Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-22

Effect OF a white MANS Devices.

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B'ADertts In his account OF his travels in
New Guinea tehs some interesting stories.
His porters, who had agreed to take him 10
Hatam for fixed payment, stopped at q village
to rss and on being told to 60 On said
ever, botn by the distance and elevation. that
they were deceiving him, and told them so,
but they again said, This is Hatam; pay us.
He then took his aneroid out of his pocket,
said: Here is Hatam; this thing tells
that " when they so aa higher ssa ea ap ass
mountain the index would move, and when
they reached Hatam 1t would come to the point
but they would not believe It without proof. So
he let one OF them carry It himself to the top
OF small hill near, when they saw that the
index had moved and on coming down that It
They acknowledged that the white man knew
where he was going. and could not be deceived,
so they at once said, LET us rest to-day, TO-
morrow we will go to Hatam." or course every
man and woman in the village wanted to see
the little thing that told the stranger where lay
the most remote villages OF the forest; and thus
the travellers influence was Increased, and per-
hapS his personal safety secured.
In his second journey he provided himself
with dy Mantle and rockets, which were very
efIectual In FRIGHTENING the savages and giving
him moral power over them. At Yule Island he
was on excellent terms with the natives. on
whom lie conferred many BENEFITS. Yet during
his absence on an exploration his house was
entered AID large quantity OF goods stolen.
In recovering these and firmly establishing lis
power and influence he showed great ingenui
ty. Calling the chiefs and other natives to-
gether-who all pretended great regret at his
loss. though the robbery must have been eff
fected with their CONFERENCE.-The told them that
he was determined to have his property back,
and that If it was not brought In twenty four
within range Of his house. which fortunately
commanded great extent OF native paths,
as we'll as the narrow strait between the
island and the main land. He then made
bis preparations for desperate defence
In case he was attacked, loaded some Or
SIM shells and mined the paths leading to
his house, SO that with long match he could
blow them up without exposing himself AT
the end Of twenty -four hours, nothing having
been brought, he commenced operations by eX-
ploding five dynamite cartridges, which made
sounding for several seconds. He then let of
rockets In the direction OF the native houses
and Illuminated his own house with Bengal fire.
next morning the chief arrived with i've men.
bringing considerable portion OF the stolen
goods, and trembling with fear to such an ex-
tent that some Of them could not aruculate
word. He insisted, however, that the rest OF
the goods should be brought back; and the
next day, to show that he was In earnest, fired
at the CHIEF himself as he was passing at a
distance OF three hundred yards being careful
not to hurt, but only to frighten him. A canoe
was also turned back by bullet striking a
rock close by It, The eject OF this was seen
next morning In another visit from the chief.
with five complete suits of clothes. axes, knives
beads and other stolen articles. Much more,
however, remained, and D'Albertis took the Op-
portunity OF impressDg them thoroughly with
his power. He first asked them to try TO pierce
strong piece OF zinc with their spears, which
We're blunted by the attempt, while he riddled
1t through and through with shot from his gun.
He also sent bullets into the trunk OF a small
tree hundred yards distant, showing that a
man could not escape him. They had been
seated on large stone near his house. which he
having secretly lighted the match, told them to
look al the stone. A tremendous explosion soon
came, and the stone disappeared. The natives
were too frightened to move, and begged him
to have pity on them promising to restore
everything. A great hole was seen where the
stone had stood, While some OF its fragments
were found long way off. For twelve DAYS
more he kept up state OF siege, turning back
all travellers and many canoes by rifle balls In
front of them, but never hurting any one.
Then another large instalment OF his goods was
brought, leaving little OF importance, and ulti-
mately he recovered almost everything. During
the whole OF this time he never hurt single
person or did any damage to their property,
but succeeded In getting back his own by Inn.
pressing them with his. to them superhuman
power. The result was that after eight months
residence he parted from these people on the
best OF terms. They all embraced him. and
most OF them shed tears, while their last words
were maria rdu! Maria rdn ~ Return Ma
ria! Return, Maria THAT being his second
name, by which they had found 1t most easy to
call him.