The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24

Tho A C. Company has a school in Unalaska,
but at present IL In somewhat out Of condition
The Jessie Leo Memorial School, a Methodist
institution hourshos with large patronage and
every year sends o contingent 10 the Government
school al Carlisle Pa
native house IL known as a barabara, and
while the company has built a great many frame
cottages for tho natives, some OF them still live
In their mud houses, and went In 10 call on the
family of one The lady Of the house was in front
hanging out the wash and ran when she saw me
coming, but insisted on making a call and finally
the woman OF the house lot me In. The door in
tho little side vesdbule was 4 feet high by IS
inches WIDE tho vestibulo being about feet by 1,
and TO tho ceiling Creeping along got into
the drawing. dining, cooking and main sleeping
room, size feet by o, and then To tho only other
ROOM sLe feet by g. The height to the ceiling
was about 81 feet and the floor was OF plank and
earth. Two men, two women and four children
were the occupants, and all | could SEQ TO recon-
mend II that they paid rent and had
no landlord except Uncle Sam, who has great
many tenants the same terms in such houses
OF sod This barbara was covered with earth
which wild flowers Of pink and purple hues
were growing profusely and with It's little square
glazed windows in each end presented very
pleasing exterior. It's height over all was about
z feet and tho dirt was almost as thick on the
inside as II was on the outside
The employees Of the two trading companies
at Dutch Harbor represent remote parts OF tho
earth. Mr.. Gray, the A G. Company's manager
at Unalaska, Is from Russia, though twenty years
with the company. and when went into the U. A.
c. Compnny's store al Udakta asked the good
looking young man who met me whore he was
from and he told me- "Texas- Strange, too he
said he liked Dutch Harbor bettor than Texas.
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and it is on about 800 days In the year, am in
clined 70 think that this remark Of Mr. Chichesters
Is nearly akin, as a compliment. to that once
made by Gen. Sheridan about tho same great
State Another man. speaking OF this climate
said that the weather was bad three months Of
the year and damned bad for the rest Of the time
And he seemed to know what he was talking about
Alphabetically the Aleutian Islands raise
nothing but grass and moss little lettuce
cabbage and tumips, l understand. grown
in hothouses The cabbage as a dollhouse plant
is, l think. something new to Eastern readers
Stock does not thrive on tho islands though the
grass grows four feet high as the cold, damp
air reduces vitality to the extnguishing point
after one winter. Pigs cattle and sheep
brought up by ship and eaten soon as con-
venient though one OF two cows carefully
preserved in pink cotton for milking purposes
Chickens do fairly well
There isn't a horse anywhere nor a road nor
wheeled vehicle Of any Sort though Mr.. Gray
has bicycle which he rides up and down the
beach at rare intervals
So far the only minerals discovered are gold,
near Unalaska, where a three-stamp mill has Just
begun operations with fair show OF success; and
sulphur, about the crater Of volcanoes ono de
post at Mt Maknoshin, fifteen miles away, now
being prospected and showing million tons in
,t,-l,t hiatt liz tn oil I
informed on matters sulphuric. but IL mus, occur
to the casual observer that il Uncle Sam ever has
any hell TO pay" this is the place TO come for tho
collateral
| may explain that am in these parts on board
the United States revenue cutter McCulloch.
unoflcially, and that the McCulloch Is the flag
ship of the cutter service and the finest the
She is also historic in that she was Dewey's de-
spatch boat at Manila on May /. 1898. Her officers
| are not only naval heroes. hut they gallant
| gentlemen as well. and they proposed da nee one
night for unalaska. The n. A. c. Company pre-
| scented its hotel diningroom at Udakta for tho
ballroom. and the gallants, after securing the ser
vices Of another gallant from the cutter Rush. also
In the harbor proceeded the trail 10 Unalaska,
| a mile away, and made a house house canvass
| TO tell every body that the dance would he held
| In the evening at $3.50, and all the fair maids and
matrOns must be on hand at the beach at 8 o'clock
| TO come around by boat The invitations were
| quite informal, and the committee simply Wen,
| into the houses and demanded acceptances on the
| spot They readily granted except in one
! instance, when the Aeutan dame suspected tina,
the Rush S gallant was making lies 10 her to get
| her daughter but she was assured that the wives
Of various officials were TO be chaperons and the
| fair Olga danced In the merry throng that evening
though she had told us in the afternoon she had
been out picking Malena berries. the only fruit
that grows on the island and was tired The
| dance began at o'clock, about dark In this
| latitude and concluded at IL o'clock, and nobody
to look at the fair dancers would have though,
that most of them were only generation away
| from the brd-skn paska and the kamlayka
| (overdress) of COW ntestines, for these Aleu-,
bellies wore silk and satin and their straight black
hair done up in the latest friz. But they
| would not talk, and every man who thought he
was ladyk!ller let loose his sweetest nothings In
| vain Verify. their speech did not pass beyond
the scriptural limit Of Yea, Yea and Nay, Nay
Glittering additions to the festivities were ,hos,
officers from the British guard ship Pheasant, and
tho silent sisters had no more to say TO them than
they had to say to the Yankees 1t isn't every
American woman who is so little impressed by
English rank and station. The music for the
dance was supplied by a concertina, a French
harp and a violin. but only one instrument was
In commission at time The festivities closet
with luncheon the McCulloch, and the fei
lJnalaskans went homo in their boats, having
had perfectly lovely time" no doubt, though
they did not say 80 in so many words
There is no wealth among the Aleuts; few
thrifty half brceds and Russians have savet
a little for rainy day, but the majority live from
hand to mouth, and when they have money the,
give it up for anything that pleases their fancy
from music box to suit of silk pajamas
Wages paid by the companies are 81 90 da,
and board to natives and $50 month and boar
to white labor, the difference being accounted
for by the fact that the natives take theirs on
in the store, while the white wants the none!
and keeps it.
There are but two seasons here winter ant
summer although the temperature rarely IL
as low as zero, il rarely rises above COZ
and a 20 day is siZzler The summer begin
about the middle Of May and ends il
October. In June tho whole earth is like greel
velvet, covered with flowers OF brilliant pink
and puppies and yelows but the air il mois
| and cold and sunlight is even pleasanter thai