DRY/NO r3A TH
IIK world greets the an
nouncement that the north
polo has been discovered ,
with acclaim. Now apace haa
been added to the world's
mapped ureas. Civilization
march on. All nations Join In re
joicing all except one , the most vi
tally Interested.
The Krtklmo , native of the land of
'nnow and ice , does not welcome the
white man's coming. Beside hla Igloo
lie sits und listens to the tribal ru
mors of the coming events. Ho hears
the wolidj garbled tale of how n "civ
ilized man , " a "kabhona , " haa reached
the north polo. Ho hears that other
white men will come after him. And
lie sits and grieves for his people ; for
the advance of the white man means
to hi monly what it has meant to all
the primitive people who thus have
been "discovered" extermination.
"Civilization of your kind wo do not
; want , " says the Eskimo to the explorer -
or or mlslsonary. "It Is good , per
haps , for you and for your countries.
Jt is not good hero In the north. Wo
cannot live under It. As wo live now
po must we live If wo are to exist.
It Is our life ; and life la good hero
among these Ice cliffs when It Is lived
In our own way. Wo are content. So
have our forefathers lived from time
Immemorial. And BO will wo live as
long an wo1 remain on earth. Force
us to live as you llvo , make us accept
your civilization , and wo perish. Wo
have Geen It. We know what It does
( to us. It kills the Eskimo. Leave us
to our Avnys , leave us to our country ,
or the Eskimo will be wiped off the
face of the earth. "
i Such Is the Eskimo's reception of
the great news. It Is something like
ii shock to our tielf-satlsfactlon and
opinion that our civilization is best
for all people , whether they like It or
not. How can those poor people up
there hi thq frozen north spurn the
benefits that civilization holds forth
to them ? How can they fall to realize
that civilization will make their harsh
life easier , more pleasant , more hap
py ? The questions como naturally at
the Idea. It seems preposterous. Hut
when ono romcs to examine the mode
of living of the winter bound Eskimo ,
'along with the conditions under which
ho Is forced to exist , It seems not so
astonishing that the Eskimos should
snyVo : were a happy people until
the explorers came. The explorers
Li-ought their civilization , and that Is
not well. "
! Living In n land eo barren nnd
harsh that nowhere else on earth Is
Its duplicate to bo found Inhabited ,
the Eskimo through centuries of
Htrugglo has adopted the only mode of
living that makes his existence pos
sible , The land which other people
despise , the conditions under which
no other people could live , ho has
learned to love. They are his world ,
nnd without them ho could not live.
, Resources such aa the woild looks
upon as necessary to the maintenance
of life the country has none. It la a
barren of never changing ice and
snow. Stones , pieces of driftwood ,
reindeer , birds , dogs , fishes , and most
Of all , seals these are the things that
are given the Eskimo to llvo on. The
stones , sticks and bones furnish him
with weapons. The weapons furnish
him with meat. For his house there
Is the stone , the Ice , nnd snow , noth
ing more. For six months of the year
his world Is In darkness. Yet ho lives
nnd Is happy until the explorers come.
In the winter hut so excessive Is
the heat that the thick fur garments
of outdoor use are discarded upon en
trance. Among Eomo tribes men , wo
men and children dwell together In a
complete state of nudity , In others a
'small ' loin cloth is used for Indoor
; wear. Night nnd day the stone lamps
filled with train oil burn In the huts
, The Eskimo Is superstitious of al
things. The long arctic night has drlv
en the fear of darkness Into his soul
nnd ho will not oven sleep without a
.light . burning before his eyes.
i The 'amps arc so constructed as to
jburn tfrlghtly all night. When they
begin to grow dim the Eskimo wo
man knows that It Is morning and
time to get up. Cheerless as such a
homo may seem , It Is declared to bo
quite the opposite. The woman who
wakes first In the morning calls out
to her neighbor a challenge for a race
In dressing and going out after the
morning meal of fish , which Is cached
'in the Ice outsldo. The challenge Is
accepted. The women dress nnd rush
out laughing , break off great armfuls
; of the frozen provender and comu
back laughing to their still Bleeping
jcompanlons. The fish arc thrown on
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fit/ ESKIMO
the floor until they have thawed from
liard as stone to a mere frozen condi
tion. Then the two women who are
Iressed pass the food around to the
others , and soon the whole houseful
are gnawing away at their Ilsh break
fast.
"The eating is not the trouble , "
says the returned adventurers , "It Is
ho getting of It that gives the Eskl-
no a problem. "
"The getting of It , " the procuring
of food In the waste of snow and fro
zen waters , Is more of a battle for the
lative than the problem of housing
ilmnclf against the wintry blasts ,
luntlng Is his ono means of living ,
vhother It be hunting reindeer , ptar-
nlgan , seal or fish. As a consequence
ho hunter Is the "great man" In the
economy of Eskimo life , nnd the 1m-
lortnnco of a man Is reckoned by his
ability to kill seals. The best hunt
er In a village Is the king. lie has his
) ick of the women , and he exercises
t with a freedom rather startling to
conventional Ideas of matrimony.
"Without hunters a trlbo cannot ox-
st , " IB the Eskimo's point of view ,
nnd the tribes that have perished arc
the ones In which there were no
strong , able men to kill game for
food.
food.Aa a hunter the Eskimo stands
without n peer In the world for hnrdl-
lood , daring and craft. Armed with
the most primitive of weapons , a
; > leco of sharpened stone lilted In a.
stick of wood to make a lance , ho
hunts nnd slays the animals of Iris
country , from the swift flying ptarmi
gan to the ferocious polar bear. The
sea ishero ho must look tor most
of his subsistence , for the sea holds
the seal , and without the seal the Es
kimo could not llvo. The seal fur
nishes him food and clothing ; Its fat
provides the oil which lights his
lamps and cooks his food , nnd Us
bones and skins make the boat in
which the tireless native paddles over
the atormy aeaa In search of his prey.
Of the kindness and catholic hos
pitality of the Eskimo there Is but
ono verdict they arc the kindest and
most hospitable people In the world.
Even wrecked explorers whoso com
ing means only that they will con-
Bumo a great amount of the common
store of food , are hailed with the
greatest of delight , the best Is Bet
forth before them , and they nro In
vited to make themselves at homo for
as long as they please. In one In-
fctanco an explorer relates that a mur
derer was taken in , fed , housed , and
cared for through a hard winter by
the family of his victim.
"Do eomo people In your land
starve and shiver while others eat
much and are warmly clad ? " was one
of the questions that the shocked Es-
klmoa put to an explorer when ho ex
pressed Biirprlbo at their charity.
"Why , { hen , do you call yourself civ
ilized ? "
It was a puzzling question. The ex
plorer was forced to admit that "some
did. "
"Then why do you ask us to accept
your civilization ? " demanded the Es
kimos. "More that never happens. "
So the "poor , frozen native of the
north" does not yearn for the civiliza
tion that threatens him.
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Gossip of People and Events Told
in Interesting Manner.
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Glad the Hudson-Fulton Fete Is Over
EW YOUIC 11 would bo Interest
ing to L'arn what Henry nnd Uob-
ort think about the dlsturbniiceH
which Hhook Manhattan ialnm ! and
the territory about It during the Hud-
faon-Fulton celebration.
An Interview with these two old
water-adventurers would be a jilcas-
ant respite from Peary and Cook.
Hut not even Pi of. Hyslop , the spook
expert , has ventured to reach beyond
the veil and ask questions ; surprising !
too , In one who has called up the
spirits of the dead for advlco as to
whether ho should marry again ?
Especially as the interview , If au-
thenycated , would have brought good
money from the newspapers.
Hut there Is no vagueness or un
certainty as to mundane Impressions
of the celebration. There has been
no room for cavil or criticism. The
millions In town and the millions who
Who Slew Thomas , a Market Mystery
llE Brokers' Dread ; or , Who Slow
the Black Cat , " Is the title of the
latest Produce exchange mystery in
Now York City. Furthermore , jt Is
likely to remain a mystery , deep and
Impenetrable , until the present gone-
tatlon of brokers has passed away and
the old Exchange building , grim and
stanch as It Is , has crumbled to dust.
When the Janitor arrived to open
the exchange ho was horrilled to find ,
stretched upon the lloor with a look
of terror and pain upon Its face , the
body of Thomas , the exchange's black
cat , stark and stiff In death.
The Janitor , whose wife's brother
sometimes delivers parcels to a do-
tectlvo agency , Is naturally of an in
quiring turn of mind and by associa
tion has acquired the instincts of a
detective. He immediately began a
search for clews.
Obviously the cat was dead. Ho de
duced that almost Immediately when
ho picked the animal up and found
that It was cold and rigid. Ho was
not satisfied with this progress , however -
over , and determined to probe the
came to town unite In expressions of
satisfaction nnd praise. Only one dis
cordant noise has been heard. It was
from a Brooklyn alderman , who
offered to punch the nose of a Man
hattan alderman because he did not
receive an many aldcrmanic stand tick
ets as ho believed himself entitled to.
The show was magnificently shed-
nled , elaborately arranged for , nnd
successfully carried out. No greater
thing of the kind was ever seen in
America. But New York is glad that
it is over.
Ten of millions of dollars poured
into New York because of It. If one
could total the cash paid to the hotels
alone In the two weeks It would make
the United States debt look small.
Every hostelry In town was packed to
the doors , and you will know , gentle
leader , how the most of them can
make an expense account look at the
end of a fruitful ton days.
Add the receipts of the railroads ,
the street car lines , the restaurants ,
the steamboats , the stand owners ,
the souvenir sellers , the saloons , the
hundred and over takers of money
for which New York is famous , and
you reach a total that speaks for the
abundant nnd generous prosperity of
the country.
mystery to the bitter end. Granting
that the cat was dead , there rema-ined
only the simple discovery yet to be
made , 1. e. , why was the cat dead ? "
"Here , " he mused , "we have the
effect , and for every effect there must
be a cause. It is the cause we want
now , or words to that effect. "
Then Walter Moore hit upon a the
ory that he was certain would put an
end to the cloud of mystery that en
veloped the market. He was saunterIng -
Ing carelessly across the floor when
ho discovered several flour brokers
at their oven baking bread. The flour
traders have a stove on the floor in
which they make bread.
It was this scene that gave Mr.
Moore the clew upon which he relied
to clear up the crime.
"Ah , ha ! " he said to himself ( detec
tives always say "Ah , ha ! " ) . "Ah ,
ha ! " he repeated , "tho cat ate of the
broker's bread. That explains the
look of horror on Its face. "
Calling a cab , he dashed madly
across the exchange floor and found
the Janitor.
"Pish ! tush ! " he said in a low
voice ! "not a word. Come and give
me the corpse of the cat. It was
killed by eating a biscuit baked by a
broker , and I will p-r-o-ve it , " he
hissed. "I will have the chemical de
partment hold an autopsy and if wo
do not find a biscuit In that cat's stomach
ach my name is not Jack Rogers. "
All of Their 12 Children Bora on Water
ND NOW there's another little Vcd-
ders to aid in the swelling of
Uncle Sam's humble but Important
mercantile marine force , and Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Vedders of Now York
City , commandants of the good ship
Edith rated coal barge are receiv
ing congratulations of the harbor fleet
because of the arrival of a baby boy ,
their twelfth child.
The youngster was born on the
Edith. This Is not an unusual hap
pening In the Vedders family. Capt.
Vedders himself whs born on n towboat -
boat 52 years ago at Hondoit | , N. Y. ,
and so wore hla father and mother ;
likewise Mrs. Vedders , who first saw
the light of day on one of the old
grain-carrying , ahnllow-draft Erie ca
nal boats at Lockport , N. Y.
The Edith , on which Capt. and Mrs.
Veddors and the youngest five chil
dren , Including the baby , now reside ,
is ono of the newest and finest coal
scows In the New York crulalng fleet.
It Is only a year and a half old , 90
feet long , and the property of Patter
son & Bowns of 1 Broadway.
When seen on his boat Capt. Ved
ders was seated on the back "porch. "
Surrounding him were a dozen or
more captains of other barges moored
near by , as well as .several of the di
rectorate of the power house of the
Immigration bureau.
"Yes , " said Capt. Vedders. "I'm the
man. They're doing fine , "it's a boy
and we're going to name him Freder
ick Ellis Vedders , Just to show how
much we think of this island.
"Why , of cqurse , I'm not at all
bashful. I've had 12 of 'em , all born
on either coal or Ice boats , and , bar
ring two who died when they wore ba
bies , they never saw the inside of a
drug store or had a doctor at their
tongues.
"My youngsters have been the hus
kiest lot you ever saAv , The three
oldest girls married barge captains
themselves , and the two odlest boys
have got their own boats now. Funny
thing , too , we're all working for the
same firm. '
"Say , pa , " Interjected James Ved
ders , aged 12 , "Frank got sick once
and ma had to give him some medi
cine. "
"Yes , kid. " replied his father , "but
that was because your mother took
him oft a safe canal boat and went up
on ono of those risky merry-go-rounds
In Central park.
Wins Prize by Eating 56 Ears of Corn
corn-eating record haa been
ANEW In competition In Now
York city which Is likely to atnnd for
many years , the winner In the contest
totting a now mark by consuming CO
eurs without pausing , and thus eclip
sing the old record of11 ears by an
amount sufficient to supply anaverago
family with corn for a meal.
More than 0,000 ears wcro consumed
by the 2CO contestants , the least to
bo eaten by auy ono contestant being
13 , at which unlucky number the com
petitor , a boy ot ulno years , was un
able to proceed. He was gladdened ,
however , with a medal awarded In
honor of his having established n
iccord for Juveniles under ton years.
As the youngster In question
weighs only 49 pounds , when empty ,
his achievement In consuming nearly
eight pounds of corn , or one-sixth ol
his own weight , la considered fully as
remarkable so that of the prize-win
ning competitor.
To secure the 0,000 ears consumed
In competition was in Itself a tremendous
deus task , one of the conditions being
that every ear should not bo less than
eight nnd not more than nine Inchea
long , nnd should meaauro not leas
than flvo nor more than five and one-
half Inches around the butt. To ob
tain a supply conforming to these
qualifications more than 25,000 cars
were examined by ton men.
Figured on a minimum measure
ment the winner consumed 04 Inches
of corn , or 42 feet , equal to more than
seven times his own weight. At the
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Editorial Amenities.
Editor .lunkln of the Sterling Hulle-
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the Sedgwlck Panlagraph has no hair
at all.
"Mac , " asked Junkln , "how did you
lose your hair ? "
"It was red and 1 pulled it out , "
growled Cretcher. Everybody's.
Ambiguous.
Harold What did she say when
you turned out the gas and kissed her ?
Rupert Said she felt as If she never
wanted to see my face again. Phila
delphia Record.
Of Course.
"How do you make your wife mind
to well ? "
"I tell her she can do anything she
likes , so she don't see any fun In it. "
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The secret of success in life is for a
nan to be ready for his opportunity
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"Yes. It must bo a terrible thing to
go through life without your limb. Uut
you must remember It will be restored
to you in the next world. "
"I know It will , mum , but dat don't
encourage me , for It was cut off when
I was a buby , an' It won't con.o within -
in a couple of foot of de ground w'en
It's icstored. "
A girl never feels more important
than when she is getting married , and
a man never looks more inconspicu
ous.
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