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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
a DOORthV
GIRL OF a
FANILY.

bread always on tap and not consumed at formal
meals own two houses. Russian style winter
log cottage. spacious one or two stored AHA
with Western furniture. and summer house. an
eight-sided wooden replica of their felt Auls,
In which. in accordance with pagan ritual. the
door always faces due south. The ropms of the
interior Of this wooden tent are shaped like tho
quarters Of an orange. separated by curtains. IT.
the middle Of the wooden floor, which is raised
about eighteen inches from the ground, is he
big open fireplace, the smoke passing up through
a large aperture overhead in the roof Around
the edge Of the fire we'll gathers the family C.
very cosy. literal observance Of the ritual of the
domestic hearth The poorer Booriats still lie
IN light. felt covered wicker aulS. shaped Ike
inverted basins, readily movable the herd,
wander to a richer grazing ground.
As might be expected in nation living almost
exclusively by cattle raising. stock IS cheap. in
suite of the not uncomfortable demand for local
Russian needs and export to Russia proper.
horse costs so 20 $2j. COW $l5. a sheep only
81 80, a goat 81 80 pig 81 and good. strong
c.mcl, able to carry a half-ton load only $50.
You have TO step warly when accepting Boor-
iats hospitality for his menu not always OF the
3aintiest and most innocuous horses tail tea, for
instance A Booriat woman sets iron kettle
over the fire. fills 1t with water adds a pinch or
two Of crumblcd tea brick and little salt and
stirs it vigorously with horses tail When it
boils she pours it into another vessel, again stir
ring with the horses tail, which Is used, by the
way as general buster and scrub brush for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26

:hrong around the market booths and watch iol
tho inevitable difficulties and misunderstanding.
due generally to to mutual ignorance of language.
No, the Yakut the Boorat and the Russ do no;
curse at each other They merely smile with
amiablo toloration and somehow or other the dim
Guilty gets Strengthened out No distinction exists
n the ewes Of the Law between native and Russ
settler All pay similar taxes and native village
arc allowed to appoint their own officials ami
manage their local affairs after their own de-
sres.
The Boorats are strange race, with more ~.
Jekvls and Mr. Hydes among them than most reo-
Mos Shown over one Of the higher schools CO.,
training COLLEGES Of Irkutsk Tchita ln '1e
morning YOU may pause to chat with some neatly
uniformed Westcrnized student you have inter
rupted in his reading of German philosophy 3D.
his biological analyses. Ere nightfail you may
meet him few leagues out in the hills partu-
mating in ceremonial sacrifice Of horses Or some
cerie orgy of chant and dance and votvc ot"r-
ing presided over by wild-eyed maniacal "licn
doctor For though the Russian Orthodox Ohurrh
in the north and Buddhist missionaries 40 IN"
south have been gaining n number OF adhcronts.
the majority of the Booriats have remained ~
the faith Of their fathers. the worship OF tH"
mysterious gods Of the forest and lake and niIl
and the Precipitation conJuration Of evil spirits
The last couple Of hundred years the Boora'-
have largely altered their nomadlc habits ana 'e'-
tied down to tranquil existence tending their
horses. cattle and sheep The rich and some arc
very rich though they subsist on mutton AM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26

almost as-good-as material (psperD, 80 be-
fore sending them back to the binder we have
counted up the cost Of transportation, new bind
ing, etc, and have decided to give few BOOB
ri YERS, rather than the BO0KBlNDER, the
benefit 6 this saved expense. To prompt buyers
We will close them out quickly and effectively at
about what they would have cost with the covers
ripped of.
THE regular price Of the set is s37 90 We
offer you one OF these special sets for
only 81 90 per month for II months
Think what this means Half Morocco books
Of permanent value for less than 20 cents per
volume. An unparalleled bargain"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
WRITER or LETTER FORGETS ABOUT COST
OF TRANSPORTATION.

Then the writer OF the letter forgot all about
the cost Of transportation Of the forty-two sets
10 the binder, and IN the exuberance of feeling
aroused by the expanding vision OF his gener
osity offered 10 send set Of this great Libra
ry" for examination, to be returned without cost
20 the prospective purchaser if not satisfactory.
After urging that the application be sent
promptly, theye few scts will BE- snapped
up al once" he demonstrated further his special
interest in the recipient by adding this post
script:
AS there are 20 few sets offered at this price
We will reserve set for you for ten days"
After reading this letter one feels like asking:
which lie did you tell"
u there anything familiar about this TO you
dear reader? Did you ever receive a letter like
o.? few weeks earlier the writer could have
said ma, IT was new 10 him, but, having
Advertisement Of reprint Of set Of books
which had long been out Of print and which he
really desired 10 have, his had become
known 10 seller Of remnant sets Of "marrcd"
books. From that day on ne was the recipient Of
such letters from sundry dealers An books got
Up 10 sell on the instslnent plan regardless Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
"a ROORtAT GRAVE IN TIE
FOREST, MARKED BY THE
DECSNNO REMNANTS OF THE
DEAD MANS SLGD0E."

even disaster, befal the dead mans family If te
comrade carrying this orgon from the cluster OF
shrines to the forest once looks back
Sacred trees and groves prominent feat
ures of the Boorat country. Practically every
Isolated and prominent tree in "a bare eXpanse
Of steppe is held to be the home of a
bumrel burkan. or lesser god. Soon after a
sbommun dies one of his friends falls in a
trance-struck by an invisible thunderbot
launched by the gods and when he RECEIVERS
he announces that the dead priests spirit has
told him of the spot in which it wishes to rest
The body is burned and the ashes placed in a
hole cut in one of the largest trees in the APP
,oirted part Of the forest Then the spot is
holy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
RUSSIA LIBERAL IN HER TREATMENT OF
THE NATIVES.

Now. Russia is crude and naive in many OF
her methods. but she has dealt more humancly
and more wisely with her Indians than we have
with ours. One of the most autocratic mon
arches in the world, she has taken a line
Of action with the aborgines of her vast Asiatic
colony against which the Of republic
does not show up very favorably. In word,
she is really democratic in the treatment she
metes sat TO them. (Of course, there have been
notorious scandals the Kolymsk levy of yasak on
dead souls" for example which the govern
ment agent Buturlin laid bare ten years ago.
But they have been righted wherever they have
come to light
Russia does not discourage the faith Of tho
Mahometan Tarars suppress the activity of
la and the Yakut and the Toongus that he is an
inferior animal, who must be taken from the for
est and prairie. shut up in a state institution
provided by the white and taught mental and
i~hsome tasks, who his benefactors takes pos
session Of his land. The Russian government
gives the Siberian native an absolutely square
deal; and the white Siberian settler enters into
tho spirit Of the thing, let it be said to his
credit. Tartar mosque and Orthodox Russian
Church stand side by side; if there is any reli
eious row on in town village il is SQUAD
bic between various sects Of Christian dissenters
The Siberian coonlst does not call his Tartar
ncighbor "wop" or its Slav equivalent He does
lot consider that he loses caste by fraternizing
with him. 1t is instructive to mngle with the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
TUE BOOR,AT'S TARASUN. \ DiSTILLATI0N
OF MILk. AND DANGEROUS.

Tho Booriat with his tarasun outvies the Scot
with his whiskey. 1t was revelation to me- as
II would doubtless be to you, to see what can De
dore with plaiu. ordinary milk. when one tries
for tarasun the highly alcoholic, co.orIeSs Hqu'd
that keeps the Booriat IN good spirits IN more
senses than one is just dlstillaton OF mIN'
made in primitive household stills When we'd
ding or an extra special party IS IN the o'Ing' me
family turns to and redistills twice or thrice 'he
three or four barrels il always keeps around
greatly augmenting the voltage thereby. but LOT
all that don't run away with the idea that the
Rooriat cant take his liquor like a gentleman
He will drink enough tarasun to lay OUT the
cbampon brewers friend Of Hoboken' ana theH
u;L ,,n his how and sheaf of arrows. swing
L;n,.o1f on his horses back and shoot hares from
the saddle as he pursues them at gaHop'
polioious observance is more closely interviewer
With the life of the Boorlat than with those o.
most races. His gods. or burkans. and the lh'lsI-
bro world of ancestral shades are nearer ana more
roal to him than the God Of the white man Ms
toyious links with the unseen. called ongohs' e''''
Intimately into his life. A typical ongon coh''s-'
Of a small box with sliding I'D. conJalhih'
narrow strp or two Of silk. to whicn are sew"
several crude little metal images tiny men al"
women in outline. and three or four drea ana
wizencd skins Of small animals. House ohgo''
are hung high up in the corner OF colt'f''
Property ongons are affixed to post OF the Sho'i
in the stockaded yard
And. most curious Of all, on wide wind-swcp,
tracts Of Steppc. far from any human habtation
are found clusters Of tall posts. and across the
top Of each projecting over the east side like mar
roof. small board. Under the roof is sio,
in the post protected by sliding cover. WITHIN
the slot is the field ongon. collection of char'as
and dolettes similar to those in and around tie
home. When a Boorat marrles and establishes
home of his own he must set up in one OF thes'
lonely clusters of pagan shrines post Of his
own. At this ceremony and the simultaneous plac-
ing in the post Of set Of charms a shemmun. or
witch doctor, offciates. At the death of Boor:at
the boX containing his onCons is taken away from
the pillar into a forest glade, there to be hunS
high on a tree looking like nesting box we put
up for the birds till it rots away. I'LL luck and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
THE SACRED MMtNlSM Uni
VERSAL RELIGION OF PAGAN TRIBES.

The sacred groves are held in the greatest
reverence. No tree there may be cut down
Even the grass carpetlnc the soil there, rich and
tomptinq harvest though it be. may not be
mov.n. nor may herds Of cattle be grazed there.
All sorts of misfortuncs not the least Of which
would probably be a knife in your back one
dark evening would befal you if you as muca
as plucked a twig there with which to touch ~
your tagging pony. Whenever Boorat passes
bv he dismounts and sprinkles on the ground
near by a few drops of tarasun or few shreds
Of tobacco standing treat in case the gods or
the spirits Of the shemmuns may care to drink
or smoke
Shemmunism. most likely the earliest code Of
belief in the worlds history, is, with slight
variations Of ritual, the universal religion OF
the pagan tribes of Northern Asia. 1t hourlshes
all the way from the Trails to the very gates OF
China. The universe, to the Siberian indian,
consists Of number of layers of strata sep
arated by intermediate slices of space or matter
The seven upper layers constitute the kingdom
of light. the seven lower layers the kingdom
Of darkness The surface of the earth, fat of
course. lies between the two groups. The good
spirits dwell above the evil below In the high
est LAYER. the Seventh Heaven, rigns the great
Delquen Saean. alias Esege Malan, alias A-foyon.
He is perfect morally, and NEEDLES very little
i'm the base affairs Of earth. Down in the neither
most pit. among the publishers and garroterS,
Erik Khan. The Black One, holds sway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26

the worth of the contents. How do these dealers
get the address Of a "workable' customer? u"
they exchange lists? Or they one person
with several aliases? They all. with one accord
mention a specific number Of sets number 50
few that ore wonders how they can afford 10
make such strenuous efforts to get rid OF them.
Esnecally. when one realizes that they arc to be
sold lat about what they would cost with the COY
Crs ripped OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26

Dear SIR
you are one Of ~ people Why not per
.ons,"j who. II prompt. will secure the greatest
book bargain ever offered BY any publisher.
we find from our last inventory that IN the
fg.b Of the past few months ~ sets Of the
LIBRARY Or % volumes, half
morocco binding. have been slightly marred IN
our show room and shipping room. We need
pace and must close these se,s out quickly.
"The contents Of these yolumes are perfect IN
cvery wy, sny scratch or mar Is on the out
aide and hardly noticeable 20 the most critical
bOOk buyer.
~ seem1 o shame % ~ilfuly waste 30 much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26

for in ali things "wc must be efficient "tn-
cheney" Is term which covers multitude Ct
sins 1t is the great word One imaeines TINS
conference" solemnly settling what the odd nun
ber of sets to be mentioned in the letter shall be-
40 one ever heard Of person failing to obta'"
set through delay IN answering. The letter
themselves. apparently. have been printed IN lots
Of a hundred. They all include the statement tn"
the books have been set aside" or "reserNei
temporarily for the addressee. Perhaps the mum
Der Of sets Is chosen by lot from slips deposited
IN the hat Of the president of the company. Fran
ing the letter, apparently. is not so difficult
task The copy OF Applied Psychology for Bus
ness Men," with an appendix hlled with for"''
viii supply the foundation little remodellIns
Of the most appropriate form will meet the r.
qulrements Of the work in hand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26

domestic duties in the aul. paste OF meal and
butter from an adjacent goatskn IS added to-
,ether with a handful Of thick sour cream. After
loiliny ten minutes the is set aside to cool,
and 6rsIlv served in wooden mugs Even
the well to do. moreover do not entertain the
least objection to a savory dish OF meat on ac-
count of the beast having died from CHAMBERS or
loot and mouth disease.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
Il, HERBERT FRANCIS SHERWOOD.

n my mail one morning last spring was
long envelope. 1t the odd form Of the
address that differentiated II from other
long envelopes which have reached me VIA
the postmsn. In the usual place we're The street
number, the name OF the postofice and OF the
state. But where the name OF the person
addressed? A. the left end in a box" was a
tsngle Of words, which read like this:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26

n this bcguil:ng open invitation" was an
illustration Of the application Of efficiency"
methods, some aspects Of the efficiency" are TO
be deprecated, speaking mildly Postmcn, al
though public servants, entitled to some
con sideratiOn.
The secret Of the envelope soon revealed
for convenient flap had been left unscsled
The communication began:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26

," CHITA. Trans Bakalia, Siberia June D.
The average man back at home IN CIVIL
zed parts of the world does not realize
that more than a hundred tribes and ma
items share Siberia with the Russ. He has merely
q vague idea that some nondescrpt natives called
Tartars dwell or used to dwell. in Northern Asa
Il is only quite recently. moreover. that the
chronological world has realized that the Amerl-
can Indian originated in these parts the visit OF
Professor Hrdlicka, Of the Smithsonian. two years
ago was one Of the first evidences America has
shown Of her intention to deve into the in
r,enselv rich and interesting field for research
that Siberia offers to the student of the origin If
peoples.
So numerous are these Siberian folk that II
.akes YOU some little time recollect just their
sonorous names. let alone their Characteristic
Sovots and Oorankha Darkhats and SoyOres,
Karag2sses and Sagai. Tartars, Potengosses AMI
Katchine Tarta.s. Giaks and Dolgams, Tchou-
vantzes pronounced like the William de Morgan
herol and Yookagrs HARNESSES and Kamasintzes,
Mordves and Teptares. Meshaires and Bachkir3.
Lamouts and Aleouts. Kuriles and ltelmens. KAN
schatdales and koriakS. Onhkons and Namols,
Daurians and Mantzi. Gholds and Tozi, Mana
eres and Olenyays. Orotches and MangOuns, Oroks
and Oltchas. Nigidals and Orotchones Ngatkoons
and Samagrs Hassaks and Yakuti, Samoycdes
and Voguls. Toonguses. Booriats and the rest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
SELLING MECHANISM Is PURELY MERCAN-
TILE N IT'S DETAILS.

Who Is TO be the target? One somehow h''
tho feeling that it is not 10 be the bookworm l.
may seem slanderous to say IT, but book worship
pers exceed bookworms in number. The binding
is very attractive detail IN the land Of the see
tional bookcase. The selling mechanism is deVer
oped az though books were steel rails or patent
clothes washers.
1t is to be supposed that tins straining of th'
Imagination in order to sell books accompllsae'
its purpose. o. those putting the letters out could
not continue IN business. One feels. however. th"'
If u is profitable method It Is serious indei'
mcnt Of public taste and reflection upon ou'
collective mentality. II seems as though no one
could fail TO through the artihcality the
bluff the assumption, that machine. mimco.
graph, for instance can always take the place o.
brains and that form is superior to content. Inc
only excuse one can lind for it is the one otere"
for red and green newspaper lines. that of hyph''
uzing persons into the habit Of reading VIZ
faces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
<OMADS WHO HUNT FISH AND TEND THEIR
FLOCkS.

They come from Finn and Mongol and Tux
stock. but most of them have intermarried 20
such an extent that it is welngh impossible to
trace the predominant blood in any one family.
Nomad folk for the most part, hunting and fishing
and tending their focks and herds, worshppllE
the manifestations Of nature eXpOunded by
their "shemmun." medicine man. living the out
door carefrec life Of the American Indian. LiEc
the American Indian. many Of them diminish
INC in numbers, however, killed off by the diseases
introduced by the white man. Only three or four
Of the most populous races the Iakuu, Boora:S
and Toonguses holding their own. The
Yakuti. indeed VINO live along the banks of the
great River Lena for few hundred miles north
and south Of the Arctic Circle. actually a5-
sorbng Russians Where a Russian settler mar
res a Yakut woman the family tends TO become
Yakut in the second generation. The Yakuti, Ue-
ing up in the frozen wilds Of Northeastern
Siberia talk practically the same language the
turk in ConstantinOpe!
The faces OF these Sibcrians show every posi-
bic blend Of the Chinese the Esquimau and the
American Indian. The old Orotchone lady, shown
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
Annual May Festival
 Bridgeport Art League
nesday Musical Club Concert to Be Feature of Entertainment


 The annual May festival of the Bridgeport Art League will be held at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, May 4, in the league rooms. Newheld build ing.
 A delightful program has been ar ranged by Mrs. Florence Klein Bishop. the chairman of the music committee.
 The chorus under the direction of Mrs. Elmer Beardsley which was so much enjoyed by the Wednesday Af- ternoon Musical Club a couple of weeks ago has been secured for the occasion. The personnel of the chorus includes,sopranos, Mrs. Robert Brown. Mrs. Frederick Granniss,- Mrs William Foote Hale. Mrs. Florence Klein Bish- op, Mrs. James T. Rourke, Mrs. August Lines. Anna Hartigan, Louise Pfau, Margaret Hogan, and Jessie Hawley; altos. Mrs. Alexander Howell. Mrs. Gertrude Lanbscher McAuliffe. Mrs. Lewis T. Hall, Mrs. John F. Fay, and the Misses Adelaide Haight, Elizabeth Spencer, Maud Dorus. and Flora Har- low.
 Mrs. Elmer Beardsley, director and accompanist: Miss Elsie Smith, vion- linist; Otto Paul Schubert, baritone, and Miss Edna. Northrop. pianist.
 Solo numbers by Mrs. Florence Klein Bishop and Otto Paul Schubert.
 Trio. Mrs Lewis T. Hall. Mrs. Flor ence Klein Bishop and Otto Paul Schubert.
 Those holding membership tickets are privileged to invite one guest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
BorsFoRp-oALHouN.

At o'clock last evening. Miss Ser tha. Calhoun. daughter of MT. and Mrs. S. H. Calhoun, and MT. Leon Rotsford were united in marriage at the home of the brides parents, so Sherwood avenue. The Rev O. w. F. Cook, pastor of Grace M. E. church performed the ceremony.
 Pink carnations and roses, with ia back kground of laurel and palms form ed the decorations of the house. The bridal party stood beneath an arch of laurel.
 The brides gown was of crepe de chine and shadow lace, and her show CT bouquet of white roses and lilies of theIvalley. Her sister, Mrs. E. O. Berg, who wore her own wedding dress, and carried pink roses. was matron of honor.
 The young couple left for Washing ton D, C., where they plan to spend moAt of their wedding trip. They will also visit the home of the groom's sis ter in New Jersey.
 On their return they will be at home'' at so Sherwood avenue.
 MT sBotsford is in the employment of the New Haven road.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
THE FUNNY KITTEN.
(By Virginia VaIe.)

Once upon a time the children had a little kitten given to them and 1t was the funniest kitten I ever saw.
 It looked as though it was laugh ing all of the time and liked to sleep in fhe strangest places.
 It would never drink water out of a saucer but if anyone let the water run in the kitchen sink it would jump up and walk into the sink and lap the running water.
 Of course it would get it's paws wet and when it was through drinking spent a great many minutes drying them
 We made it a nice bed in a basket and put in a soft blanket but pussy seldom used it.
 She would watch and when a plant was taken out of a jardinier would hop in and go to sleep. So at last we bought one, just for her and now she seems quite happy and sleeps there nearly every night.
 One night not long ago when we were ready for bed we looked to see if pussy was in her bed but she wash t and we called and called but she didn't come and we started to look
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
TRYING AND PUzzLING. 5
Dear Miss Libbey: :

Dear Miss Libbey:
 I wish to ask your advice. Will you kindly tell me what my attitude should be in an office? Unfortunately, I am forced to work for. my living, being a young widow in straitened circumstances, and am associated with some very charming gentlemen with whom ] laugh and talk when I am not busy. Is this the right thing equal while am in the office, but is it not possible that should meet them some evening when they were with their wives they would only be- stow upon me distanr bows? I would be very grateful to you for your opin- ion and shall follow your advice inn plicitly, for I do want to conduct my self properly even if to the extent of sub duing. myself utterly.
 rhuMrsrtA. .eonrenoto
 MRS. ARTHUR B.
 The attitude of a comedy young widow who is obliged to mingle with agreeable employers in business is of ten trying and puzzling to her as we'll If she is too cordial in her manner, 1t might mean the loss of a good posi- will soon be busted. The young wid- ow is wise who strikes happy mean be cheerful, cordial, but maintain a dignity which can ward from her the too-hear approach Of undue familiar ity should occasion demand. The wives of business men respect the em- pIoyee-be she maid, wife or widow who does not seek to make personal friend and companion of her employer Fair widows. more than all other women, must use tact and diplomacy.