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petition alone from the Mackenzie river
TO James bay In the depths of the lack
country where the Indians never see
white man except possibly mounted
policeman once in year. Skinner mace
some unusual studies of Indian life ana
habits that have already stabished him
as an authority on Indian subjects
Practically all his journey was maze
alone in a canoe. and when one learns
of the hair-raising experiences that he
passed through, the marvel is that he
ever survived.
One evening he stopped a hundred or
more miles north of Fort Hope. and fell
in with a camp of Indians that had lit
tie or no use for white men. In that sec
lion. owing to the Sra sping nature of the
occa sional trader. they look on every
white man as an enemy. But Skinner,
who is absolutely fearless. and takes
every situation with laugh. resolved 10
look into the customs of this particular
tribe.
They were offended ny his unexpected
visit and the next day council was
called The young man became absorbed
in the intense interest when eacn mem
Der of the council was displaying ana
he asked his interpreter what they were
discussing.
The Indian interpreter replied ou.'
What about me-" asked Skinner
.Oh. nothing said the interpreter
But l want to know, oeihahueu
Skinner. ~, ~,
They are oeclolnS thdi 'hes VIA 80
skinner smiled grimly at the council
;..;nr in circle about the medicine
man and another with a kettledrum.
"If die. there's going to be scuf-
he. ANYWAY" he exclaimed. and sud
denly. TO the amazement Of the Indians,
he rushed with "whoop" into the cen
ter of their circle and jumped through
the ton of the kettledrum. AS the re-
sourcesul Skinner had presumed. it Gre
ated panic. and before the dull, witteo
Indians decided what was the tribe Ell
quette in this unneard of crisis lie mad
slipped away and made his canoe
SINNERS shrewdness has got him out
of many a hole.
Indians are very easily offended.
he explains Il very nearly fell into
serious trouble by giving lO-cent piece
to a baby The council was a once called
to determine whether | was attempting L
charm the child to death or not.
The Indians summoned a noted
shaman Waboose-Inini, or Rabbit Man
On his arrival at the village he sent
word that he wished TO see me To TINS
| replied that ! was busy. 1t never pays
disturbed
"a second messenger arrived asking
why | was busy that ! couldn't see
great man Waboose-lnini. My
reply was that | was learning all ahou
Shamanism from another medicine man
a rival whom We all knew that the ole
fellow didn't Ike.
Next morning Waboose-Inini came
himself. with fire in his eye We ignored
him, and kept busily employed with my
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notebooks He smoned silently. To-
ward noon he rose to go | invited him
TO dinner even gave him some titblt
from nv plate 1t was a mark of pro-
found respect and he was duly flattered,
When on the third day. while he was sill
reviewing nv case and keeping me under
observation. / again invited him TO din
nor his delight knew no bounds and he
burst out with Tell the young white
chief that if there was anything he wants
TO know, | will tell him ] know every
..p,, ;. ohserves skinner every friend
H., -. a ,rhis obiaf baoame
.ta, he offered mo his daush-
- o;.bt
Mako fine wife said the medicine
:. .c,, i zoo voune renlied as no
,Ia
:. .T.Le her nov said waboose. Bring
~, ~ ,;ybt Sbe viii love Won All the
NC ~ a,,,
more when sue se's o!oei.
1T was only when explained that
was poor young man ana dld not calch
many beavers, and was not. at me Tune,
in any position 10 support "iLe III the
same ma nnef thdl ne uiu, ,ha. ! es. sl"r.
without oneluihe MN anu 0o' :
his wrath.
Skinner also has 10 ms creolt lne pest
study ana pest coiiecloh peT.ahiins -
the Semlnoies. II - woIeiI lhe ,iiS -
any Whlte man 10 Try W 80 III ouSii .iI4
territory. In fact, they are the only tripe
that does not recognize domination by the
white man ana tne government oi .his
country. But Skinner. through ms I'M
failing tact, skill In making friends, open
ness and lngenuousness' sueceeoeu IN se..
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Often True.

c IGNOR MARtONI IN an lnttrNleW IN
~ Washington praised American de-
mocracy.
over here" he said, you respect
man for what he is himself, not for what
his family Is, and thus YOU remind me OF
the gardener in Bologna who helped me
with my first wireless apparatus.
.As my mother gardener and ! were
working on my apparatus together a
Young count Joined MS one day. ana
while he watched us work the count
boa sted of his lineage.
The gardener, after listening a long
while smiled and said:
IF YOU come from an ancient family
it's 50 much the worse for you, sur; for.
gardeners say. the older the seed
the worse the CROP"
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20 Through All Sort:

70 Through All Sorts OF
~ Eardships in Order that
Museums Shall Reap Harvest
of Their neutrality-suspicious.
That Last for Many Years
Searching Among Savage In
dians-One Young Scientist
Is an Authority on Whales.
While Another Studies and
Gathers Specimens of Strange
Birds.
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.4,on. ~ u;, nI,c,,i,v make
he inysst;aation and collect his speci-
$50 r, - nosS;tla that after he has
orl-ad thara t;ya nv civ months he will
90 ~ mo So,,tb Shetland Islands Cuo
So, So c,,.h caoruia and s.gl from
aars Iarr
at',r,,h =; .,r.t,r If mammals and
p.' ~, p,,l,.n Museum
- -, ~ ,n,naaSt c,,rator in the
or. a - ne aan,,,r, science has
woIiu. no. 49, a.hat I;fa exists
". peen q. ioSs - "a Ia datarmined ia
ga 80, ,Lo,,eL he viii ha forced ia live
-, $500, - uf &c pohipson C-rusoe 10
a. ,os1 "a; n,,rnoso Nor are the
a ;ia,d mo only ones Ia
,iai osi.ps " ~ 80 of ,i1roa months
-. phaa =, Tic destination *
A.. 90 rho only food during
an n'u - ;,1 ia sol, n,eat
~ ,a.ai- ;.arc,arsad with nickles
'i'u I ,. &c. s,,.a, scnr,,-
anu iiiheJu.e' ~ Pie'
But when Murphy left on the Guinea
Gov p.,.haaos 10 wac smiling as hap
:, ,, - o,.,r;pg an tha
ply as .houSii nc
greatest lark in the world
A similarly lonely venture has been
,ndertalan nv Row G Andrews. a grad
-: C,, -, o,,, in HE
udle Vi Deioil ooiie9e' INV ~
twenty-seVentn year. lnuef the dusPlee'
of the American Museum of Natural His
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of the sun and terrific heat. and with
ui.nine and other drugs. To allaN the
fevers, they never complain, bsio.
starting they merely took this discomi ort
for granted and entered upon their WORN
with the same keen pleasure That theF
would feel if embarkins on fishing trip.
The results have far exceeded thelf
dreams They have obtained. according
10 j. 4 Allen curator of mammalogy
and ornthology at the museum. the most
complete collection that has come OUT 81
South America. Mr.. Allen desisnates this
as the most important expedition ever
sent into South America. Leo Miller. a
recent graduate of Columbia. has also
been in the field with Lloyd and Allen.
but lie returned recently. bringing with
him 500 mammals and 1000 birds.
Another expedition into an extremely
unhealthy climate is that OF William
Wartield. a younS Princeton student. who
is going under the auspices of his UNI
versity and the American Museum into
the valleys and mountains OF inland west
ern Guinea To collect invertebrates and
make a report on the general conditions
of the country
In quite another field but quite as i'm
portant, two young college men are 40
ing remarkable work. When Prof. Albert
Iythgoe began his famous Egyptian ex-
pedition under the auspices of the Metro
politan Museum. he early attached to his
staff Herbert Winiock, recent Harvard
graduate, and so thoroughly has he done
his work that he has been placed in
charge of the excavation near Theoes
where he is uncoverng the palace OF
Amenhotep Ill, a tremendous undertake
ing.
The palace is in suburb of Thebes.
and situated on an artificial lake one mile
long and half mile wide, constructed by
Amenhotep for the amusement OF ms
favorite wife, Thy. The discoveries have
been extremely valuable from an archie
logical viewpoint. Assisting Winlock
is Ambrose Lansing. a graduate last year
of Washington and jefferson College, VINO
is sharing the credit for the remarkable
finds.
The American Museum of Natural HIS
tory is also continuing its areheoiosical
work in Central America. Herbert SPIN
dem who was graduated from Harvard
only six Years ago. has made interesting
discoveries in Guatemala. This past WIN
ter he went into the interior OF TINS coun-
try To complete ca SITS of monuments Which
the museum was reproducing Tor us
Mexican hall The museum had been put
TO considerable expense making the nrst
ones. and still more TO SEND, down AFTER
the remaining casts. Imagine SplIoen
surprise, therefore, when he arrived win
ALI his utensils and materials. to find
that nearly every one of the monuments
that the museum had chosen Tor repre-
sentation had been carte6 away 10y the
newly made Ind an farmers ana broken
up for fences,
Wfsslcr curator of the department Of
anthropology, under whose direction SPIN
den is working.
Under DR. Wissier ono of the world
leading anthropologists. several other ek-
petitions will soon DC at work IN TINS
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Rel y" d",lni,
by the heroic ok
Of discovery in the
northern and south
oyn extremes OF
the earth. scie ntiiic
men the world over
seem 10 have been
aroused TO a new
vigor and to have
resolved to erase
all the black and
dark spaces off the
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WHO SEARCH FAR COUNTRIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF @
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country. Robert II LOWE. A Columbia
man will visit the ShoShone tribes IN the
Wind river district Of wyoming ana WI
tourney into southern TAN. through ~"
desert wastes to study. in their own
haunts the tribe which the uld-tlme tray
elers crossing the desert used TO call the
Digger Indians. because they had 10
grub for their food and live practically
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The loss from this source was con-
siderable. but this pink paper can be
seen great distance, and now when
ever we catch a man with dynamite
SO wrapped we arrest him.
AS we make our way down into the cut
We can see cracks everywhere. In some
places they are so wide that you could
put your foot in them, and others would
hold only Your finger There are cracks
all over the hills. and some of them mark
out bodies of earth which will have to be
moved, as they are already s. ding down
inc the ditch.
There is one great crack here at Gu
Zebra which incloses four acres. compris-
ing a million more cubic yards, which
are already moving. although SO SLOWLY
as to be imperceptble. The crack is
about a foot wide and it steadily grows.
Another movement of the same kind is
apparent at Empire, where Col. Gaillard
has his headquarters, and the Workmen in
pointing TO it facetiousy say that Mother
Earth is about to take her revenge on
Engineer Gaillard for the scars he Is
ma king upon her old body at Culebra
As we go on l ask the colonel to tell rs
something about the slides. He shows us
that these cracks mark their beginning.
and later on in the cut We Watch the
earth coming down. There are several
classes of slides. The first are those from
the surface consisting of the material lN-
ing above the bed rock. These are com
posed of clay and other earth. and they
may have a great deal Of rock mixed IN
them Such a slide IS caused by the Dig
ging away of the material which holds 1t
in place and also by the increased weight
made by the water OF the heavy rainfails.
This aids in carrying the earth down into
the canal.
Indeed most of such slides occur at
that time, although there are some also IN
the dry season. | watched one such
mass of earth moving today. 1t COM
prised about a million cubic yards, equal
TO a block 100 feet square and 800 feet
high. and was going forward at the rate
of eighteen inches per day. As | stood
in the bed of the canal the place where
the clay joined the rock could be plainly
seen II was a sort of a hollow in the
hills where the rock of the cut had been
blasted off sheer so that one could follow
with his eye the line where the clay
ended and the bed rock began. There
was ninety-fiVe-ton steam shovel AT
the foot of the rock, and it was catching
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in December. lall. TWO ana oh"-hAI
inches of water fell in three minutes, tn"
rain falling in sheets 50 thick that enc
could hardly his hand before ms race.
Had il continued Al that rate a maui
standing still Hat plain Enclosed ~
water-tight walls would haN' been
drowned in two hours, and did the m y
last all day at its close the water wou!d
be lou feet deep. Such rains are sN-
traordinarv here for even snort Inn"
and the ra mall at tllehra + Tar les
than ~ Porto Belo. Nevertheless, ~ =
such that ii must he reckoned with ~
connection With slides.
As make our way through INC t't
with col Gaillard we can see IN" nahN
volcanoes which have alarmed the
ignorant as 10 the future Of the ana
They are not really volcanoes. hut are
heated areas where the chemical con-
dition Of the earth is such that u "N'-
dies upon exposure 10 the AR ana
generates heat In some places tae cu'
steamS. and in others the ground IS -
warm that YOU cannot pGt your h'na
in il.
These hot spots are found At sri3hs
depths and they are often % Sueu
temperature that dynamite woutd cN-
plode if put down into hole. dilli"d
through them For this reason long
iron pipe is dropped down int" ever
drill hole before il is charged II =
left there for ten minutes and fh"n
taken out. Now. by running the lard
along the pipe one can ftnd whelbeE
there is hot place in the hole ~ THIS
heats the pipe at that place. some
premature explosions have occurred
owing to tine lack of this test. and
am told that some Of the material now
being handled would fire dynamite ff
brought near it.
In going through the cut with col Gail
lard the other day | climbed the side - =
hill 10 the place whore the steam va
pouring forth like A geNser The smell 90
sulphur and birthstone was strong. and |
had to get to windwarl to prevent hcnc
overcome by IT, The colonel warned M,
also that the gas might be poisonous. !
reached down and put my hand in e
steam. II was scaldine. NJ that plac"
the ground was yellow with sulphur AMI
the steam ooznS out over an area
OF several square yards Col Gaillari
took manila envelope and held II over
one of the cracks. and the heat was such
that Ii destroyed il. X even charred -
riece of white pine lumber. although IL
did not bring il to blaze.
In looking at the earth near the steam
vents it seemed cool. and I put my hand
heat but when | scraped away hit OF
the crust I was almost burned by the
contact
In loading this stuff the mass is some
times so hot that the brakemen cannot
ride on the loads. and they hang outside.
holding on by the irons, as the trains
move on toward the dump
| would say In closing, that there Is no
danger from these heated areas. The geol-
orists of the commission have examined
them. and they say they are due 10 the
oxidation of pyrites and other materials
which generate heat on their eNposLre 10
air. Tram u, NAhi r--> ris'
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heretofore unexplored frozen islands
north OF Coronation gulf. along the
northernmost contour of Canada. with
out dollar in his pocket. without sup
plies save a BIT of ammunition, plucklly
eking out Il living through his own re-
sourcefulness among Eskimos. in order TO
complete his chronological studies and nm
ish his geographic observations.
In 1907 he and another young man
named Anderson leeft for the Mach enZle
and Coppermine River country for a
three-year trip under the auspices of the
American Museum OF Natural History.
Al the end of the period Stefanson wrote
that they had found so much to interest
them and that their discoveries Were so
unusual that they We're going TO remain.
The museum. expecting that they We're TO
return. had made provision for
longer journey. and, moreover. mad no
way Ia get supplies 70 them. Therefore.
finging caution to the winds. the two
young men are fighting II out alone. a
thousand niles. probably, from any white
soul. learning the manners of the most
primitive branch of Eskimo folk. making
maps. under tallow dips and with char
coal, OF the strange islands they are Wis
iting. studying the geologic formations
and collecting specimens, fauna as well as
floral.
Last fall letter came by devious ways
through the Yukon valley telling of some
of their experiences, treating even their
hardships as joke. In grim humor Ste
hanson wrote tnat ne haQ Deen IeO with
the very best that the Eskimos had
freshly killed seals and huge musk-ox
horn hagons of steaming blood SOUP. 1t
was either this or come home, and Ste
fanson wasn't through with his work At
times the two men have even lived on
roots.
Fortunately. the tribes Of Eskimos which
they have found. though untouched by
civilization and in their crudest stage
mae a fetish OF hospitality. The moment
the two explorers struck the first village
they were given house. and through
out their stay never once did native
even chief. enter without first knocking.
In the winter season. writes Stefan
son, there was not enough to give their
own dogs more than half rations yet our
dogs never wanted a full meal. which, in
the north is extreme hospitality.
Ii is expected that both Stefanson and
Anderson will wend their way back Ia
the Yukon valley as best they can this
summer and make for a settlement Only
then can the museum get Its supplies and
funds TO them.
This self-sacrificing devotion to one
work is a general characteristic of most
of the young explorers. There has been
no end of worry on the part of rela-
tives and the museum for parties so en-
crossed in their studies that they nave
STAYED long beyond their scheduled da te
Of return The museum has grown ac-
customed TO ii. and takes IL for granted
that every expedition will be away from
three months to A year longer than orig
inally planned.
Recently the friends OF James Chaplin
a young Columbia student. were made
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But let US climb down into the cule5ra
cut As we stand here on the heights We
can see il stretching to the right and the
left until the windings of the mounta rs
hide il from view. 1t is altogether nine
miles in length. and about ::Oo feet deep.
In some places the cutting back that has
been made on account of the slides Is
almost . o0o feet vide at the top and the
sloping goes down i'm lodges to the bot
tom of the canal. where the width is 300
feet. Looking at the country the edges
Of the ditch are ragged and hilly. In
some places the mountains sc high over
il, and in others they slope down and
then rise again,
II is impossible 10 conceive the vast
amount of earth that mas been taken out.
The figures convey no idea of the con-
crete dimensions. | will only say that up
TO year ago. We had taken out enough
earth and rock to have built wall
;;iH feet high, twelve fee; thick and long
enough TO reach from the Capitol to the
White House in Washington. enough
to have made six pyramids the size of
Cheors and left something to spare In
one month We have taken oct enough
stuff 10 fill ditch three feet wide and
three feet deep from Boston TO Chicago.
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CHRONOLOGICAL geological and botanical
mysteries that have Ian yelled for ages
Before the end of the summer over a
hundred noteworthy expeditions from
every important research center in the
-nited States and Europe. financed TO the
extent OF several millions dollars will be
engaged in ferreting out natures secrets
in the more remote and oftentimes bare
IL accessible lands.
OF these a score or more have left Or
arc leaving New York city. In the very
van OF TN : Amer can t2curslon INTO the
wslds are a dozen or mote young college
men still in their twent!es. VINO IN
mingled spirit or adventure and love oil
scientific investigation have undertaken
some OF the most difficult and dangerous
tasks OF exploration that remain 10 be
done And il history In this field Is made
or rounded out in the next few years a
very appreciable portion OF the credit will
go 10 this band OF daring, youthful enthu-
siasts
Indeed. i'm many ways. this is the most
remarkable set OF young men in the
country FOR rewarded ny meaSer sal
AIRY at the best. seeking only 10 throw
some light on the puZZling problem OF
science, frequently OF interest only To a
Very few students. they volunteer 10 I'M
,'ergo every hardship known TO man In
Cirear arctic wastes or feNer-infected. AL
most sufocatinE valleys OF the eeaua-
torial regions.
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on tho ground But if YOU will take your
foot in Your hand and come with Col
David n Gaillard the famous engineer
who has charge of the Culebra division.
We shall 90 through the cut and look
at them with our own eyes. There are
plenty in sight even as | write these lines
There are two places nearby where more
than l.aDooU cubic yards Of earth ana
rock are now moving. The material IN
action is equal to solid block ::c feet
square and 500 feet high, Build II up
as a cube and it's base would be more
than TWO acres and ii would rise to the
height of a thirty-story Nat. That enor-
NOUS quantity OF rock is advancing at the
rate cf almost two feet per day and since
the beginning of our digging We have had
thirteen or fourteen times as much as
that mass 10 take care of. The total has
been over 13.uo,nN cubic yards or
enough material to make n wall three feet
reaching all the way from New York to
chicago II would make four mighty
pyramids as big as GiZeh. and. all told.
considerably more than the excavation
We have yet to make. In other words
had there been no slides the excavation
for the canal would have been done long
ago. AS il is have II 100000 cubic
Yards vet to dig and of this something
like 4,O0pt0o are the direct result of the
slides.
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The Iowlands in this region are filled
with marshes. swarming with odd va
reties OF animal life and birds and rep
tiles many of them poisonous. and also
teeming with fever germs. Though these
men literally have 10 dope" themselves
with strychnine to counterfeit the effect
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There il Vladimir Stefanson. for IN
stance. the blue-eyed, sunny haired Har-
Ward man who is somewhere in the
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When he had barely passed his TWEEN
tieth birthday he made 1,5O0. mile ex-
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" IN 10 ten YOU
something a b o u I
the dry glaciers of
the Culebra cut.
the mighty masses
of earth and rock
which are SLIDING
down into the big
ditch that Uncle
Sam is gouglnS out
Of the Andes. 1t is
hard to understand
them without being