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THE MOJAVE MEDICINE MAN.
SOME ADVANTAGES Til AT HE
OVER HIS WHITE BRETHREN.
HU Life i For friled, However. II
HU Prediction* Fail—Reunions
Ceremonies al the Death of a I liief.
From She New York Tribune.
The medicine men of the Colorado river
Indian tribes have an immense advan
tage over their brethren, the white doc
tors. for there can rarely be any error
about their decision as to the recovery or
death of their patients. When a Mojave
Indian feels ill the medicine man is called
in. He says nothing, but administers
medicines, and keeps quiet for a few days.
If his patient improves and shows a like
lihood of recovering the wily practitioner
sententiousiy announces that the sick
man will get well. On the other hand, if
the patient does not give reassuring signs
of convalescence his fate is at once sealed.
The doctor makes the statement that he
finds himself powerless to overcome the
bad spirit that has attacked his patient,
and that he will die—and he does die. for
all attempts to cure him are at once aban
doned; this might alone c.Tect a cure, but
the poor creature is literally starved to
death, as he is deprived of all water an l
food, and as soon as he loses conscious
ness he is cremated. It can then readily
be seen that the medical men of the Yuma
and Mojave tribes are nearly infallible,
and, as they have no annoying post-mor
tems or inquests, their lot as a rule is a
happy one. But when they do make an
error, or at least one that is found out.
they are immediately declared to he im
postors, and killed without loss of time
or ceremony by the nearest relative of
the aggrieved patient.
trome little time ago a Yuma Indian
was convicted in the federal courts of lx>s
Angeles of the murder of a medicine
man. The prisoner made no attempt to
deny his crime, hut pleaded the immem
orial custom of the tribe as his excuse.
The medicine man had been called in to
attend his child, arid had said that the
youngster would recover, but. on the con
trary, it died. The father had killed the
doctor, who had. In fact, expected such a
fate. It was the law of the tribe. The
affair was brought to the attention of the
President, who commuted the penalty to
a term of imprisonment when ail the tacts
were laid before him.
Another example of this custom occurr
ed at the Needles, a town on the Colo
rado river, where the Atlantic and Pa
cific railway crosses into Arizona, it was
some years ago and the chief actor in
the affair is now known as '‘Shorty;'’ he
Is a sort of local clown, whose legs are
frightfully deformed. As that overland
train comes into the depot the Indians
always crowd about the cars and offer
curios for sale. "Shorty" is always in the
lead, and for a dime will do a grotesque
dance, and "make a monkey of himself"
generally, a performance that is always
ended by his having a pail of water thrown
Into his face.
The poor wretch's history as a buffoon
dates from the time when he overturned
the predictions of a medicine man of the
tribe, who had long held his position
without making a bad guess, and caused
his prompt execution. In fact, "Shorty"
Is the only Mojave who is alive after be
ing pronounced incurable by the tribe's
doctor, and he had a remarkably narrow
escape. To all intents and purposes he
did die and his "wake" was attended by
all the customary ceremonies. His fun
eral pyre was built, his horses were clubb.
ed to death and the torch was applied
The flames mounted quickly about the
mass of dry wood and all went well,
when suddenly frightful cries came from
out the blaze, a tremendous commotion
In the pile followed, and soon "Shorty"
bounded from his position of honor in
the crackling wood into the midst of the
astounded mourners. At tirst the Indians
thought it was the supposed dead man's
spirit, but were soon convinced that the
medicine man had made a mistake ami
acted accordingly. "Shorty" had evident
ly been in a cataleptic condition and the
heat had brought him to conseiousneFf*.
He had been wrapped in blankets when
placed on the pyre, so that his and
arms had suffered most from the tiames,
and were twisted Into the curious shape
they new have.
Some time ago there was considerable
excitement among the tribe at Needles, ior
it looked as if they would once more have
the privilege of killing their medicine man
who had announced that Honalta would
<]*• The sick man’s medicine, food and
drink were stopped, but the nation: was
?.V S j atf ” R k° ul the affair, and hung upon
life desperately, even showing occasional
signs of recovery. The sick man’s fami’v
and friends became much excited and "a
continual round of incantations and chant
ing of prayers to various deities was Kept
up by his pallet in the wickiup, the idea
being that these would ease his suit rings
J; r ,. might bring about a revov-
According 1 to the story told by a resident
the Needles, the proceedings wore as
follows: The medicine man naturally be
came nervous, and evinced a desire to re
sign his offloe and to leave the country
but pending Honaka's fate, the doctor was
kept under guard. Hut the chants, the In
cantations and the deprivation of 'ood and
water soon brought about the end that
Honaka a strength had managed to pott
pone. He gave up the fight an 1 died and
the medicine man's appetite and prestige
came back together.
Old Honaka was a remarkable good In
dian, and was an important member of the
councils of the tribe. No one knew Ids
age, but he could tell of many years ago
the white man had heen seen in
California. He had heen a fascinating
young buck for he had innumerable
squaws, and was related by his children’s
marriages with nearly every fam.lv on
the river. So it was determined to give him
a funeral in keeping with his possessions
■which w-ere large, and his rang, which
•was high. The pyre was built about 300
yards from the old man's wickiun. and was
or simple make, A hole was first duo- about
three feet wide, eight feet long and four
feet deep; the pit was filled with Itght dry
greased wood, and over it was bull a cries
cross pile of cottonwood logs, so laid that
i!aJ sd J se * h ? ,e J e Blih,1 >’ higher than the
sides. In this depression the body was laid
Meanwhile, the squaws had prepared
Juf f-'°J p ‘ ie f° r , cremation, and the rehab
ilitated medicine man exorcised the evil
spirits in the hut. The body was rolled
in a blanket, the ends of which were tied
together, a strong pole was inserted
through the loops so formed, and two
big bucks shouldered it and marched away
ic the pyre, followed by a procession
of wailing relatives and the entire tribe
All that was mortal of poor Honaka was
placed in the concave portion of the
pile of logs, then a quantity of twigs
and small wood were placed about it
and more of the cottonwood logs were
piled on top for several feet. By the side
of the body were laid all the persona!
effects of the dead man. blankets, bridles
guns, ornaments and trinkets.
Then the squaws and the older bucks
squatted in a circle about the pyre, and
the religious ceremony, called tile "sprit
drive,” began. Six young braves, dressed
in new breech clouts and wearing gro
tesque headdresses, appeared. They car
rid long wands of willow, to which feath
ers were attached by red strings Two
older men, carrying bows and arrows
headed the procession as masters of cer
emony. One old squaw with a voice like
a calliope brought up the rear, and at
short intervals would emit a screech like
the hoot of an owl. An old white-haired
man stood up and delivered a long ad
dress, which was said to be a oulogv of
the dead leader. He spoke first to the
mourners, then to the assembly generallv
and then to the “spirit drivers.” When
he had finished the old squaw with the
steam whistle gave her shriek three times
the parading braves followed with a
whoop and formed into two columns the
archers leading, and the "spirit drivers”
■With the Willow wands following, and all
ran at full speed to a point alieut two
hundred feet Jyom the pole. This they
kept repeating for about an hour
A repulsive feature of th. affair follow
ed. One of the sub-chiefs had been pre
paring Honaka's horses for their death
as It Is the custom of the Indians to kiii
a mans animal at his death. This as
sistant pr.es, had a sacred head bridle
which he would put on a horse and lead
the creature out, when a airkening sight
,^T 1 a”? 1 *”*• . arm< ' <l With clubs
an] poles, would beat the poor animal to
deatn. As soon as one would fall in | tll
**'*’>'■ -vc„ before p *,*, d( . M ,,
the squaws would rush ad ii with I heir
r n4 cut front the carcass the most
4e*iraM* portions ~f the flesh for lh
banquet that wa U> follow lb cremation.
Sainta Clau* Surrenders.
* 4jfpll?> e
"Surrender! Why, of course, my clears—
Both hands are up, you sec!
I’ve Just dropped down to find that you
Have got the crop on me!"
—1! ■' .: I
When the last horse was killed there was
a brief time to rest before the final por
tion of the ceremony.
Here occurred a pathetic incident,
which puts in evidence a fact, sometimes
denied, that Indians are capable of senti
ment. One of the mourners was a son of
Honaka. He was only about 2i> years
old, and was entirely overcome with
grief. He had taken a position close to
the pile of wood which held his father's
body; and when the torch was applied the
youth, in a frenzy of grief, endeavored
to climb to the side of his father. He was
pulled back, though not until after re
ceiving serious burns.
After this incident the relatives and
friends of the dead man were called upon
for gifts for his use in the spirit land,
and then came a strange scene. The sav
ages, shrieking and dancing, stripped
from their persons their clothes and or
naments and threw them into the flames.
The spirit drivers then completed their
part of tlie ritual. They ran at full speed
twice around the wands, threw the pieces
into the blaze, and ran into the brush in
the river bottom to hide there until the
darkness came.
By sundown the fire had burned itself
out, when the feast on horse-steaks be
gan. All sorrow was forgotten and a
prolonged gorging-time was had from
which probably the madicine-man got
several new patients.
NETH EH MOLE'S NEW WORD.
It la n Synonym of “String.” “Jolly”
und Some Ollier Terms.
From the Boston Globe.
“I say, old chaps, you cawn't spouf me
now.”
It was Louis Nethersole talking, and it
was his first sentence spoken in America,
this year. He was escorting bis sister,
Olga Nethersole, the celebrated English
actress, across the gangplank of the
steamer St. Louis, and they were greeted
by many friends. When Mr. Nethersole
landed in America a year ago—his first
visit—he was met at the dock by some
acquaintances who, later on, had lots of
fun at the expense of the young English
man. Mr. Nethersole is a typical cockney
and so much so that the customs offi
cials threatened to levy a duty on his
dialect. So It was natural that on his
first visit, when lie asked if lie should
take a gun to Buffalo to kill the buffaloes
there, he was told to he prepared by all
means.
"Where do you go from Buffalo?” was
asked.
"To Indianapolis.”
"Then keep your gun,” said the wick'd
Americans, "for it is at Indianapolis that
you will have trouble with the Indians.”
And so it went for weeks during the
early part of laßt season. Time and time
again Mr. Nethersole said "Don’t spouf
me,” , Imt at the English sdgng word,
w'fiiclr means to joke, or to
upon, was not understood, the cockney's
warning had no effect.
Even the New York cabman recognized
Mr. Nethersole’s dialect, and spouted him.
He wanted to drive through Central cask
one day und bargained with a cabby lo
take him to the famous place. After rid
ing a fewrblocks the driver stopped his
horses In front of the arch at Washing
ton square and said;
“Here we are, sir.”
"Hut Ol say.” spoke up Mr. Nethersole,
'T cawn’t see much here. Where is Hie
blooming park?”
"Just walk through the arch, sir, fhe
park's inside, hut we are not allowed to
drive in there.”
As soon as the young Englishman p.ass
ed the arch the cabman whipped up his
horse.
"Here, there! Oi say!" yelled Mr. Neth
ersole. “I’ve been bloody well spool'd
again.”
But the cabman was far away. Before
i many weeks Mr. Nethersole had a choice
collection of spoufs, ami he began lo
! think twice when propositions were made
! to him. He profited by his experience
I and swore he wotlld he revenged when
| he came over the following year, am! lie
lias accomplished this. Last week Olga
i Nethersole was playing In Baltimore.
! Toward the end of the play Mr. Nether
sole rushed up to Charles Ford, manager
! of Ford's opera house, and in an excited
| manner stated that his sister was very
; sick and might die.
"iilga Nethersole sick?” exclaimed Mr.
] Ford.
"She looks terribly and is coughing her
[ poor little head off.”
Mr. Ford rail out of the theater and
: in a few moments came hack, accompa
nied by a physician.
‘‘Where is Miss Nethersole?" was a tktd.
"She's dying.”
"I have heard the bad news,” spoke
| up the doctor, “and that's why 1 am
j here.”
"Hut you cawn't see her,” Insisted Louis
Nethersole. While tny sister is dying,
| it's nothing serious. She dies every 'time
I we play 'Camille.’ ”
The angry doctor and the disgusted
i manager walked oft the stage and Louis
was hearti to say: “I spouted lhem ter
rifically." Ami this was the first spouf to
Mr. Net he! sole' H credit, am! the young
I cockney has demonstrated that lie is able
to compete with American jokers now.
Never Touched Him.—"No, Mr. Jones,
I I annul hr your wife, hut 1 will he a
slsirr to you "
'Well, that's ail right; that's what 1
j wanted to oak, but 1 didn't want to
| too abrupt about It."—The Courtier,
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1593.
ICE AND MOSQUITOES.
THE COMBINATION ENCOUNTERED
IN DREARY ICELAND.
The Kayaeker nn<l His Habits—The
Strange Land of Perpetual Dnrk
ness timl Endless Day—Erik the
Ited and the First Colony.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Greenland is an island. The researches
of Arctic explorers show this to be the
case, and Lieut. Peary has outlined Its
northern border. This island is estimated
to cover an area of 500,000 square miles. A
few evenings since I examined a map In
order to compare it with an equal area
wdth which we are familiar, and found
that if to the New England states we add.
the Middle states, then Virginia, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois and Missouri, we have an exterft of
surface about equal to that of 6reenland.
But what a contrast.
A railroad map of these states looks
like a mosquito bar of wire gauze, so
numerous are the black lines which mark
the railroad routes. Consider the im
mense traffic of passengers and freight
over these roads; of the size and business
enterprise of the cities connected; of the
thousands of square miles of fertile fields
and waving forests, and of more than 30,-
000,000 of happy, refined and educated peo
ple scattered over this area, enjoying ev
ery good thing allotted to man on this
earth of ours. Now cover this broad space
with a sheet of ice one mile thick and
we begin to comprehend the character
of the island under consideration.
Greenland is completely covered with
a thick mantle of ice. except a narrow
strip of rock from ten to fifty miles in
width along its western coast on which
live less than 10,000 people-just about the
same number as live in Braddock. There
is no soil, and, therefore, no domestic an
imals, no trees, no shrubs, no cultivated
anH Pf !'h for the i'°H lt<n ' s resemble marbles
™! hr ’? as i f re , tht ‘ Pinheads.
The water is ice cold and heated by
t0i S r he wHK 8 ? a, ? S St 0. to ? e ' ni, *' d w ‘th seal blub
fH i with twisted moss for wicks Th#*
natives live in miserable huts haif un
wuhß™'indwh?hde of stone and covered
with dirt, which are entered by the fam
ionr-° n i„! h 0 1 , hands anci knees, through
long, low and narrow passages. A little
, SI J .ffitors through dried sealskins
?™Tf tC k td i °Yf r a ,mne frame set in the
tw f ' et UIUi l , e furniture consists of a
lew stones for seats and the skins of
animals tor bedding. Their only sources
Pt.rev.epue art- seal oil, the bones and
LJubner of the whale, walrus and nor
-1 R ’■ the Kk ‘ns of Arctic ani-
The wn and ,h V feathers of birds.
The winters are very long: in the nortti
ern part of the island there are six months
of darkness, while the summer Is one of
endless days. In the month of August
1.5&4, our vessel was so disabled that we
barely reached the Arctic Circle Hfire
the sunset faded into twilight, tlie wi
light imperceptibly merge-1 into dawn and
dawn into the full light of day We
worked or slept according to circum
stances, being greatly favored in lung
excursions by the continuous twilight *
For glorious sunsets there is no coun
try like this. As the light graduaUv
disappears from the valley and fjords
leaving them in darkness, the sun Still
shines on the sides of the mount., n
tops, hathing the snow with
ng tints of rose, pink andcHmJon or
is roflectod from lars;p curtains of
' a midair from the
ing < lifts, making them to sparkle like
rubies, beryls and sapphires And at
the sun sinks behind the long line's of
hills every peak and dome is cloarlv ou°-
lined against the sky, the long streamers
s,rp fching toward the zo
: J 11 *!?: while everything around is bathed
j in the soft, mellow twilight, which con
tinues for hours. Such views oft re
- peated. few painters can depict, few po
l ets can describe. 1
The summer temperature scene ] to
- uniformly about 6y degrees low t than
I Pittsburg. When it was ?! j,-, Lti
It was 37 degrees there. Once -vat. - from
| outside the tent and once we hal a smin-
If Dressed in winter elothln
with mittens uml Arctic boots ar . 1 sleen
; ing in woolen bags, we suffered but litt'lo
from the cold, though living in an ordi
nary canvas tent for two weeks on the
border of the Inland Ice. We were how
ever, much annoyed by the rains, and of
ten surprised hv the wind
! There It rains on the slightest provoca
tion, and tin winds are as sudden and vio
lent as hurricanes. Nowhere on the fa. •>
of the earth does the wind blow as it
i some!lmes does in Greenland. Indeed
! Greenland winds have lieeome the standi
- ard of sudden and maximum aerial mo
tion. We had several Illustrations of its
power both on the land und on the water
Eternal vigilance was the price of safety *
Though our tent was bound down with
i exlra ropes and fastened with large slants
! twice during our stay in , amp two of our
nunioer labored all night Irving to bo
our tent from taking to itself wing* : , n ,j
dying away. The winds and the iam how
ever, were among the j. ust of our* trou
-1 hits*. They seemed natural to our tntiospj*
labia surroundings, but when (tse sun
shone brightly and reflected the light from
the snow, ice and rock, the swarms of
mosquitoes seemed decidedly out of place.
One day we encountered an army of
them. They filled our eyes, ears, nose,
mouth and neck. From them there was
no escape, and we were obliged to continue
our investigations for hours surrounded
by these tormentors. One of our number
who six weeks before had graduated at
Yale, priding himself on his manly beauty,
now with closed eyes and swollen face
presented the appearance of a price fight
er, just returned from the field of con
flict. Judging from their number and fe
rocity of these mosquitoes must have been
the direct descendants of those found in
the tertiary period and called the culex
damnatorium.
There are no roads in Greenland, neither
are there any in Venice. In the firs:
named country are fjords, the former
highways of glaciers, extending from the
sea a score of miles inland.
In Venice arms of the sea surround
islands clothed in beauty, while the gon
dolier, decked in, varied colors, stands
in his boat, plying his oar as he glides
over the quiet waters, enlivening his la
bors with a song. His northern brother,
clothed In fur, sits silently in his kayaok,
the cover of which fits tightly around his
waist, plying his paddle and moving swift
ly over the rough sea, along a bleak and
desolate coast.
The fabled centaur was half man and
half horse. The real kayaeker is half
man and half boat; the boat responding
as readily to his every wish as though it
was composed of flesh and blood, and a
part of his veritable self. The oomiaclt,
or woman's boot, is made of sealskin,
drawn tightly over a frame made of whale
or walrus bones. One that I measured
was thirty-one feet long, six feet wide
and four and one-half feet deep. They
are always manned by women, and though
not swift,, are large and commodious.
The kayacks, on the contrary, contain
hut one person, are from sixteen to twen
ty-one feet in length, eighteen inches wide,
pointed at each end, and can lie made to
move through the v/ater with great swift
ness.
When hunting the seal, a tripod Is
fastened in front of the kayaeker; on this
is placed a reel containing a long and
strong cord made of skin and sinew, to
one end of which is fastened the harpoon,
and to the other end a large skin hag as
a float. When the harpoon strikes a seal,
whale or walrus, by an ingenious contriv
ance the shaft separates from the liar!)
auu iliiais away, i tie shaft being of woorl
and therefore more precious than rubles,
is picked up and carefully preserved,
while the float indicates the locality of
the game.
One day while near the water, a seal
weighing perhaps 500 pounds was brought
~ ■ " dir -Mens the natives came
In haste and collected around it. One
man jumped on its hack, and, plunging a
iukw uaut a piece of the skin
about a foot square, and, pulling out
hunks of blubber, distributed them among
the crowd.
The lucky follows who seized them filled
their mouths til) their,.cheeks were enor
mously distended, then with a knife cut
off the protruding part close to the lips
and passed it to the next, who repeated
tile operation with apparent relish. As
fire Is scarce, their food is often eaten
raw, - and seldom more than half cooked,
anil as the water is ice cold, they never
bathe from the time of their birth to
their departure.
We who have a well-warmed hath room
at our command, with large tubs, mar
ble-topped wushstands and plenty of
soap and hot water, might justly be
blamed for want of cleanliness, hut if
we had been obliged to remain there dur
ing the winter, as one time seemed highly
probable, I fear we would have followed
the Esquimaux custom of anointing our
selves with oil rather than bathe in ice
water, which not only cracks the skin,
hut to many persons is a decidedly dis
agreeably operation.
The rocks of Greenland are principally
Laurentian slates and shales, which in
most places have been elevated to a per
pendicular position." The hills have the
peculiar confirmation that belong to niet
amorphic rocks. Though cracked and un
even, they seem hut little worn by the
elements, their tops and edges being sharp
anil distinctly outlined. There seemed to
have been no change in color, hardness
or composition since they were uplifted.
But little talus or broken rock was found
at the base of cliffs, but sometimes be
tween the rocks a little soil was found,
with patches of blue and yellow Arctic
flowers, whose petals seemed more glossy
and whose colors were more vivid than
those In warmer (dimes.
The sides of the locks on fjords gave
unmistakable evidence of recent glacial
action, here, by deep, polished grooves
far above our heads, and there by long
moraines of coarse rock fragments. The
view from the high points was wild and
gloomy; no jminted peaks with valleys
between, but everywhere a wilderness of
rough, angular masses of rock. No sign
of life was visible, not even a bird or but
terfly, a tree or shrub and the alienee was
oppressive.
The name Greenland Is a misnomer. The
well-known missionary hymn of Bishoo
lleber. "From Greenland's Icy .Moun
tains.'’ gives a more correct idea of this
country. In Ml, Erik, the Ited, .a banish--d
Iceland jarl, came to this country, and,
wishing to form a settlement, with the li
cense granted to real estate agent*. h<-
gavc It the attractive name of Greenland.
For a while his settlement flourutiosl, bat
limit.y succumbed to pestilence, and the
unnilty of tlie natives
Greenland is the jierqulslte of the King
of Denmark. In former times a revenue
was derived from seal, whaiu and walrus
oil. fish and furse. but of late years the
income has been small and the expense
great. The protection of the Danish gov
ernment is said to be continued solely on
the score of humanity, for, should their
protection be withdrawn, the natives
would perish.
The western const Is divided into two
districts, each district being in charge
of an inspector, sent out by the King of
Denmark. Over each of the dozen sett'.e-v
ments is a governor and lieutenant gover
nor. who have supervision of the natives,
adjusting the few differences which may
occur, distributing the supplies received
from Denmark, remunerating the natives
for work done, and directing the instruc
tion of the children. No stranger is per
mitted to land, and no trade can be cur
ried on without authority from those in
power. The government seems kind knd
paternal and the natives cheerful and
happy. Religious instruction has not been
neglected, and in every settlement provis
ion for Christian worship has been pro
vided .
In 1721 Hans Egede left a prosperous
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church in Norway and came as a mis
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zealously for fifteen years, planting nis
sions. which have been of great benefit
to the natives. As might be expected,
some of their early superstitions still
remain. We found great difficulty in per
suading any of the natives to accompany
us on excursions on the inland Ice, for
they believed it peopled with the spirits
of their dead ancestors.
We always found the natives kind and
willing, quick to comprehend, quick to
overcome difficulties, and apparently
strictly honest, for while many things, to
them of the greatest value, were left
around our tents while we were far away,
nothing was ever missed.
Greenland Is an unfortunate country.
Though situated between America and
Europe, it Is seldom visited. Its shores
are dangerous to approach. No light
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lightships signal danger; no telegraphs
connect it with the civilized world. With
the Arctic ocean and Its eternal ice on
the north; with the east coast lined
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TOOK HIM TO THE CIRCCS.
How Mr. and Mr. AVigglesworth Es
corted a Neighbor’s Little Boy to
the Show.
From the New York Recorder,
“Mrs. Wetherbee sent over to know if
we would let her little Augustus go to
the circus with us,” Mrs. Wigglesworth
said, as her husband mashed his potato
at the dinner table.
"Well, wha'd ye tell her?” Mr. Wiggles
worth asked brusquely, as his wife hes
itated.
“I—l told her I didn’t think you’d care
to be bothered with—”
"There ye go!” Mr. Wigglesworth tes
tily interrupted. “I never saw such an
unneighborly woman.
“Why, I’m sure,” whimpered Mrs. Wig
glesworth, "I only meant to save trouble
for you.”
"Oh. yes, that's right,” her husband
growled; “lay it all onto me. That's the
way. Like to go waltzing round telling
people what a mean man your husband
is. don't ye? First thing you know I'll
up for some kind of office or other; then
you'll be sorry you started such things.”
With this accompaniment of growling
Mr. Wigglesworth, like so many other
men that day and every other day, work
eu his way through dinner. When they
started for the circus grounds, however,
little Augustus Wetherbee was along.
This was by special direction of Mr. Wig
glesworth.
Augustus was a round sort of boy, who
threatened every moment to burst through
the new suit of clothes that he had been
Inducted into for this particular occasion.
His little starched waist foamed over in
a wide expanse of collar, and a brilliant
yellow necktie fluttered in a huge bow
beneath his chin.
"We’ll have to hurry if wo want a good
se at. Mrs. Wigglesworth nervously said.
"Don't fret so;” her husband coolly re
turned; "time enough. Here; don’t do
that!" Tills to Augustus, who, to test
his shiny new shoes, had pranced out in
the street and was industriously scuffling
up great clouds of dust. “Come on the
sidewalk and behave yourself.”
nut Air. Wigglesworth had to chase
Augustus half a block before that young
Arab would shake the dust from his feet
and be respectable.
“Now, we really must hurrv,” Mrs.
Wigglesworth insisted, and with Augus
tus gripped tightly between them, they
put on a degree of speed that brought
them duly to the circus grounds, where
the eyes and mouth of their young
charge stood wide open with astonish
ment.
"Wait here till I get the tickets," Mr.
Wigglesworth commanded, as he flung
himself into the crowd that struggled to
ward the ticket wagon. When he got
back with his collar torn out his wife
was running distractedly up and down.
“Have you seen Augustus?” she
anxiously cried.
"Oh, yes; I’ve seen him,” Mr. Wiggles
worth retorted, with angry sarcasm;
"saw him up in the ticket wagon, ahead
of the whole crowd, of course. Had a
telescope in his hand and was looking for
a fool woman. What ye done with hiyn?"
“Why,” fluttered Mrs. Wigglesworth,
.I—l don’t know. I had him right by my
side and then I looked around—and he
was gone. Oh, Ellery; where do you sup
pose he’s gone?”
"Fishing, likely.” snapped Mr. Wiggles
worth; "ain't you got sense enough to
look out for a three-foot boy while I’m
risking my life in a mob? Here!" he
called to a policeman, "seen anything of
a snub-nosed, fat boy, making trouble
anywhere?”
"Yours?” the policeman asked.
“Naw!” snarled Mr. Wigglesworth;
"one my wife’s taking to the circus for a
neighbor."
I hey found Augustus by the lemonade
stand. One glass of the pink fluid he had
emptied down the outside of his tight
clothes, and he was soaking the ends of
liis yellow necktie in another glass as
Air. Wigglesworth seized him by the arm
and snatched him out in a horizontal man
ner.
"Quit that!” yelled Augustus, and it was
some moments before he and Mrs Wig
glesworth's fluttering spirits and Mr. Wig
glesworth’s temper could be adjusted so
as to permit their entering the big tent to
gether.
"1 want to see the elephants!” roared
Augustus, as they were hurrying past the
animals.
“Elephants nothing!” said Mr. Wiggles
worth, grimly; "We’re late now, and you'll
come along and see the performance or I
don’t know myself. None of your monkey
business," he continued, sternlv; "or I’ll
take and set the hummy-eye-hummy-evo
on ye. The newspapers say he ain’t had
a boy for more'n a week.”
The tent was crowded, and the ring ex
hibition well under way. Mr. Wiggles
worth's party crawled patnfuUy over some
giowling people, and wedged themselves
In on a narrow seat. ;
"Don’t ye let that brat kick me again.”
growled a bald-headed man.
"You mustn't kick the gentleman, Au
gustus,” expostulated Mrs. Wiggles
worth.
"Then make him quit Jamming my legs ’’
piped that young man.
The performance went on. First the man
with gum-elastic popeorn came up and
Stepped on the other kind that Mr Wig
glwvvorth had, whereupon Mr. V.'iggies
worth bought a package of the stuff on’the
express demand of Augustus, which com
mercial transaction had to be suopVment
ed, directly afterward by the purchase of
more lemonade to dislodge an irregular
shaped piece of the corn that had fasten
ed itself on the inside of the youth’s neck.
"What’s the matter with ye?” said Mr
Wiggles worth, shaking him up. “Why
don't ye look at the ring? Wha'd yo come
here for anyway?”
"I'm hot,” cried Augustus; “I want a
fan.”
"Yon want a thump on the side of the
head," yapped the bald-headed man turn
ink around; "and you’ll get it, too, mighty
quick, if you dribble any more of that col
ored lejnonade down my neck.”
"Yah-yah!” returned Augusut3, putting
his tongue out at the bald-headed man
"Augustus!" cried Mrs. Wlgglesworth
reprovingly.
But they brought him a fan, also a pack
age of peppermint wafers, a paper sa -k of
peanuts and a real song-book. Thou the
man and the woman came out, and errld
loud applause skimmed the milky way
with the flying trapeze.
“Hoo-ray!" screamed the audience, wild
with excitement.
"Hoo-ray!" cried Mr. Wlgglesworth,
clapping his hands.
"Hoo-ray!” yelled the bald-headed man
rocking back in his seat, just as Augustus
was dosing another deal with the lem
onade gentleman, and as the bald-headed
man. by this movement, pinned the un
happy youth's legs against the sharp edge
of the seat, the glass of lemonade shook
violently and emptied Itself on the polish
ed apex of the bald-headed man.
With a yell of rage he turned and caught
the offending Augustus a blow In the
stomach, and giving a loud shriek of
alarm, that young man doubled through
the narrow seats and disappeared from
view Mrs. Wlgglesworth screamed ip
VMggiesworth uttered a roar and smote
the bald-headed man with the atlekv
remnant of Augustua' popcorn. the bald
headed man cjlnohad film, and together
th* y rout-#! to th** ground.
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peded, the heir of Wetherbee, clutchlnff
madly at its rough side, was borne shriek
ing Into the midst of the startled per
formers, and was only saved from utter
annihilation by the baby elephant’s moth
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the strong man, who, seizing Auguxtus
by the broad, wilted collar, flung that
wretched individual clear through the ■•an
vas wail and landed him in the outside
show’s bass drum.
"If you ever undertake to unload on
me another boy, circus day.” hissed Mr.
Wlgglesworth to his wife, as he limp'd
painfully homeward. "I'll put my opinion
of you Into words that the wayfaring man,
though your own twin brother, could un
derstand.”
But Augustus got home the best wT
he could.
-Not the Blood—lf lam Killed. •';
claimed the bird, tragically, my hl" ,, u
will be upon your head.
Hut woman laughed scornfully.
"t should say not," ale- r>jaiafd. ...
Nh wax wilting to admit that the f(>' *
wloga and tall feather* would be ui"<
her bead, but It waa perfectly abauiii
l*ik shout blood.- Detroit Tribune.