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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08

TS~ 11E most important recent contribution
to the department of anthropoogy
~ of the Field Museum of Natural His
sEsae&GSNl tory is that of Robert f. Cummings,
of the Board of Trade, of Chicago, of
$4,000 to defray the expenses of an ethnologi-
cal exploration of the native tribes of the Phll-
ippne Islands.
diction of the United States the curator of
the department has been especially desirous of
having the ethnology of the native tribes fully
represented in the museum. 1t will be possible
now to carry on, for a period of from three TO
five years, series of surveys of the customs and
manners of the people, to gather material illus
tratng in an adequate manner the material, So
cial and religious life of all the different tribes.
As in many other great island groups of the
Pacific Ocean, little work of ethnolgical ma
ture has been done in the Philippines. The
most important so far is that of the ethnolog
cal bureau of the islands, of which DR.. Merton
l.. Miller, formerly of the University of Chica-
go and of the Field Museum, is the present
chief The work of the Philippine bureau is
concerned chiefly with classification of the
linguistic stocks of the native tribes. The work
which Field Museum proposes will not In any
way conflict with that survey, but rather will
supplement it, Especially will the museum in
vestigators look after the museum side of the in
vestigation for it is proposed to make as full
and complete collections as possible, so that
there will be represented complete collections of
the culture of the various tribes, which may be
compared with one another and from which the
state of culture of the whole island group may
be established This collection will be assembled
ultimately in one great hall, which will bear the
name of its patron.
Concerning the origin of the tribes OF the ISL
ands there is vet much doubt, although certain
main facts stand out prominently. First, there
seems to be a substratum of extremely primitive
tribes Of black skin and wooly hair, known as the
Nocritos. These little negroes, as the name
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
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n spread out your sticky fly paper, lay
k=-asS4 all known traps for the little winged
E$J buzzers that so torment the house
keeper and thus store up treasures for
yourself.
In exchange for good full crate of fat well
preserved hies John Bull will give you some of
his pound notes and gold guineas.
London wants flies, dead ones please. and she
wants them in great number and haste. Tons of
these insects are arriving at the London docks,
but still the supply does not meet the demand.
The cargo which is now putting into port comes
from Brazil and has been waited for with great
eagerness, for it has been two years since
the last shipment of flies was made from that
country and in the meanwhile London has been
in a state of great fear lest her fowl and birds
and fishes suffer from want of these fattening del
icacies.
There is a peculiar dearth of flies in the mother
country, much to the delight of private individ-
uals, but this deficiency, until recently, has been
made up by the boatmen along the Amazon Riv-
er, who found that it was more profitable to
catch flies tina nto angle for fish.
There are flies to the right of you flies to the
lett of you flies on the food in front of you,
and flies swarming your neck behind you, in
Brazil. The Amazon River flows beneath cloud
of flies in certain ..asons, and it would seem that
this country possessed inexhaustble supply of
these creatures-and enough to spare for a less
fortunate G? neighbor.
The Brazilian authorities thought otherwise,
however and although they were receiving the
equivalent of 30 cents in good English coin for
every pound of flies exported across the seas to
that hyless land they ordered, two years ago.
that che expectation of flies be stopped.
law was made prohibiting the catching of
hies for expectation except two weeks during
August, when the boatmen and any other private
individuals who cared for the sport and the cash
il would bring might cast their nets and ensnare
all the flies they could during that period
Working as hard as they could in the time al.
lowed them the or more of individuals who
took advantage of these two weeks could only
gather about 100 pounds of flies for shipment last
year and thus poor old England was in danger of
fly famine. She accepted gladly the small of
fering and paid well for it--50 cents a pound in
stead of 30-and she caught the few very few,
flies in her own land and still there was not
enough.
Reproachful glances were sent Backward and
covetous looks swept the fly inhabited region of
the Amazon, but Brazil values her fish and she
feared that they would suffer We're they deprived
of their natural food, the flies, in such a whole
sale
This year England has sent forth a most uFg-
ent plea for flies and the Brazilian Government
has promised TO provide one ton but not one
pound more.
One ton Of flies is a good full cargo for one
fair-szed vessel and before investigating it would
seem that this quantity Of foodlnsects would be
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
John Bull Is Cla1noring for Flies

sufficient to feed all the fishes in the sea. To
England, however, it is but a mere help and
-now's the chance for America to get rid of some
of her flies and make money at the same time.
Not only these flies fed to the fish in the
Gardens and Museums and private aquarums,
but they are sold by the bushel to farmers for
food for chickens. They also given to birds
in captivity.
The flies are not tossed to the chickens in their
natural state but are one of the component parts
of a nourishing food which has no substitute,
therefore, England has gradually raised her offer
of shilling a pound to two shillings pound
for these insects.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08

means, are not actually dwarfs but are under.
sized and supposed to belong to some group
of the little blacks found in the interior of Bor-
neo and on other groups of islands to the south
The remaining tribes of the Philippines form
ing the greater part of the population, are in
general supposed to be the descendants of sue
cessive waves of migration of Naayan people
who passed northward through Borneo MANY
Of these tribes, especially those north of Minda-
nao have become thoroughly localized in their cul-
ture while of the tribes in the southern
part of Mindanao still retain the Maayan culture
in pure form.
The work of formulating the collection has
begun. The museum already had in its posses
sion two small collections of unusual interest
one obtained from DR.. A. E. Jenks formerly
chief of the chronological survey of the Philip
pines, the other presented by E. E. Aver. In ad-
diton to these two collections there have been
presented by Mr.. Cummings two others--one OBJ
tanned from Mrs. A. L. jerks, the other from
Captain Darrah, formerly an officer in the Phil
ppines, at Fort Sheridan.
The great result, however, which the museum
hopes to accomplish will be reached by means of
Investigators sent directly to the field This work
has already begun. Mr.. S. G. Simms assistant
curator of the department, sails today on the
steamship Minnesota for Manila. He will pro-
ceed to the interior of Luzon and will immediate
Ily begin his work among one of the head hunt
ing Igorrote tribes.
Another investigator now nearing the islands
is Miss Laura E. Benedict, a graduate of the
University of Chicago, who has spent several
months in the museum preparing herself for the
work, and who will reach the islands, via Eu-
rope, where she has been studying collections
from the Philippine and adjacent islands Miss
Benedict will spend one or two years among the
Bagobos in the island of Mindango One or
possibly two other Investigators will leave Chi
cago during the summer or autumn. 1t is pro.
posed to keep at least two Investigators in the
field until the work is complete
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
Words Hard to SPELL

Twenty words which were submitted to spell
ing bee in Springfield, Mass, in 1916, were given
to the High School classes at East Liverpool, o.,
by Superintendent Rayman, and it is reported
that not one in the class spelled every word cor
rectly. The words submitted were Accidental,
accessible baptism, chirography, characteristic,
deceitful, decedent, eccentric evanescent, fierce.
ness feignedy, ghastliness gnawed, heiress, hys'
teries imbecility, inconeeivabe, inconvenience,
inefficient, rresitible.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
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1NY letters for me, please! -Barttle
IA Westinghouse
- The girl on the other side Of th,
k9H&J counter favored me with the peculiarly
insolent stare so much in vogue amoni
Fostoffce employees, and yawned Then she
drifted TO the other end of the office, held
ieisurely conversation with young man, and
finally returned bearing one letter.
I left IL on the counter while l searched for a
sovereign.
and postal order for twenty shlings," !
added.
She yawned again, turned her back, and bent
her head over an open drawer in company with a
second young man.
Suddenly was aware that my neighbor at the
counter was taking an interest in my proceed.
ings. When l asked for my letters she had
raised her head, and now noticed, to my aston.
ishment, that she was reading my name on the
envelope. Not that this in itself was exactly
matter for surprise. Many people take an unac.
countable interest in the private affairs Of strang-
ers. But, somehow, in this girl it amazed me !;
she looked SO undenably lady
l watched her unobtrusivey till, in due time.
my postal order arrived. As was about to
pick 1t up one of my gloves dropped / stopped
TOR it, and suddenly it occurred to me to won
der whether my strange neghbor was as much
interested in my postal order as in my name.
She was! To my utter astonishment she looked
at it, at the crowded office where everyone was
intent on his concerns, at the door Then
she drew it off the counter crumpled II together,
and thrust it into the pocket of her coat
1 was disappointed. So she was merely one of
the welldressed thieves of whom one reads so
much For moment I was inclined to denounce
her there and then. might possibly have done
it, but she didn't give me time. Turning sudden
ly, she almost to the door.
''She must be new to it," decided pityingy
and followed her Pity is an admirable senti-
ment, but postal orders are not without their
uses, and saw no reason why she should have
mine So l followed her
For a moment thought she had given me the
slip. She had put up paraso thing of lace
and chiffons, and the addition to her costume
confused me. But / was after her the next in
stant wondering what should do. Should go
up and accost her, or wait till she stopped some
where?
All, that was her idea, was it? An omnibus
crossed the road few yards in front, and she
waved her parasol. But the driver shook his
head; it was full. She walked on slowly, and
caught her up.
Excuse me-" began, "but may l ask"
l foundered and came to full stop as she
turned and looked at me.
'1'm afraid l haven't the pleasure she
said, with fairly successful imitation of naughty
surprise, and turned her shoulder to me, walk
Ing
Her assurance exasperated me and gave me
voice.
''I think you have" 1 returned
E'Have what"
''The pleasure Of having conveyed to your
pocket postal order belonging to me-"
Her color came and went. "You-you make
rdin he
only suppose there has been some mistake. Good
morning. My time is limited"
mine isn't" answered severely. "And your
way is NINE"
at certainly isn't" she returned with heat 81
am going by this omnibus"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
a Fence of Doors

Near Ridgewood, in Brooklyn, there is per-
haps the oldest fence in Greater New York. 1t
is composed entirely of doors-scores of them,
all of a height and joined together The fence
has stood for years on the Myrtle avenue line
Of the Brooklyn Heights RAILROAD What strange
freak induced its owner to erect it is a mystery,
but il furnishes a constant source of comment
TO persons passing that way,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
He Got a Pig

A mans corpse was delivered to William Arch
er, of Cromwell, Ind, who went to the express
office to get prize pig which he had purchased
Archer refused to accept the coffin, and inquiry
developed that the labels on the pigs box and
the coffin had become exchanged Archer got his
pig on the next train and it is presumed that
the corpse was delivered at the proper place.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
Hard Pressed

ooh, Henry" exclaimed his wife, as she threw
her arms rapturously about his neck, "I do love
you sol Don't forget to leave me sos when you
go down to town this morning, will you, dear?"
"And this" muttered Henry, softly disengagng
himself from her fond embrace, this is what
you might call being hard pressed for money"
Funny Bits.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
The Greeting Custom

T7OW do you do?" That's English and
It'll American.
lugmN "How do you find YOURSELF" That's
OdEsffU French
"How do you stand?" That's Ital
ian.
"How do you find yourself?' That's German.
"How do you fareg" That's Dutch.
Glow your" That's Swedish
"How do you perspire?" Egyptian
"How is your stomach? Have you eaten your
rice?" That's Chinese.
"How do you have yoursef?" That's Polish.
"How do you live on?" That's Russian.
MAY thy shadow never be less" That's Per.
SIAN
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
Killed by Dye

Wibern b. Walker aged 49, tool dresser, died
in the North Wheeling Hospital of blood poison
ing caused By contact with the dye of pair OF
cheap trousers.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08

cred and made use of in England. The accompany
ing pictures were made at test which took
place at the Mid-Surrey Golf Links at Richmond,
Eng The exterminator was scattered over the
ground and the field then generously watered and
in less than three minutes, the surface of the
ground was covered with thousands Of the
worms, which had been driven from their holes.
One square yard of earth was photographed and
found to contain no less than nine hundred
worms. The barrow-load also shown in the ac.
companying cut. was gathered up with rake.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
II AdarnoA/-IQAaa<ha1m
Pests Quickly Driven
From the Golf Links

Al HE presence of angle worms in the
ground soon becomes a pest on golf
mi links or other stretch of well kept
- grass, but marvellous way of getting
rid Of them hns hean recentlu disno,.-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
Investigation of the Filipino

IE most important recent contribution
to the department of anthropology
of the Field Museum of Natural His
tory is that of Robert f. Cummings,
IL Il T,..In af (1l,inacrn of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08

RING out your molasses and sulphur,
spread out your sticky fly paper, lay
all known traps for the little winged
buzzers that so torment the house
keeper and thus store up treasures for
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-08-24
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
]. ". Sutcliffe Shot at and His Har.
ness Cut up.
Special to the Rus,ier.

Special to the Rustler.
Galatia, Kansas, August 21.-
Last Thursday night, between II
and u o'clock, j. W. Sutcliffe
left Fred Browns store, after
! lodge, with a lot of groceries and
a lantern on his arm. He put the
groceries in his buggy, south of
the U. B. church, hung the
lantern on the seat, by tie side of
the buggy. united his horse and
was fastening up the, haltar, when
he was shot at from out the dark.
ness. the shot breaking his lantern
and passing through the side of
the buggy. Had the ball struck
few inches higher it would no
doubt have killed him, as it was
on a direct line with his body.
1t was afterwards discovered
that the traces and lines of the
harness had been cut almost
through in a dozen places. The
assassin no doubt intended to
make sure of bis man. If his
shot failed Sutclife would have
been killed by his horse running
away.
Later-Frank Harmon has been
arrested for making threats half
an hour before the shooting &C.
CURED.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-08-24
ChaS. lSeiy In Luck.

The Cimarron Jacksonian has
the following to say of a former
Great Bend young man:
Chas. c. Isely 6 Co.. of this
City, have been awarded the con-
tract of furnishing the material
for the main government building
at Deerfeld, where the govern
ment is establishing an irrigation
plant that will involve the ex-
penditure of half a million dol.
lars. This is quite a distinction
for lsely & Co., when it is con-
sldered that this bill was figured
on by lumber companies from
Kansas City to Denver, and the
further fact that the government
gets half rates on all material
shipped to it. The building is a
large two-story office and resi-
dence, and will mark the beginning
of the active work of the govern.
ment in the construction of its
irrigation plant.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-08-24
1"1'''I'" m 'IIV TVIII0NI dI dUKuSt
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
u the District Court Of Barton County, Klns.
. c c. COrooran, Plaintiff.
William J. Henneberry ct al. Defendants.

William J. Henneberry ct al. DESCENDANTS.
The State Of Kansas 20 William ]. Henne.
berry John Henneberry, Mary Henneberry. Jos
Henneberry, --- Henneberry, husband a
Kate Henneberry, deceased, and Mark Henne.
berry, and the unknown heirs, executors, admin.
istrators, devisees and trustees Of Mark Henne.
berry, deceased. Defendants. Greeting:
You and each Of YOU are hereby notified thu,
you have been sued in the above named court By
c. c. Corcoran as plaintiff and that unless YOU
answer the petition filed by him on or befor. The
Sth day Of October 100 the same will be taken as
true and Judgment rendered decreeing the said
plaintiff to be the owner Of a seven-eighths inter
est and yourselves. ioiutly the owners Of one
eighth interest in the south vest quarter Of sec.
tim thirteen n3. township seventeen a., range
thirteen "a, west in Barton County. Kansas
and for partition Of said land or in lieu Of said
partition that the said land be sold and the pro-
ceeds Of said sale distributed according to said
interests and that the costs and expenses Of said
sale be paid out Of the gross proceeds d said
land. SM Ke,iam,
osmond q Cole. Clerk Of District Court.
Attorneys for Plaintiff. Barton Co. Kans.
Seal E-T
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-08-24
PIONEER, STAFFORD COUNTY.

Married, at the home of the
brides parents Mr.. and Mrs. John
Reigel, Miss Myrtle Reigel to Mr..
Albert Ross, of Stafford City, on
Wednesday Aug. 18th 1906 by
Rev. Reigel, Of Stafford City a
distant relative of the bride.
Mrs. Ross is one of Stafford
county, most charming young
ladies also a fine musician and
school teacher; the groom comes
to us well recommended. The
bride was attired in persian lawn
and her going away dress was a
dark red silk costume. A sur
prise was planned and very sue
cessfully carried out by her
mother and sister Mrs. keigel.
and Mrs. Oscar Adams, that
evening on Mrs. Ross. Light
refreshments were served consist
ing of ice cream, cake and
bananas. Those present we're: :
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bean.
Edna Curtis, Ed and Irene
Dewey, Bessie and Harper Strick-
Ter, Guy and Clara Smith, Cora
Ross sister of the groom, and
Nellie Simms of Stafford city.
All that were present enjoyed
themselves very much and wish
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross much JOY and
happiness in their new home.
On Thursday they boarded the
train to 90 to their future home
near Stafford city and they were
treated to a rice shower.
Pearl Fullerton and her cousins
started to Greensburg to visit
James and Ben Fullerton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke went to
Great Bend Saturday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-08-24
CLAFLIN.
From the Clarion Aug. 10.

From the Clarion Aug. 10.
The second quarterly meeting
will convene at the M. E. church
August 26 and 81.
Rev.E. H. H. Gates delivered
his farewell sermon to the con.
gregation of the Christian church
last Sunday.
Wednesday was a special occa-
sion at the Catholic church at
Odin and the day was celebrated
with a picnic.
Sam Gardner received word
this week that his father was shot
in the head by another man Tues
day last week at his home near
Golden CITY. Mo.
Follow the Clafin band to the
county fair Thursday, August 30.
Special train leaves Clahin at 8 a.
m; returning leaves Great Bend
at 10'D. m.
A large number from this
neighhorhood attended the picnic
at the Robl grove in north Lakin
township last Sunday, and all re.
port a jolly good time and a large
attendance.
j. W. Jackson yesterday resign
ed his position as foreman of the
east section, and next week will
leave for his farm in Oklahoma.
The new foreman is John letters
of Geneseo.
Emanuel Harden, who has
been very i'll for the past two
weeks, was taken to the hospital
at Sterling this morning where an
operation was performed at noon.
He was accompanied by his
brother, .. S. Harden.
Miss Florence Grizzell returned
Saturday via Ellinwood from a
lengthy visit to Chicago. She
was accompanied on the return
trip by Miss Emma Ditmore of
Chicago, who will spend g month
visiting the family of her uncle,
A. Praeger, and other relatives
in this vicinity.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-08-24
$4,000 REWARD.

| will give the above reward for
the conviction of the person who
attempted to assassinate me as |
was starting to 90 home from the
NJ. W. A Lodge, in GaIatia,
Kan. last Thursday night, by
shooting at me and cutting my
harness so the four year old colt
was driving could run away in
tlictirg great bodily injury, per-
haps death. | will pay the S1OO.
reward the day the person or per-
sons are lodged in the penitenti.
airy.
J, w. Sutcliffe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-08-24

The Republican State committee
is greatly disturbed about the situa.
ton in Cherokee, Crawford, Labette
Neosho and Allen couuties,-the
counties in the Usage ceded lands
This territory was enslayed many
years ago by the Kansas City, Fl
Scott & Gulf railroad, Just as the
Katy is trying with Governor
Hoch's aid, TO enslave the territory in
Oklahoma, through which its lines
run. The people there understand
what the Katy suit means, and re
fuse to accept Hoch's explanations
and Tom McNeals, boiler plate ex,
CuSeS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-08-24
That Double Seven Bunch.

The Democrat and Rustler pro-
prietor, W. P. FEEDER, having
once more reached a milestone in
the race of life, the Double Seven
bunch of good feeders all, assem-.
bled Monday evening with W. P,
Mrs. F. and the little FEEDERS, and
enjoyed a most elegant dinner.
In fact, all was so congenial that
1t was nearly the next morning
when. the visitors pulled for their
homes, and the writer, (who was
one of the stayers to the limit al.
most wants it recorded that the
Double Seven never had better
meeting.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-08-24
Gall FOR DEMOCRATIC co. CONVENTION

Pursuant to the action Of the Democrat Central
Committee Of Barton County. Kansas a delegate
convention is hereby called to meet in the city
-HOisingtOn, Kansas, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 1906,
at II a. m. Said convention will be held for the
purpose Of nominating a county ticket for the
various county offices Of Barton County, Kansas.
II is recommended that the caucus to select
delegates to the county convention he held on the
evening Of August 25 1906 in the various town
ships and wards.
Each township and city ward will be entitled
10 the following representation, based on the vote
of c. R. Aldrich in 1904.