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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-17
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taining 100000 to S00,0O0 linear feet of logs, equivalent to s,000,00o to 100000 feet of lumber. board measure, and val- ued at from 900 to s75,0oo each This is favorite method of shipping logs de- signed for use as spars or piling and con signed to San Francisco or more distant ports. It requires several months to build one of these rafts, but the profits the cost of the logs.
 At the mills the logs are cut into lum- Der by various kinds of saws. The cir cular saw is still very widely used in the Northwest although the band saws. which are thinner and less wasteful, are coming into vogue to some extent. Many of the mills. in addition to their band saws or circulars, use gang saws, which cut out several boards at the same time. Some sawmills on Puget Sound and else where in the Northwest are built on piles over the water, so that the lumber Is loaded Into vessels direct from the saws. Others load their product on the cars and distribute 1t by rail. Still others on the Pacific Slope float their timber away in a narrow wooden trough called a Hume, through which flows a rapid stream of water These fumes are some times over 40 miles in length and cost almost as much to build as a railroad. Some mills in the Northwest operating 24 hours q day have a daily capacity Of 400 900 to 100000 feet of lumber each. valued at s40,00o to s50,000. Such a mill employs at least $50 men and pays out In wages more than S1,o00 day.
 The lumber regions of the Northwest will one day be the main source of sup. ply for the entire United States. Already their products are going Into every state and territory and are being exported in great quantities to China, Japan, Aus tralia, South America, South Africa, Cen. tral America and the Philippines. The Northwestern forests contain 90 different valuable as well as most famous are the red and yellow frs, which are lighter than pine, yet stronger than oak.
 WALTON FAwCETT
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New Mexico, produce pottery that is graceful in outline, but they have pre- served the ancient art of firing the pot tery, a kDack which has been lost by many of the Southwestern tribes.
 Transcontinental tourists who travel via the Southwest have an opportunity to catch glimpses of the picturesque women of several pueblo tribes without even leay- ing the train. The village of Laguna, for instance, is located directly on the Santa Fe line, and the women meet every train, offering for sale their quaint pottery neatly decorated in red and brown tints over A white ground. The women of Laguna. are behind their husbands and brothers in responding to the influences of civilization for, whereas, the men of the pueblo have entirely given up the old native costume, the women still cling to the dark blue native-made dresses which have been worn for hundreds of years. Isleta, pueblo located east of Laguna and which boasts more than a thousand inhabitants is another community the women of which lose no opportunity to offer their pottery to passengers on the Santa Fe trains. Their strange headdress and odd leggins are usually. however, ob- jects of even greater interest to feminine tourists than the fantastic Indian bowls and idols which they proner at ridicu- lously low prices.
 In basket making the Hopi excel all other Pueblo Indians. They produce both the woven and coiled baskets in variety of shapes, and, contrary to general i'm. pression, these baskets are not evolved merely for sale to traders and tourists, but instead are designed for practical use us receptacles for corn or carrying baskets for hrewood or some other similar purpose. One of the interesting types of basketry widely produced in the South west Is the so-called water bottle, which is made in variety of forms, some of
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them being literally Jug shaped. The h. dian women of one village make a unique form of shallow tray or basket plaque which has no prototype in all America, yet, strangely enough. baskets of exactly the same design have been made for cen. turies past by the natives of Northern Africa.
 As has been mentioned above. pottery making Is carried on by the women of practically all the pueblos in the South west. A novel method of manufacture is followed universally. Whatever the shape of the vessel 1t Is built by coiling upon itself a- long thin strip of clay which has been fashioned between the palms of the two hands. To support the coil in its early stage q basket is used, held in the lap of the worker. After the desired height and shape have been reached, by contracting or expanding the diameter of the coil the piece of pottery is baked. Endless variety of designs and color com. binations characterizes the decoration of the ware produced by the various tribes.
 Much weaving is done by the Hopi, the Zuni and other Southwestern Indians, but probably the most interesting textile workers of the deserts are the Navahos, whose famous blankets are now to be found in every part of the civilized world. The Navahos, it may be explained, are not pueblo people, but lead nomadic life, wandering from place to place and dwelling in temporary habitations. All the Indian women who weave blankets use large hand looms not unlike those parts of the world. Formerly the Indians not only procured from their own fiocks, as they do today, the wool used, but also iansd nf Tate wsaY CTS have bought the ordinary manufac- tured dyes from the white traders.
 WALDON FAWCETT.
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that twothirds of her entire area Is wooded.
 After the giant tree Is down 1t Is quick ly cut up Into log lengths by sawyers, and then the various factors in the steam logging equipment take up the work of getting the log lengths out of the forest and to the mills, where they will be transformed into boards and shingles. The logs are dragged from the place where the tree has fallen to the nearest "skid" road by means of wire rope cable, near ly half an inch in diameter, and which is wound upon an Iron drum by a donkey engine, very similar to that used in pile driving. The end of this cable, which Is, in turn, attached to each log that Is to be moved is provided with several long, disappointed steel fingers, so arranged that the harder the pull the deeper they
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women in the Southwest are those of the Hopi, or, as 1t Is sometimes given, the Moki tribe, In Arizona. The Hopls have seven different villages, or pueblos, all comparatively near one another sld made up of irregular rows of terraced houses, rising to . height of from three to i've stories The girls of Hopiland are shy and modest. and many of them have dis tinct claims to beauty. Their favorite fad consists fin dressing their lustrous dark hair in great whorls, symbolic of the squash bloom, the emblem of the virgin. This fashion of arranging the hair is, of course, abandoned after marriage.
 The Hopi woman knows nothing of the varying fortunes of changing fashions in dress, which are alternately the delight and despair of her sisters in the outside world. The dresses and moccasins which she has in her wardrobe for use on cere- monial and ordinary occasions are exact duplicates in texture and design of those which her great grandmother wore ages ago. The dress consists of a single piece of black woolen cloth, beautifully woven
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the direction of the undercut To bring one of these giants to earth without seri- ously damaging it or working incalcnlable damage to the surrounding timber re- quires the highest refinement of the lum- bermans art.
 Some scientific foresters are wont to de- clare that the Northwestern lumbermen are rather careless of the standing timber in feliing trees, but perhaps they do not make allowance for the difficulty of hand ling these monsters in an area covered with dense growth, and, moreover, 1t is scarcely human nature to follow a policy of strict economy when there Is half century's supply of timber In sight, for the State of Oregon alone contains one sixth of the total amount of standing merchantable timber ln the United States, and her neighbor, Washington, boasts
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and embelllshed with borders of blue. For the creation of dress from this gar ment, originally a blanket, two opposite ends are brought together and sewed throughout their length, save for small space at one end designed to give an opening for one arm. The garment, as folded, Is also sewn about one-half It's width along one of the narrow ends. The space remaining gives passage for the head. while the closed side of the gar ment passes under one arm. For use on state occasions the Hopi woman has white dress and moccasins of white buck skin, the & upper of which which terminates ina In the lower leg until 1t reaches the knee, thus having the appearance of white top boot
 The women of Hopiland are assuredly versatile In their accomplishments, for not only are they expert pottery makers and skilled in many forms of basketry, Sur sney as1 an1 eaye eottg9 t ana f6es woo,en can be practiced only in leisure moments,
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for every Hopi woman has many house. hold duties. For one thing she must spend not less than three hours each day grinding corn since four-ffths of all the food of the family consists of some prepa- ration of corn. Then there are long trips cannot be found on every hand in the deserts of Hopiland-and finally when a new household is to be provided with home by the addition of one or more rooms to the great terraced pile which forms the pueblo 1t is the women who trudge away to seek clay in the pits, and, having found 1t, erect the walls of the needed addition
 In the Southwest one hears much of the beauty of the pottery produced by the women of the pueblo of Acoma. This p9t,er ey b fne way stn IS senn no,saS 1o .ne Des, the heads of long line of women pass ing to and fro between the village and portant water supply. Not only do the women of Acoma, which is situated In
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of giant tree is almost always of in- ferior quality, and seem loath to change their methods.
 In order to cut the tree at point so far from the ground 1t Is necessary to cut notches in the trunk some feet above the foot of the tree and insert In these boards or shelves upon which the sawyers and axmen can stand while bringing their prey to earth. sAs the first step In fell ing a giant tree men with axes chop about one-third of the distance through the trunk. Then two men manipulating op- posite ends of an eight-foot saw set to work at the opposite sides of the tree and saw through the trunk until "hlnge' of only 10 inches thickness separates their steel blade from the undercut previously mentioned. Steel wedges are then in serted and the lofty tree Is forced over in
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sink into the log upon which they have grip. No pathway is provided for the logs in their transit from the heart of the for est to the skid road. Some of the debris. which chokes every part of the forest. Is. to be sure, cleared away,s but this is essential in order that the logs may be dragged over the rough ground without danger of snapping the wire rope at every turn. In order that the journey through the trackless wilderness may be rendered as easy as possible, the under side Of each log Is "barked" or smoothed or to some extent and the end which Is to travel first Is "snubbed" or beveled to depth of six inches or more.
 The "skid road" which is the main ar tery of traffic in a logging district, is a cleared pathway with logs placed cross wise of the highway after the fashion of railroad ties. In the middle of the top of each log that forms part of the skid road a depression is made and the series of these furrows form, in erect, one long groove, in which the logs travel. The log lengths, fresh from the forest, are drawn along the skid road by means of wire cables after the same manner in which they were brought from the heart of the woods to the nearest point on the skid road, but instead of one log being dragged forward at time they are han dled on the skid road in 'trains," or three or more logs joined together end to end by means of chains. The engine which furnishes the power for winding up the skid road cable, thousand feet or more in length, is capable of higher speed but is not 50 powerful as the engine used for the first stage of the journey from woods to mill
 At the end of the skid road the logs may be collected in piles called ''roll- ways" or assembled in yards" but In the busy lumber regions in the vicinity most of the logs are placed directly aboard railroad cars that carry them straightway to the mills. Some of the route In the form of huge rafts, each more than 700 feet in length. or larger
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The gratitude of the whole world would go out to the person who invented some infailible methods of curing seasickness. but those that suit one temperament fail with another As mal-ds-mer is brought on by motious of the vessel the first con sideration should be what position to will be least perceptible amidships and the worst at the bow and stern. In a slight seq there Is generally some rise part of the deck is quiet and and steady. At the aame time . seef amidahips may prove
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A Scientific View of Seasickness.

motion thus aroused often upsetting peo- pie who would otherwise have under taken the voyage In comfort. A remedy which has stood nearly half century's trial is the spinal icebag invented by n Dr. Chapman. After carefully studying the subject he came to ths conclusion that the vomiting was caused by an ex- cess of blood In the nervous centers of the back especially in those segments of the spinal cord related to the stomach and the muscles concerned fin vomiting.
 To lower the temperature and SO lessen the amount of blood locally. he designed
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of tight abdominal belt. Medical men are agreed as to the necessity of con- pressing the abdominal regions, at least in the early stage of the voyage. until the stomach has become accustomed to the pitching of the vessel. An ordinary hand kerchief will do equally as well provided 1t Is tied very tightly.
 Many people try to coax the stomach in good behavior either bs indulging in certain kinds of food and drink on board or by the use of certain drugs. Lemons and lemonade are old well tried and we'll known. but not always reliable remedies
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leveling sea bunk. By means of an au- tomatic electrical arrangement the berth is kept perfectly horizontal even In the heaviest sea. Yet while some passengers successfully ward of the dreaded attack by lying full length or by reclining with eyes closed in deck chair others find 1t better to remain erect and to hx the eye on the horizon or a distant ship. Breathe deeply, timing the inhaling and exhaling of the breath with the rise and fall Of the ship. It is, however, a bad thing to fix the eyes on the water rushing past the side of the vessel, the sense of
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a long narrow bag with three pockets. so that the Ice should not fall to the bot tom of the bag. The mouth Is closed tightly by clamp to prevent the escape of water and the spinal icebag is attached to the back by means of tapes.
 Of course, the difficulties of getting the ice, refilling the bag and attaching and detaching 1t, limits its use, but those who use 1t state that it rarely fails. and a great many people now make point of carrying Ice with them.
 more practicable remedy and prob ably q more eflcacious one. is the wearing
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terribly fatal unless 1t Is carefully select ed at respectable distance from the companionway up which the siekening. oily smell comes from the engine-room below. Many people are sick on the smoothest day from this disagreeabie smell alone. Some even brave gale or the. cold night air rather than go below
 Few people would care to adopt what is one of the best remedies for seasick- ness which is to lie down at full length en the deck, or. If this position seems un- to reciine at length on . seat if sufficient
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space can be monopolIzed without inter
 fering with the comfort of other passen- gers Immediately this position is taken the pitching and tossing seem suddenly lessened and the dreadful premonitory symptoms generally pass of. But such an undigniied position Is scarcely likely to be generally adopted on deck, while the saloons below are too stuffy and warm for susceptible stomachs. To enable pas sengers to keep the horizontal position oD the toughest sea some successful experi.
 Dover-Calais ferry steamers with q self
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
CAPT. 5WIsE's LECTURE.
Tickets Going Rapidly and ID ] Hous'
y q. Will Likely BE Pa cked.

Y & Indications point to a packed house Vt
&the Academy Tuesday evening, when
Captain John s. Wise Of New !, = AI ork'
viii lecture on "Reminiscences OF one
hnlfs {of the Presidents Captain Wise
is an exceedingly interesting talker.annd
has an established reputation as a story
teller. HIS close relations with the Prcs-
dents of the United States hays given NJ. =,
m opportunity Of becoming Thoroughly
acquainted with them in q social way
!. Tho lecture promises TO- teen with n n
teresting narratives. and Will be an ms ms
y torical lesson In itself,
Captain Wse's lecture VIII pc uiluer
+l,e~ aI,snices and patronage Of the ladies'
OF the Old Dominion CHARTER Daughters
of the American Revolution Tho ne net
proceeds are. 70 be devoted e 4, the v, r.
GINA column in ihe Memorial Hall, 70 be BE-
retSed lin Washington by the Daughtcrs
Il ~ tho Revolution, In which the thirteen
A states Of the original Union VIII DO
represented BY column each.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
Washington's Birthday.

Washingtons birthday will be cele-
brated at Bellevue school on Tuesday
mt 80 p, NJ, Master Harold Wall Will
impersonatc General Washington: Miss
ltuby Braucr, Mrs Washington; MISS
Nirglc Harris, Mrs. Washington's friend: :
Masters Charles Buchanan, Louis llage-
man, Frank uYgnor, Virginius johnson,
walter Gibson staff Officers. There Will
be Washington historical chart (plc-
tures explained recitations and compost
tions on washington. The superinten-
dent, members Of the School Board, and
friends of the public schools are cor.
daily invited.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
'1hlGRAND# l|0 ] !. Of ]:
....PYTH|ANs !. Q meet WEE
Annual Session to be Held IN N
Norfolk, Beginning
S5 Tuesday.

4 The Grand Lodge OF i1'Sthians sof VIZ.
& E,nla will meet at Norfolk on Tu ',i
\ evening, in tho thirty-seventh annual
session. Past Grand. Chancellor George
al Cabell, Of Norfolk. VIII preside 1t' I,
There Will be n lnrEo amount of o,si-
ness transacted. most important fen
t,ire OF which will be some action OIL
&the# Hines memorial 8In,at tier Anolhcr
matter 81 importancr will be the con-
sheraton or d proposition 10 put IN
II organizer n the field. The organization
has Grown wonderfully during the last
year, A as Will be shown by the various
reports. n ~ f. i13 Is.
Tho delegates from Richmond who will
attend the meeting are Mcssrs. w. ~
stevens, ii. S. Wright, James n Bailey.
JsSL sntterneld G. Q. Savillc. 2. 4.
Ioehr, B. a.. Ruf7in j. B. Allen, Jcffer-
son Wallace; Manchester. George ",
fsJewett. }a33 3..5 iS HI 6 hi. 1i. 4t & y
q, The ELECTION Of officers will result IN
5{the advancement5o or those who have he'd
Office tho present term. Thce officers
i whose terms expire at this time are:
IL III George G. Cabell Jr., past grand chah--
cellor, Norfolk, Va. "a
v. P. Holt, grand chancellor, Hampton
Il Va. 5 8s. N 3 " 4.
s.. n. Bryan, grand vice-chancellor'
Roanoke, Va GES 81 5sl U u Z.
The Rev. IN II. Dickinson, grand pre-
iglatc, Rlchmopd. Var
III. M. Darna,l, grand Keeper 9 records
and seal, Roanoke, Va. @s;
II. Il Courtney. grand master Of cx-#
chequer, Richmond, Va:
3R. j., Warren. grand master-at-nrnls,g
4 Portsmouth, Va. d jtS
Henry Schneider, grand inner guard
Winchester, Va
H Mann, grand out er guard, Peters -,
DC. Richardson. supreme representa-
Il tive, Richmond rs va. y \.
H. T.. Il Cunningham, supreme represen.i
+ tutive, Newport News, Va. sg is @ 5s VI.
Messrs. Jefferson Wallace and James r.s
4 Bailey. OF Richmond, are candidates for
The place Of grand outer guard
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
German Club Organized.

s AT the University College Of Medicine
last night the students organized a ger.
man club, and the toiowins officers were
Williamsburg, president; r. p. Roller Of
Charleston. ", Va, vice-prosident; G. r,
Ross, Of uppcryille, secretary and tTeas-
Others tresent were: Boyd, Broaddus,
Knepp Ealbough, Land Fitzgerald,
Cecil, Martin, Meaden. f1ohson, Swindie,
Powell and Cabel', Committees We're APP
painted 70 arrange Tor dance ut Masonic
Temple. The hal! will be decorated In
college aud pan. ira ernltY colors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
KAPPA SIGMA ALUMN>I.
a Local Chapter Of This Fra
ternitY Formed Last Night.

An alumni chaptcraof the Kappa Sigma
Fraternity was organized very auspl-
cfously last night at the Hotel Richmond,
with Mr.. Robert N. Pollard as president.
sTiie organization was followed by what
tile members term a smoker In the din
Ing room ofs5thes hotel, The other OIL a
Gers of!@the chuptcr are christopher ~
Garnctt, vice president; Robert q. Alsop,
secretary and treasurer. Tho full list
Of members present ut the Inauguration
were III. NJ. Smith, ,Jr, J. 81. tianklns,
Nv, "a. 5shultce ~. Knapp g. D.3 Nc NC
Gov Dr. st. iGieorger. Grimm, Christie
pher B. Gamett, Rol,srt K.3Alsnp ?.s, !,
woodward, ] r., ~. Moncura Gravalt,
y Robert n. Pollard, John H. Parrish, =, ",
13rydon remnant S. J.. Mayo I,r.S
John P. Davidson Riyes rle y, ~
The party dispersed about mltnisht,
apparently as happy as a beyy OF n 10y
{ just out Of school " n.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
AN ART EXHIBITION.
Fine Display Being Made Thu
Week at Io7 East Broad.

a strong step inethc advancement Of arr
is shown by the exhibition Just opened az &c
naintinrs in OH water colors. photo.
sravures, etc. appears to he the most
extensive over attempted BY any Rich.
&lnond concern. ana Very commendable 70
nusnices Sthe display IL conducted. flf8
/, is generally admitted that Richmond
should he moro advanced titan she Is as
40 art culture, and I would not be amlss
for tho public to avail themselves of their
liberal offer that every one should nay
them a call" Sa .E5Ht sf+i ka1 at3 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
Choir Was Entertained.

on Thursday light last The cholr OF
the saerab Church was delightfully."- en-
tcrtainea at snpper by the pastor. Rev
j p. O'Ri!ey. The repasi was served az
Alurphy's. and Included most inviting
i,enll Covers Wer9 land for twenty and
tbe decorations beng red and green.
u, When R,lpper was concluded musical Sc,
leotions were rendered by the several
meInbers OF the choir, Owing TO the ABB
sence Of Father &, Riley, who was called
ant ol the city Suddenly, Rev, Father
Massie. his assistant, presided as host.
Tfe affair was mpGt enjoyable,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
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