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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

been of wood or skins of small birds. Medicine
men of Western tribes wore these latter in his
tOric times. We reconcile the statements
that women wore bird stones after marriage
with women wore them to denote manageable
age" But can il be that the same type of effigy
used by both Shamen and women? May
not the statement mean. rather, that certain
tribes used them for one purpose and another
tribe used them for totally different purpose?
There are exceptions to every rule, but l have
ways understood that larger objects than
these bird ceremonials were included in the
makeup OF a priests headgear. Certainly
skins. feathers bones wood horns formed
most Ct it. and these all objects of some
size. and when grouped together made cOnsid
cradle mass. l should think that bird stone
would not be noticed among these, that it
must needs be mounted separately or surround
ed by smaller things, otherwise it would not be
seen.
Reasoning from the facts presented. OBJ
server would establish his first proposition
that these objects were tied in upright posi-
tions. He would judge that the objects were to
be in relief and prominent, not concealed in
any way; otherwise perforations were not neceS-
sary. cords could he passed around the body
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
CALLED BY TELEPHONE.
HOW NON SUBSCRIBERS MAY ARRANGE
FOR THE USE OF NEIGHBORING
INSTRUMENTS.

The experimental days of the telephone ar.
past and gone and the invention has become an
acknowledged necessity 10 such an extent that
few business concerns where an instrument has
been in would willingly dispense with if
The man who wishes 70 communicate with hi.
broker, the woman who wishes to shop withou,
leaving her home, the patient who needs the ad-
vice of his physician and even the young people
who "call up" simply to say that life would be A
blank if one could not hear the others voice for
a whole day-aH need the telephone. The pub
lie pay stations have made il possible for ueOpIa
who have no telephone to call those who are sub
scribers. and many people have arrangements
with stores near their homes where they may
be summoned to answer telephone calls. But
arrangements of that kind cannot be known to
all of the mans or wOman's circle Of friends
and consequently the person cannot always be
reached by telephone.
a new company has been formed, the object
of which is to have at every pay station a book
containing the names Of persons who may be
reached by telephone, but who are not sub
scribers. The book viii be known as The
Telephone Red Book" and fee Of 81 a year
will be charged to carry a name on the list
by paying US 81 a year" said the manager
of the Emergency Telephone Can Company, we
put your name in our Red Book and il will
show that you may be called at No. $40 Sew
enty- ninth-st. and the people who look for your
and find it viii know also that the sub
scriber at No. $40 viii be perfectly willing to
send for you. and will not tell you that they ar
not in business for that purpose
THE process is simple. To communicate
with persons whose names, addresses and num-
bers are giveI- our book you simply call the
number, and wheL. the connection is made ask
for the person with whom you wish to speak
In your case the person would give your name
and the people at 800 would say. Hold the
WIRE we will call him. They send Up to your
apartment. you come to answer the call, and
there you are"
BY the Emergency Red Book one may be
placed on the footing of a subscriber for 81
year. and the list will probably assume large
proportions. The executive offices of the COM
pany are at No % Liberty-st. and branch
offices have been established at Boston Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington Buffalo Pitts
burg, Cleveland. Cincinnati Louisville St Louis
and Chicago. in all of which cities Red Books
will be compiled for the benefit Of the people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

cism regarding some of the explanations just
mentioned, expresses the belief that inasmuch
the Indian was superstitious and needed cere-
monial to help out his rites he endowed the bird
saddle stone with an occult power.
Mr.. Moorehead does not theOrize extensively
He confines himself almost altogether to the
recital of facts. But he suggests the possibility
that these objects may have had different APP
plications in different parts of the country, and
that more careful classification Of forms may
assist antiquarians in reaching conclusions on
this point He calls attention to the fact that
some of the perfOratiOns show wear, as if
the stone had been tied with strings. But
the pace where the wear comes indicates that
the cords tightly drawn and the specimen
allowed to move forward and backward only a
little He then remarks:
One authority says that the shamen ICON
jurers) wore black birds over the ear, but he
does not say bird stones. The effigies may have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
KENTUCKY MOUNTAINEERS
AN UNINTEREsTING RACE. OF VACUoO'
EXPRESSION MOONSHINERS AND
INFORMERS.

Tho latest tragicaI developments in the case
Of the Governorship of Kentucky have once iiUi
attracted public attention to the heh'N'
mountaineer, OF whom so much romano
been already written and published Ohe
has had. and used opportunities for stuoSih7
this remarkable type of humanity at close rams
had this to say about them last week:
.aTbose I have watched closely have moS'iy
besn either moonshiners or informers against
,nconsbipers They were OF both sexes "
Illicit still in the mountains of Kentucky appears
70 no n family affair, and the sisters, daughter
and nieces of the moonshiner in chief all helP III
the business Naturally, when one has reau Z"
Southern nountaineer novel or two, one iooN'
over the faces of the mountain women III INC
Federal Court in Louisville with some ah''0iP'
ton of seeing at least here and there' rare u
of feminine loneliness, but in this was iu4
crously disappointed; every mountalneer woman
over say twenty-five years old, that ever Sd"
was of repulsive appearance, and the youisei
ones were all plain, with the exception OF ono
very Young girl-an assistant to her father IN
the moonshining business-who was fairly Soou
looking This exceptionally well favored giri
seemed to have touched the Courts heart, for
the Court when a verdict of Guilty had been
returned called her to the bench, and gave her
a paternal lecture during which lecture her
face expressed all the varying emotions that you
may see fitting over the lineaments OF a stuHed
parrot in a showcase.
Unity and invaria bility of expression shouId
say, are the chief characteristic of the Ken
lucky mountaineer's physiognomy- His one ex-
preston is, in most cases, that of vacuum, but
many specimens carry a look of conscious CUNT
or suspicion, haunting fear-I hardly know
how to describe it, except by saying that IL Is
anything but honest and fearless That immov-
able look OF either fear vacuity and pasty
unwholesOme complexion and a humpbacked
slouching walk-the feet dragged over the
ground, rather than lfted-are what make up in
my mind the composite picture of the Kentucky
mOuntaineer. 1t might be fair to remind you
| again that most of my experience Of these peo-
pie has been among criminals and hired inform
( ers but the records of the United States courts
! in those parts taken in conjunction with the
census, tend to show that most of the people
! there either mOOnshiners informers or
both by turns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
SAMPLE FROM SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.

The speckled ones are generally of porphyry,
granite or porphyritic feldspar. The hardness of
these latter materials called for the exercise of
greater skill and a larger variety of tools in the
processes of manufacture that did the others
but whatever the kind of stone employed or the
degree of art exhibited the specimen usually has
one or more perforatons that enabled the user
20 tie the object Il something else These perfo-
rations afford hint as to the service which
the bird stones rendered in the prehistoric civil
lation of America
The type shown in Figure is common tS the
Eastern and Central States north of the Ohio
River, as far west Indiana. But careful in
quiry by Mr.. Moorehead fails to show that it is
known west or south of that State or in Central
South America, the Pacific Coast, or in
Europe. The close approach to a bird form
hibited in Figure is far more rare. 1t is found
about one-tenth frequently as the other. Fig
ure 2 is almost never discovered in New-Eng
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
jim VAS AHEAD.
From The Detroit Free Press.

From The Detroit Free Press
It's strange" sighed the trolley conductor
how, when tE0 boys start out with equal
chances, one of them is bound to forge ahead
while the other lagS behind. There was jim;
Jim and were fast friends as youths but look
at me now! Equal IS our chances were, jim
ahead''-
What is he dOing?'' asked the passenger who
had paid his fare.
He's the motorman up front Did get your
nickel? Bang! Chatter! Edmund Place!
Bang! Chatter. TinS-a-H ling "IeS- SIR. ia
strange"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

near the head and tail and the bird stone thus
secured.
AS a second proposition, the observer might
conclude that he considers some bird stones
as me st nearly approaching lin shape the brood
ing bird, and were worn by women, indicating
their marriage. But others, notably the short
ones and those with single perforations, he
might classify medicine charm stones
having a certain relation to the shamen as tied
10 arrows or other personal possessions for luck
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
AN ENGAGING INFoRMER.

II may say, too, that the only Kentucky noun
taineer with an engaging face in my recollection
was an infOrmer Him picked out Of a bunch
in the corridor outside the courtroom where he
waiting his turn to be called. He
very young man, with a dark and, strangely,
rudy complexion. The brightness of his black
eyes and the animation of his smile marked him
out in that crowd just as distinctly as a red fez
or a turban would When he told about the
case he was interested in, and the certainty of
a conviction, he beamed with delight. When I
shoot him after the expiration of his pententiary
term, he shook MS head knowingly and beamed
again. think he regarded man stalking as a
game that two could play at, and then, his an
tagonist having been kept without any oppor-
tunities OF practice for so many years the ad-
vantage would, of course. be with him. Nv
impression that this young man had in
him some chance strain of Romany blood Ger
tainly, he was not like the other mountaineers
of his district. If the purveyOrs of mountaineer
romance ever find him he is certain to figure in
fiction type of his people.
LAS 70 what they are like at home 1 cannot
tell you much, having never spent more than
one week in the Kentucky mountains 1 know
they have some quaint matter of fact ways in
their handling of firearms The general rule
is for respectful man-that is a man who
can make himself respected-to ride into town
with a Winchester resting across his mules
neck in front of him, and wife seated on a
pilliOn behind him. He always seemed to me to
be turning his head from side to side as if in
the habit of expecting to find an enemy in am
bush behind anything that might be big enough
to conceal enemy, but this may have been
only my imagination. Otherwise the noun
taineer muieback in his own county always
seemed to me much what he seemed in the
Federal court at Louisville-tired and i'll fed
and without any particular reason in his own
mind for wishing to live
"An those stories one reads OF the grim humOr
of mOuntaineer manslayers-mOstIy moOnshiner
stories-may be true enough and if you have
studied the ways of the people a little you viii
appreciate the humOr of their sayings all the
more because the people themselves generally
seem absolutely incapable of appreciatinr
humor. Just to give one example: When an
acquaintance OF mine-a lawyer and an ont
lander in Pike County-was looking for a GER
tain native who was supposed to possess fnfor-
nation that would be valuable in an important
timber suit, he stopped at a cabin and asked
an old woman with corncob pipe whether
So and-so's house was near there The old
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
FEMININE INTUITION.

From The Chicago Tribune
Hattie-Tm positive George loves me and
wants to be his wife
Ella-Has he told you so?
Hattie-No; but he has taken such a strong
dislike to mamma
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-21

tional amendment Will require time
and not only the concurrent action of
Congress two-thirds OF each house
agreeing but the approval of the leg
islatures of three-fourths of the sew
eral States. or of conventions in three
fourths thereof, las the one or the
other mode of ratification may be pro-
posed by the Congress" Here. again.
is an insuperable obstacle interpcsed
by our very form and frame of govern
ment against any hasty or ill-eonsld-
cred action, even for the suppression
of great and growing evil. Mr.. Bryan
is much less likely to prove bull in q
china shop, even according to the worst
apprehensions of his opponents. than,
for example, Mr. Mckinley has already
proved himself to be in matters which
he has taken under his executive con-
troll. The last conundrum which is ex-
ercising the ingenuity of the curious
to-d.y is how, having got into China,
our Presidential Bull is going TO get
out again? 1t is evident that he and
his Cabinet are completely mons
plussed by the novelty and difficulty
of the situation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-21
SENATOR HoAR's REPLY.

The Register has called attention to
dark Hannas recent speech. in which
&c characterized William Jennings
Bryan as hypocrite, and gave Senator
Aoar as his authority quoting an al
legged remark of the Massachusetts Sem
ltor in justification. The New York
Herald OF Wednesday morning contains
IN interview with Senator Hoar. in
which the Senator disclaims Mr. Han
aa's statement, and from which these
attracts are taken:-
Il don't think Mr. Hanna can be COR
'ectly reported" said Mr.. Hoar. Ger
ainly, If he be, his recollection is in
error if he thinks that | used the words
or sentences he attributes TO me. l did
aot say that Mr.. Bryan was hypocrite
II that language or that purposed
myself TO unmask anybody. l would
not think it in good taste to apply this
.pithet to candidate for the Presi-
iency and the leader of a great number
Of my countrymen, who, though | re-
gard them as mistaken, are still sincere
and patriotic.
81 would not think it good taste to
put the statement in the language
which is attributed to me-"
Senator Hoar then goes on to say
that he is under the impression that
AR. Bryan's anti-imperialistic stand is
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-21
New Men in the Supreme Court.

Springfield, Mass, Republican
AS for the reorganization of the SUI
preme court, the only way to ''reorganize''
is to appoint new men to the vacancies
as the present judges retire or die of. If
two judges should die next week. tho
President would '.reorganize" it to that
extent, and you may be sure that he would
select only such men as he knew in ad-
vance would sustain his administrators
Interpretation of the constitution under
the imper:aistic policy. Why. then. the
dreadful charge that Bryan would "as-
sault' the supreme court by placing in it
judges in favor of a national income tax.
Would Mckinley assault it by naming
such men as Griggse
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-21
DRINK WITH AUTHORITY.

1t will occur to a good many people
throughout the United States who
have contributed cash, supplies and
clothing to the stricken city Of Calves
ton, that the action of the authorities
is arbitrarily expelling newspaper cor
respondents, both men and women, for
telling the truth, is a small business
And it is particularly despicable when
correspondent passes are taken up
and they are turned out on the
streets where armed men are on guard
with orders to shoot people without
passes, and when commanding officer
bluntly tells a reputable writer that
he don't care whether he is shot Or
not. Adjutant Hunt McCaleb ought to
be relieved of his authority without
loss of time, and in addition be given
some adequate punishment for his re-
cent acts. He's entirely too fresh.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-21
THE pHILrPpINE SITUATION.

The exigencies of the Republican po-
litical situation have called forth re-
port from the strictly administrative
Philippine commission headed by Judge
Taft, the purport of which is that the
Islands are being rapidly pacified, that
the benign rule of the americans, that
all the prominent generals have sur
rendered, and that peace throughout the
archipelago is about to be established
The cablegram signed by the commits
sion is optimistic to superlative de-
gree and puts very rosy tint upon
the alleged situation. a
The Wheeling Intelligencer takes this
matter up and makes much of 1t editor
tally, for strictly campaign purposes.
1t reviews the report, proclaims the near
approach of AN absolute cessation OF
hostilities, and assures its readers that
all trouble is over, and that there only
remains the adjustment of a few de-
tails, when the soldier boys will come
marching home, leaving our imperial
colony entirely satisfied with the situa-
ton.
This all sounds very nice But it was
a trhe unfortunate that upon the day
of the publication of this official repor.
and of the accompanying editorial COM
ment there should come from Manila,
through the agency of the New York
Sun, a rampant administration paper, a
long telegram, and the gist of which
news appeared in the Register yester-
day morning, to the effect that there
had been revival of native hostilities
on the Island of Luzon, that fighting
was going on everywhere, that a strong
detachment of American troops had
been worsted in an encounter, losing
thirty-three per cent. of the officers
and men. while the Filipino loss was
much less, and that the outlook was
rather discouraging.
One of two things is true. Either the
Taft commission deliberately misrepre-
sented the situation, for political pur-
poses, or, the correspondent of the Re-
publican New York Sun has done the
administration a grave injury. We pre-
fer to believe the correspondent. 1t is
a fair presumption that he is a news
paper man who knows his business, and
who tells the truth.
The probabilities are that the Manila
censorship will be re-established until
after the election.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-21
Have Reason for Anxiety.

Savannah News.
1t is asserted by well-informed Wash
ington correspondents that the President
end all of the campaign managers of his
party are very uneasy over tue political
situation. The reports they are receiving
are of a character to make them anxious.
These reports Indicate that in all parts of
the country thousands who voted for Mr..
Mckinley in 1896 intend to vote for Mr..
Bryan this year The reason these voters
give for changing from Mckinley to Bry-
an is that they do not fear that Mr. Bry-
an, if elected would undertake to over
throw the gold standard, but they do fear
the imperiaistic policy Of the Republican
party.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-21
The Danger of Mil,tarism.

Atlanta Constitution.
In the United States we are now threat
ened with a nilitarism which. within
few years, will become as odious as any
that exists in Europe. We must conquer
peoples who are unusued to civilized re-
straints. and, who, If they were, do not
want the domination of foreigners To
restrain and control such peoples we viii
need an ever-increasing army. Then will
follow large army camps near all our
large cities to overawe what will be de-
scrihed as the dangerous classes. AS this
huge machine gathers into itself the man
hood Of the country to that extent viii
our home life be destroyed
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-21
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BeIRium'S Race War.
New York Evening Post.

New DIX Evening P0sT.
At the present rate of development the
prevailing race war in Belgium promises
to be fully as bitter as that in Austria. A
parallel between King Leopold's kingdom
and the empire Of the Hapsburgs may cas-
lily be drawn. The great and permanent
source of trouble In Austria is the racial
strife between the Germans and Czechs.
In Belgium this strife finds it's counterpart
in the relentless war between Flemish
and Walloons. The question at stake in
both countries is the same-the question
of language, which, next TO religion, has
been the cause Of the bloodiest conflicts
in the history of nations.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-21
Police Protection.

New York Herald.
Magistrate Cornell declared in open
court that it was the custom of the po-
lice to act vigorously in cases of violation
of the law only when some one called the
attention of the chief or some other Off
cial to the matter and orders followed
from headquarters.
If the police magistrate is right, the
sooner the police get a clear idea OF their
sworn duty the better it will be for the
force and the city.
1t is the business of the police to enforce
the laws without fear or favor and with
out waiting for somebody to tell them
who Is and who is not to be taken In.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-21

PORTO RICAN DIsFR
The Republican Administration and
Congress have automatically and de-
liberately disfranchised thousands of
citizens of Porto Rico.
In his annual report made by Sec
rotary of War Root, in December, 1899.
he says, on page 755 of said report:
II think the basis of suffrage should
be that all who READ AND WRITE,
OR WHO HOLD PROPERTY up to a
small specified amount. may vote;
AND NO OTHERS" w.
Following UP this scheme of the
Republican Secretary of War to deny
the right of manhood suffrage to q
large number of Porto Ricans, the
Republican Congress, at its session last
winter, placed the following provision
in the law for the government of this
island
"At such (alD elections, all citizens
of Porto Rico shall be allowed to vote
who have been bona fide rsidents for
one year and who possess the OTHER
QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS eUJN-
DER THE LAWS AND MILITARY
ORDERS IN FORCE MACH /. 1900. .
(See Public Document No. SO,
Page 10
In order to ascertain what the laws
and military orders in force March /,
1900 are. we have only to look at
paragraph 8. Page 3, of General Or
ders No. 100, issued by General Da-
Wis, Military Commander of Porto Rico
Oct. u. 1899, which says:
AN electorto vote at such elections
shall possess the following qualifica-
tons He must be a bona fide male
resident of the Municipality. He must
be of age on date of election. He must
be a TAXPAYER IN THE MUNICH
PALITY IN WHICH HE VOTES AT
THE DATE OF THIS ORDER; OR
HE MUST BE ABLE TO READ AND
WRITE"
While number of States. such as
Massachusetts,, North Carolina. Con
necticut and Louisiana. have prescrib-
ed educational qualifications for voters
this Republican measure enacted for
Porto Rico, Is the first attempt in the
history of our Republic to prescribe
property qualification, since Thomas
Jefferson. the great champion of hui
man rights, succeeded in giving tc
every man. rich and poor alike. the
RIGHT tn exercise his eientivo frannb;cc
as a free American citizen.
Think how many thousands of Porto
Ricens. under Spanish oppression
have never had the opportunity eithe,