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Show AMONG THE GILYAKS.' WORLD'S DIRTIEBT AND MOST PRIMITIVE RACB. Thay Vat Wnttr In Nn Form. Oil Ilelng Tbalr National llavaraga No Idea ot Tlma or of ft tlotl L'aa ot lira tla Mally I-raraml. (Specl.il Correspondence.) The dirtiest nnd most prtmltlvo race ot human beings p Vie world are believed be-lieved to be tho Gll)nks, who compote about one-fifth of the population ot the Island of Ssghalln, oil tho northeastern northeast-ern coast ot Russian Siberia. Tbe tribe numbers about 2,000 and are subject sub-ject to tho government ot the czar. Tho ltusslan explorer, J. P. Mlrolju-boff, Mlrolju-boff, has lived In thtlr country for some tlmo tor tho purpose ot studying their characteristics and his observations observa-tions lend him to form a very poor opinion ot them. In outward appearance appear-ance they resemble the Esquimaux, hsvlng a reddish brown skin, Their eyes and hair are ot the same hue, or black. Tbe average hlght Is about flvo tret six Inches In both sexes, About CO per cent of the 1,000 souls now left to tho tribe are males. They bave no folklore, no legends, no history. his-tory. They know nothing of the psst, keep no records or the present and caro nothing tor the future. They have no Idea ot time, knowing only that a long winter Is followed by n short summer. UTItl Not Drink Ual.r. The Ollyaks lite In tho hollows ot trees. In caves, or In huts made of un-cured un-cured skins, and In these places of nbode their nbnmlnnblo nnstlnrss Is carried to the extreme Thoy despise the use of water In any form, believing believ-ing that It Is alone good tor breeding flih and carrying canoes. They never wash their bands, fares or tbe rest ot their bodies; nor tbclr clothing, beds, kitchen utcnsllt, platet, drinking cups or anything they uso. Nor will they drink water. Cod liver oil and melted fat form tho national beverage nnd the moro rancid the tipple the better It Is liked. The Ollyaks valuo tbelr tat or oil according to age. As n matter of fact they will not eat or drink anything any-thing until It Is absolutely and revolt-Ingly revolt-Ingly tainted. The carcass of any animal ani-mal that they eat must undergo a certain cer-tain degree ot decomposition before they consider It proper food, They make bowls, plates and spoons out ot wood, drinking cups ut of animals' oeads and bones, Iron and tin kettlos A TYPE OF THE OILYAK8, they get trom the Ilusstsns, but these utensils nover como In contact with water; they aro never wiped or brushed, or scooped out. It the grime Is so thick on them as to Interfere with tbelr usefulness, the vesiels are thrown away and others substituted. Their dress1 Is made from the uncbr-ed uncbr-ed skins of the deer, bear and minor wild animals, Nothing In the dress or features of the women distinguish them from tbe men. Tney Ara ijraat flmofcers. They havo but one habit In common with civilized nations and this might not bo considered tn their credit They tmoko continuously, Sleep alono Interrupts In-terrupts their passlonato ute ot the weed, lit they aro out ot tobacco they stuff their pipes with the marrow or soft parts of different plants and woods, or with hslr, rsgs or anything that will burn and gits off smoke. Men, women and children are alike addicted to the habit As soon as tbe boys or girls aro able to hold a pipe-item pipe-item between their tteh, they are taught tho art This habit has been acquired during tho past twenty-five years, for until the laat quarter of a century they were absolutely Ignorant of the uso of fire. Tho only event that they seem to remember Is tho discovery of tho use ot fire, or rather Us Introduction among them. A sailor belonging tq a Russian landing party becamo lost In the woods and built a firo by tho aid ot his Dint and steel. The Ollyaks wore creeping upon the Russian, whom they thought a strange animal, when the tight of tho firo trontflxed them. After awhile they threw down their bows and arrows and approached tbo sailor with ilgni that they Intended no harm. Their admiration for and tbclr Interett In the now element was so In-tcnio In-tcnio that they tried to kneel In It and picked up burning brancbei to smell of them; yet five years passed before tbe usu of fire was generally adopted for heating and cooking purposes In Ollyakland. Here we have tbe almott unbelievable, yet thoroughly authenticated authenti-cated fact, that In the last quarter ot the nineteenth century, tho white czar rulrd over a nation that knew no cooked tood and spent the winter In dugouts, hibernating under mountains ot furs, because It had uot yet learned tbe use ot fire. Itaeosnlia No InflilhU flod. They have neither good nor evil iplrlU In their calendar. To such ant-mall ant-mall at Impress or frighten them by tbelr strength or by doing damage to tbelr food they nro Inclined to extend tomo sort ot grudging worship, which sometimes takes an Interesting form. - r- , - - M '.aisSSSSSSSsl Tho tear Is their chief god, because ol all wild animals In the Island It Is th ILssssssss! strongest and moit ravenous. Until Issxssssssi the Hustlant taught them to uin Jlre- Toaa.a.H arms they were In great fenr ot tbo ILlsssssfla! bear and the whole tribe would often ax9 assemble In the forests and hold 9mM "prayer meetings" In worship of tbla BMasM animal. At these meetings the natlya jflsaiwS would msko as much noise as posslsla InTBini with the hopes of frightening tho anl- JHflaH mala nway. Their efforts were usual VisWSl ly successful and they believed' that WU&Bj they hsd appeased their gods. Now 'aaoffiWa they shoot their objects ot worship Mrffrs nnd est them. .Wujfm llotnaitla LliarartrrUllra. jlCTsVilB? Tbo Ullysks have no vicious habits. flaWsXl Ot course they do not drink lntoxl- SfSBI cants, and, as all property Is common ' KvNC there Is no Incentive for theft They I nftttS do not lie, seldom quarrel among MeVC themselves and do not wage war "en fteUSP others. They are faithful In their MBSt family relations and extend great par- tKi ental enro to their children wblle'tlcy llsassssl aro young and helpless As soon at B the boys sre able to shift for Ihsm- ' jHj selves they take to hunting and fish- ) H Ing and gradually draw away from , H their elders. The girls are sold, some- times when they are not more than S H or 6 years old, to become wives when they have attained their growth. The H tlllyak never III treats hit wife, but hat H the privilege of selling her whenever ) he wishes. He enn then buy another H It he has the purchase price. Ills wlfo H must be a distant relative and It any , H female In tho tribe Is not owned by n H husband, some tlllyak who has bo1 H wife, Is found and ho must purchsie B her, no matter how young or how old B sho may be. Thus there are no old HBpJ maids or unprotected females among this peiullsr race. Outside of hunting H and fishing tho Gllynk contldcrs It n H disgrace to work and In Ihts respect HBVJ may bo seen a characteristic common HBV tn some representatives of what Is termed our highest civilisation. ' IBpJ |