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Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

tain spot on the bulkhead, where he would
remain for hours, motionless as dead and
dried specimen IN museum. Why he al
ways chose that particular place l don't
know. | suppose he had clear run from
there to his den, though | never discovered
where this was.
Sailors never hurt spiders of any kind, be-
cause they say they eat the cockroaches. |
dare say they do, to some extent, but don't
think they diminish them much. l know
there were thousands of those ill-smelling
beetles in my cabin, but l never saw my long.
legged friend catch any, though he learned
from my fingers. Then he would hold it in
one arm, SO to speak, while he sucked it. 1t
was in attempting to pat" him on one Of
these occasions that | got bitten.
When disturbed, he would pass over, the
walls and ceiling, and vanish literally like a
shadow. Several times | tried to invert a
basin over him as he stood stock still at his
usual post. could get within a few inches
of him, dab down the basin, but although l
could declare that he hadn't crossed the bulk
head, he was never underneath when l lifted
One evening the mystery was solved by a
brother officer of mine, who was in the cabin
when made one of these attempts, and who
saw the spider drop like stone the moment
the cover came down. 1t lay for a few
| seconds shriveled together in ball, apparent
| ly dead then, finding it had escaped the risk
| of capture, sped away across the fioor into
| creVlce. . III just SHOWS WnaJ marvellous Wis
ion and promptness they must have, as well
as cunning.
AS to their rapidity of movement when
alarmed, it must be seen to be believed l
made a calculation once, by timing them with
the secondhand of my watch, as they few up
over the roof of a large church when poked
out from their hidingpaee under the caves,
that if man six feet high could run at the
same rate in proportion to his size, he would
travel at a pace of one hundred and ninety
| H. Go ha
aea-which is said to propel itself three thou,
sand times its own, length, and one thousand
times its height when i makes a big hop
he might cover three miles and half in dis
| tance and clear the highest mountain in the
country in the course of it, at single bound;
Doctor carpent tells sIs, US that there is small
sound audible a mile off, and computes that
if mans voice were as loud in proportion
as this, he could make himself heard all over
the world.
There have been several instances of spiders
having been tanned by care and kindness on
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

digs out nest in the sand hills and bites un-
wary people on the ankles, giving them great
pain and fever. 1t is said that mp from a
huge tarantula would kill a man or horse
should think it would be very serious, at
any rate, for ! have seen rat drop as though
shot when pounced upon by such an enemy.
But. like every other animal which possesses
such dreadful weapons, it only makes use oil
them to procure its food, unless 1t is driven
to employ them in self-defense when attacked,
so that people do not get bitten except they
happen TO step on a tarantula with their bare
feet, or poke their hands into some hole or
corner where one is making itself at home.
| once knew black boy stung whilst dress
ing by a pidery lodger in the sleeve OF his
shirt In hot countries, people get up IN the
morning with all sorts of Jumps and bumps
on their skin, which they sometimes say are
caused by tarautula, simetimes by a. cent?
pede. or something else; but what with mos
quitoes sandhies, and myriads OF other IN
secte which infest the tropics, it is impossible
To detect the guilty one in the darkness.
Any spider, even if it be not venomous,
can give a bite sharper than what would
be expected from its size. A big one intiicts
a really severe wound Two cuts will he
found facing each other, and half-moon shaped,
something like parenthesis q brackets. !
received two such slices once on the end
of my forefinger, clean cut, as though they
had been made with the sharpest lancet, very
painful and slow to heal
The spider which favored me in this way
was tremendous chap-one Of the smooth
legged variety, not poisonous, luckily for me.
He used to share my cabin on board ship in
the West Indies and would be seen every
night when the lamp was lighted at one GER
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

the nets wherewith they catch their prey are
certainly not very slightly objects in a mass,
beautiful as they may be to examine in minute
detail. A close observer of their habits and
industries has said that the man who kills
a spider commits great folly as he who,
on lonely island infested by rats, would
destroy cat.
We are accustomed to speak of spiders as
insects" but naturalists do not class them
along with true insects. Spiders, scorpions and
mites, they say, form a little group by them
selves, connecting insects with-would you be-
lieve it?--crabs. A spider is not unlike a
crab in shape (those OF you who live at the
seaside will be familiar with what are called
spider-crabs, rounder and with longer legs in
proportion to their bodies than those we eat),
while a scorpion resembles little lobster
with pointed tail; but this is not the rea
son why they are 80 arranged In natural his
tory. true insect has no more than six legs,
generally possesses wings, and has a head,
chest and stomach distinct from each other.
The spider tribe. on the contrary, never have
fewer than eight legs, no wings, and the head
and chest are in one, though the stomach
is separate In a crab, head, chest and stom-
ach are all Joined together, but there is this
great difference between it and spider-that
the latter breathes air, while crabs have gills
like a fish. lobster has slight mark of di-
vision between the head and chest.
So that if you were to represent a crab by
the figure O. you would have to make an
for spider, and put another little 20" on to
this for an insect proper. Every one who
reads this will say that spider is the easiest
thing in the world to draw, but if he sets
about it without a copy, l should not wonder
if he finds Something wrong about it when it
Is finished, without being able to say exactly
where the fault lies. The fact is, he win most
likely have distributed the eight legs between
the two halves. of the body, whereas they all
belong to the fore part of the figure s.
True insects, again, have no real lungs; their
entire body may be said to be lung. Spiders,
however, are provided with, with lungs, which look
scone. their associates, the cheese-mites, are
more like insects in this respect Neither Of
them has heart When | spoke, just now Of
a sds hf0FS E e reon Of sG@iSs Ge ba bcS @fea
usually understood by the word, not the re-
ceptace for food, When We talk about "a
boy getting cricket ball in his stomach, we
do not mean that it has gone where his din.
ner has Therefore ! must not be accused Of
contradicting my own words when / say that
it has scarcely any stomach at all. Like the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

The poor spider has not been honored as
the hero of songs and fables, or used to point
good morals, like the ant and bee. When men.
toned at all in illustration, it has generally
been made to figure as the dad character OF
the piece "'Will you walk into my parlor?
said the spider to the fy," with the worst in.
tentions, of course; though if robin redbreast
had pounced down upon that same fly without
any such polite invitation, we should have
thought it no crime, especially if the insect
had been buzzing about our ears moment
before. The only popular stories which are
attended with any credit to the spider that
can call to mind are those Of Bruce, who was
prompted to try, try again, after repeated fail
ures, by watching little spinners efforts;
and one about some persons who, being pur-
sued by enemies, took refuge in a cavern
A spider made web across the entrance af.
ter they were hidden, so when those who were
seeking to kill them came up, and were about
to search the cave, one of them said to his
fellows: ooh, it's no good looking there? See
here's spiders web which has not been dis.
turbed. Nobody can have gone I'M" And they
passed on
But these creatures, in their humble way,
do a vast amount of unrecognized good To
man, keeping down the number of insects OF
all kinds which devour his belongings, though
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Copyright by James Eiycrson.

JWAYS spare a spider" is piece of
advice which usually very much sur
prises those to whom it is offered,
for verify believe that a great
many people think they were made
to be killed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02
SAYS THERE IS HOPE
FOR FALLEN WOMEN
DR.. StuTgis Speaks of the Work Ac.
complished by the Crittenton
Sayatories.

1T is a ong-explOded fallaCy that a
woman who has once gone wrong must
always remain in the lowest degradation
of vice" declared DIT. Frederick ID. Stur-
gis in an address last night before a
large audience in Asbury Methodist
Episcopal Church.
The speaker is field secretary and lee
turer for the National Florence Critten-
ton Mission. and his subject was "the
third alternative as a refuge for girls
and women who have taken sidestep
from the straight and narrow path"
In speaking OF the good accomplished
by CTittenton homes. DIT. Sturgis said;
'CrittentOn homes are not IN any
sense TefOTmatory organizations. but
sayatOrfes. DenominatiOnalism and re-
formationalism have no place in the
CrittentOn scheme OF redemption for the
prodigal daughter. TransfOrmatiOnalism
through the power OF the Holy Spirit. Is
tho one thing sought Their motto Is.
Overcome evil with good as the only
way IN which evil can successfully be
eradicated from the human heart and
life Transform the heart OF the girl
and reform viii follow as naturally az
the day follows night. The greater in
Cludes the less.
~ Crlttenton home Is always. in the
most sacred and intimate sense OF the
term. a home indeed"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02
VACCINATIONS TOO
MUCH FOR HICCOUGHS
Girl Suffering From Strange Malay Is
Suddenly Relieved by Good
Samaritan.

CLEVELAND. Feb. 2-Sixteen-year-
old Jennie Lupy So oregon avenue
northeast. who has been in a serious
condition for several months owing TO
prolonged attack of hiccoughs. has been
cured in a somewhat mira culOus manner
by mysterious woman VINO refused 10
give her name She merely said she
lives on the west side near the market
house.
Following the publication Of a story
that Jennie was very i'll with the strange
malady many people called at the home
The child received several hundred let
tiers. Everybody had a cure. a moth
erly-looking woman called and asked
10 see the girl. She was told that visi-
tors were not seen by Jennie. but she
demanded entrance to the sick-room.
Her manner was so confident that
the mother admitted her. The visitor
asked the girl how she felt. Other ques-
lions followed Then she placed her
hand on Jennie's chest. murmured a few
words and said she would call again.
She repeated her visit and again the
strange Incarnation was said. No medi-
cine was given not even a drink of
water The girl rallied Immediately,
and yesterday morning. after having a
night OF refreshing sleep. was able to
get up and go about the house. Last
night she was feeling well and had eaten
three meals during the day.
Physicians who have heard OF the in
cident attribute the girls Sudden Tecov-
cry 10 the eXertion or some form of
hypnotism. The girl and her parents
have absolutely no theory and are only
glad that Jennie is well again.
The Good Samaritan refused TO give
her name. she impaired the infOrma-
ton however. that she had cured
many people suffering from hiccoughs
and that II was a birthriglt peculiar
10 her alone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02
On THE BRAIN
What II Man Gain The Whole World,
and Lose His Appetite?

The man with well-behaved stomach
never thinks about H. He eats what he
likes ard likes what he eats lie knows
he'll enjoy il. because ne knows he has
a stomach that viii easily digest ii. All
things look good 10 him; he will sit
close 20 tie table. and with a merry
twinkle in his eye and a woTld-peace ex-
preston. ne Will start" on the deli
cious meal before him.
But the man With the bad. brashy,
gurgly stomach IS the man who is al
ways thinking about IT, He can seldom
eat what he most likes, and seldom
likes Wat he eats. His stomach worries
MIN before meals. after meals and be
tween meals. 1t Is OF his brain. II robs
him OF his cheer and inte-feres with
his daily work Around him is a darA
spirit which presses itself forward IN his
thoughts, crying: Il am agony. ] am
disgust. I am nausea. / an sickness
languoT. worry. / am conceived in quick
lunches and pappy food, and nourished
by gulpy meals. l rob brains OF their
force and bodies Of their life. ] steal
away nerve and vim. / bring heart
disease and apOpieNy. l make the world
a pit OF WEAKNESS and darkness. I am
woe, ] am death. / am dyspepsia But
yet. | bring also hope light and future
health, because by my gloomy presence
/ give you warning and a chance 70
. escape me.
This IS a bad dream. but it Il the daily
dream Of the dyspeptic II it were not
for the white we couldn't tell The black.
II q were not for dyspepsia we couldn'
know the joy. the happiness OF a we'll
ordered digestion. All the world looks
bright 20 a MAN of good health, and
good health IS impossible without a
good, hardy stomach And any sick
or weak stomach can be made good
strong one by just taking something
which viii digest your food for you
instead of letting your tired stomach
do il, Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are
the most effective little tablets IN the
world FOR this very thing. II you fee
bloated after eating. or you have
nausea. aversion 20 food, brash, Irrita-
ton. sour stomach, heartburn. OF dys-
pepsia. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets vii
stop 1t because one grain OF an ingre-
dent OF these tablets will digest 300
grains Of food.
Your stomach IS OVeFworked. Let il
take a rest. You're not yourself wheu
You have a bad stomach. These tablets
viii 90 the work that the stomach has
70 do and make you feel bright. think
clearly and give you ambition and pow
ct TO concentrate your attention on your
work. You'll feel good. You should al
ways have "A box OF Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets on your dining table. They viii
make you get all the good possible out
OF everything you eat. ana you'll enjoy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02

an Indian lost MS scalp lock he was
disgraced. There was pothing left for
him 70 do but to die.
SO the order issued by Commissioner
Leupp's predecessor in office was the
gratest insults. from an Indian stand
point that could possibly be offered.
But because their rations had been cut
off by the Government and such work
as the Indians would do was refused
to those who set wore long hair many
of the bucks cut OF their scalp locks.
This was confined almost wholly 10 the
younger generation. very few OF the
older men. among whom the traditions
OF the past were stil held dear. COM
plying with the order 10 use the scis-
sors on their long black locks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02
NEW AGRICULT URAL BUILDING TOO
SMALL, ANOTHER STRUCTURE PROPOSED

! sized detail drawings, and have given
their supervision TO the erection ana
modification OF the full-sized model, and
10 all matters affecting the artistic pof-
ton of the work.
In discussing the absolute need OF ad-
ditiOnal new buildings. DR.. Galloway
said today;
DR.. Galloway Talks.
The growth Of the department has
been very rapid during the past eight
cen months, and the buildings erecting
viii not begin adequately TO provide for
the various branches which are now
housed in undesirable and makeshift
structures Congress should be ask ed
an appropriation Of not less than 81. 500
200 for the proposed administration
building. tentative plans for which have
already been prepared. The greater por-
ton of the work of the department is
conducted in laboratories; hence. imme-
diate attention was given 10 such needs
IL is highly important. however. that the
administrative work OF the department
receive better quarters. The valuable
library at present is housed Ia the old
structure which Is considered a fire-bug
building. An administration building
CONSTRUCTED in accordance with the ten
Ia tive plans would do much toward put
ding the department in a position where
the very best work could be performed
AT practically 40 additional expense, and
we need such "a building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02

blanket Indian on the reservation;
won't talk English when he can Eet out
OF i4, dances In the Omaha houses
I'm the altogether style. and IS about
a. worthless as any Indian under the
sun.
Needn't Cut Hair.
Commissioner Leupp does not believe
in making the Indians cut their hair.
1t was the most unpopular order ever
given By an Indian commission. this
one TO have all the bucks cut the hair
short. instead OF permitting IL 70 grow
long AID either hang loose or be braid
ed down their backs
II was part Of an Indians religion
and part OF his bravado to wear long
hair portion OF it. the scalp lock,
was always there for any enemy who
proved imself the better man 10 come
and take whenever be wanted II That
habit even extended 10 the old white
froutiersmen and today many or these
oid-time scouts and hunters wear. neat
.ly curIed on the top Of their heads and
tucked away under their hats scalp
lock for any person who is man enough
10 come and take n. II belongs 30 the
best man. And IN the old days when
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02

Commissioner Leupp Inau-
gurates a New Policy.
POOR 10 TO STAY A RED MAN
Trying TO Make White Man Out of
Him Has Proved Disastrous
Failure.

PINE RIDGE AGENCY. Sioux Indian
Reservation. $. d. Feb. 2.-The new
policy Of Indian Commissioner Leupp.
that IL is better 70 make a good Indian
out Of a red man than 10 make bad
white man out OF him. is proving pop
ulaT. Heretofore. the compulsory edu-
cation OF the Indian has proven a fail
ure. for the worst blanket Indian on
the reservation is always one or the
best educated. Leupp believes IN let
ting the Indian live his own life, and not
forcing that Of the white man OH him
You might as well try 10 convert a
tadpole into a fish as an Indian into a
white man saws the commissioner.
The Government made a white man
out or HcnrS White. a full blood Sioux.
For more than ten years White was
sent TO school and given thorough
education. First he went 10 the IN
dian day schccl. then the agency board
ing school. then 10 Genoa. Neb-. TO Has
keIl and finally 10 Carlisle. He was a
member Of the Carlisle football team
and PLAYED all over the East. Eventual
IN he became a well-educated Indian
IN a white mans way. Then he was
sent out 10 work for himself
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02
PASTORS TRADE ON DEAD
MINER STOPPED BY PALS

ELLSWORTH Ind. Feb. 2.-"Hell
Was made for Just such men," said Rev.
Ny. Ralgan. of this place. in drawing a
moral from the life OF Charles Robbins,
a coal miner. whose funeral sermon ne
had been asked 10 preach.
Instant" Fsd-shirttd, bewhiskeTed men
sprang 10 their fec.
Inc service was stopped. the preacher.
white. but making no protest, leaned
upon the altar, while six braWny miners
ifted the casEet and carried IL to the
cemetery. where il was buried with
out further ceremony than the NUT
Tered prayers of the grun wOTkmen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02

and the head OF the division waited He
WAITED six weeks.
When he hnaliy received his warrant
Il bCr. The signatures and .. h ; 81 no
less than twelve persons. ASSIST All Z
Secretary Keeps signature ao-tatcd u.
fll: with those of Comptroller Trace
well the Assistant Treasurer oi Ire
United States and the CHEF clerk Uf The
.icp@l tmenL Scattered over lhe iHce or
the document were ca odlisiic WFtii't>
black ink. Mysterious punch hoitS
showed where some GunctiouatE n'-d
Bored over t3.e instrument ana Iritd 10
bsorb its ulterior Significance anO e e.
tect, through its simple outer scculn &
tie hidden harG of graft.
Almost Record Time.
The warrant came TO the man VINO
had spent the mouey-and needle 49,
Jvst six weeks after The vou>her IA ]
gone 70 the department. That was -
most record time, Tor usually Two
r4onths and frequently longer are con
sumed ia the operation.
Think OF that. said the victim, IN
infinite WEAKNESS Of spirit. IT any
modern business firm had been handling
this account some one responsible per
son would have investigated It's cor
rectness and either he or some other one
responsible person would have signed 4
check for It's payment. The whole up-
Grafton would have consumed SIX Inlh-
u:es. perhaps, instead Of six weeks.
The Governments methods Oh AUDIT
ing and accounting interfere with the
Whole operation % the executive de-
uartmenfe They are sources and &C
-asions of constant delays. There IS
nothing else connected with the de-
partments that cries out 20 al iest4S
Tor speedy and sweeping reform.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02
HARTMAN WILL ADOPT
ELECTRIC LIGHTS ON CARS

OMAHA, Neb.. Feb. &c. II. Harri-
man viii equip all mail cars on his
railroads with electric light. TO prevent
fires when wrecks occur.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02
Back to Blankets

Six months later he was back at the
agency smoking cigarettes and wear
ing z blanket What's the matter,
White?" one OF the agency school
teachers asked him
Il was a curiosity-an educated In
dian. / was invited around and made
much Of: as n member OF the Indian
football team / saw the inside OF many
Of the exclusive homes OF the East /
met many people and thought an In
dian was something 10 look up at.
Then / left school and began looking
for work / started in at New York.
] called on those people who had enter
tanned me and they paid no attention 10
me whatever / wanted a cleTksbtr
somewhere, but no one would give an
Indian work which would place him on
a level with a white man. Then 4 low
cred my standard and asked for any
thiug-manual labor. / couldn't even
get a position as truckman In a
freight depot In self-defense / return
ed 10 the reservation. ] had lost caste
with the Indians and the whites
wouldn't have anything TO do with me-
not as an equal.
Since then White has regained his IN
dian caste" but he is the worst
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02
TWeLpe O. KS on One
Treasury Voucher
Name of Chairman Keep, of the lnquisitora
Commission, Is the First on the List of
the Much Handled Warrant

While the Keep Commission is handing
out Criticisms of the methods pursued in
the executive departments, il might be
Z good idea 10 follow the old rule as
10 charity and begin at home. That
means tie Treasury Department. where
the chairman OF the commission occu-
pies position OF influence and power
as Assistant Secretary.
That lie ways of tie Government in
paying its obligations are far beyond
the comprehension of the ordinary man
has been a stock complaint for years.
II is assumed the United States wants TO
10 meet its just debts and pay them
promptly. but II is hard for the layman
10 distinguish the active operation of
this principle under the bales of red
tape I'm which every s. voucher IS
wrapped.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02

Since it was begun rapid progress has
been made on the work. The excava-
lions were completed, foundations in
stalled, endorsements constructed, base
ment floors placed, and in one of the
buiidings the granite work and base
55n0nt wits ana partitions are practical
~ completed. and this work on the
other building is we'll started. All work
in place and all materials furnished
have been carefully and thoroughly in
spected by the supervising engineer and
the inspectors on the work The archI-
tects have furnished all necessary full