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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1895)
UNSAVORY FOOD. What the Native Alaskans Like to Eat. Gamy Delicacies Which Tickle Their Palates. As Alaskan diet is peculiar, let us glance over the Eskimo menu, and while I present the dishes you—well, you can bold your noss. We need not mind the more simple articles of diet such as whales and walruses, but only the entres. The first and most highly esteemed of these is a fragrant dainty, justly termed tuplicherat (from the radical tupebartok, to smell). It is always made during the warm sea¬ son, at the time of the salmon fishery. The preparation, which is extremely simple, is as follows: A hole is dug in the ground close to the entrance of the barrabora, and this is filled up with raw salmon heads. After ten days of exposure to the sun tho hole presents a lively sight, for tho fish heads are in constant motion. A few days longer to allow the worms their full growth, and then the family gather to the banquet, and not a vestige of tbe putrified mass will re¬ main, “but the sceut of tho roses will cliug to it still. ” The next dish is also a favorite, equally fragrant and equally simple in its preparation—boiled eggs, The eggs commonly used here are those of the wild geese. Our natives distin¬ guish two varieties, which hitherto have never succeeded in winging their way to popular favor elsewhere. The first are those collected soon after the arrival of geeso. These “green” eggs are then exposed for a long time to tho genial rays of the sun, until they become sufficiently addled to suit tho nativo taste. Tho second variety is somewhat more gamy, and consists of eggs expressly selected later on, just as the period mother goose was con¬ sidering that her sedentary labors were almost concluded. I have watched (of course, from the windward side) a group of bou vivunts gathered around a fire devouring half cooked rotten eggs and constantly adding more to tho pot, until they were so completely gorged that, like drunken men, they would fall over, one by one, and sleep. “Kamamok” comes next. Compared with the others, it will appear delicious. It is u mayonnaise, consisting of stale fish roe mashed up with stale salmon berries, and highly flavored with stale seal oil. Tumutohok is the next, and very similar in composition. In place of roe,tho raw livers of a small specie of codfish are mixed with tlio berries and seal oil. We are now at the pride of the menu—akutok, tho choicest of Eskimo delicacies. This Arctic am¬ brosia is composed of salmon berries, seal oil and dear tallow. These in¬ gredients are boiled together, and when cool aro mixed with snow, a refreshing compound worthy to rank with soino of our ice cream. This glance at the diet of society in the “upper circle” will convince you that, my account of their odoriferous pro¬ perties is not strained. As might bo imagined, their foul food causes much sickness among them. Whenever any one is even slightly indisposed, lie will come directly to us, so wo always keep a quantity of medicine at the mission, Caster oil is of no use whatever, for we cannot convince our benighted in¬ valids that it is a nauseous remedy and not a delicious foreign cordial. We have to limit a dose to four table¬ spoonfuls and allow only one dose at sickness, relapses included, An old fellow called Avunok happened to have a slight attack of tho usual complaint (it was about the egg season)ftiud came to us for treatment. It was Avunok’s first introduction to castor oil. In the transport of delight ho unwarily exclaimed “ashertok!” (splendid). His complaint at once assumed a chronic form, with no prospect of recovery. He came twice a day, and and then three times. Unfortunately for him, the “ashertok’ ’betrayed him, so we changed tho treatmemt, and administered a tomato can of strong epsom salts, which immediate¬ ly wrought a cure. Strange to say, these people never use salt and have no relish whatever for anything saline. Pills present the same difficulty as t oil. our patients obstinately re- fusing “to take tliem”--for they will persist in slowly chewing up the de¬ lightful little bon bons. I let them chew till they finish the sixth, Aftei that, if more medicine is needed, it is epsom salts, in spite of all entreaties. Missionaries here must expect a great deal of medical practice. It is very important and serves, moreover to weaken the popular confidence in the tunroks, or sorcerers, who are called on „ to , periorm , their ,,. grotesque , antics ,. the sick. - , T Iu vicinity .’ . ., the ,, over our adherents of the old school of therapeutics have gradually disap pcared. Invalids no longer seek re lief from a “bal masque,” or hope for benefit from the sedative influence of the drum and rattle.—Portland Oregonian. The Sargasso Sea. The surface of it seems, says a writer, in Chambers’s Journal, like a perfect meadow of seaweed, It is supposed that this enormous mass of gulf weed may have been partly grown at the bottom of the shallow parts of the sea and partly torn from the shores of Florida and the Bahama Islands by the force of the Gulf Stream. It is then swept around by the same agency into the Sargasso sea. Where it lives and propagates, floating freely in midocean. And the store is ever increasing, both by addi¬ tion and propagation, so that the meadow grows more and more com¬ pact, and no doubt at the inner parts' extends to a considerable depth below the surface. Nor is this all, for at least two-thirds of all the infinite flot¬ sam which the Gulf Stream carries, along with it in its course sooner or later finds a resting place in Sargasso Sea. Here may be seen large trunks of trees torn from the forests of Brazil by the waters of the Amazon and floated down far out to sea until they were caught and swept along by the current; logwood from Honduras, orange trees from Florida, canoes and boats from the islands, staved in, broken and bottom upward; wrecks and remains of all sorts reaped from the rich harvest of the Atlantic; whole keels or skeletons of ruined ships, so covered with barnacles, shells n.nd weeds that the original outline is en¬ tirely lost to view; and here and there a derelict ship, transformed from a floating terror of the deep into a mys¬ tery put out of reach of man in a mu¬ seum of unexplained enigmas. Origin of Perfumes, Perfumes are of three distinct classes when derived from plants, and there is a fourth class which is of animal origin. Tho first class consists of the various odoriferous gums and resins, which exude naturally, or when pro¬ duced by wounding the trees which yiohl them, such as camphor, myrrh, benzoin, etc. This is the simplest and most ancient class of perfumes, and often employed in incense. The sec¬ ond class includes those perfumes which are procured from distillation. This art was known to the ancient Greeks and'Rom a ns, and is still resorted to. An essential oil thus obtaiued, (formerly called a quintessence) is not soluble in water though it is iu alco¬ hol. The best and most expensive is the attar, otto of roses, Tho third class of perfumes is obtained by mac¬ eration, or as it is termed by the flow¬ er farmers of the Yar, in the south of France, enfleurage. Tho fourth class of perfumes consists of those of an¬ imal origin, such as mask, ambergris, etc. Musk is taken from tho musk deer, a native of India. It is highly' prized as a perfume and is much used to mix with vegetable perfumes.— New York Telegram. Windmills and Tornadoes. The recent tornado which passed across tho State of'New Jersey and swept a part of Long Island demol¬ ished many of tho wiudmills erected to pump water for domestic and other uses. The destruction of these ex¬ posed structures has prompted their owners to look about for something more secure and less exposed to storms. Hot air or steam power may not be quite as cheap as wind power, but the engines are readily protected, require but a small space, aud are al¬ ways ready for * use when wanted, which is more than can be said ot windmills in this part of the country, where sometimes for days and weeks there is not wind enough to do any pumping.—New York Sun'.. LOST LETTERS Many Misdirected Missives Get Into Postoffices. Useful Hints About the Sending of Mail Matter. Every day about 9,000 letters are received at the New York postoffice addressed result . incorrectly. J As a Postmaster _ Da Y toQ wiU distribute cartls telhu « pe0ple how to 8end mal1 ma Her. Here are some of the suggestions on the card: Don’t mail any letter until yon are sure that it is completely and properly addressed. Don’t place the address so that there will be no room for the postmark. Don’t, in tho hurry of business, in addressing a letter, write the name of your own state upon it instead of that of the person addressed—a very com¬ mon error. Don’t fail to make certain that your manner of writing the name of an of¬ fice or state may not cause it to be mistaken for one similar in appear¬ ance. It is often better to write the name in full. Don’t faii, if you are in, doubt as to the right name of the office for which your letter is intended, to consult the postal guide, which any postmaster will be pleased to show you. Don’t fail to give the street and house number of the person for whom mail matter is intended in addressing it to a city or large town. Don’t mail any letter until you are sure that it is properly stamped. Don’t fail to place the stamp on the tipper right hand corner. “Don’t write on the envelope, “In haste.” “Iu care of the postmaster,” etc. It does no good, and tends Ao confusion in the rapid handling of mail matter. Don’t fail to bear in mind that it is unlawful to inclose matter of a high class in one that is lower—e. g., mer¬ chandise in newspapers. Don’t mail auy letter unless your address, with a request to return, is upon the face or the envelope, so that in case of non-delivery it will be re¬ turned directly to you. Don’t fail to give your correspond¬ ents your full address, so that a new postman cannot fail to find you. Don’t fail to inform your postmas¬ ter of any change in your address. Don’t trust to the fact that you are an “old resident,” “well-known citi¬ zen, etc., but have your letters ad¬ dressed in full. Don’t fail if you intend to be away from home for any length of time to inform your postmaster what disposi¬ tion shall be made of your mail. Don’t delay the delivery of any mail matter that you may take out for another. Don’t fail to sign your letters in full, so that if they reach the dead letter office they may be promptly re¬ turned. Don’t when you fail to receive an expected letter, charge the postal ser¬ vice with the loss until you have learned from your correspondent all the facts in regard to the mailing, con¬ tents, etc.—New York Press. Uncle gain’s Pensioners. The United States have two pen¬ sioners in Algiers, three in tho Argen¬ tine Republic, in South America! twenty-five iu Australia, twenty-one in Austria-Hungary, one in the Azores Islands, thirteen in Belgium, four in Bermuda, one has wandered to Brazil, seventeen have found refuge in British Columbia, two are at pres¬ ent located in Bulgaria, four live in Central America, six in Chili, eight have found homes in China, three are living in Costa Rica, five are in Cuba, Denmark has more than her share, there being twenty-four of our old soldiers now resident there; one has straggled to Egypt and one to the Fiji Islands. France is well provided, having fifty-six of our Civil War veterans; Gautemala has one, sixteen are at present engaged in up¬ holding the Republic at Hawaii, three are braving the yellow fever in Hon¬ duras, one is on Greenland’s icy moun¬ tains, three are pacing India’s coral strand. Italy has twenty-five, nine are living in the dominion of the Mikado, Corea has one, Liberia has two, two are living in Malta, two in Mauritius, fifty-eight in Mexico, ten in the Netherlands, four in New .Zea¬ land, three in Nicaragua, thirty-six close by the glaciers of Norway, six have found homes in Peru, one live3 in Portugal, five are residents of the Republic of Colombia, one*has somehow or other got to Roumania, three are living in the land of the , Czar, two in Siam, one in the island where Napo Teon breathed his last, and one in the island where he was born; one in the Society Islands, one iu the South Afri¬ can Republic, seven in Spain, thirty four in Sweden, seventy-seven iu the Republic of Switzerland, four in the land of the Turk, one in Uruguay and nine in the West Indies, this rec¬ ord forming a most remarkable testi¬ mony to the ability of the Americans to scatter themselves all over the face of the earth.—New York Telegram. Lightest on Record. A crowd of cyclers were awaiting at the ferry for the next Oakland boat, and were discussing different wheels and their weights. “I’ll bet I ride the lightest wheel in the crowd,” remarked a fat man, who weighed 200 pounds. All looked incredulous and one re¬ marked : “I don’t think you can ride a ma¬ chine much lighter than mine, I have a sixteen-pounder, and made to order.” “I’ll bet the W’heel I ride isn’t one third as heavy as any in the crowd,” offered the fat man, without appear¬ ing to have heard what the other had said. “I’ll take you,” said the man with the sixteen-pounder. The fat man went to the parcel de¬ pository and got his wheel. It was a remarkably fragile-looking piece of machinery. “One of those new eight-pounders, declared one the men. 4 ( He will lose anyway,’’said another “if it weighs over five and one-third pounds. The fat man mounted it and rode it ro und the walk. Then the wheel was placed on the candy man’s scales and weighed exactly five pounds. The wheelmen could not understand it,and all insisted upon lifting it, but it cer¬ tainly weighed no more than five pounds. That,” explained the owner, “is a five-pound wheel manufactured ex¬ pressly for my use by the firm I rep¬ resent. The tires, however, are filled with the very lightest gas that can be manufactured. You will ob¬ serve that the tires are inflated all they will stand. Well, if they were much larger the gas in the tires would carry that machine off, and it would lack about a pound of weighing any¬ thing.— San Francisco Post. Foghorn Experiments. A series of experiments with fog* horns, which will probably result in systematic investigation, have recently been made. In one of these a boat steamed directly toward a lightship from a distance of 4 1-2 miles. At 2 3-4 miles the sound of the horn be¬ came audible, and at 2 1-2 suddenly increased in loudness, and held the same intensity until the boat was within two miles of it. From 1 3-4 to 1 1-2 the sound could scarcely be heard, but after that it at once in¬ creased and became so loud that it seemed to be quite close to the vessel. Here the steamboat reversed its course, and the fluctuation was found to be the same. Again reversing, the sound disappeared and reappeared after 1 1-2 miles, became entirely in¬ audible at half a mile, reappearing again at a quarter of a mile, after which it steadily increased until the lightship was reached.—New York Sun. Appreciated a Good Horse. “I’m keeping the old horse, Charlie just for the good he has done me; not that he is now any account. ” This was said to a “Herald” man the other day by the owner of an old and worn out horse—just such a looking animal as we often see along the country road-side—turned out to die. “That old horse has earned me a wagon load of twenty-dollar gold pieces, and he shall have a good home and plenty to eat as long as he lives.” If all the owners of live stock would be as con siderate as this man there would be no need for humane societies.—Colusa, (Cal.,) Herald. Information Thrown In. “I would like a copy of Vidor Hu¬ go b masterpiece,” said the ladv who Qfld entered the bookstore. ‘‘ I doa,t think we have any book of that name, responded the boy behind me counter. “That is not the name of the work it merely describes it,” rejoined the iustomer. “Published lately, ma’am?” “It was published maa Y years ago. ,, surely , , have Victor Hugo’s you great¬ est -work?” “I don’t know whether we have or not. What’s the name of it?” << « Lay Mee Say Rabbi, > ?* the lady, desperately. replied “Oh, you mean 'Less Mizzerbles.’ Yes’m, bune. we’ve got it.”—Chicago Tri¬ Like a Venomous Serpent Hidden in the grass, malaria hut waits our approach, to spring at and fasten its fangs upon us. There is, however, a certain anti¬ dote to Its venom which renders it powerless ior evil. Hostetter’a Stomach Bitters is this acknowledged and world-famed specific, and it is, besides this, a thorough curative for strpation, rheumatism, la dyspepsia, liver complaint, con valeseence and grippe and nervousness. In con age it is very serviceable. Tnemusk deer and the civet cat are never found in company. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root cures ali Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet Laboratory and Binghamton. Consultation free. N. Y. demands. Friendship is always delicate in making its _ State op Lucas Ohio, City County. op Toledo, I ?s Frank J. Cheney oath f - makes that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that.said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL¬ LARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by the use of H all’s Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. } \ A. W. 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