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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-20

some with holes through them and
some without. have been found In
many parts Of the country. The dis
cold game. whatever it was, was OF
continental popularity. Some north
western Indians have told us that the
disks were thrown or rolled along the
ground a convenient number of PAGES,
where they were used as targets for
spears, arrows, darts or other missiles.
Duck-on-a-rock comes as near TO It as
any modern game Some of the disks
are so perfect as to suggest that they
were made on a lathe Some Were
also used as gorgets or breast orna-
ments. One skeleton was found in the
Gartner mound by Mr.. Arthur D.
Cooyer with a discoid lying close to
his head. The inference is that this
particular Indian was clever at the
game of disks.
A stone with a hole through il pos
sessed mystical power in the mind
of the Indian as well as the modern
small boy. But the bivalve with a
hole through it, which the Indian used
for the blade Of a hoe. possessed the
most practical mysticism. With the
shell hoe the Indian cultivated corn
and beans and probably some yege-
tables. A pretty successful sort Of
hoe 1t was. for modern invention has
not departed radically from the form.
There must have been good deal Of
gardening done In prehistoric days, il
we may judge by the fine display Of
shell hoes dug up by archaeologists at
the Gartner mound and village at Chill
licothe, o. In the Ohio section Of an
thropology one may see what the an
eient Indian was busy about
Al number Of huge stone axes that
never saw labor, too big 70 WELD for
any practical purpose, were probably
ceremonial axes. The Indians had
their mystical doings and secret lodge
meetings, from which the women were
no doubt excluded lest they be taken
too long from their work. TIE Indian
of prehistoric days was long on cere-
mony at least, however short he may
have been in farming and manufac-
ture.
In the matter Of mound building all
OF us have not the correct notion. The
burial mounds that have been opened
in Ohio indicate that considerable
number OF years elapsed during their
formation. They were the public
burying grounds. With the rude inn
plements of the Indians 1t would not
have been an easy matter to dig a
grave, but 1t was comparatively easy
to scrape up a basketfuI Of earth and
carry it to the burial place to pour
over the dead. The use OF the same
burial place for many years by a
community Of Indians resulted in the
! formation of considerable mound. In
the case Of the Gartner mound and
village site at Chillicothe the excava-
lions showed that the mound was en-
tirely surrounded by the village.
The entire process Of making bone
fshhooks by the Indians is shown by
scraps Of work collected from the Ohio
mounds. A fat piece Of bone was cut
into the shape of link perhaps two
inches long by fve-eighths wide. This
method prevented the swapping Of the
hook in the bend. The link was then
cut apart in two places, making two
hooks at one operation. A fish with
good spirit had chance for his life
1 as the Indian bone fishhook had nc
barb and too quick a pull might SNAP
the hook.
Fair Grounds, st. Louis.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-20
SEEIRG THE FAIR
IN DETAIL

An Ancient Egyptian at Dinner--A
Lady at Her ToiIet--6eer by . Te-
dious Process-The Mystic Eyes Of
Egypt Have Bright Look Even
After Forty-five Centuries - Bronze
Mirrors and Alabaster vases--An Old
Boat That Possibly WaS Buried With
a Sea captain-The Game Of Disks
Which the Indians PIayed-sheI Hoe
Gardenina--tiow the Indian Mounds
Were Built--secret Of Making Bone
Fishhooks.
ESPECIAL. CORRESPONDENTS BY
MARK BENNITT.l
Persons having an Unsuitable eurios-
sty to pry into the family affairs of an
cient Egyptians may do so without
embarrassment in the Egyptian section
Of anthropology. Here is rich Egyp-
tian at dinner. Everything Is life size
except the dinner. The scene Illus
trated Is in fly time. While the mas
ter sits at a table dancing girl enter
tains him. A shaven slave brings the
dinner things, while another defends
his master against the winged foe Of
the season. All the furniture is copied
exactly from originals Of the period,
about 2J00 B. c.. without permission
from the original maker. 1t Is here
that the original frame of cane seat
chair $500 years old may be seen.
Another group reveals lady at her
toilet. At the moment she is standing
She holds polished bronze mirror at
arms length and gazes at it intently
Has she just discovered the first gray
hair or the trace of q new wrinkle7
Her maid sits upon the floor holding
the gown, awaiting the command of
her mistress. Here, too, are fine copies
of ancient Egyptian boudoir furniture.
A third group shows several people
engaged in the manufacture of beer.
You can almost hear them say, Il new
er worked so hard for drink In my
life" Beer in those days, matter Of
forty-fiye centuries back, was brewed
from stale bread The Egyptians
must have been a temperate people.
How could they have made enough
beer or other liquors for sustained In
ebriety7
may add that these figures are mod
eied from living Egyptians, except the
heads. which are reproduced from an
Client statues, so that the scenes are as
accurate as historical knowledge can
make them.
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RI we could enter some prehistoric
Indians in the Olympian games at the
worlds fair, they would probably
show us the use Of the hundreds Of dis
colds that are here on show in the
aAtbropologv section. These discoids.
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In an adjoining case may be seen
some original bronze mirrors taken
from Egyptian tombs of the period
$500 B. g. Here are necklaces of car
neIIan beads dating from 1000 B. G. to
the Christian era. Here are specimens
of Roman blown glass OF the period
200 B. G. A sandstone statuette OF
King Amonhotep holds a prayer tab
let in front Of It containing a prayer
to Anon In hieroglyphics. The god
dess Isis appears In bit Of sculptured
lapis lazuIi and child deity In an
other bit of the same deep blue stone.
Here are some alabaster vases, 1000 to
200 B. G. One is nearly twenty inches
high, being one Of four taken from a
tomb. In embalming the ancient Egyp-
tian the heart, liver. lungs and stom-
ach were removed and the cavities
were filed with mineral pitch or
hitumen and aromatic herbs; then
wrapped and laid away. to be dug up
some thousands of years later for our
enlightenment The parts removed
We're sealed In alabaster or other vases
and also placed In the tomb.
When an old Egyptian had some wine
made for medicinal and family use. he
felt so proud OF it that he had his name
made a part Of the Jug handle. Here
are some Of the handles, the names still
on them
Here are some masks Of the Greek
and Roman period. 600 to 200 B. g.
Here is one Of the four sacred boats
taken from probably the tomb
Of a great admiral or sea captain. for
who else should be honored thus The
form Of boat is not at all bad. even in
the light Of what we know today Of
correct models In the same case are
two pieces Of prehistoric Egyptian pot
terry, one with a black top and the
other with dentate ornament and
things that are prehistoric in Egypt
are very, very old
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See those eyes, How intently they
look at youl Out Of those eyes the
spirit Of some dead Egyptian was sup
posed to look some $500 years ago.
Opposite the eyes, which are upon the
sides of wooden coffin. lay the head
OF the believer who went to hts rest in
the hope that his spirit would have a
peaceful existence through eternity.
But Ideas change. Superstition is now
the name of what was once a sacred
faith. Christian hands. with Mohamme-
dan sanction, have opened the graves
and brought to light once more the
corpse and the painted eyes. Here is
the empty coffin at the worlds fair to
tell a story of the faith of an age so
remote that we must wait 600 years
before the beginning Of the Christian
era viii mark the middle Of the period
that has elapsed since this coffin was
made The hieroglyphics Of the Egyp-
tian language decorate the box from
end to end, all clear and distinct, not
withstanding that the colors were laid
on $500 years before Christ The mys-
tic eye was everywhere before the
Egyptian. 1t was a favorite subject
for the makers of faience as well as
for the painter and decorator. 1t was
the all seeing eye-the conscience look
ing at one from without and correct
ing bis thought and deed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
ALASKA NEEDS RAILWAYS.
Annual Report of Governor John G.
Brady.


According TO the annual report of the
governor of Alaska, Mr.. John G. Brady
made public today the total white popu
lation of that district is $500 with posi-
bly, small increase in the native popula
ton since the 1900 census, which made the
total number of natives %, 536 The report
says that this estimate for the whites VIII
disappoint those who have steadily MAIN
tanned that the number is more than five
times the figure given No marked change
has occurred in the native population. The
Aleuts have decreased some, the Eskimos
on the Yukon delta and to the northward
have probably held their own since their
affiiction four years ago and the Thlingits,
Hydahs and Tsimsheans of southeastern
Alaska are adjusting themselves rapidly to
civilized life and mostly a vigorous
people. The total pack of the salmon cam
ming industry has aggregated 1,3l0OO0 cases
during the past year
The report asks for better transportation
facilities, representation by delegate in
Congress- legislation to encourage the
homeseeker and homebuilder, and for the
detail of one or more gunboats to cruise
in Alaskan waters to protect Industries
there
In closing his report Governor Brady
says:
members of Congress, in discussing
measures in behalf of Alaska, should not
forget the fact that although Alaska pro-
duces great wealth each year, this wealth
does not remain in the territory.
1T requires railroads to open up Alaska
for the thousands of good, hardy Amerl-
cans who are ready to enter and occupy It.
If three lines of railroads are built from
the ports on the southern border across TO
Yukon river, an Industrious. wide-awake
American population will follow them as
produce results equal to any that we, have
seen on the western frontier.
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BARRING OUT FRAUDS.
Report of Assistant Attorney General
for the P. o. Department.

r. p. Goodwin, assistant attorney general
for the Post Office Department, in his an
nual report to Postmaster General Wynne
says that the number of fraudulent con-
Germs has been greatly reduced In conse-
auence of the vigorous enforcement of the
postal laws. The result is shown by the
marked decrease in the number of COM
plants received There were 144 fraud or
ders issued during the year, and twenty
three orders were issued against foreign lot.
terry companies and their agents who were
found to be operating through the mails.
Much has been done in the direction OF exA
GLIDING from the mails publications con-
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and other matter considered
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for losses of government funds resulting
from unavoidable casualties and for losses
of funds in transit from postmasters TO
their designated depostaries
Mr.. Goodwin especially refers to the high
stand ards of official duty established and
followed by his predecessor. Assistant At
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II has been his endeavor to carry forward
the standards thus set for safeguarding the
public interests.
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LABOR TROUBLES IN FRANCE.
Over Five Hundred Strikes Reported
for the Year 1908.

A series of disastrous labor troubles have
affected the general trade of France TINS
wear. Marseilles being the greatest suHerer-
United States Consul General Skinner, VINO
reports this to the State Department, says
that there were 55T strikes in France In
1903, against 512 in 1902. In 4l6 cases In
1903 the strikers were organized. Ten unions
were organized during the strikes and three
were dissolved in consequence of strikes.
The strikers were successful in IL cases.
involving 12526 men: ODD strikes were set
tied by adjustment. involving S9I36 men;
o23 strikes, involving 20,sS9 men, failed; ten
strikes lasted more than one hundred days.
In 231 cases of strikes occasioned by de-
mands for increa sed wages. 2S,J0s men lost
52I ais days of labor or wages to the
amount Of $780, 1926, equal 10 Sl2.fI per cap
tia After three hundred days of Work the
gross profit accruing 10 these strikers would
be s4ls513, or a net profit of s2.2l for each
striker.
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Wild Animals Exhibited.

wild deer and wildcat. both alive,
were on exhibition at the fish house OF
O'Dell Co. on the 18th street wharf yes
terday, and they attracted much attention
from the visitors to the wharf The AMI
mails were in shipment received by the
firm from correspondent in North Caro-
lima, and with the live animals came several
deer and bear and an eagle. all dead. The
deer and wildcat were captured in the
mountains OF North Carolina in traps set
for bear by w. b. Twyford and ID. b.
Mitchell They are fine specimens Of their
kind. the cat being particularly large and
ierce-looking. 1t is In heavy box, but a
thick chain Is all that keeps 1t from at
lacking the vfsitors
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PAY DATES FROM APRIL.
Attorney Generals View Regarding
oA6cers Retired With Advanced Rank.

Attorney General Moody has rendered an
opinion, at the instance of the paymaster
general of the army, to the effect that the
army officers who were retired with adj
vanced rank several months ago, under the
provisions of the act of April % last. but
whose nominations were not confirmed BY
the Senate until the 10th instant, are en-
titled to pay in the advanced grade from
the date of the act. This affects the pay
of some four hundred retired officers OF the
army.
In a general order the War Department.
Yesterday announced the retirement OF all
these officers. and stated that the Attorney
General having expressed the opinion that
advancen,ents on the retired list under the
act of April %, 1904, docs not create an
office, and is not accomplished by an exer-
else of the appointing power" no appoint
ments or commissions can be given to the
officers thus advanced In grade.
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The copper era., 1904-01-14
The Development of Africa.

The eyes of the civilized world are directed toward Africa, and much that is good is expecte1 to come out Of the central portion of the Dark Conti- nent" The borders have been ex- plored and arc fairly well known,
 particularly along the Mediterranean and in the south portion of the conti- nent. The phenomenal output of
 the gold mines of the Rand and of the diamond mines about Kimberly has done more to attI-r-- attention of capital to Africa than aaything else. The climatic conditions are such that Americans and Europeans can live in that country in comfort: but the vast
 wilderness of Central Africa drained hv the Congo and it's tributaries and by the Nile is most unhealthy, and ex- ploration and development of that region must necessarily be slow. Still it is progressing. The early explorers -Livingstone, Stanley, Spoke, Grant, and others-sent out occasional frag- mentary reports Of the occurrence of mineral in that wilderness; but it is only within the past ten years that more than passing attention has been given i:. It is known that large bodies
The copper era., 1904-01-14

these veins have been formed Q short time after the consolidation of DOT phyry. In lower levels the veins con- sist of pyrite, chalcOpyrite and zinc hleude, magnetic being conspiclously absent. At the surface many Of the veins have been completely leached. and now show nothing but lemonite and siIicilied porphyry. This rule is, however. not general one, as. es- pecially in porphyry, oxidized ores are sometimes found in the outcrops Of the deposits. Between the leached croppings and the deep ores of pyrite and chalcopyrite is more or less ex- tensive zone of chalcOcite or copper glance, deposited by secondary pro- cesses on the pyrite. The most inn portant vein system is that which, un- der the general name of the Hum boldt vein, extends from northeast to south west through Copper mountain at Mo renci. The outcrops of this vein are
 practically barren, but at the depth of about 200 feet the deposit becomes productive and contains ch&lcocite as- sociated with pyrite. There are usually one or more central seams of massive chalcocite, some Of which Ire fairly persistent. These seams are or dinarily adjoined by decomposed DOT phyry. now chiefly consisting Of seri-
The copper era., 1904-01-14

is conceived to 0e in the water and metallic substances which were Origi- ually contained in the magma Of the porphyry, and which were released hy decreasing pressure at the time Of the intrusion of the rock into higher levels of the earth's crust. We may thus speak of these deposits as con temporaueous with the cooling and qualification o' the porphyry. As to the form, the ore deposits in lime stone are often irregular, but more frequently, perhaps, assume s tabular shape, due to the accumulation of the minerals along certain planes of justification. ONidiEinE waters have very greatly altered the deposits Tn limestone. The sulphides have been converted into carbonates, and mala- chite and azurite are the most common ores. Cuprite also occurs extensively, and seems to form by preference in the shale forming part Of the Devonian system. Chalcocite and other sul- phides are almost entirely absent. The zinc blende has been carried away as sulohate of zinc, which is
 frequently found in efilorescencs on
 the walls of the tunnels. The mag
 netite and the garnet which origi-
 nally formed part of these deposits have also undergone decomposition,