Exeter Advocate, 1908-07-09, Page 3•
CURRENT TOPICS.
Arany people will fuel an interest In
rite: recent annual meeting of the Crema-
tion $oc'kty of Iilee:lane and the relr.rt
of its work. This soirty was e,rgan z.'d
In 1874 by Sir Henry Thumteon, and
iL first cremation took place in 1is85.
A'e riling 'o John Storer Cobb'. "Quar-
ter G. awry of Cremat on in N•erth
Amer , the number of crema•tone is
tenrlNn in 1904 was 301, and the own -
Ler in Great Britain was 451. 'fee total
-numt-or In Len ton up to that time was
1824 :.n1 in Meat Brita'n 2,482. Tho
gaster in Engrand w 1907 was said at
tee ann:v'rsary rneeling to be 705. Down
to and lnieud.ng 1900 there I:ad been in
,all Europe en y 11,664 cremations, the
largest numbers in single countries be -
leg -ng 4.261 In Germany and 4,110 in
'Italy, while in the United Stales there
:tad been 27,965.
Only twee cons'derab'e obje&lons are
erg d to cremation. One is that it lac-
•e:litos the (eIings of surviving friends
and the other that it Fomctimes oblit
Brat s the evidences of Crim', as in the
-Vase of feels ntng. Beth of these objec-
tions night be obviated perhaps by the
•acioplion of the Siamese practio•', which
is to preserve the lodes for a few
months and then cremate Ib m.
After aloohol, what? Dr. W. 11. R.
'Rivers of Cambridge university, Eng-
land, has made elaborate exper.enaits,
and invest galbns, and finds that small
vises varying from five to twenty cubic
-Centimeters of ale elute alcohal have
no effect on the amount or nature of
the work either Immediately or within
.s. vcral lours of their administration
With a large dose of forty cubic cenU
rioters the evidence was uncertain and
lnconstruit. With larger doses expert -
Merits showed a decided falling off In
the amount of work. in the case of
mental work the elle nee pont, to de-
-Crease, but in some instance no effect
le detected. and there would appear to
te great indiv:dual differences. Any
pleasurable emotion cxicted by the in-
aection of alcohol was excluded by Dr.
Rivers' method of disguising the aloohol.
Te,bacco proved to have a most unfav-
orable effect on nnrs'ular work, end a
4ludingu'shed physiologist declares that
he can confirm this from his own ex-
peraen-e. Ile found that the giving up
of smoking had a most evident and be-
neficial effect on his energy and power
for work.
Can it he that a great movement is
geeing on for the relief and encourage -
emelt of the much denounced nature
fakers? Whether there is or not there
L an nl.0 ane of stories of ainmal 1tn-
telligence give there heart. Several
ar 1
1 tie appeared recent in the
Of h nn PPe Y
Lend in Spectator, and from them we
meet the fallowing: Ono correspondent
records his bel'ef that the birds in his
garden have become speclaliztd, have
•volved si ecial methods of dealing with
tats. Ile serge that they now treat those
animals with the greatest disdain. They
feel seine anxiety when they aro teach-
ing their young how to circumvent the
cols, but noto the success of the in-
•triietens. Though taw garden is the
lig iR g li lye playground of at least Ilfty cats
the birds have increased at a great rate,
and they are now able to defy the
prowlers because of their superior cun-
a.ng.
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Ani,thr correspondent of the same
paper tells of a thrush that built her
nest on the platform of a signal post
Tear a rnflma, track. Twice a day a
Irian went to the platform to attend to
She tamps. the anns of the signal were
ipainlel during the hlrl's occupancy of
tier net, and th re was the e'inme4'on
taus' d by the peseing of 200 Oahu;
1lally. But Ito thrush was undisturbed
by any of thee.- occurrence, and she
bat lot and rearel five young e,ne,. As
ev:elence of her dscriminat'ng towers
fl :s sed that though eh' d'd not move
>trheri the reou!ar employe carie on the
plait rm she would fly away If a stran-
ger mase hes unweleimo colt,
in her latest t Irl be ek Olive Thorne
Miller has e• Heated many stories to
prove the Int••Iligeneo •'f birds, and eine
of the.m is hmnght to nem' by the tes-
timony cent rning the thrush. An en -
bre bind colony wheee member; dwelt
Deer o bird lovers home wase driven
Into a . At.' of the wil•fst excttemenl
Whenggr 'anger in pneeng Peke dip a
reel' ne-.-'.Thi charter attracted the al-
t of one of the inmates of the
h u:e. who taok the young bird from
th. stranger. when en the inetant Iho
ernmmet'on cense'. Th • many binle
It at had !caned to the .outcry were pan-
ted. TTere are many nneoetotrs `n Ito•,
bank w high indbe:ale that the birls 1 os -
sem n'1Fo:inq facult:,e=, that eases:,l .,f
being the :'lavas of inat.net they adapt
theme ion' to new vend tons and dis•
tbiguish between people and interpret
*Yenta much as human beings night.
On the qu.;anon of degree we !duel not
enter, but the stories from England and
Asnere-a, bo, are a challenge to John
Due ou¢he.
S1T.1NIC.
ills satanic majesty has learned the
en of getirg s ttnething for rwth ng.
Y00 HAVE HAD YOUR SOOT
The True Hunter Not Only Finds But
Utilizes His Game
The sloathful man roast.rth not teat
which he to rk in hunting, but the sub-
stance of a dil:igc.nt man is precious. -
Proverbs xii. 27.
Nmexxl "wee a mighty !Lunar before
the Lord." Indeed, he may have been
the first lamer before rho lord, but not
U.e only or to last ono, for everybody
has td+ weepen and is out tor game.
Everybody has Itis shot. In vita of
all that wo hoar today about Ihc in-
equality of life, about the "haves" and
the ''have•nuts," abet'', the pluto')rut and
the I,rdetar•iat, of grinding ebo vn Uto
faces of the poor and Ito: pa t erect pro-
geny of the rich, in spito of it all, and
in elide of tho pathetic truth which is
in it all, tho humblest as well as the
len g vet. haa anis shot. I do not mean that
nt. sheet at tete sane thing or bring
down tho game of equal sir;.
YOUR 'TIIBILI.tNG MOMENTS,
You know you have had thrilling
moments. Possibly ono long ago, when
L•r childhood you spelled down tho last
pupil in the clan, or caught that w n-
(ferful one -handed cd long fly in the far
eft oenh'o field or heard to you the most
beautiful maiden in the world whisper
yam," or smarm! an unusually fortu-
nate poset n or stumbled on a picture
by a rimester in en out-uf the -way shop,
or captured a. thought whk!t tins been
faithful as a household slave tea your life
ever since, or found a little Neat on
Gods erre n earth which has bee nnto to
you a veritable Elim, "whore Vero are
twelve wells of water and three score
and ten parol trees." Yours Is not an
empty game Lag, you have had your
shot, you have brought down s nnoth'ng.
Why do ninety -live imoplo out of a
hundred fall? I1.c_►uso they don't roast
dear meat. Why Ls it easier to makes a
fortune than it is to keit, it? Because
roasting the meal is noio arduous,
painstaking, hiborieus bus n Itis than
merely taking a shot. Contrast your
t ethful than with your True sportsman
who bring., his whole self to the testa
o' nrrui:sniiuislip. No hour is too early
for hits,
NO Ttt:KET TOO TANGLED,
ne road too long for hint to travel. 110
knows tho value of hts game, and w•tule
eating bis venison lo -day hue an.'yo out
for the savory swat to -morrow. Ask the
mets wh:o have arrived in .any d ppart-
rient of bre. You will finthat in the
beg.►uting they learned how to turn tear
treat upon tho spit, how ke secure tho
prtsous saving, which is indeed "the
soh tatnco of diligent man."
in presence of lbo ago 1.'mplet`on to
regard appearance and sport ability,
to court luxury and disdain labor, to
train ones honor to minister to vanity,
to worship before the altar of Mrs.
'Grundy ranee than of the Leri God Al -
Mighty, the plexi is certainly opposite
that one who would really conep:er life
end secure tho harmonious develop-
ments of all his bowers s wise in. avoid-
ing the path of the slothful and making
ef himself a mighty hunkr b'furn the
1. rd, You can have your shat, but the
value of it In capital, in aoul:ons or in
character depends upon the spirit in
which you aur and tho w'adont with
which you preserve your game.
NEHGetLVI BOYNTON.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTEIINATIONAL LFSSOS, JULY 12.
Lesson 11. Saul Chosen King). Golden
Text, 2 Sana. 23. 3.
TIIE LESSON \VOItD S L D1L'S.
(Based on the text of the Revised
Vennon).
Tho narrative of t:hapteer 8 is taken
up at Chapter 10, verse 17. After receiv-
ing the request for a king. and con-
sulting the will of Jehavah, Samuel
calls a popular assembly and formally
chooses their ruler. But then; is an in-
tervening passage of much inkiest,
which also tells of the choice of Saul
by Samuel. Kish, tho father of Saul,
sends his son and a servant to look fear
sonto asses which have been lost, After
three days fruitless sentry they find
t erne 1ve
h e y ricer a'
etly where them Is a
"seer" named Samuel who lioesesses
lowers of divination. Saul consults him
and is welcomed by him with great on-
thusinsm and !rental as a guest of hon-
or Before Samuel sends him on lees
way he tells him that God hes chosen
hint to deliver his Toople and to bo their
king, and, finally, as Jehovah's servant
he anoints Saul with oil and consecrates
hum to the office of king. 'There aro to
be three slgns in confirmation of Samu-
el's act. Thee all take place as pre -
doted, and Saul gro.'s back ho'na to re-
main at his acrustotncd work till occa-
sion offers to es -ane public plaoe and
duties as Israel's king. it has been
thought that nee record of the private
and Informal selection of Saul is the
oompkvnent of the account of his public,
formal one a little later, and this is pos-
sible. But what would seem to be a
simple explanation, iunl rine which lakes
Into account the obvious differences in
feeling concerning Sainucl's importanoe,
his willingness to give Israel a king,
rind the metsxls of choosing Saul, 13
that the writer httet•pecled horn a part
of the narraUvo from another and older
acoounl. The linking together of parts
of two chains of normthis in such a
manner quite fits in with the customary
melt ed of the Hebrew hlstorinn. Some
of the richest gems of the Okl Theta:
merit are prserved with their getting in
this way.
Verso 17. The people --Not the eller;
Meso. but all the people. l'hi, was
probably the "congregnllon of L.rirel'
which was comJwe.'ail of all the tnnl.'ii of
twenty years and upward. One of ire
functions was to approve as king the
ene elven Jchovnh had chosen ,eom-
p.are 2 Sam. 5. I; 1 (lir in. 2'J. 22).
Unto Jehovah -At this time political
end retIgieus interests were one; there
was no distinction between duhee to the
notion and obligations to Jehovah. The
national aeoembly must be under his
direction.
Mlizpah-There were six or seven pinc-
er of the name in different parts of the
oeintry. These wort commanding sites
n.ij.aning the vari'eus :acid placete
Wherever* there was a senetunry, or
where the ark was slati.en.ei, wiled le
a r•lig:ou, centre, and the people
gathering her wor,liip and sacriflae
would nee •t in as-embly and snake their
compact watt Jeh of ah. The place Thus
used. which would naturally le uric of
elevation, w.oited enure to le called Mhz•
enh, or "Watch lower.' The name may
nli.. have been trac.nhl' to the tri ught
of Ji 11 ,vnh a,i the 'Tower 'ef his people.
The \lizpoh in grw•,.he n waw in Iknja•
pmbahly near S:truuat s bane al
Ra►nah, and not far hems the site of
Jcrusi:cm. it. I0CAL'on was central,
and the snored memories asrc.clatd
with ;I Sane. 7. 5, ff.) made It a need
i:,;:.•nn and fitting place of assembly
foe this occnc,.n.
tae 11tui earth Jehovah -The usual ire
troduction to a prnpbetic ines:ve. Ig
gave the speaker his eonunisoion and
carried much weight.
19. R•ej•st.d your fled -Samuel has ex-
ercised pew•er only as agent of Jehovah
and to nus rej•'rtion hie 11:askr has real-
ty barn set as:dee. The theory of got•-
ernnlent ►n Israel was simple. Jehovah
was ruler with special obligations to
protect and lend to victory his "peculi-
a• people; they, in turn, owod him all
the allegiance and obedience which an
earthly monarch had a right to expect.
A king woukl in a sense supplant hien.
1Iimself-Emphatic. Jehovah woukl
fain continuo to deal directly with his
people. Ile aline is rusponsibb for
their welfare.
Ily your tribes and by your thousands
-Ile division of the people ac:ording
to the patriarchal method into "trilies,"
"families," and "fathers' houses' repre-
sented Ube earlier period, and this lat-
er gave way to the numerical and geo-
graphical division into thousands, hun-
dreds, and fifties. The two methods,
!Keever, were not entirely distinct in
time but overlapped, as 1» seen in this
verse.
20. Was taken -By lot, Jehovah's will
was ascertained by means of the seorod
choice, Urim and Thununim. This
crude ruetteei of interpreting God's de-
sires and purposes is often referred to
ire. Israel s history and must havo been
in frequent use, especially In earlier
times. It was the only form of divina-
tion which was snnctloned, and its em-
ployment was restricted and gnarled so
as to protect its religious value in the
thought of the people.
21. Matrices -Nothing Is known of this
'family, as the name Is nowhere else
ireritioned,
e2. is therm yet a pian to onmo hither?
-Or, "is the nen yet to ahme hither •
And Jehovah answered -This could be
accomplished by a seriee of questions
requiring a simple affirmative or nega-
tive answer which would be given by
the lot.
Hid -Either frown meetesty or fear.
24. There is none like hien-Physical
4.reenitnenoe counted much in the po•
imlarity of early leaders and even in
their choice as rulers. This was the
case with ninny of the Judges, and with
Saul, and David.
long live the king -This cry of pope•
lar allegiance was customary at the be-
ginning of a king's reign, and at all
other timers of importance.
2'5. 1'he rammer of the kingdom -Thal
Is the constitution. Compare note in
(Word Studks for July 5. Samuel wrote
it In a book for preservation rind laid
it Up at the sanctuary. perhaps in the
ark Itself with the 'rabies of the Law
before Jehovah.
To his Beale --%Not "to his city,' as
ere elders who had conic as representa-
tives were dismissed, but each to his
own home.
26. Grbvrh-Tho word means "a hall.'
A city in Benjamin which is associated
with a ntmnlx•r of tragic events in the
Old Testament. Hero Saul had Ilia
headquarters and has first attack on the
I'hilistncs, told in 1 Sam. 13, was made
teem this place.
The teat --Or, as the margin reads,
'the sten of valor" as opposed to tarso
mentioned in the next verse.
27. Certain worthless fellows -Whose
cl:urlie.h behavior forms a contrast to
that of the vntinnt rnen just meintomvl.
ilroughht hhn no present --Tic eraser•
teary seal of ahn.eet all nat.:Acins in the
East. This we. 4aprivalent to a repud'a-
tam of Satire sovereignly.
Held his pe0..0.-"\\'ins ns though he
had been loaf." Saul .showed a dine re -
servo, but their ad was nut lost upon
him.
OF T111i EARTH
Exclaimed it colored clergyman, whore
eelary ons away In nrrears:-
"tlredern and cistern. things Is not es
they .iveald be, You must not aspects 1
can preach on earth nn' board in Ilebcn."
LIKELY.
Clergyman-11ow did Jamb know that
it was Joseph seeding for him In Egypt?"
Small iloy (ex:1tedly}-'gleed see'd his
name on the waggons."
TIIE 1IFFERF.'CE.
A woman's ie1'a of a bargain is some-
thing thnts reelure.t two cents. A
mares bk'a of a bargain is something
that costs two Dente.
With the numerous courts in session,
Hebei are try.ng tuna,.
BLACKS OF AUSTRALIA
SOME OF TIIF.IIR HABITS, CUSTOMS
AND WEAPONS.
Difference Between Interior and Coast
Tribes -- Methods o1 Obtain
lag Food.
It Ls believed by many Iernsons that the
blacks in Au.,Lral a rine dying out. As a
matter of fact, Nays a ooriespondent of
tho London Stauda:d, ne such thing is
happening. The hetet, h ie: ver, is
eaely explained. As civilizst.o:, aovanc•
e s. and it is yearly a.tganeing, the blacks
recede further and further into the buck
blocks and unknown country, save a
few who have acquired the craving for
opiwn or drink. These latter succwnb
amid the advancing wave of dvil.zation,
and seldom leave any children. Those
who have passed inland, if they do not
increase, hate oertaiuly not decreased.
In some few casss whole trlhxs have
died out when civilization has reached
Itieni, ba,., these have usually b,tn small
tritos.
It is interesting to notioe how differ-
ent art the blacks in regions when: food
is scarce comp aged with those alt•, live
whom bush food, fish, etc., aro plenti-
ful There ie a great d:fferrnce betwe •n
hie .inland biaeks and the coast blacks.
The natives in the interior have some-
time; to go for days without a morsel
pressing their lips, whereas the coast
blacks can always procure a meal by the
temple method of catching it. Last year
the writer crossed the continent of Au-
stralia, from Port Darwin in the north
to Adelaide in the south, and during the
trip saw many differetit tribes and tribal
customs,
TIIE BEST STAMP OF BLACKS
that I have seen in Australia were on
the coast, prov.dod they were far a neigh
from a Lawn not to have ers.ovrred the
pleasures of grog or opiwn. Along the
Coast the fool is not only plentiful, but
bettor and mere varied than the averao
working man can afford. The billyhon,es
(water holes) e'ontail quantit`.es of large
sweet. 1,h calkd "fresh water bar rtmwt-
dee," which the nativ,s are ablo to speer
was:out difficulty.
On tho swamps are geese, ducks
(black, brown, whistling Baedikan, and
ninny other k: nda), several variety of
ib s, pelicans and jabamos, besides
water snakes, which aro considered a
delicacy. In the mud at tho swamp
ecge yam•a and edible roots can be ob-
lamed by a little digging. During cer-
tain seism of the year the bu-lt lotus
with wild turkeys, and at any limo a
black fellow can cat:'h lizards, iguanas,
porcupine, and bnndycoots. Dug ,ng
(a species of porpoise with flesh rec•mb-
I ng pork) and turtle are to beetled, close
to tee beach, besides unhinge] rock oy-
sters and crabs. Add le all these the
wild pigs, which are numerous in places
ohd what nine could Iho blue!c roan de-
sae3?
'I'l.o black fellows' method of obtain-
ing geese is easy and effective. Swamps
are Invariably surrounded by large
paper bark or 11 trees, into the topmost
branch); of which tier blacks cl:nib arm-
ed with n number of ah iib, heavy thn.w-
in sticks.
gTowtrrel night tho torso
kayo the swamps in a body and after
circling round Iwo or three times fly
heavily off to the higher and dryer
wound for the night. Being clumsy
b rds, they fly very lots, just skunm.ng
lht tops of the paper bark tree, In
some Instanuos blundering into theni.
This is the black fellow's opportunityr,
f :r as the geese pass a few yards over-
t:ead Ih., start slicks arse hurled aniong
teem with deadly pnris'on.
Those birds which fall are quickly go-
cured and despatched by the walling
"lubros," and In a short time enough
food Ls obtained to List for a day or
two. The wr.kr has seem ten black fel-
lows secure twenty -thio geese in this
way in a few moments. Turtles are
caught by stnply turning Il.emron their
beaks, when they are n n 1e.ed help'ess
and can be despatched a6 -leisure.
TUlfill: EGGS ARE 1'Ik.NTiFUi.
at certain seasons and can be easily
fared burial in the sand by those who
understand where and how to hook ter
them. The plan adopted fir capturing
the dugeeng Ls much the sante as rho
hareem' system. but not so elaborate.
The harp on c nests of a iia-dwood
siear wills large barbs. TIN' dugong are,
h •wevor, difficult to isocuro and are
therefore not often troubled by the
blacks. who usually prefer' their fool to
t.' aau.ht and brought to thein by the
"fibrose"
In the SSW category as the coast
blacks should be mentions' to river
blacks, such as the tribes on the G eykr,
ie•,p r. Liverlr.l. Maaarthur, All gator.
A,!elaids, Fiti,naur;oo, Daly and Vic-
toria river', All along the hanks of
those slremins. and with'n a tate or so
of Itxem, are large waterhol•s wail •h are
Intel etery year by the overflow of the
rivers during the wet sea.: -,n. 'Close
places aboonel with fish and waterfowl,
and nearby are kangaroo and wallahye,
more or less pl• ntlfu!. Every b'arkIeI.
;. w and "luhrn ' is sec -waned wher-
ever h' nr she g e- by sown! roe -yelled
dol.'s, peee(ir. mangey, skinny nn.meis.
It is wmn•l•rful tee ser. n few of lame
mongrels glee chase to and eventually
stii k up n big ol.1 a an kangar 0, tome -
21,104 s:and•ng flue feet Mete If Ise
chase has been a tong one ant the .tog
owners have been left for behind, the
d•.ga will kill the kanga•o. th •meelvea,
generally kee'ng rine re tw•, • f their
r.!:m' er in the fray. If, hewev r. !hey
mona,,a' to get him into a tight •Omer
geuukty. they usually keep h m there 1:11
the:r mos'ers crane up and despatch
him.
hvtve roes three ret.'nr•rels not any
larger or'Wenger than nn Italian grey -
mid. and very thin. teal a 5 hot r,
in h kangaroo 1i11 assist nee arrtv.d.
Two of them male a slum] atlnck nn
the brute in frnt. arid as soon ass he
charged al them another .tog nipp"sl
him from the renr, fore no tom to turn
taunt!. an•I'o k• pt him revolving till tree
blue ks had time to arrive for th • kil. It
P.Inev.i lane, what I have written that.
whi'e the inbred anal p- r'r fad black
Viewer are ired•rsizel anei me -Ionian,
the roan and r ver Woks are f' urtd to
be largeTRn.
``TNG AND SY\tl1J I rug \l..
if tat beautiful lir• n ap.l wouw n.
'Dere are diffo ent and often curious
c -,touts re hgi .usly obs,•rv.d by the sev-
eral tribe;. For u►sluucc, one trite am-
putate; the tcp joint of the third linger
of the right hand of beth men and wo-
wen;
useen; an.th.c ti:e tyle linter ofeithe left
hand of th nwih; at:o'h••r, the first joint
of till) second bo' of the left foot of the
women; yet another•, the whole of the
middle too of the eget foot of both men
and wr.rnen. The bra k. ll:o:n a vee are
unab% to say when the -e customs ore
g nat.d or why.
Arwther practice wh ch is general
throughout all the tribes of Australia is
the ribbing of the skin. \Vhen.the chil-
dren aro still young long cuts are made
acrxsa the chest, down the upper arm
and leg. and even acre -s theeback and
gilts. \\ h le the wound Ls quite fie -h the
cut is opened and a mixture of nerd is
grafted in, the akin being pulled e s far
as possible over it. The skin eventually
grow.; completely round the mud Oiling
end forma ridges van ying :n length one
s z • from an ordinary I:ail pencil to too
thi'kncss of a mar's little finger ani
Intending tram armpit to ann'dt. I am
informed that while the heeiing l.rocess
is going on the pain is exquisite, but
the result scours to sat sty all l:arties
concerted.
Tie black fellow has a variety of wea-
pon.; manufacture.' from seem ngly im-
possible Unitas. Orae wino ha, l vcd
anvong then can tell 10 wh.ch tribe or
region a black nen belongs by the way
in whi• h his spearhead Ls sharper'.
Ther: are the round barblcss seearJeead
of the Croke!. Island back, the stone
headed spear of the Liverpool River
black, the haaviweod spear, with barbs
from one to three (riches long, made by
lt:e Rap'r River Irebe, and so on. 'n
the southern parts of Austral a the
boomerang is generally used; in the
north it is practically unknown. The
r.•ason for Iles is, 1 believe, that the
country Ls mere open in the south,
while it is as a rule heavily timbered
in the north, especially near the coast.
Spearheads ars made from oki shovels,
gases tottles, stones, hoop iron and
ALL SORTS OF IIAIID WOOD.
They are invariably worked up by the
women, some of the weep rats taking
months to complete. Considering that
the natives have no Viols, except, per-
haps, a very rusty Ilse stole n hem some
while man's camp, the wo: k►nansh:p is
wonderful. A strip is cutout of the shovel
abed the required width and length
with a tomahawk and then rubbed on
a rough store 101 it is perfect in shape.
It is then fixed to the haft with fibre,
the whole long smeared over with a
glutinous substance, made with gum
and ochre, and left till perfectly hewed.
The hoop iron binding of oompres=ed
redder is greatly oo'o'.ed by the natvies,
se. it is the exact width required for
fish spears, and is easily worked. nese
ii,h spears are made with small barbs
down each side to prevent the fish slip-
ping off the spear when Wing drawn
out of the water.
Glesshead spears cau'e dangerous
wounds. as many white men corn testa-
e.. and oft n cause blood psi oning if
neer properly attended to. To sp• ar ash
the' native well wait on a bran h hang-
ing law over the walerhok; when a Il,h
comes within reach it se;donn gets away.
To propel tho spear at the game a war -
mere is used. '1'111s oonstsls of a flat
piece of wood about four feel long and
or•ming down nearly to a point at one
end. A small hrarn, or fontet[mes n
blunt alligator tooth, is fixed on tho
point end so that it lies at an angle of
ab ut 4.5 degrees from the wojmora.
Th.s Ls fastened w.th gulp and 1:ocwax
end must be very strong. In the end
of the spear is n small hollow into which
Ito.• horn (1Ls.
The .,rear is then held between the
first Iing•er and thump, pressing back
so 89 10 keep the hollow close to the
him. The w•mneera is held between the
fir -t and soond fingers and thus a Ire.
n:endims !overage is obtainable. A
strong; maga
is able to threw a spear
from 61 to lex) yards. At night Ilio
blue k, often throw short light reed
apenrs, having first thrust one end in
the fire till it glows. The effect 's mu'h
t.ke a shooting star and the distance the
reed spears can be thrown is much
greater Than it is passible to threw one
of
THE (HEAVY HEADED W :.U'U\S.
An aged black fellow once informed
me that tho reason of lh s firework dis-
:g'lay was to keep away th, "debit de-
bit" (presumably ev.l sp ri's). Insepear-
ab!e from a black fellow is his toma-
hawk (chopper), whiclh may bo menu -
factored from many thing:. The favor-
ite is it home rasp. The black fetk,w,
or r ath r hs "tetra,' cull off ob'.ut
f ur inches from the end • f the rasp,
whi•'h ore: nt:on takes a lmtncnd•,us
time. Ona end is teen : harpcncd on a
am loth stone and the !Meer fasten d .n-
rei a cleft slick, tied above and beam
w th filre-tell. and the who'e ooved'ed
>. n r. 11 1 with beeswax. When fire
i 't the Wade is only iw, o fn'Mes
'sdill. It is surprising what large tote's
a 1 lick fellow will cut ('pan w th so
poor a wea;on in order to g••t an :guava
0.• a sugar. bag (honey made by fere w td
toe in hollow trees, err).
Another wcape:Jg affe td, alth ugh
not so generally, is the Iwo 11• n I• d
waddy. That weep n is 'a• u: a :n 1 a'-
t'e. end Iheretnre Is not much in •Ice
mend, as '.styes are conducted more
with the lingua than tie sw• rd. T► oro
wellies eery mein five 1., six feet in
length and are as a rule o,a' in shape
Eberly is the wo d mean), used and
Ito, y arc as a rule teaulrfully caned.
What makes Ihe•e wielder' s' prcc ou►a
to • onno ss••ur., is Ile racier way in
which bents are! beast; are orrr'ved
th'reen. When •n' realees tint all the
art st we r: iia: been .lin•• with Flirts
01 glass h,ttic it is rurpricinq t, went
snail retinue TMs•• weld es are in
many • aiete he.rl,onia. and seen' • t t . m
are centre es red, each generation ere
they de`ce ed le ft do rig sem fleng be-
tter
e-
ther era the way of tenementat on. Theo
err, oher wenp•ns. such as thr wing
slicks. etc.. but those mentioned are
TiHE ONES MOST USED.
In eke ng. it may lr' w,'Il t . ment.nn
!ane su e s Mous nature ef the binck iCI-
t•ew. Ile ala on no acount g:o near
the .slot where i no'h r ben k I as b 011
1 u• ie 1. 11• 1.n- a .'e.• a riot sl ,ver. -ren
to e ne pearl cular b rd -the wagtail -be-
teg -0, he .ay•, "tire All dray talk talk
nl•,ng n wh•te Pik'. t••Ilum alt about
Wick 1. 11 r." find no opportunity its 1 At
n: the e I tet• brid-.
?dery tribal "bury' their dead by
1
sticking them up int) the (OA of a tree,
and there leaving them till the flesh hue
either dropped lir le taken, leas ng
Ilia banes clean. These bones are then
lakes down, the larger ones uur ed and
the :minter handed around as ko psakes
to th, s • i early related 4, the eecea;. d.
Sttou:d one black fellow w eh tie death
of a rival oren my he gents the b no
a! hien. This m. ons that )w takes one
of h s late te'ati at's belies from hs dil-
ly bag and g olnts it, in the preeneu of
witresscs, at the roan he wishes to get
red of, all the hate pouring forth 1i teats
and curses.
Strange as it may scent, tho one point-
ed at will often languish, and eventuaty
pie, perhaes in a month, perhaps in a
year, but no sooner Ls rho bone po rated
than ho makes up hie, wird to dee, and
they Is no saving hen.
As a whole, the black fellow is greedy,
uulruslwnrthy, treacherous and in see,
piece not free from cannibalism; but he
nevertheless, a very interesting
study.
41•••• --
CRAWLED THREE MILES.
Wonderful Pluck of rut Injured Alan
on a Mountainside.
After the terrible experltnn,e of spend-
ing two nights on the side of a muter
fain In the Snowdoniun Range, \\'alae,
with a broke•t leg, a young German d:xo-
•tsa', mused Huhn, lies in a weak con-
dition at Penygetveyd Hotel.
Dr. Hahn, who hails form Berlin,
'Germany, left the Penygwryd hotel,
i.lanbetis, on Sunday aflern :on, saying
he intended to climb ole of the heights
in the vicinity, but he dad not inform
ear,ybody as to the place ho meant to
reach, nor did he cngtage a guide. Ile
did not return that night, and has ale
some di•i not attract a gnat deal of nes
tioe; but as he diel not put in an appear-
ance on the following day a search
party was formed, and on Tuesday
lncrning the missing pian was found In
u state of extreme exhaustion.
Dr. Ilalin told a wonderful story if
pluck and resource. "I screed tho
nx,untatn for a oensiderablo distance,"
he said, "when d fast my way in a
Cense fog. and to make matter's worse
an unlucky fall on rho rugged path frao-
lured lay leg. 1 then became uncon-
sciotK--for how long 1 do not know -
and 1 remained on the mountainside
,numb with cold and blinded by the
mist.
"Scene sheep drew around me curious-
ly, and for taro nights and a day they
were my sola companions.
"1 thought 1 would mako an attempt
somchev to descend. 1 hail a skint
sU.k with me, and i broke it up into
throe piece's. 1 used two of them as
splints for my fractured leg, and nen 1
ibegan my descent. But 1 was like a
dead weight, and was colnpellid to stop
and rest close to a huge chasm where
on 3 of the searchers saw oto waving my
Jiaredkercleef.
"I had only a few ban's of chocolate
to sustain rise during my pilgrimage."
Altogether Herr Hahn must have
crawled over three miles,
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Deeds are the footpr:nts of our creeds.
You may know any man by what he
admires.
To dodge difficulties is to lee the pow-
er of dccaion.
1l is never safe to look into the fu-
ture with eyes of fear.
Many spoil much good work for the
lack of a little more.
No man was ever led into truth by
the cudgel of dogma.
Wo would all rather I:car a simpleton
praise This friends than a wise Ines de-
cry than.
in the divine kingdom the place of
service is then one of sovereignly.
You never know the joy .,1 living till
you try elk' luxury ef giving.
Every temptation is n biassing if wo
free it !nstoad of flirting with it.
"B ear ye one anotl.ers burdens "(Noes
not apply to borrowed troubles.
You often w:Il hoar a bray from the
head that thinks It lo..ks leonine.
The pure in heart ser, more from the
bottom of a dungeon than do the evil
from the roof.
When the enemy can persuade That
it is wrong to be cheerful ho has done
a g e d day's work.
it's not the smile you put on your
taco but the one you bring to another
that makes you happy.
He who kits an evil impulse become
a deal must remember that it will be
(after to many like it.
Looking for imperfe •tions In olh rs
lever leads us far on the way to per-
t -1 tL •n for ourselves.
Go ed intentions may give you speed
on the way, but they will not always
stet you on the right eerie.
The umbrella of cynicsm may bn u
g.rrl thing in a glower of sentiment,
but he Ls a fool who keeps it.up when
the sun ie shining.
TtIRO\VN IN.
Pr•etessional Faster -"1 ahculd like to
undertake a fast e•t four weeks in this
strew eel young. How much will you
pay me?"
Showman -"I can't give you nny sal-
ary, but 1 will pray for your keep."
LOOK our FO!.i TOADSTOOLS.
chile- 1el'rkinge a wife 1, se sneVning
ike eating mughrerem3,"'
Parks --"I leer .we?"
Mal You've gest In awes t veldts
b f•ir• awe rim 1e at&e,l:itely .sure you've
:•ken the right kind."
It's n safe bel that the amnit boy whose
face in alvny.s claim doesn't have al
much fun as he is entitled to.
The sweelesl music to the average wo-
man's ear is 'lint produced by the sound
waves of her (.wn vote.
The portly, welletr se eil gentleman,
white si vela ty was: Itlr,t'bgag!•.Q, rose 10
01,10.84 i1) • tract ng in 11:e town of A-,
and Na .1:--- "The chief cause of poverty
noel .I etc. ss in th s loon is the. tare of
thrift. \' .0 la k rf 1h • wolf at Ilse elegem.
Ile n• e. r coni••; 10 toy deo r. "1 s (a'A
is's atee d e t Milne .ken:•ed," s':outAl
s .nw' 11 reverent 'even rn lh • audience,
and the portly gentleman sat down.