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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1909)
ffSS IIK world greets the an nouncement that the north polo han been discovered , with acclaim. Now space has been added to the world's mapped areas. Civilization march on. All nations join In re joicing all except one , the most vi tally interested. The Enklnio , native of the land of Know and ice , does not welcome the white man's coming. Beside his Igloo ho alts and listens to the tribal ru mors of the coming events , lie hears the wolrdj garbled tale of how a "civ ilized man , " a "kabhona , " has reached the north polo. He hears that other white men will como after him. And ho sltn and grieves for his people ; for the advance of the white man means to hi monly what It lmn meant to all the primitive people who thus have been "discovered" extermination. "Civilization of your kind wo do not jwnnt , " says the Eskimo to the explorer - or or mlslsonnry. "It Is good , per haps , for you and for your countries. [ It la not good hero In the north. Wo cannot live under It. As wo live now po must wo live If wo are to exist. It la our life ; and life Is good hero among these Ice cliffs when It Is lived In our own way. Wo are content. So have our forefathers lived from tlmo Immemorial. And so will wo live ns long an wo'remain on earth. Force us to live as you live , make us accept your civilization , and wo perish. Wo have Been It. We know what It does ( to us. It kills the Eskimo. Leave us to our ways , leave us to our country. or the Eskimo will he wiped off the face of the earth. " I Such is the Eskimo's reception of the great news. It Is something llku ii shock to our self-satisfaction and ( opinion that our civilization Is host for all people , whether they like It or not. How can those poor people up there hi thq fie eu not 111 bpurn the benolltfl that civilization holds forth to them ? I low can they fall to realize that civilization will make their harsh life easier , more pleasant , moro hap py ? The questions como naturally at the Idea. It seems preposterous. IJut when ono comes 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 say : "Wo were a happy people until the explorers came. The explorers brought their civilization , and that Is not well. " I Living In n land EO barren and harsh that nowhere else on earth Is Ha 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 nro his world , and without them ho could not live , i Resources such as the woild looka upon as necessary to the maintenance of life the country has nono. It Is a barren of never changing Ice and snow. Stones , pieces of driftwood , , reindeer , birds , dogs , fishes , nnd most of all , seals these are the things that are given the Eskimo to live on. The atones , sticks and bones furnish him with weapons , The weapons furnish him with meat. For his house there is the atone , the Ice , and snow , noth ing moro. For six months of the year his world is In darkness. Yet ho lives and Is happy until the explorers como. In the winter hut so excessive la the heat that the thick fur garments of outdoor use arc discarded upon en trance. Among Bomo tribes men , women - men and children dwell together In a complete state of nudity , In others a 'small loin cloth Is used for Indoor , wear. Night and day the stone lamps filled with train oil burn In the huts ( The Eskimo la auperatltlous of al things. The long arctic night has drlv en the fear of darkness into his soul and ho will not even sleep without i .light . burning before his eyes. i The 'limps arc so constructed as to jbum tSrightly all night. When they begin to grow dim the Eskimo wo man knows that It Is morning and tlmo to get up. Cheerless as auch n homo may seem , It Is declared to ho 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 Ilsh , which Is cached 'in the Ice outside. The challenge la pccopted. The women dross and rush out laughing , break off great armfuls Jot the frozen provender and comeback back laughing to tholr still sleeping jcompanlous. The fish are thrown on .ho floor until they have thawed from mrd as stone to a mere frozen condl- ion. Then the two women who are dressed 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 , " ays the returned adventurers , "It la he getting of It that gives the Eskl- no a problem. " "Tho getting of It , " the procuring of food In the waste of snow and fro- , en waters , Is more of a battle for the lallvo than the problem of housing ilmnelf against the wintry blasts , hinting Is his ono means of living , vhother It be hunting reindeer , ptnr- nigan , seal or Ilsh. As a consequence ho hunter Is the "great man" in the economy of Eskimo life , and the 1m- lortanco of a man Is reckoned by his ability to kill seals. The best hunt er In a village Is th6 king. He has his ilck of the women , and ho exercises t with a freedom rather startling to conventional Ideas of matrimony. "Without hunters a trlbo cannot ox- st , " Is the Eskimo's point of view , and the tribes that have perished are the ones In which there were no strong , able men to kill game for food. food.As a hunter the Eskimo stands without a peer In the world for hardi hood , daring and craft. Armed with the most primitive of weapons , a piece ot sharpened stone lilted In i\ stick of wood to make a lance , ho hunts and slays the animals of his country , from the swift Hying ptarmi gan to the ferocious polar bear. The sea Is where ho must look for most of his subsistence , for the sea holds the seal , and without the seal the Es kimo could not live. The seal fur nishes him food and clothing ; Us fat provides the oil which lights his lamps nnd cooks his food , and Its bones and skins make the boat in which the tireless native paddles over the stormy seas In search of his prey. Of the kindness nnd catholic hos pitality of the Eskimo there Is but ono verdict they nro the kindest and most hospitable people In the world. Even wrecked explorers whoso com ing means only that they will consume - sumo n great amount of the common store of food , are hailed with the greatest of delight , the best la set forth before them , and they are In vited to make themselves at homo for as long as they please. In ono in stance an explorer relates that a mur derer was taken In , fed , housed , nnd cared for through a hard winter by the family of his victim. "Do some people In your land starve and shiver whllo others eat much and are warmly clad ? " was ouo of the questions that the shocked Es kimos put to an explorer when ho ex pressed surprise at their charity. "Why , then , do you call yourself civ ilized ? " It was a puzzling question. The ex plorer was forced to admit that "somo did. " "Then why do you ask us to accept your civilization ? " demanded the Es kimos. "Hero that never happens. " So the "poor , frozen native of the north" does not yearn for the civiliza tion that threatens him. YORK. It would ho InterestIng - NEW Ing to lisarn what Henry nnd Rob ert think about the disturbance ! ) which Hhook Manhattan Island and the territory about It during the Hud son-Fulton celebration. An Interview with these two old water-adventurers would ho a pleas ant respite from Peary and Coolc. Hut not even Prof. Hyslop , the spook export , has ventured to reach beyond the veil and ask questions ; surprising , too , in one who has called up the spirits of the dead for advice as to whether he should marry again ? Especially as the Interview , If nu- thenljlcatod , would have brought good money from the nownpapern. But 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 came to town unite in expressions of satisfaction and 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 nldermanlc stand tick ets as ho believed himself entitled to. The show was magnificently shed- uled , elaborately arranged for , and successfully carried out. No greater thing of the kind was ever seen In America. Hut 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 reader , how the most of them can make an expense account look at the end of a fruitful ten 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 roach a total that speaks for the abundant and generous prosperity of the country. Who Slew Thomas , a Market Mystery U'TIIE Brokers' Bread ; or , Who Slew 1 the Black Cat , " Is the tltlo of the latest Produce exchange mystery In Now York City. Furthermore , jt Is likely to remain a mystery , deep and Impenetrable , until the present gene ration of brokers has passed awny and the old Exchange building , grim and stanch ns It Is , has crumbled to dust. When the Janitor arrived to open the exchange he was horrilled to llnd , 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 de tective agency , Is naturally of an In quiring turn of mind and by associa tion has acquired the Instincts of a detective. lie immediately began a search for clews. Obviously the cat was dead. lie 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 mystery to the bitter end. Granting that the cat was dead , there rema-ined only the simple discovery yet to be made , i. e. , why was the cat dead ? " "Hero , " he mused , "we have the effect , and for every effect there must be n 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 saunter 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 ! " ho 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-vc it , " ho hissed. "I will have the chemical de partment hold an autopsy and If we do not find a biscuit In that cat's stomach ach my name is not Jack Rogers. " AH of Their 12 Children Born on Water ND NOW there's another little Ved- dors to aid in the swelling of Undo Sam's humble but Important mercantile marine force , and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Vcdders 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 , tholr twelfth child. The youngster was born on the Edith. This Is not an unusual hap pening In the Veddcrs family. Capt. Vedders himself w"as horn on a towboat - boat G2 years ago nt Romloit ) , N. Y. , and so wore his father and mother ; likewise Mrs. Vedders , who flrst saw the light of day on ono of the old grain-carrying , shallow-draft Erie ca nal boats at Lockport , N. Y. The Edith , on which Capt. and Mrs. Vedders and the youngest live chil dren , Including the baby , now reside. Is ono of the newest and finest coal scows In the Now York cruising 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. Vcd 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 ot the immigration bureau. "Yes , " said Capt. Vedders. "I'm the man. They're doing Hue. "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 course , 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 were ba bies , they never saw the Inside of a drug store or had n doctor at their tongues. "My youngsters have been the hus kiest lot you ever saw. 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 , "hut that was because your mother took him oft a safe caunl boat and went up on ono of those risky merry-go-rounds la Central park. Wins-Prize by Eating 56 Ears of Corn corn-eating record has been ANEW In competition In Now York city which Is likely to stand for many years , the winner In the contest totting a now mark by consuming 5G ears without pausing , and thus eclip sing the old record of 41 ears by an amount sufllcleiit to supply anaverago family with corn for a meal. Moro than 0,000 cars were consumed by the 2GO contestants , the least to bo eaton by auy ono contestant being 13 , at which unlucky number the com petitor , a boy of nlno years , was uu- able to proceed. He was gladdened , however , with a medal awarded In honor of his having established a lecoul for juveniles under ten years. As the youngster In question weighs only 49 pounds , when empty , his achievement In consuming nearly eight pounds of corn , or one-sixth of his own weight , Is considered fully as remarkable so that of the prize-win nlng competitor. To secure the G.OOO ears consumed In competition was In Itself a tremendous deus task , ono of the conditions being that every ear should not bo less than eight and not more than nlno Inches long , and should measure not less than five nor more than five and one- half Inches around the butt. To ob tain a supply conforming to these qualifications moro than 25,000 cars were examined by ten men. Figured on a minimum measure ment the winner consumed 504 Inches of corn , or 42 feet , equal to moro than seven times his own weight. At the r Cheap and Big Can Baking Powder is Only Big in Size - in Satisfaction Not in Economy A larpo can and .1 small cost docs not make baking powder cheap er oven less expensive than Calumet the high-quality , moderatc-prico kind. 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