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POSTAL CARDS FED TO FLAMES.
TinSeI Cards Must be Enclosed in En-
 VeIOpeS Tightly Sealed.

Every day postcards are sent to the dead letter office at Washington, where they are fed to the official flames by expert hands. And it is all because the dear public does not understand the rules and regulations of the postoffice department as to the mailing of postcards.
 Some time ago the department adopted a regulation declaring tinsel cards unmailable. It was found that the substances used to decorate the cards often proved injurious to the clerks handling them. They rubbed of on their hands and worked havoc with the health of the mail handlers. And though this regulation has been in effect more than year there are many people who have meyer heard of it, or, if they have, have forgot ten all about it. And they purchase beautifully tinseled cards at the stands and mail then to their friends back home. Thousands fondly imagine that they are properly re- membering their friends in this way, while in reality their tinseled cards are sent direct to the dead letter office, and thence to the furnace.
 Now the department has adopted another regulation. The postcard craze has such a hold on the Ameri- can people that many tinseled cards are sent Tn envelopes. The new regulation is that the envelopes must be tightly sealed, that none of the fine particles of the injurious sub stances may get out. So whenever one sends d tinsel card as letter, it behooves him to see that the flap of the envelope is sealed tightly.
 Some one has invented scheme designed to evade the regulations of the department. in the envelope with a hole m the corner. The inventor thought that a one-cent stamp could be placed on the card and cancelled through the hole. Since postage stamps must be on the outer cover of anything mailed, stamp that can only be seen through hole is exactly the same as no postage at all.
 Cards with no writing on them may be mailed in unsealed envelopes for one cent, being classed as printed matter. But if there is writing on the card, the one-cent stamp is can celled and the envelope and card sent on as first-class matter. The ad- dressee must pay two cents to get them out of the office.
 There are also regulations govern ing the size of postcards. The maxi mum size allowed is B by 5 inches, and anything over that is not allow able. Therefore, the double postcard the long ones just coming into fashion-are not mailable, except as printed matter. If they have one bit of writing on them besides the address, they cannot be classed as anything but first-class matter.
 Leather cards are unmailable, as they are not of a proper material.
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Solder BalkS Death Plot.

It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civil war veteran, of Kemp, Tex, that a plot existed between desperate lung trouble and the grave to cause his death. "I contracted a stubborn cold.'' he writes, "that developed a cough that stuck to me, in spite of all remedies, for years. My weight ran down to I30 pounds. Then I began to use Dr. Kings New Discovery, which restored my health completely. l now weigh IFS pounds" For severe colds, obstinate Coughs, Hemor- images, Asthma, and to prevent Pneumonia it's unrivaled 50c. and SiOO. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by A.. C Co, drug department.
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BY THE GOVERNOR OF ARlZONA
LincOIn's Birthday Proclamation.

Whereas, the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, by ar Act approved January p, 1909. de. clared and established Friday, the twelfth day of February, 1909, to be a legal holiday in commemoration of the Tooth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln:
 It is conceded by all men through out the civilized world that Abraham Lincoln has formOst place among the great. He was d typical AmerI- can citizen he arose to the demands of his hour in d typical American spirit. As President of the great American Republic he set d standard by which succeeding Presidents will be compared through years to come. Americans everywhere are pleased to do reverence to his memory. The l2th, day of February, 1909, will be the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, and that day, in honor of his life and his work, will be celebrated throughout this broad land.
 Wherefore I JOSEPH H. KIBBEY, Governor of Arizona, by virtue of the power conferred upon me by said law, do hereby proclaim Friday, the twelfth day of February, 1909, to be a legal holiday: that in accordance with said law all business, public and private, be suspended during that day and that said day be otherwise cele- brated to the honor of Abraham Lin coin and his memory.
 In Witness Whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the Territory to be affixed.
 Done at the Capitol at the City of Phoenix, this twenty-secOnd day of January, 1909.
 (SeaD JOSEPH H. KIBBEY. By the Governor;
 JOHN H. PAGE.
 Secretary Of the Territory Of Arizona.
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BattIeship Delaware Launched.

The great battleship Delaware was successfully launched from the yards of the Newport Shipbuilding .IN Dry Dock company on February 9th.
 The Delaware is to carry a heavy armor and as powerful an armament as any known vessel of its class; will have a speed of tweuty-one knots, and will have the highest practicable range of action. The arrangement of the main battery of guns will per init a broadside D per cent. greater than the broadside of any other bat tleship now built, or, so far as is known, under construction. Her de- fensive qualities, other than those dependent upon armor protection, are such as to give the maximum de- gree of protection to all vital DOT tions. The contract for the Dela- ware was placed August 6, 1907, at s, ,9S7, ,000. Her keel was laid Novem- Der II, 1907. The Delaware is 5lO feet in length on load water line, Sj feet ? inches in breadth, and mean draft to the bottom of keel ? feet. Her coal bunker capacity of 2,5OC tons, which is sufficient to send her at a ten-knot speed a distance of 6,72O knots, or twenty-eight days steaming. Provision is made for the storage of large amount of fuel oil without in any degree reducing the capacity of her coal bunkers She will have triple expansion re ciprocating engines and will require | over 900 men tO man her
The copper era., 1909-02-11
Cattle ImpOrtatiOns Show Large Gain.

The cattle importations through the local ports for the calendar year of 1908, which have just been com piled by employees of the bureau of animal industry, shows that 6,730 more cattle were imported through the port during the year passed than were brought in during the year of 1898, ten year ago. The report also shows that the number of sheep inn ported during the year 1898 was 5,267 in excess of the number brought through during the year 1908, and that there were l0l more hogs brought in ten years ago than there was during last year.
 In 1898 there were 68,225 head of cattle imported through the Fl Paso, port, 27,564 head of sheep and 102 swine, according to the report kept by the bureau )f animal industry. At that time no record was kept as tC the number brought in, as inspection of miscellaneous animals imported was not begun until after 1898.
 The record kept by the animal bureau for the year just ended shows that during 1908 the importations were as follows: S4,96l cattle, 22,291 sheep, Is goats, 392 horses and mules the greatest number of which came in free of duty, zebra, ? hogs, buffalo, which went through in bono for Spain, ? deer and peccaries, ol Mexican wild hogs, making a total O. 1O7,6 ,674 animals imported through th' El Paso port during the year, anC which were inspected by the bureal of animal industry.
 The heaviest importation of las year were during the month of May
 The heavy importations for wintel are about to close and excepting nine teen cars of cattle which arrived a the port recently, and which vii passed through, there are no large importations scheduled.
 The cattle are from the Hears ranch in Mexico. They will probabl, be the last importation of any sig, until the spring importation i scheduled, and that is small buncl of beef cattle for local slaughter Other small importations will b' brought in for local consumption.
 Since 1898 the inspection of live an imals brought into this country ha been increased until now inspection is required tor all horses, mules ant asses, cattle, sheeo, goats and othe remiuauts, all captive wild animals like deer, swine, the latter term in cluding the Mexican wild hog and al of the family suidae. No health in spection is required for carnivorou animals and birds. The inspection O meats has also been added to th, duties of the local bureau of anima industry since 1907.
 It is a noticeable fact that tn, number-Of cattle imported last yea was far greater than the number i'm ported ten years ago, and that tn, number of sheep was far smaller thar during the year 1898. This is believed to be the result of the increaset number of sheep that are raised il this country, and the smaller numbe of cattle which are raised yearly Fl Paso Herald.
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pioneers

Formal announcement has been made by the directors of the Ameri- can Mining congress of Denver of the selection of Goldfeld, New, as the place for holding the 1909 ses- sion. The contest for the honor of entertaining this. the greatest organ ization of mining men in the world, was spirited, a number of cities in the east as well as in the west being aDDliCantS
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Reason EnthrOned.

Because meats are so tasty they are consumed in great excess. This leads to stomach troubles, biliousness and constipation. Revise your diet, let reason and not d pampered appetite control, then take d few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will soon be well again. Try it. For sale at all drug gists. Samples free.
The copper era., 1909-02-11

This paper is kept on file at the Drake Advertising Agency, Inc, 427 South Main St., Los Angeles, and 779 Market St., San Francisco, where contracts for advertising can be made for it.
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Territory of Arizoua,l a

VVWUIY VI NIdIIdIII.I
 Before me, Frank B. Laine, Notary Public in and for the County of Graham. Territory of Arizona. on this day personally appeared Del hert Potter and Geo. r. Reed known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the pur- pose and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of office, this 3ISt day of December, A. b. 1908.
 (SeaD FRANK B. LANE,
 Notary Public.
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TERRITORY OF ARIZONA
 Office of the Territorial Auditor
United States Of America(
 TArritnrv nf rizpna

United states CT Americal ..
 Territory of Arizona SS' I, Sims Ely. Territorial Auditor of Arizona, do hereby certify that the annexed is a true and complete transcript of the Articles of In- corporation of Arizona Power an! Water Com pany, which were filed in this office on the Eighteenth day of January. A. D. 1909, at 10:0O o'clock q. m. provided bI law.
 In testimony whereof. I have hereuntO set my hand and Ofi-iHl seal at the city of Phoeuix the Capital this 22nd day of JanuHry. A. D.19O9 (SeaD SIMS ELY.
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My commission expires November (. 1903.

Filed and rerrrded at request of D. NJ. Pot ter, January ,, 1909 at 9 a. In
 D. IT. CLARIDGE, Recorder. By l.. SIMNS, Deputy Recorder. Recorded in Book of Interpretations, at Pages lS7 and 1SS. l-2S-3-25
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-04
TAMPA MEET A SUCCESS.
Big Crowd Sees Roseburg II Win
Stake in a Drive.

TAMPA. Fla. February 4.-Wth track,
weather. attendance and everything else
in it's favor, the twenty-four-da race
meeting started yesterday afternoon. The
feature was the Inaugural handicap. at
one mile, which was captured by Rose
burg II in a hard drive The winner
met with d lot of interference in the early
running, but when he got clear caught
up with the leaders and managed to get
in front in the last sixteenth. He was
challenged by Auspicious, but in a whip
ping finish crossed the wire first. Han
non. who rode the winner, put up a
creditable exhibition of jockeyShip.
The summaries:
First race, five furlonSs- Momentum (Burns),
= to 5. won: Ray Thompson Murphy), to )
for place second; Youthful McCabe), ! TO 2 to
show, third Time. OF. bona lido, Expect to See,
Emily. Almanac and John Munro also
o second race, seven fnrlongsnJudge Treen
place. second: Trey of Spades Hayesj, out to
show, third. Time. 1.s1ls.
Third race, one mile-St. Aulere UovelD to
third. Time. 1.52. Polar Star. Purant. Dona
H.. Foxmeade and Minnehaha also Wine
Fourth race. Inaugural handicap: one mile
Kosehurs IL Hannon. to 2. won; Auspicious
(Galel; even for place. second; Middleton
I.oveiD. ! to to show. third. Time. 1.5Ola.
Matercooler, Jupiter, Don Hamilton and Lady
Fifth race. six and onc-half furlonss-Jcanette
NJ. CIurphy). ) to l, won; Eustacian (Hayes). 1
to for place. second: Autumn Maid (Mulcahey,,
Camel, Elvsium. She Wolf and Lord Direct also
ran.
Hayes. to ~. won: Gallleo tBrannon,. to
for place, second Laughing Eyes paul, 2
to to show. third: Time. 1.57a. Precedence.
Tamme. Bestering. Hand Me Down and Autumn
Flower also ran.
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WEST VIRGINIA GROOM AT rs.
DR.. P. B. Ogden Outwits Children
and WEEDS Young Nurse.

FAIRMONT, w. Va, February AL
though he is seventy-six years old, Dr.
Presley B. Ogden. who had determinedsto
marry a trained nurse OF thirty, out w;tted
his relatives and is now for a second time
a benedict. The bride was Miss Alice
Sapp, head nurse in the City Hospital
here. DR.. Ogden is wealthy.
The wedding was strongly opposed by
the family of the bridegroom, several
members Of which went so far as to swear
out warrants for their fathers arrest
charging him with lunacy.
Attorney II. n. Ogden, a son, asked the
prosecuting attorney to notify the clerk
of the county court not to grant the
license. The request was not needed and
the license was issued. The bridegroom
feared arrest, and to have no documentary
evidence upon him he mailed the license
to DIR. Cyrus F. Boyers. instructing him
to have q minister at his house and to
get the bride there.
Getting the minister was easy Rev
Mr.. Eddy lived nearby, and he was will
ing to marry the couple. To get the
bride there was a more difficult PROPOSE
ton. Members of the bridegroom's fami-
ly were watching her. DR.. Ogden sent a
hack, and the driver knew where the we'd
ding was to take place; the family did
not.
The bride entered the cab and the driver
started on a mad race for the. house
where the minister and the bridegroom
were waiting. A son of Dr. Ogden fol-
lowed in a buggy, but was outdistanced
in the race and lost the bride in the
tortuouS route
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schooner Susie III. Davidson, from Alex
andria with railway ties for Boston,
arrived at that port February .; steam
err Wilhelminia, for Alexandria, sailed
from Port Tampa January 80.
The little steamer Triton, which has
been making three trips to points be-
tween this city and Upper Machodoc
creek. has cut out one trip and is now
making but two trips each week. The
steamers on river routes altogether
are making but six trips per week to
points on the lower river. In the sum-
mer months the boats make three times
this number of trips each week.
The schooner +. l.. Dawson. owned and
commanded by Capt. Ernest Herbert, was
yesterday taken TO the wharf foot of G
street and will be laid up there for the
next month or six weeks until the spring
season opens on the river and business
becomes brisk. Advantage will be taken
of her idleness to overhaul the vessel.
The tug ID. NJ. Key of the Taylor fleet,
which was temporarily out of service.
went into commission yesterday. and will
be employed about the harbor until the
weather conditions are such that she can
resume her charter as tender to Miller 8
dock-dredging machine, at work at Alex
andria.
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WALSH WANTS SALARY RAISED
Chicago American League Pitcher
Saws 81, 500 or No Signature.

NEW HAVEN. February 4.-When in
terviewed last night Ed Walsh said:
Make it as strong as you please, and
put it as stiff as you like that L do not
sign with the Chicago Americans again
unless 1 get $500
Walsh has just taken charge Of the Yale
boxmen. He said that in Rose, Vanvleck,
Lippitt and Merritt Yale had fast twirl-
ing staff and that he looked for much
from them. Walsh donned uniform and
threw five balls. There was resumption
of training for the season. and the big
fellow looked in wonderful condition.
With him worked Barney Reilly. the Yale
sophomore, who played shorfStop for
Haverhill last year and who Is under
contract with the Chicagos.
Walsh said
"Comiskey has treated me we'll except
in money matters. He has been tee close.
Now, 1 think that the people of Chicago
feel that l earned a much bigger salary
last season than / received. l think that
they feel that / am worth to the nine
all that ] ask. / certainly shall not sign
for them unless l receive it,
Walsh was asked about the retire
ment of Manager Fielder Jones and said ::
II have no idea that Jones will be with
the team again next year..
He was asked who he thought would be
his successor as manager and said that
Bill Sullivan was in every way qualified
to make great manager.
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CLOTH TO RETIRE.
Virginia Gridiron Star Anxious to
Quit Playing.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va. February
4.-Although most of the followers Of
the Orange and Blue expect to see ex-
Capt. Cloth again doing the center S
work on next falls eleven, it is not
likely that the doughty little star Will
play. In a talk last week Cloth said
that he did not think he would again
don the moleskins, and though his
words were not final, it was easy to
be seen that if he had his way he would
never more play foot ball. At present
he is practicing law in this city and
taking special course at the uni
versity.
Cloth first came into the limelight
as a gridiron star at the University of
Pennsylvania, where he was a sub
snapperback. The following year ne
entered Virginia and since then mas
been one of the strongest men on the
local team. During the past two falls
his excellent demonstration of Often
sive and defensive work won for him
a position on the All-Southern eleven,
while his ability as leader made him
first choice for captain in 1908. IL he
sticks to his wish not to play again
Virginia will lose one of the best men
that have ever worn the colors OF the
school, and his place at center will be
d difficult one to fill.
In any event. it is likely that Cloth
will be on hand to help nthe coaching,
and the benefit of his teaching to line
men cannot be overestimated. In this
capacity some think that he could aid
his alma mater to greater degree
than By actual participation in the
conflicts. The prospects for winning
eleven are exceedingly bright, and. to
use Cloths own words. Next year :
bunch viii be the best in years
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BERT KEYES BEATS
VETERAN SULLIVAN
Rugged Lightweight Too
Strong and Clever for
the "Kid."

NEW YORK. February 4.-Bert Reyes.
the sorrel-topped lightweight. formerly OF
Philadelphia, but now of Gotham, earned
decision over Kid Sullivan, the veteran
little fighter of Washington, D. c., last
night at the Sharkey A. c.
Although Reyes did not fight his usual
snappy style. he beat his opponent de.
cisively. He landed by far the more
blows and was the aggressor at al
times. At the end Keyes was strong.
fresh and unmarked. while Sullivan
cheek bones were bleeding and he showed
signs of fatigue.
The bout was voidpof spectacular fur
fast throughout.
on the Kids jaw. Sullivan struck the
ropes. and before he had fully recovered
he was met with light left to the ear.
Sullivan played for the body most of the
time and landed several hard right and
LETT swings.
There were many blows swung in the
third, but few of them landed. Reyes
was wild and most of his left swings
curled around his opponents head OF
struck the shoulder. In the fourth both
boys mixed it bit and each landed
several swings. None of them was
effective and honors were even. Sulli-
van had knack of stopping keyes' left
swings in this round.
Sullivan had a slight advantage in the
fifth round. After he had received a
good stiff blow on the ear the Kid landed
several right and left swings to the face
and body, and was better than Reyes at
the inhghting game.
Honors were even in the sixth, but from
then on keyes had things practically his
own way. None of his blows, however,
landed squarely with the result that Suli-
van was on his feet until the bell ended
the bout.
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COLUMBIA STILL UNBEATEN.
Morningside Basket Ball Team De
feats Georgetown, 90 to 10.

NEW YORK, February 4.-Columbia's
unbeaten basket ball team defeated the
five from Georgetown University by the
score of 23 to 10 in a fast and rough
game played in the Columbia gymnasium
last night.
1t took both teams few minutes at the
start to find their bearings but Neither
broke the monotony by a sensational drib-
BILE through the whole Georgetown team
and scored on one of the prettiest plays
seen on the Columbia floor this season.
1t was soon evident that the southern COL
legians were a faster aggregation than
the heavy Columbia five.
Due to this, great deal of rough play
ing resulted. The Columbia men were
nearly all the time offenders, and Rice
of Georgetown. by his accurate shooting
from the foul line, took advantage OF the
penalties against Columbia. scoring six
points in the course of the game.
But aside from these free tries, the
Georgetown players were away off in
their shooting. Being fast. they often got
free near the basket but were unable to
make their shots count. The Columbia
team. too, was inaccurate at goal shoot
ing in the first half.
The star of the game was Rice of
Georgetown. his shooting and his drib-
bling being Of a high class. Rice had two
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before the player will beseligible to par
ticipate in games with any club operat-
ing under organized base ball.
In the Weimer case the secretary says:
1t appears that he was under con-
tract with the Cincinnati National League
club during the season of 1908, and was
released by it to the New York Ma
tional League club about the middle of
the season, but the player refused to re-
port to that club. Later on he was found
playing with and against clubs harborinS
ineligible players in Chicago. He now
applies to the commission for reinstate-
ment. alleging as his reason for not re-
porting to the New York club the illness
of his wife.
THE commission would have no hesi-
fancy in reinstating this player under the
conditions named were it not for the fact
that this is the second time he has failed
to report to the club having title to him,
and the second time he has participated
in games with or against clubs harboring
ineligible players. He has applied for re-
instatement before, which was granted
and fine of 500 inflicted against him.
His application for reinstatement is again
granted. conditioned. however, that he
pay a fine of $50, which fine Will have
to be paid to the secretary of the COM
mission before the player will be eligible
to participate in games with any club
operating under organized base ball.