davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24

went - Africa b Is93. nl4 xifh tke eseep-
ti1l n fse uontas Faeareu t. tsst. ! haFs
speat eleven consecutive years in that coantry.
Mech ~ thls tiE1s sas oecaD.ed in missionary
is1or alsll- The kreos. Eaose coaatrV Er1per
lies her4een slnog aad Caps Palma. rners
A.. aCwcFer 3 large town ~ kraos la ne Fietn-
~ rf H1lr1gi4 il Ltacrla, aud taefe mals
as he4d..a..rters
Darnr 49, ufe 10 Afrfc4 shich expect
shortIF o. rsHlar, it has been my fortune -
see ma1g strsngs signts all ufnFlo among
srfaa-s peoples aEd fle record 20 ny ex-
perirlees sqtld nil Vci4Elfs. I el.y parpoee.
h1sa Fer z.sina al autline ~ what I kn0s u
fhat Folleffll e8un-Fy, saoss disisio1 among
she lsa4llg Elr0Ce4l EoFers ts 1as1 n0x a.
traefilg rle attention cf fhe civilized world.
Nature has u4.ie Africa q beautiful eountry,
aal it 1ls 81 mere beautiful parL than ta4t IA
shiea mg alEslouarY labors bezan. 4 fouad
many aIreeabI SURPRISES 1IlQDg tLs itroos. sh0
are the -eamen n the West COAST dcing The
W0rE ~ ioading aad ullca12g the SHIPS and
steariers taat come there. Ou tae eaUre West
Coast. after leaving Bathurst On ne Gambia
rfger. there are lo wsarVes, and The cargo has
o. ~ sers % iha vessels in small boats ard Pc
ceiged in tae s4ne lal1er tcuud the kroos
= finely -BuiIt brave. .nteuen1eut rlcs ~ free
men. Vao. altheugh they never we're slaves
them5elFes yet Eo-l mf.Y slaves Cf other
tribes. EEou t1ey 1eggirs bY purchase. A
entire eagta 10 lis forehead a tribal marx,
f1e clothing is simply q .0ia clo-n far tle men,
tha women Ncartns . cialA fastened arounf the
higs oY turning enc etds ultter tle garment
lrGef czteaDaF toEn as FAR a. The knees. TIE
rest ~ th- body. ualcL IS bare, is frequently
decorlrrt vita stripes ~ blue and wEife clay.
preaer sing so1le what startling appearance.
Ths HrCos have maly things il common wita
other tribes. although each tribe haa its own
dalect aastoi4 that they we're quite mac
eossioie as flr as missionary work Was con.
cernet and, indeed. th4r they we're considered
a. il-deLs among the other tribes. Ex-Presl
dent .'agne az lhc Republic once inf rElcd mo
that aly attempt oCAristlanize t1cm would 90
throwing awuy Ey time 0n hopeless task"
but Eere ho living noW. his opinion concerning
the Hroos would o. greatly changed
Tie heather tribes ~ Africa. as ar Us have
tIEveetigated the matter. an believe "a the i'm
mortality ~ the soal though their belief Is
SUI timiy defined They hold that after ths
death OF the oocy. the splril passes into come
beast Or serpent and Bvca that % may - re-
ha5iii.ated and returned 10 earth iu hur1au forIn
as a IafanL Iherr IS "a such % belief a faint
resemblance % Buddhism. There Is 90 Nation
a. or even tribal religion. however, such - We
o. ameng ne Dud1hlsts. That which they
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been r0r ages the scene Of bloody tribal wan
place OF plunder for the slave-catcher and Of
rapine and murder
The railroads up the Congo and IN North and
South Africa develop the industries ana re-
sources OF the country and bring In civilization
with its benefits ard It's attendant vices. Some
OF the African railroads II Is but fair 20 state,
arr rather mythical read IL publication re-
contly that there were over eight hundred niles
of railroad In Liberia. whereas the fact Is there
Is none yet even projected. This is on par
with the statement of some wonderfully wise
explorers, who tell IA that there IRE no Kong
mountains Such statements simply risleed
the map makers, and II Is not 10 be wondered
at that they are busy readiusting their maps
after every new exploration
Everywhere among the African natives who
have not come cnccr the influence Of civilizs-
tion p0lygamy prevails. II IS the universal
custom. Men have as many wives as they can
AFFORD 20 bly. A girl BABY IS usually spoken
for" Immediately after birth, very often By an
Old man. who wishes 10 add 20 the number Il
his spouses. lie pays for her on the lIstnll-
ment plan, and be dresses her meanwhile; that
IA he furnishes her ear rings, brass znklets AID
urrnlets. beads and leopard teeth. A common
practice Is 20 take the child and put her In
training under the head wife o; her future hus-
band Ordinarily. when the last payment is
made. she becomes the wife OF the buyer with
customs among some Of the tribes After be-
ing bought tie wife IS suoisc, 90 her lord ard
mester and is virtually his slave. In those
places whs. he Gospel Is preached, this state
OF matters has been changed, however, AMI
woulau's status improved. She Is then treated
moro cs al equal. StilL oven where this i'm
proveueut exists. she does most q the work;
shc bargains. trades. iRhors on the farm, or
oversees the other iahrrc-s
This ~ we'll ss all other things, varies among
Different tribes. ~ Bathurst cn'the Gambia I
saw tho women loading tho boats, their babies
tied or tbClr bacSs With the bare little beads of
the infants exposed 70 the aerce heat Of the
tropic sun The women were divided into
gaurg. with man acting as ovorsecr OF driver.
Housckecpi1gis o very primitive affair among
these chi ldren ~ nature There very llttio ol t
q do. The houses. as . rule are made - plated
bamboo. thsfchei With leaves. with a clay f0or
End hrs buiit 81 one sn6 - the house The
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ftom getting os many 6il pupils as they would
otherwise. The natives don't like TO have
their immemorGl customs overridden. They
say OF the girls trained IN Faissi schools:
They bring sass IN we town"
Ihave seen a curious custom at Old Calnbar.
with regard TO the training of young girls for
rnatrimony. hole IS dug In the ground on
the ioor of the house, and the girl. who may be
ten o. twelve years Of age. is made 10 81 IN IL
constantly with an abundance Of tempting
food within easy reach Her body is chalked
10 prevent rcTsp.Tation and she grows fat
very speedily. Sometimes this fattening pro-
cess IS continued three years crmore; the fattor
the girl the higher price she viii bring.
briae who adds fat to other good qualities IS
sure 10 find husband very quickly.
Among rinry of the native tribes sort OF
rude politeness prevails that surprises a
stranger. II one native has lsnife which
nnoth,s wishes 20 borrow, the FIRST viii wipe II
clean % on his legs OF feet before handing it 20
The second. Everywhere there is an anxiety 70
learn English The Kroos for example. will
accent orders rom no foreigners unless they
SPEAK 10 that language; not even from Spanish
German or French. They try 10 use IL on all
occasions. and the result s. an odd jumble OF
sense and profanity sometimes, as n the case
OF one poor fellow who prayed: oh Cod
take ebcry d--n bad ting out OF my heart"
Marvelous changes will take place in the
ozark Continent before the close Of the pres-
ent century. The great explorer is yet to como
who viii GO through the heart Of Africa enter
Ing CT n point On the west coast, either from
Sierra Leone OF Liberia, above where tic coast
trends eastward. penetrating the Lower Soudan
and crossing tno continent.
He viii come Gcrcss stranger revelations
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24

. -eE w4s naa rs FFe1yt1 11f Tg--F ars
1rzesa1l s1ez e. ne fe4ktsF- I azse E41 s,Fs y
~ Mlss.oa s1e lAFs e111s ssss1 - - Ia
.aeg 49, este1 11l-44 rasa- As = sex.eral
t1-E4 hgseser. t1eg aeaa- Ffelef HeE "a u
tza1e1l 1aE-ss s4za tEe 4a1s- taag Sal1 sers
xss lztzrsaF1 saEGrz1ee - sE-srs 211- rtsT
E1es t1a- gas aH1Ee 81 - t4zI lh42 ia
nrsa Has see - a11 -saal ae preserve d fos
fsrtaer 1se 4r.4 s2sg exE---zee t1s asctaaa
srfs1. haFeFef. seG-a EsElly p i4larest e..
clst..lea reaser- F1ess eeoels q E-saE sere
ea11ll..s. 6.ac4lse r1es sere -1z1srT t-r aesa r
a. asren1aea IS Ls 1s.easg-
PIE L3ees 90 tls river >-eer aFs azise -
1lrtea e. csaEicaliar1. Inz1 -re q fal sci
f0rueL Erase e4t erael nscs 3 Cd 1ot talaz
r. fses ef 1.s.E eatilE esEsa ntsa h4s aay
81 80 O. - Eira thsir s-e Er3s.s..ie, 1orc as4
tast al t1e nesa eating s-tie1s ere peepls
pLyslcally stEoEseE more c4-r-geo1s a-1 r1are
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24

enterprising than others. There are. of cour~e.
exec gtiols even ~ This rule. But the cnsl0m
0f canllb1lisl among lhE native heather OF
Africa il gradually passing aNsv. tn teis Won
asElul period 20 lransitiou among the people 4
that most we4derfL i1ad-a land cf illGul
seas ocautlfgl lakes m1iostic uVers VIII hum
creds 0f miles uavi.g4hle. cioEc capped s.ow-
covered mount ais, lovely valleys, brilliant
with flower Il varied hues and sonrfm wirh
birds of brightest pluuase; while over all are
clear. azure skies. rlYalling thosc OF italy. Yet
this vast coultry, s-rstehilz Through ulore than
sixty degrees of longitude ard latitude crossed
by 9ofh tropics and by Tho equator So large
th@t 80 E-goge IS cOuteuGiEg fer . slice. h.s
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24

s-ssrssezez DzFs aeFer kcosa rna tsaAsx1us
sznq-e re1eey - sat aFt'fe1 xlaz tAs
- zzgsczsS 1rst 4EFa~f A 1ose IS "a ~ elzlLL
3 aSe9 -. ~ ssT'x-sl sseeess1ss asFs - aasss
- "a ~ -zstf srzs1s g x~tzlax 1siix II hss
IA aadlz-ozsi ~ @st2se. -. - orsaxsas :
; eusck see2p perzftz2. &1sLe-c - 1sz ass.a l.s.s
- sest-azS ce1E2lesCeEl<.
4 ~erd Elrsst l-leer-a rs 0spslAl a k.s
I.sze Stsr kefsri-4. Aezrus. a. fsss - : css.s
tt4l ter2AEbss - Gssa-2a1 81 fses 1l..se
lEe Atteatle leEsA IL osse - 9sAe, - t-is
49, lNs heFGa@c its7a ls laSce1ea sfteE -
Aussrlc1G Eesl4llc. Essi = xzo aFaccs zat ~. '
tas Ar1srsc1a Laaextauz s1G seseral hausrss
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24

Miss Sharp Tells About Her Elsg-
81 Years Afrlcan Experiences.

ss . RlsaseE stlssioaaFys she Psasrr4zsd
WBsrs ~ hhlts Haa Ever Soaus ss-
hsTs- Afsfe.a EsiiElaGs and ass-Fhs
Alaiao eirt sseEIaas klli.as Faizs aaa
rbslr Mafhsr - 4. Dssils 80 CGaalbalsss.a
Iribes-4-o os ssssF kat Wesslf a
AaEkst fsr EamaB fiesh-A Isa1p4e sf
skuiis-Ihs e4AAiDAl iss~s-- r9iy xsasy
All IA Fscullssiles- fsises ga the Ia
sfslinaeat E'iaa- Alag Ok9 Jza.8 I54a-
a~rR UeDaa Fzisser -kastsallir =
Satisa BFtass Ihs Africza Fever aass
a. sLsa4sdF- Hos staai~s Iook Ms
s-oa BSss-Li bszia &na fts FrSspects
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24
IN ONE NONTII.

CLAY ToBD raraes4rs ts
Always Cured Deafness Cured Catarh Cured
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HELPED FROM THE START.
NJ. wa. 4. Pets. pFOmIasui s0gaass Of 70 J

wn fss pFOHasH 20 years Vii ns kaioad
srsaes huiaf
nrF KtF litef
y Easna Centre hAiIeaA
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-11-02

In the District Court of the state OF Ne
w ia, msby County, L. o. Bradley
% atnLiff VS. A. v. Bradley defendant.
Action brought In the District Curt
of the State of Nevada. Ormsby county.
and the com plant filed in said co MY
in the office or tire Elk of said District
Court on the 10Th day OF June. A ID. 1890.
The state of Nevada sends gre etIng TO
A. V. Bradley defendant.
You are hereb required to appear in
an action brought against y-u by he
above ma ed plaintiff IN the District
Court Of tho st tie II Nevada. t'rm ~bs
count and A1swer com paint fl ed
therein within Ten days exclusive Of
the day ~ serve J liter the rvicc on
you of this u ~ n IL served i saii
COUNTY or if -. Ell out of saiu county,
but wItlin tie d strict twenty days, In
all Other cases fJIty davs. or juG ment
ny deTat &c i'll be taken again . you 'sc-
COZ ing -, the tlrayer OF said G IN p!s,lnt.
The said a"ti IN is brought to ',bsain
the decree ri this CourT forever hiSSatv-
Ing tn bond of mat imony esi.'ing b.
tw aei i Iuttft an defendant the CT e.
Gust u nj ..,n roi ~ their m nor chit
dren, tile immunity prOG ertv -
Senerat -ti.E F,.r LalaL r'ainiif is and
for more III n a xeas .ast past has be -
:, r. stIcnr fD-m by ouu That plain.
itF ?, nd DR. ndanL InterInarIied hoy o
l-ea. "a. fi4.. sast. IS~a and sney
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-11-02

have ever lin ce been and still are hus
oa n 4 and wife. That for more than a
year last past defendant has wholly
neglected Rnd efused and he still ne
elects and refuses to provide plaintiff
with the common necessaries OF life,
and sucL neglect is not and nt yer was
the eSult of poverty on the part of the
defe udAnt which he dOuId not avoid by
Ordinery ind ustry. and the same is AM
ever has been without the fault OF
piaipIiff. that thee are two minor
children ISIS ,e of said marriage and
plaintiff is AMI defe daut is not Mt
perso. to have their care and co lJrol.
THAT there l. comm unity property. All
ofwhich will more lily appear from
said complaint to which reference is
her ebv m de.
And you are hereby notified that il you
fail to answer said complaint the said
plaintiff will apply to the Court for relief
in said complaint demanded.
Given under my hand in Lyon county /.
this 18th day of June in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety.
z. d. KNIGHT,
Aug2Sw6 attorney for Plaintiff.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-11-02

HON R K COLCORD,
Candidate for Governor, and
HON FRANCIS g NEWLANDs,
Accompanied by
HON JOHN + EGAN,
Candidate for State Treasurer, and
HON JOHN E JONES,
Candidate for Surveyor General,
Will address the people of Nevada
on the political issues OF the cam
DaiOn IA follows:
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-11-02
ELECTION NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that on the
First Tuesday, the fourth day of No
vember next, at Curry Engine House,
in the first Precinct, Carson City and
at Armory Hall in the Second precinct
of Carson City, and at the Old Post
office Building at Empire, Ormsby
County, State of Nevada, an election
will be held for State, County and
Township officers, to Wit:
One Governor
One Lieut.. Governor
One Congressman
One Judge of the Supreme Court
One CLERK of the Supreme Court
One State Treasurer
One State Controller
One State Printer
One Secretary of State
One Surve, or General
One Attorney General
One State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction.
-Four District Judges for the Dis
trict of Nevada
One Regent State University,
long term.
One Regent State University,
Snort lGTIH
One Reclamation Commissioner,
long term
One Reclamation Commissioner,
short term
One Reclamation Com missioner,
unexpired term
State Senator
3 Assemblymen
Sheriff
County Clerk
County Recorder
County Assessor
County Treasurer
District Attorney and Ex-officio
Superintendent of Schools.
Public Administrator
County Commissioner, long
1 County Commissioner, short
term
Justice of the Peace, Carson
township
IJustice of the Peace, Empire
township
Constable, Carson Township.
Constable, Empire Township
School Trustee, Carson District
No 1, long term
School Trustee, Carson District
No /, short term
School Trustee, Empire District
No ,, long term
School Trustee, Empire District
No short term
School Trustee, Clear Greek
District, No 3, long term
School Trustee. Clear Creek
District, No ,. short term
School Trustee, Brunswick Dis
trict, No A, long term
School Trustee, Brunswick,
District, No 4, short term
And upon the question of calling
Constitutional Convention
Which said election will be opened at
s O'Clock in the morning and will con-
tinue until 6 O'Clock in the afternoon
of the same day.
The ballots used at said election
shall be of good quality of white
book paper, fourteen inches long by
four and one-half inches in width.
The names thereon shall be in bur-
geois or BREWER capitals, the designa-
ton of Office in BREWER or nonpariel,
and the form of printing shall be on
49, 49, VI AAAC OeAAAONp
and there shall be printed on the bal
lots,
Constitutional Convention Yes, or
Constitutional Convention No.
Polling Places, Precincts and Inspect
OrS
Ist Precinct Carson City, at Curry En-
CINE House.
Inspectsrs-L B Hastings, G A
Witherell, ] K Newman.
and Precinct, Carson City, at Armory
Hall,
Inspectors-John r Cook, w
Sturgeon, Geo w Cowing.
Empire Precinct, Empire City at Old
Postoffice Building.
Inspectors = Eugene May, o S
Longabaugh, August Burgeois.
Dated this 18th day of October, A
D 1890. VIM HY DOANE,
Clerk of the Board of County Com
missioners of Ormsby Co New.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-11-02

Coup, Whooping Congh an
Bronchitjs immediately rsli~ @e
by 6liIoh's Cun'a
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-11-02
HON. q. F. BARTINE.

Republican candidate for Repre-
sentative in Congress, will address
the people OF Nevada on the polltl'
cal ISSUES of the campaign as fel-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-11-02

Hon Francis G Newlands viii
join the party at Virginia and con-
tinue with them, speaking at diH-
erent places during the campaign.
County COMMITTEES in the several
counties will please make the nee
~ sary arrangements for the meet
ings. E S1ROTHER, Chairman
f G. LORD, Secretary. OILS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-09
RARE AND RADIANT BEINGS.
Men and Women Who Honor New York by
Living There.

New Workers are like Parisians says
a New York letter in the San Francis
co 4rg0naut-they won't admit any
thing tolerable outside their own me-
tropolis. They look upon the west
like English people. rs 'characteris-
tic;n they look upon New England as
''repressed;' they look upon the south
as used up" The United States is to
them New York. The Chicagoans'
sister metropolis gals their proud
spirits. If they have sister metropo-
lis it may he Paris. To 90 deeper, a
New Yorker will not believe there is
anyone in his own country as nice as
himself. He will admit that there
have been geniuses, great men, in
other parts of the republic. but for
pure, consummate style and finish he
is the man.
The west, if he is broad, is full of
types if he is narrow, of ''hayseeds.
He likes to welcome and study the
types. feeling the while that he is
studying humanity from the ground
up The more unusual and impossi-
bic the types are the more he glories
in them. These fellows are so origi-
nal, after ones own gang" he observes.
complacentlv suffused with satisfaction
that they should be different from his
own gang. When any member Of the
gang meets an outsider who is like
himself he resents it bitterly. He feels
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-09
The Art of Fast Walking.

Persons who have never been trained
to walk fast generally quicken their
gait by bending toward and lengthen-
ing the stride, at the same time bend
ing the knees very much at each step.
1t is pretty safe to say that no one can
possibly adopt this style and keep a
fair walk at faster gait than six miles
an hour. The fast walker must keep
himself erect, his shoulders back, ard
his chest thrown out. He must put
down his forward foot and heel first
and with the leg straight. He must
take strides so quick that they look
short. He must, if he expects to get
good stride, work his hips considerably,
overcoming the sidewise tendency of
the hip movement by compensat ory
swinging of the arms, The length of
stride in fast walking is astonishing to
those who look at it. A little figuring
will make it clear why this is So
There are 1860 yards in a mile, or 1860
strides three feet long. To do mile
in s minutes walker must cover 220
yards minute, or IL feet a second.
Now 220 steps a minute-nearly four
a seconds pretty quick work, as any
one may discover for himself. Even
three steps a second, or $50 to the min
ute, seems quick. The chances are
that your S-minutes man, although his
legs move so quickly that the steps
seem short, is not doing as many as
200 steps to the minute, and conse-
quently that the stride is at least
feet inches. With little practice a
man feet high can easily maintain a
4-foot stride for half mile.
1t is true that fast walking is an ar
tiiicial gait; but it is also true that
practice at fast walking will quicken
mans unartiiicial gait. One who can
do his mile in 7.30 in racing trim and
on the cinder path, can walk in the
street at six-mile gait without either
getting out of breath or becoming red
in the face, and without attracting at
tention by any popularity of his gait
except its swiftness. 1t is a real gain
to any man to be able to walk mile
in ten or twelve minutes without over
eNertion or fatigue; to be able to walk
live or six miles for every four he used
10 walk without any more conscious
effort. and with a sence of enjoyment
in the mere exercise that he never had
before.
The walking records at some of the
ordinary distances stand One mile,
minutes. 20 90 seconds, +. P. Muir
ray; two miles, 1913 3-5, F. 2. Muir
ray; three miles, 21.09 1-5, T. P. Muir
ray; five miles, $50 5-8, w. H. Purdy:
selen miles, 54.07, f. E, Merrill; ten
miles, 77.40 fl, E. E. Mrrrill. Waiter
ShjrjHo0, IN Harpcr's weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-09
He Would Have Executed His Threat

The Hon. George ID. Bisbee, of Buck
field, saw Gen. Butler over at Poland
Spring one Sunday. and he accidental
ly came into close proximity to him in
the crowds on the piazza. Mr. Bisbee
was as good a soldier as ever went to
war, and besides getting full dose of
camp life and service he got eighteen
mouths of short fodder and hard bed
ding in rebel prisons. Finding himself
near Gen. Butler and finding the old
gentleman cordial and good-natured,
he said to him that he supposed that
he owed his life to him. Gen. Butler
wanted to know how. Mr.. Bisbee
called to his mind the time when the
cOmmandant Of certain southern
prison was going to hang a lot Of the
Union prisoners. At that time Gen.
Butler had Fitz Hugh Lee and some of
the other southern leaders in his keep
ing. The reported outrage to northern
prisoners fired Buffers sense of tenn
poral retribution, and he threatened
TO string up his prisoners if a single
Union prisoner was hanged. Il was
one of those Union prisoners, said
Mr.. Bisbee, land | reckon that YOU
saved my neck" The eye of Gen
Butler lighted up wonderfully He
lifted his chin, looked at Mr.. Bisbee,
and then said with energy: I'm glad
to know you, sir. and | say to you to-
day that | well remember that occa-
sion. and that, by thunder. | would
have strung EN- up and left 'em hang
ing to this very day if they had done
what they said they were going to do"
-LeUiStO71 Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-09
About the Shamrock.

We hear more of the shamrock than
we know about it. James 0. G. Duff
fly, in American notes and queries, says
that in Ireland only one shamrock is
known. 1t is an indigenous species Of
clover, which trails along the ground
among the grass in meadows. The
trefoil leaves are not more than one
fourth the size of the smallest clover I
have seen in America, and are pure
green in color, without any of the
brown shading of white and pink
clevers. The creeping stem is hard
and fibrous and is difficult to dislodge
from the earth. On st. Patrick's Day
the true shamrock has to be searched
out from among the grass, for though
comparatively plentiful at that sea-
son, it grows close to the ground.
Later, it bears tiny ''whitey-brown"
blossom. The information that sham
rakh is the Arabic word for trefoil is
new to me, and may be of service to
those interested in the origin of the
Irish race. The word could have
been introduced by the Milesians, or it
may furnish an argument in support
of the contention that one of the lost
ten tribes of Israel settled in Ireland,
which has been revived by the publ
cation of a recent book