Hooker Advance (Hooker, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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Colorado Maid Aacendt Lontfa Ptak,
the American Matterhorn.
Attired In overalls Instead of skirts,
pretty Emily Boynton of Longmont,
Col., aged 13, has climbed the dizzy
heights of Long's Peak—the American
Matterhorn. The feat is regarded as
a notable one, inasmuch as several
men and women have lost their lives ^
in the ascent. One of the latest vIq^
EDGAR R. LEWIS HAS PRACT1C
ALLY CORNERED SUPPLY.
Million Dollars' Worth of the Stock
Shut Up In His New Bedford
Mass., Stores—Business Is
Sort of Gamble
tims was a young college man who
slipped into a crevice, and his body
was never recovered. In another in
stance a Boston woman lost her way
on the trail and froze to death in a
snow storm.
The altitude of Long's Peak is 14,271
feet. The real climb is the last 5,000
feet. Above the Chasm lakes the trail
New Bedford, Mass.—A million dol
lors' worth of whalebone, practically
the whalebone in the world, will in
a few weeks bo stored in the ware
houses of William Lewis & Son, on
Rodman Btreet
This fortune in whalebone is con
trolled by one man, Edgar R. Lewis,
and if the whalebone manufacturers
of the world want any of it they will
have to come up to the captain's office
and settle, for on top of the fact that
for a year over 150,000 pounds of the
bono has been on hand in this city
with hardly a transaction, comes the
announcement to tho whalebone man
ufacturers that practically all the
whaling merchants have agreed not to
send their steamers to the Arctic
ocean next year
This will allow the present large
stock of whalebone to he worked off,
and the whaling grounds will get a
rest
1'hese grounds in the Arctic ocean
have been visited for more than 50
years, season after season. The whales
have been chased hard and often. Un
doubtedly some of the whales are in
tho occan to-day that were there when
the first whaling craft dared to pass
into the Arctic from Beliring straits
The first vessels that entered the
Arctic found the whales easy prey
With the advent of the steam whaler
the bowheads grew gradually more
timid. Each succeeding year nowa
days the bowhead has been found
further and further to the eastward,
nearer to the ice packs, where he is
harder to get at
The Crozetts grounds in the Indian
ocean are again supplying good
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F AN American, who
I had not seen much
of the world, should
awake on Christmas
morn while a German,
French, English, Ital-
ian, Swiss or Danish
Christmas celebration
was in progress in his
vicinity, ho would imag-
ine himself within the
exclusive confines of a
home for the mentally
incompetent.
The American Christ-
mas is a matter-of-fact
festive occasion. People begin buy*
log presents a week beforo; they pre-
sent them Christmas morning and the
nest day return to work, the entire
affair forgotten until the following
brings the season around again.
Mot bo in the countries across the
^ater. They observe every tradition
is the mother lands; they plan for
weekB nnd the festivities which mark
\the birth 'Of Jesus Christ are carried
nn for a week or more. The Christ-
mas tree In Germany is allowed to
remain decorated far into the next
year, extending over a period of sev-
eral months.
-Unique ceremonies grace tho Danish,
"French, Swiss and Scotch Christmas
celebrations and that which tho Teu-
tons foster have been handed down
Strom ages. In Mexico one of tho treas-
ured customs is the breaking of the
\Plnata, a tradition being connected
with the little ceremony which ushers
\n ChrlBtmas day. A queerly con-
structed elllgy of a woman is hung
oj In a corner of a room and a child
blindfolded, armed with a stick, pro-
ceeds to dislodge the old woman from
her position close to the celling. When
the\fe.at Is accomplished tho presents
wtvntalned under the covering of the
dress of the figure are distributed.
'fllhf beauty of that little game Is
the uncertainty nttendlng the possibility of the
woman being dislodged and second, the uncertain-
ly as to whether the less favored of the family
/wirele will draw any presents from the treasure
3twv honeath the skirts of the woman.
-Christmas, -of course, Is observed only in Chris-
tian countries, but some heathen, in fact, nearly
*11 of them, have one day or another on which
v to renalre and send presents to their friends and
% otivvms who arc not friends. In countries ruled
"•oy absolute monarchies, the rulers are sometimes
•frald to open their gift receptacles for the rea-
son that oftentimes treasonable persons Inclose
toncy little bombs not markod In the Invoice. Of
course such undesirable persons do not have any
more ChrlstmaBes to celebrate, affairs being ar-
'.ranged In that manner If they are caught.
While tho Christmas Idea Is practically the
name In most countries of tho globe which ob-
serve Ihe day, there is a great variety of presents
and a certain nation's desire for gifts made In
wide variance to that which tho next door neigh-
bor believes In. Germans as a rule give the chil-
dren presents, most of which are made in this
country, while Americans are always particular
•bout buying tho babies toys marked "made In
Germany."
A Frenchman told a clever little story at a
Christmas banquet in Paris a year ago, which ran
•long on that line. He was enamoured with a
beautiful young lady whose home was on Rue de
Boulevarde. She was of artistic taste, so he stud-
Jed her desire in painting creations for three
weeks before Christmas. At last he came to the
conclusion that probably an oil painting by a
aoted French artist might please her. He took
special pains to hunt out a store where he might
procure one. He did and put several weeks
Alary into the gift.
He had it delivered Christmas morning and re-
ceived a cordial note of thanks from tho young
lady who unfortunately bad not thought to pur-
chase anything for him. This, of course, was em-
barrassing to both parties, but that evening while
fondling the creation In his presence she hap-
TCued to scan the back of the portrait It said:
"Made in Hoboken, N. J." She was in the midst
of thanks and an embarrassing explanation of
why she hadn't sent blm a present, when she
noticed the birthmark of the oil painting. She
stopped, and they haven't spoken to each other
sioce. according to the story.
Ail of which goes to show that the value of a
«ift more than th« atfirit whl«h the giver exhibits
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TBtt FOR CHILD
is taken into consideration by some persons. The
young man, probably, was sorry for tho abrupt
termination of his friendship wHh the young lady,
but perhaps It was for the best. That was his
version of it, anyhow.
Moat English speaking nations celebrate Christ-
mast ide just as we Americans do, but each has Its
little self-made variation. In Italy they celebrate
with a grand dance, as a rule, and they take great
pains to be attired in gaudy raiment. The Danish
are very deliberate about their Christmas festivi-
ties and great fetes and gifts are the order of the
day. The Swiss are fervent In their worship of
the Saviour on that day and the little children
dressed for gala affairs parade the streets in or-
der that their parents may look at them and com-
pare them with the "kids next door."
Many persons who have read much history and
who have been able to persuade themselves that
the present century Is all wrong as to tho date
of the birth of Christ, are skeptical as to whether
we should observe the sacred day when we do.
Estimates as to when Christ was born extend
clear from June to January 26.
Prior to the fourth century Christmas was not
observed on December 25, for there was no period
of uniformity In observing the day among the
early churches. The skeptical persons who have
studied tho thing from end to end say that on
December 25 it rained in Judea and then attention
is called to the Biblical statement that shepherds
were watching their flocks when Christ was born.
Now how could they watch their flocks when It
whs raining? Is the argument of the unbelievers
that December 25 Is the correct day of feast.
One person who is not skeptical declared that
perhaps they didn't have sense enough to come In
out of the rain In those days. But of course that
Is no argument. The chances are the calendars
have been changed so much that the original
December 25, if hunted down, would be found
flirting with May 1. Of course the correct day
upon which to worship has much to do with the
feeling of Christians in the matter, but at the
same time, If the event Is properly observed the
time of observance Is but a detail.
Many good churchmen who seldom attend
church on Sundays find Christmas an excellent
day to attend church because it only falls on Sun-
day once in seven years and it doesn't break in
on* their weekly holiday morning nap.
Millions of dollars are spent every year in every
countrv of the globe for presents. It Is declared
in mercantile circles that the United States in
proportion to population Is the biggest
national distributor of gifts.
There are many concerns in Ger-
many. England and France which con-
fine themselves exclusively to the manu-
facture of gifts such as are exchanged
only during the celebration of the
birth of Christ. Besides being a holi-
day which should be devoted to worship
of Jesus Christ, it is a day which is
looked forward to by merchants as a
big source of profit.
In other countries, as in America,
there are many small Christmas trage-
dies enacted because of the dislike
which some folks take to gifts and be-
cause of the thoughtlessness of others
In omitting some of their friends. Some
make it a rule, and advertise It well,
that, they have decided to confine gifts
to the immediate family circle, so that
none will take offense if they receive
no gifts from their hitherto cherished
friends. Of course the ones who are
notified of the change in the routine
are careful to scratch off the names of
the friends who have eliminated them
so that when Christmas comes there is
no needless embarrassment.
The poets once sang: "It is not the
sift but the spirit of the giver." and
also "Don't look a gift horse in the
mouth." There are dozens of little
fhrlstmastide axioms of that kind which are used
and misused toward the end of the year. That
first saving has been cleverly shifted about in
fids manner: "It is not the gift but the price
which the giver putteth into the S"t.
The proper Christmas spirit as told from the
mJpit is fax from that which many follow out in
selecting presents. Mother countries exhibit less
Interest in costly gifts than does Anienc^Jrav®J"
ers in countries of the old world have been Bur-
prised at the great number of Christmas presents
which are home-manufactured. Several weeks be-
fore the dad event, the families sit themselves
down in thoir rooms an,! start, socretjr.work upon
the Christmas Bins. In tl.e country dlstrtcts o[ r-
tain parts of America this custom is still retained.
Long a Temperance Worker.
"Mother" Stewart, who died recently, was 92
years old. She devoted her life to the temperance
canse. Mrs. Stewart established the first W. C. T.
U. in Ohio at Osborn in 1S73. In 1876 she visited
England and organized the first W. C. T. U. in that
country. Following the civil war she lectured ex-
tensively in the southern Btates on behalf of the
war sufferers.
Five years ago "Mother" Stewart became Inter-
ested In the teaching of Alexander Dowle and
visited Zion City where she remained one year,
since which time she lived with friends at Hicks-
ville. Until five years ago she resided In Spring-
' field, O.. where she led In many temperance cru-
sades. Scarcely a woman in America could boast
of the praise from pulpit and press like "Mother"
Stewart.
Sees Great Future For Siberia.
<iED&AlZ R.LEMJ
is narrow, and at one point, on an ex-
ceedingly narrow ledge, it is necessary
to climb around what is known as
'Danger Rock," which affords but a
scant place to hold to in so doing.
Emily Boynton was accompanied on
her ascent of the peak by her father,
editor of the Longmont Ledger, and
her sister. All of them are experi-
enced climbers, and claim that there
is no danger to the climber who pt|-
sesses steady nerves. On another oc-
casion Emily accompanied her father
on a trip to the Chasm lakes.
To the dismay of her mother, little
Miss Boynton insists upon wearing
the overalls, in which she does her
climbing, much of the time around her
home. As she runs about, often with
her hands thrust into the pockets of
the overalls, her mother's protests in-
variably meet with the response that.
they are so much more comfor-f
than skirts.
When not busy exploring some \ ;
ly accessible mountain top or offj
an excursion with her father, IV.
Boynton is the model pupil in
school at Longmont. Of physic**!- k
ography and geology she has a surpriV
catches. The whales deserted there
some years ago, and so the whalers
gave up going there. Now the whales
are coming back. Delagoa bay, on the
south coast of Africa, a former famous
whaling ground, will probably be found
barren by the bark Alice Knowles,
which is to visit there on her way to
the Crozetts. The bay is the pathway
now for big ocean-going steamers.
While the catch of the Arctic
whalers the past season is the small-
est for several years, there will be
actually more whalebone in first hands
than has been the case in some time.
Most of the catch of last year is on
hand in the storehouses in this city.
The stock of over 200,000 pounds of
bone could be easily disposed of at a
medium price, say $3.50 per pound,
but with the decision of the agents not
to send their vessels to the Arctic
next season, nnd with only the com
paratively small quantity to be caught
by the whales in the southern oceans,
tlie holders think the bone worth more
money, possibly rising five dollars per
pound, and the market is stagnant.
The whalebone business, both
cattching and holding for a rising mar-
ket, is a sort of gamble. In some
years when the stock has been low the
merchants have held their bone so
that the market would not be cleaned
out. and have later been obliged to
sell It at a lower price than they could
have had.
But now, the whalebone king, E. R.
Lewis, has control of all the bone,
and he can dictate his own prices.
The price question has, in fact, been
responsible for making Mr. Lewis
price arbiter of the trade, for, having
found competition unprofitable, the
whaling agents have settled down to
shipping their catch to Mr. Lewis and
letting him dispose of It for them.
A small army of scrapers Is con-
stantly kept on hand by Mr. Lewis,
for the bone has to be scraped fre-
quently to prevent mould.
A small trading schooner will prob
ably be sent north to pick up the
trade bone from the natives, should
no whaler visit the Arctic ocean. The
trade bone Is got cheap by exchanging
knives, powder and rifles with the
natives. Natives have been known to
part with a $10,000 whale for $200 In
trade
More than 500,000 persons emigrated from Eu- Some years all the bone a whaling
ropean Russia to Siberia in 1907. Vlce-Consul Chan- I veSsel would get in the Arctic would
ler of Dalny reports, and of this record-breaking be trade bone. A few years ago one
number fewer than ever before returned to their conscientious Now Bedford whaling
homes. Every colonist arriving in Siberia receives captain was held up off a native vil
37 acres of land free, paying no taxes the first ]agP by a boat's crew who had some
three years and only half the regular taxes the next handsome bone to sell. He offered
three.
Siberia Imports $10,000,000 worth of goods by
caravan from China annually, almost entirely tea,
while Siberia exports to China only $750,000 worth
of articles annually, and many of these originata la
European Russia.
ing fund of knowledge, for she has ncj
cured much of her information at fir
hand while climbing about the hi
and mountains.
TO COMPLETE ALLISON'S TE
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Gov. Cummins of Iowa Elected to
United States Senate.
Des Moines, la—Albert Baird Cum-
mins, who has been elected United
States senator to fill the unexpired
term of the late Senator William B.
Allison, has served three successive
knives, powder, guns and other ar-
ticles. "No," came the answer, "want
devil water." They wanted rum, and
this captain would not give It to them
Probably the next skipper who came
along got the bone.
Senator Albert B. Cummins.
terms as governor of Iowa. He was/'
born In Pennsylvania in 1850. He
studied surveying and became chief
engineer of the Cincinnati, Richmond
& Fort Wayne railroad. Early in the
0's he moved to Chicago and studied
law in the offices of McClellan &
Hodges, being admitted to the barlkj
1874 and practicing in Chicago unty
1878, when he removed to Des Moines,
where ten years later he was elected
to the legislature. He was a member
of the Republican national committee
from 1896 to 1900.
The election of Gov. Cummins to the
senate closes, a fight which began 15
years ago with his announcement on
November 24, 1893, that he would be
a candidate for the senatorship to suc-
ceed James F. Wilson. In that con-
test he received only 13 votes. He was
a candidate again in 1900 and was de-
feated by John H. Grear by four votes.
He then became governor, and after
seven years in the executive office
goes to the senate without opposition.
Not for Him.
Commissioner—Don't you want to
be uplifted?
Farmer Hayseed—Not much; my
wife blows me up several timeB a da).
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