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Evening star., 1912-10-06

do Mr.. Polar Bears home is way up
north on ice and rocks, and he gets his
food out of the water He dives through
the water after fish, and he can swim
ever so far in the cold water that sur
rounds his home. The captain of a big
ship that sailed up in tht Arctic ocean
found big white polar bear swimming
forty miles from shore, and with ice
in sight to rest on. They often live on
great blocks of ice called ice floes. and
sometimes pieces of this ice break off
and carry the bears for miles and miles
in the ocean.
But don't they get cold. Mr.. Dream
Man. living up there on the ice?'
Well. you see, Bobbe, old Mother Ma
ture has given them nice. warm white
cloak that keeps them from freezing and
looks so much like the ice and snow from
a distance that oftentimes their enemies
can't see them. Unlike all other kinds of
bears, their feet are covered with title
hairs that keep them warm and prevent
their slipping on the ice. Mr.. Bear eats
fish and seals and birds and their eggs
and sometimes little berries, when he can
find them. He is about the biggest of all
the bears. for. when grown-up bear
stands on his hind feet he is tall as
the tallest man you've ever seen.
-'rll bet he could lick Il lion Bobbie
said. Were there any lions there, Mr..
Dream Man.
Yes, and wolves and deer and all sorts
of rabbits. oh, there was a big family
of animals. too. with four feet and horns
and you have seen a picture of one of
them many times in the cartoons in the
paper"
Were they cows" questioned Bobbie.
trying SO hard to think of all the ami
mails that had four legs and horns.
Not COWS, Bobbie, but animals that
people call moose
'Oh, the bull moose" Bobbie cried.
And We're they fighting the elephant and
the donkey like the old moose always
does i'll the paper?
No. these moose looked very happy,
and they were eating twigs and leaves.
One big moose was ever SO tall, taller
than a horse. for his legs We're very long.
His neck was short and thick, Bobbie,
and so. having such long legs, he couldn't
very well reach the grass and leaves on
the ground. This is SO of all moose. Bob
bic. and they eat, most Of the time. the
Evening star., 1912-10-06

HE anniversary of
Americas diScoV-
cry 10 years ago.
re c urr ing again
this week, calls to
mind the develop
mentS of the year
which tend to clear
up some of the
moot q ue 6 [ j o n S
[ n a I : u I O u n q
Chr. .Stopher Column
bus during his life
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4 X
Old Spanish histories reveal beyond
question that both the family of Colon
and that of Fontorrossa were Jewish.
But three years before Columbus sailed
for the west the Spanish records show
the death, through the inquisition. Of
three Jews evidently near relatives of
Columbus.
The record states: Among those who
We're led to the great Auto-de-fe at Tar
raSona. on July IS, 14Sl, clothed in the
garb of penitents, were AndreaS Colon,
his wife Blanca and his mother-in-law.
Francisco Colon. They all confessed that
they had observed the rites, ceremonies
and holidays of the Jews"
That he was a Jew at heart. if not
wholly in lineage, is clearly shown
from the books he was accustomed to
read; from the character of those with
whom he associated, and who made 1t
possible for him to make his discoveries:
from his own literary style, which has
often been noted akin to that of the
Hebrew prophets, and finally from the
strange delusion, seldom If ever correct
ly Interpreted. which came to possess
him in his declining days, that he was
the discoverer of Paradise and forerunner
Evening star., 1912-10-06

EOUR Hundred and Twen-
L ty Years After the Dis
covery of America Historians
Are Establishing the Facts
That Columbus Was a Jew
Declare He Was Born in
Spain and His Remains Are
Assuredly in Santo Domingo
His Real Name Not Colum-
bus-Interesting Historical
Finds"
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dow and was seated on his
pillow.
It's been a lonesome time for Dream
people as well a. for Washington boys,
for only p,rown-ups have called at the
Dreamlacd of All Countries this week"
repiiti the little fellow shaking his head
lie really looked So sad as he sat there
holding his funny little round bald head
in his hands and only his tiny feet show
ing below the big cloak he always wore
that Bobbie sighed
There" exclaimed the Dream Man.
slapping his knee so suddenly that Bob
bic jumped, Il had forgotten the two
little boys who came one day last week
through all the rain TO see the wonders
of my home. OF course, though. they
didn't know i lived there"
But did they know il was the Dream
and of All Countries Bobbie asked.
sitting up in bed he Was SO interested in
these two boys.
No, they only called il the Old Ma
t.onal Museum, but they were bright boys.
and they found ever so many things TO
and talk about. There. / was fast
asleep. for even Wise Dream Men sleep
in the old cannon that stands among
some other things around the fountain in
the center OF the building, when some
one put a hand on the gun" added the
Dream Man, propping his chin in his
hands and gazing out the window. Bob
bic snuggled down in mis- pillow. for he
knew that there was a story coming
Yes somebody hit my old cannon"
continued the Dream Man. and then I
heard a voice say Gee, you better not do
that: they'n put you out If YOU touch the
things.
Evening star., 1912-10-06

life or even the one which he attached
to some of his earlier contracts and was
rather far frcm his actual name, peo-
those times The name signed to the
original contract with Ferdinand and
Isabella was Cristoval Colon. There is
an abundance Of evidence that the dis
coverers real name was Colon.
Through a knowledge of the parentage
of Bartholomew Columbus. Senior de la
Riega has been able to establish that of
the discoverer. So it is discovered that
Domingo Colon was the father and SUI
Sanna FontOrrosSa the mother. This
couple. together with many other rela-
lives of both family names, lived long in
the prosperous seaport town of Pontc-
vedra. in Lusitania, which lies just above
Portugal on the west coast of Spain.
There they were trading people of some
Importance, and the records of town and
rrovince show many entries in which
these names figure.
Columbus himself furnishes a prettier
sentimental proof of his boyhood resi-
dence in this part of Spain. for the names
of the landmarks of Pontevedra he plant
ed wherever he made discoveries. San
Salvador the name of the first land
sighted in America, was the name of the
parish in which his parents lived. He
called Cuba Juana, after Juana de Colon
Evening star., 1912-10-06

and some that have followed him into the
grave.
During the past year there has ap-
peared in Spain historian, Senor Celso
Garcia de la Riega. who has produced
proof that the diScoveTer was not from
Genoa. as he claimed but first saw the
Sht of day in the town of Pontevedra,
situated in Lusitania Spain
Evening star., 1912-10-06

Il am so glad. Mr. Dream Man. but tell
me some more about the animals that
those fellows saw. Were there any bears?"
Bobbie asked.
We'll, / should say So Bobbie," replied
the Dream Man; there We're big grizzly
bears, and little cinnamon bears, and big
white polar bear. III bet that old fell
low could lick a lion one of the boys
said when he saw the polar bear"
And could he. Mr.. Dream Man," Bob
bic asked. wishing he could see lion
and polar bear fight
A polar bear is pretty strong, Bobbie
but the country he lives in is so different
from that where lions are found that he
learns TO Go things that a lion couldn't
Evening star., 1912-10-06

II know said another voice. but
jus; wanted to h.t this old cannon be-
cause ii was used down in the Mexican
wal
oh. was it?' asked the first little
boy-for I had crawled out of the cam
non. BObbie. and there i saw two boys.
But. gee, that isn't anything continued
Evening star., 1912-10-06

Then appears Prof. Hyland G. Kirk,
student anu philosopher of this city with
equally inControVertibte proofs that Co.
lumbus was jew, and through this
Evening star., 1912-10-06

the first little boy: they have lots of
things here from the revolution.
Yes. I've seen the uniforms and the
swords and the big picture of the soldiers
marching. said the second boy
oh. / don't like that picture ex-
claimed the first boy; they're all old
Yankees. anyway. but one of 'em looks
Ike Gen. Lee. Father saws I'm sure
enough southerner because every time l
go hy that statue of Gen. Lee over in the
Capitol ! take my hat off. But come on
lets go over and look at the ships
Then we all went to the big room full
OF all sorts of ships. Bobbie. for ] sat on
the first little boys shoulder" continued
the Dream. Man. There We're ships of
all kinds. and as wandered around the
Dreamland of All Countries we saw aero
planes and funny little steam engines
that We're made like the first locomotives
ever invented. Finally we came to a
room filled with animals"
Were they real live animals?" asked
Bobb.e, sitting up in bed
Not live ones Bobbie. but they were
at one time. only after they were killed
a man called "a taxidermist stuffed their
skins and made them look so natural
that any boy might expect them to move
while he looking at them
Gee, / should like to see them all Mr..
Dream Man" Bobbie exclaimed. tine AMI
mafs and the aeroplanes and the ships -
And YOU shall Bobbie; the Iirst
clear night when the stars are shining
YOU shall put on the magic coat, and
We'll fly to the place that the srown-ups
call the National Museum" promised the
Dream Man.
Evening star., 1912-10-06

II. I've been 50 lonesome
these rainy days. exclaimed
Bob5ie, after the Wise Dream
man had flown in the win
dow and was seated on his
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06
CLIMB TACOMA PEAK
Five Men Make Discoveries in
Rainier National Park.
Two Members Of the Party Barely
Miss Death on Rocks at the Bot
tom Of Ice Slldes-craw
over IL Glaciers.

Tacoma, Wash.-Five mountain
climbers. headed by Prof. J. B. Flett
Of the Tacoma high school. have com
pleted an exploration trip around the
peak of Mount Tacoma, in Rainier Ma
tional park. Two of the climbers
barely missed death on the rocks at
the bottom of steep snow and Ice
slides. A hitherto unknown route
around this, the most massive and
highest mountain peak in the United
States, was followed, and unmarked
glaciers were crossed and unnamed
peaks scaled. The complete circle Of
the mountain was made in seven days.
Seventeen glaciers were crossed and
the explorers dipped into almost Inn
penetrable canyons and assembled al
most perpendicular walls of snow and
Ice to cross ridges that before had
been the awe of all mountain climb
ers.
In the party weree Prof. ]. B. Flett,
c. A. Barnes, Jr, mountain photog-
rapher; Percy Raleigh, j. H. Weer
and Calvin Philips, Jr
First, Philips, climbing up a so per
cent. grade snow slope, slipped and
slid downward with terrific speed to-
ward huge jutting rocks and wide,
open-mouthed crevasses in the packed
ice. At the speed at which he was
sliding, to have hit one of these rocks
would have meant the breaking of
every bone in his body. The crevasses
were huge cracks of unknown depth
in the packed ice, and to have fallen
into one would have meant sure death
On the very brink of this danger Phil
fps succeeded in so righting himself
that he could gouge into the ice with
his alpine stick, and thereby stop his
flight.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06
PRAIRIE FIRES IN RUSSIA

progress. So appalling was the speed
with which the fire rolled over the dry
and yellow grass that the peasants
had quickly to concert measures for
saving just their own lives from de-
struction. Feverish activity prevailed
in all the villages until the tongues
OF fame which came on nearer and
nearer with uneanny swiftness ap-
peared on the horizon.
Swept forward by the rushing wind.
sparks from the coniiagration kindled
in advance another fire, which In a
short time enVeloped 10000 acres OF
grazing ground. Swifter and swifter
before the wind dashed on the wall
of fiery waves. Enormous pillars OF
flame shot up into the air. The sue.
ton was SO strong that slabs of turf
and burning branches were hurled
high up into the air and thrown far
away.
Men and cattle were hard put to II
to save themselves Their least dan
ger was Of being scorched by the fiery
breath which swept on ahead Of the
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06

There are only six rooms in the plan
as designed, but the rooms are all
large. If an eight-room house is want
ed in the years to come, the only thing
necessary is to add a wing at the
back similar to the one In front, and
make two rooms that can be reached
without any Objectionable features
and with no alteration in the original
plan except the cutting Of two doors.
1t is not desirable, as a general
thing, to build a house smaller than
you really want, with the expectation
of making It larger afterwards; but
there are a great many different exist
ing circumstances, and changes in
families are continually taking place.
1t is customary, under certain condi'
lions, to build a house larger than
necessary, and to leave some rooms
unfinished to save expense at the time
Of building; but 1t is quite unusual to
select a plan with the expectation Of
making alterations. In fact, 1t usual
ly is very undesirable to do so.
One feature about this plan thai
will strike everybody favorably is the
possibility Of building 1t for about
$1,000. In these times of advancing
prices, no one expects much Of a
house for any such price. A man
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06
Profitable Recreation.

The sand bin, the slide, the CLAN
stride, the horizontal bar, indoor
baseball diamonds (for boys and for
girls), courts for volley ball and
thether ball, running track and jump
ing pit, and a skating rink where the
climate permits; these are some Of
the desirable features of an up-to-
date school playground as planned by
Mr.. Henry 8. Curtis in a bulletin just
issued by the United States Bureau of
Education Mr.. Curtis shows how
the attitude of the public has changed
in the last ten years. since the great
play movement burst upon US. The
typical school playground used to be
as bare and forbidding as a prison
the modern spirit requires that II
shall be roomy, inviting, well cared for
open at all times to the children. and
equipped with every safe means for
enjoyable, profitable play.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06
FINDS BURIED LOOT

Good Lawd, we'se all struck 1t
rich" said one negro. "What'll We"
But Patterson had his presence of
darted down the steps and out of the
door. BY the time his companions
had recovered and followed he was
out of sight. Through Saturday night
and Sunday the farm hand guarded
the pot of gold. Not even his wife
was permitted to know how much it
contained.
IF Yancey don't know how much
is in 1t, he won't know how much to
sue for" said Patterson.
Monday morning a man walked into
the Bank of Yates, a small town near
the Yancey ranch. He carried a heavy
package under his coat. After recov-
ering from his surprise. w. H. Stark.
the cashier counted out the thousands
in gold coin.
Much of 1t was in Mexican money
of 1881. How much the total was has
not been given out by the finder or
the banker That it exceeded $4,000
has been admitted That it might run
as high as $4,000 or $4,000 has been
reported.
Although the law gives the treasure
to the owner of the property, Yancey
said he was willing to divide with the
finder The two men probably will
divide the sum equally.
The theory that Bill Anderson. g
noted desperate of the Civil war pc
riod, hid the treasure while stopping
at the place when it was used as an
inn, has been advanced.
Anderson spent the night at the inr
two nights after banks at Huntsville
and other towns had been robbed Of
$4,000 or $4,000. He was killed neal
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06
Flight Of the Peasants Before the
Rapidly Spreading Flames In
Cars Country.

st. Petersburg Midsummer in
Russia has been ushered in by a great
epidemic of fires on the steppes. the
Hamburger Nachrichten reports.
The intense dryness of the season
has spread the fires over huge area.
One Of the most dreadful fires that
the Russian steppes have ever seen
ragged tow days ago in the province
OF Turgai ON the other side of the
Ural mountains. and to the northeast
OF the Caspian. On these steppes
vast seas of grass stretch to the no
rizon, raised only by shrubs OF the
wild cherry and dwarf almond on the
hillside or by clumps of NORWOOD
when the soil is clayey. Herds of cat
tie and horses Craze on the plains,
1t was early in the morning when
mighty clouds OF smoke suddenly rose
up from the steppes. a sure sign to
the Inhabitants that g IRE was IN
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06
WHITE ANTS DESTROY BOOKS
In India All Valuable Papers Are
Kept In Dust Tight Cabinets to
Protect Them.

London.-The ravages of the white
ant among books and papers in India
have become so serious that the gov
eminent has appointed an entomolo-
gist. T. B. Fletcher, to make an ex-
haustive study Of the insect. There
are, it is stated, five kinds of insect
that ruin office records in India, the
white ant, fish bug, water bug, cock
roach and borer. There is no way of
preventing ravages by these enemies
except keeping all records in dust
tight steel cabinets and bookcases.
The white ants reduce an entire book,
binding and leaves, to dust; the fish
bug eats holes In the records, while
the water bug and cockroach expend
their energies on bindings The borer
starts in at one side of book and
bores directly through, coming out at
the other side The white ant COM
pletely destroys any book 1t attacks.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06
Farm Hand Discovers Can of
Gold in Missouri.
Wycke Patterson FIees With Fortune
secreted by Civil War Bandit
Refuses to Tell Amount-May
Share With His Employer.

Liberty, Mo-One stroke of the pick
made Wycke Patterson, a farm hand,
rich beyond his fondest expectations
when he struck pot of gold con-
cealed in the wall of an old building
which he was helping to raze on the
farm of his employer near Huntsville,
Mo. A notice of the discovery of the
treasure was received here by c. E..
Yancey, owner of the place.
How the farm hands quick wit en-
abled him to make away with the
thousands in gold before the eyes of
seven helpers was told in the mes
sage.
The old building, used before the
Civil war as an inn, had long been an
eyesore on the big mule ranch owned
by the Yancey family. A force OF
workmen under the direction Of Pat
terson began tearing down the ruins
last week.
After removing stone casing In the
Eecond story, Patterson struck some
thing that gave out sharp metallic
sound. Two white laborers and FIVE
negroes crowded about him as he dug
into the masonry and found a sealed
pot. One blow knocked off the lid
and the group gazed upon the vessel
filled with gold pieces
Jaws dropped and eyes opened.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06

In the winter time. There are, how
ever, a few principles that were work
ed into those early habitations that
we cannot get away from, and we do
not want to. One is the open-air free
dom, the light and cheerful setting Of
trees and clearing, and the open fire
place, the cheerful warmth of which
still fingers in our hearts as a heri-
tage from primeval days.
As this house is 80 feet wide and
the projections at the roof gables are
extra, II needs considerable room. The
law has decided that you must not
hang your roof over your neighbor's
ground, so It would be impossible to
put this house on a narrow-minded
city lot. If you want to build on this
plan, you must have room enough &c
look out in every direction.
There is another advantage in {
plan of this kind. and that is the posi-
bility of extending 1t at the bacl
without interfering with the origina
plan. Some houses may be enlarged
when the family increases, while 9th
er plans cannot be altered withou
tearing the whole house to pieces
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06

Weer, on the second day out, lost
his footing and slid 600 yards down a
similar ice slope at the speed of a
racing automobile. Big rocky crags
jutted out at the bottom of the slope.
All that saved him from dashing on
these was the heavy pack on his back
catching on some smaller rocks that
barely showed above the surface Of
the ice This broke his fall, righted
him and by spreading out fiat and dig
ging into the ice he succeeded in saw
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06

furnace. Women and children who
sank helpless to the ground were
dragged along by the other villagers,
for only hasty flight was now of any
avail. But even this would not have
saved them had not lake lain in
their path. into which they all rushed.
wading in as far as they could with
out drowning.
Imagine then, hundreds Of persons
standing in the waters up to their
shoulders, while all around them
masses Of flames ran along the banks
and sent out Pickering tongues over
the water In their direction. baffled
/ In their thirst for victims.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
subject of building, for the readers OF this
paper On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer he
is without doubt the highest authority
on all these subjects Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. IT'S West
jackson boulevard Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
The house here illustrated is built
on a plan that many might say be
longs to the "old school," but 1t has
a good deal to recommend 1t. Those
who appreciate plenty of light and air
like to have rooms built on this plan.
because they can have all the win
dows they want, and have them 80
placed that sunlight can penetrate into
every room.
The first houses, built when the
country was new to white folks, we're
square or nearly so. Then, as more
room was needed, they were extended
in one direction, keeping generally to
one room in width. When the limit
in this form was reached, some bright,
intelligent fellow branched off at
right angles, and built a room on the
side of his house. This must have
been considered a great innovation, as
well as a great invention; and so 1t
was, for it has been handed down from
one generation to the next, and we
still find the idea worth adopting.
There is no record Of the original
house built on this plan; so we do not
know whether it had an upstairs OIL
not; but there is a good second story
to this house, and there is also a good
cellar-another feature that the origi
nal architect didn't understand. 1t II
necessary to hike" back to those
good old times" when luxuries ap
preached closely to what we call pri
vations, in order to appreciate wha
we now have.
We could live as the early pioneers
did, in one-room houses built with al
ak; but we should rather not do l
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06
Low Wages for LaoemakInq.

The handmade lace industry is i'm.
portant in Belgium. but has been in.
jured by the advent Of the machine.
made product. There are about $4,000
women, mostly working women, in
East and West Flanders. peasants in
the country districts. who produce
lace valued at about $4.S25,O yearly,
The wages of these workers are only
20 to 80 cents day.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06
IRISH STAYING AT HOME
Government Statistics Cited to Show
Failing of Of Emigration From
the Emerald Isle,

Boston.-Statistics compiled here
from British government sources show
that emigration from Ireland has de-
clined notably in the last few years.
The population of the island shows a
decrease during the period from 1901
to 1911 of only IL per cent. compared
with 90 per cent in the preceding
decade.