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seemed set fine
an I felt so elated with my
previous with the
moose that when my hunt
er Albert, proposed a re-
treat up the trail of five miles to a
high sugar-loaf mountain on the Tuya
mountains. I consented. I meant to
take some chances in a second at
tempt to get the big caribou. Soon we
reached a point opposite the moun
tain, and then the hard work began.
1 drove the horses and the Indians
went in front cutting down trees, tor
vre had lo force our own trail.
September 20 is one of the red-let
ter days of my life, so I must give it
in full. At dawn we moved our outfit
about four miles to the highest clump
of wood. The walking for once was
easy and firm, and as we forced our
way through the last of the willow
scrub, one of the finest landscapes in
the world was spread before our won
dering eyes. Four thousand feet be
low was the Tanzilla, lost in great
golden splashes of cotton-wood, birch
and poplar. Successions of deep green
fir woods rolled away to the west as
far as the grand canyon of the
Stikine, and looking beyond were huge
mountains between that river and the
Iskoot now covered with deep and
permanent snow. It was a glorious
day for spying, and on every point of
commanding eminence we stopped and
worked the glass industriously. There
were hundreds of likely spots for the
great caribou, but not one could we
find
"I guess wohes scare him right out
of the countrj," said Albert, as he
closed the glass with an irritable
gimp.
We had now walked about 12 miles,
and I was feeling very tned and had
great difficulty in breathing in the
rarefied atmosphere
"We will just look this last \alley,"
said Albert, moving to the left I
seaiched with the glass and then
gave it to Albert, who had hardly
placed it to his eye when he dropped
it, excitedly exclaiming
"Caribou' plenty big bulls!"
I tore tho telescope from his
hand and, looking in the direction he
pented, saw a herd of o\er 50 cari
bou, including 'it least 12 bulls. Our
first move was to descend into the
valley and hide the horse.
The wind was blowing directly in
our faces, ao that all went well until
we reached the last stick of cover.
From this point we had a fine view of
the caribou, many of which had by
this time risen to their feet and were
descending the hill. They stopped
fcjquently to feed, and it was fully
half an nour before the first stag, ac
companied by two or three hinds,
stood opposite our hiding place. What
nn immense beast he looked, and how
keen I should have been to kill him
had I not seen something better.
Presently another grand stag came
by, but I resisted the temptation to
shoot and kept my eyes glued on the
hj£ fellow who was still lying down
Finally, he arose, surrounded by five
laije females. 1 never supposed for
an instant but that he would do aught
bu« follow the others, but to my great
disgust he turned and walked the
oth»r way My heart sank to the
deptls of despair. Even the phleg
matic Vlbert fidgeted and almost said
(V-^mma Was Game.
Caroline, lour years old and preco
cious, sat munching at the finale of an
apple
Throw the core in the old bucket
on the back porch, -iear," tind mam
ma said
"But, mamma, it's dark out there,'
tho youngster protested
"Well, darkness won't hu»t you
Darkness is only da.' with o^al soot
an over its face"
The argument bor$ no weight with
Caiohne Finally, J.er mother gave
her a look that, in this particular fam
ily has the same mining as the word
"git."
"But, mamma, I'r afraici the little
one pleaded.
"O, afraid, afraid, afraid, that's all
I hear. I wasn't afraid when I was a
little girl."
"Was you game,?"
"Yes, of course 1 was game."
"Are you still gi.me?"
"Yes, of course, I'm still game."
"Then you take the apple core out.
'cause I ain't."
And mamma waa game.—Indianapo
lis News.
something. He kept looking intently
at the herd on our left, and I could
read his thoughts as he mentally
planned a fresh stalk at the main
herd. But even to look in that direc
tion signified an admission of weak*
ness on my part, so I kept the glass
glued on the object ef my desires till
my eyes ached at watching his slow,
measured steps. Again and again be
stopped and looked back at his late
companions, and then my heart sank
as each time he dropped his massive
horns and followed in the wake of *he
ladies, who had now commenced to
snatch a few mouthfuls of food. But
what is this? He has started and is
galloping full speed. Has something
frightened him or has some fresh bull
appeared to excite his jealousy, for he
is a master bull without doubt and the
rut is near. He rushes beyond the
leading doe and then down goes his
head. The show of power drives the
frightened does together and then
back on the trail. They hesitate a
moment and then start off at full gal
lop towards us. What joy! Our luck
has turned. Albert's face is a study.
He is incredulous and then excited.
"They come now," he says to himself.
It was a reompense for the hard
ships of the journey to see that little
troop advancing. I knew they would
follow the line of the others and thus
pass within easy shot Moreover, I
felt that I had been right to wait, and
that pleases any man's vanity On
and on they came till the stag began
to grow in size—500 yards, 400 yards,
300 yards. Now they stop and smell
about the old tracks, for caribou like
to follow the exact trail of others of
their kind. Then an old hind puts
out her neck, cocks her ears and trots
slowly down the hill towards our
hiding place. Albert worms himself
into a desirable support behind my
right shoulder, and all is in readiness
for his majesty. The nearer he comes
the bigger his horns look and, al»
though not long, they contain a forest
of points such as I had n«ver seen
before A merciful Providence causeg
the bull to stop just where thj othera
had stood, but he is covered by two
hinds and I must wait till they havo
moved. He pokes one gently out o|
the way and then himself mov^s for
ward a step or two to smell the earth.
It is enough the sight is on his shoul.
der and I let go He swings round
once, shaking his head, and then roll"
over with all four legs in the air I
give a whoop of triumph, for those
great antlers are mine, and I rush
down the hill for the possible ohanco
of a long shot at one of the stags on
the opposite hill. They are 500 y\rda
away at least, and all jammed to.
gether in a solid pack as a result of
the shot A little forest of antlers
stands out above a darkness of bodies.
It is hopeless to fire, as the stag? are
all at the back, and I must wait till
they string out and run. Now they
are off. tearing over the hills in a mad
race. One stag shows to the righr on,
the skyline and I salute him with two
shots. But it is hopeless, as I cannot
see the striking point of the bullets.
A loud call on the part of Albert now
directs my attention to the stag I had
shot, and I see him struggling to re*
gain his feet, so I at once place a bul
let through the lungs, which produces
immediate collapse. The first shot,
it seems, had gone a little to high
and too far forward, between the neck
and shoulder.
I have killed many fine stags in
•other lands, but I shall always remem
ber that day on the glorious Tuya
mountains when a little self-restraint
met with a result equal to one's high
eat hopes.
WASHINGTON.—A
G. MILLAIS
Improved Tack Hammer.
A tack hammer, the head of which
folds Into a recess in the stick for
convenience in carrying, has been pat*
ented by a Pennsylvanian.
Wouldn't Wear Them Outdoors.
She—Have you no home ties, Mr.
Bagley?
He—Oh. yes, indeed, I have a whole
lot uay lady friends gave me.
Quick to Learn Music.
The Jalent of the negro race for mu
sic is shown by the experience of the
bandmaster ot a regiment of native
troops in Jamaica. When he took
charge not a man in the command
knew a single note. Only one or two
could paly an instrument even lit
tle Yet in six months he had select
ed his musicians and taught them
enough to appear in public. Tv/o or
three years later their fame had
spread to England and they were in
vited there to give a series of con
certs. Their tour was highly success
ful.
Rather Slow.
"Is he a fast young man?"
"I hardly think so It takes him half
an hour to walk by the home of his
best girl, even when he knows she
isn't there."
Cause for Pride.
"That girl has an air of distinction
about her, hasn't she?"
"Naturally. Why, when ske was
abroad she was knocked down by tat
king of Spain's own motor car,1*
This Incident recalls the fact that
there has accumulated in the nation
al treasury millions of dollars, possi
bly ten millions, since the establish
ment of the present system in 1864.
The government assumes the role of
trustee for the safe transfer of mon
ey from one individual to another, and
the protection is nearly perfect, yet
Uncle Sam cannot always remedy the
carelessness or Ignorance of persons
buying money orders.
THE
Gossip of Washington
An official, speaking of the system,
said: "This vast accumulation of
money is steadily being augmented
from year to year, and unless the peo
ple become better acquainted with
the character of a money order
transaction the accumulated sum
promises to become almost fabulous.
This money has accumulated through
no fault of the United States. The
What Is Going On at the
National Capital.
Lost Money Orders Worth Millions
Washington wo-
man discovered some days ago
that her German nurse was destroy
ing the money orders she purchased
to remit to the Fatherland. She had
torn up within the last five years
more than $500 of money orders,
thinking they were receipts for the
money deposited in the office at Wash
ington and that the money had. been
duly sent to her old mother In Ger
many.
ffPHE average laborer is living bet
I ter to-day than did Queen Eliza
beth in her time," said Secretary Wil
son of the department of agriculture.
He was speaking of the prosperity of
the farmers in the west and of the
high wages of the workingman in the
east.
"Take the meat bills of the laborer
In Washington," he said. "You will
find that they eat meat three times
a day*—most of them—and they are
not content with any kind, but de
mand the best cuts. They can af
ford them. As a consequence the
price of meat Is high. While the
farmers are producing more beef ev
ery year, they are not producing
enough to meet the increase in pop-
system Is perfect and instructions
are clear and ample.
"For one thing it Is known that
persons purchasing money orders ig
norantly destroy them, believing that
the order constitutes nothing more
than a receipt. Many persons also
are in the habit of purchasing mon
ey orders before traveling from one
place to another, with a view of con
verting them into cash as needed, and
these are lost through carelessness,
by fire, etc.
"It also frequently happens that or
ders are sent to wrong addresses, and
after repeated attempts on the part
of the postofflce department to find
the payee or remitter, are sent to the
department, together with advices, as
unpaid.
"Notwithstanding this, the govern
ment has wisely made provision for
the payment of money orders lost or
destroyed, by the issuance, upon sat
isfactory proof of loss or destruction,
of a duplicate money order payable
to the payee or remitter making appli
cation therefor, as the case may be.
Provision is also made for the pay
ment of orders which are not present
ed for payment before the time limit
provided by law has expired.
"In one instance a claim for the
payment of a lost postal note was al
lowed 25 years after it became inval
id. It will be seen that as trustee for
its citizens in the transfer of pri
vate funds the United States exercises
diligence in an attempt to find the
rightful owner. And yet millions are
still outstanding for whicti claimants
will never appear. This vast sum is
held in suspense by the government."
When Uncle Sam Has an Auction Sale
number of going going, gone
sales which the government con
ducts ought to qualify Uncle Sam for
admission to the guild of auctioneers.
These sales are the teal thing, too,
red flag and all.
The tourist in Washington gets a
shock when he is passing the back of
the department of agriculture build
ing these days and sees a big red flag
with the usual white letters sewed on:
"Auction To-day." He wonders if the
government is restoring to desperate
means of raising the wind.
But your Uncle Sam is not in the
auction business from necessity. The
agriculture sales are explained in
this way. Whenever an invoice" of any
article of food arrives from abroad a
certain number of packages are taken
by the government for examination to
see whether the article complies with
Farmer Is Real Spender, Says Wilson
our food laws.
For instance, olive oil, Maraschino
cherries, wine, sardines, mushrooms,
French peas, preserves and jams—in
fact all imported food articles—come
under this regulation. But though the
government requires half a dozen pack
ages to be turned over to it for inspec
tion—in order to avoid the chance of
a single one being fixed up and slipped
off upon them—the analysis rarely
goes beyond the contents of on«» speci
men out of the six.
So that of each consignment of six
cans of olive oil, six bottle of cherries
or of champagne or six cans of sar
dines, five remain untouched. If graft
were really as prevalent as the muck
rakers would have us believe the en
tire six packages would probably be
opened and a nip taken from each
one, while the rest of the contents
would be appropriated as a legitimate
perquisite of office (by the heads of
the department).
Instead of that, five out of six of the
articles received for analysis under
the law are sold at these auctions be
hind the department building. The
receipts go into the exchequer of the
bureau.
ulation. I do not expect prices to fall
soon
Secretary Wilson was asked if west
ern farmers really were investing
large sums of money in automobiles
"There is too much truth in those
reports," he responded. "The farmer
is out of debt. He has paid for his
farm, his fences and his machinery.
He has money in his pockets and big
crops continue to come on. He is
afraid to invest in eastern securities,
lest a year bring trouble there. There
fore he puts his money in luxuries,
instead of channels that might give a
return. People in the east do not
know what luxuries are they must
go west to find that out.
"The farmer is handicapped by lack
of labor. Too many have gone from
the farm to the sidewalk. I hope that
education along agricultural lines will
remedy this, but the tide has not yet
turned. But by means of improved
machinery the farmer to-day can do
many times as much as he accom
plished ten years ago. He does it
with ease, too, for he sits at nearly
all his work nowadays."
Disaster to Japanese Editor's Chin
ACK of mastery of the English
language led to the loss of a care
fully cultivated beard which graced
the chin of S. Zumoto, editor of the
Japan Times of Tokyo and a member
of the commercial commission visit
ing this country. Mr. Zumoto visited
the barber shop in the hotel at which
he is a guest.
"I would like to he shaved," he said,
in halting English. "Not altogether,
but conservatively."
He carressed his Vandyke as he
spoke. The barber, a tactiturn work
man, said nothing, but tucked the tow
els and aprons and other articles of
his trade in and around the Japanese
editor's neck. Then he began.
Americans in the shop were startled
Wanted Them *'2pt Even.
A Cleveland mother sent this some
what satirical note to the teacher of
her small son: "Pardon me for call
ing your attention to the fact that
you have pulled Johnnie's right ear
until it is getting longer than the oth
er. Please pull his left ear for a
while and oblige his mother."
The Last Time.
"This is the last time III get
stewed," muttered Percy Piker as the
cannibal chief dropped him into the
kettlt.—Harvard Lampoon.
when they heard a flow of what prob
ably was strong language in Japanese.
The barber had encroached on the
Japanese imperial, with the result
that nearly half of it fell beneath his
keen blade before the customer could
protest. It was necessary then to
cut it all off.
Members of the Japanese party en
joyed the situation. M. Zumoto de
clined to see it in a humorous light
Canadians Crossing Border.
Many natives of the province of On
tario, Canada, are moving into the
United States, principally into New
York state. The population of tho
city of Kingston has increased only
20 in the last year. The emigrants
are mostly young married couples.
Hurt By Moving Picture Shows.
Theaters in London and all ova
England are complaining of small re
ceipts and lay the trouble to the mov
ing picture shows, which are very pop
ular and range from a black-lined tent
to the. theater in Picadilly where
where there are music and tea.
The Society's Wide Scope.
"This society differs from many
others of its kind," exclaimed a speak
er at a club dinner, "in that we not
only embrace gentlemen, but also la
dies!" Loud applause and laughter
caused the speaker to think that he
had said enough.
A Conservative Editor.
A Chicago monkey starves himself
to death because his master dies. We
refuse to comment till we learn what
final disposition the man's widow
aakes of herself.—Cleveland Leader.
The court of arbitration which Is to
settle the controversy between Nor
way and Sweden with regard to the
right of Swedish Lapps to pasture
their reindeer in northern Norway
during the early summer, has decided
to call for impartial experts on this dif
ficult question. The chairman of the
court, Prof. Matsen, of Copenhagen,
has requested the foreign office of
Russia to appoint Finnish experts to
assist the court, and this office refer
red the matter to the senate of Fin
land, which will be sure to comply
with the request. The court is doing
such thorough, impartial work, that
no matter what the final verdict may
be, the two countries are expected to
abide by it without causing serious
trouble.
DENMARK.
Copenhagen, Nov. 13.—A veritable
snowstorm is prevailing here. Tele
graphic and telephonic communica
tion with the continent is interrupted.
The railways are completely blocked.
Several vessels have been damaged.
Troops have been called out to repair
the damage.
Copenhagen. Astronomer Stroem
green, who with Dr. Pichule, will ex
amine Dr. Cook's papers, suggests that
polar explorers and other scientists
should join the committee of examina
tion, as it does not want to accept the
responsibility of alone deciding wheth
er or not Dr. Cook reached the pole.
The university is willing to comply
with the suggestion, although it is now
thought to he impossible to obtain a
satisfactory result before Dr. Cook's
original papers arrive from Etah. His
papers from America are expected at
the beginning of December.
SWEDEN.
As early as the second of November
there was enough ice in the harbors of
Salmis and Karlsborg to impede navi
gation.
The price of red brick has gone up
in southern Sweden because the yards
have been almost emptied since the
great strike.
Four persons were passed, over by
runaway horses at Uddevalla. Two of
them were so badly injured that they
were taken to the hospital in a dying
condition.
A big landslide at Utsikten, on the
Bohus railway, covered about seven
acres of valuable ground with a layer
of soft clay. A house was buried and
ground to pieces in the mass, but its
inmates saved their lives.
Nils Mansson, of Norrkoping, was
making repairs in the Simrishamn
steam toller mill. All of a sudden
the machinery stopped, and a search
for the cause revealed the fact that
Mansson had been caught by a big
belt and literally torn to pieces. His
death must have been instantaneous.
The Separator Manufacturing Com
pany of Stockholm is going to sell new
stocks for $1,350,000 because the busi
ness is expanding so rapidly. The
money is to be paid in during the year
1910, and will draw interest at the
rate of five per cent from the date of
the payment.
Rev. Karl A. von Lensburg, a Metho
dist preacher, has Just departed for
Jerusalem, where he is to guard the
tomb of Christ. An English syndicate
has bought a garden near Jerusalem
in which the tomb of Christ is sup
posed to have been located, and Rev.
Lensburg is going to have charge of
this garden as well as some other
noted places in the Holy Land which
said syndicate intends to buy.
Murder committed 4,000 years ago.
Excavations on the Stone Age village
at Visby, Gottland, have brought to
light a find which points strongly to
a murder committed at that place
4,000 years ago. The find is a well
preserved skeleton in which were im
bedded arrow heads of stone and bone.
The arrows, which had entered the
body from behind, had penetrated the
back and the chest in the heart region,
and had stuck in the inside of the
breastbone. Everything indicates that
a murder had been committed.
The travelers on the state railways
of Sweden must be a very forgetful
lot. Whatever the passengers forget
on the cars is sent to certain buildings,
and these are becoming regular curi
osity shops. In some of them there
are thousands and thousands of ob
jects, some of which have considerable
commercial value. There are scores
of expensive coats of all kinds, and
some time ago a beaver fur coat had
to be sold at public auction because its
owner failed to claim it. There are
several thousand canes, and what a
variety of styles! As a rule the goods
are sold unless they are claimed with
in a year and a half after they were
uicked up.
It was stated in some newspapers
that the maximum speed of passenger
trains on the government railways of
Sweden would be raised from about
56 to about 62 miles an hour next sum
mer. But the head of the railway de
partment says that this rumor is
groundless. Such a change would
mean greatly increased expenses, and
he for one thinks that 56 miles an
hour is a pretty respectable speed.
About 9,000 persons in Malmo are
suffering as a result of the lack of
work, and the city authorities will
have to extend aid to many of these.
The sugar trust has issued its report
for the yoar ending July 31, 1909.
About 75,040 acres of the best soil in
Sweden w%s put to sugar beets in
1908, and the crop was 863,717.6 tons
of washed white beets. The stock
holders received 6 per cent on their
investments, and large amounts were
set aside for different purposes.
Governor DeOeer, of Kristlanstad
Ian. presided at a meeting of two nun*
dred potato grower*, and they decided
to organise themselves into a union
for the advancement of their particu
lar interests.
Newsof Scandinavia
Principal Happenings of the Week
In the Scandinavian Countries.
Many of the large manufacturers
agree that the great strike did not do
them much harm. After the strike
they have not made any vigorous ef
forts to hire men, but they leave their
plants partly or completely idle. One
result of this is, that the price of iron
has gone up, and the demand from
abroad for Swedish iron is very brisk.
Half a dozen iron furnaces in the
northern part of the country are still
practically idle. These alone usually
employ 3,000 men. At Persberg enough
iron ore has been piled up to supply
the furnaces for two years to some.
This throws much light on the fact
that so many men are out of work.
The results of the prohibition of the
liquor traffic during the great strike
were so satisfactory to the temper
ance people that they are starting an
agitation in favor of general prohibi
tion. The leading temperance organi
zations have mapped out comprehen
sive plan's for this campaign. In the
first place petitions will be circulated
in all parts of the country, and efforts
will be made to give every person a
chance to sign these. In order to give
the two parties the same chance the
"noes" will also be recorded. Those
who are in favor of the liquor trade
are already squirming under this ar
rangement. They foresee that those
who vote "yes" under those conditions
will be in the majority. They explain
that those who are in favor of prohibi
tion will come out in the open and
yell "yes" to a man, while a large ma
jority of those who are opposed to
prohibition will not care to pose be
fore the public as the champions of
the saloon. A daily newspaper which
is opposed to prohibition says: "This
campaign will arouse great opposition,
for it is intended to mislead public
opinion, and the figures which will be
based on the result of the canvass will
not tell the truth."
NORWAY.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson was taken to
Paris, Nov. 8, in a special hospital car,
and he is now under electro-therapeu*
tic treatment in that city. His ailment
is a direct result of an apoplectic fit
which he had early last summer. Part
of the way to Paris he was accom
panied by King Fredrik of Denmark.
A cable of Nov. 13 gives a summary
of the results of the elections of mem
bers of a new storting. It is stated
that for the next three years the Con
servative and Liberal forces will be
in the majority. They number sixty
four, against forty-eight radicals and
eleven Socialists. The majority group
consists of forty-five Conservatives and
nineteen Liberals, though the dividing
line between these factions is in many
instances hard to see. Formation of a
new cabinet will be the first result of
elections, though this probably will
not take place before the storting as
sembles in January. It is likely that
foimer( Premier Michelsen will be ask
ed to form a new ministry, but his ac
ceptance of the task is considered
doubtful. Other men also are men
tioned, among them being General
Bratlie and Professor Stang. The re
sult of the election means that legisla
tion will be more conservative, but
it is impossible to tell if the radical
laws Ielating to water power and
mine franchises, passed at the last
session of the storting, can be chang
ed. Other issues are under discussion,
such as the referendum and the royal
right of dismissing the storting and
ordering new elections.
Captain Roald Amundsen, explorer
and navigator of the Northwest pas
sage, is coming to Chicago to secure
tiie greatest store of provisions that
any expedition has carried into the
north polar basin. Captain Amundsen
will sail in July on a seven years'
"d£R,h" for 90 degrees north, and the
success of his invasion of a sevenfold
Arctic winter is conceded to depend
in largest measure on the best prod
ucts of Chicago's canneries. While
staying there he will be the personal
guest of Consul Gade. Captain
Amundsen has been studying the mat
ter of provisions for months past, and
he will not carry a cracker without
the approval of the foremost chemist
of Norway, Professor Sophus Torup,
with whom he has studied out every
detail of his requirements. For seven
years, if favoring currents do not has
ten the progress of their northward
journey, Captain Amundsen's party,
aboard the Fram, will be locked in the
polar ice, and during that time the
lives of the twelve men who make up
the party will depend upon the condi
tion of their stores. Captain Amund
sen insists upon visiting personally
the headquarters of the meat industry
of tho world. He must have the best.
Besides meats the explorer will re
quire 300 tons of gasoline to propel
the engines of the Fram and to fur
nish light and heat for seven years.
Gregorius Rasmussen, a baker in
Bergen, was 90 years old Nov. 1. This
man had occasion to celebrate his sil
ver wedding, his golden wedding, his
diamond wedding, and his iron wed
ding. His wife died a year ago. He is
still strong and takes regular walks
every day.
No less than 600,000 barrels of her
ring has been caught along the coast
of northern Norway during the past
season. This puts Norway at the head
of the nations of the world with re
gard to the quantity of herring caught
in one season.
Emanuel Vigeland and Eilif Peter
sen, noted artists, have decorated one
church each in Kristiania, and they
have done their work so well that
lovers and critics of art are often seen
in those churches. In fact, some of
their paintings can stand a compari
son with some of the famous master
pieces in the Roman Catholic churohes
of the continent.
The "liberal Christians" held a con*
vention in Kristiania, and the elo
quence and ability of Rev. Klavenas
eaatly made him the strongest man.
the leader of this religious movement.
0RA/L HOJJJZJ QTStATWEC
HE flourishing town of Zam
boanga, in the Philippine is
lands, is well laid out and
the ever-present Chino sup
plies the modest wants of
life. The military post is
Just outside the fort and supplied with
the most comfortable and pretentious
houses I have seen in any garrison
over here. As Zamboanga is a peace
ful province one can drive through
Morotown without anxiety. The smeW
of dried fish greets one everywhere
Part of the village is built out over the
water and the glimpses of life in It are
most interesting.
At Jolo a carriage was waiting for
us and we drove at once beyond the
walled city and out through the fa
mous avenue of palms. Later we
walked beyond the walls, and through
Morotown. Six guards stand before
the gate and warn everyone of the
danger of going beyond the walls on
foot and repeat the prohibition for of
ficers to do so unarmed. We were
told that only a few days before our
arrival a Moro had attacked one of
the guards but we had not come thus
far to be cheated of so unusual an ex
perience, and the element of real
danger had its charms so armed with
a loaded revolver, a sharp kris and a
parasol we started out. After crossing
the bridge, where we were quite out of
hearing of the garrison, we walked one
behind the other and kept a sharp
lookout on every side. At the well in
the center of Morotown we stopped for
a good look at the spot where three of
our soldiers were attacked while they
were sitting there chatting three
months before.
These Moros trace their origin to
the Mohammedan invaders and like all
ot their tribe hate Christians and be
lieve that for every one killed another
degree of felicity is attained for the
after life. In a condition of religious
insanity the "juramentada" takes an
oath to kill Christians until he himself
is killed He shaves his eyebrows
and head, works himself into a state
of frenzy during a night devoted to re
ligious excesses and then starts out on
the warpath. Death being the only
possible end for him, he is entirely
fearless and reckless.
Beyond the wall in Morotown a long
rickety pier runs out into the water
and we walked the length of it, enter
ing many of the houses to bargain for
brass and chow baskets. On these oc
casions we kept our backs to the wall
and hurried on when we noticed any
of them stopping too long to examine
us with their cruel glances. They will
kill as readily to procure a firearm as
for anything else and it was impos
sible not to feel constant anxiety, as
knew the danger to be entirely real.
We were too far from the walls for
cries to be heard, and. even a shot, if it
brought rescue at all, could do so only
too late. It was Intensely interesting,
intensely exciting, but the tension was
too great to be a pleasure for long,
add I was glad to be safe back inside
the walls again. Here we were met
at every turn by Moros selling pearls,
and as we had nothing to fear from
those inside we had leisure to examine
them and their wares. Jolo is famous
for Its pearl fisheries, and although
the best pearls are bought up before
they reach the visitor's hand, some
pretty ones can be found.
There was a fascination about being
In the very heart of the country of
those Malay pirates whose deeds were
among the favorite stories of child
hood. The name Sulu is to the inhabi
tants of other islands synonymous
with treachery and ferocity. Piracy
was a regular trade among the na
tives, whose daring exploits carried
them as far as Singapore and New
Guinea, where they spread misery and
devastation. As far north as Mala
bang on the Celebes sea there are
blockhouses along the coast for refuge
from these sea robbers. Seen from
the water the town of Jolo is extreme-
Swearing Box on London Bars.
In many public houses at the cor
ners of mean streets in London there
are boxes on the bar counters which
have a peculiar use.
They are called "swearing boxes,"
and when any customer, annoyed by
the bad weather, for example, or by
some remark from an acquaintance
derogatory to his facial features or to
the reputation of his ancestors, gives
vent to an unparliamentary expres
sion, he has to pay a fine by dropping
a penny—or in case of a very violent
expression as much as threepence—
into a slit of the box.
In certain public houses on the out
skirts of London there is one of these
swearing boxes, but the peculiarity of
this particular house is that it is al
most entirely frequented by women.
They belong to a factory on the other
side of the way, and unfortunately
find that their work tends to constant
thirst. One would imagine that among
women a swearing box would be an
unnecessary article of furniture, but
in this case It is In frequent use.—
London Tit-Bits.
ly picturesque, the occasional red roof
of a foreign building in no wise les
sening the uncivilized appearance of
the whole. Rising behind the town is
Mount Dajo, made famous by the won
derful assault and capture of it by our
troops. Cotabato, Parang-Parang and
Malabang, on the Celebes sea, were
next touched at, and then after an
other stop at Zamboanga and again at
Camp Overton the course lay toward
Cebu in the Visays.
Cebu is a prosperous town and a
treat trade center, hemp and coal be
ing its chief exports. Shells of every
description are for sale, but otherwise
there is little one cares to buy. Here
in the Church of Santo Nino is pre
served a little black statue of the Holy
Chili which was brought over by Ma
gellan. The collection of jewels for
it is said to be priceless. They were
stored In Hongkong during the Insur
rection, and they remain there, as the
duty is too high to permit of their be
ing brought fck. Across the strait is
the little island of Mactan, where Ma
gellan was killed.
On leaving Cebu we stopped at Or
moc in Leyte and then anchored for a
short while Carigura bay to unload
provisions for Tacloban. At Calbayog,
Samar, we stepped for a couple of
hours only, and then made for home,
and were met in Verde passage by the
steam launch from Batangas, which
brought us to land In two hours.
With visions of waving palms and
bamboos and a riotous burst of color
in your mental picture of the tropics,
Manila is a disappointing rfiality. as it
lies low and business-likst along the
water front. The dolce far niente of
southern climes seems to have no
place in this commercial metropolis,
where everything is life and bustle.
The great bay is large enough to ac
commodate the fleets of the world and
an enormous breakwater built out
from the mainland gives shelter to at
least forty large vessels. At all times
the roadstead is filled with ships, and
the clanking of chains, the tooting of
tfhistles and the rapid liquid speech
o. the native coolies working along the
water front create a lively scene.
The houses are raised high above
the ground to avoid the dangerous
earth vapors which the Tagals call
"alimoon," and seek to avoid at the
beginning of the rainy reason, the
walls are fitted with slides of lattice
work into which shells are inserted in
stead of glass, and with these drawn
back the house looks like an open pa
vilion. The ground floor is occupied
by shops or used as a gram store rocrn
or carriage shed, and not mfrequenHy
as a stable, in which case the wells
are dispensed with. These native
houses are built of hard wood, mostly
of mahogany, which is disfigured with
whitewash and paint, some of them be
ing resplendent in pink, blue or yel
low. The living rooms are reached
by a flight of stone steps running
up on the outside. Rents Manila
are high, 200 or 300 pesos ($100 or
$150) being the average price per
month for a dwelling of moderate
size.
The city of Manila proper Is a huge
fortress, surrounded by high stone
walls and bastions and bulwarks on
the landward side and protected by a
moat which may be flooded by means
of sluices to cut off the city. Fort San
tiago, the citadel, guards the entrance
to the Pasig, which divides Manila into
two parts—the walled city just de
scribed and the commercial centers.
The Escolta In Binondo is the prin
cipal shopping street and it is pros
perous looking with its many pedes
trians, its trolley cars and electric
lights the shops are up to date and
almost all desires can be satisfied if
you are willing to pay Manila prices.
Here, as everywhere in the islands,
John Chinaman absorbs a large part
of the trade and is the picture of con
tentment as he lazily smokes his pipe
in the doorway.
Knows Value of Time.
Admiral von Koster, who represent
ed the German emperor, at the Hud
son-Fulton celebration, is a stickler
for punctuality. Before sailing for
home he gave an example of how im
portant he considers the keeping of
the time of an appointment. He had
promised to visit the Seemanshaus, in
Hoboken, a haven for German sailors
when in port, at nine o'clock on Tuea
day morning. On reaching the build
ing his watch showed one minute past
the hour of his appointment and he
immediately made profuse apologies
to the officers of the institution for
his inability to meet them at the ap
pointed time.
One to Hand.
Belle—My husband must be a man
of high ideals.
Nell—Then why not marry an avi
ator?
Opposites Meeting.
"They say food is rapidly going up."
"Well, If all homes have appetites
like my family's, I should say fiend, ft
rapidly goinjr down."