THE SEAMSTRESS. The room is poor, bare floor and brok en wall, But shrough the glass that holds a city scene, A dozen roofs, bright : green, Come floods of sunshine streaming~over all. My gold, a sweet voice says. and fall Of a white hand, great gorgeous | €rs are seen sky and distant low- | | | i Finally an interminable time elapséd—a in which ¢ blazing camp-fire, the sound heavy gallop over the sand between the creepy slience, \ dled about th Sud duly there was of a brute's lowed by a thud, as a donkey was felled und, while his dying bray rang air; ; more to the gre piteously night of st lowest few and then silence, folle sti noise «ound of a heavy body From thence a pittance, the embroider- er's all, All? long, Amber and yields, On her fair ac wrong ; She reaps with poet, sights a hundred fields ; More precious is her dower than wealth of k She finds things Mary F. Butts, in Go rubies that the sunshine res none carn do Ings. hor he common 1" ail rr shan ffousenecp- 1d Somal guide for aimlessly of sur nearly + nickness, As south fertile, ng in time replaced by a rolling, grassy plain, in which the gray sage brush scattered cacti gave place to mesqui vd “dl Just before small todical spring oozed in a hole in th i we sl! the th : Ta the ¢ ero ushes set we encamped near a wad, ch was caused by a per- h the water By scraping a whic stream ¥y water for the animals, and after a few minutes’ work with a ter had cleaned enough for our own use The night came on with usual tropi- cal swiftness, the gray dusk being re- placed by inky darkness. of muddy My men had shock rifle the first of excitement I sped my and run toward When the lion began to drag After gra camp-fire, around which they now sat, The starlight shone dimly on “the long necks and misshapen backs of the cam- els, and showed faintly the solitary, white-clad figure of the sentry at he stood at the outskirts of the camp, crooning to himself a mournful Mata- bele song. Soon they had finished eat- ing and were stretched at full length about the fire, while the silence of the jungle crept over all—a silence broken at intervals by the melancholy cry of a jackal or the weird hown of a hyena, sounding as though they were miles and miles away. “I was rapidly passing into dreamland when, following a period of intense si- lence, came a far-away, deep, moaning sound. While by no means loud or startling, it brought me wide awake and sitting upright on my cot, my nerves tingled with excitement; it was the awakening roar of a lion! Excited voices from the direction of the camp-fire indicated my men had heard the ominous sound and were wide awake in consequence; a moment later I could hear them piling dry bushwood on the slumbering coals The deep, rumbling roars were repeated at inter. vals, apparently growing nearer and dying away in the same moaning nete, I moved instinctively toward the sound, d quickly, "Ka kahid janwar!” care, sir! A very animal) 1 turned to upbraid them for cowardice permitting lion to take one of our pack a very eyes, but remembering that 1 fear of the it and returned bara aril § SA. (Have their mn the Is before their inherent unts if he square ace Morrow te 4 ide. Hasten- just mn opposi of a lion, i. I came on the scene around, time 10 See in the act of discharging his rel into the very mouth of th which was charging straight for lion, him, As he fired he sprang quickly to one somersault, but was on ite feet in an in- sick to attempt another charge about to fire when it fell over on its feet, dropped back-—dead peared. We had not proceeded far when we came upon her, lying across a small pool of water formed by a feeble spring, breathing her life out, so nearly dead she was unable to rise at our approach, A ball between the eye and ear ended her agony, and for a time | stood, lost in admiration of her graceful propor- tions, with the mighty muscles beneath the glossy skin, when my attention was attracted to the Somal, who was trying to capture the cubs. Although they were very small—not much larger than kittens, in fact-—there was much infan- tile growling and scratching before he finally succeeded in making them pris. oners,. When he had at last bundled one under each arm we started for camp, meeting «everal of my men on the way, who | sent back to remove the pvits from the lions. When we arrived at camp 1 fastened the young lions to the center-pole of my tent, intending to try to keep them alive on condensed milk, of which we had a supply. I fim). iy induced thm to drink this after di- luting it with water and adding a flour made of pounded rice grains, and they were both in good health on my arrival 3 neshurg them to the wife of at Johar the manager o : t fans Lily, ¥ the Royal Gardens at presented them io Fown. INSPECTED BY AN INSPECTOR. Had Been Looking For. aha was headquarters for this en- 480, The chief informed that a Montana was not sending n reports of his ofhce receipts, ete, Re peated letters and warnings had no ef fect, the postmaster silent, At length the indignant chief detailed Inspretor Furay to proceed to Montana and investigat ter a long and stage Furay yost-office, » district a few years inspector there was postmaster in 1 Vas 1s e the strange silence. Af tedious ride by rail and at provoking were two the 1 q dwellings 1 but two men and hou: es n the town { stocked with a and was groceries general tered of and a counier. 10 On WE tall man, puf § of the London Press, serving the frequency with : f f ail sorts rrapped in bits patron decided { NOP by : et that it would be of considerable interest to know whether there were any poi- ding, ice cream and the like. The result it says, “the penny newspare s and the halfpenny newspapers, the white news- papers and the colored ncw:papers, but in no case could we find even traces of substances that are regarded as in- jurious, The green Westminster Go- zette, the pink Evening News, Stor, Globe and Sun were alike found to con tain only innocent colorings in infinite- simal quantities,” It is certainly some- thing to be thankful for that the colored press is not physically, as well as mos ally, poisonous, “Mouse of the Sun." On the island of Maui, a sail of ninety miles from Honoluln, there is the largest volcanic crater in the world. It is on the summit of Haleakala, which in- terpreted, means the “House of the Sun.” Few Americans have ever seen it. It ts the crater of an extinct vole cant, and not even a shadowy native tradition recalls the time of its activity. Still it is a young mountain, as moun- tains go, for its sides have not yet been seamed and broken into valleys by the action of wind and stream. or is it easy to realize that it is two miles high for #t raises its huge bulk from the level of the Pacific in smooth and gradual slopes. SEVENTEEN THOUSAND OF THEM IN NORTHERN PART. Practised by the “Hairy Anos,” the Aboriginal People of Japan~Their Re- semblance to American Indians, The Ainus, generally known Americans and Europeans as “the hairy Ainos,” are the only aboriginal people now living in Japan. They are called “hairy” in contradistinction to the smooth-faced Japanese, Koreans and Chinese, Their present home is in Hakaido, or Yezo, the most northerly part of the empire, although it is sup posed that in earlier times they occu- pied most of the entire country. cestors of the Japanese of to-day drove them to the north, in the way the driven early settlers much same as back were the savages America. The Ainus live to-day pretty much as in ihe in reservations for the most part, Japanese name for They fish- occupations, of ents Savage, and i ! barbarian, hunting chief hem, “Yero" very which and are They are under governme the showed that 17 Xx), the 1s : nearly Among man) » Amus, perhap wethod of naming pecul onomy in g I'he infant must go without wntil it bearing one 3 10 Dames, name itself worthy SICKIY and likely considered worth il n ly, names I must be garded. borne by 3 If the chi YOO A name Kg Dost name may back come avenge the Oo take I that occurred at is left to the par one for it the world be called seven to ion sex have present i is garded by precious things however, is 1¢ wife afterward Ainus live same Indians in dwellings about as American two earthly €n y Ciass lhe ru win- ordmary the other ed for the a of the 1 ROGS 1 4 i i i i { i i i : il allowed the house alone, enter woman rimitted to When a man salut and and 1 he pe walk behind smoothing his beard hands. rubbing During October the Ainus hold a re- ligious fete, which is called the Bear- Festival, because they sacrifice a bear i ! i i i i # three years, Judicial punishment among the Ainus consists of a severe beating with a stick administered to the culprit. The crimes are generally theft—wtealing articles or the wife of a neighbor. As there are eight men to one woman, the majority of the males are not married, and wife stealing is very common. The accused is subjected to a long examination by the chief of the community, and is then compelled to resort to the ordeal of fire. He must take a stone out of boil. ing water. If innocent the Ainus think he will not be injured. If the question cannot be settled in this way, the prin- cipals in the dispute must fight it out. The Ainus are polytheists, though they limit. their gods to two, a god of fire and a god of water. The first is called Kabekamoi and the latter Hato- kamoi. They, also, like most peoples who have a religious system, believe in some sort of heaven and hell, South African Cooking Stove. In British South Africa they use a square cooking stove, with two and four holes, a small fire pot, an oven, and a water heater on one side of the fire-pot, This last is a part of the stove and framed in it, brick brick within the fire- the oat up on work foundation being f the fireplace and a feet high, while open the brick we built up on the side of ti rk 1 iO 1 s10OV¢ he Housewives Tat ey face of the stove. The do not their owl bread, but depend on the bakers, fe 4 bak e A TEAM OF 'CATORS. to Market. on the St River, in Putnam County, Fla, Jefferson lee, who lives John's It is a team of his he river when he Lee has to go river to his post-office and it country. Lee down 1 Mr. the uses to tow boat up TOs BAD til $1X OCs back. and it occurred to him that might be a good thing to turn the a that abound the St to some of wam, gators River pair in account them oung ‘gators and raised ¥ yard, He tau Ne dione y them and | he th ie drag a taught m right or left by pulling ropes fast weir teeth on either aiso ened i When t ke put a ted « to t he alligators were big ef harness that he ed then m them and harnes TT 4%. i ney through the ling boat, swam well and pul a go wd that pa of the "gators water at the reins a Mr. water Aiths turn Us strange pieased. nt of never feed- | after they return cach one ecm task strange ked out the HOW TO RESCUE TWME DRO Faith Suggestions For Those Who Do Not Know Mow to Swim. hile wip deme” while climbing feet exiendeda hangs, ling water with yg fashion, ling in, as if r } body neck. Avoid permittin Tins arou al x of to nd you neck then tow them ashore, 1f unconscious, get the mediately and h or stocking, t the water out. Put on a barrel or box or hold over the knee, head down, and joit the water out of him; then turn him over, side to side, four or five times; then on his back, and with a pump movement keep his arms going from pit of stomach ov- erhead to a staight out and back four- teen to sixteen times a minute until signs of returning life are shown, All unnecessary clothing should be re. moved and the lower limbs rubbed with an upward movement, occasionally slap- ping the soles of the feet. Spirits of ammonia to the nostrils or a feather tickling in the throat helps to quicken action. Use no spirits in- ternally until after breathing has been restored, then only moderately, A warm blanket or bed is important after circu. lation has been established. 1 o et Fishermen of the North Pacific coast are undertaking a movement for the de- struction of sea lions, the inveterate enemies of salmon and other food fishes, and which annually make incalculable ravages in the schools of Chinooks, steelheads and other varieties of salmon gon coast. * PENNSYLVARIA NEWS. All Over the State, FARM CROPS IN THE STATE That Every Product is Bringing = Goed Pr ce ~(ored to Death by a Mad Bull--Birdsbore Rooster Catches Mice~Woman Drinks Wash ing Fluld aad lnk to End Her Life. Deputy Secretary of Agriculiur : arranging i aii over the Pp TeEporis. tive expects tin 1s ers instiutes getting In secured yw farn and for > . Martin nas h county and State Mr reporters re Crop a nave iui an compicte in in a few From he has already gathered it can be : ; that the than last but to crop is good, not compruinmig DIE as ot . 10 what sad rar formation weeks better th gooq a wheat A tile App £8 Crop 18 ¥ I 3 are not so the pea pota are very CEO As rop a re are | - plan fully uj vy Heney Fauber, rooster which is becoming pert at catching mice the common variety and occasions was seen with its bill. Mrs. Benjamis saw the rooster catch a live mouse and hold it until 1t died The Western Union Telegrash Cem pany opened its new office at West Ches- ter which practically gives the town two offices of that name. The oid ing continued by the hes Painter. but it will bring to towm all of its businces points outside. several mice in a atD 4 McCaiiicher one 13 bee of U1. H. rasssanes beg to 10 Two locomotives and seven treicht cars were wrecked in a crash of trains at Monument, on the Pennsylvania Ih vision of the New York Central Fails road. The recently incorporated borough af Chalfont, Bucks County, has a resi os- tate valuation of $190,182, and property taxable for ocomii; purposes valued 2t $200.482 Thirty-severr laborers cmployed by Contractor |. C. Farley on lamaqua’s new pipe line went on sirike bocanse they were refused a wage of $1.50 a day. Rev. G. A. M. Dyess has resigned the pastorate of the Fallsington Episcopal Church and will shortly omtsr upon his new duties at Braddock. The Junior Order of United Americas Mechanics will present a handsome flag to the Chester school board for the school district. Thirteen men jumped from a hand car at Chester in time to save their lives, The car was smashed by a Uaitimore & Ohio express train, While Sajting wond Abiah Odhayrn, aged 83 years, dropped dead at the home of Ws son, William Osbourn, in Thorse o, Scarlet fever is spreading in Ried: boro, a half doren new cases have reported within several days. A number of deaths have occurred. Li John Ober, Sr. was appointed post- master at Alberton. A
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