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SITKA. Alaska. Oct. 20.
Via SKATTL.K, Wash.. Nov. 1.
Poor the Indian, will Boon be as
much of a tradition In Alaska as he is
In the Western States. Mont of the na
lives are p.irsIiik through what for
them Is certainly the dcKiadlnK process
of civilization. The Aleuts particularly
arc alianilolnn their nuili-nt costumes
ami otistoiiis and iipint; the iln-vs ami
niumiiT of the paleface. AmoiiK this
peopli- the aliorlKinal fur ciuincnts
have I n almost entirely replaced hy
the wl'.ite man's More clothes and the
aboriginal stomach Is 1c!iir slowly but
suifly eoriodi'd by the white man's
rum.
l'an nihetli'ally, I may remark that
the worst whisky on this fireen earth Is
sold rlrht here In little old Alaska. I
oui ;;!ve a t,rond-slz d n'jjwt for a
tcenuine Miinhattan cocktail, and I am
iiot what a Kentucky colonel would call
a drinking i:uin. tne feels the need of
a reully pure stimulant occasionally In
these parts. It Is doubtful If any man
would remain a teetotaler lonir In this
latitude. Good whisky In a blessing
here when It Is needed. It's like carry
Inn a (,;m In Texas. You may live here
all your life and never need It, but
when you do need It, you need It
"miKhty sudden." What Is ruining the
Alaskan natives Is not Rood whisky,
but bad rum red-hot tanglefoot, that
burns nnd bites like vitriol.
Hocan't Like the Native.
I have met the Alaskan native In all
his phases, from grnve to gay, from
lively to severe, and I am free to con
fess that I am not yet prepared to hall
him as a man and a brother. As a man.
he Is at best a rude apology; as a
brother, he would be a disgrace to the
family. He is about the dullest, slow
est, dirtiest, meanest coyote to be
found anywhere on the North Ameri
can continent, Philadelphia lawyers
and Cone Island photographers not
excepted, and, so far as the present
generation Is concerned, Is,' fn'tny Opin
ion, utterly hopeless. Something may
be done by the Government teachers
and by the missionaries to reclaim the
youthful Thllnglts, Eskimos and Aleuts
from their racial stupidity, but the
Alaskan Indian of to-day Is a pernic
ious and persistent barbarian, with all
modern improvements in the line of
savagery.
Since I undertook to prospect this
country for news specials, I have fallen
upon ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain. I have been In Sitka
Just four days, after an extended tour
of Alaska, and have taken two baths
every day. This Is Just double my
usual number, but for three months
previous every square inch of me, ex
cept my face nnd hnnds, has been a
slrangtr to water. You can't bathe In
the open nlr In Alaska, save In the
Summer season, nnd the Russians who
preceded the American pioneers neg
lected to build Ilusslan baths. You see.
It was part of the Czar's policy to
truckle to the prejudices of the natives.
with Thllnglts and Eskimos and Aleuts
In every accessible part of the great
Northwest. I have slept In the Igloo of
the kolosh, with sledge dogs lying on
my chest and greasy Eskimo babies
sticking their pudgy feet In my face,
half suffocated by the pot-pourri of
perfumes emanating from a dozen
human and canine forms, and I have
huddled under the Inverted kayak or
bldarka of the Thlinglt, with the rain
leatlng upon every part of me except
my head nnd a bitter east wind chlll
Ini; me to the marrow. As fate or
dained, I have made a meagre meal of
uiikan and seaweed cakes, or have
gorged myself en seal blubber and
moose steaks. I have discussed yukala
(a very line trout) with the Azlavlglok
hamlut and have shared shellfish with
,the Aleut. fTo my discredit be It said,
1 1 have tried to drink fusel oil and all
I the fearful liquor which the Ksklmo
! distills from flour paste, sugar, dried
fruit, berries, etc. I am happy to say
I that I have been wholly unable to do
so. That vile uecoctton wouui over
strain the bibulous endurance of a
liowery lush.
Long before I returned to this, the
cnnltal of Alaska. I learned to appre-
!,.l,it.k ne.n lh rtnor tient of a ehikshn
his mother-in-law. She U the actual
head of the family.
V'tau'i Rlcfcta la Alaska.
Women occupy an equivocal position
among the Alaskan natives. Their legal
rights are many, but until they become
mothers-in-law, their actual privileges
are few. A mother la practically the
Blave of her eldest son, although he
and the rest of her children take their
surname and tribal pedigree from her.
Instead of from their father. When
her daughters marry, however, her
sons-in-law become her serfs, and
thenceforward she enjoys sweet re
venge upon the male sex. The large,
ferocious-looking females In the pho
tograph of a croup of Alaskan women
I sent you a couple of weeks ago may
easily be distinguished as mothers-in-i
law.
i With that photograph I also for
! warded a tintype of a Thlinglt girl, the
belle of the village of Kanakanak, and
a snapshot of an Alaskan Indian In the
act of harpooning a seal. Toor Lo,
when I caught him with my camera,
was standing on the prow of the bara
bara, his harpoon poised for the lunge
at the frightened seal, an expression of
fiendish glee on his swart features and
his whole body bristling with the joy
fTCu II
AM! :
The Alaskan Indians have bathhouses
of their own, but, although some of
the most fearless desperadoes of the
Pacific slope have come hither, no white
man has yet been found with sufllclent
nerve to enter one of them. By the time
I get back to the States I hope to be
clean enough to enable my friends to
recognize me but It's an eyen chance.
' Tor thres months I have foregathered
fire, made of the dry vines of the berry
of that name. Now I am luxuriating
In the delightful warmth of a real coal
blaze.
The Varlnua Trlbrn.
Of the Alaskan Indians, the Fitkns
have been probably less Injured by civ
ilizing influences than any other tribe.
The Takus are more self-assertive and
taller, and have better features than
the average,, excepting the Chllkats,
who are much like them. The most
primitive are the Ynkutats, who have
the darkest skins. The largest men are
found among the Hutznahu. The Auks
nre the least Intelligent nnd have very
bad figures. The Thllnglts nre very
Imitative, nnd extremely shrewd. These
last are guilty of all kinds of offenses
ngninst the moral code, and would
rather lie than tell the truth any day.
I have known Thllnglts to lie when It
would have been distinctly to their ad
vantage not to do so. They relish a
rood lie as does an American a bright
joke.
Gratitude Is unknown among them,
nnd theft Is second nature. All the
men are born gamblers nnd both sexes
are addicted to the excessive use of
tobacco und rum. They are confirmed
skeptics and laui'li In their sleeves i:t
their chief idol, Yehl, even while they
are sacrificing to him. Even their be
lief In shamanism and witchcraft Is a
dead letter, nnd, us Christianity has
not yet taken Its place, they have no
faith. Polygamy Is as popular among
them as it is with the Mormons.
The Cheerful Koloali.
One thing may be said in favor of
the Ksklmo he Is the most persistent
ly good-natured chap In America. With
everything under the midnight Bun to
make him miserable, be laughs at his
frozen fate and finds humor In conges
tive chills. Pleura-pneumonia U a
huge Joke with him, nnd diphtheria a
delicate witticism. As for such petty
details ns food, clothing and shelter,
they are to him absolutely ridiculous,
lie cun get along with less of them
than any man on earth, except the
'Frisco Chinaman. I have seen him,
when the mercury was shrinking into
the lowest part of the bulb, trot around
with nothing on above his waist and
his feet bare. Nevertheless, when he
Is playing In luck, he will Bwaddle him
self in furs like a gay Parlsienne. It
tukes such a philosopher to eke out
existence In the Arctic Zone.
The Eskimo's cheerfulness Is the
more laudable In view of his relations
with his mother-in-law. That estima
ble ludy rules him with an Iron hand.
She bus by law, what she has by cus
tom In clvllzed climes, the right to dic
tate to him In every detail of his shiv
ery career. The Eskimo Vould not dans
to build a new Igloo or kayak or bldar
ka, to go on a journey, to Bell a bun
dle of furs, to buy anything whatsoever
or to cut his hair without consulting
of slaughter. His companion In the
stern of the boat was paddling swiftly
but silently, in irder not to disturb a
family party of seals a few rods away,
which the hunters also had designs.
It was a fierce and exciting chase, and,
though 1 felt sorry for the seal, I could
not but admire the skill and strength
with which the hnrpooner sent his slen
der steel plunging through the body of
the animal. This is a primitive method
of killing seals, but it 1s still popular
among the Thllnglts.
When I get more used to writing
with pen nnd Ink on real paper once
more, nnd when the genial warmth of
the modest hotel at which I am stop
ping shall have thawed the Ice In my
veins, I will tell you more about the
peculiar and picturesque peoples among
which I have lived these many weeks.
At present It Is an effort to think, and
my fountain pen Is still frozen.
MA UK FALLON.
KXil. AMI'S CHILD DltflVKARDS.
Thirty Thousand Women Visited
Ilnrroouis In One Night.
(Uy AnBlo-American Prvai.)
MANCHESTER, Eng., Nov. 1.
Lady Elizabeth Blddulph presided at
the opening sittings yesterday of the
Women's Total Abstinence. Union in
Bristol.
Mrs. Vanse (London) made a special
plea for children, saying that there
were hundreds of little ones In courts
nnd slums who went to bed drunk
every night.
They had parents who, for the sake
of drink, were willing to place their
chljdren in the care of people really
unknown to them, and themselves in
toxicated. In London alone, out of 80,000 persons
who went Into public houses one Satur
day night In the course of three hours,
over 110,000 were women.
The awful amount of drunkenness
among women must cause deplorable
wretchedness and suffering.
PERSONAL POINTS.
Ex-Secretary John G. Carlisle. In prac
ticing law in New York, will devote
liimstlf to pleading coses in court in
nead of confioiug himself to office
work.
Count Nicholas Esterhozy, who died
recently 'at Totis, in Ilungary, was well
known on the turf in England, Trance
cud Austria. lie gave orders that he
should be buried ju a red hunting-coat,
with ail tbe honors of thecbase.
Cougressmau Walker, of Massachu
setts, is the president's almost daily
companion, ue in Washington, be
tween four and live o'clock in the after
noon. The tie between the two men is
their mutual fondness for horseback
riding.
Col. R. G. Shaw, in whose memory
Boston has unveiled a statue, was
rather a poor student while at Har
vard and excelled in athletics more
than in study. He was extremely pop
ular und believed in having a "good
time."
Among the new recipients of honorary
degrees from the University of Oxford
are Wilfrid I.uurier, premier of the Do
minion of Canada; Sir William V.
Whiteway, premier of Newfoundland,
and E. L. Godkin, editor of the New
York Evening Post.
Kichard E. Gnlliennc seems anxious
their mutual fondness for horseback
to take the place formerly held
in London tsociety by Oscur Wilde.
He appeared recently on a bicycle
in a black silk costume trimmed
with cream-colored lace, according to
the London Tigaro, which also asserts
that his father is a respectable brewer.
JUST ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miguel A, Otero, who has been ap
pointed by the president governor of
New Mexico, is a leading citizen of Las
Vegas. He has held many offices and
Important positions.
President II. II. Vreclnnd, of the
Metropolitan Traction company of New
York city, was once a brakeman on a
Long Islund road, and his rapid rise
is often commented on by his old asso
ciates, who find In him to-day the same
friend of past years.
On his eighty-third birthday, which
recently occurred, Verdi, the great com
poser, wus seen at five o'clock in the
weekly market of the town with some
sheep he had brought in from bis farm
to sell. He also bought a cow and bad
a right good time with Lis rural neigh
bors. Hezekiah Butterworth is perhaps the
best known writer for juveniles; his
books for boys nnd girls have reached
a circulation of hundreds of thousands.
Mr. Butterworth, for nearly a quar
ter of a century the editor of the
Youth's Companion, now devotes him
self to writing books for young people
and traveling.
Gov. Black, of New York, who is a
young man in the forties, was a farm
er's son and one of a family of 11 chil
dren, yet he prepared himself, unaided,
to enter college at 18, and graduated
from Durtmouth at 22. He is now angu
lar, tull and smooth-shaven and is often
called "young Abe Lincoln." His long,
narrow head is covered with dark hair
and his face is built on square lines.
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The average walking pace of a healthy
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minute.
It is said that the patterns on the
finger tips are not only unchangeable
through life, but the chance of the lin
ger prints of two persons being alike
is less than one chance in sixty-four
billions.
Among the animals which surpass
man iu the ratio of brain weight to body
weight are the following: Among the
Ilodcntia squirrels and mice, among
the Primates many old uud new world
monkeys.
The bottom of the Pacific between
Hawaii and California is said to bo bo
level that a railway could be laid for
600 miles without altering the grade
anywhere. This fact was discovered
by tbe United States surveying vessel
engaged in making soundings with the
view of laying a cable.
Important papers, maps, charts and
good engravings can be successfully
preserved by brushing a very thin coat
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surface. This Is perfectly transparent,
and if nn important document is var
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It may be said that yesterday su
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accomplishes.
It Is difficult to sn3' who does the most
mischief, enemies with the worst in
tentions or friends with the best.
There is a prat btru'le between
vanity und jiatienee when we have to
meet a person who admires us but who
bores us.
Hew arc of prejudices. A man's mind j
is like a rat trap; prejudices creep in
easily, but it is doubtful If they ever get
out aain.
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nngry with the world, und ulso grieved
nt it; but no man cun ever be long din
contented with the world if he does his
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The better one is, the more good
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Say as little as possible about that of
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In private watch your thoughts. In
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