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and pink beads, would return, leaning on
his copper-hafted spear to gaze on the
anxiously waiting throng of expectant sell
lers, longing to convert their ivory into
such magnihcence as this now fully dis
played to them.
The small boys took to attaching any
beads they could get hold of to the little
tails already described, which terminates
the masculine Lolo costume in the rear.
So overpowering became the desire to DOS
sess beads. that often when, to save our
scanty stock from diminishing too fast, we
would offer tempting lengths of colored cot
tons, or strips of stout, red cloth in lieu OF
beads to complete some bargain, they would
assail us with cries OF: "No, no! Give us
something to wear-we want beads!''
A busy day was thus spent at Baulu, and
promising to buy plenty of their remaining
ivory on our return, by which time we
guessed the beads would have done their
deadly work, we bade farewell to the chief,
and kindly disposed people of this happy
Central African village. Lest some NAV
SAY that 10 buy tusks OF ivory worth IS in
Europe at the cost of only few cents in
Africa is robbing the savage who sells it. /
can only reply that if every Vender of i'm
ported goods in this country is as satisfied
with his 150 to 200 per cent profit as these
Baulu ivory traders were with their bead
and cowrie haul, then we should never hear
another word about free trade.
VILLAGES ON PILES.
We left Baulu in the afternoon and speed
lily became aware of the fact that we had
left dry land behind US also, for the two
little villages We soon came to consisted of
huts raised upon piles standing in the water
and around on every side we could see no
trace Of bank or shore to the river, The
bordering line of great forest trees on each
hand stood in the rushing water, and as we
steamed on hoping to come TO some spot
where solid earth would enable us to camp
for the night and cut up dead wood for next
day we passed frequent little fishing settle
ments, but all constructed in the same man
ner.
At last we were compelled by darkness
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AMONG THE CIVILIZED AGAIN.


We returned to Equator where we dis
charged our native crew, took on board the
Zanzibaris and Loando natives, and then
continued on to Kinchasa. On reaching the
head of Stanley Pool, we saw from the deck
OF the Florida pleasing and unexpected
sight. On shore among the trees were sew
eral neat-looking tents and, approaching
closer, We were met by two young English
men who had come out there to hunt ele-
plants. They had already shot three ele-
phants, several buffaloes and an antelope,
and were looking forward to more excellent
sport. We went ashore at their invitation
and stopped there for the day, starting up
steam again in the Florida after breakfast
next morning. 1 need hardly say that we
enjoyed this little episode after our long
soiourn among the savages of the upper
Malinga. One of our hosts, Walter Dean,
splendid young fellow, was killed by an
elephant few months afterward.
We arrived safely at Stanley Pool station
on December II. Ten days before our re-
turn the chief OF the station, German, had
died after short illness. So ended our
memorable journey up the till then unex-
plored Malinga to the land of the elephant,
the hunted Baiolo, and the terrible, man
eating Lufembl. ROGER EASEMENT.
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BOATING IN THE HIMALAYAS.
The Craft are Inflated Buffalo Skins md
They're Hurd 10 Ride:

The Craft are Inflated Buffalo Skins md
They're Hard 10 Ride.
A correspondent of the New York Herald,
writing on his trip in the Himalaya Mount.
aims, says: At the river found ferry ac-
commodations as primitive possibly as
any can be found in the heart of Africa. In
Hated buffalo skins are the only boats used
on the Sutlej at Seonee. For this purpose
the skins are removed from the animal in
an entire piece. The apertures are all care
fully sewed except one through which the
skin is inflated. When the Sutlej ferryman
has passenger to cross the river he
twitches down from pole above his hut the
limp, collapsed skin and starts for the river,
where 1t is immersed for a moment; then the
leg ofthe skin which contains the inflatino
aperture is turned up, when he
places his mouth over it and
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of oranges, bananas and granadillas, fol-
lowed by glasses of water; and lastly coffee,
with cigarettes tor all who desired them.
About s P. NJ. a third meal was served,
consisting of tea, coffee, chocolate, or bread
and milk, as each preferred. The sala, or
parlor, is long. high apartment, showing the
clean straw thatch overhead. Its brick floor
is partially covered with straw mats and its
wide windows, with their shutters of solied
wood like the doors OF barn, are draped
with lace curtains. There are some wonder
fully carved ebony tables, with mirrors in
the bottom, brought from France; claw
footed chairs and sofas, upholstered with
crimson brocade; chromos on the plastered
walls, bad enough to set ones teeth on edge;
a beautiful crystal chandelier (never used)
suspended from an unpainted beam by two
common iron pot hooks linked together; a
magnificent German piano and half dozen
'tipleys," guitars and other musical instru-
ments.
In the midst of this queer conglomeration
we had music and dancing until the "wee
sma' hours" in course of which our kind
host and hostess-she short, fat, black-eyed
and good-natured, he tall, thin and very
dark-performed the "bambuca," native
dance, for our edifcatlon.
FANNIE B. WARD.
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to come to us, but it was useless. After
while he, too, disappeared.
judging by all the signs we thought there
must be village near, and so we decided TO
camp there. That afternoon while we were
getting in firewood there was a sudden COM
motion and great crowd of natives swarmed
down upon u.s. They stood off at a respect
full distance, evidently hardly knowing what
to do about it, and we went out toward
them, but they retired. This was not an
suspicious beginning to our acquaintance,
so we sent deputation consisting of four
of our own natives belonging to the crew to
parley with them. Our men returned in an
hour and reported that they had met great
crowd of natives armed with spears and
shields, their bodies painted, and with
very fierce, warlike appearance.
WARNED OF THE LUFEMBI.
"You cannot go on" was the reply of
their head man to our messengers. THE
Lutembi, with many canoes, have passed up
the river No one ever sleeps here on this
bank. Ifyou try it you will all have your
throats cut.
This was not particularly cheering; but
we decided to sleep there, nevertheless, and
sleep we did. A strong guard was detailed
to prevent a surprise. In the morning we
would go up to the village, which was
named Bolando, and whose people, like all
the Balolo, were kindred to the fierce Lu-
fembi, and at the same time frequent suf-
ferers at their hands.
While we were doing around the camp
fires, in fancied security, a great shout sud-
denly went up and there was an instant
panic, resembling the scare we had ex-
perienced at point 100 miles further down
the river. Rifles and revolvers were dis.
charged. and when we heard drums beating
in several directions we felt certain that the
dreaded LufembI were upon US in force.
Owing to the impenetrable darkness we were
in ignorance of the cause of all this con-
fusion. After awhile the firing ceased and
the frightened crew of the Florida were once
more convinced that they had been the vic
tins of false alarm, as no enemy appeared.
The distant drums, however, continued to beat
at intervals, and twas not until daylight that
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it, crashes through the foliage and pene,,
trates the back of the huge brute at vital
point, generally back of the head and be-
tween the shoulders. So accurate are the
traps of these elephant hunters that the
game needs no finishing stroke after the trap
has done its work.
III, when you are passing through the for
est, you hear a whirring noise in the
branches overhead" said the head man at
Baumfunu, "spring forward, or you are
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hand on Mary's hair with the motherly
gesture OF an elder sister.
''Mary, arise thee. Abraham bringeth us
great news. The Master cometh from Jeri-
cho, and Is already on his way to Bethany.
arise, thee, and come with me, that we may
meet him."
But Mary burst into terrible soos and
shook her head. With her hands she mo-
toned her sister away. She and Martha
were different-Martha could meet him
among all those people-on the highway.
Mary was not like that. Mary sat still in
the house. For the moment was it possible
that doubt-her frst-shot through her
tender heart? Did she, too, question-Why
cometh he too.Iate?
Now, when Mary was let alone, the cur
tains of her room were gently parted, and a
step like breath entered. None but one
refined by the personal knowledge of the
suffering could have spoken with the voice
which said:
'Fear me not, Mary. 1 intrude upon
thee not, save for the space of a moment.
1t is thy eighbor-Ariella."
Mary stretched out her hand and grasped
that of Ariella strongly. She did not raise
her face An indefnable comfort flowed
from the touch of Ariella into her own ex-
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of Bogota. The rood, winding most of the
way along the base of the foothills, passes
stretches of swamp that are completely
blackened by myriads of wild duck and
other water fowl.
One need not waste shot on most
of the so-called wild game here, but may
deliberately walk up and knock it over
with club. Nothing tells more truly
of the even temperature here than the
various stages of the, corn fields, proving
that seedtime and harvest are entirely in the
hands of the husbandman. One field is just
being plowed and planted; another by its
side has fine crop of full-grown corn, on
stalks higher than man on horseback;
while third shows the green blades hardly
foot above the ground. 1t is the same way
with the wheat. Here are newly sprouted fields
like emerald velvet; close by are others in
full head; some are being cut, by women,
with short sickles; and in many places the
primitive threshing floor is in operation. 1t
is an established institution all over South
America. A level place is selected, circu-
lar wall of adobe built around it, and the
earth covered with stones. The wheat isthen
thrown in and span of horses driven around
and around the inclosure, until their tramp
ing has shelled out the kernels. Sometimes
flock of sheep is turned in and driven rap
idly to and 1ro until the same purpose is
accomplished. Then the women come in and
separate the wheat from the chaff by hand,
sitting the former into little piles and after
ward putting it into bags.
IN THE POORER HOMES.
The few huts surrounding Santander are
rooted with grass and reeds, with holes cut
in the thatch through which the smoke may
escape, if it will. 1t seldom avails itself of
the privilege, however, but fills the room
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WHEN you 60 to New York stop at the Stur-
tevant House, Twenty-ninth st. and Broad
American and European plan. Rooms from 81
up.
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N order to give you some
idea of rural life in Colon
bia. permit me to tell you of
a visit we have lately been
making to the most famous
salt mines in the world, which
are located just beyond the
village of zipaquira, on the
other edge of the great plain
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WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH
Y ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS,

Author Of "7he Gates Ajar,'' "Beyond the
Gates" Etc,
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A FAMOUS SALT MINE.
Trip Through Its Gloomy Corridors
Walled in Solid White.
IN A MOUNTAINS HEART.
Every Day Life in One of the Typical Rural
Homes of Colombia.
CONTRAST IN THE HUTS OF THE POOR

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATCH.l
BoGoTA, COLOMBIA, February 25.
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A HANDFUL OF BEADS
Will Buy a Ton of IAOry in
the Heart of Africa.
TRAPS FOR THE ELEPHANT.
Easements Party Reaches the Head
waters and Returns
EXPERIENCES WITH THE LUFEMBI
WRITTEN FOR THE prsPATcR.l
Concluding Number.

UR greeting at
Baulu was most
kindly. The usu-
al ceremony Of
blood brothe er-
hood havin g
b e e n g o n e
through by fire.
Ii h t, presents
were exchanged
between the chief
a n d ourselves,
and our m e n,
quickly striking
up friendships
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with natives on shore (for the Baukindu OF
the Equator are an otfshoot of the great
Balolo and speak 4 kindred tongue) were
soon dancing round several fires with their
new-formed chums, while Glave and l
talked to the chief and interviewed him as
to the possibilities of many days steamlng
vet before US ere we should reach the end OF
navigable river. The chief gave us similar
information to that we had obtained lower
down respecting the upper reaches of the
Maiinga, and promised TO begin lvory-sell-
ing operations in the morning.
We had up to this been unsuccessful in
obtaining anything like the quantity of
ivory we expected to find in the Lulungu,
our total stock purchased and that received
as presents from blood brothers" amount
to a fewshundred pounds weight, which had
cost us pretty dear, too.
BUYING THE TUsKs.
However, in the morning we found our
selves surrounded bv canoes containing mag
nifcent tusks, or were besieged from the
shore side by a crowd Of old Lolos, followed
BY sons or slaves staggering under beautiful
white 60-pound or 70-pound tusks Fully
ton-weght of ivory was brought alongside
the Florida that day, but Glave, unwilling
to spoil the price, would only buy about $50
TO 400 pounds weight of it, which he secured
for prices averaging 2 pence and 3 pence
per pound, paid chiefly in brass wire and
white and blue beads, such as children use
at home for making into toy rings, which
these larger African children put to the verv
same uses A man on getting paid for the
ivory he had just sold would make off at
once with the tin soup plate full of beads
in his hands, glowing lengths of red cotton
hanGkerchies or blue cloth streaming out
behind him; and the other items received,
such as spoons, brass wire, mirrors and odds
and ends like these, gracing the arms of his
adherents who followed. The crowd ol
would-be sellers of ivory, who regarded with
longing eyes this ravaging transit of such
wealth through their midst, or even grabbed
at the beads as they shot past, thereby pro-
voking an awful row and scattering of many
small boys to the winds, and sometimes the
precious beads themselves. when the scram-
BILE which ensued beggars description
Once safely past the throng around the land
ing place, the aged ivory merchant would
make for home with rapid steps, where the
admiring whoops of his domestic circle and
the insta antaneous demands for beads put
forth by every female member of the estab-
lishment, speedily made him long for the
peace and solitude Of the forest, where he
had helped, perhaps, to slay the elephant
that now brought him all this accession of
cares.
DRESSED IN THEIR FINERY.
However, a division having been made,
the favorite wife, no doubt, helping her.
self TO the largest share, and a portion being
put away against future gala occasions, the
old Lothario encompassed 5y his sisters,
cousins, aunts and wives, all resplendent in
necklets. bracelets, or rings of blue, white
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1.-THE Concluding ChdpterS.1

AND THE REV. HERBERT D. WARD.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-05-07
STRANGE MISTAKES.

Some OF the Laughable Experiences OF an
Eastern Bookseller.
Says Portland bookseller: AT
one time: we were carrying a large
stock of religious works. and one day
called out to one of my clerks, hold
ing up book which he had wrapped
up for some one; is this 1.-The City Of
God?"' No, l guess not, he said,
without looking round, at least l
never heard it called that before. It
is generally called the Forest City.
Perhaps it is Brooklyn He afterward
explained that he thought had found
n reference in some book to place
called the City of God and wanted to
know what city it meant.
"On another occasion a woman
with a valise in her hand rushed in
and asked new boy if he had That
Husband of Nine in our storeP He
came rushing out to me in the back
shop and said woman wanted to
know if her husband was in our store.
l surmised what the trouble was and
attended to her myself.
"Some of the most amusing mis-
takes, however, are those made by
people who get the titles of books
wrong. They read about them ir.
some catalogue or newspaper, but
don't more than half remember the
name, and the result is, to say the
least, peculiar One woman came in
the other day and asked for The
Rhinestone and went out mad be-
cause one Of the clerks told her we
didn't sell jewelry. Another wanted
The Cardinals Letter. by Haw-
thorne. 1t took our whole force about
fifteen minutes TO get at what she
really wanted, The Scarlet Letter.
She said she knew there was some
thing red about it somewhere and
thought it must be cardinal. Port
land Advertiser.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-05-07
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Over sixteen years were spent in
the preparation OF the Encyclopedia
Dictionary, the fourteenth and final
volume of which has been issued.
, Mrs. Delano A. Goddard. who died
in Boston, was lady of fine literary
attachments and linguist of unusual
accomplishments. She was for many
years the Boston correspondent of the
Worcester Spy, and part of her liter
airy work was the compilation, with
Harriet w. Preston, Of volume of
poems, "Sea and Shore"
They say Thomas Hood first
planned the phonograph; as witness,
this, from his Comic Annual for
1889: lin this century of inventions,
when a self-acting drawing paper has
been discovered, for copying visible
objects, who knows but that a future
Niepce. or Daguerre, or Herschel,
or Fox Talbot, may find out some sort
of Boswellish writing paper, to repeat
whatever it hears"
Toward the end of his life, it is
said, Charles Reade was accustomed
to dictate his compositions to secre-
tary while he paced the room, suiting
his actions to his words. In "Love
and Money the remark occurs in the
dialogue, "There's q smut on your
nose" The great dramatist gave the
original exclamation off with such
perfect information and gesture that his
secretary was for once deceived. He
rose, went to the mirror, handkerchief
in hand. only to be laughed at by his
employer IN. Y. Tribune.
An old book has just come to light
which was written by Jay Gould, the
railway magnate, before he was known
to fame. 1t is entitled "a History of
Delaware County and the Border
Wars Of New York" The book is
loud in .denunciation of aristocrats,
and in praise of liberty, honest men
and manual toll, containing, among
other things. this sentiment:
1.-THE noblest men know in earth
Are men whose hands are brown with toll;
Who, backed by no ancestral graves,
Hew down the woods and till the soil
And win thereby prouder fame
Than follow kings and warriors name"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-05-07
WHERE IS FITCH?

Hon. Thomas Fitch, who, it is con-
coded, has done more TO enlighten
the masses in the East on tho silver
question during the last Winter than
the two Houses Of Congress combined,
with the gentlemanly Bartine and
the Republican Congress thrown in,
is one of the Vice Presidents of the
National Silver Association and as
such is authorized to call a silver
convention in Nevada. Everything
ind Gates that the time has arrived
for Mr.. Fitch to exercise that author
ity. 1t is becoming painfully ap-
parent that the Republicans in Con-
gross cannot agree upon a bill that
will materially benefit the silver
interest AMI it is feared that there are
too many Bartines in the party to
prevent the passage of the Teller or
some other good bill against the do
cree OF King Caucus. To show those
ultra partisans that the people of
ANSNoNAhS WIZ ohO LIZ"
Il period Of business depression I'M
precedented on the Pacific Coast, are
in no mood to be trlfed with OH a
question which SO affects the interests
Of the State as silver characterization,
State Silver Convention should be
held and ringing resolutions adopted
which will reach the ear of the
gentlemanly Bartine through the
thick mist of partisan prejudice which
envelopes it. Every mining camp,
village and farming community in
the State should send petitions to
Congress to pass free coinage bill.
Let US here in Nevada sink PARTISAN
ism, and for the time make remoneti-
zation, which means the reopsning Of
old mines and the development Of
new ones, the only issue of the cam
paign.-[ Silver State.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-05-07
Chlna's Empress Downeer.

The power of one of tho greatest po-
ntical figures of tho day, perhaps CO all
timo' is said to be on che wane. Tho
Empress Dowagor of China has been
shorn of her prestige by the rebellious
Independence Of the young Emperor
He refused to SOC tho bride which sbo
forced upon him and has been issuing
vigorous DEGREES on his own account
He has been censuring the old Minis
tiers right and loft, particularly Chaac
Chi Tung. -.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-05-07
Notice.

Bids are now open for furnishing
ice to the County Hospital, County
Jail and Courthouse. All bids will
he opened on Saturday, May II, 1890.
The board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. BY order of the
Board OF County Commissioners.
l.. o. HENDERSON,
Clork.
Dated, Elko, Nov, May 6, 1890.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-05-07
School Report.

Following is a report of the La
noble school for the month of
April:
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-25
THE SOUTH Is ALL RIGHT.

1t is matter for profound congratu-
lation to the South that tho great finan-
DIAL furry that has during the past ten
days sent Wall street stocks down like q
plummct, has little or no effect upon
this section.
The confidence in tho material pros
pets of tho Southern States is unshallcn.
Money matters with us are easy. Tho
present season has witnessed the har-
vesting of the largest crops ever known
to our farmers.
Tho fact of the business is, the South
never was in a better condition in every
way than it is to-day. The fondcst ex
pectation of her industrial drcamers
have been more than realized.
But the end is not yet. The un-
touched mineral wealth that lies be-
meath tho surface Of our hillsideS, tho
gushing water power that flows on un-
harnesscd, the maze Of standing forests
awaiting tho woodlands AK, the lavish
abundance of diversity of raw ma
tcrials; all these are yet to swell
the volumes Of development and make
this region the most wonderful on the
face OF the earth.