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New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
ODD REFREsHMENT AFTER DANCE.
Saws Rasmussen: :

There concert going at Sorqaq's A
few little boys sent 10 with in
vitation. and we. too were lying among the
half naked men and women the bearskin rug
which covered the sleeping place. Two men
were singing the usual duet Esqumau song
without words They sang Il with knees slightly
bent and body tilted forward swinging their heads
20 and fro Otwas a kind Of danse du ventre).
The difference between the melodies is so slight
that needs keen ear 20 detect II. Every sing
er has his own tunes which he has composed him
self" The singers nude above the waist like their
audience, dressed only in bearskn breeches sang
for an hour After the concert the host invited
his guests to partake Of rotten warus flesh frozen
which is esteemed Of the greatest decscies
that can be offered TO ones friends It is by no
means easy matter TO get high meat up there,
where the thermometer seldom indicates many
degrees above zero. even in the height of summer.
1t is only the spring catch that can he kept long
enough to get high. and even that Will take the
whole summer 10 turn green. When you have
grown accustomed 10 the taste this 1ssuanguerk'
they call il, is really a very pleasant change
from all the fresh meat"
Soraaq. mentioned above, was great bear hunt
err whose body was covered with scars Of hand
to-hand encounters with Polar bears. He told the
following adventure
''It was just at this season that I put my dogs
one day TO a bears trail. The dark had already
commenced to mount the sky. followed the track
till IL vanished suddenly in hollow wall Of ice I
cut the traces and all the dogs rushed baying into
the cave But the bear had squeezed himself into
corner and was quite unapproaohabls; they could
not get him. was thinking Of calling them
back when I heard my best dog howl. He was the
lead dog in my team. ana nothing ever daunted
him. moment later he came out Of the cave
dragging the hinder part Of his body after him,
and before my eyes he fell down and died. The
bear had hugged him.
The bear who had killed my lead dog should
die.
Il could not use my long lance inside the hole
/ and so had to content myself with my knife;
with II I'm my mouth I crawled inside could
see nothing but could hear the growing Of the
bear and that enough. felt my way along
when I shifted HIS breath. I caught hold OF
| something soft and drove the knife IN with all my
! strength. Yah something heavy fell on the top
Of ma and I tainted. When became conscious
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

In ths land OF the Northern. Lights nearly every
woman wears a smile Truly. the little srown
women have small time for tearA They make all
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
WOMEN WHOLLY SUBORDINATE.

Esquimau couples are generally kind and affec-
tonate toward each other, and the wife is usually
well treated according TO their code This admits
only Of entire obedience upon the part of the wife
although henpecked husbands unknown.
She must submit to being EXCHANGED when her
husband and some friend arrange the matter with
out consulting her, and for long or short a time
as her lord pleases. These exchanges are often
arranged for her interest however. as when she
cannot accompany her husband on a hunting expe-
dition and he takes friends wife instead. leav-
ing the friend In charge Of his own: or when a
homesick girl wants to visit her people. when. il
her husband cannot take her. other man
undertakes the Journey and leaves his wife as
hostage. Refractory wives exchanged also by
way of punishment.
An Esauimau always travels with his wife or a
borrowed one; therefore the wifeess plight of our
explorers awakens astoRishment and comDassiou
Willing ladies are offered them. being recon-
mended TO Count Won MOltke having the long
est hair in the settlement and perfectly new fox
skin dress both highly priced possessions in Arc
tic land
II Arctic wooings are brief. divorces-althougb
uncommon particularly among persons married
for long two three years-are eauaIIv
simple. When wife husband take up an
other place upon the sleeping bench-a broad
raised platform around half an EsquiInau DWELLING
she says nothing, but next morning gathers up
her belongings and goes home. on the west coast
Of Greenland she may. in common with girls who
wish to marry, tie a red ribbon on her topknot
married woman displays blue. an unmarried
mother wears a green ribbon. and widow black
with little red in it IL she desires new matri-
mOnial venture. while an elderly widow wears
white
The topknot of an East Arctic Esqulnnau woman
is her pride and vanity. She uses unDIeasant
unguents to make her black hair sleek and glossy
and ties 1t with leather thong so tightly that the
hair Is pulled from forehead and neck in a most
unlOvely manner. stif. tight knot "a arraneed
Go stand up ON the top OF her head The higher
and SITTER her tOpknot- the more OF n heUs viii
be its owner. Perhaps this pulling has something
TO do With the fact that most old women are hair
less as well as shrunken and blear-eyed. perhaps
the warmth OF their fur hoods Is TO blame for
their loss OF tresses.
All the most northerly .EsQumaus wear these big
pointed hoods. Mothers wear immense ones with
pouch at the shoulders. In which a baby Is car
ried all day, no matter what task the mother NAV
be occupied with The hood Is so arranged that the
baby can be slipped around TO Its mothers arms
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
NATIVE WIVES PRoFFERBD.


Sorqaq offered 20 the explorer. as a little tdbIt
stay his appetite until dinner a raw seal liver
which he had just extracted from an animal Deli
cacies like livers. hearts. lungs and intestines
not permitted to women and children. The bear
hunter recommended Rasmussen to take a native
wife, thus:
See there Is 1sgaitsoq and there is Aminik''
ne urged. You should understand that it is not
the right thing for a to travel all over the
country, you doing young and unmarried
You will get a bad reputation Up here O young
man always travels with wife, sometimes IL neo-
essary with a borrowed one"
THE Esquimaus are much like animals" con-
tnued Rasmussen The men love their wives
but when the fancy takes them, when they are
satiated with love. they maltraat them I'm a man
ner that we civilized men would consider brutal
But say the Esqumaus. If affection is TO be kent
alive, the women must feel occasionally that the
man is strong Once when the explorer saw a
native beating his wife and jumping on her pros
rats body with both feet he felt inclined IN inter
tere until he observed the woman's brother laugh
Ing and saying that it was good enough for vrIfa
VINO refused to sharpen her spouse's hunting knife
Nithm an hour OF this savage quarrel husband
and wife vera happily reconciled. with their arms
about each others neeks.
once out hunting" says Rasmussen. 'I asked
an Esquimau who seemed to be plunged IN reAec
ton What are you standing there thinking aboutr
he laughed az my question and said: oh II
Is only you white men who go IN so much for
thinking; up here we only think OF our flesh pits
ahd or whether we have enough or not for the
Long Dark Of the winter. If we have meat enough
then there is no need to think I nave meat TO
spare
/ saw that had insulted him. says Rasmus-
SEN by crediting him with thought"
Although the Esquimau Is oimple heartedly CAV
In the busy hunting season. the winter months of
deprivation or excess. coupled with almost total
inaction have tendency 70 transform his chiIdlua
nature into sullen wild savagery
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

raw meat and fox inside. The first time one sees
a house OF this description IS struck by the
little with which human beings can be content
like this skilfuily built in arch OF gigantic
blocks OF stone, one Involuntary peoples mentally
with half supernatural beings You see them in
your fancy pulling and tearing at hesh you
see the blood dripping from their fingers. and you
are seized yourself with strange excitement as
the thought of the extraordinary life that awaits
you in their company"
Cannibalism among Esquinens was thus described.
20 Rasmussen by a One-eyed native:
During second winterfng We had not food
supplies enough for the winter. and during the
great darkness famine broke out among US We
large lake where caught a few
salmon. But It not enough" Several. inciud-
ing the narrator's parents, died OF hunger. "And
those who were left, and who refused the salmon.
began TO eat the dead bodies. Mink and MataQ
the worst. I them eat my father and
mother. young and could not stop them
Then day Mink flung himself upon me from
behind 20 kill me and eat But, fortunately, my
brother up just then. and Mink only had time
10 thrust out my eye, after which he rushed
out OF the house. Then we saw him and Mataq
break into a neighborng house and each take
dead BODY his shoulders and fee up into the
mountains. Before they disappeared heard
them call down snow and stowstOTms That was
, so that their footprints might be covered up. And
We never saw anything more of them"
This is what happened to my brother Qumangs-
pix He was married four times altogether. and
by the four marriages had fifteen children. His
first wife. Patdloq. went astray on snow covered
glacier and froze DEATH his second WIFE, Tvaloq.
was buried under avalanche and frozen TO
death his third WIFE, Nujaliaq, died of illness, and
his fourth wife. Eqagssuaq. was frozen to death.
OF his fifteen children, starved 10 death,
gapfk himself was frozen TO death during snow
storm"
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

toms too far he sometimes cuts the soles Of her
feet slightly so that she cannot away. BY the
time her feet are we'll she is contented housewife
Occasionally girl really objects her capturer.
when. il he will not release her-and peace loving
Esquinau rarely wants unwilling wife-the girl
learns TO endure patiently her fate
Another way Of wOoing is TO visit the young
peoples house of a village and there select wife
Each village has such a house for unmarried per-
sons. The youth selects wife, and if they like
each other and their respective parents have no
objections, brief trial marriage is followed by the
ceremony OF taking home the bride in less violent
fashion than by the hair OF her head
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

again my dead lead dog my first thought The
bear had gone and so CROPPED my way out, .
The bear was sitting on the ice, sheezing inces-
sanity, and was waving his one paw at his pur-
suers in an oddly gentle manner His head was
bent and the blood gushing out OF his noses
for see! straight through his snout my hunt
ing knife When I It gave great cry Of
glee, for had revenged my dog. and then I ran
my lance right through his heart
What did it matter after that that my bleeding
back froze fast to my clothes drove home
through the cold winter nlght7''
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30
COMPLIMENTARY BALL

One of the most pleasant social
evenings spent for some time was the
ball given by several of the young
men at the palatial Elks home on West
Liberty street, Friday evening, when
they entertained a number of young
ladies.
The ball was given in honor of the
visiting young ladies, Miss Antoinette
Blount of Atlanta, Ga, a guest of Miss
Elsie Walker; Miss Caroline Myers of
Paris, Texas, a guest of Miss Lucille
Colclough, and Misses Caro- Liddon
and Weeks, who are guests of their
sisters, Misdames James and Sam Dell.
The music for the occasion was fur
nished by the Gainesville orchestra,
under the leadership of Prof. ]. E.
Wolff, and was highly enjoyed by the
large number present.
Although the evening was a warm
one, the electric fans and plenty of ell
egant punch made 1t a very pleasant
occasion and one that will long be re-
embered.-Gainesville Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30
MRS. WILLIAM ANDERSON HOST
ESs OF THE MARRIED LADIES'
CARD CLUB

Mrs. William Anderson was the gra-
eious hostess of the Married Ladies'
Card Club Wednesday afternoon at
their regular weekly meeting.
Dainty little Miss Mary Birdsey,
gowned in a charming little dress of
white. with yellow ribbons, met the
guests at the front door.
Receiving with Mrs. Anderson were
Mrs. Steel, who has just recently NOV
ed TO Ocala, Mrs. Rapalje and Mrs.
Birdsey.
Mrs. Looney invited the guests to
the back hall, where delicious punch
was passed by Misses Carrie Williams,
Pauline Sullivan, Alice Bullock and
Tinie Pasteur.
Mrs. c. H. Gamsby passed the
score cards, and very pretty and dain-
ty hand-mode ones they were.
There were five tables placed in the
drawing room and dining room, and
from four until five thirty the ever
fascinating game Of whist was enjoy
ed.
At the conclusion of the games
strawberry cream and cake was serv-
ed.
Mrs. Looney proved to have the
highest score among the members and
Mrs. Maughs among the visitors, and
they were awarded with pretty little
prizes.
Those invited to Mrs. Anderson's
club meeting besides, the members
We're: Mrs. ID. VI. Smith, Mrs. RapaIje,
Mrs. Maughs, Mrs. Roess, Mrs. H L.
Anderson, Mrs Mote, Mrs c. II. Cams
by, Miss Minnie Gamsby, Mrs c. c.,
Todd, Miss Esther Weathers Mrs
Birdsey, Mrs. Harvey Clark and Mrs.
w. s. Bullock, Miss Sarah McCreery.
Miss Meta Jewett.
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Mr.. JoRDAN's MONEY TALKED

Expended $685. for L. & NJ Paint
to fix up his house. If for sale il
would fetch a god price. The painters
said it was 5 gallons of oil they mix
ed with gallons of L. & NJ. that did
the OBJ at 1-3 less cost than ever be-
fore. Its coloring is bright. beautiful
and lasting. 1t won't have to be paint.
ed again for u to Is years, because
the /. & NJ. Paint is Zinc Metal Ok
ide combined with White Lead, and
wears and covers like gold.
Sold by McIver & MaGXay, Ocala,
Fla.
Mrs. w. X. Pendleton of Savannah
is i'm Jacksonville on visit to her
brother and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Ir-
win Reardon. She is accompanied by
her infant son, Master Reardon PEN
dleton Mrs. Pendleton's Ocala friends
hope she viii come 10 Ocala before re
turning la her home in Savannah.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30
THE MEETING OF THE WOMAN'S
CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE
UNION

The meeting of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union at the Metho-
the largest meeting that this body has
/ held for some months, and one of the
most interesting. Mrs. n. c. Pack
ham is president of the union and pre-
sided at this meeting. She and Mrs.
s. A. STANDBY were delegates from
Ocala TO Tallahassee last week, and
were present when the temperance bill
passed the legislature. The members
of the w. c. T. L. who were present
during the campaign did some very
effective work.
Mrs. STANDBY read the report of the
Ocala delegation and told many inter
esting incidents relating to the pass
ing Of the bill
Rev. G. g. Carroll was present and
delivered very 6ne lecture before
the legislature. which was most favor
ably received.
Mrs r. A. BurfOrd and Mrs. E. Van
Hood were also in Tallahassee last
week and they were all among the
guests at the very elegant reception
which was given by Governor Gil
christ at the mansion in honor of the
many distinguished visitors at the
capital city at that time.
At the meeting Wednesday after
noon many important measures in the
interest of temperance were discussed
and plans made for the continuing of
the temperance campaign with renew
ed vigOr.
1t was decided at this meeting to
give an ice cream social on the eth of
May in the Gary grove on Fort King
avenue, more extended announce
ment of which viii be made later
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30
NO NEW TRIAL For COOPER

Judge William II. Hart on Tuesday
at Nashville, overruled the motion for
a new trial i'm the case of Col. Duncan
z. Cooper and Robin J. Cooper, his
son. both convicted of the murder of
former United States Senator Car
mack The courts opinion was that
there was no ground for setting aside
the verdict of the trial jury. The de-
Tense at once gave notice of an appeal
tC the Tennessee supreme court. The
appeal was granted.
The bond remains the same and the
same bondsmen qualified. The de-
Tense demanded thirty days in which
to file bill of exceptions Decision
on this point was deferred until Sat
urday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Mr.. and Mrs. MaXey d. Moody, who
were recently married at the home of
the bride in Jacksonville. after spend
ing their. honeymoon in Tampa, have
returned to their home in the former
city. Mr.. and Mrs. Moody had planned
an extensive trip to Washington and
other eastern cities. but went to Tam
pa instead, on account of the illness of
the groom'S mother. Mrs. f. p. Moody.
of this city. Mrs. Moody has been in
Tampa for several weeks. visiting her
sons, Messrs. Sloman and Adelbert
Moody of that city. Her Ocala friends
Will be sorry to know of her illness.
and hope that she has now fully recov-
cred. Mr. and Mrs. Maxey Moody will
reside in Jacksonville at the home of
the brides mother. Mrs Gus Muller.
on East Duval street.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

,.r,v Of tourists passing throus"
,...,ardav en- route to their home
~. vest. got of the train lons
% -, 70 take stroll around our
, square. and the beauty of our
puD-.' ,onse grounds elected from
' our ani,e a number Of very eomph-
-, remarks. ocala has every
49, D.. proud Of her looks and sne
''s.' - a. something to attract 'he
'ue We have a good. clean
QUIT, -. moral city. beautiful drives
h''''' ., Ids for automobile enthu-
ana i'''. =. NOS, beautiful golf links IN
,ne entire state Of florla ,'-,,. w,,t1in
sss,nr. bathing and boating ;, ~ Fact
easy access and fine sun, ocs,a 81 should
'n.', have q great number Of tourists
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30
MR.. COLEMAN PURCHASES PROP.
ERTY

Mr.. ". H. Coleman, the popular
pastCr of the Christian church, has
just purchased from ". Thompson
the two-stOry house q Watula street,
opposite the residence owned by DR..
Walter Hood and is occupied by Mr..
H. c. Judd.
Mr.. Coleman will nave this place re-
paired. painted, etc. and will rent it,
Mr.. Coleman now owns d number of
houses in this city, and finds them to
be good investments.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30
UNCLE SAM TAKES A HAND IN
EVERGLADES DRAINAGE
Trustees of 1.-TWO T." Fund Warmed
Against Draining Lake okeecho-
bee-UncIe Sam Claims
Jurisdiction

By request of the trustees of the in
ernal improvement fund, Hon. A. G.
Groom, comptroller of the state of
Florida, went down to jackson, vile last
week to confer with Chief Engineer
Spalding and Special Government En-
glneer Kavanaugh, sent out from
Washington by the United States
government. Mr. Groom reported to
day that Mr.. Kavanaugh stated at this
conference that the United States
claimed jurisdiction over Lake Okee-
chobee, and warned the trustees
against draining off the waters Of the
lake. either by tributary steams. ca
nails already in operation, or by tan
ping the lake itself The engineer fur-
Their stated that the war department
would not take the matter I'D for adj
Justment and advised that the trus-
tees take steps to have FIorida's rep
resentatives in congress procure leg
lslation that will allow the work OF
draining the Everglades to progress
The question Of federal jurisdiction,
IS mooted one, which will be thor
oughly threshed out by the state. In
the meantime, il is the determination
Oh the trustees to go on with the work
now in Observation-Disclosures Spacjal N
Times Union.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

clark. for eight years past on
n the most efficient once iiie"
,,,,ved by the Tampa branch oil 'h4
havana American Co. and once man
i, the Seidenberg factory. has re-
signed. and tomorrow MORNING IS.
-, - office manager for z. Regens-
!, sons n the old Ballard fac
- ,.,icb the company will use uh-
-. ,,.,,,,a * erected on Mich
-, ,,.nue.-Tampa Tribune
Ntr clark. before going 10 an, %
-. ,.,srs ago. made his home I'D 'ii'S
city
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Johnson and IT.
tie daughter. Helen. and Mrs. John
sons mother, Mrs. Hodge. of Nar,.l
nave gone to Saluda, n. G.. where thew
VIII remain until next fall. They o,r,,
d very delightful summer home AZ Ca
iuda' which is one of the most ponnI,~
OF the mountain resorts. Mr.. Jobnso,
WIN uiVlde his time between Florida
ana North Carolina during the sum
mer months
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Miss Sadie Crown of Tampa arrived
i'm OcaIa Wednesday Il be. the guest OF
Mrs. Jake Brown. and later she Will
visit Mrs. William Wolf at the Arms
House. Miss Crown is a daughter Of
the late Nathan Crown of this city
and Ocala was her home before the
death of her father some years ago.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30
ESTRAYS TAKEN LIP

On or about the goth Of March two
mules. one a dun-colored mare mule
the other black horse mule. Owner
is requested TO come and prove prop
erty and take possession of the same
G. J. Johns, Pedro, Fla. 4-3O-ItU
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Mr.. and Mrs. r. X. Limbaugh, after
a very pleasant visit with relatives in
this witty. returned TO their home in
Morriston Tuesday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Nrs L. Blalock and her mother
A. Richardson. viii return home To-
5av from Levon. where they nave en-
,,,,.d a very pleasant visit with Mrs
IA R.ntz FOR several days.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Judge W. :. Bullock. State Attorney
Davis and Attorney r. b. Bullock
started for BrookSVilIe yesterday af-
ternoon. but as the train was late.
when they reached Groom the Brooks
compelled L. remain in the former
place all night.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Miss Caroline Pasteur returned to
her home at Stanton yesterday after
noon. after spending several weeks in
ncala
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

DIR. and Mrs. Ralph LObenstein Of
New York City are the happy parents
OF little son. who came to their home
a few days ago. Mrs. Lobenstein will
be remembered here as lovely Miss
Nan Williams. the second daughter Of
.Judge David :. Williams. of this city.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Mr.. and Mrs. {. y. Kirkland are
among the Ocala people who will soon
have a new automobile. Theirs Is TO
d.. "a Maxwell runabout.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Coats and Pants. all the latest in Blue
-s..rre. also Alapacca Coats. larse
linz Bows suits in Knickerbockers ana
straight: also add pants. H.. b. Mas
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Mr.. John Long, the popular tax col
lcctor Of Lake county, was one Of the
prominent visitors 10 our city Tues
day.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Mr.. ]. W. Lyles has returned home
from his visit to his daughter at
Apopka. and reports a very enjoyable
time
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

As the weather grows more pleas
ant the crowds at the New Airdome
continue TO increase. Go out tonight
FOR a while.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Mr.. Heron Todd was very i'll yester-
dsv. which will be- unpleasant news to
fb.. friends Of this popular young gen
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Mr.. W. Fitzpatrick, one of the men,
bers Of the Marion camp Of Confeder-
ate Veterans. was a Tuesday visitor.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

wANTED-lO0 men to work at saw
mill and turpentine. $50 farm hands
Apply TO ROess Lumber Company
Martin. Fla 43O-2tw.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Miss Eta Hood went down to Crvs-
tai River Tuesday afternoon to visit
Mrs. Dempsey Mayo.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-30

Mrs. Arthur Hardaker of Tampa
came up Wednesday to spend a few
days with her sister, Miss Mary Piatt,
at the home of Mrs. D. W. Davis.