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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
FASHION IN THE AcT1c.
Parisian Gowns Exhibited on the Ice
 bound Coast os spitzbergen.


 The birds and walruses of Spitzber- gen saw a distinguished party in their Arctic home in July last. One of the French magazines telling about this pleasure trip says the party belonged to "the most aristocratic society
 Eugene Gallois has written book describing the Arctic experiences of these notable personages, who included professors, doctors, diplomats, depu ties, two generals in the army and a member of the French Academy, who was certainly a rare bird in Spitzber- gen. They all went north on the steamer Lille de France.
 Women have heretofore gone to the Arctic regions, but it has noa previous ly been recorded that they took "ele- gant toiletsr along with them. This party did so. The fashionable gowns were reserved for the festivities on shipboard.
 Everything was supplied for the en- joyment of the party and MT. Gallois writes about the fine music in the drawing-room, the superior cookery, the bountiful table, the excellence of the wines and the gayety of the stated occasion devoted to bridge whist, Edi- 1cation was also provided in the way of lectures by Dr. Nordenskiold, Dr. Oliver and a number oR other learned mem the library contained the largest collection of Arctic books ever taken north, and kodaks with a total of for ty-eight thousand films were supplied. The steamer passed from ford to ford, landed climbing parties here and there on the glaciers, and cast anchor, now and then, so that an especially grand or picturesque view might be admired. The company were alone with nature. There were no villages, almost no vegetation, and when a plant about five inches high was discovered it was called tree by general consent.
 Unfortunately the whale hunt which had figured prominently on the pro- gramme was not a success. The only whales seen in the waters of Spitzber- gen were two carcasses washed ashore on the coast of Bell Sound, food for thousands of birds. ..... Just before the party turned it's back on Stitzbergen an accident occurred which looked serious for a time. The steamer struck rock and hung there, while water began to pour into the hold.
 It was only little way to the shore and the tourists were landed, while the crew strained every nerve to save their vessel The outlook for 8 fortunate so- journ on this inhospitable coast looked very dubious, but fires were kindled on the beach, preparations were made to camp, eided eggs were collected for supper and all tried to play the role of Robinson Crusoe with cheerful counte- nance.
 Fortunately Russian steamer and a Dutch cruiser came along the next day, helped Lille de France out of her ldi-
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of the face of the earth came about as follows: The United States gave Tex as ten million dollars to quiet her title to the land west of what Is now the Panhandle, running nearly as far south as Fl Paso, Then the government be- gan to create New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas, by extending certain lines of latitude and longitude. When Tex as came into the Union in 1S45, her lines extended thirty-four and one-half miles north of latitude thirty-six de- grees and thirty minutes. This latter was the dead line between the north and south on the slavery question, un- der the Missouri Compromise. Texas could not run that far north and be wholly a slave state, so she was an- putated at the dead line. This left a piece of land thirty-four and one-half by one hundred and siXty-seven and one-half miles in extent, which literal ly was owned by nobody and wanted by nobody. Eventually it was held to be part of the public domain of the United States, and so subject to entry. It has towns now, and counties, and dry-land farms, and laws. In 1886 1t tried to be admitted to the Union as the 'Cimarron Territory but it's feeble request seems long ago to have been lost and forgotten; although in No vember, 1887, it set up a provisional government, held a constitutional con vention, chose a great seal, and elected man to congress, after what was contested as a fraudulent election. It was all very western, very American; as was the struggle of Texas years earlier to establish her governmnt. The organization of Oklahoma Territo- ry quieted the Cimarron Territory dream, and the Congressman did not get his job.
 Not even this is all of Oklahoma's $ debated ground. Another great tract of her future territory lay between the two forks of the Red river, what is now known as Greer County. Texas always thought this land belonged to her. She pointed to the treaty of the United States with Napoleon. April 30, 1903, which defined the Louisiana Pur- chase on the west by the Red river and all it's tributaries to their sources, both north and south. Spain there fore, ran up to the edge of the Louis- jana Purchase. Texas whipped Mexi- co, the heir of Spain, and took what title she had. Hence the question arose, which and what was the Red river; for that stream had two forks. Both Texas and the United States sur veyed it, as as late as 1879 Texas gave half of Greer county (which Houston had named after veteran of the Tex as war for independence) to the public schools and took half for the public debt. The supreme court of the United States took up this matter but not un- til 1896 was it finally decided that the south arm of the Red was the real Red river" The article in Appleton's con- cludes: Texas lost, the Indians gained temporarily, and Oklahoma won permanently"
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and reloading the camera with new one. Care has also to be exercised to Keep the instruent from being frosted by the vapor from hands and body. <
 Tt was always with a feeling of thankfulness an1 relief that the came ra was made ready and I could slip my half frozen hands into mittens and by swinging the arms and performing a sort of Indian war dance restore circu- lation. On return to camp the films were all developed in an improvised dark room with small alcohol lamp to keep the developer at about sixty degrees temperature.
 Part of the outfit comprised a bio- scope, form of moving picture came ra, with which I hoped to secure views of men, dogs and ponies, moving over the ice fields, the advance of the Amer ica througth the ice anli if possible, @ bear fight. Of all my photographic ap- paratus, the bioscope gave me the most trouble, particularly in the low temperatures of spring Nand early au- tumn "The long celluloid film upon which the numerous little negatives were made (twenty to a seeond) became very brittle under the influence of the extreme cold, and would fly to pieces when the mechanism of the instru- ment was started, and pieces of cellu- loid would clog the gear wheels and jam between moving parts.
 After many failures, I hit upon a plan of warming the machine and wrapping it up in hot blankets just be- fore taking a picture. The heating and wrapping up was done in the hut at camp. l was thus enabled to secure some valuable films, a few of them i reached a length of three hundred feet.
 But always, as soon as the instru- ment became cold, the films broke like fragile glass. It was impossible to warm the bioscope on the trail, so was limited to views near the ship and | in the vicinity of camp.
 We shot a number of beasts for food, A bear fighting for his life, sur rounded by biting, snarling pack of 1 dogs, would have been a splendid sub l ject for a motion picture camera, but I was never so fortunate as to have camera and fight at the same time"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
NEW DUTIES FOR THE MILITIA

NEW OUIiES fOR HE MILITIA.
 The manning of the forts at the en- trance of Narragansett Bay instead of the usual field work at the state camp ground will probably be an acceptable change to the militiaman. This is pro- posed by the War department for the militia of the coast states as an expe- dient to compensate for the failure of congress to meet the demand for re- cruiting the coast artillery corps to the full strength called for by the equip ment of the Qualifications. As such, 1t seems to be an opportunity for the mill itiaman that will be seized eagerly. It is not contemplated that the coast de- lenses will be permanently manned by state troops, or even that it will be possible, by the brief drill of a week or ten days in each year, to train the militiamen into an efficient organiza- ton for such duty. Nevertheless, the plan is calculated to provide an auxil- iary force that will at least have some training for the work in the unexpect- ed event of actual war, pending the filling of the thin ranks or the regular coast defenders.
 The coast artillery branch of the army is many thousand men short of what is necessary for the manning of the guns already mounted or provided for in the long line of defenses. As battleships for the navy have been building faster ti1an congress has ar- ranged to supply them with crews, so forts and heavy guns have gone up all along the coast with no corresponding provision for soldiers. The situation is seized upon to bring the militia of the several states into closer association with the governments military plans, a purpose already successfully inaugural ed in the joint camps which are now an established feature of the summer work of regulars and militia. The new pro- posal differs from the joint camp plan in that the government might actually need the identical service that the mil- itia will learn to perform at the forts. These militiamen will form something in the nature of a coast artillery re- serve force, so long as the regular force is so seriously short of the requirements as it is.
 Fortunately, Rhode Island has ready to respond to the call body of men trained to military discipline and rank ing very high, according to the records of the government inspection. The men will undoubtedly take up wits new zeal the work that the national
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government rather urgently and unex- pectedly requires of them.-Proyidence Journal
POLAR PHOTOGRAPHY
Some Trials of Picture Making in the
 Arctic Regions.

Some Trials of Picture Making in the
 Arctic Regions.
 Anthony Fiala brought back from his polar expedition the most remarkable photographs of Arctic life that had been made up to that time. In the National Geographic Magazine he tells of the experiences he had in making them.
 With the sun shining day and night" he says, "ani with the vast white stretches of snow and ice, 1t would seem that oyer-exposure would be the evil to guard against and that small openings and quick shutters and lenses would be necessary.
 But though the Arctic explorer may fear snow blindness in a flood of light, direct and reflected he soon finds that the actinic value of sunlight is less than in lower latitudes-in fact, sur prisingly little-and he Is obliged to use his very quickest lenses, and then with their widest openings uses the sloWest speed consistent with the movement of the men and animals he photographs on the crystal fields.
 with so much reflected light the pictures would suffer for want of sha1- ows, and I soon found that to get good values in ice pictures 1t was necessary to photograph with the sun in such a position that the long shadows cast be- tween the ice blocks by tn low orb could be used to accentuate the high, lights and give character and contrast. To that end 1t was necessary to have the sun either at the right or left hand, and often I posed film pointing the lens directly at the sun.
 "On the first expedition I took a number of glass plates, but was unfor- tunate enough to break some of my best negatives, so when l went into the field again I took nothing but films. On the sedge journeys, where the question of weight is of great conse- quence, the lightest form of camera is sure to be the favorite.
 "On a sledge journey the camera and films were always kept in the outer air, usually in a compartment of the canoe that was lashed to one of the sledges. ' During low temperatures the interior of tent is not the place in which to load a camera.
 "The little difference in temperature between the air of the shelter and of the outside is sufficient to cause con- i densation of moisture and the cold lenses and metal work of the instru- ment coat with film of ice.
 ''Often as I stood with my back to the sun in an endeavor to shade the camera as much as possible, with a temperature of from thirty to forty de- grees below zero, l have struggled with the little catches of the kodak ana have had my fingers stick to the cold metal of the tin tubes. containing the filmswhile taking out an exposed roll
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
NO HYsTERIA!
Chaos Not Needed in Order to Right
 Wrongs by Railroads.

Wrongs by Railroads.
 The laws fixing railroad rates are of a most dubious character. The labor unions, supported by solid public sentiment, demand and receive the highest wages that ever have been paid. If the railroads were to resist their demands the sentiment of the communities would support the work CTS in contest with the corporations. There is nothing to do but pay the highest wages.
 And yet, while the states do not and cannot do anything whatever in fix ing the wage rate, or the price of ma terial, or the cost of any single thing that the railroads or the corporations must buy, they step in and say what the rate shall be for carrying passeng- CTS.
 Thousands of people recognize the dangerous tendency of the present trend of popular opinion. Occasionally they dare to protest but the leaders of the legislatures and of the parties appeal to the example of Roosevelt, and declare that they are for the square deal' and for downing the corporations"
 Now, it is not to be denied that the railroads and corporations are respon- sible for many of the evils which are body remembers the rebates, the ar, rogance, the corruption in legislatures, the watered stock and the juggling in the stock market performed by great captains of industry and of transpor- tation, who, if they had been aware of their real responsibility to the com- munity and careful to perform it, would, instead, have been trying to perfect the railroads.
 There sins are upon them, but we deny that any good Is to be got out of plunging the country into a mael- strom of populistic hysteria and busi- ness chaos in order to right the wrongs of the past, If the American government, both national and state cannot correct the abuses of the time without rending and tearing the very fabric of industry and trade, the gov ernment is incompetent.
 If our leaders cannot proceed so calmly and sensibly as to prevent the slaughter Of the patient while trying to eradicate the disease, they are rough and unsuited to the task. If the people themselves 1re subject to par oxysms of populistic rage when bent upon reform, they are approaching the condition of the South American re- publics, which rise and tear to pieces everything which for the time being displeases them.-From the Philadel- phia Public Ledger
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REMNANTS OF UNITED STATES
 TERRITORY.

"The thin strip of lan1 lying above the northern extremity of Texas, so long called No Mans Land, or the Neutral Strip, is known in the govern ment records as the Public Lands Strip. For forty years" says Emerson Hough, in Appleton's Magazine" it had no legal status and no law, and was the home of desperadoes, skin hunters, refuge cowpunchers and cat tie thieves. Here Were the last of the wild horses of. the western plains, and as late as 1886 we found here, on the head waters of the Beaver, a man who still made a business of catching wild horses, a plains trade long ago forgot ten. ...
 'The origin of this singular portion
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lemma and the tourists went home on their own vessel.
 They are now informing everybody in France that the summer climate of Spitzbergen is salubrious and that many invalids would greatly benefit by month or two along those coasts. The crying need, they say, is summer hotels like those which are perched high among the Alps, andthey believe that the future will bring all the con- veniences needed to make sojourn in this Arctic land enjoyable.
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Old Noah hunted up a barrel stave and started off for the stern of the ark. Where are you going?" asked Mrs. Noah.
 T am going to whale that boy Ham," replied Noah, with frown.
 But my dear. the lad is only playing on his banjo" ing"
 And what is the tuner"
 Wait Till the Sun Shines, Lizzie,- Chicago News.
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Myer-There goes the widow Naggs They say she drove her husband to an untimely grave. Gyer-Well, that isn't so mad. She might have made him walk there,-Chicago Daily News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

IN case of a Burn or Scala whether
 slight or serious, the air must first be excluded to relieve the pain. DR. PoRTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL the Household Surgical Dressing, when applied to Burns, forms over the parts an Oily Film, which excludes the air and instantly relieves the pain. The preparation Is combination of medici- nal qualities, which antiseptically cleanses the burned parts. allays and
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 Greatest Magician, KelIar.
 Seat sale now open. Prices Matinee. Zoe, 35c, 50o,; night, 25c, S5e., 5Oe., 75c., $l
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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
MAKES DISCOVERY WITH HOME
MADE TELESCOPE.
Young Farm Lad, interested in Study
Of Heavenly Bodies, Constructs
Crude Instrument-Geta
Good Results.

Madison, Wis.-Gazing at the skies
through a telescope made by his own
hands, J. L. Mellisch, of Cottage
Grove. boy scarcely out of his teens,
has discovered a new comet.
Although he is Just farm boy, with
a meager education, Prof. George c.
Comstock, head of Washburn observa-
tory, says Mellisch has made an in
teresting discovery. An effort will be
made to get the boy a position in the
Ierkes observatory at Lake Geneva.
Prof. Comstock said the comet was
moving little east of north at a rate
OF eight degrees a day. 1t is q bunch
of floating rock and stone, the parts
so separated that distant stars can
be seen through II. IL is small
comet, but looks large because OF its
nearness to the earth.
The comet was found on the south.
ern edge of the constellation Gemini
about midway between the stars Proy.
on and Alpha Orionis.
On the same night of the discovery
by Mellisch, but at a later hour, the
comet was observed at the Yerkes OBJ.
servatory. The boy found 1t by the
merest accident. After the days work
is done, If the skies are clear, the boy
spends his time observing the stars
and while out in the back yard search
ing the heavens one night recently
he made the discovery. But he would
not believe he had discovered a new
cCmet until the next evening, when
Prof George Comstock and Prof A. s
Flint confirmed his belief at the uni
versity observatory.
II got interested in astronomy in
1902 declared Mr.. Mellisch. Il had
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
HIGH JUMPING SHARKS.
Doubts Of Sailor Who Says He Knows
Something About the Big Fish.

You published in your paper on Sat.
urday a very curious story about a
shark jumping so feet high in the air,
writes a correspondent Of the South
China Post.
The writer or author Of this story.
captain Of British vessel. bound
for London, says that he fired a rifle
shot at a shark and badly wounded
Il. The shark in question Jumped so
high out Of the water that he cleared
the mainsail with the ease of a sea-
gull
Now, dear sir. this is rather a
trifle strong. The captain states that
they threw some meat overheard to
get the sharks closer TO the ship. At
the moment that the shark made a
grab for the meat the captain fired
his shot, which shot made the shark
Jump 80 feet out OF the water
We that have been at sea all know
that there is one kind of shark which
has to lay on it's side before It can
grab anything between its Jaws. and
another kind which has to lay on its
back TO do so. The construction OF
their mouths compels them TO take
these attitudes. As a consequence.
the shark in question was either lying
on his back or on his side
A fish jumping out of the water
makes the following movement: The
fish stretches his back and bends him.
self in the form of crescent by
bringing his head and tail closer to-
gether. At the moment he wants to
jump he straightens his back again
and hits the water with the tail end OF
his body. This force produces the
power which enables him to jump
certain height.
As above stated. the shark, when
fired at, was grabbing for the meat,
and lying either on his side or back.
In this position he was not able to
jump out Of the sea. His movements
in this position were limited to three
he could either move ahead, sideways
or downward
will not deny that a shark Is able
TO jump. have seen sharks jumping
five feet and six feet high. but that
only when they were hunting some
victim. The first movement OF a
shark when wounded is to dive down.
ward into the elements which Is his
natural abode. and not to go and make
an airship performance around the
mast of sailing vessel.
l know little about sharks myself.
but little as this is It qualities me to
write. know what they can do, and
know also how sharks taste" hav-
ing eaten them, for want of something
better.
l heard once of an old sailor telling
an acquaintance of shark which.
when caught and cut open, had an
other shark inside; this shark cut
open, produced another shark; and
the last shark had in his stomach a
canvas bag with 20 sovereigns.
l think that both stories are about
OF the same value concerning truth.
fulness.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09

they found In a spot OF waste land
and came upon a great chamber with
glcc:.ing white walls and a lake Of
ice water. hey were in search OF
stalactlte crystals and reported that
they had found them in great abund.
ance.
Mr. Mawbray became interested in
the stories Of the woNlcrful cave and
explored 1t himself. lie We. obliged
TO swim across the lake, and on the
crystal shore on one side he found
several skeletons of the long lost
bird. In one spot he found several
feathers completely oncased in cal.
cite, which so far as he knows, are
the only specimens of the kind in the
world. Many OF the bones were en-
crusted in the calcite and all were in
good state OF preservation. The
bird. according to the feathers found,
was white below and its back
and wings were Of a russet color.
These colors he says, correspond per-
fectly with the best descriptions OBJ
tainable Of tho ancient bird. The
cahaw was about the size of
pigeon.
The cave. which is midway be-
tween Hamilton and st. George and in
the east end of old Bermuda, is about
three miles from the ocean. but It Is
the belief OF Mr. Mawbray that in
the time Of the cahaw it had an open
ing to the sea, and that the birds
came I'm that way. He said the pres
ent entrance TO the cave Is a jagged
almost perpendicular hole down
through the rock, and that the i'm
mense chamber and lake were 150
feet below the surface He was sure
| that the birds never entered the cave
through that hole. The lake is about
$50 feet long by $50 wide, and the
cavern Is dome shaped and a place
OF dazzling beauty when the crystal
walls are revealed by a strong light.
An entrance is being made to the
cave, and It is TO be one of the show
places of the island.