The Washington herald., 1907-10-24

socks for President Pierce by a lady of
Victoria, Textile only garment ever
made from American-grown cameFs hair.
Up to 1857 the camel herd seems 10 have
done we'll They were as healthy as
their Old World relatives. they stood
the endurance tests required of them by
the army-and then the records of the
Department Of War make no further
mention of them. \ change Of admins
tration lost Secretary Davis his portfolio.
and no one else seemed TO care a whit
whether the problem of transportation in
the Western deserts was solved or not
All that is known is that the camels
were turned loose TO shift for themselves
in the new country.
What became Of them? History here
leaves the matter greatly to speculation.
They wandered toward the desert lands
OF the West, and it is claimed that there
are still several running wild in the un-
settled regions of Arizona. Ask the In
dians and they viii tell you of the Red
Ghost that has more than once invaded
their camps at night stampedlns the
horses, eating the forage, and fighting
like a fiend If attacked Ask the cow
boys and they viii repeat the story OF
one Of their number who was found dy-
ing in canyon and who revived only
long enough to tell of a great mishap-
pen red beast that had turned upon him
in the narrow detile. biting and tramping
him when he had wounded il. Ask the
MeXicans Of the border and they viii
cross themselves and look quickly from
side to side as they whisper mysteriously
or La PhantaSmia," great shape that
lives In the ueighbOThO0d of the Upper
salt ana ella Rivers, ana falls upon
them as an avenging angel. II was on
the back of such a ''hend" that Indians
years before had bound <, captive peon.
leaving him there until his bones had
dropped TO the desert one by one. and the
great creature had been crazed 10y its
horrible burden Whether one, or more
than one, or none at ALL of the War De
partment's camels and their descendants
are left no one can say.
Angora goats. known in Asia Minor
2io0 years ago, have taken kindly 10
American haUnts and American ways.
There are several hundred breeders of
these animals in the United States There
are large ranches in Arizona. Texas. New
Mexico. Montana. and the Willamette
Valley: while Boston. Portland. Oregon.
and San Jose are the leading buying
centers for the mohair, all of which. and
more beside, can be used in the mohair
mills at Sanford Me The first flock OF
Angoras numbered nine. These we're q
present from the Sultan of Turkey %
President Polk, in recognition Of the fact
that when the Sultan had asked that
cotton expert be sent him. the President
had promptly commissioned DR.. James D.
Davis. Of South Carolina, TO go over and
introduce American cotton growing meth
DDS in the Sick Mans land.
The llama has been suggested as an
acceptable immigrant to this country,
but the Bureau Of Animal Industry sees
no advantage in such "a movement. II
hopes, however, 10 soon make wide ex-
periments with the alpaca, and suggests
the importation Of Swiss goats, or bet
ter still, encourages the Improvement OF
local stock, the object being primarily
TO offer better food for babies. and get
milk for cheese making. The adoption Of
reindeer in Alaska practically saved the
Eskimo. Fifteen years ago there were
sixteen deer there, now there are l5.000,
supplying food clothes, and tyansp0rta-
ton for the Eskimo, and foraging for
themselves in the moss under the snow.
Dr. Sheldon Jackson, a Presbyterian cler-
gyman, Is responsible for this great work.
aided and encouraged by the bureau OF
education, though his plan was at first
laughed TO scon by sceptics The deer
have brought prosperity To the little
people Of the North that is resulting in
the substitution Of houses for huts. and
In the awakening of broader life among
them
TO-mOrrOw-The Realm OF the
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