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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05
Buqsses que deheu s.egar
y salidas de este puerto

El vapor espafiol Martin Saenz. -
Esta 4 la carga en- Barcelona, de don
de sali6 hoy. para Ell Mediterraneo
Canarias, esta Isla, E Isla de Cuba.
Vapor americana Harry Lucken
bath. ."--Salio de New York, para eS
ia, el 81 del pasado.
Vapor "ETONA. - Este buque
de la Norton Line, sali6 el 20 del pasa
do de Montevideo, para nuestro puer-
to; y una vez terminada su descarga
aqui, seguira para los de Cuba acos-
tumbrados.
Vapor "ARABISTAN. Este bu-
que seguira al "Etona", hacia media
dos del corriente, siempre que en-
cuentre aliciente de carga que lie per
mita hacer esta escala directanente.
Vapor americana "Phila delphia. -
SaIi6 de New York, para Gsta Ell ]
del que cursa.
Vapor espaf1ol Catalina. "-Sali6 dc
Coruf1a Ell 26 del pasado, para ests
puerto, y seguira para Ponce, Isls ds
Cuba y New Orleans.
Vapor espafiol Miguel Gallart. -
Saldra ell IS corriente para ell Medite
franco, Galicia, esta Isla y la de Cuba.
Vapor noruego Minerva. ."-Saldr.
de Buenos Aires Y Montevideo, para
este puerto y los de Cuba. hacia e
IL del actual.
Goleta americana "Asbury Foun.
tain. = Ernpezara cargar en- New
York, el IL del corriente, y saldra e
20 para esta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05
gQl ID leSQ de ID G0IldQlQQ
UNA BRlLLiNTE ALOcuCIOS
Asturianos

FL nombre venerando de Covadon-
Ga constituye Ell tcstimonio r1las olo-
cuents de nuestra fe y ell cpisodio
mas glorioso de nuestra historic.
Confortados por la protection de la
inmacalada Virgen y alentados por
81 ardicnte amor la patria, haec
doce Slglos que nuestros antepasados
convlrtieron aquclla misteriosa cue
Va en altar imperecedero 4 los dog
.nnas do nucstr2 combatida religion y
aquellas ingentes montaf1as en- base
indestruetible de la futura, entonces
perdida. nacionalidad.
Y el rodar de los siglos y la suce-
sion de los acontecimientos no han
logrado aminorar la admiration cau-
Sads por aquellos legcndarios hechos
nj el fervor del religioso culto atri-
butado la imagen de Ia divina pro-
tectora nj Ell patriotico entusiasmo
suScitado por ell recuerdo de aquellos
augustos lugareS.
Han trsnscarrido doce siglos: Y
dssde cntonccs, af1o tras affo, al lie
gar el dfa en- que la Religion connie
mora con Ia Santidad de sus ri(os las
glsri2s inmarceSibles de la excelga
Madre de Dios. todos los espafloles
cgpsrcidoS por la redondez del plane
IA vuclven los ojos del espiritu hacia
los riscos de Covadonga Y, sumergi-
da cl alma en- TN oceano de gratitud,
prosternanse en- adoracion revente
ante la Virgen bendita y tinden el
tribNto de sus mejores recuerdos
los heroes hazaf1osos que afrmaron
con esfuerzos incrcibles el suelo de
nucstra patria.
Pero, entire todos los espafoles,
Somos los asturianos los mas obliga-
dos nantcner vivo y perenne Ell
culto 4 esa gloriosa tradicion.
Antes de lecrlo en- las paginaS de
la Historic, el nombre de Covadonga
habfa va resonado en- nuestros oidos
como un eco de los cielos, al ritmico
vaiven de nuestras cunas entire olea-
das de Garlic. A la virgen de Cova-
donga pidieron nuestraS madres que
guiara nuestros vacilantes pasos cuan
do empezaron nuestros labios abal
bucir las primeras palabras; que
gulara nuestro corazon, cuando aban-
donamos los infantiles juegoS; solici-
tadoS por los indehribles anhelos de
los albores dc Ia juventud; que guia-
"a Ia nave que nos separo de las pa
trias costas; 4 la Virgen de Cova-
aonga siguieron elevando continue
mente suS preces para que nos acom-
pafara con su protection en- todas
las latitudes. Y. al nombre magico
de Covadonga, dionos inolvidables
lecciones de abnegacion la carifIosa
severidad de nuestros padres de
dc nuestroS maestroS, ensefiandonos
4 Sacrifcar Ia deleznable existencia
Individual, que parece, por defender
IA vida de la patria, que pedura.
Donde quiera que haya asturianos
no puede pasar desapercibido ell dia
dc Ia Virgen de la Covadonga.
Por ESQ los suscribientes nos diri-
gimos a nuestros paisanos, invitan-
deles que sc unan 4 nosotros para
celebrar, 81 no con pompa ostenta-
ci0n, por 10 menoS con animaci6n y
con entusiasmo esa fiesta traditional
en- que sc rinde culto la vez la fe
y al patriotismo.
Antonio Alvarez Nava, Severe
Ochoa, Bernardo Fernandez. Carlos
sConde. Adolfo Perez, Alexandra Sua-
rcz, Segundo Csdierno y Manuel F.
Campoamor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05
NOTICIAS

Ha sido nombrado ayudante del
ecarrero de la Bscuela Pa de niflos de
Santurce, Ell indivfduo Carmelo Fe
bre. con Ell sueldo anual de SI2o,
en- la vacante de Eusebio Negron,
aquien renunci6 voluntariamente.
Los esposos Crosas Sc encuentran
ligeramente enfermos en- su resi-
dencia de Santurce. Deseamos su
pronto establecimiento
FL sefior Francisco Antongiorgi
haccndsdo de Yauco, Sc encuentra en-
San Juan y regressra esta tarde
su residencia.
En- e1 vapor que ha de llegar pro
cedente de New Orleans en- la sema-
na pr6xima Sc espera regrese Ell Juez
ss Ia Corte de Distrito Mr. James
McLeary y su esposa.
Abordo del "Caracas" embarc6
Aoy para los Estados Unidos. Ell Sc
hor Bell, % Jefe de la ofcina de
Correos.
FL viernes las de La noche sc
reunira en- session ordinaria Ell Ayun-
fafaiento de. San Juan.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

En- Arecibo fueron arrestsdos el
lunes los indivfduos Bonifacio Ra-
mos, por acometimiento y aggression;
Maria Mercado, por escandalo y
Anastasio Santos, por infracci6n al
reqlam ento dc ferrocarriles.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

Esta maf1ana visitaron al goberna-
dor Mr.. Winthrop los sefores fiscal
de la Cortc de Distr ito de Guayam
sef1or Wilcox y abogado Hord.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05
P3ECICS De C0RPRA

Cueros du1ces, de $Io 4 Io1z.
Sebo de res, a $4H 90.
Algodon, IS as n.
CocoS, Sis a I8 railar.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

Nos informan personas prestigio-
sas de Yauco, que no han podido
arreglarse satisfactoriamente las di-
sidencias locales surgidas en- Ell Par
tido Republican,, hecho, que COM
promote cl exito en- el Distrito.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

Ell del actual existfan en- ell Pre-
sidio y earceles departamentales de
IL isla 1902 indivfduos, de los que
sufrfan pTisi6n 1881 varones y II
hembras y en- ssmario IS7 hombres y
= aujeres.
Del total estaban en- las enferme-
rfas SO y en- la Penitenciaria 1873.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05
SEcCI0M COMMERCIAL
NOvimientO maritime
ENTRADAS TRAVESIA

Vapor americana Caracas" de Ia
Guayra, con transito.
Vapor frauces Montreal, de Europa
via st. Thomas, con carga.
Vapor americana Julia Lucken-
bath de la Isla, con transito.
SALIDAS TRAVEsIA
Para New York, vapor americano
Caracas, con carga y pasaje.
sALIDAs CABoTAJE
Goletas San Miguel, Ricardo
Ruiz y Maria Artou'', para la Isla.
BUQUEs EN- PUERTO
1RAVESIA
Alibi Calamasu, descargando.
Samuel w. Halfway, descargando.
Adam w. Spies. descargando.
Julia Luckenbath, cargando.
Montreal. descargando.
CABOTAJB
Vasco, cargando.
Puerto Rico, Cargando.
India, descsrgando.
Carmel'ta. descargando.
Ana Maria Humacao.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

Ell Municipio de San Juan tenfa en-
GAIA en- so de Junio$I ,657,4Sy y pro
cedentes del emprestito de 5000 900
negociado con la Casa Ceballos, $8Y,
582,78.
Sc han amortizado va 4 plazos
por valor total de ST. 20 900.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

En- las o6cinas de Sanidad, Secre
taria de p. r., y Auditorfa no hemos
obtenido hoy information, debido a
no haberse despachado ning1n asunto
de importancia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05
Cedulas hipotecarias

Bance Territorial y Agrfcola 5 90.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

A bordo del Caracas" han salido
hoy para los Estados Unidos, los jo-
venes estudiantes de Ponce, Antonio
Mayoral Jose M. Suarez, Antonio
Otero, Gil Velazquez, Osvaldo Goyco
Y Juan Dlaz. Los senores Goyco y
Suzrez continuaran sus sstudios por
cuenta del Gobierno Insular.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

Esta maaana habfan detenidos en-
el Dep6sito Municipal, a cargo del
sefior Pared, I3o indiyiduos, dc los
que cstaban cumpliendo sentencia
"A varones y "A mujeres. y EN- suma-
rio 20 varonesy y 3 mujereS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

Durante Ia noche de aver y hoy
hasta las 1 ? del dia, no habla sido
curado en- Ell cuarto de socorros min
g6n individuo, debido a no ocurrir
novedad en- San Tuan.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

Ell IS del actual Sc ADRIAN las es-
cuelas p1blicas en- toda la Isla Sc
efectuaran ejercicios de arertura por
las JuntaS Escolares.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

Esta maf1ana estaban fondeados en-
el puerto de San Juan los vapores
am mericano Caracas frances Mon
treal", otro americana de la Inca
Peck y el buque de la aduana "Al-
gonqufn'.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

Ha l1egado nuestro poder ell in
forme del sef1or Alcalde de San Juan
correspondence al ano economico
1ltimo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

Esta maf1ana visitaron al goberna-
dor Mr. Winthrop los sefiores fiscal
de la Cortc de Distrito de Guyana
seflor Wilcox y abogado Hord.
En- Arecibo fueron arrestsdos el
luneS los indivfduos Bonifacio Ra-
mos, por acometimiento y aggression;
Maria Mercado, por escandalo y
Anastasio Santos, por infracci6n al
reglamento de ferrocarriles.
Nos informan personals prestigio-
sas de Yauco, que no han podido
arreglarse satiSfactoriamente las di
sidencias locales surgidas EN- Ell Par
tido Republican,, hecho, que com
promote cl 6xito en- el Distrito.
El Municipio de San Juan tenfa en-
GAIA en- 80 de Junio$I ,657,4S y pro-
cedentes del emprestito de 5000, 900
negociado con la Casa Ceballos, $8Y,
582,78.
Sc han amortizado va 4 plazos
por valor total de 81 20 900.
A bordo del Caracas" han salido
hoy para los Estados Unidos, los jo-
venes estudiantes de Ponce, Antonio
Mayoral, Jose NJ. Su4rez. Antonio
Otero, Gil Velazquez, Osvaldo Goyco
v Tuan Diaz. Los Senores Goyco y
Su2rez continuaran sus sstudios por
cuemta del Gobierno InSular.
Esta maaana habfan detenidos en-
el Dep6sito Municipal, a cargo del
sefior Pared, I3o indiyiduos. dc los
que cstaban cumpliendo sentencia
a varones y "A mujeres. y en suma-
rio 2o yarones y mujeres.
En- las ofcinas de Sanidad, Secre
taria de p. r., y Auditorfa no hemos
obtenido hoy informa ci6n, debido
no haberse despachado ning1n asunto
de importancia.
FL del actual existfan en- ell Pre-
sidio earceles departamentales de
IL isla 1902 indivfduos, de los que
sufrfan pTisi6n 1881 varones y II
hembras y en- ssmario ~ hombres y
nujeres.
Del total estaban en- las enferme-
rfaS SO y en- la Penitenciaria 1873.
Durante Ia noche de aver y hoy
hasta las 2 del dia, no habia side
curado en- Ell cuarto de socorros min
gun irdividuo, debido a no ocurr il
| nOVedad en- San Tt1an
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

LA CIEACIA DEL BUEA EyITO.

N UlENuIA UEL nUEm EkIUs
QuEaDo hbs nor ana
orof sP que adquien
rodeadas de amigos son dsngd rpadas
bes pensado en- esos ISabes por qusf =.
de q
Tnas S a tga
sEi o pssd "a hs se sqs Ssn n Hay Psa
obdAcuos
Eslabase ebuene1
@ @ 4 nsna
meres del
nE ge ntaa para end @ tai pod @ psf sss va
UMEAUUR Hpnotsmo
rnddo futuna
GFs mas notable del
Puede endo smAs
ArhsnUED
Eh CASA s ] en- del pod'r
te'' T 40 r ''U' "'fN'' nan s'"s
mil eepares han Ell
Espahol
ssShEiUS' hano hbre de todo dendo euaqer ioma
new YORK INSTITUTE Of SCIENCE!
Dept 475L ROCHESTER, N. y, =. U. deE
Eta obra Dss
LEvDo PAUL WELLER Goham, N Z. -
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

Hn10l10uH H0llr0U0 00UiP0nJ u 1VlV TlV0
SCHEDULE TRAINS EFFECT AFTER FEBRUARY OF 9O6FBTWH
ARECBO CAMUY AGUAnLA NAYAGUE AND Pc
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

with native TO take me. across the
bleak, ice-swept stretch OF water.
eighteen miles in width, which lay be-
tween the mainland and the Lesser
Diomede, and we embarked, when a
storm came up and forced US to return
to York, where we remained three
weeks with the Government officials,
A NJ Evans and W. T. Lopp When the
storm was over we started again, and.
after some hours of sailing, reached
the Lesser Diomede. AS the sea still
ran high, we disembarked on the lee
side of the island and hauled the
canoe and my provisions high on the
bench, or shelf. on which is built the
village. of the natives
81 found that the citizens OF the Dio-
medes had been engaged in consuming
hcotch, and for any man who knows
what hootch is that was enough
Things didn't look good to me. but I
knew that the least show of fear would
mean my finish. so put on as brave a
front as could. and invaded the city
of the inebriates. Fortunately, it did
not occur to any of the mad savages
that to murder me would add enjoy
ment to the festivities. so, after finding
out that had few things which they
could easily steal later. the Eskimos
bade me welcome,
: Il was invited to share the home of
the most important man and probably
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

Il HERE arc many kinds OF poisons
in the world, each working in its
own peculiar way: cut William
B. Jones. who spent year on
the Diomece Islands, in Bering
Straits, is convinced that the most
effective one he knows is concoction
called hootch. in use among the bar
barrie tribes OF the Greater and Lesser
Diomedes- Far from considering their
hootch poison, the natives take the
greatest care il its preparation and
wait days for the isquor to distill.
Hootch consists Of a mixture OF -four.
sugar and molasses made into a thick
paste and placed in keg until fer
mentation is under way The COM
bination is then poured into oil cans.
which the natives obtain from The
whalers. and scaled air tight, except
for a tube which answers the purpose
OF a coil as used in still suspended
over a lamp. Vspor soon begins to
rise. and as this passes out through
the tube. cOndensing near the end,
which IS kept bathed in cold water,
the liquor falls drop by drop into
receptacle. and every 5ugful means a
murder or a suicide.
The Diomedians rank among the
lowest tribes Of the northernmost
regions of the world. They are a people
absolutely without civilization. dis
playing 20 the full that british in
stinct which marks barbarism or de-
untamed ssvagery and unspeakable
squaIor came William B. Jones. min
ing engineer by profession and the
great medicine man of the tribe short
y after, by general accIamation, which
post he filed successfully until his res
cue by the whaler william Baylies.
which picked him up at the Lesser
Diomede and brought him. passenger,
back TO home and civilization.
Here is his story:
1T was IN October Of 1903 that ]
left my uncIes farm at Clayton, Contra
Costs County. to join group of miners
bound for the York tin mines. near
Cane Prince of Wales. Alaska. 1 had
not been long at the mines when the
report reached US that galena and
graphite had been found by the natives
on the Diomedes. Forthwith I an
nounced my intention of exploring
those islands. and my partner agreed
TO go with me- Later. however. he
frankly admitted that he was afraid
of the Diomede natives and withdrew
from his bargain. At York arranged
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family xaS seeing how much ne coul6
consume Suddenly ne Jumped up
emitted yen. and, g-aspinS revolver
the gift OF one OF the WlaJemen-
plunged down into the hole that led
TO the open. IN instant later a shot
rang out and. rushing down we found
him lying at the entrance. "A suicide
Year before. on that very spot ne had
murdered . white man who had
aroused his anger One drink more
and his mania might have developed
into homicidaI instead Of suicidal In
such event would probably have fol-
lowed the white man of the year before
tos the grave IN ACCORDANCE with a
horrible custom OF lie natives we car
RED this boys body up the mountain
an1 laid il IN shaTIoU zr4Fc zcoopeti
IA the snow The Eskimo docs per-
form the final service for the dead. and
that night they prowlcd about the viii
faction. gorged with the flesh OF the
lad who had commanded them the day
before. This lads brother. also a sui
eide had gcne to fatten the dogs
few nlorths before.
~srother ease illustrating the fearful
effect that hootch has upon the ma
tiyss occurred one day after had
crossed from the Lesser 10 the Creates
Diomede on the ice. Ny dogs had be-
come lost in the fog. and upon my re-
turn I called upon the village strons
man and told him OF the circumstances.
he had been indulSing in hootch, too,
SO after few more drinks he sud-
denly declared that he heard the dogs
on the. other side of the islands; that
he would shout and they would come.
Selling q revolver. he began to riddle
the house with bullets and finally
dropping it grasped Il dog that had
leaped 10 its feet in startled surprise
when he began TO shout and dashed its
brains on the floor. then sprang on an
inoffensive Eskimo and bore him to
the ground Picking up a walrus tuslS
+ knocked him senseless with one blow
Running TO the door. the Eskimo ]
had rescued from the fury or the
drunken savage called TO those wha
had fed iD fear, saving that I had
cured the now unconscious man and
that he was peacefully sleeping. They
came. saw that il was so. and my repu.
tation as a medicine man grew apace
The missing dogs We're found weeks
later at Northeast Cape. whittier they
had drifted on the ice. distance OF
forty miles. Had I followed them from
the Greater Diomede instead OF rely
ing on my own Judgment I would have
DeriShed
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Barbarous Staying of the Aged

slaves 10 hootch. the morality OF the
Diomedians is at the lowest ebb. Life
is of value to its owner alone and is
not considered as community asset.
Should a Diomedan express a wish for
death there is always an accommodate
ing friend who viii help him to hang,
shoot himself and cut his threat. While
the aged are not looked upon as the
most necessary members OF the colony.
they are permitted to live and are
cared for by their children. They pass
their declining days tending the hootcb
stills. the contents of which their sons
and daughters consume. Thus they
are not destroyed until thew express
wish TO be destroyed Th--- in the
midst of a feast OF blubber and hootch
they are slain.
Many Z night or nervousness and
anxiety have 1 passed says Mr. Jones,
and many a scene of horror crime
murder and suicide have l witnessed
on the Diomedes as a result OF the
effect OF this terrible liquor on the
EskiHlos. The Diomedes hold the
worlds most lawless community. and
their effrontery in small things is
amazing One day a native brought
me Goldfish and gave him what ha
asked in trade. left the ish in what
I considered safe place, but the next
morning when I looked for IL IL was
gone. few hours later another Es-
kiRo appeared with the same fish and
offered it i'm trade. ! concluded that
his nerve entitled him 10 compensation.
and he got what he wanted. That time
] kept my eye on the fish until il was
placed before me for supper.
The natives will divide their all with
a white man. but expect in return TO
be supported in Incidence the rest OF
their natural lives The American Es-
kimos are. most appreciative of a de-
pendent condition. and a few years
more viii see them wards OF the Cow
eminent. Their Siberian brothers are
growing more independent every year.
and if left TO enjoy their. own ways
crude way. but as for the American Es-
kimo. whisky and hooteh are his greas
destroyers."-
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tho greatest hootrh dr1nksr OF the VI.
laEe; and without ceremony was ush-
cred through a long and malodorous
tunnel into the house, which was built
Of hewn drift logs. rocks and snow. The
combination OF odors that greeted mo
reduced my opinion OF the value Of
Diomede ore deposits Immediately. but
as my boatman had departed for the
mainland after landing me there was
nothing to do but to face the situa
tion- Finally my eyes were able fo
penetrate the dim light which filtered
through small wa1rus-gut window
and saw the women of the housebold
coming forward to greet me. Their an
pearance was peculiar, as their cos
tunes are practically nil, and l. am cer-
tain that they weresnot more astonished
at my appearance than Iwas at theirs.
White Medicine Man of Tribe
There were seventeen of uss in t,;S
small abode, which was about sixtden
feet long and eighteen feet wide: SO 7
was assigned bench elevated: slightly
above the floor, the rest sleeping on tho
bosom OF the ground wrapped in tho
skins OF the hair seal. The follouino-
day was destined to see me raised, 70
the. high position of medicine man, Tn
the height of his hootch enthusiasm 2
prominent Diomedian had slain his
brother and wounded a woman with a
revolver secured from some whaIer Tn
the resultant excitement another wo-
man had tipped over a bootch still. and
her calico parka catching fire she b.S
burned to death. The wounded woman
was bleeding copiousIy, and as the req
ular. towns .physician's tomtom had
failed TO stop 1t. I was called in consul
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tation. It was but the, work OF a min
ute to stapch the low OF blood ana.
amid great excitement, was crowned
on the spot the great medicine man Of
the Diomedes.
services as physician were required In
one case I.was called upon to, bind up
the wounds of a husband and wife
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

who bad fbecome involved in a fierce
quarrel and had endeayored- to bite off
each others noses. while instances Of
the same .or similar sort multiplied
themselves throughout the village. In
nearly all Of them I was, successful in
restoring a degree of comfort and
peace Thus was fame thrust unso-
Icited upon me.
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.>WUY NNNE 0< 4
Z @[~ SZ6-O<<
SZNRED on Z0O

one morning I was aroused and in
formed that a great dance had been
planned in honor of my achievements
as healer. Into one of the larger
. owanes. which. is what the natives call
their homes. the dancers. all stripped
TO the skin. had gathered To the beat
ing of eight tomtoms and the weird
chanting of deep-voiced Eskimos. the
women waved their arms and swung
their bronze bodies back and forth in
not unpleasing rhythm. Finally pieces
of walrus rope were passed around.
and as l secured my portion, visions
OF hanging which might be in store
for me took away my breath. But the
dance proceeded and I was Just be-
ginning TO feel at ease again when an
aged. blind doctor asked that I be
taken to "a seat beside him. This was
done, but hardly was I seated when he
hit me a resounding whack on the head
with his tomtom-
Ny hair rose and I thought that nv
hour had surely come. but mr. fears
were soon dispelled. One by one dane
ers and guests filed past. each endeav-
oring to rub his nose against mine. in
token, l learned later. that / was now
one of them, and. they hoped for all
time, their great medicine man The
experience was pleasant only in lieu of
the walrus moose, which I had feared
was for quite another purpose.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
A Hootch Suicide

While playing. whist with the na-
tives one night-they had learned the
game from the whalemen--I was wit
ness to hootch tragedy that again
raised my hair. As we played. an old
man and an aged woman were making
hootch, while the oldest boy OF the