The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1916 Page: 2 of 10
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THE CUPPER. HENNESSEY. OKLAHOMA
SOOTH AMERICAN
HEAD HUNTERS
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BEAT WALL STREET
| THE REAL INVESTOR IS THE MAN
WHO WINS.
Dr. William Curtis Farabee
of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, back from explorations
in the Amazon river country,
tells of strange savage3 who
had never before seen a white
man and whose big sport is
capturing the heads of enemies
HERE! are ethics In head
T hunting, according to I)r.
William Curtis Farabee, who
has just got home after
three years spent In explor-
ing remote regions of the
Amazon river in South Amer-
ica. Among the tribes he
(visited were two, the Mundurucus and
'the Jlveros, who still keep up the
practice. One of the trophies he
lirought back for the University of
•Pennsylvania was a collection of four
(belts made of human teeth—the most
prized accoutrements that any Mun-
jdurucu could possess, according to an
(interview with Dr. Farabee In the
(New York Sun.
As to t|ie ethics of head bunting Dr.
IFarabee says no self-respecting Mun-
Klurucu or .livero would go forth with
3>ow and arrow and stone hatchet after
(the head of a national enemy because
H>f the pangs of hunger or lite desires
of trade expansion. Head hunters are
jnot cannibals nor are they ambitious
(for aggrandizement. On the contrary
tliey regard themselves as lovers of
peace. Hut from time immemorial
(feuds have existed among them, and
|the only worthy method of treating
(their traditional enemies is to seek
land obtain their heads.
When a head Is brought In by an
(intrepid warrior the village prepares
(to celebrate the exploit by assembling
taround a fire over which a potion
[rivaling that of the witches of "Mac-
beth" Is concocted. If It Is a Mundu-
kmcu village the head of the enemy,
sifter having been boiled to the re-
quired tenderness, is smoked for Its
preservation and the teeth are ex-
tracted. A three days dance Is held
In honor of the victory.
The Jlveros, however, vary the
process by removing the bones from
the head of the enemy nnd shrinking
it to the proportions of a big man's
fist. This is also preserved—an ob-
ject lesson perhaps for the rising
generation.
The belts testifying to the existence
of head hunting are but a small part
of the collection brought back after
what scientists regard as the most
hazardous trip ever made Into the
forest of the Amazon. Excavations of
prehistoric pottery and burial vases,
Home of them more than three feet
tall; records of the music of Indians
never before visited by white men,
ethnological work among more than
thtrty tribes heretofore known by
name only are all Included In Dr.
Kara bee's achievement.
Most of the explorers of the Amazon
Valley have confined their attention to
the river bank. To go 100 yards from
the margin of the stream, even today,
<s In placet to be swallowed up In the
■wilderness. Dr. Farabee went far Into
the Interior.
Dr. Farabee arrived at Para In June,
1018. After a few preliminary expe-
Idltlons up the main stream, he met
*>u the edge of British Guiana two
[white men—the only two in that sec-
tion of the country—H. P. C. Melville,
(magistrate and protector of the In
Idians for the whole of southern
lOulana, and John Ogllvie, a Scotch
(man in the employ of the British gov
lernment. It was in Mr. Melville's
[house at Dadanawa that they made
(j)reparatlons for the most adventurous
I
WAl-WLt GmtS
of all the expeditions, the journey luto pounds. When we reached the Dutch
WORTH KNOWING
A stick of wood was recently shipped
(from British Columbia to England,
(which was 210 feet long. It will be
(used as a flagpole in Kew gardens.
Baboons possess a remarkable In-
stinct for finding water, and have been
used for that purpose In South Af-
rica.
The tusks of an African elephant
sometimes weigh as much as 100
Ciounds, and reach nine feet In
ength.
the unexplored forest in southern Brit-
ish Guiana.
Melville did his best to dissuade Dr.
Farabee from the trip, declaring that
the chances were against his coining
out alive. Dr. Farabee refused to be
dissuaded, but persuaded Ogllvie to go
with him. Six months later Melville
passed them on the street, and so
changed were they by the effects of
the journey that he did not reeog-
uize them. Dr. Farabee's account of
that trip is thrilling.
"It was most successful," he said.
"From December 10, 11113, to April 1,
1014, we were among tribes who had
never seen white men before. All of
them were very Interesting. None
had ever seen matches or guns or
salt or clothing before. All had beads
and knives; all wanted fishhooks, and
many got their first ones from us.
"On our trip into the Waiwnl coun-
try It was necessury to reduce the
party to six, four Indians, Ogllvie and
myself. A larger party couldn't live
ou the country. The tribes live fur
apart, often ten or twelve days over
rough mountains and across rivers.
Three-fourths of the time and all of
the last month we had to depend upon
the game and fish we could catch.
Our ammunition got low, but the In-
dians with us used their hows and ar-
rows well. When we got out we had
two loads of shot and seventeen rifle
cartridges left—a narrow margin.
"Ogllvie had been fourteen years In
the bush and was the best man I ever
saw for such work, but he found here
the worst waterfalls he had ever seen.
In what are known as the Great
Falls we spent several days. It was
Impossible to get through We ear
rled everything overland to the foot of
the falls on the Dutch side and there
to our joy we found four large canoes
belonging to men hunting bnlata gum,
who were deep In the forest. 1 took
one Indian and followed a trail for
two days, but could not find them.
This was the worst trip of my ex-
perience. Ogllvie was too weak to go.
There was nothing else to do but to
take one of the strange ennoes, a great
crime In Dutch Guiana. The next day
we met some negroes nnd persuaded
them to take us down to the first store
and to return the ennoe.
"We got out none too soon, as Ogll-
vie was having fever every night and
I Revere chilis nnd fever every other
night. Having fever all night and
working hard all day on poor food
cut us to pieces rapidly. When I left
Philadelphia my weight was 103
Serbia Is said to lend In centena-
rians, and Ireland Is a close second.
There are about 1,300 gas plants In
this country.
Serious troubles, If they lie not too
serious or numerous, ure beneficial In
that they teach us the folly of taking
the trivial ones much to heart.
Father will carry an armful of
packages two miles for the good-look-
ing wife of a neighbor, but mother
says If she wants him to bring in one
scuttleful of coal he raises all sorts
of a racket.
storehouse it was 145 pounds. We ar-
rived bareheaded and barefooted and
starved, of course."
Of the characteristics and customs
of tile natives he met during the
course of the expedition Dr. Farabee
Is enthusiastic. After their first timid-
ity at the appearance of white men
had vanished they were courteous and
gracious and received the explorers
with a hospitality from which the
white mat cvjuld well take lessons.
One of the most picturesque experi-
ences encountered by Dr. Farrabee and
his party was when they came upon a
village assembled for the purpose of
curing one of its inhabitants of a
poisonous snake bite. The victim was
stretched upon the ground. Around
him were dancers who after sucking
the wound alternately blew and spat
upon not only the bite but all of the
man's joints. In an outer circle sat
the musicians, who played such an
insidious, plaintive tune that even the
strangers had difficulty In resisting
the hypnosis it was designed to In-
duce. The bitten man was more or
less hypnotized and by this method, as
far as the visitors could observe, was
cured.
Marriage takes place at a very early
age among these aborigines.
Many of the villages have but two
houses, one a communal affair In
which there Is a big general court with
the apartments of the Individual
families abutting on It, nnd the other
a house which the women seldom en-
ter but which is maintained as a sort
of men's club, in which they entertain
visitors from other tribes.
The women would delight the hearts
of the antl-suffraglsts. Moral suasion
Is their big stick. There Is a native
liquor which Is very Intoxicating. The
women, however, do not touch It, al-
though drunkenness Is prevalent
among the men. During the periods
of Intoxication of the men the women
restrain them from bartering and the
men obey with lamblike obedience.
The men entertain a deep affection
for their wives and will barter any-
thing else In their possession with
neighboring tribes except the "cush-
ma" or ceremonial shirt which the
wives make.
Cassava, a root similar to the potato,
is the staple article of food. Agri-
culture In Its broader sense Is unknown
to these newly discovered Indians.
The men hunt nnd flsh and do the
bartering. The women gather the
fruit and nuts and grate the cassava.
Custom In Chlnu discourages the
photographing of women.
The buildings of Amsterdnm nre
built largely on pilings. The town
hall stands on 13,0<X) such supports.
Experiments have shown that ex-
cellent puper can be lnado out of grupe
vines.
The Mexican seacoast on the Pacific
and the gulf of California Is 4,574
miles.
Argentina ts constructing a single
Irrigation system which will cost (J0l-
000,000.
gambler May Make Money by Lucky
Chance, but He Loses in the End
•—Patience Is Necessary
to Success.
The man with a long vision wins in
Wall street. This means that the win-
ner must be a student of values, lie
must be familiar with the factors that
niiike for or against prosperity, tor
W all street is the barometer of trade.
If the outlook is unfavorable to busi-
ness, it will be reflected by a declining
tendency in the stock market, and
when conditions favor prosperity they
will be forecast by a rise lu the finan-
cial barometer.
1 have never known one who merely
"gambled" in Wall street, that Is, one
who bought and sold on the chance of
winning or losing, who was ever suc-
cessful in the end, Jasper writes in
Leslie's. He might make money by a
lucky chance, just as he would at a
game of cards or throwing dice, but in
the end the odds were against him.
With very few exceptions 1 have
known of no one who invested in Wall
street securities with knowledge of
what he was buying who did not come
out with a final profit. It takes a long
headed, patient man to this, however,
I and patience is not one of the redeern-
^ ing virtues of the American people.
Some observant financiers, including
I one of the ablest in the country, the
Honorable A. Barton Hepburn of New
York, think that they see a slight halt
in the wave of prosperity that we have
been enjoying by reason of the war
abroad. They fear a marked but tem-
porary subsidence of this wave on the
conclusion of peace, which may not be
far off. Observers also think that in
some lines of business promotion of
new securities has been overdone and
that the mass of "indigestible secur-
ities," as the late J. 1'. Morgan called
them, may prove to be a drug upon the
I market.
I note that English papers are In-
| ciined to believe that peace may come
suddenly and unexpectedly, though not
j in the near future. Many who recall
the bitterness of the contest abroad
believe that it will prolong the strug-
gle for two or three years to come,
or at least until the resources of some
of the contending pnrties are more
nearly exhausted. A breakdown in
Austria is first looked for.
The greatest prosperity factor, out-
side of the crop situation, so far as
this country is concerned is the presi-
dential election. It does not escape
observation that as election day ap-
proaches, the leaders of both political
parties are expressing a greater inter-
est in the consideration of business.
The voters are making up their minds
as to which party can best be depend-
ed upon for the constructive legisla-
tion that our industries and railways
require. Everybody wants prosperity
and every thoughtful voter will be on
the side of the candidate who promises
to help prosperity.
As the campaign proceeds and as the
Utterances of the presidential candi-
dates are heard and weighed, the judg-
ment of the public will be formed,
and as soon as it becomes apparent
that this judgment will be In favor
of a candidate distinctly representing
a constructive policy, the stock mar-
ket and business generally will reflect
this sentiment.
MAKING RAPID STRIDES
Canada Improving in Every Way
—Agriculturally, Commercially
and Financially.
The reports coming to hand every
day from all branches of Industry In
Canada speak highly of the construc-
tive ability of that country.
Recently the managing directors of peopie, as he found it, the most ad-
«n<J along with this, the natural ten®.
ency of the allies to trade nmong them-
selves, and perhaps special trading
privileges. Mr. Robins points out that
the greatest development In the United
States followed the costly and destruc-
tive civil war.
Mr. Robins, In an address before the
Bondmen's Club of Chicago, expressed
the opinion of a far-thinking mind and
the review of an experience of the last
of his numerous trips through the Ca-
nadian West. When he said he re-
garded the spirit of the Canadian
The Best Passage.
A somewhat conceited clergyman,
who was more celebrated for the
length of his sermons than for their
eloquence, once asked the late Father
Healy, the famous Irish wit, what he
thought of the one just preached.
"Well, sir," replied the humorist, "I
like one passage exceedingly well."
"Indeed, Father Healy, and pardon
me for asking which passage you refer
to."
"Well, my dear sir," replied the wit,
"the passage I refer to was from the
pulpit to the vestry room."
A Valuable Fish.
Fishermen off the southern side of
the cape have been capturing sturgeon
nnd tossing them buck because they
did not know what to do with the big
fish. Now they are shipping them to
market, having discovered that they
are worth 18 cents a pound, and are
considered better even than 3wordflsh.
Sturgeon flesh Is salmon color, and the
spawn, of which caviare Is made, is a
special dainty. Specimens taken on
this coast have run from five to eight
feet in length, and the fish are taken
In strong nets. The flsh weigh from
100 to 300 pounds.—Old Colony
Memorial.
the Canadian Credit Men's Assoeia'
tion gave out the statement that busi-
ness in Western Canada was good. In
every branch It is better than in 1913,
nud everyone will remember that In
that year business was excellent. He
says:
"The beauty of It Is the way In
which payments are coming In. Mer-
chants all over the West are taking
their cash discounts. Such a transfor-
mation I never saw.
"From the records hi the office I
knew It was getting better. We clear
here every retail merchant in the coun-
try every three months, and we are
therefore lu the closest touch and have
intimate knowledge of the way trade
is going and how payments are being
made. Conditions at the present mo-
ment are better than I hud dreamed It
was possible that they should be.
"The statements which we are re-
ceiving with reference to the standing
of country merchants indicates that
there will be very few failures this
fall. It is quite remarkable. Men who
have been behind for years and In the
hole are actually paying spot cash for
everything, nnd taking their cash dis-
counts. Banks nnd loan companies
this fall will have more money than
they know what to do with.
"This is about the condition of trade,
and 1 am glad to say there Is no exag-
geration In what I have said. The
business of the prairie provinces is in
splendid condition."
Crop reports ure also good. From
all parts comes the word that the crop
conditions were never better, and the
situation at the time of writing Is
that there will be fully as great a
yield as in 1015, when the average of
wheat over the entire country was up-
wards of 30 bushels per acre. The
harvest therefore will be a heavy one—
and, following the magnificent harvest
of lust year, the farmers of Western
Canada will all be in splendid shape.
Old indebtednesses, much of which
followed them from their old homes,
nre being wiped out, Improvements are
now being planned, nnd additional j
acres added to their present holdings. }
During the past year there was a
large increase In the land sales both by
the Canadian Pacific and Canadian
Northern land companies, as well as
by private individuals. A great many
of the purchases were made by farm-
ers who thus secured adjoining quar-
ters or halves, the best evidence prob-
ably that could he had of the value
of Western Canada land when those j
who know the country best are adding
to their holdings. A number of out-
siders have also been purchasers, but
very little land has changed hands for
speculative purposes.
An evidence of the prosperity of the
country Is found In the fact that such
a large number of farmers are pur-
chasing automobiles.
Alleged hard times In Manitoba have
not dampened the ardor of motorists
or prospective ones. The automobile
license department reported a few
days since that there are 1,600 more
private owners of cars In the province
this year than last. The number of
licenses issued this year was 10,400, as
against 8,800 last year. At an aver-
age cost of $1,000 each the newly pur-
chased cars represent a total outlay of
51,600,000, while the total number of
cars In the province are worth approx-
imately $10,000,000. The new cars are
of modern types.
Many people, for some unexplained
reason, have feared and continue to
fear that this country will experience
a period of Industrial and business
dullness nfter the war. There seems
to be no justification for such a specu-
lation.
On the contrary, there are sound
reasons for belief In the prediction of
Mr. Kingman Nott Robins, vice presi-
dent of the Farm Mortgage Bankers'
Association of America, who, In the
Monetary Times, declares that Canada
will experience her greatest propor-
tionate development In production Im-
mediately after the conclusion of the
war. The country will certainly have
exceptionally. favorable commercial
conditions to take advantage of.
There will he the great need of Eu-
rope In the work of reconstruction,
Just Couldn't Miss It.
"What's the population of this
town?" asked the supercilious stran-
ger.
"Oh, nbout 600," answered the na-
tive.
"Have you an active citizenship?"
"Toler'bly active, sir. The last time
we had a lynchln' here some of our
prominent citizens who had been bed-
ridden for months, got up to take a
hand in the proceeding."
Truly Feminine.
"Ladies," announced the president
of an afternoon bridge club, "ladies,
It has been moved nnd seconded that
there shall be no conversation at the
card tables. What shall we do with
the motion?"
"I suggest," said a sprightly little
blonde, "I suggest that we discuss it
while we play."
mil-able and encouraging feature of
the entire situation. They nre facing
the sacrifices of war courageously and
with calm confidence as to the result,
and in similar spirit they face the eco-
nomic future, confident, but expecting
to solve their problems only by dint of
hard and intelligent effort.
An Important part of Mr. Robins'
address, which invites earnest atten-
tion, Is that in which he refers to the
land situation, nnd when his remarks
are quoted they carry with them the
impression gained by one who has
given the question the careful thought
of a man experienced in economic ques-
tions, nnd specially those relating to
soil and its production. He Is quoted
us saying:
"Agricultural Canada was never so
prosperous, nnd immigration of agri-
cultural population both during and
after the war seems n logical expecta-
tion, finding support In an Increasing
immigration at present from the Unit-
ed States, in spite of numerous ca-
nards sprend broadcast throughout the
United States to discourage emigration
to Canada. The lands of Western Can-
ada, however, as long as they are as
at present the most udvnntageous for
the settler of any on the continent,
must continue to nttract, despite mis-
representation, and on the Increase of
its agricultural and other primarily
productive population depends the eco-
nomic future of Canada. All other
problems are secondary to this, and
the large interests of Canada, recog-
nizing this fact, nre preparing to se-
cure and hold this population both dur-
ing and after the war. They are con-
tent to let city development and other
secondary phases and superstructure
follow in natural course. This recog-
nition of the true basis of economic
development is an encouraging uugury
for the future."
"The war has brought the United
States nnd Canada nearer together
economically than ever before. The
total investment of United States capi-
tal In Canada doubtless exceeds $1,000,-
000,000, of which $300,000,000 has been
invested since the war began. Except
for Great Britain, Canada is the Unit-
ed States' best customer. Our exports
to all of South America in the last
three years were less than a third of
our exports to Canada In the same pe-
riod, although Canada has been rigidly
reducing her Imports since the war be-
gan. Even France, a good customer
of the United States, bought $70,000,-
000 less than Canada during 1013, 1014,
1015. And yet Canada's purchasing
power is in the first stages of develop-
ment only. It has been estimated that
i the United States can support a popu-
i lation of 600,000,000. Using the same
basis of calculation in reference to nat-
ural resources, Canada can support a
population of 400,000,000.
"Canada Is potentially the most pop-
ulous, nnd, In primary production, at
least, the richest unit of the British
empire, and It behooves us in the Unit-
ed States to know our Canada."
The social conditions throughout
Western Canada are everything that
could be desired. Schools have been
established In all districts where there
may be ten or twelve children of school
age, nnd these are largely maintained
by liberal government grants. A fund
for this purpose Is raised from the
revenue derived from the sale of school
land, one-eighteenth of all lands being
set aside as school lands. All the
higher branches of education are cared
for, there being high schools at all
important centers, and colleges and
universities in the principal cities.
The different religious denomina-
tions prevail, each having its separate
church, and religious services are held
In every hamlet and village, and In
far-off settlements the pastor finds an
attentive congregation. The rural tele-
phone Is one of the great modern con-
veniences that brings the farm home
nearer to the market.
It Is not saying too much to state
that In matters of social Importance,
In the most remote settlements they
carry with them the same Influence as
Is to be found In the most prosperous
farming districts of any of the states
of the Union.—Advertisement
Personal Endeavors.
"My face is my fortune," said the
girl with the dazzling complexion."
"Permit me," replied Mr. Dustin
Stax, "to extend the compliments of
a self-made man to a self-made wom-
an.
Ladylike.
"She's ladylike."
"Yes, indeed. Even her own broth-
ers have never heard her swear."
His Reading Matter.
"What are you reading nowadays?"
"The key lines In moving picture
shows mostly."
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