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O! FOR THE SOUTH POLE
CAPTALN soorr irrade,s OP ius
PAPItelleITION.
Ec Iebed ef Men Required to elect
:Wain Of Wore ;aid leevite
be fletelship.
Despite its discomforts and its
decith-invitieg poseibilities, a jeer-
eiey in tetarth uf the South Pole, has
wonderful fascinations foe the ad-
imetutous.
Over 7,000 people tare fully pre -
lateral to join the expedition which
Captain ifeatott, the daring explor-
er, is taking out from ltegland
watt -July or Auguet. But as the
party will be wily about fifty
stroeg, the thousands- who are de -
!drone of inscribing their names on
the scroll of fame by reason of hav-
ing trod the mystic land of STIOWS,
lust of necessity he disappointed.
REQUISITE QUALITIES.
a"
And really it; is questionable if
the anxiety to juin the gallant Lt -
isle band would be eo pronounce's'
if the aspirante knew the perils.at-
tentleet upon au Antarctic tamed" -
tide. The qualificatio'ns a Polar
eeplosar must possess are owner -
0118 And varied.
,
First, he must have. a strong
cart and a, good circulatioa to
meet the strain of work, the long
eileece, and the lack of food, whale
scanetimes causes terrible suffer-
ing. And, consideving that he may
be called on to take part it a thir-
ty -mile march, draggiug heevy
sledges the -while, he must have
vsonclerlul staying powers.
---
At good, 0V011 temper must go
-with absolute physical fitness and
ability to take care of oneself in
aa emergency.
Then, no one is so popular on aa
Arctic expedition as the man who
eao cook well, for each has to take
In turn in the kitchen.
"An Antarctic expedition," said
Captain Scott to a representative
of London Answers, "is not a one -
men show, nor a two-man show,
or yet a ten -man show. It is
semething which demands the cos
aperation of all. Perils? Discom-
forts, rather. Snow blindness, for
instance. We shall wear goggles
reado of wood—after the Eskimo
style—with a couple of slits, cross -
shape, through which to look.
"Leaving England in July or
August, we shall call at New Zea-
land to pick up ponies, dogs, and
stores. We hope to reach McMur-
do Sound in December, where a
party will be landed to erect per-
„enanent winter quarters. The re-
e----a-sease•- ------
reainder of the exped:tion will pro-
ceed to a point in King Edward
1711 Land, in, the same latitude as
McMurdo Sound, about 500 miles
distant. Tbe ship will the return
to New Zealand, coming hack to
fetch the parties froin the two bas-
6*3 ill the spring of 1011
THE TRACK TO THE POLE.
"The base hitherto used in Brit-
ish expeditions has, of course, been
McMurdo Sound, but a second
, base veill now be esesblishes1 in
King Edward TII. Land. This
may be very difficult to establish
and will certainly be exposed to
tbe full rigor, of the Antarctic cli-
mate. On the other hand, its dis-
tance from the Pole will be no
---greater than that of the McMurdo
Sound base, and the .region about
is is entirely -unknown. The ad-
vance to the Pole will be made from
one or the other of these two base;
according to cirmunstaaces.
"The track to the Pole from
Melefurtio Sound traverees at first
the 0xtensivo plateau of the Great
33arrier1 indintaining approximately
the nivel of the sea. It -then rises
gradually 011 the surfece of a gla-
cier, and finally, in lee third and
most difficult phase, it traverres
an inland plateau, whicle probably
maintains 6 great attitude.
"Oleourse, the main object of tee
expedition is ' to reach the Smith
......r.49..! and to secure for the British
Eramielethe honor of that achieve -
remit. Traneport is, perhaps, the
thief difficelty. From a winterieg
sitation the distance there and bank
is about 1,000 miles. The time at
disponi in a single :marten is about
150 treveliug days.
"Ponies, doge, and mama will
ire used for heavy , sledge loads.
Pony traction is all very well 00
the. Barrier surface, but ponies are
unsuitable fim work on glaciers.
Dogs, if not oveteladen, can be us( d
• for glatier work, and might travel
the -whole distance to the Pole. Bet
• they will have to be lightly laden,
,properly hushanded, and well fed
-,, err the lower pletean s
' "elle doge will Ise c,f the Oetyek,
1;
. (e4*X.7;v();:joi cl-ice)f'n st(t)111:11Ent.terc:illI:5o'llrbilcietg:htittlaty. nPaildrrn'Ir-:
, auatei amount of food being taken
' to the base of the glacier. A dog
teara with a relay of men will melte
the final dash iterates the inland fro
sheet. .
MOT011eSLEDGING.
"The 'motor -sledge promises to
elay• a plenninent; part in Pular
transit in the future. It can ries
ceMplith more work, for the furl
etapended, than either the tiony or
free.
the dog, enel it is seilletieutly long
be bridge dangerous crevasses. A.
diffieulty of elle pest have been.that
its. *heels were uot sefficieue te
euirport it, on the soft SlIONY•
'Weighing about 800 pounds
each, the 1143TY sledges are propel-
led over the snow by means of a
number of wooden free on an end -
lose bend rotating on spindles.”
Captain Secret will prehably take
with hien a geed library, and the
iustrumeets will inelude
banjo, a harmonium, anti a pima-
o1a. lie will again go in for Note
ball, and bockey played with
bendy-sticks—much lighter than the
other ones ---and kt ball whipped
round with eerie Spirits, of
muse, will be earried, but for the
mod part temperamee (Wake will
be used—water rued lime -juice me
board, and tea,and cocoa, with
plenty of sugar, during ardnotte
sledging expeditione, There will be
bottled fruits for the luxery of
tarts, c.anned nitrate for a time, and
then afterwards seal meat becomes
the steple diet.
A NIGER3A.F.1 RAILWAY,.
eing Built to the Doetelmeter of
the Sudan.
According to the latest adviees
frum Nigeria, railway .tonstructioe
in the Protectorate is making good
progress, and it is expected thee
by September next there will be
through railway communication
iiith the city of Kano, the great
teade centre, whittle bas been aptly
termed the "Mameneeter of the
Sudan." Work is proceeding simul-
taneously on the -bwo sections of the
Nigerian system, one running from -
Lagos for 300 miles, to Jebba on
the Niger, where the river is to be
spanned by two great bridges and
the line continued to Zungeru, the
on.pital.
The other section will begin at
Bare, an important navigable point
un the Niger, which bas been trans-
formed into an extensive railway
depot, and running direct to Ke-
lm—beyond which point the (111e1
tion of further extension has not
yet been considered—with a junc-
tion from Minna, 730 miles from
the Niger terminus, to Zungerta
-where it will be joined up with the
line coming from Lagos mid cross -
Mir the river at Jabba.
With regard to tba Bare Kano
line ilia earthworks -will be within
fifty elites of that eity by the end
of March, by which time the line
will aleo have reached Zungeru.
Railhsad is now at 1010,130 (near
the jenction with the branch to
Zungeru), and the rails are ex-
pected to be at the Kaduna River,
eighty-five iniles further in the di-
rection of Kano, by the end of the
/insane dry season. On the Exten-
sion from Lagos there le already
a train service from the -sea, to the
Niger at Jebba (208 miles), and the
rails are now laid for twelve miles
from the north bank in the direc-
ti n of Zungern.
Of the two bridges which will
cross the river here the southern
bridge, 1,400 feet in length, with
seven spans, has been authorized,
and the second bridge, connecting
Tebbe, Wand with the north bank
—a structure of 900 feet in length,
with four spans, is well in hand,
two spans being completed. Work
on the Lagos extension has been
somewhat delayed, owing to the
fact that a new survey has had to
be made and fresh gradients found.
Pending the construction of the
bridges on the Niger, traffic across
the river will be carried on by the
train ferry which was despatched
from England some months ago and
is now un the spot.
TO Ole POWDERED SNAKE.
Old -Time Remedy for Serious Ma-
ladies --Important Emblem.
There was a time when few first-
class remedies for really serious
maladies did not include some por-
tion of snake powdered. Snake
broth itself wets a sovereign for
nienrillse The Snake with its tail
in its mouth is the symbol of eter-
nity, and as, by casting its skin,
it "renews its youth," it has since
the days of Aescularaue been the
chosen emblem of the medical fra-
larnity ; wbile Idolatry's cacluccue,
with its wreathed snakea, typical
of peace' has been used as the
badge ofcommerce. In the name
field, however, the snake possess( s
an even mightier signifivanee, for
the didlar mark ($) is but the ser-
pent entwined aboat the Pillars of
Hercules as it may be wen minted
on the gpanish peso to -day.
Many Afrin tribes count P.11010
11ITS11 among the delicecies, and
Jelin Ward says thatewith the Au-
etraliten natives "a dish of etiolate
is a much -esteemed luxury.'" Many
kende of birds eat }makes. Pigs
Arf; particularly fond of them, tat
else are some deer; but in the old
days it was uncleretowl that deer
only tete enakes in, surname, for
abieh reesoet their volition was M.
that time poi:totems, a sainteious
fietion whiell it was doubtless well
to make -widely 'known in time
when Him W,11S alittralant tempta-
tion to dem. ethaeing anti reedits
-
Hone eencerning 01080 RNLI oeS
001111d have brae treated with in-
different) respect:
IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND
NEWS BY nu:IL A BO UT 011F
DOLL AND HIS PEOPLE.
Oirceimeneee • in the Land Thai
Reigns Saltreme in the Coup
inereitti World.
An Rest Hant kiteleentuaid has
died from blood poisoning after
getteig a splatter under hex finger-
nail,
Shot at Stortfoed,
pheasant completely white is berog
shown at , a Meta game dealers
firUp.
Bury megistrates itiethe 'whole ol
last wale had only (me charge be..
fore them, a receedejor the hot
twenty-eight yeare.
A miner Wee had not extinguish-
ed a safety heap which had become
unsafe., was filled $4.80 and °este
at, Rotherham.
Three young men were 'fined at
-Newport fur painting cats with en-
amel mid turpentine, 4M10 animal
being blinded.
Kidderminster has had no crim-
inals to deal with for a Ibrtnight,
and the mayor lias be= present-
ed with two pairs of white gloves.
Mr. Harry Pope, formerly a
P., was sentenced at Norwich' to
three years' penal servitude fee con-
verting valuable securities to his
01V11 1130.
A conference with a view to fur-
ther .a.ctioe in support of the eaten -
100n of the weekly day of rest for
pelicemen will take plata soon at
Birmingham.
Aeronauts will in future be able
to inspect autographic records of
wind velocity from twenty-three
stations at the :Paeteorological of-
fice in Victoria street, Lundell.
All -egad to have defrauded a Lon-
don firm of $16,000 worth of goods
manufacturer at Laekext, Bel-
gium, has been arrested a.t the re-
quest of the British Consul, eays
the Brussels Petit Bleu.
Nine ships of,the Allan Line—the
Carthaginian'Corinthian, Ionian,
Mongolian, Numidian, Parisian,
Premien, Sardinian, and Sioilian
—are to be fitted with Marcuni
wireless telegraph.
A feature of the polling in North
Huts -was the large eumber of in-
firm voters. Bath chairs were pro-
vided for them and several pati-
ents from the local hospital were
cenveyed to the polls..
Mee. Ann Carter, of Udimore,
SIISEeti, is 101 ,years old, and in
the beet of health. Mr. J. 0. john -
son, the inventor of Pextland ce-
nine and ex -Mayor of Gravesend,
is 100 years old. He, too, is fit
and well.
Found on the slopes of °richt
Mountain by Captain E. Bowe)]
Sone'
s of Portmadoc, a spear head
has beee identified by the British
Museum authorities as belonging
to the Bronze Age, 660-800 33. 0.
Owing to a high wind blowing
down the chimney of a room at
Dudley, where a boy named Edward
Buckley lay ill, the fire was blown
on to the bed, and the boy died in
the hospital from -the burns and
shock.
It was stated at the Shoreditch
Comity Court, London, that the
presence of a tree in the front gar-
den of a house in Stoke -Newing-
ton made a difference of £2 a year
in the rent, as tenants liked its
leafy simile.
Two clogs were found on a farm
at Thorpe Malsor, near Kettering,
worrying a flock of 110 sheep.
Many were terribly injured, and a
number of ealuable pedigree sheep
were found dead, the loss being es-
timated at $500. Both dogs were
shot. . -
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baylis of
Hanley,- Worcester, who have just
celebrated their diamond wedding,
have reteived a letter of congratu-
lation from the King. Mr. and Mrs.
Baylis still live in the cottage which
they occupied when they married
in 1850.
• I'
le I rcnou PT IN INDIA.
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Belief So Strong. That Human Sue-.
Witte is Still Praetised.
The belief in witchcraft is still
Met rooted in parts of India, and
the mnfoitunate preemie suspected
,1 the black art are not uncommon-
ly done to death, says the Allaha-
b ci Pion ear,
ImBengal last year several casea
of the kind came before the cour8s.
Jit the Seethe] Parganahs a Nr0111S11
was murdered by her mother and
brother, who believed hei to be a
witch,
in relamau man was killed, as
the villagers held that he was a
WiSfIrd. In another 01030 (.8110
wo-
1*1011 were merdered on the bare
suspieion that they had caused the
death of three childeen by cledere,
Heenan sacrifice alsn is 'still pate-
tieed among the uncivilized *ribs
ni Beitgal.
In Angul same Mends samifieed
a girl as a propitiatory offerieg
against eholera, amd in Patentee
bov was (-Heald into the jungle
and kilted as a saerifine. There van
be litt00 doubt that ane relaxation
of vigilance would mune in a eerie
oue inerease of witch killing and
human =orifices.
TRUTH ABOUT TYPHOID
"BACILLI PIRST LODGE IN VON.
TAII IN A (EO 1100)),
ryphold rover Does Not tem Ito
Origin in n Low State of
Health,
It, is not the true statement to
say that typhoid fever lutis lis ora
gin in 'impaired bealtla, 'Typhoid
fever has just 0110 calm; thei ty-
phoid beeillne; and 11 18 were not
for this inicioseepicel reoruitur you
(multi be at the lowest obb in health
but you could never (metre/se this
dangerenni cliseaese,
The typhoid baeillus is 043 much
a known quantity SS a hen's egg,
exeept that fewer people have seen
16 and, thank fortune, seised it. It
is a small plant from aboete one to
three twenty-five thousands- of 00
inch long, and about three times
as long as it, is broad. .11, is shaped
like a rod (whence it is welled "ba-
cillus," which is the Latin diminu-
tive for "little rod"); end it hart
a special travelling outfit, namely,
fiagellae or hehelike lashes, rant-
bering from five to twenty, hy lvinch
it produces motion, raid gets from
(me drop of water to anather.
UNDERSTAND METHOD'S.
To appreciate the tricks anti the
manners of the typhoid bacillus we
must nnderstand just how it gets
jute the human body, what it does
there, and how it escapes again.
The intestinal tract ef enan's ali-
mentary canal seems to be the fa-
vacite eesert of typhoid bacillus;
and in order to underetand this
special liking 011 1115 part, let us
picture to ourselves the real nature
oi the cligeseive passage; simply
a long continumte tebe, expanded
tt different places actthe stomach
and the large intestine, and hav-
ing direct communication with the
outside wild by two upeninge one
for taking in nutritinus food, the
other for expelling waste matter.
CONTAMINATED FOOD.
Into this digestive tube, typboitt
bacilli are received when food or
clritile contains them, as for exatia
pie, oysters, milk, water, fruit, in
a contaminated canditien. Lodged
in the lower intestine, the typbeid
bacilli begin to multiply end car-
ry on their life procese, &Mg dead-
ly damage thereby to the tissues,
eventually causing the., sicknees
known as typhoid fever.
If these bacilli, then, once gain
access to the digestive tract, only
the individual resistance of the hu-
man victim. ean withstaed them;
there is no medicine or dem known
to the -medical world at the present
time which can combat then little
foes or scatter them once they have
started on their damaging career.
If for any reason there is not calf-
fteient resistance on the part of the
P018011 attacked, then in abant ten
days after the typhoid bacilli have
found their way to the intestines,
the victim's condition can be re-
cognized as typhoid fevee.
NO THANKS TO IIIIMAN AID.
But if'one's natural resistance to
typhoid fever can meet these ba-
eilli as they attack, then one es-
capes having typhoidfever, but
without thanks to any human aid.
Therefore he who allows another
to believe that any number of doses
(.f medicine can cheek typhoid fe-
ver -when once it has started in the
human system either displays his
awn crass ignorance or stands as
an opponent to the truths of sani-
tation.
TYPHOID VACCINE.
But this does mat ne course take
into consideration the recentmats
cees in army circles both in this
country and in Germany of inon-
lating with typhoid vaccine to lee -
seri both the virnleece of the dis-
ease and the death rate. That tide
measnre, adopted wherever our
soldiers request it, basamet with
striking 81100015 18 1171tb011t 'ques-
tion and gives es fuer promise tbat
the terrible loss of life from tv-
ahoid fever such SS oecurred during
the Spa nitch- A merit -me war will
never again be repeateal.—Marion
Senile, in Detroit Free Press.
, NOT FROM THE PUMP,
'Do you call tide stuff milk ''io-
c3surecl Mr. Dobbs, as he gazed into
tbe depths of his inilk-pitcher.
"Of couree 1 do," replied the
milkman, indignantly. "What
woeld you call it?"
"Well, I don't to mole any
insitmetions," said Dobbs; "but it
lookceto me as though a good shave
of this fluid mime from amanp,
stead of from a
"I tenure you, upon my word •Of
henor a.; a gentleman," answered
Ii e millanara impressively,- "that
15,1intint. 1())1.,e," drop i C,thine hem a
11118 as the diep)'neer of lacteal
fluid drove away he murmured to
himeelf t ---
'If he 'had said tap' 1 eni afraid
1 tatotild have. been obliged to tell
a lie."
IVONDRRPOL 1101)11 OP WATER
IN CENTRAL AFRICA,
Wasting Aceottnt of a etourinte
Throligh the 'Deere of
Afriea.
One 01 the meet wonderful lakes
in the world bas jest been describ-
ed to leeuberee by Mr. Feed net -
feed, the well-known ougineer,
who hue bees* sursroyieg tbe 00111.1 -
try from the Condo,' leailway to
Lake Magadi in connection with
proposed breech line.
"Lake Magian," Rays Mr, Shel-
ford, is piceureternely situated
amid weird surroundinge at tee
betaina ef a valley 3,000 loot deep.
On ono side are inountai»s 0,000
feet abtrve Sea level, aid on an-
other a range haviug an altitude
of 8,000 feat. There ie no sign of
human life, but on ad about elni
lake are immense numbers of Bain-
mingoes.
LAKE TEN MILES LONG.
'The .lake, wile% is ten miles
long by two or -thew miles in
breadth, ie of a aerie -what reddish
Eu. On reaching the 8110108 18(7
found that the water wa,s only a
few ieelles deep, arid covered a
hard surface looking exactly like
pink niarble. This is an imanenee
deposit of soda, vital was boxed
and found to extend to a consider-
able area of eL least twenty squaye
miles of solid soda,'
This 'wonderful lake is only
reached .after a long and difficult
journey over uninhabited and
waterless country.
Mr. Shelford's bareness was to
survey for the railway which is to
be built, ea view of the fact that
the Imp srial Government a aS greet-
ed Messrs. B Samuel and Co. a
concession for ninety-nine years to
work the soda deposits. This rail-
way is to be constructed and Work-
ed by th,o Geverement, and will be
or the eame construction as the
Uganda R,ailway, of which it will
feral a branch.
The ,expedibion (says- Mr. Shel-
ford), which comprised eight Euro-
peans, left the. 'Uganda R,ailway at
the station ef Kin, 265 miles in
the interior, mad stench westward.
The eoentry to be traversed was
entirely uninhabited, unknown,
and waterless. The route was Carl-
tinually crossed by escarpments
eight to ten miles long, and 300. to
400 feet high.
KEPT PRISONER BY LIONS.
The country teemed with lions,
giraffes, rhinos, and azitelopes. A
large base camp Jawing beca
formed at Rim great difficulty was
experieuced at elle very outeat in
finding the beginning of the road
te the lake. ]eventually a gorge in
the escarpment was discovered, a- d
a ebain camps -40,11y reduced
to five-awas formed.
Several of the men employed in
cutting tracks were lost. Each
camp -was snpplied with tanks of
eater brought all the way from
Nairobi, and prutected by thorn
zarebas.
Limes were constantly seen and
heard. One night fifteen came
round the tents, of which two were
ehot, two of the shares were on
another oeeasion set epee by five
lions; while at one camp a rhino
deliberately charged the tank con-
taining the water supply, but was
fortunately shot by a Boer team-
ster beetre be dal any da,magd.
Even in the neighborhood of the
railway the lions have a very bad
reputation, and'areknown at Kin
Statioe as "bad" lions. It is not
an uncommon thing for the. traine
to be slapped' because the Indian
htioninastsr cannot leave lds
house to .set the sigealie until the
lions had 'cleared off.
THE LAST SECTION
of the journey was extremely ardu-
ous. and the waggon transport, as
well as horses., hod to be ithaedon-
ed. The prempitous cliffs were im-
possible for animals, and we deciel-
cal that the only way to get MI -rough
was to make a bee Inc on foot
over the inountadns.
During thie stage two of elle
Europeangot iota anareg the rocks
and 'peesed nn nincieits eight, sleep
being out of the question with the
liens threatening them all the time.
Ab length, peter a march of four -
Leen iwurs, they were found by a
search party from °imp.
During the expedition Mr. Shel-
rd discevered ord ascended a
new mountain peak near Lake Ma-
gedi, \Odell is unmarked cm tors
map. It rose 2,500 feet above the
plain, tied was very (Effie -0e of *88
cant owing to the lomm revise. From
the top where Mr. Shelford left
tecords in a bottle, lit obtained a
teepee Mee n t • view ex ten die g righ
into etermen Emit Africa and the
lint Valley,
Boatel Ilevesca-take in a motley -
Me °veil till- teethe., alb off tlici
Heine, baste wall molted better *red
lemon juice, put in the oven 'a few
minotes mid serve hot,
NOTES OP IN'PEREST P110111 Iletlee
BANKS IND BRAES,
%Mit Is Going en in the Diet1en.03
end Leivientle of Auld
Scotia.
In leenbon last year there were
145 births, 76 deaths and 34 marri-
ages,
A merchant in Glaegow was fined
$00 for sellieg margarine for but-
ter.
There were 1,895 criminal offence
es in Patriek last year, a eleirreais°
of over 500,
There were 4,443 cases of infec-
tious diseases in Glaegow the third
yeb in January.
In West Perthshire, the electors
ate numbers 8,547, and 7,444 eseted
—over 87 per cant,
Ae hlioa pony went up a step-
ladder the other day and had a good
feed in the hay loft.
In Aberdeen last year the appre-
hensions of drunk and incapable
persone decreased by 93.
Over 90)301 cent. of voters in
Alserfelely, district polled -520 otet
of an electorate of 571.
The Working Men's Club of Ed-
inburgh start another year with a
ceedie balance of $4,399.
Fife linen trade is busy end ma-
ratfacturers -would use more looms
if they could get hands.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie has offered
$70,000 toward branch -libraries at
Iiillhead and Langside.
Galashiels folk have instituted a
crusade against coal men for their
bell -ringing on the streets. ,
It is promised to open Waverley
Market, Edinburgh, to the public
from 1513 April to lot October. .
Since it was formed the Railway
Guards' Friendly Societel of Glas-
gow bas expended in. relief e1,760,-
500.
• The Regent Road School, Edin-
burgh, was recently presented witn
a Union Jack from a school in
Dunedin, N. Z.
An anonymous donor has given
$5,000 to' the Edinburgh Infirmary,
in response to Lord Skerrington's
appeal.
The directors of Chalmers' Hos-
pital, Edieburgh, have appointed
Mr. Edmund Price official radio-
logist to the hospital.
Ifeell regret is felt in the Craig-
nish district of Argyll owing to the
death by drowning of the daughter
of Major Macdougall of Lunge.
Probably tho oldest eleetor who
voted in the election is Mr. Rob-
ert -Lang, retired veteriaary sur-
geon, Bridge of Weir. He is in his
9003 year.
• Rev, ,C. H. McGhee, formerly
curate at St. Machen's, Campeie,
hay been presented with a•Humane
Society testimonial for saving u
girl from drowning.
The National Bible Society has
placed its hall mark on Esperanto.
'en edition of the New Testament
in that strange tongue is in course
of ereparation.
A new service of steamers has
been inaugurated between Leith
and Philadelphia, and on the 18th
ult., the first vessel arrived at
,Leith from. Baltimore with grain
and general goods.
OlieEr OE CONGO TRIBE.
flight of Women to Throne—Beliefs
and Superstitions.
E. Torday described to the Royal
Anthropological Society recently
the results of a receet ethnological
expedition to the Congo Free State.
-After &Mitre with the racial di-
visions he explained the institu-
tions, government and religion of
the people of the Conga State, Bays
the London Standard.
The head of the tribe was the
chief, but in certain questions his
mother seemed to take precedence
, of him. His power was nominally
absolube, but in reality very slight.
There were six great officers and a
hose of smeller oil -Jails. The right
tes the throne descended in the fe-
male line, but a woman stock Lined.
The chief having the newer to die -
inherit any likely claimant virtual-
ly had the power of nominating his
500005501%
T110 Bu-Shonge believer in an all
powerful creator, but paid no wor-
ship to him, thongh magic was
largely practitad. Spiriteally man
wan believed to consist of three ele-
ments—scan, doeble and shadow.
The soul was thought only to lease
the body at death, the 'double at
both death and eleop and the she-
Coev only at death. • The, belief that
ticorpse amid not cast a. Oradea,
was currently held.
Mr. Torday reported the nearest
aperoach to true totemism as yet,
diecevered le Africa; For among
the western 1311-8h4111go, he and,
each person .inlierited from his fa.
ther an ikina, ;dont 01 atiimal,
wide!) he might not at The ikiue
had no conneetion w ±11 tribe! names
and the division into labia cut
acrose the thvisten into tribes atal
villagett. Pereole posieseine the
tome ikina not. marry,
THE CZARINA IS N'ONV A NEIPire'
0118 WEEVIL
Apprelieerilon of Dettiger to Oldie
• arm' HOS TalMit Away ifer
11011e6 of 'Oluit.
Rumors regarding tho wort of
Runia oauBt always 14 Viewod with
oautiom The • folloeving: dories ofaave
the origiu of the CzartaWm latest eer
nervous breakdown are giyen by a
stioonnrtelotio apiarpocetriyas eevaninuetnagedfrowinit:11
Tgarolcoo-Solo :
Always n devotedmother, the
Czarina melees itt a rule ouch day,,,,
to go into the palace echoolroom
naateesunsii.uu: jinn tlloaemmololletin:..On
at
Children romping with their gayer -
evades was astonished to final the
C
"Come," she said, "what is the
aloe/ling of this? After 9 o'clock
and no lessons commencedr "Your
Majesty," said the goveerness'"it
is not yet eine, and we always have
a little play till the hour ebrikes.".a
'Pulling out her watela, the (tzar-
ina said, "You arc mistakee; it is
nearly a quarter after 9,"
BOMB CLOCK.
The , governess • glerwed at a
strange clock on the wall, thee sud-
denly with a look, of horror tee°
ie from its shelf and erteleingro ihe
fillet= end of the roomIturled it
out of the window into .a "fountain
in the ground beneath. Directly
afterward there was a loud explo-
sion, the stonework and Pre:emus
tation and the windows of the
schoolroom broken.
The Czarina, was completely ovens
come by the thought oT the clan-
ger that had threatened her chil-
dren and Tainted. She was un-
conscious a long time and was af-
terward very ill.
SECOND BLOW TOO MUCH.
Two days later earn° another
blow. One of the little Princesses
asked for a glase of milk which, was
immediately forthcoming. When it
did arrive childlike she had chang-
ed her mind and instead of think-
ing it herself, gave it to pet dog.
Half an hour later the pet dog was
dead: The milk wits poienned and
investigation showed that the whole
of the milk supply intencted for the
consumption of the Owes house-
hold had been tampered. with.
The Czarina learned of the fresh
attempt through the earelestinete
of an attendant, and from that mo-
ment her nerves gave way complete -
le. She is now constantly haunted
by fear for the lives of bar chil-
dren. Eleven palace servants were
aerested in consequent° of these
occurrences and they are now in
prison. The Czarina's aonclition is
aggravated by the fact that the
young Czarevitch has been taken 4,
out of her control.
—
RATHER, STARTLING FIGURES.
11,000,000 „Articles Posted Daily—
Postal Statistics;
According to figures just publish-
ed .in the Archives Pastilles there
are at present 271,000 postofaces
in the world spread over ninety-sev-
en States which cover an area of
30,000,000 square miles. The Unit-
ed States possesees the greatest ,
number of postoffices, 63,663; Ger- 4 I
Many comes second with 49,838 of -
floes and the United leinedom third
with 23,728 effuses. Russiaalues 18,-
000, France 13,000 and Italy a
Austria each 9,800 Of6CCa.
The average daily postal busi-
ness of the world amounts to 110,-
000,000 Mail pieces of all sorts,
presenting on the estimated value
of the contents of registered letters
a sum of $80,603,000. The number
of the world's postal .offieials is 1,-
394,247, to which Germany fur- -se
rushes the strongest contingent,
314,251. There are 767,980 mail box-
es in the world.
A party of recruits were taken to
the sheeting -range for the first
time. ,The men fired at a tenet live
hendred 'yards away, 4111(1 008 ons
hit it. They were next tried at
target two hundred yards away,
and still every one miseed. They eie
were at last tried at one just a hun-
tired yards away, but, no one bit it.
'Attention l'' thendered the drill
seegeant. • "Fix bayonets I Charge
It's your only chance )"
A 00*0 and very etriegent pr
hibitory law Ilea jut48 been pet 10-
81 in Kansas. A etranger
wont into a Kaneas drug 31010 and
aRked for Rome whielcy, which wag
refused, ''But Pee persisted
tiu* strange a "Th at won't help
eine" implied the druggist. "It
d n't make any differentiae I veldt
eel! 31011 :any whieky for being ill."
"Well, 0S71 you soil it to ten
ear milted the stranger. "The
tally thl1 1.40 enn sell whielty for
in this town." and the dragnet,
"is for snalie-heee. Hold up now ;
ddn't ask me where to get lateen: -
lee Ilse, There is only one encelce
it, town, and he is etleaged for three
lee ahead."
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