AGUINALDO'S INDIANS,
Promised All the American Heads
They Conld Carry,
Important evidence bearing upon
the question of responsibility for the
outbreak of hostilities in the Philip
pines on February 4 comes to Har
per’s Weekly as a part of the corre.
spondence sent by Mr. G. W. Peters,
It shows that even the most brutal of
the auxiliaries in Aguinaldo’'s army
were informed of the intention to sup-
attack was begun or war declared.
Looking from his prison window In
the town of Caloocan, on the first day
of February, Mr. Peters made a
sketch of the Iggorotes, A score of
these savages, fully armed, and with
their nakéll bodies painted In various
colors, fofced their way into his cell
in the Caloocan prison, where for sev.
eral hours they practiced on him the
preliminary motions in their favorite
methods of putting enemies to death,
This was, of course, in the nature of a
rehearsal, but there seemed at the
time no safficlent reason for believing
that the performance would be long
delayed. The “twenty howling savage
devils,” to adopt the phrase used by
the correspondent, were dancing about
him for hours, now touching him with
the points of their spears, now
threatening to cut him down with their
machetes, and again swinging their
terrible ligna (a kind of battle-axe or
tomahawk) that its keen edge
barely grazed his neck. Then follow
ed an unmistakable representation of
thrust long point of the axe
into the ociput and carrying away the
head in triumph. Mr. Peters thinks it
probable that they would have killed
him. but for the opportune arrival of a
Filipino captain. This native officer
was, as regards his personal appear
80
1g the
tive or reas
he confessed savages: but,
brandishiz
face, and uttering
Americans as a class,
ance, Core atira
suring the
after drawing
it In
threats against
|CAr
HT »
nis !
sword,
the artist's
sdvise the lgorrotes
yeigoner forthwith, but
he proceeded to
not to kill the
to wait for a little while: and he prom.
fsed them that they should have all the
American heads they could earry home
as war was declared which
world be Ina few days.
After this ordeal Mr. Peters
taken to Malolos, at tuat time the
ital of the Filipinos government, wih
a8 soon
was
£4 The
ap
he was again imprisoned, and inform-
ed that to be con
demned gs a spy. Many friends inter.
ceded for him, however, and with the
ald of General Otis his release was ef-
fected hostilities
commenced.
fgorrotes
on the western coast
above the gulf of Lingayen.
have been made the theme of a
deal of descriptive writing recently,
but nothing seems more worthy of at
tention than direct observations
of the correspendent of Harper's
weekly who as Aguinaldo’s recruits
from this little known region of Caloo
can of the men who
were given a “post of honor” in front
of an American battery on Feb, §
¥ silov ly SR
he might expect
on the day before
are asters as yet
of Luzon just
They
god
The
the
i
perhaps some
The
The Moki or Moqui pueblos are sev.
en In number—Oraibl, Shungopevi,
Shipaulovi, Mishonginovi, Welpl, Sich
omovi and Tewa (alse ealled Hane)
and are the citadels of a region which
the Spaniards in the sixteenth century
wamed the province of Tusayan. They
are not to confounded with the
“Roven Citles of Cibola,” whose imag
inary treasures attracted the plunder.
ing conquerors, now known to be Zuni,
They are reached by two days’ jous
ney to the porth Canon DHablo,
Holbrook or Winslow, and by longer
routes from Flagstaff or from Gallup,
in New Mexicq.
Mogul Pueblos.
be
from
and formerly were well nigh inaccess.
ible. their only approach being by nar.
row, precipitous trails, In modern
times less difficult paths have been
constructed, such fortress homes being
no longer needful for defense.
The conservative Mokis continue to
cling to thelr high dwelling place.
They are industrious, thrifty, orderly,
and mirthful, and are probably the
best-entertained people in the world,
Subsisting almost wholly by agricul
ture in an arid region of uncertain
erops, they find abundant time between
their labors for elaborate ceremonials,
like the intensely dramatic snake
dance, grim and startling, a liberal al
lowance of rattlesnakes being em-
ployed as messengers to earry peti
tions to the gods who are supposed
to have power over the rain clouds.
Chicago Record.
Rows on a Coolie Ship.
We were half through our lunch in
the saloon, when we hegrd some most
horrible yells and cries of “Ta! tal”
(Wight! fight “Hallo!” the eaptain
sald, “another jolly row downstairs,
You stay where you are. You'll find a
loaded revolver in my room, for use if
any one attempts to molest you." So,
lighting his pipe and calling hig dog, a
flerce looking English bull, he went on
deck to see what was the matter. Bro
ken basins and lumps of firewood were
flying in all directions, and knives were
drawn—great ugly looking things, The
captain elbowed his way among the
coolies, giving first one and then an-
other & dig in thy ribs. One fearful
looking coolle, whom they had just
doctored, almed a blow at him with a
broken basin; but the dog was too
quick for him, and brought the fellow
down on his back and held him there,
The two principal offenders were
caught, thelr heads banged together
until they were brought to quietness,
then an explanation asked, Of course,
every one wanted to talk and explain
at once, but the captain held up his
one man after another, and heard what
each had to say. through an interp
used by man
{smoker's lamp. The most trivial
| things cause most violent fights,
| I sald to the eaptain when it was
tover, “Are you not afeald?”’
“Well,” he replied, “to confess the
| truth I am: but to show the least fear
among a crowd like that or to lose
fyour temper, would never do, But
'I'in getting used to It; these rows oc
leur every time we have coolles, some
worse than others.” —Chambers's J our.
{ nal,
An Old English Sporry,
It will doubtless be a surprise to
many to know that the ancient sport
of falconry still Hourishes to some ex.
tent in England. There have always
| been some few men who devoted them.
{selves to the sport, but in the year
1863 it was notably revived, In that
| year the Hon, C. Duncombe, with one
| Robert Barr as his falconer, In com-
{pany with Major Fisher, commenced
i rook-hawking on Salisbury plain joint.
ly. In the following year, owing to
some popularity which the newly re.
| vived sport attained, a club was form-
ed and given the name of the Old
Hawking club, The chief sport of the
club was then, as now, indulged In on
the Wilts downs In March and April,
and was prineipally rook-hawking. In
1872 the elub was reorganized on a
larger and wider and a first
class team of hawks, eyesses and pas-
gage hawks suitable for any sort of
hawking has ever since that date been
maintained. The quarry killed in a
year is surprising when It Is remem
bered that few if any of the general
public know of the existence of the
club at all. For 1887 the figures stand
as follows: Rooks, 13:
05: black game, 2; partridges,
12: ph r®
nit}
on, making a
tl
basis,
200; magpies,
grouse,
114; rabbits,
and various,
>»
Besides
wnsants, 5: hare,
good total
of 576. hizx and other clubs
which have sprung up there are vari
ous establishments, as well as
teurs, who keep a few hawks,
they manage with marked ability
show great sport, though on a
scale ~Correspondence in
Record.
Ww
sia
Traveling in Alaska,
I have
manner in
and the man is generally
fortably on the sled or
and the
gallop: but we soon found that pile
Jo
of
travel,
seen many pictures the
which the Eskimos
seated com
aeking a whip,
dogs are going st a smart
tre
PLIES
to be a delusion and a snare
ing in the Arctic regions consists nos
iy in pushing behind the sled, for
poor little animals “vequently have to
be helped over the rough places and
in up hill or any in
ground. Where there beaten
trail was the of the
distance we traveled-—-the dogs have
nothing to gulde
is obliged to run ahead
runs distanc
until the head
him, when
the snow
rise
io
host
going
{
is
as cnse
them, and
He
Oh
OTT
gener:
KOe
and the road leve
3d, %
the dogs, with an average kk
to
a irot which is
and not
maintain
a man to walk,
By alteruatels
1
CO
iy fa “t
oan ran.
walking,
fatigued
one does not g
Natives who travel Or
; ppned
this mode of travel that they can keep
it up all day showing
of fatigue.—Harper's Magazine,
village to villnge are so accusi
without sigus
A Cute Thief.
A story bearing upon the ingenuity
of the London thief relates to the
late Sir James Ingham. A charge of
watch robbery was preferred by a
gentleman against an
had traveled in the same carriage with
him from Bournemouth, but in the end
it was found that the wateh had not
been stolen, but had been left home
by the prosecutor,
To mollify the innocent man, Sir
James said: “It is a most remarkable
occurrence. To show, however, how
liable we all are make these mis
takes, 1 was under the impression
when 1 left my house at Kensington
this morning that I put my watch,
which, I may mention, Is an exceed
ingly valuable one, in my pocket, but
this court 1 found that
1 must have left it at home by mis
take” While business was proceeding
an old thief at the back of the court
went out, jumped into a hansome cab,
drove off to Sir James Ingham’s resi
denice, and, by representing himself as
io
been heard of since.-Boston Globe,
i Missouri Marksmanship.
! During an examination before na
| justice of the peace in a North
| Missouri town a young soldier, in all
| the glory of Uncle Sam's uniform and
i highly polished buttons, was on the
stand. He wag a prosecuting withess
{againet a party who was charged with
i ngsault with Intent to kill, The young
{ soldier readily admitted that when
the defendant opened fire on him he
| skeddaddied. The defendant's coun-
sel satirieally asked him: “1 believe
you are a United States soldier--be-
{long to the regular army?’ “Yes, sir”
“Youn went down South with the
envaley to kill Spanmrds?’ “Yes, sir”
“They gave yoh a rifle, eartridges,
sword and all that sort of thing”
“Yes, sir, they did all mat” “And
yet when you came back home you
ran like a rabbit at the sight of a
gun?’ “Yes, sir, and 1 will tell you
why. A Mauser rifle in me hands of
a Bpanlard is not nearly as deadly a
weapon as an ordinary double-barrel
shotgun with a Missouri farmer at
the breech; that is why 1 ran, if you
want to know,” Kansas City Journal
on
Mow to Obtain Sleep.
A heavy meal should not be ea
Just before going to bed, but ',
lunch frequently aids a worried yerson
in getting to sleep. Read an snexel
ing book for half an hour and
i
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
—————
NOTES OF INTEREST ON AGRI-
CULTURAL TOPICS.
Bolis for Bearing Vrees—A Hemedy
for Chicken Cholera—tiophers in
Corn Fields, ete,
Bolts for Bearing Trees,
The Maine station recommends that
of elther fruit in Summer or ice in
Winter that the prevention of it would
be a great deal better than a cure.
They suggest that when bad erotches
are found to exist in trees of ten or
more years old they should be braced
by means of an fron bolt. Much
damage, they claim, may be avoided
If bolts are used in season.
A Remedy for Chicken Cholera,
A successful handler of poultry gives
the following wTemedy for cholera:
Confipe the sick fowls In a separate
pen. Place a half-gallon crock in this
pen: fill this with water and to this
add indigo, one-half ounce; chlorate of
potash, twenty grains, Feed them
nothing for three days and give them
no other drink. When the bowels have
become better give them sonked bread,
Carbolle acid is also a good preventive,
Stir a teaspoonful of the acid in a
gallon of the drinking water given to
the fowls, and allow them to
no other water, Observe the strictest
cleanliness, and disinfect by sprink
ling chloride of lime and quicklime
about the runs in the houses,
HOOPNR
Fertilizing the Tomato,
The tomato
sections,
is ra Important crop In
crop in Of
valued at over $1.000.004)
In such cases,
for
TT
Rone He
the States is
ROInNe
of course, they
grown canning purposes. To
fore, there have been very careful ex
periments made to determine the best
fertilizers, In all the made
nitrate of soda has been shown to¥he
an fertilizer for this
In one experiment the applica
nitrate of soda, at the 1 of
to 160 pounds per acre, increased
yield from 35
brought extras
£3 the
fertilizer. It has
that the nse of nitrate
manure
fomnto. Results,
fess
excellent crop.
tion of
roin 80
the
and
£15 fi
the
ie
i
to 30 per eent
returns of from
ahove cost of applying
wen aotieed, © too,
of sondn and of
barnyard resulis in a
however,
of the
more
de
wil,
solid
pend upon the
Fertile
freely
character
sandy loam always responds
y the application of nitrate of
On Hght clay loam this fertilizer
not always prove satisfactory,
expecially when there hax been
manuring the previous year, The
tilizing for we io
extent drain
upon the
are told by a report which says
the fertilizing
the land by o
t
GINATOes Wer
soda,
does
no
fer
elements needed
well
SEY
eran
i
mato, the of
which
as as
wail
'S
the fra ke
al
ingredients retnoyedg
from
fresh
crop of 10 tons of
determined by
as follows
pounds of
pounds of
quantities of
acid, and LOK
T hewn
phosphoric
nitrogen
the
a”
a
acid are pearls
bay
erop of to
half
the
mers in the
Ie as removed
the
ix
as
Iw
but
sould
.
bushels of wheat,
1 and a
would
jaioee removed about
tithes mnch
erop of wheat
Epitomist,
as
potash
Henry Som
Crops for Pastures,
Pastures
Heial.
which
They
are either natural
Natoral pastures
are Indigenons
fhe ground
when first
they
in
ut
Or art
those
country
the open
by the
were,
are
thie
in
occupied
grow,
spontaneously forest areas where
the forest is away. The former
are usually spoken of as native prairie
pastures, and though suceulent and
nutritious while they last, the season
The lat.
ter, the artificial pastures, composed
mainly of blue grass and white clover,
are superior to the former, inssmuch
ag they furnish sacenlent food Spring
and Fall, whereas the former only
furnish it in the Spring or early Sum-
mer.
If, therefore, our stock is to have
suitable pastures during all their grow
ing seasons, these must be grown in
an artificial way. Some of these
pasture crops may be grown on the
upland and some in the bottom lands
or in sloughs. The former Include
Winter rye, timothy ana clover, mixed
grains, sorghum, corn, the Dwarf Bs.
sex rape and Australing brome, and
the latter include temporary or perma.
nent pastares sown with certain
natural grasses. These will be con
sidered separately.
io
cover
it
As
it is the earliest pasture that we can
have in our State. Bown at the rate
of two and one-half bushels per acré,
late in August or early in September,
it may be made to farnish abundant
pasture from the opening of Spring to
well on In May. When pasturing it,
keep it cropped reasonably short, since
as soon as it ix allowed to joint its
power to produce pasture that will be
relished is gone. But dairy cows in
milk should only be pastured on it
during a few hours of the forenoon
lest it taint the milk, f
Timothy and clover pasture will be
ready ns soon as the rye pasture is
done. Sometimes It 18 not easy to get
a stand of these because of dry
weather. Let us look at this question
for n moment. These grasses usually
start well in the Spring, but fail later
in a dry season. Why do they fall?
They fall from want of moisture, The
crops amid which they grow take the
moisture and overshadow them, hence
when the erop is cut and dry weather
follows, the grasses perish. Let us
when the grass seeds are sown with
crops of Winter rye and barley,
Next in adaptation comes whent,
and after wheat ons Winter rye
| 8tools less than other kinds of grain,
| henee it does not shade the grasses so
tcompletely. It is also cut early and
(the grasses are exposed before the
| hottest and driest season. The seed
[also can be gown early on Winter
rye, and if covered with the harrow
| will be much more sure to grow. Bar.
ley stools less than wheat, Is less tall,
| thus letting In more sunlight, and is
{also cut earlier than any other kind
Lof grain. When grass seeds are sown
with wheat or oats on Spring plowed
land and the season turns dry, they
are almost sure to fall.-—Profesor
Thomas Shaw In Farm, Field an
Fireside,
Inns"
The Dairy Cow's Food,
With a view to getting the most out
of the dairy cow a good, sensible sys-
item must be followed in feeding.
Proper feeding must begin with the
calf, and continpe right through her
life, If the ealf ix not a promising one
it is better to dispose of her and de
vote the attention to others. If she
Is worth rearing for the dairy she is
worth all the attention that can
bestowed upon her. That x the
theory we must go on, writes BE. I.
Smith In The Germantown Telegraph
The calr should pe growling steadily,
that at two years she is ready to
begin her lifework. If allowed to
beyond this period she will
food given to her to lay on fat,
is not desirable.
tight pgainst this
When is
be
sO
20
the
This
The dajiryman must
continually.
fresh a slight
ration should be fed to her, and
should be gradually Inereased
hie Ix on her fall ration,
all that the
waste, No
should tolerated instant.
just how much will
clean, and let that be the daily ration.
The proper proportion of this ration
should be two-thirds fodder and
third grain
followed with
much grain ix not
fine
she grain
this
until
A full ration
animal eat
Wwiiste fod
Find
ent
MeRns will
without of
ber an
out she
up
ane
be great sue
good for dalr
the
PRK,
Beyond a certain
not
t
in the end n heavy
frit
prainad -
$
i
increase the milk flow a
grain ration stinn
Inted ithe cows to wonderful exertions
they
Beyer
and then
could
of
BAvYe way,
repeat the re
practically
The proper found
ow of
be from
goestible
ord
ruined.
fia
for
them wer
balance
potinds
%
pounds FL
i
a dairy
should
¥
one thousand
ten to twelve
carbohydrates
%
i
fang wo
a half pounds of protein. Thix should
but if she does
fll take it away and reduce
if all
it agrees with her,
be furnished her,
ent it
quantity ule ents it watel
if and if
appears to digest it all right. Pro
and carbe-hydrates are found in many
10 wow
foods
health
and a variety i= essential to the
Make ns
and
and
World
of the animals, great
in the feed
possible,
Pairs
location «
the tows as thiey wil
apprecia ts it
One or Twe Breeds of Poultry.
After
sg fallin}
hn “
himself the
nu
ne
at a certain breed
wonld
profitable
:
to pin his
is the best and yd
it be advisable faith to om
breed to the eoxeln
would it
three of
fon of all others, or
pays better (oo raise two
best’
mans
aml a variety
the question hax
at in
of answers have
of the
been ralsed times the
stitutes,
been given in the hearing
writer,
Personalis, 1 think that two breeds
fs a rule are better than one, no mat
ter how fine a breed It may be, If one
expects make use of the pouliry
either for the table or market
value of two breeds is greater. It
possible fo find both good layers and
good roasters and brollers in the same
breed; but it is better select one
breed for the eggs and another for
the flees, The flesh-carrying breeds
should be considered chiefly in the
light of their specialty, and thea ac
cording to the number of eggs they
lay. The latter suality cannot be
ignored even when they raised
primarily for their flesh. The
must help to pay for their keep while
they are growing.
A good plan is to raise a breed that
will produce the greatest number of
eges and then have a few that are
noted for their flesh. How to do this
i= easy if one studies the different
Jgnalities of the various leading breeds
oni the market. The Plymouth Rocks
are first-class layers, and they also
make excellent roasters and broilers,
Probably they come the nearest to the
general-purpose fowl of any In ex-
{istence, The Wyandottes, on the other
hand, are excellent layers, but they
would hardly Se recommended for
| roasters or broflers. In other respects
these two breeds are very similar.
| The Leghorns have qualities very
{similar to the Wyandottes. They are
{excellent layers, but bardly to be
{recommended as roasters,
| Either two of these combinations is
Lgood. The Plymouth Rocks are equal
to any for laying, and the Leghorns or
| Wyandottes are equally good in this
ireapect. Then If roasters are needed
for one reason or another there is a
stipply on hand from the Plymouth
Rocks. Bo to my shining at least twa
of three of such breeds will give bets
ter satisfaction than ouly one. Anne
¢. Webster In the Cultivator,
A Dove Tale,
Mra, Haslup, wife of Mr. Louis I.
Haslup, a former member of the House
of Delegates, who lives at Ellicot City,
Md, is the owner of a pet pigeon which
hag developed remarkable appreciation
of music, if not real musical talent,
He is especially fond of the piano and
tune is played to perch himself on
the instrument to hear it. More than
to
the
HE
to
are
eggs
like a baton to keep time to
boos Bove Fors :
- ss —" —— ——————
A BATTLE ROYAL.
it Took Place Between Five Texans
Steers and Seven Wolves
“A friend of mine who bad a cattle
ranch at Bhively Springs, about a
bundred miles porth of Yankton,
D..” writes a correspondent of the
Sun, “saw a battle royal between five
Texas steers and seven wolves, It was
of snow the
With the
and three yearlings.
there was two feet
ground on a level
were two cows
on
the stor, and coming to a little knoll
blown bare by the wind, had all lain
down to rest,
satisfy himself that they were not
dead. Finding that none of his own
stock was in the bunch, be rode away.
He had gone a mile, when, looking
back, he saw seven gray wolves that
had come out of the head of the can
on near by and were making toward
the cattle, With his fleld glass he could
get an excellent view of the wolves
and follow closely all thelr movements,
They were having a bard time to
make their way through the snow,
sinking in it to their bellies nt every
jump, but they kont nutil thes
were within a8 few yards of the bare
spot where the cattle were lying, when
they all drew together and made a sur
vey of the field, then started on, widen
ing out into line as they did so. Up to
this time none of the cattle had moved,
but now one of the cows and a steer rose
their feet and faced the wolves
shaking their horns, and some of the
others were getting up as the
on
to
wolves
struck the bare spot
of the
frout of the steer and the
ing to attack them and
thelr attention engaged,
other four sprang upon one
lings just getting to its feet |
it down.
four wolves
jumped In
fein
go Keeping
“Three wolves
COW.
The ranchiman cou
together upon the yea
of the ¢
r all to their feet shut thes
view. The
in their nn
COINS
his
slow
fut once
giont
from
was about hb
them
away wi
arnest
attention o
the wolves, coming
cape upon
ne seizing
ther two tearing
«
The
wolves,
yearling went down under
then
charging ax
the and two or three
y 4
steers, before, drove
“The i of the
dizgable the
wolves plainly
two weaker an
knowing
§
1
fall to
aw “a3
would event
the
cattle
that they
when others
the were
to their
of fig)
stiffness
displayed. The
io are where th
clear ronning, had ali they
do to avoid the rashes
warned
minutes iting
that they
wolves, kee
the
the spot
whenever
came to a standstill. Then one of the
wolves was driven out
and as be flonpdered 1
fng to get back to bare ground, a long
legeged Texan, minding the no
mere than if it bad been feathers,
rushed and overtook him, and in a mo
ment more had the wolf on his horns,
One shake of the head and the wolf
went firing twenty feet and the steer
was on hand when he tumbled to
gore and trample him to death. This
the pace for fighting. and in ten
minutes more four of the wolves were
dead, two of them being chased into
the snow and killed as the first had
been and the other being hemmed in
among the cattle, where he went three
or four times into the alr clear of their
heads before they quit tossing him. At
thiz the other three wolves took to
the snow and made the best pace they
could for the canon, A white steer
that already had done its full share of
the fighting, charged after them, tossed
one of them to one side, and, keeping
on to the next one, gorpd him to death.
The third one had =o much of a start
that the steer did not follow him, but
came back to the herd.
“It was two days later before the
ranchman conld take time to come
back to the seene of the fight, One of
into the snow,
in A cireait, try
ROW
wet
catile were gone, There were five
just within the canon, which wag as
far as he managed to crawl The pack
were practically wiped out-taken, so
to speak, in their own trap.”
aa
Rice Calture in Louisiana,
Caleasien, Acadia and the neighboring
parishes dates back only fifteen years,
Previous to that time the prairie see
tion of southwest Louisiana was prin-
cipally given up to pasturing cattle.
Land was sold ax low as ten cents an
nere, and seldom went above fifty
cents. The first farm devoted to the
growing of rice, and containing 2300
acres of land, was bought by a farmer
from Iowa for $30, and fx valued to.
day at £30,000. He made the experi.
ment of raging rice on it, and it proved
fn great success, The work of harvest.
ing the crop had formerly to be done
by hand, and that was, of course, very
expensive. The Western farmers who
followed the ploneer were accustomed
A SH Wes od
provement has been made in the rice
section by the development and ime
provement of «the irrigation system,
Large pumps are used, and immense
canals or agueducts have been con
of water for all, and bringing thous-
ands of acres under cultivation in
rice, There are now eighty-four of
canals in southwest
Louisiana, extending hundreds of
miles through the rice district and as-
suring an ample supply of water, They
are kept full by pumps which elevate
the water from the bayows, and each
canal will irrigate from 1,000 to 20,000
acres of land. New York Sun.
MANILA’S GAIETY.
of a Spanish Band.
In the sixteenth century, writes Ro-
salle Kaufman in the 8t. Nicholas,
pine tribes, Magellar, the great Span-
ish explorer, was killed. He discover-
ed the jxlands, and tried to land, but
was prevented from landing by the In-
dians, A few vears later Legaspi, a
Spaniard, was more fortunate, and
with half a dozen landed on
the island of Luzon and founded the
of Manila. Manila built on
I sides of the Pasig River, which is
spanned by massive stone bridges. In
the old town, or Manila there
some fine public buildings, but no
#; consequently there |
Min of and
widges to and from Binondo,
is carried on.
are rows of shops
monks,
city ts
bot
proper,
wit people vehicl
* the 5
business
il this quarter there
for the most part, by ©
wugh some are owned by Europeans
ericans. They are low-framed
vy awnings to the
hinese,
walk ax a protection
;
ey are so small
and 1] y a
3 has to stay outside, and goods
ich ex-
Anon
i Over {hie counter. wi
: 5
the doorwa y the
ACTORS in
lower classes in the |
will live in a
The fu
odinining
> XL onsisis
But the wealth » gitract-
» on the
sar-
orna-
flowers.
Vilies,
gardens exten the water,
there a anding places for
raised
on thick
nakes
Lise
are
ground,
¢
» fine drier,
is marshy.
Wows, because
aring, but slid.
th thin shell panes fem
: of
order
Even
they
iit plenty
u by tue
3
houses
for
viantain
{f the
mestizos, who Chinese and
part Spanish
One of the usements of
the Calsada
prog.
heat is
fashionable
canse the i
working -peopie
» iit between eight o'clock
four in the alter
morning and
But in the
evening all i= galety
fun on where a fine
and of Spanish musicians used to play
« carriages, horsemen and pedes-
nodding and
. and frequently halting to lis-
the Sometd the la
dies stroll about wearing gaudy colors
and rich jewels Their thiek black
hair hangs loose, and is made glossy
with cocoanut oil
On thelr heads are jewelled combs and
artificial flowers, Suddeniy, when the
frolic ix at its height, and just as the
sun disappears behind the hills, the
city church-bells chime and profound
It i= time for vespers.
men take off their hats; everybody
kneels or bows in a devotional manner
and prays. The bells ring again; the
music starts up, the procession con
tinues, and the galety increases,
+ Calsada,
moved
music, mes
silence ensues,
hie
The Malls,
This large and interesting family of
marsh-inhabiting birds contains about
one hundred and eighty members, of
which fourteen inhabit North America.
Fight species visit the regions of the
great lakes and the Atlantic seaboard,
and four of them are deemed worthy
of the sportsman’s attention. These
four species include the King-rail, the
clapper rail, the Virginia rail and the
sora. The yellow rall and the little
black rail are too rare and too small
to rank as game birds,
The sora, or Carolina rail, differs
broadly in coloration from the sober
brown of its immediate relatives, It
measures about nine inches in length,
amd has rather striking markings
itis
south In the winter, to the West Indies
and northern South America. The
the eggs being drab with darker mark.
ings. Ii breeds from the Middle States
northward, Its flesh i= rather dainty
in flavor, Among its more common
names, and it is a much-named bird,
are rail, rail-bind, Carolina crake, com.
mon rail, sora rail, English rail, chick-
en-bill, and soree,
The most common method of shoot
ing this bird ix at high tids from the
tural machinery in enltivating their