THE AFRICAN AT HOME. MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT BAR- * BARITY OF THE RACE. Missionaries Not Imperilled in Their Efforts to Convert — Number of r Tribes Multitudinous—Queer Cus- toms of Queer Specimens of Man- kind. The United slonary goes to on a mi tore or less ages. rect the mis. gO€e8 prevailing impression in that South great with the he when Africa States is ion of semi-barbarous sav- x, this is all he fi rmer, Now, of vith the as the missionary in just as safe there own pulp exist €avage long ago missio through the tended an except th ary suffers in the way food of course, one could have « the i There ern country, until he besi, wh try begi known most mj account of who inhabit inous, and age of each differ in a great measure, be- ing difficult 1 1 cannot speak less he is br hood. The prin say ti the excepti of t South fri as if he stood in 1} While ba ire, it aome. the native unat- no other weapons f nature. The mission- inconve ni except and, to served them on prepared, not ex} ourse dinners no fore and reaches one » the and of this ns, the diale and lang: 80 them with ought up to i , as really Mat huanas andas abel Swazis, Kaffirs, Pon Namaqu es ana ana liffer in a ording to how far one may be removed the other ple can negro. eit} the ably tions manity There the “bu or und signify ture and "ine hes from V . rican Ame par: him voter ject sires offense or $1.2 part neith bar, or man’s ed to ride upon a portion th him. One go town in South negro in his sa really is, in all } y enter upon th aside thirty from aoe miles Africa and avage state just as he his savage rituals and tribal customs. His usually a loin cle and sometimes in cold weather a blanket thrown over shoulders. The women dress same manner, while the chillren, as a rule, have nothing to clothe them As a the native is unreliable and not to be depended upon to do any task you might him, and when he works it ig in such a manner that it would break the heart of any American or Irish foreman of street laborers. It usually takes about 20 of these to do the work re- quired of three ordinary men while their hours are much and their pay a day. can the dress is th rule aot tr Anil peopie shorter, to twenty negroes all the pay them from $1.25 to $1.32 per day. However, | may say that this is the many efforts secured about best procurable. In the country the native lives in queer little mud huts with thatched roofs. These houses are usually about seven or eight feet in diameter, while that of the chief or headman is about twenty feet. In the one room the family eats, sleeps and cooks, In nearly all instances when a child 8 born deformed is killed, and one seldom sees a cripple among them, and even then it is doe to an accident of some nature. As to his means of sabsistence the native prin. cipally lives on what is called here, “mealie pap.” or as we know it at home, cornmeal mush, Meat he sel dom gets, except, for instance, when fA cow or an ox dies, then runners are sent out to all the friends of the family, and they roast it in hot ashes and stay there until it is all eaten. Truly this is a “fete of roast ox,” or a barbecue with a vengeance. Without a doubt the South African negro is one of the queerest speci mens of mankind imaginable.—Balti- “are Herald. he Sir Thomas Lipton says “it would be the best thing In the world for yachting in the United States to have to have the cup go to England” Americans appreciate Sir Thomas's efforts to improve yachting by trying 10 take the “blooming mug” to Eng- fand, a PARLOR MAGIC FOR THE FOOL.(8H How to Make the Long Winter Even ings Unbearable, Here are a few simple, yet excruci atingly clever, tricks in parlor magic for the long. winter evenings, Any child can do them. Yet they will keep the room in a roar. from advance sheets of my forthcom ing book entitled “Twelve Ways of Driving Grandma Crazy,” One of Them. The Vanishing Ace—Take a of ordinary playing cards. Take | the glubs and, in plain-sight of they may by deck ace of your audience (in order that gee th no deception), { the ace, holding it until it shuffling leck, hand it to y deck, and nolitely ere is is wholly the re gome het she request of clubs. Unless be un of the dumbfound off your ace is unusually levee she will able to do so the card's dis and mystery will take +} show that the missing appearance every one it Coat necessary not up Hin the mystifying Hi your sleeve, loo Cat The fol ndoo Trick lowing oat ure a large blacl and jet an ord inary pall Place then fastening it Now from some n sr of the audience with a top the top firmly horrowing a the pail sm Ivy anc it about floor heat the carefully he pail. The the | m and let every To the audi ence's unhounded surprise it will one ex be found he cat is no longer in the pail. This triek is or that may re quire perform, bul any really some gen the temporary { Accept this wil watch al gpoil the watch on a surface pound it inrecognizable and broken member watch hat you'll afire? ugh erly unable flames he will in e inst excitedly after a moment's “Gol darn ye Me!"—A P.T., in the New York ng World very ance shout thought ‘t'e Eventi Bridge Building in the Philippines. Although excellent timber, suitable bridge building, is to be found in for iin most provinces, it is difficult delivery at the all timber dressed by hand it was, therefore found expedient to import Oregon pine from America, which was large ly used for bridges, mafy of them be ing constructed to standard plans in Manila and shipped, “knocked down” to the site and there erected. In all this road and bridge work natives were employed in large numbers and divided into squads, over each of which an engineer soldier acted as overseer. Non-commissionel officer of engineers were charged with gener al supervision over several squads to obtain apeedy needed: besides, he Just embracing several aced in charge of an usually was pla lieutenant, district, provinces, engineer responsibility and control was ar ranged which has worked very satis factorily in practiee, in Luzon—Captain W. W, the Engineering Magazine. Flour and Teeth. ‘ A valuable letter from a corres pondent drew attention to an import ant and admitted cause of the nation al degeneration of physique which we have striven to emphasize in these columes. The roller mill has indu. bitably diminished the dietic value of our bread. of value; the husk (which is a valu. able intestinal stimulant), the brown Except for certain bread is an indefensible absurdity. Better is brown bread, consisting of all but the husk, and best is a whole meal bread, assuming such to be ob- tainable. The deficiency of salts In white bread is unquestionabley related to the deterioration-—also familiar to our readers—Iin the national teeth, We may illustrate this by an argument from Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton. “Why has America the cleverdst den tists?" Answer: “Because she has the best flour-mill makers.” The better the mill is, the finer the flour, the poorer the bread, the worse the teeth, and the better the dentists. Perfect. ly simple.—London Chronicle, crystal of alentrinity, ‘How to Travel. By Kate T'horn. N the first place, know wheres you are going, and how yon are going. And if you know what you are going for, it will be quite ar well, Dress well, for on your dress depen the treatment you will receive on your journey he large has naver learncl to discriminate between the and the undesarving in any other way than by appearances, if you would be treated with courtesy and attention, wear good clothes gaudy or showy ones, but something of a material which looks well, and will not be ruined by dust, or rain, or dampness, Avoid all trailing skirts for gentlemen to wipe their feet on, and trimmings of fringes and laces on other people's buttons and parasol handles Dress warm enough to save you from the neces one extra wrap, for bundles are a nuisance on a journey, journey, Take no more baggage you try, to ne how little In a satchel, thread, scis strings ings, and other personal you will be sure to need Check vour trunk when having put the checks w the trunk from your mind about it,” as most ladies When you buy your world at deserving rand Not carrying particul more arly sity of than you actually need. You wil you can be comfortable with along combs, brushes, soap, buttons, handkerchiefs, extra glove necessaries for if your ends over a them before you can get access Lo your trunk you set forth for the place of your desting will be in no da is not the slightest are in the habit of doing. icket, get a railroad map of the country traveling over, together with a timetable of distances Mies every raliroad of note, and by consulting them you not ductors and fellow-travelers with tiresme questions Carry no money in your pocket beyond the little you with papers and refreshments, and do not confide have secured the bulk of your money or other valuables In large cities, make all inquiries of hotel clerks and policemen In choosing a Racin. always take the one who solicits you least, Be courteous to everybody and confidential with nobody A lady is better protex ted on a journey by her womanly dignity than by a gentleman of whom she knows nothing Make up your mind before you start on your journey to bear all trials and disagreeable events incident to traveling with good humor and equan imity Do not fly into a passion if a drunken man staggers into the ear, or turn uy your nose if somebody swears or look unsufferably annoyed if a baby some old gentlman falls asleep and mnores. Be patient, quiet and mind your own business thor does not burst, or the train “does not meet with verts, or something of that end in safety —New Yor rk Weekly. neeaqies and take towels boot journey ext ‘here they There you purpo are furnished 1 have will tO worry you may need to supply to anybody wher. you cries, o} roughly; broken rails, washed.out enl i sBy E. H. LL. AND he gave it for his opinion that whoevs corn or two blades of grass to grow only one grew before would more essential service to his i her."—Dean Swift h the lark, and 8 of a summer make two ears of where r coul Ihr nt yf 1pon a &pot of better of ground geserve : country than ans put toget » who rises wit find ler the after his beast, turning p the brown hearing th murmur 3 ae muri patie ered the sweet ice of nature to applaud rs would form I great sing and heaving mo rying ¢ in impotent ¢ Tags He who from mistress, supports i and nourishes Iankiad obiaine Naty his task ve of G rod and Ass 3 wn produces io aich effort the ondit every Ons susness of 2 {other imate hi nide, the takes nothing ay. he bu the ¢ jong of soil and his ace. He gives much and down, and in the long battle of life his is the reward con and Farm Journal Fig Fig Inventions to Be Invented. By the Editor of the Home Companion. 80 Cotton " course, there is no escapes from the consideration must be allotted a supreme place, for man is an therefore compelled to sesk physical sustenance more and more concerned with the problemas of food-suppin Here the chemist comes into evidence. Scientists predict results as the ultimate rewards of the research now going oo quietly in many a laboratery. The way will be found of grow ing strawberries as large as fine apples, and raspberries and blackberries will be produced of such dimensions that one wili suffice for the fruit course of each person. Cranberries, gooseberries and currants will as large as or anges. One cantaloup will supply a large family. Melons, cherries, grapes plums, apples, pears and peaches will be seelleas. All of summer fruits will be of such a hardy nature that will be capable of storage all through the winter, as potatoes are now. Cheap native ruber will be grown, and will be harvested by machinery allover th Roses will be as big as cabbages, violets will attain the size of fine orchids, and a heart's-ease will be of the sunflower magnitude There will be practised the constant trznsfer of the perfume of any scented flower to another that iz naturalir inodorous Plants will be rendered microbe-proof. How will all these wonders .n culture ba achieved? By the discovery of new methods of applying electric ageney in glass gardens, a0 that at one and the same time currnta will he passed through the soil to make plants grow faster and larger, and also to exterminate weoda and to destroy bacteria. One of the dreams of medical men is likely to ba realize! ‘n the rear fu ture. Few drugs will be swallowed or taken into ths stomach unless needed for the direct treatment of that organ itself. The method of administra’ ion of healing medicaments will be revolutionized in the days of our greatgrand children. With the aid of diagnosis by X-rays, and by the medium of electrie currents, drugs will be applied to various organs through the skin and flesh, and the treatment will be painless. It will be easy with the instru: ots thet are certain to be invented-—of which the miecroacope, the photographic camers and the X-ray apparatus are but the pieneers—for tha patholcgist, physician and surgeon to see the interior of the body and to explore its recesses as it i» yw to survey the exterior, Irrigation and Forests. By President Roosevelt. 9B irrigdfion development of the arid west cannot stand alone Forestry is the companion and support of irrigation. Without forestry irrigation must fail. Permanent irrigation development and forest destruction cannot exist together. Never forget that the forest reserve policy of the national government means the use of all the resources of the forest reserves. There is little profit in destruction compared with use, The settlement of the great arid west by the makers »f homes 's the cen tral object of the irrigation and the forest policy of the United States In for estry, as in irrigation, the immediate private interests of some indivdual must occasionally yield to their permanent advantage, which is the public good. The benefits of forestry are not only for the future but for the present. The forest reserves are for all the people, but first for the people in the immed)! ste neighborhood, for whom supplies of wood and water are among the first noceasities of life. With the wiser and more skilful management of the re serves by trained men the greater obviously will their usefulness be to the public. We must never allow our chagrin at temporary defeat and difficulties in the management of the forest reserves to blind us to the absolute necessity of these reserves to the people of the west, Support of the forest reserve pottey has grown with wonderful rapidity in the west during the last few years. It will continue to grow until Se last vestige of opposition, now almost gone, has wholly disappearei before he true understanding of the object and the effect of the forest reservation, The great. er the support of the forest reserve by the people of the west the greater the assurance that the national irrigation policy will not fall, for the preservation of the forests is vital to the success of this policy. I, A that dietetics animal, he they is country a A pg IW Eviderce cf it. “Are your intentions serious?” manded the father, who had come denly into the darkened parlor “€orious 1” repeated the youth who was holding a 160-pound maiden on his knees. “Well, 1 should say so. Why, I've been training for this” Ungusrded Admission. : “Your hair is rather long,” suggested the barber. _ “That's the wy I like i in the chair ‘Spare me your conversa- tion, All I want is a shave” The barber lathered his face in silence. Then he strapped his razor. “] w Uppose, " he said, “you've looking at some of those pictures in the funny papers that show how barbers talk their customers to death *" | "Worse than tl at.” the in the “1 draw the pictures.’ rot after that may per ” de- sud- t,"” said the man | i een retorted man chair haps be imagined ¥ “1 had a bad cough for six weeks and could find no relief v 2 trolley 2 until I tried Ayer’s Cherry Pecto- crv refed ral. Only one- fourth of the bottle the srt ier rian cured me. He L. Hawn, An Openwork Accident. + } wington, Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, or consumption. 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Other things being equal he should ehooss that vocation which offers the largest opportunity for | growth, and which will keep pushing his horizon a little farther and farther away from him. There are many call ings that do not tend to develop a man and keep him growing after the first few years. The discipline in them is only a repetition of the exer cise of certain faculties. There is no pushing out, no variety of experience. | Envy. “He must be a good artist, “Not necessarily.” “He certainly sells his pictures for good prices.” i “Oh, well, no one denies that he's a | good salesman.” Best! for The Bowels Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good, Do G Fever Slcken, Wosken or Gripe, ibe, Se, bbe. NX id in Salk, The genuine tables stamped © Lead 80 cure or your money baok. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y, ANNUAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES | LINIMENTS MERELY rr THE PAIN— at Ne hte Lhe ad of A poiaoneny rie 4 lactic fe eid TR! 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