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The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
GEMS in CORSET AS GIFT.
RELATIVES Z Young Woman Recover
Jewels from Organ Grinder.

Hartford. Conn.-For three days Sig.
nora Francesca Cavallo was the belle
OF the Italian colony OF Hartford. bu,
now all the other women who were
jealous OF the small fortune Ia dia.
monds worn by the pretty organ grind.
er envy her no more. The signora Is
now without her gems. She still has a
pair of pink silk corsets. however. and
thereon is strange story.
a few days ago the Italian woman
was grinding forth mournfui tune
under the balcony OF a private sani,
tnrium in this city when young WON.
IN patient opened her window and
threw the silk corsets to her. The
Italian was highly pleased with the
gift. but her Joy Jumped to amazemen.
when she found that there was a snail
bag sewed In the lining CONTAINING
jewelry valued Mt s1.100.
She took the gems and showed then
to the neighbors. Relatives OF tfs
donor discovered her folly. Police
Sergt Dietrich. who has an enviablo
record rs recoverer Of lost Jewels. hav
ing returned $1,000 worth to owners ir
the last few weeks. investigated in the
East side. where dozens Of organ
grinders reside. and after few Gays
he discovered Francesca wearing the
precious jewels.
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
KANSAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN IN.
HAsiTEo 10000 YEARS AGO.
Scientists Offer Proof of Contention
Arrow Head Imbedded In Re.
mains Of Buffalo Found In
Geological Formation.

Lawrence, Kan.-That prehistoric
man existed In what is now the state
OF Kansas more than 10000 years
ago is the theory advanced by the
paleontology department of the Uni
versity OF Kansas, and which 1t is
now, after years OF work. ready to
prove by evidence. In other words.
Kansas scientists declare this region
was inhabited 200 centuries ago.
The complete skeleton of the fos-
sill remains OF n prehistoric buffalo.
the first mounted specimen of Its
kind in the world. is the last piece
OF evidence which the department has
to contribute to the question OF pre-
historic man in Kansas. In the right
shoulder blade OF this buffalo, which
was discovered in western Kansas
IL years ago-the reconstruction was
completed only last week-was found
an Indian arrow head. This buffalo
was found in the same geological
formation as the Lansing Man"
which was discovered some two years
ago.
It was the summer of 1895 that n
University of Kansas collecting expe-
dition. under the direction Of II. 7.
Martin, first discovered the buffalo re-
mains with the arrow head sticking
In the right shoulder blade. and the
question OF prehistoric man in Kan
was was first opened. For several
weeks the party had been collecting
in the hills and mortar beds OF Logan
county in the western part OF the
state and had been meeting with
much success. 1t was on Twelve
Mile Creek, little tributary of the
Smoky hill and II miles east OF Rus
sell Springs that Mr.. Martin made his
great discovery.
In the same formation as that in
which the buffalo was found. but In
different localities. have been found
hundreds of mammoth teeth. very
large wild dogs. the interesting pre-
historic horse. as well as species Of
wild hogs, taller. more slimly built.
and more adapted to running than
the modern hog.
After the bed had been aban.
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
A June New Years
on tie NJ. Banks.
The Ancient Egyptians Started tho
Year with tine Raise Of the
River.

In all ages and all lands much i'm.
portance has been attached to New
Years day. In Egypt the new year
fell between the 18th and the goth
OF June. and was called the might
OF the drop" The sacred Nile was
thought TO flow down from heaven.
and at Its lowest ebb-about the mid.
die OF June-a tear from Isis fell
into the stream and caused 1t to
rise.
Consequently at this season the
priests and people kept sleepless
vigil at the rivers shore. watching
for the miraculous rise which should
bring such riches to the whole land.
When the might OF the drop" came.
the priests cleared the affairs Of old
ashes and lighted the sacred fires
for the new year.
Every one of the faithful carried a
coal from the altar to light the fire
at his own hearth. and from end to
end the land was ablaze with light.
The people put OF their old garments
and arrayed themselves In white, an.
ointing their heads with sacred oil.
crowning themselves with flowers
and bearing palms In their hands,
while chants and songs and fasting
and professions filled the homes.
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
Porker Becomes First Arrest Maize by
New Sheriff.

Pensacola, Fla.-A 20o-pound hog is
actually held prisoner in the Duval
county Jail at Jacksonville in custody
Of the high sheriff Of that county. and
what makes 1t all the more interest
ing Is the fact that the ARREST" was
said to have been the first ofiicial
act OF Sheriff Bowden. who has re.
Gently been named to fill a vacancy
caused by death.
The animal was taken ir custody
by Sheriff Bowden because Of a dis
agreement between Ed. Sellers and
Robert Smith, both Of Jacksonville,
and who have put forward claims to
the porker. Sellers instituted q re.
plevin suit, making Smith the defend
ant. Until the courts determine the
real, rightful owner, the sheriff will
hold the hog illegally. not literally.
The question was nne one. Sher.
IL i3owden considered that when .
man wss unable to give bail he was
sent to prison. The privilege Of
givius bail was not one Of the inaiien-'
lnle ristts oe hogsy Aeuce 70 ~ lock.
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
$50, 1000 a YEAR TO JOHN o.
Roekefeiier's Income otfieIaIIy statet
by Close Business Friends'

New York.-From authority tha'
should be absolute John d. Rookie
feller's annual income has been told
for the first time automatically. j.
will be $50 900. 900. when the year 1901
closes.
Henry II. Rogers End John D. Arch
hold were talking with prominen'
flnancier when the subject came III
~ how fast the oil kings million
were piling on one another. Said MI
Rogers: II know for fact that Mr.
Rockefeiler's income this year VIII be
Sc0. 900. .000."' ~
Mr.. Archbold assented. These tw'
men are closer to John d. Rocke
feller's finances than any other two IN
the world.
Mr., Rockefeller's income every "a,
of the year Is therefore S164.2SJ.e2
EVERY hour Of ~. waking or sleeping
playing golf or skating. sitting "
church or experimenting the new
bouse e Pucantico. John D. Rookie
feiier 4 sure that -. .s40.ss is accumu
istinr for him. THIS Il ei1l . min
~. His fortune acupmulates ae me
rsfa * et.so evefy 'tins ~ e'ocs
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
NeW Yc 1r's Is
Candy Day in France.
Boxes Of Sweets Are Favorite Gifts
with all Glasses in Paris.

Once is used to be very popular to
give New Years presents: but now so
much more attention Is paid to Christ
mas, and every one receives so many
lovely things then. that our American
boys and girls cannot complain II they
do not get presents n week later. as
did their mothers and fathers.
However. II they lived in France.
New Years day would be great occa.
sion. especially for girls. for there
every man or boy gives some gift. no
matter how small. to his friends. No
one paying n call would think of going
empty.handed. and little French girls
ut school on the I'd OF January count
up how many presents they received.
Just as our girls do after Valentines
day.
A favorite gift Is candy. Sometimes
this candy is made into temples.
churches or playhouses: or all sorts
OF queer forms like bundles OF carpets.
boots and shoes. musical instruments,
gridirons, saucepans. Holsters. crabs.
books and hats are made OF colored
s,vyar. followed out and filed inside
wei chocolates. mints and other bon.
bons that can be eaten.
Don't you think the little French
children must feel pretty sick the next
day. after so much sweet stuff? For.
of course. they would have to sample
each kind: that is. II they are like
American boys and girls in their fond
ness for candy.
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
The Origin Of
New Years Calls.
Like Many Others Of Our Customs,
They Were Imported from
China.

The custom Of making New Years
calls. which had n long run In Amer.
lea, and is still extant. came orig.
inally from China. where such calls
are one OF the main features OF the
brilliant and lengthy New Years eel
ebration.
Every Chinaman pays n visit to
each OF his superiors. and receives
one from each OF his interiors. I'm
ages Of gods are carried In process
sion to the beating Of a deafening
gong. and mandarins go by hundreds
to the emperor and that apparently
much.maligned sovereign. the en-
press dowager. with congratulatory
addresses. Their robes are gorgeous
,y embroidered. and are heavy with
gold. The younger people call upon
lhe elder.
Children call upon their parents. Pu-
pills pay their respects to their teach
ers. A light collation. is offered every
visitor, but It is to be noted. no wine
ls served. Tea takes the place OF
any stronger drink. In China gentle
men never call upon the ladies'. but
upon each other. and the women also
make social visits among themselves.
Nor IL one obliged. happily. to make
all his calls in one day, for all calls
made before the 18th Of the month
are considered correct. These calling
customs have obtained in China from
earliest ages.
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
THE HOME OF EARLY MAN.

doned for more than year there
came the hardest kind of a rain. and
Mr.. Martin, thinking that some more
exposed by the washing away Of
dirt, visited the scene OF their ex-
cavations the year before. Here he
found sticking out of the edge OF
the bank the ends OF several fossil
lied bones OF n buffalo. Sticking into
the right shoulder blade OF the buff
falo Mr.. Martin found the flint
arrowhead. This. while not SO care
fully formed as the arrow-heads used
by the American Indians at the time
OF the discovery of this continent
was still perfectly formed.
How could the arrow have got
there? There was only one possibili
ty. 1t must have ben shot into the
buffalo by some kind of a man. and
that man must have existed some
10000 years ago. The scientists
know that It must have been done
10000 years ago because It was
found In the mortar beds. as the scS
entists call the great pleistocene beds
OF western hanSas.
The Lansing Man." together with
the buffalo. forms the chain Of evi
dence DIR. McClung and Mr.. Martin Of
.he university advance for the exist
cnce of man so long ago. In March
OF 1902. while digging a tunnel foi
the storage of dairy products on his
farm near Lansing. Martin ConcannoI
discovered part OF the skeleton Of s
human being.
The discovery was made about 81
feet from the entrance of the tunne
and in the ple.stocene formation, the
same as that in which the buffalo re
mains were found. Great interest was
aroused by the discovery Of the hu
man bones at Lansing. DR.. wiiliston
now OF the University Of Chicago
then of the University OF Kansaa
gave us his opinion that the bones
were at least 10000 years old.
What kind of a man was this pro
historic being that ranged the plains
OF sunny Kansas SO long ago. hunting
the gigantic buffalo. wild dogs and
fierce wild hogs. skeletons OF which
are included In the paleontology col
lection of the University Of Kansasi
Until few decades ago 1t was not
even believed by scientists that the
age Of man went back more thal
5000 years. Now 1t is placed any
where from 10000 to $4,000 years. and
scientists are full OF speculation about
the earliest prehistoric man.
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
New Year GLeanirags.
Interesting Bits Appropriate to The Day Gathered from
Everywhere.


What then. did you mean by
changer"
why, have been allowing you nve
dollars per week as pin money. and
know that YOU simply fool most of 1t
away. One OF the changes contem.
plated was to cut the sum in half"
Samuel Brown" exclaimed the
wife. as she knocked on her plate with
her fork to emphasize her words,
don't make any mistake on yo.r
wife. May. You will continue to
swear as hard as you wish. and as
often as you wish. and my five dol.
lars pin money comes to me every
Saturday night, or there won't be any
glass left in the front windows to
last over Sunday"
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
saloms wa, FInIcky.

According to the New York suns
report of the first night Of the play;
there came from the audience thu
most lncisive and most sane criticism
possible. The scene was that Whers
tn. Tetrarch, Herod, was trying b
inIlce Salome to dance before MIN
She declined. He offered ~. VIA
sh replied she was not tAinty. H
offered her fruit. She sAid - -
mot hungry. Then came ~ una1
clear voice from the pit: ''Tfy hsR q
: cigarette" And the langhfef Glze
bryke ~ the show.
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
CACTUS TO BE CONVERT.
ED INTO ALCOHOL.
klso Shown to Gain In Weight
: Fed on Priekiy Pear, Long
eonsi dered Of No Value.

Worth. Tex.-In parts Of west
Ind over n great deal OF south
hthwest Texas the prickly pear
Is been regarded as an unmiti-
nuisance. although during sea-
drought the ranchmen have
h n very good cattle food after
mes were removed by burning.
J the impetus given the making
)atured alcohol II Is asserted
ERE Is a banonza to be rcaped
bese cactus lands OF Texas as
rial for manufacturing alcohol.
several points In west Texas
fments are making to begin
Pith portable stills. which will
led around In the cactus region
supply dlminishes. Owners Of
cius land are figuring on big
when the alcohol making be-
hd II is an experiment that is
watched with much interest
bout the state.
Feeding Of this prickiy pear to
las also been given a new i'm.
p consequence Of some expert
that have recently been made
boost given the idea by the
authorities Mt Washington. As
OF careful experiments II has
nown that n ration producing
one and a quarter and one
half pounds OF butter per day
out IL cents when pear. rice.
ID cotton seed meal were fed.
Push prickly pear is low in nu-
value from the chemical stand
me steer feeding experiment
also that there In abundant
zion for the practices in vogue
airing cattle for market upon
pear and cotton.seed meal. A
one and three-quartcr pounds
u an expense Of 3 cents per
compares favorably with the
results obtained from stand
Ne.
are two species Of the prickiy
ecosnized In that portion OF
mere the plant iiourishes. One
and prostrate and OF no spe-
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
,HOG HELD PRISONER IN JAIL.

up he'was conveyed. although his pro
tests were loud ones.
The hog is not behind the bars. II
la true. and is separated from the
other unfortunates In the custody Of
Sheriff Bowden. 1t cannot be denied
nevertheless. that he is in the custody
of the sheriff. is detained ON the jail
premises. and is, therefore. technical
ly in jail. to remain until the cour,
DEGREES whether he shall be cut n
twain and each litigant be given one
h,,lf OF him.
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
No Clan e. Needed
in IT,, BrosOn Family.
proeossd Resolutions Brought En-
phatIe Objections from Both
sides Of House.

"This IL the new year" said Mrs.
Brown, az she and Brown sat down
to dinner. land perhaps we ought 70
make some little changes for 1901
II am willing" he replied. "Yes. ]
have been thinking that would make
. few changes"
"Thst Il nice Of you. You know
that You swear and that don't iike
Il q iii. Il will be 70 sweet and
tind and considsrats to givs Il up sos
~ ska g. s..
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
YEARLY as Much a. Entire Pro.
stion Of Gold and Coal.

y ont.-The thirty.ninth an.
port on the Canadian fisheries
mat the catch Of fish for the
= valued at 32s.47s.se2. nearly
as the total production Of gold
In the dominion during the
~. 1t also exceeds the high
the famous yield OF 1901 by
M 100000.
ae hrst time in the history of
n'iy. the value Of the catch in
Sclambia exceeds that Of Nova
mich has heretofore always
ae list. The value Of the form.
Y. MED to ss.sso.oo0 and the lat
VW0. The salmon fisheries
columbia arc the most val
y productive. and the lobster
somes next In importance to
~, r. with an aggregate value
~ The fur seals Of Brit
Soia s. for the year realized q
ss.l,l52. Oyer $4,000. 900
nsh were exported from Can.
y to the United States and
we season no less than o.
were enGoRod IN the Can.
~ ,ns industries. Including
~ persons employed IN tho
nng factories. vhiIo $500
snsd the 1.so4 fshins ves-
than n. ~ 1ehaynaen
bcets u ~ 0oni idjsn
efies cs1d usl6g
~ r ! 4 = ! I!|'| ~ ]! = I
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
The Fish Industry Of Canada.

there are now 80 establishments ir
operation for breeding iish in the diff
ferent provinces of the dominion
These institutions hatched and dis
tributed 653.O00.O0O fry during th'
year. mostly lobster. salmon. white
fish and pickerel.
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
preprlsts,

Appropriate.
Coai Dealer-ws will start 1907 With
4 clean slate. :. 3, go.
! Il13e 81 b iti-Town TopeoA I.
The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28
Passing Humor of
the NeO Year.
Would You Blame Him7

Mina-Did your husband. at New
Years. swear of?
Lena-Yes. of and on-whenever .
bill came in.-Town Topics.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-25
800 MINERS FIGHTING nM'.
RESCUED woRkMEN FORMED
INTO BUCKET BRIGADE -
GOV IS HEROIC.

Pittsburg, May 23.-Three hundred
miners, who were yesterday rescued
from a fire in the Halle Kirke mine
No. / Of the Pittsburg & Westmore-
land Coal company at Washington,
fifteen miles east of the city, are fight
ing the fire to prevent the destruction
Of the plant The fire has already
caused damage Of $4,000 and is be-
yond control on the surface.
The fire started in an engine house,
which was soon destroyed, with q
warehouse and tipple.
The 300 miners in the works were
in jeopardy and the fans were stopped
as 1t was feared the air shaft would
ignite and cut off escape.
A trapper boy, who volunteered to
go into the mine and warn the men,
gained an entrance through winding
stairway in the air shaft While the
men outside fought the flames with
buckets of water and kept the blaze
from the air shaft, miners poured
from the pit.
The cage shaft was in blaze and
1t would be hut a short time until
burning embers from the shaft TIM
bers would ignite the coal.
A train doad of buckets was rushed
from Monongahela and a bucket brig
ade of 300 miners was formed. Water
was taken into the mine through the
air shaft and the bottom of the cage
shaft was deluged.
The mules in the mine. almost suf-
located by smoke, stampeded, and are
beyond control, eighty feet from the
surface
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-25
KANSAS SENATOR LOSES ON
SECOND APPEAL TO su.
PREME COURT.
SIX MONTHS TERM IN JAIL
FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLATING
LAW IN ACCEPTING FEE FOR
CERTAIN WORK.

Washington. May 23.-The supreme
court of the United States yesterday
rendered a decision in the case Of
United States Senator Joseph Ralph
Burton of Kansas. The decision was
against Burton, affirming the decision
of the United States circuit court for
the Eastern district of Missouri, by
which Burton was sentenced to six
months Imprisonment in the Jail of
Iron county, Mo-, required to pay a
fine of $4,000, and deprived of the
right to hereafter hold office under
the government.
The opinion was by Justice Harlan.
All the points made in Burton's inter-
est were overruled.
'Charge Against Burton.
Senator Burton was prosecuted on
the charge of violating section 1882 of
the revised statutes. which prohibits
senators and representatives from re-
ceiving compensation for services rem
dered before any of the government
departments in any matter in which
the government may be interested. He
was specifically charged with accept
ing fee of $500 per month for five
months from the Rialto Grain and Sc
curities Company of st. Louis for SER
vices rendered that company in an
effort to prevent the issuance of an
order by the postoffice department
prohibiting the use of the mails by
the company.
Legal Bubbles Useless.
This was Senator Burton's second
appeal to the supreme court. In the
first case, the circuit court found him
guilty and imposed the same penalty
that was imposed in the present case,
but the supreme court reversed the
decision in the first instance because
it was made to appear that the money
was paid in Washington and not in ST.
louis, where the case was tried.
1t was contended on behalf of Sen
ator Burton that the fee was paid on
against one of the members of the Ri
alto company and not because of SER
vices rendered in the government
prosecution of the company
Law Is Attacked.
The law under which he was prose-
cuted was also attacked as unconsti-
tutional On the ground that the senate
was the sole judge of the Qualifica.
ton of it's members, but this doctrine
was not upheld by Justice Harlan's
opinion. The statute was upheld in
all respects and held to be fully appli-
cable to Burton's case.
Justices Brewer, White and Peck
ham united in dissenting opinion, de-
livered by Justice Brewer. The opin-
ion was based upon the theory that
the United States was not legally in
terested in the case against the Rialto
company, in which Burton was en-
ployed as counsel.
Makes Vacancy in Senate.
If Senator Burton does not resign
at once. prominent senator put it, a
resolution will be introduced to de-
clare his seat vacant.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-25
RULES OF PoL,TENEss.
Kindness Really at the Foundation Of
Them All and the Hall-Marks
Of Good Breeding.

When the rules OF politeness are
once properly mastered, it will be
found that they may be summed up
thus: Politeness is to do and say, the
kindest thing in the kindest way.
writes Hortense Provost.
It seems strange when we remember
that civility does not cost anything.
Perhaps that is Why 1t is no longer
the fashion; this is an extravagant
age, and its motto may be stated as
Look out for yonrelf, and others will
take care Of themselves"
How many appointments are broken;
just broken, without the word of apol-
ogy OF warning. For this there is
really not the least excuse in these
days of telephones and special de-
livery stamps, to say nothing of mes
sengers.
And in the matter of those little
notes of congratulation, or of condo
lence, or maybe Of only remembrance;
how many spare the time and have
the patience to write them at exactly
the right moment? Yet there is moth
ing so welcome, to say nothing of the
fact that one has taken such a big
step in the proper direction, in the
writing and sending such notes.
Passing through crowded thorough
fares, how seldom one hears the low
voiced Thank you;" or the pleasant
MAY pass, please?" Such are the
hall-marks of good breeding, and il
the woman or man who forgets to use
them but knew, she or he has shown
its lack in most unmistakable way
In calling, again, there is small
rule that should be known and prac-
tlced. Suppose a man calls and finds
some one already present; he should
at once strive to discover if that other
be there for some especial purpose
and if there is the least reason to
suppose that such is the case, take his
departure. 1t happens sometimes
that the host or hostess may have only
this opportunity to converse with the
first guest, and can see the second at
any time; one should be quick to note
these things.
The only things that can be said is
that each individual should try to be
polite; should strive to "do and say
The kindest thing in the kindest way"