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The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
GENIUS NEAR TO INSANITY
Many Maladles Called Oegeneracy Just Too Much of Highly De-
 veIoped Nerves.

Where my eugenic friend goes wrong is in failing to realize that great many of the maladies which he calls degeneracy are just too much of the highly developed nervous sys- tenn which is the special endowment of the gifted families.
 Overcharge the battery ever so little and genius becomes insanity; give one member of the family a volt too much and the delicate bal ance of phyiscal and mental quail ities on which sanity depends IS broken down. Extinguish the fam fly and you will rid the world of some degenerate, but you will also and at the same time rob it of its most gifted men.
 My eugenist would never have let Cowper, Lamb, Coleridge, Steven- son, Keats, Ruskin, Henley or De Quincey see the light.
 The doctrine of heredity should never be forgotten by parents or remembered bY children. To the
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
IS QUEEREST OF ANIMALS
ChameIeon's Capabilities in Line of Changing Color, Contrary to Pop
 ular Belief Are Limited.

It is popularly supposed that the chameleon possesses the power of as- suming all the colors of the rain- bow, but, as matter of fact, its capabilities in that line are restrict ed, inasmuch as certain colors are quite beyond its attainment.
 The chameleon can, however, pass through a series of yellows, grays, greens and browns until 1t reaches a color almost black and, unlike the leopard, the chameleon can and does change its spots. The chief causes of these rapid changes are anger, ex- citement, fear, heat and cold.
 In the full blaze of the summer sun the chameleon takes on black ish hue, with pale, pinkish-yellow spots and central stripe.
 The chameleon presents, perhaps, the quaintest physical features in all animaldom, for he resembles nothing so much as one of the mediaeval gargoyles, such as adorn the tower of Notre Dame. His toes, in their arrangement of three on one side and two of the other of each hand and foot, are most suggestive of a birds as is also the manner in which they grasp the bough upon which the little fellow is resting or climbing. The expression of sardonic humor that seems to play about the mouth of the chameleon is curiously height ened by the weird effects of the in- dependently moving eyes.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
oHuSOE IN MANHATTAN.

another reason why an English (an Is apt to tire of New York with expected rapidity is the curious
 oiatlon of the city. One feels in Jew York singularly cut off from Pe rest of the world and not least [0m the rest of America. Personal confess l never really regard ['Sell as In the United States until lew York is left behind and I am (se or Its atmosphere of concen-
 a'ed self sufficiency. A Lon- Puer who is used to being at the
 n'er of things and watching be-
 ''n ms very eyes the convergenee thousand worldwide interests | uniy feels in New York that he | been banished to the outer cir
 s4 sn,erence, It but feels also that he has |n Aigiand without really reaching
 leiiea' From the narrative of a
 .ls'tlng Englishman in Harper's seAtY.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
MODERN METHODS WHICH GIVE HIS LABOR A DOUBLE
 PRODUCING CAPACITY.
AN INTELLIGENT BRAIN
 AND A LCSTY BRAWN
Make a Marvellous Combination. Use the Latest Machinery, Breed the Best Animals, Adopt Scientific For mulas and QuadrupIe Your Earn ings and Profits.

We live in day of discovery and progress. Old things are giving way to new and better things The world advances. He who is not awake to the trend of the times, sleeps on to his own loss. He who does not keep step with the march of progress will be left behind the procession, and part company with his more enter prlsing neighbor. Nowhere in the sphere of human industry is there more need of intelligent effort than among the "horny-handed sun-burnt sons of toil' on the farm. Nowhere do greater returns for intelligent ef- fort await men. Study the nature of the soil. plant life, and learn how to produce the most and best at low est cost in money and labor It you can make an acre produce two bush els to where it has been yielding one, for practically the same labor, you not only reap double in quantity, but nearly or quite double in quality and price. Keep pace with the use of labor-saving machinery. It saves hu- man vitality, conServes physical com fort and prolongs your years. Get the best breeds of stock and domestic animals. It costs no more to raise that kind than inferior strains, while your profits are ten-fold It takes four years for a ''razor-back" hog to be fully ready for the market, and then he will not weigh half as much as pure-bred Poland China or Berk- shire at eleven months. Last week Less Hill of Nashville, Howard coun- ty sold a Jersey COW and calf for $1S5.00, and D. B. Sain of the same place received $15000 for a COW and calf. A. L. Skillern of the same town sold a Jersey COW for $125.00. Fine breeds of hogs for breeding purposes are selling for from S75 to S150 per head. Of course instances could be cited where much more fancy prices have been obtained by professional breeders. The Arkansas State Fair will afforl the best opportunities for learning the latest in scientific farm ing, seeing the latest in up-to-date ma chinery, observing the finest breeds of stock and poultry. It will be revelation to our farmers, an educa- tional help to them which should not be missed Arrange to attend the fair, whether you have an exhibit or not. What you will see and learn, and the inspiration it will give you will be worth much, besides the op- portunity to invest in pureb bred stock, either direct or by placing orders.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
They Are Called "Panic Birds" and Appear Only When Tempest
 Is Impending.

There is an interesting class of men who are never seen on "the street" when everything is bright and buoyant, but who flock there in droves when tempest breeds, and stocks fall way down to almost nothing. They descend upon ''the street" to take advantage of such conditions, and buy up stocks when at their lowest, holding them until all is peace again, and then selling at handsome profit. They are usually veterans of the market who "know the ropes," and buy when everyone else is selling, and sell when prices are high and everyone is buying. These "wise men" of Wall street are called "panic-birds," and they al- ways soar high above "the street" in troublous times. One "panic-bird' has flown into the whirlpool of some twenty panics and has scared with 6 fortune of half million. On the other hand, one young man, with a few thousands and some ordinary horse-sense, took "flier" in Wall street for the first time at the height or depth-of the 1907 panic, and came out practically a millionaire. Strand.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
MIGHT INCRlMlNATE HIM?

"Any of you at church last Sunday evening"" queried the bald-headed boarder.
 It appeared that nobody present had been there.
 'Well, the preacher, as it seemed to me, took advantage of my being in the audience to say this: Will all persons in this congregation who feel that they are saved please rise p"
 "Well, did you rise?" queried the inquisitive boarder.
 'I refuse to answer"
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
OF FOREST FIRES
.timated at s150,0oo,ooo In One year Laid to careless"ess
 of Woodsmen.

With total estimated forest tire Iss for the entire country last year lncing from $15O,O00,00O to $2oo,- |no oo0. and causing the death of lveral hundred persons, uneasy ln- [ead must rest the knowledge upon N woodsman, experienced or anna bur. that he caused a fire which bav have contributed in this loss of |fe and property, says Guy Elliott kitcbell in the Review of Reviews. |n the other hand, the man who ex- |nguished an incipient fire may take Ilst pride in the act.
 The way to prevent big fires, as Thief Forester Graves says, is to put hem out while they are small. If |pople are careful not to start fires,
 N if in case fires do start there are bough people available to fight hem, they will gain no headway. The forest service in its posted mo- bce lays down few simple rules D keep in mind when in the woods |nd particularly requests in case of Ire that the forest guards be noti- led. If the fire has not gained too brge headway it may be very pos |ble to check and extinguish it, al- lays remembering that fire runs kpidly up a slope, burns slowly on De crest and travels down hill yet
 bore slowly. Many an incipient
 Fe has been put out by single
 bard or ranger, or an experienced kmper, using his blanket or green fanch for beating the fire or throw bg on loose earth or sand.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01

aUgomoDdes, ana flying machines. You've got to get move on you, or be run over and lost in the dust be- hind. If you want to attract atten- ton now, you've got to make a stir and raise noise. By the flashing of torches and the blowing of rams horns, Giedon's band put the hosts of the Mideonites to flight. Even the granite walls of Jherico fell before marching columns, the shouts of multitude and the blast of trumpets.
 If you have good town, fine country and want the world to know it, get your hustlers together, break your pitchers, flash your lights and blow your rams horns.
 Many of the most progressive towns and counties of the state will take advantage of the State Fair this fall for effective exploitation. Northern and Eastern capital is flowing south as never before. The great resources of Arkansas and the rare opportuni- ties for profitable investment are just now attracting attention from all sec tions as never before. Thousands of prospectors from all over the coun. try will be at the fair, seeking infor- nation about our state. Boards of Trade and business mems organiza. tions from towns all over the state will help their farmers get fine ex- hibits to the fair, will send along with them some live, active hustler to stay during the fair for the purpose of giving out information touching the resources of their county and advau- tages of their towns to the inquiring multitudes. The Fair Association will provide ample space and desk-room without charge. Organize now, and get in the procession. Write the secretary at earliest date possible of your intentions and your require ments, so as to be provided for. Ask for catalog and premium list.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
POINTER FOR HOUSEWIVES.

Sububs-Well, I've just engaged two girls at the intelligence office.
 Urbano-Going to keep two maids now?
 Sububs-Mercy, no! 1 engaged one to come Monday and the other a week from Monday, when No. 1 will no doubt be leaving. I can't spend all my time hunting intelligence of- fices.-Judge.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
AMUSING BULL"

Dr. William H. Welch, president of the American Medical association, was defending the cause of vivisec- tion, and arguing that many thou sands of lives have been saved by the knowledge gathered from cutting up animals. Then he made an "Irish bull"
 q deny," he said, with emphasis, "that the animals suffer unspeakable agonies. ."-Popular Magazine.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
IN SclENcEVIlLE.

The Visitor-High Olympus, but there's beautiful monument What here could have inspired so costly a structure?
 The Native-That's a tribute to the germ of appendicitis, sir. Come up and read the inscription. You'll see it's a token of grateful apprecia- ton from 1897 surgeons.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
SYMPATHETIC.

\, nave no patience with Duh-
 .swon r'e 'neers at Velasquez."
 ,D". "ei'' l don't care much for for friana frt,s myself, but if velasquez is 'mia n of yours, don't blame you getting sore.a a you
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01

More premiums have been offered by the Arkansas State Fair Associa- tion this year than at any time in its history. Bring whatever you have of value and get a premium.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
SPOKE TOO SOON.

Have you ever seen pink and green monkeys?"
 Certainly not"
 "Then you are all right" Not so fast, l once saw a couple that were skv-blue."
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01

first 1t is the assertion of their re- sponslbility; 10 the second e re- mbinder of their helplessness.-J. A. Spander in the Westminster Ga- zette.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
PROGRESSIVE TOWNS AT THE
 STATE FAIR.
The "live Ones" are Going to En- brace the Opportunity for Effective Boosting of Their Advantages.

This is the day Of activity. Things are moving. It is a day of fast trains
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01

Mrs, Askitt-Are you careful to 'ake your husband tell you every llng that happens to him2
 Mrs. 1ellitt-Yes, and Pm careful see that nothing happens to him.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01

Dobbins-Pretty busy at your housep
 Wobbins- Yes, my wife is prepar- ing to go away to get tired for the summer.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
WISE MEN OF WALL STREET

that were skv-blue." :"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-23

and Broadway. But surely this was a
case IN which one could not predicate
pose he had decided TO vary his itinerary
for that evening suppose he had gone
nome. Suppose he were sick. or at a
theater, or In a taXicab. or restaurant.
Suppose he had taken fancy to sit In
Central park until the hour of midnight
sn6 sngposs ers he had escaped from the city
ward. 1 glanced at Crewe His face was
Tesolnts, set into its usual decisive lines.
teries-but always by his optical GIT.
never by pure induction. And / could
not help feeling that there was a sad
disillusionment In store for him,
AT Forty street and Broadway
we found Murphy on duty Crewe drew
him aside. ] saw him whisper and saw
heard the cllnk OF steel Then we three
posted ourselves Immediately beneath a
bright electric light and engaged In trivial
ers
Half an hour must have gone by. At
| least fifty men in blue suits had passed
! us. good half of whom might have been
the missing cashier. All at once l saw
| Crewe touch Murphy's ann. and the two
swung round and walked leisurely after
passing brissly up the thoroughfare At
the Forty-second street crossing he hesi-
tated a moment. pulled out his cigarette
case. and began TO smoke. An electric
| shoulders
! Crewe went up to him. fixed his eyes
on his collar. signalled Murphy, and
| touched his captive on the shoulder, The
man started violently and let his Cigarette
1--WE want you. Mr.. Rowell," said
| Crewe. At the same instant Murphy
snapped the handouts upon the cashiers
wrists.
| matical reasoning would, as you said,
enable you TO postulate the average
man. I remarked TO Crewe subsequent
ly. But how could you positively iden-
tify Rowell among your 1T men In blue
serge? And how could you know for
sure that he was stroiling up Broad
Il didn't. It was not until I got him
under the electric light that was able
to pronounce him Rowell with certl-
| tude''
But how2'
DO you remember the cashiers seat
at the London bank. with its projecting
| grille7'
| YES"
! "Do you remember that the. manager
! told us they had had an unusual quantity
of sunshine In London?'
DO you remember that Rowell wore
a blue serge suit2"
well. what OF it,
I'm sunlight?''
Precisely. And in consequence. since
he sat always In the same spot and bent
| over his counter at the same eieVALion,
the bars Of the grille would leave thin
| stripes OF unfaded material in the dis
colered CLOTH Langton. to your eyes
Rowelrs suit may have looked like any
other mans. but to mine his breast
and shoulders were striped like a Ze-
| BRAS"
How did YOU know he would not order
| a new suit"
''He had no time. The tailors are rushed
at this season.
But he might have bought one ready
made"
'dThe ready-made clothing trade is ex-
clusively an American institution %
| Crewe answered suayely mo English :
| man can ever be persuaded that he will
look like anything but tramp In suit
OF ready made clothes"
Next week: "The Crooked Seam")
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-23

~,cht 1911. by w. g. Chapman IL
r76ifed States and Great Britain.)
i the many problems which were
soIved through the aid OF Peter
Crewe, | think that which involved
fi1e capture Of Rowell. the default
Ing bank cashier. was the most re-
bic. Crewe's skill rested In The
mon a certain optical gift by virtue
|ch he WAS enabled at any dime 10
n before his mental vision the pic
4 any person or thing that nc had
nspected. and that complete and In
detail perfect. But while this fac
|ras largely instrumental In Row
apture. this case involved besides
~ and close a piece OF mnthemat-
|nBoning that II deserves 10 be set
- one of the masterpieces of detec-
1duction.
'e and ] were in England upon
.,1siness at the time when the rob-
"a the Penny and Shilling bank
Il the country. Rowell, the cash
a somehow managed 10 obtain pos
/ of no less sum than Gl6O,OO0
i. 600 in American money. He had
( secreted this In his suit case,
out of the bank on Saturday at
and completely disappeared by the
be- discovery OF the theft was made
)nday.
slI had no relatives and no close
/. He had no ties, no acquain-
anong the criminal class. He
Ike many another young English
the middle classes: or medium
gtalwart, alert, aggressive. clean.
't no photograph behind. There
/ to be no way in which he could
Superintendent of Scotland Yard
d happy suggestion to the bank
nF- l had been called into consul
"a the banks attorney. and / had
I'll Crewe to the conference with
Te both strongly approved the plan.
~ Englishman who has commit
|elony makes the United states his
e objective the superintendent
why this should be so / do not
! to know. | do not mean TO cast
upon your country. Still, the fact
q that. when he thinks the hue
has died away, he takes ship for
the proposition is to herd him
hat I will call a rat trap. So long
10 be discovered. But Ii We make
Rse hot at every point excep, the
q ports. If we publish items in the
pers stating that no guard is be-
pf at Liverpool or Southampton.
: the fugitive is believed To be in
II we do this. he will be tempt
will Investigate TO discover 'wheth-
j Is true; finally, embol6ened, he
Re ship for New York"
Them" asked Crewe.
arrest him as he disembarks.
plan was carried out and worked
ection. Although Rowcll could not
lively identified. there was every
10 believe In a cabled statement
he captain of the PenIannic TO the
hat the fugitive had taken pas
b his ship, The information was
back to New York and IL couple
cfives were detailed 10 arrest Row
moment that he landed.
the plan miscarried, AS
med afterward, Rowell had some
Is6essed himself Of the uniform of
B officer. and attined In this guise.
tepped boldly ashore under tho
1f the detectives and disappeared
the four million inha abitants Of The
bank urged me 10 hasten 10 Amer
order to assist in the work OF Pc
~ l had, however, interested the
1r In Crewe by recountiug some
former successes. and,
INVITATION ] brought my friend TO
me of the robbery.
say you have no photograph of
ef?" asked Crewe. when he heard
Iails of the story
% whatever. And I fancy" said
lnnger, that you will not obtain
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-23
HOW HE CURED
HIS SKIN DISEASE

twenty years to outw on
enwthh
but did relief continued the disease under
the direction different end of
timeth I qutthe
salves lotions another
bad off before SO finally decided toilet medicine
the time lost half At last be-
gns ST. doubtful of because the disease had soon
doing good
After awhile completely
uuil the snng to Gee If II would return but have seen no ofi
ndarnsa per
and do not believe will ever have return of the trouble
1917 blackberry ST. otumwa Iowa F. C. NORFOLK
What S. S. did for Mr. Norfolk every whoi
afflicted with Skin Disease He is just one the many thousands
who have cured themselves by the simple purifying the
cured You have any trouble, short
talk tell you just why will accomplish the desired result
epdem skn which has 6bres and pncpaya
covering the body The other known as the derma or true skin
The thousands of tiny veins and arteries with which this lower
a5 SuRp P d the soo sUd e We bsre
readily how for the blood TO be the skin
always find way surface and skin affections
All skin troubles due to humor acid in the blood Instead
constantly deposits mpuy sensitive hbres and s
This inflammation OF the under layer of the skin which
glands PRODUCING discharge upon the surface in the form OF ECZEMA
% Salt anf s m There n X M Pm M m e Sood
diseases the hair foices etc. causing them TO swell and
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such treatment have effect the humors the blood and
herefose never do any permanent good ,h. acids
and removing the humors from the blood SIS the acid
M ton builds it up TO its normal nal siren III nd ny Dd
nourshing qualities Then the skim instead OF beng
and Se pn lsy Supply aoR Is
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-23

he is within the limits Of Manhattan
borough said Crewe. And the glory's
yours" lie added
The police chief looked at me. He
knew Crewe and his work but his pride
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-12
TAE eIRl FROM U. 5. a.

A new musical comedy Of unusual
brand and gripping interest is THE
Girl From U. s. A." which comes to
the Grand on Saturday matinee and
night.
The u%nravelment of the plot creates
a series of mental wave sensations
that reach high water mark at the
close of the second act. with thun-
'dering applause and persistent recalls
cause the curtain to be raised again
and again. The climax comes when
the fearless American heroine in a
bold attempt TO rescue her French
girl friend from the clutches Of q
high Turkish official finds herself en-.
tapped in a ceragllo OF the dignitary.
When life itself seems hopeless, the
drum beats and martial notes Of
ankee Doodle are heard outside her
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-12
4 Systematic POLICY.

.NHEaW.L NHHf LHr|.HH LE"H ~ N
The trend Of the talk at the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress-. held in
Washington last week, was in way of
emphatlcally favoring a countrywide
national policy in the development Of
the inner waterways. The convention
was more widely representative In its
constituency than any of the previous
gatherings since the association was
formed. The resolutions that were
adopted urge upon Congress a broad,
liberal and systematic policy of water.
way Improvement.
Congressman ]. Hampton Moore,
who is president of the Atlantic Deep
er Waterways Associations, believes
that the session OF the National Wa.
terways Congress last week has ma.
terially strengthened >the prospects of
securing government aid for the pro.
posed inner route along the Atlantic
Coast. Very many OF the delegates
Who attended last weeks conferences
are especially Interested in the great
Eastern project. The completed re.
port Of the army engineers who have
made surveys Of the entire route from
Boston to Key West is now being ex.
amined by the review board of the
War Department and 1t is expected
that this report will be, in the hands
Of the congressional committee to
which 1t is to be referred within two
weeks. .
Estimates have been made on the
probable cost of ways to link up The
natural nayigable, waters along the
coast to have a minimum width of 100
feet and either a minimum depth OF
twenty-five feet or of eighteen feet. as
may be determined. II it should be
determinedto make the channels twen-
ty-ive feet deep, the largest ships en-.
gagged in the ~coasting trade could use
them. Many coasting ships could
navigate channels eighteen feet deep,
but such an average depth would be
accompanied with continual dangers
for the larger types of coasting steam.
ers.