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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
CANADIAN HARE BLANKETS.
Warm, Soft Blankets Made by Indians
Out Of Rabbit Skins.

From the fur OF the Canadian hare
which comes south into the United
States and in winter turns snow white
the Indians make one of the warmes'
and softest of blankets.
After the skin has been cured and
made supple it is cut with a SHARP
knife into single narrow strip many
feet in length. The strip is carefully
curled into a tube seven feet long, WITH
an inner diameter of rather more than
a quarter of an inch and an outer
diameter of about half an inch.
The skin is thin, but tough, so thai
the tube Is light but strong. The edges
are sewed together with great care and
firmness. Enough of these tubes are
made to form a blanket seven feet
square.
When all are made they are sewed
together with animal sineWs, SO thai
the blanket is almost as strongly made
as if it were woven. All this is done
nv the Indian women, the men merely
trapping the hareS, which are sc
numerous in the far north of Canada
that the trapper may catch dozens In
single night.
When finished the blanket is a
beautiful thing of dazzling whlteness
extremely white and very warm Its
warmth is secured not only by the fur
but also by the air in the many slender
tubes In time the blankets lose their
beautiful wilderness. but they retain
their essential qualities and last for
years.
They are highly priced by the In
dams and they fetch good prices. AS
a matter of fact, they are seldom seer
outside of Canada, and, like an elder
down quilt. they are .oyerwarm fof
heated houses in this latitude. ,,. 8,
1t is probable that fully 200 rabbits
60 to the making of such blanket
since one skin makes, but a., single
narrow strip of the whole seven feet
An old Indian chief was asked one
night as he sat before his campfire in
the north how many skins were re-
CURED for a blanket. He looked az
the questioner and said. with a. smile:
I'll tell you how many skins make
a rabbit blanket.
you go out into clear spot IN the
woods when the snow Is very deep IN
early winter and give whole day 10
telling trees and gathering light. dry
wood for a fire. Then at night you
make your fire, very big fire, OF all
the wood you have gathered.
1T will light up all the clearing anu
will melt the surface snow for many
yards all around. The hares Will come
out of the woods in whole families, at
tracted by the light of your fire, and
will crouch on the surface of the melt
ing snow to watch it. There they VIII
sit for hours until the fire has gradual
ly died down. =,
Meanwhile the cold night will nave
again frozen the surface of the snow
and, the rabbits. which haYe covered II
thick so that you cannot see awning
hut their fur and their eyes, will freeze
tight to the freezing snow. You can &c
out with stick then and knock theh
all on the head, but it will be big Jop
When it is done. however, you'll nave
enough rabbit skins to make a blanke'
like mine"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
Fish Pirates,

1t Is the Ash pirate that supplies the
New York market with fish In season or
out Of season. The market men and great
hotels can rely on the pirates. The com
mon angler must wait for the nsh TO ol,e
the pirate is bound to get them with one
OF his many nets, When the enthuSiastl TIC
angler sleeps, after n toilful day on the
lake. casting and trolling In vain. he cine
piratel Skins out to his nets and ioads
his long rakish punt to the gun al WIN
the very cream of the fishing. Inc result
is that the sportsman may travel nun
dreds of miles and not land q fish OF the
sort that he can have served to him In
any of New York's great hotels
Now Oneida Lake, where piracy seems
most rampant is a considerable body OF
three to SIX wide. have fshed up and
down it's length and across its breadth
visiting all the little towns along Its
shore Years ago 1t was the greatest
fishing-ground in the state. You could
cast vonr line 'rost anywhere from any
little titting point or peninsula an, and Two;
snatch your hook Fly-casting and still
fishing were equally good. You could sit
out in the shade of a wooded point ano
yank in rock bass. big golden-sc:iied
nerch. aud large-mouth bass till your arm
was tired or the hired man wound the DIN
ner conch,
But to-day you may sail over the leke
many leagues, you may troll. you may
cast. and you may still fish, and at the
end Of three weeks be rewarded WITH
only q coat Of tan. Nor has Oneida Lake
ever suffered pollution. No factories
Mmpid waters. II you would ask where
are the fish gone. the answer is simple
f1sfpl ont wholesale through the ice In
netted o,it. Melted 0rt In summer and
wtntcr.-Harper's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
"Nsxt" nysTelsphone.

What, do. you think of barber shop
where from Opening until closing time the
barber always has Q next ready to step
into the ichatr, and where next never
has to wait his turn, but always reaches
the shop Just In time to be served?
There IL at least ore shop of this kind
in Chicago. 1t is, one of the up-tO-date
features of, q big West. Side plant and is
for the convenience of the firms officials
and heads OF departments. ",
The barber shop opens Abe same time
as the other departments of the house and
closes when they do, ard from opening
until closing time a customer always IS
being served. No waiting on the part OF
the customer and no Idle time for the bar.
Der, unless he wishes to take 1t easy"
for awhile The customers get first class
service tor the usual prices charged for
SUCH and the barber keeps all the money
he takes in, The Abop is equipped In the
best st M barber af a bs1np por asie are te
regulate, absolutely, the amount Of bust
ness they will ldo1each day.
When the customer in the chair is about
finished thA bdTter telephones to another.
wine usually; eomee from his DEPARTMENT
at once. or Il he is not able to get away
work done that day: the porter sislply
feley,lhones to soyce one else. Getting ( us
TONERS he the least Of his troubles.
The. privilege is not lightly valued by
any who enjoys It, and. AZ rule. the frst
Official .ass Of yosne man a. p0mOsss fs g
to 70 to the cashiers Office and buy lar
Der stop ticket. These tickets are num-
bered consecutively. and at the end Of a
lnalr gear the barber is paid the adherence
sums which he draws regularly and the
total sale of. tickets for the six months
The Arm pavs ar the Incidental expenses
Sc Inc shop Chicago Tribune
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
"The Good Old Times"

The centenarian of Pennsburg. Pa,
is no doubt remarkable man. He has
always eaten Heartily of good, plain
food" he has always used tobacco, he
is vigorous in mind and body, and he
always believed that six hours sleep
was enough. The venerable Daniel,
however, exhibits some eccentricities
and whimsicalities. 1t were mar
velous if he did not. y A man who
reaches the age of 100 years. by hook
or by crook, is entitled to be irascible
gloomy, obstinate, peevish or per-
verse Mr.. Miller does not appear to
be afflicted in these directions. His
popularity takes the form of declar-
ing it to be his firm opinion that the
world is a great deal worse than il
was yhen he was a boy-in fact, quite
shocking.
1t is one of the characteristics Of the
old age that has been bounded by a
narrow horizon and hampered by
strictly limited and circumscribed in
terests and views to regard the ole
time as the best The absurdity Of
the natural mistake is brought into
great clarity by considering for {
moment that a certain number of aged
men in all ages have held exactly the
same opinion For instance, when the
people of England were practically in
state of bondage: when the bondmer
or yilleins event with the sofl.' thu
croaking old fellows of that particular
day believed that the old time was thu
best. Though they were in evil plight
they were not in such evil case as thei
forbears who were the playthings of
still more brutal and cruel age. whel
marauders, domestic and foreign. sho
common men down upon the hlghwa!
almost in sport, or carried them ava!
to foreign wars when the capric'
seized. And. finally, when England
had won self government and the PEG
of liberty believed that their mlser
pie had been emancipated. the old fel
lows who were then living in the dawi
able forbears We're the fortunate men
philadelphia Ledger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
THE LAW AND CLOTHES.
Yards of Cloth in Dukes Suit.
Girls and Corsets.

"SumDtllary" laWS-that is. laws
about clothes-have been unknown In
this country for many years. Some OF
these old acts were very curious. in
the reign of Henry VII it was enacted
that duke should not be allowed more
than sixteen yards of cloth to make
suit, while a knight had to be content
with six and conmoners with an even
less amount, irrespective OF individual
bulk
In 1854 another law forbade all be-
low the rank of alderman to wear silk
upon their hats, under q penalty OF
$40.
Charles N of France was even bold
enough to interfere with the attire or
the women OF his realm. In 1901 he
forbade the ladies to use any bands OF
embroidery stitchings or fiXlngs of
silk, excepting only bordering the
width of a finger, or at the most NV"
torderings with chain stitching"
But the French king of three and a
half centuries ago was after all not SO
rash as the Roumanian minister of
public instructions, who recently issued
an order forbidding the use Of corscts
by any of the girls attending the, Rou-
manian government schools. The head
inistresses We're made responsible for
the carrying out of the rule, but the re-
suit has not been all that the minister
fondly hoped. The girls have set the
edict at defiance, and they are, 1t is
said, secretly backed up by most of
their teachers.
In most countries there are laws
forbidding women to so abroad in the
streets attired in mems garments. AT
Ems and one or two other German
health resorts the municipal authori-
ties have been waging war against
long skirts and dresses with trains. The
idea is that such garments sweep up
dust and collect microbes. But, like
all others who have attempted to in
terfere With the vagaries of feminine
fashion, these city fathers have found
their task thanliless and not very sue
ccssful.-London Answers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
A WINCHESTER LEGEND.
How Bishop Walketyn Cleared Ham,
paus Wood.

The restoration Of Winchester Cathe-
dral. which, as will be remembered, re
rested upon logs Of beechwood laid side by
side in a hog of peat has revived the an
cient Legend of Rampage Wood, as It
is called. the best part of which legend
is that It is perfectly true
Briefly. the legend is this: Bishop
walkelin, or Walkelyn, to whom fell the
task OF rebuilding Winchester Cathedral
in the year 1913, very soon discovered that
he had need of n very large amount or
timber for the purpose, and petitioned the
King, William the Conqueror, for leave to
take what he required from Hanepinges
Wood. then apparently royal pos ssnohon
ter, on what Is now the road to Alresford
William replied that he might have all
he could cut and carry away In -four
days and nights" and the bishop there
upon sent far and wide for all the wood
men in the district, and in the allotted
time actually succeeded in telling every
tree in the wood-wfth one notable ex-
ception-and carrying 1t away.
The foregoing story, which is duly set
out in the ANNALS of Winchester" the
Renuinenesss OF which cannot be doubted,
since they were most carefully kept year
by year to record all the doings OF the
city. admits of no contradiction. but It
has always heen a mystery as to what
use was made of this enormous quantity
OF timber. Rampage Wood. as II is now
called. has always been a large one and
its boundaries well defined. Some of the
timber was used in the roof of the south
tranSept. and some more probably ia the
north transept. hut what became of the
rest nobody could suggest until the mas
sive beech trunks were discovered year
or two since actually beneath the founda-
tiOns.
The placing Of these trees in the foun-
dattOns TO overcome the difficulty OF
building on q swamp site has always
been credited to De Lucy. who rebuilt the
cathedral IN 1902. hut it is at least posi-
BILE THAT Waikelin had recourse to a SINH
lar method. for the conditions mast have
been always the same. Color Is lent to
this surposition by the fact that annals
distinctly state that Walkelin rebuilt the
cathedral "fron, its foundations" Ham
page Wood has always been noted for It's
beech. timber. although oak does well
the tAllest becches OF the neighborhood
are TO he seen n this wood. and those
Of necessity tall and straight, as they
were proved to Re on removal.
AZ to the one tree Walkelin is reported
to have saved. there Is good reason to he
lieve that there Is truth in this also. al
though SO far as one car gather, no ac-
tuai reference IS made to It In the can
nails" The tree IN question is the Cos
" existing. under which st. Augustine
IL supposed ia have preached. 1t is on
the property Of Sir John Shelley. whose
family succeeded to the Arlington estate
from the. dukes Of Buckingham and Chan.
dos and is now carefully rallied around
and banded together with iron to preserve
It AZ far AS POSSIBLE. This venerable tree
Wood. and is the only one of such great
age in the wood. although other very
ancient specimens are to he found in
Arlington Park itself.-Pall-Mall Gazette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
IVORY FROM. SIBERIA,
Mastodons Whose Skeletons Arr
Found in Rivers and Swamps.

Siberia furnishes large quantity OF
ivory to the markets of the world, but
the production of it belongs to another
age and to a species of animal that
does not now exist The ivory is cut
from the tusks of mastodons, whose
skeletons are found frozen in masses
of ice or buried in the mud of Siberian
rivers and swamps. The northern
portion of the country abOunds in ex-
tensive boys, which are called urmans
In these are found the tusks of the
mastodon, from which it is inferred
that these animals lost their lives by
venturing upon surface that would
not bear their weight. OF this region
and it's products DR.. Charles Wenyon
writes:
Even to wild animals these urmans
are forbidden ground. The nimble-
stepping broad-hoofed reindeer can
| sometimes cross them safely in the
summer time, but most other large
animals attempting to do SO would
quickly be engulfed, and this may be a
partial explanation OF the remains of
mammoth and rhinoceros, which are
so abundant and SO widely diffused
-
Siberia.
In thes museum at TObolsk are
numerous specimens of mammoth, and
throughout this region they are by no
means rare. When an ice pack breaks
down a river bank or floods tear up a
frozen marsh or the summer thaw
penetrates a little more deeply than
usual into the ground some of these
antediluvian monsters are very likely
to be exposed.
IN many cases the remains are so
fresh and we'll preserved with their
dark shaggy hair and underwood of
reddish brown, their tufted ears and
long, curved tusks, that all the
aborigines and even some of the
Russian settlers persist in the belief
that they are specimens of animals
| which still live, burrowing under
ground like moles, and which die the
instant they are admitted to the light.
1.-The farther one goes northward the
more abundant do these remains be-
come They are washed up with the
tides upon the Arctic shores, and some
extensive islands off the coast contain
great quantities of fossil ivory and
bones.
"Tusks which have been long or re-
peatedly exposed to the air are brittle
and unserviceable, but those which
have remained buried in the ice retain
the qualities of recent ivory and are
a valuable article of merchandise.
| There is a great market for these
mammoth tusks at Yakutsk, on the
Lena, from which they find their way
to the workshops of European Russia,
and even to the ivory carvers of Can
ton.
Various trinkets and works of art
are the shops and especially at the
museum as mementos of visit 10
this graveyard of the mammoth. One
of the favorite curios very accurately
resembled slices Of Russian bread and
| cheese. But the bread is really a
transverse section of one of the long
bones of a mammoth. and the cheese
piece of ivory from his tusk. The
two joined together were sold at a
price which enabled the ingenious con-
triver to obtain for himself many
times their weight of the homely fare
which they simulated. Youths Com
| panion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23

Governor Hughes is an aristocrat in his
correspondence. When he writes a per-
sonal note from the executive chamber
at Albany he uses the heaviest type of
stationery Of a cream white color, double
page. and 10x7 inches. .wice the size the
average mar has for his personal use.
The seal of the State. embossed in gold.
is stamped ct the head of the paper with
the words Estate of New York. Execu-
tive Chamber. alhany, N. ~" in blue
below, and when the recipient gets the
letter 1t resembles an invitation to a
fashionable wedding or a summons to a
court function."-New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23

Six gates weighing @.0co pounds each
will! he used at the Roosevelt dam in con-
rection with the Salt River project being
erected nv the United States Reclamation
Service. The gates win bear total maxi
mum pressure OF $1,000 pounds.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-01
Lake Tahoe Sinking.

According to recent reports Lake
Tahoe in the Sierras is falling rapid
ly. The lake is situated on the boun.
dary of Nevada and California near
Reno, New. About month ago it
was observed that the waters were
receding. In four weeks time they
had dropped fully six feet. The cause
of the subsistence is a mystery. Two
years ago the waters rose rapidly to
such a height that the surrounding
towns were seriously threatened. The
lake Is very deep, and is situated in
what some believe to be an extinct
volcano. Possibly the mysterious
changes of level may be due to vol
canic action. According to a legend
of the Washoe Indians the waters
once were hurled out of the lake by
some subterranean force and over
whelmed the inhabitants of towns in
the valley to the east.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-01
THE BR1pE.s wELcoME,

What, did you say, my sister sayin?
mo luck comes when the eyes are green"
Take that folly an turn il strayin,
Green is the luckest color seen.
Isn't grass green for the eyes to rest in?
Aren't the trees of the same sweet hue?
Mind you this, when she starts her jestin,
I'd love you less if your eyes blue
What my little brother shoutin'?
Hair that 'ud match red cows tail"
I'll be with him an stop his houtin
With kind little word from the tip of a fail
You, with your hair where the sunshine ranges,
Like the autumn light the beechen track,
Is it would be wantin changes?
I'd love you less If your hair black.
What my poor old mother croakin?
=" Never COW and hens but few"
Widows, Cushla, is provokin',
'Iis often all that they've left to DO.
She with her lame back there at her knittn',
Angry with pain. and sad to lie old
Mind you this, when she starts her twttin',
Id love you less were you hung with gold
Alice Fleming in The Acat
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-01
Strong Upon Him.

Miss Mathilda Owens hung upon
the arm OF the editor Of the Laneviile
Bugle, to whom she had been en-
gagged for three years, and endeav-
cred to turn his gaze toward the sky.
Just notice the moon, William!"
she said in melting voice.
AT the usual rates. Matilda, |
shall be happy to do So" he replied.
--Yovth'- Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-01
True Charity.

Every good act is charity. Giving
water to the thirsty is charity. Re-
moving stones and thorns from the
road is charity. Exhorting your fell
low men to virtuous deeds is charity.
Putting a wanderer in the right path
is charity. A mans true wealth is
the good he does in this world. When
he dies mortals will ask what prop
erty has he left behind him, but an
gels will inquire, What good deeds
hast thou sent before thee?"-Mo-
hammed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-01

Shepherds believe the wool On a
Sleeps back is an unfailing barome-
ter. The curlier the wool the fiuer
will be the weather.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-01

No goods can be landed in Turkey
which bear trademark at all re-
senbling a crescent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-01

The union movement is beginning
to make rapid strides among the
farm laborers in Ireland.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-01
Under The CHERRY BLOSSOM,
BY f. HADLAND DAVIS.


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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29

pUnquestionaibly one of the dramat-
ic events of the season is Mr. Ed
mund Carroll in a complete produc-
tion of Mr. Walker Wa:sesi les
greatest comedy success We Are
King by Lieut.. Gordon Kean. auth
Of of ''rhe Magic Melody Mr..
0rroDl and company will aprea:' in
tits city on election night anl the
4m'pany selected for him by man.
8er A. w. Cross is said to be Il
lost Capable one. "We Are King
..plete with clever iialogue. That
the scenic arrangements, cosi,ning
'"hearsals and all preliminary de
tails received Mr. Whiteside's r&2
soma! attention in New York. is a
guarantee If - cir perfdction Both
the pres; AMI the public Fave re-
ceived the production most cordial
ly. Mr.. Carroll has been greeted
with crowded houses wherever he
has made his appearance Curtain
rises $3.50 sharp. Nh. Edmund Cur
no lhas scored agreat hit in Mr.
Walkers delightful comedy eve A.re
King" The press and pubic have
been most generous to Mr.. Carol
and his excellent company.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29
SPLENDID Theatricals At tr a t 10 n

mana gers have not given Mr.. Carroll
a mace with the greatest exponents
of tho art. We Are King abounds
in refined humor that is almost in
imitable, and yet there are flashes
of the most beautiful sentiment ever
penned by playwright. Only once
does it afford an opportunity for a
display of the actual limt of Mr..
Carrots ability, but that is sufficient
to show that he is capable of hand
ling the heaviest work on the Amer
lean stag e Mr.. Carroll has good
support all through and the play is
handsomely staged.
Curtain Rises $3.50.
A strong company of Ilayers un-
der the management of Mr.. A. w.
Cross will present tjhe great sue
cess "We Are King" at Jacobson's
opera house on election night. ss The
part of Hector will 'be portrayed by
Mr.. Edmund Carroll, who supported
Mr.. Walker Whitesde for three saa-
sons, is an actor of exceptional abr
ty, and the supporting company all
that could be desird. :!
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29
An Ode to Swanson

He swore to the voters till
He was red, white and blue,
If they'd make him commissions
Their taxes would be few.
But he seconded Blacks motion
TO help out the 500.
Who did? Why Swanson!
There's been a bee in his bonnet
Since the day he was born'
A bee that keeps buzzing
Noon, night and morn,
'Tis po4ftical bee
That's caused voters to scolnl-
Sccrn whom? Why Swanson!
Back to horse trading
Where his fame first began,
That's ali he's fit for,
This virtuous man
When election is over.
He'll also have RAN"
That's what will happen to Swanson