Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 12, 1915, Page 5

s MUGH LIKE A NEW WORLD Investigation C_;;l:d On in Dutch New Guinea Results in Discov- ery of Strange Race. STILL LIVE IN THE STONE AGE (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Aug. —Re- ports of Dutch colonial expeditions, which bave recently completed the preliminary | exploration of Dutch New Guinea, bring to light many stories of remarkable | For | feats of endurance and discovery. { hbout seven years officers of the Dutch colonial army, with European and native soldlers and coolies, have been making a | tomplete map of the colony and this work | s now finished. q Dutch New Guinea s about fourteen times as large as the Notherlands and | was settled by a few Dutchmen as long | 8go as 1828, but was only officially recog- | nized as a colony lathe last century. It comprises the greater part of the Island of Papua, In the South Seas. ‘ In the course of the map work, which | was attended by great difficulties and some loss of life, all the members of the expeditionary force underwent severe pri- | vations and suffered considerable sick- ness. Their lives were In danger from hostlle natives hs they passed up un- known rivers and ocut their way through almost impenetrable virgin bush, or clambered high mountains covered with oternal snow and never before ascended by white men Natives Most Primitive. The country found to be fairly thickly populated in some parts and the | natives in the interlor were among the most primitive in the world. Many of them had never before come into contact with white men and fled at their approach, #0 that the exporers in some instances could not obtain data as to their customs, language or mcde of living. Nearly all were found to be in thelr absolute natural state and without clothing. The grown | men’s noses were pierced with bamboo canes and it appeared that this was gonc with great ceremony after a certain age had been attained. Amid feasting and dancing, the first hole is plerced with a finely pointed eago thorn and the aperture 1s gradually enlarged in five operations, until the requisite size has been reached for the insertion of the cane, was which afterwards is never removed. The womgn of some tribes had a slight cover- | Ing consisting of a short skirt of woven leaves. Some of the tribles were actively hos- tile head-hunters and attacked the ex- plorers with bows and arrows and short hardwood spears, whose points were sometimes formed of bone. Others of the natives were peacefully inclined and will- ing in return for a few trinkets io per- mit the explorers to make all the neces- sary observations without interference. Houses Buily in Trees. The natives appear to cling mostly to the banks of the many rivers, where they live in carefully constructed habitations built in the trees or on piles twenty to thirty feet high. In the {e#terior, how- ever, many settlements were found com- posed of substantial bulldings supported by thick tree trunks and covered with roofs of the large tried leaves of tropical plants, In fact, several of the dwellings were divided into various apartments— a large one in the center for the men and boys, and separate ones for each woman. In the coastal lands the natives oon- struct their huts, or rather arbors, in & long line like a street, each habitation supported by the next one, Many of the coust people had previously become ao- quainted with white men who had come to hunt birds of paradise and they also knew that money was valuable. The knowledge of metals among the natives is very limited and thelr cutting tools are stone axes and flint clisels. With these some of the tribesmen managed to carve ornaments on their pirogues or canoes, thelr oars and little figures for the adornment of their habitations. Some kind of superstitius bellef is pre- valent In the interfor, for each habitation in the settlements has its own god, usually In the shape of a huge turtle shell, on which is stuck a fish head. Hunters and Fishers. Hunting and fishing are the main ocou- pations of the natives, but in the In- terfor many of the habitants are sur- rounded by patches for the cultivation of root-crops and suger cane, which with ~ fish and sago form the main food of the people, who are very fond of lobsters and mussels, which are plentiful, Everywhere the country is infested with snakes and the rivers swarm with alli- gators, but animals are not numerous and comprise chiefly dogs, tame and wild hogs, and kangaroos and other marsup- fals, as well as many rats, The conformation of the country varies from low-lying marshlands, pregnant with fever, to high, healthy plateaus and mountains, such as the Wilhelmina peak, which was climbed by two Dutch officers and found to measure about 15,276 feet, nearly as high as Mount Blane. Beveral of the rivers flow very swiftly and are full of rapids and falls, so that the members of the detachments Into which the exploring force was divided had often to drag or carry their motor- boat and native pirogues over land for long distancts, The collections made by the explorers are very valuable In connection with the ethnography, zoology, botany and geology of the island colony, and It is generally expected that the exploftation of the natural resources of the {sland will speedily follow the report of the mili- tary ploneers of civilization who have now ended their work. ———— Rose Jars, A pretty ornament, and at the same time a thing of joy, 1s a rose jar, Each girl ought to Nave one in her own room, and any girl can make one. Handsome Jars may be bought In almost any fanoy Eoods store, but any non-porous jar will answer the be comcealed by numerous devices. The best way to make a potpourri for the jar is to put nothing in the jar hut leaves and salt leaves and’ galt, upon the rose leaves. When the scent becomes evident, the leaves of any other fragrant flower may be added, such as violet, lemon. verbena or even geranium leaves. A far filled In this way will remain a well of delicious perfume for many months flooding the apartment when- ever the 11q fs removed esing the salt down —— Quite Pxtraordinary, “That second speaker was quite ew- traordinary. “T thought his speech aulieat T ever haard ‘His was about the h dldn’t amount to anything, ed. when he eat un. to say thet remarks whn Sherman when he was a « first . and purpose, and its vgliness can | Alternate the layers of rose | heliotrope, | New York | THE OMAHA SUNDAY BE: Friday, and one almost so. Elizabeth MHAVELOCK (=2 Wen. Bismarck Thomas ~VELSON “Billy” Sunday on the platform doesn't] strike one as being a nervous man. The | preponderant impression is that he is a vigorous man—vigor, vim, perfect trim. A blind man could tell that he is vigor- ous. A deaf and dumb man could see it as he dashes from side to side, smites the pulpit mighty whacks with his fist, stamps with his foot, whirls around, takes off his coat. He never stands still one second after he gets started. Later on he will tear his collar off. He will take the wooden chalr on the plat- form and smash its legs. He will climb up one of the posts that support the roof of the tabernacle. At least he has done these “stunts” in other citfes. But “Billy” Sunday is a nervous man. He is at tight tension continually. He { #pends all the time when he isn't preach- ing, all the time he possibly can in bed, just conserving his energies. He recetves distinguished visitors in bed. Mrs. Sun- day usually brings his breakfast to him in bed. Every ounce of energy is held in reserve for the big moments whem he must be at his best for his chosen work. Those who sit near the platform, as do the newspaper men, can See that he is nervous. On Tuesday someons was | pounding with a hammer just outside the | buflding. He stopped instantly in his ser- | mon and looked in the direction whence came the noise. Rev. Dr. Welsh rushed | wildly out and the pounding stopped Then “Billy proceeded. Something on the Roof. Another time something rolled down the roof of the tabernacle. It sounded ke a | rock. “Billy" stopped again till the nolse | had ceased. He chuckled grimly and | sa1d, “If somebody wants to sleep in the L) Bundle of Nerves is Billy Sunday and They Keep Him on the Move Martha Webster Virginia Louise Faulkner LinvCcoLw % i’orace Gregg Armitage KEARNEY platform while “Billy” was preaching. Dr. Welsh saw the intruder too late. “Billy” stopped his sermon and looked at the man. “Just sit down here, brother, | don't disturb the meeting,” he sald and then rushed on again with his discourse. Little mannerisms of the evangelist on | the platform aside from his gymastics include holding his handkerchief in his | two hands so that it hangs down by two corners, as though he was trying to dry it. Ho wipes the perspiration from the | lower part of his face, but never from his forehead, 1t comes too fast there and he | Just lets it drip off. Maybhe Counts Audience, During the song service preceding his sermon he stands up, gripping his pulpit and looking out over the audience and his lips move continually. He may be count- ing the audience, or praying, or talking to himself. He Is always faultiessly dressed, FHis trousers are freshly pressed and and his | ocoat, of light-welght, but rich material | fits him to perfection. He doesn't wear a vest. His low shoes are always per- fectly polished. He has a considerable wardrobe and probably a sult doesn't go through more than two or three sermons without & visit to the cleaners sinos he usually sweats the coat through each time he preaches. He has already worn a blue serge suit, & dark grey sult, a light pin stripes. He also has worn & Palm Beach suit, but mot at at tabernacle service. The suits are all cut tn the same style, neat, businessiike, perfectly fitting, no cuffs on the trousers, all have patch pockets on the coats. They look as thovgh “Billy” had the tallor take his | cooler just let ‘em keep on." | At one osed. It was npted his s ow on the &h at Cin meeting & man came walking up the aisle and passed In front of the |it turned out badly. At the age of 14 he was working for the Muskingum Improve and at th and had been During the winter h measurements and then selected ten or a &rey suit and & dark suit with light | dozen patterns and had them all made up | at once. A e—————— cinnatl. So John bought a lot of salt, oaded it on & scow and started it down the river. All went well until within one day's float of the Ohio river, when the rmometer went down to zero, and the v remained right there for two long months! Everybody had a great laugh long enough to return the laugh with intcrest.—8t Lou's Globe-Democrat m_!lgman Hlatt owa — The Tonic for Coughs, Colds and Catarrh Prominent Physician's | Prescription | in use over | thirty Years. | Guaranteed to | be Pure. AAFAAARRRA AR ARAARRAARRARRARAAS RS RS AR AN lWarnoers Safe Nervine helps to allay pain and irritation and produce restful sleep. It is particu- larly useful whenever it is desired to Aminish_ excessive Irritability and is highly serviceable in attacks of hea d aches, sleep ess- ness and neuralga Warner's Safe Nervine is espectally adapted to the use of people ©of nervous tempera- ment and leaves no un- pleasant after effects. Two sizes, 50 eents wnd $1.00. Sold by all druggls Warner dies Co., Rochester, Bafe Reme. Dept. 353, N Y. SEPTEMBER THREE PERFECT BABIES AND SOME OTHERS THAT WON PRIZES AT THE NEBRASKA STATE FAIR-—The judges found three 100 per cent bahies in the number presen ted for inspection at the Nebraska State Fair at Lincoln on William Bismarck Thomas of Nelson, Horace Gregg Armitage of Kearney and Elizabeth Martha Webster of Havelock were rated at 100 per cent; Virginia Louise Fuller of Lincoln was scored at 99.5 per cent. The nearest perfect pair of twins, who were awarded first honor, were Julius and Elizabeth Wilson of Broken Bow, and Waldman Klatt of Ohio was given first honor in the rural class. 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