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WASHINGTON.

Plenty OF rain throughout the coun
try is prophesied by the Weather Bu.
reau.
Notice has been issued of the appoint.
ment of Frederick w. Taylor of Colo.
rado as director or agriculture for the
Philippine Islands.
More than two billion dollars in re
deemed bonds, representing the major
part of the governments Civil Wa
debt is being fed to the furnaces in
the Bureau of Printing and Engraving.
Steps toward recreating the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company out of the ele-
ments now composing it, in harmony
with the decision of the Federal Su-
preme Court have been taken in New
York.
The woman credited with having
first expressed the idea of general
memorial day, Mrs. Sue Landoa
Vaughn, is dead at the home of the
Eastern Star, Masonic order in
Washington, on which she was depend.
ent.
President Taft has signed the reci
procity bill. Secretary of State Knox,
oeCIeldIJ Vi Commerce ana LABOR Ma
gel, Secretary to the President Lilies
and Representative Littleton, several
newspaper men and battery of pho.
tographers witnessed the signing.
Because he does not believe in the
Senate's method of taking testimony
in Investigations, Senator Bailey of
Texas resigned from the committee on
privileges and elections. He made no
explanation to the Senate and the res
ignation was accepted without com.
ment
With the fall of President Simon's
government, inevitable, the revolution.
ary crisis in Hayti has caused the Ma.
Wy Department to order the scout
cruiser Salem, one of the swiftest
boats in the navy, to Port Au Prince
to reinforce the American warships pa
trolling the coast.
Ground has been gained by the Dem
ocratic-Progressive Republican condi-
ton for broader tariff revision and it is
confidently predicted in both houses
that conference compromise bill, the
farmers free list bill. and possibly the
cotton bill. with steel, sugar and 9TH
er schedules, would be passed.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
32O-Acre Homestead Law.

Washington.-The enlarged-home-
stead law permits the entry by one
person of 800 acres of government
land in the arid states which is not, in
the understanding of the government,
susceptible of irrigation. AS under
the original 160-acre homestead law.
this land can be acquired by the set
tier from Uncle Sam free Of cost, on
compliance with the regulations re-
quiring a residence and cultivation.
The determination of what lands are
subject to these double-sized home
steads devolves upon the secretary OF
the interior. and since the passage OF
the act in February, 1909. 190,254 ,495
acres have been designated by him as
subject to entry in units of 800 acres.
Every month additional lands are thus
designated, 9O,242 acres having been
added to the total in June.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
Horrible Wreck; Many Killed.

Bangor, Melt is reported fifteen
or more persons were killed in a head
on collision between a crowded eXcur
sion train on the Bangor & Aroostook
railroad and the midnight train from
Van Buren, to Bangor. Thirty or for
ty persons are known to have been
injured and it is thought several 9TH
ers are beneath the wreckage. The
collision occurred outside the Grind
stone station, seven miles north of
Millinocket. A special train was
rushed from this city with surgeons
and medical supplies and nurses. The
excursion train was bound from Kid
ders Point on the Penobscot bay,
near Searsport, for points in northern
Maine. 1t was late and is reported to
have been making good speed when the
crash came. What caused the acci.
den it not known. A heavy storm pre-
vailed throughout Maine and it is be-
lieved weather conditions had much to
do with the disaster.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04

a salary of $2.500 per annum during
his term of office. A new law passed
by the Eighteenth General Assembly
raises the salary OF this office from ST..
500 to $4,000. The fact that Henehan
was appointed before this law went in.
to effect will. in the opinion Of the
state officials. mean that he will draw
the old salary during his term OF Of
flee. The law that the salary Of an Of.
fetal must not be increased or de-
Creased during his term OF Office ap.
plies In this case.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
Western Newspaper Union News servic.
COMING EVENTS.

Aug. 7-1l-NatIonai Convention Ameri-
can Poultry ociution-DenvcI.
Oct. lt-2l.-Second Annual Show.
Colorado Electric club. Denver.
August 2l-.d-Powers County Fair.
Lamar.
Aug. :9.-K. OF y. Grand Lodge En-
campment. Canon City.
Aus.-Thirty- Triennial conclaVe
knights Tempiar-Denver.
Aug.-State Federation OF Labor-Colo-
rado Springs.
August 3O-September 2-Fair and
Races. Glenwood Springs.
september 40 Arkansas NaHcy
Fair. Rocky Ford.
September 6-Y-Yuma County Fair.
Wray.
September ll-l6-Delta County FAIR.
Delta.
september ll-l6-Fremont County
Far. Canon city.
Sept. lS-2l-Annual meeting Masonic
Bodies OF colorado-Denvcr.
Sept. 2l-22-Annual meeting order OF
Eastern Star-GIcnwood Springs.
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Aerial Flights at Lamar.

Lamar.-Bumper crops have cncour.
aged the Prowers County Fair Associa.
ton to arrange for several flights
here In connection with the Santa Fe
racing circuit. beginning Aug. %. The
Mathewson Aeroplane Company have
been awarded the contract.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
Must Tear Down Fence.

Sterling.-Thc United States govern
ment. through Thomas Ward. Jr-
United States district attorney. filed
suit In the Federal Court in Denver.
against Carl Brown OF Sterling to
make him tear down fence around
alleged government land.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
Wreck Injuries Many.

Detroit.-One motorman was killed
and five persons seriously hurt in a
collision between two interurban elec-
trio cars on the Ann Arbor division of
the Detroit United Railway. More
than a score we're less seriously hurt
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
FOREIGN.

According to figures received, the
deaths from the plague in India have
reached the enormous total OF 65O,6OO
fer the half year ended June 80.
A. big strike is planned to cover the
entire national railway lines OF Moxi-
co. and the present arrangement: is
that 1t will be inaugurated onAug. 5.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
Loss of Life Reported,

Boston.-Eleven lives are known to
have been lost in the West Indian hur-
ricane which swept the New England
coast recently.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
Greeley Facing Race Suicide.

Greeley.-Greeley Is facing race sui
eide II records of births are complete
for the last twelve months. These rec.
ords at the city clerks office show
l0l births. as against l45 deaths.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
Child Fatally Burned.

Ilif.-Pulling n pot of boiling coffea
apon herself while her mother was
getting dinner. the three-year.old baby
IF Clayton Hamil received burns
which resulted in her death few
hours later.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
Expert Advice.

Expert Advice.
How long does 1t take to learn to
run an automobtle?"
You'll need about three days to ac-
quaint yorself with the working parts
of the machine and a week to master
the vocabulary"
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
Prominent Physician Killed.

Pueblo.-A prominent physician OF
Pueblo. DIR. Oscar A. T. Haruff, Is
dead, and George J. Smith. rancher.
residing fifty miles north Of the city.
was seriously injured as result OF 4
collision between Haruff's auto and
the Rocky Mountain Limited OF the
Rock Island railroad near Pihon.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
His Criticism,

An old man stood on the street cor
ner in Cherryvale when the trolley
stopped and let of a woman passen-
ger. She had on a linen dress. Pan
anna hat. champagnecolored hose and
strapped pumps. "Gosh!" exclaimed
the old men. I'D spend less money
on my bonnet and buy some socks."-
Cherryvale (Kan.) Journal.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04

The City Council Of Rocky Ford has
decided to equip the new well at once
for service and the water commission
er has instructions to submit plans
and specifications for the necessary
apparatus. =
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04

Commissioner Of Mines Gets no Raise.
Denver. - State Commissioner OF
Mines Thomas r. Hennehan, will draw
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
By Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Peoria, In.-"I wish to let every one
know what Lydia e. Pinkham's RENE
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dies have done for
me. For two years
I suffered. The doc
tors said I had tu-
mors, and the only
remedy was the sur
geon's knife. Ny
mother bought me
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge BILE Com
pound, and today I
am q healthy wo-
man. For months
I suffered from in
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04

f1ammatfon, and your rSanative Wash re-
ieved me. Your Liver Pills have no
equal as a cathartic. Any one wishing
proof of what your medicines have
done for me can get It from any drug
gist or by writing to me. You can use
my testimonial in any way you wish,
and Twill be glad to answer letters."-
Mrs. CHRISTINA REED. 1O5 Mound St.,
Peoria, Ill.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-04
Another Operation Avoided.

New Orleans, La.-''For years suf-
fered from severe female troubles.
Finally was confined to my bed and
the doctor said an operation was neces-
sary; I gave Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
was saved from an operation Mrs.
LILY PEYRoUx, I'LL Kerlerec st., New
Orleans, La.
The great volume Of unsolicited tes-
timony constantly pouring in proves
conclusively that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is a remarkable
remedy for those distressing feminine
ills from which so many women suffer.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-09
GREAT LAWYERS WHO NEVER
WORE SILK

The appointment OF a new latch Of
Is. C.s may recall the fact that some
of the most eminent forensic and ju-
dicial luminaries have never been
numbered among his majesty's coun-
sci learned i'm the law" Brougham
and Danman. and O'ConnelI at the
Irish bar. were never kings counsel
Brougham and Denman were refused
silk gowns by Lord Eldon owing to the
implacable hostility of George "
O'Connell. although the head of the
Irish bar. was refused a silk gown aft
er the carrying Of the Catholic eman-
cipation act. which was in large meas
ure the result of his exertions. Suisse
quently they all obtained patents of
precedence. O'Connelrs patent giving
him precedence Immediately after the
Irish law officers of the crown. They
were. strange to say. queens counsel.
Brougham and Denman were attorney
general and solicitor general to Queen
Caroline. and O'Connell was the Irish
attorney general. On the death of the
queen they resumed their stuff gowns
and practiced at the outer bar. The
law reports of the time noticed this
fall in rank of Brougham and Denman.
who. they record. appeared in less dis
tinguished robes."-Law Times.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-09

greatly exaggerated and desiring to
rin the wants of his paper as regards
exciting news, starts out to manu-
facture some on his own accord,
which brings about some very laugh
able situations. Mr.. Fields will i'm
personate the newspaper man, while
Miss DeLacour will portray a veal
thy senorita who is secretly aiding
the rebels cause Tom Burns will
be i'm his element as a lazy insur
recto who is simply i'm the war bust
ness for the dinero there is in il.
The others i'm the company will be
nicely cast and a finished perform
ance can be expected Something
new in the way of electrical novel
ties and special scenery will be pre-
scented i'm this bill, while the extra
will be the latest NOV
ing pictures and music by the De
Lcgro family orchestra. I'm Menuda
Land" will be seen here for three
nights only commencing this even
ing.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-09
ON ISSUING INVITATIONS.
How They Should Read in Order to
Accord With Good Form.

The subject of invitations is one Of
general interest. First and foremost
is the doubt as to when invitations
should be issued in the names Of
husband or wife or when in the
names of the wife only. Practically
speaking, saws the Queen. there are
but few occasions when the former
would be correct according to ETH
quette.
\ dinner invitation should bc is
sued in the names of husband and
wife Thus when writing in the third
person the note should run as fol-
lows: Mr. and Mrs. \. request the
pleasure of Capt and Mrs. BIS COM
pany at dinner on Wednesday, the
21st. at a quarter to eight o'clock.
This is a strictly formal invitation
and only employed when the ac-
quaintance is of the slightest
The answers to invitations 50 word
I'd are likewise given i'm the names
Of husband and wife in this wise:
Capt. and Mrs. r. have much pleas
ure in accepting Mr. and Mrs. As
kind invitation to dine with them on
Wednesday. the 2lst" The refusal
should also be worded in the joint
names of husband and wife. thus:
Capt and Mrs. b. much regret that
previous engagement will prevent
their having the pleasure Of dining
with Mr. and Mrs. \. on Wednesday.
the 21st." If a previous engagement
cannot be pleaded the words unable
to accept should be substituted
Invitations to dinner are more oft
ten issued i'm the first person than
Arizona republican., 1911-01-09

i'm the third and here again husband
and wife join in them, the form be
ing as follows. with variations ac-
cording to the friendship existing be-
tween the writers and the recipients
Of the notes: Dear Mrs. B.: II will
give us much pleasure if YOU and
Capt B. will dine with us on We'd
nesday, the 21st. at a quarter to
eight
If on less formal terms: Dear
Mrs b IL would give my husband
and myself much pleasure if you and
Capt B. would dine with us on We'd
nesday. the 2lst. at a quarter to
eight" The husbands name should
be referred to by the wife in this
manner and not as Mr.. a This Is
question which perpleXes many
when giving invitations.
The answers to the above invita-
tions should be as follows: Dear
Mrs. A: My husband and myself
have much pleasure in accepting
your kind invitation to dine with you
on Wednesday, the 2lst": or 1t will
give us great pleasure TO dine with
YOU" &c: or more friendly still.
we shall be delighted to dine with
YOU" &c.
Refusals vary accordingly. and run
i'm this groove: Dear Mrs. A.: Nv
husband and | much regret that
cannot have the pleasure of dining
with you on Wednesday, the 2lst':
or Dear Mr.. A: We are eyer so
sorry we cannot accept your kind
invitation to dinner on Wednesday.
the 2Ist. but" and here should fol-
low the nature of the excuse.
Dinner cards of Invitations. accept
tances and refusals are chiefly i'm
use in town i'm ultra smart sets and
in official sets. but seldom i'm gen.
eral society and i'm country neighbor-
hoods. The form is in the third
person as regards the issue of the
invitation. the acceptance and the re-
fusal also. as given in the notes of
invitation written in the third per-
son with slight variation.
Wedding invitations are used in the
names OF husband and wife, and are
invariably written in the third per-
son; only under exceptional circum-
stances are they issued in the first
person-in the case of very quiet
weddings. for instance. when only I
the immediate relatives are invited
when the first person would be en-
ployed in the construction of the
notes The form should be as fol-
lows: Mr.. and Mrs. 4. request the
pleasure of Capt. and Mrs. BIS COM
pany at the marriage of their daugh-
ter Frances with Mr.. Edward c. at
st. Johns church on Tuesday De
cember Il. at 2:30 O'Clock. and after
ward at The Films" &c "RS.V.P"
The reply to the above is also
Arizona republican., 1911-01-09
WROTE PLAYS BY HUNDREDS

To Avery Hopwood. author of
Clothes and Seven Days" warn
ing friends whispered. You are work
ing too fast when they learned that
he has four plays for production this
winter, says contributor to the
Theatre. Vaughan of London wrote
five comedies in a hurry and has
paused. Sir Arthur Pinero is sud-
denly to the front with the declara-
ton that one play year is enough
for the literary worker. Edmond
took nine years for "Chantecler
The playwritTng giants of old set a
lively pace for modern writers to fol-
low, and there's no denying that they
are falling behind. All good work
for the literary worker. Rostand
at the snail's pace. nor have the
writer's of great plays deemed it nee
essary or advisable to retire on their
laurels.
There is always the example of
Moliere in such cases. MOliere for
years was in the midst of the kings
revels, yet he managed To write COM
edies between meals that survive as
classics of French literature.
There is also Voltaire. who was
more than "a court favorite. Kings
begged for his presence at their
courts and salons. He waged politi-
cal and religious wars. dabbled in
science. flooded the streets with
pamphlets. and was practical his
torian. but he found time To write
plays that survive the centuries.
Augustus Thomas writes one play
or perhaps two a year. His friends
say that he devotes much time to pol
itics. time that might otherwise be
consumed in playwriting. Compare
him to that old lion of the north.
Bjornsterne Biornsen. who played big
ger politics for thirty years than
Thomas has dreamed of. yet who
wrote plays with facility that
shames his contemporaries.
Also Strindberg Of Sweden. who.
after a busy day grinding out editor
ials for the newspapers. delivers
political address. then sits down and
writes the vitriolic tragedies that
cause the capers of the little society
dramas OF the>day to look like the
proverbial siXpence.
Tom Taylor to whom we are in
debted for a score of plays. includ-
ing our American Cousin The
Overland Route" and Anne BOleyn.'
was editor of Punch. a contributor to
the same periodical. a biographer and
historian and man of affairs yet
he did not write himself out
Alexandra Dumas. pere. left over
a hundred volumes as the product Of
his lrsy- pen. vet he found time To-
write plays. and Alexandra Dumas.
fills. wrote camille" gin less than
Arizona republican., 1911-01-09

and when the destructive 4th Of March
snowstorm came. along we hauled 175
carloads of damp clinging snow into
our icehouse. II cooled everything on
the dumbwaiter and watermelons. can
taloupes and celery were buried i'm the
snow until wanted II froze ice cream
for MS three or four times a week from
Nav on. and by November l we still
had several feet of it-more than
enough to last until the first snow Of
the new year. After this we think we
shall always put away some snow.
we read of the marvellous successes
made i'm raising squads for the market
and straightway we purchased ninety
five pairs of extra size homers. We
used the second floor of the old milk
house and the poultry house for our
pigeons. Birds. carpenter work and ma
terial for nest bowls, flying pen and
ssf feeders cost about $500. The eX-
pense of feeding. while we bought feed,
was dispropOrtionately large and the
birds were slow to nest during the first
winter.
When spring came they began to
build their nests of the fragrant tobac-
co stems, but the sparrows came
through the 2-inch mesh wire netting
OF the flying pen and ate the grain
and broke up the nests. Nearly every
day demolished eggs and limp squads
bore silent testimony to the bird riots.
The rats and the squirrels killed the
Young squads and even the mice and
mOles came i'm Ior. their share. We
have timed and cemented and used
bushels of broken glass. but even now
eternal vigilance can hardly D. said to
purchase safety.
I'VE now raise corn. wheat and sun
Power seed for the pigeons. This year,
we experimental with a little hemp and
we expect to plant more oeXt year. We
still lose a-few young ones. The re-
turns from this department show
good net income on the Investment and
we have standing order for all of our
squads at 80 cents apiece.
I'VE do not despise city comforts. We
repaired the old furnace that had been
out of commission for many years and
our big halls. open to the third floor.
are warm in the coolest weather. We
delight in the built in kitchen range
with its ovens above the stove and its
new waterback provides hot water for
our three bathrooms-when our ram is
working.
Early in our experience the plumber
threatened to become a regular boarder.
but we now have the proud record OF
having had a continuous water supply
in the house for ten months. I touch
wood as | write this. for be il known
that it is given no man I" understand
Just why rams stop.-Cnuntry Life
in America.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-09

month. because he was warned that
a piratical adaptation of his own
novel was to be given to the theater.
Yet none will say that Camille" as a
play is not the equal of The Sultan
of Sulu." The Easiest Way, or
Alias Jimmy Valentine"
Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven of
the greatest dramas the world has
ever had. ia sonnets and numerous
poCms. all in the space of at most
twenty five years. Bulwer wrote
The Lady of Lyons" on rush order
to cover up "a failure. In addition To
his colossal musical compositions.
Richard Wagner produced many Ii
bretti. essays and many volumes of
r!usical criticism. yet he did rot write
himself out
one of the giants of old was Dion
Boucicault. who wrote over 400 drs-
mas in forty years. but he didn't
dodge his social engagements. of
which one hears so much at present.
He was also an actor. lecturer. the
atrical manager the head of a dra-
matte school and a vOluminOUs reader
At the age of 10 he wrote London
Assurance in thirty days. and after
that quickened his pace as the years
passed. so that there is one instance
al least fully authenticated i'm which
lie wrote a complete drama in forty
eight hours. supporting himself during
the unnatural vigil on deep draughts
of tea.
One would willingly exchange the
400 plays of Boucicault for one trag
edy of the immortal William of Avon.
but so far as that argument is con-
cerned. it is easy 20 retOrt that
few if any of our one play year
dramatists are producing work that
is likely to be alive a hundred years
hence.
People marvel or pretend To do 50.
at tho collected list of plays by Clyde
Fitch. showing sixty-nine titles. Com
pare this to the 500 titles of the au-
thor of "Montezuma." Maurice Jokai
was credited with 600 books at the
time of his death.
The prince of all the writing won
ders. however. was LOpe de Vega
"&rpio. a contemporary of Cervantes
and Shakespeare. who is credited with
over 1000 original dramas. yet it ap-
pears that play writing was only Onc
OF the activities of his unusual lie
He was a soldier. had two wives.
with whom he lived i'm discord. and
then became priest attended To his
holy office during a period covering
several years He wrote plays at
the rate of fOurty-four year for
many years and by critics of the
Spanish drama his work is still
praised for its richness of invention.
vivacity Of dialogue and variety of
IDEAS any quality of which is enough
to distinguish a playwright today.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-09
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Arizona republican., 1911-01-09
HE WAS ONE TOO,

George Schaper. the Nokomis drug
gist. was summoned TO serve on the
petit jury this week and came down
Monday to report. when Judge Jet
asked If any jurors had good excuse
for not serving. Mr.. Shaper arose
and claimed to be exempt because
he is a pharmacist" He was ex-
cused. when another juror arose and
asked to be excused also
What is you excuse" asked the
judge.
Il have about the same excuse" he
said. Il am a farm assistant"
Subsequently he was one of those
arbitrarily challenged. Neither side
wanted man with a wit like that
on the jury.-Montgomery County
News.