The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-26
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sons stepson and former United States
consul at Apia, says that religion is the
essential cause of the troubles at Samoa,
the London missionary societies being an
tagonistc to Mataafa as a Roman Cath
Ole. Mr. Osborne describes Chief JUS
tice Chambers as a man of the narrow
est evangelical Views and wholly in the
hands of the United States consul" The
attitu lie of Herr Rose, Mr.. Osborne thinks,
has been "commendable throughout" and
the Americans and British "brutally
wrong"
The irrepressible szczepanik. the
young inventor, has presented the En-
peror Francis Josef with the first web pro-
duced by means of his Photographic pro
cess 1t is about two meters square and
gives an allegorical representation of hon.
age to the Emperor. It is said the work
contains 200,O000O0 crossing, 120 silk threads
filling one cenumeter. Two hundred square
meters of pasteboard cards would have
been necessary to produce this web ac-
cording to the methods now in vogue and
designers would have required many years
to carry out the work. 1t is said the work
was done in five hours. Unfortunately, all
of Herr Szczepanik's inventions are
shrouded in mystery. However, at the
his secret.
Like all Hindu festivals the "dusserah"
traces its origin back to an episode in the
mythical contests of the myriad gods of
the Hindu Pontheon. 1t commentaries
the victory gained by Ramchundur over
the giant Rawun in Ceylon, and on that
account, perhaps, it has ever been held in
high honor by the military portion of the
Indian popula ton. The celebration marks
the close of the rainy season, when hus-
bandry can be more actively pursued, and
the landscape wears its brightest and
freshest aspect. Horses are decorated with
flowers and ribbons and paraded through
the streets; there is dancing and rejoicing
on the village green, or what passes for
green in an Indian guam, and generally
the period is one in which the rural life
of the country puts on its most cheerful
aspect. But, after all, the semblance is
but superficial. Essentially religious fes-
tival, it is in the practice of the rites of
Hinduism that the "dusserah" finds its
most striking manifestations. In some
parts, and notably In Northern India, the
sacrifice of a bullock, with a great display
of ceremony is one of the prominent fea-
lures of the festival.
In his recent book on the Philippines,
Prof. Dean c. Worcester describes the
"corrals" with which the natives contrive
to catch fish on the island of Cebu, thus:
Some feeding ground which fish frequent
is located, preferably in quite shallow wa
ter and around it posts are set, to which is
attached a portable bamboo fence. The
fence is made by tying slender strips to-
gether with rattan and the openings be-
tween its slats are too narrow 10 allow the
fish of any size to pass. Its hight is such
that when the tide is full the water covers
1t. Fish enter over the top and settle
down into their beds. Before they are
aware of their danger the ebb of the tide
has left them imprisoned. A narrow lane
usually leads from the main part of the
pen out toward deep water and they follow
down this, only to find themselves en-
trapped III a small, circular enclosure at
its end. Sharply pointed strips of bamboo
directed inward, make it easy for them to
enter this place, but almost impossible for
them to get out until the owner of the
Corral helps them over the top with
spear or dip net. Tons of fish are some
times trapped at a single tide and the pro-
prietor of a good corral usually makes
fair living from 1t. Fish, either fresh or
dried, is one of the most important articles
of food with the natives, and almost every
coast village has its 'corrals."
We have been accustomed to think Of
the Fijians as a race of ruthless savages,
says the Chicago News, but for such an
uncivilized people as they are they GER
tainly possess some very poetic and noble
ideas. If a theater manager could repro
duce one of their dances, for instance, he
might make his fortune. The idea TO be
conveyed in this dance is that of a coral
reef, in which the tide rises and the waves
TO- s=1r ~ &c
conveyed by means of dancers in a most
poetic and picturesque manner. The dan
GERS form first in long lines and ap-
proach quietly to represent the silent ad-
vance of the waves. Then the lines break
up into small companies and advance,
with bodies bent forward and outstTetched
hands, to represent the ripping of the
water the smallest waves being repre-
scented by children. AS they move about,
now sinuously, now leaping and tossing,
their heads, the soft white mast or ma
tive cloth, which is worn as a turban,
for greater effect, with long streamers,
lends itself readily to the effect desired.
The same material is also wound about
the waist and extends in long, scarflike
ends which float away and flutteR in the
breeze The whole effect of the dance is
most artistic and picturesque, and the ma
tive orchestra plays an accompaniment
mat IS an imitation OF the moan and roar
of the surf breaking on the reef There
Is a gradual quickening of the movement,
now advancing, now retreating, yet like
waves, always progressing and gradually
closing in on every side of the imaginary
coral reef round which they move quietly
like some rolling wave, or by springing
high in air represent the breakers hinging
their arms far above their heads to repre-
sent the action of spray
-Roquefort cheese is of very ancient line
age, and Pliny mentions it in his writings
says the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat. Few
epicures who linger over the subtle flavor
OF this solidified mixture of goat and sheep
milk know the number of details which
have to be observed before the tootbsome
morsel is ready for the table. The care
necessary throughout every stage ia shown
in the milking of the sheep and goats
This is done in the evening after their
return from pastures. But in order thai
the animals shall not be in the least
heated or excited. they are allowed TO rest
for an hour before the milking is begun.