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Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-07
TERRITORIAL AND COUNTY NEWS
ONE MILLION DOLLARS
 WEIGHS NEARLY TON
Express Company Got $250,- 900 For Moving S225l5 500,-
 GOO, Frisco To Denver.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The larg est shipment of gold In the history of the world has been successfully made. It comprised the removal oi $225, ,500, 900 in coin from San Fran cisco to Denver, nearly half way aefoss the continent.
 Gold from AlasKa and other sec. tions accumulated So rapidly in San Francisco that vault space became inadequate. An appropriation of S30O,- 900 was obtained from congress to pay the cost of transportation. The work of removal began August 15. The contract for the removal was given to an express company which was under heavy bond. The con tract will yield the company some thing like $25e,000, the lowest price ever paid for similar work.
 At first the shipments were In lots of $5,000 900 twice d week, each ship ment being accompanied by fifteen deputy marshals. paid by the express company. As the work proceeded smoothly the shipments were in creased to s7,50O,0e0 each twice a week. The express company handled the money on and off the train in both cities.
 Each million dollars of gold coin weighs close to two tons. making the weight of the whole shipment nearly 45O tons. In the 5000 900 shipments there were ten toas of gold each in the $7.50OG,!0 shipments fifteen tons each.
 The vault in the Denver mint to which this money has been consigned is the largest and most modern in the world IT is aiTays guarded by trained men, but even without such precaution is supposed to be burglar proof.
 Eight to ten men V weighed the mon ey before shipment at San Francisco, and as many did the same thing at Denver. the job of weighing each shipment at Denver taking from two and a half to four hours.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-07
DR. R|GDON STATES
 TICK FEVER SERIOUS
Veterinary Says All Sonora May Be Quarantined As
 Ticks Are Scattered.

In speaking about the fever tick situation Dr. Rigdon, government vet erinary of Douglas, stated that it Is serious, and that the greater part of Sonora's cattle country is HOW in. fectsd. and that unless the Sonora government takes prompt action there will be no part of the state that is not infected.
 The Sonora state veterinary is now looking into this matter. and some thing may be done to stop the driving of stock from the feyered ranches to the uninfected districts. within the past few days a big bunch of cattle were driven through district that is badly infected and passed through parts of the state where there was no fever. These cattle were driven nearly to Cananea, and it Is thought that they became infected on the way and spread the ticks over the un- infected districts through which they passed.
 Chihuahua has completely quaran- tined Sonora cattle. and Dr. Rigdon stated that unless the state did some thing promptly she whole line and every ranch in Sonora will come un- der the quarantine. and it will be i'm possible for the Sonora cattle men to ship anywhere outside of their state. Such a quarantine would work hard ship. but the veterinary said that it was the only thing that would pro tect Arizona cattle interests and pre- vent the spread on this side of the line of the contagious and fatal dis ease.
 Arizona is free from the disease but if it once got foothold in this ter rfsoFy the whole territory would be quarantined. and Co prevent such a disaster to the local cattle men it is necessary to be very strict in the in spection of all cattle that from tiI4s time come out Of the fever-ridden state of Sonora.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-07
NINE SUPERINTENDENT MISSING IN FRISCO
Wife of I, A. Cox Near Dis tracted Over Her Husbands
 Disappearance.

TUCSON, Jan. 6-T. A. Cox, super intendent of the Pittsburg and Ari- zona Development company. operat- ing in the Patagonia district, is strangely missing.
 He was last heard from. on De cember 20 in San Francisco. where he had gone on a business trip. He intended to leave San Francisco for Pittsbnrg on that date.
 His wife, who has been staying at the mine camp near Patagonia, ar rived in Tucson today. She Is al most distracted over the strange dis appearance of her husband and has enlisted the aid of the local lodge ot Elks, to which NIT. Cox belonged. in the effort to get some trace of him. She fears that he was waylaid or sandbagged as he had considerable money with him.
 On December % Mir. Cox sent a telegram to his wife. stating that he was about to depart for PittsbHrs where the headquarters of the com pany he represents at Patagonia are located On the same day Mir Cox mailed to his wife a letter and a postal card.
 Since that date, however. Mr. Cox has not been heard from and he has disappeared as completely as though the earth had swallowed him up. All efforts to get a clue, regarding his whereabouts, have thus far proved unavailing.
 I fear that my husband was way laid and sandbagged in San Fran. cisco" Mrs. Cox stated today. T can account for his disappearance in no other way. I sm m doing everything possible to get some trace of him. but thus far I nave been unsuccessful He wrote me that he would leave for Pittsburg and he also informed officials of his company in Pittsburg to the same effect. However. he has not reached Pittsburg and the com pany officials can get no clue to where he might be.
 T believe that he was attacked and badly injured by highwaymen who took away all papers that might give any clue to his identity and that he is lying wounded in some hos pital"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-07
HOUSE HuRRiEs BILLS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Transacl. ing business without even a semblance of a quorum tbe house today passed several bills of miscellaneous char acter, but litt'a of general or public importance. The cnly incident worthy Of note was a heated discussion among the members of the Indiana delcsa ton over bill to provide for the es- tablishment of judicial divisions In the district of Indiana. The measurc was laid on the table. Among the bills passed was one granting thirty days leave of absence with pay for the Panama canal employees injured in the line of duty.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-07
DELEGATES ID DRY
 FARMING CONGRESS
Douglas Chamber Commerce Asked To Get Busy-Meets
 February 23, 24l %.

Seey. McNair of Chamber of Com .merce of Douglas received copy of a call for the next annual convention of the Trans Mississippi Dry Farming congress, to be held in Cheyenne, Wy oming. February 2S. 2i and 25. and an invitation to the board to appoint delegates to that convention.
 The dry farming movement is now recognized as one of the most i'm. portant in the country. In three years the Trans Mississippi Dry Farming congress has developed a rapid and unexpected strength, hay ing at the present time moro than 300 active members.
 In the letter to Secretary McNair John T. Burns, secretary of the board of control, expressed the desire of the entire congress Tor a larger mem bership in Arizona and that this ter ritery may be well represented at the Cheyenne convention.
 Governor Kibbey Is entitled to ap- point twenty delegates from the ter ritory at large, the mayor of each city ten delegates, each board of trade or chamber of commerce two dele gates, and all associations Of stock men two delegates.
 Secretary McNair also received a number of membership blanks, to be signed by those who wish to join the organization. The plan of actual support of the consI ess is to solicit what are called life memberships in the form of SIC subscriptions. and it is the desire of the organization that the various commercial bodies in the west shall hold membership on this basis and thcy will be called upon to assist in assembling the names of the farmers and in secur ing memberships from their own cit izens.
 F. B. Brooks, governor of WyO- ming, is president of the congress; F.. c. Rowan of Idaho Falls. chairman of executive committee; NJ H. Har- tung, Cheyenne, chairman board of control; John T. Burns, Cheyenne, secretary board of control
 It is expected that the Cheyenne meeting may develop a great inter national organization in the interest of the dry farming movement. The officers are in correspondence with members in six foreign nations, who are ready to send delegates. Infor- nation is being gathered from every dry farmer in the country to be laid before the meeting tc prove what can actually be accomplished in arid re gions without irrigation.
 The plan of financial support for this movement is entirely different from that of any organization. Ey- penses for the Cheyenne meeting are now being subscribed by the people of Wyoming. The expenses of man agement. editorial work. printing. postage and other incidentals are net out of the membership fees.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-07

Banning into debt is far easier than V alkiug out.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-07
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.

From siiS New York Press
 Girls are awful deceitful to make you think they aren't
 The reason a woman can be 90 hap py Is she knows how tO think she is.
 A man never gets over admiring how smart be is io have so nearly made success Gt anything
 If speculators had all tine best seats in church 10 sesi on the side walk men would he sust crazy to go.
 The commonesf diseaz< .s how mauy men think they had gscd sing ing voices before they anolseAd 30 much.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-07

e. Where was Capt Dreyfus con Gncde-D. s. A
 A. On Devils Island. of the coast Of French Guiana, almost directly north Of Cayenne. the chief port ana capital of that colony.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27

eighths of m inch wide and make
small hole in the middle Of each.
Now. take an eleven inch length OF
stout linen cord and pass Ii back under
the three inch strip in the large piece
IF leaf her and make the two ends equal
In length. Now draw both ends through
the square hole. then pass one end
through the hole In the center Of one
small leather piece and the other end
through the hole in the other piece and
knot them securely.
Now the puzzle: Who can get the
linen cord. with the small pieces OF
leather ut its ends. off the large piece
Of leather without either cutting or un'
tying 1t?
Solution: Pull the three inch strip
through the square hole till you have
Il loop large enough TO slip one OF the
LEATHER pieces through 1t. This. you
zee. will release the string. and you
can triumphantly pull it free from the
large piece of leather.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27
How She Keeps Young.

She eats three warm meals a day al
regular hours.
She sleeps eight hours and as often az
possible two of them before midnight.
She takes fifteen quiet minutes in a
darkened room after luncheon.
She begins each day with cold bath,
followed by glass of cold or hot water.
She is careful to spend at least half an
hour every day in the open air.
She never rides where she can walk
the distance comfortably.
She doesn't waste her vitality in super.
fluous and energetic talking.
She Is neither self-centered nor family
centered, but has few, fresh outside
interests to keep her "alivs' and
thoughtful.
She never let's herself moan over the
past nor worry about the future, but al.
ways makes the best of the present and
keeps sweet and cheerful.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27
The Best Breakfast Fruits.

OF all breakfast fruits the orange is
deservedly the most popular. 1t is a
food that is distinctly health-giving.
Orange juice aids greatly in reducing
the amount of putrefaction found in the
intestines of nearly all persons who are
submitted to clinical laboratory tests.
Grapes are another fruit that should
always be eaten freely when obtainable
Apples are preferably eaten before re.
firing, and two are about twice as good
as one. The apple habit, persisted in,
often works rather surprising results
with persons who are naturally listless.
Lemons can hardly be eaten as fruit,
but lemonade is a valuable beverage.
When used as a laxative, fresh figs
should form the dessert; when NOT
obtainable the dried figs form a good
substitute.
Of the value of bananas there seems
some reasonable doubt. Many persons
complain that they find them indigesti.
BILE; they are quite likely to reach this
conclusion If the banana be eaten fire..
quently as the needless complement of
an already hearty meal. On the other
hand, there can be no doubt that the
growing popularity of the fresh olive is
fully deserved. 1t surely ranks with the
orange and the grape, and is, of course,
much ahead of either in case of sluggish
intestines or constitutional thinness.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27


men and by the enemy's crushing su-
periority In men. money. discipline and
arms) planned and executed his most
daring feats Of military genius. Bat
ties. skirmishes, Hessian raids. stra-
tegic masterstrokes and setbacks-more
of these fell to New Jerseys share
than to any other colony. There, too.
1t was that Washington worked out to
best advantage his central plan OF cam
paign. This plan. briefly. was as fol-
lows:
The colonies in cash, credit and num-
bers were no match for the British.
Had the war been fought out man to
man England would have conquered
America in a week. In general battle
the British could command more and
better drilled and equipped men by
far than their patriot foes. Washing
ton knew this. Therefore he avoided
general battles. He also knew that
the most deadly blow the average man
can suffer Is wound to the cash pock.
ct and that glory ceases to be so very
desirable Il commodity when 1t Is no
longer on the free list. War is the
most costly Of pursuits. If. therefore.
he could force England to maintain
large, expensive armies In America
and could keep these armies from de-
stroying his own. Washington would
be inflIcting constant and increasing
expense on the English nation and in
cidentally on British taxpayers. He
knew that the average EnSlishman
would in time grow tired Of paying
exorbitant taxes for the support Of a
war that showed no signs Of ending
and would probably try to force the
British government to end hostilties
As matter Of fact. this was eventual
ly almost exactly what happened.
To bring about this grand result
Washington was content to risk the
sneers Of noncombatants by constant
ly retreating and ut the same time
keeping the enemy ever on the alert
and ut heavy money expenditure
NedutIiie' III lhe suliiieI vi ~.
the British General Burgoyne. with
about 10000 men. marched down from
Canada. invading New England. At
Bennington. whittier he went to de-
stroy the American military stores. he
was successfully opposed In battle by
the Vermont General Stark, who Is
said to have shouted to his men as
the British advanced:
"There are the redcoats! Well drive
them back before night or Molly Stark
is widow
Burgoyne turned his course into
New York state. and Benedict Arnold
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27
How an Ostrich Eat. ORANGES.

At the CawstOn ostrich farm In South
Pasadena, Cal, there Is veteran bird
rallied Emperor William. The Emperor
makes daily practice of catching In
midair oranges which are thrown to
him and gulping them down whole.
He has been known to have as many
as dozen of the big round fruit going
down his slim neck at once. making
the latter look not unlike string Of
immense beads. Although he has on
several occasions eaten as many as
thlrty-five or forty oranges In success
sion, he is in good health at the ripe
ostrich age Of twenty-three years. The
food seems to agree with him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27

uation fairly well BENEDICT ARNOLD AT
In hand After THE BATTLE OF
he had accom- sARATodA'
plished this much and was preparing
to strike the decisive blow which
should destroy Burgoyne congress
sent General Gates north to take com.
mand over ArnOld's head. Arnold had
forced 'Burgoyne into position where
the latter must either give battle or
rurrender An indecisive engagement
occurred ut Saltwater Sept 10 and
the more famous battle Of Saratoga OIL
Oct. Z.
In this battle Gates gave Arnold no
command and from the first had In
suited and treated him as a mere I'M
derllng But when the American
troops were hard pressed Arnold. act
ing on no ones orders. galloped or to
the field. assumed command and led
series of daring. furious charges
against Burgoyne's lines. The SOL
diers adored Arnold and followed en-
Enthusiastically where he led They
broke through the British ranks and
turned defeat into one VI the greatest
victories Of the whole war Burgoyne
surrendered with his whole army ten
days later.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27

In mining village not far from Glas-
gov q miner had met with an accident
and before the doctor arrived. he tainted.
When the doctor came he examined the
injured man, and ordered q glass Of
brandy.
After the miner had revived, the doc
tor asked him IL he felt better.
The answer was: II ken naethin' O.
yer skill; but, man, you order grand
medicine"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27
No. 55e.-ouotation Puzzle,

No. 559.-Quotation Puzzle.
The initial letters Of the following
quotations, when properly placed, spell
the name of something we often find
In others and sometimes In ourselves:
lamb appears lion, and We fear
Each bush we sees a bear.
Unblessed thy hand-if In this low dis
guise
wanders perhaps some inmate Of the
skies.
, Fear always springs from ignorance.
Love keeps the cold out better than a
cloak.
1t serves for food and raiment.
Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace
To silence envious tongues.
The greatest Of faults. should say, is to
be conscious Of none.
Youths Companion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27
How to Launder a Summer Dress.

How to Launder q Summer Dress.
A crisp, fresh, and daintily gotten up
summer dress 10 a. different ~ possible
In appearance from frook that has been
badly Numbered and carelessly starched
and ironed; even though the latter may
be the much handsomer garment OF the
two, the one that is properly "done up"
will be far the more attractive.
The art of laundering such materials
80 that they will look like new goods Is
not q difficult one to acquire, and as
more care il needed than the average
washerwoman is apt to bestow, 1t ID bet
ter to do the work at homo. Vigorous
rubbing IL not needed and will soon
make them look old and faded. Put
warm, soft water In tub, add table,
spoonful of powdered borax to every
bucketful and rub enough soap In 1t to
make good suds. Wash the garments
until clean without rubbing any soap
directly upon them. Nothing is so
good for cleaning such fabrics as borax,
since 1t does not fade the delicate colors.
Rinse in warm water. Prepare thin
boiled starch, dip the pieces In 1t and
hang them up In the shade to dry. A
brisk wind Is liable to tear them, and
long exposure to sunshine will fade
them.
Dampen and roll the garments two or
three hours before ironing them. EN-
broidery should be Strengthened out and
ironed on the wrong side. Keep dish
of clear, cold water and soft sponge or
piece of linen at hand so that any spots
that are too dry may be dahpened be-
fore ironing. Some materials look bet
ter when ironed on the wrong side;
others need the smooth finish produced
by ironing on the right side. If the
irons are rough, rub them with piece
of beeswax tied in a cloth.
There is no season of the year when
one can be so beautifully dressed at such
q reasonable cost as In the summer.
Dainty organizes, swiss novelties, lawns,
dimities, printed madras and ginghams
may be had in lovely shades and designs.
Nothing is more suitable for warm
weather either for shirt waists to be
worn with heavy linen or cloth skirts, or
for whole dresses.
Ribbons can be utilized past all belief
by ingenious women. They can be
cleaned in ammonia or turpentine water
and pressed-having a cloth between
them and the iron and pressed while
damp. If faded they can be dyed a
deeper shade or black. The method par
excellence land really little KNOWN is to
clean the ribbons as. you can clean any
wooden, silk or velvet, chenille, kid, ETC.,
with gasoline-outdoors. To make dye
ing a pleasure, mix oil paint from your
art tubes with gasoline, thin 1t and dip
your ribbons therein, attaining instantly
a lovely, even color, which dries very
quickly.
And right here let me say that ribbons
form one of the most stylish decorations
for summer dresses. A rather plain
frock of figured lawn or dimity is given
a very smart appearance by q belt or
sash of lowered ribbon, and If this rib
bon has a white ground thickly pattern
ed with flowers, it has the smartest
possible effect and Is the very height of
fashiOn.-McCall's
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27
Key to Puzzledom.

No. 549.-Riddle Story: Pennyr0yal.
No. 55O.-Words Within Words: /.
Ballots. 2. A-die-u. 3. Closet. 4.
Oranges. 5. Change. 4. C-ant-o. Z.
Banner. 8. Lattice.
No. 551.-Charade: Ice-sick-ill, icicle.
No. 552.-A Full Meal: Soup, cheese,
steak, hash, bread, tea, squash, crack
ers, jam. pie, cherries, beet, butter.
No. 553.-Electric Light Puzzle:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27

Voice lin the house, Bessie, what is
keeping you out there on the porch 30
long?
Bessie-I am looking for the comet,
mamma.
voice-You'll take your death Of
cold.
Bessie-Not at all, mamma. rm-T'm
we'll wrapped.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27
A Volcano That Roe Ia the NIGHT.

A Volcano That Rose In the Night.
In the island Of Savaii, in the Samoan
group. during an August night In the
year 1905 there arose from tho midst OF
. peaceful cocoa plantation volcano
that in the four years of its still cease
less activity has sent forth more molten
lava than has any volcano Of which there
IL human record. To-day this flow of
lava, in some places seven hundred feet
In depth, is filling up the sea along a
frontage of more than seven miles, has
destroyed about fifty villages and a.
many square miles of what was once
the most productive area In all Samoa.
From Apia, about fifty miles away on
the island of Upolo, 1t Is sometimes
possible to read at night by the glare of
the Savaiian volcano, whose twin pillars
of vapor by day become transformed
then into columns of red. Above the
ever-seething lake Of fire within the
crater hangs q great crimson cloud,
while eight miles distant from the vol
oanic cone appears lesser cloud, some.
times divided into many columns OF ap-
parent fire. It Is but the steam arising
from the sea, colored by the red glowing
lava that pours Niagara Of fire over the
cliffs that the ceaseless torrent OF molten
rock builds higher and higher every day.
The ocean steamers touching at Apia
pass within close hailing distance OF this
dramatic spectacle.
Scientists who have seen the most
recent flow claim that every minute three
hundred thousand tons of lava flow over
the lower rim of the crater; and this not
resembling in any way the other lava,
but like molten iron spreads over the old
field and beyond, until at the sea there
Is a Niagara of fire full ten miles In
width. As this molten lava falls into
the ocean It turns to fine black sand and
sinks, and so new coast line Is being
built up in water three and four hundred
feet deep. This moving molten lake ad-
vapces at the rate OF four miles an hour.
AS it pours itself into the sea columns
of water are raised in steam to incalcula-
BILE heights, and this, descending in
fine rain of brine, destroys vegetation,
and corrodes the galvanized iron roofings
of churches and trading stations for
miles around. As the torrents of boil
Ing lava break against the basalt cliffs or
hummocks left by the old flow, cliffs are
melted by the heat, hummocks disinte-
grated and carried forward by the flow
to be hurled into the sea, where they ex-
plode like titanic bombs, and this is TAX
ing place every moment along an ever
widening sea-front of ten miles at least.
For more than a mile out in the ocean
the water boils, and from the crater still
flows a steady stream of lava greater, 1t
Is said, than man has ever seen in the
past issue from any volcano of which
there is record. Never once since that
night four years ago, when this volcano
was born In peaceful valley, has 1t re-
NAMED for moment quiescent.-A. a..
Ford, in Harper's Weekly.