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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-20
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piled; he wished to escape from Cetewayo,
and that IS not 10 be wondered at" and She
sighed. Moreover he asked you 20 come
"ith him and il might have been well il
YOU rad done so, that is, if You would
nave taken me with your
How could Z have done it, girl? he ask
ed ansriy. Would you have me set ar
nothing the order Of the king"
me kIng?'' she replied. raising her
voice. w hat do you owe to this king? You
nave served him faithfully ana your re-
ward IS that within a few DAYS he viii
take me from you-me. who should have
bren your wiie-aud / must must and
she began 70 weep softly. adding between
her sons. ''if YOU loved me truly sou would
think more of me and of yourself. and less
of the Black one and his orders Oh, let
us fy. Nahoon. let us lily to Natal before
this spear pierces me-
Weep Z, Name" he said. ''yyhv do YOU
tear my TTaart I'm two between my duty and
my ioEe{ You know that I AN a soldier
and that must walk the path wherein the
king has ct my feet soon ] think I shall
be dead. Tor I seek death, ard then it viii
matter mining"
"NothiI TO YOU. Nahoor. who are at
peace. bus TO me? Yet, YOU are right and
i know Il. therefore forgive me. VINO am no
warrior. bs't woman and who must also
obey the viii If the king and she cast her
arms about his neck. sobbinE her nh upon
his breast
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PERTINENT QUESTION TO UNCLE SAM.
General Gomez: How march from end%
you recognize as

shape. Gomez at once rcoaired a. Ia
vana and sought service against rdolCu-
bars ais an officer in the regula4 81. y.
Ia this ne was unsuccessful, lh0sv 49,
comrade, Nallrs, was acs ptcdi MA r.
day one of SPANS most t-ust~dN ma
al On the island. sir9s q IN .,-.
sought General Agcamonti 81 tbs a.
gent army, and it was not ny ulA
Spain saw the folly of having re- cted
his offer OF service. AI This story of
double purpose IS told with great eusto
by the Spanish rartisans in d@pr-.ci adon
Of Gomez. TO IT the Cuban pays 10 att
tcnuon, for ha is too enthusiastic ahcut
present performance 10 trouble Ein self
about past purpose. II is enough to know
that ia one war Gomez forced proud spain
into the signing of treaty with an army
of rebels. and that in the present he has
outUltted her most brilliant military ccm-
maleler. The military art has always
been allied with adventure. and hut few
army officers of any nation can be Judged
by the rules Of political recttude. ~ Co
mcz Eas fought about on an sides, bic
has done no more than military men Of
an ages, whose swords were ever ready 10
hy from their sclbbards ON any provo
cation. Gomez was on his little farm 10
Monte Crsto. in Santo Domingo. when
he was warned by MART tr1t the hour
had come. With four followers he land
Cd upon the adjoining Cuban coast, where
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GOMEz'S VICTORIOUS CAMPAIGN
Triumphant March Of Insurgents from
East TO West.


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If there are amy loyal Spauards in this
Section lt is hard to Hud them
There Ms "a time when Santa Clara felt
safe-wh,a between ID and the troopers
or the mountains there stood the iuvinci-
blo army headed by Captain General &c
Campos IN person.
For miles The Traveller can pass through
tt,fs .,.r,r.r,- and be viii uud The homes of
taa Isn,Iov.a.rs closed the owners refug-
r-..fn., IN Havana ana The cane fields a
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al American Who has a large sugar
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of my place. Hut what concerns me IS
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CHATTER ".

Presently muttering something that the
listener could not catch, Nahoon LETT Ma
nea, and crept out Of the hlrt 10y its bee
hole entrance. Then Hidden opened mis-
eyes and looked round him The sun was
sinking ana a ray of its red light flowing
through the little opening Of the nut filled
II with a soft and crimson glow. In the
center Of the hut supporting It stood a roof
tree of thorn wood ccIoraJ black by the
smoke Of the fire. and AGAINST it,. the rich
light falling fun upon her, leaned the girl
Nanea. a very picture OF gentle despair.
As is occasionally the case among Zulu
women, she was beautiful. so beautiful
thar the sight of her went straight TO the
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AS the winter months began to draw
near the Spauiurds were buoyed up by the
hope that they would wipe out the iusur-
gents i'm few short weeks. Every adj
vance of The insurgents was spoken of as
walking into a Geathtrap deliberately set
for thcm. when, therefore, swinging of
from the city OF Puerto Principe, leaving
the Spanish garrison thcro cat OF from
their base, and held at bay by small bands
Of insurgents, General Gomez SET face for
the province OF Santa Clara. the begin
ming of the sugar district, where there was
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army. by tho terms OF the understanding
reached. MARTINEZ Campos pledged him
self TO obtain for cuba substantial
Measure or AUTONOMY. under which u
would be possible for the people OF cuba
90 live ans work out their own destiny
Vow THAI contract failed Of its purpose.
and how the people have been goaded i9to
rnoth-r uprising. forms an Interesting
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the government of Great Britain and Spain
which will call for united action If the
worst comes to the worst.
When tho great value of the West Indies
is taken into account Cuba selling to the
United States alone over sGO. 900 600 annual
~ the question becomes pertinent if these
Islands. so rich and inviting. should be
abandoned of white men. and turned into
satHrnalia of negro anarchy and bar
barism.
The People Revolutionized.
The six hundred mile gallop of the in
sursents from one end Of the island to the
other. almost uuopposod. and at no point
seriously checked, means more than he
Spanifh authorities care to admit It
means that the people Of Cuba have be
come thoroughly revolutonized. that those
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IN the sugar and tobacco districts who
have hitherto bold aiod[ have been torn
FROM bc muorings of .pye i-v % Spain, and
that to hold the island VIII require al
most as many soldiers AS there are in
habitaufs iusufgent leaders may Dee bought
or Killed, d. re- may Doe occasional sus-
"-ians OF Ha iiiucs nnt the hour has
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The constant Gdmonition of their command
er was to harass the enemy. but never 10
court death. 1t was better to annoy the
TANKS of a retreauug foe than to get killed
in foolhardN exhibition Of bravery.
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The Story Of Gomez.

General MlNtmo Gomez is man of
chcckercd history. To see him seated upon
his roam horse. sitting as il the two were
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continued on the Fifth Column Second Page
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24

. ROFEsSOR Leverett NJ. LOOMS,
bcurator of the department OF orui-
thology of the Academy of Sci
ences, is at present making prepa-
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SHE WILL NOT TALK
REMARKABLE PORTUGUESE WOMAN
WHO LEADS A .HERMIT's
LEE

Hermits are plentiful enough in all parts
of California, but nearly all of them are
men. For some reason the gentle sex sell
dom shows a desire to forsake the world
and live in leaky cabin on a desolate spot
of the earth's surface with nothing but
wild beasts for companions and scant
bill of fare. But there is one woman at
least who prefers such life. She is a
Portuguese, and her name is Nine. Mu-
nier. Her home Is in the sand hills on the
Pacific Coast, about fifteen miles below
Pescadero.
Nine. Munler, in way, leads q perfect
hermit's life. More so than great many
OF the masculine hermits at present camp
ing out in different parts of the State.
Her home is far off the road and close to
the waters of the Pacific. 1t is only box
like shanty, built under the side of a sand
hill so asto be protected from the ever-blow-
ing wind. The surroundings are wild in the
extreme and nature shows herself in her
most uncongenial mood. The house has
only one room, in which the woman eats,
drinks and sleeps.
1t IS over twenty years since Nine. Mu-
nier came to live in the vicinity OF her pres
ent home. Her husband, a Frenchman,
was with her then, and they occupied a
comfortable house with small piece of
land around it. After about three years
Monsieur Munier disappeared. He went
away one morning, saying that he was
going to San Francisco, and has never
come back. AT least it is not known to the
neighbors that he has.
After few months of solitude in the
little house Nine. Munier went out to the
sand hills and built herself the shanty
that she still occupies.
The only people that she has spoken to
In all the years since her husbands de-
parture are the storekeepers at different
points along the road, and she simply tells
them what she wants and refuses to en-
gage In conversation. For weeks she will
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further out, generally about three miles
from land. This showed plainly that they
were guided by the shore line.
a few incidents were observed that
the columns were in charge of leader
that directed their movements. One morn
ing petrol was shot near the head of
column of several thousand. a very old
bird a: once flew back and turned the
whole column so that it would not pass
near the naturalIst's boat
The physical causes for migration are
pretty well understood, although they
vary so with each breed that no rule can
be found to apply to all The rookeries of
the far north afford secure nesting
places that cannot be found in the more
temperate regions, even though they are
available for very short time. The sub
stance of this is that "all birds return to
the region of their birth, there being no
room for them to nest anywhere else"
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collectors. Besides the postage-stamps
there are made what are known as the
periodical stamps" that is, stamps with
which newspaper publishers prepay the
postage on their editions at pound rates.
These are never sold. but are attached to
the stubs of the receipts which are given
to the publishers for the money paid for
postage on the publications.
Not even publisher can buy them, nda
they never pass into the possession of the
unofficial public. They are made in de-
nominations which range ali the vaydrom
l cent to 800. Besides these are made the
postage due" and special delivery stamps,
stamps equal to almost any emergency.
The bureau keeps on hand a store of
stamps equal to almost any emergency.
There are now in its vaults more than
$50, 600 COO, and the mandatory is running
on full time. Last year there were pro-
duced nearly two and half billions; vet
with the constantly increasing demand no
cessation in the creation of supply is pos
sible. 1t Is estimated that stamps cost the
Government something like 5 cents thou
sand. Receipts for the sale of them last
year were on an average more than a mil
lion dollars a month. More than so per
cent of all those sold were of the 2-cent
denomination.
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but at such times the birds show little fear.
and the chances for observation are most
favorable. The birds also fly very close to
the water, not more than ten feet above it
at the highest.
81 also intend to go several miles to sea
during the height of the movement to see
if any birds are going south there, and in
what proportion they are to those nearer
land. If the weather is fine, there will be
no difficultyAp settle beyond doubt whether
the birds are guided by the shore line or
not.
This migratory movement" continued
Mr.. Loomis, lis to me like a pendulum
swinging between the northern and the
southern hemisphere. One movement. has
hardly stopped before another begins in
the other direction. And so it goes on
year after year and century after century.
The rocky islets of the north are depopu-
lated of countless millions of birds and
some place in the southern hemisphere
must be filled up with them.
"If something definite and positive
could be ascertained about migrating sea
birds it would settle many vexed cues
ton about land birds as well. Heredity
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john" They got the flesh building ma
terial at reduced rates and concert in the
bargain.
But the Baden butchers didn't enjoy q
monopoly of this thing very long. As
soon as the brass horns were heard split
ting the atmospher about the Baden mar
ket messages were dispatched in haste by
Stone and Brady in quest of the best
bands that could be had on the moment,
and in surprisingly short time the
crowds on Sixth street were audience to
pandemoniIm of sound.
''Mary's Little Lamb got mixed up in
THE Song Of the Golden CALI and when
The Cow That Burned Chicago" threw
its strong-winded music into the choruses
the respective airs could no more be dis
tinguished than the pedigree of the beef
in a hamburger steak or the identity of
the parts of particular hog in a bologna
sausage. There was a pandemonium of
sound, and each band seemed bent on
blowing louder blasts and beating it's
drums more barbarously than its rivals.
And it is rather odd to relate that all three
shops have been having more business to
attend to on Saturday nights, when the
bands play than they could handle with
ease.
Each shop has a small army of workers,
and cashboys and errand-boys run about
as they do in the downtown general mer.
chandise and clothing stores. AS might
be supposed, the three shops are rich
in signs. at the Baden market you
will note such poetic legends as
''Our Meats Will Melt in Your
Mouth" The Baden people keep re-
/ frigerated meats, however, and at
| Stones establishment you will observe
! the suggestive sign, mo Embaimed Meats
Here" while at Brady's the motto is
Haunted, Down With Monopoly" And
there are additional notices about Steaks
Fit for the Gods" and the assurance, "No
Baden Hams Sold Here" The battle of
! the butchers has excited such interest that
people 60 over to Sixth street from distant
parts of the City to buy their meats. When
one firm makes cut in prices the others
follow suit or go the figure a notch lower;
and this competition continues to make
trade boom.
/ Sixth street does "land-office business"
on Saturday night. When the butcher
shop bands are not hurting out volumes of
SOUND you may hear the waltz or polka
music from the dancing parlors, were the
shopgirls and the counter jumpers are
finishing up the week in mifth and revelry.
1t is long after midnight that the
street begins to show a restful APP
pearance. And even then when the
hours are telling of the Sabbath day
the quiet is frequently broken by cry
that was lost in the evening by reason Of
the tumult of horns and drums-a cry
that almost affrights You as it strikes you
from behind dark corner unexpectedly
a cry that makes you wish that seagullS
never perished-"Tama les!"
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The principal thing to discover now is
how the migrating birds find their wav
and to what extent the young birds are
guided by the old ones. This is a most
difficult matter and can only be settled bv
long observation during the whole mi
grating season from June to December.
What | want to do said Mr. LOOMS.
when speaking of the matter, lis to first
go out to the Farailones and watch the
young birds that have just been Matched
there. l want to see how much the old
birds teach them and whether the Young
birds start south by themselves or in com
pany with the old ones; or, if they simply
wait until the migrating column from the
north comes along and then join the
throng.
"By getting to Monterey before the end
of June and staying until the end of July.
/ will be able to observe the beginning of
the movement. During September and
October the height of the movement can
be seen and may then determine whether
the old birds or young birds are most
numerous and whether the young ever
travel in companies without an old bird to
guide them.
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some streets of a great city present
scenes OF rushing men and women and
speeding vehicles all the day long and
every day IN the week; but there are other
streets that have periodical spells of tu-
multuouS life, and which, although ordi-
narlly playing second fiddle to the big
thoroughfares, sometimes make brave
enough to try a few strains on the first
violin. Sixth street in San Francisco, for
instance, doesn't pretend TO rival the great
downtown business streets nor to COM
mand throngs of equal size every day; but
when 1t comes to Saturday night-why,
then it is different story.
On Saturday night Sixth street is one of
the livelest thoroughfares in all the City.
From o'clock until close to midnight the
crowds surge this way and that, and the
stores reap a harvest, if appearances are
not very deceptive. Saturday night is the
flush night with the laboring classes, and
Sixth street attracts great many of the
dollars of labor as sure as that night rolls
around.
Street takers appreciate the desira bility
of Sixth street on such an occasion, and
they may be found there in strong array
on the closing evening of the week, indus
their tin boxes the stray dimes of the lib
eral-handed.
The tamale men are out in force with
their steaming pals, the fruit vendors are
shaking their bargains under peoples
noses, and from wayside wagons which
the welI-fed police find it difficult to keep
on the move chickens and ducks and rab-
bits are being sold in mum bers to suit
Agitators are haranguing crowds on the
corners, candy men with huge baskets
strapped on in front of them are pushing
here and there picking up loose nickels,
patent-medicine folks are holding forth
under haring gasoline lamps or smoking
torches, and the whole street seems alive
with investors and morey-turners.
But Sixth street is better known ofIate as
the scene OF great butchers warfars. Two
big retail markets-Brady's and stones
were having things pretty much their own
way not long time ago, and doing business
enough to make rivals envious. But those
markets failed TO patronize the Baden
slaughter-house and this peculiar fact pre-
cipitated a row. The Baden people re-
solved torun those two shops out of bust
ness and with that object in view started
retaii,neat market on the same side OF
Sixth street, and not stones throw dis
tant from the old establishments.
To inform the street of this advent and
attract attention the Baden man hired
brass band, and people were offered the
novelty of chance to purchase steaks
and chops to the enhancing music of ma
Angeiine" or johnny, Ny Old Friend
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"If could see several flocks of young
birds flying along by themselves couple
OF hours after any old birds had passed it
would be pretty conclusive evidence that
they were guided By some sort of instinct.
OF course | may not get such an oppor-
tunlty, and on the other hand may find
conclusive evidence that the old birds act
as guides, and thus set at rest many con-
flicting theories.
"There is only one way to do the work,
and that is to get as near the track of the
birds as possible ii a small boat and wait
and watch. a large sailboat or vapor
launch would serve to scare the birds. I
take only ono man with me to row and
keep the boat in position.
Sometimes l use marine glass to look
at distant fiocks, but generally the birds
go past so quickly 1t is of little use. In
September and October the equinoctial
gales blow and the water gets very rough,
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down the coast in myrlads. There is
steady movement southwark from June to
December and northward movement for
about four months. commencing in Janu-
airy or February. The early birds to arrive
in the north are of course the first to hatch
their young and start south.
Some birds migrate almost from pole 10
pole, while others go only a short distance
on either side of the equator. The man-of-
war bird is known to nest in marshv
places along the coast of California in the
winter, but 1T never gets very far north in
the summer. In our summer the petrol
is found on the northern shores of the
continent, and in the following January
the same birds may be found nesting on
the shores of New Zealand, and there is a
strong ground for belief that they go to
the Antarctic continent.
Professor LOOMS was the first ornitholo-
gist TO study the migration of birds or the
water, and on his expedition made over a
year ago found out several things that
were surprising and made him believe that
instinct had very little to do with il. The
migration of land birds nearly all takes
place at night, and OF course is most diff
cult to observe, but on the water the oppo-
site condition obtains.
While in his small boat off the coast of
Monterey Mr.. LOOMS was able to see that
the migrating columns followed the shore
line. They even swerved to the eastward
when they came to Santa Cruz Point and
followed the curved line of Monterey Bay
around to Point Pinos To have cut
across between the two points would seem
to be the instructive route. 1t would have
also made the distance much shorter. 1t
was also seen that on foggy days the col
umn kept close to shore. As soon as the
fog lifted the birds would take a course
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OUR POsTAGR-sTAMPs.

Some Varieties the General Public
Never See.
The Government now makes about four
teen denominations of postage-stamp :;
they are 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, s, 8, 10, Is and so
cent stamps. and the 81, 81 and S. demon
nations. Very few people in the postal
service even can tell you the use of the 81
or So varieties, however, for really they
rarely have any other use than the gratifi-
cation of the whimsical tastes of stamp
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King pavid,s Redstead.

A friend of the writer's was reading
prayers one morning, when he came to
the following verse:
land David slept with his fathers, and
was buried in the city of David"
Papa said one of the children, boy
of seven, 81 thought David was a king"
well, SO he was" said his father.
''And wasn't he rich MANI"
AZ suppose So"
Then what did he want to sleep with
a bedstead for ?"-Spare Mo-
mentS.