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tend to the upbringing of her off,
spring. Twins are a bad omen, and
among some Of the tribes 1t has been
customary to tie them to a tree and
permit them to perish.
Sickness is supposed to be a punish
ment inflicted by the spirits Of the
dead. Dreams afford a medium
through which the spirits OF the dead
communicate with the living. The
Atayal and Paiwan groups believe the
virgin forests to be the abode OF the
spirits of their ancestors, and on this
account trees within certain desig-
mated areas are never disturbed. Old
men and women have supernatural!
powers Of the kind usually attributed
to witches, and for this reason they
perform the religious rites for the
tribe.
Spirits of dead persons other than
ancestors are dangerous and possibly
m~alevolent. The Atayal consider that
the ghosts of their forbears will not
be satisfied unless q human head is
part Of the offering made at ceremo-
malls. Likewise In the case of a dis
pute between two persons the spirits
Of his ancestors will guide and pro-
tect the one whose cause is just, SO
that he may obtain the first head and
thereby win. z,4
The soil of Formosa is exceedingly
rich, and nowhere is a finer quality Of
tea produced. The eastern half OF the
island Is covered with jungle. in
which grows the valuable creeper
known as rattan. But the most prec-
ious vegetable product Is, camphor.
which Is the resin Of a tree that grows
to huge size. sometimes attaining a
diameter Of twelve feet. -.
The only way to get the camphor Is
to chop the tree Into chips, which are
subjected to q crude process eUfe~dfE
tillation, the vapor, when condensed,
being deposited in crystals onfbamboo
screens. This is crude Fcamphor,
which comes to market in wooden
tubs. It is refined by redistillation-
At the present time Japan exports
about 5000, 900 pounds Of camphor
annually, one-fourth Of 1t being ship
ped to the United States. 1t used to
be refined in Europe and America, but
now the Japanese refine their own
Compton and ship the finished pro-
duct. .-v-
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they should be extended at the rate Of,
three per cent, and would permit such
an agreement to be stamped upon tho
face of the bonds, why, then, the
bonds would not be- liable to immedi-
ate redemption.
.al "Now. you know the banks, must
have government bonds in order to
have circulation and the bankers,
quick to see that ! had them, fairly
tumbled over one another in their
eagerness to have their five per cent
bonds extended at three per cent, or.
at a rate one-half of one per cent
lower than they could have obtained
had they not frightened President
Hayes into vetoing the bill authoriz-
ing the treasury department to refund
the five per cent. with three and a
half per cent. bonds. .sr
at was truly laughable, and. do you
know, practically all Of the five per
cent. bonds were refunded in this
manner, and all because of that hap
by chance thought of mine. And asia
finishing touch to the complete rout OF
the bankers, congress, at its next ses-
sion, passed a law forbidding the
banks to surrender currency In excess
OF, three million dollars a month. The
banks could no longer dump their cir
culation into the United States treas
ury in order to 'frighten the govern
ment into letting them have their
way" ffcJh1"3nta .oo5t : - 13.,ti
Copyright. 1910. by E. j. Edwards.)
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Often Irritable and Swayed by Pas
sion, He could Be Courteous and
&Tender.Aearted on ocea-
elon.

"As a( member OF the stan Of Gem
George c. Meade, l came to know full
we'll that at times-in fact, a great
deal of.the time be displayed a most
peppery DISPOSITION to~alr with whom
he came in contact, so that many OF
the generals, Of the sArmyAof the Po-
tomas aid mot Bsrsonalk AXE their
superior" once said to me the late
Gen. George H. Sharpe, who. after the
war, was more or less prominent for
years in national politics In the east
But 1 am going to tell you of a little
incident that will give you some in
sight of the true Meade that lay UNI
derneath the Goa of irritation that he
SO otter wore.
After the Army Of the Potomac had
taken up winter quarters along the
banks of the James river in the latter
part of 1864, there appeared at head
quarters one day two E~nglishmen who
were recognized authorities in British
military circles. They carried a let
ter from Lord Lyons. then British
minister at Washington. In It the
minister explained that its bearers
were friends of his, that they had
come, to this country for the special
purpose Of studying the movements Of
the Army of the Potomac, and that be
Lord Lyons-would take it az q high
personal favor If such assistance as
was reasonable and proper should be
given to them in their study.
Gen Grant received the two
strangers very ~courteously. told them
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05
NEW WAY TO WASH CLOTHES
An Ingenious Australian Cleaner
Works on the Principle Of a
Coffee PercoIator.

The ingenuity of ar Australian In
ventor has applied the principles OF
the steam coffee %percolator to a wash
ing machine, much to the delight OF
the housewife of the South Seas. says
Vice-Consul Henry B. Baker in a re.
port to the bureau Of manufactures.
The device has been exhibited In
Melbourne and consists Of a copper
cone which is placed in the wash
boiler. The steam forces the soapy
water through the apex in the same
way as in the coffee pe%rcolator and the
roces goes on until the linen ID
spotless. It Is said to save hard work
and wear on fine fabrics.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05
Doctor Armltage Helped Cardinal NC
cIoskey Refute FaIsehood Con-
corning Site Of St. Patrick's -
Cathedral.

One of the worlds noted modern
cathedrals is st. Patrick's, In New
York. Much has been written about
It In the years that 1t has been built,
but, If l mistake not, the story has
hitherto remained unpublished OF
how a widespre e regarding Its
site led to the c, ting OF an IN
innate friendship letween the first
American cardinal, NRt. Rev. John
McCloskey, and the late Rev. Or.
Armitage, who, during the many years
that he was pastor of the New York
city church where John D. Rockefeller
worships, was regarded as the leading
Baptist clergyman in the United
States. received the story from DR..
Armitage's own lips shortly after he
had been plunged into grief by the
death of the cardinal
Cardinal McClosksy and l were
on friendly terms before he was ele-
waited to the c~ardinalate, and while he
was still archbishop Of New York."
said Doctor Armitage. AT that
time there was a widespread ru-
-A ~ ~. -I MA
NOR to the effect that the site OF st.
Patrick's cathedral had been given
free of cost by the city to the cathe-
dral authorities by acme trick OF the
Tammany Hall crowd. 1t was q ru'
NOR without the slightest foundation
in fact, but 1t kept spreading. q
many people believed 1t, to the great
worry of the archbishop, who n day
confessed his inability, apparently. to
do anything to down the lie. AT that
time / got an idea and proceeded to
+ explain it to the archbishop.
"T was educated as a lawyer l
said and, In fact j practised .
year or two, ago before ] abandoned
the bar for the pulpit. In my
lawyer days j was regarded as
quite skillful in searching real
estate titles NOV. II you wish
It. I will go to the office Of the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05
Like the Pestiferous Sparrow, This
Import Also Has Become
Pest.

From Memorial day to the Fourth
of July the large white daisies in some
form, dwarf or ~tail-growing varieties.
are found in abundance. decorating
the unimproved grounds of suburban
country seats, and yet proving a daily
annoyance to farmers throughout the
hills and valleys of eastern Pennsyl-
yania, according to a correspondent
of the Philadelphia Record. No soon
er are the large daisies gone for the
a than the little ox-eyes and the
other white and yellow blooms with
dark centers, known as July and Au-
gust daisies. and only ordinations
of delight and rapture are heard from
the appreciative youngsters who are
"out a~-daisying."
While the daisies have been well
known both In censure and praise for
many, many summers, 1t is only very
recently that the responsibility OF
their introduction into this country
has been credibly fixed. Horsham
township is declared to be the offend
ing community, and Sir William
Keith, first lieutenant governor OF
Pennsylvania. the individual who
brought 1.-The flower weed" over from
England.
It has been a mystery to many
Pennsylvanians, where the daisies
are the thickest and their history evf-
IDENTIFY the most familiar. as to why
they have become known in the past
as park weeds" The reason is ex-
planned when their source Of intro
duction Is taken into consideration.
They received the name from Graeme
Park, the Montgomery county home
of Governor Keith.
Since the historic Keith mansion
has been In ruin and even the ancient
trees and shrubbery in its famous
dooryard have largely died out. the
p~rofusion of daisies surrounding the
old home have been the most brilliant
monument to the days of colonial gov
eminent in provincial Pennsylvania.
The old ruin Of q mansion house
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05
William Wlndom's Story Of the Way
In Which He Routed F~inanclers
Who Were Selfish and
G%raspinq. a

About a year before William Win
dom. who had been United States sen
ator from Minnesota and secretary Of
the treasury In President Garfield's
cabinet, returned to public life at the
head of the treasury department In
President Harrison's first cabinet In
1889. I met him in the Office of a com
mon friend. BY chance the conyersa-
ton turned upon some Of the Incl
dents associated with Mr.. WINDOWS
brief service in General Garfield's
cabinet. [tlFfH ira e3e3 NJ
Senator" I said, II have always
been anxious to know how 1t happen
ed that you hit upon the precise plan
by which you COMPOUNDED and put to
rout many of the great banks and
bankers of the United States In the
late spring of 1887"
The senator laughed heartily,
"Why," he said, that plan was due
entirely to one of those curious
chances, these accidental discoveries,
out of which sometimes great triumphs
come. Att 1aa
"You may remember that the con-
gress which sat in the last months Of
President Hays's administration pass
ed an act authorizing the secretary of
the treasury to. refund avery large
issue of bonds which bore five per
cent. interest with a new issue bear
ing only three and a half per cent. It
was legislation that caused the bank
ers of the country to be very much put
out. They wanted the refunding. bonds
to bear at least four per cent Inter
est and, II possible, four and a half
per cent, and because they did not
get what they wanted they began TO
surrender circulation in very large
amounts, so large, in fact, that there
was danger Of a great stringency In
the money market. AS l now recall 1t,
they surrendered about thirty millions
of circulation In the course of four or
five weeks, and the situation was
made. all tha.more serious by the ap-
parent intention OF, the bankers TO sell
the goveramentb bonds which had been
returned to them byl the treasury
when they surrendered circulation.
Consequently, President Hayes. not de-
string to have the money! market
greatly upset andqthe bonds, probably
deprecated, vetoed the refundingf bill,
and great was the Joy. of the bankers.
who felt that they had won the VIC
tory.
"a few weeks later, when I became
secretary of the treasury, n OF the
important matters that speedily came
before. me was those five per cent.
bonds. The government would soon
have the option Of redeeming them,
vet l knew that this would not be
e~xpedient, and that meant, evidently,
that we would have to continue pay
ing interest on them at the rate of FIVE
per cent -5ti kslt
We'll, one evening, as l was walk
ing back and forth wondering what
could do in my dilemma, with CON
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05

also contains much gold. 1t should be
added that the Atayal tattoo their
faces very deliberately, and build Gle
CANT huts of bamboo, over the door
ways Of which are hung as trophies
the skulls Of wild boars and apes. and
sometimes those Of Japanese and
Chinamen-the latter with pigtails
still picturesquely attached.
They make bags Of a peculiar net
work expressly to carry human heads.
One chief, when captured and about
to be executed, said: Il have no fear
OF death, I have taken ninety-four
heads and wanted only six more to
make the hundred"
History tells us that the S~paniards
took possession Of Formosa In the
year 1926. They were expelled by the
Dutch in 1912. Nineteen years later a
Chinese pirate chief named Koxinga
drove out the Dutch and proclaimed
himself king Of the island. but in 1882
the Chinese dethroned his successor,
and Formosa remained a province Of
the Middle Kingdom up to the war be-
tween China and Japan, asa result
of which 1t passed into the possession
OF the Mikado's empire. =
A glance at the map will show that
Formosa Is really the northermost isl.
and of the group which we call the
Philippines, being situated only q
short distance to the north OF Luzon.
It's wild people are undoubtedly OF
Malay origin. But its earliest inhabi-
tAnts were black dwarfs, belonging to
the same race as the pigmy negritos
who still survive in small numbers In
Luzon. Many of their skeletons have
been found in the mountainous inte-
.rfor, and 1t Is reasonable to suppose
that they were exterminated by the
savages who now occupy their terri.
AS already stated. these savages
have. never. been subdued. From an
chronological point of view, they are
more than ordinarily interesting.
Their garb ranges from nudity to gay.
colored garments Of their W weav-
ing, made from the f1bers Of banana
and ramie. The women are kindly
treated and have equal rights with the
men. But If a wife loses her husband
after the birth of a child she Is not al
lowed to marry again, the idea being
that her business thereafter is to at
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05
DAISY CAME FROM ENGLAND

Oong preserved in memory Of Sir
William Keith and the gay life here
of the dashing, pleasure loving lieu
tenant governor) has Of late become
known as "the home Of the daisy"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05
TEE a

! r e N years
had been allow.
ed. under the
plan EN- ::
plated, Tor wip-
ing out or paci-
Ms1tSTarsSpI
sa. But now It
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05
Def Hand.

The Widow-Oh, Mr.. Smip :. yoa.fl
never make me believe that.
The Candidate said I had never
loved q woman till now; not that no
woman ever loved me; course. I
wouldn't say anything % stupid an
that.-rhrone and Country.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05
Too Much Company

Have you yer loved before?"
asked the coy maid.
YES" yawned the worldly yotns
man, "but-er-never before a chap.
eron, two small brothers and 81 pet
bulldog" a 2 KS 4 5
And then she suggested q trip down
the old road to see the starA
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-05

Is to be accomplished In
side Of q itwelyemonth, and
the Japanese government
has made a special. appro-
priation Of $7,175,000 to
pay the military expenses.
This is on account OF
the camphor business. Un-
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-04-28
Mountain Park School

The Mountain Park public
school will hold its closing exer-
cises on Friday. A very inter.
esting program of exercises has
been prepared. Prof. j. NJ.
Helm, principal of the La Luz
scho0ls, will make the address
to the graduating class. Prof.
Helm is deeply interested in
in school work, and has been for
a number of years. He will
very likely make q most inter.
esting and instructive talk.
The Mountain Park school has
been very successfully conducted
this session, under the direction
of Prof. l.. Z. Farris, principal
and Miss Lizzie Anderson, as.
sistant. 1t is to be hoped that
both Of these efficient teachers
will remain next session.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-04-28

The report ~ finding oil indica-
tions in the artesian well at
Camp City has caused vast deal
pf excitement throughout south
western Texas aud the entire ter
ritory of New Mexico. Here in
AIamogur,lu. whore people we're
able IL make frequent visits To
the well. aud to keep close tab "n
developments. there ha. been no
great furry or excItement. The
major part Of the excitement
abroad has been due u exagger.
afed and over,irawn reports made
by several of the daily newspa-
pers. Those reports were nearly
all published under All Alamo
gor,lo date line. but there were
many for whirh Alamogordo was
not responsible. In some instan-
ces the reports appear to have
been faxed outright, aud in 9th
er instances were handsomely EN-
larged and beautifully colored
until they had the lurid glare Of
some great gusher aflame.
That oil Indications have been
nbseved. and that the indica-
tiOns are bona file, are generally
conceded as facts. During the
rush aud excitement, many ex'
perienced oil men have visited
the scene. Some have not been
much impressed, while other:
who have had just a. wide ex'
pArience, have been favorably
| impressed and have taken step,
to have the Development work
carried forward. Z. A. Mayo,
who has had charge of the might
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-04-28
Depot Changes

There is to be some little shift
ing around Of the Office force at
the depot, on account of the re-
signation of J. Z. Hei,ler, oper-
ator and clerk. W. j. Davis tn
begin working the first trick
A. G. Carlson, now on third trick,
will be promoted to the second
trick. Chas. X. Fox, who resign.
ed his position some months ago,
has returned to the service and
will be assigned to the third
trick. He arrived in AlAmogordc
Monday night.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-04-28
April Billiards

Under date of April "A and 20
the press dispatches reported
severely cold weather, accom-
panied by sleet and snow
throughout the middle west, and
extending far into the south.
Snow was reported as far south
as Selma, Ala, Columbus, Miss,
and Columbus, Ga.
One newspaper characterizes
this cold spell as the south'S
most disastrous setback since
the civil war. In many districts
almost the entire cotton crop has
been killed, and an adequate
supply Of seed for replanting is
not available. The cotton seed
mills have been appealed to IA
turn over their supply Of seed
to the planters. One mill at
Columbus, Ca, has placed its
entire supply at the demand OF
the planters, at the enormous
price of one dollar a bushel.
1t is too early yet to make any
estimates as to the total amount
of loss, but the aggregate will
run into many millions of dollars.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-04-28
CAMP CRY OIL INDICATIONS
CAUSE MUCH EXCITEMENT
Oil Bubbles In Well Which was Drilled
for Artesian Water


drilling force since the beginning
81 the work. declares that he has
brought in eushers whore the
lndirations were less favorabl, I:
and on the contrary. with con
dltions even more favorable,
has found nothing. Oil indica-
tion- are present. but just how
mu"h oil may he developed. il
more than any one knows. tn
Indications are sufficient tn war
rant much more development
work.
Thousands of acres have been
:il"d upon, radiating in every
direction frnm tie we'll. OF ths
many hundreds of claims filed,
only ~ have recorded thus far.
Those which have been recorded
represent people from FL Paso,
Las Cruces, Tucumcari, Waugh ,
Alamognrdo, La Luz, Pinion, and
Camp City. In addition to those
ella ms radiating from the we'll at
Camp CI,y filings have been
made toward the " hite Sands,
to- the north Of Alamogordo, and
up in La Luz Canon.
Several papers have contained
reports that companies were be-
ing formed in various towns and
cities, for the purpose of puttiLe
down additional wells. These
reports are probably well found
ed, anil The News sincerely
hopes they are true. Extensive
development work might be pro-
ductive of untold good to OterC
county, and to the people whC
make the investment, as we'll.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-04-28
Mountain Fruit Not Killed

The News published the state
ment last week that practically
all the fruit in the Mountain
Park district had been killed Ly
the late freeze. That statement
was made in good faith, and the
basis for it was furnished by on
orchard owner Of that district.
IL seems now that the discourag-
ing reports we're made too early.
just after the freeze, everyone
did seem to fear that the fruit
had all been killed. 1t appears
now that only the peach crop has
been killed. Apples and pears
will make q fair crop. TBE NEws
is very glad indeed to be able 10
make this correction.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-04-28
Max Rides Pony

Max Ogden was down town
Wednesday, riding the beautiful
Shetland pony which he won in
the Saturday Evening Post sales
contest which recently closed.
AlamogordO will receive consid-
erable publicity Of a favorable
sort, ON account of the winning
of this pony. The publishers of
the Post have written to him as
follows: Have the best photo
grapher in Alamogordo make a
picture of you with tn, pony out
fit aud draw on us for amount.
We want il to use in some Of
our advertising matter" II he
is fortunate enough to win the
automobile, Alamogordo will
receive ten times as much pub
licity. Buy Posts and Journals
You get your moneys worth, and
at the same time help Max 20 ta
college, and besides advertise
Alamogordo. Killing three birds
with one stone. It's q good game.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-04-28
Notice Of Meeting

The Alamo Business Mems
Club will hold its regular month.
ly meeting at the club rooms on
Tuesday night, May B. Import
ant matters ought to be discuss.
ed, and it is earnestly desired
that all members be present,
This club can be made one OF
the big factors in the develop.
ment Of Alamogordo and OterC
county. The hearty co.opera.
tion Of the members il required tc
10 that
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-04-28
CIoudcrof Work Begins

Work has been commenced on
the new resort at Cloudcroft. A
carload Of outfit was shipped in
this week by Frank Powers, the
contractor. Work on the found
alton excavation is now under
way. As fast as possible the
material will he shipped to
Cloudcroft. and as soon as the
actual building work is begun,
It will be carried forward with
out delay.