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Arizona republican., 1914-02-27
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H. Bell, cashier of the Citizens Na- tional bank of Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Arizona republican., 1914-02-27
Data for Tucson

Highest temperature yesterday .... 60 Rain yesterday .................... 0 ROBERT R. BRIGGS,
 Section Director.
Arizona republican., 1914-02-27

Roller Skates. Pinney & Robinson. Advertisement
Arizona republican., 1914-02-27
PHOENIX MARKET

For valley products Prices paid today by WALTER HILL CO.,. wholesale.
Evening star., 1914-11-15

constructed monsters of other days are
arrayed; and there one beholds one OF
the most valued possessions of the mu-
seum-the skeleton of dinosaur in
the posture of death. Skull, vertebrae,
legs, even portions of the mighty dor
sal fin, are there. Mirrors, arranged un-
der the skeleton. enable the spectator
to view it from all angles.
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From the bones which are there the
archeologists were able to reconstruct
exactly the creature as it appeared in
life Only the color of its hide battles
them The spinal column of the mon
ster skeleton is SO perfect that one
may visualize the creature even with
out the aid of the huge image which
stands nearby.
In discussing the wonderland called
Mammal Hall, one cannot conclude
without paying respects to the two
giraffes in the Roosevelt collection.
These tall, ungainly animals are not
inclosed in glass, as are most OF the
animals, but stand within small rail-
ing, where they tower above the other
animals Entering the room given over
to the Roosevelt exhibit. the visitor is
fairly startled by the lifelike appear
ance of these beasts.
These are a few of the specimens
picked at random from a faunal wilder
ness One may spend days in Mammal
Hall and continue to find something
that was not seen before.
Evening star., 1914-11-15
OLSTERING UP ARGUMENTS
WITH NAMES OF THE GREAT

it has been written that he died literally
of starvation. Gluck found his greatest
appreciation and reward among a people
to whom he was a foreigner, and this,
too, was the history of Mendelssohn and
Meyerbeer Handel. it would seem.
found greater appreciation in England
than in the land of his birth. and per-
haps it is safe to say that the same
was true in the case of Haydn.
Beethoven was not amply recognized
till after he was dead and the whole
world came to a realization of his genius,
and the life of Wagner was steady and
constant struggle for adequate recogni-
ton which was never accorded him dur
ing his life.
ut has always seemed a strange thing
to me that the men who were the best
friends of Wagner were quickest to
know that he was great and gave him
his best practical reward were either
reference to King Ludwig, who killed
himself in Starnberger See, near Mu-
mich, and Nietsche, who died in ali
asylum for insane.
Il mention these names quite at ran
dom, but it seems to me that it is the
general rule for great men to be recog-
niZed great long after they have
passed beyond all possibility of enjoy
ing public favor, and this is especially
true of men who have been great in
the arts. The fault that 1 point out is
not the fault of any particular coun-
try or people. 1t seems to be a gen.
eral fault of nations
Evening star., 1914-11-15
The Power of Silence.

TN painting the sacrifice of Iphigenia
the artist, it has been said. exhaust
ed the emotions of grief and horror in
the faces of the bystanders.
He has left nothing unsaid How can
he depict her fathers sorrow?" was
the anxious query of those friends
who were watching the development of
the picture. The artist threw man
tie over Agamemnon's face. The blank
silence was more effective than any
pictured woe.
One of the most extraordinary ef-
fects produced by absolute silence is
recorded in the reports of a convention
in which the foremost men of Virginia
took part. John Randolph had a meas
ure to carry in which he looked for the
opposition of Alexander Campbell, a
man then noted for his scholarship and
power in debate.
Randolph had never seen the Scotch
logician, but he had heard enough of
him to make him and his partisans un-
easy. When, therefore, the gaunt
stranger first rose to speak in the con-
vention Randolph looked at him with
such an air of alarm as to attract the
attention of the whole convention' ana
as he glanced around seemed TO De
asking for sympathy in his coming de-
feat. He then composed hin1seii u
listen with close attention.
Campbell, aware of TINS py-piay,
hesitated and lost the thread OF ms
argument Randolph's face by turns
as he listened. expressed weariness' IN
difference and finally contempt he
leaned back and yawned: CamppelI sas u
down hastily. He had lost the wnoie
force of his speech. Not Word hau
been spoken. but he was deteateo.
Evening star., 1914-11-15
A Cutlery Salute.

DISCIPLINE aboard men-of-war be-
- longing to tropical countries is not
as strict as that obtaining on the YES
sells of colder countries. In fact, in
some instances it is very lax.
The Defense, a Haitian naval vessel,
was lying in the harbor of Port au
Prince. One day mess cook, for some
reason, cleaned about a peck of knives
and forks on .he gun deck, and, being
suddenly called away, and not wishing
to spend time to go to the galley, he
seized the messpot full of knives and
forks and stuck it in the muzzle of the
ten-inch gun. putting the hampton in
after 1t. About an hour afterward the
admiral came aboard. and, as the gun
was loaded with blank cartridge, they
used 1T to fire Il salute.
II happened that the gun was aimed
toward the town, and almost point
blank at the Grand Hotel. The guests
assembled on the porch to witness the
ceremonies, when they were saluted
with rain of knives and forks, which
stuck against the wooden walls like
qullls on a porcupine. Fortunately, no
one was hurt, although there were
many narrow escapes.
Evening star., 1914-11-15
Costly Method.

NDREW CARNEGIE, in recent IN
n terview on peace, said to ne"
York reporter:
"a lad of twenty killed a man ana
woman in Serajevo. All Europe Is no"
fighting to avenge this wrong. Eng
land alone is spending $4,000 a min
ute, according to Sidney Weop, on gun
powder.
We'll. this is such an expensive way
to avenge a wrong that it reminds me
of the man at the banquet.
"A man entered the cloakroom, at the
end of the banquet. and began to Smash
in silk hat after silk hat.
'"'Hold on. boss! Wot fo' yo' smash
in all dem high hats? demanded the
attendant.
I'm looking for my own the gem
tleman answered. It's an opera hat
collapsible. you know. None OF these
seem to be it"
Evening star., 1914-11-15

the oceans have been explored to the
depth of 5000 fathoms for uncanny
fish. which no one believed could live
at that depth.
Most of the remarkably unreal crea-
lures are in the reptilian section of
mammal hall. or in that portion of the
building where the fish are exhibited.
The Mississippi snapper is one of the
first of the creatures to attract the at
tention of the visitor. The specimen
in the Smithsonian-the largest of it's
species ever recorded-appears to be a
cross between turtle and an alli-
gator. with the turtle strain predomi-
mating. In color it is a yellowiSh
brown. The head, comparatively small
TO be attached to such a tremendous
neck, is shaped something like a par
rot's with powerful beak, the crea-
ture's principal weapon of attack and
defense. The neck is long and leathery
in appearance
Next comes the shell-covered body
Unlike the turtle. the snapper does not
withdraw into the shell, which is an
armor more than a haven Of refuge.
The she'll is covered with pointed pro-
iections as though studded with spikes.
The hindquarters of the snapper pos
sess tail of considerably more pre-
tensions than that of the ordinary tur-
tie. Indeed, to the layman, 1t bears
Evening star., 1914-11-15

litions ani hr,omrs mttpH'l. NluaH.
Like the blue shlmssra. ths Tfstios, 10
monkey it 49, amasinu ari'aiurs ~
humnnttN.
when ~" iaAidrtuIst rr.psf,-I tlbs
er"up and he did "a splendid inh h-
allowed hts =cns' ~ iumor a nttie
plhN. one large monkey ia slttiuu hlnh
above IN. Others. with - lrEs ,r"aa"H,
trudlng, lt- long pointed prohuH. Do |H
pointed hish. higniN fairly o".'s
from A.
below him. two monkeys arr sstius
toward the ground Their "Npt"HSl"u
reminds one Of the look which vom'r
over the face OF tn. chroul, idi"f ~ h~
pauses before = stalled AUTOMOBILE"
They seem TO b. saying IN Interested
tones:
Il wonder what is going to happen
next
Although their appearance - f"r
more human than that ci aus 9th
monkeys in the museum zoulogl'fl
collection. their intelligence - not 81"
great as that of the anthropoid ape.
according to the statements of natural
lists. Hence. II is stated. they ar" fur
ther removed from man than III"
gorilla.
Across the aisle from these monkeys
the taxidermists have arranged an
other interesting group--i pair or
orangoutangs in combat They are cling
ing to tree branches while female.
with a young ape holding to her. Is
gazing at them affrightedly from
neighborinR limb. one of the males
has gripped the forearm of the other
and is earnestly biting the finger OF
his opponent.
The figures are so realistic that one
fairly hears the howl of rage and pain
that comes from the wide-opencd
mouth of the bitten animal
Not the least interesting is the little
armadillo group, realistically arranged
in n nearby cage.
Reverting from the present to the
dim and distant past once more. the
visitor goes to the hall where the re-
Evening star., 1914-11-15

the American hob becomes a creature
of refinement. A hog will eat-nobody
will deny that. A hog may be accused,
with safety, of being hearty eater.
but no man living can say that hog
even a hungry hog-can at a single
sitting swallow three times his own
bulk. And that is what the great swal-
lower does.
Under the body where the stomach
of the ordinary fish is located the
great swallower has an elastic paunch.
which will swell and swell ad inf1ni-
tum. When feeding time comes the
great swallower picks out its prey and
assails it savagely. In a short time the
swallowing begins. Nothing can stop
the voracity of the great swallower
but the completion of the meal-and
that means the disappearance of the
victim. head, fins and tail.
Scientists at the museum explain that
the word Swallowing" does not ade-
quately describe the action of the
great swallower. What it does, they
explain, 1t to draw itself over the body
Evening star., 1914-11-15
ATREs OF LAND AND SEA I'm COLLECTION AT NATIONAL MUSEUM

water aud seeks ita prey with IN. aid
Of the long. rod-lik. psriHcopic device
that protrudes from the front ~ the
head. Their. are number OF other
creatures OF the deep In this colle"-
lion, all of them worthy OF indiN idual
conside ration because of their strange
ness.
In an unobtrusive corner OF large
glass case is one OF the most remark
able specimens in the whole collection.
The tautara, a little reptile living in
New Zealond. is the direct descendant
of prehistoric monsters whose restored
remains are found from time to time
rhis little creature might be a small
model of some great saurian. 1t has
a uueerly shaped head. with small
eyes, a body tapering gradually to
long tail The neck Is well developed
and the head rather large. The most
remarkable feature of the tautara is
the strange serrated vertebra SO IRE
ouently found in the monsters that
lived when the world was young When
the first white settlers reached New
Zealand they found 1t overrun with
these little creatures Now they are
rare.
The iguana, squatting in froglike
fashion. has a place near the tautara
1t is highly priced by the people OF the
West Indies as an article OF food. After
looking at the specimen in the museum
one comes to the conclusion that II
eating iguana one would prefer not to
view II until it has been prepared Tor
the table.
Departing for a moment from the
reptiles, descending a single flight OF
stairs and walking past the Roose 'elt
collection, the visitor comes across an
other curious sight. In large cage,
which Is realistically decorated with
leaves and branches one beholds a
Evening star., 1914-11-15

this book it was learned that their
belief was that God had become in
carnate II many prophets, even in
some animals: that women were the
embodiment of evil: that the true be-
lever at death becomes a star of
light. while the soul of the infidel re-
turns to earth in the form Of some
animal Some worship the sun, others
the moon, the twilight and the air.
Perhaps the most terrible of all
tribes which profess the Mohammedan
religion is that known as the Ismail-
iyeh. This sect was once a famous
and widely disseminated one, dreaded
in the time when. hundreds of years
ago, they were known as the Assassins.
or adherents of the Old Man of the
Mountains. The principal seat was
among the hills south of the Caspian
sea, in Persia, and there they lived for
years, until Holagou, grandson of
Ghengis Khan, attacked them He al
most exterminated the tribe, yet some
escaped and their descendants today
may be found among the warriors who
will join the war in Europe. Their
history traces back for hundreds of
years into the savage ages. their faith
is abhorrent, and their very name has
given birth to the assassin
Evening star., 1914-11-15
THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY,

absurd in that it is a perfect Carl
cature of human beings one finds every
day on the streets-than the blue
chimaera, which inhabits the north
Atlantic. OF dark, blush color the
fish is absolutely normal until one
comes to the head. Then the amazed
visitor discovers a .Iong inquisitive
nose, well formed upper lip, a small,
pursed mouth and a receding chin.
The specimen shown at the National
Museum seems to be in a reflective
mood, and it's general air is sugges-
tive of slight tendency toward i'm
and vacantly at nothing. No man with
a long-pointed nose and rather full
cheeks can look the blue chimaera in
the face for any length of time with
out sensing a marked diminution of
his ego.
Aside from it's strange head. there Is
little to mark the blue chimaera from
other fishes. The head is enough.
r
Should the visitor turn from this
queer fish in a philosophic mood he has
but to turn to the great swalloWer'-
that is the name the museum gives
and lose himself in contemplation of
the personification of gluttony. The
great swallower was caught off the
cost OF Madeira at a depth of about
900 fathoms. which brings it under the
catalogue of deep sea fish. Its head is
an ugly dragon shaped affair, equipped
with long pointed teeth, or tuSks, IT
one is to be guided by their appear
ance.
Compared with the great swallower.
Evening star., 1914-11-15

[fK n ANY war lessons are being
N learned on the battlefields of
France and Belgium" says a
military surgeon. Some of these les
sons have to do with the killing of men
and some of them have to do with the
saving of life. Since the opening of
the war, because of the constancy and
the extreme bitterness of the fighting.
it has been impossible to give that
prompt care to wounded men which is
necessary to the conservation of life.
Theories have been elaborated and ap-
piled in problems and maneuvers for
the prompt care of the wounded. but in
this matter, as in many other particu-
lars. theories worked out under peace
conditions have gone all awry under
the actual conditions of field service. as
developed in this greatest, costiiest ana
bloodiest of wars.
..yery early in the hostilities there
came well authenticated accounts of
numerous cases of tetanus, or lockjaw.
These accounts were sinister and omin-
GUS They told the story of neglected
battle wounds. Cases or this nature
became so frequent that soon there
came reports of a shortage, or of an
proaching shortage, in the supply of
anti-tetanus serum, and help was IN
vited from neutral countries. or at least
from peaceful countries. England and
France began increasing their output,
and the oversee dominions of the Brit
ish empire were called on for supplies.
4
Recently, in the public prints of the
United States. it has been given out
that the Pasteur Institute In New York
had sent large quantities of anti
tetanus serum abroad, and that the di-
rector Of that institution, with three
or four other physicians. Americans,
had gone to France to give what aid
and comfort they may to the victims
of the battlefield. 1t was published
that the director will take with him
large quantities of the anti-tetanus
serum because reports he has received
from the war zone indicate that there
is great dearth of this serum. and
the dangers Of wounded men contract
ing tetanus are very great ana lncreas-
ing every day because OF the necessarily
large number of wounded men VINO can
not be treated at once upon the pattte-
fields.
"Close upon the heels Of the news of
the too frequent occurrence OF tetanus
came tidings Of the prevalence OF gan
creme. additional testimony that wound
ed men, because of the terrific condi-
tions Of warfare. have not been
promptly succored and treated. But on
top of that news comes information.
which, if not too hopeful tells of one of
the great discoveries of the age for
the correction of a great human i'll. 1t
has been announced that the microbe
which causes gangrene to develop IN
bullet and shrapnel or shell wounds
has been discovered by James Scarlett
and Georges Desjardins Of the Ameri-
can ambulance service. and that pre-
viously. initial cultures being impure,
scientists came to the belief that gan
creme was caused not by a single germ,
but by combination of germs. The
news. which comes from Paris. tells
that after a period Of research and ex-
periments on horses and guinea pigs.
a single bacillus was discovered and
isolated, and that the serum is now be-
ing prepared by DR.. Henri Weinberg OK
Evening star., 1914-11-15


European contest there en-
M ter upon the scene of the
w modern battlefield of the
Caucasian the strange fig
ures of ancient tribes of white-robed
and turbaned men from the lands of
the Arabian Nights. scenes of romance
and mystery. And some of these troops
who must face the perfection of the
newest Krupp are from the wilds in
which the pastoral life lived thousands
of years ago by Abraham is still the
daily existence of the people.
To Turkey belongs the domination
of that vast region in Asia which pro-
fesses the Mohammedan religian,
large part of which embraces Arabia
and takes in Syria. The Arabic race,
though the least known to the world
and the least progressive, is the most
widely dispersed of any branch of the
human family, occupying an area
which covers million square miles.
large part of Arabia is desert, but
there are beautiful mountains. fertile
valleys and rich tablelands, famed for
their products. While many Arabians
live in villages. the larger part of the
nation exists in tents, mostly living a
spend their time smoking and riding.
while the women do the drudgery.
4
Perhaps the best known of the tribes
likely to carry the crescent is that of
the Bedouins. They have negro slaves
who care for the camels, but the
steeds for which the tribe is famous
live in the tents of the masters and
are cherished as are the children For
a horse to have a strain of Arabian
blood In his veins is to have what 10
regarded as the greatest value tb.
world can give. And these riders
though clothed in long white, fiowine
robes, are expert horsemen, dar;pg
fighters and likely to prove a unioue
cavalry in the eyes of the white mon
in Europe.
Another tribe which is even more
unique than the Bedouins is tina, of
the Druzes, which in 1876 was about
a hundred thousand strong and had
the chief seat at Lebanon. Their wor
ship Is one of the oldest the world
has ever seen, for they have for 6oa
years kept up the homage of their an
cestors. revering. in spite of bitterest
persecution, one of the most licentioms
and maddest tyrants the race ever pro-
duced.
This object of their worship is Ali
the husband of Mohammed's daughter
Fatima, who many years after the
prophets death was raised to the honor
of being his successor as head of the
church. Some Of the Moslems got the
idea that, while Mohemmed was the
prophet of God, Ali was the vicar
of the Most High. and that in his fam
lily resided the divine essence A de-
scendant Of his by the name of
Hakem became caliph, and. though
already a Mohammedan. he started a
new religion. with himself the visi-
BILE incarnation of the Most High God.
The creed spread and probably exists
today in secret in many mountains Of
southern Lebanon. The natives are
frank and kind in their manner and
live on peaceful terms with any Chris
Evening star., 1914-11-15

Stuffed and Mounted
Freaks of the Animal
World Attract Atten-
ton From Nisitors-In
the Reptilian Section.
Fish That Eat Five
Times Their Weight
at One Meal - The
Giant Salamander of
Japan-The Proboscis
Monkeys.
Evening star., 1914-11-15
He Knew.

IOHN X. pREAEL, discussing his de-
tention in Germany. said:
THE kaiser has forbidden the Ger
man troops to drink, the car has for
bidden drink to the Russian troops and
France mas stopped the sale of abb
sinthe.
The war, instead of relaxing tenn
perance morality, has stiffened it. In
this stiffening effect the war isn't like
BlancS case.
"A ragman knocked at Blanc's door.
ANY old rags or bones, sir?' he
sad.
No. Go on away, said Blanc. My
wife's gone south for the winter
The ragman beamed.
81 give 8 cents apiece for empty bot
ties, SIR he whispered"
Evening star., 1914-11-15

1t is not. however, one of the poison
Gus reptiles. Normally the salamander
moves slowly on it's stumpy and un-
gainly legs.
Perhaps the most ridiculous of all
the creatures is the goby. two speci-
mems of which are on exhibition in a
little creatures-they are about half
a foot long-bear a resemblance to a
malformed and hopelessly pessimistic
frog.
They have a roundish head, with a
round mouth, which gives them an air
of being continually astonished at
something, and pair of big staring
eyes. The body is shaped something
like that of seal, although the skin
is more like the skin of frog than
anything else. The f1ippers and the
Evening star., 1914-11-15

ton neighbors. OF late they have made
some advances in civilization
In northern Syria is to be found
strange people called the MeteWalies,
who are also worshipers of An, but
are said to resembele the Semitic race.
Their religious rule forbids them inter
course with folk of another faith, TO
allow any stranger of different sect
to enter their house, eat in their pres
ence. or even touch an article or their
goods. While the Turks have perse.
cuted this sect the Moslem ruler Will
have no objection to calling ON them
for aid for the army, though tneir
habit is more that of the wolf, to sunk
about for plunder rather than hght III
the open.
The Nusairiyeh tribe lives in the
mountains around the northeast corner
of the Mediterranean sea- yet Is little
known in Europe It's religion and
the past of the sect are all kept a pro-
found secret by the members.
1t was not until the year 1876" tha'
anything was printed that gave 'he
least clue to their history, and from
Evening star., 1914-11-15

Their head man. who was called
THE Old Man of the Mountain" was
revered as the vicar of God. and his
followers obeyed his word implicitly
Murder was their favorite pastime.
They once established themselves to
the number of 10000 among the noun
tains of Lebanon and proved strong
foe to the Crusader.