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most unfavora6ly Impressed with this
Pantheon. It altogether lacks the
beauty and dignity Of the royal mar
soleum Of the Escorlal In Spain. For
the payment Of 4 small fee. the custo.
dian permits you to climb q ladder
and gaze at the embalmed body Of the
last emperor Of Brazil. This seems
most uniting.
Dom Pedro II u Braxil's biggest
nane. he II was who led his country
int the brotherhood Of great natiohs
with him wisdom and kindliness
wsFs pre-eminent. Every inch an EN-.
peror, he yet was accessible to the
humblsst Of bis subjscta
'-Tnere 10 much In the city where
be lived for SO. many years still closely
associated with his rule, which ended
only the other day. as we count his
tory-lS60. In the coat-of-arms Of
the house Of Braganxa, still TO be seen
On many Of the buildings; In such
street names a. Marques de Sac
Vicente, Baroa de Petropolis. visconde
Do Maranguape, and In the titled Bra
silians one still meefs in the country.
We realize that not many years ago
Rio de Janeiro was the abode Of roy.
atty.
CLOSELY associated with imperial
rule In its decline was the emperor's
daughter, Dona Isabel. While princess
regent, during one Of her fathers vis-
III to Europe In search Of health. she
signed the most vital decree ever Is
sued in the country. I saw the orig
inal document In the Hall Of Archives
and the pen. set with diamonds and
emsralds, with which the princess
signed It the decree Of May Is. 1883,
which liberated 100000 slaves.
~The decree Of 1883. which freed
oil slaves, was immensely unpopular
with many Of the country's leading
men, who claimed the princess regent
had been unduly Influenced by her cler.
lcal advisers. This was one Of the
reasons for the fall Of the empire,
although that event may be largely
attributed to discomfort all over the
country. owing to the centrallzatio Of
power In the capital" :.
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VEGETABLES and meats IN the market
destroying At the same time by pollu
ton far more than 10 consumed.
'.rhey destroy enormous numbers o.
eggs and poultry. as well as the eggs
and young Of song and game birds. In
addition, they invade store and ware
houses and destroy groceries Of every
description, a. well % furs, laces
silks, carpets and leather goods
They cause many disastrous fires
By gnawing matches, by gnawinl
through lead pipe near gas meters, ol
BY cutting the, insulation from cleo
tric wires In order to secure material
for nests and by gathering oil-soaked
rags and other infiammable material
In their nests; food houses by gnaw'
ing through lead water pipes; ruin ar
tincial ponds and embankments BY
burrowing, and damage foundations
floors. doors and furnishings Of dwell.
ings.
"As disease carriers they also cause
enormous commercial losses, espec.
cially through the Introduction Of bu'
bonic plague and the resulting suspen.
sion Of commerce. With the introduc.
ton Of plague they become directly
responsible for business disaster al
well as for an appalling mortality.
"Much Of the greater part Of losses
from these pests u In foodstuffs
which. ~ already indicated, are de-
stroyed at every stage from the time
the seed Is planted until they are ready
for human consumption.
Investigation some years ago Indi.
Gated that the direct annual losses sus.
tained in the United States were
about $20O.0OO.00O. with a great add.
tional sum 10 indirect losses, including
the effect on the public health and
commerce from the diseases carried
By rats. and the necessary. expendi-
lures In combating them. Assuming
roughly speaking, that as estimated
the rat population In the United States
Is 1000 for the cities and 150,00D,-
600 for the rural districts. It will re-
quire the destruction Of property BY
each rat Of only little more than
one-fourth Of q cent day to make
the aggregate sum estimated as de-
stroyed by these pests yearly In thir
country"
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Manuscripts strangely Reoevsrsd.

Manuscripts Strangely Recovered.
Some valuable manuscripts went
down In a torpedoed ship during the
war. How they were recovered has
been told by the Rev. J. Aston at Sur.
biton, England. Preaching at st. Mat
thew's church on behalf Of the British
and Foreign Bible society. he said the
late Archdeacon Dennis, a missionary
In South Nigeria, spent several years
In compiling dictionary and gram.
mar Of the Ibo language, comprising
six distinct dialects, to enable the
Bible to be printed and circulated
among the native tribes. When on his
way to England his vessel was tor.
pedoed, and he lost his life. Some
months later his manuscripts were
found In crevice Of the rocks on the
Welsh coast, where they had been
washed up by the sea. They are now
awaiting publication. 4ak
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8LOcKHEADs

At recent Ohio wedding the
groom was Walter Pine, tar bride
was Miss Adj 0axs, the best man
was Robert Birch ami he minister
was Rev. Oscar = Maple. Tho eou-
pie went to Hickory, n O., to spend
their honeymoon with Mrs Il W
Single, sis'ec ot the bride That
certainy was o wooden wedding
Exchange.
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CRIMEA: THE RIVIERA
OF RUSSIA

proposal that Great Britain anc
the United States shall cooperate IL
caring for the Russian refugees fron
the Crimea again directs world syn
pathy to land which has already
known suffering. A.
Hanging down into the Black ser
like butchers cleaver. with Its handle
pointed east and the near corner Of
the blade Joined to the mainland Of
Russia. the Crimea, where It was first
planned to exile the abdlcating czar
10 about as near to being an island as
peninsula well can be, even though
very narrow strait Is the only wa
ter that lies between~tt and second
connection with the mainland. On the
one side, to the west, lies the Perekor
Gulf, and to the east. shut out from
the Black sea by the handle Of the
cleaver. Is the Sea Of Azov.
With an area matching that Of New
Hampshl5e, a population equal to thai
Of New Hampshire and Vermont to
getEcr ard climate that borrows
good features from Florida and south.
ern California. and bad ones from
many places. the Crimea is one Of
the most fascinating bits Of territory
between Portugal and Cochin China.
Its population is a congress of races.
Its industries range from the grow
Ing Of subtroplcal fruits and the h0us.
ing of Kussia's elite as they flee from
the cold. to the herdlng Of sheep and
the growing OF grains. II is a place
Of many-slded activities.
As the men Of wealth Of America
have their winter homes In Florida
and those Of western. Europe have
theirs along the Riviera. the people
Of Russia have their country seats in
the Crimea. And beautiful places
they are, for In Russia the rich are
very rich. The height Of the social
season is from the middle Of August
20 the first Of November
The peninsula Is occupied by 5000
people. according 10 the last census,
mostly Turkisil.speakIng Tartars, with
a scattering Of Russians, Greeks, Ger.
mans and Jews. Cleanliness and mo.
rallty are said to be proverbial traits
Of the Crimean Tartars. who have been
undergoing the influence Of Russif.
cation for several generations. They
have taken up vine culture, fruit grow.
Ing. and kindred occupations with
zeal seldom equaled east Of the
Aegean.
The novels Of Tolstoy give 0 graph.
lc picture Of the Crimean war from
the Russian viewpoint-depicting the
mIserIes Of the march, the anguish Of
the life in the casemates, and the
nerve-destroying ordeal Of manning
the lines under shellfire, there to
await the night attack that might or
might not come. II was Ia this war
that Florence Nightingale rendered
service as nurse that made her name
q synonym Of mlnisterlng angel on the
worlds battlehelds. Then men knew
nothing Of the cause Of cholera and
such diseases, and the soldiers died
like files. sI
II is estimated that 10000 British
soldiers lie buried in the ce.ieiery out.
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INSURANCE ADJUSTED

A representative Of the Aetna In
surance Company was In Raymer
Tuesday to adjust the loss Of the
School garage burned Just two weeks
before. A detailed statement Of the
cost OF erection and the probable
cost Of q new one to replace the
burned building was at hand and In
very short time the gentleman was
ready to fill out the necessary hanks
to allow the entire loss Of $1,000.
The pomptness and fairness Of the
Company are appreciated.
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ONCE EXILED FAMILY OF
BRAZIL NOW HONORED

The visit Of Secretary of State
Colby to Rio de Janeire, and recent
press dispatches stating that Prssi.
dent Pessoa Of Brazil has signed 4 Dc.
cree revoking the edict which banishsd
former Emperor Dom Pedro II and
all his relatives, arouse interest In the
history Of these @Unitsd States Of
South America"
Harriet Chalmers Adams, writing to
the National Geographic Society. says !:
There ID q movement under way
to build a national pantheon In Rio
de Jansiro and bring to II, at ths dns
Of the 1922 centenary. the remaina Of
Brasil's historical psrsonagsA includ.
ing Joao vi, Pedro I, Pedro Il and
his consort TO this the Portuguese
government will probably consent and
It Il to BE- hoped that Princess Isabel,
too, win agree. Dom Pedro II should
return with honor 70 the land u his
birth. The difficulty hitherto lay In
the fact that neither ths princess nor
her sons were permitted to satsr the
Republic Of Brasil and csuld ~ long.
er visit the family tsmb.
Dom Pedro II died n Paris II
1901. Princess Isabel, who married
the French Comte d'nu, still lives In
France. In 1908 her sldsr son ~.
nounced his claim to ~ throne II
Brasil In favor Of bis brother Don
Luis, whose little son, born In 1900. d
Pedro M
"When In Lisbon ! visited the Pan.
theon, where the rulers q Portugal
lie. Exiled from his country, Dom
Pedro II also found q resting plscs In
the land. Of biz torefathere. ] HAS
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Hurrah for Cow.

Father had returned from a polit.
ical convention and presented each Of
his three youngsters with badge
bearing likeness Of a candidate and
his name. The two older children
were able to read. so ran out Of the
house cheering for the man whose
name appeared on their badge. Mau,
rice was too young to read, but seeing
the seal Of Indiana on his badge
(which is a buffalo bounding over the
plaln) he shouted, "Hurrah for this
darn COW |" aIf
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side Of Sebastopol. Before the pres.
ent war this vast city OF the dead was
watched over by a German who could
speak no English, but who was proud
OF his privilege Of guarding the ashes
OF those who fell at Balaklava and
lnkerman.
When Stephen Graham visited the
cemetery the old keeper told him they
had IS varieties Of olsander In the
cemetery.
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COUNTY
next LEGISLATURE

The organization Of Pawnee coun-
ty from the northeastern part of
Weld county will be asked Of the
new legislature despite unfavorabls
conditions The county division
bill will be substantially the same
as that passed by the house and
turned down by the senate four
years ago. It will provide that the
governor appoint three commission
ers to locate a temporary county
seat AMI make arrangements for the
election of officers within so days
after the bill becomes a law. The
proposed new county will pay SOS, ,s55
in taxes to Weld county next year.
Prospects Of the new county be-
ing organized this year seem very
remote as the governor and legisla-
ture are promising to reduce rather
than increase the number Of govern
mental units and the costs Of gov
ernment In the state. Because the
vote in the dry land districts was
very heavily against the G. o. P. the
party In power Is not under political
obligation to support Pawnee coun-
ty. Because Of the unsettled finan-
cial conditions a bond issue for
building purposes in Pawnee county
would sell at very low level at the
present time.-Greeley Tribune.
The above is just trine OF % to
facts. The bill will provide that the
governor appoint all the officers of
the new county. The election fea-
ture will apply only to the tempor-
ary county seat.
We wonder where the Tribune
gets the idea that a bond issue must
follow the creation Of new county,
or that the cost of the county gov
ernment will increase.
We respectfully refer the Tribune
to the cost OF county government In
the counties Of Moffat. Crowley and
Aiamosa, the last three counties es-
tablished In the state, and ask them
to find out what 1t has cost these
counties each and every year since
their creation, and II they find that
any one Of them have paid o. much
for county government In any year
as we will contribute the coming
year to county government, they
might have some facts to base their
argument on.
We wish the Tribune would pub
lish these facts, for they would show
that the average for these three
counties Is about half OF what we
pay annually in county tax.
The party In power Is not pied
ged to cut out officers merely, but
to reduce expense.
1t is a patent fact that taking
jurors and witnesses from this sec
tion to Greeley, is useless expense.
To continue large county like
Weld under present conditions is to
impose useless burden upon the
people merely to contribute to the
vanity Of those who like to boast OF
county with the dimensions Of an
empire. 1'
The statistics, prove the above
statement. We urge the Tribune to
face the facts, and publish them
II the party In power Is pledged
to economy. 1t will make haste to
create the County Of Pawnee.
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COUNTY DIVISION
WILL NEED FUNDS

"sS - NV uoubt thut tHe IuaJOr-
ity OF the people Of this section ia
vor county division. They favor It..
because they believe thai 1t will
have to come before we can be as
economically and efficiently govern
ed In county matters as we should
be. ~. .....
The general idea that prevailed
among most people that county d.
vision would mean increased taxes,
would seem to be thoroughly ex-
ploded by the experience OF other
counties. However, there is a good
deal Of adverse sentiment in the legis.
lature to be overcome. It is going
to take the time Of some one to do
this. 1t cannot be done entirely by
writing letters. It is the opinion
OF the committee that some one
should be there to assist Mr.. Abbey
In pushing the bill. In times past
this expense has been borne by
lew individuals. some have spent.
as high as $1,000 In all In such la
Dor. and expense. /.
Some Of these men feel that they
cannot meet such expense this year.
1t seems to the committee that 1t
Is not right that such expcnst should
be borne by few men only. II It
Is a benefit to oil, all should
help bear the expense.
The same plan followed last sum-
mer is to be followed in securing
funds. Your local banker will have
membership dards of two classes of
which every adult man should buy
at least one The regular member
ship card costs 800. The honorary
membership card costs $500.
There are some bills already con-
tracted that have not been paid. A
little over $4,000 was paid out for
expenses. Most II not all of the
money paid 40 far has been raised
at Grover. Rayner has raised very
little. This is not as It should be.
The committee should have not
less than $500. II would be better
II they had $1,000. We believe there
are 20 people in Raymer who could
well afford to take a $500 card,
and 200 more who could take a
$1.00 card.
We wish that this amount might
be pledged within the next ten days.
II your banker has not the necessary
cards, he will get them In very
short order. .
At q meeting held by the Club re-
Gently. the writer. who drew the
bill presented six and four years
ago, was asked to draft the bin
along the same lines as the bill of
four years ago.
Before being presented, 1t is like
~ that Greeler parties will be con-
suited as to some features.
The county seat Is to be left to
an election of the people of the pro-
posed county.
We confidently expect that the
Weld delegation will support the
bill, and that It will pass without
the opposition 1t has encountered
previously in the senate
The fund asked for will be used
In a perfectly legitimate way, to
bring facts to the attention OF the
legislature. Now Is the time to
help. Don't delay.
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COURT HOUSE JOB
INTEREST INCREASING

Interest in the matter Of appoint
ments to court house jobs is steadily
increasing as the time for the new
commissioners to take office ap-
proaches. At the present time the
incoming commissioners d. C,
Straight and Forest Powars are
spending much Of their time at the
court house getting advance infor-
nation concerning their problems.
It is understood that there will
be no immediate change in the Gus
todianship OF the court house which Is
now held by A. 7. Lycan. Lycan
will probably be dropped when the
commissioners discover a candidate
well suited for the job on which
they are all agreed.
1t is also understood that the COM
missioners will promptly appoint
republican county attorney and that
the final choice is likely to lie be-
tween William r. Kelly and r. e.
Winbourn.
Deadlock Broken A
The commissioners are believed to
have broken their old deadlock on
county attorney by starting new
slate with prospects Of prompt de-
cision when the time for appoint
ments roll around.
Depsite the fact that the commits
sioners have apparently decided to
reappoint John r Workman as coun-
ty road engineer, supporters of l..
l.. Stimson promise warm fight for
their candidate. Stimson claims
that work which formerly went to
the county surveyor is being steadily
diverted by the county road engi-
neer's Office to democratic engineers
who are competitors of Stimson. Re-
publican leaders promise that they
will change this regardless Of who
gets Wortham's Job.
A great deal Of lobbying Is being
done for appointive jobs by claim
ants Of both parties. Democrats are
charged with attempting TO hold by
diplomacy some Of the things they
lost In the election but hopes Of most
Of them are on the wane.
The appointment situation is also
causing some rapid fire changes In
political color. Several gentlemen
who were ardent 100 per cent &C.
tive democrats two or four years
ago are cheerfully chasing them.
selves as "mugwumps" and promise
10 sit tight on the fence forever at
terwards II they are given the hop
ed for plum.-Greeley Tribune
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DO FISHES TALK7
Do fishes talk7

Recent speculation about a monkey
language gives rise to this even more
startling theory, limited at BY Dr.. Alex
andsf Graham Bell, In q communities.
tioa te the National Geographic 80.
ciety.
"Talk," Of course, Il used In the
sense Of Communication q meaning
which d not extreme since we daily
spsak Of taking" over the telephone,
The instrument Of Doctor Bells inven.
ton, though the voice" that Is heard
ID not that Of the speaker, but a me
chanical reproduction Of his utterance
did you svsr put your head under
water and chuck two stones together
to re what the sound u like9" Doctor
Bell writeA If you have never done
that, try Il, and you'll get q new sen
sation. I did 1t once, and 1t sounded
10 II q man were hammering for all he
was worth at my very ear.
II then took two tiny little pebbles
and tapped them together quite lightly
under water, and It sounded like Q
man knecking at the door. It was
rather startling to hear sseh loud
noise frsm such Z slight cause.
"Rs6seting upon various expert.
ments. The thought occurred to me !;
II two little stones tapped tossthel
can b heard under water. why. every
tiny lobster that snaps his claws muM
make an audible click. wonder II
thefs are creatures IN the water that
signal to one another By sound.
"Wsll, had occasion to tzy It once
Bathing In the Grand river IN Ontario
. grsat many years ago, put my head
vesy gsstly under water and listened
and, sure snsush tick, tick came
q sound Ike Z srasshopper's chirrup,
and q litus while aftse that q chirrup
On the other slds. There were crea'
turss under The water that were call.
Ing to one anethsr.
n don't know whether oil 6sh make
sounds Or not but there are some hsn
that certainly Do. The drumnsh on
our coast drums away In the water 80
lsudly that ysu can hear him while
yeu ere walking On the shore
1T b also q significant fact that al
Ash have sars. Why should they have
ears II there b nothing for them to
hearf
sOf this W may be csrtain-that
there y 4 whole world M sound be-
meath ths waves waiting to be ex'
plsrsd.
Three quarters Of the earth'S sur
face d under water and has not yet
bssn sxplorsd, At least to any grea'
degree"
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RATS, A cosTLYPEsT

Al carriers Of the dread bubonic
plague sats ars q menace, but that
Il ealy one form sf their costly and
dangerous depredations.
"nats are practically omnivorous,
and thslr dspFsdations cover . wide
range" writes Edward ". Nelson In
Q cemmunication 10 The National Geo.
ssaDhic society.
They dig up newly planted grain,
destroy II while growing. and also
whsn b The shock, stack, CRIB, gran.
ary, NH, elevator, warshouss, wharf.
and ships hold. - wsll a. In the bin
and faSd troqgh. They eat fruits,
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AFCHANISTAN ONCE MORE
FEARS BEARS PAW

Inc c0IlapDe OF CARBON In Russia
was hailed with acclaim In Afghanl.
stan as freeing her from an influence
that often has been embarrassing. But
the menace Of the bears paw To- re-.
newed with the threatened incursions
Of the Bolsheviki.
To the stranger the Afghan displays
a sort Of specious and deceptive orr
entail courtesy. In fact Q national
proverb is that "The man who shuts
his door to q stranger 10 no Afghan"
But the stranger also would do well
to know saying current among the
HiDdoos: God shield you from ven
geance Of the elephant. the cobra and
the Afghan" For many strangers
have found that upon provocation, to
which the Afghan Is extremely ssnsi-
tive, his disposition 10 vengeful. cruel
and crafty. His desire for pillage,
theft and deception also 10 apt to get
the best Of him.
Your Afghan is 4 swarthy, swag-
gering, proud, but withal prepossess-
ing sort Of man, every inch the war:
rior while he keeps his turban on.
but giving faint suggestion Of be-
wigged jurist Of old English days
when he removes It to disclose head
shaven from forehead to crown, with
curly ringlets falling about his shoul-
ders from the unshaven portions.
Occasionally the men are fair, %
are most Of the women. whose hair In
two plaits with colored tassels at the
end, conceivably might call to mind
an American musical comedy chorus
prepared to sing School Days." were
It not for their flowing oriental robes.
/. Afghan women, like Turkish women.
are secluded, but they are coAsidsf.
ably more adventurous than their
Turkish sisters, hence scandal % not
infreQuent even In q land where 4
man may have a many wives % be
can support
BY Habibullah's father, Abdur RaA-
man, also were enacted measures Of
national defense singularly In keeping
with occidental schemes for censerip-
tion. he made the boast that he
could throw 4 hundred thousand men
into action In q week to defend one
Of his provinces, and said his entire
domain could raise 4 million fighting
men to, defend her soil. Nor did be
stop at the prediction. He worko
out q system By which each man In
every eight would alternate In taking
military instruction. One had to be
very young, or'vefy dscrepit to e.
cape the amir's draft, for the service
ages were from sixteen to seventy.
So far a. barring private munition
makers Il concerned. Abdur Rahman,
long before his death In 1901, might
have subscribed to the principle. dis
cussed during the peace conference At
Paris, for he had his own factories
at his capital, Kabul. There are said
to have been produced q dozen or
more rides and thousands Of car
tridges q day, and several guns .
week.
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In another column will be found
a letter from the Organ Evangelist
party to q Raymer fslsnd.,
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