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New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
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ing book, a pearl bead necklace, boys rolled
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box OF water color paints set OF Scottish post
cards or a sterling silver pencil holder for fiat
pencil for the neatest and best three answers.
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for fat pencil. boys sterling silver tie clasp,
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the neatest and best solutions.
Contest No (Our Letter BONA prize OF s.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
THE LITTLE WHITE PIGEON

Dear Little Men and Little Women: a hav,
read so many interesting stories IN cur Iett..
Box. decided TO tell about the little white ulsso,
that came to our house last year. Ono Forming
wen vent out 10 feed chickens. noticed.
tnaJ Ittle white pigeon. rOOsting or the =,
eI the ~ n As soon as I had thrown out 80 ne
lSSd IN 1.rd flew down and began eating witt rh~
chlcken- Every time woUl go OUT 20 f-cd the
down. This continued for aAa 4 a m01fF arfnai ~
one Nor ltnS the pigeon failed to make a,s ere
ance- found him at last in the icFar r'fss
d4ncSt dead He had gone In III night before nd
the s0oster did not Ike il. He tought tt -rirr he
result that the pigeon died thai ia. LVl Vere
very sorry. because the pigeon had Deen VERY tarns
Yours sincerely.
~ 49, WILLIAM F. DACGHERTY (asei 10.
No lsS West 18th street. Indianapolis.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

there is no thought. but OF pie there is plenty
sweet fresh huckleberry. apple and blackberry pies
while giant watermelOns, juicy and like sugar
crown the feast: demi-tasse and lqueurs topping
off the whole The hour for clambakes varies. Some
take the place of luncheon. Others placed i
or o'clock. and again the guests sit down at $50
O'clock rising at S $50 o'clock to watch the
noon come up over the rim of the sea. and chus
home by moonlight dimly white lanes.
cannibal clambaks is where all the men
guests turn in and do the cooking and bring the
provisions. but IL takes youth make anything
OF this sort seem agreeable for sitting tailor
wise on the damp sand. Il is-from the point of
view Of maturity-a custom better honored in the
breach than In the observance.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

will be given for every letter printed under this
heading The letter may contain incidents In your
life, anecdotes Of PETS novel school experiences
things In travs! Inade-up stories. These
stories must 30 original and must be written on
side Of the paper only Letters entitled 10 the
prize CT 81 often crowded out for lack OF space
In the week they received. but II such is the
they always appear IN the page later
BE state your age
Be 70 give your choce of prizes.
Be SURE give your name and address.
Contest closes on August I3 Age IS considered IN
awarding prizes Address your letters and answers
10 Little Men and Little Women. The New-York
Tribune. New York.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS

Compound Word Puzzle-The was: 1. a
watch dog; 3 hat pin; 3. horse: 4. a cat
boat: 3 a sword fish: c. stove pipe hat: = a book
worm; 5 a shoe (shoo) fly.
The Prize Winners-Their prizes Lois &inton
(aged lS). Pequot. New London. Conn. who wishes
an interesting book Elizabeth Bodenweiss (aged 49,
No So2 MOntauk avenue. New London Conn. a
Tribune badge. and Annabee II. Stretch (aged lO),
a Tribune badge
Things TO Think About-The prize winners and
their prizes are: Gertrude Lilenfeld (aged lg, No
$40 Dawson street, The Bronx. New York City a
box Of paints. and Ernest Grimm (aged 80. No 5O6
West lG5th street, New York City. boys silver
the clasp.
our Letter BOS-Prize winning letters are pub
hshed elsewhere this page
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
CROSS DIAMOND.

The centrais reading down and across spell the
Kind OF airship used by Count Zeppelin:
!. In boat but not in ship.
q The period from dawn TO dark.
l. Courage.
& kind OF airshD.
e. A sudden and loud ouscry
G. An American poet.
T. In never. not in ever.
WORD SQUARE
Th.. square is made Of four words. the first
three being nouns and the fourth a verb. The
word. are used In the two sentences given below
In the order in which they In the square.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

At a rereut luncheon VS. here smuggling under
discussicH Gale told that would have put any
custom olFes- cu bis guard against the rich
eller forever after TIE -u1ugsler friend OF
one OF t.S tl-c.er~ 11@ rad brought lot
ut diani- ais ,eaI-i W he little weight castings
at ne hem ot O. chiffon dress. These castings
su lily hold Little lead pellets clippings. and the
customs officers evidently have never. thought OF
them a. hd-r place Tor gems. This the
woman er1vui.s tee ement. but she has other
way tsat dark throwing dust in the eyes
of o-i.ials- THE customs people never trouble her
about clothes lt -prcars. because she has lots Of
dress belts with ,f4 names OF New York dress
maker t,.al she can put in frocks bought abroad
and Wlc4 worn little they look quite New
YOrky-" labels for coats also in Ber scheme
Tea made OF the leaf OF the -c- plant can be
good. but tea made of the flower OF that plant is
better. said an importer IL IS stimulating as
the leaf tea. and has a deIlclously sweet favor
Moreover, IL contains only half much theine
But the greatest advantage Of flower tea is that
when you are drinking II you be pretty sure
that you have the real thing The flower is a dini-
cult thing TO initiate, whereas the leaves OF almost
every tree that grows from the oak 10 the apple
can DO and are used to deceive the consumer into
the notion that he is buying leaves OF the tea
plant
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

Dear Editor: received the box OF water color
paints which you sent a prize seyeraI weeks
ago 1 am sorry I could write TO you before.
but I'm Just recovering from attack OF ap-
pendlcitis. have enjoyed the paints very much
during my Illness and wish 70 thank you for them
Your constant reader, VERNA A OSBORNE.
No. COS Howe avenue, Shelton. Conn.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

alas! When he about two and g half years
old weasel got into his house and killed him.
You may be sure he mourned for by your
constant reader,
ALICE BARRETT (aged ~.
No. 17i West Erie avenue, Corning, n. Y.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

Sh'ehe> and ask him 20 bring another dog whe:-
ne comes from Mexico next year.
nope you all enjoyed reading my l.ttis makeup
aiG VIII write one for 70 read Yours very
tEtlY. ELLA s. LYNN (aGeG t3l.
Curtin. Nicholas County. w Va.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

Dear Editor: You are my creditor for the many
thanks due that now send TO you for the beau
tiful box OF water color paints q prize-my first
but hope not my last, as I mean 10 try try
again" Sincerely and respectfully
Pelton IIill, Portland, Conn. JANE PELTON
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
Things TO Think Abo1lf

When I was bathing in the surf yesterday some
one asked me where the Ural Mountains and
what OF men lived their slopes. 1 turned
and fed FOR had no desire TO exercise my mind
such profound questions.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.
ANAGRAMS.
I. Morning-glo Goldenrod.
q MariGold.
HIDDEN CAPITALS
l. Augusta. T. Charleston
T. Annapolis. 6. Denver.
g. Raleigh
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.


Wishing much success TO The Tribune I am
your constant reader,
Lebanon. n. J.
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LETTERS OF THANKS.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: / received
ths interesting book. I think II IS fine and rot
only that but II is Just the kind i like 7 ro,,
VIII get some paints another Sunday. Respeet-
fully yours. FT-CFNE : ErSLyE,
No. 116 West I'd street. Mount Vernon. n ".
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

Dear Editor: received the check for 81 whic
you sent me- and thank you for IT. It pleased M
very much 10 get a prize. and ] will try again
remain, ever yours truly. COPELAND HONEY
New Dorp, Staten Island.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

Dear Editor: Z thank you for the BOX O. vaser
color paints which got few weeks ago. was
very much pleased with them. It was the nrzs
prize won. but am going % Try again.
could not thank you sooner I was sick IN bed.
Your little reader. MYRTLE LEO NIfARD.
No. 401 Crosby avenue. Paterson. y. :
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

Dear Editor: Thank YOU much FOR swars'i irg
me the prize for my little story receive rv
check Yesterday and thank YOU also or you-
promptness. Thanking you again. I arm sincerely
EDITH II. ROBINSON.
Eeechmont, New Rochelle, y. Y.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

Dear Editor: received my prize Of 8 for WRIT
ing a story and was very much pleased With it,
being the first check / have ever received Intend
TO try again. Your constant reader.
z. NJ. TOR.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

ear Editor: received the book that Won FOR
enswering the missing word puzzle. and thank
very much for it. II was very interesting
ope 4 will be able TO win another prize sOrla
TINS remain your friend, JEAN S. HUME.
BOyi47, y T.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
Some Ways of the World

serious dignity 1t would have been breach OF
every known form of etiquette to Tame it Har-
riet though nowadays Hattie would doubtless
have been chosen. So he complimented the father
directly instead by naming the first steamer after
his estate, Clermont. and doubtless Miss Living
stOn understood.
young American matron living in London re-
Gently wrote home for socks for her eldest of
kind which she could find there. After
several days OF shopping rather questioning
without result, the kind desired found, and
stamped each tho words MADE In Eng
land"
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

Motoring from ones country place TO business is
not only pleasurable but profitable to the man
with two OF three sons in business also. Commut
,Dg from many OF the Long Island Jersey
colonies means q each way in many instances, II
th. drawing room is used. and s. worth of gas
olans IS not used the round trip OF fifty miles or
So The comfort too. OF starting when one pieases
IN 90 or some and seeing the country without him
draucs or stop are items that add much 10 the
Soy OF living.
T.. n Esnsrally remembered that Robert Fulton
..u.s nj. bo.t Clsrmont as a compliment his
,.dv Iowa Harriet Iiyingsson7 In those days OF
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

People talk about the decay OF manners, but IL
- COED thing that some manners have decayedr
sAd woman whose memory goes back 70 tl!nss
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Nc. 2Sl Pine street. Freeport. n Y.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-18
4 TRUE NOBlEMAN.

A philanthropic duke was the late Charles Theodore of Bavaria. He held rank and wealth as trusts for humanity. He was an eminent ocu- list. and he established free hospitals where the poorest could receive with out charge the most skilled treat ment. No prentice turned the char
 ity patient away from the dukes hospitals with simple or superficial treatment The penniless applicant was sheltered and relieved or cured. The Bavarians appreciated the dukes benefactions the more that as a peo- pie they are such spectacle wearers Chat they are studied by oculists from all over the world. The duke died more happily than his three sisters. who were famed for their beauty. The Empress of Austria was assassl
 mated; the Duchess of Alencon per ished in the charity bazaar fire in Paris. and Queen Maria Sofia of Ma pIes lost her throne, and probably was not consoled if she was. as has been said. the original of the noble queen in Daudet's Kings in Exile"
Arizona republican., 1909-12-18
PEEk-A- BOO FAMINE COMING.
Shirt Waist Makers Strike Likely to Make Elm Higher and Costlier.

If the strike of shirt waist makers in New York continues" said q sales man for a wholesale house, women will pay an advanced price for their peek-a-bOos this summer Right now is the time when the summer garments are being made up and orders are in for large portion of the output own CTS of factories are beginning to worr.. for fear they may not be able to set.l-. the trouble and that shirt waist fam inc will ensue.
 The average woman wears a shirt waist suit half the time When you figure that every woman owns at least three shirt waists and that some own two dozen you get an idea of the num- Der of such garments used in America The striking girls demand fif:y-two hour working week. q wage increase of 15 Ter cent for those employed on regular salaries, and 20 per cent ad- vance for piece workers
 Last year. thousands of mems white plaIted shirts were sold to women, who remodeled them slightly and wore them themselves. They might have to resort to the same methods next sum mcr- St. Paul DisDatch
Arizona republican., 1909-12-18
SCANDALS SCARE IN GREECE.
There Are So Many More Men the Girls Can Take Their Time
 to Pick Good Husbands.

Athens Grecce--Athens is by far the No greater lover of family life could be found than the Greek. He seldom visits a place of amusement, and as a consequence the foreigner finds the ancient capital not a particularly bright spot as far as theaters are con cerned, for it would not pay To run more than couple or so.
 Tn TO other country is the head of q family more respected than in Greece. F,Yep when the children are grown up they would not so much as contem plate an action which might be con trary to the wishes of their father. In short. Greek child is the most obe- dient and well brought up in the world. IL is an infallible custom when the father passes away for the eldest son to marry before q daughter is permit ted to. no matter how old the latter or how young the former. So much care and consideration is taken in the choice of a husband-there being con. siderabIy more men in Greece than "'iii'h' tue uduSHt'i" 'dh 'hh' tIelt time-it IS seldom that scandals arse
 Religion is observed more assiduOus- ly than in any other country. though. truth to tell. in many cases. more par iicularly among the lower classes. il is d su.erstitious fear.
 Priests of the orthodox church are permitted to marry and in way mix more in public life than any other member of the communit. The higher ecclesiastics. however, may not marry. If H priest takes a wife in early life he places barrier between himself and advancement
 The visitor tO Athens is struck i'm mediately by the small number of women seen alone in the streets New York World
Arizona republican., 1909-12-18
NOT A LAUGHING MATTER.

They were gliding round the ball room to the strains of a soft, dreamy waltz
 Suddenly he tripped and fell sprawl ing to the floor. carrying away good ly portion of his charming partners gown.
 Roars of derisive laughter greeted his contor ton. and ruefully he extri- cated himself from the masses of chif- ion and lace.
 Reaching the side of a gentleman whose face had not. assumed even the ghost of a smile. he burst out grate- fuiIv. sv
 sir you are a gentleman, You are the only man in the room who did not grin when had the misfortune to tear that iady's dress,"
 Don't thank me, my dear sir" re- piled he of the stony stare "The lady happens to be my wife, and l paid for her dress i"-AnSWers
Arizona republican., 1909-12-18
Parker. Ariz. Nov A. 1909.

Parker, ArlZ-. NOV -4. lJ"S-
 "To the Editor of The Republican:
 Dear Sir-Please excuse my thus addressing you, but in reading your paper of November --. | learned of the death of Judge De ArmOnd. IL was with deep regret that l read of this. l would not for the world de- tract from his laurels. but I feel in clined to offer an explanation. l am the widow of the late Richard r. Bland notice what you say of Judge De Armond never having met defeat at the hands of his people, but that MT Bland and others had want to say that Judge De ArmoGd represented one of the largest demo- cratic districts of the state-in fact. I think I can truthfuliy say. the largest-so strongly democratic is il that there is never a contest in the election after the nomination.
 My husbands district was never safely democratic He was elected to congress in his first campaign by only 600 majority, Ulysses =. Grant in that campaign receiving only foo less than a majority in that district. In the Hancock Garfield campaign
 when Mir Weaver was also a candi- date). think eleven democratic con gressmen went down in defeat, in cluding the silver tongued orator, Judge Phillips MT. Blands district
Arizona republican., 1909-12-18
RUBBER Necks" IN THE AIR?

Sightseeing aerOplanes or sightsee- ing dirigible balloons are possibilities which will develop into probabilities in few years" said Vincent r. Le Quesne at the Willard.
 Imagine yourself seated in an ae- roplane. flying over our big cities with megaphone man pointing out the sights of interest below. all for nominal sum-" said Mir Le Quesne. such thing is easily possible. and is delayed only by the perfecting of flying machines.
 So far as l know, there is no company at present considering the feasibility of showing sights by fly ing machines Aeroplanes and dirig- lbles oi type to carry d few pas SengerS are too expensive now to make such plan possible. The cost Of passage would be too high for the average citizen. Then. the nat ural temerity of the public in trust ing life and limb to the dangers of aeroplaning must be taken in consid- eration. No. it will be years q do not know how many) before we have sightseeing airship.. but they will follow the sightseeing automobile. just as the automobile followed the street ear and the street car followed the sightseeing coach"
 Mir. Le Quesne is probably the most prominent sightseeing" man in the country He directs the operation of about fifty sightseeing automo- piles. carrying more than a quarter million persons q year. in New York Philadelphia and Washington. In New York he operates steam yachts and coaches as well as automobiles for sightseeing Washington Post
Arizona republican., 1909-12-18

went against Hancock. but MT. Bland was elected His majority was never more than $500 until 1896. when he was defeated for the nomination for the presidency on the democratic ticket. He agaain ran for congress. and was elected by over 5000 ma iority Since his death the district has been represented about half the time by a republican,
 Hoping l have not tired You. am.
 Respectfully.
 MRS. RICHARD P BLAND"
 "P. S.-My daughter and I are here for the winter l think Judge De Armond's district is about 5000 or 6.001 democratic. l have often heard my husband say that Judge De Ar inond was one of the ablest men in congress. Missouri has lost much in his death.
 Mir Bland was defeated by the repudiatiOn of Grover Cleveland. in 1894. by = votes. and mistake in the count in Cole county brought this down to 42 Mir Bland always said that he thought that if a recount had been made he would not have been defeated. But his opponent had been granted a certificate of cleo ton and Mir Bland would have had to go before republican house to contest his election, thing he did not care to do.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-18
MOHAVE co. SETTLES
 ITS TAX LITIGATION
Western Arizona Railway Company Pays $7,000 Taxes and Recognizes
 libality for Taxation.

E. s. Clark of Prescott formerly at torney general of the territory. was a Phoenix visitor yesterday and brought the news of the settlement of the liti- gation between Mohave county and the Western Arizona Railway company, whereby the latter pays to the county about $7,000 in taxes The property concerned is the short railroad from Kingman to Chloride in Mohave county. The territorial board of equalization four years ago, under the advice 3f MT. Clark. put the railroad on the tax roll on the ground. first. that it was not exempt from taxation under the law. and, secondly. if the law so provided originally the road had not complied sufficiently to have earned the eXemp- ton privileges The railway company enjoined the county treasurer from the collection of taxes, and since then the matter has been in litigation The az gregate taxes in accordance with the assessment. from the beginning of the controversy today. would have amount
 
 On retiring from office as attorney general. MT. Clark was retained by the Mohave county supervisors, in con junction with w. F.. MorOney. the dis trict attorney. to represent the coun- ty il the litigation and to collect the taxes. Recently the attorneys for the railroad came forward with q com promise which was accepted and by which the railroad agreed to pay about s7.OO0 into the county treasury and set tie all litigation. The amount paid represents the full assessment made for this year and 50 per cent of the as sessment of previous years. and leaves the property on the tax rolls as ad- mittedly assessable. It is considered that the settlement is most Satisfactory for both sides to the controversy.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-18
THE RAZOR AND THE LAW.

When is razor not a razor? May a brave citizen carry a safety razor In the dark Of the moon without 'bc- Ing arrested for having q deadly weapon in his possession? These are grave questions. raised in a local court in North Carolina. and their difficulty seems so complex that leg islatiOn may be required. It appears that one negro had caused the ar rest of another on the charge of car rying concealed a safety razor The complainant averred that the enemy thus armed had threa tened to cut his head off. The court held that no cOlored, man could decapitate an- other with such an instrument. whereupon the complainant propound- ed the following query: "WhaffOr he got it if he can't cut nobody wifi it?"
 There. indeed. is raised a perplex- ing problem. To the mind of the African a razor is a razor. without regard to qualifying adjectives. A razor that cannot cut off a head, even by way of ferocious threat. is an anomaly Its utility is destroyed It's ultimate pOtentiality vanishes. A safety razor" is q self f-contradiction. razor that cannot decapitate is without a reason for being. It is in- conceivable that this instrument should be banished from the field of feud to the innocuous dressing table. The use of the razor as an article of the toilet has been always secondary to it's importance on the field of Mars. Thus does the progress of invention create new problems for legal minds to solve. One answer may be that the conservative and cumulative col ored denizens of the south will here after cling to the old-fashioned razor of the fathers
Arizona republican., 1909-12-18
MR. BLbND'S CAMPAIGNS DEFEATED ONLY ONCE FROM cONGRESSMAN'S
 WIDOW. Who, With Her Daughter, Is Spend ing the Winter at Parker.

The Republican is in receipt of the following letter. delayed in transmits sion. from Mrs. Richard P. Bland, widow of the famous Missouri con gressman. who is stopping with her daughter for the winter at Parker. The letter is in relation to an edi- torial in The Republican on the death of Representative De Armond of Mis- souri. in the course Of which it was mentioned that while MT. Bland and nearly all the more prominent mem bers of the Missouri democratic dele gation in congress had been defeated for reelection in 1894. Mir. De Ar mond had been reelected. Mrs. Bland writes:
Arizona republican., 1909-12-18
THE REGULAR ROUTE.

How many miles an hour does your motor car make|
 Tt depends on circumstances an swered MT Chuggins. Naturally we are much slower going from the house tn the repair shop than we are going from the repair shop to the house. Washington star