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VOL. IV. 
KANSAS (;1TY, KANSAS, JANUARY, 1890. 
NO. G. 
AMci«nt Stone Pipe. 
The subject of our illustration is a stone 
pipe, found by Mrs, Margaret Rosei s, on 
her farm in Fountain county, Indiana, 
o*ie mile from Covington, and now in the 
possession of Mr. E. Butts, assistant City 
Engineer of Kansas City, Mo., the best 
posted Arch.ieologist in the city and to him 
we are indebt(jd for the illustration. The 
following description is taken from the 
Geological Survey of Indiana tor 1874, in 
which the pipe was also figured: 
This pipe is carved out of a 
hard, coarse grained, gray col- 
ored, trap rock. It is a fair 
representation of a bull frog 
and with the exception of op.e 
or two p^iysiologioal omissions, 
would do no discredit to many 
a modern pretender in the art of 
carving. The figure is full size: 
Five and a half inches long and 
four inches high. The bowl, 
which is situated on the -back, 
is one and one eighth inches in 
diameter; the greatest diameter 
of the stem hole is one and one 
quarter inches, and tapers rap- 
idly to its connection wit!' the 
bowl. It slopes upward at an 
angle nearly corresponding to 
that of the back of the frog and, 
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forms a slightij' obtuse angie^! 
with the bowl. In order to 
smoke such a pipe with ease it' 
should either be held above the 
level of the mouih or the stem 
should be crooked to suit the 
lower position. The excellent 
finish and high degree of art 
displayed in carving so perfect 
an image of a fiog from hard 
stone might at first lead one to question 
its authenticit}' as a relic of pre-historic 
times, but when it is compared with oth- 
er pipes which belong undoubtedly to the 
mound builders or stone age, there is lit- 
I le room to dispute it»claini of antiquity. 
In all the stemless moimd buildeis" pipes 
which I have seen, the bowl and stem 
holes are nearly equal in size at their 
openings; the latter opening tapei-s rap- 
idly and is small where it connects with 
the base of the bowl and forms with it a 
slightly obtuse angle. 
The frog is sitting upon hi^ind legs 
which are admirably folded, but the art- 
ist exhibits carelessness in minor details 
by only giving four instead of five toes 
to the hind feet and three instead of four 
toes to the fore feet. The attitude is 
ipiite natural and the head and body are 
in good proportion. 
The dignity of labor is all right, but 
it is the dig night and day of labor, of 
which many people complain.— 
Stanley's Latest Discoveries. 
Siiice the latter part of the j^ear 1887, 
when the explorer left Stanley Falls on 
the Upper Congo, the news from hinj 
has been very meagre, and that which 
did come was anything but hcipeful, es- 
pecially when taken in connection with 
the reports that Emin's settlement had 
been broken up and Emin himself was a 
prisoiier in the hands of the Mahdi. The 
west branch of the White Nile, the Vic- 
toria Nyanza being the source of the 
southeast branch. Stanley, however, has 
discovered an extension of the Southern 
Nyanza, or Nyanza of LTsongora, which, 
he says, ''is called now Albert Edward 
Nyanza, and is about nine hundred feet 
higher than Albert Nyanza, having an 
exit at Semliki, which receives over fifty 
streams from the snowy range of the 
Rnjeuzori, and finally enters the Albert 
country in which Stanley's route lay is a 
table-land of some five thousand feet el- 
evation, directly under the equator, with 
many mountain ridges and snovv capped 
peaks, much of the surface heavily 
wooded, and having a vegetation so pro- 
lific as to be almost impenetrable, while 
it has a very considerable population, 
mostly of small savage tribes, always 
engaged in war and slave stealing. In a 
region of this character, about one thons- 
miles each way in extent, Stanley has 
been marching and countermarching for 
nearlj' two j^ears, first in the interests of 
commerce and for purposes of explora- 
tion, and finallj' as the successful recsuer 
and deliverer of Emin Pasha from the 
Mahdi. I he additions made by the ex- 
plorer to our knowledge of the geogra 
phy of this vast region in Central Africa 
are necessarily limited by the meagre- 
ness of the accounts so far received, but 
it is seen that it will be of great import- 
ance. Heretofore the Albert Nyanza has 
been considered the source of the south- 
Nyanza, making the Albert Edward the 
source of the southwest branch of the 
White Nile."" The area of the extension 
is said to be 26.900 square miles. — Scien- 
tific American. 
Chronic Howlers. 
The Brazilian dlycetes, or Red Howl- 
er, defends itself by means of its appall- 
ing voice. At the mere sight of a Jag- 
uar a ISIycetes assembly will set up a 
general whoop, raising their voices to a 
deafening uproar, till the enemjr re- 
treats. Some of the old Howlers are 
then apt to pursue li for a quarter of 
a mile, breaking out into fresh execra- 
tions whenever they catch sight of his 
speckled hide. It takes hours to calm 
their, excitement, and in moonlight. 
\\ hen evei-y bush seems to hide a lui-k- 
ing foe, thej^ often make a night of it, 
and keep up a far sounding roar, re- 
newed at the rustling of a twig. — Ex. 
