Milk River Valley news. [volume], February 07, 1907, Image 8

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DANCE ALL THE TIME
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PECULIARITY OF THE TANALA TRIBE
OF MADAGASCAR.
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Hiey Have Danced For So Many Gen
erationa That They Have Forgotten
Other Galts and Go Through Life In
One Lohs Delirious Whirl.
A tribe that dances, and dances all
the time except when sleeping or rest
ing,' is the Tauala, the “forest people"
of the north central part of Madagas
car. They dance instead of walking,
and Instead running they only dance
faster. Their religious ceremonies are
Hances; , their amusement is dancing.
Thej- dance eten while hewing trees,
erecting houses or gathering rice. They
have danced so long for many genera
tions that they have forgotten other
gaits and other motions and go through
life In one long delirious whirl.
Besides dancing In quantity, it is de
clared that their dances, or soma of
them, are the most expressive and
meaningful, as well as the most baqu
tlfuily and gracefully 'executed, in -the
world.
Every emotion of the human race Is
expressed in their dances, and the
forms of the dance are as numerous
as the emotions of the dancer, says
the Chicago Tribune. They dance with
arms, with legs, with bodies and with
faces, posing in every conceivable at
titude and doing steps an'd executing
movements that would make the most
Skillful of stage dancers wild with
envy.
livery form of the dance, almost, is
used among these “forest people.” At
thq beginning of one of their dances
the warriors, thrilling with pride and
the' lust of battle, go forth to meet the
fo^. Then comes the conflict, the wild
struggle, In which the dancers work
themselves up to a pitch of frenzy,
screaming rhythmically, while tho
musical instruments rise higher and
higher, and the crowd of spectators,
resting from their own efforts in other
dances, join in the cries, urging the
dancers to wilder exertions. The de
feat, the rout, the capture, follow rap
idly, made so plain and- so- clear In
meaning that any one of any land could
understand, then the torture, In
which the bodies of the dancers writhe
anti tremble and their faces express
achte agony and fear, the awful sup
plication. and then woe and disgrace as
they dance away into captivity.
The musical Instruments which are
used In their ceremonial dances, such
as the arrival of a distinguished vis
itor, the installing of a new• ofllcial
or the burial of a great dancer, are of
interest. The greatest is a sort of
zither, and next is a primitive form
of the violin, with four strings,- which
Is shaped like a huge melon. Also
they have a flute called yaliha. which
is made of bamboo. They have a
bamboo drum, the head, of which is a
hide, and also a drum covered at
both ends with hide. Inside of which
round stones are shaken rhythmically.
Their chants and their wild, weird
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HhRLHv,
music from the odd orchestra furnish
a remarkable accompaniment for the
dances; but with or without music,
these odd people dance.
It la a common sight, according to
the French explorer, to see scores of
men working In the rice fields, shuf
fling their feet, swaying their bodies
and chanting melodiously while work
ing. In Sahaslnaka, the principal town
of Tanala, the men can be seen danc
ing along the streets In a sort of swing
ing twostep, and the carriers when
packing heavy loads through the great
forests danqe along under their- bur
dens, for a time swaying their bodies,
then doing a little crow Jig with their
feet as they advance, rind, although
four men may lie carrying a priest or
an Important man In a litter, they
dance all the way, seeming never to
tire.
The children begin to dance almost
as soon ns they can toddle, and literally
dance to the grave. The explorers saw
a funeral, four men carrying the body
of a petty chief on their shoulders, with
a procession of mourners following,
the entire crowd dancing toward the
big burial pit, where the bodies of all
who die lb that village are thrown.
t Unsolved Problem®.
Nothing Is more fascinating than the
unsolved problems of science. Some
of thbae pertaining to metallurgy were
discussed at a recent meeting of the
Institute of Civil Engineers In London.
There Is a common carbon steel which
when heated to 725 degrees C. and ]
quenched In brine bends on becoming 1
cold 43 degrees and possesses the hard
ness number 228 on the Brinell scale. ,
If heated only 10 degrees higher, to
735 degrees, and then quenched and
cooled it bends only Indegrees, and its
hardness becomes 512. Finally when
the beat is Increased another 5 de
gress, to 740 degrees, the effect is that ।
the steel will not bend at all, and Its
hardness number rises to 713. All
these results are produced by a range
of temperature less than that experi
enced by the air on an ordinary spring
day. There Is a steel containing 20
per cent of nickel whwh Is almost non
toagnetlc and has a tenacity of 40
tons per square Ipch. If Immersed In
| liquid air It becomes- strongly mag
| netlc, and its tenacity rises to 157 tons.
Then, after returning to ordinary tem
peratures, It retains a tenacity of 115
tons.—Youth’s Companion.
IJterallr.
"Did you sea the human ostrich eat
| fug glass mirrors?’
“Yes; that’s what you would cal!
food for reflection, Isn’t It?”—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
There Are Exceptlona.
Tomdicken—Are all women naturally
hard to please? Harry—No; some are
supernatural!? bard to please.—Chicago
Newt
| Tho wages of sin have not materially
| changed In some thousands of years.—
j Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
How to Remove a Corar Try It.
Expose the corn and pass the Anger
tips of your right hand over it slowly
and caressingly, at the same time send
ing a vibration from the brain to the
com. If It Is a soft com 413 vibrations
per second will suffice; If a hard corn,
put on a forced draft. Repeat slowly,
"I ain now sending a current of
thought force Into my corn and so sep
arating. deducing, disintegrating, ren
dering, splitting, sundering, splinter
ing. snipping, dwelllcatlng, whittling,
dispersing, dislocating, Hiding, divorc
ing, pulverizing, slashing, slicing and
dissecting It that presently if will pass
away. Repeat It three times; then,
with rising Inflection, "Avaunt, avaunt,
avaunt!" Finish by repeating the pass
word: "The unlverseds mine. I am It."
The corn will at first look extremely
surprised, then wilt and fade beauti
fully from sight.—New Thought.
A Nice Dlatlnctlon.
A well known Atlantan Im’S a wife
with a sharp tongue. Jones had come
home about 2 In the morning rather
the worse off for a few highballs. As
soon as lie opened the door his wife,
who was waiting for him in the accus
tomed place nt the top of the stairs,
where she could watch his uncertain
ascent. started upbraiding him for his
conduct. Jones went to bed and when
lie was n!mo^ asleep could hear her
till scalding him unmercifully, He
dropped off m sleep and awoke after n
couple of li lurs. -only, fb hear his wife
remark. "I hope all the women don’t
have I > put up with such conduct ns
tills." Annie." said ’Jones, "are you
talking again or yet?"—Kansas City
Star.
Clams’ Krks.
The clam’s eggs are carried by the
mother on her gills. When there nre
fish in the water with them the mother
clams discharge the eggs which soon
hatch, but if there are no fish they
carry the eggs until they decay. The
reason of this strange behavior is tills:
When the eggs are set free in the
water they soon hatch and the little
ones swim about until they find some
। fish to which to attach themselves.
I They live for a time on the mucus of
! the flsh and then drop off, sink to the
bottom and form burrows for tbem
। selves. This curious semiparasltic life
! Is no doubt a reversion to the habit of
। some ancient ancestor.
One Man’« Wisdom.
Green Who wm it that said, “Let
me make the songs of a nation and I
care not who makes Its laws?”
Brown—l don’t know the man’s name,
but he was a wise guy, all right.
Green—Because why? Brown—Be
i cause It is possible to evade the laws,
i but one can’t get away from the songs,
I especially when they become popular.
! —Chicago Npwi
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Tl»e Optimist.
1 Small Boy—Pa. what Is an optimist?
| Pa—An optimist, my son. is a man who
doesn’t care a blank what happens, so
that It doesn't hkopqn to him.—Life.
WNCHtm*. IB
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so inexpensive that you won’t be afraid Sia 1 ; .
to use one in any kind of weather. :
They are made io, 12 and 16 gauge. i
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"W J KA.R.T, Proprietor.
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THE ONLY WHOLESALE. LICENSED LIQUOR DEALER
in the city
THOMAS M. EVERE L’T, Pbesidrnt. WB. COWAN, Vice Pbbsident.
CHARLES E. OWENS, Cashieb. — w
First National Bank,
Hariem, Montana.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits-
PAID UP CAPITAL, - - $25,000.
This bank is insured and will be reimbursed for loss by burglary
either day or night A general banking business transsceed. State and
County Warrants bought at the higheet market price.
Bought and Sold
Fo reign Exchange _
W. E>- DODGE,
Fine Teams Furnished or
Slnort ISTotice. #
Hay Cats for Sale
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CASH BUYERS
Will iind greatly to their advant
age to buy neir Clothing and. z
Dry Goods at the
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PROF E B_B I p N A L
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Lady Assistant
JIVIFIS HOVLAIVD
Havre, Montana
MSERT LAUD, FIMAL PRMT
NOTICE FOK PUBLICATION.
0. 8. Land Office,
Great Falls, Mont.
» December 27»1906»-
Notice is herel y given tliat
nAhY A. PAULY
ofi Har^m, Montana, has tiled notice o 4 Intention
to make proof on her desert-land claim No UM
for the *»c 4 and ee^ sec 5, tn ri n, r Xie
M M. before Geo. W. Vennum United Utatev
1 ominiMioner at hie office at Hariem Montana
on Saturday tne 9th day if >ebrnary IWJ.
She nwaew tho following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation or Maid
land:
bamnel B.BirdweP. Irhbc Duncan, Charles ’.ind
blom and Joseph Pauly all of Harlem, Montana*
J. M. BURLINGAME, Register,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior, Land Office at Great
♦•Mila. Mont.. .Jan. 25, 1907
Notice is hereby given that
PHILLIP K BUCKLEY
of Harlem, Monatna, haa tiled > oticeof hie in
tension to make final five year proof in support
of his claim, viz: Home Mead Entry No. 12114
iua. e April 24, 1907, for the n w*^ sec. 2H, T, 82nd
it £se and thwteaid proof will be made before
Geo. W. Vennum,U. S, Com ,at his office in Ha
ii m Montana, on March 9, 1907,
He names thn following wilnesses to provehla
continuous residence upon, and cultivation,of
the land, viz:
William J, Hart, Preston M. Bosley, John H,,
Sadler and Michael Buckley all of Harlem Mont.
J. M. BURLINGAME,
Register.
First pub. Jannary 81,1907.
CONTEST NOTICE
Department of the Interior, United States Land
/ Office
. \ Great Falls. Mont. Jan. 25,.1907
A sufficient contest affidavitlhaving been IfiJed
in this office by Bruno Dueze, Contestant against
John R. Bukett entry 1751 made Joly 23, 1904
f re% Be nw se anp ne sw. s 15, t 82n, r. 28. e by
John K. Bukett Couteatee, in which it is alleged
that John R, Bukett doesnot reside upon said
land and has not resided upon ssme for more
than one year last past nor does he improve nor
cultivate ciaid lund and that there is no house nor
other impoovements upon said land anc »aid
Jolin IL Bukett lias wholly abanponrd said land
ami that said absence from the land was not due
to employmen in the naval or military service of
the Lnitee States in time of war said parties am
hereby notified oappe«r, respond and offer evi
dence touching said allegation at at 10 o'clock a.
m. on Narch 22 1906 before George W. Vennum
1 . > C-ommis* ioner at his office. Harlem Mont^
and that final hearing will be held at 10 o’clock
a. m. on march 29, 1907 before the registe and
receiver at the United States Land Office in Great
I»Us Montana.
The said contestant having, in a proper affi
davit,-filed Jan. 25 1907. set forth facta which
show that after cue diligence personal m rvice of
this notice cap not be made, it is hereby ordered
and directed that such notion be given by due
and proper publication.
J. M. BURLINGAME, Register
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Desert Uinds, Fipal Proof
Consolidated
Department of the Interior United States I-and
Office
Great Falls, Montana,November, 22 1906.
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed settlers have tiled notices of their intention to
offer final proofs under tneix desert land entries
1 as described, before Geo. W. Yennum. U. S.
Commissioner, at his official Harlem. Mont, on
Wednesday the 9th day of January. 1907, viz:
MARY HEMNA of Harlem, Montana, who
made desert land app ication N 0.223 for 160
acres of unsqrve}ed land in Chouteau county,
Montana, beginning at a point on Woody Island
creek one mile up the creek from the point
where said creek and Dry Cotton Wood Coulee
come together, forming Big Cotton Wood Creek
saitl point of beginning being marked Stake No.
1: running thence north 1 mile to stake No. 2;
theuce west oue-qnirter mile to stake No 3;
thence south one mile to stake No 4; thence east
one quaster mile to stake No. 1, the place of be
ginning. And
SOLOMON HEMNA of’llarlem, Montana, who
made desert land application No. 224 for 220 acres
of nnsurveyed land in < honteau county, Mont.,
which whensurveved will prybably be described
as the aej^ ami seM ne sec. 25, tp. 36 n. r. 27
e M. M.
They name Ue following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and relamation of said
lands, viz:
Edward A Swanson. Chris Malone;-. Mike Mur
phy and Gnbiel Paronto. ail of Harlem, Montana
J M. Burlingame, register
r~'A HUMBLE HEROINE.
Mother Mary Teresa and the CroM of
the Legion of Honor.
Some years ago in a city In Frauoo
til the soldiers were drawn up on the
plaza. A woman In the habit ot char
ity was called out In front of the gov
ernor general, and this Is what he said;
“Mother Mary Teresa, when you
were twenty years of age you received
a wound from a cannon ball ^jhUe as
listing one ot the wounded ^n' oio
field at Balaklava. In 1859 the shell
from a mitrailleuse laid you prostrate
In the front ranks on the battlefield ot
Magenta. Since th<yi you have been In
Syria, In China arid In Mexico, and If
you were not wounded it was not be
eause you have not exposed yourself.
“In 1870 you were taken up in Reis
thoffen covered with many saber
wounds. Such deeds of heroism you
crowned a few weeks ago with one ot
I the most heroic actions which history
records. A grenade fell upon the am.
bulance which was under your charge.
You took up the grenade in your arms;
■ you smiled upon the wounded who
! looked at you with feelings ot dlsmnyi
you carried It a distance ot eighty mo
tets. On laying It down you noticed
that it was going to burst You threw
yourself on the ground; It burst. Yot
were seen covered with blood, but
when persons game to your assistance
; you rose up smiling, us Is your wont.
You were Scarcely recovered from your
wound when you returned to the hos-
I pltal whence I have now summoned
I you.’’ »
Then the general made her kneel
down and, drawing his sword, touched
her lightly with it three times on the:
shoulder nnd pinned the cross of the|
: Legion of Honor on her habit, saying: I
"I put upon you the cross of tho
^rave In the name of the French people
and army. No pne has gained It by
more deeds of heroism nor by a life so
completely spent In self abnegation for
the benefit of your brothers and the
1 service of your country. Soldiers, pre
sent arms!”
The troops saluted, the drums and
bugles rang out, the air was filled with
lona’acclamations, nnd all was Jubila
tion and excitement as Mother Teresa
arose, her face suffused with blushes,
and asked:
“Geaeral, are you done?”
‘‘Yes,’’ said he.
“Then I will go back to the hospital.”—
1 From “The Companionship of Books,•
l*y Frederic Rowland Marvtn.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
There 1b no Buch thing as a secret.
A reasonable probability la the only
certainty.
Men who have violated the law say
It 1b not bard to do.
Romance Is like Are—ls you play
with It you arc liable to be burned.
There la too little attention given to
two mighty Important words, "Don't