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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
YUKON INDIANS.
GOOd-Natured and Patient In Their
Sad Environment

Good-Natured and Patient In Their
Sad Environment.
From Forest and Stream
The Indians on the Yukon are good
natured and harmless In many ways they
remind one Of the southern negro They
sing MY Girls a High Born Lady, and all
the latest Bowery airs. 1t Is said that the
British drumbeat sounds around the world,
but nowadays popular songs do the same
thing, and In a much more thorough way
At Guam, our new possession in the La
drones, the newspapers tell US the natives
sing "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-aye," and this air
Is often heard along the Yukon. No doubt
1t has penetrated to Timbuctoo and the
sacred city of Thibet. Judging from the
Yukon, native music seems to be dying out.
The catchy airs of the music hall are sup
plying world music.
The Indians have keen ears, though their
voices can hardly be called meIodious. Some
OF them will catch an air after hearing it
once, and reproduce 1t correctly by hum
ming or on the mouth organ. I never
heard an Indian whistle or sing at the full
both.
Give an Indian a mouth organ, Juice
harp as Huckleberry Firms negro had it,
or an accordion, and you will insure his
happiness, no matter If he Is cold or starry
ing. The Indian Is as yet ignorant of the
BANJO, but when he is once introduced to it
think 1t will be his favorite instrument
as 1t is with his sable brother. It must be
borne in mind that I am speaking of the
interior Indians. The coast Indians are q
different breed. They are fighters and
quarrelsome robbing the white man by
exorbitant packing charges now that they
have learned it isn't wise to do the thing by
force of arms.
1t was these Indians who, by right of
their possession Of the passes, made the
interior an unknown country for SO long to
the white man. Up to recent date they
efectually monopolized- the trade of the
Yukon. They even checkmated the Hudson
Bay Company when 1t attempted to gain
an entrance into the country from the east
capturing and burning the post established
at Fort Sellkirk in 1852. These Indians are
powerfully built, and a twelve-year-old girl
will trudge along with as heavy a pack as
the average white man can carry, while
their skookum packers carry as much as q
horse.
Indians are not particular about the con-
dition OF their food, and will dispose of
some pretty rank messes, but one thing
they will not eat is wolf. More surprising
still, IL true, is the reported fact that In
dian dogs will not eat wolf. These dogs
rob white mems caches, tearing open sacks
and gorging on raw -four and oatmeal, and
safe from their depredations. Wanting. to
dispose of the carcasses OF the wolves we
killed below Selkirk, I asked the Indians IL
they could use them They said no. sue,-
gested feeding to the dogs, and they shook
their heads again. DOG no muck muck
WOLF" they said fodder way. wolf muck
muck dog"
When the time comes for starving. the
Indian takes Il - matter Of fact, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
WHITE SLAVES IN HUNGARY.
Peasants Harnessed to the Plough
Like Beasts of Burden.

Peasants Harnessed to the Plough
Like Beasts of Burden.
From the Lonron Mail.
Stephen Varkonyi, the leader of the peas
ants revolution which convulsed Hungary
during the early months of this year, has
5tst been sentenced to one years imprison-
ment for high treason.
The movement which was inaugurated by
Farkonyi was a revolt against the rem
nants of serfdom which still exist in some
parts Of Hungary. In these districts each
peasant 10 compelled to work fifty days in
the year for the land owner without pay.
These fifty days of compulsory labor are
not successive, or at fixed intervals, but
Wnen the land owner has work to be done
ne SENDS drummer through the village
and every male innabitant is obliged to re-
Spend to the summons.
Thereupon SO many men ara selec ted as
are required The land owner almost in
Variabiy eXactS this labor in the summer
when the peasants time is most valuable
to him.
In summer the peasant can earn as much
as one SMILING a DAY; in winter not more
than fourpence or sixpence. In winter the
peasants are compelled to act as heaters in
the magnatsS hunts for a wage of two
pence day. The occupation is a dan
gerous one. and the time is not counted in
the annual fifty days compulsory labor
The wiz es Of the peasants are required to
sweep and scrub the local manor house
once a week without pay. Finally, many
land owners use the peasants as beasts of
burden, Harvesting four men to the plough
instead of two oxen.
Stephen Varkonyi, who instigated the re-
volt against these degrading conditions of
labor, is a sort of Hungarian Wat Tyler
He is the son of poor peasants, was edu-
Gated in the farm yard and graduated in
the fields.
He is quite a typical horny handed son of
toll, is physically tall. stoutly built with
plainly of character in his shaggy head, and
small eyes with their suggestion of the
Monaghan slit, and has that rough kind of
natural hum that appeals to the simple
peasant mind.
Varkonyi, whose power over the agricul-
tural population of his country is unbound
ed, Is one OF the most interesting figures in
modern Hungarian life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
Humidity ON the Wabash.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
Talking about rainy weather." said the
westerner. Il remember once out In In
dianapoiis meeting a farmer who took the
most cheerful view of dampness of any
body I ever saw. I asked him If they had
had much rain down on the Wabash that
spring.
"'Well, it has been a little DAMP he
answered. The day before I left home
had to hang up twenty-four of my ducks.
They had got SO water-soaked that they
couldn't swim any longer. 1 planted my
corn in two feet of water, and / don't ex-
pect over thirty bushels to the acre. NV
wheat is looking pretty well, but the stur-
geon and catfish have damaged 1t consider
able. There was about fifteen min
utes sunshine one day, and 1 thought
would plant my potatoes, SO loaded them
on a scow and anchored the scow in three
feet of water. when it began to rain again.
L wanted to go down on the bottom
lands next to the Wabash to see If the
grass was growing for my hay crop, but
my wife said that as we didn't have any
diving bell she'd rather I wouldn't. I
should feel kind Of discouraged with all
rain. but I've spent my odd hours of
leisure time-and the even ones, too, on
account of staying IN out of the wet
building an ark. If 1t will only rain
another week or two until get her ready
to sail I'm going to take my family out to
Missouri by water for a trip to visit our
folks that moved off out there because they
didn't know enough to stay In a place
where they were comfortable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
AN OLD SUPERSTITION.
Many Stories Prove That Rats Will
Leave an UnseawOrthy Vessel.
From Household Words

Leave an Unseaworthy Vessel.
From Household Words.
The old superstition, which has grown
into an adage, that rats desert a ship which
is no longer seaworthy, is still an article
OF faith with the fresh water sailors of
the great lakes. Sundry well-authenticated
instances seem to justify this belief. The
Vernon was a three-master, which did
tramp business. Built in Buffalo in 1850,
she was for many years regarded as one
Of the best craft on the lakes. Late in the
fall, about fifteen years ago, she unloaded
a cargo of grain in Buffalo, and reloaded
with package freight for Chicago. She was
about to sail one rough November night.
Just before the lines were let off one of
the seamen saw rat run over the hawsers
to the wharf In q moment another was
seen. The seaman called others of the
crew to see the unusual sight. Between
fifty and Seventy-fve rats poured out of
the ship and took refuge along the wharf
The crew refused to sail, but the captain
was obstinate shipped a fresh crew, and
sailed forthwith. The ship was lost with
all hands. The Idaho, a fine passenger
steamer, foundered In Lake Erie in No
vember, 1897. Out Of her crew of twenty
one men nineteen were drowned. Just be-
fore the vessel left her moorings swarm
of rats craWled over the hawsers to the
wharf. This was known to part of the
crew. and four men deserted at the last
moment. Similar stories are told of other
wrecked vessels, and an old 1akeman says:
at has been proved a hundred times.
There are a whole lot of things in this
world that we don't know anything about.
Rats live in the very filers Of ship. They
see what we can't see. When the timbers
are followed and the seams open, these
little animals know that the ship is un-
safe, and they desert it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
Monte Crist0 Nowhere,
FroM st. Nicholas.

The increase of wealth has been pro-
diglous since the time OF our civil war,
especially in America. When I was a boy
any one who had 500 1000 to his name was
considered fairly rich but at present people
think little of trife like that. Even in
Europe, where fortunes are gained much
less rapidly than with us, a property must
now be many times larger than in the first
half of the century before it begins to daz-
zle society. I suppose some Of you have
read Monte Cristo," and you know that
few things were too extravagant for the
lima gination of Alexander Dumas, He
meant that his romantic hero should lead
the whole world in magnificence, and prob
ably thought of giving him the biggest
bank account ever heard Of. But Monte
Cristo was worth only fraction of what
several real men now living can show. This
was not the sort OF mistake you would
have expected frem Dumas 1t would have
cost him only a stroke Of the pen to multi
ply the hoard n the Mediterranean island
a hundred times; but. although his novel
was written when he was forty years old
he could not foresee that his fiction would
be utterly distanced by solid fa0ts before
he died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
IN PECULIAR PLACES.
Priceless Pictures That Have Been
Found in Queer Localities.

Priceless Pictures That Have Been
Found in Queer Localities.
From Tit-Bits
The recently reported discovery of the
famous Duchess of Gainsborough painting
in the cellar of house at Chelsea is a
striking instance Of the peculiar places in
which works of art by old Flemish and
italian masters have been discovered. It
would, indeed, come as great surprise to
those art masters to know the almost de-
grading circumstances under which their
pictures have been found.
curious case came to light a short time
ago regarding one of David Teners' famous
works Of art. A picture dealer found it
among quantity of canvases which a sec
ond-hand dealer was exhibiting for sale at
Montmartre. The dealer had put them on
one side as worthless, and the collector,
glancing through them, came across one
which was a genuine painting by Teniers.
All doubt of it's authenticity was removed
when the monogram Of the famous Flemish
master was traced in the corner of the
picture
One of Titians finest pictures has been
discovered in most peculiar place. 1t is
owned by some half-castes in Mexico and
adorns one of their churches. Fabulous
sums have been offered for it by artists
who have been to examine this painting,
but the owners will not part with it. 1t
Is guarded in most careful manner, and
every visitor Is accompanied by an Indian
while the picture is being viewed. Experts
who have seen it agree as to its genuine
ness. The painting is 10 feet long by
feet high, and Is scene Of the entomb-
ment of Christ. Its state of preservation is
marvellous. considering that more than 800
years have elapsed since the artist painted
it.
Not long ago a genuine Van Dyke was
discovered in that painters native city,
Antwerp, in most singular manner. In
one of the poorer neighborhoods two houses
partly collapsed. which necessitated their
being demolished together. While the
came across very dirty painting, which
he threw on one side with some other rub
bish.
One of the other men, who had little
talent for painting, took it home, with the
intention of cleaning it. He was amazed
at the exquisite coloring, and, thinking that
he might perhaps be able to sell It, con-
suited a picture dealer. The dealer gave
him a small sum for the canvas and a few
days later an eminent artist passing the
shop recognized it as genuine work CT
Sir Anthony Van Dyke. He purchased it,
and, although he has received big offers for
1t, refuses to sell.
A painting by MemlinZ was recently dis
covered by a couple of mountaineering
tourists in Italy. While on one of their ex-
petitions they had occasion to rest in hut
owned by man who lived the life of a
hermit. The first thing which caught their
eyes on entering the hut was a splendid
painting, which on further examination
proved to be fine specimen of Memlinz's
art The hermit, strange to say, knew it's
value and refused to part with 1t. He said
that at his death he should bequeath the
picture to a church which he named and
it would be placed there as an altar piece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
Tax DodEing In Italy.

Rome Correspondence OF the London Post.
It is always said that Italy is heavily
taxed country, but it might be more truly
said that the taxes are heaviest for those
who are unable to avoid paying them.
Among the weather. classes, manufactur-
ers and professional men in Italy a great
deal OF what Americans call tax lodging"
goes on, and If the tax dodger" possesses
political influence he is often able to escape
punishment. At the beginning of the year
the chamber passed an important law on
infortunii sui lavcro, or accidents to work.
men, by which the responsibility of en-
ployers for accidents happening to their
workmen was defined. In it employers
were called on to state the number Of
worlsmen in their employ and the number
of steam engines and other machines in
their factories. A large number of Paler-
mllan employers, however, feared that il
they informed the government of the real
number OF workmen in their employ the
tax agent might be able to calculate the
amount Of their profits and Increase their
income tax. In fact, out Of LOCO steam en-
gines in the Palermo district only one has
yet been reported to the authorities, while
of the 5000 men at work in the sulphur
mines only $500 have been declared. A
government inspection Is asked for, ana
meanwhile the employers who have not
corformed to the law are being prosecuted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
Messmates.

Henry Newbelt in the Atlantic Monthly.
He gave us all a good by cheerily
At tho first dawn OF day;
we dropped him down the side full drearily
When the light died away.
It's dead dark watch that he's a-keeping there,
And long. long night that lags a-creeping there,
Where the Trades and the tides roll over him,
And the great ships 60 by.
lie g there alone, with green seas rocking him
For thousand miles round:
He's there alone, with dumb things mocking him.
And we're homeward bound.
It's long, lone watch that he's a-keeping there
And dead, cold night that lags a.creeping there
While the months and the years roll over him,
And the great ships go by.
I wonder II the tramps come near enough,
AS they thrash to and fro,
And the battleshps' bells ring clear enough
To be heard down below;
II through all the lone watch that he's a-keepins
And the long, cold night thaf lags acreepng there,
The voices of the sailof linen shall comfort him,
When the. great ships go by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
A Song.

Ernest A. Newton in Pail Mall Magazine.
There's sweetness in the air
When the sun Is low
And the sky Is flushed and bare
And the light winds blow;
While the shadows come and 90
AS the night doth fall,
Along the misty moorland where the curlews call.
There's a lady full Of grace
Whom loved Of yore,
And the lovelight on her face
Shineth evermore;
And long heretofore
For the night to fall
Along the misty moOrland where the curlews call.
Dear love, can I forget
Through the flying years
Thy face amid the fret
OF their pains and tears;
Nay, my heart remembers yet
When the night doth fall
Along the misty moorland where the curlews call
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
EDITING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Unique Troubles Encountered During
the Riots in Italy,

From the British Printer
One of the best-known papers in Milan,
the Corriere della Sera, gives description
Of the difficulties it had to encounter at
critical periods of the recent revolutionary
disturbances.
AT hrst nothing occurred to interfere with
the progress of the usual work of publish
ing, but one evening the greater part of
the printers, who lived in the suburbs, were
unable to return to work by reason of the
barricades and the furious street fighting.
copy became scarce, for the usual
sources mad run dry, and something was
wanted at once to fill up space
Eventually the subeditor remembered that
long article on the Reform of Archt-
lecture had been prepared in advance
When the city was quiet. and this was
eagerly seized upon. A large instalIment
found it's way into the paper
The incident was not closed, however A
Few hours after publication an excited
reader appeared with roll of manuscript
ana demanded that his reply to the article
be inserted the next day without fail. All
In vain did the editor endeavor to persuade
him that the time was inopportune that
When the city was in a state of ferment
ana all the country anxiously awaiting
news of the revolution it was useless 10
expect a quiet consideration of the "Re-
form of Architecture"
Eventually the Corriere della Sierra de-
PIFcu VI dill communication with its branch
of1lces outside the city, was compelled to
print less and less. and finally reduced it's
space to two pages. The few members Of
the printing staff remaining then became
the object of agitation by the printers en-
ployed on socialistic sheets, who had aban-
doned their work and tried to force their
companions to come out
The office thus became the scene of dis
putes and violent discussions, until finally
the companionship decided to stay on and
continue at work Then everybody en-
deavored to make up for lost time and
worked with will until the Corriere della
Sera was ready for press, when suddenly
the gas supply for the engines gave out
IL was on ten hours, and when it even
tually returned and the edition was worked
on the news sellers dare not enter the
streets to distribute it for fear of the fiy-
ing bullets.
But what they could not do was left to
the subscribers to do. From the farthest
suburbs Drawing the fire of the soldiery
and the insurgents, they poured into the
office of the Corriere della Sera to express
their astonishment and dissatisfaction at
the frregularity with which they received
their paper.
IF it occurs again I discontinue my SUBJ
scription," was the parting shot of many
as they left the off1ce-which remarkable
outburst OF sympathy with the paper had
to be meekly borne and merely taken as
part of the fun in the journalists lot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
From the Chicago Chronicle.

An English officer whose ship was sta
toned Off the coast Of Ceylon went for a
days shooting along the coast accompanied
by a native attendant well acquainted with
The country. Coming to a particularly in
viting river. the officer resolved to have a
bath. and asked the native to show him a
place where there were no alligators. The
native took him to pool close to the estu-
ary The officer thoroughly enjoyed his Dip
and while drying himself asked his guide
why there were never any alligators in that
pool. Because. sar." promptly replied the
Cingalese, they plenty 'fraid Of shark"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
Across the River.

When for me the silent oar
Parts tina Silent river
And stand upon the shore
Of the strange forever;
snail l miss the loved and knownt
Shall vainIy seek mine own?
Can the bonds that make us here
Know ourselves Immortal,
Drop away like foliage sere
At lifo's inner portal?
What is holier below
Must forever live and grow.
He who plants within our hearts
All this deep affection,
Giving when the form departs
Fadeless recollection,
VIII but clasp the unbroken chain
closer when we meet again.
Therefore dread I not to 20
Ger the silent river;
Death. thy fastening oar know,
Bear me, thou life-giver,
Through the waters to the shore
Where mine own have gone before.
LUCY LARCOM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24

contentediy. Only once In a while Is there
weak-livefed one who cries and says:
Muck muck all gone. 'Fraid poor Indian
will die" They peel the bark from pine
and even popple trees and eat the softer
inner portion. The pine bark is full of
rosin and nasty stuff, and there Is certainly
no nutriment in II. 1t serves. however, to
fill the stomach and lessen the gnawing at
the fnwards. One can travel for miles
along the Yukon and never be out of sight
of peeled trees marked with the character
istic arrow-shapped blaze. The fact signi-
fies the frequency of periods of starvation,
for there are only few hundred Indians in
all on the whole length of the upper river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24

Lake Superior Ii in dangar OF losing its
distinction of being the largest fresh wa
ter lake in the world. African explorers
begin to thing that Lake Victoria Nyanza
Is larger. Superior covers 81 100 soua ra
miles and Nyansa has been credited with
$4,000, but recent explorations have dis
covered Q hitherto unknown bay On its
southern side which 10 increases its known
area IS to make II q question whether Il In
not larger than Superior. Fuller explora-
tons and more careful surveys must be
made, however, before q decision can be
reached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
RAN DOM VERSE.
V g
Hand in Hand.

Written for The Eveains Star by W. T. ralDotA
Before our pathways met, dear,
True joy we did not know;
Now We have nesregret, dear,
As hand In hahd wspgo.
&c b
The glad stars d thebnight, dear,
Smile with a Bofter iglow,
And day with hope isIbright, dear,
AS hand in hand wsbgo.
Through years of good or Ill, dear,
Through yearstof Joy, or woe,
Love will enfold us still, dear,
AS hand in hand we'go
When youth at last departs, dear,
And cold the Feezes, blow.
Loves clasp wifi warp OUT hearts, dear,
As hand in hand. we CO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24

Recently two walnut shippers of Anaheim
county. California, found that many of the
walnuts in their possession were light and
empty, and they cast about for some means
to rapidly handle the goods. as IL was an
almost endless Job to do IT by hand. They
finally evolved the machinery to do II With,
consisting of a four-foot blast fan, twenty
inches wide. propelled by a three horse
power gasoline engine. The fan is set re-
volving very rapidly and the nuts are rre-
cipitated into a trough leading down to
the fan. whence the heavy nuts drop into
the bin made to receive them, while the
light ones are blown into a receptacle Err
of the wind Is SUFFICIENT to blow the lighter
nuts aside. while the good ones tall straight
down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
Great Ribbons of Wood.

Thus when the ribbons Of wood finally
come out OF the machinery. they are cut
up into proper Sizes creased. and ready
for putting together. The rest of the work
must be performed largely by hand. Girls
take these pieces Of veneer and quickly
tLrn them into berry boxes. grape baskets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24

Besides supplying the markets OF Paris,
hundreds of pounds weight are exported
and large quantities preserved One grower
alone sends 1900 boxes OF preserved mush-
rooms to England annually. The total
value Of the mushrooms sold in the Halles
Centrales exported or preserved, amounts
to EDO. 080 per annum- One thousand to
loo workmen are employed In the suburb
an caves which lie between Meudon and
Ivry.
Having seen one cave, they are all alike,
but they present an Interesting phase OF
life In the great city known to few-a phase
which one must see 10 duly appreciate.