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THE SAVAGBEAUTY.
Pretty Girls of Foreicn Lands as
Seen in the Kew Exhibits of
the National Museum.
IFAT MAKES A H0TTEHT0T BELLE.
Anklets Weighing Pour Ponnds Adorn the
African Charmer, and Hideous Scars
Cover Her Arms.
EAR HOLES USED AS CIG1R HOLDERS.
A Japanese l&ij Wdo Can Discs on a Ellret Dalltr,
sxd Eme Tattooing Freaks.
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Washington, August 23. The Na
tional Musenm hat just received a large
collection of articles from the wilds of
Africa. This exnibit has not yet been put
in the cases, and a
great part of it is yet to
be classified. I had a
private look at some
of its cariosities to-day,
nod my eyes grew big
as I handled the jew
elry worn by the la
dies of the Congo.
About the only things
that a Congo girl cares
for are her belt and
bracelets.She wears.in
fact,nothingelse. The
belt is ornamented In
various way, and I
am told at the Mu
seum that this belt
constitutes the adorn-
AKOREfltl ment of many savage
BEAUTY women in different
parts of the world. In most of the tropical
countries women wear clothes purely for
ornament.
Every tribe has its different idea of
beauty. I took a sketch to-day ot the Hot
tentot "Venus, who is considered the most
beautiful woman of the African tribe to
which she belongs. She is the wife of a
king, and a painting is now being .made of
her from a photograph by the artist of the
Musuem. She must weigh at least 400
pounds and she seems to run all to fat. She
is so fat that when she lies down on her
back she has to have her maids to help pull
her up ag.in, and in this fatness and cross
ness consists her beauty in the eyea of the
Hottentot man.
BEAUTT BY FOBCE PUMP.
The Hottentot mothers stuff their babies
with food in order to make them fat. They
force milk into them as though they were
so many geese and they were trying to mate
pate de foi gras of them, and many a yonng
girl is whipi ed by ber mother because she
will not eat till she bursts. This fatness as
a sign of beauty is also characteristic of
Korean woman. The tat Korean is sup
posed to be wealthy, and a girl who would
weizh one-sixth of a ton ought to have a
very rich fatner. The Korean woman is
more over-dressed than her American sister.
She wears pjntiloons and skirts, and she
never goes out without a green cape thrown
over ner bead, tbrougb tbe front ot wbtcn
she makes a crack with her fingers just
wide enough for ber to see through.
In this African collection are some of the
heaviest bracelets and anklets which are
found in the world. I handled one ankle;
made of brass, which was as big around as
your wrist and which weighed about fonr
pounds. It would be impossible for a girl
to rnn with such a thing on her leg, and
there were bracelets by the dozen ot iron
and brass which weighed about a pound or
more. Some of these bracelets were of
ivory. Some were spiral like a watch
spring, and others were as thtn as bangles.
COSTS JUST THE SAME.
In India women often wear bracelets from
the wrist to the armpit, and I have seen at
Benares on women whose black skins were
covered with a cotton dress consisting
merely of a sheet wrapped around tbem,
and which all told could not have cost more
than 25 cents, bracelets of gold, silver and
brass which would have purchased a Paris
costume. In the hill tribes of Burmah the
women wear great bands of brass around
their necks, and it is said that one woman
will sometimes carry as much as 30 pounds
in this way. In the collection at the
Museum there are necklaces of iron, brass
and gold and the objects are of all shape
and description. The most curions neck
lace, to me, was one of human fingers, but
Hindoo, daisy
this was used by the medicine men ol a
certain tribe rather than at an ornament for
women.
Two of the most beautifully formed
women I have ever seen were pointed out to
me by the curator of the African exhibit,
from a picture in the possession ol the Mu
senm. They were young Kaffirs dressed in
the costume or the country. They have
high shoulders, beauti'nl busts, plump
forms and long, lithe limbs. Tbeir hair is
curly and their noses are flat and I am told
that in this fl.tness they find a part of their
beauty. Mothers think that the fl t nose is
the only beantitol nose and they press down
upon the noses of their babies to spread ont
their nostrils.
AS OILT CKEATOBE.
There is one thing in dressing a young
Kaffir lady that is de rigenr. She must
nave a coat ot grease every day before she
can go out of the tent. She oils herself un
til her black fckin shines like patent UatW
and then she is ready for a siege. She has
en idea that scars add to her beauty, and
you will notice that in many cases a Kaffir
woman's arm troiu the wrist half way np to
the elbow has natural bracelets of raised
flesh. This is done by cutting tbearm when
the child is young and falling the wounds
with asbes made of burned snakes. These
ashes pwlnce, to a certain extent, the effect
of tattooing, and you will find the tattooed
woman :n nearly every country.
psj-rroi. mtcncocK, wno tins just returned
from Yezo. the island which lies between
iJapan proper and Eastern Siberia, has
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brought some photographs ol the savage
aborigines of that country. He says that
the Aino women are beautifully formed, but
that they disfigure themselves with tatbio
ing. When tho Aino wants to kiss he has
to kiss inside the tattooed line which runs
about the girl's mouth. The probability is
that he does not know what kissing means,
for the Japanese do not kiss and they never
shake hands. This tattooed line is one of
theAino's signs or beauty. It runs along
the upper lip under the nose and between
the under lip and the chin, and the two lines
are united at the corners. Some of the
women unite the eyebows by a streak of tat.
bracelets around their arms.
TATTOOING THE BEAUTIES.
This tattooine begins at the age of 6. The
skin is punctured with a knife and soot is
rubbed in. A great deal is done in Alaska,
and the museum has many examples of the
tattooed women of that country. They do it
differently, however, from the Ainos, and
Lieutenant Ki black, of the navy, who spent
some years in Alaska in the employ of the
museum, has prepared a report upon this
subject which is now in press. He says that
the Haida tribe of Alaska have reduced it
to a fine art, and that the women frequently
tattoo finger npgs upon their hands and
bracelets upon their arms. It often takes
several yean to tatoo a woman properly.
It is practiced among the Thibetans, and
in the Himalaya Mountains you will see
women with their cheeks scarred and red
paint rubbed into tbem. Among some of
the fashionable ladies of Japan I mean
English ladies living in Japan tattooing
has gotten to be quite a lad, and a man who
returned last week irom the East in show
ing me a red, white and blue design which
bad been pricked by a tat,ooer upon his
arm, told me that a half-dozen fashionable
ladies at Kobe, Japan, had had pictures
made on them by this man. I could hardly
believe him, but be assured me that it was
a fact. It is only the men among the
Japanese who tattoo, and the Japanese girl
keeps her beautiful skin clean. It is the
same among the Burmese.
TOM XDSl'S MODEL.
Of all the beauti'nl women of the Orient
the Venuses of Japan and Burmah are the
most beautifnl. They have skins as white
as ours. Their forms are as plump and their
eyes as bright and their smiles as winning.
The only difference is in the conrormation
ol the features and in the dress and in cer
tain ideas of adornment which make up
what they consider beauty. There is no
prettier ear in the world than that of Turn
Yum. It is as dainty as that of a baby's,
and its color is a delicate corah It is never
defaced with ear-rings, and it sits on either
of Yum Ynm's jrrsey cream face, a fit orna
ment tp one ol the sweetest ornaments vou
will find in the world of womanhood. Her
hair is well pulled up from it, and if you
could separate it from the whole it alone
would form enough of attraction to make
the blood jump in your veins.
The Yenus ol Burmah has naturally just
as pretty an ear, but she ruins it by'her ear
plug. As soon as she reaches that age at
which oar girls begin to lengthen their
dresses her ear is bored Vr a professional
ear-borer, and this boring makes her a
yonng woman. It is done with great cere
mony. Her mother gives a party, and all
the friends look on while she is thrown down
on the ground and a golden wire is thrust
through the lobe of her ear and twisted into
a ring.
-AWFUL DEPOBMITIES.
After the sore is healed a bigger wire is
put in. This is followed by a bigger one,
until the bole becomes as large aronnd as a
man's thumb. Tnen a plug of gold, silver
or glass is put into the ear, and is worn
there from this time on as an ornament.
These pings are sometimes studded with
diamonds, and in the cases of wealthy girls
they are very costly. Among the poorer
Burmese women the holes are (nlarged
nntil yon could put a napkin ring
inside of them. The Burmese cigar
is about three times as big around
as the ordinary Havana, and the Bur
mese women often carry their cigars
around in their ears. In some cases the
ears are pulled out so that they will hang
almost to the shoulders, and I have seen
photographs of such ears which contained
holes large enough for me to put my fist
through.
As to the nose ring the Indian women
have all sorts of them, and you will find
that about half the women in the world or
nament their noses. There are all sorts ot
nose rings here in the National Museum.
The women of Eoochow, China, wear a thin
ring of silver as big around as the bottom of
a tin cup in their Doses, and in eating they
put the food through the ring into their
months. The little screw earrings which we
are now using come from the far East, and
you will find thousands of them in India.
The Indian girls punch holes all along the
edge of the ear from the lobe up to the top,
and they screw these earrings into them.
Tney also screw rings into the roots of tbeir
nose's, and the blacker the skin the more
anxious the women seem to be to ornament
it.
BELLS OH THEIB TOES.
Not a feV oi the women of the world
ornament their feet, and in India girls often
wear bells on tbeir toes. I have seen
hundreds of them tramping along in their
bare feet and making in reality, in the
words ol the old nursery rhvme, "music" as
they went along. These bells are of silver,
gold or white metal, according to the wealth
of the maiden. They are a good deal like
sleigh bells, and are fastened to the top of a
rine, like a finger ring, tbat goes around
the toe. In some cases a woman will have
five oi these bells on each foot, snd in others
only the rings are used and no bells. '
About three-fourths of the women of the
world go barefooted, and some ot the pret
tiest feet that you find anywhere are those
of India and the far East. The Chinese
woman wonld naturally have a pretty foot
were it not for the custom of compressing it
to make it smaller than it is. The Chinese
are beantiinlly formed. They have small
bones, and are the aristocrats of the world.
The Manchu women of North China do not
compress the feet, and their limbs are as
beautifnl as those of the Yenns of the Capi
tol. Ibe Empress of China wears a No. 2
shoe, and no woman with a compressed foot
is allowed in the royal palace, and there are
at least 160,000.000 wives and maidens in
China who have compressed feet.
DANCING ON A DOLLAB.
There is a woman at Canton, China, who
can stand and spin aronnd on a trade dollar
without letting ber shoe come outside the
rim. Her loot is one of the kind that the
Chinese go into raptures over under the
oame of the golden lily. It is a horrible
thing, howeveV, when it is outside of the
shoe. You find that the maiden has merely
been standing on her toe and that her foot
has been squeezed out of all sign of beau tv.
This squeezing commences at the time the
girl is 5 years old and oiten when .she is
younger. The toes arc tied under the loot,
the heel is squeezed down toward the toes
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and the foot o'ten breaks at the instep. It
if terribly painlul and it results in making
the women cripples.
It takes away all the beauty of the calf,
and there is not a pound of flesh on any one
of these 150,000,000 Chinese women below
the knee. I have a photograph in my pos
session of a Chinese woman's foot. Her
.shin bone is barely covered with flesh, and
vet her face is fat "and her arms are plump.
The Chinese women fatten easily, and fat
ness is the sign of beauty. The Japanese
woman's toot is small and delicate. It has
a good instep, and the only difference be
tween it and the prettiest of the American
article is in the spreading apart of the big
toe from the other toes of the foot. This
comes from the Japanese stocking and the
Japanese shoe. The Japanese stocking
reaches only about three inches above the
ankle. It is a sort of a mitten, with one
finger for the big toe, and the string or the
sandal comes between the big toe and the
rest of the little toes, forcing them apart.
YUM YUM'S TOILET.
The Japanese girl is always well dressed
and she wears one of the most picturesque
costumes of the East. She believes in paint
and powder and knows as much about hair
oil as her American sister. The Japanese
woman has the most gorgeous waterfall of
the Orient, and the women of other nations
pav as much attention to putting up tbeir
hair as we do. Yum Yum is not at ail
ashamed of making her toilet either and
she sits on the floor before an open door or
window primping before a mirror. She
looks at you and smiles as you pass by
and she generally has a maid to help her
primp nud powder.
It costs about 20 cents for the professional
hairdresser to put np a woman's hair in
Japan. It is stiffened with paste, and the
yonng lady is not expected to have it pnt
np more than once a week. She lies at night
with her bairon a wooden pillow about as big
as a loaf of bread to keep her perfumed
locks fiom the floor, and she makes it a
CHINESE W0MU&
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point not to move her head in sleeping.
There is no more luxuriant hair in the world
than that of the Japanese, and this probably
comes Irom the shaving of the head when
she is a baby. The custom of shaving the
head and blackening the teeth upon mar
riage is dying ont, and the Empress is
doing all she can to discourage it
OBIENTAL TVATEBFALLS.
Different styles of hairdressing prevail in
different parts ol China, and the water all is
known everywhere. The Korean girl wears
ber hair on the nape of her neck, and the
lady servants of the palace wear abont a
bushel of false hair on the tops ot their
heads. The Aino women wear their hair
down over their e.irs like the men, and per
hapi the only short .haired women in the
world are those of Siam. The Siamese girls
have beautiful forms, and as your boat floats
in and out among the water home of
Bangkok yon see many of tbem standing on
the steps oi their floating houses taking
their daily bath.
They throw a cloth aronnd them and step
down to their waists in the water and there
spUsh themselves to their heart's content.
They have skins of a rich chrome yellow,
bright black eyes showing out of buttonhole
lids, and their hair stands up like porcu
pine quills all over tbeir beads. They have
a roguish look and they are by no means
unhandsome. Muss Gbundy, Jb.
A CHOW IHDIAN PICHIC.
Some Realistic Representations ofHIdeona
Battle Scenes.
Helena Journal.
"I saw one of the grandest sights I ever
saw in my life on the Fourth," said
General Brisbin. "The Crow Indians
celebrated the Fourth, and it is impossible
to describe the scenes enacted. They went
wild with' delight and entered into the
sport in earnest.
--"There wer; 250 of the Crows altogether,
xn the first place they made (alse faces of
blue clay and pieces of canvas, rendering
their appearance perfectfnl trightlul. It is
truly wonderlnl the way they got np the
faces. Some had long noses, others long
chics, some bad horns upon their heads,
and, in fact, they were made up in every
conceivable shape. They also decorated
their persons in every imaginable style.
The ponies were covered with canvas,
gorgeously decorated with everything they
could get hold of. The agent had arranged
for their amusement on that occasion, but
the details were left tor them to fill up. I
sent a battery over at their request, and a
continued roar was kept up all day.
"Theyiperformed in a large circle, and
their chief delight was in sham battles The
scenes were so realistio that it was difficult
to realize that they were not in earnest. They
dashed about the ring upon their ponies,
fighting with wooden lances. Some of the
Indians would pretend that they were killed
or wounded, when they -would be carried
from the battlefield and attended by those
selected for that purpose. The scalping
scene was the great feature ot the occa
sion. They had taken pieces of flannel
and fastened them upon the heads of those
who were to be pretended victims, and
when this was removed with the scalping
knives the facelwas besmeared with red ink
to give the appearance of bleeding wounds.
It was a most hideous spectacle, and the
ladies who bad gone down to witness the
event were compelled to leave, it was so
shockingly terrible. The Indians, how
however, enjoved the sport hugely, and at
night had a big war dance.
"It was impossible to get them to return
home to tbeir farms for three days. The
agent says that this will be the last one, as
it excites the young bucks too much and re
calls old times to the warriors( attracting
them from their civilized pursuits. It seems
remarkable that none of the redskius were
iniured. Their horsemanship is superb.
and it is worth going thousands of miles to
see the exhibitions oi horsemanship given
by that tribe. Altogether it was one of the
grandest sights I ever saw, and I never ex
pect to see its equal."
HEW SAFETY PUBSES.
They Are &o Contrived Tbat None bnt the -Owner
Can Open Them.
There are some good things in safety
purses now, says a writer in the Fall Mall
Budget. They can be laid down without
any fear that the contents will disappear.
Many women have an unhappy knack of
leaving tbeir purses about. It is to these
that the safety purses appeal. They are
a puzzle to the uninitiated. A purse
with silver mounts will have the opening
spring hidden away in one corner. Yet all
the corners look the same. The way to
open another is to turn the spring right
round. Another purse deceives you into
the belief tbat the bottom is the top.
Sealskin, without the fur. is the latest
novelty for purses, The American purse is
handy for carrying in tbe band. It's quite
half a foot lone, so the owner can get a good
grip on it. The double purse is a ttieittl
article. Tbe roomy half of this is for
coppers. , i
PITTSBURG, SUNDAY,
UP' AN ALPINE PEAK
Ascent of Craggy Mount Pilatus,
Overlooking Lake Lucerne.
BEAUTIES OF A SDNRISE SCEKE.
The Panorama of Fair Switzerland aa Seen
Through the Clouds.
IS0IDEHTB OF THE PERILOUS TRIP
ICOBSXBTOXPXXCX OF TEX DISPATCS.I
Venice, Angnst 9.
HAVE climbed my
first and last moun
tain, one of the Al
pine peaks being
enough for me for a
lifetime. It is now
a week ago since I
made the ascent aa
well aa the descent
of Mount Pilatus
which is only 6,900
feet high, and my
bones have not yet
resumed their nor
mal condition but
feel as if I had a
severe attack of
rheumatism. Those
who imagine that
when a mountoin is
only 6,900 feet high
they have only to climb that number oi feet
are very much' mistaken as tbe path up the
mountain so zig-zag that five times 6,900
would be nearer the mark. Hereafter when
I want to admire the View from a mountain
top I shall take a train for that point and
lacking that mode of conveyance I shall be
content to admire its beanties from the
valley underneath.
On my way to Venice, for a few months
sketching, I stopped a few days at Lucerne,
one of the most beautiful spots in Switzer
land. Across the lake can be seen the tow
ering forms of Mount Eighi and Mount
Pilatus. The latter, which is higher than
Mount Bighl, looks more precipitous and
rugged, but Mount BIghi is more in favor
with amateur climbers, for the simple reason
that it is not so tiring.
THE MOTLEY CBOWD.
The most awe-inspiring things abont a
climb up the mountains are tbe merciless
rays of tbe sun beating on you while toiling
up its base and the Arctic coldness when you
get to tbe top. The first thing to do is to
provide yourself with a stout stick about
eight feet long, with a long steel point. I
took the steamer for a halt hour's ride to a
village on tbe lake where one of the mount
ain parks commences. Ou the steamer
can be seen a choice collection of types
from many countries. The Englishman in
bis suit ol tweed, Knickerbockers, etc., and
the usual white streamer around his hat;
Germans, Austrians . and Hungarians,
many of them having feathers and eidel
weiss in their hats, and Borne with stout hob
nailed shoes and knapsacks and all armed
with long poles.
There are English and American girlsby
the score. They can always be eSsily
known br their straw hats, generally black,
with a brim only visible with a telescope.
If American girls could only be persuaded
how hideous they look with these cockle
shells, I am snre they would quickly dis
card them. The French women, ot all other
nations, appear to the best advantage in
traveling. Like their English and Ameri
can sisters they do not wear their worst
clothes when traveling, but appear as be
witchingly at Saint Mark's in Venice as
they do on the Boulevard des Italiens.
The American small boy was, as usual, to
the lore in the boat. He criticised any
thing and everybody unceasingly, and was
evidently monarch of all he surveyed.
ACTUALLY CLIMBING.
- For the first 2,000 feet np the mountain
the heat is intense. I shed garment after
garment until the shedding could go no
further. Several thousand feet further up
I could see tbe goats skipping nimbly
around, and from my position I wondered
they did not tumble down into Lucerne
A View of Mount Tttalui.
lake. In the woods at the base we met
many of the natives engaged in cutting
down trees. About a third of the distance
up the mountain we came on
a chalet with an unpronounce
able German name where refreshments
were provided. It was of the roughest con
struction imaginable, with rustic benches
in front, but a bed of eiderdown was never
so re'reshing to the weary traveler as these
benches were to the mountain climbers.
Three of my English friends who had
stouter legs than mine had already arrived,
and were getting away with some English
ale and strawberries. I succeeded in un
earthing some prebistoric sausage. Tne
paper around it was stained with age. After
also unearthing some "rngeu brod," I
asked for mustard, but not speaking Ger
man, after making all the pantomines pos
sible, and being brought everything but
mustard, it at length arrived wnen I was
nearly finished. One thing certain, they
could beat a plumber in charges.
IN FOGS AND CLOUDS.
My pen cannot do justice to the grandeur
of the panorama of tbe lakes and valleys of
Switzerland as they unfolded themselves to
my gaze as I ascended higher and higher.
One moment I would be enveloped in a cold,
dense fog, and as it by magio in tbe next
moment it would clear away, disclosing one
of tbe mountain peaks ahead of me in all
its sky-piercing sublimity. The path was
zigzag, and as I looked down over it I was
surprised at its regularity. The mountain
paths are well taken care of by the hotel
proprietors.
One of the chief dangers in mountain
climbing is of a party ahead of yon dis
lodging a stone which rolls down with
frightful speed. The best thing to,do if you
slip in climbing, is to throw yourself on the
ground. I had some practical experience
in slippingdlnjosfat the base on a grassy
meadow. I wanted to make a straight line
in place ot a zigzag. Suddenly I lost my
center of gravity and was in a minute rush-'
Ing down tbat hillside wltn Irlgbt ul
velocity. I iet myself gallon the ground I
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and such was my momentum that I must
have rolled over a dozen times.
SNOW FIFTEEN FEET DEEP.
In the last 1.000 feet von' ascend through
a natural, fissure in tbe rocks up a .rude J
nuuueu staircase, enowuoes not reuimu uu
Mt. Pilatus all the year round, but I passed
several ravines where the snow was 15 feet
deep. A stream ran underneath the snow,
leaving a bridge, and there was no incon
siderable danger in passing by tbem, as
when they get detached by the thawing they
slide down the mountain side, and woe to
him who is in their line of march.
It takes about three hours and a half to
make the ascent At the base it was warm
enongh for a seersucker suit, and at the top
a heavy winter overcoat would be comfort
able, but as a heavy winter overcoat id not
very portable up a mountain side, I adopted
the unhappy medium and shivered on the
mountain top. I have one consolation in
thinking of the heat which I suffered a few
hours previous at tbe base. Shakespeare's
lines I think wonld come in here:
Ob, who can hold a ball of fire In his hand,
In bare remembrance ot tbe frosty Caucasus.
XHE MOUNTAIN HOTELS.
There are two palatial hotels at the sum
mit, and tbe prices are palatial also. My
companion and I could have a room with
two beds for $2 each, and the usnal Euro
pean charges for candles, services, etc.,
would run the bill np to several dollars
more; but tbe lower you are on the mount
ain side the lower the prices are, so we de
scended a thousand feet to another hotel,
where we got good accommodations at
much better rates. Nights on the mount
ain are awiully cold. After we had snug
ly tucked ourselves in the landlord's beds
one oi his buxom daughters came into our
room with an armful ot those feather affairs
so much used as bed covering in European
countries. I wonder we did not suffocate
before morning.
I told the host to awaken mo at 4:30 in
the morning to see the sun rise, that being
the regulation thing for tourists on a mount
ain ton. I have seen Niagara Falls and
the Eiffel tower, but nothing can surpass a
sunrise on the Alps viewed from a mount
ain top 6.900 feet high. Te lakes and
valleys underneath were bidden in a flat
layer ot mist and tbe sun Bhining on this
and on the top of the snow-clad chain made
a sight which I shall never lorget.
AN ALPINE BTJNBISE.
The mist, with the mountain peaks jutting
ont here and there, bear a striking resem
blance to an ocean studded with islands.
Tbe sharp peak of the Jungtrau, clotbed in
its eternal snow, towered above the other
Jnn on the Mountain Path.
peaksthe Fennesterhorn, tbe Schreckhorn,
the Silverhorn, the Matterhorn, etc., with
the vast snowfields at their bases. As the
day grew older the mist underneath com
menced to break up and ascend the mount
ain peaks. Now and then, tbrongh a
break in the cloud, could be discerned the
shining Lake of Lucerne underneath.
Abont 10 o'clock the shifting mists, the
snows, the shadows on the mountains, the
lakes "and valleys of Switzerland made a
panorama the equal of which I suppose
cannot be seen in any part of the world,
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
During mv stay on the mountain top I
was witness" to a terrible accident. Two
hundred Austrians arrived on an excursion.
Awailrnns around the hotel premises on
the mountain summit, and on one side the
mountain shelves very abruptly. One of the
excursionists jumped off this wall onto tne
side of the slope to gather some flowers, and
losing his balance, he rolled like a wheel
some 400 reetdown and vaulted over a
huge ledge of rock into a rocky
ravine. I got on the scene a few
minutes alter, and could plainly see
him laying in a pool of blood, and moaning
piteously. It took a full Jialf hour for
three expert climbers to bring him np to
the hotel. I never saw an person worse
mangled in a railway accident. He was
without medical care for several hours, and
died in great agony the same day.
When I reached the bottom there was
very little left of my shoes which were in
good condition the previous day. My ad
vice to mountain climbers is to take the
train which runs up the side of the mount
ain opposite the side I ascended.
DEW. Scanlan.
BUNGS FE0H THE SHAH.
How an Enellsh Ijndy llam Fnllen Under tbe
Notice of HI HlabneH.
Illustrated News of the World.
The magnificent diamond ring shown in
our illustration is that which his Imperial
Majesty.tbe Shah, has graciously sent to Sir
Algernon Borthwick, M. P., by the bands
of the NawabMirza Hasan Ali Khan, with
with an autograph letter in Persian, and
the following translation:
"After compliments,
"The time of our companionship with
you, and the happy days passed in your
neighborhood, are a delightlul souvenir
of our last year's travels, and I con
tinually revive in my recollections the
27ie Shah' Qlft.
pleasantness thereof. There was only one
unrequitable deficiency namely, the indis
position and (consequent) absence ot your
respected wi e, Lady Borthwick, which le t
the gladness of our heart incomplete, and
which is still recorded in the pages of our
diarv.
"Since we do not wish Her Ladyship to
permit her absence and our not meeting her
to cause oblivion, we have sent a ring for
her. And we make you a medium of ex
pression of our heartfelt regards and an ex
ponent of our affection and.gratitude toward
this family. "Nase ad Din, Shah."
Swnllowa bi Carrier.
Pall Mall Budget.
Some experiments made the other day at
Dunkirk certainly proved that swallows are
not only swifter and more sure in their
flight, than carrier pigeons, bnt that they
can also notwithstanding all that has been
said and written to dispose the fact be
made as tame as any other birds. But who
that has ever seen the pitiful sight of a swal
low in captivity, with its bright eyes dull,
and the sheen all vanished irom its glitter
ing plumage, can believe that a swallow is
made for anything but "the free airs of
heaven?" , .
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LIEE 0FTHE LOWLY.
Fannie B. Ward's Pen Pictures of the
South American Indian.
EAISING CROPS AMONG STONES.
The Universal Weapon is the Sline, and
They Use It With bkilL
AFEAID OF THE ELECTEIC LIGHTS
tconnssroiroxKcz or tbts ctsrATcm
La Paz, Bolivia, July 1. Many of
the Indians of Peru and Bolivia are inde
pendent farmers in a small way, a tolerably
clean lot of people, as Indians go, peaceable,
industrious and contented. Their besetting
sin, however, is a weakness for more alcohol
and coca than their means allow, whereby
they involve themselves deeper and deeper
into debt with the white race, which, in the
long run means but one thing to the debtor
loss of all be possesses, even personal lib
erty, and peonism, amounting to slavery.
The great Andean plateau, which stretches
between Sorrato and Illimani, at an eleva
tion of 13,000 feet, several hundred miles
long and level as a board floor, is like a
vast but straggling Indian village, covered
with their adobe huts and poor little farms.
The only crops tbat will grow at this height
are barley and potatoes, and the former
never comes to a head, bnt is left till dry
and yellow and then cut, stalks and all, for
fodder. A good many sheep also find a
living among the rocks and llamas abound.
SEED IN BTONY PLACES.
The wonder is that anything can be raised
on this cold and breezy plateau, not only on
account of its elevation, but because of the
deep layer of small, round stones that liter
ally cover the face oi the earth aud must be
removed be ore soil is visible. As stone
walls are not in fashion here, there is no
way of disposing of thisdebris of nature but
to pile it np in heaps; and so about half of
the best cultivated portion of the plateau is
occupied by bnge mounds of stones. Seed
time and harvest occur here whenever it
suits the convenience of tbe cultivator; and
one sees in thesame field women doubled
over like jack-knives scratching up pota
toes with hoes that have handles hardly a
foot loug.follo wed by others who scatter seed
in tbe furrows thus made.
In this part ot the world potatoes are not
considered fit to eat until after they have
been frozen. This is purposely done dnring
tbe coldest months, May, June, July and
August, when they are spread out on the
ground in the highest attitudes till well
frosted. Potatoes hereabouts seldom attain
more than the size of a hickory nnt bnt if
any have grown larger they are cut in two.
After one night's freezing they are soaked
in water for 24 hours, then spread again on
the ground, softly stamped by bare feet to
squeeze ont tbe surplus moisture and frozen
another night or two. '"When this perform
ance is completed they are hard as bones
and will "keep" forever.
COOKING THE POTATOES.
In, order to cook them properly, according
to the notions of the people, they must, first
be soaked in warm water and then ground
or beaten between stones. They are seldom
used exceDt in combination, that is nut into
the chupe or soup, or stewed with bits of
urieu auccp. xi urstgruuuu jiub suuiaea
cooked solus they make a poultice-like mess
similar to the "masbed potato."
About the only meat the Indian indulges
in is chalona or dried mutton, which is pre
pared in this way: When a sheep has been
killed it is laid out flat, frozen, soaked in
water and frozen again; alter which it is
hung up and dried, and is then so hard and
tough that decay is impossible and no ver
min will molest it. To render chalona edi
ble it must be cut into small bits and boiled
a very long time; and in its best estate is
about as tender and juicy as sole-leather.
Bolivian Indians rarely eat fresh meat of
any kind, and have no fondness for the
picanter aud peppers so prized bv the Span
iards and Cholos. Their greatest delicacy
in tbe line of food is frozen llama flesh;
while coca is considered the first essential ot
Iiie. and alcohol, or its equivalent, far more
necessary than water. The prosperous In
dian farmer owns a few Hamas, and perhaps
a mule or two, worth about $10 apiece; while
he is a very nabob who possesses also a cow
or flock of sheep.
EXPEETS "WITH THE SLING.
"Whenever a man, woman or child of In
dian blood starts out to drive a'llama, sbeep
or other animal, he or she, does not look
for a stick, but carries a small sling of
woven wool, which, among these singular
people, is the sole weapon of offense and
delense. Jogging along at a slow trot be
hind the flock or herd an Indian will keep
every member of it straight in the path and
up to time without uttering a sound or
changing his pace. If one of tbe animals
loiters by the wayside, or shows a disposition
to go astray, a small stone, shied from the
sling with unerring accuracy, hits him a
clip on the off ear ana reminds him that
business must be attended to.
It sometimes happens tbat the Aymaras
and Quichuas nave regular pitched battles
between one another and always the only
weapons used are stones propelled by slings.
Such a row occurred in La Paz during the
last carnival time. The rival tribes repaired
to the outskirts of the city, where they oc
cupied two adjacent hilltops and waged war
so fiercely that a number were killed on
both sides. To this day none of the white
race know what was the cause of tbe dis
turbance. At last the Government sent out
a company of soldiers to disperse them, but
with blank cartridges only. Learning this,
the Indians surrounded the soldiers and
held them prisoners until a second body of
troops came to their rescue with powder and
ball.
T7HEEE TVOMEN EULE.
As a rule, tbe women are superior to their
lords in intelligence, and earn the larger
share ot tbeir m'ntual support. Being the
older of the two, she is naturally the bead
of the bouse, and is more likely to thrash
ber dutiful spouse than he is to misuse her.
In the markets where farm products are
disposed of, she can drive a better bargain
than he; tht can carry as heavy burdens,
endure s much manual labor, chew as
much coca and drink as much alcohoL.
Tbe Indians have little or no money, their
n-idiumsof exchange being whatever they
may raise, or the labor of their bands.
They will eat when not hungry, "against
the "time of need," as they say, and they
are lull ot an manner oi superstitions,
which is taken advantage of by numerous
medicine men.
The city ol La Paz Is lighted by electri
city, and the Indians hereabout, not under
eti'ndin? tbephenomenon.have been greatly
troubled thereby. A few weeks ago they
were thrown into a state of wild confusion
by a partial eclipse of tbe moon, and the
next day's local paper contained the follow
ing item! "Thelndiaus residing in the out
skirts of the city were smitten with terror
last night at the spectacle ot tbe eclipse, be
lieving tbe electric light to be directly re
sponsible for it, and tbat the moon, becom
ing ashamed of its inferior light, and tntre
fore jealous and anery, was trying to hide
herself, and what would they do if Luna
should put out her light altogether?
"The panio became so great that the poor
creatures huddled together in groups, cry
ing like children, and some fled to tbe caves
and mouutalns. Others showed fight and
got out tbe reed trumpets that are used in
calling together a council of war, and began
tootjng with all their might At this junc
ture tbe police interfered, fearing trouble to
tbe electric light company and their works,
and two companies of soldiers were called
ont to preserve order."
annie B, "Waed.
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A NOVEL DEALING WITH OOTEMPORAR"Sr LIFE.
WBITTEN FOB THE DISPATCH.
BY WILLIAM BLACK,
Author of "A. Princess of Thute," "Sunrise," and Many Other
Stories of the Highest Reputation on Two Continents.
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
The story opens at Piccadilly with aeed George Betbnne and his granddaughter. Malsrie, on
their w-r to the residence of Lord Musselburgh. Tbe old gentleman is of a noble Scotch house
and claim to have been defrauded ot bis property rights. JMow be is enzazed In preparing for
tbe onblicatlon of a volume of Scotch-American poetry, and bis errand to Lord Mussetbarg- Is to
procure assistance from him. Malsrie In just huddlns; into womanhood and feels humiliated
when ber grandfather accepts 50 from Lord Musselbare. On tbe way home she asks ber grand
father when be will begin the work. She receives an evasive answer which evidently convinces
ber tbat ber grandfather Is not in earnest. At last she begs her grandfatner to allow ber to earn
a living tor the two. He refuses In his proudest vein, intimating that people should feel highly
honored to bave the opportunity to assist tbe family of Betbnne of tSalloray. Malsrie's mind is
evidently made ud to take soma independent course. Young Via. Harris overheard the con
versation at Lord Mnsselburr's residence and became strangely interested m the young girl.
He bad been trained for a brilliant political career; bis father is very rich and given to Social
istic Ideas. VIn. is still studying and finds an exense in tbe interruptions at bis father's housa
to secure a suite of roonujnst across tbe street Irom Malsrie's home. He nas an aunt who is
just now busy Impressing him with vthe Importance of securing an American wife for himself.
At his room he Is greatly touched by Maisrie's tnnes on tbe violin, and straightway he secures
a piano on which he answers ber plaintive notes. This at last leads to a formal Introduction of
the young people. At a dinner Mrs. EIHon again urges Vin. to marry, intimating tbat should
be marry a lady of herapnroval tbe bride should not be without a liberal dowry. VIn.'s father
wishes htm to become private secretary to Josiab Ogden, a politician wbo plays to tbe masses.
Vin. la shocked at the proposal. la roturnlozacall of Geor;o Betbnne. Vin. has tbe pleasura
of an evening in Maisrie's company. Mr. Betbnne requests BoDson. bis landlord, to discover the
residence of youne Harris. This he succeeds in dnlns and acquaints Betbnne with tbe informa
tion he ha' obtained. Vin. again invites the pair to dinner and succeeds in obtaining their con
sent to visit Henley Reeatta. At the regatta Mrs. Ellison is prevailed upon by Vin. to meet tbe
Bethunes. 8he stndles them intently, and intimates on parting that she nas been compromised
by the visit. Malsrie makes no effort to conceal from Mrs. Ellison their poverty or social
standing. Mrs. Ellison consults Lord Mnsselburgh andfeomes to tbe conclusion tbat George
Bethnne and bis daughter are alter Vln's money. Bhe starts ont to save him, but Malsrie wins
her with a song.
OHAPTEB TILL
AN ATiAETif.
On a certain still, clear, moonlight night
a-dogcart containing two young men was
being driven away from tbe little town of
Hendover, out into the wide, white, silent
country. The driver was Lord Mussel
burgh, and he seemed in high spirits, talk
ing to his companion almost continuously,
while he kept the stout little cob going at a
rattling'pace,
"I am more pleased than I can tell you,"
he was saying. "Quite "a triumphl "Why,
you took to it as a duck takes to water. Of
course there's something- in having a re
sponsive audience; and you can always get
a noble band of patriots to cheer your pro
posal for a progressive income tax when not
one in ten of them has an ' income tax to
pay. I'm afraid they weren't quite so en
thusiastic about your scheme of compulsory
insurance; indeed they seemed a little dis
appointed and offended; the Champion of
the Proletariat was playing it a little low
down on them; but a heavily increasing in
come tax oh, yes, that was splendid! they
saw the Bothschilds caught at last, and
had visions oi a land in which there
shall he no more poor-rates or police-rates,
perhaps not even water-rates or gas-ratea.
But it was your confounded coolness tbat
snrprised me no beating about the bnsh
walking straight into it and without
preparation, too '
"I knew what I had to say," Vincent in
terposed, with a becoming modesty, "and it
seemed simple enough to say it."
"Yes, and so it is when you have ac
quired the knack of forgetting yourself,"
"WON'T. YOU GIVE ME
said the yonng nobleman, oracularly, "And
that appears to bave come naturally to you,
my boy. However, this is wby I am so par
ticularly pleased with yonr successful first
appearance," Lord Musselburgh proceeded,
as the dogcart went bowling along the silent,
white highway, between the black hedges.
''I am about to unfold to you a great idea,
Vin perhaps prematurely, but you will be
discreet. The project is mine; but I want
help to carry it tbrougb; yon and I must
work together; and years and years hence
we shall be recognized as tbe Great Twin
Brethren, who saved the falling fortunes of
JSngland."
Was he in jest or earnest? Master Vin,
knowing his -iriend's sub-cynical habit of
speech, listened without interposing a word.
"We shall earn for ourselves a deathless
renown, at very little cost to ns; it's the
other people who will bave to pay, and we
shall have nil the glory. Now what I pro
pose is briefly this: I propose to give all
those good folk who profess a warm regard
lor tneir native country a cn&nce oi snow
ing what tbeir patriotism is worth. I don't
want them to fight; there isn't any fighting
going on at present to speak of; and in any
case the rich old merchants, and maiden
ladies, and portly bishops, and ponderous
judges well, they'd make an awkward
squad to drill; bnt I mean to give them an
opportunity of testifying to their affection
for the land of their birtb; and you, my
blazing young Tory-Democrat, if you can
spe ik as freely as you spoke to-night, you
must carry the fiery torch north, south, east
and west till you've secured Westminster
Abbey for both ot us, or at least a tablet in
St- Paul's. Then look what a subject for
vour eloquence you have tbe guarding of
England from any possible combination of
her foes the island-citadel made Impreg
nable 'coropass'd by the in violate, sea'
defense not defiance you know the kind of
thing. But really, Vin, yon know, there is I
going to be an awiut stramash, as my old
nurse used to say, in Europe before the cen
tury is out; and England's safety will lie in
her being strong enough to remain aloof.
And how? Why, trebling her present
navy."
'"Irebling her present navyl" Vincent re
peated, in a vatjue sort of way.
"Yes," Mnsselburgh went on, coolly.
"And it can easily be done, without involv
ing a single farthing of taxation. I want
the people of this country to show what they
can do voluntarily; I want them to make a
tremendous effort to render Great Britain
secure from-attack for a century at least;
pfMMiMi
!fflS-!YSTM.
and the manner of doing it is to form a
National Patriotic Fund, to which every
body, man and woman, merchant and ap
prentice, millionaire and clnb waiter, can
subscribe, according to their means and the
genuineness of their patriotism. Here is a
chance for everybody; here is a test of all
those professions of love of country. Why,
it would become a point oi honor, with the
very meanest, if the nation were thoroughly
aroused, and if a splendid example were set
in high places. The Queen, now who is
more directly interested in the safety of the
country than she is? why should she not
bead the list with 100,000? I would cull
tbe fund tire Queen's Jf and; and I should
not wonder if we were to get two or three
maniacs very useful maniacs patriots
they would have been called in other days
to cut their possessions in ha! r, and hand
the one half bodily over to Her Majesty:
that would be something like an example?"
"But is it all a wild speculation, Mussel
burgh?" asked Vincent, who was puzzled.
"Or do you mean it seriously?"
"Ha and hum," said the young peer sig
nificantly. "Tbat depends. I should want
to sonnd some of the dukes about it. And
first of all I must bave some sort oi scheme
ready to get rid of obvious objections. They
might say, 'Ob, you want to treble tbe navy?
Then in 20 years yon'Ii.find yourself with a
crowd oi obsolete ships, and all your money
gone.' That is not what I mean at all. I
mean tbe lormation of an immense volun
tary national lund, which will keep the
navy at double or treble its present strength,
not by a sudden multiplication of ships,
but by gradually adding vessels of the
newest constrnction, as improvements are
invented. An immense fandrdonbtless; for
of course there wonld be maintenance; bnt
what couldn't a rich country like England
do if she chose? And that's what I'm com
ing to, with regard to yon, my young Demos
ONE OP THOSE TLOWEE3?
thenes. It would be infinitely better it
would be safer it wonld be building
on securer foundations if tbe demand
for such a movement came from tba
country itself. If the Queen and
the dukes and tbe millionaires
were to subscribe as il in answer to an ap
peal from the people the enthusiasm would
be tremendous; it would be such a thing as
never happened before in the history of
Enzland; talk abont noble ladies flinging;
their jewels into the pnblic treasury? why,
every school-girl would bring ont her
hoarded pocket-money, with her lips white
with patriotic fervor. England can sub
scribe on all possible occasions for the bene
fit of other countries; lor once let her sub
scribe on ber own beballl"
Lord Mnsselburgh went on, though it
might bave been bard to say what half.
mocking bravado intermingled with his ap
parent enthusiasm. "And tbat's where
you would come in. You would be the
emissary, the apostle, the bearer of the fiery
torch. You've done very well with tbe
grocers' assistance of Mendover; but tancy
having to wake up England, Canada. Aus
tralia, and the Cape to the necessity for
making tbe Mother Country once for all in
vulnerable, in the interests of peace and
universal freedom. Why, I could become
eloquent about it myself. They cheered
your graduated income tax; "but what
wonld they say to thi? Fancy
what could be done if every man in
this country were to pledge himself to give
a year's income I We don't ask him to go
out and bave his legs or his arms amputate-.!,
or his bead shot off; we only ask for a year's
income toj secure peace and prosperity for
himself and his children and his children's
children. If there is any patriotism in the
country at all, who would say no? And
then when there is an iron belt round En
gland, and when there is a floating mass of
iron tbat could be sent at any moment to
form x wall round any ol her dependencies,
then, I suppose, there might be a splendid
assemblage in Westminster Hall; and yon
and I as tbe instigators of this great na
tional movement bnt my imagination stops
short; I don't know what they will make of
ns."
He himself had to stop short, for he waa
passing tbrongh a wide gateway into the
grounds surrounding the Bungalow, and'
tbe carriage drive was almost i a vis
ible under tbe over-shadowing tree.
Presently they bad drawn up in front of
the long. low. rambling house: aud hen
were .windows, and an open, door, a&tt
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