storms 7th, 22d, 2Sd and oath; hours of
thaw 654; hours Of sunshine 256.
-Four Aprils in 10 years warmer than
this. 1st and I'd was the coolest and
windiest weather of the month. Nice
month however, with 81 per cent of
sunshine, and no frost from 18th to 9th.
Vegetation has advanced rapidly and
the fields are getting green.
ARTHUR Belts.