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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-19
CHAUTAuQUA hit BY FIRE
BUILDING IN YORK
STATE TOWN BURNED.
Housed All Business Establishments
on Grounds-Post Office, With
Mail, Destroyed.
Special DISPATCH to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHAUTAUQUA. N. Y. October l9.-
The Colonnade building at Chautauqua'
which housed all the business establish
ments on the grounds, was completely
quilted by fire at o'clock this morning.
The United States post Office with all
the accumulated mail of Sunday was
DESTROYED. The November issue of the
Chautauqua Magazine, which was in the
bindery, was burned and. with various
business houses. made loss of approx
imately 100000. The losses in detail
are: Colonnade building $4,000, insurance
$25 600: c. c. Taylor printing establish
ment $4,000. insurance $4,000: w. s
Davis & Son, dry goods. $1,000; insur-
ance $1,000; H. D. Wheeler. grocery
$1,000: insurance $1,000; j. X. Miller
hardware, $1,000: insurance $1,000; Mr
Kinney. shoe store. $1,000; Henry Cogs-
we'll. Erie Pa. meat market. loss not
known; Miss E. NJ. Howard, New York
manicure and hairdressing establishment
loss not known: Miss Lizzie Damon
dressmaking, 500; Donzale. Pittsburg
photograph gallery. loss unknown; l.. }
Harter. barber shop, 500.
In addition to these establishments the
Chautauqua Institute had a school fol
domestic science in the building which
suffered considerable loss and there was
also a kindergarten school, conducted
by Miss Adele Grant. The most serious
embarrassment. however. affects the
Chautauqua Magazine, which was about
to be issued for November. MIR. Taylor
who has charge of all the Chautauqua
publications. said there We're duplicate
proofs of the issues in Chicago and in
all probability the magazine would be
quickly reset and printed there or In
PpffalC
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Weather.

Fair tonight and TUESDAY.
Light variable winds. shifting
TO eastcrly.
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Mail Matter Burned.

considerable quantity of mail matter
was burned. Postmaster Frank Potter
even lost his post office keys and was
forced to go to Mayville to secure keys
for opening the incoming mail. A post
Office was improvised in the museum build
ing and opened for the days business
shortly after eight o'clock in the morn
In. This business is quite heavy, owing
to the fact that all the correspondence
OF the great educational institution was
handled at the Office here.
The fire started in the power plant in
the basement of the building. The blaze
was discovered by the night watchman
Chautauqua has a volunteer fire depart
ment and a water pressure supplied by
two power pumps. One of these pumps
unfortunately was located in this build
ing. the other had been taken apart by
order of a boiler inspector few days
previous. Before any effective work could
be done it was necessary to repair the
second pump and it was therefore over
an hour before the firemen got to work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-19

Mr.. Norman f. Mack, chairman of t
democratic national committee. return
today from Chicago headquarters. full
hope and high resolution. He is con
IDENTIFY claiming New York, Ohio and !
diana.
Chairman Mack made a drive at I
merchants and manufacturers who a
said To be trying TO intimidate labor :
manufa cturers by threatening to clio
or not TO reopen in event OF Bryan's els
tion. and the merchants who are givi
orders. subject TO cancellation on a Bry
victory.
ceived today by cable from Richa
Croker. in Dublin. contribution of 81,
for the Bryan campaign fund and s;
S~r Chambers campaign. N. y. M
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-10-29
HUSB BANDS.

u,shands are largely manufactured
~" ~ tbe raw material grown on
%"ms and outlying districts. There
l," some few city varieties, but they
moor in quality. The farm output
nsually taken to the city early in
~ and fed on rum, tobacco and bust
w. mill he becomes fat enough to
IN sor the matrimonial market. He
,ben led out to the slaughter and
r.ad thereafter as basis for MILL
,sry and dress goods.
husbands form one of our chief as
.ds They are patient, docile under
,,eatment become Injured early in life
lizard labor and are useful at dinner
,,rties and political gatherings.
The American variety differs from
mo foreign breeds in many important
,sticulars He is more easily domes-
,I,ated and stands any amount of
,hnse without complaint. There are
several instances on record where
husbands have slept night after night
N pajamas, made by their wives and
aarched under their personal supervi-
don, without murmurins. They have
,yen been known, in rare instances,
10 attend church regularly.
There are several kinds of hus-
hands. The early morning variety is
very companionable, but short-lived
IN some households the silent husband
4 the main feature, acquiring this
reat gift by long practice. The liter
,y husband, as rule, is thin and
pOor and has his fur rubbed off in
spots and lays his ears well back. The
Salt Lake husband has a large, open
heart is liberal in his views, and
nany-sided. He is, in fact, all things
10 all women.
The best husbands are caught young
when their spirits can be easily bro
.en.--Life.
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have used the Arctic regions for infor.
nation is Roy c. Andrews, who has
just returned from a five months trip
into the northern Pacific, where in the
interest of the New York Museum of
Natural History he has been in quest
of added knowledge about the Pacific
whale, now fast becoming extinct
Il left New York on April 20 last"
said Mr.. Andrews, land arrived at the
Island of Vancouver, b. c., about two
weeks afterward. Vancouver is sew
eral miles off from the coast. Here
are located two of the three whaling
stations in the Pacific ocean.
AS rule in these days it is only
in the waters in the vicinity of the
arctic regions that whales are found
in any great number. Ages ago they
were common in the southern seas,
But with the growth of commerce
they were killed or gradually driven
northward At the present time whale
fishing as a regular business of any
size is carried on only off the Nor.
wegian coast, the coast of Newfound
land and in the northern Pacific.
"Whale killing is almost fine art
now. The ships are fitted with a can
non known as the harpoon gun, which
sends the shaft with such terrific force
as 10 impale the creature and always
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girls father would be considered as
ridiculous as unnecessary.
Once the question of marriage has
been settled the girl must grind meal
for 30 days for her prospective moth
er-in.law, while the man must weave
his future wife's wedding dress. en-
broider 1t by hand, and plant the crops
for the maintenance of his household
Inevitably this RELOCATION of the mas
culine sex to a secondary position has
been productive of curious and in
structive social results. Not least
striking of these Is the poor figure the
Hopi tribesmen always have cut in
warfare. In the perennial wars
waged against them by the Navajos
the Hopis always were worsted. But
for the inaccessibility of the location
of their towns, upon the SUBMITS of
lofty mesas, the Navajos would have
exterminated them. In contempt the
warllke nomads called them "Moki"
signifyhg dead men," while their
proper appellation, "Hopi," signifies
men of peace"
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FROM ARCTIC TRIP

kill it. Then 1t is towed to the station.
Il was with the ship on one of these
hunts and secured some splendid pho
tographs. Because of the speedy move
ment OF the whales had to be quick
with the camera. So none of the ex-
posures took longer than one-fiftieth
of a second, some even less.
"On one occasion we were in col
lision with huge finback,, a 60-footer,
weighing about as many tons.
When first seen he was just in front
of the bow. The captain signaled the
engineer to stoR. but the signal was
misinterpreted and we plowed ahead.
hitting the leviathan midships and rid
ing up on his back and sinking him
some,. of course. When we looked
around the head of the whale was seen
on one side of the ship, his tail on the
other with his body under our keel.
While the captain rushed to the har-
poon gun | took picture which plain
ly shows the whales eyes.
THE worst of my experience was
with fog. With two men | was com
ing 100 miles down the coast from
juneau, Alaska, in a 16-foot boat. Sud.
denly we found ourselves enveloped in
fog, so dense that we couldn't see 20
feet ahead. We drifted for AZ hours
with no food and with very little
water.
Added to this an icy north wind be.
gan to blow We did not freeze to
death because we managed to keep
one another awake. We did not know
! but what we had drifted to sea, sc
when the fog did rise you may imagine
our joy at seeing land only mile
away.
Il am more than gratified over the
results of my labors. All the data at
hand will be used this winter to de
termine the exact relation between the
Atlantic and Pacific whale. | expect
to publish a scientific monograph on
the subject.
Or. Bumpus, director of the mu-
scum, was anxious for the investiga
ton to be made at this time. We be
lieve that the time is not far distant
when the whale, as a Species will be
practically extinct, taking their place
with the mastodon. Like the American
buffalo, they are fast disappearing be
fore the demands of commerce. DC.
casionally spermaceti whale is
caught. 1t is from this whale that the
valuable spermaceti oil and ambergris
is taken. The oil sells at about Sl0C
a pound, the ambergris at $50 .
pound"
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WHERE WOMEN RULE

terry made by the Hopi women is the
finest of its kind in the world, and
their baskets have no superiors. Even
the most dearly cherished prerogative
of masculinity in other parts of the
word--that of selecting a life part
ner--has been usurped by the women
of the Hopis. Whenever girl makes
her choice of a husband she goes to
consult the youths mother. If the
mother is willing to accept the candi
date for daughter.in.law the business
is settled on the spot, and the man in
the case must make the best of It. To
consult either him or his father or the
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-10-29
NO EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
AMONG THE HoPl.
There the Female Is the Absolute
Head Of the Household and the
Male Little More Than
Slave.

If the suffragettes OF England and
could organize their sex as success.
fully as did the leaders of the Hopi
women they could accomplish their
ends in short order Once upon a time
land this is not a fairy tale either)
the Hopi squaws grew tired of the
tyranny of the lazy lords of the mesas
and went out on strike, removing to
distant mesa so difficult of access
that they could easily defend 1t against
forcible invasion. For a time the men
refused to worry, believing that the
women would soon tire of their Adam.
less Eden: but as days grew into
weeks with no sign of surrender from
the women the men began to negotiate
for restoration of domestic union.
To all overtures of this kind the wom-
en- returned but one answer. They
were ready to return to their homes
whenever the men were ready to con
cede to them the mastery of the house.
hold. 1t was bitter pill, without
sugar coating, but the men were com
PEELED to swallow it.
This earliest and most successful
of all womens rights movements oc.
Cured so long ago that tradition gives
no hint of the epoch and the name of
the female Napoleon who carried
through this remarkable campaign has
been lost In the mists of ages. Never
theless the work of the Hopi suffra-
SIT To-. he gt, atA
cities. perched high on the SUBMITS of
the Arizona mesas, the women still
rule the roost and the men play a sor-
ry second fiddle. Among all other
tribes of American aborigines the
squaws are drudges and beasts of
burden, trained to fetch and carry and
cater to the caprices of the dirty
braves with abject humility In Hopi.
land the positions of the sexes are ex-
actly reversed.
There the men perform the most
mental of household tasks, till the
fields attend to the sheep, goats and
burros, weave blankets, belts and cere-
general do as their wives bid them.
TT fine art work of the Hopis-bas.
ket making and pottery manufacture
are reserved for the women, appar-
emily I'm the belief that mans inferior.
ity renders him unfit for the serious
business of life. 1t is worthy of note
that the blankets woven by the Hopi
men are so inferior to those woven by
the Navajo women that there is no
room for comparison, while the pot
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CARRIAGE HOUSE

house, so a horse may be harnessed
and hitched up and left inside till
ready to go.
The following is bill of material;
Four side stills SxS--2l feet spliced;
4 cross stills, SxS-25 feet; 80 floor
joists, 2xl0-14 feet; 81 ceiling joists,
2xS-25 feet; 1900 feet plank. Gnch
measure) for floor; 1000 feet inch
lumber for loft; 66 studs, 2X6-l3 feet;
10 plates, 2x6-14 feet; ~ scantlings,
2x4-l2 feet. for gable studs; 1900
feet ough siding AZ rafters, 2x6-16
feet; 1.3hn feet roof sheeting; 2S M.
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GRAVs ELEGY.

-. ruiI many q gem OF purest ray serene" y
run many gem of purest ray
Is born to blush unseen;
fuli many a flower that smiles to-day,
run many leaf that's green,
WIZ never make the dreamer pause,
Nor his fond gaze entrance.
Because-why, can't you see?-because
1t never had chance.
run many a Demosthenes,
Full many a Cromwell bold.
Fun many Milton-more The cheese
Than Ger was John of old
Are sitting round the country store,
A-wearing out their pants,
Because-as limited heretofore
They never had no chance.
Willis Leonard Clanahan, in Judge.
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Queer Discovery.

"Are you aware" queried the board
er who reads the scientific notes in
patent-medicine almanacs, that per-
sons two ears are not of equal
strength"
Sure | am" replied the cheerful
idiot. Il know lots of men who have a
deaf ear for beggars and a most acute
one for invitations. Chicago Daily
News.
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STABLE AND CARRIAGE HOUSE


shingles; % studs for partitions and
stalls, 2x4-10 feet; 500 feet inch lin
ing for stable; $40 feet plank for
stalls, 2x10-S feet; stall posts, 6x6
s feet; 2 pieces stall caps, 2xS-S
feet; 8 ridge boards, 1x7-14 feet:
ridge boards, 1x6,-14 feet; $50 feet
cornice. If foundation be built of con.
crete 1t should be at least feet below
surface, and If set on level, would re-
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The accompanying diagram shows
ground plan for stable and carriage
house 40x25 feet. The cows stall for
two is six feet wide, and the horse
stalls are each five feet wide, which is
the proper width. This will give you
a carriage house 20x24 feet, and feed
the stock from the front. A passage
leads from the stable to carriage
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Somebody Hurt,

"a prize fight" remarked the
thoughtful thinker is a good deal like
porous plaster"
Whats the answer" queried the
party of the dense part.
Every time one is pulled 81 some
body gets hurt" explained the t. t.
Chicago Daily News.
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What Made Him Late.

SChool-Teacher (severely)-You are
'alf an hour late hits morning.
Little Boy (who- was kept in" the
fay before)--Yes'm. 1t was late yes
Isday when ! got home.-New York
Weekly.
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RlahtI

me man who owns a baby
WIN tell you how 1t howls
ne swear the kids "A nuisance,
ana, goodness, how he scowls!
Dut II you say you know II,
And at the baby scoif,
me dad, you'll find, Is ready.
10 knock your head clean off.
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one to Hand.

"Sir / am looking for situation
worthy of my talents, but not entailing
too hard work Have you such an
opening?'
"One that suits your case exactly.
Please shut it after you."-Baltimore
American.
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Needed the Money.

Friend-Your portrait of Mrs. Neu-
fch has fine technique, but it doesn't
box the least like her.
Artist-Say, do you suppose she
'oud pay me $4,000 for it if it did?
Chicago Daily News.
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Money Well spent-A few extrs
dollars for good pure-bred ram is
money well spent No flockmastel
who takes pride in his flock and values
its improvement can afford to save
money by the purchase of cheap
grade ram.
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Groun d Plan.

quire wall of feet at least To
build such a wall of concrete would re
quire 9H barrels cement, 3 yards
stone filters, and IL yards gravel. 1t
is admitted that dipping posts in hot
coal tar will add to their durability.
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The Natural REASON.

mere goes the man who solved a
''sat trunk mystery"
An That is why he looks so
'y'-Baltimore American.
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ROY c. ANDREWS CLEANS SCIEN.
TiFiC KNOWLEDGE.
For Five Months He Has Been Study
ing the Pacific Whale in the
Interests Of New York
Museum

The last few years have been fruit
full in the number of exploits by scien
lists, afloat and afield. at personal
risk The latest of these men who
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-10-29

She (sternly)-This memorandum
found in your pocket. Ribbon for the
typewriter" looks black
He (surprised)--O course it does.
It's the ink off the old ones.-Balti-
more American.
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A Sort Of TurnstiIe.

blnks, | understand, is on the
ies' that's his yle."-Baltimore
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Look Out for Ballast!

When airships gaily float about
The mortal who must dwell
On earth won't dare to venture out
Without a stout umbrell!
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Cut-Up.

In the hammock gayly chatting,
Sat his sister and her beau;
Little Willie knitted the halyards.
Isn't he the cut-up, though?
Detroit Free Press.
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SubtlY Sensed.

The thing is odorless,-quite so,-
And yet, in spite of that,
She cannot fluff her hair with 1t
But people smell a rat.
-pt1rlx
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He-That was fine. He just stole
iTOnd and third.
She cher Est game(-Hg's got lot
nerve, with all these policemen
round.
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Natica-Had any serious love af-
fairs yet?
Natalie-No, and l never will have
here. Why, the water in the creek
isn't over four feet deep anywhere.
How can a girl get beyond her depth
and be rescued in such puddle as
that?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-29
HOMES FOR WOMEN
BUSINESS MEN HAVE SOLVED
THE PROBLEM FOR THE LA.
oIEs-HoMes PROCURED
PROCURED

The committee Of business III, n
who came to the rescue Of the club
ladies or the city I'm the matter of
caring for the federation delcgatrs
has met with unusual success. Com.
mittc,s In each ward have found ma.
ny homes and the committee ON fin.
ancc has an extra hundred dollars 10.
day as IA reward for their latnrs
aud moro is coming in.
Practically every delegate has been
provided with a home and the funds
are being collected to entertain 9th.
crs at the hotels There are yet
homes needed and those who have
room 10 care FOR delegates should not
hesitate longer to notify the commit.
tees The reputation of the town for
hospitality is az stake and there must
Doe no such word as fail.
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The POST OFFICE
REMAINS ON NORTH WASHING
TON STREET UNTIL SEPTEM.
Der 30. 1918.

The Frisco mail arriving, here last
night brought the news that the bid
OF u +. Booker had been accepted 10y
the government for the postoffice and
for at least five years longer the
Ardmore postofficc will remain where
II is on North Washington street
At the end Of this contract there is
every probability that the town will
have a federal building ANA the of
flee will be novel into building
owned by the government.
The question of the removal % the
postoffice arose over the fact that
an interest in the postofficc building
was owned by CONGRESSMAN Chas
u. Carter Mr.. Carter transferred his
interest in the buildus TO n. y. Book
,r and then Mr.. Booker placed bid
with the department 4 cop, Of the
decd Of conveyance was taken from
here by the inspector to Washington
and when the postal authorities re-.
allied that all disabilities were re.
moved from the building il was de.
cidcd to allow the office 10 remain
where It is for another five years.
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Police Court.

At the morning session of police
court two fighters were fined eight
dollars each. one drunk was fined ten
dollars. two prostitutes were fined
ten dollars each and case OF dis
turbing the peace and one drunk was
continued until the afternoon session.
The fighters who pulled off their
stunt were an ex-policeman and an
ex-deputy marshal, who differed,
and decided that there was only one
way to settle the difference. II Is
said that the ex.pollceman came out
second best. He gave notice of ap-
peal. saying that the other fellow did
the fighting and that in his opinion
the man who did the fighting should
pay the fine.
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"A Horrible Nightmare. {"

j. very cNaspcratinE and trying
upon the nerves. Il is due sometimes
to one cause and sometimes 20 an
other. Some people are very sus-
ceptiblc to wierd visions which
cause unrest An instance OF this
nature can be cited Of a man In
New York City who after attending
the theater. returned to his hotel
and retired for the night. The carr
ly morning pedestrians returning
home after a night I'm Bohemia were
Mortified to see an affrighted look.
ing man raise the window OF a third
story room in the Astor House and
suddenly leap through the air and
fall with thud on the sidewalk.
Luckily the man was uninJured ana
getting up with n look Of Mortified
anticipation asked "Where did NJ
go?" Then realizing where he was
he said, "Oh. Just had q terrible
dream. | attended the theater tonight
and saw for tho first time DR.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde and must
have dreamed Hyde was after me"
This great play from the pen OF Roc
ert Louis stevenson will be the at
traction at the opera house tonight
and as presented by he Rentfrow
company is complete in every de.
tail Mr.. Fred Damon In the dual
characters proves that he has given
these roles his undivided attention
and conscientious study OF the same
has aided this young man TO give
really remarkable Interpretation
OF the now lovable DR.. Jokyll ana
then the hideous Edward HYDE. Spa-
cial matinee Saturday for ladies' ano
children. $40 in gold given away
Saturday night
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-29
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
MONEY FOUND IN FULlBRIGHTS
HOUSE WAS IDENTIFIED BY
BANK OFFICIALS

Pete Fulbright charged with steal.
ing $500 from the Ardmore National
bank. was given an examining trial
today before Judge Mason. lie was
bound over TO the district court and
was placed in jail in default, OF a
81 800 bond. The evidence in the
case is very damaging. Money found
in his house was identified by the
bank officers and there is little left
for the negro to do but to etner a
plea of guilty.