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The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
A UNIQUE CRITICISM.
The Shout That Made Reminston's In-
 dian Open His Mouth.

Frederic Remington's studio was quiet. A stiffness that betokens work pervaded the atmosphere, and the artist, working away at his can vas, ''The Spirit of War;" silently laid on his colors of the scorching sun and an Indian chief, raised in his stirrups, shouting to his braves, inspiring them with courage for the fight.
 Remington had not heard a knock at the studio door or the entrance of an unannounced guest. Nor did he realize that two sharp eyes were Icanning his work with that critical examination characteristic of the man who ''knows art. ]"
 Suddenly there burst from the visitor such a shout as any Indian chief would have been proud of.
 Another and another shout echo ed through the studio. Remington. starting back, dropped his brushes and palette and turned in the direc- tion of the laundering voice.
 "Ah, bahl My boy, open his mouth Make him shout. Make him look it. Open his mouth. So-so." And the stranger gave vent to two more shouts fit for the plains.
 It was Gerome, and this was his method of expression in this special case. Remington, in accordance with his advice, "opened his mouth, " and as a result, instead of the slight ly parted lips, there is face so full of enthusiasm, 50 expressive of great heartfelt throb giving vent to a cheer, that when one sees the pie ture he is prompted to the action of Gerome, who made probably the most unusual criticism ever given on one of Remingtons best pictures.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
A Scots Strategy

Sandy MacDougal was braw lad of twelve. One day he fell off the roof and broke his leg. His parents carried him ben the .hoose and stretchit him on the bed, where he groaned and grat while the doc tor was sent for. When the doctor came Sandy didna want him to touch his leg for fear it would hurt. But the doctor explained that it maun be done.
 @Whilk leg is it. Sandy, lad ?'' speired the doctor.
 ''This ane," whined Sandy.
 The doctor seized the ankle, pit his fut in Sandy's oxter and gied the leg sic a yerk that the lad was nigh pu'ed in twa. He yammert like boggle. Then the doctor pit on a bit of bandage and went ava.
 'Did it hurt, laddie?" asked the auld feyther.
 'eNae sac muckle as it micht, 9 answered the lad.' grinning. ''I wasna sic a fule as to gie him ma sair leg."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
WEST BOUND
Post Office Schedule

Mail for train No. g closes at 7:15 a. m. daily. Mail for Indian Wells, closes at 7:30 a. m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
 Mail for Train No. 2 closes at 6:30 a. m. daily.
 Mail for St. Johns, Springer vile, Edgar etc closes at 800 a. m. daily.
 Mail for Snowflake, Ft. Apache closes at 9:30 a. m. daily.
 Mail for train No. 8 closes at 6:15 D. m. daily. Mail for train No. 10 closes at 600 p. m. daily.
 The office is open for money order business from 10:00 to 400 p. m. every day except Sunday. The General Delivery window will be open daily except Sunday from 9:30 a. m. to 500 p. m. On Sundays between 800 a. m. and 1000 a. m. only.
 The patrons of the Post Office are requested to kindly bear the above information in mind and thus aid in promoting the effic- iency of the office.
 E. J. SMITH,
 Postmaster.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
A serpentine Wharf.

At Port Los Angeles. Cal, there extends into the Pacific for the dis tance of almost a mile what is probv ably the longest wharf in the world and which, besides. presents most curious feature in that it takes the form of a long serpentine curve. The reason for this construction is that it offers better resistance to .he strong currents and buffetings of the waves than if it were perfect ly straight.-New York Press.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
The Best of the carIyIes.

GA Book of Scotch Humor" illus trates anew of a native of. Annan- dale the saying that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country. ''I ken them a'. said the rustic, speaking of the Carlyles. "Jock's a doctor aboot London. Tam's harem scarem kind O chiel an wreats book an that. But Ja- mie-yon's his farm you see owre yonder-amie's the man O that family, an Pm brood to say ken him. Jamie Carlyle. sir. feeds the best swine that come into Dumfries market"
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
Warned.

Sone years ago Miss Mabel Love was playing the title role in Little Red Riding Hood at Dublin. She was entering the room to visit her grandmother in bed when an ex- cited and anxious little voice shout ed from the gallery; ''Stop, stop. It isn't your grandmother. It's wolf. !"
 The house burst into storm of applause and laughter at the child's innocent alarm for the safety of the little maiden in the red hood.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
Perfect conhdenee.

Among the humblest of shop keepers in Cardiff tEere is a con- fidence in their poor customers quite unknown in different circles, One day the proprietress of a small shop stood on a corner gossiping, and lad approached. 'FPlease. Mrs. -," he announced, i've have been kicking your counter for ten min- utes. Mother wants pound of soap" "Tell mother," was the re- ply, "to take what she wants and put the coppers in the saucer under the counter" = Cardiff Western Mail.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
The poo's Kennel.

Damp is the greatest evil to which the dog confined outside the house in a kennel is liable. It will kill the strongest dog and must be care fully guarded against. If a dog is to keep in health, too, it is neces- sary that it should be able to enjoy plenty of sunlight, and the kennel should always be placed facing south, except in the hottest parts of the day in summer, when it should be moved into the shade.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
Dramatic Detail.

Sir Henry Irving was accustomed to visit at the home of Miss Fris- well, author of 'EIn the Sixties and Seventies" in which volume ap- pears the following anecdote: "My mother often used to point out little details that had been overlooked. 1 remember one in The Bells which my mother told MT. Irving on the first night when he returned to our house to supper People who have seen the play may remember that the first scene is a small inn and that there is supposed to have been deep fall of snow. The inn keeper, Matthias Qrving), walked in on that first night in ordinary black boots, with no snow upon them. My mother spoke of it, and afterward Matthias wore high black boots and stood on the mat while the snow was brushed off Remarks were made in the papers as to MT. Irving's attention to the minutest details, and this was cited as an in- stance"
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
Lanqe's Stolen Base.

One of the funniest incidents in base stealing happened in Chicago one of the years that Bill Lange led the league in base running. \ It was close race between Lange and Hamilton for the honors in base stealing, and the season was draw ing to close. The game was close, and I-ange led off in the eighth in- hing with a two bagger. Anson went to bat and laid down a perfect bunt. intending to sacrifice. He went out in close finish at first and, looking up, discovered Lange still perched on second. He was furious, but that condition was mild to what he experienced an in stant later when Lange stole third and took the lead for base run ming honors.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
A Mother of Queens.

When Charles 1. was king of Eng land country girl came to London in search of situation and applied for the position of "tub woman" !" or carrier of beer at a brew house. The brewer, struck by her good looks, married her. In a short time he died, leaving her large fortune. She gave up the brewery and for the proper settlement of her husbands affairs was recom- mended to MT. Hyde, a rising young barrister, whom she afterward mar ried. This gentleman ultimately be- came Earl of Clarendon, and from his marriage with her he had one daughter, who became the wife of James II. and mother of Mary and Anne. both subsequently, queens of England.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
aNaminnY a Member.

It is an. ancient belief that a mans name has some mysterious sympathy with his nature, whence arise such stories as that of Rum pelstiltskin, whose power over hu- man being vanishes the moment that his name is pronounced aloud It has been suggested with some show of reason that the modern practice of naming a refractory member of the British house of commons is merely a survival of this belief, which the Norsemen brought into England.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
HOW MUSsELS ARE CAUGHT.
And What Happens to the MoIIusks
 After They Are Landed.

After They Are Landed.
 The gathering of mussels forms an important industry in the mid dle west. The mussel fisherman's outfit consists of boat and pair of dredges. A dredge is composed of ordinary gas pipe whereto num- Der of hooks are attached, each hook showing four prongs.
 Fastening a stout rope to his dredge, the hunter drops 1t over board, and as the boat drifts with the current the dredge drags along the bottom of the stream. The mussel lies with shell open, and when the prong of hook strikes within the opening of the mussels two shells the deIuded mollusk, un- der the impression that it has cap tured something edible, closes down on the hook with a viselike grip. After floating twenty or thirty yards the dredge is pulled up and the remaining dredge is dropped from the opposite side of the boat. It is not unusual for fisherman to capture as many as hundred mus sels at a single drop of the dredge.
 When the fisherman has got as many mussels as his boat will con- veniently carry he rows ashore and undertakes the cooking out" proc ess. The musseIs are transferred from the boat to a tank that holds from 800 to 1000 pounds. Here the mussels are boiled for one hour. process that loosens the meat from the shell. The shells are placed upon a platform. where they are sorted and cleaned for shipment. The price paid for the shells in ton lots frequently touches the $lO mark.
 While the shells form the prin- cipal product of mussels, the fisher man not infrequently has the luck of finding a valuable pearl in his catch. A A-pearl 10 be of first quail ity must be of good luster and of round. button or pear shape. If it is irregular in form, but has brilliant color, it has some value. An irregularly shaped pearl is called a baroque. A pearl to be of any great value should be not less than one-eighth of an inch in diameter and in color should be white, pink, purple. brown or black.
 Frequently the mussel fishermen find pearls of perfect shape, but of dull lead color. These are worth less and are known as ''dead pearls. "
 Another product of the mussel deserving mention is the slug" The slug is always irregular in form and is composed of the same matter that goes to make up the pearl. although it does not possess sufficient brillianee to be classed as baroque. "Slugs" are employed in the manufacture of cheap jew elry, and the price for them ranges from $l 10 $l.50 an ounce.
 Pearls. baroques and slugs are thought to be formed by the mussel as a means of protection against ir- ritation. A foreign substance, such as. for example, grain of sand, ef- fects an entrance between the shells. This irritates the mussel, and to protect itself it envelops the offending object in coat of nacre of varying thickness. - HarPer's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
Study Yourself.

In order to judge of the inside of others study your own, for men ID general are very much alike. and though one has one prevailing pas sion and another has another, yet their operations are much the same, and whatever engages or disgusts, pleases or offends you in others will engage, disgust, please or offend others in you.-Chesterfeld.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
THE SCARED WRIST.
Queer Dream Story Connected With
 the Beresford Family.

For three generations the Beres- ford family has handed down as substantially true a remarkable dream story which is connected with a small pocketbook and a piece of black ribbon in possession of a mem Der of the family. So well known and so well authenticated was the story that member of the Beres- ford family printed for private cir culation short account of the facts, of which, without impugning the sincerity of his relatives, he endeav- Ored to give simple explanation.
 The narrative is a love story as well as a dream story. The heroine Of it is Nicola Hamilton, the young wife of Sir Tristram Beresford. This young lady appeared at the breakfast table one morning very agitated and pale and with her left wrist bound with a piece of black ribbon. She replied to her hus- bands inquiries by entreating him to ask her no questions. She. then said that her brother. Lord Tyrone, of whom she had been very fond, had died on the preceding Thurs day, which subsequently, proved to be the case.
 It seems that in the night Lady Beresford had dreamed that her brother sat by her bedside (although she declared that he had indeed sat there) and, after telling her whom her child should marry and that her husband would die before her. warn ed her with the utmost vehemence against marrying the second time.
 s1f you do remarry," her dream visitor had said. "you will suffer from your husbands ill treatment until your death at forty-seven. Re sist every temptation to a second marriage" Requiring some proof of her brothers reality. he had. at her request, touched her wrist with his hand, whereupon the sinews had shrunk and the nerves withered. She showed her wrist. bound with black ribbon, but declared that it had been forbidden her to uncover it.
 When Sir Tristram died Lady Beresford, in spite of all remon- strances, immediately sought abso- lute solitude and retirement. But. life without friends proving unbear- able, she consented to exchange vis- its with a single family of the neigh borhood. In this family was a son whom, after a time, she strove in vain to regard with indifference. Her love grew and oyerpowered her. When the young man declaeed his passion she consented to a private union. All turned out as the dream had foretold. In a year or SO her husbands conduct was so bad that she had to separate from him. At forty-seven she died. After her death her wrist was examined and found to be as she described it.
 The most remarkable of the facts connected with this strange story the scared wrist-is explained by the writer of the pamphlet referred to above as follows: He considers that Lady Beresford, who knew that her brother, Lord Tyrone, was ill, dreamed that he was dead and in consequence became so violently ex- cited as to injure her wrist. In the morning she bound it up so tightly that in course of time the sinews shrank and withered.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
PUZZLES IN FIGURES.
Some of the UnsoIved Riddles In the
 World of Numbers.


 There are many mysteries in the world of numbers-little things the conditions of which a child can un- derstand, though the greatest minds cannot master. Everybody has heard the remark, ''It is as hard as squaring the circle" though many people have d very hazy notion of what it means. It is this: If you have circular piece of paper, how are you to cut out another piece in the form of a square that shall con- tain exactly the same area? Well, 1t cannot be done with exactitude, though we can get an answer near enough for all practical purposes, because it is not possible to say in exact numbers what is the propor- ton of the diameter to the circum- ference. But it is only in recent times that it has been proved to be impossible. Only cranks now waste their time in trying to solve this venerable puzzle.
 Again, we can never measure ex- actly in numbers the diagonal of a square. If you have windowpene exactly a foot on each side, there is the distance from corner to corner staring you in the face, yet you can never say in exact numbers what is the length of that diagonal. The novice will at once suggest that we might take our diagonal first, say an exact foot, and then con struct our square. Yes, you can do this, but then you can never say ex- actly what is the length of the side. You can have it which way you like, but you cannot have it both ways.
 Here are couple of puzzles that have not been proved to be impos- sible, but that nevertheless have not been solved. They will give the reader some fascinating employ ment during spare hours if he hap pens to be fond of figuring. First, then. take the round table problem. Nine persons are stopping at a boarding house, and they all sit down together to dinner on twenty eight successive nights at round table. The rule of the house iS that no person shall on any two occa- sions have the two same neighbors. How is it to be done. if at all:
 Here is another poser. If we write down the number, composed of seventeen ones-l1,lll.lll,l11- . 111,1ll-and ask you to find some number-other than 1 or the num- Der itself-that will divide it with out remainder the answer will give you considerable labor to discover. We will, however. say at once that the only numbers that will divide it are 2.OT1.T23 and 5,363,222.35T. Now add two more ones to the num- Der, and we cannot tell you whether it can be exactly divided by any number or not, for nobody knows. If you can find such divisor you will have done something that no- body else in the world has yet sue ceeded in doing. And we cannot say that it is impossible.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
A Fine nistinction.

He had had bad luck fishing. and on his way home he entered the butcher shop and said to the dealer, "Just stand over there and throw me five of the biggest of those troutr'
 "Throw 'em? What for?" asked the dealer in amazement.
 "So can tell the family caught 'em. may be a poor fisherman. but Pm no liar"
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
Eneouraaina.

The Parson (about to improve the golden hour)-When d man reaches your age, Mir. Dodd, he cannot, in the nature of things, expect to live much longer, and I-
 The Nonagenarian Il dunno, Posson. 1 be stronger on my legs than were when 1 started.-Lon.. don Opinion.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
psubafuI Consolation.

Mary" complained the husband. ~why do you suppose it is that peo- pie all say have such a large head ?'
 '1 don't know, I'm sure. John" said his wife consolingly, '9but nee- CT mind; there's nothing in it. "-.- Exchange.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
The cauIiHower.

Of the word "cauIihower" a writ CT in the London Chronicle says: s'The modern spelling is artificial, and if we were to write it as we pro nounce it, 'collyfower.' we should be taking step back in the natural direction. 'Colehorye, as they spell ed it in the sixteenth century, brings out the true meaning of the vegetables name-'fowered cab bage'-'cole' being an old word for cabbage and 'florye' representing the French 'fori, or 'feuri,' flow cred. But because in Latin it was called 'caulifiora' it began to be written 'colieforie' or 'collyforie' in English, probably by deliberate as similation to the Latin, and even tually even to be written 'cauli, though still pronounced 'colly.' Meanwhile the second part of the word got popuIarly corrupted to flower"
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
COUNTY OFFICERS.
SUPERIOR COURTS Regular Jury Terms Northern
 Counties.

MoHAvE: 1st Monday in FEBRUARY. JUNE, OCTOBER.
 YAvAPAI: 1st Tuesday in JANUARY, MAY, SEPTEMBER
 CocoNINo: 2nd Monday in JANUARY, MAY, SEPTEMBER.
 NAVAJO: 3rd Monday in FEBRUARY, JUNE. OCTOBER
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03

LOST. A lady's oblong pearl pin, about 1a inches long by 2 of an inch wide. set solid with pearls and diamond in center. Return to this office and receive reward. lel9tf
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
Wealth and Happiness.

"Wealth doesn't bring happi- ness"
 "You really believe that :'' 'l know it. It never brought me any"
 q didn't know that you were wealthy!"
 "I'm not" "-Houston Post.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
How About!

How about mailing copies of the News to f friends, etc. to points not so blessed with a sure ty to health. happiness and pros perity as is to be had in Navajo county do it.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03

Population in 19lO-14, ,6OS. County seat: Holbrook. Population 191O-62O.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
SUPERVISORS.

J.E. Richards, Chairman; E. T. Hatch, Barnett Stiles, w. H. Larson, Clerk
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
NAVAJO COUNTY.

rank O. Mattox.. .....:.. ........ Winslow
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-03
STATE SENATOR
REPRESENTATIVE.

John H. Willis....................SnOwhake
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-08-20
GERMAN ATTACK BEGAN SUNDAY

Daily Express correspondents expelled
eeerday following
his paper:
'Thc may Saturday when
positions River
Dnant This attack. beaten back
began strike
Waterloo
This
Sunday
Tremon fighting
done IN
The outstanding the Developments
Brussels of self
{
of Europe Belgium
Brussels being held Germany ma
Germany
Waterloo"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-08-20
PROTEST CHANGE
RUNCOTTONBfLT
POSTAL CLERKS
Postmaster McManus Receives Word
That Objections To Change Has
Been Filed

The matter Of the changing OF the
headquarters of several postal clerks
from Cairo to Jonesboro, Ark, on
the Cotton Belt railroad which con-
tempIated change brought a protest
from the Cairo Association of Com
merce aud other commercial bodies
a week or two ago, i8 being inycsti-
gated by the senators of this state
and the congressman of this district
in Washington
Postmaster McManus has received
letters from Senators Lewis and
Sherman and Congressman Hin, in
which they stated that they had
filed the complaint of the Cairo COM
mercial interests against the change
contemplated in the mail service
with the postoffice department.
The objections raised by the COM
mefcial interests here are that ii the
mail clerks run out of Jonesboro In
stead of Cairo the effect will be Of
delaying the dispatch of mails to
points in this vicinity on the Cotton
Belt, for If the inbound train is late
at Birds Point there will be no OPP
portunity to work the mail at Cairo
for offices just below Birds Point and
1t will be carried past to be returned
the next day.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-08-20

time of his life in the
free action afforded them
by camp life. They took with
them a full outfit and good things
to eat, this being the principal
thing in camp life for all boys are
hungry and when living an outdoor
life they are more hungry. j.
Several of the boys are good cooks,
others good walters and all good
oaters- Fresh milk. produce and
vegetables can be obtained at rea-
sonable prices from the farmers in
the vicinity and a deep we'll of ex-
cellent water is near the camping
gounds. A beach for bathing Is
close by. When they want to catch
string of fish they will cross the
Ohio river into Turner'S Lake where
there is good fishing.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-08-20
SOUTHERN Ill.
NEWSPAPER MEN
TO HAVE OUTING
Two Days Pleasure includes River
Trip From East st. Louis to
Piasa Chautauqua Grounds.

The editors and managers OF
Southern Illinois newspapers are
looking forward with pleasure to an
outing" which is TO be given by
he Southern Illinois Editorial AS
ISOLATION at Piasa Chaptauqua
grounds, Friday and saturday, Aug
uat IS and %
The entertainment committee has
arranged for the editorS to meet in
Fast St. Louis early Friday morn
ing, August % and take the pala-
tlal steamer CITY OF Alton" for the
trip 10 the Piasa gluh grounds \ he
committee has also arranged for a
splendid dinner on the boat; the
Loaf viii reach the Chautauqua
grounds early in the afternoon, aft
CT delightful boat trip of fifty
miles, past some OF the most unique
and beautiful scenery on the upper
Mississippi river.
Inc tuti ltduQua manage mel nj
have invited the editors to make
their beautiful grounds their own
aring their stay, aud viii furnish
Il special entertainment for them
Friday evening at the Chautauqua
auditorium, Boating, swimming
and fishing will be some of the
Uaetims The hotels have made
special rates to tho editors and
headquarters win be at the Piasa
| Springs Hotel
A large number Of Southern iii
oois editors and managers OF papers
have already notified the secretary
of the association 5. p. Preston. Of
Gillespie, that they will be on this
trip. Every newspaper man in
Southern Illinois is cordially in
yited, whether he is now member
q the association or not.