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The Conservative, 1902-04-03
Che Conservative.
INCIDENTS OF WESTERN HISTORY.
The First Red River Expedition.

The First Red River Expedition.
Upon completion of the bargain for
the Louisiana territory, President JEFF
ferson proceeded to take stock of his
new acquisition. Captains Lewis and
Clark were started up the Missouri in
1904 Pike explored the upper Missis-
sippi in 1906; in the following year he
went up the Usage on his way to the
mountains, and dispatched a party
down stream from the Great Bend of
the Arkansas to trace that river to it's
mouth and in the same year, 1906, an
attempt was made to follow Red River
up to it's headwaters.
There are many Red Rivers, and
there was much confusion among them
for long time. A reader of the early
writers is sometimes puzzled by the
various mentions Of unaccountable Red
Rivers which they make. Chief among
these was the stream which joins the
Mississippi between Natchez and Baton
Rouge, which was long supposed to be
an important watercourse. A hasty
guess by Alexander Humboldt, who
visited New Mexico in the earliest years
of the century, caused supposed identi-
fication of this river with one of the
many reddish streams that come down
from the Santa Fe country. 1t is in
reality comparatively short stream !;
but this was not ascertained for long
time. Major Long followed down from
it's headwaters, in 1920, q river which
he believed to be the Red, but which he
found, to his great modification, when
he reached it's mouth, was the Canadian
and the real source of Red River was a
mystery until 1859, when Captains
Marcy and Mcclellan located it on the
western line of Texas.
The following narrative of the first
effort in this direction is taken from Dr.
James account of the Long expedition
of 1920. 1t has of course no connection
with that affair, which came fourteen
years after.-The "Pawnee Piquas"
were tribe, commonly called Pawnee
"Picts" (tattooed) or Towyashes, dwell.
ling near the Comanches on the upper
Canadian and having no connection
with the Pawnees of the Plains.-The
Great Raft was an obstruction, forty
miles or more in length, composed, as
described, of driftwood, and so solid as
to have great trees growing upon it's
surface. 1t persisted until quite re-
Gently.
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Red River was explored at very
early period by the French, but their
examinations appear to have extended
no further than to the country of the
Natchitoches and the Cadoes; and al
though subsequent examinations have
little enlarged our acquaintance with
it's upper branches, we are still unfortu-
nately ignorant of the position of it's
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small party, known by the name of the
Exploring Expedition of Red River"
and consisting of Captain Sparks, Mr..
Freeman, Lieut.. Humphrey and DIR.
Custis, with seventeen private soldiers,
two non-commissioned officers, and
black servant, embarked from st.
GATHERINGS landing, near Natchez, on
board several barges and small boats,
with instructions to ascend Red River
to it's sources. On the 3rd of May, 1906,
they entered Red River, expecting to be
able to ascend with their boats to the
country of the Pawnee Piqua Indians.
Here it was their intention to leave their
boats, and packing their provision on
horses which they should purchase of
the Pawnees, they were to proceed to
the top of the mountains" the distance
being, as they believed, about three
hundred miles.
On the 10th of May they arrived at
Natchitoches, distant from the Mississ-
ippi 1874 miles 266 perches, measured by
delayed some days; and having received
information that their progress would
be opposed by the Spaniards, they re-
solved to increase the strength of their
party by retaining a detachment which
had been ordered by the secretary of
war to join them at Natchitoches, "for
the purpose of assisting the exploring
party to ascend the river to the upper
end of the Great Raft, and to continue
as far afterwards as might appear neces-
sary to repel by force any opposition
they might meet with" Accordingly,
twenty men were selected from the
garrison at Natchitoches, and, under the
command of Lieutenant Duforest,
joined the exploring party. They were
now thirty seven in number aside from
the officers, and were furnished with
supply of flour sufficient for nine
months provision. On the 2nd of June
they left Natchitoches, and proceeded
toward their destination. The journal
of their tour by Mr.. Freeman, which
has been obligingly put into our hands
by General D. Parker, is extremely cir
cumstantial, and embraces much valu-
able information. We make use of it
without particular reference, whenever
we have occasion to speak of that part
of the Red river visited by the expedi.
tion. On the 9TH of June the party
were overtaken, near small village Of
Natchitoches and Paskagoulas, by an
Indian guide and interpreter, whom they
had hired at Natchitoches. He brought
letter from DR.. Sibley, the Indian
agent, giving information that de-
tachment of Spanish troops were al
ready OH their march from Nacog-
doches, with design to intercept the
exploring party. At the distance of one
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. e. w. Groves signature
is on each box. 25c.
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ever dog was mourned, for friendship
rare by her adorned
The oldest and therefore one of the
first stones to be erected is dated
1882 Loves tribute to Love Dear
little Tony" In some instances vases
of flowers and artificial wreaths I'M
der glass are placed on the grave
Pilku was the dog who had belonged
to a relative of the king of Sweden,
and the crest of its master reversed il
c~-ved on the headstone- Another
stone bears this inscription: Good
bye, but not for ever
There is a small greenhouse and
near it. unmarked, is buried the dear
ly loved dog of a lady who had him
placed in an oak coffin with silver
handles Jack the Dandy. a Sports
man and Pal" was bulldog. and
when his funeral took place = larnD
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The Bare Feet" Fad.

There is nothing like having both
feet on the ground If a man should
go barefoot the contact of his bare
feet with the earth and his head pro-
jecting into the atmosphere would
make a perfect electrical conductor
through which the electricity of the
air would pass through his body to
the earth While no apparent harm
is done. yet being insulated from the
electricity of the earth by wearing
shoes the electricity fails of its bene-
fetal result There can be no doubt
that it would be better for everybody.
especially nervous people, if their feet
were on the ground instead of in
shoes-Medical Talk
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The American Birth Rate.

Recent census figures, according
TO an article in the Philadelphia Medi-
cal Journal, seem to establish beyond
question of a doubt the fact that the
birth rate in this country is lower
than thai or any European country. ex-
cepting France: that the birth rate of
the American-born population is much
fellow that of France. and that the fe-
cundfty of the American woman is
lower than that of the woman of any
other country France is alarmed at
her condition; we are Indifferent. for
We are constantly recruiting our popu-
lation from Russia, from Sweden. from
Germany. from Ireland or from Can
ada--Excbange-
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We May Have White ORANGES.

In a few years white oranges may
grace the American dinner table or
the Italian fruit wagon. One of the
explorers of the Agricultural Depart
ment discovered this freak of nature
in his rambles along the shores of the
Mediterranean some months ago, and
brought some cuttings from the tree
to the United States. These were
carefully grated on an ordinary stock
at the department grounds, and are
now three feet high. cutting of
this plant was sent to Santa Ana,
Cal, to be tried in that climate A
couple of years will see the first fruit
IL it proves of fine flavor cuttings
will be widely scattered, and in time
the white orange will be as plentiful
as the seedless orange.
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Tenor as Stock Company.

Andreas DIPPED. the celebrated
tenor, has novel plan to anticipate
the future He wants to form himself
into stock company, the basis of
which will be his earning capacity.
present and future He thinks that
he has at least twenty years of good
earning capacity in him and he wants
to cash some of it in advance. In
short, he wants to make his voice his
principal in a concrete form When
he returns east from his western tour
he expects to interest Wall street in
the enterprise. Under his plan all his
earnings for the next twenty years
will be paid over to the company, he
to take half his share in cash and the
rest in common stock
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Shot Gun Moral.

Out in an Iowa town a husband
whose wife had not arisen at the
usual hour demanded that she get up
and get his breakfast The wife did
not Immediately appear. so the i'm
patient man secured a bucket of cold
water and drenched the sleeping
spouse. At this the latter arose in
wrath, and hunting up the family
shot gun, she discharged the same
at the inconsiderate husband, and he
passed over the border land to the
unknown regions, perhaps where cold
water is very scarce
MoraESome men should occasion
ally get their cwn breakfasts--Oii
City Blizzard
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cial debut. Among the Papuans they
are tattooed all over the body. but the
face is reserved to finish on ON the
wedding day.
Curious scar tattooing is practiced
by some negroes The effect is hid
eous enough to satisfy the most ar
dent votary of fashion
II is usual among Africans to Ms
the teeth to sharp points, to snap on
certain teeth and to make interstices
in all four front teeth large enough
to hold stable toothpick-
There are two singular mutilations
which are not commonly known The
Tinginane women of the Philippines
wear a sort of plated fiber sheath,
ornamented with beads, on the fore
arm. This strongly congresses the
muscles, and being put on when they
are little girls, prevents the develop
ment of the forearm and causes the
wrist and hand to swell in a manner
which is considered quite beautiful
The idea is similar to the Carib
fashion of fastening stout band
about the ankle and just below the
knee of each girl child. This is new
er removed, with the result that the
muscles of the calf swell out enor-
hardly thicker than the bone.
The custom of changing the shape
of the head is OF venerable antiquity
and seems never to have produced
any evil effects upon the health or the
intellect. Among the Indian tribes of
the Northwest where the custom is
practiced, the babies, swathed in
spruce bark, have cedar bark cush-
ions bound on their heads SO as to
exert pressure enough to length en- the
soft skull. 1t is easy to imagine the
motherly and grandmotherly anxiety
that each succeeding head should
take on the required elegance of
shape.
The Chinese custom of footbinding,
with its attendant evils, is too well
known to need comment, says a writ
er in the New York Sun. In its seri-
GUS injury to health this fashion is a
close second to what might be called
the European custom of waist squeez-
ing simultaneously with the advent
of the straight-front corset among
Caucasians there are being formed in
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There is a stone in memory of My
dear little cat Chinchilla (Chil1a).
Lovely, loving and most dearly loved.
Poisoned July 81, 1895 God restore.
thee to me, so prayeth thy ever-loving
mistress" Below this are some hero
glyphics, which probably do not con-
tain blessing for the person who so
cruelty took the cats life. Another
marble stone bears the words, Alas!
poor Zoe. Born Oct. /, 1879. Died
Aug. Is, 1892. AS deeply mourned as
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comparisons of Society"

In an article on '-Vulgarity in
Wealth Marie Corelli attacks the
American millionaire in a way that
shows she would be a valuable acqui-
sition to our political stump forces
The assertion that English society
has been damaged by contact with
Americans is rather surprising. how
ever, to anyone who has given any
attention to the actions of English
society for the last few hundred
years American society may be
measured by the dollar, but the only
society in this respect is that the lat
ter is weighed by the pound. We
may have our stock brokers, railroad
kings and trust barons, but England
has her brewers, tea merchants ct al
To be sure We haven't families who
trace a native ancestry back into the
dim past, but surely a land ruled over
by Edward VII oughtn't to sheer at
us for this
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brought to the lodge and afterwards
buried in the garden A marble stone
shows the place where he lies After
this many VINO had heard of the event
requested to have their dogs laid to
rest in the same plot of ground, and
thus it came about that permission
was obtained to allow the garden to
become cemetery for dogs 1t has
now been in existence twenty years,
and there are about three hundred or
four hundred graves. all beautifully
kept The tombstones are pretty near
ly all OF the same size, and mostly of
marble One of the first of these to
greet the eye on entering bears this
inscription My Ruby Heart died
Sept IA, 1897 For seven years we
we're friends" This little grave is
surrounded by small iron fence with
: marble pillar at each corner
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Mail advices report that pirate
craft are now thicker than ever on
the Fukien coast of China, which is at
the present day a most dangerous
highway for junks traversing the
coast between Canton. Swatow and
kmoy Piratical junks, well manned
and well armed, cruise about the
Tunganhsien coast in sQuadrons or
threes and fours, lying in wait Tor
trading junks laden with rich cargoes
bound from Annoy and neighborhood
to Swatow or Canton or vice versa
in some cases stripping the merchant
craft of all their cargoes, sails. rig
ging, food supplies, armament, ETC..
and leaving the crews just SO much
as to enable them to navigate their
junks to the nearest seaport, while
in other cases landing the crews at
some spot on the coast, and taking
away the junks and all that is in
them.
Resistance means death at the
hands of the pirates, who seldom
massacre the trading junk crews. I'M
less the junks show fight and cause
severe loss to the pirates. Then
there is no mercy shown. every sur
viving member of the trading junk's
Hence unless well armed and strong
ly manned, merchant junks seldom
show fight to a superior force OF
pirates. preferring to show their
sterns to the latter, if they can If.
however, the forces are equal, two
to two. or three to three. battle
often ensues and if the resistance be
a stubborn one, small chance is left
to the junk's crew to survive the con-
1ict should they be worsted by the
pirates.
The custom, therefore, is to show
fight, and if the pirates persist in
fighting to a finish, the traders gen
orally heave to and prudently allow
the pirates to board them and do
whatever may seem best in their
eight for more often than not rein
forcements for the aid of the enemy
sail in sight not long after battle
is commenced This, has, therefore,
encouraged the pirates of the Fukien
coast, between Annoy and Swallow. to
make that place their constant
ground so that unless it be stopped,
the junk trade between Fukien and
Kuangtung provinces will soon be a
thing of the past, so great is the ter
ror inspired by the pirates in the
crews of trading junks.
The cause of all this is the absence
of government ships and war junks-
Before the war with Japan 1S94-95)
there was a respectable number of
war junks quite able to cope with the
formidable sea pirates, but since then
"retrenchment" has been the motto of
the Fukien officials. and cruising
squadron of war junks on the Fukfen
coast has of late years been rather
the exception than the rule-except
the annual cruise Gin steam sloopt
of the admiral of the Fukien prov
1nce, whose headquarters are at
he usually cruises away
from the pirates preserves.-Port-
land Oregonian.
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Hebrew in High ONCE.

Sir Marcus Samuel, who became
lord mayor of London on Nov 9,
enters on his high position in order
of seniority on the aldermanic bench,
having received election by the liv-
cry men of the city of London recent
ly, according TO time-honored custom
He served the office of sheriff seven
years ago He is forty-nine years of
age and is associated with firms of
Japanese silk and oil importers and
Japanese merchants. His succession
to the civic chair 10 interesting for
the fact that he is another instance
of the Hebrew faith attaining the
highest municipal dignity in Eng
land.
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death; he lived twenty years The
dog Danger was born in Mexico, and
under his name are thes words
Gould 1 think we'd meet again,
1t would tighten half my pain
Besides many other interesting trib-
utes paid to the memory of dead pets
are these. Thomas, the dearly loved,
faithful and anfectionate friend of
Lady and Captain Nottage-v ITO my
dear Rob, for nine years the beloved
and devoted companion of Mrs F. NJ
Digan- Died May, 1900
He talked with soft brown eyes
More eloquent than speech
Also to our beloved and faithful little
Jack. aged seventeen years Gould
Love have saved. thou cadst not
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organs out of their natural position
and to consider the result graceful
and elegant, while the gentle savage
pays her tribute to fashion with her
ears, nose lips. teeth and skin
Perhaps at the very head of the list
of fashionable mutilators is the habit
of boring holes in the lips, nose and
ears in which to display ornaments
The ear is obviously the most tempt
ing member for this purpose, and
surprisingly large and heavy objects
which stretch the lobe out of all nat
ural shape are a joy to the savage
heart. About twenty-five years ago
highly civilized women wore such
long and heavy earrings that the lobe
was often torn quite through. Never
theless. she who had fine jewels to
display, with true savage fortitude,
calmly had her ears pierced in new
place.
The variety in ear decoration fs
prodigious but the woman of the
Queen Charlotte islands justly may be
said to be creator of style, as she
wears three large hanks of yarn drawn
through holes in her ears and fast
ened with a shell clamp.
Next in favor among savage ladies
is the fashion of piercing the lips,
and by inserting bone, quartz, ivory
or wooden cylinders of gradually in
creasing size of extending them to
hideous proportions. Sometimes it is
the upper lip, sometimes the lower.
sometimes both.
Often the lower lip is further en-
HANGED with long polished quartz
cone. The Carib women thrust a
long piece of bone through a hole ia
the lower lip, which it is proper to
waggle with the tongue in what is no
doubt considered a very fascinating
manner
The nose is 3 favorite place Pom
which to hang ornaments, generally
rings. large and small The civilized
woman of Hindustan wears dainty
little jeweled studs in each nostril
which are regarded as quite fascinat-
ing
Perhaps the oldest instance of this
kind of adornment is furnished by
the African lady. whose lips, nose and
ears are delicately fringed with inch
long straws thrust through tiny holes.
Dr. Schweinfurth makes the state
ment that the bodies OF many West
African women are pierced in a hun
dred places to permit this straw dec
grafton. and it is easy to imagine the
feminine delight they take in invent
ing new and striking combinations.
Tattooing is an ancient and wide
spread custom, in some tribes con-
fined almost entirely to the women
and in others to the men. Among the
Igorrotes of the Philippines there is
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1t is not generally known that in
London, England, there exists an ex-
ceedingly pretty cemetery devoted
principally to mans best friend-the
faithful dog. Near the Victoria gate.
Hyde Park, stands the gate keepers
lodge. attached to which there is a
fair-sized garden, the last resting
place of many a favoriue pet.
Several years ago a favorite dog.
which belonged to the Duke of Cam
bridge, was run over in the park,
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number of bulldogs assisted at the
ceremony. One grave is very remark
able; it is large enough for a child of
ten or twelve. and rallied in is a
splendid marble column, resting on
rock, the whole covered with carved
lilies On one side are these words:
In loving memory of dear. gentle
little Lily, died JAN 6, 1900, aged IA
years.
The oldest dog in the cemetery was
Little Tim, true and faithful unto
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figure

has at last been relegated to It's proper
place, among the curious dishgure-
ments of the body practised by savage
races and by semi-cultivated ones all
the world over from time immemor-
ial.
1t has been left to the most civilized
women on earth to squeeze the vital
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TO ENHANCE BEAUTY
THE NUMEROUS METHODS OF
) FEMININE ADORNMEHT.
Civilized Women Not Alone in Their
Disregard of Comfort in the Require
ments of Styie-Dictates of Fashion
in the More Savage Lands.

IGHT lacing is no
longer good style.
A comfortable, sub
stantial waist line
is now demanded
by fashion as well
as by common
sense
Therefore, tn Q
hour-glass figure
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SURVIVAL OF PIRACY
SEA RoDsERs STILL MAKE
OCEAN TRAVEL UNSAFE

Unchecked by the Government, Fight
ers Under the Black Flag Practice
Their Vocation OF the Fukien
Coast of china-sIay all Who OPP
pose Them.
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How They Are heightened
hardly a man or woman who has not
a figure of the sun tattooed on the
back of the hand.
The women as rule are less IA
vored than the men in the matter of
skin embroidery. having merely some
dots across the forehead, a design on
the cheek or chin, the hands or feet.
across the breast and upper part of
the arms Girls are often not tat
toOed until they have reached a mar
riageable age 1t is, in fact, their So