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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
r1ts tor Sale After July flask the EsQui1ns

kat?" Chat being the Mackenzie River
name for familiar spirit.
eyes. | don't see why I might not.
am getting to be an old man now and
shall not need their services much
longer. Besides, have had my eye on
you for long time and shall be glad
to have you for my successor I think
| might let you have my Polar Bear
spirit"
"That would be kind of you, but
don't you think you could spare your
Tide Crack spirit?"
"Well, no; that is the one that in
tend to keep to the very last. It has
been very faithful to me and useful,
but If you don't like the Polar Bear
spirit you might have my Indian
spirit"
AND so tho bargaining goes on, until
finally It Is decided that the young
man buys Raven spirit for an umiak
tskin boat). freshly made Of FIVE beluga
(white porpoise) skins, twenty sum-
mer killed deer skins, two bags of seal
oil, green stone labret, and things of
that sort without end-giving a new
boat, in fact, loaded with all sorts of
gear.
The young man now goes home, and
presently, using the appropriate for
mula given him by the shaman, he
summons his familiar spirit, but the
familiar spirit refuses to appear. The
young man then goes back to the old
shaman and says to him: How is this
The spirit which you sold me has not
come" And the old man replies: DWELL.
l cannot help that. I transferred him
to you in good faith, and if you are
one Of those persons with whom spirits
refuse to associate, that Is thing
which I cannot help. I did my part in
the matter"
In our hypothetical case we have
supposed the young man to go back to
the shaman to complain over the non
arrival of the spirit. AS matter of
fact, 1t is only once or twice In a gener-
alton that such thing takes place.
When he once has publicly paid for the
spirit the young man has everything
to lose by admitting that he did not
receive It. He cannot get back what
he paid for It; he cannot have the ad
vantage Of being considered a shaman.
and he will lose social standing through
the publication Of the fact that the
spirit refuses to associate with him.
AS a matter Of practice, therefore,
the purchaser will pretend that he re-
ceived the spirit, and he will announce
that fact. Some time later sickness
occurs In family or valuable article
Is lost. The young man is appealed
to, and in order to keep up the de-
ception which he has begun by pre-
tending to have received tho spirit. he
goes into az good an imitation of a
trance as he can manage, for he has
from childhood up watched the sha-
mans In their frances.
II he succeeds in the cure or what
ever the object Of tho seance may be.
his reputation is made, and If he does
not succeed nothing is lost, for 1t il as
! easy tor An Dsouimau to explain the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Spirits for
Sale

The ordinary Mackenzie River sha-
man has about half dozen familiar
spirits, any Of which will do his bid
ding. When engaged in some such
thing as tho finding Of hidden ar
ticle tho shaman will summon these
spirits one after another and send
them out separately in search Of tho
lost article. Evidently man may be
able to get along fairly we'll with Ave
familiar spirits, though he may be In
the habit Of employing six. exactly as
we can dispense with an extra servant.
A shaman may be old and decrepit or
for some other reason may be what we
should call "hard up" This Is a pro-
pitious occasion for some ambitious
young man to obtain familiar spirit,
Hc will 90 to the old nhaman, and
soma such conversation as this will
take places
"Win .yon sell sns one IL yeus ksyu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

failure Of shamanistic performance
as 1t Is Tor us to explain why a PRAYER
is not answered. 1t may have been be-
cause some other more powerful
shaman was working against him. or it
may have been for any one of thou
sand reasons, all of which are salts
factory and sufficient to the Esuuimau
mind.
The fact that most things have a re-
llglous or supernatural explanation i'm
plies that few things have natural ones.
The miracles of the Esquimau are like
ours IN being of supernatural origin,
but they differ from ours in being OF
more frequent occurrence. 1t would
surprise most of US to see miracles
happening all around US. 1t is not so
with the Esquimaus. They expect them
continually, and when any one tells of
having seen or heard of miraculous
thing, there is only unquestioning be-
lief, for it is but the narration Of mn
expected occurrence and an ordinary
one
Apparently, miracles may happen at
the lnstigation of uncontrolled spirits,
but certainly over 80 per cent of them
are directly ascribed to the activities
Of spirit controlled by some shaman.
The list Of the different kinds and
characteristics of miracles would be
too long to recite. We shall describe
merely what, among Mackenzie River
Esqulmaus, at least, is the commonest
OF all miracles, the best understood and
most universally vouched for the
spirit flight in which the actual BODY
of the shaman flies to some distant
place, sometimes to neighboring viii
lage, often to 4 far country, and most
frequently of all to the sun. to the
moon or to the bottom of the sea.
There is also another kind of spirit
flight In which the body remains in it's
place and the soul alone goes abroad
These two sorts Of spirit flight differ
essentially in this: That while the
first must be performed in darkness
the second can be managed in DAYLIGHT
The bodily shamanistic flight takes
place usually at night in winter and
in the dark of the moon. The event is
announced beforehand and all those
who desire to be present gather in the
clubhouse or the largest available pri
vate residence. AS is always the case
in the Mackenzie River houses. there
is one window at the peak of the "cot
tage shaped roof, and directly under
this, near tho centre of the floor. sits
the shaman, usually wearing no clothes
except knee breeches, although he NAV
be fully dressed. Two or three mon
who are skilled in the manipulation of
ropes take a long thong and tie and
truss the shaman until, humanity sneak
ing, it Is impossible for him to move.
Usually one feature of the tyinr ia
that blight of the rope is passed un-
der HIS knees and over the back Of his
neck and the rope drawn tight until
his chin rests between his knees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
The Shan1an
ASCendS

The next stage of the performance
Is that the shaman, still speaking in
the manner of ventriloquist, saws:
"Now I am beginning to rise: now I
am going to fly in circles slowly lust
above the floor; now I am flying fast:
now | am flying faster" Presently the
people begin to hear a whizzing noise.
This Is the stone or ak which was
attached to the loose rope-end. The
shaman is now flying in circles so fast
that the centrifugal force makes the
hammer on the rope-end produce a.
whizzing noise. If any one were to
open his eyes, even little, to see what
was going on the hammer would strike
him in the head, killing him instantly
Consequently, the louder the whizzinr
noise the more tightly is every eve
squeezed shut and the moro firmly are
the hands OF the parents held over the
eyes of their children.
While the hammer still continues the
whizzing noise the voice of the shaman
Is heard to say: Now l am rising
above your heads; now am getting
near the roof; now I am about to pass
out through the window" Then the
voice grows actually fainter and fainter
as the shaman rises toward the roof
and flies out through the window, and
finally the whizzing noise dies away
in the distance.
For half an hour or more the au-
dience sits in absolute silence with
eyes shut, and then Is heard again the
shaman's voice: NOW I am coming
IN through the window; now am set
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Miracles a Matter
OF Course

On the other hand, II I told them
there we're ten carbon In band I saw
ana they later on discovered there
were only FIVE, they would be d,sin-
ciined to believs mo II told them
there was but ono god. Tho reasoning
would simply be this; "He did not tell
a. tho truth about tho number Of
caribou, therefore how can we rsly-on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Getting Ready
To Fly

When tho tying is done there is al
ways left over q loose rope-end about
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

was puiIt py the medieval Teutonic
Order of knights rs a Patrician Club.
where the traditions of King Arthur
and his Round Table were TO be kept
alive. II viii be remembered thai in
the legend the Knights built a sort of
Castle or Camelot not many leagues
away. and when Poland and Brandon
burg were fighting for the prize of the
14th century Danzig. the Knights came
to her rescue and kept her under their
protection until she grew strong and
beautiful. 1t Is thought this place
was the Court of King Arthur, where
at the sound of a bell. the patricians
assembled at the great round table 70
pledge each other in a famous local
beer. and plan for the good of the
city. while the town criers made music
and a tournament was held outside,
The gentlemen then rode on horse
back in the order of their seating at
the round table. The fairest ladies
awarded the tournament prizes and
all danced together in. the great hail
To view this han. now used as . stock.
exchange is like lonhirS back over
centuries Tie place would have be-
King Arthur and his knights.
llthough the decorations seemed like
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
no Rax@~ x~o0~<

churches in Germany, ~equaling the
Notre Dame at Paris in its area. 1t is
a wonderful structure founded in 1343
and gradually increased to its present
size during the 18th century. Its
castle like walls bespeak the military
instincts of the North German. The
huge plain body with the blunt tower
'symbolizes the sturdiness of its com
municants. The naive and star vault
ing remind one of King Arthur's
Court. There are many relics in the
old church. There are paintings by
stephen Lochner and Hans Menlihg's
Last Judgment" hangs upon its wall.
Danzig is a splendid example of the
blending of ythe ancient and the mod
ern, for while it has preserved its
antiquities it has kept pace with mod
ern improvements for it has sewerage
drainage, a fine water supply, splendid
electric lighting works. and a fire de-
partment so well organized that it is
well known throughout Germany. Its
schools are excellent and the children
are educated in almost every trade
and profession. 1t has long of
fine residences and delightful suburbs
where handsome homes have been
erected. AS the city is in the North
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

so many ancient toys. Models of ships
of the Hansa days very like those of
Lubbock hang owe head while a huge
green German stove is in the corner
used merely as an ornament. The
panelled walls are filled with wooden
statues and large paintings. One of
the latter is a buck with real hide
listening to a painted Orpheus playing
on a painted Tyre.
st. Mary's Church
During the Polish regime Danzig
was a city of wealth and the aristoc-
racy and splendor of it was proverbiaI.
Great stone houses were built and
the people lived in al, the elegance of
the times. AS this is a stoneless coun-
try the great facades to some of the
houses cost a small fortune in them
selves. The houses are practically
i%ireproof. a fact which has saved its
relics and makes 1t intensely interest
ing. There are numbers of are old
buildings. such as the Did arsenal,
with its g~-.iesand towers. the Sheriff's
House with its elaborate facade, a
number of museums containing rare
paintings and the Church of ST.
Mary's. the largest of all Protestant
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

There they decided to have a soldiers
memorial park. An eleven here piece
of lane had been donated to the town.
but it was simply a barren tract. So a
day was set aside-it was an appro-
pirate day. too. Patriots Day. April 10
-on which the whole town was TO
turn out and pitch in to convert this
u~nattractive tract into a fine park and
peoples playground.
n they did turn out. Everybody
who could walk was there. Men, wom-
en- and children: old and young; rich
and poor all got on overalls or some
kind of working clothes and gathered
up a shovel or a rake or a pick or
some other useful tool and made an
early start for the proposed park.
1t looked like a great ant hill. But
supervisors had arranged everything
in advance so that there was no con
fusion and everybody went to his place
and worked there. The result was
that when the day was ended. as per-
feet a day as hat town had ever seen.
no one would have recognized the IN
slightly tract Of the morning. In the
morning it was nothing; in the even
ing 1t was a park, dedicated to the
soldiers from that town who had laid
down their lives that their fellows
might be happy. The land had been
properly terraced and sodded. walks
had bee laid out. a big boulder bear
ing the names of those who gave their
lives had been put in place with simple
but impressive ceremony. and thirteen
elm trees had been planted In honor of
the men who had paid the supreme
sacrifice. In addition a large number
of other trees and shrubs had been
planted In the soldiers, memorial park.
Many Plans
Memorial halls with community
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

center buildings containing facilities
for public amusement and education.
Fairgrounds. parks. swimming pools
and so on. are being discussed in many
cities and towns throughout the coun-
try. An entire groupof civic buildings
sometimes Is included in the plan.
Tree planting in the parks or around
the buildings is one of the features
of the plans. Philadelphia is one of
the large cities in which the plan has
been under discussion of a large COM
munity structure. The proposal has
been mad in st. Louis to carry u an
extensive scheme of civic improve
ment including n and parks as
a memorial. Minneapolis is setting
out several miles of trees along the
roadways in its extensive park system.
A project has been proposed in
Birmingham, Alabama. which would
take in a large group of buildings as
a civic center surrounding a large
park. Los Angeles, Chattanooga.
Mobile. Alabama and Richmond, Va,
are among other cities where plans for
memorial auditoriums or community
center buildings have been proposed.
In Jacksonville the Rotary Club is
backing a plan to purchase a large
city block and transform 1t into a
handsome park with a memorial arch
in the center. The International AS
ISOLATION of Rotary Clubs through its
president. John Poole. and many of its
local organizations has given its ap-
prevail and its active support to me-
mortal tree planting.
In Fort Wayne. Indiana, a new park
has been started in the east end of
the city to be known as Memorial
Park. 1t VIII be forty acres In size
and will have a memorial grove of
four and a half acres planted with a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
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the summer weather is usually delight
full especially along the river.
The city itself is three miles from
the Baltic Sea, but the River Vistula-
swelled by two smaller rivers. formi
a great harbor to the seaport. 1t Ia
the main shipping port along the Bal
tic and the wharves are busy scenes.
There is a great shipyard owned by
Germany, to which foreigners were not
admitted. at least, before the war.
where twenty-eight hundred men were
employed.
Early History
Danzig was first mentioned in his.
tory in 297, when christianity wal
preached there. Or its possession
was fought for by various nations, the
Danes, Swedes. Pomeranians and leu.
tonic Knights and finally came under
the domination of the latter. In 1855,
after a desperate struggle, 1t freed
itself and became a free city" under
the protection of the Kings of Poland.
1t grew in wealth and enjoyed extern
sive privileges. When the Reforma-
ton came on the city became Prot
estant, but 1t still continued friendly
with Roman Catholic Poland. During
the second partition of Poland, in 1898,
Danzig was given to Germany with a
treaty which the Hohenzollerns treat
ed as a scrap of paper" and never
kept. In 1907 1t fell before the forcei
of Napoleon's Marshal, Lefebre, who
was at once created Duke of Danzig."
1t was held by the French until 1914,
when it was returned to the Germanl
and the greater part of the rare old
paintings and statuary taken by the
French were returned.
Will history repeat itself and in
teresting Danzig again become a free
city, where oppressed Poland may find
her commercial place in the sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
HoD This Baltic Port Once Under the Care of Poland May Once More
Be a Free City for the Commerce of That Land.

Copyright, 1919. The international Syndicate
HE treaty of peace will make
Danzig a free port, the main OBJ
tect of which is to give to the
new Poland an outlet to the sea
uncontrolled by n other power. The
River Vistula Is the chief waterway
OF that Ill fated nation, 1t ~traverses
the entire country and can be made a
great highway of the products of the
land. 1t finds its way to the Baltic
Sea on the North into which it emp
ties within a few miles of the import
ant City of Danzig. AS this is the
only means of direct communication
with h sea, unless through the ter
ritory OF some other country, the COM
mercial interests of the Poles demand
the naturalization of the Baltic port
with some protection to their traffic
on the Vistula River. 1t will increase
the trade of the port, as the reju-
venated Poles will be encouraged to
productive energy and increased COM
mercial activity. The arrangement
will, however. separate East Prussia
rom the balance of Germany.
Once Belonged To Poland
oeihony mas an olu grunge against
The Slavs, which began during the
Bismarck regime. This statesman al
ways regarded the Slavs as a menace
n he conceived many ways of keep
Ing them down. Now Germany is to
suffer the humiliation of losing Dan
zig and there is little doubt that she
would be willing to make any conces-
rather than give up this Prussian
port to the Poles. The rebirth of this
nation with an opening to the sea
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

proud, both for patriotic and civit
reasons. 1t will turn a place heretos
fore unattractive into a beautiful spot,
thereby beneftting the city as well az
honoring it."
In Missouri one community has
named a newly-constructed highway
after its first son who gave his life in
the service. Trees are being planted
along highways in many parts of tho
country as memorials, as well as IL
city parks and along Spokane
Washington, is setting out a mile OF
naples along one of its finest resi-.
Dental avenues, the local chapter Of
the National League for women,s
Service being back Of the movement.
This organization. along with chapters
Of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, the War Mothers and 9th.
er women's clubs. has fostered the
tree planting idea in many other
places.
"a Living Thing"
In fact, among all the memorial
plans which have been suggested there
is o which seems to have struck
a deeper and a more nationwide re-
Spouse than hat of the American
Forestry Association "that living
growing trees be planted" There
seems to have been nothing but conn
mendation of this plan, and it fits in
with almost any other memorial
scheme. Here is what vice-President
Marshall wrote to the people of Col
lamer. Indiana. in his home count
after he had been informed they had
planted a tree in front of the school
house to the eighteen men from that
small community in the service. He
said IN part: THE idea appeals TO me-
far more than storied urn or animated
Gust. 1t embodies a living thing. rem
resentative Of a vital sentiment Of the
American people,"