Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1910 — Page 3

KEEPING THE CHOLERA PLAGUE OUT OF AMERICA

A i H ‘ D ? ty ’ h ®V t l h offlc ® r of thls Port- “* bis assistants are untiring in their efforts to pre--3 J e “ t the ch «lera plague from gaining a foothold in the United States. Every person on every vessel that arB from th e infected districts of southern Europe is examined with the utmost care and not 7 suspicious case Rets beyond quarantine. Several cases of cholera already have been discovered at the quXtlne station and e steerage passengers on the boats that brought them were removed to Hoffman Island.

NEW GUINEA PEOPLE

’Natives Found Entirely Ignorant of Use of Metals.

(No Form of Government Exists Among Them Except Advice-Giving Council of Elders—Bark Paved Streets. The Hague, Holland.—The latest (expedition in New Guinea under Prof. [Lorentz, which succeeded In ascendling the range of snow mountains, has published some interesting particulars about a nbn-Malayan race living to the south of the mountains. These people have Caucasian or European features, although their color is black. They speak a language entirely different from that of the surrounding MalayoPolynesian tribes; indeed, it is the first time that such a race and language have been encountered in the Dutch Indies. The people were entirely Ignorant k>f the use of metals before the Dutch expedition came into their territory; but once having made the acquaintance of European knives, they clamored for them and would bring quantities of fowls and game, pigs, fruit land fish to exchange for steel knives tor iron of any description. All their own Implements were of stone, fish • bone, bone and wood, sometimes beautifully carved. Prof. Laurents says that this is perhaps the last race of [people existing in the world still in (the "stone age." If, from this fact, it were to be argued that they must be on a very low level, Indeed, it is surprising to hear that, on the contrary, they have reached a fair standard of civilization.

CHICAGO FISH ESCAPE HOOKS

to,ooo Black Bass In Lincoln Park to Be Unmolested—Bison Foretell Hard Winter. Chicago—Shade of Izaak Walton and piscatorial enthusiasts, hear ye i this—6,ooo black bass have been (planted in the ponds of Lincoln park, [but there isn’t any fishing yet This announcement is made by Cy lDe Vry, who looks after the weal of animal kind and the birds and fishes in •the great pleasure ground. In former years the custom has been Ito permit fall fishing in the ponds, [but this year there will be none of that because it Is the intention of the park Authorities to encourage the bass venIture —-this on the word and authority lot Cy De Vry. “Yes, sir, we are going to have the jfinest black bass in these ponds to be ifound any where,” he said. "I got the idea some time ago that the ponds could get along very well without bullIheads, goldfish and tho like, and the iresult is that the commissioners got [busy and we procured several thousand bass from the Illinois fish comimlssion. We emptied 3,000 ip the north pond, and the balance went into the south pond.” Having disposed of the subject of Jfish, the head animal keeper turned to the more weighty one of mammals in the too. “See the buffalo, the elk and tho moose,” he said. "They are taking on their fin much ®*rHer this year, and ithat means wo are in for a long and a cold winter. I have been watching those animals and the bears and the rest of the furry tribo for several iweekA tnd thelr bides present every Indication of an early winter. I “I bee this, too, in the behavior of Ithe beurers. The little fellows are Ibeooming more restive and I rather they would prefer the job Of building their bark houses up in the porfhem country than posing here in Lincoln pw k tor the amusement and instruction of the public. Let the eoalrt* cheer up, for, as I have said, thert win be e long winter and a Mg

They are not nomadic, but live in well-built villages, where even the streets are paved. Some tribes use for this purpose the bark of trees, while others simply place palm leaves over the roads to keep the dust down. Their villages and houses are kept clean and near each house gardens are planted, in which many kinds of flowers are grown. These people are extremely fond of flowers, and always wear some in their hair. They successfully practise agriculture, and their decorative art is of considerable beauty. Strange to say, nothing at all like any form of government could be detected. There are no chiefs, and the only thing approaching known institutions is a sort of council of the oldest men of the tribe. These, however, do not rule the people, but their advice is asked in Important matters. Notwithstanding this, the utmost good order prevails, everything being done according to custom. . Their family life is peculiar. Every person dwells alone; the young unmarried men have separate houses, the wives have their own homes quite apart from their husbands. When a married man wishes to speak to his wife It Is not etiquette for him to go to her house and call on her, nor to speak to her when he meets her in the village. He must inform a woman neighbor of hers that he wishes to talk to his wife, and the go-between then arranges a meeting for them in the near-by forest. Taking these facts into consideration it is not surprising to learn that domestic peace is never disturbed, occasions for quarreling being extremely rare. The Dutch explorers named this race the Kaya-Kaya, because on meet-

FRESHMEN EAT LIVE FROGS

Forced to Believe 80, but Get Oysters Instead—Other Novel Amusements. Philadelphia.—The latest device for torturing freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania Is to blindfold the victim, and, after propping open his mouth with a small oblong block, to tell him that he is on the verge of having a frog dropped down his throat, and then in its stead to. feed him a laiwe raw oyster. Raw eggs are used wlren oysters are not available. This method was found to work effectively after twenty blindfolded freshmen had been forced to chase frogs In the lily ponds In the biological gardens. A small hazing party, at which three “freshies” were introduced to several novel anti entertaining amusements, proved to be merely preliminary to a well organized and concerted attack on all the first year men in the dormitories. Beginning at 1 o’clock in the morning, they scoured the dormitories from the new Provost tower, at Thirty-sixth and Spruce streets, to the apex of the Triangle in search of freshmen, and by 5 o’clock, when their operations ceased, more than a score of sad, humbled and forlorn “freshies” crept quietly back to the rooms, dripping with the wet and mire of the “frog ponds" in (he Biological gardens. College had lost its rosy glow for them after four hours of torment at the hands of their upper classmen. "Come along, freshie boys,” the sophs coaxed, as ;they jimmied doors and climbed through windows by means of ladders conveneniently at hand from the recent building operations. All were allowed to put on clothes, but the more obdurate, who refused to dress were forced brusquely out into the chill night air clad only in pajamas. Those who were dressed wore their coats turned wrongside out and their trousers turned up to their knees. All were blindfolded and marched tn military formation to the “Biological gardens." They were forced to imitate boiling teakettles, to offer supplication to the

ing the natives* they always shouted those words, and it was thought that it probably was the name of the race. Afterward it was discovered that the words meant "good friends” and were intended to convey their peaceful intentions toward the expedition.

BIG BEAR KILLED BY WOMAN

Mrs. Weston Adams of Stoneham, Me., Outruns Bruin, Gets Rifle, and Shoots Pursuer. Norway, Me. —The bravest woman in Stoneham, near Norway, is Mrs. Weston Aslams,-who has lain low the biggest bear seen hereabouts for many years. Alone, blueberrying, on Spreckland mountain, Mrs. Adams, a frail but courageous woman of 30 years, ran across Bruin in a startling manner. She had nearly filled her pail with berries when she heard an angry growl and looking up saw a huge black bear standing on a ledge less than 20 feet away. Mrs. Adams stood her ground. She knew that to run would be a signal for i the bear to attack. The bear growled ferociously, and Mrs. Adains tried to drive it away by shaking her pail of berries at it Fearing that the bear would attack her any moment, the brave little woman did some quick thinking. She remembered that bears cannot run fast down a steep hill and knowing that, her rifle was below her she waited until the bear had turned its head, attracted by a noise further up the mountains, and then she ran for her life. She planned it well. Bruin angrily pursued her, but Mrs. Adams had a good start, because of its lumbering gait the bear oould not overtake her. Just in the nick of time Mrs. Adams came to the tree where she had left her rifle, and taking steady alm . sent a bullet into the oncoming 'bear.

moon, sing songs and cheer for the sophomore class. They struggled until .breathless with Imaginary foes and were forced to deliver orations on absurd subjects. In the Biological gardens they were forced to rush furiously through the shallow ponds overgrown with lilies, in chase of frogs and, with the thought of frogs well in their minds, they were subjected to the torment of imaginary swallowing of batrachlans.

Auto Ambulances for Insane.

New York.—The first automobile ambulance ever built for the exclusive handling insane patients is shortly to be put in service at Bellevue hospital. The psychopathic ward at Bellevue receives most of the cases of suspected insanity from all parts of the city. Heretofore insane patients were brought to Bellevue in patrol wagons by the police. Now the police will have nothing to do with the handling of such cases. Two trained nurses will go out on calls with the ambulance. This is expected to result lamore humane and more intelligent handling of patients. This new service will cost the city about 38,000 a year.

Pumpkin Weighs 125 Pounds.

North Yakima, Wash.—L. A. Dash is the owner of the largest pumpkin displayed in North Yakima this year, measuring six feet and four inches in circumference, more tlfan two feet in diameter and fourteen Inches in height The pumpkin, which is of the French variety, weighs exactly 125 pounds and was grown without "milk feeding,” which is frequently used to cause extra growth. The seed from which the giant was raised was imported from Paris.

Not a Thing.

The good dog that is given a bad name hasn’t anything on th* sedate, sensible girl who gets the reputation of being a flirt

NEW USE FOR PANS

RED MEN FIND A SOURCE OF AMUSEMENT. Indian Agent Wonders at Sudden Demand for Frying Pane—Finds Earthen Toboggan Slide on Mountain Side. - The Indian, however averse he may be to any kind of useful labor, is not slow to avail himself of a new source of amusement. This was shown some years ago, when among the supplies sent by the government to a certain agency In the west were several hundred large frying pans with long handles. These the Indian agent found in stock when he took possession, and at the end of the year the number had not been diminished. Thinking that perhaps he had not discharged hls whole duty in the matter of supplying Uncle Sam’s wards with these culinary utensils, the agent began making special efforts to induce the red men to use them. At first, says Harper’s Weekly, it was hard work, but by the time he had given out about two dozen there came a sudden change. Not a day passed in which the agent did not have applications for at least a dozen and some days he disposed of twice that number. , When the supply was nearly .exhausted he noticed among the applicants some to whom he had previously given pans, and naturally enough he became a trifle curious to know what use they were making of them. He questioned several of the men to no purpose, but at length a young buck more communicative than the rest gave him to understand that if he would visit a certain part of the reservation not far away he would find hls inquiry answered. The next day, therefore, the agent rode out in the direction Indicated. About two miles from the agency he noticed on the crest of a narrow spur of the mountain three or four Indians who suddenly disappeared on the opposite side of the ridge. At the same time he heard faintly the cry of many voices. On turning the point of the ridge he saw a crowd of several hundred Indians who were shouting as if greatly excited. He noticed also several objects, which he at first supposed to be boulders, descending the side of the mountain toward them with tremendous rapidity. Instead of fleeing from these moving objects, the Indians simply applauded and shouted. Soon he saw other objects like the first descending and in a short time the whole situation was plain to him. Having elected a long, smooth slope of the mountain where there were no stones, the Indians had converted it into a sort of earthen toboggan slide and were utilizing the frying pans as toboggans. Seating themselves in the pans they grasped the handles with both Hands; then crossing their legs over their arms they went spinning down the slide with great rapidity. The agent let them have the few pans that remained in the storehouse, but did not order a new supply.

Value of Employment.

The beginning of all true reformation among the criminal classes depends on the establishment of institutions for ‘their active employment while their criminality is still unripe and their feelings of self-respect, capacities of affection and sense of Justice not altogether quenched. That those who are desirous of employment should always be able to find it will hardly, at the present day, be disputed; but that those who are undeslrous of employment should, <of all persons, be the most strictly compelled to it, the public is hardly yet convinced, and they must be convinced. If the danger of the principal thoroughfares in their capital city, and the multiplication of crimes mon ghastly than ever yet disgraced a nominal civilization are not enough, they will not have to wait long before they receive sterner lessons. For our neglect of the lower orders has reached a point at which it begins to bear its necessary fruit, and every day makes our fields not whiter, but more sable, to harvest.—Ruskin.

Pinched the Wrong One.

Among the passengers on a Pennsylvania train leaving Newark about four o’clock a day or so ago for New York was a group of four,, father, mother, a boy about five years old >*nd a girl about three years younger. Nearly all the way to Jersey City the head of the family was trying to convince bis wife that there was no danger in going by the tube, but the woman seemed nervous and kept repeating, “Let’s take the boat” At Jersey City the father guided them to the elevator, and they entered the car in waiting. No sooner had it started than the woman gave signs of hysterics, but the man, alive to the situation, pinched the baby. it squalled lustily, diverting the mother’s attention from imaginary danger. A number'of-phssengers witnessed the performance, one of whom when the short trip was over asked the man: “Why didn’t you pinch the woman r

Valid Excuse.

Mrs. Subbubs—Henry, that’s twice you’ve come home and forgotten to bring the lard. Subbubs—Yes, my love; it’s so greasy it slipped my mind.

SELL OXER THE TELEPHONE

New York Business Men Have Devised a Scheme That Is Decided Success. A number of business houses in New York are using the telephone instead of circulars for advertising purposes. Probably this will meet the approval of Uncle Sam. If adopted whenever practicable it might extensively relieve the strain on the postal service. A retail dry goods merchant receives a consignment of choice laces. It takes only a, few minutes to ring up two or three dozen of his best customers who would be especially Interested in such goods and ask them to call and examine the laces. The flattery of such an invitation appeals strongly to many persons. Circularization has been carried to such an extent that much of its effectiveness is frequently lost and many circulars never reach the buyer to whom they are addressed, whereas the telephone call can usually be a direct communication. A haberdasher telephones his patrons to* note hls latest Importations in neck scarfs, the newest shirtings or special offers in silk half hose, a clipping bureau rings up a prominent financier, tells him his name is mentioned in the dailies in connection with an important railroad deal and asks him to subscribe to the bureau’s extremely efficient service; a dealer in antiques begs that madam will call to examine some rare old Sheffield plate just received. Such attentions have all the exclusiveness of a varnishing day invitation, and it would be a patron of hardy nerve who would fall to buy. This method includes also a request that the patron will kindly note the special advertisements In the morning papers and avail of them if possible. These telephone calls do not cost any more than circularizing, when letter postage, personally typewritten letters or engraved Invitations are used, as they must be in order to secure the attention of valuable patrons. Also they have the merit of being traceable without a cumbrous "follow-up” system. If a merchant has .telephoned Mrs. Van Allyn that he has a few choice Sulu pearls which he is reserving for her inspection he knows within a day or two whether or not Mrs. Van Allyn has bought thereof and he need not waste time or money again on unprofitable customers.

Whittling Sticks.

The things that one finds in the shops of the great cities are very strange. A writer in the New York Sun recently cited an instance which he vouches for as true, but which reads more like a figment of the imagination than anything else. “On the counter of a stationery store, beside the lead pencil box,” he wrote, “X saw a bunch of six-inch lengths of plain wood, labeled, ‘Whittling sticks.’ “ ‘What’s that?’ I asked. “The stationer replied that the wood was just what the sign said it was, sticks to whittle on. To whittle is natural for a boy,’ said the stationer. Tt keeps him out of a lot of worse mischief, but city streets afford mighty poor pickings in the way of Whittling wood. A boy might nose around here all day and not find a sliver of wood fit to whittle on. A friend from the country sends me a bunch of sticks every week and I sell them three sticks for a cent.’ ' "Sells them three for a cent! And that’s New York! No more picayune business like that for me. Next week I light out for a country where a boy can whittle down a whole tree and nobody stops him.”

No Goods Delivered.

In Buffalo there lives a boy, now some seven years old,, who is the proud owner of a bulldog designated as “Mike” and a much-prized pony. Recently a visitor, endeavoring to test the child’s knowledge of the value of money, said: “Willie, I’ll give you ten cents for either Mike or the pony. Which will you sell?” ’ Willie pondered for a moment "Gimme the dime. You can go get the pony,” he said. , The, visitor handed over the coin and then strolled out as though to go to the barn. "Why, Willie! Would you rather he should have i your pony than Mike—and do you think ten cents is enough for a pony?" his mother protested. Willie paused at the door and grinned. “You know, Mike is out at the barn, an’ if anyone can take that pony out while he’s there he’s welcome to him. I’d ’a’ sold him for a cent!”—Harper’s Monthly Magazine.

The Mystery of Petroleum.

At a recent meeting of a scientific society at Washington one of the members, in discussing the present problems in earth-physics, invited attention to a mystery which will assume greater importance as the accessible supply of coal 'diminishes —the origin of petroleum. Such vast accumulations of oil as exist in the Caspian and Caucasus regions seem incompatible with the hypothesis that petroleum originates from animal and vegetable remains, Mendeleeff suggested that the source of the oil is the decomposition of iron earbids in the terrestrial crust, but his hypothesis has, not been generally accepted. If the origin is not animal or vegetable, then, it is thought, the supply is very likely inexhaustible.

Billiards an Old Amusement.

The game of billiards was intro duced Into England at tho dose of the sixteenth century. <

AROUND THE

CUSTER DIED BY OWN HAND

Rbbert Jackson, Old Indian Scout and Guide, Claims Great Fighter Shot Himself. That General Custer, the hero of Custer’s massacre, believed to have been scalped and killed by the Sioux on the battlefield, was not murdered by the Indians, but died as the result of a gunshot wound fired ,by hls own hand, is the somewhat startling addition offered to history by Robert Jackson of Costilla, Taos county, New Mexico. Jackson *was for nine and a half years a scout and guide for the United States soldiers, his service beginning in 1874 and ending in 1883. Jackson served under General Otis,’ General Reno, Colonel Benteen, General Mlles, General Custer and General Hazin’. At the time of the battle in which General Custer met his death Jackson was serving on the Sixth United States infantry carrying dispatches to General Otis, then in command of the

Placed a Gun to His Head and Fired. Twenty-second infantry. Jackson was with the first company to reach the battlefield after the massacre * and gives in detail the scene as it presented Itself to him. Jackson says that an examination of Custer’s body showed that the wound which caused his death was fired at close range, the powder burns indicating plainly that the pistol was held against the head. Jackson was commanded by General Reno to talk with the Indians after they had been subdued by the United States troops in the hopes of finding out how Custer was killed. The Indians told Jackson that General Custer was the last man to fall in battle. They wanted to take him alive, *bejievlng that with him as a prisoner they could force the government to terms. Realizing this fact, jAckson says the Indians told him that Custer placed a gun to his head and fired. According to Jackson the Indiana all loved Custer and called him “The Long Haired Chief.” Jackson is a picturesque character and although he was in long and dangerous service is not receiving a pension from the government, because he was not a regularly enlisted soldier. Friends in Taos county are interesting themselves in his behalf and hope to receive aid for him front the government to compensate him for valuable services rendered. Jackson acted as a scout for General Otis when he went to the relief of General Mlles, then being on a detail along the Yellowstone river. Jackson also scouted for General Mile-i when he was running down Lame Deer and his band. Jackson shot and killed Lame Deer, scalped him and afterwards gave the scalp to General Mlles. After the Indians had been driven into Canada, Jackson acted aa a guide when General Miles burned over a large territory along the northern boundary of the United States and drove south the buffalo so that the Indians were forced to surrender the following winter.

Find Letter From General Grant.

The Historical association of Los Angeles is to be presented with a number of Interesting documenta recovered from an outlaw’s hut. among them a letter written by Gen. U. 8. Grant during the siege of Vicksburg. The Grant letter was addressed to Gen. Parka and conveyed orders relative to operations in front of the Confederate stronghold. The other papers are supposed to have been stolen from Gen. Manuel Garcia of the Mexican army. * That the documents had been secreted in the hotel for many years was shown by their condition, and by the further fact that the hut, a dilapidated old abode near Ferris, was abandoned when the railroad supplanted the stage line on the run between Lon, Angeles and San Diego.