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Williams news., 1912-01-13
ARE ALWAYS ON THE DECLINE
Wonder Is That the Dramatic and Culinary Arts Haven't Reached
 the Bottom.

From time to time some ancient gentleman bursts into print on the subject of the Good Old Days of the stage, walls over the lamentable depre- citation in public tastes. raves about what he is pleased to call "the class ics" and wonders in a spasm of hys- teria what we all are coming to any how.
 Why is 1t that the stage and home cooking are the only things that have consistently been on the decline for the last three hundred years? And why, if half what these old folks say Is true, haven't the dramatic and culi- nary arts reached the bottom by this time? Anybody with one good eye and recourse to 8 public library can as- certain with ease that ever since the advent of George Frederick Cooke in this country, bewhiskered pessimists have been comparing the contem- porary stage with the one of dead generation to the great disparagement of the former. There must be a limit, bottom. finish somewhere to the pit into which American theatricals have been tumbling for the last no years. If we are on the way to the demnition bow-wows and have been heading there since the days of Hallam, when are we due to arrive?-Glenmore Da- vis in Success Magazine. -i.
Williams news., 1912-01-13
WHY THEIR PARENTS DIED
Applicants for Life Insurance Give
 Some Astonishing Information In Filling Out Blanks.

Naturally applicants for life insur- ance may be expected to put as good a face as possible on the reports con- corning relatives and the causes of their deaths, but they sometimes make rather amusing statements. Some one has collected few of these which were originally published in the Brit ish Medical Journal:
 Mother died in infancy" Father went to bed feeling we'll and the next morning woke up dead" "Grandfather died suddenly at the age of one hun dred and three. Up to this time he bid fair to reach ripe old age" "Ap- plicant does not know cause of mothers death, but states that she fully recovered from her last illness" !" Applicant has never been fatally sick" Applicants brother, who was an infant, died when he was a mere child" Grandfather died from gun shot wound caused by an arrow shot by an Indian" Applicants fraternal parents died when he was child" :" Mothers last illness was caused from chronic rheumatism, but she was cured before death" Father died suddenly; nothing serious" s."-Journal of the American Medical Association.
Williams news., 1912-01-13
CYNIC REACHES THE ALTAR
There the Bride Consents to Take Him, Just aa He Was Afraid
 She Would.

Price is really quite an ordinary, primitive sort of person at heart, but he has a reputation among us for un- conventional ideas and a decadent point of view. He referred to his en- gagement as "this regrettable entan- element" and, when he asked me to be his best man he took care to write that "a lady having proposed mar riage to him and having shown no signs of relenting, he supposed 1t was up to him to go through the solemn farce of giving his formal consent to her autocratic designs" agreed willingly, for we all felt that Price, when he was married, would have to give up saying that sort of thing, and, therefore, one of us ought to be near by to take note of his last utter ance.
 The great day came and the bride in her white Je-ne-sais-Quoi looked charming. the bridegroom pale, but prepared, and the parson much as usual. With the help of little stage management from a discreet curate we succeeded, at the appointed time, in being at the chancel steps; the brides father, the bride, Price and myself, in the customary formation.
 Wilt thou have this woman to be thy welded wife?" asked the parson of Price, and I thought for second that he was going to seize his oppor- tunity and make his great remark then. But no; he merely, as he would have himself described it, politely ac- quiesced.
 wilt thou have this man to be thy welded husband?" asked the parson of the bride. q will" said she.
 "Ah!" whispered Price in my ear, "I was afraid she would"
Williams news., 1912-01-13
WARsHlPS ANNOY SOL JACOBS
Brighten the MackereI Away From Ills selnes Of Massachusetts
 Coast, Says Fisherman.

If you were seining for mackerel and luck was with you and just as you were about to draw in your nets with fine catch half a dozen of Uncle Sam's battleships came along and frightened all the mackerel away, wouldn't it give you a headache?
 That's just what it did to Capt. Sol Jacobs of the prime little auxiliary schooner Quartette, which reached T wharf. Sol had grievance against the; United States navy which it will take many days for him to live down.
 The other afternoon when the sun was just about sinking in the sky and the. water was as smooth as glass Sol spied a school of mackere1. It was the largest school he had seen for weeks. $:
 Orders were given to lower the seining boats and throw out the nets.
 The rest was easy, for the nets sank down on the fish, and Sc stood on the deck wearing smile and thinking of the dollars realized by that catch.
 But behold, just before the men in the seining dories had pulled in the nets at the bottom, imprisoning the toothsome catch, along came half a dozen of the battleships that were In the maneuvers at Provincetown and kicked up the ocean so that the mack erel were frightened away.
 T was angry enough" said Sol, ito fight the whole blamed squadron" ."- Boston Daily Advertiser.
Williams news., 1912-01-13
IT WAS "DELlGHTFUL POISON"
Pretty Legend of the Origin of Wine In Persia, Where It First
 Was Made.

The making of wine is said to have originated with the Persians, who dis covered the process quite by accident. One of their earliest kings. Jensheed, who, 1t is said, was only five or six generations from Noah, was the dis coverer, or rather a woman of his household was.
 He was immoderately fond of grapes" says the narrative, which is found in Sir John Malcolm's History of Persia" "and desired to preserve some, which were placed in a large vessel and lodged in vault for future use. When the vessel was opened the grapes had fern ented and their the king believed 1t must be poison ous.
 "He had some vessels filled with it and Poison written upon each. These were placed in his room. It happened that one of his favorite ladies was af- fected with nervous headache; the pain distracted her so much that she desired death. Observing a vessel with Poison written on 1t, she took 1t and swallowed it's contents. The wine, for. such it had become, over- powered the lady, who fell down into sound sleep and awoke much re- freshed.
 Delighted with this remedy, she re- peated the doses so often that the monarch's poison was all drunk. He soon discovered this and forced the lady to confess what she had done. A quantity of wine was made and Jen. sheed and all his court drank of the , new beverage, which from the circum. stance that led to it's discovery is to this day known in Persia by the name of Zeher-e-khoosh, or the delightful poison"
Williams news., 1912-01-13
Syrian Peasant superstitlon.

A law suit for libel brought by an apothecary in Pollau, in Syria, against a young peasant reveals an extraor- dinary superstition prevalent among the. country people. The believe that apothecaries and doctors have the right to kill at least one man and one woman every year in order to make medicines out of their bodies.
 An accidental movement of the apothecary at Pollau, Herr Kobermau- ser, when giving medicine to a boy named Putz led the latter to believe he was going to be killed. He ran away but got such a fright that he fell i'll. The inhabitants believed his story and boycotted the apothecary, who was at length compelled to prose- cute. Putz was sentenced to fourteen days imprisonment, but his parents. who had spread the story, were acquitted on the ground that they had acted in good faith
Williams news., 1912-01-13
WHY HE USED THE BAD WORD
little Matt Explained That the Two Pigs He Was Driving Got
 His Goat.

Matt Perkins, engine driver on the New York Central, thought his little tarm, out near Peekskill, wouldn't be couple and had them sent out, much to the dismay of Willie, his oldest boy, who tearfully protested hat the family would be disgraced if heir acquaintances found they kept pigs
 But the father was obdurate, and assigned to Matt, Jr., his six-year-old and youngest hopeful, the task of caring for the pigs. This has proved hard task, and little Matt has been having his troubles during the hot weather
 One day the pigs, being pigs, roamed far afield. Mattie, rounding them up, drove them past the veranda, where his mother happened to be. Hattie was talking to the pigs in no uncer- tain terms, and it must be confessed he used a word which he really should not Where he got it no one knows
 The mother promptly called him to task, and Mattie, having penned in the pigs, returned, hot and red of face, to the veranda.
 "Mattie," said his mother, sternly, 'I shall have to punish you. I heard you say naughty word"
 penitent rejoinder, "but you see, mamma, them pigs jest got my goat. New York Herald.
Williams news., 1912-01-13
Sheep in City Parks.

Rochester set the example, which other cities have followed, or utiliz- ing her leading park as a sheep ranch. New York uses her Central Park. for this purpose, and has just added $350 to the park fund of the city from the sale of 10 Southdown ewes and 39 lambs. But it is not for money chiefly that urban sheep herding is prac- ticed. A flock of sheep in a city park is one of its greatest attractions, es- pecially to children. To hundreds. and perhaps to thousands, of city bred people flock of sheep is about as mythical and unfamiliar as the pyra- mids of Egypt. It is a novelty both profitable and interesting-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Williams news., 1912-01-13
Some thieves again tried to break

bOOL1O bhiCNCc 6oih eiACd VI Oi Oo n into the Holmes Supply company store Monday night. A pane of glass was removed before the man sleeping in the store was awakened. when the looteIs made their flight. Manager Chamberlin says he will have someone in the store hereafter well armed and not afraid to shoot.
 Four prisoners-Geo. Miller, John Smith, John Sullivan ard Je- sus Moreno-all held on felony charges, broke from the county jail at Flagstaff Wednesday evening. So far as we were able to o-learn none of them had been captured to date. Sullivan is the man that broke into the Holmes Supply com pany store here.
Williams news., 1912-01-13
Too Many Books.

Barnaby Rich in his preface to "A New Description of Ireland" pulp lished in 1900, writes: "One of the dis eases of this age is the multitude of books. that doth so overcharge the world that it is not able to digest the abundance of idle matter that is every day matched and brought into the world, that are as divers in their forms as their authors be in their faces. It is but a thriftless and thankless occupation. this writing of books. A man were better to sit sing ing in cobbler's shop, for his pay is certainly penny patch! But book writer, If he gets sometimes a few concentrations of the judicious, he shall be sure to reap a thousand re- breaches of the malicious"
Williams news., 1912-01-13
ITEMS OF
 GENERAL
 INTEREST
Iocal Hews
Ribbonsl RIbbonsll at greatly reduced prices. Racket store.

Ribbonsl Ribbonsll at greatly reduced prices. Racket store.
 c. NJ, Wolfe transacted business at the county seat Wednesday,.
 Attorney J. E. Jones, of Flag staff, was a business visitor in Gown Wednesday.
 Engineer Billy Heron. who has been enjoying 8 visit with his wife and family in Las Angeles, re- turned the first of the week and ia again doing duty on the east local.
 Contractor Button is rushing the work on the new store room for Joe Blumberg and expects to complete the carpenter work the first of the week. The painters will get busy at once and the room will be ready for occupancy by the first. MT. Blumberg expects to be ready. for business by February 15.
 Miss Marian Wood, who for some time past has had charge of the millinery department of the Racket store, left last Sunday after noon on No. for her home in Los Angeles. in answer to a business call. Miss Wood is the only heir to fortune, which comes into her possession some time this month.
 MT. and Mrs. Jacob Caufman re- turned to Williams last Sunday evening from Seligman. As soon as Mir. Caufman can attend to his business matterssin town they will return to Seligman and make their home for the winter with their son, K. A. Caufman. MT. Caufman stated that as soon as the county division matter assumed more def nite shape he would return and would be found on the firing line until division was an accomplished fact. And Ee will.
Williams news., 1912-01-13
JoIIyinq the Parents.

"Why did you chuck that baby un- der the chin?" asked the man. "It is such an ugly little sinner
 That's why I chucked him." said the woman. T always pet the ugly babies. Pretty babies get so much coddling from strangers that their parents take it as a matter of course. It is the fathers and mothers of home ly babies who appreciate attention. Didn't you notice how pleased that couple looked? I don't suppose any body ever petted their baby before ex- cept themselves. They'll think lot more of the youngster after this."
Williams news., 1912-01-13
Rawlins.Burkes Nuptials

Cupid again visited Willia me Wednesday when Miss Fife Burkes and William Earle Rawlins were in the bonds of matrimony. The beautiful mass services of the Catholic church were held at nine o'clock Wednesday morning. Father Connolly of Winslow officiating. Miss Burkes was accompanied by Miss Gertrude Brown as brides maid. while William Code was best man.
 The bride was gowned in beau- tiful dress made of white mercer. ized silk, trimmed with white chif ion and pearl and carried a large boqueJ of white carnations, the bridesmaid wearing a pretty dress of cream cashmere.
 Miss Burkes is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Chas. Burkes, a well- known ranchman of this section. MT. Rawlins has lived here for sev eral years and is at present cashier in the local freight offices of the Santa Fe. MT. and Mrs. Rawlins will make their future home in Williams. The many friends of the young couple join The News in wishing them a long, prosperous and happy life.
Williams news., 1912-01-13
Tin Used in w.iobtino s,lk.

A chemist has recently analysed a sample of silk dress that was sub- mitted to him by lady. He found that 1t contained only fraction over 2S per cent. of silk, and as much tin was found in it as that present in poor tin ores from Cornwall The tin occurs in the so-called weighing of the silk. The chemist states that he at once realized the fact that the silk dresses worn by the ladies in London, taken together, would represent a Cornish tin mine of very fair quality. London Maj
Williams news., 1912-01-13
Not Needed.

A man recently acquired a motor car. For its proper accommodation he built shed near his house, and when the structure was completed, a party of friends, who were invited to inspect 1t, noticed that, though quite small, the shed was two-story build. ing. l.;
 They wanted to know what he in. tended to keep in the second story The owners reason was not satisfac. tory, but his wife revealed the req. son for the second story.
 You see." she said, 'the second story was intended for a hay-loft, and 1t wasn't until the thing was built that Henry and I realized that motor-car doesn't eat hay"
Williams news., 1912-01-13
CiQar StumpS,

Gather the cigar stumps about the house and place them in a can until enough are accumulated. Soak them in tepid water day, sprinkle this on plants. It prevents worms and bugs fnfesting them. Take the wet tobacco and sprinkle over the carpet and sweep well. This takes up dust and keeps away moths. Also crumb ble stumps fine and put them in hen nests to keep away chicken lice, instead of buying tobacco stems for the same purpose.
Williams news., 1912-01-13
Monkey as a Murderer.

Peasants living in the valley of the Nesles are at present in a state of terror concerning a monkey which es- capped from menagerie some miles away.
 The animal has been at liberty for several months, and every one talks in dread of the animals ferocious ex. ploits. It is credited with the murder of two women, stealing various arti- cles and eating children alive. Innu- merable battues have been made in the hope of capturing the monkey, but so far 1t has succeeded in eluding all pursuers.-Paris Correspondence Lon don Daily Mail.
Williams news., 1912-01-13
Death Preferred.

A. Stirling Calder, the Philadelphia sculptor, was reminded at the Frank lin Inn club, apropos of the Fourth of July and Liberty, or a story about the great Bartholdi statue in New York bay. An eminent English critic" he said, Sailing into New York bay for the first time, saw Bartholdrs colossal work and said:
 Is that Liberty?'
 "'Yes,' friend replied.
 "'Then,' said the critic, give me death.'"
Williams news., 1912-01-13
M. J. Hamilton
SlOO Per Plate

was paid at a banquet to Henry Clay, in New Orleans, in 1S42.
 Mighty costly for those with stom- ach trouble or indigestion. To- day people everywhere use pr. Kings New Life Pills for these troubles as we'll as liver, kidney and bowel disorders. Easy, safe, sure. Only 25c at all druggists.
Williams news., 1912-01-13
a Hard One

q hear that Gooby's new automo- bile made big hit with you" Quite so-knocked me unconscious.
, 1912-10-03
WARREN
ANSWERS
GOLFERS

thousands or items rnau rerer uIrecrly
or Indirectly to the appropriation and
expenditure of the public funds. The
clerks must also, meanwhile. keep I'D
the departmental and other work. At
the wyoming end comes the great vol
ume of correspondence and wants of
the people of the state, relating to the
public lands, which, while OF little in
terest to Eastern states, constitute a
most vital issue in the new states Of
the West with reference to. the home
stead and other laws of entry, irriga-
ton n reclamation under the laws,
mineral lands, ETC.. awaiting final re-
ceipts and patents. Thousands of
entrymen, always anxious and full Of
inquiry, are interested in these mat
tiers and especially in the issuance of
final title to their claims. Thore are
also large volumes of business relating
to postoffices and post-routes, which
are matters Of frequent change and al.
ways pressing in a new country; irri-
CATION; pensions: the business of the
Indians-their support and education,
the disposition of their lands. etc. The
pensioners, who r in large percent
g in the West. under the changes
made by the new pension law are
much in evidence.
The amounts drawn by the clerks
mentioned. Charles NJ. Smith, Hiram
Sapp. and Fred E.. Warren, were great
ly overbalanced by the mount paid
by me for clerk hire for the public
business. during those very years. to
those who were not on the rolls at
the time as employees and whose COM
pensatlon was not paid by the United
States In any form except through my
W salary as a senator and the sal
aries of the three clerks mentioned for
whom adequate substitutes were pro-
vided Some of the amounts paid out
to persons who were not on the senate
rolls were as follows:
, 1912-10-03
The Gallows Plant.

During the middle ages the
or old .herbalists," gave currency to
many curious stories concerning the
growth. form. ETC.. Of the mandrake or
May apple. which finally resulted In Its
being given the name Of "gallows
plant" The pseudo scientists Of thai
time declared that mandrakes would
grow In no other place except upon
which some terrible crime had been
committed. The roots were formerly
supposed to bear a strong resemblance
to the human form.
, 1912-10-03

Sir:
june % to July 10 ano 10,
1907, you submitted reports of the
examination OF special agents J..
G. Scott and j. B. Alton of an UNI
lawful enclosure alleged to have
been maintained by the Warren
Live Stock Company in Laramie
county, Wyoming. 1t was found
Is the result of such examination
that said company maintains no IL
legal enclosure OF public lands In
Wyoming, and II 10 recommended
that the cas- be closed.
THE case has accordingly been
marked closed on the records of
this office. and you will make the
proper notations on your docket
closing the case.
Every respectfully,
(signed) FIRED BENNETT,
Assistant Commissioner"
"RSC"
1.-The records of this office show
that on June 10. 1905, complaint
was made that the Warren Live
Stock Company had for a number
of years been maintaining an I'M
lawful enclosure of public lands In
Weld county, Colorado. and Lara
mic county, Wyoming.
"As n result Of this complaint
several Investigations we're made
by agents Of this office. due to
the fact that part of the alleged
Enclosure was in the state of
Colorado and part In the state of
Wyoming. These reports show
that in August, 1907, the date
when final investigation had been
completed. no unlawful enclosure
val being maintained by said
company either in the state Of
Colorado or IN the state of Wyo-
ming. Upon this showing this Of
flee. on September rs, 1907, d.
rected the chief Of field division
at Cheyenne. Wyoming. and also
the chief of Held division at Den
YER, Colorado. TO clo1e the case
against said company.
VERY respectfully,
(signed) FIRED BENNETT.
Assistant Commissioner
, 1912-10-03

Knicker Think we shall ever talk t.
Mars? Rocker No: II II was possible
my wife would never have overlo"se'
IT. New York sun.
, 1912-10-03

Client-so the jury gave me $1,ooof
That's great, eh1 Lawyer-Yes, my
boy You don't know how badly 1
needed It-Life.
, 1912-10-03

Bessie Wonder II Maude knows that
we are looking at her new gown' Jss7a
sie-Certalnly What do you suppose
she Is walking down this street forf-
Philadelphia Telegraph
, 1912-10-03
Tn. Other side.

The Other Side.
do you think a little learning Is a
dangerous thingT"
Possibly But It isn't half 80 dan
gerous as the same amount Of igno-
rance. Detroit Free Press.
, 1912-10-03

The art Of a nation has Its root In
the national character Tame.
, 1912-10-03
S { E BY. Tim. rabl.

Connects with U. P. train No. A
going east and with No II going
west.
Geo G. Austin Supt
, 1912-10-03
Department OF THE IN
TERROR,

"ozNERAL LAND OFFICE,
"WAsHlNoToN.
september Is, 1907.
"Closlnu Case Of Alleged Unlawful
Enclosure.
mt. W. B. Pugh.
"Chief of Field Division,
Cheyenne. Wyoming.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-23
SMITHS BILL PASSES SENATE
''Division of Markets" in Agricultur-
al Department to Act as Clear
ing House,

WASHINGTON.-A division of
markets" in the agricultural depart
ment to act as the clearing house
for farmers and consumers in dis
tributing farm produce and reducing
the chances of shortage or over sup
ply was authorized in Senator Hoke
Smiths bill passed by the senate to-
day.
Information as to supplies of farm
produce and the condition of the
market in different cities would be
distributed daily to farmers, farm
ers' organizations and societies of
consumers"
The bureau also would be author
lied to investigate and report on CO.
operative systems used in the United
States or foreign countries whereby
farm products are more economical
ly placed in the hands of consum-
ers.