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Wood chonplnn 4 Snort.

In Tasmania is to be found ma.
tional pastime that is special and par
tIcular to that state aloue-the spor,
OF wood chopping. II says much for
the grit and vgor OF Tasmanians
that this really serious and arduous
work should be regarded Gs the fin
est sport
At Hobart and Launceston they
have their turf meetings. their eric
ket. football. golf cycling and 40
forth. but to a wood chcpping contest
people viii flock from far and near
men women and children and watch
the axe wiclders hewing away at
huge blocks of timber as II life and
reputation depended upon the issue
Thud thud thud 90 the axes and tho
splinters nv in all directions. the
Judges calmly sitting near taking
note Of the strokes. the spectators
cheering the competitors from time
to time as frantcally as n they were
racehorses To be a wood chopping
champion means something to a man
20 Tasmania Dundee Advertiser.
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IN EXTREME HOT WEATHER.
Fish, Birde and Animals All Suffer by
the Heat Just as Men Do.

Humans" said nature lover
"are by no means the only sufferers
from intense summer heat: there are
plenty of lower creatures that suffer.
Fish, for instance, are oppressed
by the heat just as men are, and if
they can't find shelter from it they
may be killed by it. In shallow fresh
water ponds fish sometimes die by
the hundred, killed by the excessive
heat of the water, warmed beyond
their endurance by the beating sun.
I'm streams fish seek the shady
stretches and the deep places and the
spring holes where they can keep
cool, and i'm salt water fish go away
from the shallow overheated water
close TO shore and seek the cooler
depths.
Birds suffer in the same way. OPP
pressed by extreme heat. and how
they do welcome a chance to get cool!
Look at the sparrows i'm the city's
streets when the sprinkling cart goes
by leaving in the holows OF the pave
ment little pools OF water that will
serve them for bathing places. How
eagerly the sparrow seeks this bah,
and it will battle if it gets the
chance, dozen times a day
1T is just the same with domestic
fowls. Extreme hot weather dis
tresses them greatly; at such a time
you can see chickens with their beaks
open and fairly painting with the heat,
and then they want plenty Of water.
Cows? OF course on the very
hot days they seek the trees If there
are any i'm the pasture lot. TO stand
In the shade of them. and then II
they are bothered by flies the COWS
seek shaded pools or brooks to- stand
in them in water up TO their bellies
or deeper TO escape the flies and for
cooling refreshment How horses and
dogs suffer with intense heat every
body kuows.-New York Sun
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AS Ever.
ON THE WAY

OAN L ne NA1.
We are moving to the country and
our brand new bungalow;
We've fin sAed with the packing and
are re dy now to 60
We've taken the canary and the par.
rot and the cat,
And were all Of us delighted to DO
done with that old fiat!
We have left the city racket and the
turmoil and the heat,
And we're glad to say adieu to both
the building and the street.
The van mans gone before us and
were speeding on our way;
Wen eat our humble supper at the
bungalow today!
LATER.
We have been here most a fortnight
in this God-forsaken spot
The roads are something awful, and,
my eye, but amt it hot!
There's hardly any water and there
isn't any gas;
The doOryard's full of mortar, but
there's not blade of grass.
We haven't any neighbors and were
broiling in the glare.
And the silence is so awful that it's
more than we can bear.
The parrots most unhappy, and so
likewise is the cat,
AndA we're all OF us just pining for
tho old delightful fat!
Il. S. Waterhcuse, in New York
Sun.
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NEwsY GLEANINGs.

President Taft decided to start n
new fight for tariff revision while on
his Western trip.
The Rio Grande overlooked its
banks at Matamoras. Mexico, and half
the town was flooded.
French exports to the United States
show large increases since the pas
sage OF the tariff bill.
Four warships are to represent
Great Britain at the Hudson-Fulton
celebration at New York City.
The cruiser Des Moines sunk the
r. f. Mead, lumber schooner. in a
collision just below the Narrows.
Mayor Mcclellan issued a procla-
nation calling upon citizens to decor
ate their homes for the Hudson-Ful-
ton celebration.
No broken bones were found In the
body of Lieutenant Sutton. which was
exhumed and reburied with Catholic
rites at Arlington
William Lloyd Garrison, son OF the
great Abolitionist, and himself well
Known as publicist. died at his
home in Lexington, Mass.
Young Turks at Constantinople re-
newed their pressure for the dismiss
sal VI GaDrlel NOrodunghtan, the
Minister of Public Works.
M. Laur announced in Paris the
invention OF an air omnibus, and has
asked permission to carry passengers
and merchandise over the city.
Hundreds of children were turned
away from the public schools in New
York City through ignorance of the
regulations for admission as pupils.
The rush of applicants for rooms
during the Hudson-Fulton celebration
forced the managers OF hotels in New
York City to stop booking engage
ments.
Conrad Harms. alias Henry CIir-
ford. was found guilty in London OF
forgery in connection with the swim
ding of j. S. Bache e CO.. of New
York City. out OF nearly $4,000.
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S1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
DIET FOR DRoWsINEss.
lacks Of SieepIness-Often Result
Of OWlIsh Habits


Sleepiness is a normal and healthy
ndition when Il occurs at the usual
d-time, and when not extreme and
empowering, but IL is not always
ISOLATED with sleep. Some persons
perfect health. and excellent sleep
S, hardly know the meanink OF
'owsiness; they are active mentally
Id physically until they are in bed;
len sleep comes at once, and when
leaves them in the morning they
-e again in full mental awakeness.
There are less fortunate persons,
no never have a complete and salts
lctory nights rest, who are yet al
'ost constantly drowsy; they are al
avs nodding, but when the head
luches the pillow sleep recedes, and
he night is a succession of drowsy
pses to sleep with the instant ro-
I'm OF semi-consciousness.
In general, with the exception noted
the beginning of this article, drow-
ness is abnormal, and indicates
bmething wrong, either in the body
the sufferer or in his habits. Those
no habitually cut off their hours OF
eep, the might owls" and the burn
IS OF midnight oil. pay for their bad
abit by attacks OF sleeplness in the
fternoon and early evening; later,
Unfortunately, after the influence OF
gestion wears off, the drowsiness
ppears, and then. relieved OF his
urden, the person sits up to ali
ours" again. thinking in that way
o make up for the hours lost by
.rowsiness. II he would abandon his
jwlish habits, go to bed betimes and
;et his seven or eight hours of con-
inuous sleep that he needs, his day
ime and evening drowsiness would
disappear, he could do more and bet
er work, and find life much more en-
oyable.
A slight drowsiness is often noticed
fter a hearty meal, because active
DIGESTION draws a greater volume OF
blood to the stomach, so that the
brain is relatively poorly supplied.
in some southern countries this ten
1ency is favored, and the siesta after
the noon meal is a national custom.
With us. the after dinner cup OF black
coffee often drives away the impulse
to sleep-whether for good or i'll may
be left to the psychologists to deter
mine.
Sometimes we hear OF attacks OF
occurring suddenly at
certain periods OF the day or at ir-
regular intervals. These are alto
gether abnormal, and in such cases
there is almost always some poison
at work in the nervous centers-
a self-manufactured poison,
which, because it is made in too great
quantity, or because constipation or
kidney disease prevents its rapid
accumulates in the sys-
tenn.
An essential in the treatment OF
such cases is dieting. Meat should
be given up, for time at least, and
The only beverage allowable is water
or milk.-Youth's Companion.
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NOON INTEE
LOO Music
Reading circle reports etc.
Daily rJgram and how to di
and small pupils
The play ground and its use

.--' Some mistakes in country II
cient confidence in MS sAnI &C.,. - :,
weapons could come into the posses
sion of property by merely challeng
ing the owner of the land either to
surrender or fight for it. The COM
bat was regulated by hard and fast
rules. The one challenged was given
the privilege OF striking first, and he
who retreated or lost his weapon was
considered vanquished, while he who
was wounded first or most seriously
was compelled to pay a certain sum
of money to escape with his life
other examples without end, varying
only in detail, might be selected from
other peoples.
Again in Europe all through the
Middle Ages and even among savage
tribes recourse to duelling was had
in order to discover the truth as an
Gdeal or a judgment of Cod guilt at
taching itself to the one wounded or
killed. And this ordeal or trial by
faith, like all other forms of the
duel, arose out of the necessities Of
the case. In society governed more
by superstition than by law, where
nothing was attended with greater
difficulty than securing reliable wit
nesses. where lnone out of fear Of
vengeance dared to testify against
the member Of another family or
group, this appeal to the Judgment
of Cod came to take the place OF
human evidence.
In most European countries the
judicial duel, defeat in which meant
not only the loss of the suit at issue.
but often conviction for perjury, sur
viveG the Middle Ages in some forms
for a short time. Before the duel
began each of the combatants affirm
ed the justice OF his cause, confirmed
it by a solemn oath on the Gospels
and an appeal TO God to bestow vic
tory on the right. Some codes even
demanded that the witnesses enter
church armed in order that their
weapons might be blessed on the al
tar before their testimony was offer.
ed
I'm vain councils and Popes declared
against the custom that found sanction
I'm popular approval and public opinion
But i'm due course OF time the natural
increase OF trade. commerce and the
arts Of peace. the establishment OF
permanent tribunals. the revival OF
Roman law, which did away with fen.
dalistic institutions. the increase OF
knowledge and the consequent decay
OF superstition, drove the duel out OF
the courts of justice.
But it was not yet driven TO cover,
for i'm the sixteenth century the iu-
dicial combat gave way to our mod
eru duel of honor u survives to-day,
weak. lettering. doomed. a relic OF the
time, savage or barbaric, when the
honorable man was before all else a
man Of bravery When public opinion
Of AN countries shall cease to sheer
at or condemn the sensible man who
refuses TO expose his life TO the
weapons OF the swashbuckler who has
attacked his character or his person
then viii the duel be given the uule.
tus 90 has so long deserved aud await
Cd Chicago Daily News.
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What on earth IS the boy up to-"
asked Mr.. jefferson Daggett. who.
suspectlng that something Of interest
was going on, had come out OF the
barn.
81 don't know what he is doing,
but ma p zoos" replied his faith
err. Hes ngur.-g now," he added,
nodding toward Nathan. who had seat
ed himself upon the ground and was
busily engaged with pencil and shin.
gle.
i've got IT," exclaimed the boy.
presently. Here 1t is, all worked out
in simple proportion. Twenty-Five and
a half feet, that's the length OF your
shadow, is to two hundred and eighty
five feet. length of the trees shadow,
as six feet, your height is to the height
OF the tree. Multiply the second and
third terms together and divide by
the first and you get the answer
seventy-six feet. That is the height
OF your tree, captain"
well, / snum!" cried the old man,
as he seized the single on which
were Nathan's figures and brought It
W AbNho hAo optNAiNltS.
believe you've done it! And here is
JEFF Daggett, rising forty years old
and setting up for learned man, and
drawing pay from the town for being
supervisor OF schools and never once
thought of dong it that way.
That ere is a sensibler sum-" he
roared, turning on his son in wrath,
than you ever gave out in all your
jaw-cracking examinations! And you
wouldn't give the young Teller a GER
tificate! You give him a certificate,
or III" he paused for an adequate
threat-"TlI tell this round all over
town."
Whether the threat had anything
to do with it or not, it is certain
that the supervisor did reconsider his
decision.
Come to think it all over" he
sad, 81 rather guess that, by study.
ing up, you can keep ahead of the
scholars in that district. You're
pretty good in arithmetic, anyway.
and If you get stuck any time, you
can come to me and I'll help you
out"
nus Jul NOullS lIsShu was dulS
to return to Mr.. Millett bearing a
document that went to show that
Nathan Thorpe, being a person OF
good character, and of a temper and
disposition suited to the instruction
of youth, and having passed a sat
isfactory examination in the studies
recognized by law to be taught in
the common schools of the State OF
Maine, was authorized to teach the
school in the Swamp Hollow District,
so called
Mr. Millett seemed little sur
prised and so did Mr.. Thorpe, Sen
Tor, when he learned of his sons
success. But to neither of them did
Nathan relate any of the particulars
OF his examination.
This was in accordance with the
request OF Supervisor Daggett.
1t really amt worth mentioning"
he whispered as he handed Nathan
his certificate, and yet it might
give some folks handle when
come up for supervisor another
spring"
Nathan prom sed not to tell which
promise he kept for many years. But
after the lapse OF more than gen.
GRAFTON, it can do no harm If the
story now leaks out.-From Youths
Companion.
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This is an age OF multiplied en-.
dowed philanthropies. and it is OBJ
vious that the efficacy of these phil
anthropic trusts is very largely de.
pendent upon the care and systema.
tized economy with which the reven.
ues are handled. The need OF the
business methods in the management
OF endowments is very apparent, to
the Baltimore American. Most OF
these endowed benevolences are for
the good OF the general public. and
the public at large is, therefore, pro.
perly concerned in the economic
handling of such requests.
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The leisurely chiyalry Of the old
South fingers. declares the Chicago
Post tn Florida one branch Of the
state Leaf lafur- has passed a bill
requiring ih7t when an automobile
meets any other kind of vehicle the
chauffeur shall stop turn out to ono
side. and if a lady or child be driv-
inc tho tenn the chauffeur shall get
out and help same by with their
horses mules oxen or whainot'
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Let us encourage the aviators all
we can. Let us glo;ify their triumphs
as navigators OF the air. They arc
the forerunners Of a new era OF great
human achievement But, o broth.
ers OF newspaperdom. pleads the New
York Times, let us stop hkening them
to Darius Green and Icarusl
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-09
Notice Of Election.

Public Notice is hereby given that a
Special Election will be held in the
County of Chaves on the 31st day of
August, 1909 for the purpose of vot-
ing upon the question of issuing bonds
of Chaves County to the mount of
One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars s125. 900 for the purpose of
building a Court House and Jail. At
such election only qualified electors
who are property taxpayers are en-
titled to vote.
Those ~favoring the issuance of
Court House and Jail bonds will cast
a ballot having written or printed
thereon the words For Court House
and Jail Bonds and those opposed to
me issuance of said bonds will cast a
ballot having written or printed
thereon the words Against Court
House and Jail Bonds" Said election
will be held at the following polling
places. the same being the usual plac-
es of voting in Chaves County. to-wit-
Roswell Precinct No. 1. at Court
House.
South Roswell Precinct No. 2. az
Eagles Hall.
South Spring Precinct No. 3, al
East Grand Plains School House
Dexter Precinct No. 4. at Justice of
the Peace Office in Dexter.
Hagernan Precinct No. 5. at Justice
of the Peace Office IL Hagerman.
Lake Arthur Precinct No. 6, at Jus
tice of the Peace office in Lake Ar
thur.
Lower Penasco Precinct No. Z a;
Tillotson School House.
Plains Precinct No. 8, at School
House in Plainview.
Cedar Canon Precinct No. Q at Nun
dy's ranch al Hernandez Lake.
FL Yeso Precinct No. 10 at Justice
of the Peace Office in DunlaD.
Kenna Precinct No. IL at Justice of
the Peace Office in Kenna.
Elkins Percinct No. IL at Justice of
the Peace Office in Elkins.
BY order of the Board of County
Commissioners of Chaves County.
(SEAL) w. NJ. ATKINSON,
ATTEST Chairman.
F. p. GAYLE, Clerk.
BY R. F. BALLARD, Deputy.
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Biographical Calendar.

There were magnificent highways
in existence long before Thomas Tel
ford was born in Scotland I52 years
ago today. but the modern science of
road building may claim him and his
contemporary, Macadam, as its origi-
majors. Every good roads association
and highway improvement movement
OF the present day America and Eu-
rope had their origin in the activities
and la,bors of Telford and that other
Scotchmen. Macadam.
To these two men the world owes
It's best roads today. Their method
of construction differed somewhat in
detail, but was the same in effect: to
produce with stone of various sizes.
ranging from large. at uhe road bot
tom. to finely crushed fragments al
the top, a road that would defy time
and sustain the heaviest wear.
Telford built more than o miles
of roads in the Scottish highlands.
the first that region eve had worthy
of the name. and though they have
been in use more than a century.
there are no finer roads today In
north Britain.
In connection with this work he built
12O bridges. The result of his labOrs
was to bring lawlessness to an end
In the highlands and put that wild
section forward a century in civil
cation at a bound.
It was not in road building. how
erer, that Telford spent his best
years. He was the leading canal en-
gineer of his time in Europe, and
was also occupied with building large
bridges, docks and harbors of refuge
He built the CALIFORNIAN canal, be-
tween the east and west coasts OF
Scotland, noted for the character OF
its locks, which presented problems
considered twellnigh ins,mrnountable
at that period.
The canal connecting the rivers
Mersey. Dee and Severn, on the
Welsh border, was another Of his
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IRRIGATION
CON6RtSSN SESSION
Continued from Page One.)

Continued from Page One.)
ductive capacity of al least four to
one.
Il desire TO impress upon this con-
gress the Importance of taking prompt
steps To give the federal government
TO understand that the people OF the
nation demand that the reclamation
fund shall be forthwith supplemental
by the creation and sale from time to
time of gold bonds to the total sum
OF $4,000, 900 in order that much more
rapid work may proceed in reclaiming
the nations arid lands.
Without question water is the
chief asset to our people. To prop
srly safeguard the head waters of all
our national rivers and tributaries:
to impound these waters for irriga-
ton and power development, means a
two fold blessing to our people by dis
tributing vast commercial advantages
on one hand, and saving enormous de-
~sfruction on the other.
This congress is in sympathy
with that great effor for commercial
development of our natural water
ways. Such are their Importance to
the nation that some of the leading
minds of the country nave conceived
the idea of a natural department of
public works with a secretary who
shall be a member of the presidents
cabinet.
The national irrigation congress
has more and more attracted the con
fidence of the nation. | am strongly
of the opinion that this army of 10y
al Americans should band themselves
together in a more perfect organiza-
ton with a clearly defined policy.
This enlarged plan should be based
upon SOUND financial support, which
can readily be found in permanent
and honorary delegates from its leg
ion of friends"
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great works. In TWO places he was
Obliged to carry the bed of the canal
across a valley. which he did success
fully. the height i'm one case being
120 feet above the bed of the gorge.
Another great work was his bridge
across the Menai straits in Wales.
built to facilitate travel to HoIlyhead,
and the route TO ireland.
The bridge was on the suspension
principle. great chains being used to
carry il across the strait. The day
the first OF these chains-weighi1g
% tons was hoisted into place, a
friend of T~elfofs1's sought out the en-
gineer to congratulate him. and found
him on his knees, giving thanks in
PRAYER for his success. He had not
slept for many night.
Telford's life was sunny and happy.
He was the son of a poor shepherd.
and i'll his native town was known
as a boy as Laughing Tam" He was
early -apTrenticed As a mason. His
taste for books and poetry helped
him in the first steps of a hard earn
ed education.
From apprentice to %laborer, Iaborer
to foreman. foreman to superinten-
dent, and SO OH, was his progress. His
first public work was done in the
county Of Shropshire. England, where
he held for a few years a position
as %coutny engineer.
After his reputation was establish
ed his services We're sought by var
ious continental countries. He built
the Gotha canal in Sweden, a1d an
important road in Poland.
Telford died in London on Septem-
Der ., 1884.
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Rifle Shoot at Camp Perry

Camp Perry. o., Aug. with the
crack of the first rifle today in the
matches of the Ohio National Guard,
there began a fulisade that will con
tinue almost without intermission I'M
til September 4 and in which the
crack shots of the nation will partici-
pate. The matches to be held here
within the month include those OF the
National Board for the promotion of
Rifle Practice. the National Rifle AS
s~ociatioa and the Department of the
Lake Rifle Association.
The Ohio National Guard matches
are for members of that organization
exclusively. They number five match
es. Immediately following come the
matches of the Ohio State Rifle Asso-
citation which are open only to mem
hers of the Ohio National Guard.
thirteen matches in all. Next in or
der are the matches of the Ohio State
Rifle Association which are open to
all comers. They will humble TWEEN
ty-eight. making the total umb of
matches of the o. S. r. A. forty-one.
The matches of the Department of
the Lakes r.. A, which will be shot
under the direction of the o. S. r. A,
number six. They will be confined to
teams and citizens from Ohio, Indi-
ana. Illinois. Wisconsin, Michigan and
Kentucky. which States compose the
Department of the Lakes.
Preliminary practice for the ma
tional matches will begin on Friday,
August 20. and continue on Saturday.
Sunday the range will be closed. On
Monday. August %. h national
team match will be opened. to be fol
lowed by the national individual rifle
match and the national individual pis.
tol match. These matches should he
completed by Friday. August 81, when
the National Rifle Association matches
begin. They include seventeen match
eS.
During the period from today to
August 20. the targets will be manned
iby a brigade of the Ohio National
Guard. and shooting will be in pro-
gress from eight to half past eleven
a. m. and from one to five O'Clock in
the afternoon.
During the matches of the National
Board of Promotion of Rife Practice
and the National Rifle Association,