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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-15
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December
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gratifed to find Amos Of undoubtedly pure
stock removed from all contamination by jap
anese or other invaders of their land. The
Amos once inhabited Nippon, the main island
OF the Japanese group, but were supplanted
years ago by the Japanese, who forced them
northward until, at the beginning Of this CEN
fury, only few remained In the north of Nip
pom, and now they are found only in the island
of Yezo, where they live under the domination
of the japanese. The Japanese conduct the
business Of the island and are settled in con-
siderable numbers at Hakodate, Nemoro and
other ports. where the products of the Yezo
fisheries and of the few Industries of the island
are shipped. The Amos dwell, as a rule, on
the coast, as they subsist chiefly by fishing. In
the journey through the interior Prot. Hitch
cock. who had Japanese companion, found
few inhabitants. At one place he found a COM
munity of Amos engaged In mining for sulphur
on the side of an active volcano.
Prof. Hitchcock described the Amos to The
STAR reporter as the dirtiest of men. They
never wash and their hair and beard. which are
of most luxuriant growth, hang about their
heads in matted mass. Owing to their lack
of cleanliness it is quite difficult to make out
what their real complexion is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-15
WITH A STRANGE RACE
Prof. Hitchcock's Journey in the
Island of Yezo.
FACTS ABOUT THE Amos.
The Pit Dwellers who Preceded Them
Curious superstitiOns OF the Race
The Bearded Men and the Tatsooed
Women.

LANDING in the midst Of . coiiec-
MJfsS ton in a big glass case recently set
N~ mn in the national museum Is the
w ~ 8pure OF a man q little below the
~ average height Of the Caucasian.
iuis Is a typical Aino, modelled by the clever
artists attached to the museum, flesh tlnts,
ewes. beard, hair and all reproduced exactly as
they appear in life and clad in garments woven
by Amos. Around him are household imple-
ments, shuttles for weaving, fishing spears and
tackle, bows and arrows and the other rude
furnishings that represent all that the arts OF
this primitive people have produced to raise
them above absolute savagery. An interesting
part of the collection is an Aino house repro
duced in miniature, with its store house and
other appurteuances The Aino In the center
of the case has great shock Of gray hair,
huge gray beard and shaggy eyebrows. His
complexion Is Of light coppery hue, his cheek
bones high and his nose straight but broad
at the base. On his head Is triangular
shaped head dress. A long gown glrdled at
the waist and ornamented with designs en-
broidered in white on dark blue base reaches
from his shoulders below his knees. His legs
down to his ankles are protected by leggings
and his feet are bare. Over one shoulder is
plung by a light strap a haversack woven of
PUSHES. In his belt or girdle at his left side is
supported wooden CULVER filled with arrows,
and behind in his girdle Is thrust carved
stick to which is attached the little basket or
pouch in which the Aino carries his supply of
smoking tobacco.
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sole made Of skin or mating, held on by a thong,
through which the great toe passes. The Aino
woman's garment is long robe somewhat
similar to that worn by the man, with girdle
at the waist. Some of the women wear dresses
of the Japanese pattern. They are quite
unkempt in appearance as the men. As orna-
ments the women wear strings OF colored beads
obtained from traders and large earrings. 1t
is q fashion among Aino women to tattoo the
lips, marking them SO as seemingly to enlarge
the mouth. A physical characteristic of the
men is the great growth of hair, not only on the
head and face but on the limbs and all over the
body. Some of the men photographed by Prot.
Hitchcock seem quite as hairy as triangular
There are taller than the average japanese and
generally of athletic figure. Their solemn
faces and patriarchal boards give them a wise
look. Prof. Hitchcock remarked that many he
saw, il washed, combed and dressed in the garb
usual in civilized lands, would look quite like
gentlemen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-15
AN INTERIOR.

The Amos have no literature or written or
pictorial language of any kind. Those who
have come Immediately in contact with the
japanese have learned to speak sort of mon
grel Japanese, by means Of which Prof Hitch
cock, with the aid Of Japanese interpreters. was
able to communicate with them. The Amos
have no religion that can be formulated into
creed. They give no time to debating changes
IN their confession OF faith. But they have
many superstitions and worship gods that seem
quite grosesque the thunder bird Of the
northwest coast Indians. They have no priests;
each Aino settles disputed points of doctrine
for himself. One OF the necessary parts of an
Amos equipment is a mustache stick that
looks like carved wooden ruler. When an
Aino drinks sake one duty he sacredly performs
Is to first throw out few drops of the liquor
as hbation to his gods. This he does with his
mustache stick. He dips the stick into the
liquor and shakes the drops that adhere to il
upon the ground. Then he strokes his beard
solemnly three times and he raises the bowl
! to his lips he uses the stick again to press
against his upper lip and keep his mustache
from interfering with his drinking.
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Among the superstitions that prevail among
the Amos is one that gives sacred character
to the bear. In the mountains of Yezo are
huge bears like the savage grizzlies of the
Rockies Near the dwellings of a community
OF Amos will be found bear cage made of
logs and also sacred hedge constructed of
poles and brush. In the springtime the Amos
set out to hunt the bear. They have no
weapons that would be of much avail in close
quarters with one of these huge beasts, but
they accomplish the death of the animal by
means OF poisoned arrows. The heads of the
arrows are dipped in the poison they obtain
from aconite root. When one of the arrows
plerces the skin of bear the poison acts so
quickly that he will fall i'll mortal agony after
running few rods. Sometimes bears are
killed by traps or bows set on the ground with
a string stretched across the path of the ami
NAL SO that when he brushes against the string
an arrow is discharged
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When asked BY STAR reporter about the
results of his explorations Mr.. Hitchcock
spoke first of evidences he had found relating
to the inhabitants OF the island preceding the
Aino occupation. These evidences were in the
form Of pits, generally rectangular in shape
and found in groups on the coast, indicating
That the island was once inhabited by pit
dwellers. When, in 1875. the Japanese govern
ment coded the big island of Saghalien to
Russia II received in return from Russia quit
claim 70 the kurile Islands The few inhab-
ifauts OF these islands were collected together
and moved to Shikotan. a small island just off
the coast Of iezo. where they could be
nearer the Japanese. These people lived
chiefly by fishing and emigrated con-
stantly from one island to another.
Now, under the changed conditions in which
they live in Shikotan they are diving off rapidly
iroL Hitchcock when he visited them found
that the remnant of the tribe still existing
numbered only about seventy-five people,
many Oh whom were enfeebled by consump-
uon- Their dress resembled that OF Euro
Peans and indicated the effects of Russian in
nuence- Their features and hair are much
like those of the Eskimo.
LIVING IN PIT DWELLINGS,
The special point of interest in them dis
covered by Prof. Hitchcock was the character
of their dwellings. They build I'D walls or
mounds OF earth, which they thateh over The
floors are q foot or two below the ground out
side. These novels when they collapse form,
in the course Of time. pits ike those discoy-
cred on the coast of Yezo. This fact is taken
by Prof Hitchcock as evidence that this peo-
pie now represented by q handful OF men,
women and children, less in number than the
inmates Of an ordinary tenement house, once
inhabited the great Island of Yezo.
AMOS OF PuREsr STOCK
Prof Hitchcock not only found Amos dwell
ing in the parts Of the island where their ex-
tstepce had been denied but Is q scientist was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-15

The modern explorer carries a camera
strapped over his shoulder secured upon his
saddle When he gets home if any one ques-
tions his statements he can produce the irref-
utable evidence Of a Photographic record.
Prof Romyn Hitchcock OF the national museum,
when he travelled recently in the island of Yezo,
Japan, and the islands known as the Kuriles
stretching in a long chain northward from Yezo
almost to kamchatkd, collected not only COM
plete series of specimens illustrative OF the life
Of the inhabitants of these almost unknown
lands but also secured large number of pho
tographs that in themselves maze a graphic
and interesting record of his journey. The
case in which the model OF the Aino stands is
fled with the specimens collected by Prof.
Hitchcock. The Aino figure was modelled on
photographs and measurements taken by him
and clad in garments brought by him from
these far-away shores.
EXPLORATIONS OF YEzo.
II has been only recently that anything has
been known Of any part of Yezo except
certain districts lying on the coast The first
extensive exploration of the island was made
by an American. T. W. Biakiston, in 1872 Mr.
Blakiston, however, confined his observations
chiefly to the birds and plants, and contributed
vastly to the knowledge of the botany and
ornithology of the region. No one explored
the country to any extent with a view to study
ing Its human Inhabitants until Mr.. Hitchcock
made his journey in 1883. Such information as
had been printed concerning the Amos was
gathered by travellers who visited the coast set
Elements in the vicinity of Hakodate and Ne
moro. In some of these settlements the
native customs of the Amos have been corrupted
by contact with the Japanese, and their physi-
cal characteristics have been obliterated or
modified by intermarriage with the japanese
Even among the Japanese who are found at
Hakodate, Prof. Hitchcock told STAR reporter
such ignorance exists as to the inhabitants of
the island that he was assured he would find
no Amos in the northern part of the island
whittier he intended journeying. and he was
almost led by the posItiveness of the assurances
to change his route and content himself with
skirt;ng along the coast to Nemoro. At Nemoro,
however, he was encouraged to proceed and he
continued his travels cOastwise to a point on
the northern side OF the island and then turn
ing inland made journey on horseback of 500
island
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heels making great chatter on the floor" Now
this is not from q work on the condition Of the
poor, but none the less. in the cool recital of
medical report. il strikes one as shameful
horror. The human being had done the work
OF machine until Its movements had become
mechanical and passed from voluntary control.
Imagine, If you can. the stress of that ten
hours grind day at a heavy sewing machine
for twelve years, and remember how many
creatures live by turning themselves into ma
chinery in the same way, at cost of the same
suffering
A treatment for sciatica used for years in
England and France with much success is to
envelop the leg in powdered sulphur during
the night DR.. Duchesne has seen q perma-
nent cure of sciatica by a single application,
and another reports q severe case cured in two
nights.
MUSCULAR EXERCISE.
A new mode Of administering exercise pro.
vokes smile. DR.. Gartner describes an appa.
ratus for therapeutic application of muscular
work which consists of a handle to be turned
by the patient through a large circle, it being
possible to increase or diminish the resistance
offered by the handle" The therapeutic ap-
plication of muscular work is a phrase which
expresses a good deal and plain folks may feel
satisfaction in taking their exercise without be-
ing condemned to genteei therapeutic tread
mill. neither more nor less. The good doctor
might push his idea farther by projecting q
machine which without the vulgar interference
OF actual usefulness would present all the move
ments OF brushing, sweeping, making beds and
moidlng bread, running up and down stairs,
scrubbing doorsteps and the routine of house
hold work without the drawback of being OF
the least use. By taking the curse off in this
way and going through the motions merely,
with resistance graduated to the dynamic force
OF the patient, ii would undoubtedly find great
favor and be introduced into the public schools
In two or three of our largest and most ide al
cities.
THE TREATMENT or INSOMNIA
without drugs is of interest to women, the loss
of sleep being the great cause of their nerv-
business and fading. The fine condition of the
skin depends greatly on the nerves, which di-
rectly control the circulation of the blood. The
night bath in which the patient is immersed,
except the head, in water at $50 F.. quickly
RAISED to 1l0O. for Is minutes. and returning,
wrapped in blankets, to a warm bed. would in
sure nights refreshing rest to many fatigued
women and tone to their complexion wonder
fully. DR.. Eccles body compress serves a simi-
lar purpose, eight yards of heated bandage
swathing the hips. the first layer being wet
when applied. Both the methods dllate the
blood vessels of the trunk, slowing the heart
beat and reducing the supply of blood to the
whole of the brain, inducing complete rest
rest that smooths out the fine lines in the rose
leaf and fills its tissues with moisture that feeds
the pigment of the eye with color and renders
1t liquid and clear, which curves the lip ready
for smile and frees the nerve of fear or agi-
tatlon. May 1t be yours and mine.
SHIRLY DARE.
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GoOd.Bye.

We say 1t for an hour or for years:
We say IL smiling, say IL choked with tears.
We say It coldly, say IL with a kiss;
And yet We have no other word than this
Goodbye"
We have no dearer word for our hearts friend
For him who journeys 70 the worlds far end
As unto him who steps but o err the way
"Good- bye"
Alike TO those love and those We hate.
We say no more in parting AT LIES gate
10 MIN who passes out beyond earth's sight
We cry, as TO the wanderer for a night
'.Good-bye."
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1t may not be a maxim in law, but it is fire.
quently a fact. nevertheless, that the receiver
is as bad as the firm.-Puck.
peSmith-''Do you suppose there is any
thing serious between Travis and Miss South
mayd" Bioodgood-"Yes, do-her father
Burlington Free Press
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THE AINO HOusE-

The houses of the Amos are characteristic
and are are all substantially alike They are
built up on frames of poles, the walls being
made of thick brush. The roof has a high
gable and is matched with brush Timbers are
laid along the outside of the roof and fastened
with thongs to the timbers inside. thus secur-
ing the roof. These houses are from twenty to
thirty feet high. The interior forms one large
apartment. hoored with rough-hewn boards
Suspended from above are rocks, on which the
Alno house keeper hangs or places articles of
food to be dried by the heat of the open fire,
which is built on square or oblong fireplace
near the center of the floor. Pots and tea
kettles of Japanese wear. a mortar and pestle
and rudely carved vessels of Aino manufacture
litter the floor. On the wall near the door
hangs the Amos sword. broad, curved Japa-
nese blade encased in a heavy wooden sheath
made BY Aino hands. Near the fireplace is the
household lamp, which is supported by an up
right stick. 1t is small open receptacle,
which is filled with OIL wick soaking in the
oil hangs over the side of the lamp. The dim
light of this lamp would hardly do to read by,
but the Aino does not mind this as he cannot
read. Up in one corner of the roof is a small
triangular aperture for a smoke hole. Outside
on some of the houses is built square Chin
ney of brush. Most of the houses have a clean
to" addition. which forms sort of entrance or
ante room. Near the dwelling is a store house,
a small gabled structure raised up from the
ground by means of posts. In this is stored
the fish or other surplus provender of the
owner Of the house.
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written for THE EVENING STAR
WOMEN AND DOCTORS.
The Necessity for Knowing Ones Ply.
Biological Construction.

THE PREVENTION OF DEArH-cARELEssNEss AND
MISTAKES OF PHYsIcIANs-soME ADVICE FOR
THE TREATMENT OF AILMENrs-A METHOD OF
GETTING RID OF sUPERFLUoUs HAIR.
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Many groups Of Amos are shown in the pho
tographs taken by Prof. Hitchcock. The men
wear no hats or headdresses except on cere-
monial occasions. They wear the long broad
sleeved gowns Of coarse material, usually with
out decoration In the summer season as a
rule their legs are bare. The feet are pro-
tected by q dat toe-shown or sandal, mere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-15

Dox'r TAKE ANT CHANCES with a Stubborn
Cold, but get rid Of it nationally with the help
OF Dr. Jayne's Expectorsnt. . healing medicine
Tor the Lpn9a
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DO YOU HIRE A PIANO?
If You Do You Are Paying Pretty Dear
for Your Music.

- HE business of renting pianos is the
.N11S most profitable one know Of" said a
III dealer in that line very frankly yes
III day.
~ "And how does that happen?'
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A HUMAN rREADMILL

Among the curiosities Of disease DR.. Fry re-
ports ian interesting and valuable case of q
young woman Of thirty who had run heavy
sewing machine ten or twelve hours daily for
twelve Year, till she was taken with muscular
spasms, during which the patient executed
tamping movements Of great rapidly, her
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tCopyrighted 1901

VYOMEN AND DOCTORS are sup
n n posed to be on good terms with
ANH each others. Perhaps doctors are
NJ the only class who rightly measure
no inf ~ h.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15

her sisters husband, Mr.. jameson, and
it is with this sister that Edna Lyall, or
to give her her proper name, Miss Ada
Ellen Bayly, has lived for some years.
Tho old-fashioncd red brick house
buried among trees is almost monastic-
looking. Miss Bayly herself dresses with
plainncss approaching severity. Her
short brown hair is brushed back from
her forehead without adventitious crimp
or curl, exposing a high, white fore
head. Her eyes are her only beautiful
feature; they are largo and expressive,
but rather sadlcol:;ng. Her voice is
soft and low. and asshc sits by tho fire.
the glowing cmbcrs lighting up her face,
you arc not surprised to learn that her
favoritc poet is Whittier
Mrs. Ilawcis, whose "Chauccr for
Children" is included by Sir John Iub-
book in his final list of tho "bcst hum
drcd books, lisa unique figure in literary
London Mr.. and Mrs. Ilaweis, who arc
amiably happy in the consciousness that
whatever they do is right, 1.-Two in one
of the oldest dwelling houses in Chcyne
Walk, interesting from tho legends con-
meeting it with some of Queen Eliza
beth's tlirtations, but moro interesting
because, for a brief period it was Dante
Rossetti's home. and retains in some
features notably in the coloring of the
rooms, the impress of his personality.
The long drawing-room has seven tall
windows looking on the Thames and
hung with curtains that once belonged
to Bonapartc. There is an old Spanish
leather screen that was Byron's. Cos
tumc parties arc an occasional feature,
and, clad in robes OF all tho centuries,
literary and artistic Bohemia may be
seen discussing the ";ns.hctics of
dress tho art of beauty" and other
such mysteries. Mrs. Hawcis illus
tratcs her husbands books and designs
the covers. Sho has really been bon
cfactor TO the British matron by intro.
ducing art, even of the Pre- aifaelito
order, into homc-decoration
Mention Of the Rossctti's reminds ona
that many American visitors find their
way to the rather drcary old house in
Torrington Square, near tho British
Museum, whcrc Miss Christina Rosetti
lives in retirement, nursing two aunts
who arc inirm and advanced in years.
Miss Rossctti has ono Of the lovclicst
faces ever seen on woman. a face full
of mysticism and spiritual insight, with
heavy-liddcd eyes. Her lifo is as ascc-
tic as her verses. She is said to be i'm
povcrished by her charities.
ELIZA PUTNAM uEAToN.