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The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-13
PILES CURED IN 8 70 "a DAYS.

sPAZo OINTMENT is guaranteed
to cure any case Of Itching. Blind.
Bleeding OF Protruding Piles in to
"a days or money refunded. Made by
PARIS MEDICINE co, Saint Louis
U. S. Of A.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-13
OLIVER BAINBRIDGE,

The Explorer of Odd Places, in HiS
Unique Illustrated Travel Recital
The Savage South Seas
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-13

Remarkable Stereopticon Pictures of
Cannibals and the Black Jews dis
covered by Mr.. cambridge in the
Wilds of Papua.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-13

A sabserIFtI0a tieEeI tosR appsaTs
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26

or the american museum In New YORK,
was also one of Peary's most ardent
supporters, and after him is named one
of the great capes in northernmost
Greenland 1t was at his suggestion
that Lieutenant Peary invited a num-
Der of the tribe to spend winter in
the great city of which he had told
them.
1t was an interesting group of the
most aboriginal people that made the
Journey Three families were repre-
sented The Oldest was Nuktan, a
venerable but still hearty patriarch.
With him were his wife, Atangana, a
medicine woman, and his adopted
daughter of about IA years. Related to
Nuktan, but more distantly. was Uya-
garapshuk, a single young man. The
third family consisted of Kishuk, one
of the finest hunters of the tribe. little
over 80 but a widower, and his son,
Mink, about 10 years old.
The fate of the party was in part
tragic, in part sensational. Some
months after their arrival several Of
the Eskimo became i'll, and before long
1t was found that all of them had con-
tracted the dread white plague dis
ease unknown in their native home.
Winter had set, navigation had ceased,
and it would have been impossible to
return them to Greenland, even If a
vessel had been available. The best
that medical science could do for them
was provided; but before Lieutenant
Peary the following spring could start
on his next cruise four had succumbed.
Kishuk, the strongest, was the drst to
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
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AARR)0N

and enables him to survfve-.1~ ->,c
that the seal is an air breathing ami
NAL Conditions are almost as diff
cult for him as for man. Swimming &
under the miles of ice, he is forced to
keep certain breathing places or blow
holes continually open by visiting them
and poking his nose through the crust
of ice that may have formed since his
last brief sojourn there.
The Eskimo takes advantage of this
habit. For hours at time he stands
by one of the blowholes he has located,
through his long keen training, under
the universal covering of snow. At
last the animal arrives to take a long
breath-the first in many minutes The
hunter is screened from its sight by
the mantle of snow Swiftly he
plunges the harpoon down where he
knows the game to be. The line
whizzes out as the wounded seal dashes
away under the water; but he holds
fast to the end. Soon the animals
breath is exhausted. 1t must perforce
return to the blowhole or drown. The
grim hunter is waiting and as the ex-
hausted seal rises to the surface he
dispatches 1t with a lance thrust
through the eye. He has well earned
his reward. In return for three or
ave or eight hours waiting In the
arctic blasts in cold SO degrees be-
low zero he can now bring home sew
sral days feasting for himself and
ais little ones and the neighbors.
In 1898 Lieutenant Peary brought
with him from Smith sound party OF
xix Eskimos. The late Morris X. Jes-
sup. then as until his death president
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26

which is an indispensable necessity to
the Eskimo-the harpoon. without
this they could not survive a single
winter. This necessity is brought
about by the staple of food being
sea mammals. the large, fat, warm
blooded air breathing creatures that
swim the sea among and under the ice.
polar bear can be harried by dogs
and finally dispatched by lance thrusts;
a rabbit or fox is easily shot with the
arrow or trapped, and fish can be net
ted. But when winter has fallen in
all its severity and the land animals
are away or alternating and the fish
deep under the ice, the Eskimo's only
resource is the seal and his cousins.
Of his first ancestors existence. and
the solution devised then he still fol-
lows
If a seal or walrus is shot with an
arrow. unless the missile should strike
the eye and penetrate the brain. the
fat protected animal is not killed i'm
mediately and dives into the depths
of the sea to come up for moments
breath five or ten minutes later. a
quarter of a mile or even more away.
Not once in a hundred times would
the hunter be able to secure his
quarry. If he used a spear or lance
Of the ordinary type and held on to
1t with his hands or by a line after
striking it into the body of the seal
the animal IN its plunges would quick
ly tear the weapon out of its gela-
tinous fat and soft hide and swim
away. dying perhaps ultimately, but
sinking to the bottom of the ocean.
The harpoon which enables the Es-
kimo to bring home his dinner, Is
spear with a detachable point that
automatically turns in the body OF the
game and is then firmly held in posi-
ton there while 7the hunter retains
his grasp on the other end of line
until he can bring the animal to close
quarters and dispatch II.
The princfple of the harpoon, which
the natives call unang or igimang, is
extremely ingenious. The long lance
like shaft has a point of walrus ivory.
On this, like a thimble on the end OF
a finger, sits the socketed ivory har-
pooned head AS the weapon is thrown
and strikes the animal end on, the
head is only pressed more firmly on the
end of the rod, like the thimble when
the finger presses directly downward
on the table. As soon as the missile
has penetrated, the animal plunges and
rushes through the water and shakes
itself; the end of the long shaft sways
back and forth while the head is
solidly embedded. The motion between
head and shaft is therefore lateral,
and the end of the rod quickly be-
comes disengaged from the socket in
the head-just as the thimble is readily
stripped from the finger by a side
wise pressure against the edge of the
table.
The shaft then comes out, but the
seal is held by the long line which
is attached to the harpoon head, and
which has uncoiled as the missile
started on its flight. The line is in
geniousiy attached squarely to the
middle of the head, so that as soon as
the tug begins between huntsman and
quarry, it automatically turns at right
angles to the line and is kept from
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
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4Z1ZE -NcE

Itokirshuk was an able and powerful
man. who soon took a commanding
position. He changed his name to
Kumunapik, and. according to Eskimo
custom, his name was given to other
people and to children. and so became
recently reached the pole was one
called Itokirshuk-a name that. there
fore, will always be historic
In their absolute Isolation OF CEN
turies the Smith sound Eskimo had for
gotten how to manufacture two most
important weapons-the bow and the
skin boat. or kyak, the only craft for
which nature supplies the materials in
their latitudeS. But they still remem-
bered something OF these objects. for
their songs and traditional tales told
constantly about them 1t was only the
mechanical art that had become lost
The newcomers from Ellesmere land,
however. brought both boat and bow
with them and In a few years the Smith
sound people had availed themselves
of these models and were well supplied
with the useful articles
The bow is remarkable work There
is not piece OF wood in It. : It consists
OF seven or ten pieces OF bone beauti-
fully Joined together Three or four
pieces are long and elastic; these ars
united into one whole by the remaining
splints The whole is bound and
strengthened by sinew cords and forms
a highly serviceable IL elaborate ar
ticle.
Alone OF all the Eskimo the Explor-
ers' tribe has passed beyond the stone
age and employs iron-more than COM
pensating for the former absehce OF
bows and boats At some time long
past there fell at Cape York the largest
meteorfte yet known. almost pure iron.
From this the Industrious natives beat
OF fragments. and these they ham,
mereds cold. between stones until knife
blades and harpoon points were avail
able. The meteorite now reposes as
scientific specimen In New York, but
the Eskimo are more than compensated
by knives. hatehets and files OF Shefield
and Pittsburg steel which Peary and
others have brought them. Through
this one bounty OF nature which was
theirs. aided by their native ingenuity
and industry, they were able to become
the only people in~the history OF the
world that unaided made the great
stride from the stone to the iron age.
without 1rst passing through the inter-
mediate stage OF the period OF copper.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26

northernmost village Is TIA, more prop
erly Igita. which has gone down into
history under the Anglicized spelling
Etah. This is in latitude Is degrees Is
minutes, and is the most northerly per-
manent habitation in the world.
To the south of Smith sound the
coast for nearly 200 miles is rugged
with glaciers. so that the Eskimo do
not traverse It, That they must once
have done so is demonstrated by tho
appearance in the Morse settlements OF
central and south Greenland in the
fourteenth century. of the "Skraellngs."
the Eskimo. After the ScandinavianS
abandoned this inhospitable land the
migration from north to south must
have ceased, for when the Smith sound
Eskimo were discovered by Ross in
1913. and named by him the Arctic
Highlanders." they had been so long
cut off from their kinsmen to the south
and from all other races that they had
come to believe themselves the only
people in the world. and asked Ross IL
he had not come from the sum-
Their barren land is rich in fjords.
capes and islands. They can, when in
haste. traverse its extent in four days
with good dog team and sled by cut
ting across long headlands and driv-
ing across frozen fnlets, but the entire
shore line which they hold measures
some 500 or 500 miles. AS the tribe
numbers but little over 200 souls. every
man. woman and child is heir to nearly
three miles of sea frontage. Behind
them stretches a vast high sea OF ice.
the great permanent inland fee cap.
thousands OF feet deep and unbroken
save here and there for some jagged
projecting mountain peak II they were
so minded. which, like sensible people.
they are not. the Explorers Eskimo"
could indisputably claim tens OF thou
sands OF miles OF this. area and be land
owners, down to the smallest baby, OF
100 and more square miles each
In 1858 an epoch in native history
occurred. Out OF the unknown west
there appeared a party Of Eskimos.
headed by Itokirshuk. Some OF them
soon recrossed Smith sound. but four
remained. They had come by long
journey from Ellesmere land and Ito
kirshuk himself was a native Of Bafin
land. far to the south. Those who re-
turned brought the news of the exist
ence OF the Smith sound tribe to their
kinsfolk, and at one time later another
little party made the adventurous jour
ney safely and settled with the first
comers.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26


being pulled out of its place Were
the head to remain end on in the flesh,
as it entered the body, it would readily
be ripped out through the soft tissues
and tender skin, and the animal. how
ever badly wounded, would at once
escape.
Sometimes the seals can be ap-
preached as they lie summing them
selves on the ice. Cautiously the
hunter creeks up behind the hummocks
when nearer he crawls and Stimulates
a seal. which is not SO difficult as
might seem, owing to his being clad
entirely in sealskin garments. When
only a few yards away he jumps up
and tries to plunge the harpoon into
the basking animal before this has
time to roll off the edge OF the Ice
he holds the line in his hands until 1t
is exhausted. If larger, he plurg ges his
diSpatching lance into the ice and slips
the loop at the end of his harpoon line
over it; for the animals pull might
cause his feet to slip on the ice II a
fullsized walrus is speared. at least two
men are required to hold him, and
there should be three. Two men some
times try their strength against that
of walrus. They may gradually wear
him out. or, If his bulk is little above
the ordinary, he drags them on inch
by inch, until, at the very edge of the
ice. they must abandon not only him.
but their priced weapon. To hold on
a moment longer would mean a re-
sistance race through the sea and
drowning under the ice. Many an
Eskimo has never returned to his
waiting family because he got his arm
or foot tangled in his harpoon line and
could not quickly enough reach his
knife to cut himself loose.
In the warmer parts of the year,
when there is open water, the seal is
hunted from boats. The hunter tries
to paddle up on a floating animal or
to intercept one as 1t rises to breathe.
In his light cranky vessel he does not,
however, try to slold It, but lets the
harpoon line run out unchecked At
the end of the rope is all that remains
of another seal-his complete hide,
now blown up like a bladder. The
wounded game swims off, but cannot
dive deeply on account of the mass of
air in the float, and is leisurely fol-
lowed by means of the drag bobbing at
thef surface is overtaken, stabbed to
death and towed home
The severest. test comes in winter,
when the ocean for many miles from
shore is frozen over solidly. In this
period of hardship there is only one
thing comes to the Eskimos resc;,e
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
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3 GA/VZ SLHCSZIE ALHV|ERS,
IN TIzEI/S S017S


pass. Then followed Atangana. AL
though a doctor she could not cure her.
self' her husband said, in bidding her
spirit goodby; and after her poor Nuk-
tan himself and his beloved daughter
went the same sad path to Adlirkat,
the land below the sea, where the dead
live with their great mistress, Nerivik.
in peace and plenty.
Uyagarapshuk. at one time appar-
emily at the point of death, held his
own until the Peary ship sailed. He
was taken aboard. brought back to this
country, and several years afterward
was reported entirely recovered and
well So much for the beneficial effect
of the climate to which the system Is
accustomed.
Minik's history was still more re-
markable. When his father died old
Nuktan offered to strangle the boy. for
now he was an orphan, without any one
to provide for him. Such is the cruel
but we'll meant Eskimo custom, die
tated by the harsh struggle for exist
ence; and under aboriginal conditions
1t Is, no doubt, the kindest course, as
slow starvation Is the alternative.
Mink was. however, adopted by gem
erous American, who had Nbecome in
terested in these people. His rugged
little constitution threw off the almost
fatal disease. Hesentered public school.
proved himself quick and bright. and
rapidly became educated and American
ized. Behold the change! Ten years
later this. absolute aborigine" was
earning his living as a professional
chauffeur in Broadway But the ire
sistible lure of the desolate arctic. akin
to the eternal drawing of the desert,
haunted him, and recently he renounced
civilization to live once more with his
own people-for how long remains to
be seen. The call of the primitive is
hard to eradicate from the blood; but
the cry of civilization Is still stronger.
once it's roar has been heard. 1t Is safe
to predict that this splendid young
man will not spend the third 10 years
Of his life with his own people"
The Explorers Eskimo" are the
most northerly people on earth. Their.
southernmost habitation is Cape York.
which they call Imnangana, in latitude
76 degrees. Other settlements are
made at Akpan on Saunders island.
Kiatang on Northumberland island and
at Pituarvik and Natilivik. Their
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
By A. L. Kroeber, Ph. D.
Asst. Professor of Anthropology,
University of California

4 HILE the world acclaims Cook
4 and Peary. and their followers
" clash in charges. arguments
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-27
"Fogar.y, He!I!n 4e Exclaimed.

Slender man and kind of odd talk
ing, with a sandy mustache'
Hear his name?"
HE told me his name, suit it's
skipped me, l declare. He's kind of
dark-complected like"
Stranger, eh?" unused Du Sang:
his eyes were wandering over the
room.
Slender man." repeated Bill, but i
didn't take much notice Of him. Said
he was in the real estate business"
I'm the real estate business? And
did he sit there while you talked this
over with the college guy?" muttered
Du Sang.
"He is all right, boys, and he said
you'd know his name If l could speak
it," declared Bill.
Look anything like that man stand
ing with his hands in his pockets over
there by the wheel?" asked Du Sang,
turning his back carefully on a new.
conner as he made the suggestion.
"Where-there? No! Yes, hold on,
that's the man there now! Hold on,
now!" urged Bill, struggling with the
excitement Of ten hours and ten dol
lars in one day. "His name sounded
like Fogarty."
AS Dancing spoke, Sinclair's eyes
riveted on the new face at the other
side Of the gambling room. "Fogarty,
hell" he exclaimed, starting. Stand
right still, Du Sang; don't look around.
That man is Whispering Smith"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-27

know how well you'd like to do II;
and. take notice, there's one trail You
cant cross even II you stay here. I
suppose you understand that"
Smith felt his heart leap. He sat In
his chair turning the pack slowly, but
with only one hand now; the other
hand was free. Sinclair eyed him
sidewise. Smith moistened his lips
and when he replied spoke slowly:
There is no need OF dragging any al.
fusion to her into 1t. For that matter,
| told Bucks he should have sent any
man but me. II I'm In the way, Sin.
clair. II my presence here is all that
stands in the way, I'll go back and
stay back as before, and send any
one else you like or Bucks likes. Are
you willing to say that I stand in the
way of q settlement"
Sinclair sat down and put his hands
on the table. mo; your matter and
mine is another affair. All I want be-
tween you and me Is fair and right
Whispering Smiths eyes were on
the cards. you've always had It."
Then keep away from her"
Don't tell me what to do"
Then don't tell me"
I'm not telling you. You will do
as you please; SO will I. l left here
because Marion asked me to. I am
here now because / have been sent
here. 1t Is in the course Of my bust.
ness. I have my living to earn and my
friends to protect. Don't dictate to
me. because 1t would be OF no s
(rO BE CONTINUED.)
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-27
e. Come once more and III meet

age. Come nee more and I'll meet
YOU"
mol" Sinclair rose to his feet. NO
damn your money! This is my
home. The high country is my coun-
try; it's where my friends are"
It's filled with your friends; l know
that. But don't put your trust in your
friends. They will stay by you, I
know; but ice in a long while there
will be a false friend, Murray, II that
will sell you--remember that"
Il stay"
Whispering Smith looked up in adj
miration.. Il know you're game. 1t
isn't necessary for me to say that to
you. But think Of the fight you are
going into against this company. You.
cal worry them; you've done it. But
a bronco might as well try to buck a
locomotive as for II mar or six or
GOO to win out in the way you are play
ing"
II will look out for my friends;
others Sinclair hitched his belt and
paused, but Whispering Smith, cutting
and running the cards. gave no heed.
His eyes were fixed on the green cloth
under his fingers. Others" repeated
Sinclair.
Others" echoed Whispering Smith.
good-naturedly.
May look out for themselves"
"Of course. Of course! Well, If this
Is the end Of 1t, I'm sorry"
you will be sorry IL you mix in a
quarrel that is nor Of yours"
why, Murray, I never had a guar
rel with a man in my life."S
"You are pretty smooth, but you
can't drive me out Of this country. I
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-27
Quick BATH Best Tonic.

Some women say that they have not
the vitality to Withstand a daily bath.
That is usually the case when the
bath is considered a bother and too
much strength is expended in the
scrubbing and rubbing. The most
beneficial bath is the quick one that is
I've within three minutes. Such a
bath is a tonic.
It is not necessary to get into the
tub. Merely go over the body speed
lily, bathing. away the dust and secre,
tions Of the skin, rinsing quickly and
rubbing brtskly until the skin fairly
tingles.
II one Is nerve tired, a hot. bath Just
before going to bed will act as a
soothing, restful comforter.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-27
The 4 q WORD.

What is believed to be the longest
word to be found in any dictionary
one that leaves even German and
Dutch hopelessly out Of it-may be
turned up in Liddell and Scott's lexi.
con by those who can read Greek
characters. Those who cannot may
be content to know that this word
which begins "lepadotemachoselacho.
galeo," proceeds in like manner
through e syllables, and counts ITO
letters In all. OF course, no ancient
Greek ever used such a word as this
in ordinary conversation. It Is a com.
ic word invented by Aristophanes for
rhythmical delivery in one Of his
plays and means a dish compounded
OF all sorts Of fish. flesh, fowl and
sauces, which are enumerated in the
word. The most ingenious English
translation Of it yet suggested is-
HASH"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-27
ny FRANK III. SPARTAN a
ILLUSTRATIONS Q NJ
~ ,1AlNDRE BOWLES 81
SYNOPSIS.

.r Murray weas s : and his gang of wreck
tracks at Smoky Creek. Mccllo,,d y
sTuns r9ad superintendent, CAUGHT Sin
sh y anu ms men in the act Of loofine
9sne wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded in,
noeence, declaring it only amounted to a
snaali sum-a treat for the men. Mcciondd
discharged the whole outfit and m nrd =
ne, Wreekage burned. McCloud became
qualn with Dicksie Dunning. a girl
o. me vest, who came to look at The
wreck. She gave him a message for Sin
p Sla.s; whispering Gordon Smith told
S.ouu,s brave fight against a gang Of
SSsa2ea miners and that was the reason
lis high ids sup oflIce' Meria,s appointment to
oGard at the boarding house Of MIS-. Sin.
TTtsaltr, me eX-foreman's deserted wife.
iD ZIG Cumming was the daughter Of the
tase fslchard Dunning, who had died OF a
5soken heart shortly after his wife,s
9eInlse. which occurred after one year Of
Married life. Sinclair visited Marion Sin
glars shop and a fight between him and
G McSioud was narrowly averted. Smoky
SSEeek prldge was mysteriously burned.
nacCioud Prepared to face the situation
fEesldent Bucks notified Smith that he
nao work ahead. McCloud worked for
pays ana finally got the division running
~ talrly. good order. He overheard Dick.
sas criticising his methods, to Marion