The Washington herald., 1910-07-24
AT THE HOTELS.

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mentary education" said Or. P. D. Han
bury, Of London. England, who has Just
returned from trip through the IN
inhabited regions of the arctic, and Is
at the shoreham. AS TO religion con-
tinued DR.. Hamburg, ''the Eskimos,
though very superstitious. have none.
They do not believe In a Supreme Being.
These people are obIiging, and VIII do
any moral thing for a white man. They
are very peaeeably inclined, and temper
is almost unknown. AS to their domestic
life. you might say that OF morals they
have none. Still. the universal inter-
change OF wives occasions 10 brolls,
and bigamousSbTives In the same family
are like sisters. The virtue OF the EskI-
mos consists in fondness for children.
THE settlements continue year after
year at one location About the middle
Of October the snow huts are built, and
the walls fall early in May. The rest OF
the year the colony lives in tents made
OF skins. The northern Eskimos have
absolutely none or the conveniences OF
civilization. The weapons they use in
the hunt are tipped with bone OF, more
usually. with native copper, which they
work quite skfIlfuily Bows and arrows
and sealing spears. with hide canoes, con-
stitute the outfit Vegetables are I'M
known in those ATTITUDES, and they SUBJ
sist wholly on flesh and fish.
The Hudson Bay Eskimos have more
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with the Hudson Bay posts and the
American whalers for guns. ammunition,
and tinware. A husky with skins Of
muskoX and ammunition can desire moth
ing mere. II those that have no inter-
course with civilization nave plenty TO
eat and plenty to keep them warm, they
are truly contented.
prefer not TO say anything about
the Peary and Cook north pole contro-
versy."
Martin 2, Gregg. Of Kansas City. who
was seen at the Raleigh. in speaking OF
beef said last night that the quality OF
beef has been deteriorating.
THE tendency Of recent wears in the
beef-breeding industry has been toward
been to get the beef into the market as
early as possible and with the greatest
possible weight. 1t Is the natural result
Of high prices and costly feeding From
the breeders standpoint. early maturity
counts for more than almost anything
else
me best meat sold now is softer than
that sold twenty years ago. OF even ten
years ago. 1t lacks the solldity. firm
ness. and something Of the taste that be-
longed 10 the older beef Of years ago.
This is the rule There are executions o.
course. The larger and older the animal.
the better the beef, is a theory which
seems 10 have been proved correct by
recent developments. II Is not always
frue that the largest animal makes the
best beef, for sometimes it is the fat.
overfed. but soft beef steer that shows
the effect Of 'stuffing' Plants can be-
forced into growing unnaturauy large and
coarse, and animals have the same ten
denotes.
me question whether cottonseed meal
does not tend 10 lower the quality OF
beef has been often raised. II IS fed for
its power Of putting on pounds Pack
ers say there Is no material difference.
bur in the buying Of stock for the pack
ing houses they give for the corn-fed
animals a shade better price than for
those animals that have been fed on
cottonseed meal The dealers all under
stand that the flesh is softer. 1t becomes
'naboy' more easily than the solid beef
from the corn-fed animals. Yes. there
are tricks in all trades. and the beef
trade is nothing but tricks, it seems"
How would you enjoy a pipeful OF
wood shavings saturated with a strong
solution Of pepper as an after-dfnner
smoker asked William T. Quinn. OF
Portland. Greg, at the Arlington yester-
day.
Strange as this may seem as a sub-