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THE WIN t .UAM TIMES, eTANUAJtY 2?`, 1893,
A PECULIAR} PEOPLE A CURIOUS WHALE HUNT
WITH VERY CURIOUS IDEAS OF A I HOW THE NATIVES OF THE SIBERIAN
FUTURE STATE,
.Snl'oittIons and Legends of tine Nutivos
of dr contend—Reliefs Regarding crew,
Goo—Manners and Ways That Were
Meld Qlljeetional)le by the Creator,
Besides Ewafki, of South Greenland,
the natives of that section have another
evil spirit wllonl they designate Tivig-
tuk, This Tivigtuk appears to corre-
spond closely with the devils spoken of
the Scriptures who entered the herd
of swine and sent them ploughing into
the sea. Every now and then a native,
when lie has a more than usually serious
altercation with family or friends, in-
stead of fighting runs away to tIle
mountains, where he lives a hermit life
and sulks. Then those at the settlement
mourn and declare that the man has
'Tivigtuk in hirci, Then they hunt hien
up, and if they find the recluse, force
him home, where he is watched over
until the bad humor ,passes away, on
which his friends rejoice, and say that
the Tivigtuk has become Senepa or dead
in him.
In some of their superstitions the
South Greenland natives are quite poeti-
cal in thought; as, for example, in re-
gard to the aurora borealis, in which
they claim that the waving shafts of
.light are the spirits of the dead Eskimos
engaged in kicking phantom walrus
skuulls across the heavens in a spiritual
football.
Itis curious that these far northern
people, both in South and North Green-
land, have the same idea of a Futuro
state as the American Indians, founded,
doubtless, on the same character of their
struggle for animal existence. Like the
Indian, the Eskimos believe the spirits
,of their deceased friends and relatives
go to a great place of hunting; but in-
stead of to a vast prairie over which
buffalo and deer range in vast herds, as
held by the former, the "huskie" spirit
hies him to a broad • sea in which are
countless seals, walrus and Polar bears,
and in the shores of which are tuctu, or
,reindeer, in quality beyond extermina-
tion.
:Besides these legends, the Peary party
,same across one in the north regarding
creation, which should afford special
.food for thought for the anthropolo-
gists. According to this legend the first
.man fashioned was white, and while not
•exactly pebloctu, or crazy, his mental
balance was of such a low order and
.his manners and ways so objectionable
that his creator was disgusted with his
'first attempt, and made another, which
.gave satisfaction in every way. This
-other and perfect specimen of manhood
was an Eskimo. If the belief of some
.anthropologists that the Eskimos are
the remains of the cave dwellers of the
stone age, this legend is remarkable as
'perhaps being the possible origin of
similar legends of other nations. If,
on the other hand, as seems more rea-
sonable, from their color, facial out-
lines, and peculiar shape and set of.
their eyes, that this strange people are
of mongolian origin, the story is still
remarkable as having been retained
'through all their wanderings from Asia
through America to their present ice-
1wund home, the tale losing only the
intermediate race creations.—Wm. E.
Neehan, in Independent.
Monday more Unlucky Than Friday.
Many years ago, when sailing ships
were the only means of communication
between. the different countries, super-
stition was more rife among sailors than
at the present time, These absurd fan-
cies were not confined to Jack alone.
Harper's Young People says they were
shared in to .a greater or less extent by
shipmasters and owners. Friday was
considered a day of evil, and the most
malignant results were supposed to at-
tend a voyage commenced on this day
of the week. In those times he would
have indeed been a reckless stripper wllo
would have attempted to sail on this
omened day, for the crew would have
broken out in open rebellion rather than
lift the anchor from the bottom or cast
off shore moorings. Since the advent
of steam many of these prejudices have
become as derelict as the ships on which
they were once entertained.
A true story is told of a skeptical
Massachusetts captain who, away bash
in the early years of the republic,
determined to exhibit the fal-
lacy of this partieular supersti-
tion. He contracted on a certain Fri-
day for the building of a ship, and it
was arranged that the keel of this vessel
was laid en Friday, th t she was
launched on a Friday, naffed Friday,
commenced'leadinge+(rn':ti-1+'rit ay,. and
the saltie day
he possibilities
named Friday
fully freighted t
hassled into the stream o
of the week. To"add to
of disaster, a negro coo
was engaged; and t11
with the t shni r n
se a e the , daysailed
on a Friday, bound to a port in the
West Indies. From that day to this Ito t
tidings of the ill -conditioned craft have
been received, Nut those of us who t
like Friday for` various reasons, but
chiefly because it leads up to Saturday, t
upon which days schools are closed, 1
Will be pleased to hear that it is not
half so unlucky a day as Monday, the i
I COAST KILL THE SEA MONSTER..
They First Ilttoy this Up so That Ile
Cannot Sink and Then They I111.
i patch Banti -4 Very Good Seafaring
ITarn,
Capt. E. .T. Gifford, of the whaling
' bark Triton, which arrived in port on
Friday, relates the particulars of an in-
teresting whale hunt of which he was a
witness. The natives of that region aro
people of low intelligence, their chief
employment being the capture of inhab-
itants of the waters that wash the
Siberian coast. These people have be-
come experts in the vocation that fur-
nishes them with the necessaries of life.
The story as told by Capt. Gifford is as
follows:
" We had been lying at anchor for
several days in a small and almost land-
locked bay, and had done some little
trading with the inhabitants of a 'village
about half a mile inland, One morning
all hands were awakened by a great
hubbub .on shore, the cause of which
was the presence of a •school of sperm
whales three or four miles outside the
harbor, In a short time ten canoes,
each •containing from six to eight na-
tives, put off and :,a.ade straight toward
where an.oceasional jet of water "nark-
ed the spot where the big fellows were
sporting,
"I was a good •.deal pictfNzled to know
how those fellows were going to capture
one of those huge animals, which is by
no means an .easy prey to the best
trained boat's crew, supplied with all
the modern appliances. 7.1he beets kept
close together and .approached the
school with great caution. When with-
in about l00 yards of the nearest whale
the canoes separated, and as the big fel-
bow calve up to blow they rapidly closed
in from three. sides. at once. The whale
by this time was lazily rolling in the
trough of the sea, apparently nnaware
of the approach of his enemies, So well
tiered was the approach of the canoes
that they were all within easy reach of
the whale when the leader gave the
signal to throw the harpoons, In a
moment at least thirty harpoons were
sticking from the shiny bank or the
whale and the.canoes shot back out .of
reach of the big flukes in less time than
it takes to tell.
"And here comes the strange part of
the performance. Atte/tiled to each har-
poon were about 200 feet of line,and on
the end of each line were reindeer skins
inflated' with air. In one or two instances
casks were attached to the lines. You
can imagine the situation, Here was
the whale with enough buoys attached
to him to float a ship, and when he at-
tempted to sound he would be brought
to the surface again only to receive a
shower of hand lances from the canoes.
The sport did not last long, and font
hours front the time the Canoes left the
beach they towed the whale in and men
and women were at work cutting hire
up. "—San Francisco Chronicle. o
FRANCE WINS AN OASIS. 1
a
She Makes u Treaty with the Ruler of a 1
l±'ortile Region in the Sa17.ae;t. b
North of Senegal is a verdant region a
surrounded on all sides by desert,
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THE FASHIONS,
Theodore Child IUs Something to Say
•
About 'Who TAY/eats Time,
Who gives the mysterious word of
order by virtue of which at the begin-
ning of each, season we see similar toil.
ets blossom forth spontaneously and
simultaneous) in all the places of eleg-
ant resort? blow does it happen that
those toilets aredifferent in out and in
material from those that were worn hi
the proce::ng season;
"Formerly, it would have been easy to
reply that the court was responsible for
the creation of fashion, anal in reality it
was the Empress, or one of the ladies of
her suite, who took the initiative of
wearing some new style of toilet, the
result of long consultations between the
lady herself and a dreseinaker of genius,
If the toilet pleased and was susceptible
of adaptation to all the requirements of
various types of feminine beauty, it
would be accepted by the court, and
from the court it 'would penetrate to
the upper middle classes, and if it were
not dear, it would finally nermeate to
the ranks of the lower middle classes.
Nowadays, however, we have no court,
and it is certainly not at. the demo -
(ratio balls and receptions of Presi-
dent Carnot and his ministers that we
may look for new manifestations of
feminine elegance. Nevertheless, the
creation of fashion continues in the
sante conditions as in the past, only
with more liberty and perhaps with
more artistic preoccupations. The great
ladies of the imperial court have not ail
abdicated; ether great ladies have been
born with the genius of elegance and
the gift • of taste; and these, together
with the most elegant women of the
rio11 middle classes, the stage, and the
demi-inonde, co-operating with the great
artists like Worth, Felix, Rodrigues,
Doucet, Morin-Blossier, Laferriere, etc.,
and, meetingon the neutral ground of
the trying -on room, discuss, create, and
perfect the new fashions,
When once created, much inthe same
way as in the time of the empire, by the
•combined efforts of the princesses of
elegance and of the dressmakers of
;genius, the new fashions are no longer
propagated as they wore of cllcl. The
'official salons .are =absolutely without
influence ; the other salons—the salons
of what is called le vrai monde, have
never been more select and exclusive
than at the present day ; the -eari-
•ous delegates •of elegance whom we have
seen meeting in the salon of the dress-
maker• never meet in private life; on
the other hand the theatres are no long-
er favorable places for the display of
toilets, the more so as .even in the or-
chestra stalls of . the opera a dress -coat
is not absolutely obligatory. Neverthe-
less, the new fashions spread with great-
er rapidity than ever; and even remote
foreign countries are not more than
twelve months behind Paris,—From
" Along the Parisian Boulevards," by
Theodore Child, in Harper's Magazine.
A Floral Hint.
If your geranium plants are infested
with insects, try kerosene emulsion
nade from the following formula:
Kerosene, two parts; slightly sour milk,
ne dart, Churn together until the two
knees unite. When small quantities
re prepared, use an egg -beater. if a
arger amount is desired, use a shall
sass syringe, which may he inserted in
e liquid and used like a pump. Much
gitation is needed to make the liquids
nite. Use one part of the "butter" to
welve parts water. Spray the plants
ith this emulsion. The geranium re-
uires a soil of loam. made light with
and and well enriched with manure.
White men have known very little t
this region, and have never" 'FAH no
entered into relations with the country
It is known as Adrar, and is separated s
from the basin of the Senegal river by
massive mountains. The country is rich
in pastures, and is the centre of sup-
plies of the nomad tribes which wander
through the desert from Senegal to
Morocco and from the Atlantic ocean to
the wastes of El Juf, the part of the
Sahara, north of Timbnctoo. Mr. Fabert
recently received orders from the French
Government to enter if possible into re-
lations with the King of Adrar, and if
he found that he was disposed to make
a treaty with France to profit by his
friend' yattitnde.
In December last 1111. Fabert entered
Adrar„a:litl received a hospitable wel-
come from the influential) Marabout
known as the Sheik Sadi-Beou, who
governs the southern part of the Country.
The sheik promised to use his influence
with the king and induce him if possible
to enter into relations with the French.
He said he thought the king would
be favorably disposed, particularly as he
was engaged in war with desert tribes
that•had been plundering some parts of
the country. So Mr. Fabert went north
to the oliief town of Adrar, where he
had long negotiations with the King,
which resulted most favorably for
France.
A treaty was signed by which France
and Adrar agreed to live upon a footing
of friendship and to encourage the de-
velopment of commerce between the
we. countries. Franco agreed' not t
Interfere with the internal .affairs of
Adeai and to do all she could to protect
he cottftry against her enemies. The
King engaged not to make any similar
reaty with any other foreign power,
but to consent himself with the protec-
ion offered him by the French Govern-
neut. To encourage tI1e King to send
imams south for the purpose of open -
h I
enegal, France agreed to pay flim an
day schools npeli again
statistician; feeling that Friday had a
The treaty is to continue for thirty
matter, and has found that it is not Fri
day, but Monday, that is the most un- T
fortunate of the week -days. Aceorditig
to his investigations 10.14 per cent. of
n the southern part of the Sahara not
•fl Uterinan S
;, borta much -maligned day, determined
l
ratio with St. Lotus, the capita of
mend subsidy of 400 pieces of cloth.
to make a scientific investigation of the y
adoption by the French (overiiinent.
lie Govermnent is expected to act
upon the natter at ouas. Thus France
s the first country to obtain a foothold.
ears, and is to go into effect upon its
all accidents occur on Monday., 15.51 per i
cent. bit Tuesday, 1081 per emit. on
Wednesday, 1e 47 per cent. on Thurs-
day, 10..38 per cent, on Friday, 10.38 per
tent. on Saturday, and only 2.00 per
cent. oa Sunday.
Don heavy.' wool underwear, keep the
feet waxer, the head cool and the skin
oloan, eat moderately of uourisli.ing food
b
and colds "vii: not often snake life a s
far from the Soudan.
"Here's a 1) 0e'3 of pie for you, my
ood man," sant kinti hearted Mrs,
priggs.
"'Yon cortain',y don't expect me to
fat pie in the morning, Ilium,” replied
the tramp in accents betraying pained
._
urpeise.('hit•.aa('l ente.Ttecord.
About Plaids.
Plaid silk bodices are liked with black
skirts ; the full belt should be of velvet,
the color most predominate in the plaid,
and the high, turned -over collar and
the deep coifs should also be of the vel-
vet. These bodices are particularly be-
coming to slender figures. Women
with extremely broad shoulders or Iarge
busts should not atteznpt to wear them.
.A Mayor Elects Himself.
A remarkable scene occurred at a re-
cent meeting of the Bewdley, England,
town council, which was held for the
purpose of electing a mayor for the
ensuing twelve months. The retiring
mayor (Mr, Kitching) was proposed for
re-election, and one Mr. Crump was also
proposed. There were eight votes for
each candidate, the mayor recording his
vote for himself. Then the mayor (who
had persisted in presiding at the elec-
tion in defiance of a vigorous protest
from the friends of his opponent) pro-
ceeded to record a. casting vote in his
favor, and declared himself to be duly
elected. •
Only Four, Rut He Crossod the Ocean
Alolln.
tin immigrant
� yfrom Gotha, with a
tag .In his little jacket telling all whom
g1
it might concern h v
„thate was Heidrich
Millet, 4 years old, bound to the home of
his father, Julius, foreman in the meer-
e:chautn faotory at 213 East 82nd street,
landed at Ellis Island on Wednesday
from the steamship Seale. Ho made the
journey from Gotha, (ternary, alone.
His father called and took him away.
He left Now York last year with his
mother, who returned to Gotha to win
back lost health. She did not improve
at her old home, and as her husband
wallte(1 the little boy, she sent him (ver,
being too ill to accompany hila herself.
-*N. i', World.
England's Largest Asylum,
The largest lunatic asylum in Eng-
land is at Prestwich, where the Lan-
cashire County asylum has over 2,800
patients. Colney Hatch, in the parish
of Friern Barnet, in Middlesex, six
miles north from London, will acconi•
nrodato 2,231 patients,
4.44444444.-.444.4 44444444.44
The highest Inhabited' "Lown.
The highest place in the world regu-
larly inhabited is the Buddhist town of
Haire, in Tliibet, which is 10,000 feet
above sea level. Tile highest inhabited
Vete in the .Americas is at Galeria
r i
urd en. ertx 15 035 feet above sea level
3.('ANK O HAMILTON,
WINQHArn.
barons►, ;1,200,000. lteele$O. (),(uu
Pi --Joni .Sr1M,rr•
Vice•I'r'esldent-,A. (J. itAltsA1.
1MRECTOXt5
Ions Pao° eR, QIIAif. CiulixMY, CIMo 100A01i, s%.
Woos, A. B. Les (Toronto).
Cashlot•—J, T'UIixurn r.,
Savings $pule—ilours,10 to 0 ; Saturdays, to
1. peposaa of 81 mid upwards reeeh ea aud interest
allowed.
Speolal Deposits also received at current
rotes of interest.
Drafts on vroat Britain anti the United State.:
bought and sold
13. WXLLSON, Anrsa l'
14£ea lI.i do DICKINSON,
Solioitors,
H STEIN BOLLS FOB SUE
() .
A Blessing to very household.
r
OLL W 'S PILLS �� iMilt:°
These remedies have. stood the toss of flrty years t xprrience,. and aro pronounced the hist A'ariit Mew 14
Family use.
Purify the blood, cermet. all disorder, or :lie 1 e It. n 1..:1,'1!. lit ON -0.'Slr I'n1SELS ant
1 iuvalualde in all elisnrla!rrts i.roldent i to Yemeni., of ell a, n.
la tine nnly rv([ahle rcnhadY fur h: ,
h 11 U4Ti sor.•s, ulcers, rind ••hl onnu.ls, Prlli Itl;t;lCiillIQ, %j�
TtIaoA s, t/Ul7W))e, ' 0I.f>S, uOuT, )tk'];('MATI4yt, t;J..) 1,.11; so 1SI.T.JN(i:l A vD ALT %-
DISEASES IT 11ASS I'W EsQIUAL. t[nnnf reamed only :•t 78, New tltior,l bale: te. l)xfor'd Street, bondot,
and sold by all Medicbru YYrdorsthroughout the .tush(.
Trri:berryt, four thoroughbas redsllolstei l Lot
lls. tntn4.
iu;r from 0 to 18 months old, The above mentioned
anturnk are all well marked and registered in the
Canadian herd Ronk. They will be sold "heap rata
nu ee,sy' terms to suit purchasers.
JAS I:)•LI(T,'
Breeder of Lfolstehr Cattle,
111netele, (Mt.
JOSEPH COWAN, '
CLI'rx 9Tii Dir. CCommr, en. FlunoN,
A UCTION1�I':It,
ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES
Cozoinssrosag rx H. 0. .1., BT.:.
�VitosET$tt. r)N•r.
ALL. .(.
WANTED.
Tn
tee er• tn/cxcellerl Nnr,r a Stork Steady
.onplocuu.nt and coirtrol nr the territory. Harr
none blrsillesi In Canticle 35 yea 8. Liber..' pay to
:no right num Santa for terms.
Colbert: , In
ZETLA iD PWWVL WORKS.
1 wish to intimate to the people of Zetlurd and
surrounding country that I lra,o commenced the
immmifactnrc of all kinds of
WOODEN PUMPS,
and can supply thorn on'the shortest notice.
W ;l1 also he in a position tu.apl ly Ton and Goren
Pumps to order.
hepairimeattended to. Priers reasonable.
Jo$.r PELT0N.
Zetland, May 5th, 13304,
� I
2,000,0OO Feet o Logs anted.1
Highest Cash Price
paid fcr any quantity of
HARD AH® SOFT WOOD LESS
delivered at our yard in Wiughaln. Also,
for
Heading end Shingle lofts,
by the cord, Call and get Oriels, lou;tbs
to Ont, 8C.
Dressed and 'Undressed Lumber,
Shingles, Lath, &c.,
kept continually on band.
MCL)j AN SUN,
WVingiham, Jabuar;v 40, 1808.
Booffl! Boom . goon - 1
Cheap Holiday Literature for all
' the yeco' round.
'o -operation is the order of the day. It pays to
• group your newspapers end snbsribe for them it
' clubs. Look over the following Int of popular plibli-
eations and select what you would like to read .
i 1 Wives avid Datuditel•s, London, ie a monthly
•1. blihed by women for women on superior toned
''.aper, bound; 81 per year.
0 lea American Farmer, Springfield, C, 10 ages
' monthly, has a national etrenlation of 60,050; $1
peruvesnt,
• ) The Western Ad ettJsr•0London, u ni
P
alar
weekly, recently mdargod,k2,00given to
sri>srrihers
in premium awards, a newsy paper for the home;
1 I4PepratTseya,t.B•
ioston.40 sparlilInr pales every month
r Sulyday and week day reading; $1 perycnr.
i6 Canada Farmer's Sun. London, the otflehd or,_"air the Patrons of Industry in Ontario and Quebc., 48
lutnns weekly; $1 per Year.
0 Our' Little Men and Women, Boston, for young-
; t readers at home and [n school, Sltler year.
7 Arthur's Ifome Magazine, nhiladelphia, onoe
I e best magazines publisheu for the money; $1 per
ah'.
•
8 Two Standard hooks bound in fine cloth, em•
, Massed fu kohl and printed in large cleat type, SOtion
GRAND CLUBBING OFFER
The TIMMS and ani• two of the above for only $S 25,
worth 83; save 25 per trent,
The Trots and at.y three for only 51309, worth 84 ;
,i (ye 35 per cent.
The Toms and any four for ,Iy 83; worth $5; Saye
40 per cont
The T1)1I18 and any five for only ;v3 60, worth 80;
:nye 42 per cent.
The Toms and any six for nn)y 84, worth 87; sage
43 per rent.
'The TIMMv anti any seven for only $4 50, worth 8;
.are 4lper NA.
The Tait,: and all the adhere for only $5, worth q0,
•a• e, 45 per cent.
No choicer holiday presents can ho nelectod than
nue of the above, t')rder eptly by number and
r.'ure them in wood time. Address all ordolst0
TIMES otorteE,
SVffl,;l)atn, Ont.
t.e'Purtianarn aboulil lours to the Label err the tansies and rots If the address.
lint i;i:1Oxford it,'I1;), r utc,nrt, shot all" sill] Hull'.
`$�'�.�+•"�'ti✓wr't•r���:'':i✓'':•/`t's'V',M�b'�/�Y4Y'�''D'4b
REGULATE THE
STOMACH, LIVEs, .:oWEL,s,
AND
PURIFY THE BLOOD.
A RELIABLE REMEDY FOR
Indigestion, Biliousness, Headache, Constipation,
Dyspepsia, Chronic Liver Troubles, Dizziness, Bad
Complexion, Dysentery, Offensive Breath, and' all .y;
disorders of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
Ripens Tabules contain nothing injurious to the most delicate constitu-
tion, Pleasant to take, sage, effectual. Give immediate relief. Sold by
druggists. A trial bottle sent by mail nn receipt to x5 cents. Address
THE RJPANS CHEMICAL CO.,
10 Spruce Street, _ New York City.
s' e'
h
t{OR 1'1 E
ext 'Mixt
MRS. HERDSMAN
In order to reduce her large Sica., will sell t
same at and below cost for the next thirty days.
COME, AND GET BARGA n
NOTICE. --All beck accounts trot settles before the 15th of Fehruar.'
will he placed in otht'r bunds for ct,l'eotion.
MRS. HERDSMAN.
WlNGHAM MARBLE WORKS
MESSRS. S. VA 2TO: J
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of Itineardine have bought the Marble Business of Mr T T Watson, formerly carried en by W Smyth.
Parties requb•ini: work in their lino will do well by calling nn them or swing one of their agents hef
purchasing. You will find our prices aro away down. Our workmanship is unsurpassed. Vl'a Win use )10
but the ocry hest stock and by square dealing Slope to secure a uncial share
T Watson, who has been running the business for the past year, 1,•i11 represent a 011 (1)clroali patronage. air
can an 1 s"
e our stock and prices.
ALLAN
LINE
ROYAL MAIL f1Ta8A3lenirs.
AM/41.10N iN RATES.
VANS'"ONE 13R.OS
Z vTIa11-laf D SAW W MIL.
GEORGE. THOMSON, Proprietor
Steamers sai1 regulariy from
PO3 TLAND mitt HALiFAX to LIVER
POf3L via Londonderry.
Umber of an kinds,
nrniaa Tula lytaTMIt 1tOSTrrs, First-class Shine
Cf bin, $40 and upwards. Second Cabin, $35
Steerage Id low rates, No Cattle Carried.
rill. CBCT.`,~ Q11
STt].J.'.&I' 15LI4VICR Oh' ,s.1 ,Sper
“.LAN L I Irl E gar slots O ders a psi iilil`ty
, TLAESI1119,
NEW 'AOR€,'.: & GLASGOW '.t•t7or tlnlivel•t•ti to 41:,q
yds Lnnticncterrv, everyidrortntght. Cabin, 840 and inghlilll.
ullwates, Second Oabhh. Sb . Steerage at tow rants.
Apply to 1i. k A. ALLAN, Montreal, or rtJf (tdc tsby mail promptly :atomic • t
11EN•1 Y DA r tS, \VINC,3JIASl:. meow.;, Lau vP:o »4,
1rint:100/11'.)).
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