PAGE TWO

COL ROOSEVELT'SEVENTFUL TRIP

Tells of Wonderful Birds andMost Ferocious Fish In

the World.

THE MEN WHO SET OUT WITH

COLONEL ROOSEVELT.

Colonel Itoospvelt'B party, beforeit divided for the trip down to theAnu.ion, included, besides himselfand hi# son. Father Zahm. an oldfriend of the rolonel, (leorKe K.Cherrte, ornithologist, and Leo C.Miller, a mammaloKist, represent-ing the American Museum of Nat-ural History; Colonel Kondon, An-thony Fiala, arctic explorer; FrankHarper, Colonel Roosevelt's secre-tary. Jacob SiBK. who served threeyears in the United States armyand qualified as a nurse andcook: Captain Amilcnr de Maffal-liaes. an experienced explorer; Lieu-

tenant Thomas Keis, an expert

with the cinematograph; Lieuten-ants Joao Lyre, Julio Uarbosa andJoaquin d© Meh Filho; Alcldes deSant i Anna, the physician of theexpedition; Pr. Euzoblo de Olivelra,

a tteolofriat, and Frederico lloehne,

a botanist, with two assistant t»*>-dermista.

[Frem Colonel Roosevelt's article

flatrrlhlTiK his journey In the Brazilian

wilderness in Seribner'o Magazine for

April. 13M. Copyright. IW4 t>>" diaries

Sd ibner'sj Sons J

ITis a veritable wonder Journey

that Theodore Roosevelt begins

in the April number of Seribner's.Having been invited to deliver ad-

In South America. lie decided

not to return In the conventional way,

but to ??come north through the middle

of the continent into the valley »( theAmazon." mid then he wrote to FatherZahm a priest who used to talk SmithAmerica with him when he was presi

RAFTING ON TTIE AMAZON.

dent. anil, with the co-operation of tlieAmerican Museum of Natural nistoryand its naturalists, this piquantly va-rle<l party is now far on its journey,a dispatch recently announcing its dis-covery of an unknown river.

Colonel Roosevelt calls his narrative"A Hunter Naturalist In tin- Itnmlian\u25a0Wilderness," and this tirst installmentdescribes the Journey "I'p the Para-guay." made on a Paraguayan govern

Merit gunboat, with many stops by theway Headers who appreciate good\u25a0writing will lind here the very best ofSts kind- a real literary interpretationof tliis tropical landscape with itsstrange native people, its gorgeousbirds <if plumage, its grotesque ani-mals, most of them absolutely tin

known in North America.It is with the zest of a boy for a new

adventure and the trained eye of anaturalist that Colonel Roosevelt startsthe reader 011 his romantic journey.The illustrations, by Kermit and othermembers of the party, follow the textexactly, so that what Is described intext is also pictured. Colonel lioose-v.elt In part:

T meal American Expedition."In its composition ours was a typ-

01 SI!! OFUP T!IL PARAGUAY

Paints Vivid Word Picture of

His Observations In theWilds ol Brazil.

\u25a0< iii uuerienii expedition. Clierrle and

Kennit anil I«' "<? "l(' Itcvolu

Motility stock, Clierrle being of Scotch

Irish iiihl Huguenot descent. mill we

not only ot Dutch. I nit of about even

other slrniti of blood tlmt then* \vn>.

on iliis side of tlie water during coinnin I times. Fill her Ziilim's fnilier wits

nil AIsit tin n Immigrant. iiitd liis motile:was partly of Irish anil partly of old

American stock, a descendant of nniece ot General lilndilin k Miller'sfather came from Germany and his.

mother from France. Fiala's father hih!mother were both from Itoheinia. beinfi Czechs, and Ids father ilad servedfour years in the civil war in the I'ltioi.army. His Tennessee wife was of oldRevolutionary stm k. Harper was born

, in England and Slug in Switzerland,

j "We were as varied in religions creedas in ethnic origin Fattier /nliiii am)

! Miller were Catholics, Kermit andj Harper Episcopalians. Cherrie a I'resbyteriau. Fiala a Baptist. Sigg i; I.n

I tlieran. while I belonged to the MutchReformed church.

Describes Party's Guns."For arms the naturalists took )<?

bore shotguns, one of Cherrie's having

a rille barrel underneath. The (ire

arms fur the rest of the party weresupplied by Kermit and myself, inchnling my Springfield rille, Kormit's twoWinchesters, a l<i."i and ,'!<>? 10. the Fox

11! gauge shotgun and another It! gaugegun and a couple of revolvers

"We took from New York a roiipleof canvas canoes. tents. lii'»'<|<lll<i hillsplent.v of < 11<??\u25a0-<?<\u25a0 Iot! 1. i 11? ? Mlll ?? v netsfor tilt' hats .?nil! both I j:j 111 rots au<ihammocks. i *:*\u25a0 ii <'>111:|>; \u25a0<?< 1 liiniM llwith tlie ciotliiiii: In- f;111 it\u25a0<l. M ii"

consisted of k'laki such ;is | wore ii.Africa, willi M couple . ! (nited Si:i'»? -

army flannel 11i. iiiml n couple ofsilk shirts, one iin it- "i hobnailed shoeswith ipjtjiiuws «i* <1 one pair of iuciilleather lin,.is coiiiinj; ih?:111y to theknot's. !!?. 11l llio naturalists told methat it was well t i have either tin

boots or It'u'HHi-s as u protectionagainst snake i iii and 1 also hidgauntlets l "ail:v of tin* mosquitoesand sand Hies.

"Wo intended where possible to liveon what we could get from time to

COLON) !. ROOBKVKT/T AND f'OT,ONI'.£j J; .

DON ADOAKD THE NYO'.c.

time in tiie eenniry, l>ui we took somel ui'cfl Slates army emergency rationsand also ninety cans, each containinga day's provisions for six men, madeI'll I"':i 1:1,

YOU CAN'T BEHAPPY IF YOUR

FEET ACHE

Dr. Reed'sCushion Sole

Needs no breaking in, assures perfect comfort.

Sold only at

JEFF'S SHOE STORE, P. 0. I lock

GARMAN & ZIEGLER

Brazilian iiud Songs."In a stran.e 1.i11.1 a man who care-,

for v> iiti birds ..i.d wil.i lieasls alwayssees i.inl hears s.uiu ;hiiiy tli.it Is newto hi :\u25a0 tut i in;, resls Ittlli. lit the delisttt'o|ii< 'I v,.. -. la a r Kin .1;, ueiro Iheard ill !ar \u25a0< > i.tlic'- sprin:.l inie neai

till' soul hel'li l.o| ie Ihe solids of inaiiv

birds ii :.i I o.iM not identity Itulthe most i .i.;* 111 music was from a

shy v .Midland inrush. somber colored,

which lived 11\u25a0 . r the ground in tlicthick limber. i.ut sniiii lii;:h anions theI >rn lie lies.

"At <1 f.'l'cat <Ii ~t: 111' «' we could Ilealthe iniisiciil. bell-like note.

lon.tr drawn and of piercing sweetness,

wlilcll ocelli's at intervals in the son;!

At first I thought this was the solifC.hut when it was possible to approachthe siti-rer I found that these farsound luk notes were scattered througha continuous son:; of jjreat melody. Inever listened to one that impressedme moiv

"In dilTerent places in Argentina I

hoard ami saw the Argentine mocking

hird. which is not very unlike our own.

tind is also a delightful and reninrkalileslturer Hut I never heard the wonderfill white handed mockingbird. whichis said by Hudson, who knew well (he

birds of lioili South America and Enrope, to In- the soiik klnjiof them nil

"Most of the birds I thus noticedwhile hurriedly pnssliiK through thecountry were, of course, the conspicu-ous ones The spurred hlpwiliiis. bitf.tame, boldly marked plover, were ev-erywhere They were very noisy andRctive and both innul.-itive and dur-

, i C"*.-»p\ i i lit, 1;»U. !.<>? Chiirh s Scrlbncr's Sons.

Wilon; I, ltoosi vi i.t s 11;amino ri* Tinl'.vi;\ctra> hivi:ic « n i u . nyo-m*.

Itilt, and they linvo a very ourlouoilaiK c custom. No niitu need look f*-»r

I i them. They will for him, andwI- ii t!n y !*:i ! iiii.i t hey will t'airl;.

I yell !!;?? discovery the uidverse. In?'t! > - irslie ? o! ti ? lower i > arana I? I - ,w i i;s of venrlet headed blacU

I'ir.is <*u tl:e tnj . the reeds Tlie

i ' fi-ui. !?-.-< are <i-? >tri!»inuly colored as

I tile : .'.li' -, i.d their j.-i b!; « k bo<lie>

s a.id hriiliant red li ? ..?\u25a0s make it imp 's

nibie for them t c>eape observation? iiinona their natural surroundings.

Him Hating: Fish.

"\\V I?a 11 1:' 11 \u25a0:! liv tisli. Tliey 1"'

ion::cd In <,: <\u25a0 .1 (lie i:i<t t"<>i"tiliil;ll>lt*i.t'iicrri el' i'i-Ii i:i tlx- uur.il. the plrayaor cannibal lisll, the lisli that eats men

In n .t i-iiii ui'i tin- chance Farthernorth there arc species of small pira.vasthai yu in schools At this point onthe Paraguay l lie piraya do not seemto fj'o in regular schools, lint lUovswarm in all the waters anil attain a

length ol' eighteen inches or over. Theyaic the most ferocious list) in theworld.

"Kven the most formidable tisli, thesharks or the barracudas, usually at-

tack things smaller than themselvesHut the pirayas habitually attacktilings much larger than themselves.They "ill snap a linger oil' a hand In

cautiously trailed in the water: theymutiiale swimmers?in every rivertown in I'araK'uay there are men who

have iieen thus mutilated: they willrend and devour aiive any woundedman or beast, lor blood in the water

i xeites them to madness. They willtear wounded wild fowl lo pieces andbite off the tails of blj£ fish as they::;row exhausted when lighting after be

.nu; li'ioked Miller, beiore I reachedAsuncion, had been badly bitten byone.

Objects of Evil Ferocity.

"Those that we caught some'' .ne-

b-it through the hooks or Uie doublestrands of co|>per ' ? that served as

leat'.ers and i away Those that wet o:l .;cck lived for many uiin

utes.".Most predatory fish are loii.s and

slim, like the alligator and pickerel,

but the piraya is a short, deep bodiedfish, with a blunt face and a heavilyundershot or projecting lower jaw

\vh' h gapes widely The razor edtiedtcilh are wedge shaped like a shark's,

and the jaw muscles possess great

power. The rabid, furious snaps drivethe teeth through llesll and bone. I'h 'head, wllh us short muzzle, starin..'

ONE *1 HE FALLS OF MADKIHA lIIVK['.

WHICH IIOOSKVEI.T I'AKTY THAVCHBKD

malignant eyes, and gaping, cruelly

, armed jaws, is the embodiment < >f evilferocity, and the actions of the flshexnetly ui.it h 'ts lo"l:»

i "1 never witnessed an exhililtion ot

such impotent, saviu-o fury :k wn«

. shown by the pirayas as they Happen

|on dock. When fresh from the water

iand thrown on the hoards they uttereu;an extraordinary squealing sound. A.-

j they flapped about they bit with vt

clous eagerness at whatever presenteditself."

A Lack of Churches.Writing of the chur<! is a civilizing

I power. Colonel Hoosevt It sitvs;

"A vcr> o* cuiiiiiiu

nities where there is no church ought

10 convince the inosi heterodox of the

absolute need of a church. 1 earnestly

wish there could be such sin increasein the personnel and equipment ol llie

i allioli" church in South America as

(u pc -m It th" eta! dish men I of one

\u25a0 kii| : uii earn - l priest in every vit-iligo or littli uiiiiiinily in tlie far in

tenor Nor is there any inconsistency. -i wi i n fln - wish and the furl her wish

that lhere could be a marked extensionmid development of the native I'rotes-'. id (dinrchcs. such as 1 saw establish-, d 111 o and ii. e in lirazil. I'mguay

. I A I':.cut a i : ~.i d the v mug Men's

i ' 1!t-i iail ic.sl1\u25a0 ia I ion 'I bulk of

; ~. I.i,(| 11 .], \u25a0'A ill) ;It I I'l -liglon

viil 1i ? lit ill lie to be 'a I hole nut I lie[.?ritual need - of a more oi "-s con

iderable iniiiori'y will best b, ct b\

tin- estal'i -hi: cut ol Kn.lest,ml

i hui'chcs or hi p.ace - even °l a I 'osi

i , : ,?hui-eli ~| c, culture society"Not xiils is tli establishment of

such churches a g"'il tlilnn for the?i , politic ? \u25a0?? a '?'\u25a0 :."lc, but a good

filing for the ''a I. die church itself, for

11 eir I'/esefa'c is a oousiaiil spur to ac-

tivity an*l clean and honorable conducti nil a oonM.'iii rellection on sloth and

.aol'al laxity

"The govcriiiuenl in each of these

I'oninioiiweall lis is doing evei*ything

possible to further the cause of educa

lion, and the tendency is to treat eili. 1-.;.M»ii? as peculiarly a function of gov-

ernment and to make it. where the

government acis. tionsectarian, obliga-tory and free- a cardinal doctrine ofour own incut democracy, to which we

- are committed by every principle ofj sound Americanism I'.ut no democra-cy can afford to overlook the vital Im-portance cf the ethical and spiritual,

tin.' truly religious element in life."

Take a TipFro;n OldDiogenes

By MCSS.

p... i LA TO Mm vine aVjk ft* * roupu*of thuu-?'* s aini .wars ago lie-

f<rC ,uaa as a<£>-? I wo iinlmalU' \Y'W Will,out feathers.

,

r ty**. nio.ucTH's «t!io chap<".« -"s"i 'Ml**, vlio went around

'*in iheday tiin e

w tli a lante-n looiiinj; lor anhi-ncst mam ptUcUcd a n.ostel

and took il into the acadeni.vwhere tn-ient philosophers(..-\u25a0a-ed every! hi is.-r under the

..i ?i! 11 si«|d. "This is I'lalo'sii. .n

"

''a vvliich iicciHint i iiis,1111..: i wac made to I lie llcli

i.. ;,.ii: 'With bi'tiiid Hat nail-.'. ali It:.:.it ih.-l Old i>i

i.- -. - u t ''? re« ..

t a- a Miic xense of humor. I?i a |oit-i y he \vi inid! t ha

ui- lantern tituoiiK 'la;-M'-ii ipers lo litul iln

? :\.? . r 11 1 i-\ \ ' 11. S Mi

"

i 4\ i;. i |>is lii ine-it \ doesn't

p iM (I|*t ;vi n|- ill a ll>i ~e. .No itayliirlii i\u25a0 . :

lip .1 nilVe ..11> 111.11u IO I, i .ii ..pa e buyer who dcli!>

.. tries In fool il,, public.- "an . \u25a0 itiiili.- P.. U lo I'lalo's

in ,i; ' ii! man. the moral of that

11.1* v is: lie eviii-f ISe specific.I . .ii rii\i.| |i>..i; t lie details

'*ii you watch llie ads in this?e|.e. CAlilii'T ciioiiiiiiV

li.. you keep posted oh the de-ntils'; U \u25a0 on Di-ike It your bus:

lies to read them with KXACT-

IKIN'T SKll' Til K

"MKOAI>. I I.AT NAII.S"

A Oen'ts Hu'band.Woman (to her husband. busily en

Sailed writingi - My Hear, correctly

speaking. wtiat Is a dentist'; Husband(crosslyi? limveil from dent. Frenchfor teet.li. a man who piths Teeth

Husband settles down to wntinu

i2uin i \Vite-.M> ileal', you said tinsmorning Unit linguist was derivedfroai t lie Latin h 'gun. a tongue, tinshand iCrossiyi- Yea. Wife?Well, deal

is a linguist a uian who pulls outonsiies"; Husband No, madam, but 1

v.-'-h tie dirt I,ohdur Answers.

ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON TUESDAY. APRIL 7, 1914.

May Harris, Champion "Rastler" of the World, winner of the Rich-

ard K Fox Diamond medal, with the Rice & Dore Carnival, next week.

; THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

When It Falls Out, if It Ever Does,

Goocloy Old World.When the bottom of tlic sen drives

! .vay l*i**Mil some future volcanic disturblin the whole «»:irtli will be consumed\u25a0in (lames. just us other worlds every

I;i \ sii o bciiiLT consumed, according to

Lciii< Itabourdiu. the French scientist-l!cc« ? t vii'< auio disturbances lead I liiw

1 to believe that such a time ish«u r distant. Tlic earth's crust is

! wry lain :it the boitom of tlie sea, he.iiid lie adds that tlic tloor on

v\ I.i«?!i we siand is more l rail than

?ire ? I In U'liew.\I K .ltMu: din imnvines a dis aster so

~ :i" \u25a0 »? involve the w hole earth. Ifli \u25a0.\u25a0 i cvi nt shop.' I 0.-cur lie thinks

!Ir'i '"??in a di-i iii; world its appear-

? m : and progress would exactly paral-?\u25a0! wh: t v. ' c-.irsclves st.* in the case: !:.:» ? a .to.'* or di taut stars, that

: i»;;l in toe heavens from time to

K;,llounlin s:iys: "Suppose that: Hi 1.. upon ;l!l e\l','aol'i'd 111. ry twist-:i,g niovement. due lo retreat of the?enl fa I muss, a large mass of the sea

'bottom should give way and. falling; suddenly, should let in tile mass of thei n.-oaii's waters upon flic incandescentjinferior matter? The water would be

lei \u25a0'imposed by the heal, the hydrogeni wo iid I urn. and it would burn more as[ i'i la'il access to more oxygen. Thej ?? in 11:;:rration would thus gain gradual-ly in force, accompanied by electric

1 hoK.iincua. and the greater part ofr.he earlli's crust would probably beI displaced. The earth, passing throughj ,i critical epoch and returning for the

iinie being to i!s fornialive period.1 .loiild again be nothing but a globe of

lire."I'hi- thi> faroff worlds tlint swltm

in saietoal space this would 1>«> the phe-noii ' .ioii ill' :i new still 1 flint Mazes outall at .nice, increases in brilliancy its ifit would eclipse tlie luminous splendorof all lis neighbors and then becomesfeebler and feebler, to disappear linallyforever in the profound darkness of thelimitless distance."

When stieii n catastrophe takes place,if it eve? does, flint will be the "endjf the world." so far as we at least are

concerned. - New York World.

THRIFT AND THE MAN.

j Self Kc'i) snt! Self Respect Allied toP~H Citizenship.

Thrift is an essential and imperativepart of good cili/o'isltip.

The man u lio .m-Is aside a few penceor shillings every week or every iiionthis not only uiakinj; future provisionfor I aiself. his children or others who

j may be dependent on him; but, con-sciously or uti.-ous-ciously. he is at thesame t'mo -"reins his country bv 1iol:>Inir to ei'iviti. ?! tvpo of eh,\u25a0!meter whiis one of the most valuable of nationassets.

He is selling ,iii example of self comj imind ? time he lights down the

I !i"11; it' .;i ;n ,i : 1 on some I . ssinypleasure the money which should be

| rcserv" ' f r a more K-eful purpose

1 Ami <??>? "l'lnd means much i>.;.:oiii! citizenship

l!i is set i iiy an example of self

he'p lie noes i,ot \\ ait for "sonielbinto turn t»j >. bin M'ls lo work 1< solute-ly to iai; : , e :\u25a0 ii. >;i in lift by his

| uv. n ? a:-

lb ' 15 ail evn:'le of s.-Jf resped T'e ' m!\u25a0 -? f ; >r.c\ Ii ui. si'.'earn..l rostc . »'<? t - ..f -virdv i'i

dependence ami eoiit'deuee it: one 1--own powers which nave played nosmall part in huildinir 111> the prosper

it.v of t his count r,\.j Iti addition to the ethical value which

! I have end -avert il to indicate, the prae

I tice of thrift by individuals has a ma-terial \a4io to the nation. The secu

I ritv of the intricate fabric of national

J credit depot ds to a very lartre extent

j upon the reserve of capital accumu-j laiiil by liiose who invest in savings

j ntid similar institutions. -Sir T.: Vausittart iiuwater in London An

swers.

One Thoughtful Editor.The proprietor of the local paper nt

Ebrfswnlile. a small Prussian town not

far from Berlin. does his best t" make

his papir ust fui us well as instructive.Two <):,ys :: week lie has the General

printed on only one side ofthe paper so that it can he used forwrapping up provisions without anydanger of contamination from printers'ink. On these days the paper is twiceas large as on ordinary days, so thatthe i übiic loses nothing in the way of

lead H9 I*la ltd.

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300 ? PEOPLE .300*"A wonderful water spectacle, Neptune's dai ,

) never be-fore attempted by a traveling show. Keproducti the NewYork Hippodrome, introducing champion lady s»rs and hi"hdivers. Aquatic sports of all kinds. Lo<r Kolicrs, ( Horses etc.

A Gala Week of Merriment ?A Congress of Wondlaturing PrinceNapoleon (midget) magician and entertainer; the ('urselam, the largestsnake in captivity, 38 feet long; Dixie, the Fat Girl, Intain of fle.sh:Major Little Finger, wife and "midget baby"; Pernian I imported frointhe Holy Lands, under I.'. S. Govt. bond; the StreefCairo, with its

| quaint people and Gipsy Fortune Tellers; the DantinJs, Musical Com- jI edy. Change of Program daily: plantation Shou, best Are 4 minstrelsy;! IFerris Wheel; Carry us-all; Circle Wave; Motordon»«ands of Music'J.two concerts daily t> Ward's Muri:. liand, Miss Crfcluiyre, SoloistJi