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of the fore legs. 1t is jerky, conclusive
awkward movement, but wonderfully eff
fective as means of getting over the
ground.
We had ridden for nearly four hours
eastward from the Botletti across the des-
ert, with nothing more cheering TO look
upon than the brown and shriveled mopan
trees. and was growing detected. But the
NaSarwa buShmen, unequaled spoorers
even in South Africa, knew their business
and led US at length to woodlands OF camel
thorn, with open parklike glades of yellow
grass, interspersed with dense thickets Of
Eaakdoorn. And there We struck a herd of
five. They caught sight of us when we
were 800 yards away and headed at once
for the forest. Giraffes are remarkable for
picking out a straight line and keeping to
it. A grand old bull of an almost mahog
any color led the way. with the cows of
dark orange hue close behind. Some very
dense and thorny thickets had to he taken
first through which their heavy weight and
iron skins cleared an easy path. / never
expect TO see anything more extraordinary
than the way in which they lodged the
branches. bending their necks SO low at
times that you all but lost sight Of them
from behind, and avoiding trees with
lightning turn of which no horse could be
Capable. Then We used our spurs and
whips freely. BY galloping hard at right
angles to their line We managed to turn
the herd toward the open veldt, and
short heart-bursting race resulted in two
cows dropping behind the rest. Keeling for
100 yards. and finally lettering over with
magnificent crash The bull We purposely
let alone as his flesh is rank and uneatable
by any one except a half-starved Nasarwa.
Cows give excellent steaks. and their mar
row bones are perhaps the tidbit of an Al
rican hunters menu, being full of juicy
and succulent meat. Their hides we used
for making whips and sandals of, trading
the latter to the Bechuanas on our way
down country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09
What is a CreOle9
From the Atlanta Jol,naI.


What is a creole? A creole properly. and
In strict sense, is the child of any foreign
parents who is born on American soil. The
accepted use of the term, however, is one
who Is born of French parents in the
Franco-Latin states of the south, especial
ly Louisiana, Alabama and Florida In
those states the creole is the high-caste
native, but the term has been misused to
designate the mixed mulatto races. de-
soended from French or Spanish fathers
ana indian or other native mothers: but
tEls use Is incorrect in toto The word
comes flom the Spanish ''crillo," or the
word "criada,' signifying born here" In
the gulf coast region the generic term
Deygo' "a corruption Of the Spanish name
DlegoD, is used to cover all the mixed
races except the Creole proper He is the
very HIdalgo of the coast country: the F.
T. V. of the south, it WERE He is ever
proud of his blue-blooded descent and not
lhfrequently comes from an old and titled
family. He is proud, gracious, fond of
cigarettes and sometimes absinthe, and has
an Unborn boycott on labor. The creole
women have languid and sinuous beauty
and grace of their own, rarely equaled by
those OF colder blood and Skies 1t is a fad
with the old creole families of New Or
leans not to mix socially with the Ameri-
can society. A type Of the class is Madame
Latour, III De Icons novel, Creole and
Puritan, a grand dame of eighty who
knows no word of English and has never
crossed Canal street.
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Wartime Fare I'm Virginia.


The income of the professors in the Uni
vers1ty Of Virginia was nominally the same
during the war that it was before, but the
purchasing power of the currency steadily
diminished. If it had not been for a grant
OF woodland, we should have frozen as well
as starved during the last year of the war.
when the quest of food had become Sc
Ilous matter. In our direst straits we had
not learned to dispense with household SER
vice. and the household servants were never
stInted or their rt.tionS, though the masters
RAD 10 content themselves with the most
meaEer fare. The farmers, generous enough
10 the soldiers Were not over-considerate
OF the 7on-conbatants. Often the only way
OF procuring our coarse food was by maxi
ing contracts 10 be paid after the war in
legal currency. and sometimes payment in
gold was eXacted. The contracts were not
always kept. and the unfortunate civilian
mad to make new contracts at an enhanced
price.
Before my first campaign in 1861 I had
bought a little gold and silver in case of
capture, and if ii had not been for that pre-
clous hoard | might not have written this
sketch, but, despite the experience of the
airy gentlemen who alighted in Richmond
during the war, even gold and silver would
not always work wonders. Bacon and
corned beef III scant measures We're the
chief of our diet, and not always easy to
procure. i have ridden miles and miles
with silver In my palm seeking dainter
food for the women Of my household, but
in vain. There was nothing to do except
to tighten ones belt and to write editorials
showing up the selfishness of the farming
class and phophesying the Improvement of
the currency.
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When Doctors Disagree.

8. E. Kiser in Cleveland Leader
He looked at my tongue and he shook his head
This was Doctor Smart
he thumped on my chest, and then he said:
All there it is! Your heart,
You mustn't run-you mustn't hurry,
You mustn't wOrk-you mustn't worryi
Just sit down and take 1t COOL
You may live for years. / cannot say:
But, in the meantime, make it a rule
10 take this medicine twice day.'
he looked at my tongue and he shook his head
This was Doctor Wise
You re liver's a total wreck he said
lou must take more exercised
You mustn't eat sweets
You mustn't eat meats! .
You must walk and leap, you must also run:
You mustn't Sit down in the duh old way;
Get out with the boys and have some fun
Anu take three doses Of this day.
de looked at my tongue. and he shook his head
This WIS Doctor Bright
i m AFRAID your lungs gone,' he said.
And your kidney isn't right
change OF scene is what You need,
our case Is desperate, indeed
ana bread Is thing you mustn't eat
You must henceforth live on only meat
And take six doses of this a day!"
1t Isn't for me to say;
Mayhap erred when madiy threw
R Rnt F Grass Lying a s t Sp %y feet
And walk and run and worry too
But, to s"ve my life, II canhot see
What some Of the ables doctors would do
II there were no foolS dixie r3'ou and me.
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Railronding in the Desert.
the New York Tribune.


The steady progress of the British ZIP the
Nile has been recorded. Wady Halfa. Dom
COLA, Abu Hamed and Berber have one
after the other fallen into their hands.
khartoum and Omdurn:an will doubtless
follow, and the Father of Waters, from
the delta to the lakes, be freed from saw
age thrall. 1t is a great work, and is being
we'll performed. But not to the soldiers
alone is credit to be given. Another work
has been proceeding, concurrently with
theirs, of commens urable value and of
even more striking interest. 1t is, as is the
military campaign, directed by the sirdar
But 1t Is executed by engineers and arti-
sans. instead of soldiers and it marks not
merely the breaking down of barbarism
but also the upbuilding of civilization in its
place.
That work is the building of the desert
railroad, which is now nearing Abu Ha-
med from Wady Halfa, and will one day
be pushed on to Join that from Uganda to
the sea. and finally to connect with that
now creeping up from the south, giving an
unbroken line from Cape Town to Alexan-
dria. In all that long line there will be no
INK more noteworthy than that across the
Nubian desert. Its appeal to memory and
N imagination is irresistible. 1t follows
the very track pursued by the army of
King Cambyses across that ancient plain
IL makes an iron highway where Said Pa
sha rode In camel carriage, with ten
Thousand men marching ahead with water
pots TO sprinkle the desert sands and Law
| the dust 1t traverses the very REGION II,
which ismail Pasha's two thousand men
vanished utterly from sight and knoWlefee
A railroad. with screaming whistle and
Changing bell, IN such q country!
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It's all farce-these tales they tell
About the breeZes signing,
And means astir DER field and dell
Because the year is dying.
Such principles are most absurd
l care not who first taught 'em;
There's nothing known to beast or bird
To make a solemn autumn.
In solemn times, when grief holds sway
With countenance distressing
You'll note the mere of black and gray
VIII then be used in dressing.
Now purple tnts are an around;
The sky Is blue anil mellow
And cen the grasses turn the ground
From modest green to yellow.
The seed burs all with laughter crack
On featherweed and Unison;
And leaves that Should be dressed in black
Are all decked out in crimson.
A butterfly goes wirging Ly:
singing bird comes after;
And nature, all from earth to sky,
Is bubblins DER with laughter.
- 81" A.1s
Don't talk to ME of fsolen,n days
In autumns time of splendor,
Because the shows fewer rays,
And these grow slant and slender.
Why it's the climax Of the year .45 ID
The highest time Of living.
TIL naturally its bursting cheer .,.s. fl
Just iinelts into Thanksgiving.
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
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A Fair Whist Graduate.
From Whist.

From Whist.
She trumped trick in her partners hand;
He promptly fell in the dumps
(Which wasn't the thing to do at alD.
And 1t made her think she had missed s'call -
She led him trumps to Il call indeed!
But one from the enemies hand,
And they made their seven-card suit with speed
In style entirely grand.
linen her partner signaled-but all in vain
Though his cali almost Il Shrek
And he turned to Ice she forced him twice.
And he thought some things that We're far from
nice,
And ne longed for tongue to speak,
As he saw his Ace, and hts King, and Queen
CThe least to the largest size,
His seven and fOur-al trumped galore
Oils partner appeared surprised
Then with Ace and Three-on the King Ied-she
Played Ace (which she called ''unblocking')
And incidentally twice revoked;
And between the hands she lightly joked,
While her partners thoughts We're shocking
When all Ger, at the CHASTITY score
She gaZed, and her face grew red
And she looked with ire on the couple higher,
And these were the words she said:
We'll. upon my word! this Is too absurd!
There must be gross mistake.
II not, then know the reason why
land her look as she gazed in her partners eye,
Made that veteran Whistler luake.)
Then her heart reentcd DER sin rcpented
And she said in mil1er way:
ITS dreadful shame, but you're not to blame
You don understand my play"
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Solar Engines.

From the st. Louis Glcbe-Democrat.
Elaborate experiments with solar Engines
have been made by the French in Algeria,
where the sun shines at all times and with
great power. The best apparatus was
found to be simple arrangement of boiler
and concave mirror, the steam genera ted
being condensed In a coiled tube surround
ed by water. This was for distilling water
merely. In India an inventor named Adams
has obtained some very interesting results
with machines of his own continuance. One
OF these is a cooking box, made OF wood
and lined with rejecting mirrors. At the
bottom of the box is a small copper boiler.
covered with glass to retain the heat OF
the rays concentrated by mirrors upon the
boilers. In this continuance any sort OF
food may be quickly cooked. Ii the steam
is retained the result is a stew or boil: II
allowed to escape II is q bake. The rations
OF seven men can be prepared I'm two hours,
including meats. The heat may be aug
mented indefinitely by increasing the d.
ameter OF the box.
II is reckoned that the heat OF the sun
would sufficiently warm and illume 2.O0O-
000.000 globes as big as our earth. The
solar orbs shrink In diameter at the rate
Of about 10 inches per diem. Ii will be
100000 or 5,000y000 years before there Do
any perceptible diminishment of IT'S radia-
tion- Eventually. OF course, II must be-
come dead and cold like the moon.
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GIRAFFE HUNTING.
Comparatively Little Danger, but m
Good Horse is Necessary,

Comparatively Little Danger, but n
Good Horse is Necessary.
From Harper's Weekly.
| The pleasure of giraffe hunt is intisrut-
| able but it is one that no real sportsman
will repeat more than twice. A hard spur
| and sjambok gallop through bush and
thorn, with more than an even chance of
your nag putting his foot In a ;ackaps
| earth, gradual overhauling of the giant
mammals that are sailing without appar-
ent exertion in front of you. a nasty dis
| mount unless you are lucky enough TO lie
| able to shoot from horseback, bullet
planted just above the tail and penetrating
through the tough skin into the heart and
lungs, and with a crash your game comes
/ to earth, and you are standing. dripping
| with perspiration after your two-mile run
| ana outrageously scratched with haak-
Doom, over the body of what is surely the
| strangest animal that even South Africa
| can produce. The trouble is that beyond
1 the chance of being thrown or of coming
| IN contact with a tree, there is not much
| danger in the pursuit of the giraffe No
| animal can be more gentle or defenceless
You have the thrilling excitement of a
| twenty minutes burst, but you miss what
| should be the spice of big-game hunting
the risk. All that you need N giraffe
| hunting Is good nag; If possible one that
has been used to the business. it Is hard
to keep an inexperienced horse from Dor
| ing 10 one size When the dtSagreeable
| smell of an old giraffe bull comes down
the wind. With that and solid Macrini-
Henry bullet-the hollow express ones are
not firm enough to get far beyond the inch
| or inch and a half OF brazen hide that en-
cases these monsters-success is almost
certain. Giraffes do not put out their
| fullest speed unless very hard pressed
They start on at an easy, amblinx gait.
moving the legs on one side simultaneous
ly, like an American PAGER.
Their black bushy tails corkscrew over
| their backs. and their immense necks bob
backward and forward at each stride They
DO not appear to be going very fast but
you Will md you have to be well mounted
to get within shooting distance Of them
II not run down in the first two miles they
stand good chance Of getting clean away
When going their hardest they change their
gait into an extraordinary sort OF gallop.
their hind legs being wen straddled out and
brought forward. one ON each aide, In front
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A MIGHTY NIMR0D.
A Tnrheel Hunter Who Hns ktu.,
400 Bears.


From the Raleigh Observer
Captain W. H. Basnisbt of Roora,-e J..
iaio' VINO is on a visit to Raleigh, is the
eeieprated Dear hunter of Dare county.
He has helped to kill over 400 in his time
Inc season for hunting bears is near at
hand." said the captain, land it will he a
good season. L judge from the berry crop.
1t is cut off back in the woods and there
is plenty on the water The bears will
come out to get the gumberries, and then
We will kill them and have fine sport. We
slip the meat to Baltimore, after eating
all we want. selling it a. 12ls cents pound; :
We sell the bears skin for $40 and bear oil
sells we'll"
How do you kill the bears?" I asked.
Il have big double-barrel muzzle-load-
ing gun l use that on account of shooting
want out of a breech-loader''
What is the biggest bear you ever kill
ed!' l next asked the captain.
Il can't tell you exactly. The largest
ever killed l could not weigh. have killed
bears weighing 500 pounds. They average
perhaps something over 100 pounds"
Are they hard to kill?" 1 asked.
Il have killed some which fell dead at
first shot. But IL a bear gets fully mad
before he is killed. you can hardly kill him
by shooting him all to pieces / have been
In some close places. 1 had bear once
to grasp me around the shoulders, and if
my brother had not shot and killed him. the
bear would have killed me. / have never
been hurt except a little squeezing-and no
man ought to mind proper amount of
hugging." said the captain.
DO you love the bear meat as food?'
You ought to have seen the good captains
mouth water and his eye brighten as visions
OF broiled bear n eat came into his mind.
Eat bear meat" he said. why It is
the best meat in the world. 1 can eat two
or three messes of bear. and feel strong
enough to jump ten feet high"
Captain Basnight has charge Of Duranfs
Island. which Is owned by John E. Rey-
burn of Philadelphia, who comes down for
hunting and fishing about twice a year.
This island contains 4.2J0 acres, Is four
teen miles around. and is located at the
mouth OF Alligator river.
-On the Island" said the captain, I'VE
have 500 head Of cattle. hogs and sheep,
fine poultry and an abundance OF wild
game. Including deer. swan. geese and
ducks. and many varieties Of smaller birds.
We feed the wild fowl, and at times 1
have as many as 100 wild geese that come
regularly to the camp to get their feed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09
Nine Hundred Ton. of wead,nr Rte.

According to Rev. G. H. Cameron. vicar
OF ST. Stephens. Birmingham, England.
about two pounds of rice are thrown at
the brides and bridegrooms every week at
each of the seventy-f1ve churches In Bir-
mingham and its suburbs and the two tons
of rice thus thrown away and absolutely
wasted last year might have been of yery
great use In feeding the recently famine
stricken people of India
There are over 10000 places of worship
In England. and. II Mr.. Cameron's estimate
be true for the other churches of the coun-
try, then 1t follows that nearly 900 tons Of
rice Is yearly thrown away at weddings
over $4,000. -
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whole of central and northern and almost
the whole of western Tibet Is called the
Chang. 1t consists of a high tableland
with hills of a rounded character. All
the rivers terminate in salt lakes. which
appear TO be gradually drying up An
idea of the CONFORMATION may be gained
from the fact that for months the average
altitude of one explorers camp was over
5000 feet. while the highest pass crossed
was 1S,I go feet. All the enormous stretch
of country crossed in that time contained
not a single tree In summer. great part
of the Chang affords excellent grazing, but
the yak. antelopes and sazelle only find
these wastes a covert in the winter. The
Eomads are a purely pastoral people. living
entirely on their f1ocks; they never taste
veget tables.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09
RANDOM VERSE.
At a CoMboxl Dance.
OF So


At a Cowboy Dance.
From the Denver Post. II
Git yo' little sagehens feady;
Trot 'em out upon the floor
Line up there. YOU 'eusses. Steadyi
Lively now! One couple more
Shorty, shed that oil, sombrero,
Broncho, douse that cigarette!
Stop yer cussin', Cashmere,
Fore the ladies! Now!H all set!
S'lute yer ladies all together!
Ladies' opposite the same;
Hit the lumber with yer leather!
Balance all, an swing. yer dame!
Bunch the heifers In the' middle.
Circle stags an dos do
Pay attention to the fiddle!
Swing hel round an OF you 60!
First four forward, Back to places,
Second foller! Shuttle back,
Now you've got it down to cases!
Swing 'em till their trotters crack!
Gents all right heel an toein'.
Swing 'em; kiss 'em If you kin!
On to next. an keep a goin'
Till yo' bit yer pards agini
Gents to center; ladies round EN-,
Form basket: balance all!
WhiH yer gals to where yo' found 'emi
Promenade around the hall!
Balance to ye- pards. an trot EN-
Round the circle double quick!
Grab an kiss 'em while you've got 'em!
Hold 'em to 1t il they kick!
ladies' left hand to yer sonnies!
Alaman! Grand right an left!
Balance all an swing yer hoaies-
Pick 'em up an feel their heft!
Promenade like skeery cattle.
Balance all. IN swing yer sweetsi
Shake yer spurs an make EN- rattle,
Keno! Promenade to seats
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09
The Modsl Woman.
From Judge

Abigail Adhem (may her tribe increased
Awoke one night from aisdeep dream Of peace,
ana : a.. saw saw. within her seventh story fat
An angel, clicking on the keys of gold;
AZ abigail shiyered and her feet grew cold
What writest thOu?'' The vision tipped wink.
And with slight amusement manifest
answered; !. The names Of those who dress the
,, And, am a., in itr' ABBY said, "oh, MOI
Bnt bravely still Write mbf as one. pray.
Mno . always takes her bat oaoat the play.
It came again, with manner most polite. -eA'
Ana showed the names Of those correctly dressed
ana 10! Miss Adhems name led all the rest.
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Rest.

Let us rest ourselves a bit.
Worry? wave your hand to it
KISS your finger-tips and smile
1t farewell a little while Via
Weary of the weary way
We have come since yesterday.
Let us fret us not, in dread
Of the weary way ahead. ,..
While We yet look down-not I'D
To seek out the buttercup
Ard the daisy, where they wave
ger the green home Of the grave
Let us launch us smoothly on
Iistless pillows of the lawn,
AND drift out across the main
Or our childish dreams again.
Voyage of, beneath the trees
Ger the fields enchanted seas.
where tine lilies are our sails
And our seugulls, nightingales
Where 40 wilder storm shall beat
Than the wind that waves the wheat.
And no tempests burst above
The old laughs we used to love.
Lose all troubles-gain release.
LanSour and exceeding peace,
cruising idly Ger the vast
Calm mid-Ocean of the past.
Let us rest ourselves a bit.
worry !-wave your hand to it
Kiss your finger-tips and smile
1t farewell a little while.
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY,
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The Alphabet Engraved on a Pfnhead
From the New York Journal

From the New York Journal.
Frank J. Mollenhauer is perhaps the
most expert engraver in New York. If not
In the world In delicacy Of touch and
skill in handling delicate Instruments his
work Is something marvellous. His latest
achievement was to engrave the twenty
six letters Of the alphabet on the head Of
pin. Under magnifying glass the let
tiers are clear and distinct, and each is az
card or wedding invitation. But with the
naked eye the minute letters are merely
scratches which have no discernible form
Mollenhauer's work was the result Of an
attempt to beat the work Of man who
had engraved the Lords prayer ON three
cent piece.
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Dubuque Dispatch to St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
worknen engaged in digging the founda-
ton for the monument to be erected to the
memory of Julien Dubuque have come
across bis bones and also the bones Of two
Indian chiefs, buried with him. The re-
mains are distinguished by the difference In
the formation Of their skulls. All the
skeletons are wen preserved. Dubuque
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09

Philadelphia citizens are raising the $500
hne Imposed ON Capt. Wfborg, whose term
OF imprisonment fnr dlibustering In Cuba
expired last Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09

1t matters little what 1t IL that you want
whether a situation or q servants
want ad. In The Star win reach the
person who can I'LL your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09

II You want anything. try an nd in The
Star. II anybody has what you wfso. you
win get an answer.