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Show UTAH DAILY PAGE TWO. STATE FRIDAY, APRIL JOURNAL, 14, 1905. $25.00 PRINCE ALBERT COATS AND VESTS FOR $6.98 $15.00 FROCK COATS AND VESTS FOR $2.98 $1.50 DOZ. LADIES FINE FAST BLACK HOSE FOR at Putnams At the Chicago Salvage Companys Sale between God and the dragon took place became paradise. Thereafter God created all things sun, moon, stars, plants and beasts and finally two human hpings. The man was sent down from heaven and was called Maitumbe, and the woman, Naltergorob, sprang from the bosom of the earth. "God led them into paradise, where they lived an untroubled existence. Of all the fruits therein they might eat by IMPROVEMENT BY PALEFACE ON God's permission; of one tree alone RED MANS SYSTEM. they might not taste. Often God came down to see them, when he climbed a ladder from heaven. But one down PasHuntor Traces Origin to Indian day he was unable for a long time to Thinke It time; Globe-Trottfind them, but finally discovered them Came from Rome. crouching among the bushes. On being asked the meaning of his conduct, replied that they were "It Is a curious thing. said James Maitumbe because ishamed they had eaten of the com"London Neill of the Assurance" forbidden fruit Naltergorob gave me some to trace the of of pany, origin of the fruit, he said, 'and persuaded I was much me to eat It, after she bad eaten some our gambling games. surprised a few summers ago, while of it herself.' Naltergorob sought to excuse hertramping through the forests of the sernorthwest on a shooting and fishing self by saying: The three-heade- d tast-th- e me to came home and said that of find shell to real the the by pent trip, fruit we should become like unto pea game. We stayed a few days with the thee and almighty.' Then was Ngal Indians of the Sac and Fox tribe, and (God) wroth and banished the two were invited one evening to enter a first human beings from paradise. He little game of real cards. Some of our sent Rllegeti. the morning star, to drive party had scooped the Indians of near- inan out of paradise, and to keep ly all their ready money In the white watch thereover." Chicago News. man's proverbial better play, when one of the tribe thought to redeem the MENINGITIS. honor of his people by drawing our attention to what he called the moccasin and ball game. It was a curious The announcement of Health ComDarlington's meningitis modification of the old shell and pea missioner game, and was played by shuffling commission that the mysterious dissome baked balls about the size of ease is now on the decline in this city hickory nuts under overturned moc- relieves for the present what had become an anxious situation. As it Is, casins. "The natural clumsiness of the moc- there, were more than half as many casins made us inclined to bite at the deaths by meningitis during the last game, but really it was attended with fortnight as by the dreaded pneumonia the same disastrous result; as with the and more than half of all the cases neat little shells in the land of the proved fatal She was a member of the Raven clan. The significance of the totem Is obvious. A brown bear, totem of the Kokwonton tribe, to which Yennates father belonged, is under the raven. Below the bear is the figure of an Indian holding a cane, in representation of the womun'i, brother, a noted In ilia n iloctor and sorcerer. This unique genealogy may only be interpreted by a member of the family. The totem poles, sixteen in all, are Iron I mo different trilies living on Prince of Wales island. At an old Indian village called Tuxekan, four were Another was presented to obtained. the commission by Chief Tom," a Thalaglt of Klawack. The very large poles are from the Hydah villages, Sul-waKllnkwan, Onhorklls and Kasaan. All of the poles, together with an enormous dugout war canoe, were loaned by the natives, but must be returned to them at the close of the exposition. The totem pole is as sacred to the Alaskan family as Is the old family Bible to a Caucasian. one. ABE MONUMENTS TO GRO HUED AND MOTLEY TESQUELY CARVED POLES. Totem Poles at Portland Fair Illustrate Curious Beliefs Prevalent Among Natives of Alaska. WHERE DIO SHELL range-appeari- ng prevail among the Indians of the district of Alaska. Such are the totems, the heraldic signs of these natives. Aside from any amusement the totems may afford, as ethrn nological specimens they are of unusual moment; as genealogical records they are without parallel, and as carvings they are strikingly original in both conception and execution. Some are erected as monuments to absurdities of belief, and others as silent eulogies to departed parents or rulers. Alaska offers every Inducement to the ethnological observer. Its people, to most of us, are practically unknown. Research would indicate an the anterior relationship tetween Alaskans and Asiatics. But the natives of this northern district are not idol worshipers. While they have not Improved to any extent in arts and crafts, their advancement morally and intellectually has been especially manifest. Upon the Greek church devolved the task of promulgating the rudimentary teachings of civilisation The among the native Alaskans. Presbyterian faith la fast superseding the former. Together with the Indian schools established by the government, these teachings are gradually bringing the natives to a higher standard of manhood, and are eliminating the various beliefs and superstitions that existed heretofore. Notwithstanding (his, the totem poles remain. They are blessed with eternal interest, and will ever arouse the curiosity of the stranger and invite Tales of their origin interrogation. and significance may be told and retold. The poles will always prove Interesting as specimens of archaic art. They represent merely one of those peculiarities of tradition so characteristic of aborigines. Each tribe of Alaskans adopts an animal, a bird or plant as a sponsor. This la dubbed a "totem." The natives believe that the totem will favor them with divine protection in the way of reciprocating for a manifestation of They do not accept proper respect. the totem ns a deity merely as a protector. Assuming that the hibemator, "Bruin." la thus favored by an Alaskan tribe, his linage is handsomely carved upon divers iwiints are lavpnlea Brlght-hue- d ished upon the effigies. With the Alaskans, it is color or the lack of it us long as the artistic effect is ob talned. Such in the simple philosophy of these northernera They labor un der the delusion that If Bruin" should meet with one of them while on his meanderlngs, he would seek the mem her of another tribe for his offering However, if calamity to Epicurus. should overtake a member of the tribe, it is assumed that he aroused the ire of the totem and received his Just deserts. Like all good people, the Alaskans are not Immortal on earth. Generation succeeds generation. In this manner the appreciation of totems is difThe succeeding generaferentiated. tion may jiosslbly prefer a frog or a bird to a bear. This accounts for the Occasionally a variance in design. to a parent, a erected is departed pole Ao some other or dignitary. chief cnrdlngly the Images are carved on poles and erected amid much merry-ilmaking. The genealogical pole Is lustrated In the exhibit at the exposl tlon. Visitors to the centennial will notice a huge pole, the topmost totem being a This large raven, head downward. to the was by exposition given pole Yonnate, a member of the Talinglt His mother was the honored tribe. 1 well-kno- TEA There is good and bad tea; there is good and bad tea cookery. Which have I? AT AN ENGLISH Elegance of - DRESS OF JUNGLE WOMEN. Costumers Bills Not a Heavy Burden on Husbands. The low caste Siamese of the Jungle have few wants, and live like animals, eating chiefly wild fruits and rice, which they raise In small, cleared spots, wherever they happen to temporarily settle. Like Karens, the Jungle people of Burmah, they are always on the mo"e, and In common with all low c: jte blameae are petty thieves of an In urable propensity. Yet they are obedenl Servile to an unpleasant for white blood. I They manufacture nothing save crudest household necessities and personal ornaments from bamboo. Clothes are of slight consequence. On the Jungle edge they go uncovered, men and women, aLore the waist, the panung reaching within four Inches of the knee; but deep In the Jungle they are practically naked. Their single Implement la a long bladed, butcherlike knife used as a path maker, aa weapon ( together with a wood spear) and Industrially in fashioning out of the ubiquitous bamboo their ornaments, their buckets, their rope, their string, their houses and the food receptacles which take the place of pots and pans and plates. Nearly all of the Jungle folk on both sides of the Slam Burmah line tattoo the thigh, sometimes from knee to hip, more often from the knee to only six Inches above. The design may be a turtle, or the tiger done elaborately, but the one most frequent ly seen, and the simplest Is a sort of a lace or fringe patterns In the middle of the thigh, or Just below the knee, like a garter. The women do not tattoo. believing in beauty unadorned- degree much-dreade- d The Porch. When father built the veranda. He kicked about (lie expense. But ma, she snld: Don't mind it. Ed Don't think of dollars and cents." That autumn Clara was married. It made pa glad as could be, And ma would smile Most all the whilu, Tin proud of that porch," said she. Last summer both Belle and Amy Would race for the porch at night. And all the rest Of ua thought I text To atay Indoors, out of sight. But Belle ran faster than Amy She got her man in July; And Ill commend Tluit porch to Mend A bachelor's oath sky high. Sunday Amy informed us Tluit she nad toM J ninny "yea," And now ua three, fa, ma. and me. Can get on that pori-liI guess. - , Clevi-lund i For- ' mality of the Oceaalon. Much more In England la made of christening than here. Nowadays our English cousins make a social function of what formerly was a purely religious affair; and there Is a large gathering at the church where the ceremony Is performed, and this Is followed by a reception at the home of the chllda parents. The number of sponsors is no longer restricted to two godfathers and one godmother, for a boy, and two godmothers and one godfsther for a girl, but four and even six sponsors appear. Queen Alexandra is often godmother, and her gift to her godchild la generally a pearl and diamond pendant. Other godmothers are giving valuable lace or Jewels, but aometlmea give money Instead, the sum varying from $250 to $25,000. The nurse alwaya rt .aiveo from them a note varying from $5 to $100, or a bit of handsome Jewelry. The reception following the ceremony la a white function, ao far aa decorations and the gown of the childs mother go. The baby Itself Is always beautifully dressed in a slip of white satin or silk, over which is drawn a robe of rich lace. Bridal veils are often draped over the slip instead of a regular robe. Lord and Lady Castlereaghs children were christened In an Irish lace robe, the work of the lacemakers on their Irish estate. Mount Stewart. Lady Dudley had her first child christened draped In the bridal veil she wore at her wedding. leader. UtaH TWENTY-FOURT- (XL H Lumber Oregon 8T. u f Pro Co PHONE 5(1 er CHRISTENING. Bar!smal Robea and Is Open r change, so you should cell end see the SpienJM Poors Just received, as well so a large Iin. of Porch 2 ECOME n, (By Blaine Phillips.) Grouping about the Alaskan building at the Lewis and Clark exposition, opening in Portland June 1, may be and seen a number of motley-hue- d They are grotesquely carved poles. clumsy, bu,t vivid examples of the painter's art and of varied design. Here Is seen nzi awful apology for a man, squatted mpon the head of a cream - colored frog. Below this st amphibian Is seen the effigy of a woman, and so on the figures multiply until the bottom of the pole Is reached. 'Another or these old monuments la crowned with a formidable looking raven. Under this bird of prey is a bear, which alts on the head of a man holding a cane. Each figure has Its particular significance. Collectively they tell a marvelous story of the superstitions and customs which Your Old Front Door to a - 8pc merry-go-roun- was d and race tracks. DECISION Vermont Lawyers Believi That nor Bell Will Not Stay Execution Juno 2. Gover- That Mrs. Mary Rogers, reprieved February, will be hanged on June !, is the belief in legal circles. Governor Bell, who la a civil war veteran and a sturdy descendant of revolutionary stock, la engaged in sugar making on his farm In Walden. The governor la a believer In the old maxim, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." To a World correspondent Governor Bell talked freely concerning his sugar camp. Wtednesday he made 550 pounds of maple sugar. I did it nearly all myself, explained Vermont's chief executive, with almost boyish pride. I dont care to discuss Mrs. Rogers." said Governor Bell to the World representative; 1 outlined my position at the time of the reprieve and have not since undergone any change of In Cerebro-splnmeningitis is an Imperfectly understood Inflammation of the membranes enveloping the brain and the spinal marrow. It Is most feared In poor and closely crowded quarters of great cities, yet In rural Silesia It has been so severe that the peasants have fled from Its ravages, and in New York ft railroad president has died of it In a fashionable hotel. It Is very sudden in its attack and causes excessive suffering. New York will not soon forget the description of the agonies suffered by a poor girl who had contracted meningitis and was wrongfully put In a cell for alcoholism. The disease is doubtless in some manner communicable. Half a century ago cerebro-splnmeningitis was as little known by name as appendicitis, though as "spotted fever" it had done some execution. It appears to be at its worst at the end of a cold winter, when the general average of vitality is at a low ebb. At present Boston and New York are troubled by the disease, but our southern cities, with their milder' climate, have little complaint to make of It. The medical profession Is thoroughly aroused to the danger of meningitis A and diligently seeking remedies. cure as successful as the fresh-ai- r treatment has proved in consumption In diphtheria would or the be Invaluable. New York World. al . rather astonished to hear the In OF SUPREME 60URT WILL BE FINAL. dians say the game had been known In their tribe for over two hundred years, and had originated with them. One of our party improvised some opinion." little wooden cups that did good serIn reprieving Mrs. Rogers, Governor vice for the trim balls, and with some Beil said that the stay was solely to borrowed peas showed the Indians how enable her counsel to bring the case their paiefaced brethren did practically before the May term of the supreme the same trick, which was. of course, court, nd the decision of that court new to them. I am quite convinced would be final so far as the executive the shell and peg game la a Yankee was concerned. Improvement on the Sac and Fox mocT do not believe that the people of casin and clay ball game." Vermont desire that Mary Rogers be "That explanation la all very well for the pioneer west, said Hollis granted a reprieve, said Governor Bell r, to a World representative in February, "but famoua the Conley, a few days before the time set for the won't suit the effete east. It might hanging. I am greatly surprised that pass muster were it nut for the fact the sheriffs of Windsor county came that In my work In archaeology In before me with a .petition. Their misRome last summer, I had this very sion is to execute the laws, and their matter of gambling games thrust peraction is unprecedented and entirely found I under and nose, my sistently out of place. the game of the golden cups,' played Mrs. William J. Blickensderfer of In ancient Rome, was the modern shell Stamford. Conn., who has promised to and pea game. It was copied by the raise the money to defray the coat of Romans from the Greeks, and was althe proceedings before the supreme most identical with the, to many of court next month,., was active when us, painful experiences with the shell Mrs. Rogers' case was before the legispea game of degenerate daya lature. and It is the general opinion "Probably, in the light of your eththat her Influence was potent In causIndian discoveries, the nological French Jesuits, csrrying French and ing a postponement of the execution in Roman seeds of vice in the folds of February. I never In my life met Mrs. Blicktheir garments in the forms of pasensderfer. said Governor Bell today. times of recreation and skill, showed Would you have given her a hearCENTENNIAL NOTE8. your Sacs and Foxes this little game some time In the sixteenth century, ing?" said the governor, "but and the subtle but improvident Indian at the Lewis and as "Certainly, Hit the Trail I said before, I'm not discussing used his moccasins and the little balls exposition opening at Portland, Mrs. Rogers. Come out and see my of earth, which could be obtained no Clark June 1. milking stool. It's- - the finest ever matter where he camped. I suppose made. It has an inlaid seat of 240 the Jesuit game of recreation in time Sites have been selected for the and Is good enough for any ceased to be known as harmless, as pieces village and the Homer Da- governor. New York World. Indian after Indian was fleeced of his Philippinepeasant farm. These will be venport belongings." near the experiment gardens A Disastrous Calamity. "Even your explanation does not located the Grand esplanade. cover the ground. In fact, does not go and It Is a disastrous calamity, when you bnck far enough," said James Horan, The Experimental Gardens at the lose your health, because Indigestion the modern Aristophanes, who knows Lewis and Clark exposition have been snd constipation have sapped it away. ail things. The little shell and pea inasmuch as the remark- Prompt relief esn be had in Dr. abandoned, Kings game is really Indian In origin, but it able demand for exhibit space necessiNew Life PillsT They build up your is East Indian. Several years ago, tated the utilising of this tract for digestive organs, and cure headache, when I was In North India, I saw the , etc. dizziness, colic, ' constipation, shell and pea game in the street. 1 buildings. 25c. Guaranteed at Ogden druggists; thought, as Mr. Neill said, the game Hundreds of magnificent vases have was American in origin, and came been profusely scattered about the from the clever wits of the shrewd grounds of the Lewis and Clark expoYankee at the county fairs. Instead of sition. In these have been placed from the Indians. It seems the In- beautiful palms, which will be in full dians never realised the trick's value bloom by opening day. n ns means of gambling. It is a very old form of amusement among the A test has been made qf all the elecEast Indian nations, and is really of tric lighting effects at the Lewis and Chinese origin. Clark exposition. This proved exceedA very Interesting fact about the and after a few ingly matter is that, in the interests of pure minor satisfactory, details have been attended to k The Only Railway betweea I some sport, showed boys the gam- the exposition will by ready for public (he Missouri River end Chicago. bling propensities of tne American inspection. people, hy describing our manner of It delighted using the little shells. Reports from Wisconsin would Inand umused them very much, and slnre that the legislative body of that dicate them. I am informed, the game is very state Is making haste to reconsider its who fakirs popular among the practice action in killing the Lewis and Clark gambling in the East Indian cities. appropriation bill An alIt is known ns the American game. Bo exposition of $24,000 Is now assured. lotment gentlemen, having been born in St. TjOuIs. you will see (hat a pioneer The enormous Ionic columns for the westerner did give points not only to Oregon State building at the Lewis the effete onst. but to the really very nnd Clark exposition have been placed effete enst. New York Telegraph. The building now prehi position. The Most Loxurleus Train la the World an Imposing appearance. Work sents AN ACCOUNT OF THE FALL. upon all the other state structures Is Compartment and drawing-rooprogressing with much rapidity. sleeping cars, observation cars, dinAmong the Masai, a native tribe In German East Afrlra. Is found the foling cars, and library The great crowds which throng the rs lowing story of the creation, which, Lewis and Clark exposition during the cars, with barber, bath and according to the story of Dr. Emil period have necessl-tae- d Library; entire train electric Reich, they eould not. have got from more turnstiles, which will be Inlighted, through to Chicago without the missionaries. Dr. Reich thinks stalled immediately. Plans ror the perDirect connection for change. that the Christian. Masai and Baby- manent entrances have been prepared, lonian accounts had common origin In and work on thrm will be started Pan! and Minneapolis Arabia. shortly. "In the beginning the earth was n Tickets, mnvaiinm, and fuB waste and barren wilderness in which can ka nktatned fiua Work upon the Hungarian chadra C. A. Walker, General Asenl. there dwelt a dragon alone. Then God at the Lewis nnd Clark exposition hasj mine down from heaven, fought with commenced. The structure is situated Chicago & the dragon nnd vanquished It. By, From on the enst side side of the Lnkevlew the dragons blood, which wns water. terrnce in front or the Vtnh, Idaho nnd M Waat Second Snntfi SL, Atlas Bldg., j he barren rock wilderness wns made New York slnte buildings, nnd faces 8 M Lake Ctty, Utah. j (rule, the spot where the struggle the Grand esplanade. globe-trotte- Peery Bros. Milling Company MAKERS al anti-tox- in Double-Trac- how much we try to advance th hud-nes- sefflih-nes- s, OGDEN STATE BA! H. C. Bigelow, President. nt M. Browning. A. P. Bigelow, Cashier. R. A. Moyes, Asistont Cashier. J. Vice-Preside- $ Parker Goal Go. OFFICE AND YARD8 t. TO 27TH AND PACIFIC MOVED AVE. BOTH Bell j Telephone Independent J 1 I ) j m buffet-smoki- ng Beek-love- on St North-Weste- rn j ! KILLth. COUCH LUWCS amo CURE the Dr. Kings Nor Discovery riM Cm j 0 PHONES. The Overland Limited a interests of our customers fat tv ery legitimate way. 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