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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-11

the modern city of Khotan together with
the pathological research of Dr. Hoeruie,
now at oxford, may be taken as the OASIS
of a special body of learning which we
shall call the archaeology of the sand
buried cities Of TurkeStan.
II has been my good fortune to obtain
a bundle of the paper manuscripts taken
from one of these towns. The Hindoo
Aksakol in Khotan brought 1t to me
while l was Quitting for journey up
to the Tibetan plateau in September, 1903:
The term Aksakoi means grayoearu,
ceived this title of dignity in Turkestan
were generally middle-aged men. active
traders nominated to represent the BODY
Of merchants of their own nationa1ty IN
each Of the big towns of Chinese Turk
estan. Thus in Khotan there was an
Andijani Aksakol, as well as my Hindoo
friend.
The former was a native of Russian
Turkestan, whose merchants have i'm
memorially trafficked across the Alaf
mountains with their race kindred In chi
nese territory.
The Hindoos, travelling over the Kara
kamur Iimalayas. have likewise main
tanned for many centuries trade relations
with the same region, and thence even to
China proper, far to the east Their route
is long and incredibly difficult-much of
1t at attitudes exceeding $4,000 feet, but
the rude mountains offer nothing better.
This trade originates in kashmir. where
there has been for al least thirty years
British resident, though the maharajah
is nominally independent. To foster and
protect their trade, and to watch the Rus
slams, a British officer is stationed in
Kashgar, about 300 miles from Khotan.
1t Is he who appoints the Aksakols
among the Hindoo merchants; and it
was because of letter from Col. Miles,
the incumbent, that the sleek money
lenTer in Khotan had met Capt Anginian
(my companion) and myself when we
rode into Khotan.
A comfortable lodging was put at our dis
rosal. where ample and clearly rooms were
found for spreading our beds, and where
our servants could cook the plentiful viands
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practical advantages were understood.
claims to a prior invention of the same
thing sprang up on all sides. Half a dozen
electricians came forth, each announcing
himself as the original inventor. and claims
and interferences were fled against my
patent. One newspaper report alleged that
l had paid an examiner of the patent Of
flee 500 to illegally secure my patent hav-
ing stolen the idea from prior claims, and
a mark was made on the hall floor of the
Interior Department, where 1t was said the
clerk stood when he made the alleged bar
gain with me. This story seems all the
more ridiculous now when / remember how
scarce 800 bills were with me in those
days.
Why the Story of the Invention Was
Not Told.
How could you reply to such attacks?"
/ asked.
THAT was one of the worst features of
the trouble" said DIR. Bell. II was INSTRUCT
ed by my lawyers not to say anything
about my invention, to bear all such attacks
without comment, and to let the battle of
its originality be fought out in the courts
The result is that I have never told the
story of the telephone and it's Invention.
The last time made any public utterance
on the subject was in a lecture delivered
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A.sA50Se- Graham Bell in 1904.
ed of the greatest good to humanity. 1t
takes imagination to invent, and DIR. Bell
has this faculty to a remarkable degree.
His vision based upon his great scientific
knowledge. is wider than that of the or
binary thinker. and his creative mind is
always searching out and suggesting new
things. This was evident throughout our
conversation, of which L can repeat only
part.
The talk covered a wide range, now per-
sonal now scientific. and now almost pro-
phetic as to the possibilities of the future.
1t jumped from Japan to Nova Scotia and
from Washington to London; from the use
of a dead mans ear in telephone expert
ments to oratorical and musical exhibit
and from electricity to helium and radium
and the navigation of the air.
Electricity and the Telephone.
In our conversation about electricity I
asked DR.. Bell whether his scientific knowl-
edge of that force had not aided him in the
invention of the telephone
Not at all he replied. when I began
my experiments upon the telephone l had
no scientific knowledge of electricity. 1
knew practically nothing about it; and had
il been otherwise | could never have made
the discoveries which eliminated in my
success. l don't believe any electrician
could have invented the telephone"
Why nOt?' | asked.
Because the elements which we now
think essential to the telephone transmits
sion of sound are such that the electrician
of that day would not have believed in
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TELL OF SILENT PAST
Interesting Discoveries in
Chinese Turkestan.
TAKLAMAKAN DESERT
PAPER MANUSCRIPTS THAT
ONLY A FEW CAN READ.
Mr.. o. T. Crosby Was First White
Man to Visit the City Of
Khotan.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star
who wrote the strange characters and fash
Toned the strange clay heads whose images
you see on this page. Forgotten are the
societies to which those dead belonged.
Buried in the desert sands are the cities in
which those societies dwelt Clicked and
obiterated are the streams which gave to
those cities the water of life. Can the busy,
nosy present spare a moment to hear the
story of the silent past?
In 1896 Sven Hedin discovered ruins of
ancient dwellings in the Taklamakan desert
o. eastern (or Ch:nese) Turkestan These
ruins are in no sense imp, ssive from the
architects point of view, being quite SINH
lar to the ordinary Turkestan dwelling of
toeay-pIaster or adobe around wooden
frames. But historically they are of prime
interest. For testimony is thus given that
civilization once existed in regions which
are now quite uninha bitab1e because they
are completely without water. AS the dis
lance of the ruins from present water
courses is too great to justify the SUPPOSE
ton of irrigation bitches stretching from
the one to the other are forced to con-
which destroyed the towns must have re-
suited in shifting of the stream beds
which were once the source Of life.
The Work Of DR.. M. A. Stein.
In addition to the sites discovered by
Sven Hedin III the several great journeys,
others have been found by DR.. NJ. A. Stein
of the Indian educational service. His ad-
nirable work at a number of points around
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paper. the sand of the desert still running
out Of the corners. A native Task man
had brought 1t in-perhapS of DR..
STEMS men had secreted it from the con-
siderable numbers of manuscripts unearth-
ed by that thoroughgoing scientist.
Chaffering for. the Manuscript.
There is as yet no quotable value for bits
Of world-old paper, so we must trade awhile
In oriental fashion before 1 could call the
precious thing mine own. The Aksakofs
first offer. as usual. was that the sanib
should give anything the sahib chose. But
1 had already learned to refuse this no.
blesSe oblige position, and insisted upon
more definite proposition. Then the origi-
nal owner was consulted, and finally bar
gain was struck at twenty rupees-about
$6.6O-leaving both parties satisfied.
All this time of chafferng permitted me
to consult Father Hendricks (once Dutch
man. now almost an ASatic) to the gen.
uineness of the strange bits of paper which
lay before me. The good missionary has
lived in Central Asia for many years. He
was familiar with all that had been taken
out by Sven Hedin and Stein, and with all
the other antiquarian odds and ends sold to
the British or Russian officials at Kashgar
for the benefit of their respective govern
ments. AS there Is no European within
three hundred miles of Khotan, 1t was most
fortunate that Father Hendricks had con-
sented to journey with us thus far. Thank
God. he did not share in the trials which
came later when we had painfully climbed
the Kuen Lun range to Tibet's cold and
tragic heights
1t may seem strange that even in Khotan
one must be on guard against forgery in
ancient manuscripts Yet Dr. Stein, by
close cross-questioning. forced confession
from clever native. who for several years.
and until 1901, fed the Aksakols. and
through them the great museums in London
and st. Petersburg, with mysterious bits OF
yellow paper over which the wise men vain
ly studied. They were particularly puzzled,
and at last, made suspic.ously. by the fact
that a number of different alphabets, ali
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A FAMOUS INVENTOR
DR.. Alex, Graham Bell Talks
About His Work.
RECENT EXPERIMENTS
he SAYS THE INVENTIVE AGE is
ONLY BEGINNING.
Wonders of the Future in Aerial Navi-
cation and in the Tele-
phone.
RECENT EXPERIMENTS

Copyrighted. 1904, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
call upon me at my house at any time
tomorrow night. between 10 and o'clock
In the morning, and the later the better"
These were the words of DR.. Alexander
Graham Bell. 1 had asked him when we
could best meet for good long chat about
the telephone and his recent experiments
I'm the field of aerial navigation, and this
was the answer. DR.. Bells favorite work.
ing time is at night. and his mind is at its
brightest from midnight on. He Is then free
from interruption. and can, give up his
soul to the scientific experiments and in
ventions which form his life work. He
never goes to bed until after am, his
usual sleeping hours being from until IL.
The afternoon is devoted to social and
business engagements, and the night alone
TO reading and work.
DR.. Bell in 1904.
These have been the habits of lifetime,
and they excellent ones if DR.. Bell
health may be considered test He is
now fifty-seven years of age and is in his
physical and intellectual prime. Tall and
well formed with a great head fastened by
a strong neck to broad, full shoulders. he
is one OF the finest looking as well as one
of the most active of the men who are do
ing great things in the world today. The
telephone was first patented in 1916. Since
then he has made many other important
Inventions, and has done so much for
science that he has been granted the high
est hOnors by the chief scientific societies
of Europe. including the Volta prize of 90
900 francs. given by the French govern
ment to the few whose inventions are DEEM
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furnished by the rich, irrigated fields of
Kkotan. Then, also, we had a suitable room
for receiving the dignified. amiable Chinese
mandarin, who rules the subject people in
kindly paternalism.
When all of our caravan wants had been
supplied. the Aksakol, knowing the keen
taste of Europeans for antiquities. produced
the precious bundle, tied in a bit of dirty
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Counterfeiter.

From Puck.
Finally. they broke in upon the mysteri-
GUS man.
'rYou make counterfeit money! they ex-
claimed. giving voice at once to their worst
suspicious.
mo. counterfeit wealth." replied the
man. and showed them, In proof of his as
section, that his only Implement was q
ticker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-11
Drama.

What is your idea of the American
drama of the future?"
"A three-ring circus dealing with ths seq
problem"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-11
The Tetrahadral Kite.

''How could you test this?" I asked.
"Only by actual experiments" was the
reply. II have made kites OF this shape in
various sizes and combinations and have
The Dickinson press., 1904-12-31

The display of III glass by White &
Co. has never been equaled in this city.
The glass is the best made and prices
moderate for such goods. I2-I7-tf
Those OF US who wanted snow for
Christmas we're gratifed on Sunday
when three to four inches Of the beauti-
full now fell. Mercury lowered around
10 to IS degrees above zero and it was
an ideal day to remain inside, and the
first real winters day OF the season.
The Firemen's dance next Monday
night should be largely attended as tn.
PRESS has no doubt it will be. The
firemen worked faithfully for ,hr, e
solid hours Thursday morning to save
the city from a general conAagra,ion
and a good way to show appreciation of
the valuable service will be to buy a
number of tickets.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Turner, Mrs. p.
A. Willard and Mrs. c. r. Willard, of
Gladstone, spent Christmas with MIR.
and Mrs. J. A. Willard in this city. Mrs.
c. K. MiIlard's husband has improved
in health considerably since coming to
this country and just recently WAS able
to walk without the aid Of Ibis crutches,
much to the qualification of himself and
his e. tire family.
Adam Lefor, proprietor of n of the
Gladstone hotels. was in Dickinson on
Tuesday on business. MIR. Lefor told
the PRESS that an effort was being made
to get the long distance telephone peo'
| pie to extend their line south from Glad.
| stone about 10 miles. A thrifty class OF
farmers are in that locality and they
would no doubt make good customers
Of a telephone line.
The Dickinson press., 1904-12-31
The best fur scarf. Roquette Bros.

The best fur scarf. Roquette Bros.
I2.I7-tf
We try to make it a point to handle
only the best goods. We have no room
for trash. White & Co. I2-I7-tf
Among those entertained on Christ
mas day at the Scofeld home we're the
Courtneys of Taylor.
White fish, herring and mackeral in
lo-lb. kits at CSC, 9oc and SI.35 each at
Scofeld's Satisfactory Store Io.22.tf
Arnold Ferris, who is a student in the
State University at Grand Forks, has
been spending the week with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Ferris, at
Medora.
Special on Cresceus staple apron
ginghams. Regular 7 and 8 cents, this
sale only 5 cents per yard. Limited 20
yards to a purchaser. Crowl & Co.
12-I7-tf
Robert Morris, who has a homestead
and a quarter section of railroad land in
the vicinity of Rock Springs. thinks
that there will be thirty or forty new
settlers from the east in the spring.
have several thousand square Shout
der calks and l don't charge any more
for them than others do for the old
style. You can put in a new set with
any ordinary wrench. Christ Peder.
son. I2-3I-tf
Mrs. H. Brown of Sentinel Butte came
to the city on Wednesday and found
that her little boy at the Dickinson hos
pital had so far recovered from his
:1I->e, <lox .lo .1,,1J <o1,o I:-o Lo-e
Recently the Underwood Typewriter
Co. placed one of their No. 5 machines
in the PRESS Office and after a ten days
trial we decided to buy it. The Under
wood is a visible writer and certainly
has many advantages over the blind
writing machines.
We sell all kinds of Photographic sup.
plies, films for all cameras, plates for all
cameras. Send is your film for devel-
opment. Out of town orders solicited.
Mcdonald & Pomroy, Leading Drug:
gists. 1o.1-tf
Next Tuesday night Frontier lodge,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is
scheduled TO install the following parties
as officers: Arthur Davis, N. G.; H. c.
Christensen, V. c.: Welton Mcdonald,
X. S.; J. P. Tingle, P. S.; Charles
Bake, trustee.
Only one of a kind-beautiful white
mercerized waistings with silk embroid-
cred fronts. also collars and cuffs, 3A
and 3K yard patterns. Splendid Christ.
mas gifts. Crowl & Co.'s, >I2-Io.ti
On Thursday the Male Quartette.
under the auspices of the Eagles. will
give their entertainment at the opera
house. The price of seats has been
reduced. and considering that this is to
be a high class entertainment. the prob
abilities are that the best seats will be
quickly reserved.
D. D. Sullivan, optical specialist Of
Fargo, will be in Dickinson again Mon
day and Tuesday, Jan. 2 and 3. examin'
ing eyes and fitting glasses. Mr.. Sulli
van is a member of the North Dakota
state; board OF examiners in optometr>
and comes prepared to examine the
eyes Of school children. Office at the
! St. Charles. Consultation free. 1
The Dickinson press., 1904-12-31
Prunes, twenty pounds Tor 81 at Dren.

Prunes, twenty pounds Tor 81 at Dren.
kels. 1I-12-tt
Watches high gradel, silver ware, at
White & Co.'S. '2-I7-tf
!. w. Currie has returned from Brad
dock, where he had been for a few
weeks helping w. T. Best with his
special sale.
Brush and comb sets in French stag,
sterling silver mountings, at White y
Co.'S. l2-I7-tf
A fine assortment of games at White
& Co.'S The finest drug store in the
CITY. I2.I7-tf
IL Pierson returned TO St. Paul for
Christmas. He will likely return to
Dickinson again before setting out on
his trip to Cuba.
Hardenger linen canvas for Harden
ger embroidery work. Roquette Bros.
I2-I7-tf
Engineer Charles Rock, who has been
lin poor health since August, expects to
go to Brainerd the last Of January TO
consult DR.. Courtney.
Up-to-date and at right prices is the
line OF choice holiday goods displayed
bv White & Co. I2-I7-tf
Books. Books. The largest line eve
| shown in the city. The prices speak for
themselves. Mcdonald & Pomeroy.
Il-Io.tf
Miss Hattie Mae Johnson, one of the
Glendive teachers, is the guest OF her
| SISTER, DR.. Sarah Ethel Smith, of this
! city, for the school vacation.
See the toys at White & Co.'S. They
don't handle car load lots, but they have
| a line that will please YOU. I2-I7-tf
B. F. Deeken of Taylor, who had just
returned from a visit with his daughter,
Mrs. William Boyles, of Glasgow,
Mont, was in Dickinson on Tuesday.
Children's outing gowns. Ladies
outing gowns. Mems outing gowns
| Roouette Bros. I2-I7-tf
Baby's ready-made cloaks, colors red
and white. Ladies' and misses short
flannel petticoats, all sizes. Crowl 4
ICo's Io-22-ti
The new Ray block on Willard street
will contain two modern store rooms
and fortunate indeed will be the parties
who get the lease of either of the
rooms.
Never slip shoes are sure to give sat
isfaction. Try a set, and insist on get
tine the best calk, the square shoulder
Peterson sells them. I2-3I-tl
Aft. J. Beall was up from Mandan tc
spend Christmas with his family. He
is still working on the First Nationa
Bank in Mandan and may be ava,
from home nearly all winter.
Have you seen. that Grape Ware a
Whites? If you mean to make a pres
ent that will please, buy a piece o
Of it.. No other store in the city ha!
it. I2-I7-t
Call at The Ideal for a fresh line o
marsh mallows, taAy, chocolate cream
and bitter sweets. 1894
The Jewclry line shown by White
Co. is a credit to the city. They hav
something fine in diamonds to sho,
YOU. 12-I7-t
The Dickinson press., 1904-12-31

tbTucsday morning the government
thermometer recorded 81 degrees below
~ 70. 1t did not seem SO very cold and
! coplc were surprised when they con-
ulted their temperature indicators.
The sky was clear on Tuesday and in
the absence of any wind it was not a
bad day to be out.
The Dickinson press., 1904-12-31

We have received the handy catalog
of Standard patterns, with a complete
line Of patterns, reduced in price to 10
and nc. A. +. Crowl & Co. Io.8-tf
The Dickinson press., 1904-12-31

TIME FOR COUGH MIXTURE
is when the cough is new. 1t acts
quicker then and saves you a lot OF
annoyance. The new year season is
prolific in coughs. Better be prepared
and
HAVE A BOTTLE.
of ours in the house. Like all our drugs
it is the best that can be had at n
price, though ours is only IS cents and
50 cents.
T.. J. & co.,
Opticians, Jewellers and Druggists.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-28
MOLOKAI LUMBER CONTRACT
MAY NOT co TO PETER HIGH
Possibility OF Hitch In the Deal Between the
Contractor and the Board OF Health
About Asiatic Labor.

There is just hint that there be hitch in the granting
of the supply lumber Settlement
that when the bids for supplying lumber opened by
the officers of the Board of Health
Peter High of the Enterprise Mill Company therefore
the Board Of Health notify High that given
under the law but the officers that
there Aacs citizens employed by High his
mills.
This caused hitch because under the provisions Section
Session Laws 1908 lumber be
the handling working OF which citizens have been
employed Instead therefore, of High being notified that he has
the the been passed Attorney
Andrews determine whether the President of the Board of Health
has the notify the that the Board will
lumber handled
High of be able show that the lumber where
surfaced has worked his mill ALL and that
the lumber Settlement
which would within
ing that the be granted him and that his lumber be
cepted.
The will be held up the pending decision
the Attorney General although Highs would take effect
until January and the be determined before
This point fought years when the lowest
rejected absolutely because by Chinese
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-28
INSANE ASYLUM
CONTRACT SHOULD
GO INTO COURT
Governor Carter Says That lie Wants
The Middle to be Cleared Up
AS Soon as Possible.

Il think the is take the insane asylum
and have the whole truth brought OUT said
Governor Carter yesterday.
I have ngbrgh and clean and shining want
thing open found fraud in this
far gone but the thing is left there
faint. Let the faint
my proposition the American Hawaiian
believed that would be the best
way difficulty proposition fell through and
conclusion that would be fair to the
people that be
annuled
submit the matter arbitration
Then the and have them it. 1t
quickest the whole truth want the truth
brought out"
There by the way the report of Governor
talk Aeong the Chinese The story OF
the crushed rock that Architect Beardsee would accept because
he told by Aheong to the Governor
Concrete Construction Companys
quarry. What Aheong did say this:
crushed rock the asylum and
asked the rock from From the Manoa
thinking that the rock from there
there said Beardslee 1t is full
OF dirt. You get it from the Pauoa quarry
told him that the rock from
Pauoa Beardsee and told him this and the rock
accepted"
And really told to the Governor
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-28
NICHOLS To
SANDY HOOK
Captain Goes
Into Ordnance
Bureau.

Captain j. G Nichols, Artillery Corps,
U. S. A, who was the senior company
officer at Camp Mckinley, departed
yesterday in the Sierra, en- route to the
Sandy Hook, n. j., station. Captain
Nichols's departure was somewhat sud-
den, he having received cable orders
two or three days ago to report at his
new station at the first opportunity.
Captain Nichols recently took exami-
nations for captaincy in the ordnance
department. of the army and the cable
orders gave him the first intimation
that he had passed them successfully.
1t is somewhat in the nature of a pro-
motion, the ordnance department oc-
cupying a similar relation to the ar
tilIery corps that the engineer depart
ment does toward the general military
service. 1t also gives him $4S more pay
per month.
Captain Nichols has been one of the
most popular officers at the camp and
he has made a host of friends, who re-
gret his departure. His rise in the
service is rapid, for it was only about
seven months ago that ne secured his
captaincy.
II felt that by staying in Honolulu
for my allotted term of three years.
he said yesterday, that I was losing
much of the opportunity to keep apace
with the real work of my branch L
felt that if stayed here I would be- /
come rusty. therefore decided to take
the examination for the ordnance de-
partment. If the artillery corps in
Honolulu had its coast guns it would
De different, but here the service is act
ng as infantry
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-28
GRAHAM GOES AFTER
EASTERN CAPT ITAL

Among the departing passengers on
the steamer that left yesterday is Mr..
w. NJ. Graham. one of our well known
young business men, who goes to New
York, for the purpose of securing cap
itaI for the development of one of the
largest mining concessions in China.
This concession covers an area of 26,0OO
square miles situate in the rich pro-
vince of Szechuen and is owned by the
Szechuen Government Merchants Co
operative Mining Co.
This large concession was exploited
in 1900 by DR.. r. L. Jacks, Government
Geologist of Queensland and by Her
bert L. Way. experimenting Mining
Engineer of the Rand Mines, South
Africa.
Their reports show this concession
to include rich mines of gold. silver