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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08
Novel Indian Tepee
Chieftain in Colorado Has q Lodge Composed of 1000
Coyote Pelts.
80 o0*G|@+~

Clad in buckskin, with beaded moc
casins and gaily colored blanket
wrapped around him, Nah-te-wah-tah,
a prominent Pawnee chieftain from
Utah, passed through Denver the other
day on his way to Omaha.
Nah-te-wah-tah has the largest tepee
in the world, he says, and he is prob
ably right. The skins of 1000 coyotes,
tightly sewed into one vast canopy,
form the tent. For eleven years the
grizzled Indian has been steadily pre-
serving the pelts Of the coyotes he and
his family have killed.
Last December he completed his de-
sired number OF 1000 by killing nine
coyotes in one day. The squaws of his
family sewed these skins, as soon as
dry, to the huge fur blanket upon
which they had been working o long,
Then Nah-te-wah-tah, gravely puff
hng his pipe, superintendent the labor
of stretching the immense skin sheet
v e the tent poles. These were the
longest that the adjoining territory
could afford, and had been gradually
collected for years. They we're strong
and well seasoned. Twelve Of the long
est we're placed in the center. Then
at intervals of a few yards the others
were firmly planted in the ground. The
sides were pegged down with long
stakes close together.
Two weeks we're consumed in pitch
ing the tent, and when at last the work
was finished, Nah-te-wah-tah gave a
feast which continued three days.
Thus the great tepee was christened.
It is pitched near the canyon Of the
Colorado river, in southern Utah, north
Of the Escalente river. II warmly shell
ssrs 80 Indians, and Is the admiration
OK more than 100 others who live in
tepees huddled rear 1t.
Besides the 1000 coyote skins, the
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

The number seven is not only CON
sidered a lucky number by the super
stitious. but it was a symbolical num-
Der in the Bible as well as among the
nations of antiquity. In the Old Tes,
lament we note that the Creator took
seven days. and the seventh day was
the sacred day of rest. Every seventh
year was sacred. and the seven times
seventh year ushered in a year Of jubi.
lee. There are seven principal virtue.
faith. hope. charity, prudence, TEN
perance, chastity and fortitude. ant
there also are seven deadly sins-pride
cov%etousness, last, anger, gluttony
envy and slOth. There were sever
champions Of Christendom-St. Pa.
trick (Ireland), st. George (England)
st. Andrew (Scotland), st. David
(Wales), st. Denis France). st. james
SPAIN, st. Anthony Qtaly). Their,
were seven ages of man: also sever
wise men of Greece. Christ spok,
seven times on the cross.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

If several of the vice-presidents Of
the United States who filled that high
office in past generations could speak
to-day they would doubtless ask in
tones of disgust:
What is fame?"
The marble busts of nearly all the
vice presidents are ranged in inches
about the senate chamber and in the
north corridor of the senate wing of
the capitol. Every visitor to the CAPT
toll looks at these works of art and is
told the names of many of the dead
statesmen, but there are three busts
of vice presidents, the identity of
which is at present lost to the world.
They look from their inches out on the
senate IS ghostly witnesses TO historic
scenes that have been enacted ever
since they presided over that august
body. They have been there at every
session, and when the big oaken doors
members of the senate and necessary
attendants in order that the executive
session secrets might not leak out
until they are published in the news
papers they have been allowed to re-
main.
Busts of vice presidents. That is
all that is known of them. The irony
of fate is still further enhanced by
the fact that it was not even known
that the identity of these busts mad
been lost until an attempt was made
to mark them.
When the senate ordered that these
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08
Historic
City Hall


Probably no city in the United
States has for its city hall a building
with which is connected SO much his
tory and omance as has the city Of
Yonkers, N. Y.
In the year 1855 Herr Van der Donck.
one Of the first of the Dutch settlers in
New York, died in Amsterdam. and
left to his wife his baronial estate at
the colony of Colon Donck, now Yonk-
ers. The property changed hands two
or three times, and then became part
of the Philipse estate. Frederick Phil
ipse bought the property, and in 1893
this was erected, by royal charter, into
a manor under the name of the Manor
of Philipseborough. Eleven years pre-
vious to this he had erected what is
now the city hall at Yonkers.
The manor house of Philjpseborough,
where Philipse, as the first lord, resid-
ed, was a pretentious affair for those
days; large rooms, richly ornamented
ceilings and a broad hall with a stair
case imported from England. The door
that still swings on the southern side
was made in Holland and imported in
1851 by the first wife Of the lord. A
lawn sloped down to the edge Of the
Hudson and was dotted with trees an6
shrubs brought from foreign parts;
deer ran in the park and a retinue Of
fifty slaves was needed to keep the
estate in order.
In 1902 Frederick died, leaving the
estate to his nephew, also Frederick
Philipse, who became the second lord
of the manor. The house was now en-
larged to thrice it's former size by add
ing the eastern front. Two entrances
with columns were built and the roof
surmounted with a heavy balustrade.
from which a magnificent view of the
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08
Old Manor House Used
by City of Yonkers.

Hudson could be obtained. The house
was elegantly fitted with English man
tlis, superb %staircases, and in the gable
roof were built dormitories for half a
hundred domestics.
On the death of the second lord Of
the manor the estate passed to his son
Frederick, but in 1879 his vacillatory
conduct between the American and the
royal causes ended in his being de-
clared a traitor by the state Of New
York and his estate confscated. In
1884 the state offered it for sale, and
the manor and surrounding lands were
purchased by Cornelius P. Low of New
York and became the rallying spot Of
the village Of Yonkers. Low did not
occupy the manor himself and soon
sold it.
1t had many owners up to 1913, when
it fell into the hands Of Lemuel Wells,
who lived there until 1912. At his
death the estate was divided among
his heirs. In 1867 the village of Yonk-
ers bought the house and in 1872 made
it the city hall.
In fitting it up as the official home
of the city, says the Municipal Journal
and Engineer, as few changes as pos
sible were made. The old panel work
was left on the walls and the decor
ated ceilings were only painted. In
remodeling the upper floors the beams
removed were made into desks for the
officials. From an old chest in the
house was made the mayors chair. III
the attic the doors still swing on their
wooden hinges and the rooms have
been left as in revolutionary times.
The southeastern chamber still has its
huge fireplace of bricks from Holland
and from it leads a secret %passageway
to an underground retreat.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08
How an Indiana
Town Was Named

Indiana is full of towns with queer
names. But the queerest of them all
has so far been left to languish in II
deserved obscurity. People who are
acquainted with that portion of Indi-
ana, which lies in the immediate vicin-
ity of Charlottesville, must have seen
on the signboard of a little railroad
station, as they rushed by on a lin
tied train, this astonishing name:
H'TOWN.
Behind that apostrophe lies the
story Of the joke which a rich old In
diana farmer played on the directors
of a great railroad company. The
farmer in question owned several
thousand acres of land in one body.
When the railroad was built it was
found necessary to cut through his
land. The right of way agents went
to the old farmer and asked him to
set a price on a strip running through
his farm a hundred feet wide.
He laughed It them and said his
land was not for sale at any price. He
didn't believe in railroads anyhow,
and didn't want n running through
his property. They offered him a huge
price for the land, for they had found
other property in the vicinity
reasonable and did not care to start
any condemnation suits unless it was
absolutely necessary. But the old
farmer would not listen to them. His
income was twice as large as he cared
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

are willing to pay a premium for high.
grade wheat that is entirely free from
rye and poor grain.
BY taking advantage Of these condi.
tions the manager OF the farmers ele-
vator at Solomon has been enabled tc
sell the greater part Of his wheat at a
premium and pay a correspondingly
high price to the farmers.
The members of the Farmers Ele-
vator association at Solomon have re-
Gently completed arrangements where
by they will export much Of their
wheat direct to cooperative societies
in Germany. A number of carloads
have already been sold in this manner
The wheat is billed direct from Solo
mon to Berlin. The local freight rate
Of 141k cents per 100 pounds is paid to
the Missouri river, but from Missouri
river points a through rate to Berlin
of q cents per 100 pounds is secured.
This saves to the farmers not only the
profits of the local grain dealers, but
also the profits of several commission
men and the exporter.
The German cooperative societies
own their own mills in Germany and
control a shipping elevator in New
York, says c. H. Matson in the Review
of Reviews, through which all wheat
consigned to them goes. This virtual
ly brings the producer and the con-
sumner together and eliminates all
board of trade speculation and manip-
ulation from the market.
Better be first in a village than sec
ond in Rome. Caesar.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

marble representations of the features
of its presiding officers be chiseled
there was no thought of placing
names upon them. Famous men,
whose names were household words
throughout the land, were known to
every one about the capitol. 1t seem
ed as ridiculous to mark them as it
would have been to place tags on the
leaders of the senate themselves. But
memory is not long in the galleries OF
the immortals.
The time came recently when it was
discovered that the famous men were
unknown. Then an order was given
that their identity be established and
that their names should be cut on the
under side of the marble. This has
not proved to be an easy task. There
are three busts the identity Of which
has not been determined, except by a
process of elimination. The Oldest
employees of the senate are being inter
viewed to see if they can recognize
them. They belong to the first half of
the last century. Old paintings and
other pictures have been consulted,
ard it is believed hat in the course Of
time evidence will be forthcoming to
place beyond controversy the names OF
the vice presidents of whom the busus
were made. Then, when their names
have been cut in the white marble,
says the Washington Star, a grateful
people will be able to connect them
with the famous men whose acts are
told on the pages of American history.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08
Lost His
rheumatism
BY the use of a bottle of
St. Jacobs Oil.
Lost His

SERGEANT JEREMIAH Mailer, of Ard.
cath, Royal Irish Constabulary, says " BY
friend, Mr.. Thomas Hand, has been a great
sufferer frorn rheumatism in the back and
joints for the last four years, during which
time he has employed many different
methods Of treatment, but obtained no relief
whatever, and for the last two years ha
been unable to walk without a stick, and
sometimes two sticks, and was in great pain
constantly. / induced him to procure a
bottle Of St. Jacobs oil, which he applied
with the most astonishing and marvellous
effects. Before he had fpi he'd using the
contents Of the first Dott he could walk
readily without the aid Of a stick, and after
a few applications from thu second bottle he
was free from pain, and has been ever sincet
and although fifty years of age and a farnsr,
he can walk and work without experiencing
any pain or difficulty whatever"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08
Railroad Company
Had to Submit

to spend, and he rather enjoyed the
position of blocking all the efforts Of
a great corporation.
The claim agents made up their
minds that they would have to start
a suit, and we're about ready to bring
it when they were surprised to get a
letter from the old farmer.
IF you will let me name the town
you are going to build on my land" he
said, "Ill give you all the land you
need"
They accepted his terms with glee.
OF course they expected that his van
ity would lead him to name the town
after himself, and they were quite pre-
pared for that emergency But he
fooled them. A written agreement
was drawn up and signed and the
deeds passed. Then they asked him
for his name. The old man grinned
broadly.
Wen call it H%elltown,' he said.
They argued with him until they
saw it was useless. They could not
back out, for the papers had already
been signed. Then they decided they
would get even in another way. They
elided the second, third, and fourth
letters of the name and put in their
place an innocent apostrophe. And SO
the name of the village is "H'town'
children have more need of models
than of critics. '-Joubert.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08
Gut Out WiddIemen
Kansas Farmers Adopt Policy Of Selling Direct to Mile.

A feature of the plan pursued by the
Solomon (Kas.) Farmers association
and one which if 1t should become gen
eral would revolutionize the grain
business of the United States and
eliminate the grain-exchange features
and gambling In futures on the boards
of trade is the policy of selling direct
TO mills instead of shipping to the
great grain centers.
In addition to saving the commission
which must be paid for selling wheat
in the grain pits on the boards of
trade, a premium is obtained from the
mills for high-grade wheat. The ma
jority of elevator owners mix their
good wheat with a poorer quality un-
I'll il is all Of a certain grade. BY skill
full mixing the elevator man can real
ize a large profit from this scource
alone, but the wheat is injured for
milling purposes.
In the big storage elevators at ter
minal points the grain is still further
mixed with rye or inferior wheat for
export purposes. This mixing process
has detractod from the reputation of
high-grade Kansas wheat. In fact. by
the time it reaches the mills in the
east or the exporters it is no longer
high grade.
Eastern millers complain that they
have not been able to produce as good
flour from Kansas wheat as that pro-
duced by smaller mills in the wheat
region that are able to purchase their
wheat direct from the farmers. This
fact is attributed to the mixing Of the
grain by the elevators, and the millers
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

quilt of hides is ornamented with the
pelts of a huge grizzly bear, a brown
bear and a black bear, which hang
over and on each side of the narrow
doorway facing the east.
The chieftain was going to Omaha to
visit a white friend who owes him
$500. Nah-te-wah-tah has Travelled on
trains before and manifests no sur
prise at railway co%ntrivances. He
speaks b%rokenly, but his English is in
t~elligible.
81 go to Omaha-see white friend
get $7OO-oome back Utah, Colorado
river in two weeks" With a vigorous
handshake he boarded the train.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08
GRANTS WELCOME TO GEN. TooMss
one Of the Few witty Remarks Credited
IN Him.

one Of the Few witty Remarks Credited
TO Him.
Gen. Robert Toombs was n OF the
few Confederate generals who refused
TO have his political disabilities re-
moved. and he died an unreconstructed
rebel. 1t was a source Of much regret
to the people of his state that he re-
fused to place himself, when they could
again send him to Washington as a
senator. AS he grew older he would
in conversation frequently refer to the
fact that he was not a citizen OF the
United States.
During Gen. Grants term of office as
President, Gen. Toombs had been to
New York and stopped of at Washing
ton. The Georgia delegation insisted
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

1t is said that there are more than
1000, 900 brands of cigars on the mar
ket. The campaign cigar, however, al
ways smells the same, no matter what
name it goes by.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

Two men have declined the assist
ant postmaster %generalship with its
salary Of $4,000 a year. It isn't likely.
however, that the Office will have to
be left vacant permanently because Of
a lack of applicants for the job.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

A big piano factory in New York has
just burned down. OF course, when the
company gets keyed up to the right
pitch they will have a new factory on
the string.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08
THE CITY OF THE FUTURE.
Forecast Of a Leading German Archl-
tect

Forecast Of a Leading German Arehl-
tect.
DIR. Stubben, the famous German
architect, has recently published his
views regarding the city of the future
and what 1t will be like.
His notion is that ii will take the
form of Il central block Of municipal
buildings, from which all the prlnci-
pal streets and th%oroughfares win ra-
date. Around the center will be drawn
c%oncentric circles of other streets
crossing the main arteries. There will
be secondary streets. Certain thor
oughfares will be devoted to dwelling
houses, others TO factories and shops
and SC forth.
Traffic will be carried on in the
streets In stories, the principal avenues
having three stories. All heavy rail-
way traffic and street cars will be n
derground. The present streets will be
devoted to vehicular traffic. Foot pas
sengers viii mOnopolize the upper stO-
ry, where all the principal shops VIII
be situated. The footpaths will be
spared from the sun in the sumrqer
and from the rain and snow In the
winter.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

In a city in Russian Poland stu
dents set fire to the schools and at
tempted to lynch the teachers. The
Chicago small boy who has supposed
that he held the record will have to
give up the competition.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

Congressman Moody's declaration
that he hardly knows the bow from
the stern of a war vessel is frank, at
all events. And he hasn't begun
hitching up his trousers yet.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

An Illinois teacher inflicted corpor-
al punishment on a pretty girl pupil,
and then they were married. The
sudden development of love on the
part Of the teacher is understandable,
but how about the girl? Are we to
understand that that is the proper
way to WOO
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

The growth of the concentration idea
mas induced the invention Of the wills
ky tabloid. Eventually the invitation
will be to take a chew instead of a
drink.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

After the Brooklyn women got
through hugging and kissing Fiddler
Kubelik he was so limp that he
couldn't walk alone. 1t is beginning
to look as if the poor boy may in flu
ture be able to fiddle only under police
protection.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

A gentleman of the name OF Moss
has been seated in the national house
of representatives from a contested
district in Kentucky. Congress proud
ly points to the act that it gathered
him.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

A Baltimore lady donned an SIS new
hat for a promenade and wondered
why the first admiring glances on the
street We're changed to stares.
Eventually she found that the hat had
dropped OFF, and a search for it prov
ed vain.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

Colombia evidently wants to impress
the world with the idea that its revolu-
ton is to be taken seriously, for it has
issued orders that all news must be
censored.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

A Baltimore man was suddenly
struck dumb while swearing at his
wife. 1t is not stated whether she used
tbs rollingpin or a fatiron,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

A bigamist in Lima, Ohio, has ask
ed the police TO arrest him because he
wants to be punished. A jury might
decide that the poor fellow has suf-
fered enough already.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

The story Of the tramp who stole a
bar Of soap is preposterously conflict
.ng. Either he was not a tramp or he
did not steal a bar of soap.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

The Bacon enthusiasts will sniff, Of
course, when they hear that a quarter
ly magazine devoted to Shakespeare
and Stratfor-on-Avon is about te APP
pear in London.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

in his calling at the White House, and
after much urging they got his consent
and he went up. Gen. Grant had never
seen Gen. Toombs, so when Gen.
Toombs reached the White House and
his card was sent in, Gen. Grant came
forward to greet him. Gen. Toombs
took the Presidents hand and said;
Although not a citizen OF this ooun-
try, while in the capital / have called
10 pay its Chief Executive my re-
spects."
Don't mention 1t, Gen. Toombs,"
said Gen. Grant. 81 heard myself you
were a citizen and at one time
thought you we're. but now l know
you are not, because / hunted for you
down there for nearly two years, but
never could find you. Come right in
and sit down"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

To a photographer belongs the dis
tinction Of being the only man in
America who succeeded in making the
prince look unpleasant.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

The latest literary quip is an ar
gument that the poems Of Robert
Burns were really written by Adam
Smith, author of The Wealth Of Ma
tions." It is IS plausible as most Of
the books on the Baconian origin Of
s~haheapeare's plays.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

The principal motive in writing n
novel nowadays seems to be that the
author may get the benefit of the
dramatization.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

If John L. Sullivan has really quit
drinking for good, it mean an awful
loss to the breweries and disttlleries Of
the country.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

Young Mr.. Havemeyer, who sent his
coachman to represent him in court,
discovered hat the law is no respect
er of millionaires.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

An Omaha man has invented a
whisky tablet. Take two in a glass
of water, and the earth is yours.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

The new society recreation called
progressive peanuts is not the first
shell game introduced into society.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

II Joseph Chamberlain is not a blank
liar what kind of a distinguished
statesman is he? Ireland pauses for a
reply.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

Colorado's legislature has adjourn
ed, in order that the rural members
may put in more time boring for oil.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-08

The sale of Limburger cheese has
been forbidden in Louisville. Ky.
lHoch, Louisvillei