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The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Jack Frost in St. PETERSBURG

fort, ridding myself of the three. men who, as
II nothing had happened, quietly walked off
down the street, did you not see what those
fellows were doing to mee"
What were they doing!''
Why they were scrubbing my face with
handsful OF snow! Do you think such practi-
cal Joking is in good taste, especially in such
weather this?
:But, my dear sir, they were doing you a
great service replied my new acquaintance,
looking !nas me straight in the face.
1T seems to me your nose was freezing"
Good .gracious!" cried, putting my hand
to that feature.
"Sir." said passer-by at this moment to
the the officer; Sir, | beg your pardon, but your
Much obliged to you, SIR" replied my com.
panion, as if he had been informed of the
most every-da occurrence. STOPPING down
for hin,self the same service that I had re-. e.
ceived from the poor sledge driver whom had
treated SO roughly in return for his good ma
g. You iS, mean, then, that if it had not been
You wonld have lost your nose"
Then, excuse me one moment"
AND set OH at full speed after my sledge drv-
er,who, thinking that wanted to demolsh him
is naturally more fleet of foot than gratitude
it is probable that should never have caught
my man, but that the bystanders, seeing him
aying and me in hot pursuit took him for a
thief, and stopped his way. Coming up I found
him holding forth with great voluDilty, and
protesting that his only crime had been an en-
cess OF philanthropy. Ten roubles which |. put
in his hand explained my pursuit of him. The
sledge driver kissed my hand, and man stand.
ing BY. who spoke French, advised Inc, in fu-
ture, to take better care of my nose-an un-
necessary piece OF advice, for from that mo-
ment, until found myself safe at home, +
never once lost sight of it.
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doc wife must never speak to her husband in
public; when on journey she must walk sew
eral PAGES behind him; must never, except on
Their marriage day, eat with him; and on
that day, as the marriage procession marches
through the street, she must support the train
OF her husbands dress.
In one OF the Hindoos' sacred books il ia
written. by girl, or by young woman. or
by woman advanced in years. nothing must
oe done. even in her own dwelling place, ac.
cording to her mere pleasure, and a husband
must be revered as god by vrtuous wife. -
H. others OF them the following wicked pas.
sages occur: "Women's sin is greater than
that OF man; women are they who have an
aversion to good works; women have hunger
twofold more than men. cunning fourfold.
violence skiold, and evil design eightfod'
Let wife, who wishes to perform sacred
ablution, wash the feet of her lord (husbapd)
and drink the water; for her lord to n wife
is greater than Vishnu (the name of n Hipdoo
god: her husband is her god, priest and re-
hgon.'
With such teaching can it be wondered at
that women occupy the position they do in
India! Thousands upon thousands of them
are shut up in their houses and never allowed
to pass the threshold, nor to hold commmica-
ton with any one but their own husbands or
their families;, they have received no educa.
ton, can neither read nor write; and while
the lower castles spend their time in attend
ing to their children and cooking food for
their hus bands, the higher castes mostly spend
1t in eating sweetmeats and in frivolous con.
vcrsation.
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How Do Animals of the Plains Get Water {?

Surely, if they are holding their own near
city so old, their speedy disappearance
from more recently settled sections need not
be anticipated. They may change the loca-
tions of their towns and do SO frequently,
when much harassed, or when their burrows
become badly infested with vermin, but they
do not retire appreciably before the march Of
civilization.
Now. how do these creatures ,ge. water'
An idea has extensively prevailed that they
sink communal wells, and thus supply them
selves when prolonged droughts dry the lake
lets and buffalo "wallows"
i know Of more than one prairie dog town
on waterless plateau, where the wells Of
dred and twenty-five feet deep. In these
towns l have occasionally found large holes,
but no evidence that they extended to any
great depth.
A hole Of from three to FIVE inches in di-
ameter could not be sunk to water there
without raising immense quantities OF earth
to the surface. which would be visible as
mound. No such mounds exist.
In various parts Of New Mexico are found
prairie dog towns on high mesas, where ar
tesian borings have been unsuccessfully made
to depths ranging from eight hundred to elev-
dogs dig to water in such places is prepos-
ferrous.
That other ingenious theory that they store
water against seasons of need in cemented
underground reservoirs seems equally unten-
able
They. could not lead the water to such
reservoirs without trenches, the existence of
which would be visible nor could reservoirs
be excavated without throwing out large
quantities Of earth.
rows are joined by corridors. This has been
shown to be an error in those sections where
irrigation is practiced
In order to rid their lands of the dogs,
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passed unscathed through this time OF
drought. As usual, they were to be seen ev-
erywhere on the plains
The nearest open water at IL time was
small and almost dry alxali lake, five
miles from my residence, and from ten to
twenty miles from the burrows Of many of
these animals.
l made more than one visit to the lake and
scanned its surroundings: The water had
sticky basin Of aka Ii mud. The footprints
of any animals coming there to drink must
have been retained in this mud
Some cattle had strayed thither, and
found one range COW that had been hope
lessly mired for many days. But there were
no rabbit or prairie dog tracks.
l have not spoken OF antelopes in this
connection, and only incidentally Of coyotes.
1t is possible these animals may travel long
distances for water, though my observations
have Se.n't not led me & to believe that h they do
visit the tanks and troughs of farmers and
stockmen, showing that they desire the water
they 80 often unable to get. But this is
not true OF prairie dogs, which go only short
distances from their homes and can be true
only to very limited extent of rabbits and
other small creatures of the plains.
A gentleman Of wide experience, who has
lived for nearly twenty years on the plains,
and has had abundant opportunities for obser-
vation, informed Inc that, though he had fire.
quently found prairie dog, towns on the mar:
gins of small streams and in the vicinity of
water-hlled hollows, he had never yet observ-
ed one Of the animals engaged in drinking.
This Is only Negative proof, if it is proof
at all, and seems to be offset by the WELL
known fact that prairie dogs in captivity do
A consideration of all the known facts APP
pears to show that they use water when they
can get it, but have the ability to do with
out when it Is not to be had.
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"
IL there. Equally as amusing would il
be to spend q day going over the list
of postoffices throughout the coutnry..
2 II we were to meet with some Of their
names in q novel, we would wonder how the
author could ever have imagined anything SO
positively absurd or funny, and yet places
with just such eccentric names really do exist,
and are officially recognized by the Postoffice
Department.
The origin e some of these names is as
singular as are the names themselves. Thus,
some years ago, new town had been incor-
porated in Missouri, and the people sent in
their application for postoffice.
Somehow or other, the name which they
selected was not satisfactory to the Postoffice
Department and the Postmaster General
wrote to the townspe0ple, saying:
Select another name; something not 80
r;.sa psGpaar" pseda 4c,u !,
And Peculiar is the name of the town to-
II all the people have as much of a sense
-of humor as those of Peculiar had, there
will soon be many places called "Short"
throughout the country.
There are already three Shorts, one Shortly
and one Shorter, besides combinations, such
as Short OF, Short Creek Short Beach and
Short Hills. Neither is it likely that the
variety has been exhausted.
The Postoffice Department is in favor of
pne-syllable names. The height of brevity
aas certainly been reached in Indiana, which
has postoffice named B, while Tennessee has
pne named A G and another Y z. She
ought also to appropriate the intervening let
.ers Of the alphabet.
Tennessee, in fact. runs to strange and
sometimes meaningless names Thus, it has
Yum Yum, Gabe Gath, Ego, Ken, Notime,
Number One, Andy, Ben, Bob, He, Bud, Gut
and Cute.
The same name is to be found given to
towns in many Of the States. There is a
Canaan in sixteen of them, and there are
three New Yorks, six Cincinnatis. three st.
Louis, four Chicagos and seven Philadelphias
Among monosyllabic offices there are to be
found Arks, Baths, Bays, Bells and Balls,
while combinations have been made, such as
Bay Centre, Ball Play Lone Elm, Lone Jack
Lone Tree, Lone Star Lone Spring, Big Bar,
Big Woods. Big Bug and Big Patch. 5,
Besides having a Peculiar, Missouri has an
Odd; there is Tribulation, and near to it is
Paradise, while Rolling Home is close to Pro-
hibition. There are also Black Jack, a
Blooming Rose, an Arnica and a. JOB, an Adam
and an Eve, Cain and an Abel, a Saints
Store and Saints Rest, three Tariffs, Ere,
Trade and three Projections.
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Tallook
co@TINUED FROM PAGE ONE

ut was the reply had feared. and one Of
grief and pain to me, which 1 can scarcely
describe.
Captain Hannen's statement to me was, in
substance, thus: r.a...
cat about II o'clock on the third morning
Of the great gale, as it was nearing sunrise,
one OF the sailors, who had gone out of the
cavern to the drift heaps tor wood for our
fire, heard dog bark and howl at no very
great distance up the river. Thinking it
might be an Esquimaux team, this sailor and
one OF the others, who still had little
ice, shouting as they hobbed forward Half
a mile farther and the living were saved"
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
copYRroHr BY JAMES BLvsRsoy

COPYRIGHT BY JAMES BLVBRSOy
@HE region known as "the plains" is
/" an empire in extent, with fauna
%say ss sf sss1sfay Z: safay Il IT e. Gxn s..s tas"fa q
~ other sections, notably in the val
leys and on the mesas Of the Rocky
Mountain system.
II Is the natural home Of the grasses known
as Che 1buffalo," gramma, bunch and mes
quite, and the habitat of the antelope, coy
ote, jack rabbit, prairie dog and their con-
geners. As regards rainfall, it Is extremely
variable and at times markedly arid.
A residence Of eight years in the heart Of
this peculiar region made me tolerably famil
lar with the habits Of its animals, and the
question of what they do for water during
periods Of protracted drought has frequently
One Of the most common Of plains animals
Is the prairie dog. He is a CHEEKY, chirruppy
fellow extremely fond Of the society of his
kind, and his towns are looked for by
almost every transcontinen<ai traveller as soon
as the plains are reached. These towns are
often small, covering only few rods, but
frequently are miles in extent.
In Western Texas l once rode for more
than fifty miles through one almost con.
tinuous dog town, and have seen very ex-
tensive ones on the plains Of Kansas and
Colorado.
A recent writer has stated that these inter-
esting little animals are disappearing 30 rap
idly that their fate will soon be that of the
buffalo. but the statement seems without
foundation. \
Il have seen rather large towns holding
"c;ties. in pite Of the constant raids Of the
destructive small boy, and very recently I
observed number Of their burrows ON a
small plateau that closely crowds the adobe
suburbs of the ancient city Of Santa Fe.
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~ he would ding many hymn or inno-
cent song, according as he felt in.
ciined. And he had so clear and strong a
voice that the neighbors required no alarm
to wake them in the morning
But this greatly annoyed a rich merchant
who dwelt near him; for he never could sleep
before midnight, owing to his anxious thoughts
about his money. and very carly in the morn
ing he was awakened by this noisy, vexatious
sing-song of his neighbor the weaver.
He reflected how he conld put an end to this
annoyance. He could not forbid it, for sing
ing, like praying and working, is the right Of
every man in his own house, with which no
one can interfere. He must use other means,
then.
He sent for the workman and asked him at
what value he estimated his singing
The workman replied that he thought it
was certainly worth days wages, as it made
the a,, days work itself so easy to him.
The merchant inquired how much that was
The man replied, and it certainly was not
large sum which he named
linen the merchant said he would pay him
a months wages in advance: not for the sing
ing, indeed, but that he should henceforth
he laid down the money ready before him
The weaver thought to himself it could not
possibly be easier earned; so he took the
money and promised that he would be as still
as mouse in his workshop.
Wnen ne got home with the money he
~ ih'i VI JOg anu IHey were all
good new coins-more money than he had
eyer possessed at once in his life before. In
the evening, before he went to sleep, he gazed
at his treasure for nearly an hour; and at
night he put it under his pillow, lest a thief
should steal any of it. At midnight he stili
ha mad L1, it in his head, and thought about what
ne should do with it. And in the morning
when ne arose it seemed to weigh down ali
ms ms limbs like lead-his head was weary with
yng awake so anxiously, his hands were
ice. '@'i usual Ser''
An! and he dared not sing!
!. lime passed away slowly and tediously. so
that he could scarcely endure the day Mean.
while he had been thinking the matter over.
ana mad come to conclusion: for the man
VINO stood at eight that evening in the mer.
chaEt aG! oiilce was the weaver
OH, with your PERMISSION" he said "bere
sUH ss',i % nave your money back again; it is an
quietly" amy me 10 sleep
- ana l,, before the merchant could say a word
IN reply the weaver was already outside thn
oo0r anq singing, with a clear, full voice: "
fresh and merry heart
IS worth more than money or wealth.
lrilrum, tralirum!"
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
The Women of India

II N INDIA woman is looked upon as
quite different creature to what
Ill she is in America; indeed, 1 am
~ sorry to tell you, she is often consid-
cred, amongst the lower castes of
native women especially, as thing which can
be bought, beaten and abused It will sound
crriously to my readers to hear of any person
being bought and sold like piece of mer-
chandise, but such is often the case with the
women of India
The birth of daughter in house is looked
upon as great calamity, and when such an
event happens the parents of the child re-
ceive visits OF coincidence from their friends
and relatives; but, on the other hand, should
a son be born unto them, there is great re-
joicing-a grand dinner is given, and the
mother, is considered to be highly favored by
the gods.
When a daughter is about two years old
she Is sold in marriage to the parents of a
boy of about the same age, but remains at
home until she has attained the age of about
fourteen, when she goes to her husbands
house to live; but should the boy chance to
die after the marriage contract is sealed-say
even at three years old-then the poor little
wife becomes a widow, and is looked upon as
having incurred the wrath of the gods, and so
she is neglected, and often illtreated
One of the most frequent forms of abuse
among the people is, "You father of daugh-
teri" In this respect both the Hindoos and
Mohammedans are alike, and their sacred
books teach them such wickedness. A Hin
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III on foot. ! armed myself from head
III to foot against the cold; wrapped my,
nj sh sen up I'm IN huge huge great-coat OF AstrA.
ears, wound round my neck Cache
mire scarf, and thus ventured out into the
street, having no part Of my person exposed
to the air but the tip of my nose
At first all went well; was astonished to
feel the cold 80 little, and smiled TO myself
at the tales had heard As the two students
on whom called were not at home, 1 set
out on my return home, when fancied that
the passers-by looked at me with some anxiety,
though no one spoke to me. By-and-by a gen.
tieman, perhaps Of a more talkative tHrn than
the rest, sand, as he passed me, "Nofs" (nose).
thought it hardly worth while to stop for
a monosylable, 30 l walked on. At the corner
OF the next street l met a cab driver who
drove his sledge furiously, but great as was
his. his speed. he also thought i necessary to
Finally, as entered the Admiralty Square,
l found myself face to face with sledge
driver, who did not say anything at all, but,
taking up handful of snow, threw himself
upon me, and before could free my arms
from from their numerous wraPpings, he washed my
hard. l did not see tie joke, particularly in
such weather, and getting one hand out of my
packet, ! gave him blow which sent him
spinning. some distance. Two countrymen
passed pa at that moment, and they, having looked
me, and in spite of all l could do held my arms
down while my friend the sledge driver took m
another handful of snow, and. as If determined
to have his joke out, began rubbing as hard
as ever. but II my arms were not free, my
Of some mistake or of some assault, / shouted
Ior neip at the top of my voice. An officer
ran up, and asked me who was ANNOYING me
What, sir!' l cried, with a tremendous ef-
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Little Laughs

"A pater familias was complainino n
Trend OF the conduct of his SON
.I.D lou ought to take him severely to task"
T, the father replied. "What is tbc nse9
- re nstens to none but fools. Do me the favor
Oh speaking to him yourself" '"'''
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Con you think it true Uncle
hbeoIR bs thas every one eats peck of dirt in
Uncle Georgia. peck? Why, that don,t
dg d3egin to % estimate it. We really i've on earth.
,s, Mamma, NM, did the hen burst a dew"
wing 'e cd" broken
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Giving Strange Names

! is both interesting and amusing tc
look over the pages of the directory
of large city and see the strange
names Of people that are to be found
there. Equally as amusing would il
be To apend n day going over the List
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
The Merry Weaver

HERE was once a poor man. a linen
weaver, who sat every day, from
earliest dawn, in his workshop hard
at work; and to pass away the time
he would sing many hymn or inno-
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
COPYRIGHT BY JAMES BLVERsos

NE day made up my mind to 20 out
on foot. i armed myself from head
to foot against the cold; wrapped my.
self up in huge great-coat OF Astra-
khan fur. pulled q fur cap over my
The oasis., 1911-03-18

convictions regarding tariff prin. ciples, it is not conceived that any statesman desires to injure an i'm portant industry, wherefore the more facts the tariff builders have placed before them, the more likely they will be to construct proper tariff schedules. Heretofore the flock masters have had no other opportunity to get before the law makers with their facts, than by representatives before congressional committees. Tn this instance the experts are set to compile informa ton, just as the hearings of the interstate commerce commission are designed to establish the facts in respect railroads, before taking action.
 Mesa Free Press: The first lambs of the imported Persian variety to be sold for eating purposes were purchased yesterday by the Pioneer Independent market from +. T. Pomeroy. They will be placed on sale tomorrow at the shop. These are some of the imported stock with which MT. Pomeroy has taken so many blue ribbons at the terri torial fairs and when the first ani- mals were imported into this coun- try a lamb was given to Teddy" Roosevelt, who had it roasted and declared it the finest meat he had ever eaten. There is limited nun. Der in this country and the Pioneer people feel themselves especially fortunate in being able to secure the first of the Persian breed to be slaughtered in the Salt River val ley.
The oasis., 1911-03-18

ket was good Monday and Tuesday on beef steers, but since then the feeling has been reversed on the steer end of the deal. Killers in. Sist that the trouble is poor dis. tribution of meat in the East Eggs are cheap, hogs and sheep are reasonable in price, and other com moditieS are coming down. The weather is against heavy consump- ton and the coming session of Congress is disturbing business circles little. Activity in mili- tary circles this week has added to the insecure feeling, and on the whole, the feeling at the end of the week is not very optimistic. But cher stuff has been scarce, and is firm last few days. Stockers and feeders are less popular, off l5 to D cents since Wednesday. Top loads of steers here this week sold S6 65, numerous lots at $6.50, and $6.40, bulk at $5.S0 to $630, good to choice heavy COWS $500 to $5.50, heifers up to $625, bulls S4.25 to $5.25, quarantine fed steers $5 40 to $5.80. stock steers $475 to $5.75, feeders $4. 40 to $5. 80. Some feeders sold first of the week at S6O5. Cattle receipts are expected to be fairly good next few weeks, as the holding back policy is believed to have been used to the limit.
 Hogs received here this week 52,000, last week 49,400, same week last year $500. The mar ket has been an up and down affair, with the close to-day lit- tie higher than Monday, top $7.10, bulk of sales $6.90 to $705. The market is , to 10 higher to-day, most gain on heavy hogs. Packers dispositions have improved this week. and yesterday and to-day especially they have ventured an occasional smile, and their
The oasis., 1911-03-18
live Stock Market.

KANSAS CIrY, March 10, I9ll.- Cattle received here this week 32,000 head, last week 2 300, same week last year 32,100. The mar.
The oasis., 1911-03-18

attention could be diverted for moments at a time from hammer. ing the market. They act as though they thought hogs worth present prices.
 Sheep received here this week 42,900, last week 31,300, same week last year 37,000. The mar ket took big uplift unto itself yesterday, and the best prices of the month were paid on every thing, lambs at $6.25, yearlings $5.60, wethers $500, ewes $4.75. The market is steady to-day, lambs at $6 25, and some wethers at the new price of $5.10 to-day. Practi- cally nothing is resting in feed lots around Kansas City to-day though good run is expected in Emporia, tomorrow, from the Arkansas Valley, something like 80 car loads. Run next week should not be excessive.
 J. A. RIcKART. L. $. c.
The oasis., 1911-03-18
FerrOCaniI Union MeSiCanO.
TIME CARD NO. 32.

In effect October 25th, l9l0 Tram No. Leaves Torres Station 7:OOa. m.
 Arrives Prietas Station 500 " Leaves Prietas Station 500 D. m
 Arrives Torres Station 600 All trains connect at Torres on Sonora Rail way, with trains to Nogales, Guaymas and Yaqui River and vice versa.
 Wells, Fargo & CO 8 Express and Telegraph h operation between Minas Prietas and all parts of the World.
 Shortest and best route to Yaqu River Barranca and San Marclal coa Ae ds, SoyopA Sahuaripa, Ores, La Buta, La Dura, San Javier, etc etc.
 Freight can be consigned to F. c. UuiOn Mexican0 to be forwarded by team from Represo station to the above named places. Al goods consigned to railway, are received, forwarded and warehoused free of commission and storage charges. At Minas Prletas depot hacks always ready to make trips to any of the above named points at reasonable rates.
 JOHN SYMONDS,
 General Freight < Passenger Agent.