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Evening star., 1905-11-06

a guide was sent of on a camel to find
water. He returned with a leather skin
full. but Ii was so brackish that those who
drank 1t fell I'll and could not eat their
food The party had then to march on.
and they were fortunate enough to reach
another we'll where a small supply of drink
able water was obtained.
At midnight on the l4th they started
again. still steering northward. and at day
break they halted on high desert plain,
There was no sign OF water, and, the posi-
ton being critical, Mohi-ud-din reluctantly
recognized the futility of further explora-
don. He agreed to return. but by night,
after great sufferings from thirst. two OF
the guides became insensib,e A third guide,
Sultan Mahomed, tied each of them upon a
riding camel and himself On third camel.
The animals were then linked together and
left to go whittier their instinct would .ead
them. Sultan Mahomed fell unconscious
during the night and remembered nothing
till he came to through water being poured
down his throat. He and his friends had
been rescued by a hunter who had wan
dered into the desert in quest of wild
asses. The party were within of
death. but were taken to Chakansur an
Afghan village the kash river, and un-
der careful treatment recovered
The rest of the party under Mohi-ud-din
met with melancholy fate. They were too
weak to march. and the first to die was a
camel man, who wandered into the desert
and never returned. The others remained
all night with Mohi-ud-din, and In the early
morning, seeing he was nearly dying. they
crawled TO a rayine close by and dug for
water. No spring was found and their
only relief was to throw the damp earth
over their bodies. In the evening some of
these men succeeded in struggling back to
camp. where they found Mohi-ud-din dead
alongside of his horse.
Ills faithful attendant. strong in his sense
of duty, cut the map off the surveyor 5
plane table and wrapped 1t round his body
In his waiStband. He afterward explained
that he was afraid to carry 1t in his hand,
for fear he might become insensbie and
lose 1t. They then wandered from the camp
and finally all but Saidu lay down in the
shade of high mound to die. Saidu strug-
gled on the whole day, but must have be-
come delirious. for he remembered nothing
till he regained consciousness for time by
stumbling into pool of water. On coming
to again he found himself being carried on
a mans back to Chakansur. He had been
discovered by some villagers, and. as in the
case of the three guides, his life was saved
with difficulty.
The Afghan authorities sent out search
parties with water. and eventually recov-
cred the bodies of Mohi-ud-dn and the
three subsurveyors. together with the camp
kit. The bodies were reverently inferred
by the AfghanS at the shrine of Amiran, a
place of peculiar sanctity. as Amiran is
said to have been a first cousin of the
prophet Mohi-ud-dins death. although
brought on perhaps by too yenturesome a
disregard of danger, was conspicuous in
stance of the devotion met with in the
native ranks Of the Indian survey depart
ment. and 1t is gratifying to learn that
fitting reward has been accorded to the
faithful Saidu.
Evening star., 1905-11-06
PER11s OF DESERT EXPLORERS.
Fate OF a Party That Undertook to
Survey the Desert of Seistan.

From the London Times.
The Seistan boundary commission, which
has now returned to India, was one of
those hazardous enterprises that the sur
vey officers of the government of India are
every now and then called upon to under
take in remote, unfrequented and iuhos-
pitable regions. to penetrate into which,
even with such supplies and escort as are
feasible, Is practically to carry ones life
in ones hand.
For many months the heat In Seistan is
overpowering. while a wind known as the
"120 days wind blows from the northwest
with the force of a hurricane, its pace vary
ing up to seventy miles hour. In the
winter there are violent snowstorms ana
blizzards. while the thermometer falls al
most to zero. In great blizzard which
ragged for five days in March, 1905, during
the progress of the mission, the wind ac-
tually rose to 40 miles an hour.
One conspicuous piece of devotion on the
part of a native surveyor named Mohi-ud-
din deserves mention. He was q man of
some distinction who had won the title OF
Khan Bahadur by previous notable sur
veys on the frontier. While in Seistan he
was particularly desirous of exploring the
Dasht-i-Margu. very forbiddfng desert be-
tween the Helmund and Kash rivers. and
in June. 1908. In spite Of the extreme heat
he struck out from a point west OF Rudbar
on tho Helmund. on course nearly due
north, his party consisting OF four survey
assistants, four Afghan guides and two
camel men.
They marched all night. called a halt IN
the early morning and continued the march
during the day. AT ntghtfall the water
carried BY the camels had given out. ana
the guides urged that either the return
journey should be begun at once or fouts
taken due wet. 80 ~ to. strike tho nerth-
eru bend OF the HeImund. lGfhi-u1s IN.
hoWevefs Was determtned u 1u3k u o1a
Evening star., 1905-11-06
THREE KINDS OF HEADACHES.
Come From the Nerves, the Eyes and
the Stomach.

From the Chicago News.
A physician writes: There are three
main causes of headache and the first of
these has to do with the nervous system.
headache is, everybody will acknowledge,
very natural result of nerve strain. In
the hurry and hustle and strain and stress
of life today our poor nervous systems have
no chance. no moment of rest and inaction
from the time we arise in the morning till
we go to bed at night. The pursuit of
pleasure, the scurrying ceaSelessly from one
place to another in search of amusement.
the fact that a certain class of people find
life bore unless they are in a whirl of eX
citenient, will often account for the fash
ionable headache, the headache of the
"overworked" society woman. Work
properly called, will never produce a
headache: it is one of the best prevent
ives of headache. Anxiety and inceSsant
worrying over trifes will certainly cause
the headache of overStrain, any har-
assed anxious and "worrit household
head of a large family will testify to- The
headache of anaemia, common enough
among young girls Of low vitality is due to
nervous system ill-nourished, with i'm
poverished blood. Many obscure neuralgias
have thus very simple explanation.
THE second great cause of headache Is
eye strain, Many man who Is suffering
from eye strain assures his doctor that his
eyes are certainly not at fault. as he has
splendid sight 1t is not his nerves of
sight which are affected, but the nerve and
minute muscle of accommodation which he
is constantly and unconsciously fatiguing In
order to make his sight as good as he be-
lieves 1t to be. The error is in the shape of
the eye. which requires continued muscu-
lar strain to rectify, and proper glasses
would Immediately remove the need for this
continual strain. This form Of headache
follows close eye work, such as reading
writing or sewing. 1t Is worse at night, and
is practically absent in the morning, differ
Ing from other forms of headache. 1t may
be taken for granted that headache present
in the morning is not due entirely, If at all.
to eve strain. All sufferers from headache
should have their eyes examined by an
oculist
"a very large number of headaches come
under the third category-namely. head
aches due to poisons in the blood The
'throbbing headache Is often caused by
what medical men call over blood pressure
or too high blood pressure, due to impurities
or toxins circulating in the blood. They
generally arise from disorders of digestion
in the stomach and bowels from improper
diet the overeating of meat and rich dishes,
imperfect masticaton foul teeth and lack
of exercise. Relief will not be permanent
so long as new toxins are being produced
that is. SO long as we persist in overeating
rich dishes and neglecting the rules OF
health"
Evening star., 1905-11-06
WOMAN IN AWFUL PLIGHT.
Found Wounded and Starving by Ex-
plorers An Desert.

From the st. James Gazette
The British Association meetings must
bring back to DR.. Francis Galton. its one
time secretary. thoughts OF his own Jour-
neys I'm Africa. when that land was a dark
continent indeed. The recollection will be
further strengthened by the crueities prac-
ticed by the German troops at the expense
of the natives. whom they have driven to
dreadful death in the desert. and by the
stories of Congo atrocities.
In Dr. Cations own experience there oc-
CURED a tragedy In the wilds-a tragedy in
which the Hereros figured. He tells the
story In his book on tropical South Africa.
When day and half from his caravan he
came across q huge tree burning In the
wilderness From the ashes It was evident
that the fire had been In progress for a
great time. There was no living soul In
sight, but there was curious signature
as II were. upon the sand. To the Sherlock
Holmes of finger prints this signature was
obviously that of a human hand imprinted
on the sand OF the desert But there was
no mark OF foot.
woman lying in terribly emaciated condi-
ton, with both her foot burned OF and the
wounds open and unhealed. Many days be-
fore she explained, a dry standing tree
which had caught fire fell upon her es she
slep. in camp. entangied her in the branches
and. before she corNi extricate herself
caused the wounds which her rcscuer found
Her people left her to her fate. and since
then she had lived upon the gum OF trees
and water. to which she had dragged her
self upon her hands. Here was a terrible
problem-what to do with the dying woman
They had no means Of carrying her: they
could not stay with her. DR.. Dalton went
20 yards away and killed q sheep. cut II
into strips and hung It upon tree to dry.
She had meantime crawled up to him, fear
ing that he would 60 away and leave her
without food. The meat placed ready for
hcr, wood for her fre and water for her
iected at her side: fhsy left her. He hina
done oil that q white man could: had he
been one OF her own people he would have
killed her. at-
Evening star., 1905-11-06
ABsINTHE VICTIMS.
Crimes Attributed to the Liquor In
Switzerland.

Geneva Cor. London Express.
Crimes by absinthe drunkards are becom-
ing so alarmIngly frequent in Switzerland
that the press Is urging the authorities to
check the sale of the liquor. which may
be bought at almost any village shop.
A long inquiry, concluded today proved
that the disastrous fire which destroyed
a village near Lucerne and ruined a large
number OF poor families was the delib-
crate work OF a woman of good family
who is a confirmed absinthe drinker. She
has been arrested and Imprisoned.
During the past few days the Swiss pa
pers have been full of horrors due to the
work of the absinthe f1end. Near Coppet,
on the lake of Geneva, farmer murdered
his young wife and children. and after
ward went In triumph to tell his neighbors
what he had done. AT Lausanne q little
girl was decapitated by a brute under the
influence OF absinthe.
The author of a long series of myster!-
Gus incendIary crimes and cattle-maiming
outrages near Nyon. In the Canten of
Vaud, whose trial has just been concluded.
proves to be an absipthe maniac. In the
case OF the six Valais guides who q few
days ago brutally attacked q companion on
the mountains and almost hacked him to
pieces with their knives. 1T is now stated
that they were under the influence OF the
fatal liquor at the time the crime was
committed
At the temperance congress held at Neu-
chatcl In 1DUg the French expert. DIR. Lee
grain. gave an Interesting account OF the
action OF the absinthe poison. After three
ycafs' absIntha drinking a man becomes
weak minded and fnil OF ever-increasing
nervous anxiety. He grows moody. taci-
turn, snupfctoua. eccentric. untrustworthy
and apt 70 quarrel without cause.
If he continues TO take tlse deadly liquor
has body beoomeD mere automat0a. and
h obe1e without h1attatioa .the ant0-sug-
Gs1t5ohe ~ his mind. otteu kaliiu4s nAim.
~ ena ds1fEey!nG With sayaee Etss those
Evening star., 1905-11-06
PROPOSED PARENTAL SCHOOL.
To Give Special Effort for Vicious Chill
dren in Western Schools.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Ths suggestion that parental school be
established In Kansas City Is timely Such
an institution would relieve the graded
schools Of a class of pupils who not only
exc-t O bad influence over others, but are q
heavy tax on the time and patience of
teachers AS outlined by Superintendent
Greenwood, the parental school would be
designed for boys and girls who, while not
criminal or even incorrigible. yet are head
strong and unwilling to devote themselves
to school work
In the average school room are three
distinct classes OF pupils; those who arc
anxious to learn and are tractable and make
fair progress In their studies: those who
delinquent and backward, although willing
to try hard to succeed. and those who ha-
bttually disregard the rules and make all
the trouble they can for parents and teach
ers Most cities now provide special In
struction for delinquent pupils but tho
vicious class Is still left. One or two such
pupils will give teacher more actual work
and worry than all the rest Of her charges.
A bad boy or girl Is a demoralizing infiu-
ence In the class room. Yet these unfortu-
nate children must be cared for and taught.
This is the purpose OF the parental school.
The work of the new truancy law in Mis-
souri, will be watched with deep interest b.
those familiar with educational progress.
BY a wise provision of the law a competent
court officer is given jurisdiction over truant
pupils picked up by the inspectors. This
allows a certain fiexibility OF enforcement
that will make it Of great benefit. 1t Is
more on account of this law than anything
else that q parental school is made desir-
able It Is natural to suppose that very
large proportion or the boys and girls who
will be taken of the streets and placed In
the public schools will be unruly and more
or less resentful OF the loss of their liberty.
They will be scattered about In all the
schools OF the city and will cause extra
annoyance to teachers who are already
oyertaxed in many Instances with their
regular work. To expect these patient
teachers to conduct q reformatory depart
nert for the benefit OF a handful OF pupils
would not only be unjust to the teachers
themselves, but It would deprive majority
OF the wcii-behaved pupils Of attention that
belongs to them.
It is unfortunate that parental schools arc
necessary. but SO long as they are the issue
should be fnced in Kansas City. There ase
speoialists Ia controlling and properly mold
ing intractabto children, and IL Is fair to
presume that most Of the children placed
under such Influences would soon be OF nor
NAL disposition and at to tnke their places
among Che otlser pupils Of the pahlIc schools.
Evening star., 1905-11-06
able Linens.
Cured.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Hhfpefs 3 WEEKLY.
A story is told of the wonderful cure
from deafness of a patient who was recon-
mended to hear a Wagner opera, and to
sit near the orchestra by the trombones.
The physician accompanied his patient, and
sat beside him. Suddenly. while the crash
Of the instruments was at its loudast, the
deaf man found he could hear. Doctor, /"
he almost shrieked, 'T can hearr The
mark 'I tell you, doctor" repeated the
patient. in ecstasy. you have saved me.
have recovered my hearing" Htfll the
physician was silent. He had become deaf
himself.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-06-17

The Logan Republican says, "Vari.
Gus professors have testified time and
again that recognizing many boys I'M
illness for their own department, they
have sent them TO the department OF
Agriculture. And there you have
the cause of all the trouble at the Ag.
ricultural College, citizens OF Utah.
And so those boys unfit for other sub
jects are sent to the Agricultural de-
partmeDt and this in an Agricultural
College, Deseret Farmer
The difficulty with the average male
Is that he would rather become a poor
preacher than a tirst-class tailor, a
poor doctor than irst.class black
smith,a plug in commercial life rather
than successful farmer The agri.
cultural course even in an agriCult lral
school is seldom attractive to great
percentage of students. Add to that
department repeliing personality
rather than an attractive force, and
students not very strongly inclined
toward agriculture will take some
other course. All courses are elective
and no professor has the right to deny
any student the course he asks for,
IL is within his province, however,
and 1t certainly is his duty TO counsel
with an applicant as to what course 1t
would be best for him to pursue. Rec
Ognizing students untitness for the
course which he says he wants, and
his fitness for some other course, he is
advised to take some other Though
the head Of the agricultural depart
mcnt has been a repellant rather than
attractive force, the agricultural de-
partment, by this method, has been
made to increase in students taking the
course no less than Hooper cent in five
years The Deseret Farmers article
would indicate that the editor laborS
under the impression that the Agri.
department is filled only
with dunder heads sent there because
other professors regarded the boys as
unit for anything, Since the editor
Of the Deseret Farmer at the head OF
the agricultural department this ar
gument OF his is certainly miserable
reflection on his students. Whenever
the public wants to get at the cause
Of all the trouble at the Agricultural
College, they do not want TO accept
too readily the improved asser.
lions OF the editor of the Dcseret
Farmer, head of the agricultural de-
partment at the A. c., the man whom
the student body of that institution
rates very low.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-06-17

incompetency in that department and
this comes from those who let her
out. The editor Of this paper has met
Miss Pike, has pleasant regard for
her, but is familiar with the general
opinion at the school as regards her
work there. We cite again that Miss
Pixies writings to The Tribune were
libelously false, and suggest TO the
editor of the Box Elder News that If
he will visit the editorial sanctum OF
The Tribune he will find In pigeon
hole of the editors desk numEerless
protests from the strongest men in a
business and social way in this city.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-06-17

The four sugar factories that are
built in Utah and the one being con
structed and the three in Idaho and
two more contracted for in that state
are the results of Republican progress
SIGN. Comparing the present condi-
tions with those that existed under
Democratic policies, the most dense
mind cannot but accept the idea that
great revolution has been brought
about for the betterment Of the
people, and it must also be admitted
that the present success Of affairs are
due to Republican administration.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-06-17
TAKE TIME.

Most people are in too much OF a
hurry. They haven't time to sleep,
eat, or even enjoy a short converse
tion with friend. Some people are
almost strangers in their own home.
They are constantly on the go This,
that and the other thing must be
done and done Immediately; there is
no time TO waste. When they come
in for their meals they bolt their food
and away they 20, and are not seen
again all day, says an exchange.
This isn't life. 1t is simply fast ex.
istence. These people delight TO quote
the old proverb: Never put Off till
tomorrow what you can do today"
We think however, that this suits
their case better: Don't try to do
everything today tomorrow is com.
ing Just as it is better TO masticate
a half meal, than it is TO simply swal
low a whole; so it is better TO live well
and completely, than to live too fast.
What difference will it make in hun
dred years from now whether we try
to do ten things today or only five.
People who travel on a railroad train
don't see and enjoy half so much of
the scenery as those who go over the
same section of country by team, al
though the distance Travelled is many
times as great. Much of the Joy and
richness of life is missed, because we
are in such hurry TO pass it. We
only travel over the road Of life once.
1t is best TO get all out of it that we
can. There are flowers and treasures all
around US. Let us pluck and gather
some OF them as we pass, for the Joys
that we miss today can never be found
again.
We do not, Of course, desire to be
as advocating laziness and
Success can net come TO
a person who has no purpose in life,
who is not constantly working to
some definite end. And the duties of
today should be done today, but there
is no need of attempting those of to-
morrow. This would be like plucking
a rose before it blooms, or harvesting
a field before it is ripe.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-06-17

The Indiana Railroad Commission
has issued an order to railroad com
panieS OF the state requiring them to
furnish a list Of those receiving passes
and also a record of all free transpor-
tation outstanding June |. The com.
mission hopes to have by July lst a
list of all public officials who have
passes, which will be made basis for
investigation. II is said that some of
the officials are inclined to resist the
proposition of them giving up their
passes on the grounds that it does not
come within the limits Of the law. II
wonld be interesting to know what
such an Investigation in the State Of
Utah would show.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-06-17

Has the LOGAN REPUBLICAN ever
heard various professors Of the
Agricultural College testify" that in
their class rooms they have frequently
reproved their students for non pre-
paratiOn of work, with the remark
that the student was mentally in
capacitated for anything but agri.
cultural work. u. A. Merrill, editor
DeSeret Farmer
No, The REPUBLICAN has never
heard this, but has heard many Of
them say that the writer of the above
has disposition that incapacitates
him for the most effective work Of
any kind any place. We have heard
them say he is man who can not
work in pleasant way with any man
whom he can not dominate; man
who can not work for another. We
have heard from radicals many strong
expressions against MIR. Merrill; we
have heard some kind things OF
the gentlemen, and until recently
have ourselves attributed the gentle
mans difficulty more TO his head and
mouth than his heart; but from the
many, radicals, passing friends, ac-
quaintance and associates the general
expressions is that he is unfortunate
in possessing disposition that is ever
against his best interests.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-06-17

Utah as health resort should be
advertised far and wide. According
TO physicians lit is not the cold of
winter nor the heat Of summer that
tries the health, but the sudden and
extreme changes of temperature. "
This latter condition prevails in the
east, and is largely absent in Utah.
According TO statistics we have here
nearly 300 days that are clear in each
year, the smallest variability of TEN.
perature OF any altitude region of the
United States, a very low relative de-
gree OF moisture, the velocity OF the
wind but six miles an hour. Through
out the summer the nights are cool
and without dew, showers are period.
ical throughout the summer season
but no rainy season, Dust storms are
experienced occasionally, the only
really disagreeable feature of Utah
living. We have here everything to
attract the health seeker and home
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-06-17

rich corporation. Bigelow violated a
sacred trust. Young never had any
trust to betray. OF the two crimes,
that Of Bigelow was certainly the
more heinous Yet his sentence is
less than that Of Young by forty years
Therein is one Of the serious weakness
es OF American administration Of law
and it is what Andrew ID. White had
in mind when he wished that the
British administration OF law might
supplant our American methods.