Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 28, 1909, Page 8

a “~~ a mmeP— &eoes-- A AAAAAA tee: > The pride of ,all the aboriginal races, the far-famed Maoris of New Zealand, are in their decline, and soon will be only a memory. This superb savage race, whose proportions and handsome appear- ance once made them the wonder of the ethnologist, has lost its vitality, and is now only a shadow of what it once was. When ‘the first white men entered New Zealand, and encountered the Maori race, they were then a people several thousand strong; now the number has steadily shrunk till the last census shows that only a few more than forty-seven thousand are still living. Not only in numbers has the de- cline been marked. It is also in the health and appearance that the sad story is told. Once the Maori was healthy, vigorous and prolific, pow- erful and well proportioned.. Today it is a nation of lowered physique and declining birth rate. Experts who have studied condi- tions in the country say that nothing can now save the race, and it is only a question of a very few generations before it is wiped out altogether, Look to End With Stoicism. The Maori chieftains themselves understand this to be a fact, and they look forward to the end of a great race with grim stoicism. They charge their sate to the coming of the Euro- pean, and draw a comparison be- tween the manner in which the Maori rat was destroyed by the rat that came over in the white man’s ship. Similarly they expect to have their national life, in fact their physical life, finally crushed out of them by the conditions that arose when white men assumed contro] of their land. It is the ways of civilization that have been the downfall of the un- fortunate aboyigines. Left to their own devices, living their own lives in their own manner they would have gone steadily onward, thriving and Maori Race Is Rapidly Passing fato Oblivion Most Superb of Primitive Races a Victim of Vices Brought to Country by White Invaders. Greatest of Native Fighters. The leader in this idea was the na- tive chief, Hongi, the greatest of the Maori fighters. He would be king if he could only get the firearms. The English -sought to placate Hongi. Recognizing his great influ- ence with the people, they took him to England, taught him the ways of agriculture and sent him home with money enough to buy farming imple- ments to make his people farmers. But Hongi thought only of warfare of conquest. The fighting spirit of a savage people cried out within him, and he had learned just enough of moderg ideas by his residence among white men to seek to have at his dis- posal all the most modern agencies for killing. He sold the farming im- plements and he brought firearms to his people instead, These formed the basis of an arse- nal, with which for ten years he suc- ceeded in keeping the state in a con- dition of bloodiest turmoil. Those who supported him were brave, but they were misguided. They follewed | him blindly, and it is estimated that | in the internecine wars which fol- | lowed while Hongi was striving to put himself in position of being ruler of | the country, not less than one-fourth | | of the Maori population perished. Wrecked by Vices of Whites. Owing to the numbers killed in bat- | tle, the women far outnumbered the surviving male residents of the coun- try when peace was finally restored, and the poor creatures, utterly de- | moralized by the vices of the whites, were so enfeebled in health and sta- mina that their descendants to this day are paying the price in wrecked | constitutions and enfeebled minds. The death rate now goes bounding ‘ahead of the birth rate, and nothing can be done to alter the condition, for the whole tone and power of the race has been lowered to the point where recovery is a virtually impossibility. Twice have the Maoris bravely bat- tled with the British in the hope of Group of Maori Girls, Maori Carving in the Background. prospering. But when the white man came he gave them new ideas. One of these was the use of firearms,-and to these can be charged a great deal of what has followed. When the savages first saw guns, and saw warriors drop without ap- parent cause when the flash of flame was sent from the weapons of the invader, they got a new idea. If they had guns they, too, could become great warriors. Not only could they repel the invader, but they could also become conquerors, and take to them- selves for their own land of other peoples, Maori Chief Showing Remarkable Tatooing. wiping the invader off their national map. The first of these wars which began in 1860, and lasted for ten years cost the British crown $60,000,- 000. It was marked by greatest hero- ism on part of the natives, and many a gallant soldier in the service of the queen suffered a loss of reputa- tion at the hands of the native fight- ers. All the vigorous and robust Maoris were drawn from their homes in attempt to drive the invader out of the land and into the sea, and non- combatants were overtaxed in their efforts to carry food and supplies to the fighters. The tribes paid a terri- ble price in lives for this conflict, per- ishing by the tens of thousands. But it was not alone the sacrifice of life in warfare that brought down the Maori from his estate. Strong Drink Has Share. Strong drink also had its share. It’ is said that at first the natives did not take kindly to liquor, and had to be taught its uses. But once the thirst developed it became a passion far stronger than any other in their lives. Every festive occasion and even funerals were made the subject of the wildest revels in which there was absolutely no check on license. For.a long time the craze for liquor held the natives in bondage, then Eng- land took steps to deal with it. Liquor was forbidden to the natives and heavy penalties imposed for sell- ing it to them, with the result that the craze gradually subsided, and to- day there is a comparatively little in- dulgence, a drunken Maori being seen only rarely, But the effect of the evil was not 1 to be undone with its stopping and, though there is little drinking now, the children born of the parents of that day show the ill effects. Neither could the Maori adapt him- self to the European ways of living. | When they lived in the open they had health. Now since they have adopted the white man’s style of clothes, and have modeled their little houses on the kind he uses, more of the hardi- Typical Maori Maiden. hood has passed from them, and con tributed to their decay. Pushed Aside by Whites. White man’s enterprise and activity has also taken from them many of the means by which they earned live- lihood. The great chieftains used to make the people work on the farms, and the fisheries supplied a never ending source of wealth. But the white man has monopolized these means of existence, and the Maori loses the wealth he might have made and also the blessings of health that come as the reward of toil. His crops are put in too late, and he consistently neglects them, with the result that the whole people lead a hand-to-mouth existence, and there is a constant shortage of supplies. Sometimes this leads to conditions of absolute famine. Many of the white man’s diseases unknown to the coun- try before he came have now made their advent, and are reaping a big harvest cf death among the unfortu- nate natives. In fact, it is becoming rare to see a Maori who is past middle age. Children are dying by the whole- sale, and young men and young wom- en apparently robust are cut down suddenly and terribly by fever and quick consumption. Maoris Are Fatalists. British authorities have recognized the condition, and have done all that was possible to effect a remedy. If the Maoris themselves were only dif- ferently constituted, it might be pos- sible to do something, but they are fatalists, and they view the whole situation with resigned indifference. They live in the past. Their few surviving poets tell of what was when all the country for hundreds of miles around dreaded the prowess of the}; mighty Maori, but his day is passed, and to bring him back again is wasted effort. In only a few years photographs and books alone will tell to the world the story of what a race once ruled New Zealand, Two Maoris Sal:.ting. A Jolly Trade, “T am a student of rural humor,” and this is the gem of my collection. “It was a horse trade. ‘What's Bill langhing about?" I asked a farmer friend. “He just bought a horse.” “Well, well, what are you laughing about?’ “‘T sold it to him.” - Keep your eye on the coal supply. There may be a large supply of cold- storage weather still in stock, Logical Trading. “T see by your sign,” said the lady customer, “that you sell cracked eggs at half price.” “Yes, ma’am,” answered the grocer. “We always make a 50 per cent re- duction on goods that-are cracked.” “Thank you,” rejoined the lady cus- tomer. “You may send me a dollar’s worth of cracked wheat—and here’s your 50 cents.” The better you behave the better you'll get along. Now try it The Easiest Way. She—And knowing my sentiments op the subject, did that odious Mr. Biuks insult you by offering you a drink? He—That’s what Mr. Binks did. She—And how did you resent it? eg (meekly)—I elowed the in sult. The long run seems to demonstrate that the man who was a little selfish By MARTIN NORWAY. Ludv. Bergh has been appointed di- rector of the new Bergen theater. oe et The Hotel Skandinavie at Tonsberg was destroyed by fire, but no lives were lost. s s 2. ¢ A monument is to be erected over the grave of the well known school master, Hans Siemer, in the old Ak- ers cemetery, s* * Jonas Lie’s villa, “Elisenfryd,” 1lo- cated at Fredriksvaern, has been sold to a pilot named Sorenson, who has served in Chinese waters . *- * & Col. Wettre has been appointed chief adjutant to the king. He was born in 1852, became an officer in 1876 and chief of the Opland cavalry corps in 1904. i se Rev. Ulrik Koren, aged 77, has cele- brated his 50th anniversary an an offi- cial in the Church of Norway. He was appointed chaplain at Selje in 1859. Rev. Koren comes of a distin- guished Norwegian family. s ¢ @ A report from Christiania says that there has been more idleness among the laboring class the past win- ter than during the same period a year ago, but not more so than in 1906. Iron and metal workers have suffered more from lack of employment than at any time for three years. But book- binders, painters and wood workers have had good times this winter. eee The ‘duke of Orleans will under- take another expedition into the arc- tic ocean the coming season. His party will sail from Bergen, in May, under the command of Gerlache an¢ will put in at Iceland, where the duke goes aboard. From Iceland the expe- dition will proceed to the east coast of Greenland, to Spitzbergen and Nov- ja-Semla, and will last for three months, The purpose of the expedi- tion is to capture animals and make scientific explorations. SWEDEN. Stockholm capital has secured con- trol of extensive India rubber planta- tions in Peru and the industry will be developed as fast as markets can be found for the goods. e228 Fishing has been excellent in Sweden during the past winter, and big tatches have been made from fish houses on the lakes of Southern Sweden, se. & A shipment of twenty-two wild ly received at Stockholm. They -are to be tamed and broken for use in the artillery. * * # There is a movement on foot in Borafs to suppress the Nick Carter dime novel. All the dealers in the city have agreed not to sell the literature any more and this will practically drive it out of the city. ee * Two heavy bronze rings, supposed to date from the bronze age, wer® re- ently found at Gentofte during some excavating. The rings are of quaint werkmanship and are highly prized. e208 The authorities of Vestnorland have recently decided that the right to pick berries on private wild lands shall be ‘open for any one when the lands are not fenced. There have been several disputes as to this matter, and this is the first official decision. ses A factory has been built in Halm- stad for the manufacture of yarn from paper. A number of English capi- talists are interested in the project. It is claimed that there is a great future for this new industry and its development will be watched with in- terest. Pia Pee Count Hamilton, minister of civil affairs, held an interview with Gen. Booth, of the Salvation army on the occasion ofthis recent visit to Stock- holm. The count expressed the inter- est the government felt in the success of his work in Sweden as well as throughout the whole world. ees The domestic training school of Eskilstuna has been opened. The en- rollment at the start was sixteen. Miss Signe Kilberg of Stockholm is the director. The school is for mar- ried women as well as the young. peo- ple, and will do a great work for the betterment of domestic conditions. Such schools are gradually getting in all over the country. eae The University of Upsala is to es- tablish a zoological journal in connec- tion with that department of the school. The funds for the undertaking have been donated by public spirited citizens. se 8 ‘ The authorities of the city of Stock- holm have arranged to issue $13,500,- 000 worth of bonds this spring to wipe out the deficit in the public improve- ment fund. Even then a great deal of work that had been planned for this ear will have to remain undone until displayed more sense than those} Some future time. more generous, is IN THE SCANDINAVIAN Gleanings of Important News of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, with Occasional Comments. horses from Buenos Ayres was recent-" NORTH W. ODLAND. The student body at Lund university recently held a successful patriotic j festival in honor of deceased Swedish notables. Those especially remem- bered were the late King Oscar, and university chancellors Bostrom and Giljam. A huge “bauta” stone was erected, and a suitable program of music was carried out. A telegram of ‘greeting was sent to King Oscar. he EL. The settlement of the reindeer pas- turage question, which has been a mat- ter of dispute between Norway and Sweden ever since the dissolution of the union in 1905 is soon to be settled by arbitration. The committee has just added Henning Mattson to the arbitration board. Mr. Mattson is well versed in international law and is a former president of the Hague peace conference. The sessions of the board will be held in Copenhagen where King Christian has placed a council chamber in one of the palaces at the disposal of the arbitrators. ee © A company has been organized and is erecting a large factory at Oscar- shamn for the manufacture of the famous Jungner storage battery. It fis claimed that the new battery is twice as powerful as the Edison battery and more durable than any other on the market. Mr. Edison sued the Jungner company a few years ago, claiming an infringment of his patent, ‘but the courts decided against him. Since that time the battery has been further per- fected and will now be manufactured on a large scale and sold all over the civilized world. Sweden is one of the foremost nations of the word along the line of electrical development, oe A great anti-christian meeting was held at Stockholm the middle of March; the labor unions, social-dem- ocrats, and a scattering of scientists being the leading factors of the meet- ing. The Christian religion was roundly denounced as out-of-date, etc., and the speaking generally was radical in the extreme. A motion was carried that the meeting go on record as op- posed to the Christian religion, pure science being the only light needed for the guidance of mankind, The meeting was a one-sided affair as the other side of the question had no rep- resentatives present. No plans were formulated as to how the Christian re- ligion was to be rooted out in Sweden. DENMARK. The profits of the national railway, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1909, was considerably less than dur- ing the preceding year, eh cei ee The society of farm or rural work- ers is considering the question of es- tablishing a new daily devoted to the interests of farm laborers. ete It may be truthfully said that, since the war of 1864, the people of Denmark have looked with misgivings toward Prussia. Mindful of the fate of Schles -Holstein, they suspect that the kaiser intends to extend his empire still farther in that direction. Recent occurrences have intensified this feeling of distrust and anxiety, and the words spoken by President Bulow of Schleswig March 21 at Kiel pefore the official representatives of the province, are everywhere regard- ed ominously significant. id: “It has always been thus tHat em- perors and kings look with the great- est watchfulness toward the borders. ever That this has not been superfluous we must in our days, too, concede. Many forces on our side of the boundary are working openly and secretly to de- prive us of this land. To oppose this is the duty of every subject of Schles- wig-Holstein. He who is not special- ly called to serve should at least~not stand idly by, but should try to ascer- tain in what way he can help. “And when, gentlemen, who, as the representatives of the province, will be placed face to face with the possi- bility of supporting the Germans, who are fighting for our interests at the border, by furnishing them with new fighters and helpers, I trust that you will consider the big things, not the small. Great is the need and great is the object, for it is our will and our destiny to entirely acquire this land, which we have inherited from our fathers. This ought to be heard by all who are still unable to give up the apparition in paragraph V. How could anybody think that the Prussian state could be so un-Prussian as to give up what “was once Prussian? This also concerns Schleswig-Holstein ; this also applies to—” The Classic Bent. “Are you fond of the classic, Gladys?” “Betcher life! I’m dotty about Shakespeare.” LEE REAR EAP RE Natural. “She’s a very natural girl.” * “S02” “Yes; whenever she’s invited out to dine she never thinks of taking the smallest piece of meat in sight, but helps herself to as much as she would eat if she were at home.” A Memory. “Has your wife a good memory?” “] should say she has. Whenever we go out to spend the evening she can always remember a dozen things I fogot to do before I left home.” PROOF FOR TWO CENTS, If You Suffer with Your Kidneys and Back, Write to This Man. 'G. W. Winney, Medina, N. Y., in- vites kidney sufferers to write to him. ce To all who enclose SES postage-he will re- ply, telling how Doan’s Kidney Pills cured him after he had doctored and had been in two dif- ferent hospitals for eighteen months, suffering intense pain in the back, lameness, twinges when stooping or lifting, baa an dizzy spells and rheu- matism. “Before I used Doan’s Kid- ney Pills,” says Mr. Winney, “I weighed 143, After taking 10 or 12 boxes I weighed 162 and was com- pletely cured.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Ne Se The faith that do does not revise you needs revising. fappy thoug! Love is eternal because — worries about dying. up on pancakes. it never ANGER’S ICE CREAM CONES. G. L. Bradley & Co., Mpls., Distributors. They are most harmed by flattery who are most hungry for it. CURED ITCHING HUMOR. Big, Painful Swellings Broke and Did Not Heal—Suffered 3 Years. Tortures Yield to Cuticura. “Little black swellings were scat- tered over my face and neck and they would leave little black scars that would itch so I couldn’t keep from scratching them. Larger swellings would appear and my clothes would stick tothe sores. Iwenttoa doctor, but the trouble only got worse. By this time it was all over my arms and the upper part of my body in swellings as large as a dollar. ' It was so pain- ful that I could not bear to lie on my back. The second doctor stopped the swellings, but when they broke the places would not heal. I bought a set of the Cuticura Remedies and in less than a week some of the places were nearly well. I continued until I had used three sets, and now I am sound and well. The disease lasted three years. O. L. Wilson, Puryear, Tenn., Feb. 8, 1908.” Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props., Boston, A NEGRO WOMAN SCULPTOR. Miss Edmonia Lewis, the colored sculptor, has lived for so many years abroad, says the Rosary Magazine, that many of her country people have well nigh forgotten her existence. Miss Lewis is of mixed African and Indian blood, her father having been a negro ang her mother an Indian of the Chippewa tribe in New York, in which state she was born, near Al- bany, some time about the year 1840. Her parents died while she was still a child, and she lived and roamed with her mother’s people until she was fifteen, when by the assistance of her brother sh ewent to Oberlin, Ohio, to college. As she was a fervent Catholic she found the atmosphere of Oberlin somewhat uncongenial, but she stud- ied there for two or three years, and there her Indian name of Wildfire was changed t othat of Edmonia Lew- is. From childhood she had always had wonderful power with her hands in shaping anything she touched, and while studying she began her career as a sculptor, She came into notice in 1865 through the exhibition of her first work ,a bust of Robert Gould Shaw of Boston. That same year she be- gan work at Rome, where she has ever since resided. Her works, with but few exceptions, are now the property of members of the British nobility. Her works in- clude “The Freedwoman,” “The Death of Clopatra” ang portrait busts of Lincoln, Sumner and John Brown. FOOD FACTS What an M., D. Learned. A prominent Georgia physician went through a food experience which he makes public: “It was my own experience that first led me to advocate Grape-Nuts food and I also know, from having pre- scribed it to convalescents and other weak patients, that the food is a won- derful builder and restorer of nerve and brain tissue, as well as muscle. It improves the digestion and sick pa- tients atways gain just as I did in strength and weight very rapidly. “I was in such a low state that I had to give up my work entirely, and went to the mountains of this state, but two months there did not improve me; in fact I was not quite as well as when I left home. “My food did not sustain me and it became plain that I must change. Then I began to use Grape-Nuts food and in two weeks I ‘could walk a mile without fatigue, and in five weeks returned to my home and practice, taking up hard work again. Since that time I have felt as well and strong as I ever did in my life. “As a physician who seeks to help all sufferers, I consider it a duty to make these facts public.” Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts, when the regular food does not seem to sus- tain the body, will work miracles. “There’s a Reason.” Look in pkgs. for the famous little book, “The Road to Wellville.” Ever read the above letter? A new