Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 163, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 24, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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SATURDAY APRIL 24 190)
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PEOPLE OF THE DAY
An Expert on Tariffs.
Sereno Elisha Payne of New York
chairman of the ways and means com-
mittee whose name will go down in his-
tory as the father of a tariff bill has
won success by persistency rather thai:
brilliancy. During the twenty-four
years that he has n presented the Thirty-first
Xew York ditrirt he has been
a tireless worker lie is an acknowl-
edged tariff expert Since beginning
service on the ways and means com-
mittee many years ago he has made
that subject a study and was active in
iraming; the McKinley and Dingley
bills. He not only knows the ins -and
outs of the tariff but is personally ac-
quainted with many manufacturers
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and importers. On the death of Nel-
son Dingley Mr. Payne was made
chairman of the ways and means com-
mittee and with that position leader
of the Republicans on the floor of the
house.
Under Speaker Cannon Mr. Payne
has "been one of the big five that are
credited with running the house. A
floor leader he has been handicapped
by a slight deafness. Not an orator
and slow at repartee he makes few
speeches and says nothing that is un-
necessary. Mr. Payne is a big man
physically and carries a massive white
thatched head oc his shoulders. He
was born in Hamilton N. Y. sixty-six
years ago and Is a lawyer by pro-
fession. His Contempt For Wealth.
John Burroughs naturalist and phi-
losopher has. rather a contempt for
wealth. "Money means nothing to
me" he "Said to a friend who was vis-
iting him at Slabsldes. He wenfon to
deliver a tirade against predatory
wealth and concluded with the state-
ment that he was of the opinion that
many millionaires forget the teachings
of the Golden Rule.
"Then you don't believe that any
considerable amount of money can be
made honestly?" insinuated the guest.
"Oh I wouldn't go so far as te:laiin
that" said Mr. Burroughs. "Now. I
think 1 can safely say that everj dol-
lar I have In the world was made hon
estly."
"How many dollars have you?" ask-
ed the guest.
The old naturalist's eyes twinkled
as be rattled some coins ic his trou-
sers pocket "Well I've got OS cents."
he chuckled.
New Minister to Spain.
Henry Clay Ide of Vermont who has
been appointed minister to Spain by
President Taft has had a distinguish-
ed career in the public service. In
1S91 Mr. Ide was appointed United
States commissioner to Samoa and two
years later was made chief justice of
the islands under the joint appoint-
"ments of England Germany and this
country serving in that capacity until
1S97. In 1900 he went to the Philip-
pines and was prominently connected-
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-with affairs for nearly seven years
First he was a member of the Philip
pine commission then secretary of
wi incline later vice iiovornor
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and finally
islands.
Durin
jjuring
Ide visited every prw-e w tut- .m.-ui-noiapo
aud. while popular and suc-
cessful as governor general his chief
work was In connection with the fram-in-
of new laws. He is credited with
baling written the code of civil pro-
Sure anl to nim also was due the
court of land registration which has
Proved its worth In the islands. He
introduced a new system of cur-
"SS'msw minister was born in Ver-
i !TtT-five years ago and still
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South Sea Islanders Fear Them
as the Abode of Ghosts.
HOLD SOULS OF THEIR DEAD.
The Natives Offer Gifts and Food
Sometimes Human to Appeaso the
Man Eaters The Hawaiians Used to
Feed Their Dead to the Monsters.
In view of the wide distribution of
sharks and their strength aud ferocity
qualities which appealed to the savage
mind it is not strange that the cult of
shark worship should have arisen. This
worship is especially common in the
south seas where sharks are very nu-
merous says the Detroit Free Press.
In the Solomon islands living sacred
objects 'are chiefly sharks alligators
snakes etc. Sharks are in all these Is-
lands very often thought to be the
abode of ghosts as natives will at
times before their death announce that
they will appear as sharks. Afterward
any shark remarkable for size or color
which is observed to haunt a- certain
shore or rock is taken to be some one's
ghost and the name of the deceased is
given to it.
Such a one was Sautahiraatawa at
TJIawa a dreaded man eater to which
offerings of porpoise teeth were made.
At Saa certain food such as cocoanuts
from certain trees is reserved to feed
such a ghost shark and there are cer-
tain men of whom it is known that
after death they will bo in sharks.
These therefore are allowed to eat
such' food in the sacred place. In Saa
aud Ulawa if a sacred shark had at'
tempted to seize a man and he had
escaped the people would be so nut -h
afraid of the shark's anger that they
would throw the man back in the sea
- ! c drowned. These sharks also Avere
th-'light to aid in catching the Wit"
for laking w!a h supernatural power
was necessary.
In the Ranks islands a shark may
oe a tangaroa. a son ui i"'-" r
or ine aooue vi :n .i""--"
Manurwar. son f Mala the chief man
la V.vma Lava had such a shark! He
bud 'given money to a Manwo man to
send it to him. It was very tame and
would come up to him when he went
down to the beach at Nawono and
follow along In the surf as he walked
along the shore. In the New Hebrides
some men have the power the natives
believe of changing themselves Into
sharks.
The Samoan native believed that his
gods appeared In some visible incar-
nation and the particular thing in
which it was in the habit of appear-
ing was to him an object of venera-
tion. Many worshiped the shark in
this way and while they would freely
partake of the gods of others they
felt that death would be the penalty
should they eat their own god. The
god was supposed to avenge the in-
sult by taking up his abode in the
offender's body and causing to gen-
erate there the very thing which he
had eaten until it produced death. In
one village Taema. the war god was
present in a bundle of shark's teeth.
These curiosities were done up in a
piece of native cloth and consulted be-
fore going to battle. If the bundle
felt heavy that was a bad omen but
If light the sign was good and off they
went to the fight .
In the FIJI islands. Viavia and other ;
gods claim the shark as their abode.
and their devotees must never eat of
that fish for if they did they would be j
partaking of the god himself. '
It was In the Hawaiian islands how
ever that shark worship reached its
greatest jjerfectlon. Its worship was
quite common on the Islands each one '
having a special shark as his ances- j
tral god. The worship of sharks was
due largely to the fact that the belief
in the transmigration of souls is quite
general among the Polynesians and
the Hawaiians would feed their dead
to the sharks under the supposition
that In this way the soul of the dead j
would enter the sharks and so animate j
the latter as to incline them to respect
the bodies of the living. j
Several of the African coast tribes ;
worship the shark. Three or four times
In the year they celebrate the festival
of the shark which is done In this
wlo: Thf.v all row out In their boats I
to the middle'of the river where they '
Invoke with the strangest ceremonies.
the protection of the great shark. They ;
flVr to him poultry and goat's" In order j
to sqtisfy his sacred appetite. But this J
1h nothing. An infant is every yoar j
j acrit'-ed to the mouster. which has j
)e-!i feted and n nrished for the sac- ;
i rl1ct from V birtli to the age-of ten
On :L-l--y f the fct it is bound to a
i jk st . n a .-andy point at low water.
J As the tide rises th" child may utter
1 cries of terror but they are of no
j avail as it is abandoned to the waves
and the sharks soon arrive to finish its
j agony and thus permit It to enter Into
heaven.
The Polynesians have an nncient fa-
ble treating of the llfght of Ina. the
daughter of. Vaitoriuga and Ngactna
x the sacred He. After the sole
dumped her at the odgo of the break-
ers with wh disastrous results to it-
self fit mi the angry ; r.iucess the latter
summoned the shark and by its help
suroreded In reaching the sacred is-
land. Feclli'g thirsty during the voy-agr-.
Ina tracked a cocoa nut on the
shark's forehead and this accounts for
the bump now found on the forehead
of all sharks.
Absolutely Hopeless.
"But you might learn to Jove me
he
irfi-ed.
She shook her head.
"You've no idea" she said "what' a
poor student I am." Chicago Post
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The Methodist people' begin their
protracted meeting tomorrow. They
extend a cordial invitation to the pub-
lic to attend. They especially invite
all Christian people - to attend the
meeting as often as they conveniently
can and to feel free to take some part
in the services. While tliis meeting is
held in the Methodist church and pri-
marily for the Methodist people it is
the earnest and sincere desire of the
pastor of this church and of the mem-
bership that this meeting may he far
reaching in its results and that thej
entire town may he benefited by it.
Ail Christian people can at least pra .
for the success of the meeting and
this we earnestly request thehv to d.!
Rev. J. A. WhiUdmrst Presiding El-
der of the Browuwood District will do
the preaching at night and the pastor
ofj the church will conduct the morn
ing meetings. Brother Wlntehurst i
onc of the host revivalists in the .state.
xml all who attend these meetings wil:
liud that his work as a revivalist is of
a very high order.
! Tho entire membership of- the
;ciUIrch should he interested in this-
meeting and the services .on Monday
night will he of a nature' to enlist all
of the organizations of the church
and we trust many of the members of
the church in the meeting. The pas-
tor looks for the co-operation of the
officials and all leaders of the church.
Sunday school superintendents " and
teachers Epworth League officers and
officers of the women's societies of the
church can be of great assistance now.
The men of the church will -be ex-
pected to take the lead in this 'meet-
ing. A great meeting is a man's job.
C. R. WRIGHT Pastor.
WILL ENTERTAIN LADIES
AID SOCIETY MONDAY.
. Mrs. Millard Romines will entertain
the Ladles Aid Society of the First
Baptist church at her home on Booker
Street Monday afternoon from -1
to C.
All
members of the church have a i
cordial invitation to W present
free will offering will he taken.
Willhims the tailor phone Ho.
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The farmer if he only knew it
is a little nearer the kingdom of
heaven than anyone on earth. He
is certain of three square meals
a day and is the only f man who
can fence himself in and live in
spite of the rest of mankind A
few cattle ahd sheep and fowls
provide him with food and cloth-
ing while his fields yield him
flour and a source of revenue. So
generous are these provisions
and so common that hardly one
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farmer in ten makes any account
Qf th aithoupii the average
. .
business man thinks he has done
well when he reaches the end of
the year and finds that he. lias a
little more than made ends meet.
. Exponent. -
Eternal Diconleiit.
"Hope springs eternal in the
human breast; Man never is but
always to be blest."
The following illustrates the de
spondency the hope the discon-
tent and closes with excellent ad
vice:
The dwellers in the rural dis'iover the property"of the Waters-
tricts long for the life of the city Pierce oil Company and continue its
and those cooped up in the great jlnc'rative business in Texas remains to
centers Of population surround' be seen. Several have been named.
ed by brick and stone long for I Judee E- B- Perkjns of Dallas win be
. . . m . V . here today to qiay the fine of the oil
the country. The young wish to ' an He Is the company en-
grow to maturity and those past eral attorney in Texas
middle age sigh for the days of
yputh. Such unrest is the coun-
terpart of the ceaseless motion
Of the tides. It keeDS the water'
of the life from becoming stag
nant. Mount Enterprise Herald.
. Ford's Addition Xlhe residence por-
'tion of The city-rwehave some beau-
tiful lots for sale at
Texas Land Oo.
bargain.
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OIL COMPANY PAY
BIG FINE
STATE TKEAS1 KKIi WILL KECEIYE
KINK VT Al'STIN.
DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
Speculation as to What Concern Will
.Make I'uirhiiM-. Also as fo State
Kcceivcr's Work.
Special to Daily Bulletin.
Austin Texas April 21. Assistant
Attorney General Lightfoot returned
from Sherman where he represented
the State's interest in the transfer of
the property of the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company -from C. B. Dorchester. Fed-
eral receiver to R. J. Eckhardt State
receiver.
Judge Lightfoot states the fine will
be paid today the money having been
here several days ready. He will file
the mandate of the United States Su
preme Court ousting the company
from Texas and imposing a fine of $1
c-?.r.(K with 6 per cent interest.
amounting in all to $lS0S000.
The perpetual injunction will be
come effective restraining the Waters-
Pierce Oil Company from ever doing
business in Texas. except of an inter-
state character.1 . It will be the second
! tin such decree . has gone forth
against a company of that 'same name
and for the same offense violating the
anti-trust law?.
There has .be&n sonie speculation as
to how long the State receiver will be
able to operate the property. It has
been. suggested the receiver would not
be able to purchase oil and continue
the business successfully that is the
same way the friendly Federal receiv-
er has conducted the property. Such
'a condition is immaterial to the State
because the fine is to be paid inde-!
pendent'of the proceeds from the op-
eration of the property. What inter-
aci nr wtiat pnmnnnv tcitl finnllv takp
A BOWLDER BRIDGE.
Probably Placed In Position by an An-
cient Cloudburst.
One of the most remarkable freaki
of wind and erosion known in the
west is to be found in one of the small-
er side canyons of the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado river in Arizona.
In a narrow gorge carved through
centuries of flow
of water and wind
driven sand down the little valley
there lies a huae bowlder as big as the
average house moving van seen on a
'city street. ' It is held up solely by
I friction on the sides of the gorge and
tlon with the sides of the sandstone
1 walls.
From the sandy bed of the little
gorge to the rock is fully seventy-five
feet. The Indians who once roamed
over the Grand canyon country have
of course legends to account for the
location of the big round rock but as
a matter of fact It is believed to have
rolled off the slope of a rocky and pre-
j cipltous mountain about five miles
'distant from the canyon and to have
j been picked up in the path of some
' cloudburst years ago and rolled to its
present resting place.
The stone hangs only by a small
j projection on each side but it is so
solid that it lorms a convenient iooi-
bridge across the gorge over which the
pedestrian may take his way. Kansas
City Journal.
WATERPROOF FABRICS.
There Are Several. Methods by Which
They Are Treated. . I
Fabrics are waterproofed by impreg- 1
n?ting thein with . metallic salts . by
coating them with oil. grease and wax.
by routing them with India rubber or
by treating them with aminoiilac.il 'so-
lutions of copper. The first process is
applied to' sailcloth. The canvas is
Impregnated with alum or calcium
acetate and then Immersed in a fixing
IvHh containing soap which forms in-
soluble lime or alumina soap in the
cl'Mli '
The second-process is used for rain.
coats imitation leather etc. The fal)-
rJ.'r passes between hot rollers and'
then over a cylinder of wax. etc.
In the third process a solution of
Irdia rubber In carbon disulphide.
chloroform or other solvent is applied.
This process is used for mackintoshes
and bathlug caps and is applied to
thread.
In the fourth process employed in
the manufacture of bookbindings and
Willcsden canvas cotton cloth la run
through a solution of oxide of copper
Iti ammonia which dissolves the super-
ficial layer and on evaporation leaves
It in the form of a uniform coating of
cellulose. The process is completed by
passing the cloth between rollers.
There are still other processes but
these are the most important Scien-
tific American.
In the. recent ebfillag-ration In
Port Worth on
April 3rd.
The
Continental
Insurance
Co. of NX
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had the distinction o
having 5 the larg-e-jt
liability and the
greatest number 6f
claims of any com-
pany. There were' 37
claims and in one
week after the date of
fire all were adjusted
nd losses amointim
4uuu werjfc paid
casn without discount.
The action of the
Conpany it this case
was in keVpin with
thatfo)lawed in the
larger conflagrations
of Baltimore and San
Francrfio. In the
latter .vlace within
four months it had
adjusted V?07 claims
andh'adpiid $2402'-
790 4nd wathe first
company to finish the
payment of itsXlosses.
The Companyhas
a net surplus of $0-
316750which Is larg-
er than that of ant
other company. It
settles its claims
promptly without dis-
count whether they
occur in conflagra-
tions or in individ-
ual cases'.
The Continental is on-
ly one of 'a number of
the strong companies
we represent. All of
which have paid their
lossss promptly and
liberally. You know
our companies and
how they pay losses.
We want your insur-
ance business. All
policies carefully and
correctly written. We
watch the expirations
carefully and renew
all policies when they
expire thus relieving
you of the worry.
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E. B. Henley
&Co.
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Mayes, Will H. Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 163, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 24, 1909, newspaper, April 24, 1909; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth346411/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Howard Payne University Library.