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IN SOCIETY. Continued From Twelfth Page. "" were Mrs. IS. N. Sullivan, Miss vin Sullivan- Muss May Palmer, Miss .Mr. McGovern, Mr. Edward Has iani -Mr* Charles Groves and Mr. George Turner. Helen Epstein has returned from N ‘ lv York, where she has graduated honors from, the Normal College. Miss Elizabeth M. Shehan expects to "I" to-morrow to spend the summer in ~, North Carolina mountains. uartlia Whiteside has been visit ing at Tybee during the past week. Mr and Mrs. S. Herman, the Misses Jeannette nnd Miriam Herman and Mas ter Mi!ton Harman, left yesterday for At lantic city. Mr chariest Pritchard left for New York yesterday. Mr-- Ijeopold Adler and family will leave {or me North during the coming week. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Hutton and Chil ton have gone to Tybee for several weeks. y and Mrs. W. J. Lindsay left during •he Week to spend the rest of the season „t their cottage at Tybee. M .-s Angela O'Hyme, who has been vis itl'n.tr in Brussels, has gone to Paris. Miss Marion Cooper returned this week from Tybee. where she was the guest of th e Misses Morgan. Lassie and Etta Oliver will go to Charleston Tuesday to visit for several weeks. Mrs Louis Schultz and Master T. J. Schley leave to-day for New York, where the) will live In the future. Mr Harry Powers gave a very jolly fupper Friday evening for the. members „f the graduating class. The table was beautifully decorated with red roses, end each guest found at his place a pretty bouton mere. An interesting feature of the entertainment was the toasts. Mr. Carl ytern was-toastmaster and performed his duties admirably. Mcs Leila Gadsden of Summerville g't {a the guest of Miss Flora Dancy ai White Bluff. Mr and Mrs. Felix Parsons and Master Parsons of Dallas, Tex., are visiting in Savannah. Mr Adolph Sundheimer sailed last week for Europe where he expects to pass the summer. Miss Lila Cabanlsa has gone to Virginia for the summer. Horace A. Crane and Master Averiil Crane are at White Sulphur Springs for the summer. All Louis Barraon of Atlanta, was the gi ; f ,t of Mr. Maurice F. Meyer last week. Messrs D L. Wort small, M. N. Kohler, i* R Solomon and Milton Hymes, after ,l-pk's stay at Tybee have returned to the city- , „ Mrs. William Dixon is spending the summer at Beaulieu. Mi Miriam Lovenslein is visiting Mrs. Max Robinson in Martinsburg. W. Va. Mr and Mrs. X. Epstein will leave for Saratoga next week. ■Mc-s Nellie and Miss Stella Cohen are '■{siting their sister, Mrs. Werner Byck in Atlanta. Mr. J F. Sullivan left for New York during the week. Mr and Mrs. E. J. Eberhardt left last w-etk for Baltimore from where they ex pect to sail to Europe to spend the sum mer months. Miss Beulah Morris of Athens is visiting relatives in the city. Mrs. S. Josephson and daughter of Ma con after spending a week at the Hotel Tybe- have returned heme. The little friends of Miss Naomi Schaw Pav’r her a delightful surprise Friday right. Among those present were the Miss s Blanche and Eva Crawford, Car re and Nflla Allan. Ethel and Marie Phillips. Louise Fulton, Adele Peck. Sid le. Williams, Josephine O Connor, Glad'S Gould, Etta Boushelle, Es’her Fason. Annie Wells. Masters Allens, Medio ks. Well. Peck and others. Mr N P. Sohon and Miss Naomi Schon lef, fer Europe Monday night, while ahead they will visit Copenhagen. Den mark. and the Paris exposition. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Davidson and Mas ters John and Antonio Davidson of Au gusta are at the Isle of Hope. .Mrs. M. D. Abrams. Miss Charlotte Abrams. Master Tracy Abrams left for Pennysylvania Thursday. Miss Anna Harmon is visiting Mrs. Wright in Waycross. Mrs. Mark Bchaul of Atlanta, came to Savannah this week to be present at the wedding of her sister. Mies Dora Fer lmski. ~ Mrs. Schaul is visiting her par ents Mr. and Mrs. J. Perlinski. Miss Dorris May Heilman is visiting her aunt. Mrs. A. E. Harris ire Macon. Mrs. Joseph Roos is visiting her daugh ter. Mrs. Alexander E. Harris in Macon, end from there will accompany Mrs- Har ris and her two boys to Indian bpfings. One of the most enjoyable events of the v. k was an evening sociable given Thursday bv Miss Maggie Bubee in honor o' Miss Annie Icou Carr of Augusta. Among those present were Misses Ma> Wai Maria Larkin. Maggie Pape. Mag gie Bubee, Teresa MoGreal. Bessie feim tnw.-. Annie Lou Carr. Mary Roche Ad die Sievers, Messrs. James Hull. Eddie Wall, James O’Driscoll, John- Carrick. James McDonald. George Patterson, Joe Dailey, James Smith. John Rourke. Chris Hansen, Gordon Luces, and Hugh Dtckin for. Miss Florette B. Ruseak of New York, who has been spending the week with her aunt. Mrs Wolfe of Macon, at Hotel ry be, returned to the city, ana is now the guest of Mrs. So). Hirsch. Mrs, Henry TANARUS). Robider and the Misses RohWeT, will he the guests next week of t'ol and Mrs. David Potter Rose, at their summer home, "Rose Villa," in Camden county. Mrs. Louis Schultz, accompanied by her little son, J. TANARUS., leaves to-doy via the 1 ’l int System, for New York, which place they Will make their future home. Mr. Chas. T. Cox and daughter. Miss LulsHe will leave Friday on the steamer Na.oochee. to spend the summer on the New England coast. Mrs. B. 3. Austin has gone to Char lottesville, Vs., and other resorts farther North, and will not return until Nov. 1. Miss Stella Stroua leaves for White Gprlngts, Fla,, Monday for ten days, Mrs. A. Jerger, little Mildred Jerger, and th t Misses Emmie and Ida liarnwe.t, Dave Sunday night for Saluda, to spend the summer. A pleasant party to Warsaw Island Thursday were chaperoned by Dr. and Mrs. F. P. Blanche. The others present were Miss Kate Branche. Miss Gladys Taylor. Miss Oliva Kent. Mies Hastings, Miss Julia Dahes, Mr. Stoppelbein, Mr. IN ter Scon, Mr. Joe Kent, and Mr. Ran eom Davis. Miss Mary Davis was hostess Friday rv enlng at a very charming salmagundi 1 nrty, in honor of Miss Margaret Bonner of Norfolk. Miss Marie Scovtlle won. the 1 idles’ prize, which was a beautiful fan, atitl the gentleman’s prize, a sliver mount 'd 1 otnb, was won by Mr. John Elton. Jr. Among the guests were Misses Janie bhuptrine. Nina Cherry, Alma Cummings. Bertha Thompson, Anna Anderson, Kath erin,. Prosser. Katie Brown, and Messrs. Bend Sweat, David Furse, Arthur Cherry, Bety King, Herbert Stillwell, Walter y 1 ill well, James Courvoisler, Allen Craw f,ird nd Findley Walton. Society lu Wlicrofi. Mu- reception tendered the visiting spon eors and maids of honor at the reunion of onfederate veterans Wednesday evening " ns a pleasant affair and enjoyed by all j' r 'seiit. The entertainment was given ut ue Southern Hotel, and was tendered vis mg ladles by the sponsors and maids of '""or of the local camps. The marriage of Mr. Henry AgWlhen and Miss Mamie Bradley Tuesday evening next will attract a large crowd to the new Trinity Chueh, where it is to occur. J he young people are popular in the town. The bride is a daughter of Mr. w. H Bradley, a steward of the church, and the groom is himself an official member. The bride has long been prominent in church, Sunday School and leugue work. This will be the first marriage to occur in the now churJh, and the ceremony will bo- perform ed by Rev. M. F. Beals of Reidsville, a former pastor of the church here, and a special friend of the contracting parties. Mrs. J. M. Holland and Miss S. A. Clark ol St. Petersburg, Fin , were guests of the Southern Wednesday. Mrs. J. B. Nunez has returned home from Aliph, where she was called by the illness and death of her lather, Mr. J. Cline. Misses Sadie and Clyde Miller are spend ing some time- at Pablo. Capt. C. A. Sheldon has as hia guests bis daughter, Mrs. B. Frank Moore and little son, Frank Sheldon, of Valdosta. Mr. George Smith and family will spend awhile ut Charleston. Mrs. James Smith -and her daughter, Miss Annie, are visiting in Thomas villa. Mrs. W. J. Smith and her two daugh ters, Misses> Nora Bee and Ada. will spend some time at St. Simon. They leave in a day or two for that resort. Several wedddings are booked for the near future at the pretty little town of Manor, west of this city. The Sunday School of Manor will picnic at St. Simon July 30. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Hawes of Bainbridge were visitors to Waycross Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. K. O. Bee will spend three weeks at Bithia Springs. Mrs. B. I\ Siudley of Manor is visit ing Mrs. Rena Woolen. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Van Dyke of Thom asville were guests of the Southern last Sunday. Years ago they were residents of the Magic City. Miss Sears was one of the visitors from Ruskin on the Fourth. Miss Janie Wall of McDonald was in town Wednesday with friends. W. H. Mullins and family have moved to Bake City, Fla. A pleasant pound party was given Thurs- i New Native Arrivals. jay night et the home of Mr. W. R. Mel lon, north of the city. Miss Lela Page has gone to Waresboro and will spend some time in the ancient capital of Ware county, the guest of her sister, Mrs. C. A. Bennett. Miss Loie Deen. after spending a cou ple of weeks with her aunt, Mrs. George W. Deen, has returned to her home in Baxley. Mrs L C. Malt ox has returned to her home'in Hotnerville. accompanied by her niece. Miss Anna Belle l-atiier. Miss Lizzie Bird is spending a time with Brunswick friends. Mrs. Horace Bouchelle is visiting friends in Thomasviiie. Misses Annie Snider and Ada Williams came In Wednesday to the reunion trim Sunnyside. Miss Ethel Purdom is assisting Prof. H. M. Johnson with the Manor School. Miss Allie Hughes, a charming Black shear belle. Is visiting in the city. Miss Eugenia Livingston Tucker gave an entertainment in elocution last night at the armory for the benefit of the Way cross Band- Mrs Jav gave a delightful party on the Fourth. Miss Annie Peach won the cake awarded the prettiest girl in the room. The Knights of Pythias will carry a big crowd to St. Augustine, Fla.. July 11. It is the occasion ot their annual picnic. Perhaps the most enjoyable social func tion in Waycross this week was the re ception tendered Miss Lillian McKey by Mrs. Edward S. Paine, at her elegant home on Pendleton street. Thursday even ing Mrs. Paine was assisted in enter wining by Mrs. B. Franklin Moore of Valdosta. An unique feature of the en tertainment was an "art gallery, which was displayed a magnificent collec tion of the masterpieces of art, and the guessing contest was greatly enjoyed The class progressed beautifully under direc tion of Mrs. Moore, and Miss McKey was awarded the prize. Delightful music was rendered by Misses Beavers and Herring ton The Paine residence was most taste fully decorated for the occasion, and the daintv refreshments were greatly appre ciated by those who were so fortunate as to be present. Miss Kate Johnson entertained the vis iting sponsors and maids of honor at the reunion with a delightful ride over the city in a beautifully decorated carriage. Miss Maggie Crowley, sponsor for Way cross Camp, had as her maids of honor Misses Annie Paine, Jennie Marshall, Kate Johnson. Hattie Grace, Gussie Sharpe and Daisy Perham. Cider. W have a nice line of cider In bottles, pure and genuine, from the celebrated establishment of Mott & Cos., of New York. The Russet Cider and the Crab Apple Cider are very good. Llppman Bros., cor ner Congress and Barnurd streets, Sa vannah, Ga. —ad. A Receiving Teller. A receiving teller at a good bank said that he was about to get sick. He felt tired all time; sleep did not refresh him- felt as if he ought to take vacation. A Pharmacist put him on Graybeard and two bottles completely overhauled him and made him about as good as new. Get Graybeard at all drug stores. Gray beard pills are treasures—22c the box. Respese Drug Cos., Proprietors.-ad. American Whiskies. Llppman Brothers carry In stock tha most noted brands. Antediluvian Is a celebrated whiskey, bottled by Osborns of Nsw York, and ara safe m saying It is one of Ilia best whiskies In the city. The Peoria Rye 'Whiskey, bottle In bond by Clark Bros, of Peoria, 111., la also a fine whiskey. The Peerless whiskey, bottled In bond et Hendersonville, Ky., being under the su pervision of the United Btates government, insuring purity and strength. Llppman Bros, are wholesale druggists, but they Intend to retail these fine whis kies .—ad, THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 8. 1000. THE NATIVES QF THE CAPE NOME COUNTRY. Struggling for a Precarious Living With Untold Wealth in the Sands at Their Feet. Mot Ingenious ihorigines lit All %orlh %me rica—\ooow*i > , the Mother of Invention, Has Taught Them How to Combat With Success the Severest Rigors of an Arctic Cli me—Their Fondness for Hard tack and W binky. and Their Danger From the Latter. Some of Their Customs and the Curious Houses They Uni Id. (Copyright, 11)00, by F. S. Dellenlmufth.) N>w York. July 6.—Never, probably, has the irony of fate been more distinctly ex emplified than in the now famous Cape Nome mining district and the contiguous regions from which for centuries the na tives have with great difficulty extracted a precarious living. Indeed, the traveler accustomed to lands abounding in food plants, and game, and timber, bows to these people with a kind of reverence as his eye ranges across the vast desolation, and his senses realize the difficulties which they have so bravely surmounted. At first glance it appears to be an im possibility to sustain life there even in summer, and the thought of the long, dark winter with its frozen seas and drifting snows and lack of fuel is appall ing. Vet these natives live and are merry. hard-won pelts they have traded to the casual whaler for coveted steel ar ticles made far away in sunlands of which thfcy have no conception, and for cart ridges with which to continue their ardu ous seal and walrus hunting; nnd, alas! also for bad whisky to add further terrors to the many of the cruel winter—and all the time these poor people have been liv ing, or starving and dying, upon the sea beaches whose gravels embrace a fabu lous wealth of gold—a wealth so easily acquired that had they but known they might ail have easily become millionaires and purchased comfort and luxury. But that fate was not theirs. The gold be neath their feet means rather destruction than benefit to them. Should they be clever enough to grasp the situation they could lay by numerous nuggets against hard times and old age, but it is not likely they will. For, while the Eskimos, or Innuits, who make up the native population of Cape Nome .are a clever people in adapting themselves to circumstances, they are slaves, like some whites, to whisky, and are always on the alert to purchase it, so that with the advent of a great mining population, when whisky will be readily obtained. In spite of laws to the contrary, we may ex pect to see the Eskimo fade away till in a few years a iittle of their lan guage only will remin to recall the story of their long battle with their fearful en vironment. King Alcohol will doubtless speedily accomplish the extermination of a people that for ages has successfully de fied the Frost King in his most terrible manifestations. Then the ruddy faced Eskimo clad In beautiful furs and cleav ing the Arctic waters in his light skin ca noes will have passed forever from Cape Nome, and, if to be found at all, it will be on the other side of the Forbidden Ocean's gate; beyond the Bering Strait. Even then the Eskimo will be in danger, for, as gold is evidently scattered liberally over the entire northern portion of Alas ka, the miner will soon be esablished in its bleakest corners, and the native will fall before his march. Heretofore they have possessed these tundra-barrens and ice-strewn beaches alone. Before Gobi Was Found. Neither Indian nor white eared for the treeless land, and the Eskimo pitched his tupik, or summer tent, wherever it pleased his fancy, and his earth-and-driftwood winter home was located with equal free dom. - At Cape Nome now all is changed, and similarly at other points even fur ther north. The Eskimo sees the lands he considered his own claimed and occupied by others, who in a few days extract more wealth from the earth than the whole Es kimo tribe lias jiossessed in all lis centu ries of existence. And the Eskimo gath ers driftwood tosellto t lie new-comers; the women with their customary laxity, sell ing themselves to the desires of the min ers. On such terms s these have they become a part of the populalion of Nome City. While their original life was terribly hard amidst their awful surroundings, despondency had little place in their com position etui for them the long night of winter, when only the stars beam on the Icy atr. held no terrors, provided they were able to secure an abundance of seal and walrus. Songs and dances and other so-, cial amusements passed the time happily away. At times of famine they suffered greatly, and mothers would leave their little ones sometimes out in the snow to die. Hunger is a cruel thing find in the barren snowland is more to be dreaded and feared than anywhere else. The Es kimos have always been the most norther ly people on the continent, and in forcing the frozen land to grant them subsistence and shelter they have shown an Ingenuity that is extraordinary. From skins and bones and chance bits of wood they have made excellent boats, sledges, utensils and numerous useful articles, while the very cold itself has brought Into being house* that for Ingenuity of construction stand unrivaled 1n all the world*. Habitation# of anow are not the only reliance of the Cape Nome Eskimo, for the reason that the Alaska shores furnish considerable driftwood, especially below Bering Strait, from which, with graes and earth, a substantial winter house or iglu is made. Sticks of driftwood or whale l ibs ore set up and combined so as to form In frame similar in shape to un ordinary cabin- All over this frame smaller sticks are laid, and upon these grass and finally earth. In the colder regjons a subterra nean entrance is made Which leads to a trapdoor in the floor, and thus the Inrush of cold air Is checked. When an iglu of this kind can not be built, blocks of snow are need to form walla about as high as a 4uaii s I read, over which a canvas is spread on beams or stick® of driftwood, or lh§ poles of the summer tupik. The room thus formed is reached through a snow-covered passageway some ten feet long, entrance being had by a low door and light being admitted by a window above it closed with membrane taken from the intestines of seals, which is translucent, and in appearance resem bles t ie paraflne paper that is wrapped around caramels and erther sweets. Even the fireplace, w hen there is one. is formed in the passageway of snow slabs, and is about two and a half feet square, with a *tick across it for suspending a kettle. The first fire melts the surface of the snow, but, not being constant, this melt 'd surface freezes hard and afterward is little affected by the heat. Fftkimo Snow Honwcu. While the Eskimo, who are scattered along the shores from Prince William sound, Alaska, clear across the continent to Greenland and Labrador, are a won derfully homogeneous people and spook practically tlje same language e verywhere, i here are variations in their customs due io local conditions. The Cape Nome na tive. for example, has a greater abund ance of driftwood, and has, therefore never been so dependent on oil for fuel. For the same reason his house is con siderably different from that of the Es kimo in the central continental regions There the familiar dome-shaped snow house is common as well as in Greenland, and this house is a triumph of Eskimo skill. Blocks of snow of oblong shape are cut out of a convenient bank with a sfeel saw. or an Ivory snow knife, the excavation (bus begun forming the be ginning of the room. The blocks are laid around In a circle, the first one being beveled down toward the starting point, so that when the cir cle of snow blocks arrives at Ibis place they rise upon the Incline of the first block without a break and thus spirally approach the center overhead, where a keyblook is finally Inserted to hold all firm, and c ompleting the dome- the only dome or arch used on this continent be fore the coming of the whtles. When there is light these houses do not need windows, as the snow itself is translucent, but windows of clear freshwater *ce are usually added; while at night and through the long winter darkness both light and heat are obtained from another clever in vention of these extra-ordinary people, a lamp, and they are the only people on thl continent who used an aid of this kind. Necessity in this case. a In many oth- 1 A Lady of Nome. ers, was the mother of invention, for with out the lamp the Eskimo In the more lar ren portions of tile snowland would have perished. With It, however, and with his snow iglu, called iglugeak, he defies the elements, and offers about the best illus tration In all the world of the ability of man to adapt himself to his environment. Where the Eskimo can avoid It, he does not build the Iglugeak, but In some re gions he has small choice, and especially when on hunting expeditions is it a ne cessity. Two men will construct a very good iglugeak, which will shelter them on the coldest night, in two or three hours. Near all tile permanent houseß a frame structure is usually creeled for the sforage of all but the h avlest articles out of reach of the dogs. Last winter dogs were In such demand at Dawson for the purpose of reaching Cape Nome at an early date that In some cases they solil for as much us four hundred dollars apiece. Fine dogs of the collie breed have been sent up to Aelaska from the United States, and have b en found to be admi rably adapted to the work. One collie In a team of Eskimo dogs is of great value, as he is a'le to keep them In order. The Care Nome and oth r Eskimo do not as a rule r!de on the sledges, but in the e ntral regions of the continent the driver usually sits on the load and urges his team forward from that position. Va riations of this kln<l are due, Ike the changes snd the style of the houses, to local conditions. An abundance of wood and a milder climate, for example, wou'd probably soon completely do away with the lamp. In form this utensil Is some what like the half of a large shallow sau cer and Is made generally of soapstone, though It Is sometimes of burnfd clay. Oil for the laimit. The wick Is simply a bunch of dry moss, and the oil is that obtained from the blub. b<r of the seal and walrus. In winter the freezing breaks the vessicles of oil, so that the fluid Is easily extracted, but In summer the blubber Is chewed and tbs |i We carry all sorts of Good Trousers But none that sat isfy as fully and unreservedly as The • Paragon Pants. The Name tells the whole story. Summer NECK GEAR f®] Finishers Our “ Negligee” ability is ¥ emphasized in otir boundless lines and varieties of Cool Finishings lor Men. Manhattan. Examples of Shirt Perfection, from the formal Full Dress, to the Freest and easiest of Negligee Creations. Colombia $ 1.25 Shirts Reduced to 90c Net. White Lisle Underwear. The Lightest Weight known $1.25 Per Garment. Mull Night Shirts--Pajamas. B. H. LEVY & BRO. chewer spits the oii from time to time Into a receptacle provided. It was this practice, misunderstood by early travelers, which gave rise to the, reports of enor mous consumption of oil by these north rn people. It is now claimed that they eat little more fat and oil than other races, though their diet is chiefly meat the year round. They are extremely fond of wheat bread and hardtack, and a present of these pro ducts of our kitchens is received with the same relish and eagerness that our youngsters bestow on the daintiest sweet cakes or bon-bons. 1* must certainly be a great relief after a long and steady diet of seal. When the warmer days of spring arrive both the snow and tlie earth iglu grow damp and even wet, the low entrance passages of their houses fill with water. Then they are abandoned for the summer, and the tupik, or tent, is erected. This is made of poles covered with skins, but In these latter days in the Alaska region canvas tents of the "wall" pattern, obtained by trade, are largely used. These are comfortable and warm, es pecially when the sun Is shining. The interior then is extHSiely pleasant. A mat of grasses or rushes Is spread on the ground and the family sit or lounge about enjoying life, some perhaps en gaged In sewing or boot or basket mak ing. Their boots are waterproof and are preferred by many miners to our rubber boots, because of their lightness and du rability. Their baskets are made from long colls of grasses about as thick as one's finger, and held together by cross weaving with smaller strands. The tents and houses are always near the shore. The boats, therefore, lie near by, and they are of two kinds, the umiak, or I irge traveling boat, capable of taking two or three families or thirty to forty persons, with ease; and the kayak, or hunting ca noe, which ueuul'v is made for one person only. Both these craft are made from slender poles and walrus hide, and for in genuity of construction they will compare favorably with any boat in the world. The Kayak is light as a feather, and, urged forward by the i-kd.lul paddle, seems to skim the water more like a bird than o boat. As 1t If entirely covered over tx ceptlng a small hatchway. In which the occupant sits. It can be launched In stormy weather and will ride through heavy seas. An apron is so arranged that it can be securely tied around the waist of the navigator, and It is then an Impossibility for water to find an entrance. In case of a capsize the native simply rights himself again by mean# of his pad dle. and the Norton Sound Eskimo turn over end come up on the other side Just as a matter of amusement, the double bladed paddla being the prime importance In the execution of this feat. When it is stormy two or three men will sometimes t ike up the kayak and Its occupant and toss them beyond the breokers. By the Russians the kayak was called a baidarka, and the larger boat, the umiak, a baldar, Eskimo Navigation. The Eskimo travel considerably dis tances In the umiak, which Is fitteed with a sail, and some from the Uiberlan side of the strait come over to Fort Clar ence and the shores down to Cape Nome for the purpose of trading. The Siberian LOGIC! The virtue of dealing with the house (in any line) that does the largest business is apparent in many directions. Great de mand lessens the possibility of accumulating “dead” or obsolete stock. Advanced methods are absolutely necessary to hold a large patronage and the ability at all times To Get What You Want, And When You Want It, Is the logical basis of mutual satisfaction and pleasure. THIS IS THE ONLY HOUSE, IN ITS LINE that logically comprehends the popu ular requirements and the fulfilment of all expectations. __ THE STEJN- . BLOCH DOUBLE R 7 BREASTED SW/MA 1599 A A ■ L Jr 9 I Copyright 1899. Stcln-Bloch Ca, Eskimo originally sailed across to Alaska, so that it is evident that the waters of the strait have been no obstacle to the Jour tieys of the Alaska natives. Their cus toms are full of Interest io the ethnologist and have been described by Boas and Turner and Murdoch and other travelers in the far north. The marriage relation is very loose. Polygamy is common, an l In some districts the reverse Is practiced, two men marrying one woman. They seldom steal from each other, but they Will take, advantage pf a stranger if an opportunity is offered. Like, many Indian tribes, the authority of the chiefs Is some times hereditary. There is nothing war like about the Eskimo and they appear to be tractable, so that the missionaries who have gone to the Alaskan field tnay yet be able to save them from extinction. The government has established a reindeer station north of Cape Nome atiout sixty miles, at Port Clarence, and it l the Intention to Instruct the natives in the care and breeding of these animals which find abudance of food on the tundra In the shape of the abundant reindeer moss. The reindeer, under the name of caribou, is found wild In. Alaska, and It Is believed that the tame variety will thrive, thus giv ing the Eskimo another source of food. It would seem that one or two mining claims might Justly be reserved for these poor people to work under proper govern ment superintendence, that they might dig out a little comfort from the barren soli on which they have struggled so long to maintain their existence. With some money, no whiskey and one or two de voted white teachers, the natives of Cape Nome and their brethren north and south might yet become useful citizens of our Arctic province. F. S. Dellenbaugh. PEARLS, RUBIKS AND EMERALDS. I Present Sonrees of Snpply Are Either Exhausted or Nearly So. New York. July C.—Occasionally changes of fashion In gems afreets, for the time being, the Interest with which they are regarded. Pearls, at present, are high In the public favor, and the price Is steadily advancing; not alone, however, front the Increasing demand, but also because of the difficulty dealers find In procuring them. Oriental pearls frem the Indian ocean are every day becoming scarcer. The fisheries are practically exhausted, and unless tha project now in motion to plant deeper beds shall prove successful, the gems will continue to rise in value. Perfectly rounded spedme* of fine lustre and opalescent tint command from SSOO to $2,1100. There Is hardly another pres clous stone that varies so greatly In qual ity as the pearl. Its range In price being from about $26 to $125 a grain. Pear-shaped pearls, refireseuting n pe culiar type, ore very valuable, and this fact Is now accentuated by anew way of wearing them. A large proportion of, these oblong gems are to make up ns danglers io hang in front of the stock collars so generally worn by women. They have ai their small snds little pointed caps tilled with rose diamonds. The cap proper la mad* of platinum. The delicata china Comfort Abides with wearers of Stylish, Well-Made and Correct Hitting Spanish Linen Suits Crash Suits. White Serges, Blue and Black Serges, Fancy Flannel Suits, White Duck Pants, Linen Pants, White and Black Alpaca Coats, Mohair, Sicilian and Pongee Coats. No sucb aTalanchc ol “Thins” elsewhere The Latest Hats The Premier Makes to Select From. UC'jiGNtP Straw Hats Lower. We won’t have a Straw Hat to carry over —Prices won’t permit—Newest Styles. And Still Newer Prices. Alpine and Stiff Hats. From Dunlap, Young. Stetson and others* We have your size. The Price Is Sore To Fit. u rs When a BATHING SUIT Fails you at the critical moment. IS 111 Sightly. Stylish, [Reliable; for Men, Women and Chil jdren. from which the dangler i suspended ia also of platinum, and simply serve* as a thread from which the gems may be sus pended. When about the neck this small chain invariably drops below the collar and is Invisible, while the weight of the pearls saves them from sinking into ob scurlty. and they remain perseptibly In place, dangling Just below the chin. Pear shaped black pearls are particularly smart when worn in this way. It suffl ciently large, one alone is effective, when moderate in size the usual custom la to wear three, ijometlmes an original soul will take pleasure In displaying a dangler of most unique design. Such an one that was recently seen wns made up of a per fectly round and exquisite pearl sur mounted by a tiny elephant composed of rose diamonds ami set in platinum. Tha whole thing was less ihan an inch in cir cumference. Many peridots, aquaram arlncs, topazes, and othc send-precious stones are made into these neck danglers. Naturally they are much le-s costly than the pearls, but wlimi tastefully mounted are full of charm. During the last year the yield of Irreg ularly-shaped pearls found In the fresh waters of tlte Dido, Tennessee and Mich igan rivers has been very small. A few blisters, however, of notable size and beauty have been brought to light. They are utilized by setting them In handsome brooches, buckles, vinaigrettes and purse lops, usually with an outline of small dia monds. These peculiar formations are caused by some foreign substance get ting under the skiu of the oyster shell and Irritating It to such an extent that It raises a blister. In this connection It Is interesting to know that the Chinese have been making experiments with the aim of causing the formation of pearl*. As related, their Idea Is to feed to the oysters a substance containing a stuff similnr to grains of sand. This it is hoped will form u lodgment in the oyster and then annoy It to such an extent that It will seek relief In throwing over the ob noxious intruder successive coats of mat ter. How far this Ingenious venture may succeed Is still a matter of speculation. Ah with Burma!) rubles, which are no longer found, the Oriental pearl will con tinue to pass from hand to hand even after the beds are exhausted. Changes in circumstances are constantly forcing the original owners to part with them and thus keep these Jewels In circulation. Emeralds are to-day the most sensation al stones In the market as regards ad vance In valuation. They have Jumped of late from $75 to $1(J0 a caret. This has nat urally been brought about by their scarc ity and that few are found entirely free from flaws, black specks or streaks run ning through them. A Delicious Smoke, The Herbert Spencer Is an elegant cigar and Is truly a delightful enjoyment to inhale the fumes of this fine tobacco; it lb exhilarating and delicious. See that the name ot Herbert Sper.cer Is on every wrapper ot every cigar, with, out which none ara genuine. The Herbert Spencer cigars are only sold by the box of 60, Conchas at $3.60, and Perfectos. $4.50 at Lipptuan Bros., whole sale druggists, Bernard and Coogrsae streets, ot this city.—sd. 17