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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

Every little while some court de
cides that the hen is bird or is not
a bird Why not simplify the matter
by having a law providing that any
thing with a wishbone is a bird?
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

The winters are harder to endure
because we now have the revolving
storm door in public buildings.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

Woman may need instruction how to
alight from street car. but she does
not need to be told how 10 get into
an automobile.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

Too bad for our sailors to spoil a
perfectly good South American revo-
luton by capturing one little gunboat,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

A Chicago woman rides on street
cars to cure headache. Some cures
are worse than the disease
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
Consolidation Bill Passes sena,.

OUHS0fFuatI0II DITf dSscS SENATE.
Senator Hughes bill. providing for
the consolidation of adjacent school
districts and prescribing the powers
and duties of such consolidated dis
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

1t appears that our warships are
more deadly in times of peace than
In times of war
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

A London taxi chauffeur has written
play And now the public will have
u chance to run him down.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

Taken all around a $1,000 salary
ought to DO about right for $1,000
man.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

The coronation gown of Queen Mary
is to be IS feet long. 1t will not be
tackled onto a hobbe skirt.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

Foolish birds that went south will
never know what delightful spring
weather they are missing
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

Anybody can detect note of spring
in the chirping of the baseball fans.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

WI Ting-fang suggests. And our
own Chinatown takes its cue.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

Aviators won $4,000 last year.
They earned it. too.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04

the day. When young man he began his contributions to the newspapers and the invention of mechanical pug zles. some of which attained an almost universal craze.
 One of the first inventions to bring him fame was the Fifteen Puzzle" Later came ''The Tigers and the Men," Pigs in Clover" "Parchesi" and "The Disappearing Chinaman" MT. Loyd's most profitable idea was The Donkey" puzzle, of which l. O00,OOO.00O were sold.
 MT. Loyd took the view that there was something more in his puzzles than the simple amusement of the mo- ment. He believed that he had in his devices come across something which would sharpen the wits of the aver age man. He pointed out that they could interest and amuse men who re- garded ordinary mathematics with dis gust, and that the boy who had at school shrunk from the very-idea of an algebraical square root, would de vote his spare moments to the solu- tion of a puzzle which involved the same principles as the sum, just be- cause he was interested. Consequent ly. he maintained that he supplied something which the average system of education had missed.
 Apart from his puzzles MT. Lloyd was for a time the editor of the Sani- tary Engineer, and a shrewd operator in Wall street. He also wrote for r,,v,bar oF r,o1o1inaz IIa woe y,,arr, Der of the New York Press club, the Brooklyn Chess club and the Brook lyn Whist club He is survived by a widow. one son. Samuel Lloyd. Jr., and two daughters.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04

be expected to appear the latter para of March, and the egg-laying period usually lasts from early April until early July.
 In very early spring. before the plants have made much growth, the beetles often push their eggs down between the leaves, the usual place of oviposition. however, being in pune lures made in the stem Gig. 9, and some damage occurs at the very be- ginning of the season on account of the beetles pncturing the young stems and killing them in their efforts to oviposit in them. Some idea of the abundance of these eggs and the ex- tent to which the pest may breed in vacant lots and other waste lands where alfalfa has escaped from cul- tivation and grows as weed may be obtained from the fact that in one case a single plant has been found to contain 127 of these egg punctures in the midst of the egg-laying season, with the punctures fresh and new. As one puncture may contain anywhere from a few to over 300 eggs, probably 10 or 15 on the average, this single plant presumably contained between 1000 and 1,3OO eggs at the time it was observed. If these matched and half of them developed into female beetles and so per cent of the latter passed the winter, this plant might in year give rise to over 150,000 beetles.
 Most of these eggs hatch in about ten days after being deposited. and the minute young. almost white in color, make their way to the leaves
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04

a son of Menelik's youngest daughter and his father is Ras Michael, pow erful prince and governor of three provinces. In Abyssinia youth natures early and Lidj Jeassu is said to have showed qualifications amply sufficient to justify his selection as emperor. He has been educated by European tu- tors, and speaks English, French and German
 Two years ago the emperor married Princess Romano Work, who had reached the age of seven. She is a granddaughter of Negus John, Meme lik's predecessor. and is also a niece of Dowager Empress Taitu. The mar riage had great political importance. as it united the two warning dynasties of Abyssinia and reconciled chiefs of powerful tribes.
 Menelik Il. has been out of health for years. He has been reported dead several times. Besides, he is in his seventy-seventh year, and his mind has been growing feeble. Whatever the politics of Abyssinia, Lidji Jeassu seems to have got the better of En- press Taitu, his grandfather's wife, an ambitious and cumulative woman
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
.MEXICO'S BIG MAN
Francisco 1. Madero, Leader of
 the Late Revolution.
Small In Stature, But Large In Ae- complishment and With Will and Personality That Domin-
 ates Others.

Mexico City, Mex.-Mexico's big lit- tie man today seems to be Francisco l. Madero, the leader of the revolution ists. A year ago his name was band jed in jest in the official circles of Mexico City. The partisans of Diaz called him a dreamer, a prattler of nonsense, player to the galleries, misguided and harmless propagandist, who, comet-like, would flare, swish briefly, and die.
 Recent events have stultifled this comment, and his prophecy. The re- forms for which Madero gave his time. raised his voice and lost most of his private fortune are in the making. Some of his dreams have been trans muted into Mexican organic law. The alchemy of public opinion is working a like process with others.
 It was Maderos book on "The Pres Idential Succession of 1910" that first brought him within the range of pub lie vision. In that work he praised Diaz for accomplishing much that was good in his long reign and pointed out the weaknesses of the administration as he saw them. He expressly re- clared that the sage of Mexico" had outlived his usefulnes and that 8 change was imperative for the vel fare of the republic and the rights of the people.
 In daring to publish this arraign- ment of Diaz and his policies, Madero showed his nerve. Others had thought as he and had said so privately, but none had had the audacity to express his conviction in cold type Mexicans were astounded at this frank dis cussion of their national affairs and predicted that Madero would lose his head or his liberty. Having prepared the way with his book, Madero an nounced himself a candidate of the anti reelection. or liberal, party for the presidency early last year He was formally nominated by conven- tion of that party on April 15, 1910 Then he started upon a whirlwind campaign that made Americans resi- dent in Mexico think of the stirring rallies in this country 25 years ago when fireworks, transparencies, torch light processions and noisy demonstra-
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
THE ~PIGS IN CLOVER" MAN
Sam Lloyd, the Inventor of Numerous Puzzles and Chess Problems,
 Is Dead

Brooklyn. N Y.-When Samuel Lloyd. the puzzle expert and inventor of chess problems, passed away at his home in Brooklyn. the world lost a man whose contributions to the pub lie have probably entertained more people than those of any other man of the age. Young and old. rich and poor. alike, have wrestled with the fantastic creations of his fertile brain.
 Born in Philadelphia in 1841 and educated in the schools of New York city. he early displayed the gifts which were to bring him fame and wealth. At the age of six he was pro ficient at chess and was untangling he hardest mathematical puzzles of
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04


 nus): Adults clustering on and attacking sprig of alfalfa. About natural size. where or in what manner it was brought to this country no one knows, but it was first discovered in the spring of 1904 in small field of all falfa near Salt Lake City, Utah, and attention promptly called to it's pres ence by the Utah agricultural expert ment station.
 The beetle itself Gig. D is usually less than one-fourth of an inch in length, varying from one eighth to three-sixteenths inch, and when fresh ly emerged from the cocoon. within which it passes from the larva to the pupa, is of a plain brown color In a few days this brown becomes darker, mixed with black and gray hairs, which give it a spotted or mottled ap- pearance, as shown, much enlarged, in Fig. 8. Gradually these scales and hairs become rubbed off, so that in spring we frequently observe individ- uals that appear almost entirely black, with small, irregular gray spots upon them.
 The insect winters entirely in the beetle stage, seeking shelter, before the frosts of autumn commence, either in the crowns of alfalfa plants, close to the surface of the ground in the field, or under leaves, matted grass, weeds, and rubbish along ditch banks, haystacks, and strawstacks. Indeed, 1t is oftentimes found in barns where the hay is kept over winter When this hay is being put into the barn in late summer, one side of the barn has been observed to be almost covered with adults, and in winter and spring, when the hay is being fed out, the
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
lanan Likes Her Birds.

Birds have an excellent time in Japan, and our own agriculturists would do well to emulate the treat ment meted out by their eastern con freres to such birds as the swallow and martin, says the Wide World With a skilled appreciation of the part these feathered friends play in relation to their crops by keeping down the in- sect pests, they exert every effort to protect them and to encourage them to propagate their kind. It Is to be wondered at that this sentimental but withal eminently practical nation rev erences the swallows as messengers to the gods and invites them to build their nests, not only under caves and rafters, but in every and any room of the house7 In the hotel dining room were several nests, where the happy parents reared their families in com plete safety.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04

out in the country to the north of the city, occupying site on what is now One Hundred and Sixty-frst street in Harlem. AS estates went in those days the property was not large. be- ing only about 100 feet square. Its location, however, overlooking the Hudson, together with the fame of it's previous owners, made it particularly well known
 Burr was not its only famous occu- pant. since James Madison, president of the United State occupied 1t from 1894 to 1906. Ambrose c. Kingsland. a former mayor of lew York. was an other tenant of national reputation. In 1s4O Aaron Bur sold to Sheppard Knapp the property. which has been disposed of at auction for $34 4.500. many times its vaIre during the days of Burr.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
TO WRECK THE BURR HOME
Another Famous New York Landmark Is to Give Way to Mod
 ern Structure.

New York.-As result of the sale of the old mansion at one time owned by Aaron Burr, located in the upper part of the city. anoth I famous land mark is to make way fo- a modern structure. New York apparently has little reverence for such historic prop critics, and if the dollar mark con tinues to take rank over historical as- sociations this city will shortly te without a single trace of the places which have become famous in the history of the country.
 The old Burr mansion WIS bull. nearly century and a half ago. and was at the time of its construction far
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
NEW EMPEROR OF ABYSSINIA
Flfteen-Year-OId Grandson of MeneIIk n. Now Occupies the
 Throne.

London.-The grandson of Emperor Menelik H., Prince Lidj Jeassu. was proclaimed emperor of Abyssinia with appropriate ceremonies. The new en- peror is only little over Is years old. He assumes the title Negus Ne quesh, King of Kings. Conquering Lion of Judah. Three years ago he was proclaimed. heir to the throne.
 Abyssinia's new ruler is supposed to be the descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. who was a pronounced brunette. Lidj Jeassu is
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
tions were the chief arguments.

tions were the chief arguments.
 It is recent history how the presi- dential candidate was arrested for se-
 ditious utterances and thrown into the
 state penitentiary at Monterey; how
 he was eventually released on his own bond, and. goaded by prosecutions. fled to the United States; how he was indicted in the district court of San Luis Potosi on charges of melting to rebellion and of libeling the president; how he formulated his plans on this side of the border, re-entered Mexico and gave the insurrection an actual start on November 20,
 Madero is one of thirteen children nine sons and four daughters-of Francisco L. Madero, ST. He is 39 years old Three of his brothers, Gus tave, Raoul and Alfonso have been with him actively in his fight.
 The Madero family is one of the wealthiest in Mexico, with Evaristo Madero, an octogenarian and an ex- governor, the head of the clan. He is the grandfather of the revolutionist His grandfather before him emigrated to Mexico from Portugal. Evaristo Maderos sons and daughters. good ly company, were all educated in the United States and Europe.
 Simple in dress, democratic in man ner and unostentatious in spite of their great wealth. members of the Madero family are popular with the poorer classes. Francisco is said to be just plain citizen of the hills who diamonds and formal dress ex- cept on state occasions, but he has the culture that enables him 70 hold his own in the graces of the social life.
 The Madero family estates are among the largest in the republic. There Is one big ranch in western Chi huahua called Bustillos. another at Parras. Coahuila, midway between Sal tillo and Torreon. and still another in northern Coahuila and southern Chi Altogether the Madero land holdings embrace from 3.000.0O0 to 5, ,0OO, ,0O0 acres.
 Madero is married and has children. He is rather under average stature, with heavy but not coarse features, a determined chin. and sturdy phy- sique His courage Is of the sort that reckons with discretion. He Is a vigorous speaker and virile writer.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04

world She held office for one year at Argonia, Kan, a town located in the same county with HunneweIl Mrs. Salter was elected mayor of Argonia in 1887 and served for one year.
 She is an active suffragette and be- lieves that women should hold office, but should not be on the police force or hold offices of similar nature. no more than a man should cook the meals and keep house in their homes. Mrs. Salter believes that sugar catches more flies than vinegar. and says that while she was in office. by applying the sugar. she had little trouble.
 'T jus: made those men of the coun- ell believe they were the incest men in the world. and we got along admir- ably" she said. When Mrs. Wilson was elected mayor of Hunnewen I wrote her a letter and advised her to adopt this policy. but she is having lots of trouble. I was very anxious for Mrs. Wilson to make a success just to demonstrate that women are capable of holding office"
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04

right much enlarged
 first eating holes therein, soon as sume a decidedly green color, and when full grown are about one-fourth of an inch long, with a white stripe along the back and the somewhat hooked appearance shown by some of those in the illustration Gig. 9. The attack is now confined to the young leaves and the crown of the plant, thus preventing its growth, and bad ly infested field of alfalfa will ire quently attain no greater height than about six inches, too short to now at all If the field is mown over most of the larvae will, of course, be shaken off and drop to the surface of the ground While some of these perish. those that survive and live upon the fresh growth, together with those matching from eggs deposited after the moving, develop sufficient mum bers to overwhelm and destroy the second crop. The larvae continue to attack the plants, being most abun. dant during May and gradually becom ing less abundant throughout the month of June As these transform, the adults become more and more abundant as the season advances, and not only do they feed upon the fresh growth, but they also eat the bark from the stems, and thus, where ex- cessively abundant, totally destroy the second crop.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
WooI-erowIna States.

In wool production New Mexico stood first among the 12 southern states for 1910 with S.7S3.300 sheep and wool clip of 2S,O7S.1S5 pounds; Texas came second with 1.467.57e sheep and S,S05,456 pounds of wool, and Kentucky held third place with S4S, ,250 sheep and wool clip of B. S17.125 pounds.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
Average Size of Farms.

The average sized farm of the coun. try contains trifie more than hun dred acres. The smallest average acreage is found in the three-acre corn farm in Vermont, while the larg- est average is found in the 169-acre ranch in California.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
A ReasonabIe supposItIon.

Big MT. Little (truculently)-Yo' sah. am a liah, sahl
 Little Mir Biggs (diplomatically)- Uh-weH, sah. considerin' yo' heft an yo' boldness cross de equator. dun huh but what dar thought be a lit. tie suppin to date the'ry, sah!- Puck
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04

The alfalfa weevil CPhytonomus mu- rinus Fab.) is not native to America. but has been accidentally introduced from Europe, western Asia or north ern Africa, where it is common, and where, while more or less destructive to alfalfa, it is probably prevented by it's natural enemies from working se- rious and widespread ravages. Just
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
THE FIRST WOMAN MAYOR
Mrs. Susanna SaIter of AroonIa, kan., Holds This Distlnction-Her
 Sugar Policy Worked.

Topeka. Kan.-The troubles of Mrs. Wilson, mayor of Hunnewell, Kan, recalls the fact that Mrs. Susanna Sal ter was the first woman mayor of the
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
Forbidden Sweets. 

'Robson denounces kissing"
 Sour grapes"
 Why do you say that?"
 -His wife is so homely he couldn't possibly enjoy kissing her and so sharp eyed he never gets a chance to kiss anybody else"
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04

The alfalfa weevil: Adult Much enlarged. floor of the barn will often be swarm ing with the beetles, like ants about an ant hill. It has been estimated that fully 80 per cent. of the beetles that go into winter quarters in the fall live through until spring. With the com ing of spring the beetles make their way forth from their hiding places and attack the young growth of alfalfa as soon as there Is sufficient food for them. In ordinary seasons they may
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-04
ALFALFA PEST ACCIDENTALLY
 BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY
Common n andN North
  Discovered City, Utah, Spring 1904.

(By F. M WEBSTER, United States De
 partment of Agriculture.)
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-11
SAID HE HAD EARNED It.
Explaining Why He Took
No One But Hansen on
the Final Dash-His Dis
covery, He Adds, Will Not
Benefit Other Explorers.

Washington. Jan. 10.-Admitting
that the north pole is just as much
lost as ever. and that all future at
tempts to find it must be Independent
enterprises. unaided by his own
work. Peary, the Arctic explorer. an
swered a cross fire of questions be
fore the house committee on naval
affairs today.
He told how he wanted the glory OF
the polar achievement for himself. de-
Ginning 10 let any of the expedition
other than the negro. Hansen. go on
the last dash with him, how his pre-
vious contracts had prevented him
from testifying before the committee
last spring. and how the members OF
the expedition had been prohibited
from writing about the trip.
Peary was asked to throw light on
why. as a naval officer, he had made
no report to the navy department.
He said he had made some report to
the coast and geodetic service and
had advised the navy department Of
that fact. His impression was that
the superintendent of the survey had
made a report To the navy. Pressed
by Roberts. Peary said a letter from
him was on file somewhere asking
the secretary for his written report
To the survey as to soundings
why did YOU not take the white
members Of the party with you on
the final dash Of your trip nOrthward.
So that there might he creditable
confederation asked Roberts of
Massachusetts.
In the first place" said Peary, Il
always made the final squirt with one
exception. when Lee was with me.
with one man and the Eskimos. be-
cause the man l took with me. Han
sen. was more effective for combined
demands If extended work than any
white man. The pole was something
To which I have devoted my life. for
which | have gone through such hell
as l hope no man in this room will
ever experience and l did not feel
that l should divide it with any
young man who had not the right to
it that | had"
Peary replying to repeated ques-
tions as to the result of his trip said
he had not not yet prepared such
charts as would enable anyone To fol-
low his footsteps to the pole. but he
Imagined" he had data by which he
could prepare such a chart.
He said the position of the north
pole could he determined just the
same as the equator. but the trouble
was with the comparative low alti-
tude of the sun, which never gets
higher than 231a degrees above the
horizon For that reason ordinary
observations could not be relied upon
with accuracy.
The committee will continue the
hearing tomorrow when Mason of
Arkansas. is expected To question
him.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-11
SPECTACULAR FIRE
COST A MILLION
Cincinnati's Second Visitation In
Three Weeks.

Cincinnati, O.. Jan. 1O.-Entailing a
loss of more than a million. the sec
ond fire in three weeks destroyed the
Chamber of Commerce. 4th and Vine
streets. damaged property and injured
a dozen firemen. While several fire
men are unaccOunted for early re-
ports of fatalities among firemen and
spectators caught in the wreckage of
a collapsed roof. could not be con-
firmed The Stock Exchange and l..
& n railway offices. both of which
contained valuable records were de-
stroyed.
Only bare skeletons of the walls of
what was pronounced to be Cincin-
MATHS most magnificent building re-
main. The building had valuation
of a million. while the fixtures in
the various offices of the building
were valued at $4,000. Stocks of
business house in the block were
damaged. but the fire was confined
to the Chamber of Commerce build
ing Fully 5000 were crowded di-
rectIy outside the fire lines when the
roof collapsed. Clouds of smoke and
flying sparks filled the streets for
two squares and a panic followed.
Men and women fought to escape.
When the smoke lifted it was found
that no one was seriously injured.