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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-07
THE BAREFOOT BOY.

The barefoot boy is coming, and right
now he has the blues.
Because his cautious mother will not
let him shed his shoes.
He's anxious for the freedom of the
barefoot boy at dawn,
Who does not have to bother with the
footwear girls put on.
He wants to wade in water every morn
ing when he goes
To school with other youngsters, and
get mud between his toes.
The barefoot boy is coming, and, ere
long, he will be here,
With feet as tough and dirty as they
could be made, | fear.
He'll have stone bruises on them and
will oft be walking lame,
And yet you may be certain ne IL De
happy just the same.
He'll stub a toe quite often. yet little
thing like that
Won't feaze him for minute! He'll be
Johnny at the bat!
The barefoot boy is coming, and If you
were once q boy
You know that when we see him we Will
find him full of joy.
He will not mind the bruises! Has not
every youngster paid
In injured feet-full value for the
chance he got to wade?
He will not mind mosquitoes, nor for
briar scratches care;
And he will sneer at stockings
his sunburned feet are bare!
e-J. c. STEWART
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one which weighed 1900 pounds, but 1t
is said that the bulls usually vary from
$50 to 500 pounds. The cows weigh
about seventy-five pounds less The
strength. They possess great vitality
and endurance. The horns, on the
grown animals, grow downward and out
ward. In the cows they are set wide
apart, but with the bulls they grow
over the head in such a manner as to
form an immense, bald, bony helmet.
There is wide difference in individ-
uals as regards color, some being black,
others brown, and still others gray. The
one at the National Museum is a dark
brown. The hair grows thick, long and
silky, often sweeping the ground.
Hard Game to Capture
The desire to capture some specimens
of musk oxen and bring them alive to
the United States is of long standing,
but all efforts have failed with the ex-
ception of that which obtained the one
captured by Captain Bodfsh. The habi-
tat of the animal is so inaccessible as
to cause great difficulty in their capture
and expectation. The greatest difficulty,
however, is the opposition of the native
Indians. Buffalo" Jones was met on
his journey to the land of the musk OK
by Indians. who warned him not to take
any of the animals on. alive. They ex-
planned TO him belief eff their people
that if any musk OK were taken out
alive all other animals would perish OF
leave the country, and so the people
would perish of hunger. They offered no
objection to the killing of the animals.
and they do this themselves as often
as they are so inclined Captain Bod
fish succeeded only by assuring the In
dams that he wanted the animals for
their skins.
The guide employed by Buffalo"
Jones refused absolutely to go farther
when he learned that the object was
tic capture the animals alive. This, how
ever, did not deter Mr.. Jones and his
companion, who finally succeeded in cap
turing Ave yearlings out Of one herd.
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fruitful field of all, Africa. Just at pres
ent the taxidermists are at work on the
skins of musk OK from Elsmere Land,
black bear from Montana. a moose
from Alaska, and. the pride of the col
lection. an +, enormous giraffe from
Africa
Musk oxen frequently are so obliging
as TO lend their skins for purposes of
science and to provide material for in
telligent sightseers to cape at, as they
do the Capital" This is really very
kind of the musk oxen. for their homes
are all north of the sixtieth parallel of
latitude, which means well into British
America, and the particular musk OK
whose skin is now hanging in the Wash
ington taxidermist's shop, surrendered
up his overcoat on his own doorstep in
Elsmere Land which lies between the
seventy-ifth and eightieth parallels of
latitude, where the wind from the near
by North Pole sweeps across the icy
waters OF Kane's Bay.
Only One Musk Ok in Captivity.
Though musk OK skins are quite COM
mon in museums of natural history, yet
but one live musk OK was ever brought
into the United States, and she "ar-
rived in San Francisco in November.
1901" She was captured in March of
that year in the Arctic region of Alas
ka by Indian hunters under the direc-
ton of Capt. H. H. Bodfsh, of the steam
whaler .'Beluga.'' These Indians cap
tured four musk oxen-two bulls and
two cows-but the bulls were killed be-
fore they reached the whaler. and one
of the cows was killed by dogs on
Baillie Island. The animal which was
saved from the dogs was consigned to C.
F. Periolat. of Chicago, wto sold 1t to
Hon. W. C. Whitney. ex-secretary of
the Navy, and 1t is now in the Zoologi-
cal Park of New York city The price
paid for it is said to be $500.
At Topeka, Kan, on its way from San
Francisco, it was inspected by Hon. C.
]. Jones, better known as Buffalo
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bands or societies. SO 70 speak, such as
the red foxes" gray wolves, red
dogs" and dog soldiers" Then, too.
the squaws held dances of their own
sometimes, for they were not allowed to
join the warriors in their ceremonies
All these dances were held for some
particular purpose, or. to put it in In
dian fashion, ito make good medicine,
before or after some expedition, TO pc
tition the great spirit for success on
the warpath. or horse stealing foray,
or a much desired piece of butchery. On
the triumpha1 return of the men from
any of these expeditions. the scalps,
prisoners, and ponies were counted, then
general rejoicings and dances were held
at which the warriors usually recount
ed in boastful terms their brave DEEDS,
each fellow footing his own horn IN as
boastful manner as possible
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:. :: THE DOWNTOWN QUICK LUNCH :. ::

almost every type known to Washington
One is almost sure TO meet someone he
knows, for the rows of stools are long
and accommodate many
There is, probably unknown to those
who are fortunate enough 70 take their
luncheon at home, habit called the
restaurant habit" This includes many
things which come unconsciously but
surely to the man who takes his meals
at restaurants. The most pronounced
feature of the restaurant habit is the
almost unfailing custom of piling ones
dishes up in heap. This facilitates
matters and allows the waiter 10 get
through his work much quicker. All he
has TO do is to transfer the dishes to the
tray and be off in second for the rest
OF the order. One man whose home is
in another part of the country is pre-
pairing TO spend his vacation there. He
is undergoing course in self-training.
and is diligently trying to refrain from
wiping off his plate with his napkin so
that when he. does go home he will not
take chances on hurting his mothers
feelings by performing any of the little
tricks which go to make UP the res
taurant habit
1t is remarkable to note how few
wealthy and influential men bother to
go to a hotel for their lunch They
patronize the lunch rooms as assiduously
as the real estate clerk, and enjoy ham
sandwich and coffee just as much as a
good steak. IN fact, the sandwich and
coffee are often as much of a treat
to the wealthy man as steak and mush-
rooms TO the clerk. The effect, however.
is sometimes strange, when a man with
millions to his credit seats himself at
plebeian lunch table. and disposes of a
sandwich with as much relish as II his
own waiter were standing at his elbow
with steaming platter Of something
more palatable.
How few girls realize that the men
who take them TO the theater. and TO ex-
pensive suppers afterward. spend their
lunch hour eating a 10 or 15-cent lunch!
How few of the worlds inhabitants real
ize how many giant schemes are for
mulated. and carried through over these
same cheap lunchesi Yet these are the
men the fruits of whose toll make pos
sible the dinners ard the suppers. the
ocean trips, and all the other pleasures
that go to make life worth while TO tbs
stay at homes"
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The journey was begun at once. the men
to a single rope.
After three days of travel of about
eighteen miles day the men awoke one
morning to find that the Indians had cut
the threats of every musk OK They were
determined that none of these animals
should go out of the country alive, and
1t appeared to Mr.. Jones and his COM
panion that the Indians would win their
contention, for the white men did not
have the courage TO return TO the hard
ships incident TO another capture, with
the prospects of another loss In the
same manner.
Museum will be mounted during the
summer. and shipped 20 st. Louis. for
exhibition at the fair.
The King of Beasts.
The lion, shown In the accompanying
Illustration, is ready for exhibition. He
was shot in the wild African jungle a
short time ago. where he had been
prowling about and Dragging to all the
people in his set In the jungIe-there
aren't many of them, for the lion is
king of beasts. and takes the head at
the table, and often the rest of the
victims body, too-because he claims
that his father was the original and
only inimftable lion who bit Livingstone.
and thereby gave that eminent explorer
grounds for his observation that the
shaking which a cat or lion gives its
-ra1x,
ness and Inconsistencies that the nerves
are insensible to further pain, and the
victim rather enjoys being eaten; IL he's
| missionary, he merely thinks he is at
revival meeting. where no words are
required from him, and droTses off 10
sleep.
The goat in the picture is one OF the
famous breed of Rocky Mountain sheep.
after which the President SO loves TO
skip stfenuousIy over the mountains.
This is the celebrated game that at
fcrds such fine sport on the rocks of
The mountains and scrambles on uner-
ring feet up and down cliffs that would
made a fly look TO his footing.
Fixing Up the Big Giraffe.
The most interesting part. however.
OF the shops work at present is the
work on the huge giraffe This ungainIy
beast was shot by native hunters at
Lake Baronga, Africa. almost exactly a
year ago. on June II, 1902 The skin
and bones were taken 20 England and
bought by Rowland Ward, OF London,
from whom they were recently pur-
chased by the United States National
Museum.
1t is one of the largest giraffes whose
measurements are recorded. From the
tip of its ears down its long neck %
tho ground, 1T measured sixteen feet and
six inches high-taller than three ordi-
rary-sized men standing on each others
shoulders. From Group TO heel its
measurements, taken as it lay dead on
the ground, were s feet 61s inches. in
SIDE length of fore leg. feet II inches.
height at shoulder, 10 feet 8 inches;
the length of the skull ON its line of
greatest length, 2 feet Az inches.
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HERE is a little bit of an mani
1 mate object in Washington that
regulates the movements of more
Than one-half the city inhabitants. II
IS the little ball that. at five minutes
of twelve, glides up the pole on top
of the State. War, and Navy Building.
and at twelve o'clock to the fraction of
4 second, shoots down again.
Simultaneous with the movement of
the little ball back TO its place at the
foot OF the pole, the departments pour
humanity into the steets, and there is a
steady line to adjacent lunch rooms
Noon is the time when all working
Washington eats That is, departmental
Washington. 1t is at that hour the
streets are crowded, lunch counters
and lunch rooms ring with the clatter
c. dishes, and buzz with the hum of
conversation. Plots are Matched, schemes
brought into being, fellow-clerks gossip
ed about, and as busy a half-hour put
through as any that was ever credited
up TO Uncle Sam. 1t is remarkable how
much can BIZ accomplished in so short
time. but characters have been made
an6 unmade, summer trips taken, houses
brilt and life lived-all in half hour.
There are so many studies presented
in a down town lunch room that book
might be written on the subject If
man goes to a first class hotel for his
dinner he expects to have table to
himself, and certainly the etiquette of
the house would not be maintained if
the waiter seated other persons at the
same table. When he goes to down
town lunch room, however, he never
dreams of feeling aggrieved If three
other persons appropriate the remain
ing seats at the table. He rather ex-
poets it, and feels isolated If the seats
are not taken. There is little fear that
they Will not be, however, for there is
rarely enough room i'll these places to
accommodate all the customers, and fire.
quently patrons are compelled to stand
around and wait their turn to get TO a
table. Every man in the place is in Il
hurry. but there is no outward appear
ance of haste manifested by any. From
the time boy starts out TO work he
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learns to eat Systematically and hur-
riedly. It is a habit one never loses,
though the dinner may drag out for an
hour or two.
1t is not only the clerks who patronize
these lunch rooms. At one table may be
seated a broker whose bank account
calls for a brownstone front and retinue
of servants AT the table opposite sit
two of the clerks in his office. ordering
from the same menu, paying the same
kind of check, and hurrying through his
lunch-not luncheon-in the same mat
ter-of-fact way.
The conviviality, so important part
OF the dinner or supper. is lacking at
lunch time. The merry laugh, the funny
story and comfortable Incidence which
promises to continue after the meal is
over, are all missing. Material things
take the place of amusing ones and the
smile at lunch time is but the promise
of the laugh which is to come later
when evening clothes, charming women
music, light and gayety Danish from
ones mind the atmosphere and influence
CT office
Many of these lunch rooms see the
same faces and hear the same voices day
after day. Along Fifteenth Street there
are several places where the clerks from
the Treasury and State, War and Navy
gather at the noon hour. In the vicinity
of Fifteenth and f Streets there ara
any number OF places which serve q
business mems lunch" which means u
substantial assortment of food not usu-
ally served at so small price in other
restaurants.
There is what nigh. be termed a cafe
farther down F Street which is patron
lied by shoppers and business men alike
This is an attractively appointed store
lined on both sides with counters and
stools. Upon these same little stools
man and maid perch themselves and dis
pose of sandwich, pastry, and coffee.
Not many months ago the girl in her
smart walking costume out for a morn
ing's shopping would have collapsed at
the suggestion that she would ever
perch herself upon a stool at a lunch
counter. But that is just what half the
smart girls in Washington do half the
days in the week.
In this lunch room one encounters, in
addition to the young woman of leisure,
clerks, lawyers, musicians, artists, and
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men. If all is right he is congratulated.
other religious ceremonies gone through
with; his wounds are washed and dress
ed with herbs. rudely but with such
skill that in a few weeks they are
entirely healed. Singular as it NAV
appear. an instance OF fatal result. even
in the hottest weather. has never come
to my knowledge. Should the devotee
finch under the knife or cry out, or
show other evidence of weakness during
his subsequent sufferings, he is released
at once, and sent off a disgraced man.
Formerly he was condemned as a woman
and made to do women's work. He could
neither marry nor hold property. These
consequences are no longer entailed, his
only punishment now being the contempt
OF the warriors of the tribe.
In former times no white man, ex
cept those allied to the tribe by mar
riage with squaws. was permitted to he
present at this ceremony.
Celebrated Ghost Dance.
The ceremonies here described are
common, under different names, TO most
of the plains tribes Among the Sioux
it is called the Sun Dance" and cele-
brated with exceptional pomp and cere-
mony. But it is not alone at the
Hoch-e-a- yum that these terrible
self-tortures are inflicted. Sometimes
warrior who has committed some deed
which he thinks requires expiration, VIII
give notice that such day, at such
place, he will go through the torture.
stout but plant pole is placed in the
ground. The incisions are made. the
ropes inserted. and the toggles secured.
The top of the pole is then bent, and
the rope fastened to it. This is pron-
ably the most exasperating form of the
torture. IN the Hoch yum, the rope
being fastened to rigid uprights. the
victim can exert all his force TO tear
loose. In this case, the pole yielding
to his every effort, still retains its
CHASTITY hold, and it sometimes happens
that the victim is several days freeing
himself.
There were various other so-calied
dances. such as the celebrated Ghost
Dance which preceded the last In
dian war" in which mostly all the
plains and mountain tribes took part,
at least by a greater or smaller repre-
sentation; then there was the buffalo
dance, the dance peculiar TO the various
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killed was dressed Immediately, and
showed no faint when eaten months
afterward"
The musk OK varies in length from 51z
10 feet from the end of the nose to the
root of the tail. but, owing to its huge
mass of woolIy hair. which makes it
look like bovine Shetland pony. it
appears much larger than it really is. 1t
is seldom more than 80 feet high at the
shoulders. General Greedy mentions
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Jones. who has hunted musk oxen in
their northern haunts. and is familiar
with their habits. He pronounced it an
excellent specimen, and it received at
Topeka the name of Olive Jones. in hon
How the Ok Got It's Name.
1.-THE books" state that this animal is
called the musk OK because of a charac-
teristic odor of musk, but Mr.. Jones
says he detected no odor of musk about
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up by broad bands of his own flesh, and
10 fight out alone his battle of pain
aid suffering
At every medicine dance there are
more or less volunteers for the torture.
Occasionally there is a man of middle
age, but they are generally from the
younger men of the tribe.
When the medicine chief and old men
decide that the time has come for the
ceremony the volunteers are sent for,
one by one. Each comes into the lodge
In breechclout alone. His person and
condition are examined by the managers
who coolly discuss in his presence the
particular kind and amount OF torture he
can bear without fatal consequences.
The Ceremonies Begin
After some religious ceremonies the
medicine chief passes a road-bladed
knife through the pectoral muscles SO
that two vertical incisions are made
from three to four inches long. and
about two inches apart in each breast.
The portion of the flesh between the in
cisions Is then lifted from the bone, and
the ends OF horsehair rope about three
quarters of an inch in diameter passed
through the opening and tied TO wooden
loggles. The free ends OF the rope are
then fastened to the top of one OF the
supports of the lodge so as to give the
sufferer about ten feet OF play. Here
he remains without food or water until
his own vigorous efforts or the softening
of the tissues enable him to tear out the
incised muscles and escape from his
bondage.
Sometimes the incisions are made in
the muscles OF the shoulder blade or OF
the back. and TO the ropes are attached
movable objects, preferably the skulls
OF buffaloes. Sometimes the deyotee is
dragged up by the ropes until six or
eight feet from the ground. and left
suspended until his weight and struggles
tear out the flesh Each devotee makes
the most strenuous efforts to free him
self. He understands that 1t is best To
tear loose as soon as possible, not only
physically. as a quicker ending of his
torture. but also from a religious point
of view
Try to Tear Loose.
II is good medicine" to tear loose
at once, bad medicine" TO be several
days about it, AS soon as freed, he is
examined by the medicine chief and old
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them. On the contrary. General Greedy,
expedition, and whose command killed
many of the oxen during the long stay
QSS2) in the Arctic regions, speaks
definitely OF an odor. He says: The
musky odor. l believe. will not be com
municated to the meat If the animal is
entirely dressed [undressed, he means,
probablyl as soon as killed. A bull
emitting a very marked odor when
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Shot by cannbals.
Modelled and stuffed a nd propped up straight,
With green eyes glari ng full Of hate!
Johnnie and Willie and Susie-um- m nj
Amt it fun at the o-ze-um!
TT is interesting to look at the stuff
ed animals in the National Mu-
scum, but it is even more interest
ing TO watch those same animals being
made II is a long process from the
preparation of the skin of the dead ami
nal, lifeless and limp. to the finished
figure. that looks as though it had been
brought back to life again, its form
seemingly quivering with energy, the
skin, its whole poise so natural that
you expect the creature to move at any
moment; and the process is an ex-
tremely interesting one to watch.
Every detail of the transformation
from death to life takes place in the lit
tie taxidermic shop just behind the
Smithsonian Institution. The United
States Government demands, N the in
terest of science, a specimen of every
bird. beast. and reptile that flies, walks.
or crawls within its boundaries. and it
is to this little shop that these speG-
mems are sent from every part of the
country, 70 be prepared for exhibition
in the National Museum. Uncle Sam
must have a collection more complete
than Noah ever dreamed of having, and
so Washington is full of experts on
natural history in all its branches
botany, zoology, entomology. and all the
and Japhet helped out their venerable
parent in the late damp season. And
by the by, did you ever stop to think
that while the wild animals are being
gradually exterminated, the number of
plants is inconceivably greater than it
ever was at any previous stage of the
worlds history?
Down at the Government Propagating
Gardens they can show you plants that
viii Will dIOTe-
thought. produce descendants that are
really new species. At this rate, 1t can
be seen that as for the Garden of Eden,
which was supposed to have contained
every variety of plant, it never had a
hundredth part of the vegetable growths
that enverdure the earth today
But that doesn't much concern the
subject in hand, to wit, the taxidermic
shop. The collection of birds and man.
mails in the National Museum must be as
complete as research ard expense can
make it and though it is already nearly
perfect, yet there are constant additions
being made TO It.
The skins sent in to be stuffed come
not only from all the States of the
Union, but also from Canada, Mexico,
Greenlands icy mountains, midas coral
strand, South America, Europe, and most