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Tho French Minsrs' strike General.

iby AngiO-AmericAn cable 20 the Dispstoh.l
Pans, November 23.--There is no doubt
that the strike of coal-miners IN the de-
psrtment of Pas-de-Calais is general one.
OF the 30, 900 and more miners in the coal
fields of that department there are to-day
only 100 81 work. Numbers OF meetings
have been held at various places In the
department which generated into riotous
gath erincs at which many bitter threats
were made against the mine-owners. The
police scattered the mob without being
compelled 10 FIRE upon them.
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NJ. Guyot, the Minister of Public Works.
has sent instructions insisting that the
masters appoint five delegates 10 form a
committee Of arbitration IN connection
with five representatives to DO appointed
by the miners.
AID FROM THE PABIs MUNICIPALITY.
PARIS. November 23.--The municipal
council Of this city has voted 10000 francs
20 assist the miners IN their strike.
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The WEATHER IN RICHMOND YESTERDAY
was colder.
Range OF the thermometer at the 'front.'
L. - - D,g,,r-, cgY{cA xyaafardav.
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CHAPTER XVII.

'She hates me with an extreme hatred. Z"
said Kafka to the Wanderer. "Her real
interest lay in showing you how terri
Bile that hatred could be. 1t is not pos
sible to conceive of anything more diabol-
ically bad than what she did to me. She
made me her sport-yours, too. perhaps. or
she would at least have wished it. On that
holy ground where my people lie in peace
she made me deny my faith, she made me. in
your eyes and her own, personate a renegade
of my race, she made me confess in the
Christian creed. she made me seem to die
for belief I abhor. Can you conceive of
anything more devilish? A moment later
she smiles upon me and presses my hand,
and is anxious to know of my good health.
And but for you I should never have known
what she had done to me- owe you graft
tude, though it be for the worst pain ever
have suffered. But do you think will for
give her?"
You would be very forgiving if you
could" said the Wanderer, his own anger ris-
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ting posture, knees drawn up to the chin,
and hands clasped about the knees, head
and all enveloped first in dyed cotton cloth.
bound around With braided ropes of llama
wool-much like the ropes made bv Andean
indians to-day-the whole uncanny bundle
Inclosed within another netting of ropes, or
en- a basket-like case of braided rushes
How the Bodies Are Found
Remove the cloth and the features are
found we'll preserved even. to their express
sion, which is usually that of extreme ter
ror and agony, confirming the assertion of
historians that those about to die were
placed in what was considered the proper
position for mummifying and firmly bound
with ropes before breath had left the body
and death stifened the muscles The :eeth
are always perfect, and the hair-sometimes
grown unnaturally long in the grave-has
generally turned a reddish-brown by con-
tact with the nitrous earth.
A clew to the extent of the aboriginal
population, and some knowledge OF their re-
ligion, arts and customs, NAV be obtained
from the millions of bodies that are buried
in the drifting sands As the soldier going
on a march, takes his cooking kit, canteen,
blanket and other portable treasures, so did
the belief In future life cause these dead
GeruVlans 10 De well equipped Tor thelr
journey from this world to another. One
may find in their graves weapons for war
and for hunting, fishing tackle, apparatus
for cooking and weaving, water jugs, copper
knives and other utensils, cups and platters
of gold and silver, spoons, strings of, beads,
idols, combs, rings-in short, everything
supposed to be required by the spirits of the
dead to set up their primitive housekeeping
anew in she Happy Country.
A Find of Petrified Eyebalis.
Our poems dug down about i've feet deep,
in several different places, and uuearthed
half dozen well-conditioned mummies-
two OF which 1 afterward shipped 10 the
United States with their wrappings undis-
turbed. The most curious things we found
that day were not the rings of beaten gold
encircllng bony fingers. or water Jars Of
quaint designs In nodded clay, or spindles
with thread still on them, just as the weaver
laid down her work some hundreds oil years
ago-but the petrified eyeballs, which
careful digger may always find, seldom in
serted in the face of the mummy, but fallen
out among the wrappings. Modern
science cannot comprehend how these
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found myself, no less agreeable than the
scenes through which passed.
Penetrating the Interior.
We mounted at first bv a steep grade
along the summit of one of those twisted
spurs, that from a distance, mark out
provinces OF sun and shade upon the
mountain side. The ground fell away on
either hand with an extreme decliyity.
From either hand, out of profound ravines.
mounted the song of falling water and the
smoke of household fres Here and there
the hills of foliage would divide. and our
eye would plunge down upon one of these
deep-nested habitations. And still. high in
front, arose the PERCEPTIONS barrier of the
mountain, greened over where it seemed
that scarce hare-bell could find root.
barred with the zg-zags of a human road
where it seemed that not goat could scram-
ble
And in truth, for all the labor that it cost.
the road is regarded even by the Maruuesaus
as impossible; they will not risk horse on
that ascent; and those who lie to the west
ward come and go in their canoes. never
knew hill to lose so little on a near ap-
proach-a consequence, must suppose, of
its surprising steepness. When we turned
about was amazed to behold so deep view
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poured forth little groups Of girls in Grim
soI or of men in white. And to these must
Poni pass the news of who the strangers
were, of what they had been doing, of why
it was that Poni had boat whistle, and of
why he was now being hailed to the vice
residency, uncertain whether to be pun
ished or rewarded. uncertain whether he had
lost stick or made bargain, but hopeful
on the whole, and in the mean time highly
consoled by the boat whistle. Whereupon
he would tear himself away from his parti-
cular group of inquirers, and once more
we would hear the shrill call in our wake.
The next day 1 made a more extended
circuit in the vale with Brother Michel.
We were mounted on pair of sober nags,
suitable to these rude paths; the weather
was exquisite, and the company in which
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house into the woods. "a mouse that dwelt
IN a cats ear had more easy resting place;
and vet l have never seen a man that bore
less mark of years. He must show US the
church, still decorated with the Bishops
artlesS ornaments of paper-the last work of
industrious old hands, and the last earthly
amusement Of man that was much OF a
hero. In the sacristy we must see his
sacred vessels, and, in particular, vest
ment which was ''vraie curiosite," be-
cause it had been given by gendarme. To
the Protestant there is always something
embarrassing in the eagerneSs with which
grown and holy men regard these trifes;
but it was pretty and touching to see Orens,
his aged eyes shining in his head, display
his sacred treasures.
A Hot-House Covered by Clouds.
The vale behind the village, narrowing
swiftly to a mere ravlne, vas choked with
profitable trees. A river gushed in the
midst. Overhead the tall coca palms made
a primary covering; above that, from one
wall Of the mountain TO another, the raVine
was rooted with cloud, SO that we moved be-
low, amid teeming vegetation, in a covered
house OF heat. On either hand, at every
hundred yards, instead o the houseless, dis
emboweling paepaes of Nukahiva, popu-
lous houses turned out their inhabitants to
cry "haoha!' to the passers-hv.
The road, too, was busy; strings of girls,
fair and foul. as in less favored countries;
men bearing bread fruit; the sisters, with
little guard of pupils; a fellow bestriding a
hOrse-passed and greeted US continually,
aud now it was Chinaman who came to
the gate of his flower yard and gave US
"Good-day" in excellent English, and lit
Ia ar+l, ~ ha .S,
set US down by the wayside, made US feast
of mummy apple, and entertained us as we
ate with drumming on a tin case.
Death Reaps a Rich Harvest
With all this fine plenty of men and fruit,
death is at work here also. The population,
according to the highest estimate, does not
exceed 900 in the whole vale of Atuona; and
vet, when | once chaneed to put the ques-
ton, Brother Michel counted up ten whom
he knew 10 be sick beyond recovery. 1t
was here, too, that could at last crafty my
curiosity with the sight OF a native house ia
the very article of dissolution. 1t had
fallen fat along the paepae, its poles
sIrawliug ungainly; the rains and the
mites contended against il; what remained
seemed sound enough, but much was gone
already; and it was easy TO see how the
insect consumed the walls as If they had
been bread, and the air aud the rain ate
into them like vitriol
A little ahead Of US a Young gentleman,
very well tattooed ami dressed in pair of
white trousers and flannel shirt, had been
marching unconcernediy. OF a sudden,
without apparent cause, he turned back,
took US in possession, and led us undis-
suadably along bypath to the rivers edge.
A Specimen of Native Carving,
There. in a nook of the most attractive
ameuity, he bade us TO sit down; the stream
splashing at our elbow, shock of nom
descript greenery enshrining US from above,
and thither, after 4 brief absence, he
brought US i cocoanut lump of sandal
wood, aud stick he had begun to carve
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BY F. MARION CRAWFORD,
Author Mr. Isaacs' Cy0udiu" and
Many Other Stories That
Standard Literature.
aITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH

assistance of his people. The matter would
end in few days in the Wanderer being
driven from the country, while Israel
Kafka would be left behind to work his
will as might seem best in his own eyes.
There was Keyork Arabian. So far as it
was possible to believe in the sincerity of
any of the strange persons among whom the
Wanderer found himself it seemed certain
that the sage was attached to Unorna by
some bond Of mutual interests which he
would be 10th to break. Keyork had many
acquaintances and seemed to possess every
where certain amount of influence and
command 4 certain amount of respect;
whether because he was perhaps q member
OF some widespread mysterious society of
which the Wanderer knew nothing, or
whether this importance of his was due to
his personal superiority of mind and wide
spread experience OF travel, no one could
say. But it seemed certain that If Unorna
could be placed for the time being in safe
refuge. it would be best to apply to Keyork
to insure her further protection. Meanwhile
that refuge must be found, and Unorna
must be conveyed to it without delay.
The Wanderer was admitted without
question. He found Unorna in her accus-
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the nut for present refreshment, the sandal
wood for precious gift, and the stick, in
the simplicity of his vanity, to harvest pre-
mature praise. Only one section was yet
carved, although the whole was pencil
marked in lengths, and when I proposed to
buy it, Poni (for that was the artists
name) recoiled in horror; but was not to
be moved, and simply refused restitution,
for had long wondered why people who
displayed in their tattooing so great
gift Of arabesque invention,
should display it nowhere else.
Here, at least, 1 had found something of
the same talent in another medium; and 1
held the iucompleteness, in these days of
worldwide brummagem, for a happy mark
of authenticity. Neither my reasons nor
my purpose had the means of making clear
to Poni; 1 could only hold on to the stick,
and bid the artist follow me to the gendarm-
erie, where l should fud interpreters and
money; but we gave him, in the meanwhile,
boat call in return Tor his sandal wood.
The Whistle Made a Sensation.
As he came behind US down the vale he
sounded upon this continually. And con-
tlnually, from the wayside houses, there
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chalcedoDy beads and several thin pieces of
silver, each pierced with hole.
The girl-mummy was seated on a box of
braided reeds, which was Is inches long, IA
inches wide and inches deep, and had a
cover, hinged on one side:and fastening on
the other. In it were childish playthings,
rude specimens of knitting, with places
showing where stitches had been dropped;
tiny spindles, implements for weaving, and
braids of irregular thickness, evidently kept
tor the sake OF contrast with others better
Gone. There were needles of bone and of
bronze, comb, little bronze knie, and
fan similar to that of the mother, utsmaller.
The body was wrapped precisely like the
woman's; her hair was braided and laid
around the forehead, encirclipg which was
also cincture OF white cloth, ornamepted
with little silver spangles. A thin, narrow
bracelet of silver still hung on her arm,
and between her feet was the dried body oi
a parrot, which had doubtless been her pet.
Having spent long day at mummy-hunt-
ing, we rode back to africa, across the desert
in the gathering twilight-somewhat awed
by what we had seen and by thoughts nat
urally induced of the mutability of all
things earthly; but feeling ourselves i'm
measurably richer, not only by reason of
the two mummies before mentioned. but
with treasure-trove of petrified eyeballs.
spindles, combs, needles, water jars and
carved wooden face (whether mask or idol l
do not know to add to my already hetero-
geneous collection" M home. Drawings
of them are sent to illustrate this article.
FANNIE B. WARD
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out of the Pacific to height OF 1900 feet,
and then slopes of at a steep grade in the
sandy plain behind it.
The face of the great rock is scanned,
wrinkled and corroded, and it is full of
dark caverns and inaccessible grottos. where
thousands of sea-birds, and nobody knows
what strange forms of marine life, find re-
fuge. Behind the town, sweeping back
from the Moro, is great windrow of yell
low sand which forms kind of amphithe-
ater, unrelieved by tree or shrub or blade
Of grass.
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behind, and SO high a shoulder of blue sea.
crowned BY the whale-like island of Mo-
tame. And yet the wall of mountain had
not vislbly dwindled, and could even have
fancied. as l raised my eyes to measure il
that 1t loomed higher than before.
A Halt in the Forest.
We struck now into covert paths. crossed
and heard more near at hand the bjckering
of the streams, and tasted the coolpess Of
those recesses where the houses stood. The
BIRDS sang about us as We descended. All
along our path nv guide was being hailed
by voices: "Mitael-Kaoha, Mikaelp'
From the doorstep, from the cotton patch or
out of the deep grove Of island chestnuts.
answered as we passed.
In sharp angle Of glen. on a rushine
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brook and under fathoms of cool foliage, we
struck house upon a well-built paedae, the
fire brightly burning under the popoi-shed
against the evening meal; and here the
cries became a chorus, and the house folk,
running out obliged us to dismount and
breathe. 1t seemed a numerous family, we
saw eight at least; and one of these honored
me with a particular attention. This was
mother, of an, aged dcountenance. but with hiar
still copious and black. On our arrival 1
could see that she remarked me, but instead
of offering any greeting. disappeared at
once into the bush. Thence she returned
with two crimson flowers. "GoodbyI was
her salutation, uttered not without eoquetry;
and as she said it, she pressed the flowers
into my hand-"Goodbyl 1 speak Inglis."
Once Had a whalerman Lover.
1t was from a whalerman, vino (she in
formed me) was ga plenty good chap" that
she had learned my language; and 1 could
not but think how handsome she must have
been in those times Of her youth, and could
not but guess that some memories of the
dandy whalerman prompted her attentions
to myself Nor could 1 refrain from won-
dering what had befallen her lover; in the
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MARQUESAN STORIES
Robert Louis Stevenson De-
SCribGS His Trip to AtuOna
and Vicinity.
THE NATIVE DEATH RATE.
An Amusing Experience With a
Young Man Who Could Carve.
HOUSES HIDDEN IN The FORESTS.
feet of Cannibalism Upon Beliefs and
SuperstitiOns.
THE NATIVE DEATH RATE.
HOUSES HIDDEN In THE FORESTS.
feet of Cannibalism Upon Beliefs and
SuperstitiOnS.
REGARD ENTERTAINED FOR THE DEAD
IwRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH!
Letter No. g.


Letter No. @.
The road from Taahauku to Atuona
skirted the northwesterly side of the an
chorage, somewhat high up, edged, and
sometimes shaded, by the splendid flowers
Of the famboyant; its English name 1 do
not know. At the turn of the land Atuona
came In view; long beach, heavy and
loud breach OF surf, a shore side village
scuite:ed among trees, and the guttered
mountains drawing near on both sides above
Il narrow and rich ravine.
Its in famous repute perhaps affected me;
but l thought it the loveliest and by far the
most OminOus and gloomy. spot on earth.
Beautiful it surely was; and even more salub-
rious The healthfulness of the whole group
is amazing; that of Atuona almost in the
nature OF q miracle. In Atuona, village
planted In a shore side marsh, the houses
standing everywhere intermingled with the
pools Of a taro garden, we fu1 every condi-
lIon of tropical danger and discomfort; and
yet there are not even mosquitoes-not even
the hateful day fv of Nukahiva-and fever,
ana its concomitant the island feie, are
unknown.
Avery Wonderful octogenarian.
This is the chief station of the French on
the mau-eating isle of Hiva-oa. The ser
geant OF gendarmerie enjovs the style of the
yice-resident, and hoists the French colors
over quite extensive compound. A China
uan, waIf from the plantation, keeps a
restaurant in the rear quarters of the vii
laEe; and the mission is well represented bv
tie Sisters school and Brother Michel's
church. Father Orens, wonderful octoge-
marian, his frame scarce bowed, the fire of
his eve undimmed, has lived, and trembled,
and suffered in this place since 1S43.
Again aud again, when Moipu had made
cocoa brandy, he has been driven from his
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A Preposterous Request.
New York Telegram.
Photographer-Now, nv friend, keep
your eye fixed on that picture and look
pleased.
Victim (recognizing portrait of his wife's
mother)-Say, mister, you don't happen to
have anything else you can nail up there,
do you-asknll and crossbones. for instance?
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bayonet to destroy the sacred places of his
own piety; when he had recoiled from the
task, he had been jeered at for a supersti-
rious fool. And now it is supposed be will
respect our European superstitions as BY
second nature.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
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All this ridge, and the desert for miles
around lt,i one vast cemetery of the ancient
inhabitants, crowded with the dried-up
bodies of those who once fshed from their
balsas in the bay, or cultivated thf narrow
valley on whose borders they were buried.
When workmen were digging up the sand
to fill Arica's pier, and were opening
track for the railway that leads to Tacna,
they found mummies everywhere-not only
humble fishermen wrapped in their nets,
and lowly tillers of the soil in shrouds of
braided rushes, but now and then the body
of a chief or other parsonage of extraordi-
nary consequence, enveloped in thin layer
of beaten gold. These Jared worse than the
humber cadavers, for while the latter were
left comparatively undisturbed, los ricos-
now grim and ghastly as the poorest-were
stripped by rude hands of everything vslu-
able, and their crumbliug bones tossed, un-
covered, by the wayside.
1t seems strange thing TO deliberately
set out on a grave-robbing expedition; but
in this part of the world it is fashionable to
go mummy-hunting, and to search the ab-
original cemeteries for the curious articles
they may contain besides dead Indians.
The africa burying ground must once nave
been of enormous extent, Tor though large
portion of it has been washed away by the
sea during the last century or two, miles of
it yet remain. The spades of inquisitive
people have dug up considerable areas, in
places here and there; yet the great bulk
OF it is entirely undisturbed, and will doubt
less remain so until, in the lapse of ages,
the slowly encroaching Pacific shallswallom
it all.
AMummy Hunt in the Desert.
We went out on horseback, about five
miles from africa, having sent some poems
ahead with shovels. 1t is not quite safe for
one or two persons to go by themselves, for
highwaymen are abroad in the land, and
even the workmen might be tempted to mis-
chief if anything valuable were unearthed.
However people bent on such gruesome
errands as disturbing the dead are not likely
to hunt alone, but prefer plenty of company
to keep their spirits up.
Arrived at the desert, you may dig any
where and cannot go amiss of grave In
this rainless region, protected by the mag
netic sand, nothing can decay, and the con-
tents OF the tombs look as if they were put
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. my mind there is no
more interesting region
ON the western side of the
continent than tn is
which by right belongs
to Peru, but was seized
by Chile during the re-
cent war. Approached
by steamer, the most
conspicuous feature of
the shore is an enorm-
Gus promontory just
south of africa, called
the Moro, which rises
almost perpendicularly
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eyes were preserved, but it is now a COM
monty accepted theory that they were

never human optics, but
those of cuttle-fsh, with
which the more perish
able eyes of the subject to
be mummified were re-
placed.
But they are none the
less curious, and are
really beautiful things
fiat on one side, round
and smooth on the other,
bright. amber-like yel-
low, holding light as an
opal, and varying in size
from the tin of your little
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Mummy Hunt in the Desert.

there yesterday, instead of
many centuries ago.
There is no consuming
insect, and no moisture to
produce decay. Flesh
dries without decomposi-
ton, wood and vegetable
matter petrifes, while fab
rics and articles OF stone or
clay will "keep" forever.
The early Peruyians pre-
served their dead some
thing after the manner of
the Egyptians, except that
theSa arc alwavs in n cit
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different c0l0rs, ten inches
long by FIVE broad. The
lower end terminated with
a fringe, and at the upper
end of each of the four cor
ners was n braid, the
strands neatly plated to-
gether higher up. The
whole was carefully folded
and tied by the braids, and
contained some lima beans,
= e II r zzt.z, ,o-1
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it was carried sur
mounting a pole. or
staff. There was also
a wooden bowl, carved
with a border repre-
senting birds running
around its rim, packed
full of layers of vari-
ously colored alpaca