The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-23

Meanwhile one Of the gentlemen was
holding the watch.
The st. Louisan quickly drew a sun,
glass from his pocket and getting
focus, proceeded to blister Joe's back In
fine style. In few moments it was
Sizing, and the cruel tormentor asked
Joe how he felt.
Swell, boss" said Joe, gasping. II
don't mind the gallinippers. but. boss,
please kill that wasp what is sticking
his stinger in my back"
JOo r-~t ~. 7-,rlo-
HOW ZULU WOMEN SEW.
Their Needles Are widely Dlffsrent from
Those Used In Civilized Countrtea
The skill of the Zulu Of South Africa
in sewing fur is household word IN
South Africa, and none of the other
tribes can compete with them. The
needle employed is widely different
from that used by the American needle
woman. In the first place. it has no
eye: in the second, it Is like a skewer.
pointed at one end and thick at the
other. The Zulu womGl isneverwithout
them, and carries them in an elaborate
ly-decorated sheath of raw hide. The
thread is not of cotton, but is made of
the sinews Of various animals, the best
being made from the sinews in the neck
of giraffe, 1t is stiff, inelastic, with
great tendency to "lSink" and tangle
itself up with any thing near it Be-
fore being used it is STEPPED in hot
water until 1t is quite soft, and is then
beaten between two smooth stones,
which causes it to separate into fla
ments which can thus be obtained of
any strength and thickness. Thus, the
seamstress has a considerable amount
Of la0or before she commences with the
real work in hand. This done, she
squats on the ground flor no native
stands to work or do any thing else,
who can possibly help it) and, taking
her needle, bores two holes in the
edges of the rug or garment on which
she is working. The thread is then
pushed through with tho butt of the
needle, drawn tight, and two more holes
are made with like result, the sl1ewer
progressing very slowly compared with
an American needlewoman, but fast
enough for country where time is OF
no value whatever. The skin upon
which the seamstress is working is
damped with water before she COM
mences; and as the damp thread and
hide dry out it brings the work very
closely together. This is carefully at
tended to, and the work is not allowed
to get dry until finished, when the
seamstress lays it fiat upon the ground,
pulling it this way and that, and mix
ing and arranging the nair for several
hours, until, the skin being generally
dry, it is impossible to find the joint or
hem with the naked eye when looking
at the fur side of the garment. The
stitches are very small, and, when dry,
lie very fiat, and a number of curious
designs are worked out in various skins,
which, when finished, look like the
perfect skin of single animal, which
must have been the Joseph of the anir
NAL tribe, to Judge from the colors in
its coat. should imagine that an
hours work Of modern sewiIg-machine
would be about equal in bulk to the
work of two hundred Zulu women for
the same time, but their work would be
done with degree of efficacy no ma
chine can ever approach. Home
Journal.
On the War Path.
Humorous stories are being told nov
as sort of aftermath of the football
game. In ono Of the uptown hotels
very rich and prominent business
man was seated In one of the cafes eat
ing few oysters before going 10 bed.
He is living at the hotel this winter.
An enthusiastic, well-dressed young
man, wearing Princeton eolors, came
into the cafe. and in a whirl of de-
lirium set out to smash every hat which
he saw. The first one which he spied
was that which the business man wore,
and his broad palm came down upon
its crown with such vigor that it was
completely jammed over the astonished
owners head. lie took it good natured-
ly, and was glad he did SO, since he
was told little later that the enthu-
siast was Princeton graduate, a hard
worker in one of the Sunday schools of
swell uptown church, and the private
secretary of one of the most influential
capitalists in the city. The young man
the next day was abject in his apolo-
gies, almost weeping, and was only too
glad to buy as expensive hat as was
in the market to repay the one which
he ruined. IN. Y. Press.
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