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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02

men the globe more interesting than this lIttls
community OF hyperboreaus. Living between the 18th
and 18th degrees OF north latitude. they the
NEST northerly OF the earths inhabitants since the
north point OF Siberia, Cape CheGuskin, extends
only to ~ degrees and 45 minutes and is uninhab-
tied. From their kindred in Danish Greenland they
separated by interval OF 255 miles mostly
occupied by the icy wilderness of Melville Bay.
Across Baffin Bay their kindred In Bafin Land are
225 miles away.
Anything more extraordinary than the mode OF
life Of these people it would be hard to imagine.
First OF all, they inhabit ordinary country
The most elaborate "shoestring district produced
by communicating In the United States cannot
compare with the land these people call their
home. mere fringe along the seashore, rarely
more than mile wide. is free from fee. Even
this fringe is interrupted hundred times by the
rivers Of ice that flow through many valleys into
the from the ice covering all the interior
to an unknown depth. Nor is the fringe iowery
border In most places 1t IS simply a precipitous
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02

The drumstck O1atua) IS made Of walrus RID. ms
is the only musical instrument in use in that trloe
so far as 1 know 1t is quite effective as an ac-
compartment to the song. 80
When sung in chorus by six or eight voices TINS
song decidedly impressive. The sight OF the lead
er swaying to and fro. finging his long piach nan
sideways at each movement, his eyes closed anu
his face tense with excitement, of course greatly
adds to the effect. The way the singers manage
to keep exact time without division Of the mel
ody into measures Of equal length is astonishing.
OF course. a similar phenomenon may De observer
in the Gregoran chant of the Catholic churches'
Stnsu expained to us that in the regular perform
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02
"a "a "a va "a yayaya "a "a va "a g. y

The others accompanied in unison but with lower
voices. At the end sipsu's partner. Aweta. leaned
over to Sipsu. and, holding short stick vertically
between the fingers OF his two hands, close to Sip
sus head, described circle with the upper end OF
the stick while both shouted "wel WEI" in
pitch several notes higher than the last OF the
song. and ending in a burst OF laughter Sipsu and
Aweta then changed places the latter took the
board and became leader. Next Piwatu and Uzaka
took their turns, and the performance might have
continued indefinitely IL something q think IT was
the call TO dinner had not stopped f.
What We saw and heard was only a partial ex-
hibt In the real performance no board IS used but
a drum called kedlaun about foot long and five
or six inches wide. having the shape here shown.
Over rim 0atugwia) OF walrus lib cut thin
boiled ana bent into an eliipse is stretched drum
t}tin Gsa) made OF the membrane fnapsa) surround
Ing the spleen of the warus. in default of this
cf seal intestine sewed together. The hand,e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02

creature spends the summer in swallowing dove
kies, old and young.
It is difficult TO describe my establishment on
finding that this little tribe of supposed "savages"
often Though quite enormously classed among the
lowest Of mankind, living only TO 20 $50 miles from
the Pole further north than any other human be-
ings), actually possess two languages, one for
every day use, the other. archaic one for the
higher fe'' of poetry and music 1t is altogether
probable that the of this archaic language is
much more extensive than was able to ascertain,
extending doubt, TO their religious nominations.
which sometimes last hour. Could these be
carefully studied. what a mine OF information they
might disclose in regard TO the mental life and
perhaps also the history of this most interesting
tribe! Apparently the archaic language does not
differ so greatly from the current speech but that
it might be readily interpreted with the aid per-
haps OF other Esquimau dialects. For my part
could hardly wish for pleasanter occupation Fol-
lowing are examples of the thirtyeight songs which
I succeeded in collecting in the course OF two
years:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02

The second note especially has a rerarkah,
pleasant metallic ring. dying away gradually H.
the sound of tuning fork. The boy Akeo tm,tatas
1t to perfection
The words of the songs, so far as cou,d ~
learned, are intended TO express the sent,r,a*
which the animals may be supposed TO entertot
in accordance with the Ncissitudes OF their liyas
Thus. the snow buntings song. was told 60 ~
birds lament at the snares which the Esouiman
children set for him.
The dovekie in Is songs seems to be erast,
exercised about the nauya glaucous (burgoma.
teri gull. and with very good rea SON. as that e..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02
PLENTY OF SEATS, BUT ALL OCCUPIED

A Hoander. with whiskers on his neck and i'm
perturoabiity written broadly an old country
countenance. acted as sexton in Kalamazoo
church on Easter days and other special occasions
Inc ushers had an invariable discussion with
parlshioners who came late to service and were
indignant because pews had been saved for
them They habitually fell back the moral sup
port OF the man who rang the bell whose Dutch
composure was fully equal to such occasions One
sunday a fashonaby dressed woman came hur-
rledly into the vestibule when the service half
over She made straight for the sexton who had
parIeyed with many such that same morning.
whisper
'Blenty OF seats" the answer, with a sug-
gestion OF the fatherland In the accent plenty of
seats but they're all ockoopied."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02

Cpablua) is made Of bone or ivory Along the outer
edge Of the rim is groove QEitarota) IN "nlch
rests a thin sealskin line GsIduta) holding the
drumskin tight. Above this groove, all along the
circumference, a number of hemispherical pits
Gmhsauserwia) are scooped out, which, the natives
suppose, either strengthen clarity the SOUND
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02
ESQUIMAU MUSIC.
SONGS AND SINGERS FROM THE EX-
TREMEST NORTH-THE CHARACTER
OF EsQUIMAU MUSIC AND THE
MANNER OF PERFORMANCE.

BY ROBERT STEIN OF THE UNITED STATES GEO
LOGICAL SURVEY)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02
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The raven besides his ordinary croak. has
rather musical CALL which, according to the Esoui
maus, he uses only in the pairing season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02

to themselves in low tone, keeping it up for
hours.
Evidently this song is quite different from that
recorded by Kane yet the correctness Of the latter
is not to be doubted, in view of the close agree
ment Of the words with those recorded by Ross.
1 repeated Kane's version to many natives, but
none recognized it, except Utunahsoa, a OF
about sixty, who said that he had heard 1t in his
youth but that it had been forgotten for many
years.
had thus settled down in the belief that the a
tives had only song when day Cape
York, sitting in my tent. while two young men,
Publa and Igia sitting outside. I heard the
latter softly humming tune. Thinking it a white
mans air, such as had heard many natives hum
ming (''Ta-ra-ra boom Decay" Kitty Kitty XII
Ne o." "A Hot Time" etc), I asked him to re-
peat it, He did with great alacrity, but on
being asked from what white man he had learned
II, he replied. "Kabluna maya Inuin kisene'
t"White men not, Esquimaus ratherO adding that
1t was the song of the Kopainu (Snow bunting).
K6paim.
tSnow bnntng)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08

A special dispatch from Naples says large
volumes OF fame were issuing from the era
ter Of Mount Vesuvius Saturday evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08
MAGAZINE BLOWS UP
FATAL ACCIDENT AT OLD FORT
WINTHROP.
Six Tons of Powder Explode - One
Man Killed and Five
Injured.

dispatch from Boston last night saws.
One OF the government magazines az old
Fort Winthrop, on Governors Island upper
Boston harbor, blew up this evening with
defamation that was heard at points
twenty miles away The cause OF the OK
plosion is not known.
one dead man and five injured wers
brought TO the city by the police boat and
While II is believed that this IS the extent
OF the casualties, 1t is possible that others
may be found suffering from the force OF
the conclusion
The dead man is Albert Cotter married
OF Somerville. The injured are James A
crowley, aged twenty-one; Christian Knud-
son, aged thirty nine: Charles Flanagan.
twenty three; Dennis J. Swanson. tweoty-
four; Paul Barry. aged twcnty-six. Jns,nb
r NdkeheId ana James Ryan. all having
nesh wounds, besides suffering from shock
Negotiations have been pending some
ume Tor the release Of the island bv the
government TO the city as a part of the
latter PARK system. and although the
transfer has not been formally couD'eted
the guard on the island has been somewhat
reidNed OF late, and as a result numerous
clubs and pleasure parties have made llse
OF II; especially on Sundays. the govern
ments only representative there being an
ordnance sergeant, who has TO maintain a
Watch over the entire island
There are several old ramshacIyle yyooda,
buildings at the southerIy end of Tho Is
land, but the fort itself only a little of
which Is visible above ground is OF stone
some OF the granite blocks being OF i'm
mense size.
The force Of todays explosion is shown
Dy the fact that some of these great blocks
were hurled several hundred yards. while
one or the largest was sent into the air and
came down through the citadel in the CEN
Ter or the fort, making hole large enough
TO drive team OF horses through. All
over the Island effects OF the explosion are
visible, while in East Boston and In the
city proper the conclusion was severe
enough to break windows and shake b,1ild-
ings TO their foundations
The powder exploded consisted OF about
SIX tons and was stored In one OF the
numerous classmates that were built under
the ground around the citadel The other
classmates were empty. Each of these
apartments was built with granite walls
twenty-five feet thick and covered with
earth and masonry to a depth OF thirty-fiye
teet AT first 1t was supposed the bonnres
set on the island caused the explosion hut
later when the police learned that IL would
De impossible for fire to have reached the
powder by accident from the outside they
decided that the cause IS unexplained
during the afternoon there were several
hundred pleasure seekers on the Island OF
that number fully $50 were within a radius
OF 200 yards Of the fort. All were covered
with dirt and other debris and many were
thrown to the ground by the conclusion
That all Of them were not killed is CON
sidered almost miraculous
Sergeant Thomas J. Shaw. in charge of
the premises, was at his quarters. at the
other end of the island, when the explosion
occurred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08
HOW HE BROKE THE NEWS.
A Disquisition on Superstition and an
Important Announcement.

~ L.
From the New York Tribune
He was law student and happened 10 be
spending a part of his summer vacation al
the home Of country cousin. 1t was big
farm. and Ethel. Eliza and Gilmore. the
three daughters of the family, had shown
him around the pasture. apple orchard and
vineyard half dozen times the first day of
his arrival Rliza was just the same age as
the young New Yorker Ethel was several
years older and Gilmore was somewhat
younger.
The eldest had been the most active I'm
entertaining the young man at the begin
ming Of his stay, but had now practically
withdrawn from the field. and in a con-
fidential talk with her sister Eliza had said
that she really believed he didn't have
heart" Eliza quietly acquiesced in this
opinion. but a further interchange OF views
was suddenly terminated by the sight OF
the law student and the youngest sister
slowly approaching the house from the
neighboring lake.
The three sisters and their guest hap
pened to be sitting out on the porch that
evening, when Ethel said:
"Oh! l was so frightened coming home
from the prayer meeting last night. The
moon came up SO suddenly over the patch
of woods to the east that l turned the
wrong way and saw II over my left Shout
der. Then only this morning / dropped my
me think that something dreadful is really
going to happen.
so you're superstitious," said the stu
dent. he lit his pipe.
No I'm not superStitiouS, replied Ethel
with some spirit, but don't like things to
happen that way, that's all"
''You ought 10 get over having such
ideas" remarked the young man, as he
quietly puffed at his pipe. why. If you
only knew how grossly superstitious some
barbarians are you would rid your mind OF
such notions in no time. For example, in
a course in ethnology last year we learned
how the people of Mendiland. in West At
RIGA, are so superstitious that they are
afraid to touch anything with a charm at
tached to it. The owner of rice, trees,
goats, poultry or hogs decks them with
some charm which, according TO common
belief will secure the Identification and
death of the one who steals them. To pro-
vide against the contingency OF an enemy
coming to sow weeds where rice has been
sown a mysterious talisman is buried in the
ground and covered with sand, that the
rains shall not wash ii away. With all
these occult forces arrayed against them
persons of an evil disposition deem II pru-
dent to assume the honesty they otherwise
would lack"
Then i should think that it would be a
good thing to be superstitious," interrupted
the eldest sister, triumphantly.
How SOP he asked, as IL spreading the
net for himself
why" she exclaimed, ''if the people OF
our country only believed in charms we
would not need any policemen. there would
be no more thefts or burglaries or muir
ders: there would be no anarchy. Every
body would fortify himself with charm
against evil
But some people, even in this country,
possess charms" replied the young man, as
he knocked the ashes out OF his pipe and
sister. Then he added: Gilmore, you might
as well tell them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08
Victoria's Boundary.

From the London Chronicle.
Professor Gregory OF the University OF
Melbourne is delivering a series OF lectures
on the Geography of Victoria" In one OF
them he gave an instance of the happy-go-
lucky fashion In which business was con-
Quoted in Downing street in the olden days.
Half a century ago, when the Port Phillip
province was detached from New South
Wales and erected into a new colony under
the name of Victoria, il was the intention
of the imperial government OF the day that
the River Murrumbidgee should be the
northern boundary. But the clerk In the
colonial Office who copied out the enabling
document, never having heard of the river
with the long aboriginal name, and being
uncertain as to its proper spelling, coolly
substituted the River Murray in its stead.
Nobody noticed the change, but it made
vast difference to the new colony. Victoria
would have been twice its present size TX
the original arrangement had been adhered
to, and would have included the valuable
pastoral province known as Riverins, which
stretches from the Murray to the Murrum-
bidgee. Although Melbourne. the Victorian
capital, has always done most OF the trade
with Riverina. the district continues to be
officially ruled from Sydney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08
The Boer Generals,

From the London Spectator.
We do not agree that the enthusiastic
scenes at Southampton >and Waterloo were
altogether unworthy Of US as nation 1t
is true that the memory of the crowd is
short, and that a British crowd will cheer
almost anything from a donkey cart to q
Parsee's hat, but the popular interest in
DE Wet and the admira ton for his fighting
qualities are perfectiyDgezaIine. and though
the records of BothaI anlh Delarey are less
vivid, the welcome larcen3ed to the three
deteated generals lastfweek strikes in some
respects as true note as that which greet
ed Lord Roberts and sLserd Kitchener on
their return as copqUeraRH Though there
mas probably never beeMia war which has
been so well understood or SO heartily ap-
proved or SO keenly followed by the nation
at large, we are abEs to sfbrget the bitter
ness Of the long stryggle,oand to do honor.
of sa h 70 b ths oo
up bravely to bigfene. THAT they have
been our own mosta formidable foes does
not blind us to the astonishing character of
their military achieyemepts. The English
love a first-class lighting man wherever
they find him. a.: al
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ly that the proportions were absolutely cor
rect and that no details had been over
looked. Gen. Miles had been invited to see
the model. but he was out of town. and
Col. Whitney, his aid, and several other of
GERS from the department viewed the model
Saturday.
All the work of modelling the statue and
its surrounding pieces has now been COM
pleted- Figures of Peace" and War are
to occupy inches near the base of the
statue me models of these were made by
MI stephen Sinding of Copenhagen. who is
en- route TO the United States with them
Inc attitude Of the horse and it's rider
was suggested by the fact that Sherman
reviewed the army in 1865 from spot near
by. The horse has been sharply refined in
and the man is gazing interestedly before
MIN as though at the passing men, with
proud pofse that would naturally be as
sumed by one who had led them over vic
torious fields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08
The Chronic Grumbler.
From Tit-Bits.

from Ilt-btS
To the large number Of stories of the
''meanest man. which are frequently re-
lated one should be added Of a certain
Frenchman, famous for his habit Of grumb-
ling at everything and on every occasion.
He was attacked by inf1ammatory rheum-
atism, and was carefully nursed by his
wife, who was very devoted to him in spite
of his fault-ffnding disposition. HIS suffer
ing caused her to burst into tears some
times as she sat at his bedside.
One day friend Of the invalid came in
and asked him how he was getting on.
Badly, badiy!' he exclaimed; land it's
all my Wife's fault
rs it possibe?' asked the friend, in sur
prise.
Yes The doctor told me that humidity
was bad for me, and there that woman sits
and cries, just to make it moist in the
ROOM"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08
Superstitious Abyssinians.

3.
The Abyssnians. who are warlike, over
bearing in their manners and intolerant of
foreigners. though comparatively civilized
are strongly tinged with superstition; even
the emperor. though Intellectually far
above the level of his subjects and well
versed in European affairs clngs to many
of the ancient Ethiopian beliefs, among
which the fear of the "evil eye" Is the
chief. to such an extent that when he
drinks he is protected from the view Of
every one by the 'shammas'' held by his
attendants with averted faces. The "sham-
ma" Is II. large cloak worn by Abyssian-
ians. made in three stripes of white. red
and white, which are the national colors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08
The sea Trout.
rom Country Life In America.

FROM Country Life In America.
The gamest of salt water fish. after the
striped bass. Is the weakfish or sea trout.
The sport of angling for them is generally
enhanced because. feeding as they gener-
ally do near the surface. It is possible to
nsh for them with light tackle The best
places to find them In the vicinity of New
York are Jamaica bay. the southwestern
shore Of Staten Island and the mouth Of
the Shrewsbury river. While they have
been caught weighing upwards OF twenty
pounds six or ten FOUNDER is good
size and the average will only run from
one to two and a half. There Is never any
doubt when weakfish bites. He does not
nibble around the hook, but takes the bait
at one fair swoop and then starts OF with
1t -Ae a limited express with time to make
up He is shy fish and the man who
uses a. small line. light leaders and smells
to his hook. and keeps quiet while fishing.
Is the one who 10 apt to have the best luck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08

For committing an assault on Daniel 7.
Buckley Judge Mills this morning fined
James Powell, colored, SO, with sixty days
In fall as the equivalent Upon convict on
ON an additional charge of stealing an iron
CRATE bar from the United States Electric
Company. Powell was fined S, with fifteen
days on the farm In default Of the fins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08
SHERMAN STATUE MODEL.
Work of the Artist to Be Completed
in Bronze

The work of preparing the plaster model
of the Sherman equestrian statue, to DE
erected south of the treasury building, was
completed last week, and the model was
shipped Saturday night to the Elmwood
foundry at Providence. R. l.. to be cast in
bronze. The model was taken Saturday af-
ternoon in sections from the studio special
ly erected for Mr.. Rohl-Smith to work in
while modelling the statue and where Mr..
Lauritz Jensen completed the task, and
erected on a wooden platform near the al
ready completed granite pedestal. This was
in order that Mr.. Jensen and Mrs. Rohl-
Smith might satisfy themselves conclusive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08

last night by colored man while near her
nome She said that she was not injured
The man was frightened away without TAX
Ing anything. The woman was unable to
give the police a description Of the alleged
highwayman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08

Caswell Brown puriofned pint of whisky
from Rodger O'Hanlon Saturday night, and
this morning Judge Mills fined Brown $40,
with the equivalent of thirty days on the
farm upon conviction Of the offense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08
Knocked Down by Unidentified Man.

Catherine Digs. colored. sixty years of
age, residing at 246 141. street northeast
complained to the police Of the ninth pre-
cinct police station this morning that she
had been knocked down about 10 O'Clock
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-14
NET PECULIAR DEATH
George Blain Was Run Over by the
Wagon with Which He Was
Hauling Manure.

George Blain, aged As years, a Wild
over, residing on Larch street, was
killed shortly after noon yesterday by
being run over by his own wagon, at
the corner of Madison avenue and Ash
street.
No one saw the accident, and the eX-
act manner in which it occurred can
only be surmised. His body was found
on the corner by George Hess, who
noticed the horses and wagon, with
which Blain had been hauling manure,
some distance away up the field. There
were no marks visible on Blains body.
but the blood was flowing profusely
from the mouth and ears. Mr.. Hess
summoned the Lackawanna hospital
ambulance, and the surgeon pronounced
the unfortunate man to be dead, upon
it's arrival.
Blain was employed by P. II. Rozelle,
and was engaged in carting manure.
At the point where his body was found
there is a big depression in the road,
and it is presumed that in going over
this he was thrown from the wagon
and under the wheels, which passed
over his chest, crushing it fearfully
and breaking his neck, as the post
mortem examination at the hospital re-
vealed. The dead man is survived by
one daughter, who lives in Wilkes
Barre