THE SOUTH AFRICANS THE THREE NATIVE RACE9 THAT IN HABIT THE COUNTRY. Tha Itmhnwn, the HntlrntnU anil the Retittm or Knfflrn Thru tjwt Are Much Above the l.rrrl nf the Other I'hrntrnl j Mid In All Itpupecte, When the Dutch fixed their flrt prwf. at Capo Town tn ltt'i'i, with no thought rlthor of eoloniziition or of conquest. But for tho nuke of having gnnleimwhieh could Aiipply fresh vegetuhlet to tho eenrvy stricken crews of thnir .hips .ail ing to tho east, tliry fonnil three unlive races inhnbiting tho country. One of those, tho IHislnni'ii, though few in number. wro widely .raftered over the whole of South Africa Tin y were lionmcts of almost the lowest kiml, with a marvelous fucnlty for tracking and trapping wild animal's lmt neither owning cattle nor tilling tho noil, with acareely oven a tribal organization, no religion and a language consisting of a raccefwinu of clicks. Unahln to arrwi torn t homed von to civilized life, driven out of aome districts hy tho settlers and tn others no longer nblo to find snpjiort owing to tho extinction of game, they are now almost extinct, though n few are Mill left in the deserts of the Kala hari and northern Lfc-chuanalund. He fore many years the only trace of their xistcneo will bo in tho remarkable drawing, of animals with which they delighted to cover tho smooth surfaces of rocks. Theso drawings, which are found all tho way from Zambezi to the Capo and from Maniacland to the At lantic, are executed in red and yellow pigments and uro often full of spirit and character. Tho second race was that which the Dutch called Hottentot They were of a reddish or yellowish black hue, taller than tho Bushmen, but with squat and seldom muscular figures a thoughtless, cheerful, easy going people, who roved hither and thither with their flocks and herds as they could find pasture. They were decidedly superior to tho Hush men, whom they hated, but quite nil ablo to withstand Knropeans, and their numbers rapidly declined, partly from the loss of their best grazing grounds, but largely also through epidemic dis eases, and especially smnlliox, which ships, touching on their way from In dia, brought into tho country. They are now, as a distinct race, almost extinct in tho Colony, though a good deal of their blood has passed into the mixed black population of Capo Town and its neighborhood a population tho other elements of which are Malays and west coast negroes, tho descendants of slaves imported in the last century. Farther north, on the south side of the Orange river, and beyond it in Namagnttlnnd, mall tribes cognate to the Hottentots still wander over the dreary plains. Very different from theso wenk Bush men and Hottentots was and is tho third native race, thoso who are called Bantu (a word moaning "people") by them selves and Kaffirs by Europeans. Tho word Kaffir is Arabic, and means an in fidel (literally ' 'ono who denios"). It is applied by Mussulmans not merely to theso South Africans, hut to other heath en, as, for instance, by tho Afghans to the idolaters of Kafiristun in the Hindoo Kush mountains. Tho Portuguese prob ably took tho namo from tho Arabs, whom they fonnd already settled on tho east coast. Those Bantu tribes if we may class thoso ns Bantns who speak languages of what is called tho Bantu type fill all eaKt Africa from tho re gions of the npper Kilo southward. Those who dwell south of the Zambezi are generally strong and woll mado men, sometimes as black as a gulf of Guinea negro, sometimes verging on a brown tint j and though they havo tho woolly hair and thick lips generally characteristic of tho negro, individuals are often found among them whoso cast of features suggests an admixture of Semitic blood. They are more prolifio than tho Hottentots, as well as physi cally stronger and better made, and they wera further advanced in the arts of life. Some of tho tribes dng out and worked iron and oopper; all of them used iron. Their chief wealth lay in their cattle ; horses they did not possess, but where the land was fit for tillage they cultivated it They had no religion, except in a sort of magio, and that wor ship of the ghosts of ancestors which seems to be the most widely diffused of all human superstitions. Instead of a priesthood, there wore wizards or medi cine, men, often powerful as the de nouncers of those whom tho chief wished to put to death. Intellectually they were very much upon the level of tho native .raoes of West Africa. James Bryco, M. P., in Century. -Aeld Bobla Gray. A ballad that won Instant fame .agaiast the expectation and even the wish lof its author was "Auld Robin Gray," written by Lady Anne Lindsay about the cud of the lost century mere ly far bet own satisfaction to replace -the ooarse verses of an old melody that pleased tier. She sang charmingly, and the: new ballad soon came into favor. Great vim the curiosity aroused as to the . author of this pathetio song in whose simple verses all the elements of a heartrending tragedy are oontuined, but Lady Anne, modest and retiring by nature, preserved silence for many years, smiling no- donbt t the contro versy that raged so hotly. In the ooarse of it her ballad was attribaied by some disputants to David Rizzio, declared by ethers to be a genuine sixteenth oentnry production and finally made the subject ct a 80 guinea prize to be bestowed on anybody acute enough to bring to light the veritable author. CoruhiU JIaga- ,.' , far Bait, , ' The Boston Journal man want to know why the horseless carriages on exhibition in that city are all provided with whip sockets. Guess The Journal man never lived hi a prohibition state. Cleveland Plain Dealer WAYS OP THE CUCKOOS. CnneltMlnni Derived From a Lang Series of OtmerTatloiie In Kntftenrt, The London Field tells of tho eggs of tho cuckoo and of tho foster parents as exhibited In a collection comprising 010 cuckoo eggs and occompanying clutches, or sets, of the foster parents. Theso egg sets were owned by K. Bid well, Walter Rothschild, P. Crowley and a man not a tnemlwr of tho British Ornithologists' club, H. Mnssey, who had more, than any other 278 ouckoo eggs and BO fos terers'. The conclusions which have teen arrived at in regard to the habits nf this feathered tough are put down in one, two, three order, according to ob servations recorded. Theso conclusions give n curious and interesting insight into tho ways of a bird, tho liko of which, Insomuch as tho habits are con cerned, is found in tho American cow bird. The eggs of the European cuckoo vary more in size and color (markings) than the eggs of any other bird. Theso eggs 'are remarkable in their form, the weight of tho shells and the thickness and hardness of the sheila The eggs laid ill tho nests of two kinds of birds (Huti- cilla pho'iitcurns and Frlngllhi monti- fringilln) are nearly always liko tho eggs of the foster parents. Furthermore, imitations are also common in nests of four other varieties, but are never found in several species. It seems from this that the cuckoo has tho power of laying eggs of a certain color or size resem bling those of the duped foster parents, in at least some instances. Most cuckoos lay their eggs in nests of somo particu lar siieclcs of bird, the red breasts or reed warbler, for instance. Cuckoos change to other varieties of nests only when they cannot find tho accustomed ones, and they como to ono district year after year. The female bird lays about 20 eggs in a year, which is more than the respect ablo femalo birds of ordinary species. This is because of tho precarious exist ence of the eggs, which are liable to bo thrown to tho ground by tho birds in whoso nest they are placed. One egg only Is placed in ono nest by tho mother bird, which usually, though not alwuys, throws out one of the original eggs. Ono hundred and nineteen varieties of birds have been imposed upou by the cuckoo, and whilo most of theso birds were small ones, warblers, flycatchers and the liko, turtle, stock and ring doves, littlo grebes, mapgies, jaekdoves, and even the shrikes (four kinds), have given support to this race of beggars. ChrUtl.nl. The chief street of Christiania Is the broad Karl Johans Gado, which leads up from the eastern station to tho pal ace. Here on opposito sides are two buildings of importance, where young men flock to study Biid old men meet to legislate. The proximity of politics and learning recalls tho conception of Stein, who hoped that tho presence of a great university in Berlin would havo a good effect on tho government Tho chief Prussian and Norwegian temples of the thoughtful goddess were founded within a few years of each other. Both havo displayed a readiness to welcome now ideas and furthered tho cause of free dom in countless fields of thought Tho lifo and movement of the city are practically confined to this street and the harbor. There the dramatist Ib sen is in the habit of walking every day, and his countrymen are said to regulate their watches by his appearance. It was my fortune to lunch in a restaurant at a table not far from whore ho sat, but his face did not specially attract me. Thoso who fool more sympathy with his works and relish his portraits of exceptions would bo fascinated by his grim and crabbed features, unrelieved by any frank or genial smile, for of such are the world's reformers. Inclosed in a shed oil tho grassy ground behind the university buildings are two viking ships, which date from tho middlo ages. No relics of tho past are more essentially poetic than those which mark the earliest triumphs of man in his awful struggle with things. According to all accounts, the lot of Norwegian fishermen and peasants is still peculiarly hard, for nature is a cruol stepmother, and lifo becomes al most tragic for them by excess of work. Wostmiustor Roviow. Madras Thunderstorms, As the result of his prolonged study of thoso striking phenomena, the thun derstorms of Madras, Professor Smith informs the Scottish Meteorologioal so ciety that tho first remarkable foot ob served by him was that of certain sea sons of the year when sheet lightning appeared almost every night, always in a west or southwesterly direction and invariably near the horizon ; it may be, therefore, he remarks, that these dis charges occur in the region where the moist and dustless sea wind moots the dry and dusty land wind, one being, perhaps, positively eleotrined and the other negatively. In these lightning dis plays as many as 800 flashes per minute have been counted, this rate being kept up for an hour or an hour and a half. Another notable peculiarity remarked of this region is that the heaviest rains are unaccompanied by thunder, while the displays of lightning are not accom panied by any rain. Delaware's Mamas. Delaware has been called the Dia mond State, for, though small in size, it formerly -was of great political im portance. Ji also enjoys the nickname of the Blue Hen State, this having been bestowed on aocouut of a gentle man named Caldwell, who mode the state famous in sporting annals by the quality of bis gamecocks, which he al ways fired from the eggs of a blue hen, believing that this was the best color for the mother of a gamecock. - i WnM Hah Both Happy. Mrs. Fret If I had money enough to go abroad and stay fear, I would be perfectly happy. Mr. Fret So would L Detroit Free Press. - m. w. Mcdonald, FIRE, LIFE and BCCIDENT insurance. I have a large lino of Companies and am prepared to h audio largo or small lines of Insurance. Prompt attention given to any business Intrusted to my care. Oflloo In Nolan Mock, Reynolds- vlllo, 1'n. L. M. SNYDER, Practical Horse-shoer and General Blacksmith. llnrMC nlHwInn (lorn In tin tit'iitrt niitmwr iiml by thf lnti't liiumm-fl tmt,mW. 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I have bought the Finest and Best line of Goods ever brought to Reyn- oldsville. A line of novelty goods from 10 to HO rents a yard; dress goods in nil colors and at all prices; plaids from 8 to 7f tts a yard; Shepherd plaid from 124 to 75 ntn; cashmeres in all colors and at prices to suit the times; forty-five inch Henrietta in black, blue, green and rose at 48 cts a yard; former price $1.00. A large line in wash goods; Dimity, Percnle, Gesmonda nnd Moire Ksistal, Dotted Swiss in white, blue and pink at prices lower than ever; white goods at .all prices; satines in plain, striped and figures. Large line of embroideries from 2 cts up to 75 cts a yard. Ladies1 waists from 48 cts to $1.26. CLOTHING. You will save money by buying your clothing at Italian's. Men's nil wool cheviot suits at 0.50, worth 10.00; men's all wool cheviot suits at 5.00; men's clay suits from C.50 to 814; youth's suits in cheviots, worsteds and clay, all colors, at all prices. 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