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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
TO HOUSE INDIANS.
REDSKINS TO ABANDON TEPEES
AND GRASS HUTS.
A Result of an order from the Interior
Department-The Design Is to Inn
prove the Morals of the Red Wards
OF the Nation.
Special I.etter.O


: recent order of the Indian depart-
mont has created CONSERVATION among
the reservation Indians OF the south
west. The order is to the effect that
all Indians shall hereafter live in
houses, and cast aside their native
places of habitation If there is any
thing that the average Indian holds
dear. 1t is his tepee or grass house. II
Is as sacred to him as his dances,
which are also fast passing away The
purposes of putting the Indians in
frame houses are two. First, the wish
TO do away with their habit of crouch
ing about in the hollows and timber
during winter time, in their tepees.
This kind of structure is not health
ful, and hundreds of Indian children
die every year of exposure. Again.
when the Indians live in tents they
are apt to have more than one wife
apiece, and indulge in their games and
dances. much to the detriment of theiI
moral character.
Most of the Indians have never
lived under anything but huts of their
own peculiar construction. Most of the
tribes live in tepees in summer, but in
winter they have grass houses. sod
houses. caves In the hillsides and leaf
covered shacks in the valleys. The
Wichita Indians. who live in southern
Oklahoma, have the most complete
house of any of the Indian tribes in the
United States. II is called grass
house. The Indian first builds a frame
work, dome shaped. Huge logs are set
up in cone, and these are covered
with sod. The squaws then weave the
long grass of the plains into a kind OF
thick mating. This is waterproof
and Is laid In strips over the sod. A
cone is formed at the top to turn
water, and a small entrance is cut in
the south side. A rude door is made
to cover this. There are small holes
near the bottom of the hut for breath
ing places, and in winter a chimney
hole is cut in the top. But there are
no windows of any sort. In summer
the lower part of the sod house can
be removed, leaving a good roof ana
open sides. In them they spend the
warm weather Storms have full sweep
at them, but they do not seem to care
for this. In case the wind blows too
hard they go into some of the numer-
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16

tom can be found in cthers. There is
nothing but theory as to the source Of
the supply of the lake, but no one
seems to know what the component
parts of the acres of black fluid. The
Indians say It is composed OF the blood
OF bad Indians who are suffering in
their hell amid the volcanoes. Samples
OF the lake have been brought to Yuma
and Los Angeles for tests and eXaml-
nation. II is good for common mark
Ing purposes. Colton goods that have
been soaked with the strange black
fluid keep their color for months, even
when exposed TO the sun, and the
goods have stiffness that is somewhat
like weak starch. A gallon of the lake
fluid was sent to the Smithsonian In
stitution at Washington the other day
for analysis.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16

The reason. Signor Mosso tells us
why so few have attempted the as
cent of the highest peaks on the face
of the earth is the conviction that
man cannot Withstand the rarehed all
Of these attitudes. "Heroism shrinks
from such prolonged sufferings as
those due to lack Of health" His own
experiments and observations, how.
ever, give us the assurance that man
will be able slowly to accustom him.
self to the diminished bsrometric pres.
sure of the Himalayas, IF birds" he
says, "fy to the height of $4,000 feet
man ought TO be able to reach the
same altitude at a slow rate of prog.
ress. s."-Pearson's Magazine.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16

An interesting discovery has Just
been made by Portugal savant. N
Leitc de Vasconcellos has found In a
forgotten manuscript a very ancient
poem, the existence of which was
known, but which was thought to have
been lost, The poem, composed In
honor of Sainte-Foy d'Agen, contains.
59S stanzas. 1t is written in Proven
cal and dates back to the end of the
eleventh century. Some time must
elapse, however, before the reading
public can appreciate the beauty of the
work, for the language in which 1t is
written would now be Incompetent
sible ON the banks of the Rhone.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
Power of the Elements.

A fall of hail TO the average depth
of one inch over a region four miles
wide and is miles long is a fall of
167 900 cubic feet of ice, Weighing
nearly 100000 tons. The average ele-
walton from which it fell may be TAX
en- as 5000 feet. All the mass that
fell must previously have been raised
to that level that is, 100000 tons
must have been raised 5000 feet or
100000 foot tons of work must have
been done, which corresponds to the
work of an engine of million horse
power working for five hours.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16

had 10 hide for days in the canyons
from hostile indians, when in trying
TO reach an almost inaccessible ruin
she fell and nearly lost her life, Al
though she suffered hunger and thirst
weariness and danger, she did not de-
spair, but hravely kept up her efforts.
saying that she wanted other women
To see the ruins. but wanted no other
woman TO suffer as she had done in
the attempt.
Finally in the fall of 1899 gathering
a few intimate friends about her, she
organized the Colorado Cliff Dwellings
association and set out 10 do n work
which will make the association and
its members remembered in the scien-
tifc achievement OF their state, The
first and greatest obstacle which con
fronted them was the inaccessibility
Of the cliff dwellings Located as they
are between thirty and forty miles
from any railroad. over a rough, wild.
uninhabited country. the clinf dwell
ings could only be reached at great
expense Of time, strength and money
and a long and eXhaustlng journey on
horseback To overcome this obsta-
ale the first obtsst to oa attained was
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
CATS ARE HER HOBBY.
Rearing the Felines One of the Fads
Lady Marcus Beresford.

Among the "fads" to which EnglisI
Indies of wealth, leisure and high so.
cial distinction are addicted, there al,
few yielding the fair devotees mos
genuine pleasure and satisfaction than
the business of breeding and rearing
cats, the speciality of Lady Marcus
Beresford. At her home in Bishams-
gate. near Egham, Lady Beresford has
established what she calls her "categI
les" word which fits the case, :
haps. as well as any other. The ~
tabllshment is absolutely unique III
every feature. Here the happy and for
tunate pussies live. move and have
their being amid surroundings fit for
queens and princes. One feature of
the "catery" is vine-covered cottage
with the rooms decorated and sup
piled with everything supposed to be
needful for the comfort of the most
fastidlous of felines. There is a small
kitchen for cooking food, racks to no d
the white enameled bowls ana platea
used at feeding time, and a large book
wherein is inscribed the family his
tory OF members of the establishment.
by many men cats are regarded as
a nuisance, If nothing worse, but by
a specially fortunate circumstance
Lord Beresford is deeply interested in
felines himself, and is in thorough
sympathy with his wife's hobby. He
is one Of the presidents OF the Lon
don Cat Club, whose annual exhibi-
tions are popular feature Of each
recurring season, and some of the
winning eats at these shows
every year, come from Lady Heres-
ford's cat form.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
PEOPLE WITH HORNS.

,iamorou Cases on Record of
SIecies of characterization,
There are many well authenti
cases OF human being growing Il
Nearly all the old writers citc
amples. in ancient times horns
symbolic of wisdom and power.
ael Angelo in his famous sculptul
Moses has given the patriarch ps
horns.
Probably the most remarkablei|
was that of Paul ltodrigues. a Mo
POI ter, who, from the upper and !
part of his heal. had a horn IL IL
in circumference, divided into d
shafts which he concealed by
stantly wearing a peculiarly sh
cap. There is in Paris wax m
of a horn, eight or nine inches
length, removed from an old VIC
by the celebrated DR.. Souberhielle
Warren mentions a case under
care OF DR.. Dubois of woman 4
whose forehead grew a horn six in
in diameter and six inches In hei
In 1896 there was an old woman
France who constantly shed long hi
from her forehead. one of which
presented to the King. Dr. "
cites the case of an old woman
had horn branching into three
tions, coming from her forehead.
Sands speaks of a woman who ha
horn ga inches long, growing (
her head. There is an account of
extirpation OF horn nearly 10 in.
in length from the forehead of a
man OF So. Dr. Bejau describes a
man of 40 from whom he excised
excrescence resembling a rams h.
1t began to grow at the age of II.
constantly increased. DR.. Vidal
sented before the Academic de NJ
cine, France, in 1886, a twisted h
from the head of woman. This
10 inches long. and at the time of
presentation reproduction of 1t
taking place in the woman.
A Frenchman, named Trout
with a large horn on mis- forehead,
sembling that OF ram, is reported
have exhibited himself in Paris
1899. while a country boy, just 40 W
later, presented himself ut the no
tai of Bologna to have sawed from
head a horn about the size OF the in
finger.
DR.. Chatard. of Baltimore, Sc
years ago, reported that he had S
in that city an old woman with h
on her nose. 1t was more than
inch long and nearly shaped like I
of rhinoceros."
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
AN INKY LAKE.
One of tho Most Peculiar Mysteries OF
Colorado.

One OF tho Most Peculiar Mysteries OF
Colorado.
The most unusual curiosity in the
strange, uncanny land by the Colorado
river is what the naturalists in Califor-
mia call a lake of ink. The scientific
journals In Los Angeles and San Diego
have discussed time and time again
what the lake of ink really is. 1t Is a
great pool of black fluid that resembles
black writing ink more than anything
else. II is about an acre in area. The
surface of the lake is coated with ashes
from the volcanoes to the thickness OF
about half foot, and the explorer in
these parts who is not looking out for
this freak of nature would be very apt
TO walk into IL. Surveyors have found
that the lake is some three hundred
yards deep in some places but 10 hot
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
Pixies Peak Railroad.

Capitalists OF Colorado Springs hav,
organized company TO build an elec
tric railway TO the top OF Pixies Peak
at cost of s5OOOOO or more. The roat
will start from Colorado Springs OF
from some station on the Cripple Creel
Short Line. Experiments show thai
electricity can be operated without
trouble at the altitude necessary. l4,14:
feet. The Cog Road has heretofor,
held the field exclusively.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16

means Rome will also gain communi-
cation with Brussels. The second new
line branches OFF at Milan for Chiasso
where it joins the Swiss system, with
which Vienna is already connected
and Berlin shortly will be. The four
principal capitals of the continent.
with their chief provincial cities. will
thus shortly be within speaking dis
tance" of each other, and as En- land is
already connected with Paris the con-
tinental network approaches compile
tion, the next step will be to find a
common international exchange.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
DInmnnd Cntter. Need Work.

The South African war is causing
starvation among the 200 men EN-
ployed in Paris in the delicate work
of cutting diamonds. Scarcely any dia-
monds come from Brazil or India now
Before the supply from the Cape ceased
these men earned as much as so francs
a week, out of which they have to pay
their employers four francs a day for
implements and motive power. Two
carats each of diamond powder and
boort are also necessary. This costs
23f. SOC. and the cutters assistant
draws another 12f.. making altogether
69f. soc At present the men who SIN
have work are earning about Coz
which leaves them slightly over 20f.
a week to live upon. meeting of the
200 has been held. at which the 1900
cutters of the Amsterdam and the 800
of Antwerp were represented. 4 gen
eral strike was unanimously voted. and
all cutters who continue to work arc
assessed five per cent of their earnings
for the strike fund.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
A WICHITA GRASS HOUSE.

ous caves that may be found on their
reservation.
The Comanchcs Kiowas, Pawnees,
Poncas and Cheyennes all live in rough
tepees both in summer and winter,
though among the Poncas the idea of
living in the houses supplied by the
government is now coming into favor.
The Choyennes and Apaches are al
most beyond the reach Of civilizing in
'fIueuces. They will have nothing to do
with the white people. as a rule, and
they scorn the little government hous-
as which have lately been built for
them. But the Indian agents will soon
issue instructions to confscate all the
tepees OF these tribes, burn them and
compel the Indians to accept the frame
houses as their future homes.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
Trunk Line Telephone.

The Italian government has Jus,
sanctioned the construction of two i'm.
portant trunk lines of telephone which
will bring Europe long step nearer to
the goal of a continental system OF
international telephones. One of these
lines goes from Rome through Bo-
logna, Florence and Turin to Mount
Gents, where it is to be connected with
the French line from Paris, by which
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16

There were $4,000 droskies regis
tered at police headquarters in ST. Pc
tersburg last summer, or one to about
every thirty-three inhabitants. Dur
Ing the winter season, when the
wheeled vehicles are changed for
sledges of similar patterns, large num-
bers of people come in from the coun-
try with horses to earn lite extra
money.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16

not amount TO 81 per
head. or $300,000,O 0,OO0,
against less than 81
per head thirty years
years ago. Multiply
China's population
conservatively esti-
mated at 35O,000,O00,
by So, and we have,
as a reasonable esti-
mate of China's for
eign commerce, when
she shall be opened up
and her government
improved like that of
Japan, the magniti-
cent total of $780,
100000 per annum.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16

The imports, two-thlrds of which could
be supplied by America, would
equal 81 lOOO,OO0,OOO. This sum may
not be realized for another generation,
but it must surely be reached in the
not remote future.-John Barrett in
Philadelphia Times.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
Helped Ward and Bret u,r,..

George W. Carleton, the New York
publisher. who died recently, opened
a book store on Broadway nearly half
a century ago, and it became the lite
rary rendezvous Of the time lie pub
lished "Artemus Wards" first book
and also the books OF Bret Harte and
other leading novelists.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
QsAa7 g sssS y r''ES-

A bill has been prepared for sub
mission to Congress at its coming ses-
sion providing that the cliff dwellings
Of Colorado shall not be destroyed by
time or vandalism. but that they shall
be preserved for the benefit OF scien-
tific Investigation in future years The
measure provides that the region sur
rounding these habitations of pre-
historic race shall be set apart as a
national park protected by the gov
ernment for the use and benefit OF pos
terity.
These marvellous relics of American
antiquity, for centuries inaccessible to
any but the boldes' and most tireless
explorers have at last been opened up
by a little band OF enthusiastic women.
The ruins have long been considered
by archaeologists 10 be among the fin-
est and most interesting in the world
and have stood almost unknown and
wholly neglected IN the Mancas can
yon of southwestern Colorado. On the
rare occasions when they have been
visited, except by one or two parties
of scientific explorers, 1t has been by
careless tourists and sightseers, who
did not scruple to knock down walls
and otherwise deface the ruins in their
efforts to get and carry away inter
esting pieces OF pottery and the relies
valuable only to science.
These ruins were opened and made
accessible to the public by the Colo
RADIO Cliff Dwelling association com
posed of fifty women, and organized
I'm the fall of 1899 by Mrs. Gilbert Nc
Clurg OF Colorado Springs, Col. In
1882 Mrs. McClurg then Miss Virginia
Doneghe. descendant of Edward A.
Dunning, who made the first anthro-
biological collection for Harvard and
Yale. learning OF the ruins of the cliff
dwellings in the Mesa Verde. made
an excursion to and explored the ruins
at the risk Of her life and under the
escort OF United States troops.
Appreciated Their Value.
What she saw of them convinced her
that they We're of great scientific in
terest to the world, and she resolved
II possible to preserve and reclaim
them from the ravages of time and
vandal marauders. For sixteen years
she lahored, never once losing sight
of her object, and when in 1885 she.
with "A marty of friends was hpsai and
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16

a wagon roAd. Here again was a diff
iculty.
The Mesa Verde is part OF the Ute
reservation and the Indians objected
TO white men travelling over their
lands. After much consideration the
association hit upon the project of
leasing the Mesa Verde from the In
dians and negotiations we're immedi-
ately begun. Mrs. McClur who had
known the Ute chiefs and been known
by them from a child. appeared before
their council and. through an inter-
prefer, laid before them her plans. The
chiefs signed the lease giving the as
sociation the right to build and use
wagon road across their reservation
in consideration of the sum of $500 a
year.
Wagon Road Opened.
This settled, the work on the wagon
road Was Immediately begun and
though the association was small and
badly hampered by lack OF capital. Il
was pushed rapidly forward until Sept.
|, when II was considered sufficiently
under way to warrant formal open
ing of the wagon road to the Mesa
Verde and cliff dwellings
The pictures presented herewith are
from sketches made by members of the
party.
All of the ruins are interesting to
the archaeologist. In many respects
the one known as balcony house is the
best preserved and probably the most
recently occupied. In contrast with
the surrounding dwellings, the walls
of this one are smooth and even and
the stones well fitted together. The
tower is straight. square and has three
windows. the lower of which, though
now broken through. has evidently
been of a T shape. The whole ruin
suggests a strong and almost impreg-
nable fortress. a small force OF men
could hold it against a vastly superior
enemy.
Balcony house is so called from a
projection or balcony. 1t is a rather
narrow balcony, but was undoubtedly
used to sit and rest upon. Like all the
ruins in Cliff canyon, 1t is difficult of
access and is filled with dry dust and
fallen walls.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16

Miss Eleanor Gist has been engaged
for Miss Grace Georges company.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16
Our Trade Possibilities.

China's present foreign trade does
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-31
Central Vermont Meeting.

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders OF the Central Vermont Rail-
way company was held at st. Adams
last week.
There were four vacancies in the
board Of directors to ill, caused by the
resignation of +. II. Fitzhugh, the
former general manager, and by the
death OF Charles NJ. Wilds, Aldace +.
Walker and David y. Ranlett. The
following directors were elected -
George b. Reeve, Montreal, p. @; +.
c. smith, st. Adams r. ;. Logan, St.
Adams w. Seward Webb. Shelburne +;
John w. Stewart, Middlebury; John
G.. Mccullough. Bennington, J.. H..
Baker, Boston Henry b. Day, Boston
:. 4. Kilner, New York; John Bell,
Belleyille. Ont; James l.. Martin,
Brattleboro Albert b. futile, Mont
pelier; Charles r. Smith, Burlington.
+. c. Smith continues as president
and the other officers were reelected.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-31
AROUND THE CAMPFIRE.

Considerable illness prevails among
the veterans at the soldiers home,
seventeen of the inmates being in the
hospital.
Commander Wells Latin Field, us.
N, recently detached from the COM
mand of the cruiser Ranger, has ar
rived at his home in Bennington. He
has been in continuous service since
the breaking out of the Spanish-Am-
erican war.
Capt. Charles j. Bailey. late military
instructor in the University OF Yer
mont, is to be stationed at the Sandy
Hook proving grounds to represent the
board of ordinance and fortitications
and the artillery corps, in the tests
conducted there.
The twenty-ninth reunion OF the
First Regiment OF Vermont Cavalry
association was held in st. Johnsbury
Wednesday afternoon and evening OF
last week. with about so survivors OF
the regiment in attendance. These
officers were chosen: President, Capt.
William w. Beeman, Hartford, Conn. (;
secretary, ;. III. Wood, st. Adams I;
treasurer, w. L. Greenleaf, Burling-
ton; and one vice president from each
company. In the evening banquet
was served in G.. A. X. hail.
Arthur 5. Davis, who has been serv-
ing for two years in the Philippines, a
larger part of the time on the Island of
Panay. has been discharged from
the service and returned to Benning-
ton. He was member of Company
NJ, 18th United States infantry, having
been promoted to be corporal for
good service. Davis was in several
engagements. and was badly wounded
by man whom he was trying to ar
rest for the murder of a Spaniard.
Davis served in the Cuban campaign,
and was wounded quite seriously at
FL Caney. After his recovery he re-
enlisted
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-31
ODD Fellows Meeting in Montpelier.

The annual district meeting OF the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows was
held in Odd Fellows hall. Montpelier,
Thursday of last week. A large dele
cation of members was present at the
afternoon session and many more in
the evening. The initiatory degree
was worked by Gill lodge of East
Barre and the first degree by Hiawatha
lodge of Barre during the afternoon
in very creditable manner.
A banquet was served at 6 80 o'clock
by Ivy lodge OF Rebekahs. At the
evening session Barre lodge work
ed the third degree. At the close of
the work il was reviewed by District
Deputy Lafayette Myers OF Cabot, and
remarks were made by grand officers
present. Among the members OF the
grand lodge present were ;. b. Waite
OF HYDE Park, H. +. Parker and l.. }.
Brown of Bradford and +. f. Smith of
Barre. The Rev. c. o. Judkiss also
made some interesting remarks re-
garding the order.