l'UEMlimLMUKUUroST.
T. H. IIARTER, Edit axb PbsVil
Minni.riirr.riit. pa., sk.it. t. lm
The progress ot invention and dis
eovery aud applied, sciences in con
stantly adding new word to our
language. The words and phrases tin
der the letter "A" in Woreestor'a dic
tionary are WW, in Webster's K3."jW, in
the Century l'ij)2 and iu the Standard,
uw in process of pulilicatimi, 19,730.
The question tin often ben raised
whether or not the sender o( n tele
gram was oHigcd to use tliu Inunks
provided by the telegraph company
for the purpose, This point has been
decided, state til" ('liiei. Hecord. in
the Smith Dakota Supremo Court. The
court held that the Western Union
Telegraph Company, aiiinst whieh suit
was lirmight. Hunt tti-eept liii'ssatfes
tendered whcth-r or n-it written upon
the regular t''..j,Tiiph llatiit. Tin
pluiutilT evid-ntl y c in-line I cntr pristi
with pulilic spirit in his tin th o 1 o(
testing the point. was awarded
SD damnifes under the derision an-'
Liim forty other cases pending.
The growth of the Clfistinn Jin
1'uvir S.ieielies, nccnrdili:; to Secre
tary liner's report, hns l)eeii remark
utile. New V.'rk rt i 1 1 ltuis with 'JV.I.j
Mcicties; l'elinsvlvuliiu is 11 piml sce
cnil. with 'Ji',2S; liliiinis third, with
1 -'.!; ('hio fourth, with 17r.."; and
Iowa fifth, with Uii. Massachusetts
und Indiana Hre not fur behind, in
I'utlililil we I'm 1 ISsJ meiitir''. Tile
growth ill the South his been t neoiir
iicjiii';. Knulund litis over ti'Hl soi-ietii s ;
Australia, !'!' ; lulm, 71; Turkey, 11
Societies ; New Zculutnl, 'J J ; ,)upu!l. Nl ;
Mil lniMsnir, ; Scotland, !l; Mexico,
our liei'.;!ibor, 'J2 ; West Indie--, V.:
Afrien, 1"; Cliinn. It: Ireliin1. 10;
France, !' ; Sandwich Nintnls, (I; l!er
iniid'i, 15 ; IJru.il. ; rersiu, I; and
Chile, Colombia, Norway mid Spain,
each I. In nil, nearly 11 thousand so
cieties in foreign lands, innkii; 11
pr.md ti;t:l enrollment for the world
of 2211 local societies, w ith a member
ehip of 1,577.010.
Five Stut-s- Imvii, Vermont, Miv?h
iguti, Wiscon-iin end Illinois li'ivc no
intiTost-beiiriiiLT debt, und there nr"
six or seven other Stitos whose bonde l
dubt: are mere bagatelles. Among the
number are New Jersey, Nebraska,
Kentucky and . California. To a for-
eigner, orgnyr.ntf eV
iu I'.Ct'ts, romiirKs th
go H erald, 1
this would convey tho inipreasioit that I
the Americans bear nn exfremely I'tfht
burden of debt. Such an idea would
be somewhat modified, however, by tin
knowledge that the Atchison. , Topeka
and S:mtft F) pays iuterest on S"00,
(11)11,0011 or more, the am. mil interest
charge exceeding jj-j,",00o,0'.)0 ulnnmt
as much us the entire interest charge
of tho Federal Government. The
Southern States have a bonded indebt
ednetis of SI 1 1,000,(10!) in round num
bers. Thy total bonded indebtedness
of all the St ites in l.t'l was $: 1,0.) .
O0I, on which the annual iuterest
charge was SIO.OOM.O')'). The t Mill
bonded debt oi the Stales is about one
third of the National iutercst-bcirij
Ubt.
Th i lViilroil (i.i.ctte hincoKcct l
statistics of the attempts made during
the lirt six month of the pre. "it
year at train-wrecking an I train-
robbing in th" I'nit vl Stitei. Con
trary to the g-'U"rat supposition re
garding thesi cri-ues, the statistics
show that the grciter number of them
have occurred not in the sparsely
settled We.st'Tii Stat 's, but in the
older and well-settled St ites. The
figures show sixty-onu attempts to
wreck trains and twenty-one attempts
to rob them. Massachusetts nu 1
Illinois head t!i" list in tit" itumb.-r i
attempts to wreck trains, an I Ohio
follows. In th'S' three alvaii"id
States wero male ni irctluu on-'-hiif
of all tin1 attempts to wre-.'k trains, an 1
th" St itc of New York comes next in
ur ler. Th" only ep! tu ition oft'civd
for this jirepouderiiuce of traiu-w reck
ing in well-settle I and. generally
speaking, woll-govi rii"J Stitos, is tint
tho mileage of railroads is greater in
those Sl it 's thin in others, 111: 1 that
tramps, who are responsible for most
attempts to wreck trains flourish in
thickly settled regions. In tho
geographical distribution of attempts
at train-robbing Iowa heals the
list; Julian Territory nnd Okla
homa taken together have the same
number as Iowa. Texas follows, 11 ad
then come Kansasaud Nebraska. Sixty
seven per cent, of all the train rob
beries or uttempted train robberies
occurred in those four State und t j
'Territories.
Kvkhy good tuna Is a inonutucnt
to the fact that, Christ lias lived.
HIDDEN.
Afsr on the pathless prairie
The rarest of flower abound t
ami In thn dark eaves of the valley
l'here U wealth that wilt never be found
Bo there am nwwt songs In the silence
That never will molt Into souml.
Tbe twilight Illumine her banners
With color no artist can teach t
and aloft In thn s!ty thorn are. sermons
Too mighty for mortals to preach
Bo life has Its loveW Ideals
Too loft jr for language to rnac?i
Afar on the m there's a musin
That the strnr." nover knows In Its rest
and in the Kr.nri depthi of thn fori-st
Thare are eholn that carol unhtiMt
Bo, l'( in thn heart thnrs a a music
And u cadene? that nevnr expressn 1.
W. I,. Chlltenden.
The Wolvc3 of Chicago.
tx iias LKina.
JfS tho yenr IS.'O I
r apeut tliel hristins
'.' lioliilnvs with tnv
holi.lavs with ii,r !
I' 1
uncle, Joel Parker,
Iv little fiirm about
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Chicago, not far '
AV'V 1 from the Chicago ,
k-'J-fv i 'iil 1:iv'r- !
K4.' I Illinois was a wil-1
V,VJM.y dcrtuHs th. n, 1111 1
Chicago wasn't much more than a
mm
market t.iwu. The f:irmers used to I I woke to the reality or my position,
run in to buy a parcel of sugar or her-: Fifteen mil of river before me. Fifty
rinifs. and they didn't tliirik enon 1. h of ; htnrviug wolves In-hiud me. Good b
the place to put on their best clothi s '-l h'ind, good skates on feet. Youth
when thev went. j stretiKth and 2000 yards in tny
Well, there came a frost and n th iw 1 favor. That wasn't so bad after nil.
mid another frost that left the roads 1 ' opposite an opening in tho
too rough and icy for wheels 1111 1 not ' for-st just then, and, looking at my
icv enough for runners; und us luck. ! v;it-li 1 mw t'iit it was (5..10. I had
wi'.uld have it I'nele Joel broke his I come eight miles in little over an
axe on u hardwood knot mi l h- I hour, an H reckoned that tho wolves
couldn't get to town to buy nnother. j had i 11 behind me for two miles, I
Now, herd's where my td'ory comes , iueretmed my pace to about twelve
in. 1 was a good skater in those ' miles an hour, and listened to hear if
times, and for nil the fine records I see , they htill gained.
nowadays in the papers, and for nil ! Yes, tii -re was no doubt of it th"y
the liewlungled p;itetit skittos t!l 'V j ''"' Coining closer,
wear, I'd take mv old wooden unci, i I increased the jmeo to ftbout four
with the deerhide thongs, and the I t.vn miles hii hour nnd listened again,
long blades cnrling up over the toes, Th- sound of the galloping did not in
Hud if I were thirty years younger I'd er. ase in volume ior n few minutes,
back mvse If against the b.'st of them 1 but after that they slowly began to
that draws breath; but that's neither ' ,lrvv again.
here nor there. I was h great skater. It was evi.b nt th it I wastheir garni',
nad so I oll'. red to skat - into Chicago :d it was a race for life und death. 1
u:i 1 buy it new n. for I'nele .Toel. hud covered aiiont two milcssince tirci
It wiisa clear, bright morning, and ! leali.ing my d iuger. The wolves min-t
the ice was smooth an I w hite, as thaw h ive gained .Vl'l yards and now they
ico most generally is. Well, I Mrnek 1 '.T.' coming forward t top speed,
a creek about ten" rods from my uncle' ' overhauling me at every bound. There
door, tied on my skates and went I "' ''"' f,,r cnlculutioim. I
booming down the river. The stream threw the throttle down among tb.)
winds somewhat, 11s von know, and I ",l cans, h the engineers any, nud
calculate it was about twenty-live
miles into the city, but that wasn't 11
circumstance to me. I made the dis
tance easily in throu hours, and was in
Chicago in time to dine at noon.
Well, I met some pleasant young
fellows, nnd tho time paused away un
til, beforw I kuew it, the mi 11 was
way d(vn in the wVt. I was a little
.rt" "i ... ... is )itt -Jk-; wus vuiir.
Qe moot was np, and a moonlight
ukate wasn't at all to my dislike. Homo
of the young fellows made a few re
marks ubot wolves along the river, but
1 rather thought, they were guying mu
for a tenderfoot.
'Never mind," fi.id I, "'for with my
skates and the ax I'm going to buv I I "' "' wolves cuamng along tne
don't fear anv wolf (r pack of wolves j margin, training every nerve to over
in the State of Illinois." 1 cm.' me, and they were succeeding,
Ho nothing more was sai.l. I wi lit : 'vcry bou nl brought them closer,
out and bought 1111 UK. Then 1 came ! ge f'"' "'1-'B more, end less
back to the tavern, und, after taking j hn:i too yards si parated us. At the
aome supper, picked up my skates and 1 !"""c '')' ,,f progress I could go five
lit out for the river. The'sim was inst : Lilies further, and then the wolves
Jilst
going down as 1 sat ou the edge of the
stream und tied 011 my skates; and I
tied them tight. I knew that there
really were wolves along that stream,
but for the matter of that the State
was full of wolves, big black f Hows,
mid fierce, too. They knew n man
from 11 woman, and nsed to conic
prowling round the farmhouses w hen
the farmers were ut work, barking
under the women's very noses and ear-
rying 01V poultry and young jiigs right
under their lyes; and do you know a
strange thing uiiuht bat caused bv
throwing powdered ucafoetidu so us to
till the air with its odor? W olves 1 like bars and springs of steel,
within reach of that smell would be-j Still the wolves gained, but their
come fuscimited with it, and rushing ; gam was not so rapid. I hud made
to where the odor was strongest they 1 the eight miles, 1 had come to the spot
would stand howling until shot down , where 1 had thought to die, nnd I was
or clubbed to death. still 'JOO yards ahead of my pursuers.
lint, however cowardly they might ' iu the m xt mile they gained about
be by d.iy, when alone and near ! Jo0 yards, and then fifty yards sep
holises, they were less so M hell tr.HV- ' united us.
cling in pucks by night, an lut n otimo Then the pnektook to the ice, which
were thev to be despised by u boy likj j was smoother than glass, and within
me, alone, poorly armed and fur from , two minutes they hud lost fifty yards,
home; so I tied my skates carefully I I thought I saw a chance for salva
nnd firmly, threw my new nx over my tion there, but in n moment they were
arm and struck out. 1 on shore again, burking with fury,
The mio-.v lay ou the ground iu nud racing with even increased speed,
put-hes, relieved by dark grays, ' I could see their red tougues in the
greens ami blue!;, where little knolls ' moonlight and the whito foum flying
and hillocks had been washed clean by ' from their jaws. Soon they recovered
the rains. The brushwood along the tiu ir ground, and thi foremost wolf
bunks was lealless nud brown. The was almost abreast of mo. He dashed
sky was cloudless, but over nil there j out upon th.i ice, slipped, and then,
was th 'thin, pink lerteetioii from the ; with almost a scream of unger, he lot
setting hiin, and the great, red path in ! his momentum und fell behind,
the ice. along which 1 was skating to- ; I was skating iu tho middle of tho
wards home. , ; stream.
And 1 skated fi.st, not breathlessly, A moment Inter another wolf darted
but with a long, sw inging roll that I out upon the ice, bending his course
could have kept up for hoars. The
banks soeuiod to ily past poplar ami
birch, brush und brumbies, cabins and
mil fences. Here and there I passed
littlo creeks and could hear the water
from them trickliug into tho river un
derneath tho ice, but save for thut
sound und tho ireukiug of my skates
ull was silent.
Lights were burning in the farn.
house windows, but no noise came
from them ; the men were sitting
uiHiuud the fires with their wives aud
children, aud work was over for the
dav
After a little I passed beyond these
igua of civilization, between lauds
which werf wild or far from th own I
era's house, and I saw no more light.
The last of thn day was gone, and the
moon we highcold, round and
whito. It lighted np the ice like an
arc liqht at first. ' Then aome clonda
came npand dimmed it, and presently
I shot in Wtween the walls of a for
est, where the shores were swampy, and
the trees, black and tall, made the
river almost like a dark room.
Hut tho ice gleamed whitclr and
showed the way, and the blooii was
dancing through my veins with tho
joy of swift motion, so I didn't caro
for a little gloom, but I made the pneo
faster and whistled a tnne for com
pany's snke.
Now, I wai always an absent-minded
boy, nud so by and by, thinking of
things, I forgot where I was, and
Kknted on like a mnehine, scarcely
hearing my own movements or tho
trees cracking with the, frost in the
forest; and so when another sound
broke on my enr I didn't atop to
figure- on il, but it fell in and became
part of the time, I was whistling and
purt of the creaking of my skates
tl,M tbHW ico'
Wolves?
Why, of eonrsn it was wolves, crash
ing aloii through the swamp beside
river, w ith a low growling nud some-
Xi,"' 1 H ,,lirK niM,v ,nB "nucrioue 01
r,,w U-
And there I
whistling like
boy th.t I wa
was skating along and
tho moonstruck school-
huddenly, like a flush of gunpowder,
ni.il ti 1 1111 Ub lllt) l'-r.b I lir.iif, Bfitjuti.
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The moon was out highly again, and
I was clenr of tho forest. I had de
veloped almost, the speed of an express
train ; my skutes scarcely seemed to
touch the ice. I was Hying in th? nir
rather than skating. Trees, brush
und itumps went by like birds, and
thi) low fields and woods took on the
xith::un tita'i 'iTtirTTt j lAWi'lias
seen while looking from tho window
of a moving car. I was almost dizzy
w it'ii tho motion, and I bent my body
low tii uvoitl the rush of air against my
eyes, ns well us to gain the utmost
speed po.shible.
And us I looked baol: now I could
would pull me down, still seven miles
from h ime.
1 beigan to gasp nut some prayers,
an I then something in my heart told
me to skate faster. I 1 ut out another
1 Tort, and when my body responded
to tne impulse (f the mind I felt
asloniniied. My puen had increased
to an extent whieh I would never have
believed possible. To-day it seems
like a miracle to me, nud, strange to
say, I never tired. My wind, that
' was weakening, came back; pains that
wi re growing in mv side and stomach
1 had disappeared, and my legs grew'
so us to intercept inc. I held my way
until within five feet of the spot where
we should have met, aud then, swerving
suddenly away from him, I described
11 curve und went 011, leaving the ani
mal howliugund gnashing his teeth.
Again und again these tactics were
repeated. Once the leading wolf fairly
intercepted me, but my uncle's ax was
ready, I knew its use, and I left the
brute dead and bleeding with one blow
from it.
iiiit such a running fight could not
continue. I was still three miles from
! home. The wolves had seen the hope-
) lessuess of their mode of attack, and
1 were beginning to btring themselves
ont along the bank ahead of and b
hind me.
At that rate my death was certain
within a mile. Thera would be wolvea
to intercept me if I advanced, and
wolves to cnt me off if I retreated, and
to take to the opposite bank was also
sure death.
At this point I saw, on the left bank,
a little deserted cabin, alxmt ft quarter
of ft mile ahead. If I could reach that
before my pursuers began to close in I
might be safe.
I bent every atom of my remaining
strength to do this, and I had almost
reached the goal when the wolves
ahead began to shoot out over the ice,
completely cutting off my escape up
the river. Then the ones far ahead
came dashing back toward me, and the
others in the pack began to close in
from behind and at the sides. I wits
the objective point in a semicircle of
fifty ravenous, man-killing beasts, and
the door of the cottage was my only
hope.
I picked out tho wolf thst would
reach it first. My race was with him.
It all occurred iu a space of less
than twenty seconds. I shot tip to
the bank like stone from a catapult.
The wolf was ahead of me, but, leav
ing the ice with a bound, and with thn
tremendous momentum which I had
aeipiired, I flew into the air like a
bird, and, passing over tho brute's
head, landed squarely on my feet, and
in a Hash had reached the door of the
cottage, forty fwt away.
To rush inside ami slam the door
was tin work of a second, but the
whole pack was behind me. They
paused for a moment, and iu that time
J saw that there was no fastening to
I door. The cabin had been stripped
ren of its bolts.
The upper floor was gone, but thi
rafters were there three feet above my
head, and hastily thrusting the ax in
my belt I gave a leap, grasped one of
them, and drew myself up. Then a
dozen bodies were dashed against the
door and the room below mo was filled
with the pack.
They howled, snnrlcd and screamed
with fury and disappointment. They
lashed themselves against the walls,
and bounded up towards the rafters.
Sometimes such was their hunger
and desperation, that they actuul se
cured a hold near me; but then my ax
came into play, Bud they fell back,
cut and bleeding, upon their fellows.
Then another idea struck me. Work
ing my way toward the door, I climbed
partially down, nnd, with a long strip
of wood which I found lying Bcross
the rafters, I slummed the door shut.
I then thrust the strip into a erevieti
iu the door casing, und with a nnil
which was sticking loosely in the
upper end, I nailed it to the wall.
The wolves were my prisoners.
To knock a hole in the roof with my
ax was easy work, and in a few mo
ments I was sitting on the roof, enjoy
ing the cold air and the discomfort of
my em mica.
I5y this time those inside were thor
oughly cowed and frightened, while
the one or two stilVvit-'n the open
w.i -Ivul lfguii Vi-fieei vlW uiwm t
few chunks of wood, smartly thrown,
caused them to slink off into the
woods, and then I felt almost free.
And now it was nearly eight o'clock,
and the people in my uncle's house
had growu alarmed. I could hear
shouts in the distance, and presently
lights appeured coming down the ice,
and my nucle and cousins, carrying
pine torches, and well armed, came iu
sight. A shout from, me guided to
them the cabin, and iu a moment the
whole party was 011 the roof.
A torch thrown into the cabin light
ed up the interior, and then wo took
I turns iu shooting the wolves.
I There wer twenty-five of them, and
, within half hii hour they were nil dead.
Next day we returned aud skinned
them, und the heads nud hides brought
us iu a pretty penny. Time? Well,
now look here. I made some close
calculations on that and I make out
that I did that lust ten miles iu thirty
minutes. And there is no case on
record where that time hits been
equalled. St. Louis llcpublic.
$'.,(00 lor a Trial.
It cost the people of the United
States about $'J3,0I)) n a couple of
hours the other day to settle in the
minds of tho officers of the Ordnance
Bureau whether some armor plates
made by the Carnegie and Hethlchcm
steel works respectively were as good
as they ought to be. It was found
thut they were ; aud what that means
cau be imagined when one of tho
plates was 17 inches thick, weighed
31 tons, and w us attacked by shells
weighing 850 pounds each, the lust
ones tired from a l'j-iuch gun at a dis
tance of only ill9 feet, striking it with
the force needed to move a mass of
21,000 tons, or 43,000,000 pouuds,
through a foot of space. The projec
tile went through. We take it thut
thut did not surprise even the experts
who ure used to thinking about those
inconceivable masses and velocities.
But what did surprise them was thut
the hole it made was nearly its clean
as if it had been drilled, and that not a
crack appeared ubout its edges.
Though this particular projectile was
lost, having been deflected and fallen
into the Potomac, the other projectiles
which penetrate J the same pluto were
found iu perfect condition aud fit to
be used uguin. That seems ulinobt
more marvelous than the perfection
of the plate. Meanwhile the people
of New York may take some satisfac
tion in knowing that down at Sandy
Hook the War Department haa just
mounted a gau that will throw a 1U00
pound projectile, and make a hole in
the heaviest armor-clad ship now afloat
at a distance of six miles. If we must
spend money on what we hope are
purely peaceful experiments, it is a
comfort to know what we get for it,
Harper's Weekly.
THE JAVANESE TILLAGE.
A NOVEL AND INTEEESTINa
EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR.
Scenes of Oriental Industry anil
Home Mfe D weltl nga of th Vil
lagers The Police Station and
Its Implements A Javanese The
atre and Orchestra.
After a careful Inspection ot the pleasures
offered by the Midway Dalstnoe, perhaps the
majority of visitors will decide, sayi a Chi
cago correspondent of the New York Even
ing Post, that the Javanese Village Is at once
the most unique, refined, and comprehensive
In Its scope of any at the Fair. There Is be
shrn of coarseness or vulgarity tn either
amusements or customs, ami Oriental life is
presented In oneot Its most charming phases.
The houses, basaars, theatre, and klonlc are
a delight to the eye 1 the men. though lack
ing the stature ofthe Hsxod, nave a sturdy
physique, the little women have lustrous
eves, sweet tarns nnd gentle ways 1 both are
placid and soft spoken, industrious and ar
tistic. The village, which covers a very considera
ble area, is surrounded by a paliavln of split
bamboo and at Its western side is a high
ar-hed entrance made of Immense bamboos
decorated with devlmis In smaller bamboos,
palm leaves and bark. In the centre of tho
vlllsgn and fronting the entrance Is a large
kiosk where thn real Java colToe and tea are
served. Apropos of real Java coffee and tea,
it was largely with tho idoa of lotting Ameri
cans know what tho true articles srethst this
village has teen sent over. At present com-
Sanvtlvely little, It Is tnld, of our so-callad
ava cufTue comes from the island f Java,
but rather from South Amcrlivu The Java
coffee Is very high In thersseniialoiland less
Is required in making tho beverago than
when tho Houth American lierry is used. Kor
that reason nnd for its liner flavor the genu
ine teerry conimnmls a higher price. Most of
the Java cnlTee goes to AmMnrdsm and Hot
tenlnm, and Is rilstrlhuteil irom there, while
thn grcntor part of the tea crop is shlppod to
Kngliind.
Henking of coffee and tea-.lrlnklng in tho
fnitoil Htatea Slgnor (.'nrloTorruri, the man
ager of the Javanese natives here and for
DETAIL or TnC
the last twenty-eight yean resident of Java,
says wo do not ut ull understand lirewlug ei
ther tea or coffee with any regard to preserv
ing thnlr delicacy of flavor. Coffoe, he says,
should be Urst ground to a flno flour, then
th;htly packed in a filter so that the quantity
Of liquor diHtirod may be passed through it iu
about two hours ; one tublespoonful of tho
powder should bo used for each small cup,
and in the nitration eold or warm water em-
iloyud 1 after filtering thn liquor should be
leutod, but never to tbe boiling point, and
then served without dilution. Iu tcit-niuking
enough boiling wntur should be poured upou
thn loaves at one time to inako the amount of
tea required, aud in a few moment poured
Into another hot pot so that the leave may
not give up thn tiiunin and other uudeslralilit
properties. If ten is too strong it should bo
thrown away and mora lip' we, I, using a leni
auuntity ot leavo, as diluting with water
ustroysthe flavor us much ns it would to
reduce a strong beer by the sumo ineuns.
This tea epicure smiles iu derision at the do
coctlon which forma tbe old ladies' ldoal of a
"Kod strong cup ot tea."
But to return to ths kiosk, this building,
like all the others, la one-story in height and
constructed chiefly ot bamboo and palm
leaves. Tho roof over the house proper has
a sharp pitch, but ovor the broad veranda
which surrounds it on all tides the incline is
very gmit In. Palm leaves uro usod for thatch
ing, with a layer of black palm burk at Inter
vals of a foot or more, which gives a very
decoratlvo effect. The vurnuda is crowded
those hot days by visitors who, after wander
ing through the village sight-seeing, rest In
the cool shnde and stp delicious tea and oof
fee or a very seducive ioed drink made of
cocoa, enjoying tbe while tho misery of per
spiring humanity as it trudges up and down
tan Midway under a torrid sun.
All around the palisade on tho inside are
built the dwellings of the villagers. Thosa
delightful little artistlo creations In bamboo
and palm have the usual one-story thatched
roof and broad thatch-covered vnrandu which
seems to be the work-room and drawing
room of the owner. Here may bo soen carv
ers working in wood, men making queer
Oriental musical Instrument, women weav
ing or sitting cross-leggud bu lores low frame
doing very clever bcad-work, embroidery,
etc, Tho sides und doors of these houses are
made of finely split bamboo woven with con
ventional design, in different colors, prin
cipally tho natural colors aud black, and.
with tbe light and black-thutohed roofs and
general graceful shape, tbe whole is pictur
esque to the last degree. Swurthy children
tumble about in sllout glen, men from time
to time abandon thuir tools for a ebat and
the odd skewer-shaped cigarette, the matrons
gossip with mild animation, nnd the young
Javanese belles guise dreamily at the bold
American until, suddenly conscious of his
too scrutinizing glances, they turn with
heightened color and unusual seal to their
needlework. Everything is restful, every
where Is industry, but quiet, tranquil In
dustry. In the east end of the village U the blaok
smith shop. The a nrentloe softly blows uo
the tire by pushing a piston back and forth
In a long oyllnder which looks very like a
great syringe j tbe smith busies biinaeli
aided y la forging knives 1 most of theoarpen
few work la done with knives and It rsaulras
V T. A ,L 'X ' ' I Vlr I II tV
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a blade of annsnal keenness and temp k
onnd the central portion and n '
kiosk are bazaars for tbe sale ot mtttbu
woven bamboo hats, reed instrument J!?1
ou drums, embroideries, and a great ruw
ot Javanese art work.
The whole villsgs was constructed la J, I
on the eststns of the proprietors and ihiJ? I
by way ot Hong Kong and Baa Frsnoui:
Chleago. In Java the village would oea!
many acres, but here In the I'lalssnn iV,
beautiful gardens surrounding each hntuwj!
home have necessarily been crowded
One hundred and twenty-five fiatlvm
brought from the same estates properly !
represent Javanese life to the Western World
Fifty tons of coffee and thirty ton of tm i
drinking at the kiosk and for wboleui..?
formed part of the cargo. Tbe owneri koj,
to familiarise Americans with their pnvisTi
and to open direct trade relation with iZ
merchants of this country. On ths island Z
Java the coffee tree begins bearing at thn,
years, 1 mature at seven years, and n,
usually from thirty to forty years, and tJ
its elimste and soil the treethrlves best at I
altitude of about 4000 feet, when thn ateraZ
yHd is two pounds ot the berries per trm
Near toe kiosk on tne north Is stj-mi
Javanese village police station. It t ,
small affair, having room for not more thai
two or three persons. In front hin .
gong, In the form of a grent red fish, upo,
which alarms ore given. ' Leaning airalat
the station are the Implement with whlrfe
thn culprit Is apprehended, and moit on
comfortable looking Implement they ln
Thev ars eallml tlnirak. One. the !.!.
beast. Is of Irom shaped like thn letter U
with barbs nn the inner skin, and thenihJ
Is of wood in the form of a V. This haa 03
tho inside wicked-looking thorns from th
rnttnn which point backward. Loth th.
tjagaks are fas' mod to long pools, so t hat t hi
prisoner may is kept st a uistanee when ha
n"ck Is In the laws of this contrivance. ni
the long thorus or barti pointing to th
rear deprive the poor wretcli of anv temp,
tntlon to escano by running. IIuw-tm
there la comparatively little use for lalla or
tjngaks In Java now. Occasionally a n.itif
gets some opium ana ns a joiuucaiinn, tag
crime, especially of a grave character, la un
common. The people are naturally gentle.
and so extremely sensitive that oun who has
iiia'stcred their lunguage Is said to be nUMo
punish them much more severely ly word
man witn a stick.
Dcvond the police station to the north I
the thentrn. Tills is a long buililln? of th
same general const motion us thn othiTS, pi.
llBAZlUAH BtlLDlNl).
cept that it Is higher, wider, more elaborate
ly decorated, und generally a nioro preten
tion piece of architecture. Its seating ra
pacity is for 1000 or more pooplo, and hers
are given Javanese plnyi of the present unl
former periods. Iu former times the tni
was unfolded by using marionettes behind
1111 illuminated screen. One man, c.illo I tn
dal.'iug, worked them and spol.e tho ili.T'-r-cut
purts. changing his voice with tho char
acters represented, then the screen mil
abandoned und dolls were substitute 1 ia
which tho extravagant and oharnctcritlJ
profiles were preserved. Afterwards thn
several roles worn played br persons wear
ing tbe typical masks and supplying the ai
propriato gestures, while the dulau' froii a
coucttnlttd position spoke tho various parts.
In this form, which is still tho common
amusoment of the poor pooplo, tho different
characters were known by the musks, the
princes und nobles wearing white muskn,
giants and devils red und brown masks, etc
la the lent evolution tbe parts aro lot!
spoken and acted by the same person, hut
the plot of the play is taken as of old from
mythological tales.
Tbe orchestra of thetheatrenumbersahout
twenty-tlve, and thoir music, though quaint
and strange, is not at nil bad. The leatlur
pluys a two-slrlnged violin, or rebab, thero
is one wind instrument, tbe soolhng, a kind
of bamboo whistle, several xylophones, soma
bonungs, a kettle-ahapod sllair made ot bell
metal, some big gongs of the sahih material,
and drums great nnd small. None of thi
sounds are the discordant, turrlblo noises of
the Chinese, but each one Is by Itself at least
distinctly musical. In fact, the Javanese era
said to be In music by far tho most highly
developed of any of the Eastern Nutlens. For
some music tho octave ia divided into seven
tonus, as for the pelog, and (or other muvlo
Into live tones, ns lor the salendro. Ths
Javenese say the salendro sou nils like glie
and has a manly sound, while tbe pelog fi
mora tender und must havo a more metallic
"timbre." This orchestra occasionally pluvs
well-known Kngllsh and American airs, und
the effect is very pleasing it somewhat odd.
The dancing by tbe Javanese girls is a slow
succession of graceful poses, the best of them
being very Dolssrtlun indeed.
lteforu one leaves the village he goes tc
pay a final visit to Klaus, the orung-outung.
whose large oage Is at the corner of tin
kiosk. This Is certainly an extraordinary
ape, and nearly as clever as old "Aunt
Sally," who used to be at tbe Loudon Zoo.
He washes his face and huuds, oloans his
teeth, eats his porridge with a spoon, care
fully peels and eats an orange for dessert,
and then walks on bis bind feet about his
house, or takes a little practice on tbe hor
izontal bar, but always sedatoly and with
grunt dignity. When the weather is a bit
cool, be folds his blanket ubout him and sits
meditatively looking at his .strange visitors,
and perhaps ruminates regretfully upon ths
warm days in Java when he oould trump
about tbe village unrestrained.
Tbs largest check ever drawn upon a
bank in the United Htates is exhibited by the
Pennsylvania Railroad. It Is tor fl4,M9,
0)3.20, and was drawn by that corporation la
payment for the Philadelphia, WUmlugtou
and Baltimore llaliruad.
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